Chapter 21: The Pawnshop
All the way into Taijing City, Zhu Yifei declined Yan Han's invitation, and took care of the injured Ziyang in a medical hall, until the doctor said that he needed silver, she and the Taoist priest were penniless, so she had no choice but to find the largest pawnshop in Taijing City, and took out the fiery red bead on her waist. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The pawnshop owner took it and took a closer look, his slightly squinted eyes flashed with fine light, and then took out a magnifying glass to take a closer look, and suddenly said in surprise, "Where did the girl get this thing from?" ”
Zhu Yifei was stunned, she was embarrassed to say that she was taken off Ziyang's body, so she could only stammer, "Pick it up... Picked up. ”
The pawnshop guy saw her words dodge, and hurriedly glanced at the little guy next to him, and after a while, a fat middle-aged man also came over, looked at the fiery red beads carefully, and then looked at Zhu Yifei and glanced back and forth, an unbelievable light flashed in his eyes, Zhu Yifei was a little apprehensive by him, and hurriedly reached out to retrieve the beads, "I don't deserve it." ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Girl, wait a minute, this bead will give you a thousand taels of silver, I don't know what to do?" ”
How much is a thousand taels? Zhu Yifei, who was not good at math since she was a child, didn't have the probability of converting ancient money with modern Grandpa Mao in her mind, so she thought about it for a while and nodded.
"Girl, wait a minute, I'll open a ticket." The pawnshop owner gave the guy behind him a look, turned to Zhu Yifei with an ignorant face and smiled, and then turned to the back hall.
Zhu Yifei waited left and right for about half an hour and didn't see the shopkeeper and the job come out, and asked the little guy who was in charge of cleaning twice with some impatience, and the little guy had a good attitude, so he only comforted him and came later.
Just when she got a perfunctory reply from the little guy for the seventh time, the officers and soldiers who rushed in at the door surrounded Zhu Yifei, and even the shopkeeper and the job also appeared.
The pawnshop shopkeeper covered with fat pointed at Zhu Yifei and said, "It's her, she took this bead to be it." The head catcher was five big and three thick, his face was dark, and there were a few hideous scars on his face, he looked at Zhu Yifei a few times, shook his hand and said coldly, "Take it away for me." ”
"Wait, why are you arresting me, give me a reason, hey, don't touch me." Struggling is obviously useless, Zhu Yifei, who was pressed to the ground by the two big men and tied up a sturdy one, almost spat out the old blood, she turned around and glared at the pawnshop owner angrily, "You give the old lady and I wait." ”
The pawnshop owner replied with a lewd smile and said to the scar man, "This treasure should be returned to the adult, the adult must punish the female thief very much, in order to keep the peace of the capital, the villain is very grateful here." ”
The scar man snorted coldly, took the fiery red bead and replied, "I will report your credit to the Chengping Palace, take it away." ”
With a low roar, Zhu Yifei was dragged and followed by the scar man, and spit out fiercely when she passed by the fat shopkeeper, and the depression in her heart dissipated a little.
After walking for a long time, he came to a tall mansion and yamen, and the scar man beat the drum three times, and the drum beat stopped, and a sharp voice came from within, "My lord ascends to the hall." Immediately the vermilion door opened, Zhu Yifei was pushed in, the officials on both sides were majestic, and the visual inspection was that they were young talents about twenty years old, holding batons painted with red paint in their hands, neat and tidy, and the jade tree was in the wind, and at first glance it was well-trained and strictly cultivated.
A blue-robed official walked out of the side hall, about thirty years old, but he was dignified, with a wide forehead and thick lips, sharp eyebrows and almond eyes, and he did not look like a corrupt official.
Zhu Yifei relaxed a little, at least facing the face is not vicious, it proves that there is still hope, he sat on the chair in the hall, and the person behind him was just about to push, Zhu Yifei knelt down with a puff, but she didn't speak but looked straight ahead, she knew that she should not speak when she shouldn't speak, and shouting wronged to the kind of person who came up will cause disgust among the people around her.
Outside the door, some passers-by had already begun to gather, looking at the situation inside, pointing and discussing.
"What's going on?" Kyoryo Road sitting upright.
"My lord, Li Lai, the owner of the pious pawnshop, reported that this woman is a thief who stole the treasures of the palace, and there are dirty things as evidence." Scar Man said as he handed the blood-red bead in his hand.
The master on the side took it and presented it to Jing Ling, who looked at it and said, "It is indeed the treasure of the palace." Then there was a snap, and the startling wood asked Zhu Yifei, "What other excuse do you have?" ”
"Of course, my lord, please let the little girl say, first of all, I don't know whether this bead is the little girl of the palace, because this is not my thing, and secondly, if this bead is stolen by me, how can it be in the largest pawnshop in Taijing, isn't it self-defeating, and if the little woman has the ability to sneak into the palace to steal treasures, in fact, a few quick catches can be caught, please beg the adults to be clear." Zhu Yifei said the words out loud, and her little heart was beating non-stop, Ni Mei, Aunt Ben has always been law-abiding, but she didn't expect to be tied up by Wuhua and tried in court through ancient times.
"What you say is not unreasonable, then I ask you, where did this bead come from?"
Zhu Yifei was stunned at this time, where did she come from, does it count as picking it up? This bead was stolen from a Taoist priest, could it be that the Taoist priest stole something from the palace? Don't say, he really has that ability, so what should he do? Do you want to confess? No, after all, the Taoist priest has a life-saving grace for me, besides.....
Bang...... and a startling sound shook her.
"Tell me honestly." The hall was obviously a little unconvinced of her silence
"I picked it up in a pile of bones halfway up the mountain." She lied and visibly felt her face heat up.
"What nonsense, you are a weak woman who went to a mass grave in the suburbs to pick up things? Ordinary men are not so bold, to be honest, do you know who stole dirty? How many of them are there, and where are they hiding now? Where did all those treasures go? Jing Ling's tone became visibly serious.
"This is true, I was taken to a mass grave by King Mu's mansion and almost burned to death, and then ......."
Bang ...... "Presumptuous, full of gibberish, who do you think you are?" dared to climb the palace of the king, come to someone, and be punished with sticks. The adults in the hall raised their eyebrows, and the hands holding the shocking wood trembled a little, which showed that they were not light.
Looking at the officials who rushed up on both sides, Zhu Yifei realized that he had said the wrong thing, like them, the county order of the capital is simply vulnerable compared to the huge Mu Wangfu, if he doesn't say it, it's okay, this statement reveals the information that he has offended Mu Wangfu, even if he is guilty or not, he will be killed, and then this official can completely distort the facts of this case and take advantage of the favor of Mu Wangfu, although people don't necessarily value this favor.
But inexplicably, why is she so aggrieved, "My lord, wait, I'll tell the truth." "It's not easy to get beaten anyway, and she's not that stupid.
A hint of satisfaction flashed in the adult's eyes and said, "Everything is explained truthfully, and the official can consider letting you go." "After all, this girl's identity doesn't seem to be simple, not to mention that her face is light and dusty, but the white dress is like a hundred gold and a foot of ice cicada silk woven in the palace, although there is no gold and silver in the hair, but the jade pendant on the earlobe is crystal clear, and it is worth a lot of money at a glance. After being a Beijing official for so many years, he still has eyesight, and he can't tell which adult is raising the second room outside, but this case is quite strange, and he can't afford to offend Chengping Wangfu.
"The little woman's maid committed a crime and was thrown into a mass grave, and she remembered that she had been with me for many years, and could not bear her to throw her body into the wilderness, so she went to find her bones, and wanted to give her dignity." Zhu Yifei began to make things up.
"Oh? What is your name and where do you live? How many servants are there in the house? Who went with you that night? Is there any evidence that you picked up this fire bead? Jing Ling in the hall raised his eyebrows and asked.
Zhu Yifei now knows that he is hopeless, and the logic of this adult's trial is really convincing, could it be that this petty official of Jingling can't buy it?
"The little girl's surname is Zhu, Ming Yifei, the children of the rivers and lakes are all at home, and only one servant has died." Helplessly, she made up a lie and wanted to continue, and in the current situation, she didn't dare to pull the Ziyang Taoist again, if she was mistakenly sentenced to be in his group, wouldn't she be seriously injured and tortured?
The adult's eyes flashed, and he said in shock, "There are still many doubts in today's case, and we will be retried after the investigation, and we will be temporarily detained in prison." He said a few words hastily, and the adult turned around and left.
Zhu Yifei has the heart to bite off her tongue, so if she can't speak, she can even make up a nonsense to pit herself, this time I am afraid that my life will not be guaranteed.
This adult looks shrewd and capable, but he is actually a straw bag, he is really unseemly, and I don't know what is happening to Ziyang now, whether the medical hall will throw him into the wilderness and feed him to the wolves.
When he was thinking about it, he was pushed into the innermost dark cell, and surprisingly it was a single room, obviously isolated from other criminals, and the rope on his body was also untied, looking at the wooden door that was hung by the big lock, he suddenly had an inexplicable bad premonition in his heart.
There was a straw mat on the floor, but there was a simple wooden bed, and there were cold stone walls on three sides, and when I checked the surroundings carefully, there was not even a window, and it was far away from the other cells, almost separated by several passages, and it looked like a place where the condemned prisoners were kept.