Chapter 105: Impressive
Just when Lao Fu was restless, a woman with a bit of a posture stumbled into the county office, shouting: "My lord, something is wrong!" ”
At this moment, there are too many servants of the county government who are busy fighting fires in the city, and most of the people who stay on duty are people close to Zhu Chenglin, so they naturally know this woman, and no one stops her from coming in.
Lao Fu knew that she was the steward of Zhu Chenglin's outer courtyard, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, what's going on, come over and tell the adults slowly." ”
I thought: It doesn't seem that I think too much, but something is really going to happen.
"Tell me, is there something wrong in the house?" Suddenly, seeing the steward in the outer courtyard running in in a hurry, Zhu Chenglin subconsciously struck a stirring spirit in his heart, and he couldn't sit still anymore.
Most of the large amount of property he has embezzled over the years has been hidden in two private houses outside, on the contrary, his residence in the county government has only put some family property and a small amount of property in a decent way for the sake of face and official reputation, no wonder he is so nervous.
The steward was in a panic, and did not kneel down to salute, and said with a sad face: "Yes, my lord! Today, I don't know what happened, but suddenly there was a fire in the city, and we were all wondering when a gang of robbers broke into the courtyard from outside. They knocked down a few of the guards and locked us all in one room, and when we came out, we found that everything in the house had been removed......"
The woman was extremely articulate, spoke clearly, and spoke quickly, and she actually finished the whole thing in three or two sentences.
"What?" Zhu Chenglin jumped up from the chair suddenly, anxious and angry, he couldn't get up in one breath, only to feel that it was dark in front of him, and he fell backwards.
The old man next to him quickly supported him and asked him to sit back on the Taishi chair, and then pinched the person with the scrambled housekeeper, pressed the chest and pressed the chest, and finally woke the person up.
Zhu Chenglin breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of the tea that Lao Fu brought to his mouth, calmed down slightly, and asked with concern, "What about Madam?" ”
The nominal owner of the mansion was a young and beautiful woman, who was his favorite outer room.
"Madame is fine, but she was a little frightened!" The housekeeper said with some trepidation.
Zhu Chenglin relaxed a little, stood up from the chair, and said, "I'll go see her!" ”
He thought in his heart: As long as the person is fine, he can get it back when the money is gone, but he didn't expect that the people of Heihu Mountain would actually rob his outer courtyard when they ransacked the county government treasury, and this time he was determined to wipe out all the hateful bandits.
"My lord, please think again!" Lao Fu hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him, "Right now, there is chaos in the city, and I don't know if those thieves are gone, Mrs. Left and Right is fine, it's better to wait for things to calm down before it passes." ”
Zhu Chenglin pondered for a moment, sat down dejectedly, and said to the female steward: "You go back first and tell Madame not to go out for the time being." ”
The housekeeper said yes and hurried away.
Needless to say, the people who ransacked Zhu Chenglin's outer courtyard and were so angry that he almost vomited blood were Hou Kaisen and Da Da Yuan, Xia Ziwen and others from Qifeng Mountain.
Hou Kaisen looked at the gold and silver jewels piled up like a hill in front of him, and laughed with satisfaction: "Haha, fortunately, I didn't let everyone run in vain!" ”
"It's just the outer courtyard of a county order, and it's unbelievable that so many belongings are hidden!" Ye Yan was dragged to the city by Da Yuan for a run as a junior brother this time, but fortunately he didn't encounter any danger, but it also opened his eyes greatly.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn't believe that the officials in the court were so bold.
"Boy, do you see? I told you a long time ago, follow my brother, and let you eat and drink spicy food in the future, this letter! Da Da Yuan said triumphantly beside him.
As he was talking, he saw Shen Jingbei and others walking over with Shen Yuan.
In the past two days, Shen Jingbei has been determined not to dissolve the cottage, and he had to disturb his father's recuperation and explain to him the whole story. Fortunately, Shen Yuan's injury was almost better, and he got out of the test.
"Big boss!" When everyone present saw it, they took the initiative to greet each other.
Shen Yuan waved his hand to everyone, and said in surprise: "Have you moved the county government treasury here?" ”
"That's not true, in fact, the county government treasury was emptied by the people of Black Tiger Mountain." Hou Kaisen said with a smile.
Shen Yuan said suspiciously: "What's going on?" ”
When he knew that the people of Heihu Mountain were setting fire everywhere in the city, and then ransacked the county government treasury without much effort, and they took the opportunity to loot Zhu Chenglin's outer courtyard, he couldn't help but sigh regretfully: "These dog thieves who have lost their conscience can't imagine that they have been cheapened." ”
"It's not cheap either, I just received news that most of the more than fifty boxes of silver that those people in Heihu Mountain snatched from the county government treasury are stones, and all of them are less than two hundred taels when counted." Shen Jingbei smiled, obviously he had ears and eyes in the old rival of Black Tiger Mountain.
Huge Yuan was stunned for a moment, patted his thigh and shouted: "The eldest lady is really a god, and everything is really as she expected." ”
Shen Yuan knew the cause and effect of the whole incident, and he had to be impressed by Shen Manqiu's witty response, and when he saw her, Xia Ziwen and others coming over, he smiled and said, "Bing'er, now you really impress your father-in-law." ”
"Father-in-law, you're laughing!" Shen Manqiu smiled lightly and said thoughtfully: "I'm not sure if there is an ambush in the county government treasury, but since they got so many stones and put them in the box to pretend to be treasury silver, there is a big problem in the middle." ”
Shen Yuan nodded slightly and said, "How do you say this?" ”
"Actually, I'm just guessing!" Shen Manqiu groaned slightly, and said: "Zhu Chenglin lied about the disaster, it was nothing more than trying to be greedy for the disaster relief silver that was not distributed, he used fake silver to drop the disaster silver, and obviously the real silver was taken away by him. Now that he has been stirred up by Black Tiger Mountain, even if someone on it checks it out, he can explain it very well......
To be honest, Ye Yan had always been a little dismissive of Shen Manqiu's orders in Qifeng Mountain, but after staying in the cottage for these days, he gradually changed his original opinion. I have to admit that she is not only good-looking, but also intelligent and resourceful.
As far as Fang Cai's words are concerned, ordinary people may not understand them very well, but he faces hundreds of officials in the court every day, and he is naturally more familiar with their minds.
The fake silver is placed in the treasury of the county government, and I am always worried that one day it may be a goof. But after the robbery of the Black Tiger Mountain bandits, they can push everything on their heads, at most it is a crime of negligence, even if they are punished, they will not bear much responsibility.