After talking about the things at home and the intention of Wang Ma's arrival, Wang Ma asked Sun Jidong why he came.

"Did the eldest prince come to visit Miss and Aunt?"

"Wang Ma, I'm ashamed. I also knew for a long time that my sister-in-law's family moved to Taicang, but they didn't have the face to come to the door. I was able to come home this time because I asked Guoliang for help. ”

Next, Sun Jidong briefly told Wang Ma about the incident of Yinliang being pitted.

After Sun Jidong finished speaking, Xiao Yiran, who had been sitting next to him without making a sound, suddenly asked:

"Is there any special mark on my uncle's silver?"

"What mark?"

Sun Jidong didn't understand his niece Xiao Yiran's words for a while, and then, as if he had thought of something, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, looked at his niece Xiao Yiran's eyes and said:

"It's still smart, and the money in my uncle's house is really marked."

"What is the mark of the eldest brother's silver? If there were signs, it would be easy to do. ”

"I found a prosperous silver shop on the street to cast this batch of silver. At that time, the shopkeeper Liu of Changsheng Silver Shop told me that his family's model was a bit incomplete, and if he was not in a hurry, he would wait for two days, and after repairing the model, he would come back to cast. At that time, I was in a hurry to buy the goods, so I said to the shopkeeper Liu, as long as it is enough to make two pounds and two pounds, the condition is not bad. ”

"Have you noticed any flaws on the silver ingots that you cast?"

"Haha, if it weren't for Ran'er's reminder, I really wouldn't have remembered it for a while. At the bottom of the ingot, there is a tiny crack that you won't notice if you don't look closely. People who believe in Cui Kee's grocery store will definitely not notice. ”

Sun Jidong was reminded by his niece Xiao Yiran's words, and his mood suddenly improved.

"Guoliang, sister, you gave birth to a good niece for your eldest brother, at such a young age, your mind is so meticulous, it's not simple, it's not simple."

"Big brother, since there are marks on the silver ingots, I am not afraid that Cui Ji will repay the debt. Tonight we brothers have a good reunion. ”

No longer worried about the lawsuit the next day, what Wang Ma said is not something that can be solved immediately, as for whether to find time to go back, Xiao Guoliang did not directly express his position. After all, the uncle and son-in-law have not seen each other for nearly fifteen years, and Wang Ma is Sun's nurse, and the dinner party did not sit at separate tables, but invited Sun Jidong to sit on the top, Xiao Guoliang sat on the main seat, Sun and Xiao Yiran were next to each other, and Wang Ma fought horizontally. A wine feast is only eaten, and it is not over until the end of the year.

That night, Wang Ma went to the backyard to live with Xiaoxi, and Sun Jidong was arranged to rest in the west ear room in the front yard.

The next day, Xiao Guoliang took Sun Jidong to the county office, and first reported the mark on the silver two to Wang Zhixian.

"With this mark, you are not afraid of Cui Ji defaulting on the account."

Above the lobby, when Wang Zhixian asked the official to Cui Ji and moved Cui Ji's deposit money, he asked Cui Shopkeeper:

"Shopkeeper Cui, you said that this silver is the silver that flows daily in your shop, do you know your family's silver?"

The shopkeeper Cui was stunned by the magistrate's question, the silver is the same, how can he know whether he knows or not?

"Master Zhixian, the silver is the same."

"Okay, so there's nothing special about your family's silver? Let me ask you, have you ever shown the silver in your house to Shopkeeper Sun? ”

"Nope."

"In this case, if Shopkeeper Sun can know these silvers, does it mean that these silvers are Shopkeeper Sun's silver?"

Shopkeeper Cui didn't believe that Shopkeeper Sun would know his silver ingot, so he immediately said to the magistrate:

"That's nature."

"Shopkeeper Sun go pick it up and see which ones are your family's silver."

Seeing that Shopkeeper Sun really carefully identified the silver ingots one by one, Shopkeeper Cui began to feel weak. After Sun Jidong checked out all his silver ingots, he said to Wang Zhixian:

"Lord Zhixian, these are my family's silver, and there are some scattered silver taels, which are impossible to identify."

"Shopkeeper Cui, what do you say?"

"Master Zhixian, Shopkeeper Sun is pure nonsense, the silver ingots are all the same, why do you say that these silver taels belong to his family?"

"Shopkeeper Cui, you said that your family's silver is the same, and Shopkeeper Sun can pick out these silvers from them, don't you want to think about why?"

"Lord Zhixian, Shopkeeper Sun said that the silver belonged to his family, but what about the evidence?"

"Of course, there is evidence, otherwise how to know. Let me ask you again, is there any difference in your family's silver? ”

"No, it's all the same ingot."

"Okay, Shopkeeper Sun pointed out the evidence to Shopkeeper Cui."

When Shopkeeper Sun picked up a silver ingot and pointed out the subtle cracks in the lower part of the silver ingot to Shopkeeper Cui, Shopkeeper Cui still wanted to quibble, but Wang Zhixian was shocked and shouted:

"Bold profiteers, openly deceive merchants, vainly want to embezzle the goods and silver of guests, if you don't confess honestly, two shifts of government servants, give me a big punishment."

At this point, Cui Ji's shopkeeper no longer dared to quibble, so he had to honestly confess:

"The county magistrate, it's really a villain who is obsessed with money for a while, so he did such a foolish thing. The day before yesterday, after the shopkeeper counted the goods, he handed over the silver taels in full, and said that he would pick up the goods early tomorrow morning and go back. At dinner, the villain drank two glasses of wine, and suddenly became greedy, thinking that when the shopkeeper Sun handed over the silver, there was no witness, and there was no note, if the coming day did not admit that the shopkeeper Sun had paid the silver, wouldn't it be for nothing to get sixty-seven taels of silver? ”

After the shopkeeper Cui finished speaking, he kowtowed to the magistrate, and after a while, he kowtowed to the shopkeeper Sun who was standing next to him.

"The county magistrate, the villain is confused for a while, and I hope that the lord will be light. The villain is willing to deliver the goods that were counted yesterday to the shopkeeper Sun. ”

Wang Zhixian listened to Cui's shopkeeper, although he admitted that he was greedy for money, but he was insincere. looked at the shopkeeper Sun and asked for his opinion.

"Lord Zhixian, since Shopkeeper Cui is willing to deliver the goods in full, the villain will no longer pursue it."

"How can you let go of such a profiteer."

Wang Zhixian seemed to be talking to himself, and then put pen to paper:

Cui Dong, a profiteer, disregarded the law of the country, highlighted his bad heart, and wanted to be greedy for 67 taels of silver for the goods of the merchants. Unexpectedly, the merchant's silver money has its own mark, and after the county's audit, the profiteer Cui Dong has also confessed. According to the criminal law of the Great Song Dynasty, the profiteer Cui Dong returned the goods to the merchants, and compensated for the cost of vehicles and ships, lost work and other 15 taels of silver. Twenty canes were reprimanded, and the shop was ordered to be closed. This verdict.

Ignoring the shouts of the shopkeeper Cui, the official stepped forward and dragged him to the door of the lobby, and after twenty years of cane scolding, he rushed to the street.

Sun Jidong immediately thanked the magistrate, turned Xiao Guoliang's office, and told Xiao Guoliang about the verdict of the magistrate, and then accompanied by Xiao Guoliang and the officials, they came to Cui Ji grocery store to count the goods, as well as the fifteen taels of silver awarded in compensation. After packing up, he drove the carriage to Xiao Mansion.

According to Xiao Guoliang and Sun's meaning, they want Sun Jidong to live for another day and go on the road with Wang Ma tomorrow. It's just that Sun Jidong said:

"Guoliang, sister, I should have gone back yesterday, but now it's a day late, I'm afraid that your sister-in-law will be in a hurry, I'll go back first, and take your sister-in-law another day to visit together."

After speaking, no matter how Xiao Guoliang and Sun dissuaded them, they still insisted on leaving the fifteen taels of silver that Cui Ji had awarded to pay for.

"Guoliang, sister, I didn't bother to buy some gifts for Ran'er this time, this silver is not for you, it is for Ran'er. Ran'er, good niece, thanks to you for reminding your uncle this time. You keep this money, and buy whatever you like. Wait for the next time your uncle and your aunt come together, bring a gift to Ran'er. ”

"Thank you, uncle."

Mother Wang naturally followed Sun Jidong's carriage back.