Chapter 52: Silver

The waiting process was the most torturous, and after the official left, Zhang Qing hurriedly sorted out his thoughts, but he really couldn't think of why An Yinhuo said that he had his own letter? But looking at the other party's confident appearance, it doesn't look like it's pretending.

No matter how tormented Zhang Qing's heart was, it would be seen that the lively people had already told the people outside about the situation inside, which greatly satisfied the waiting crowd. There are even those who sell snacks and snacks to provoke a flat shoulder, walking around in the crowd to solicit business, and the front of Dali Temple has never been so lively.

Not long after, several officials returned with an old man with a goatee. The old man was brought by the servants on horseback all the way to a bump, and when he entered the hall, he did not slow down, and when he walked, his legs spun straight around, and when he reached the hall, he fell to his knees.

"Grass people Dong Fugui participate in adults." After speaking, he kowtowed twice, which shows that the dizziness is not light.

"Someone in the hall, do you know this young man?" Shi Yuandao didn't hesitate, and asked straight to the point.

Dong Fugui raised his eyes, and there was indeed a young man kneeling on his left hand, looking at him calmly. I don't seem to know it, so let's take a closer look......

"Ah~"

This Dong Fugui is very timid on weekdays, and he believes in ghosts and gods very much, and when he saw An Yinhuo's face, he screamed and fainted.

Shi Yuandao: "......"

"Someone, wake him up for me."

After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Qing, there is really a master and a servant, neither of them will let him worry, one is out of shape in the court, and the other is even more useless and faints directly.

A basin of cold water was mercilessly splashed on the housekeeper, this Dong Fugui's eyelids twitched a few times, opened his eyes, and was about to shout when he saw An Yinhuo's face, but before he could make a sound, a heartwarming kick came, instantly gasping in pain, and he couldn't shout.

"You dog, keep your eyes open and see clearly, this is a living person, you idiot."

Zhang Qing really couldn't stand Dong Fugui's embarrassment for him, so he didn't control it for a while, and kicked it over, which also kicked Dong Fugui to his senses.

"Sir...... Sir, why are you here? ”

This Dong Fugui was really dizzy when he first came in, and he didn't see Zhang Qing standing there, so he took a moment to find out. When he saw his master, he immediately became bolder, and when he looked at An Yinhuo again, he was not so scared just now.

"Okay, Dong Fugui's official asked you, do you know the people in the hall?"

Shi Yuandao didn't bother to pay attention to Zhang Qing's suspicion of disturbing the court, as long as he could keep the housekeeper sober and not be confused.

"Lord Qiyu, this person, this grass people......"

Dong Fugui knew the rumors between his master and Fang Zhengyun and An Yinhuo, and he also knew that his master did not treat the An family as well as he said to the outside world.

"Foolish minion, you can say whatever the adults ask you, and do whatever you do."

Zhang Qing is now eager to pry open the butler's mouth and let him speak, so that he can clear his grievances, but he really hasn't written a letter to An Yinhuo.

"Master Zhang, if you do this again, this official will really sentence you to disturb the court! This steward is also a witness, and you must not speak with him again. "Again and again, Shi Yuandao can't bear it.

"Yes, the lower official knows, the lower official is anxious, please forgive me."

"Hmph. Dong Fugui, you don't have to swallow and vomit, if you don't tell the truth, then the official can only be tortured and beaten until you say it. A cold snort was for Zhang Qing to hear, but the latter words were to intimidate Dong Fugui.

"My lord, my lord is gracious, said the grass people...... This person is known to the grass people, this is An Yinhuo, the son of the An family. ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to be beaten by the board, Dong Fugui no longer hesitated and immediately opened his mouth, he was already timid, and it was actually the easiest way to deal with such a person, just scare him.

"Then the official will ask you again, when have you seen An Yinhuo?"

Shi Yuandao's question was also skillful, and he didn't come up directly to ask if he had passed letters to Zhang Qing and An Yinhuo, but when had he seen it? Such a step-by-step in-depth question can best tell the truth.

"Lord Hui, this Lord An had some dealings with my master when he was still there, and Gongzi An had also passed through the mansion a few times, so the grass people have seen it and remember Gongzi An."

Dong Fugui thought about it again and again, and slowly spoke, feeling that there should be no problem with what he said.

"Oh, then you mean I've seen Gongzi An many times."

"Yes, the grass people have seen Gongzi An many times."

"When was the last one?" Shi Yuandao's question was quick and urgent.

"The most recent one was...... Yes, yes......"

After pausing three times in a row, Dong Fugui thought, what did this old man say about sending silver to the An family?

"Bold Diao Min, you still don't tell the truth, do you want to taste the punishment of my Dali Temple!" A shocking sound shook Dong Fugui's careful thoughts.

"Back to my lord, the last time the grass people saw Gongzi An was not long ago, and they were instructed by my family to bring some things to their mother and son."

"What is it?"

"It's nothing, just some silver taels."

"There's something else besides the silver taels." Shi Yuandao frowned, this housekeeper is also slippery.

"It's gone, it's gone, there's nothing else." The housekeeper didn't understand why Shi Yuandao asked this, so he just answered truthfully.

"Isn't there a letter written by your lord?" Shi Yuandao asked.

"No, no, this one really doesn't."

Dong Fugui shook his head vigorously, he didn't dare to talk nonsense about such a thing, he really didn't bring anything else that day except for the silver taels.

"My lord, may I ask this butler?"

An Yinhuo said lightly on the side. Shi Yuandao thought about it, this housekeeper is a subordinate of Zhang Qing's family, and his speech is naturally biased towards Zhang Qing's side, he had already planned to punish him, to see if the housekeeper would change his words, this will listen to An Yinhuo take the initiative to ask, Lu Wei groaned, and nodded. It is naturally good not to be punished, otherwise so many people will look at it, and it will leave people with the impression of abusing the punishment.

"Thank you, sir! Steward Dong, let me ask you, how much silver did you bring to our mother and son that day? The light in An Yinhuo's eyes flashed, and a trace of fierceness was hidden in his eyes.

"This, this ......"

The housekeeper lowered his head, and the lord gave him twenty taels of silver that day for him to hand over to the mother and son of the An family, but this amount was too little.

"Dong Fugui, don't answer quickly."

Shi Yuandao was angry when he saw this housekeeper, you are a small people, you dare to hesitate when you arrive at Dali Temple, if it weren't for today's special situation, he would have let people reward him with a few sticks, and he would have recruited everything.

"Hui Yu, my lord, it's twenty taels."

The housekeeper gritted his teeth, he couldn't hide the matter of this silver, anyway, his master also let him tell the truth, it's a big deal to go back and be scolded, that's better than being beaten with a stick here.

As soon as the crowd heard the number, they immediately became lively, just heard that Zhang Qing sent silver to the mother and son of the An family, and felt that this Zhang Qing was still a good person, at least he did not fall into the ground, ignored the mother and son of the An family, and gave silver. But when they heard the amount of the silver, the hearts of the people were not angry.

"If someone who is an official is in trouble, you will give twenty taels of silver...... It's too picky. ”

"That's it, the average person has to get ten taels of silver a year to live, and these twenty taels are not much."

"Don't talk nonsense, maybe this adult is an honest official, and he doesn't have any silver in his hands on weekdays?"

"What is the official integrity, didn't you look at the clothes on his butler, is that the ordinary fabric? You are clumsy, it is the most popular cloth plain lake silk this year, and there are twenty taels of silver on this body. The money given to others is only equivalent to a housekeeper's clothes, what kind of heart is this? ”

"That's it, it's ......"

Shi Yuandao was also cold in his heart when he heard this amount, which is giving silver, this is clearly a cold mixed with others, he has a humiliating mind, and he doesn't want to have any more dealings with the people of the An family. Thinking about it, Shi Yuandao glanced at Zhang Qing deeply, this mind is vicious enough.

"Besides, what do you want to bring to us?" An Yinhuo was not affected by the outside world, and then asked.

"No, I didn't ......"

The housekeeper's eyes dodged, in fact, Zhang Qing asked the housekeeper to bring some words that day, saying that he and Lord An were already general friends, Lord An's crime was too big, and he couldn't do anything about it, these silver were enough for their mother and son to live for a while, and he was already benevolent and righteous. The butler thought about it again, he seemed to have said a lot of ugly things, but he wouldn't admit these things, anyway, there were no outsiders there at that time.

"My lord, this man's words are not to be believed, for he said that he had given me only twenty taels of silver that day, and that no letter had been brought with me. But my father regarded Zhang Qing as a classmate and friend before his death, and Zhang Qing even sued General Fang Zhengyun for me in the Golden Palace, such a person should value our mother and son very much, how could he only send such a little silver tael? If it is really as the housekeeper said, then Zhang Qing just doesn't want to have anything to do with us, so even if Lord Zhang received my forged handwritten letter, why did he go to the Taoist temple in person, and he did not hesitate to offend the powerful for us, this is a contradiction at all. ”

An Yinhuo's words made it clear that if you only bring such a little silver and have no other arrangements, then it will contradict your behavior of angrily suing Fang Zhengyun, and this will put Zhang Qing in a dilemma.

Either Zhang Qing admitted that he had other plans and deliberately framed Fang Zhengyun, or he admitted that he had brought a letter to An Yinhuo. The problem is that Shi Yuandao has never shown this letter to Zhang Qing now, and Zhang Qing doesn't know what is written on that letter, so naturally he doesn't dare to admit it. He can't admit to framing Fang Zhengyun, and he can't admit that he wrote a letter, so ......

"Bastard thing, I obviously asked you to bring two hundred taels of silver that day, and you actually dared to swallow it privately!" Zhang Qing thought of this clever plan as soon as he rolled his eyes, as long as he put the responsibility on the housekeeper, it made sense, and now he can only lose the car and protect the handsome.

The housekeeper was completely stunned when he heard this, what is going on, it is obviously twenty taels...... Looking at the old man's eyes looking at him again, his heart was cold, and he instantly understood that this old man was going to abandon him.