Chapter 14: Blackmail
Xia Chen was not happy, waiting for such a bastard to make himself hungry. Listening to the rat-eyed man coming up with such a sentence, he couldn't help but be angry! Had it not been for the crowd watching, and five servants by his side, she would have rushed over and knocked him down with a punch, and then stepped on a ten-footed one.
Han Yi's face sank: "I said this young master, don't frame a good person!" If we want to rely on your money, we will be gone a long time ago. β
The rat-eyed man's eyes rolled: "Of course you want to leave, but you didn't have time!" Seeing that I came to look for fear of being discovered by me, I pretended to pay it back, but in fact stole my silver, so many people have heard it, I just said that there are more than five taels of silver in it, and now these are clearly not enough. He was filled with righteous indignation, and poured out the money for the people to see.
Everyone looked at it and talked secretly, and their faces gradually became suspicious.
"You!" Han Yi was furious, and his face turned red.
The rat-eyed man put away the money and crooked his mouth: "There's nothing to say, right?" Give me back the money, or I'll have someone search for it." He snickered secretly in his heart, he wanted to show that he was rich and said more, but now he just used this as a rhetoric, not only does he not have to give Xie money, but it seems that he can also earn some money.
Han Yi subconsciously covered the silver bag on his waist: "You! You're clearly robbing money! β
Seeing this, the rat-eyed man snorted, and it seemed that this old man really had silver on him.
"Look, everyone, it's good to have a few big bucks in their pockets as poor as they are! If there is any silver, it must have taken me. "If you don't count enough, then they will spend the money.
Although the onlookers felt that those who took the initiative to repay the money would not hide it privately, the young man also had some truth in what he said, so they all looked at Han Yi and the others. Some of them came from behind and didn't know the situation, and their eyes already showed contempt.
Xia Chen said: "You don't look down on people in that dog's eyes!" Who can't make a few taels of silver? She knew that Han Yi had brought silver today in order to buy a few tools and buy herself a paper inkstone.
The rat-eyed man said, "Oops! You little thief, dare to scold Master Ben. β
Xia Chen said: "Scold you!" I want to hit you! As he spoke, he picked up the brick he had just sat on and headed straight for the rat-eyed man. She was originally a little worried that they would suffer a loss, but now she can't take care of this much, even if she takes a few hits, she will shoot this person into persimmons.
The rat-eyed man immediately hid behind one of the servants: "Beat someone!" β
Han Yiben was so angry that he trembled all over, and he couldn't say a word, and suddenly saw that his grandson was about to join the gang, for fear of hurting people and causing trouble, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Xia Chen: "Chen'er, don't fight, I think I'm unlucky, I met such a scoundrel, let's go!" As he spoke, he pulled Xia Chen to leave.
Although Xia Chen couldn't be angry, he didn't want to make a big fuss. She was just worried that Han Yi's money was really being scolded, and when she saw the chaos, she wanted to leave.
I didn't want the rat-eyed man to see her being pulled, so he waved his hand: "Catch them, don't let your children run away." β
When the servants saw that they were old and young, they immediately gathered around them.
Everyone immediately advised: "Don't do it, it's not good to hurt people." β
"If only I had hidden it and returned it."
The rat-eyed man wanted to get cheap, and when he saw that he had taken advantage of it, he shouted: "If you don't pay me back the more than one or two pieces of silver, I will send you to the county office." β
Xia Chen found that he really underestimated the despicable Cheng dΓΉ of the despicable people! I really regret that I didn't throw a brick in his face just now.
Mr. Li scolded angrily: "You are a dog biting Lu Dongbin, you don't know the hearts of good people." β
When the rat-eyed man heard this, he shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, do it!" When I arrived at the county office, I was not afraid that they would not recognize it. β
Han Yi said: "I didn't do anything wrong, and I wasn't afraid of seeing officials." I would also like to ask the magistrate to comment on this theory. β
A group of people walked in the direction of the county office, and the rat-eyed man met people along the way and said that Han Yi and they had hidden his money, which attracted more people to come over to watch the excitement.
Xia Chen was a little worried about going to court at this time, and he couldn't explain this matter clearly, what would be the result then? The loss of money is still small, but his kindness was wronged, how can Han Yi stand it, he must be angry.
When he arrived at the gate of the county office, Han Yi rushed forward and beat the drum of grievances, and a government official came over to ask about it, and went in to return. He didn't come out and said, "Lord Zhixian sent you to the hall for questioning." β
When he came to the hall, Xia Chen saw that the officials on both sides were holding torture rods in their hands, and when he heard them shouting "mighty" in unison, his heart was a little furious, this court was really majestic enough.
She raised her eyes and looked at the magistrate in the hall, about forty years old, with a square face, good facial features, and bright eyes, not like a confused official, but this is not acting on TV after all, and the appearance of playing the bad guy is greedy and obscene to guide the audience.
Kochi County saw Han Yi under the hall and Zhou Fu, the second young master of the Zhou Yuan family in the west of the city, and wondered how Mr. Han could go to court with this guy, and patted the Tangmu: "Who is in the hall?" Who is the plaintiff? β
Han Yi and Zhou Fu said at the same time: "Villain Zhou Fu, please call the shots." β
"Villain Han Yi, please call the shots."
Hearing this, Kochi County patted Tangmu again: "Han Yi, you speak first." In fact, he already knew in his heart, Han Yi had sent forage to the county government for more than ten years, and the county government knew that he was honest and kind. And this week's Fu character is not good, relying on some money at home, he is usually idle, and he is famous for being greedy and cheap.
Han Yi finished telling the whole story, Kochi County was in trouble for a while, obviously Han Yi was kind, otherwise he had many ways and opportunities to leave, but no one knew how much money was in the money bag. After thinking for a moment, he asked the yacha on the side to ask the people who were watching the excitement outside, and found two intellectuals to confirm the situation again.
"Zhou Fu, Han Yi took the initiative to ask you if you lost something, and took the initiative to admit that you found the money bag, yes or no?"
Zhou Fudao: "Yes, but at that time, the villain had already remembered that he had dropped the money bag when he was buying melons, and found them, and they must have taken the initiative to admit it because they were afraid that the villain would find out the money bag." β
Xia Chen said: "You don't open your eyes there and talk nonsense, it was my grandfather who came up to ask when he saw you rummaging around, besides, we have already sold out of melons, if we weren't waiting for the owner, we would have gone to eat a long time ago." β
Kochi Prefecture said: "Silence. After that, he looked at Xia Chen: "You found this money bag?" Have you ever touched the money in it? β
Xia Chen replied loudly: "I found it when I was packing the bag, but I never touched a penny." My grandfather was worried that the owner would be in a hurry, so he decided to wait for the owner in the same place. β
Mr. Li said: "My lord, what Chen'er said is all the truth. The villain has already sold out of melons, and in order to wait for the owner to leave, the adult can let people check. Besides, if we really have the heart to find this money, even if the melons are not sold, we will change places. β
Zhou Fudao: "No matter why you didn't leave, just tell me, I clearly have four or five taels of silver in my money bag, why is there more than three taels left?" If I make it clear, I will admit it. β
Xia Chen said: "You said five taels before, but now you say four or five taels, four or five taels!" Is it four or five? You don't even know how much money you have in your bag! You dare to open your mouth and shut up and say that someone else has hidden you. β
Kochi County bowed slightly: "There is some truth in this, Zhou Fu, how much silver is in your money bag?" β
Zhou Fuzhi said: "The villain remembers that it is five taels, even if there are some discrepancies, it will never exceed two cents of silver, even if it is four taels or eight, it is less than one or two or three cents of silver." β
Xia Chen suddenly caught a glimpse of the person who testified in court with a similar-looking money bag tied around his waist, and he had an idea: "My lord, since he is so sure, and we really haven't moved. She paused: "There is only one possibility, there is only one difference." She said no further than that.
Kochi Prefecture was curious and hurriedly said, "What is possible?" Hurry up. β
Xia Chen said loudly: "That's ......" She deliberately pulled a long voice and pointed at Zhou Fu: "The money bag is clearly not lost by him, and the owner is someone else!" If he didn't confess, he confessed wrongly. β
Kochi County was stunned, he didn't expect this child to be so clever, he twisted his beard and nodded: "This is not unreasonable!" Zhou Fu, judging from the testimony, Han Yi is more like taking the initiative to find the owner, he shouldn't have hidden the silver taels, and you don't know the amount of money and silver, if there is no special mark on the money bag to prove that it is yours, the official will announce that the owner is someone else! β
Zhou Fu hurriedly said: "My lord, the villain will never admit his mistake, although there is no special mark, but this money bag was bought by the villain in Xiuchun Buzhuang not long ago, and you can find out if you look for the shopkeeper." β
Kochi County said: "Come here, quickly spread the shopkeeper of Xiuchun Cloth Village." β
Xia Chen was apprehensive in her heart, she knew that this money bag was dropped by Zhou Fu, and she knew that he was deliberately blackmailing, so she easily thought of a way to deal with it, in case the shopkeeper really recognized it, she really had a hundred mouths and couldn't tell it clearly.