CHAPTER XVI

16At noon on the second day, after dinner, Mr. Xu called a man, and he led Zhou Dao and two family members, as well as a few men with mule carts, to Yaxing, east of the city.

The person who has been waiting here for a long time is called Sun Baozhen, the owner of a leather and mountain goods store. As for what he has to do with the magistrate or the county government, outsiders have no way of knowing.

As a large transaction, the delivery procedures were completed by the tooth bank as a guarantee, and in full view of everyone, Sun Dongjia opened the six large wooden boxes on the mule cart and counted and handed over 300 yuan to Zhoudao in person.

Looking at this hill full of copper coins, Zhou Dao adopted Mr. Xu's suggestion before, and asked someone to find the two largest gold and silver shops in the county, and deposited a total of 250 yuan in these two houses, and they issued a flying money ticket number, and indicated that it could only be withdrawn by Zhou Dao himself for a period of one year, and a fee of two and 500 yuan must be paid, which will be deducted when withdrawing.

After asking Zhou Dao, Pan Ye and the messenger surnamed Na Liang accompanied him and the sixty guan he retained, and returned to Zhuxi Town by the same way.

That night, Zhou Dao visited Pan Ye's house and sent two times as a thank you gift for taking care of these days, and Pan Ye accepted it after a few excuses.

In the county Yahou Hall, Yu Chengzhong, the county magistrate, drank tea with Mr. Xu

"Tuzhi, just let him go back like this, aren't you afraid that he will run away?" Xu Wei replied with a deep groan

"Zhou Dao, this person is by no means ordinary, we still have to be cautious, if he is in prison by us, it is obviously inappropriate. If most of what he said is true, if the above really wants to check it out in the future, it will be passive, which is also a way back. Yu Zhixian nodded, and Xu Wei continued

"Besides, isn't the treasure you want already here? He sold the treasure to the shopkeeper in front of everyone like this, what do you have to do with your lordship? Isn't it just right to be upright? There are also two situations that do not restrict him from moving, one is to send him to the Zizhong Mansion and hand it over to Shangguan for decision. But there is a disadvantage to this, that is, the treasure may be immediately noticed and tracked down by those who have a heart. The second is to let him go, as he said, he is not an official envoy, and he came to my Great Song Dynasty just to do business in a foreign country, and it is still a one-sided statement, and it is not reported in accordance with the law on such matters. At the very least, we can see and talk about it, so we will warn him and keep him in this county at any time to be dispatched. There are also many people in the county town, which is not a good place to go, and if he is willing to return to Zhuxi, it will be up to him. Pan Hu is there, I'll tell him to keep an eye on it. Then again, everything that should be done is done according to the charter, if he wants to run, he just runs, what does it matter if he is dead or alive? After Xu Wei said this, Yu Zhixian couldn't help but nod his head,

"I still have a lot of worries about doing things. Whether this treasure should be kept or what to do with it, let me think carefully."