The old man of the family took a few boards that week, and he suddenly became honest.

Qin Ming sat on it and said, "How about it, Master Zhou, can you talk to this official in a regular way now?" ”

The old man glanced at Qin Ming and said, "If my brother knew that you were deceiving my Zhou family like this, he would definitely not let you go." ”

Qin Ming smiled and said, "It seems that you are still not convinced, do you want to continue to play the board?" ”

The old man's face changed in fright, and then he said, "What are you going to do?" Why did you call the old man here? ”

Qin Ming looked at the old man and said, "Okay, then let's talk about business." According to the confession of the Mozhou prefect and the report of the political envoy and other chief officials, it is said that your Zhou family has hidden the sweet potato and potato seeds transported by the imperial court to Xining Province, and the official now wants you to hand them over. ”

Hearing this, the old man and the rest of the Zhou family all changed their faces.

Immediately, the old man looked at Qin Ming and said, "It's nonsense, it's just nonsense, there is no such thing." ”

"Yes, Master Zhou, you have to think it through. If you hand over all the sweet potatoes and potato seeds, the official may not be prosecuted, but if you do not hand them over, you will be guilty of a capital offense when the official finds out in person.

Also, don't feel that the official can't find out. After all, the prefect of Mozhou and several prefects, as well as the three divisions of Xining Province, have been arrested for embezzling disaster relief grain funds, are you more powerful than them? ”

Qin Ming said it very lightly, as if this matter was not a big deal in his opinion.

And because of his understatement tone, the Zhou family was a little worried.

What Qin Ming said is indeed good, the embezzlement of grain funds has been exposed now, not only that, but this matter has been handled by Qin Ming so quickly, and the officials who should be arrested have also been arrested.

The senior official of his Zhou family is in the imperial capital, and he can't help the Zhou family from such a distance, so if he fights with Qin Ming, the Zhou family has almost no chance of winning.

For a moment, the old man fell into deep thought.

However, at this time, a young man from the Zhou family snorted and said:

"You think you scared us out of a few words? Let me tell you, my Zhou family is not so easy to deal with by you, since you said that our Zhou family has hidden seeds, then you should go and find it? ”

Qin Ming glanced at the man who was talking and asked, "What are you, when is it your turn to speak here?" Did the officer ask you? ”

The man sneered: "I just said, what do you do to me?" I don't believe that you really dare to do anything to us, my uncle is a first-class official and a master, Your Majesty has to give him some face, you really dare to treat my Zhou family, and you will not end well at that time.

Also, if you dare to do something to my Zhou family, I'm afraid, you won't be able to get out of this Xining Province. In this Xining Province, the power of our Zhou family is not something you can imagine. So, boy, you'd better weigh it yourself. ”

Qin Ming smiled, looked at the young man who was talking like a fool, and asked, "Are you the son of the head of the Zhou family?" ”

Hearing this, the man nodded haughtily: "That's right." ”

Qin Ming also nodded and said, "Disrespectful and disrespectful, I don't think that the son of the Zhou family has such courage, and I admire it." ”

The man showed a smug look, but then, he saw Qin Ming's face sank and shouted:

"This son ignores the majesty of the court, provokes and threatens the minister, the crime is unforgivable, come and take him down, and at three o'clock in the afternoon today, he will be beheaded!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw several Praetorian Guards directly stepping forward to detain the young man and take him down.

And at this time, the man also reacted, his face turned pale in an instant, and shouted: "Let go of me, which of you dares to arrest me?" Let go. ”

However, the Praetorian Guards ignored him and dragged him down.

When the old man saw this scene, he immediately said to Qin Ming:

"Adult, the child is ignorant and offends the adult, please let the adult open the net and not be like him."

Qin Ming snorted and said, "Is the court a child's play? What's more, your son threatens his own officials, and he deserves to be punished for his crimes. ”

The old man frowned and said, "My lord, do you have to persecute the old man like this? ”

Qin Ming smiled: "Master Zhou, what did this official do to persecute you?" ”

"Then Lord Qin, what are you going to do so that you don't kill me?" looked at the calm face and said.

Qin Ming looked at the old man and said, "If you want your son not to die, you can, hand over the sweet potato seeds, I still say the same thing, you can not blame the past!" ”

"You ......" The old man looked at Qin Ming, his face turned red with anger, and finally said:

"Old man, I don't know what sweet potato potato seeds ......"

Qin Ming sneered: "In that case, then the head of the Zhou family, just wait for your son's body to be collected in the afternoon, right?" Today, that's all, go back.

The opportunity has been given to you, if you don't cherish it, then the official will take matters into his own hands and find out that the sweet potato seeds are hidden by your Zhou family, hum, if one of your Zhou family is counted as one, they all have to die! ”

With that, Qin Ming got up and prepared to leave.

Seeing that he was so resolute, the old man's face changed, and he kept thinking about it in his heart.

In the end, he gritted his teeth, looked at Qin Ming and said:

"Wait a minute!"

Qin Minggang was about to leave, looked back at the Zhou family master, and said, "How is it?" Figured it out? ”

The head of the Zhou family gritted his teeth and said, "Are you serious, are you not to blame for the past?" ”

Qin Ming said: "It's just some sweet potato seeds, and only a part of what you have hidden, as long as you take it out in time and hand it over to the victims, I naturally don't need to pursue it!" ”

The head of the Zhou family pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll hand it over." When I returned, I immediately sent for all the seeds that I had withheld to be transported to the victims. In addition, I will donate another 100,000 taels of silver to the disaster area as a punishment! ”

Qin Ming's eyes narrowed, thinking that this old thing deserved to be able to do business, and he actually punished himself.

In this way, it showed his attitude of admitting his guilt, so that Qin Ming could not really punish him again.

I have to let it, the old fritter is very smart.

Qin Ming smiled, and then said: "I hope that the head of the Zhou family will do what you say, and complete what you said before three o'clock in the afternoon, and your son will naturally go back safely." ”

The old man glanced at Qin Ming deeply, then turned around and left in a hurry.

Handing over the seeds, at most, is to make less money in the future, which is better than Qin Ming tracking down and putting the Zhou family in.

Besides, he didn't want his son to die.

As soon as he went back, he immediately began to transport sweet potato seeds to the disaster area, and took out 100,000 taels of silver to donate to the victims.

And after Qin Ming received the news, he also released his son.

No matter how rich a businessman is, he can't compete with a person with power after all, and he can't fight a person like Qin Ming.

Now, all the officials of Xining Province have sent it to the imperial capital for investigation, and the seeds have been found.

Qin Ming, who had been away from the imperial capital for more than a month, also wanted to return to the imperial capital.

So, he arranged for some officials of the provincial government to temporarily replace some provincial government affairs, and let a hundred Praetorian Guards act as a deterrent in the provincial capital.

And himself, together with Yan Lingfei, rode a small motorcycle back to the imperial capital.

After two days of driving, Qin Ming and Yan Lingfei returned to the imperial capital.

After returning to the Qin Mansion, the old housekeeper immediately showed joy when he saw Qin Ming, but then he had a sad face and said:

"Young Master, you're finally back. Alas...... You...... How could you do such a thing, alas......"

Qin Ming was stunned: "What did I do?" ”

The old housekeeper said, "Young master, the Xining who has already pleaded guilty has commanded the envoy to sue you for pretending to be his son-in-law and giving his daughter to ...... Alas...... A horse master did this kind of thing, and now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are frying. ”