Kong Erhu's face improved slightly, and he arched his hand and said: "Master Hou is impartial, and the villain admires him very much. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Qi Ning set up Erlang's legs, leaned back on the chair, swept his eyes over Kong Erhu, and asked with a smile: "Kong Erhu, I heard that your two paintings are fake, you should know, right?" ”

Kong Erhu said with a smile: "Master Hou, the villain said to Uncle Gu that those two paintings are real or false, and the villain is a layman, and he really can't see it." The villain was just in a hurry to use the silver at that time, and whoever gave more silver should give it to whomever the villain should give. If the villain takes the silver and never returns, it is a trap and abduction, but the villain has no such intention, and today he took the ransom money back, which is to redeem the two paintings. Hou Ye, whether those two paintings are true or false, the villain feels that it is no longer important, the most important thing is that as long as Uncle Gu takes out the two paintings, the villain will send the ransom money up, Hou Ye, there should be no bad rules in this, right? ”

Qi Ning laughed and said: "Ben Hou really doesn't understand the rules of the pawnshop, but you say this, it really makes sense, since it makes sense, Ben Hou thinks it should be in order." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Kong Erhu immediately smiled and said, "Master Hou is clear." ”

Qi Ning sighed: "Kong Erhu, do you know what happened in Cuideyuan last night?" ”

"Cuideyuan?" Kong Erhu looked dazed: "Master Hou, the villain is lonely and unheard, I don't know what happened to Cui Deyuan, and I ask Master Hou for advice." ”

Qi Ning said: "Many people have seen that Ben Hou burned two paintings in Cuideyuan, and they are both fakes, haven't you heard?" ”

Kong Erhu shook his head and said, "The villain really hasn't heard of it. Said with a smile: "But it should have nothing to do with the villain, what the Hou Ye burned was not the two paintings that the villain was." ”

"If Ben Hou said that it was indeed those two paintings that were burned last night, I wonder what you would do with it?"

Kong Erhu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Master Hou said that he laughed." The villain did not mean to offend the Hou Ye, but ...... No matter what, there are rules, the court is governed by the court, the family has family rules, and the pawnshop also has the rules of the pawnshop. The villain came to redeem it today, and Uncle Gu should return the two paintings to the villain, otherwise, ...... Hey, otherwise you have to do things according to the deeds that have been made in advance. ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning frowned and said, "What does the deed say?" ”

Kong Erhu said: "If those two paintings are damaged, Uncle Gu will pay the villain 300,000 taels of silver." Shaking the deed in his hand, "It is clearly written, as well as Uncle Gu's handprint, Uncle Gu has already paid 130,000 taels of silver before, and if he can't hand over the painting, he can only give the villain another 170,000 taels." ”

Gu Wenwen's face was pale, his hands were clenched into fists, and he stared at Kong Erhu coldly.

Qi Ning said: "But you have also seen it, Uncle Gu Mo said 170,000 taels, and now I am afraid that I can't take out 17,000 taels, Kong Erhu, what should I do?" ”

Kong Erhu smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, it stands to reason that Master Hou came over in person, and the villain should not cause more trouble." But...... But those two paintings are very important to the villain, if they are really burned, and Uncle Gu can't pay for it, the villain will ..... Hey, I can only go to Master Mo in Kyoto Prefecture and ask him to make the decision for me. ”

"In this way, do you want to sue even Ben Hou to the government?" Qi Ning frowned and said: "The picture of the goddess was burned by Benhou, and if you want to sue the official, of course you have to sue Benhou." ”

"Master Hou, don't get me wrong." Kong Erhu immediately waved his hand and said: "The villain will never dare to offend Lord Hou, the villain just made a deal with Uncle Gu, and the villain of those two paintings will only ask Uncle Gu for it, and it has nothing to do with Lord Hou." Turning his gaze at Gu Wenwen, he asked, "Uncle Gu, you really can't get those two paintings?" If so, I wonder if you can pay me 170,000 taels of silver? ”

"You still want silver?" Gu Wenwen said angrily: "Lao Tzu will give you a punch." ”

Kong Erhu smiled bitterly: "It seems that Uncle Gu is about to breach the contract." Hou Ye, the villain is just a small people, and he doesn't dare to argue with Hou Ye. He put the stack of silver tickets in his arms, and arched his hand and said, "Master Hou, the villain farewell." Turning around and leaving with his subordinates, before he reached the gate, Qi Ning had already smiled and said, "Kong Erhu, don't be in a hurry to leave." ”

Kong Erhu stopped his steps and turned around and said, "What else does Master Hou have to order?" ”

Qi Ning smiled: "I'll only ask you one last sentence, if you answer honestly, things may have to take a turn for the better." The last time you took 130,000 taels of silver from the pawnshop, half a month later, you got back 160,000 taels of silver, just half a month, an extra 30,000 taels, as far as I know, I am afraid that no pawnshop in the world can earn 30,000 taels of silver in just half a month, and it is only a single business. ”

Kong Erhu said: "The villain was in a hurry to use silver at that time, so no matter what the conditions, the villain will agree." ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning smiled: "Do you know, it is the Kyoto Mansion Yin Mo Tie Mo that you just said, according to the imperial court's Yulu, he only has more than 700 taels of silver a year, and the 30,000 taels of silver, Kyoto Mansion Yin will not be able to receive it for a lifetime, is your shot too arrogant?" Who lent you the extra thirty thousand taels of silver? ”

Kong Erhu's face changed slightly, and then he frowned and said, "Master Hou, these shouldn't have anything to do with today's affairs, right?" ”

"It's about it." Qi Ning said: "Ben Hou is just worried, if you can't go back with your 160,000 taels of silver today, I don't know what will happen?" Even if your life is lost, I'm afraid it won't be worth 1,600 taels of silver, and if you throw it away like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to save your life. ”

Kong Erhu was stunned for a moment, then sneered and said, "Master Hou said that he laughed." Uncle Gu, we'll see you at the government when we go back. He was about to go out, but he saw several figures suddenly rushing out in front of the door, all of them were tall and big, with knives on their waists, and when they looked at their clothes, they knew that they were the guards of the Hou Mansion.

Kong Erhu was not afraid, turned around and sneered: "Master Hou, what does this mean?" Do you want to oppress people in full view of everyone? ”

Qi Ning clapped his hands and smiled: "Good courage, you dare to speak in front of Ben Hou like this, it can be seen that your backer is not weak." He got up and said in a deep voice, "Come on, take out the things." ”

Seeing two people squeezed in from outside the door, both holding a picture scroll in their hands, when they arrived in the hall, Qi Ning sneered: "Kong Erhu, come and see, what is this." With a wave of his hand, someone on the side stepped forward to help, unfolding the two picture scrolls, facing the main entrance, Kong Erhu glanced at it, was shocked, and lost his voice: "This ...... Are those two paintings? ”

Unfolded in public, it is two pictures of forgeries of goddesses.

Gu Wenwen was also at a loss at the moment, took a few steps forward, looked at the two paintings, was ecstatic, and shouted: "Yes, this is ...... These are those two paintings, Master Hou, these .......? ”

Yuan Rong, who had been silent, finally got up and said with a smile: "Kong Erhu, you came to the pawnshop today to redeem your money, naturally because you heard that Hou Ye burned these two paintings in Cuideyuan last night, but you don't know that all this is just a ploy set up by Hou Ye." He took a folding fan in his hand, took two steps forward, and opened the folding fan with a "snap", extremely chic: "Hou Ye knows, you took more than 100,000 taels of silver, it must be extremely secretive to hide, in a short period of time, it is not easy to find your whereabouts, since you can't find you, you can only take the initiative to show yourself." ”

Kong Erhu's face turned pale and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

"If the two paintings are still stored, of course you won't show up, just wait for the time limit to expire, and the money bank will come to the door and take over Uncle Gu's house and storefront, and then Uncle Gu will be in a desperate situation." Yuan Rong said slowly: "But if the two paintings are destroyed, you naturally can't hold back, after all, there is an appointment in advance, if the two paintings are damaged, Uncle Gu will pay you 300,000 taels of silver, this is not a small amount, to put it mildly, even if Uncle Gu exhausts his family property, it is impossible to come up with so much silver." ”

Gu Wenwen was very excited at this time, he never thought that these two paintings were not burned.

"Your purpose may not really be for 300,000 taels of silver, but to completely knock Uncle Gu into the abyss, and even want him to be imprisoned." Yuan Rong sighed, "Uncle Gu came out of the capital not long ago, and there was no grudge, you group set a trap to let Uncle Gu fall into the trap, in the final analysis, you still came at Lord Hou." ”

Kong Erhu reluctantly smiled: "You..... You are a bloody ......, you are all high-ranking officials and nobles, you want to ..... Do you want to bully my people? ”

"The people should also be divided into good people and bad people." Yuan Rong was calm and relaxed, and said with a smile: "Of course you Kong Erhu is not a good citizen. In fact, this trap, you carefully planned, deliberately let people contact Uncle Gu, and then let him understand that it is easy to make money from antique calligraphy and paintings, and you also bought the shopkeeper of the pawnshop with a lot of money, everything is done step by step, which can be said to be painstaking. Hou Ye is in the capital, you don't dare to act rashly, but it is precisely because Hou Ye went to Xichuan on an errand that you have the opportunity to take advantage of .......! ”

Gu Wenwen naturally fully understood at this time, and said in a lost voice: "The ...... surnamed Qiao?" Suddenly, I thought that Qiao Yu had played an extremely important role in this incident from beginning to end, could it be that Qiao Yu was the real murderer behind the scenes?

Yuan Rong continued: "Hou Ye set up a banquet in Cuide Yuan, and deliberately invited the literati in the capital, just to let them help spread the matter, Hou Ye designed it cleverly, but it was just a risk, and it was only a short day before the final time limit, if you survived this day and were unmoved, you would not fall for Hou Ye's strategy, but ...... After all, you are still vicious, and you want to kill people, so you came here early. ”

The people gathered outside the door heard Yuan Rong's explanation, and also understood the cause and effect of the incident, and many people had already applauded.

Qi Ning took two steps forward, stared at Kong Erhu's eyes with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "Kong Erhu, of course you won't say that what Ben Hou is taking out now is a forgery, right?" Not to mention that you have just admitted that these two paintings are fakes, not to mention that now that Yuan Dagongzi of the Ministry of Etiquette is here to testify, there should be nothing wrong with these two paintings, right? ”

"But...... But how is it possible that many people saw with their own eyes that you burned these two paintings on the spot...... How could it still be kept? Kong Erhu was puzzled.