Qin Fan said with a smile: "Actually, my goal is not big, if I can get all Yangzhou, we can rest."

Without waiting for Qiao Chaorong to speak, Qin Fan said again: "There is only danger around, and we are in a dangerous zone, so we will not calm down." ”

Qiao Chaorong turned around, gently took his hand and said, "No matter what, husband, you must be careful." We can lose everything, but we can't lose our lives. ”

Qin Fan pinched her face, "Whoever dies will be easy, but I can't kill it." ”

"Bragging." Qiao Chaorong.

Forty thousand taels of silver is indeed not so easy to get, and a few days later, news came from there, and the Wu family in Liyang not only got the news that Qiao Shiyi was arrested, but also beat up the person sent by Zhang Ming to deliver the letter.

"Qiao Shiyi, you have made a good friend."

Qin Fan stood outside the dungeon and looked at Qiao Shiyi with a calm gaze.

"Butler, it's none of my business. I've done everything I could. I really don't know how he knows the news. ”

Qin Fan said: "Since this person can make this kind of business so big, how can he not have a little energy." ”

Qiao Shiyi was stunned, not knowing what Qin Fan meant.

"Get him out." Qin Fan turned around and said.

The jailer hurriedly opened the lock and pushed open the cell door.

"Come out."

After Qin Fan finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside.

Seeing Qiao Shiyi's hesitation, the jailer slapped him on the head and scolded: "You kid is still in prison and addicted? Nothing wrong with it, right? ”

Qiao Shiyi was dizzy by his slap, glared at him fiercely, and hurriedly chased him out.

In the hall of the official temple, Zhang Ming sat on it, and Qin Fan sat on the stool on the side. The two drank tea and chatted.

Qiao Shiyi looked quite embarrassed, walked in, and when he saw the two of them like this, he hesitated and stood aside.

Qin Fan took a sip of tea, the tea was a little bitter, and the astringency overflowed on the tip of his tongue, making his whole mouth a thick bitter taste.

He had never drunk such bitter tea before.

"What kind of tea is this?"

Zhang Ming said: "It's a nameless tea, someone in the county picked it from the mountain, it has no name, and it has no name." It tastes too bitter and is not a good tea. ”

Qin Fan smiled: "It's bitter like this, you still drink?" ”

Zhang Ming said: "Bitterness can refresh the mind, this tea has a great effect on me, and I am used to drinking it, so I don't feel bitter." But it's also refreshing. ”

Qin Fan sighed: "Yes, it seems that some people don't feel afraid once they are consumed by profit, and they always hold on to luck." ”

Zhang Ming put down the teacup, looked at Qiao Shiyi and smiled, and said, "Qiao Shiyi, here is a chance to atone for your sins, do you want it?" ”

Qiao Shiyi was ecstatic in his heart, and said anxiously: "I am willing to atone for my sins, thank you for giving me the opportunity." ”

Zhang Ming said: "I didn't give you a chance, in my opinion, you should cut off your head." ”

Qiao Shiyi instinctively shrunk his neck.

"It's your lord who gives you a chance." Zhang Ming said with a straight face: "Let you manage a furniture factory, you can't do such a good errand, and you still think about crooked doors, evil ways, it's really not enough to swallow elephants, if you cut you, you will also be to blame." ”

Qin Fan waved his hand and said, "Don't scare him." Tell him the conditions. ”

Zhang Ming nodded and said lightly: "Qiao Shiyi, now I can let you go immediately." ”

Qiao Shiyi was stunned and said, "Can you really let me go?" ”

"Why can't you escape?"

Qiao Shiyi hurriedly shook his head and said that he didn't dare.

"You don't have the guts." Zhang Ming said solemnly: "Give you a month, you go to Jiu丨Jiang Liyang, and you will come back all the 40,000 taels." Your capital offense will be forgiven. ”

"I'll go, I'll go, I'll definitely be able to get 40,000 taels back." After Qiao Shiyi finished speaking, his face became bitter again, "I'm afraid that it will be difficult for me to complete." ”

Zhang Ming smiled on his face, "Tell me, why can't you finish it?" ”

"Half a year's account has been handed over, and now if I ask for it again, he won't give it, and those who do this line of work must also pay attention to the rules, and I'm afraid that I will be able to come back completely at the end of the year."

Qin Fan suddenly said: "If you can ask for a little bit, even if you want 20,000 taels back, you can ask for the remaining 20,000 taels at the end of the year, and the interest will be counted." ”

Qiao Shiyi's face struggled for a while, nodded for a long time, and said with a straight face: "Butler, I will definitely get all this money back." ”

Qin Fan asked him, "What kind of confession?" ”

Qiao Shiyi made a lot of money from the Wu family in Liyang, so naturally there were many ways to pay money, and he completely explained all the methods of how to transfer money.

"Zhang County Order, housekeeper, I know so much, if I am over there, if I ask for money, I will let someone send it over."

Zhang Ming said: "Come here." ”

Qiao Shiyi looked puzzled and walked over slowly.

Zhang Ming took out a packet of medicinal powder from under the table, poured it into the bitter tea, handed it to him, and said: "Your character is not enough to believe, drink it, this medicine can be managed for half a year, and there is no antidote in the world except for me." If you don't come back at the end of the year, you'll be able to survive for three or four months. ”

Qiao Shiyi took the tea, and the strong strange smell made him feel the urge to vomit.

Glancing at Zhang Ming, Qiao Shiyi closed his eyes and poured the tea in his mouth.

"Sss

The bitterness of the explosion on the taste buds made Qiao Shiyi almost scream.

"It's so bitter."

Zhang Ming ignored him, waved his hand and said: "You have to do it, don't think that there can be an antidote, if you don't believe it, you can try it for half a year." ”

Qiao Shiyi carefully put down the teacup, suddenly had an urge to vomit, his face turned yellow with bitterness, and he looked at Qin Fan silently.

Qin Fan lowered his head and drank 丨 tea.

Qiao Shiyi wiped his tears, clenched his fists, turned around and strode away.

Zhang Ming said with a smile: "This kid is a little greedy for money, but his nature is not bad. ”

Qin Fan put down the teacup and said, "There are many people who are greedy for money, and at the beginning, there were not many people with bad nature. ”

Zhang Ming was thoughtful.

Qin Fan said: "He may not be bad to us, but he is a complete evil person to others." ”

"What if he really doesn't come back?"

"Seeing if his life is big, I'm too lazy to kill him, and the Wu family will save me trouble by killing him."

"Then Yuan Shu's letter, don't write it for the time being?"

"Don't write."

Yuan Shu hadn't come to provoke him yet, and Qin Fan naturally didn't bother to provoke him.

It's okay to be harmonious, but if his brain twitches, the consequences are unimaginable.

Qin Fan's next step was to prepare an alliance with Liu Biao.

Liu Biao, a guy who is not enterprising enough and keeps the cause, is not a big trouble.

Qin Fan felt that forming an alliance with him would have a much better effect than attacking him.

When Cao Cao comes to beat him, it will be much better to take advantage of it when the time comes, and don't follow Sun Quan's example.

......

Qiao Shiyi is not a good person, if he doesn't scare and scare him, he may come back not more than 20%.

Now, it should be more than 50%.

The matter of 40,000 taels of silver can only wait slowly.

When Qin Fan returned home, Qiao Chaorong told him that the Qin family had sent someone.

When Qin Fan saw that person, he didn't expect it to be Qin Hu.

"Qin Yun is back?" Qin Fan asked him.

"Day and night, I rushed back last night."

Qin Fan nodded, "Let's go, go to the Qin family and have a look." ”

Qin Hu said: "Since he dares to come back, it is impossible for that kind of thing to happen." ”

Qin Fan said: "Does he dare not come back?" ”

Qin Hu's tone froze, he snorted, turned his head and left.

Qiao Chaorong saw that something was wrong with the two, and said in a low voice: "Husband, what's the matter?" ”

"It's not a big deal," Qin Fan ordered, "Go and ask someone to prepare the carriage, and I'll be ready to go out in a while." ”

Qiao Chaorong nodded silently, and did not want to follow this time.

Qin Fan didn't bring many people this time, so he brought a Sun Shangxiang and a guard who was driving.

Outside the gate of the Qin Mansion, Qin Hu jumped off his horse and said, "Let's go." Father, they are waiting for you in the hall. ”

Qin Fan took Sun Shangxiang into the Qin Mansion.

The three of them came to the hall together, Qin Hu stopped and said, "Don't go in." ”

Qin Fan thought for a moment and nodded, "You wait outside." ”

When Qin Fan entered the hall, he saw that the elders of the Qin family had arrived, and it was full of people.

"Father, I brought Qin Fan here."

Qin Hu bowed his head slightly and waved his hand to signal him to retreat.

"Qin Fan, he's back. How do you prove that he is the murderer? ”

When Qin Fan entered the door, he saw Qin Yun.

After not seeing him for many days, Qin Yun's expression was a little gray, compared to his previous radiant spirits, he was like two people.

Seeing him, he hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at him.

Qin Fan's eyes swept over a punch, and when he saw that there was no place for him, he didn't care, and walked to Qin Yun's side, he said with a smile: "Qin Yun." ”

"Do what?"

Qin Yun trembled, then tried to calm himself down and raised his head to look at him.

"Let me ask you, did you collude with Zhou Yu?"

"No," Qin Yun said excitedly: "I'm from Anhui County, okay, how can I collude with him?" ”

"Very good," Qin Fan asked again, "Then do you know Zhou Yu?" ”

"I, I don't know." Qin Yun hesitated slightly, then shook his head.

"I really don't know?" Qin Fan's tone sank, "If I were to find evidence of him that you recognized, your current words would be evidence of your collusion with him." ”

Qin Yun's forehead was instantly covered with dense fine sweat, "I, I've talked to him a few times, but I'm not familiar with him, so I'm not a friend." ”

Qin Fan said: "Now we know each other again?" ”

"That's what I didn't make clear."

Qin Yun was uncomfortable by Qin Fan's eyes, and after not looking at it, he calmed down and quibbled.

Qin Fan nodded, his gaze swept over everyone in the Qin family, "I already have a way to determine whether he colluded with Zhou Yu or not, but before that, I have to confirm one thing with you." ”

"What?"

It was Qin Zhongyan who asked.

Qin Fan said solemnly: "If it is really him who colluded with Zhou Yu, this is a capital crime, how do you think I should be punished?" ”

Qin Yun's mother, Li, was about to faint when she heard this.

Fortunately, he was stabilized by the second aunt beside him.

"You are talking nonsense, how can my son collude with others, what is a capital crime or not a capital crime, don't scare us."

The capital crime in Qin Fan's mouth frightened the Li family to the point that he couldn't help but shout hysterically.

Qin Fan said calmly: "I'm just asking you, who said that he must have colluded with Zhou Yu?" ”

Li's tone froze, and he subconsciously looked at Qin Wu.

Qin Wu stood still, brushing his beard, closing his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Qin Fan sneered and said: "I'll give you a chance, if you admit to colluding and confessing to the crime now, I will consider exempting him from the death penalty, but the crime is inescapable, and I won't punish him for ten years in prison, just go and guard the city gate for ten years." ”

Everyone in the Qin family looked at each other and didn't speak.

"If you don't admit the crime, and then I find out, the death penalty is inevitable, don't say that I don't talk about humanity at all."

Qin Fan has thought about it, no matter how he says, the Qin family is also his roots, in this society, if he forces his father's lineage to that point, the future public opinion will be very unfavorable to him.

Others may not know who he is, but none of the relatives in the Qin family don't know.

"Give you half a pillar of incense time, and think about it yourself." After Qin Fan finished speaking, he ignored everyone and turned to leave.

"Poof!"

Qin Yun knelt on the ground, his face turned pale, and his voice trembled: "Father, you save me." ”

Everyone in the Qin family lowered their heads, and no one spoke.

As soon as Qin Yun came back, he admitted that he had colluded with Zhou Yu. Naturally, they all know.

But Qin Yun said that he didn't leave any evidence, except for the silk scarf that was not enough to be used as evidence.

Qin Zhongyan sighed and said, "Third child, why don't you let him recognize it?" ”

Li Shi suddenly became angry, "Big brother, what do you mean by this?" Ten years, ten years to guard the city gate, what future is there in this life? ”

Qin Zhongyan couldn't help but say, "Then don't admit it." I ask you, what if someone finds enough evidence to kill him? ”

The second aunt also said: "Yes, if there is enough evidence, it will not be a matter of ten years." ”

Qin Shou, who had not spoken, couldn't help but say at this time: "I don't believe that he can really find evidence, if he can't find it, what if he uses this to coax us to confess our guilt?" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and Qin Zhonghou muttered: "I think it's possible, Qin Yun, let me ask you, are you sure there is no other evidence left outside?" ”

"No, absolutely not." Qin Yun hurriedly shook his head.

Qin Wu opened his eyes at this time and said in a deep voice: "Then let me ask you, which one are you willing to choose?" ”

Qin Yun bit his lip, "Father, I don't want to choose any of them." ”

He didn't want to admit the crime, but he really didn't know the bottom in his heart, if Qin Fan really found evidence, it would be a capital crime.

But if you admit the guilt, it is not as simple as a capital crime.

Ten years, ten years of defending the city?

How proud is he, Qin Yun, who has been guarding the city for ten years? What's left?

Qin Wu sighed: "It's up to you, you make a choice." I can't do anything about this matter, blame you for being dizzy and colluding with Zhou Yu. ”

Li couldn't help but say, "Is there no other way?" ”

"People have given two choices, what do you say?"

Qin Wu asked in a deep voice.

"You, you are his father, I don't believe he really dares to ......."

Li Shi's words were halfway through, and he couldn't go on.

Qin Wu snorted coldly: "I don't know what to say, who was the one who blew the wind on the pillow in the first place?" As for my father, he has been expelled from the Qin Mansion and has nothing to do with us. ”