Chapter Ninety-Four: A Transaction

Listening to the mournful shouts that were getting farther away, Liu Yi couldn't help but shake his head: "I knew today, why bother in the first place?" ”

Zhu Yuming also said heavily: "I heard that this Xu Guozhang was also a person with a very good official reputation ten years ago, but now it has become like this." Big brother, do you think that one day, will we become like this? ”

Liu Yi smiled and said, "What do you want?" How could we have become like this? We asked the students who came out of Tian Shuyuan. ”

Zhu Yuming said seriously: "What if? What if circumstances force us to do so? ”

Liu Yi's face became serious, and he looked at Zhu Yuming seriously: "If there really is such a day, third brother, I hope you can kill me before I fall." ”

"Hmm." Nodding heavily, Zhu Yuming also said loudly: "I think so too, if I really fall to this point, I hope that big brother you can kill me in advance, I would rather die than become like this." ”

"Okay."

Zheng Yuan happened to hear this, and immediately laughed: "What are you all talking nonsense? How could we possibly become such people? You're too unconfident in yourself, aren't you? ”

Zhu Yuming said in a low voice: "Xu Guozhang should have thought the same way ten years ago, right?" But now? Hasn't it become like this? ”

Liu Yi saw that the two were arguing, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, let's talk about the future later, let's talk about the things in front of me first." How about it, Mingyuan (Zheng Yuanzi), have you found the Lin family's treasure house? ”

Zheng Yuan shook his head and said, "I found it, but there is a mechanism in the treasure house, and I am afraid it will be difficult to open it for a while." ”

"It's okay, as long as you find it." Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, if he couldn't open it for a while, it was nothing, but if he couldn't do it, he could just blow it up with explosives.

Lin Zhengnan, who was lying on the ground, suddenly said loudly: "I said, such a blatant prying into my family's treasure house in front of me, even if you are officials and I am a criminal, it is too much, right?" Do prisoners have no human rights? ”

Zheng Yuan frowned and said, "Isn't your money squeezed from the people?" Or, what do you want? ”

Lin Zhengnan said abruptly: "What can I do? I just wanted to make a deal with you, and you answered me a question, and in exchange, I gave you the method of opening the treasure vault, how about it? ”

Zheng Yuan sneered: "Could it be that without you, we won't be able to open the treasure house?" You also underestimate the students we asked Tian Shuyuan, right? ”

Lin Zhengnan said with a smile: "Of course I didn't want to see you, there is no door in the world that cannot be opened." But I have to remind you that this treasure trove was designed by a clever mechanic invited by my ancestors, and there are more than ten steps to open it alone, and it is impossible to forcibly crack it without knowing the method. Of course, you can also use explosives to blow up the treasure house, but what I want to tell you is that the internal walls of my treasure vault are made of marble, and the thickness alone is enough to be five feet thick. ”

Liu Yi looked at him: "You are so good at talking?" ”

"There's no way, I've been caught by you, and the account book is in your hands, instead of stubbornly carrying it and not admitting guilt, it's better to take the initiative to behave, maybe you can earn something back, such as leaving a blood line for my family or something." Lin Zhengnan looked at it very openly, perhaps because he knew that he couldn't escape this catastrophe, and his family was also full of crimes, so I am afraid that there is not much hope of surviving, rather than this, it is better to take the treasure as a condition and take the initiative to exchange something that is beneficial to himself.

"You still have to go to the county seat to arrest people, you shouldn't have much time to stay here, right? Is it okay to say yes or not to give a word? ”

"What do you want to ask? As long as I know and can say it, I will naturally not hide it. After thinking about it, Liu Yi still agreed to the deal: "But I can't agree to the request to leave a bloodline for your family, after all, your plot is a bit serious." But I can assure you that I am willing to intercede for you and mediate for you. His Highness is not a person to kill, and it shouldn't be a problem to leave a trace of blood for you. ”

“...... Actually said that King Yue was not the one who devoured and killed? I said, little adult, don't your conscience hurt if you say something like this? Lin Zhengnan looked at Liu Yi speechlessly, can such a young man really do big things? Do you always feel a little unreliable?

"But His Highness is kind to his own people, he is cruel only to foreign enemies." Zhu Yuming defended: "When do you think he killed our people in the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"What do you have to do with him?" Zheng Yuan urged: "I said whether you ask or not, if you don't ask, we will leave, and the transaction will be invalid." ”

"Ask, of course." Lin Zhengnan hurriedly said: "My question is very simple, that is, how did you find the account book so quickly?" My ledger is kept secret, and no one should know about it except me, how did you find it so quickly? ”

Liu Yi didn't expect him to ask this question, and suddenly said in surprise: "You just ask this?" ”

Lin Zhengnan nodded and said, "Of course, I have to figure out this matter, otherwise even if I die, I won't be able to close my eyes." ”

"Your curiosity is heavy enough." Zheng Yuan looked at Lin Zhengnan's eyes full of curiosity, and couldn't help but shudder, shook his head and said: "Actually, it's very simple, it's the credit that we planted in the inner room of Lin Jiabao, they have already found out where you hide the account book, but they didn't hand it over to us as soon as possible." ”

Lin Zhengnan immediately retorted: "This is impossible, my fort is well defended, there are few people coming and going on weekdays, and I haven't recruited outsiders in the past two years, how can your people come in?" ”

"We can't install people, but that doesn't mean we can't buy them." Zhu Yuming sneered: "You can't imagine it, the butler who you consider to be your confidant was actually bought by His Royal Highness three years ago, otherwise you thought we would catch you so easily?" It was your butler who brought us here. ”

"What? How is this possible, Lin Zhen has been in my family for decades, since my grandfather's time, and we haven't treated him badly over the years, why did he betray us? ”

Zhu Yuming shrugged his shoulders: "I can't explain this, I can only say that people's greed is endless." ”

"Damn." Lin Zhengnan closed his eyes painfully: "I have no doubt, this time I lost unjustly, I just hope that the adults will abide by the second agreement and try to leave a bloodline for my Lin family." ”

Liu Yi said lightly: "This is natural, I said it, His Royal Highness is not a person who kills indiscriminately, and if he wants to kill, he will only kill the guilty, of course, if everyone in your family is guilty, I really can't do anything about this." ”

Lin Zhengnan hurriedly said: "Of course not, our family is deeply sinful, and there is nothing to say when we die, but my youngest grandson is only two years old this year, and he can't even speak, he is innocent and clean, and I ask His Highness to spare his life." ”

"That's fine, I'll try my best to mediate from it, but I don't dare to guarantee the effect, after all, I'm just an acting county magistrate under the seventh grade." Liu Yi also hurriedly said, if it is a person who has committed a heinous crime, he really can't guarantee it, but since he is only a two-year-old child, it will be easy to do, and he is at least ninety percent sure that he will be saved - provided that the Lin family's crimes are not enough to sentence the Yi three clans, but with a small Lin family, it should be impossible to commit such a serious crime, or they are not qualified to commit such a crime.

"Thank you very much."

"Actually, you can also contribute to this." Zheng Yuan said suddenly: "You should also see that when we come this time, the officialdom of the entire Zhenyang County will almost have to be changed, if you can cooperate with our work, make meritorious contributions, and wait for the situation to stabilize......"

"I understand, I will definitely cooperate with you." Lin Zhengnan hurriedly nodded and assured that he had accepted his fate now, and now he only wanted to leave a trace of blood in the world, so as not to face the ancestors and ancestors without saying a word.

"Very good, you know the times very well." Zheng Yuan took out a pen and paper and said, "Now please ask Master Lin to cooperate with the official and explain the current situation in Zhenyang County." ”

"Good ......"

(End of chapter)