Chapter 30: Off-the-Script Performance
Li Weiwei paced a few steps in the bedroom, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and after hearing Master Shen walking away, he took the key and went to the study. He didn't light the light after opening the door, found the dwarf in the dark, lifted the mattress and plank, and touched the book inside with his hand, and then breathed a sigh of relief. Li Weiwei sat on the low floor and supported his forehead with his hand, shook his head and smiled: "It seems that he is really old, and he is too forgetful." Then he lay down on the low floor and fell asleep, and his heart was at peace.
After Xu Anping arrived at the room, he did not rest immediately, but took out the booklet in his arms and studied it. When he opened it, he found that there was still a deed of Deng Kee Silk Village and several documents for inspection and tax payment in the middle of the book. "Oh, it turns out that the fire in the county yahu's house didn't kill these things at all, and they were hidden by the county order. I don't know what Li Weiwei is going to do with these materials? Xu Anping put the deed aside and continued to look at the book, only to see that it was written: In the Mid-Autumn Festival of the eighteenth year of Jianping, send the prefect a bucket of japonica rice and a stone of miscellaneous grains; On the first day of the nineteenth year of Jianping, three buckets of japonica rice and two stones of miscellaneous grains were sent to the prefect; The prefect celebrated the fiftieth anniversary, and sent two tethered horse stones and several inkstones...... In the twenty-first year of Jianping, a number of japonica rice and miscellaneous grains were harvested...... Until the spring equinox of the twenty-fourth year of Jianping, five buckets of japonica rice were sent to the prefect, and Master Qian collected them on his behalf. After reading it, Xu Anping pondered, this booklet that looked like a grain account was extremely unreasonable, and it may refer to money. Thinking of this, he suddenly slapped his thigh, "By the way, the last gift should be the errand Xu Si'er did when he went to Anping Mansion last time." What a treacherous thief, I still underestimated him!. "Now that he has caught Li's only handle, Xu Anping believes that he will not dare to act rashly in the future." But who is that Fang Xiaoxiao? After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't come up with a reason, so he put it behind him, and then fell asleep.
When he woke up the next day, Xu Anping found that the atmosphere of the Deng family's mansion was a little abnormal, not as quiet and orderly as usual, but shrouded in a layer of restless atmosphere, and it seemed that he could always feel a few family members or maids whispering around him, and when he looked closely, he would think it was an illusion. He didn't care about these, although he had already stolen the account books and contract vouchers, he was sure that Li Weiwei would not continue to insist on embarrassing the Deng family, but he still went directly to Tianfu to monitor according to Deng Xiaoke's instructions. Of course, there is another idea hidden here, that is, to see if we can find a good opportunity to kill Tian Huaying, so as to prevent future troubles, and also avenge Daddy Yu. Thinking of Father Yu's tragic death, Xu Anping's heart was still dripping blood, and that kind of hatred was like a bone erosion.
Xu Anping did not sit in the familiar teahouse this time, but gave a beggar a few copper plates to keep an eye on the main entrance, while he stayed in the alley next to the side gate of Tianfu. It's a pity that Hita Huaying didn't go out for ten years. Every time he returned to Deng's house, Deng Xiaoke would ask Huan'er to come over to inquire about the situation. As the day of the county government reopening the trial of Liu Qingshu's lawsuit against Deng Yongming for forcibly occupying the shop was approaching, Deng Xiaoke's tone became more and more anxious every time, and his expression became even more anxious.
"Deng Jiu, have you found out what tricks Tian Huaying has? If you can't find it again, A-Niang will take me back to Yong'an's hometown in the south, and A-Dad will also go to jail. Deng Xiaoke's eyes were red and swollen, and his face was sad, and he no longer had the youthful and charming appearance he had before. Seeing Deng Xiaoke's pitiful appearance, Xu Anping was also distressed in his heart, and comforted softly: "Miss, please rest assured!" I've found Tian Huaying's handle, but I can't tell you yet. You and your wife leave Qingping County first, and I believe that the master will let people chase you back in a few days. After hearing this, Deng Xiaoke felt a little calmer, but he still couldn't believe it, but when he saw Xu Anping's sworn appearance, he planned to do what he suggested.
On this day, Li Wei got up early in the morning, was in a good mood and played a set of health boxing next to the backyard garden, took the towel handed over by the maid and wiped the sweat on his forehead, feeling transparent and indescribably comfortable. Thinking that he would be able to take down the Deng family today and earn a lot of silver taels, he couldn't help but smile on his face, "Summer is coming, and the Bing Respect given to the prefect can be regarded as a success; The officials in charge of external inspection in the Ministry of Officials should also prepare a sum of expenses. Which one should it be next time? Hehe......" Tian Huaying's flattering smile, which always showed a flattering smile in front of her, but her eyes were very vicious, suddenly surfaced. Li Weiwei entered the inner room and changed into a regular suit, and then went to the study to prepare to record an income in his account book: in the twenty-fourth spring of Jianping, he received three stones of japonica rice and a number of miscellaneous grains. He lifted the mattress and opened the wooden board, took out the account book with his hand, his eyes almost bulged out, and he collapsed directly on the low collapse, and muttered in his mouth: ""Shuo Wen Jie Zi"? How so! Who stole the accounts? Deng family or Tian Huaying? "Li Weiwei's mind is blank and at a loss, and the account book not only contains the deed voucher and tax materials of Deng Ji Silk Village, but also records the date and amount of bribes he has received and paid over the years." Fortunately, I was writing down some food miscellaneous items at the time, not the silver taels written directly. Thinking of the trial that was going to start in a while, he went directly out of the study and instructed the maid outside: "Go and find Master Shen, just say that I have something urgent." ”
After a while, Master Shen's hair was still scattered, and he hurriedly entered the study. "Proprietor, what do you want me to do?"
Li Wei had calmed down at this time, and ordered in a deep voice: "Master Shen, this official feels that it is a bit hasty to deal with the affairs of the Deng family directly like this. This official has thought carefully about it in the past few days, if the deed of the Deng family was stolen by Tian Huaying, then if we decide the case like this, we will be threatened by him in the future. ”
Master Shen thought about it and seemed to have some sense, but it still felt a little strange, which businessman would eat the bear's heart and leopard gall to threaten the officials, this is not the birthday boy hanging himself - he is tired and crooked! However, he also knew the way of his subordinates, as long as he checked and filled in the gaps, he didn't need to and couldn't do it against the proprietor, so he asked in a low voice: "The proprietor is right!" Tian Huaying is indeed ill-intentioned. We almost fell for him. Then he lowered his eyebrows and looked at Li Weiwei, "The proprietor, this is about to be promoted to the court, so what should we do next?" Isn't it ......"
"Well, you go deal with it, and clean up the finishing touches as soon as possible. The official will ask questions about the case in the middle of the day. Li Wei nodded approvingly, brushed his beard with his hand, and his eyes already had a slight smile.
"Smack!" "Ascension! Liu Qingshu and Deng Yongming went to the court. ”
Deng Yongming walked to the hall with an expressionless face and heavy steps, he saw Tian Huaying triumphantly outside the second hall and Liu Qingshu who was obscene and cunning in the hall, and then looked up at Li Weiwei, the county magistrate who was sitting on the top with a majestic face, and knew that he must be in a catastrophe today. I remember the couplet I saw at the door of the second hall just now: I came here because of the fate of the people? expects to live up to the people with a clear conscience, Deng Yongming thinks it's really ironic! It seems that the first thing that officials value is not whether they are fair or not, but that they are thick-faced and black-hearted. "Under the blue sky and bright sun, there are still so many pickled things." At this time, thinking that Mrs. Jingniang had been away with Ke'er and Zhao'er for a few days, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more at ease.
Li Wei drank and pulled Deng Yongming's mind back. "Liu Qingshu, you sued Deng Yongming for forcibly occupying your two shops, is it true? The official told you that if you falsely accuse others, you will have to sit back, and when the time comes, don't blame the official for not teaching and punishing him! ”
Liu Qingshu was stunned for a moment, a little confused, turned his face to look at Tian Huaying, only to see the other party nodding at him to show peace of mind, and hurriedly said: "What the grass people said is true, please Lord Qingtian to be the master of the small!" After speaking, he howled a few times, and his voice was very harsh. In the government came "Silence! After the cheers, Liu Qingshu stopped speaking.
"Deng Yongming, the last time the official gave you half a month to go back to your hometown to get the deed, did you bring it?"
"Lord County, the grass people have already sent the family to Yong'an's hometown to get the house deed, because the journey is far away and has not yet returned, I beg the adults to forgive a few days." Deng Yongming had calmed down now and replied decently.
"You didn't have a deed at all, did you? Hahaha......" There was a burst of laughter outside the second hall, and Deng Yongming didn't have to think about it to know that it was Tian Huaying and a few doglegs. Liu Qingshu was kneeling on the ground with his head down, but he also raised his head and laughed at this time.
"Smack!" "Someone! Whoever makes a noise in the public court again will be beaten out by the official. After hearing this, Tian Huaying hurriedly stopped the frolic of several family members, he was about to listen to the county order Li Weiwei's sentence, but he didn't want to make trouble.
"Take the Chinese person He Changli to the court!" Li Weiwei shouted again. "He Changli, you said that when Deng Yongming bought Liu Xicai's shop at that time, he was not a Chinese. Is it true? If there is half a lie, don't blame the official for the punishment. ”
Tian Huaying hugged her arms and watched the trial process in the second hall, like watching a monkey show. When he saw He Changli coming in, his steps seemed to be a little unsteady, and his face was a little blue, thinking that he was afraid of going to court, so he didn't take it seriously. He clenched his right hand, feeling that everything was under control, as if he had seen himself calling for wind and rain in the Qingping County shopping mall, and saw Deng Xiaoke standing in the boudoir in a scribe's costume waiting for him. As a result, the corners of his mouth unconsciously floated with a slightly playful evil smile.
I saw He Changli kneeling on the ground and wept bitterly and said, "My lord, spare my life!" It's all to blame that the untouchables were blinded by lard for a while, and accepted fifty taels of silver from Liu Mouse, so they made false testimony against Deng Yuanwai. At that time, Deng Yuanwai did buy Liu Xicai's shop for 80,000 taels, and also made a contract and found a small one as a middle-aged person. The small sentences are true, don't dare to have half a lie, adults spare their lives! ”
The playful smile on Tian Huaying's face froze suddenly, he didn't expect to see this result at all. The same is true for Deng Yongming, he was ready to tie his hands, just hoping that his wife and children could have a way to live, but now he is really happy to fall from heaven.
"What a thief, he dares to tease his own official! Let me let you know today what a 'thunderbolt means' is. Come on, drag this thief out of the big thirty boards. After a while, He Changli's screams came from outside, and Liu Qingshu broke out in a cold sweat, and his body trembled like chaff.
"Liu Qingshu, what do you say? Don't blame the official for not giving you a chance. ”
Liu Qingshu licked his lips and swallowed his saliva nervously, he secretly looked back at Tian Huaying, only to see that the other party's face was full of murderous anger and his eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire, so he could only say in a trembling voice: "My lord, I will recruit, I will recruit!" It's all because the grass people are obsessed with ghosts, and they want to falsely accuse Deng Yuan of getting some money. The grass people owed more than 5,000 taels of silver in the casino before, and they really didn't have the money to pay it back. More than half a month ago, I heard that the Deng family had entered the thieves and had a lot of valuable things stolen, so the grass people wanted to try to see if they could ......"
"Good you thief! I want to falsely accuse others, it seems that you have had enough of the peaceful life outside. Someone came, first dragged Liu Qingshu out and was severely punished for 50 years, and then he was imprisoned, and the sentence will be announced another day. After Li Weiwei saw a servant rushing over and dragged Liu Qingshu out, he then changed to a kind smile and said: "Outside Deng Yuan, these thieves are so hateful that they almost let the official wronged the good people. You can rest assured, this official will definitely sentence these two people heavily. ”
Deng Yongming was very happy at this time, and finally escaped the catastrophe narrowly and narrowly. Although he didn't know what the specific reason was for Zhixian Li to change his mind, he still smiled and bent down to thank him: "Thank you for being the master of the county for making decisions for the grass people!" After speaking, he chatted with Li Wei for a few words, and he looked quite harmonious, and then went home directly without looking at Tian Huaying's face.
Of course, Deng Yongming will not forget the fire in his house, which is no coincidence.