Chapter 163: The Handle
Zhao Liangping refused, refused to give Sun Qi accommodation, Sun Qi wanted Zhao Liangping to give more sponsorship to complete the important matter of road repair, Zhao Liangping smiled, put the teacup in his hand on the table, a posture with an order on it, in addition to providing Sun Qi with the three thousand silver taels, he would not give more than half a tael and a half catties. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Brother Sun Qi, it's not that I don't give it, it's the order from above, we are all officials of the imperial court, there is no subordinate relationship, the above asked Lao Zhao and I to give you three thousand taels, I don't dare to give you three thousand and one taels, even if I give one or two more, it will not work."
Zhao Liangping said solemnly, looking like a decent man and a gentleman, as if he was really a law-abiding official.
The faces of both sides were not very happy, but it was obvious that Zhao Liangping was holding the reasonable side. At this time, an errand officer from the Internal Affairs Treasury came to report and interrupted the conversation between the two.
"My lord, report!"
"Come in."
A tiger-headed and tiger-brained errand holds a large area of wooden box in his hand, which is carved with the texture of many animals, such as the golden dragon, the golden phoenix, and the ancient gods such as Pixiu and gluttony, all of which are carved from pure gold, glowing with a little golden light, luxurious and extremely detailed, just imagine, even the outer packaging is so luxurious, and how precious the things contained inside it are naturally needless to say.
"My lord, this is the Zhang family...."
Before the officer finished speaking, Zhao Liangping coughed deeply a few times to ask him to pause, the officer glanced at Sun Qi, obviously understood that he appeared when he shouldn't have appeared, and touched Zhao Liangping's brow in front of the public, and couldn't help but tremble a little for a while, and the beads of sweat on the tiger's face began to roll down, in this impermeable season, he was sweating, Sun Qi couldn't help but be surprised. The hand holding the precious wooden box trembled, and then threw the box to the ground, just imagine, after a few falls on the stone floor, the wooden box did not move, and the line was not broken.
"My lord...."
The tiger-headed errand snorted. Swallowing his saliva, he asked cautiously tentatively.
"Don't get out of here."
Zhao Liangping shouted loudly, Zhao Liangping was dressed up in front of Sun Qi with a clean and honest appearance, and bragged in front of Sun Qi that he had never received gifts or even gifts from anyone in the past ten years, Sun Qi also thought that this Zhao Liangping was indeed law-abiding and obeyed the orders of his superiors.
This Zhao Liangping's face was also blue and white for a while, although he was used to it, but this was a bribe, Zhao Liangping just wanted to find a knife to slash the tiger-headed and tiger-brained officer, who let him in, no, even the gatekeeper had to be split, it was really a good thing for bad people.
Under Zhao Liangping's sharp scolding, the errand swallowed his saliva, gave a sigh of relief, and prepared to turn around and leave.
"Wait, whose box is this?"
"Yes.... It was the lower official who accidentally picked it up on the way back to his home, and he came to hand it over to the adult. ”
"Very well, get out of here!"
Zhao Liangping's face improved slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The tiger-headed officer looked at the box that had fallen on the ground again, and then crawled out tremblingly.
"Lord Zhao, what's going on? This Pixiu and other sacred objects seem to be the symbols of the Zhang family, who would have known that the exquisite wooden box of the Zhang family appeared in the internal affairs warehouse? Could it be that the Zhang family, which has a lot of scholarly anger and sourness, will send their precious items to the house? Is it confiscated as public property to support work? ”
Sun Qi squatted down and slowly picked up the delicate box, and sure enough, the touch of this box was really good, the touch was special, and the wood was of high quality. Sun Qi slowly opened the wooden box, who knew that it was a pure gold bracelet with excellent texture, this bracelet was even more exquisitely carved, full of a noble temperament, exquisite structure, dazzling brightness, presumably not ordinary.
Zhao Liangping's face was hot when he said this, he tried to laugh dryly, and for the first time he got up and poured Sun Qi a full cup of inventory, trying to dilute the air that was about to be breathless.
The air was breathless, and Zhao Liangping's heart was even more suspended in the air, sealed by the solid air, almost breathless, and he just wanted to explain the origin of this wooden box now.
"It's... This, what is the Zhang family, didn't the tiger head say it just now, this was picked up outside, can Lord Sun rely on his own knowledge to identify that this box belongs to the Zhang family, can it be the Zhang family, can explain anything, nothing can be explained. ”
can seize this opportunity, Sun Qi wants to follow the vine and continue to catch it, since this Zhao Liangping received bribes from the Zhang family, wouldn't he have his handle in his hands.
"Lord Zhao, I wonder if you should bring your eyes and put on your glasses by the way, can't your eyes blinded by money see the words engraved on this gold chain? -- Virtuous nephew quietly gifted. ”
Zhang Jingxin is the leader of the Zhang family, one of the four major families in Jiangning.
It is obvious that this wooden box and the gold chain hidden in it were a gift from Zhang Jingxin to Zhao Liangping.
Zhao Liangping was dumbfounded when he said this, who would have expected that Sun Qi's eyesight was so good, pinching the backbone of the problem every second, Sun Qi carefully stroked this exquisitely structured luxury, and said slowly in front of Zhao Liangping.
Sun Qi's move can be described as a knock on the mountain, Zhao Liangping was speechless for a moment, knowing that no matter how much he defended in front of others, it was all false, and then he stopped talking, and sat quietly on the side, feeling the malice in the air.
"You must know that Lord Feng Chuan has always been ruthless in his methods for the extreme injustice of receiving private gifts, no matter how intimate the relationship is, and today Lord Zhao is blatantly accepting gifts from the Zhang family, isn't this..."
Words should not be finished, leaving a little blank space can better stimulate people's imagination, leaving blank space to make people think deeply. What's more, it's about his black yarn hat and the happiness and honor of the second half of his life.
"However, this is a gift from my virtuous nephew to his uncle, can a gift between private people be considered a bribe? Lord Sun, don't spew blood. ”
Sun Qi's mind is turning, and if he comes, he will be safe, this Zhao Liangping is obviously weak-hearted, how can a nephew give his uncle a gold chain, and this gold chain is not suitable for men to wear from the decorative point of view, it is obviously a gift for women, so that is to say, Zhang Jingxin is a gift to Zhao Liangping's female relatives, either a daughter or a wife, and normal people in the Han Dynasty have never had the practice of nephews giving gold chains to their aunts.
"This is obviously a feminine chain, could it be that Lord Zhao also wears it? Can Lord Zhao take some responsibility when he speaks, I actually saw it, and I must not let Lord Zhao make mistakes again and again. ”
Sun Qi said sincerely, as if Zhao Liangping's matter was his own business.
"What does Master Sun mean?"
"I do have an idea, Lord Zhao might as well listen to it."