Chapter Sixty-Seven: Your Worth Has Risen
Xu Liang smiled and quickly put the silver ticket of one hundred taels into his arms, took Tan Erye and went to the temporary cell of the patrol camp to pick up people.
In fact, the only people who are still locked up in the prison are Tan Erye's brother-in-law, Fang Fu, who is known as Master Rabbit, and Luo Baiguan, who is a sissy person.
When the soldiers opened the door of the prison where they were held, the party came out of the prison in a limp manner, and the blue color on Tan Erye's face that had just disappeared instantly got up again, and he turned around and asked Xu Liang: "Lord Xu, the patrol camp has set up a private cell, Xing Xun extorted a confession, and Tan will go to Wang Zhixian to sue you in the future." ”
Xu Liang was surprised when he heard this, and said, "Second Master Tan doesn't know where to start?" Xu thoroughly investigated the case of the girl's disappearance, and the county lord also nodded and agreed. Moreover, the official is familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and he never bothered to do anything about breaking the law. The official has always been reasonable and responsible, and he has persuaded people with morality. As for this Xing Xun extortion of confessions, it has never happened at all. ”
Second Master Tan sneered and stood beside him, drooping his two arms, Fang Fu, who had a blue nose and swollen face, and said hatefully: "Lord Xu, this ready-made evidence is in front of you, can't you see it with Tan's eyes?" ”
Xu Liang looked at Fang Fangfu, and when he saw his miserable appearance, he also frowned, called the soldier, and asked sharply, "What's going on?" Brother Fang Fu was fine yesterday, why did he become like this in one night? ”
The soldier was stopped by his own superior, and he squeaked and didn't know how to answer.
Xu Liang put on a sad look, and spit stars splashed and said: "How many times has this official told a few of you, our patrol camp is biased, the conditions are difficult, the environment is bad, and the conditions in the county town are naturally incomparable, but our patrol camp people can't be poor, but they must work hard, this temporary prison will have to live in people sooner or later, the dust in the corner of the wall must be swept away, cockroaches, mosquitoes must be killed, and the rat holes in the corner should be plugged to be plugged ......"
The more Xu Liang spoke, the more energetic he became, he stretched out his hand, looked like he hated iron but not steel, pointed at the two soldiers who were guarding, and shouted: "Look at you, all of them are so lazy, asking you to guard the cell door is not just to open the lock, it is useful to close the door, the brothers inside should be taken care of when they should be taken care of, and the accommodation conditions should be improved, you have to think that people are just careless for a while, and the tiger falls into Pingyang, maybe there will be a day to go out......
"Your Excellency......" the soldier called out carefully.
"What? Not convinced? Anything else to say? Xu Liang glared.
"The subordinates don't dare! The subordinates want to say that Second Master Tan has already gone away......"
Belch? Xu Liang looked around, and sure enough, Second Master Tan was already about to arrive at the gate of the camp with Fang Fu. He walked so fast that he didn't want to stay here for a moment, and the poor rabbit had to speed up his limps, but his arms hung vertically, and from a distance, he looked like a zombie.
"That's none of your business." Xu Liang waved his hand and said.
He was about to turn to leave, when a feminine voice came from inside the cell.
"Hey, Lord Xu, can you go. And me! ”
As soon as Xu Liang heard this voice, he remembered that there was still a sissy Luo Baiguan in the prison. He thought about it, walked into the prison, and asked Luo Baiguan inside through the fence, "Luo ...... Baiguan, what are you looking for? ”
"My lord, hehe, you see that all the people in this prison are gone, did you release me?" Luo Baiguan didn't look injured at all, he was still wearing the cyan shirt given by the boss of Zhiwei Building, and his white face was like powder.
Xu Liang rolled his eyes and said, "I said this Brother Luo, do you think that everyone else is willing to let go of the officials?" Wrong, those people were redeemed by Tan Erye. ”
"Ah, that's good, Second Master Tan should have paid off my ransom, please let me out, my lord." Luo Baiguan's face was full of hope.
Xu Liang thought about it for a while, and said very apologetically: "That's really sorry, Second Master Tan has paid anyone's ransom, so he didn't pay you." ”
"Ah," Luo Baiguan sat down on the ground and muttered to himself, "How can this be......"
Xu Liang sneered: "Brother Luo, if it wasn't the official who attacked you, if I were Tan Zhisheng, I wouldn't have ransomed the silver for you." ”
"Why?" Luo Baiguan grabbed the log fence with both hands unconvinced, and shouted: "I have done so many things for his Tan family, even if I have no credit, I have hard work, why doesn't he Tan Second Master let me go?" ”
"Hmph, it's useless if you don't have hard work and fatigue! How did you get in? Those fifty or sixty LTTE members were arrested because of your involvement. Speaking of which, this qiē is all because of you, hey, Second Master Tan hates you too late, how can he spend money to save you? ”
When Luo Baiguan heard this, he thought for a while, and sat on the ground, stunned.
Xu Liang shook his head lightly and walked towards the cell door.
"Hey, Lord Xu!" Luo Baiguan shouted again.
"What? What's the matter with you? Xu Liang stopped and asked impatiently.
"My lord," Luo Baiguan was full of sorrow, he said: "The little one wants to ask, if others don't help me out, can't I redeem the bank by myself?" ”
"Of course you can!" When Xu Liang heard this, he immediately changed his face to enthusiasm, just like the shopkeeper of a small shop who was operating miserably suddenly met a big buyer.
"My lord, I wonder how much the ransom of those Tigers is?" Luo Baiguan asked cautiously.
"Ordinary gangsters, ten taels of silver per person, and steward-level, such as the one who just went out, have to pay one hundred taels." Xu Liang counted his fingers, and said with relish as if the living account clerk was dialing an abacus.
"The little one will immediately repair a book, and trouble Lord Xu to transfer it to my sister who married into Qiujin Town for me, and she will definitely pay the ransom for me." Luo Baiguan's face was full of surprise, and he said eagerly.
"Well," Xu Liang squinted his eyes slightly, flicked his fingers a few more times, nodded and said: "Then dare to be kind, you can write it, and let your sister prepare a thousand taels of silver, and the official estimates that it should be enough." ”
Luo Baiguan raised his head in surprise and shouted: "Lord Xu, everyone else is ten taels, and the steward of that party is only one hundred taels of silver, why should I ask for one thousand taels?" ”
Xu Liang glanced at Luo Baiguan carefully, and looked at Luo Baiguan in horror. Xu Liang said with certainty: "Because you are worth a thousand taels!" ”
Luo Baiguan was stunned, and said curtly: "Lord Xu is afraid that he is mistaken, how can a small shoulder that cannot be carried or carried by hand be worth a thousand taels?" You see that everyone else is gone, and the little ones are still here, and after a long time, it will be a waste of food for the patrol battalion, and you have to bother the brothers of the patrol camp to guard them day and night......" He said pitifully: "My lord, you can treat the little one as a fart and let it go." ”
Xu Liang shook his head and said solemnly: "It is precisely because everyone else has let go that you are worth a thousand taels." If it was before, if you kid wanted to say that he would redeem himself, maybe ten taels of silver would be enough, but now the situation is different, and when others leave, your worth will naturally rise. ”
Luo Baiguan opened his mouth in surprise and looked at Xu Liang in disbelief.
Xu Liang stepped forward and explained patiently.
"You see, in this case of the disappearance of a young girl in Jianchang County, the people reacted very strongly, and the county government's determination to punish the first evildoer was also very firm. Originally, I was still locked up here, including you, there were more than 60 criminals, and the so-called law did not hold the people accountable, and the county respected did not dare to sentence these people to heavy sentences in one go. But now that everyone else has been released, there is only one seedling left in the prison, Luo Baiguan, then I'm sorry, this black pot that sells girls, Brother Baiguan, you can carry it alone. ”
Luo Baiguan's face turned a little gray, and he collapsed to the ground in a few moments, crying bitterly. If it is a dozen taels of silver, her sister, who depends on each other, may be able to move her husband's family and redeem the money for herself. Now that Xu Liang said this, if he wants to get out of here, he has to pay a thousand taels, even if his sister sells herself, she can't make so much money.
When Luo Baiguan thought of this, he couldn't stop crying, because he cried bitterly, cried loudly, and cried so much that he was dead and alive.
When Luo Baiguan finally stopped crying, he looked at the small room blankly, the cell door had been closed, Xu Liang and the guards didn't know when they walked out, and Luo Baiguan was left alone in the gray cell.
What am I going to do? Luo Baiguan stared at his distracted eyes and thought stupidly. The disappearance cases of eighteen people, the mastermind, the kidnapping, the transportation and transfer, and the contact and negotiation with the buyer, under the care of Tan Erye, all walked out of the patrol camp one by one unscathed, and now he is left with an insignificant little person, but he has to bear all the responsibility!
Luo Baiguan thought about it carefully, it seemed that from beginning to end, he hadn't done anything, all he had to do was to put on the clothes of a woman, follow the guidance of the person who was watching the point, pretend to be a person who didn't know the way, stepped forward to talk to the girl who was being targeted, and then led to a small road with few people, and the person in charge of kidnapping jumped out and tied the person again, so far there was nothing to do with himself.
Strictly speaking, he can only be regarded as an accomplice, and he can't even reach an accomplice.
And now, the accomplice has become the only main culprit.
Luo Baiguan's sorrow came from it.
On the second day, as soon as Xu Liang arrived at the patrol camp, the soldier in charge of guarding the cell stepped forward and reported: "My lord, Luo Baiguan in the prison is clamoring to see you. ”