"Don't worry, my lord, we will be honest and honest, and there will be no lies." The middle-aged man with a mustache saw Li Yuntian's expression, and his deep eyes were like two sharp swords inserted into his body at once, and he was immediately shocked by the domineering momentum exuded by Li Yuntian, and nodded his head again and again.

Everyone at the scene also clearly felt that the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became cold, and everyone's hearts couldn't help but tremble, no one could have imagined that Li Yuntian, who was usually kind and pleasant, would have such a sharp side, and he was almost like two people before.

Gu Zuo, Qin Yue and the others were also stunned by this sudden scene, and they actually felt a little depressed and flustered, and the momentum of the superior on Li Yuntian's body made it difficult for them to adapt for a while.

"That's good." Li Yuntian was very satisfied with the effect of the scene, and then his face eased, and he nodded at the middle-aged man with a mustache.

With his words, the pressure on everyone at the scene suddenly disappeared, and the atmosphere in the lobby returned to its previous flatness, as if the scene just now had never happened, but the back of the bearded middle-aged man was already soaked in cold sweat.

"My lord, as far as I know, although Ma Yushi comes to the old market every month, he is always looking for some imitations and antiques, and he has never bought and sold calligraphy and paintings in a big way." After steadying his mind for a while, the middle-aged man with a mustache looked at Li Yuntian with awe.

"My lord, we really haven't bought or sold valuable calligraphy and paintings with Ma Yushi." The owners of the other shops also nodded their heads and replied rather fearfully, now realizing that the young adult in front of them was a powerful character.

"What evidence do you have?" Li Yuntian pondered for a moment and asked lightly.

"My lord, this is the account book that I have been waiting for for the past few years, and it clearly records the import and export of goods that I have been waiting for for these years." Hearing this, the middle-aged man with a mustache hurriedly picked up a stack of account books placed in front of him and said in a loud voice.

"Hmph, this official sees that you want to escape responsibility, so you quibble and deny, this pile of accounts is complicated, how do you know which accounts belong to Ma An?" Hearing this, Niu Fei, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but sneer and questioned, now he doesn't have invoices for shopping like in later generations, so he doesn't believe that Ma An can tell the source of those paintings and calligraphy.

The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth suddenly showed a hint of disdain, it seems that Niu Fei doesn't know how businessmen do business at all, and noble businessmen like Ma An usually keep accounts alone, which is not only to attach importance to Ma An but also to better serve Ma An.

"This lord, there is a record of every transaction we have with Lord Ma, as long as there is a pair, you can know." Seeing that Niu Fei suspected him of lying, the bearded middle-aged man hurriedly took out a book from those account books and held it in both hands to show Niu Fei, which specifically recorded the transactions with Ma An, including the calligraphy and paintings purchased by Ma An and the calligraphy and paintings that Ma An had resold to him.

"Isn't it easy for you profiteers to make false accounts? Such accounts cannot be trusted. Niu Fei naturally wouldn't pick up the account book, and it was not suitable for him to take it in his capacity, after all, the official who tried the case was not him, so he sneered and looked at the bearded middle-aged man, he made it clear that he wanted to muddy the current situation, so that Ma An could not get rid of the current suspicion.

"My lord, this is easy to do, those calligraphy and paintings of Ma Yushi were bought from a few of us, as long as the accounts in our hands are paired with the calligraphy and paintings in Ma Yushi's house, we will know the authenticity."

The middle-aged man with a mustache couldn't help but be anxious when he heard this, he saw several people wearing third-grade and fourth-grade official robes sitting in the public court, and knew that the matter he was involved this time was a big problem, so he hurriedly argued loudly.

"That's a good idea." Niu Fei was stunned for a moment, he never thought that there was such a doorway here, and was about to open his mouth to shirk it, when Li Yuntian's voice rang out, and he quietly asked Qin Yue and Fan Min beside him, "What do the two adults think?" ”

"It's a very good law." Qin Yue and Fan Min glanced at each other, and the two nodded in unison, it would not be a good thing if they could find out the source of the calligraphy and paintings in Ma An's house.

"Come on, check the calligraphy and paintings!" Li Yuntian then shouted orders to the officers standing on both sides of the hall.

"Obey your lordship!" The servants immediately bowed to Li Yuntian, counted the number and content of calligraphy and paintings on the spot, and then compared them with the accounts of the shopkeepers.

These errand officers are not all people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but also people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, since it is the three law divisions to interrogate, then the personnel who handle the case naturally have to go out of the three yamen, so as to supervise each other, so that they can be the most convincing.

While the servants were checking, the imperial historians outside the hall were talking and talking about each other, and everyone thought that the origin of Ma'an's calligraphy and paintings was unknown, but now it seems that there is a chance to find out.

Ma An secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart at this time, and looked at Niu Fei with a sneer, feeling that his situation was bright, and even he didn't know that the middle-aged man with a mustache would write an account for him alone.

Niu Fei's face became even more pale, he didn't expect that there would be such a big difference here from the owner of the calligraphy and painting stall, he originally thought that Ma An would be settled, but he didn't expect that the current shape became more and more unfavorable to him.

After two quarters of an hour, the servants checked the calligraphy and paintings in Ma An's house and the records in the account books of the bosses, and the results showed that the records in the account books were exactly the same as those in the account books, which meant that Ma An had bought them from them.

Moreover, according to the records in the account books, Ma An also had some calligraphy and paintings consigned in the shops of those bosses, earning a difference in price.

Ma An is not short of money, the reason why he consigns calligraphy and paintings is completely a hobby, and those calligraphy and paintings are also imitations, and they can be sold when he meets a buyer he likes.

In this way, the key to Ma An's case fell on the authenticity of those calligraphy and paintings, and those bosses naturally said that the calligraphy and paintings were imitations, otherwise they would have to sell them to Ma An at such a cheap price.

However, because these bosses were involved in the case, the testimony was naturally not very credible, so everyone waited for Wu Youzi to come and make a conclusion to the case.

When it was close to noon, the noisy courtyard suddenly quieted down, and Li Yuntian, who was talking to Qin Yue and Fan Min in the lobby, looked up and saw an old man with white hair and silver beard and strong spirits walking into the courtyard surrounded by several of his own soldiers, attracting the attention of the imperial historians in the courtyard.

"I've seen you." This white-haired and silver-bearded old man was Wu Youzi, and when he came to the lobby, he bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and the others, and said in a deep voice.

Although Wu Youzi did not take the imperial examination, he was a court painter of the seventh grade, although he resigned a few years ago, but he also had a fame, so he naturally did not have to kneel in the court.

Speaking of which, Wu Youzi's appearance in the capital is related to Li Yuntian, an old friend of Wu Youzi in Shandong celebrated his 70th birthday, and he came to Jinan Mansion to celebrate his birthday.

"Mr. Wu, the official invited Mr. here to let Mr. see how valuable these calligraphy and paintings are?" Li Yuntian smiled and bowed back to Wu Youzi, pointing to the calligraphy and paintings in the box in front of the hall and said.

"Your Excellency, take a moment." Wu Youzi already knew that Li Yuntian had invited him to appraise calligraphy and paintings, but he didn't know what case was involved, so he nodded slightly at Li Yuntian and walked towards those calligraphy and paintings.

With Wu Youzi's action, everyone's eyes in the hall were focused on him, and the imperial historians outside the hall were even more tiptoeing and stretching their heads to look in.

Li Yuntian slowly tasted the hot water in the teacup in his hand, and looked at Wu Youzi quietly, with Wu Youzi's vision, he would definitely not be able to look down on the genuine paintings under one hundred taels that Ma An received, and the suspicion on him would naturally be cleared up at that time.

Under the gaze of the people, Wu Youzi gradually opened the scrolls of those calligraphy and paintings, but after opening them, he closed them again, and soon went through the dozens of calligraphy and paintings.

"Mr. Wu, how much are these calligraphy and paintings worth?" After Wu Youzi finished reading all the calligraphy and paintings, Li Yuntian put down the teacup in his hand and asked in a deep voice.

"It's just a hundred taels!" Wu Youzi pondered for a moment and gave a number.

As Li Yuntian expected, Ma An's calligraphy and paintings couldn't get into his eyes at all, and in his opinion, they were undoubtedly just a bunch of garbage, if it weren't for the face of the adults at the scene, I am afraid he would have to say that these calligraphy and paintings were worthless.

Hearing Wu Youzi's words, Ma An, who had been hanging his heart, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that Wu Youzi would find out those calligraphy and paintings with a market price of nearly 100 taels, in that case, he would be more depressed, and he would have to explain the origin of those calligraphy and paintings.

However, Ma An was not afraid that those calligraphy and paintings would be found, he played a trick when he accepted these things, and walked through the hands of the bearded middle-aged man, that is, those calligraphy and paintings became the items bought from the bearded middle-aged man and consigned in the store.

Even if Wu Youzi saw that there was a difference in those calligraphy and paintings, then Ma An could be inferred that he was lucky to pick up a big leak from others.

"Mr. Wu, can you see clearly, these calligraphy and paintings are less than a hundred taels?" Niu Fei was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Wu Youzi, he had come to see the famous calligraphers and painters in the capital before, and the market unit price of a few calligraphy and paintings alone was nearly one hundred taels of silver, but why was the total price less than one hundred taels in Wu Youzi's mouth?

"My lord, do you believe in the old eyesight?" Wu Youzi saw that Niu Fei actually questioned him, his brows suddenly frowned slightly, and he asked quietly.

"Mr. Wu misunderstood, this official didn't mean this, the official wanted to ask Mr. Wu if there were anything worth dozens of taels of silver in these calligraphy and paintings?" Niu Fei immediately realized that what he had just said was inappropriate, so he quickly changed his words.

"In the eyes of the old man, these things are just children's things, not worth mentioning!" Wu Youzi glanced at Niu Fei coldly when he heard this, as if he was quite dissatisfied with his behavior just now, and then replied with a cold expression.