At this time, on the way back, Liu Er had a black face the whole time. Seeing that he was not happy, the dog leg on the side laughed and comforted him a few words, and his anger eased slightly. I thought about going to Yanchun Tower for a while to dissipate my anger, but as soon as I entered the house, I saw Liu Sheng waiting in his courtyard with someone.

He chuckled in his heart, and suddenly ran to Liu Sheng with a hippie smile, "Uncle, why are you here at this time?" But what do you have to tell your little nephew? ”

Liu Sheng glanced him up and down, raised his eyelids, and asked softly, "Where have you been?" Uncle has been waiting for two quarters of an hour in your courtyard. By the way, your butler told me that you had gone to meet your friends. How did I not know that you had friends besides the casino brothels? Uncle has never heard you mention it, has he? ”

Liu Er scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Uncle, don't listen to my housekeeper's nonsense, you know, how can I have any friends?" It's just a group of fox friends and dogs, and they originally agreed to go drinking together, but the little nephew found them, and they all went to the casino. The little nephew saw that there was no wine to drink, so he came back alone. Hey, that's it! Little nephew, I really didn't know that you would come over today, and if he knew, he wouldn't have said anything and would go out to find those gangsters to eat and drink together. ”

"Oh, you're going to drink!" That Liu Sheng saw him talking nonsense with his eyes open, and he was full of anger, and his eyes were almost red.

As soon as Liu Er saw that his face was wrong, he immediately trembled and flattered: "Uncle, uncle, what are you looking for your little nephew?" The little nephew will do it right away now, don't scare the little nephew like this, the little nephew is timid, you know. ”

Seeing that he was still lying and refused to tell the truth, Liu Sheng's anger that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly vented.

With a "snap", Liu Er shook in place a few times, only to feel a light on the top of his head, and his left face was hot and painful. Don't think about it, if this slap goes down, the left side of the face must have been swollen.

Liu Er covered his forehead and eased for a long time, still not believing that what he did today had been known to him.

"Why did my uncle beat me?"

"You're still pretending to be confused? You little brute who can't be fed, you actually play with Lao Tzu's intestines! I might as well tell you that Lao Tzu not only knows where you went, but also why you went. And it's not just me who knows, but the prefectural order also knows. Do you think that as long as you don't tell me, you'll have the right to take that money? Confused! ”

When Liu Er heard this, he was stunned. So they really knew? Shouldn't it? I've been careful enough. Is there someone who supervises himself? Thinking of this, he suddenly knelt down consciously.

"Uncle, nephew knows wrong. Please uncle save me! ”

Liu Sheng saw that the intimidation had an effect, and his face eased.

"Say, how much did this ticket sell today? As long as you reply honestly, and when you go back to the county office in a while, I can say a few good words for you in front of the county order. If not, you just wait for the county order to clean up! ”

Liu Er was really scared when he heard it, that Hu County Order, looking at his kind eyebrows and kind eyes, was actually the most vicious.

He endured the unwillingness in his heart, trembling, took out three silver tickets from his arms and handed them out.

Liu Sheng took it with satisfaction, and looked at it, three hundred taels.

He shook the silver ticket in his hand in disbelief, "That's all?" ”

Liu Er nodded with a sad face, "Yes." There are a total of three people under his command, all of whom are of good quality, and one of them is more than enough to sell them to Qinglou as an oiran. The nephew originally thought that such a good goods would be handed over to Mrs. Huang, and he might be able to give a good price. Who knew that the woman was a person who didn't eat oil and salt, and she said all the good things and bad things, and in the end she only gave these. If Uncle doesn't believe it, when Mrs. Huang comes back, you can call her and ask. ”

Liu Sheng also knows a little about the temperament of the Huang mother-in-law, and what Liu Er said is also in line with the mother-in-law's consistent style. Liu Er watched him slowly and methodically fold the three silver tickets neatly and finally put them all into his pocket, and tears suddenly flowed out.

This trip is a waste!

Liu Sheng glanced at him indifferently and persuaded, "Don't blame your uncle for being ruthless." It's your fault for today. After a while, my uncle will hand over this silver ticket to the county commander, and I am afraid that he will also be dissatisfied with you. But don't worry, your uncle will definitely help you say a few kind words in front of him, and if you have a good errand in the future, you will naturally not be missing. ”

Liu Er's heart was already numb, and he nodded expressionlessly, "Yes." ”

Seeing that Liu Sheng was leaving, Liu Er knelt down and moved in front of Liu Sheng, grabbed Liu Sheng's trouser leg with one hand, and asked unwillingly: "Uncle, my nephew wants to know something, and I hope my uncle will tell me the truth." ”

Liu Sheng saw him kneeling on the ground pitiful, and suddenly felt a little soft-hearted, after all, after all, it was his own nephew.

Liu Sheng looked down at him with complicated eyes, and finally asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"My nephew just wants to find out, in the past two years, the silver sold by my nephew's hands, except for the one given to you and me, is the rest of the money ordered by Hu County to be swallowed by himself?"

After he finished speaking, Liu Sheng had already faintly seen a trace of hatred in his eyes. In order to prevent Liu Er from doing something rebellious because of suspicion, Liu Sheng decided to reveal some truths.

"Don't be suspicious of yourself, my uncle can tell you with certainty that it's not. Hu County's order is the same as you and me, only a part of it is obtained. The rest was handed over to the top. ”

When Liu Er heard the word "above", the only thing that came to mind was Jingzhao Yamen. But after thinking about it, I realized that something was wrong.

"Above? Hehe, uncle, don't lie to me. Since Wang Fu went to Jingzhao Yamen to report the case, Hu County's order did not allow the little nephew to do it casually. If the silver was really handed over to Jing Zhaoyin, how could Hu Xian Ling be so nervous. ”

Liu Sheng didn't want to be too clear to him. can look at his appearance, and I'm really afraid that he will do something that he didn't expect without explaining it. Liu Sheng cautiously withdrew from his subordinates in the hospital, only then did he stand up and explain vaguely: "Seeing that you are also a little excited on weekdays, why don't you open up when it comes to the key?" Since Hu Xianling is so nervous about Jingzhao Yamen, doesn't that mean that the person above is not Jingzhao Yin at all? It's just a 10,000-year-old county order, and in the eyes of the ordinary people of our Wannian County, he is a big official, but compared with the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces in Chang'an City, isn't it just an ant? In Chang'an City, any official jumping out can be handled at will. ”

Liu Sheng said sincerely, Liu Er obediently believed it this time.

"Since that person is not Jing Zhaoyin, does uncle know who it is?"

Liu Sheng shook his head.

"Asking too clearly will not benefit you and me. In short, you just need to know that that one is definitely the one that small people like us dare not beak about. No matter how you mess around on weekdays, your uncle will turn a blind eye to connive at you, but this matter, you have to completely rot in your heart. ”

"My nephew knows."