Chapter 30: Xue Mei Tu
Qian De's pawnshop can be said to be an existence that cannot be provoked in Chujing, but such an existence that cannot be provoked was searched by an official messenger today, and everyone surrounded Qian De's pawnshop for a while, and there were many discussions.
Lianzhi followed everyone to the counter first, her hand gently brushing the table, as if nothing had happened.
Mo Ziyu kept staring at Lianzhi tightly, for fear that she would make some small moves. Wen Zhiqian looked at the scene in front of him very leisurely, but when his gaze fell on Lianzhi, a touch of deep thought flashed in his eyes.
Wen Zhiqian came here in such a timely manner today, not because of Wen Yunxi, but because of Wen Zhiyan's entrustment. Wen Zhiyu had never asked him for anything, and today was the first time. Wen Zhiqian was very curious, what was on Lianzhi's body that caught Wen Zhiyan's eyes?
There was no search in front, everyone went into the backyard to search, several officials walked into the study to search, Lianzhi also followed in as if unintentionally, Mo Ziyu hurriedly followed, and Wen Zhiqian walked into the study slowly and leisurely at the end.
When Wen Zhiqian entered the door, he happened to hear Lian Zhi shouting: "Isn't this my jade pendant?" ”
It was a jade pendant carved in the shape of a lotus flower, which was placed on the desk, Lian Zhi walked to the desk and picked up the jade pendant and showed it to Mo Ziyu: "Master Mo, this is my jade pendant, what else do you have to say now?" ”
Mo Ziyu's face was cloudy: "Why do you say that this is your jade pendant?" Maybe Princess Wanyang saw this jade pendant and liked it very much, so she left it. ”
"It's not a thing of this palace, and this palace will definitely not mess with half a point, no matter how beautiful it is." Lianzhi looked a little excited, and when she stepped back, she accidentally tripped over a chair, and the whole person fell backwards, and her arm hit a painting hanging on the wall.
The "click" sound attracted everyone's attention, and Lianzhi seemed to be curious about what his arm had hit, so he directly opened the painting, and the dark grid inside was accidentally opened by Lianzhi's action just now.
Mo Ziyu was so frightened that the sweat on his forehead was about to come out, and he couldn't say a word at this time. Wen Zhiqian stepped forward with a smile and directly took out the account book in the dark grid: "What good things should be hidden so tightly, this king should take a good look." ”
"Fifth prince, this is not appropriate, is it?" After thinking about it for a long time, Mo Ziyu only said this sentence.
Wen Zhiyan's smile was faintly a little calm: "This king is not suitable to look at, Mo Gongzi seems to know better than this king, has Mo Gongzi seen it before?" ”
Wen Zhiqian said and opened the account book: "It's really interesting, the night pearl of the South China Sea was actually pawned for only one or two silver, this red coral bracelet was pawned for three cents, and the pure gold begonia hairpin was pawned for five cents......"
Wen Zhiqian seemed to report some of the contents of the account book casually, and the hearts of the people present were shocked, many of the things in the account book were rare treasures, but they were pawned at a price of a few taels or even a few pennies ago, if this was said, a three-year-old child would not believe it.
Everyone's faces were very solemn, Mo Ziyu's legs were weak, and he couldn't stand anymore.
Wen Zhiqian was very casual at first, but his tone couldn't help but change later, and he could see that he didn't expect Qian De's pawnshop to be so greedy.
"It's really rare for this princess, I didn't expect that there are so many good things in a pawnshop, and the price of the pawn is so low, it's really an eye-opener." Among the people present, only Lianzhi was still relaxed.
"Search, search for this king, even if you turn the Qian De pawnshop upside down, you have to find out what is recorded in this account book." Wen Zhiqian rarely got angry, but he was really angry this time.
When the official heard this, he was immediately ordered to search, and if it was just a search just now, now it is a carpet search. Mo Ziyu took a few steps back, and was immediately noticed by Wen Zhiyan: "Where is Mo Gongzi going, sit here with this king and Princess Wanyang, there are still a few account books that I haven't read!" ”
When the official came to return to his life, Wen Zhiqian was sitting on the main seat looking at the account books in his hand, and there were still some account books on the table next to him. Lianzhi was sitting on the chair next to him drinking tea, and Mo Ziyu was standing next to him with his head down, his hand hanging by his side was trembling slightly.
The official stepped forward and replied: "Back to the fifth prince, my subordinates have been looking for people for a long time, but the things in the warehouse are very ordinary, just like an ordinary pawnshop." ”
Wen Zhiqian listened to the words of the official, and his smile deepened, looking at Wen Zhiyan's smile, the official couldn't help but shudder. I heard that the five princes don't care about the government, they are obsessed with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they are best to get along, but now it seems that as a royal person, no matter how idle they usually are, they are still a little bit not angry and arrogant after all.
"Of course you can't find it, but one of the "Snow Plum Pictures" in this account book is now hanging in my father's imperial study. "Snow Plum Picture" is hard to buy, when the second emperor brother gave this painting as a birthday gift to his father, his father liked it very much. Unexpectedly, the "Snow Plum Picture", which is difficult to buy, is only worth five taels of silver in this account book. ”
After Wen Zhiqian said this, Mo Ziyu was about to kneel.
Wen Zhiqian closed the account book, he stood up and walked to Mo Ziyu's side, and patted him on the shoulder: "This matter is related to the Wang family's Qian De pawnshop, why should Mo Gongzi be so nervous?" ”
Without waiting for Mo Ziyu to react, Wen Zhiyan put away the account book: "This matter is very important, I must be the emperor of Ming, go back to Lord Cheng first, after all, I still have to give Princess Wanyang an explanation." ”
Wen Zhiqian left first, Lian Zhi put down the teacup in her hand, she walked to Mo Ziyu's side, saw that Mo Ziyu was still frightened, and asked: "The scene of Mo Gongzi's aggressive attack on this princess for the sake of the dead Wang Li is still vivid, it seems that the Mo family is very protective of the Wang family, but the Mo family still needs to maintain the Wang family in the matter of Qian De's pawnshop?" ”
After Lianzhi finished speaking, he left, Mo Ziyu knew that both Lianzhi and Wen Zhiqian were telling him that the Mo family still insisted on protecting the Wang family at this time, and I was afraid that they would end up with a fate that they could not protect!
The Qian De pawnshop has been taken care of by the officials, and the people around who are watching the excitement also understand that the Qian De pawnshop is probably in trouble, and no one has paid attention to it, and an old beggar who has been watching from the side has disappeared at some point.
When Lian Zhi returned to the court, the court was extremely serious, and the account book in front of everyone let Zhang Lao and Wang Jin know that this matter could not be hidden.
Cheng Mingdong couldn't believe that a Qian De pawnshop would do these things, Qian De pawnshop is the property of the Wang family, the Wang family is attached to the Mo family, and "Xuemei Tu" is dedicated to the Chu Emperor by the second prince Wen Zhiyu, does this mean that the Mo family supports the second prince Wen Zhiyu?
This matter involves the prince, and Cheng Mingdong never dares to take care of it. In particular, the second prince Wen Zhiyu is the most beloved son of the Chu Emperor, and the Chu Emperor loves him because Wen Zhiyu has no support and only one father. But if he knew that the second prince had formed a party for personal gain, how much would Emperor Chu's love for him remain?
Everyone didn't dare to come out, and Lianzhi asked: "What's the matter, didn't the shopkeeper just now swear that he would never slander me, but my jade pendant was found in the Qian De pawnshop." ”
Lian Zhi displayed the jade pendant in his hand in front of everyone, and Gu Shiqi lost his mind for a moment when he saw the jade pendant.
Cheng Mingdong can still manage this matter, he cleared his throat: "Shopkeeper Zhang, just talk about things, should you apologize to Princess Wanyang?" ”
Zhang Lao didn't dare to say anything else, and pulled his man to kneel in front of Lianzhi: "It's the sinners who see that this jade pendant is a rare treasure, so they are greedy and want to keep it for themselves, so they will deliberately exchange an ordinary jade pendant for you." It's the fault of the sinners, and I hope that Princess Wanyang will raise her noble hand and forgive the sinners this time. ”
Lianzhi was very generous: "It doesn't matter, anyway, you did what the princess wanted to apologize, and you didn't let the princess lose anything, so be the matter of the jade pendant." ”
Zhang Lao didn't mention how much he regretted it in his heart, just because of a jade pendant, he actually exposed the things that had been hidden for many years. Knowing this, he would never be greedy for this jade pendant, no matter how precious this jade pendant was.
However, Zhang Lao didn't understand, he obviously put this jade pendant on the counter, why did he find it in the study? If it is not found in the study, then the ledger will not be found. However, the hidden compartment where the ledger is hidden is very secretive, and to open the hidden compartment is not only to find the mechanism, but also to have a specific angle and strength, why is it so coincidental?
Zhang Lao was puzzled, he secretly looked up to take a look at Lianzhi, and when he touched Lianzhi's smiling eyes, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, but the sound of drumming and singing injustice interrupted Zhang Lao's thinking.
"Who's beating the drum and crying out, bring it in!" Cheng Mingdong was anxious and angry, why did everything catch up today, how could there be people beating drums and complaining at this time?