Chapter 22: The Charm of Silver
When I came back from the Yamen, it was already late at night, and the moonlight stretched the shadows of Lu Xiyi and Ah Leng for a long time.
Lu Xiyi broke his thoughts as he walked, full of unconvinced.
"What kind of bad luck did I have to come, I just ran into such a group of people, and when they said this, this winery is finally getting better, isn't the business going to fade again?"
Ah Leng walked in front of him without saying a word, looking at his frowning appearance, as if he was thinking about something important.
Thinking about it, he suddenly stopped, and Lu Xiyi, who was muttering behind him, didn't react, and hit his head on the back of the acquaintance he knew.
Her forehead hurt all at once, and she covered her forehead and complained.
"What are you doing, can you walk well!"
Ah Leng turned around suddenly, faced Lu Xiyi and replied, "Don't you think it's strange? How could there be such a coincidence. ”
"Getting to the point!"
Lu Xiyi said while rubbing his head.
"I mean, you see why Zhang Fatzi just said that he wouldn't let us have a good time at Liu's Distillery, and then these people came to the door on the back foot, which is too strange!"
Originally, she hadn't thought about it in this direction, and she felt a little strange when he said this, how could there be such a coincidence in this world.
Seeing that it was not too late now, she decided to go to Zhang Fatzi's house first to see if it was like what Ah Leng said.
She turned around and was about to leave, Ah Leng grabbed her by the collar and asked, "Girl's family, don't be afraid to go alone, I'll be fine with you." ”
With that, the two of them set off towards Zhang Fatzi's mansion, and the shadows of one big and one small quickly disappeared into the night.
At this time, Zhang Fatzi's mansion was a lively scene.
Before the two of them walked in, they heard the sound of Zhang Fatzi and others punching and drinking from a distance.
There are also two doormen standing at the gate, and even the back door has a handle, which is impossible to get in.
Lu Xiyi was anxious when he saw this scene, and complained and said, "What can I do!" How do I get in! ”
Ah Leng suddenly stood up and quietly approached her ear: "Have you forgotten that there is still me!" ”
Hearing this, Lu Xiyi was stunned for a moment, and then felt Ah Leng hugging her waist, and her body was vacated as soon as she exerted her strength.
With a whoosh, she climbed directly over the courtyard wall and reached the roof of the fat man.
Lu Xiyi stepped on the tiles under his feet, his face was incredible.
"I'm actually coming up right now!"
Ah Leng patted her head and advised, "Okay! Don't sigh here, let's hurry up and see what Fat Zhang is doing! ”
The two of them followed the sound of punching all the way to the house where Zhang Fatzi was, and jumped onto the roof.
Ah Leng carefully moved the roof tiles out of a position just enough to see the scene on the table directly below the house.
"How could it be ......?"
Lu Xiyi was so surprised that she almost said it, but Xin Qi Ah Leng reacted and covered her mouth in time.
"What are you doing? Do you want the two of us to not survive today? ”
Lu Xiyi also knew that what she did just now was indeed a little dangerous, but she really couldn't control herself just now.
Because she had just clearly seen that the merchants were sitting at a wine table with Zhang Fatzi during the day, and several people were drinking and having fun, and their faces were flushed and unhappy.
Sure enough, everything is just like what Ah Leng just guessed, these people are really the same thing, and the crows in the world are all black, and they are not good people.
"Master, didn't you see it just now, you don't know what the Lu girl was angry just now, don't worry, this time we will definitely help you bring down the Liu's Distillery."
"Yes, it's a pity that the only deficiency is that the county master is too difficult to speak, and it doesn't seem to be easy to handle!"
"What's there to worry about, is there anyone in this world who doesn't accept the money that comes to your door? I've sent someone to send it over, and as long as he accepts it, he'll be in the same boat as us. ”
Zhang Fatzi's crazy laughter, Lu Xiyi, who listened to it, was disgusted.
Now that she knew that their plans would not be possible.
"How about you come with me to the county master?"
Lu Xiyi tugged at Ah Leng's sleeve and pleaded.
"Just go, how can this kind of scene be without me!"
As soon as the two of them turned around, they came to the county mansion again, because it was absolutely impossible to enter through the gate for the kind of bribery of sending silver, so the two of them had been waiting at the back door.
As for why they were so sure that the giver of the silver had not yet come, it was because they had seen the man with the silver on the way here.
The two men crouched in the grass, quietly waiting for the man to arrive.
It didn't take long for a man dressed in black to appear at the back door of the county lord's mansion.
Knock Knock Knock ......
I saw the man in black knock on the door, and a little boy dressed as a doorman suddenly poked out half of his head.
When he saw the man in black in front of him, his eyes were full of fear, and he asked in a hesitant manner, "...... What are you doing? ”
"I'm here to send money to the county master, and I hope to meet the county master."
With that, the man lifted the red cloth from his hand, and a glittering silver suddenly appeared in front of them.
It was the first time for the little doorman to see so much money, and he was so excited that he didn't know how to speak.
"You're waiting here...... Wait a while, and I'll go and tell the master. ”
The door slammed shut, and the little doorman arrived outside Liu Qingshui's room.
At this time, Liu Qingshui had finished washing up and was ready to sleep, but suddenly heard a quick knock on the door, and the voice of the little doorman.
"Master, get up and take a look, there is a person standing outside the door holding a lot of silver, saying that he wants to give it to you with his own hands, you better get up and take a look!"
Originally, Liu Qingshui's anger at being disturbed by the doorman suddenly rose, but as soon as he heard that someone was going to give him money, he felt that there was nothing left.
He hurriedly put on his clothes, and said as he passed the word: "You ask that person to wait, just say that I will come over immediately." ”
Within a while, Liu Qingshui had already finished dressing and walked out of the room.
"Where are the people? Hurry up and show me around! ”
As soon as he opened the door, he saw the man who threatened to give him money.
"What are you going to do?"
Hearing this, the man in black suddenly bent down and bowed his head and said, "This is two hundred taels of silver, I hope the county magistrate can laugh at it, but I hope you can be more gracious about my master's affairs!" ”
Liu Qingshui was puzzled.
"Who is your master?"
"It's the merchants who had a conflict with Liu's Distillery during the day."
Hearing him say this, Liu Qingshui understood what was going on.
He didn't say anything, he didn't say anything, he just stared at the silver for a long time.
After a while, Liu Qingshui suddenly turned his back and replied with a righteous face: "What kind of silver are you, this official is the official of the people's parents, how can you use money to send it, go back and tell your master, I will treat this incident as if it never happened, let's go!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Lu Xiyi and Ah Leng, who were squatting in the grass, were simply two reactions.
Lu Xiyi looked surprised, and Ah Leng looked like he had expected it a long time ago.
On the way, Lu Xiyi said to himself: "I really can't see it, I didn't expect this Liu Qingshui to be so honest, and I don't want any money sent to the door." ”
Ah Leng snorted coldly: "It's not that you don't want it, it's too little." How can there be so many good officials who are honest and love the people, it's just that you didn't give the price in his heart. ”
"If you don't believe me, we'll do it again tomorrow night, and believe it or not, he'll definitely take the money this time."
Lu Xiyi expressed disbelief, so she waited until the evening of the next day and went to the back door of the county mansion with Ah Leng.
At that hour, the man in black came over with silver again, the only difference was that last night's two hundred taels of silver had become one thousand taels and crashed into a box.
The door opened, and this time it was Liu Qingshui who walked out, and as soon as he saw the man in black, he said, "Why are you here again?" Didn't the officer tell you? As a parent of the common people, it is impossible to be impressed by your money. ”
The man in black listened with a smile and said nothing, and only after Liu Qingshui finished speaking did he say: "Don't worry, my lord, you must know that tonight is different from last night, you can take a look at this first before talking!" ”
After that, the man in black opened the wooden box, which was actually full of a box of gold, even Liu Qingshui had never seen so much money in his life.
He actually subconsciously held on to the door frame on the side, just because his legs were a little weak.
The attitude also changed one hundred and eighty degrees at once, and Liu Qingshui shouted to the subordinates inside: "Come on!" Take a seat and watch the tea! ”
"Come, let's go inside and talk about it!"
Lu Xiyi in the grass was stunned, she thought that there was finally a good official in this county who thought about the people wholeheartedly, but she didn't expect that this Liu Qingshui was also the same as the previous Wang Dafu, maybe even more greedy than him.
"Okay, it's good to get used to it, let's go in and see what Liu Qingshui is going to do?"
As he spoke, Ah Leng dragged Lu Xiyi outside the room where Liu Qingshui was chatting with the man in black.
"This ...... It's because the official spoke a little more heavily yesterday, and everything is easy to discuss, right? ”
"Regarding the sincerity of your master, the official has also seen it, as the so-called hospitality is difficult, you must be tired of sending these things all the way over, let's go eat something first, as for the things you ask me, you can rest assured, absolutely no problem!"
The two quickly reached a consensus, and after a while, the sound of them drinking and chatting could be heard.
Outside the room, Lu Xiyi's knuckles that had been clenched in both hands turned white for a long time, and she snorted softly.
"Sure enough, they are all raccoon dogs, you must know that he is this kind of person, I should not have proposed to see the official in the first place."
"It's over, now that the county orders are with them, the lawsuit will definitely not be won."
Lu Xiyi looked worried, and Ah Leng on the side looked calm: "No one knows until the last moment, maybe there will be a miracle!" ”