Chapter 158: Mutation in the Public Court
Wei Lu heard this, and smiled slightly: "How discerning is the prefect, how can he be deceived by villains such as you, how can the title of Wan Da Good Man be in vain, everyone knows that Wan Liang Wan has always been very reputable, how could he ruin his reputation for such a small amount of money?" ”
"It's true! My lord, we agreed because we believed him, but we didn't expect this to be the result! The merchant next to him said.
"What's more, our lord has already paid part of the amount, and the rest will be settled in the summer." Wei Lu was about to continue, when the merchants on the side immediately started to commotion.
"We didn't get any money at all! No way, they're lying! Your Excellency is discerning! One merchant yelled and kowtowed.
"My lord! If you don't believe it, you can ask Lu Qijiu! Another merchant shouted.
The black dog looked to the side, Lu Qijiu was the person under Wan Liang who had been in charge of close contact and negotiation with these merchants, and he played an important role in today's trial, and today's result was to see his performance.
Wan Liang colluded with all the people, to damage his reputation and let Yu Sanqian relax his vigilance, this group of people pretended to take refuge in Yu Sanqian like a black dog, but in fact they worked for Wan Liang, but this Lu Qijiu's task today is to discredit Wan Liang.
"Spread Lu Qijiu to the court!" Liang Zhifu said.
Lu Qijiu on the side walked up tremblingly with his head down, knelt between Wan Liang and a group of merchants, quickly kowtowed a few times, raised his head and looked at Wei Lu.
Wei Lu nodded at him, and a fierce look suddenly appeared in his eyes, and Lu Qijiu quickly lowered his head.
The black dog glanced back at Tang Luofan, and the two of them looked at each other and saw that each other's thoughts were the same, there was something wrong with this Wei Lu! is polite on weekdays, but I didn't expect his murderous aura to be so strong, and it seems that he is also a hidden Sven scum.
"Lu Qijiu! Tell the truth what you know! Governor Liang was shocked, and Lu Qijiu was startled.
"Hui, back to the adult, the villain, the villain doesn't know." Although Lu Qijiu was lying, the black dog sensed the fear in his heart, and he didn't know why he was scared like this.
"How could you not know! It was you who attended the negotiation on behalf of Wan Liang! You told us that you will give us all the amount before the Spring Festival! How can you say you don't know! ”
"It must be Wanliang who threatened you, isn't it!"
The merchants shouted excitedly, and even one person went over and grabbed Lu Qijiu's collar, but he was immediately pulled back by the official and pressed to the ground.
The outside was talking again, the voices were getting louder and louder, and a large part of the onlookers were other merchants under Wan Liang's jurisdiction, and Wan Liang was most worried about them when he fell into such a crisis.
One by one, they all began to worry about their own interests.
"Lu Qijiu! Don't flicker your words, or the official will be tortured! Governor Liang roared.
"My lord, me." Lu Qijiu looked left and right, and replied in a low voice, "Indeed, it is true that the amount of the store will be settled before the Spring Festival." ”
"Wan Liang, Lu Qijiu made such an agreement with the merchant when he discussed, don't you know? What else do you have to say at the moment! Governor Liang looked at Wan Liang.
Wan Liang glanced at Wei Lu, Wei Lu's eyes rolled and he stepped forward and said, "Since you said that the original agreement was to settle the amount before the Spring Festival, why does our master think that it will be settled when summer comes?" ”
"W-how do I know this?" Lu Qijiu avoided his eyes.
"You are the messenger between Master Wan and the merchant, how can you not know?" Wei Lu flicked his fan and pointed at Lu Qijiu and asked with a sneer.
Wan Liang glanced back at the black dog and shook his head nervously.
"Ready, something might be going to happen in a moment." The black dog turned around and leaned into Tang Luofan's ear and said, "Wan Liang reminded me that the plan was wrong, and it was different from what he expected. ”
Tang Luofan nodded, his eyes looked at Wei Lu in the yamen, and his smile didn't look like he was doing something good.
"Lu Qijiu, recruit truthfully! Do you have to be tortured by an adult before you are willing to tell the truth! Wei Lu said sternly, "You are the middleman, and the two sides have different words, whether you are the one who is making an obstruction!" ”
"Big, big, spare the villain's life!" Lu Qijiu looked frightened, and hurriedly kowtowed, "Villain, I did promise the merchants to settle the payment before the Spring Festival, and Master Wan, Master Wan ......"
Governor Liang looked at the master, and the master nodded and motioned for Governor Liang to ask boldly.
"How is Master Wan!" Governor Liang slapped the stunned wood, and Lu Qijiu raised his head in fright.
"Lu Qijiu, do you want to say that in fact, Master Wan doesn't know all this?" Wei Lu smiled confidently, "The calibers on both sides are different, and you are the middleman, so you must be making a hindrance?" What's more, Master Wan had already given a part of the silver before the Spring Festival, so why didn't the merchants receive it at all? ”
"Spare your life!" Lu Qijiu shouted, and his body fell to the ground.
"Lu Qijiu! Recruit from the truth! Wei Lu shouted, "Governor Liang is aware of everything, your tricks can't fool him!" Or do you have to be beaten to the plate before you are willing to tell the truth! ”
"My lord, I, I'll be honest! It's a villain, the villain is greedy for money for a while, and he takes the silver paid in advance for himself, and deceives Master Wan and says that it is settled in the summer, and the adult spares the villain's life! Those silver villains haven't spent it yet, and it's still stored in the villain's house! ”
"Someone!" Governor Liang shouted, and Zhang Zhutou took a step forward, "Now immediately go to Lu Qijiu's house to search!" ”
"Yes!" Zhang Zhutou led three or five servants out, glanced at the black dog with a little apologies and hurriedly left.
The black dog has been frowning and looking at the situation on the field, neither Wan Liang's side nor Yu Sanqian's side has informed her that Wan Liang will not be convicted today.
What's going on here? The black dog glanced at Wan Liang again, and Wan Liang's eyes were also full of doubts and panic.
The black dog frowned, if Yu Sanqian changed his plan, then he should know, but why did such a thing happen now, is he suspected?
After waiting for a long time, Zhang Zhutou finally came back with the silver.
"Lord Qiyu, a large number of silver taels have been found in Lu Qijiu's house!" Zhang Zhutou waved his hand, and the official behind him brought up a large cloth bag, threw it on the ground, and a pile of silver scattered out.
"Lord Qiqi, now you know that this whole thing has nothing to do with our master, and our master is willing to pay to make up for the losses of the merchants." Wei Lu bowed slightly, looked up at Liang Zhifu and said.
"Well, since Lu Qijiu has also pleaded guilty, he will draw a detention and take him to prison first, and then discuss how to sentence him! Since Master Wan is not guilty, it is enough to settle the amount. Retire! ”
Governor Liang stood up as he spoke, and walked to the back hall with his master.
Zhang Zhutou took a group of officials to clean up the aftermath at the scene, and after the people outside saw the excitement and determined that Wan Liang was not a prisoner, they dispersed, and for a while only Wan Liang's family members and the black dog were left.
"Don't say anything yet! Let's go back to the house and discuss again! Wan Liang finally walked out of the yamen, said to the black dog very seriously, and stepped up his steps to lead the group of people into the carriage and walked towards Wanfu.
Wan Liang sat on the carriage with a serious expression, the black dog was also a little nervous, and Hua Qingshan was not around, so there was no way to spy on Yu Sanqian's thoughts.
was silent all the way, and finally arrived at Wanfu.
As soon as Wei Lu entered the room, he fanned his fan a little proudly, looked at Wan Liang and said with some doubts: "The master won the lawsuit, why is he not happy?" ”
Wan Liang finally reacted, and quickly eased his expression to deceive Wei Lu and said: "Mr. did a very good job, but I didn't expect that someone who has been cooperating for many years would secretly deduct silver taels." ”
After speaking, Wan Liang waved his hand, and the little guy next to him brought up a small box.
"This is a reward for Mr., Mr. is in a hurry to return to Beijing, and he has already prepared a carriage for you, so don't say goodbye, thank you Mr. very much today." Wan Liang stood up and arched his hand and said.
"Master Wan is generous, see you next time I have a chance. Say goodbye to the black dog girl. After Wei Lu finished speaking, he followed the little guy who led him out.
The black dog looked at the little guy vaguely, and felt very familiar, and then looked closely at the back of the black dog and was surprised, it was not the one who survived the battle with Yu Sanqian's men before, and Wan Liang's side was the one who stepped on Kunlun Ren Fangquan!
"Black dog, let's talk!" Wan Liang frowned and said, and the little guys around him all walked out in acquainted.
The black dog nodded at Tang Luofan and let him walk out with confidence, and then gave him another look and asked him to follow Wei Lu quickly.
There were only two people left in the room, Black Dog and Wan Liang, and Wan Liang sat down with a frown.
"Why did I get out of it! Isn't the purpose of the rain three coins ruined? Wan Liang sat there muttering to himself, really not understanding this.
"Did you tell Lu Qijiu that today's events were all planned by you in advance!" The black dog asked.
"Of course, he was supposed to fall into the trap in my plan today, but for some reason it turned out to be like this!" Wan Liang said worriedly, "I don't know if it's Yu Sanqian's instructions, and I don't know if Yu Sanqian will know about my plan..."
The black dog is also worried about this, if Yu Sanqian knows that today's Yamen incident is planned by Wan Liang, then I am afraid that his undercover identity will also be exposed.
"Master, there are people outside the door asking to see you!" There was a knock on the door.
Wan Liang got up and opened the door, glanced at the person standing outside the door, and nodded.
The black dog looked at the person who came in, who was the leader of the merchants above the court today.