Hearing this, Su Wei raised his head sharply in fright and looked at the prefect Tong who was sitting on the top seat. Governor Tong's face was broad-eared and thick-eyebrowed, and he was looking at Su Wei with a majestic face, and the eyes that looked at him were completely looking at a profiteer who was interested in profit, an unscrupulous villain who colluded with thieves.

Su Wei's head buzzed. What's going on? How could things be like this? Why did the goods he lost go to the prefect, and the prefect actually said that he colluded with the bandits? What's going on here?

Su Wei didn't have time to think about any of the questions, and the officials standing behind him had already stepped forward and picked up Su Wei to leave.

Su Wei was startled, only then did he come back to his senses from his thoughts, struggled to break free from the hands of the officials with all his strength, knelt down and kowtowed to the prefect in two steps, and said: "Lord Mingjian, the grass people have never done such a thing as colluding with bandits. There must be a misunderstanding in this, please be aware of it! ”

The two servants who set up Su Wei just now were suddenly broken free by a seemingly powerless person, and they were a little unacceptable for a while, and they wanted to pull Su Wei again.

Lin Dianguan was already frightened, this person who made him make a special trip to "invite" him was actually a thief who colluded with bandits? Are you sure? That! At this time, he felt that the ten taels of silver in his arms were a hundred times hotter than Fang Cai, and he was suddenly frightened, and he didn't know what to do.

The prefect seemed to be in a good mood today, and did not reprimand the officials who failed to drag the people down, but just waved his hand and asked the two of them to stand aside. He stood up and walked to Su Wei.

Su Wei lowered his head, only to see a pair of official boots standing in front of him, and a deep voice came from above.

"Good. Since you said that you didn't collude with bandits, then you should explain what these things are about, right? ”

Interpretation? What's going on with things? Su Wei has a big head, how does he know why these things are here, and why does he say that he colluded with bandits? Su Wei stabilized his mind, since the prefect let him say it, then he would simply talk about the goods he lost.

"Adults are aware that the ancestors of the grass people have always been in business, and since the villain took over the ancestral business, he has been adhering to the ancestral teachings, and has always been diligent, law-abiding, and has never done the slightest illegal thing."

"These goods, these goods were brought here by my men two months ago to trade. At that time, there was an interval of seven or eight days, and a total of two groups of people were divided into two groups to transport the goods, but strangely enough, these two groups of people have not been heard from since they set off. The villain also sent people to check around, but he never found any news. I don't know where these goods are going wrong, I can't find anyone or these goods, and the villain doesn't know why they suddenly appear here, and I don't know why they have anything to do with bandits, my lord. ”

After Su Wei finished speaking, he kowtowed again.

Governor Tong snorted, slowly paced in front of Su Wei with his hands behind his back, and when he heard this, he stopped and asked, "Since you said that your goods were lost a long time ago, why didn't you report to the official?" ”

"My lord Mingjian, the road from Yangzhou to Yiyang is far away, although we have our own road for business, but there are times when we encounter special circumstances to change the path. And when and where did these goods come out, the villain doesn't know any information at all, and he doesn't know where to report to the official! ”

Su Wei replied. But he knew in his heart that even if he didn't know where it happened, he could still start reporting to the official in Yangzhou. However, if you really want to get these goods back, the best way is not from the government. Not to mention that when reporting the case, you need to secretly hand over money to these officials, if you want them to move to other places to help them investigate, the way to be an official is to act in a high-profile manner, and the food, drink, and housing are all the best, and these expenses are all from them, whether they can find it is one thing, but this cost alone is not small.

What's more, because the Guo family lost a batch of goods, they reported to the officials at that time, and secretly stuffed money for each of those officials. The official naturally had to be more diligent after receiving the money, and at that time he did send a warden to check everywhere with five or six catchers, and finally the goods were indeed found, but it took nearly half a year to find them. But as a result, more than half of the goods had been lost, and the silver taels spent by these officials were more than enough to cover the value of the goods they had lost. The ** in the government, but these small people can only dare to be angry and dare not speak. Since then, there have been more lost goods, most of them have been visited little by little through their own communication lines, and when some signs are found, they will report to the local officials in the place where the accident occurred. It not only saves costs, but also does not make the people under him panic.

It's just that this time he never thought that his goods this time would inexplicably involve some bandits.

If you know it on the day, no matter how much it costs, you will have to report it to the official.

Sure enough, the prefect snorted coldly and said, "I don't know where to report to the official?" Since your ancestors were in business, how could you not know to go to your local government office to report the case! You don't tell the truth! Now that the thieves are involved, they say that you lost the goods, who is willing to believe it! ”

Su Wei hurriedly said: "My lord, this matter is indeed the villain's inconsiderate behavior, the villain came to Yiyang this time, and it was along the way to inquire about the whereabouts of these goods, just thinking that if he could find out a thing or two, it would be more reliable when he reported to the official, but he never thought that such a thing would be involved." Adult, what the villain said is true, please also know it! ”

How could the prefect of Tong not know the truth and truth of those cases investigated in the official mansion, but he just snorted coldly. "Who doesn't know that you businessmen are the most treacherous and flamboyant. Now that you are so sophistry, do you think that you can deceive this house? ”

Is this prefect really an iron-faced and selfless person? Or is it just prejudice against them as businessmen?

Su Wei said: "My lord! I don't know where you got these things? "Since the left and right are suspected by the prefect and believe that he is guilty, and he is entangled in how to convince the prefect that he is innocent, it is better to find out the reason for the matter first.

I thought that this prefect would not easily talk to him, but who knows, the prefect Tong just sent someone to summon the master, and the master told Su Wei about the source of these things.

Wonderful!