The rich man's hands trembled for a while, and he turned his back, unable to see what kind of expression he was now.

Angry, ashamed, annoyed, insidious?

No one knows how he is feeling at the moment. His right hand clenched the letter into a ball. Clenched hands, eager to crush the letter.

The room was suddenly quiet and uncomfortable.

His hand slowly loosened, and the ball of paper fell to the ground, shattering the silence. He didn't look back, just said lightly: "You go." ”

Just now, he was still smiling and wanted to buy a gold stick, but now he will let it go? Not to mention, he had to send someone to kill people and steal goods last night.

There has never been a good thing in the world to drop pies, and even if there is, it must be poisonous.

Ling Yun saw through his thoughts, and smiled disdainfully: "What, you want to wait for that person to kill me?"

The rich old man smiled helplessly, and said, "I only learned yesterday that you have a golden rod, and you can receive a reply at night? ”

Ling Yun was confused.

Aren't the master and the butler a master-servant relationship? Someone will let the butler stabilize the master? Does someone want to kill the rich man in front of him? The butler is not a greedy person for money, so why should he kill him?

He couldn't figure it out, and he didn't want to figure it out, because it didn't have anything to do with him. What happened last night, my wife can't get married, and I'm thankful that I can save my life.

For now, the only way to do this is to play to their strengths and run.

He walked quickly outside the house, and as soon as he stepped out, he suddenly stood still, and said, "Be kind to your daughter, and maybe I will come back and marry her." ”

The rich man said, "Don't let others know that you have a golden rod, otherwise you will be killed." ”

Bidding farewell to the rich man, the seven brothers changed their nest and moved to the river. Everyone formed a circle, and Ling Yun stood on the ground and placed it in the middle, thinking about how to face it.

The seven men were silent, bowing their heads and not daring to face the golden rod. They all felt that this was a scourge and should be dealt with sooner rather than later.

Lao Hardware was the first to speak, and said: "This thing definitely can't be sold, it's better to find a place to melt it, make something, maybe you can sell it at a good price." ”

Ling Yun said: "I don't dare to show him to outsiders now." ”

"Then give it to me, it might work. "The old four horses became enlightened.

"No, you're going to get bad luck for you. ”

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, everyone is silent again.

Finally, the third child, who has never liked to talk, opened his mouth and said, "It's better for us to hand it over to the government." It's best to be able to exchange some rewards, and there's nothing to lose if you can't exchange them. Whoever wants to kill people and sell goods, let him go to the government. ”

Everyone's eyes lit up and they thought it was a good idea.

The seven brothers walked all day and finally came to the county seat. The county seat is different from the village, at the very least, there is a three-meter-high city wall. Standing outside the city walls, you can hear the noisy crowd.

The old rule is to find a hidden place to stay before entering the city, so that when people are chased away, there is a place to gather. They picked a hill to the south. The mountains are not high, and the trees are not dense, but it is more than enough to hide a few people.

Entering the city, the seven opened their mouths in surprise.

The county town is full of people, not only farmers, but also businessmen, intellectuals, and beautiful women...... There are all kinds of people.

They were all well dressed, a grade higher than in the village, and there were more rich people in sedan chairs.

There is only one steamed bun shop in the village, but there are all kinds of shops in the county, and there are even shops for women to attract customers.

The house they live in is also very good, at first glance, there is not a single thatched house, it is all made of stone bricks.

"This is the county seat!" Ling Yun couldn't help but sigh.

The fourth Ma Cheng said that it was a private matter and separated from everyone. The old hardware is not changed, and there are private matters, and it is also separated from everyone.

After asking all the way, they finally came to the county office. Two officers were outside the door with big sticks, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to approach.

They have a psychological shadow on the stick, after all, they have been chased and beaten by the stick all these years.

When Ling Yun saw the errand soldiers, he felt that they were powerful and domineering. And the entire county government revealed even more majesty. Suddenly, he saw a plaque on the top of the county government with two words written on it.

He asked the sixth Qin Yi and said, "Sixth brother, what are those two words written?

Qin Yi smiled awkwardly and said, "It's written about the county government." ”

After speaking, he walked out generously, Ling Yun and a few other brothers did not stop him, and he was afraid of the servants, so he hid far away. I saw Qin Yi talking to the official for a few words, and then beckoned them to come over.

They were a little scared, and Ling Yun took the lead and walked over boldly, followed by the other brothers.

When he came to the official and looked at him, he turned out to be half a head shorter than himself. When I looked at it below, I thought it was quite tall. Up close, that's all it takes. Without a stick in their hands, they are nothing.

Walking into the county office, several people were even less afraid. Although there were more servants inside, they were all listless and almost asleep.

After waiting for a while, the official man walked out slowly. He was disheveled, his hat was crooked, and he didn't look like an official at all.

Sitting on the chair, he looked at them with squinted eyes, and said lazily, "I heard that you have something to offer." ”

"I ......"

As soon as Ling Yun wanted to speak, the official master continued: "I see that a few of you, unlike rich people, can't hand over any good things. I'll give you a few buns in a moment, hurry up and go. ”

After saying that, there was laughter in the lobby.

Ling Yun really wanted to them, if it weren't for the fact that there were few people now, he would definitely give them some color to see. He took out the golden rod from his garment, and did not speak.

The official master glanced at it and said disdainfully: "What is so strange about gold, I have it at home." ”

The master next to him whispered a few words to him, only to see him almost fall off the chair in fright, hold on to the table, look at it carefully, and exclaim to the master: "It's really a dragon pattern, it's really a thing of the dragon family." ”

He finally came to his senses, smiled unusually happily, trotted all the way to Ling Yun, carefully looked at the cylindrical golden rod, and nodded from time to time: "It's true! It's true!"

Just as he was about to touch it, Ling Yun suddenly withdrew the golden rod and still didn't say a word.

The official was unhappy, and changed to a smiling face in a second, and said, "Are you going to hand it over?"

"I was going to pay it, but now I don't want to pay it. ”

"Let's discuss, as long as you hand over the golden rod, you can do anything. ”

Ling Yun said: "It's okay to let you eat?"

His angry words angered the official master at once.

He straightened his hat, put on his clothes, and said solemnly, "The thing in your hand belongs to the royal family, and you must have used stealing to get it." Now, I'm going to take him back, come on!"

"Here!" The servant who was still lazy just now suddenly came to his senses and shouted, which frightened several people into trembling.

"Go, and snatch back what the royal family has lost from the thief. ”

"Yes!"