"What's more," Cai Xianqing's fierce tone was intimidating, "A few days ago, while I was not in the yamen, you held a private meeting with the merchants, and asked your subordinates to keep quiet...... Lying to Shangguan is a first-class crime! ”

Zhixian is even more heartbroken, and there is no other way but to kowtow: "The villain is fascinated by ghosts, and I don't know how many adults are on it, and he deserves to die." But the lower officials have always been divided into officials, and there has never been a loss in the big festival...... I only hope that the three adults can forgive, and they must strictly investigate and deal with Wu Sijing's house, and never dare to hide anything again! ”

After hearing him say this, Cai Xianqing suddenly turned his head to look at Ye Yongjia and nodded to him. The latter understood, and slowly walked to the magistrate: "The two adults are angry, and they don't really want to punish you for saying these things to you." As long as you remain loyal to the court, we will not add to the crime. ”

"Xia Guan is the minister of the Son of Heaven, how can he have two hearts? Now it is determined to arrest the culprit for adults and deter people! The magistrate hurriedly said.

"You don't have to worry about this, you have other things to do," Ye Yongjia waved his hand and said, "Let's maintain the status quo first, don't be in a hurry to cut them off." When the real official document is approved, it is not too late to tell you. ”

"In that case, the previous false ...... Can I withdraw it? ”

"The old man has offended you a lot in order to force you to speak," Cai Xianqing smiled and clasped his hands, "Actually, the content of that letter has nothing to do with the county order." All you have to do is watch the fire from the other side and watch them fall apart. ”

The messenger arrived in Beitang, and because he understood the relationship between Wu Sijing and the county, he handed the official document of the county government to the church. Bishop Wu was worried about the previous divisive plan, and suddenly got the documents of the imperial court, and became more and more depressed; This official document was sealed in wax and could not be opened in time, so in desperation, I had to send it to the gun factory and notify the Chamber of Commerce to discuss with it.

"The county magistrate and the old bishop didn't tell us either," the beard was the last to arrive, and sat down muttering, "what is the attitude of the imperial court?" ”

"Anyway, the order has already arrived, so what did you do before? Do you want to dismantle? The fat merchant glanced at the letters on the table.

"Well, I'll tear it down!" The beard rolled up his sleeves, reached out to take the paperwork, untied the rope, tore the seal violently, flattened the paper, and read it out: "The Zhongshu Province Feng Xiang Niu Yuan told the merchants: 'After the agreement of the ministers of various departments, the method of casting is very inappropriate, why are you completely insincere and defraud the national wealth? After that, the affairs of building a factory should be replaced by the county governor of the department, and no arbitrary intervention should be allowed! ’”

"Son of a bitch!" A businessman yelled angrily, "We bothered to set up a factory for him, even if we were greedy for a little cheap, what could we do?" Even the control of the factory has to be taken away, it's just a bunch of robbers! I don't think there's a need to beg for the gift of this country, we have the backbone! ”

"That's right, just tear your face with him!" The other two also patted their chests and shouted loudly.

"Show me." The fat merchant was unmoved, and calmly begged for the letter.

"What else are you looking at?" The beard asked angrily.

"The court's wording won't be so rude, I'll make sure." He was still stubborn.

The beard sighed and handed it over honestly: "Give." ”

The person next to him was still scolding, but the fat merchant carefully reviewed the official document, flipped back and forth a few times, and immediately frowned: "That's not right." This letter is false! ”

"False...... Fake? The bearded fist suddenly released.

Fat Fanshang pointed to the seal on the letter: "You all came over to look at it, what is written on this chapter 'flowers, birds, fish and insects', 'pure body and heart', how can it still be like the official seal of the country?" And the end is not signed, which is extremely weird. ”

Everyone bowed their heads and fell silent.

"So, is the county order deliberately deceiving us? He ......," he pondered, pinching his fingers, "He has a very good relationship with Wu Sijing, and he shouldn't be directed at us." ”

"The affairs of the county management factory in this office...... "The fat fan merchant suddenly patted his knee, "What kind of firearms can that nest county know?" In the future, the power will be entrusted to Wu Sijing! It is no wonder that when he sent him a letter a few days ago, he looked very suspicious, prevaricated on the grounds of discord, and burned the letter clean, which is very likely to be related to it. ”

He pounded his chair and said, "No wonder he let us come up with the idea of casting, and lied to us that no one in the Celestial Empire knew firearms. Maybe they're fanning the flames in the dark at this time, ready to put us all in the air! ”

Fat Fanshang hurriedly persuaded: "Everyone, this is just a little speculation on my part, not to rule out other possibilities. We must not be led by the nose. As for the facts, it remains to be said, why don't you stay here and I'll go to the bishop. ”

Everyone thought so, got up to shake hands with him, and said goodbye to the factory.

With a little anger, the fat merchant went straight up the hill into the church, ignoring the call of the janitor, strode into the inner courtyard, and shouted, "Old bishop! I want to hear your explanation! ”

Wu Sijing had already expected this situation, and had been waiting in the living room, when he suddenly heard the voice of this businessman, his heart skipped a beat, and after a little preparation, he greeted him with a happy face: "Why are you here alone?" I still wonder why you haven't been to the Humble House for a few days......" and shook hands warmly.

The fat merchant shrank his hands slightly, took out the official document from his pocket, and said in a cold voice: "What is your intention in giving me the forged official document?" ”

Wu Sijing panicked: "I didn't ...... Typing, opening, I don't know what to write. ”

"Zhixian calls you a brother and sister all day long, will you know his thoughts?"

Wu Sijing took the opportunity to glance at the content of the letter, and hurriedly confessed: "This is definitely Ye Yongjia's divisive plan......

"Today's separation, tomorrow's separation," Fat Fanshang interrupted him, "He Ye Yongjia has nothing to do, and he comes to divide us one after another?" I think you are relying on betraying the interests of your fellow countrymen to gain benefits for yourself! ”

Wu Sijing was scolded for a long time, and he was very unhappy, but he couldn't have a seizure, so he had to answer with a cold face: "If you want to exclude me Wu Sijing, it's understandable; But you can't be so wronged by good people! If you don't want to listen to the old man's explanation, just put me in a bag and throw me in the sea now; If you are willing to listen patiently to my explanation, please come to the hall and speak! ”

The fat merchant glanced at him, immediately reined in his temper, and walked up the stairs with him.

"I don't even know how this document came about," Wu Sijing took a sip of tea, and then put down the tea bowl: "The magistrate handed it to me first, just because of trust, not anything else." What's more, when I see this letter, the county may not know about it. Pressed down in the name of the imperial court, he didn't dare to do this, it was probably a plan set up by Li and Ye to force him to comply. ”

"Please continue." Fat Fanshang's mood calmed down a lot.