Chapter Twenty-Seven: The County Lord
The two hurried to the mansion, the door was still closed, but the old man Xiang noticed the difference, the atmosphere near the mansion seemed to be tense, and the catchers also entered and exited through the side door.
An acquaintance walked over, and the old man Xiang greeted him in surprise and bent over: "I've seen the shopkeeper." ”
The shopkeeper of Hanzhuang hurriedly returned the salute, and told him that the county lord was going to ascend to the court today, interrogated those thieves, how much silver they had stolen, and asked him to quickly find out the stolen people, and come to beat the drum and voice the grievances.
Sure enough, half an hour later, the big drum in front of the palace gate was beaten, and the drums knocked on the door of the government office, and the catchers were all neatly dressed and stood on both sides of the hall with sticks in their hands.
"Who Beats the Drum"
The head catcher walked out and asked loudly, but the eyes that looked at the drummer were like a spring breeze, and at this time the old man Xiang realized that the drumming was actually auspicious.
The head catcher knew that the county master was in a hurry to find Jixiang and the master, so he asked people to go to the pharmacy to invite the master over, but he hurriedly walked to the cell.
Seeing Jixiang sitting in a daze in the cell, he hurriedly opened the door of the prison in person, invited Jixiang out, said a basket of good words, and not only returned one hundred taels of silver ingots, but also gave two hundred taels of silver tickets.
At this time, Jixiang knew that the county master was going to summon him, and the head catcher was worried that he would sell him, so he came to curry favor with himself.
After a quick calculation in his heart, he accepted the silver ticket of one hundred taels, pushed back the silver ingot and the silver ticket of one hundred taels, and pointed to the two thieves in the next cell.
The head catcher immediately knew what Jixiang meant, the silver ingot was evidence of stealing, and the reason why Jixiang accepted a hundred taels of silver tickets was to tell the head catcher to rest assured that he would not talk nonsense.
At this time, the head catcher seemed to understand a little, this auspicious man is definitely not a simple crop man, maybe he has lost his eyes, but fortunately, it is not too late to make amends.
The county magistrate looked at the two people standing in front of him, although one was wearing a patched short shirt and was dressed as a crop man, his eyebrows were clear and his eyes were clear.
One was dressed in a long gown, with a white muslin tied around the back of his hand, and a face full of chagrin, regret, and obvious irritation.
The county magistrate was sure at a glance that auspiciousness was the key to the Sanpin lord coming to find him, but he didn't understand why this auspicious person was dressed up like this.
But he is also smart not to go this way of thinking, you must know that the people above have changed too much, and the routines are too deep, and he, a Jiupin sesame petty official, still doesn't need to know so much to be safe.
"Please sit down and serve tea."
The county magistrate said.
"Don't dare"
Both replied at the same time.
"Sit"
"Master Xie"
Both replied at the same time.
At this time, the county master was completely sure that auspiciousness was the key to the anger of the people above, otherwise how could a banker know so much etiquette.
If you can let this auspicious help him say two good words, maybe, he should still be able to pass the test, the county lord thought of this, and looked at auspicious eyes more enthusiastically.
Jixiang was a little restless, what happened to make the head catcher and the county lord look at him as if they were looking at gold, both greedy and friendly.
"Jixiang, you will tell the county Cheng about the theft of silver today." The county magistrate said.
When Ji Xiang heard this, he quickly stood up and explained today's events clearly, especially the two hundred taels of silver, which were even more detailed, and even the dozen or so copper plates in the blanket were also said.
The county master looked at the master again, and asked with a pleasant face, "Master, let's talk about it too." ”
The master also told him what had happened today, but he finally insisted that although his money was not stolen, his hand was injured, and he had to make the thief pay for it.
The county magistrate promised to let them write a paper, and then went outside to beat the drum and sound the grievances, and Ji Xiang agreed, but the master felt that he was a scholar, and the drumming would hinder the face of the reader.
The county magistrate didn't speak, and watched Ji Xiang finish writing the paper one by one, and the meaning was expressed very well, but this word was a little difficult to explain.
But look at the auspicious dress, the county master immediately made up for himself, well, if he is allowed to wear such a dress, he must also write the words like this, otherwise it will not be exposed.
Jixiang went out to beat the drum with the paper, and the master could only stand at the door of the lobby under the leadership of the catcher, waiting for the county magistrate to come forward to testify when the case was decided.
The housekeeper of Yuanwai's Mansion rushed into the welcome hall with a panicked and anxious face, which lifted Wang Yuanwai's slowly calmed heart again.
"You old thing, why are you so flustered, take your time."
The housekeeper really wanted to open the head of the outsider to see what was inside, but he was just a lowly housekeeper, so he could only take two deep breaths and whisper in the ear of the outsider.
"What"
Wang Yuanwai was taken aback, and before he could think of the corresponding method, he led people in.
This time when I came to Yuanwai's mansion, I was in a particularly happy mood, and I didn't need to wait for the report outside the mansion, let alone look at Wang Yuanwai's hypocritical smiling face.
"Grandfather, the county lord is invited, it's about your thirteen-room concubine's brother stealing silver and hurting people, let you go and listen to it, by the way, bring your charming thirteen-room concubine."
Toutou Yin said with a smile, and made a gesture of please, making the grandfather angry, with a big belly, and scolded in his heart, this bastard who picked up the bowl to eat and put down the bowl to scold his mother.
Suddenly, his brain hurt, he heard something, the county master asked him to bring the thirteen concubines, and hurriedly looked at the housekeeper, and the housekeeper's face immediately turned pale.
After he left the shop, he asked the housekeeper in the backyard to hang the thirteen concubines on the beams of the house, and now he can still save them.
The housekeeper hurriedly turned around and ran to the backyard, the fast one made the head catcher suspicious, and quickly turned around and ran to the backyard with the housekeeper.
Wang Yuan was angry, you are a man, how can you run to the backyard, there is a woman's boudoir, and you are a big man, do they want to marry.
The head catcher didn't care at all, he was the head catcher, and he was wearing the skin of "Special-Xu", where he couldn't break in, as long as the conditions permitted, not to mention the woman's boudoir, it was the woman's, he could also go.
Grandpa Wang pulled his legs and ran to the backyard, but he was too fat, and when he came to the backyard, it was like coming to a still world, and even the sound of the wind seemed to be silent.
The housekeeper sat on the ground, stood at the door, looked at the woman in white hanging on the beam in the room, and a group of sturdy housekeepers, trembling and kneeling on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads.
"It's over"
These two words appeared in Wang Yuanwai's mind, and the spiritual energy in his body was drained out at once, and he couldn't even move his brain.