On this day, it cleared up after the rain. There are two carriages parked there in the courtyard of the former residence of the prefect of Wujiazhuang, the first carriage is filled with two large vats, which are escorted by Wu Dacheng, who is wearing an official robe, and the coachman A drives the horse. The latter carriage was loaded with all kinds of household goods, and was escorted by Mrs. Wu, who wore gold and silver, and the coachman B drove the horses.

At this moment, Wu Dacheng got down from the carriage, made a move, and Wu Liangjin, who had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, led four laborers over, grabbed the front and back and carefully lifted the two large vat from the carriage, and then carried them into a wing room designated by Wu Dacheng to be placed against the wall.

After they walked away, Wu Dacheng opened the lids of the two jars, and one jar was full of silver with white flowers; A jar full of yellow copper coins. He smiled again and closed the two cylinder heads, then locked the door and returned to the yard.

At this moment, Mrs. Wu was directing Wu Liangjin and four laborers who came out of the house to unload the goods in the latter carriage, and after the goods were unloaded, they were successively placed in the appropriate places in the house one after another.

It took more than half an hour to run out, and Wu Liangjin and four laborers were tired and sweating. I saw Wu Liangjin carrying a large cloth bag with a bulging bag, and he also reached out and patted it. This scene was seen by Mrs. Wu, who was carrying a cowhide bag in her hand, and approached him to stare at the large cloth bag.

Mrs. Wu asked: What is in the bag?

Wu Liangjin didn't answer, pursed his lips and smiled, unbuttoned the seal on the mouth of the cloth bag, and motioned for her to come and see, it was full of strings of copper coins.

Mrs. Wu asked again, how many hangings?

Wu Liangjin leaned close to her ear and whispered, 1400 hanging.

Mrs. Wu frowned and walked away, and came to Wu Dacheng and whispered.

Wu Liangjin flatteringly said to Wu Dacheng, Governor Wu, congratulations on returning to your hometown and ending the journey all the way.

Wu Dacheng said, thank you for your good words.

Wu Liangjin said, Wu Zhifu, the grass people are sorry, do you want to settle the bill for the labor fees of our laborers?

Wu Dacheng said magnanimously, okay! Then he turned his head to look at Mrs. Wu and said, give each of the five laborers 20 yuan.

Mrs. Wu opened the buckle of her cowhide bag, took out 100 hangings from the bag, and gave them to the four laborers first, and let them all go. There were still 20 hangings of money left in her hand, so she didn't hand Wu Liangjin, but put it back in the cowhide bag.

Mrs. Wu approached Wu Liangjin and said, can you tell me where the 1,400 hanging copper coins in your bag came from?

Wu Liangjin was stunned for a moment, and then replied calmly, The 1400 copper coins in my bag have nothing to do with the power fee I deserve today, why don't you give me the force fee?

Mrs. Wu said, I will give it to you, you have not answered my question yet.

Wu Liangjin smiled bitterly and said hesitantly, you ......

Mrs. Wu came hard, explain the stakes, if you don't say it, then you can ask the prefect Wu for the 20 hanging money!

Wu Liangjin glanced at Wu Dacheng, who was standing in front of him.

Wu Dacheng looked at him and said, Wu Liangjin, you are a person in our village, you are actually a family, I will invite you to the house tomorrow to do a day of cleaning, simply 20 hangs and the money for cleaning will be settled together at that time, a total of 40 hangs, you will not be missing.

At night, in the bedroom, Mrs. Wu blew the pillow wind to Wu Dacheng, and talked about the incident again.

Mrs. Wu said, I suspect that Wu Liangjin's 1,400 hanging money is from an unknown source.

Wu Dacheng said, don't be suspicious, it is possible for people to get money from doing business. hugged Mrs. Wu again, whose skin was as smooth as jade, but was reluctantly pushed away by Mrs. Wu.

Wu Dacheng asked, why did the husband offend his wife?

Mrs. Wu said, you have to promise me that tomorrow you will ask me the reason for Wu Liangjin's 1,400 hanging money, and I will obey you.

Wu Dacheng said, okay! Madam.

Mrs. Wu giggled, and Wu Dacheng pounced on her body like a hungry tiger.

The next day, when the sun rose, Mrs. Wu, who had just freshened up, came out of the room, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a person coming in the courtyard, none other than Wu Liangjin.

Mrs. Wu stood at the door and looked at him and said loudly, "Working, you just wait in the yard, I will call Governor Wu."

Wu Liangjin said, okay! Do you have any work to do today?

Mrs. Wu said that she would have to ask the Wu Governor's Mansion.

Wu Liangjin saw Mrs. Wu enter the house and disappeared, so he stood under a large oak tree on the west side of the courtyard and waited. After waiting for a cup of tea, Wu Dacheng came out of the house, he was shy with a big belly, and with a move of his hand, Wu Liangjin was brought away.

He suddenly found that there were two big men standing behind Wu Dacheng, one with a big waist and a round waist, holding a leather whip; A black-faced man with a big nose and a wooden stick. They sometimes looked at Wu Liangjin, which made him dare not speak loudly because of fear.

Wu Liangjin nodded and said with a smirk, Wu Zhifu, you confessed yesterday and asked me to do a day of cleaning in the house today, 20 hanging money, and after doing the cleaning, the 20 hanging money that was not settled yesterday will be counted, a total of 40 hanging money. You see, I arrived so early.

Wu Dacheng said, yes, it's good to come. I promised you to come to my house for a day to clean up, and then settle the bill together. But there is a requirement. So he leaned close to his ear and whispered, you must explain clearly, where did the 1,400 hanging money in the cloth bag you carried yesterday come from?

Wu Liangjin supported me, and he stopped talking.

Wu Dacheng said abruptly, if you don't make it clear, my house doesn't need you to clean it today, and I don't want to take away yesterday's 20 yuan of power.

Wu Liangjin's face showed a look of horror, and he said, I'm not just the money I earned from business, what is there to ask?

Wu Dacheng crossed his waist, and suddenly said loudly, what kind of business you earned, tell me clearly.

Wu Liangjin stopped and took a step back.

Wu Dacheng said, seeing that your expression is wrong, your 1400 hanging money is definitely not coming from the right way.

Wu Liangjin hurriedly said, the road is right, it is earned by doing business, and I have accumulated so much money over time, how much money I made on which day, where can I make it clear?

Wu Dacheng looked at him with gloomy eyes and shouted, you are not honest.

Wu Liangjin's body was already trembling slightly, and he said, Wu Zhifu, don't ask, I really can't tell. I didn't want to pay 20 dollars yesterday. So he turned around and wanted to leave.

Wu Dacheng shouted loudly and stopped. You pay clearly, where did the 1400 hanging money come from?

Wu Liangjin refused to speak, drooping his head, and his body trembled even more.

Wu Dacheng unceremoniously ordered, Liu Xun and Ma Li, tied him up and hung him on the oak tree in the yard and beat him fiercely to see if he confessed or not.

Liu Xun shook the leather whip, glared at Wu Liangjin, and was about to reach out and grab him.

Ma Li stomped the stick, and lowered his head to pick up a thick hemp rope that had already been placed at his feet.

Wu Liangjin pretended to be calm and said, Wu Governor, I, Wu Liangjin, didn't kill anyone, didn't set fire, and didn't do other bad things, why did you kidnap me? Is there still a royal law in this world?

Wu Dacheng said very domineeringly, what I, Wu Governor, said on behalf of Wang Fa.

Wu Liangjin tried his best to avoid topics that were unfavorable to him, and persuaded, Wu Zhifu, you have told the old man to return to his hometown to recuperate, and the affairs of officialdom have long been ignored, what else do you want to talk about the king's law or not? Besides, I didn't offend the king's law.

At this time, Mrs. Wu, who had a high bun, stood at the door of the house and peeked, and when she saw Wu Liangjin so stubborn, she went around to Wu Dacheng to make a look. Wu Dacheng understood the meaning and nodded slightly.

Wu Dacheng raised his clenched fist to the sky and said loudly, Liu Xun and Ma Li, teach him a good lesson.

Liu Xun immediately "horned" and whipped Wu Liangjin's thigh. Ma Ma was about to cut his hands and tie him back, and he kept shouting for mercy.

Wu Dacheng frowned and asked, can you recruit or not?

Wu Liangjin squatted down, clasped his head with both hands, and said in a trembling voice, move-

Wu Dacheng said, then you should tell the truth! Where did the 1,400 hangs come from? If you tell half a lie, you know that whips and sticks do not recognize people?

Wu Liangjin was frightened, so he said, Wu Zhifu, I can only tell you alone.

Mrs. Wu came out of the door and interjected, "Official, take him to the room and tell you alone."

Wu Dacheng said let's go!

Wu Liangjin followed Wu Dacheng across the threshold and entered the house with trepidation.