"Go to Zhang Liangde's house and have a look there. ”

Li Xintian immediately did not hesitate, walked to Zhang Liangde's house, and when he passed by the house, he called a few family members to accompany him, and at the same time brought the red tiger in the Li family's vault, so as not to meet the white rat and be run away by it.

A moment of effort.

Li Xintian came to an old mansion that looked rather depressed and decaying.

"Knock on the door. ”

"Yes, young master. A family member stepped forward and knocked on the door, but when he knocked, the door opened: "Young master, this door is not locked." ”

"Go in and see, Autumn Goose, put the red tiger down and let it roam around here. Li Xintian said.

Hu Qiuyan answered and put down the red tiger in his arms.

The red tiger still missed Hu Qiuyan's arms a little, but it attracted Li Xintian's eyes, and as soon as he landed, he rushed into the house, and soon disappeared.

"There is movement in the house, and this Liangde is estimated to be at home. After entering the courtyard, a family member listened attentively.

Li Xintian strode into the hall, ready to find out this Liangde and question it, to see if he instructed the white rat to steal the silver taels from his Li family's treasury.

But then he heard movement in the bedroom next to him.

Zhang Liangde's voice sounded a little obscene from inside and said: "My good beauty, it's really in vain that I spent three hundred taels of silver to redeem you from the Qinglou, your ability to serve people is too powerful, come, let's get it again with the previous trick." ”

"Don't worry, sir, it's a long time coming, don't break your body. ”

The woman's half-pushed voice sounded.

Soon the sound of the wooden couch creaking and swaying could be heard in the room.

"Young Master, look at this ......," the family said with some embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Liangde was really blessed, and he was still fooling around with women during the day.

"Get him out. Li Xintian said as usual, and Hu Qiuyan next to him blushed slightly, with a little shame.

"Yes. ”

The two housekeepers immediately rushed into the house.

"Who are you?"

Zhang Liangde's frightened voice sounded, accompanied by the woman's screams.

After a sound of resistance, a man in disheveled clothes was soon put out by two family members, and the woman ignored it.

"Zhang Liangde, he has a long ability, and even my Li family's silver dare to steal. ”

Li Xintian stared at him coldly and said.

"Lee... Li Jieyuan, no, the eldest young master. ”

Zhang Liangde's face turned pale immediately when he saw Li Xintian, and he was shocked into a cold sweat.

Originally, I just wanted to cheat him, but seeing him like this, the lost 10,000 taels of silver must have nothing to do with him.

"Where are you hiding my Li family's 10,000 taels of silver, if you are honest, I can let you go, if you have the slightest concealment, you will go to my Li family's mine to mine and pay off your debts, 10,000 taels of silver, enough for you to mine for a lifetime." ”

Li Xintian looked at him condescendingly and said.

Zhang Liangde hurriedly defended at this moment and said: "Big young master, the little one didn't take the Li family's money, the little one really didn't take it, the big young master, you must have wronged me." ”

"But someone in the county told me that you spent a few hundred taels of silver in the Qinglou some time ago to ransom a woman in the Qinglou, and some people saw that you spent a thousand taels of silver to buy a mansion, and this is a thousand taels of silver, where did you Zhang Liangde come from? ”

Li Xintian said coldly.

"Say, 'Where did you get your money?' ”

Zhang Liangde's lips moved slightly, his whole body trembled, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Take him out and keep him calm and calm. ”

Li Xintian knew that such a small person was easy to get confused when he encountered big things, so he didn't ask much, and waved his hand to signal to his family.

The family immediately went out with Zhang Liangde, splashed him with cold water, and slapped him a few times to make him sober up.

"The eldest young master, the eldest young master, the slave family knows what is going on. Just when Zhang Liangde was calm, a disheveled woman in the house hurriedly ran out.

But it is a woman in her thirties, who is dressed in dust, and her appearance is more pleasing to the eye.

"You are the woman in the Qinglou that Zhang Liangde ransomed you for three hundred taels of silver?"

Li Xintian asked.

"Nu Jiayanhua has seen the eldest young master. ”

The woman said with another bow.

"Since you know what Zhang Liangde has done, let's talk about it. ”

Yanhua cautiously asked, "Can you get out of the slave family if you say it?"

"It has nothing to do with you, my Li family won't trouble you. ”

"Thank you, young master. ”

Yanhua was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "That Zhang Liangde said to the slave family one night that he raised a god rat and would send him a hundred taels of silver every day, the slave family did not believe it at first, and then I saw that one night, a white mouse sneaked into the house and spit out two heavy ingots of silver from his mouth to him. ”

Later, the slave family had some doubts, whether this god rat went to the rich man's house to steal the silver taels, and the slave family persuaded Zhang Liangde to let him accept it when he saw it, and don't let him ask for the silver of the god mouse, but Zhang Liangde said that if he took another 5,000 taels of silver, he would not take it, and he would be able to live the rest of his life in peace and stability in the future. ”

After Li Xintian listened, he matched the previous clues.

Sure enough, the silver stolen by the white rat was given to someone to use.

"Said, said, little one said everything. At this time, Zhang Liangde, who was outside the door, hurriedly begged for mercy after being taught a lesson.

"Bring Zhang Liangde in. Li Xintian said.

The family quickly brought in Zhang Liangde, who was wet.

Zhang Liangde knelt down and begged for mercy: "Please also ask the eldest young master to spare the small one, the small one really doesn't know that the silver belongs to the eldest young master's family, if the small one knows, the small one will not dare to take the silver of the eldest young master's family even if he has the courage to do so." ”

"I didn't ask you about the silver, I asked you what was going on with that white rat. Li Xintian said.

10,000 taels of silver is just a mundane thing, and the white rat is a spirit with Taoism, and he cares more about it than this silver in his heart.

Zhang Liangde said: "The little one doesn't know what happened to the white mouse, but last month, when the little one's family was poor and couldn't open the pot, the little one was hungry and lay on the bed, and the white mouse suddenly jumped to the little one's head, spit out a piece of silver and then ran away, and then the white rat would spit out a piece of silver for the little one every day." ”

"Every day, the white rat only spits out one ingot of silver for you?" asked Li Xintian.

"No, no, that day the little one went to the Qinglou to see Yanhua, and then he had the idea of wanting to redeem her home, and after seeing the white mouse at night, the little one begged it to let it spit out a few ingots of silver to me, but the next day the white mouse really spit out three ingots of silver......" Zhang Liangde said and his voice became smaller and smaller.

Li Xintian asked again: "This white rat is a spirit with Taoism, it is impossible to give you silver for no reason, what have you done to attract this white rat, explain it honestly." ”

"I don't know. Zhang Liangde said tremblingly, "The little one who can know has told the eldest young master, and asked the eldest young master to be gracious." ”

said and begged for mercy with his forehead, but after kowtowing a few times, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "By the way, the little one remembered, the little one remembered one thing, more than ten years ago, when the little one went to a family with his father to do carpentry, there was an accident, the house collapsed, crushed a nest of rats, and only one rat cub was left and did not die. ”

"But the rat boy was gray, not white. ”

I didn't expect this Zhang Liangde to have such an opportunity.

When he was young, he saved a mouse, but after more than ten years, he was relieved by this mouse, and he took the money given to him by the mouse to marry a wife and buy a house.

As for why the rats he saved when he was young were gray and now become white rats, it is actually easy to explain.

This rat has become a Taoist and a spirit, and naturally its fur will turn white.

There is a saying that the scales and armor turn yellow and the fur turns white, which are all signs of sperm.

However, this rat can become a fine in just a dozen years, and there is a certain amount of Taoism, obviously this mouse has had some opportunities during this time, otherwise it would not be possible to become a fine so quickly.

Now, here, everything is falling out.

The white rat repaid the favor and stole the silver from the Li family to Zhang Liangde, and Zhang Liangde didn't seem to know that the silver was stolen from the Li family's treasury, and the Qinglou woman named Yanhua was a little smart, knowing that the silver taken by the mouse might be stolen, and she didn't want it for fear of causing trouble, but in the end she still couldn't overcome the greed in her heart, and enjoyed the silver taels with Zhang Liangde with peace of mind.

"Zhang Liangde, where is the rest of the silver stolen by the white mouse, hand it over. ”

Li Xintian said.

Zhang Liangde shook everything out at this moment, did not dare to hide it, and hurriedly took his family to look for silver in the house, some of the silver was hidden on the beams of the house, some of the silver was buried in the ground, and some of the silver was sunk in the well.

This person is not very good, and he is very good at hiding money.

In the end, after the large and small silver taels were gathered, there were two or three thousand taels of silver.

"That's all?"

Li Xintian asked.

"That's all there is to it, and the rest is used up by the small ones. ”

Zhang Liangde said tremblingly.

"You've used up five or six thousand taels of silver during this time?"

Li Xintian asked with squinted eyes.

Zhang Liangde knelt on the ground again in fright and said: "The eldest young master is wronged, the small one only used up more than 1,000 taels, and did not use 5,000 taels, and the small one got a total of 5,000 taels of silver. ”

Li Xintian looked at him seriously and felt that he should not be lying.

The silver that was hidden so deeply was taken out, and it was impossible for him to dare to hide the whole five thousand taels of silver.

However, the Li family's treasury was lost as much as 10,000 taels.

In other words, there are still five thousand taels of silver that do not match the number.

After pondering for a while, he felt that there might be something strange about this matter.

However, he couldn't ask anything about this Liangde, he had already told everything he knew, and he had taken out all the remaining silver.

"Zhang Liangde, seeing that you are still honest, I can spare you this time, and the rest of the silver will be returned to the original owner today, but the 1,000 taels of silver you used up cannot be ignored. ”

Li Xintian thought for a while and said, "In this way, the two of you go to my Li family's workshop to work for ten years, and the monthly income is halved, and after ten years, you and I will be cleared, how about it?"

"Thank you for the kindness of the eldest young master, thank you for the kindness of the eldest young master, the little one is willing to work and compensate. ”

Zhang Liangde was pardoned, kowtowed and said.

Yanhua, the woman in the Qinglou next to her, looked like she wanted to cry without tears, she was willing to follow Zhang Liangde when she was rich, but she didn't enjoy the blessing for a few days, and this disaster was going to follow him for a lifetime.

Li Xintian didn't care whether the woman agreed or not.

This woman was bought by Zhang Liangde with the Li family's silver, and as long as Zhang Liangde agreed, she had no room to resist.

Besides, this Qinglou woman has a lot of thoughts, and letting her work is also cleaning up her thoughts, if the two of them are willing to work honestly for ten years, they will be able to live in peace in the future, which is much better than starving here without money.

"Leave them ten taels of silver for their rations, and take the rest. ”

Li Xintian waved his hand.

The family answered, packed the silver and the title deed of a mansion on his back, and then took off a dozen taels of silver and threw them in front of the two.

Ten taels of silver, if you save a little, it will be enough to eat for several months.

Soon, Li Xintian left here with his family and a few thousand taels of silver.