Chapter 42: The pit is too shallow to fit
"Miss, what should I do, if I continue like this, everything will be smashed. Listening to the sound of smashing coming continuously, the housekeepers who stayed in the main hall cried out anxiously.
At this moment, Hong Tong aimed at the negligence of the officers and soldiers wielding the knife, and a grappling hand, snatched the saber, roared angrily, and knocked the two officers and soldiers to the ground.
"What are you going to do?" Seeing Hong Tong's sharp blade slashing towards his neck, Lord Wang was startled and hurriedly hid behind Shi Fanglan.
"Hongtong, stop. At this time, Shi Fanglan finally came back to her senses and scolded loudly.
"Miss, they deceive people too much. Hong Tong said with a blushing face.
"I've got my own measure. After speaking, Shi Fanglan turned to look at Lord Wang, with a hint of sternness in her eyes.
"Lord Wang, search is search, what do you mean by smashing things in my house like this? Is it true that our Shi family has no one in the court, so it is easy to bully?" Shi Fanglan roared angrily at Lord Wang.
This was the first time Shi Fanglan spoke loudly, which frightened Lord Wang a little, and he thought about it: "There should really be their backers in the court, it's better to be careful, be careful." ”
After thinking about it, Lord Wang yelled into the courtyard: "Everyone pay attention to me, and light my hands and feet." ”
As soon as Lord Wang's words fell, the noise around him disappeared.
Lord Wang nodded proudly, and when he turned around and saw that the tip of Hongtong's knife was still not far in front of the tip of his nose, he shrank his head in fright and said, "That Hongtong's knife is ......."
He pointed to the saber in Hong Tong's hand, but was glared at by Hong Tong, and hurriedly hid behind Shi Fanglan.
"Brother Hong, put down the knife first. ”
Seeing Shi Fanglan nodding to herself, Hong Tong reluctantly threw the saber to the ground, snorted coldly, stepped aside, and stopped talking.
After a while, some officers and soldiers shouted and came out of the other rooms, and a sneer flashed on the corner of Lord Wang's mouth, and said to the officers and soldiers: "Did you find something? Hurry up and get it." ”
Hearing this, an officer and soldier took out a box, threw it on the table with a bang, and said, "Lord Qiqi, this box was found under the bed in Master Shi's room. ”
Lord Wang took a step forward and lifted the lid of the box, and suddenly a white light shot out of the box.
Looking at the contents of the box, the eyes of everyone present widened in unison.
In the box were neatly placed white flowers of silver, more than a thousand taels.
"Miss Shi, can you explain this silver?" asked Lord Wang with a sneer.
"What is there to explain, our master has been in business for so many years, can't we save some silver taels?" Hong Tong couldn't hold back his anger and said.
"Oh, the silver that has been saved, can even the official silver be saved?" said Lord Wang slowly.
As soon as these words came out, the people of Shifu present immediately shouted in shock: "Guanyin, how can we have Guanyin?"
"Hmph, is this still going to lie to you, if you don't believe it, come and see for yourself. With that, Lord Wang turned the box to Shi Fanglan with a sneer on his face.
The white flowers and silver are indeed printed with big official characters, which are eye-catching and abnormal.
"Everyone knows that the official silver is a unique silver tael to the imperial treasury, and private individuals have no opportunity or qualification to get it, so Miss Shi, please explain why there is so much official silver in your house. Lord Wang's tone was stern, and his face was full of chances.
"This, I don't know, our family has never taken official money. Shi Fanglan shook her head and said.
"Hmph, don't explain it yet, then I'll tell you for you. Last month, a once-in-a-century flood struck the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, destroying countless villages along the river and displacing large numbers of people. Today, the Holy Heaven is so gracious, when he learned of this disaster, he immediately ordered to allocate 10 million taels of disaster relief money from the treasury to be transported to the disaster area, but he didn't expect that on the way, some people plotted against him, and even stole some of the money and stuffed it into his private pocket.
After speaking, Lord Wang stood up, his eyebrows were raised, and the officers and soldiers on both sides instantly drew their sabers, looking like they were about to arrest people, and the family members, under the leadership of Hong Tong, had already picked up tables, stools and chairs, ready to go to war at any time.
The two sides were tense, and the atmosphere was tense to the extreme.
At this moment, a crunch sound of "goo" broke the silence.
Everyone present looked in the direction of the sound, only to see Jingfa tense up in fright, carefully touched his stomach and smiled: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my stomach is not angry, I bother you, don't worry about me, please continue." ”
After glaring at Jing Fa fiercely, Lord Wang pointed the finger at Shi Fanglan again, and said: "Your Shi family stole the disaster relief money from the imperial court, which is already a serious crime, and now you dare to arrest you, aren't you afraid of adding to the crime?"
As soon as the words fell, there was another "goo".
"It's not over, if you quarrel again, I'll cut your stomach first. Lord Wang was furious and scolded Chaojing.
Jingfa was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand and shook his head, and said, "Lord Wang, it wasn't me just now, it was him." ”
As he spoke, he gestured to a man next to him.
Following the point, Lord Wang saw a Taoist priest come out of the corner, stretch his waist, touch his stomach and say, "Ouch, it's really troublesome, I went to the toilet to soak, and I was hungry again, I said Miss Shi, what about the big meal?"
"Hey, Stinky Daoist, don't you see that there is going to be a fight here? Hey, Stinky Daoist. Jing Fa called the Taoist priest softly, but the other party didn't seem to hear his words at all, squinted his eyes, looked like he hadn't woken up, and slowly walked to the table.
"Where did the stinky Taoist priest come from, come here, arrest him for me first, and the guy who screams in his stomach over there is also arrested, and the crime will be set up to disturb the affairs of the government. Lord Wang found that the two people who appeared inexplicably didn't take him seriously at all, and his face was full of anger and roared loudly.
"Hey, if you want to arrest him, why do you arrest me, I'm a first-class citizen. Arrest him, go to arrest him, he, a stinky Taoist priest, pretended to be sick and pretended to be dead, cheated to eat and drink, and arrested him, saving himself from harming others. As soon as he heard that he was going to catch himself, Jingfa jumped up and shouted loudly.
And the Taoist priest still didn't seem to hear anyone else at all, stared at the silver in the box on the table, and said "Hey~~~~~~~~~~" heavily, and deliberately dragged his voice extremely long.
"Hey, I haven't seen the official silver. Lord Wang cursed, and when he saw that the Taoist priest was about to reach out for the silver, he hurriedly called someone to come forward to stop him.
"There's a problem with this silver, there's a big problem. Before the officers and soldiers had time to step forward, the Taoist priest had already taken out a piece of silver and put it in front of his eyes to observe it carefully.
When Shi Fanglan heard this, her heart was lifted, and she hurriedly asked, "This Dao Master, may I ask what is the problem with this silver?"
"It's a fake official bank. The Taoist priest said slowly.
As soon as these words came out, the people in Shifu immediately exploded and discussed fiercely.
And Lord Wang frowned, and said angrily: "Where did the stinky Taoist come from, here to confuse the public, is this official silver still fake?"
"When I say false, it's false. As he spoke, the Taoist priest glanced at Lord Wang out of the corner of his eye, and his lazy gaze revealed a shrewdness, which frightened Lord Wang's heart, and a bead of sweat the size of a bean appeared on his forehead unconsciously.