Chen Laoshi, who was at the foot of Maoshan Mountain, picked the oranges from the orange grove in the back mountain of his house, hired a boat to transport the oranges to Qianguo Lane, sold them to the Li Family Fresh Fruit Workshop in Qianguo Lane, and then found the Tang family to receive the reward.

Lao Yang Tou repeatedly asked why, but he didn't say to give money, and he didn't bring him into the compound.

Chen Laoshi shed sad tears, sighed and walked back, walked to the side of the ancestral hall and saw the pier, he stopped, leaned on the corner of the wall and wept, sighing: "How did you spend this year?"

This afternoon, the ancestral hall was out of school early, Tang Wuqiang and a group of classmates came out of the ancestral hall, Tang Wuqiang asked with concern: "Old man, why are you sighing and crying?"

Chen honestly: "I am a lonely old man, life on weekdays is hard, and people have no grievances, and I don't know which way to offend the gods, yesterday an old woman in the mountains lied to me that there is a Tang family in Changzhou Qianguo Lane is a good person, willing to give, the poor can get a reward to sell fruits in Qianguo Lane, hire a boat to sell fruits in Qianguo Lane can get a reward to pay the boat fare. However, now the Tang family is ignoring it, and the boat boss is still waiting, and the money I made from selling oranges is not enough to pay for the hired boat. How does this make me good?"

Wang Er: "You deserve it!" Who told you to easily believe other people's nonsense!"

Chen Laoshi: "What nonsense!"

Wang Er: "The Tang family will help you pay for the boat!"

Tang Wuqiang: "You kid is just underwhelmed! Old man, don't cry! That's not nonsense! I'm the Tang family, follow me!"

Tang Wuqiang knocked on the door of the Tang family and found the housekeeper Tang Fu to explain the situation.

Chen Laoshi happily received the Tang family's charter money and walked back, passing through the ancestral hall, the Wang family's daughter-in-law Jiao Shi walked out, and saw Chen Laoshi coming up and shouted: "Father Chen, you are here, is your Chen gang leader here?"

Chen Laoshi didn't understand, and just walked forward. Seeing that it was getting late, I hurriedly got on the boat and went back to Maoshan.

Tang Wugang saw that Jiao was so polite to him, and stepped forward and asked, "Do you know him?"

Jiao's: "I don't know, but I just heard Li Da Rich call me like this, I want to climb the high branches!"

Tang Wugang: "Which rich man Li?"

Jiao's: "I just saw it, I guess I'm drinking tea in Maoshan Tea House now." ”

Tang Wugang found the rich man Li in the Maoshan Tea House and brought him to Tang Fu.

Tang Fu was very angry when he heard this, and issued an order to send a precept letter.

When Chen Laoshi arrived home, he saw the precept letter, and a small rusty iron gun was nailed to the door, and the content of the letter was: Shame on no trust! The defrauded money will be returned within two days, and he will work as a coolie at the wharf of Qianguo Lane for a month.

The old man rushed to Qianguo Lane overnight, hoping to explain the situation.

The next day, at dawn, the sky was just bright, and the Qianguo Lane yard was already crowded. Chen Laoshi's distant nephew Chen Fugui brought his wife Chen Li and dozens of villagers to the door of the Tang Mansion to call the door, howling and crying, shouting that the Tang family was not keeping their promises, saying that the Tang family had wronged a good person, and asked the Tang family to let their uncle Chen Laoshi go home.

Wu Qing, the head catcher of Changzhou Mansion, arrived with three arresters: Zhang Wen, Lei Chen, and Huang Xingfu. Huang Feipeng, the deputy hall master of Suzhou Mingde Hall, brought his two most beloved disciples, Chen Xing and Li Bao, to come.

Wu Qing, the head catcher of Changzhou Mansion, gave himself a nickname Sai Qin Qiong, saying that although he did not have the world's martial arts like Qin Qiong, he had the same enthusiasm as Qin Qiong and liked to make friends with heroes in the rivers and lakes. It is natural to associate with the Cao Gang, it is natural to become a friend of Huang Feipeng, the deputy head of the Cao Gang Suzhou Mingde Hall, and it is also natural to associate with the famous Tang family in Changzhou City, and it is even more natural to often become a guest of the Tang family.

There is such a big thing in Qianguo Lane, and it is even more appropriate to come early as the head catcher of Changzhou Mansion.

Huang Feipeng brought his two most beloved disciples, Chen Xing and Li Bao, to come so early, and it was also as it should be. Because, Chen Xing is also Chen Laoshi's distant nephew, how can Huang Feipeng, as Chen Xing's master, not come.

Dozens of people crowded in front of the Tang Mansion and made a lot of noise, and it has not appeared for a hundred years. Tang Fu has been a housekeeper in the Tang family for thirty years, and he has never seen it.

Tang Fu opened the door, and the first thing he saw was Wu Qing, the head catcher.

Fortunately, there was Wu Qing, who was the head catcher, and the noise was suppressed.

Huang Feipeng, Chen Fugui, Chen Xing, Li Bao, and Chen Li were invited to the mansion by Wu Qing. Everyone started to sit down and talk about what happened.

Chen Fugui said: "Although my Chen family is poor, not as poor as your Tang family, but there are hundreds of acres of fertile land and a few mountains and forests. Uncle Chen Laoshi loves to cultivate immortals, lives alone in a mountain forest, and lives a hermit life. He heard yesterday that people said how your Tang family is anxious for justice and righteousness, how to fight righteousness and squander wealth, and he didn't believe it at first, but my daughter-in-law said how the Tang family fights righteousness and squanders money, he picked oranges from the orange grove on the back mountain, rented a boat to come to your Tang family to get the money for renting a boat, try the rumors. ”

After a pause, Chen Fugui wiped his tears and continued: "I met my uncle on the way back to my hometown, he told me what happened, and said that when I saw your Tang family's flying gun message on the door, I was so frightened that I hurried back, I gave him all the more than ten taels of silver I was carrying, and told him to return the money early, and then hire a car to come back early, so as not to worry everyone." But my uncle came to the Tang Mansion last night and still has not returned the charter money. ”

As soon as Chen Fugui finished speaking, Chen Li began to cry loudly again, shouting to the heavens and the earth.

The Tang family no longer has the domineering spirit of the past.

Tang Fu repeatedly persuaded, "There is something to say, there is something to say." The old lady had just fallen asleep. ”，

Chen Li just didn't listen, and his crying became louder and louder.

Tang Fu had no choice but to ask Wu Qing for help.

When Chen Li quieted down, Tang Fu sighed: "Listen to me, okay?"

Tang Fu explained: "Chen Laoshi did come to the Tang family and received the Tang family's charter money. After he received the charter money and left, Li Quancai, a fruit merchant in Jintan, said that Chen Laoshi had cheated on the charter money, saying that Chen Laoshi had two nephews, one was the deputy head of the Maoshan Gang, and the other was the right-hand man of the deputy master of the Suzhou Hall of the Cao Gang. I was very angry when I heard this, so I sent Tang Wenyuan, a disciple of the literary generation, to ask about the situation and send a letter of precepts. After Tang Wenyuan left, I felt that something was wrong, so I went to the backyard to report the matter to the old lady. When the old lady heard this, she felt that something was wrong, and ordered Tang Wenzhen, a disciple of the literary generation, to ride a fast horse to Jintan to investigate the fruit merchant Li Quancai. As soon as I inquired, Li Quancai, a fruit merchant, had sold his property three days ago and his family had moved away, and no one knew where he went. Tang Wenzhen was quite smart, and felt that something was wrong, so he immediately rushed to Chen Laoshi's house at the foot of Maoshan Mountain. found that Chen Laoshi had already taken down the precept letter nailed to the door, and hurried back to explain the situation. Tang Wenzhen's arrival home is already the second watch. ”

Tang Fu pointed to the Taishi chair in the center of the Tang Dynasty and continued: "The old lady is sitting here and waiting until the second watch. Seeing Tang Wenzhen coming back, after understanding the situation. Immediately summoned the three disciples of the literary generation, Tang Wenyuan, Tang Wenzhen, Tang Wenhu, and the eldest son of my family, Tang Wenhan. ”

Tang Fu paused, looked at everyone, knocked on the handle of the seat with his hand, and continued: "Think about it, how precious is the eldest son of our family, he was also summoned by the old lady and shouted. If they want to rush to Maoshan overnight, be sure to find Chen Laoshi. However, for some reason, they have not yet returned. They all brought pigeons with them when they went out, but no pigeons have sent any message back so far. ”

As soon as Tang Fu finished speaking, Chen Li began to cry loudly again.

Wu Qing began to persuade, "There is something to say, there is something to say." The old lady had just fallen asleep. ”

Chen Li quieted down.