There were more than a dozen people standing in the paper money shop, and there were many neighbors outside, who were standing on tiptoe looking in through the door blocked by a few people in the motorcade.
Song He and Chu Ping were both lying on the ground, screaming in pain from time to time, while Chu Yizheng was confronting the few people surrounded.
As soon as Shen Luzhu opened the back door of the east courtyard shop, he saw such a scene.
Looking at his wife who was hugging his arms tightly and looking inevitably panicked, Chu Yi was about to explain when he heard Chu Ping, who was lying on the ground, shouting.
"Boss boss, you have to make the decision for me. I just came to your house to deliver something, and I was beaten like this by these gangsters. What will I do with the rest of my life!"
Shen Luzhu glanced at Chu Ping lying on the ground strangely, then raised his head and saw Chu Yi winking quietly at him. He guessed that these people were not pretending to be like this, so he felt relieved.
After calming down, Shen Luzhu followed Chu Ping's words and asked, "What happened? Why did you beat up the delivery boy and the waiter? Who are these people?"
"Those people bought a knife to burn paper at our house. After they left, they came back and said it was all rotten. They asked us to pay a hundred taels in compensation. They started taking action after saying a few words."
When the pockmarked man heard this, he hurriedly shouted: "You are such a bloody mouthful..."
Just as he was shouting, four or five police officers in official uniforms separated from the crowd and walked in: "Make way, make way, the government is handling the case."
As soon as the policeman saw the situation in the shop, he frowned, glanced at everyone in the room, and finally walked up to the young couple: "Boss Chu, is the person who came to report to the office your clerk?"
The young couple has opened a shop on this street for more than a year. Coupled with Ding An's relationship, many agents in the yamen recognize them, and this agent is no exception.
Chu Yi bowed his hands to the officer and said in salute: "Captain Yuan, that brother is here to help my family deliver goods, not a family member."
Captain Yuan quickly nodded and said, "He came to report to the police that someone was assaulting someone. Boss Chu, please tell us about the situation."
Chu Yi explained the cause and effect of the incident to several detectives, then helped the two people lying on the ground and said: "Yuan Captou, my paper money has been sold in our county for more than a year, and no one has come to report any problems. These people bought something and went out, but after a long time they came back and asked for a hundred taels. It was really hard not to make me suspicious.
The two sides couldn't talk about anything, so the two brothers and I were hit by each other several times, and now we feel a little uncomfortable. "
His pockmarked face suddenly became dissatisfied and he said, "I didn't touch them at all..."
Before he could finish his words, Captain Yuan quickly glanced over and said, "Xu Mazi, who doesn't know your bad behavior? It's not your decision whether you touch them or not. There are so many people watching. If you don't do anything, you won't be wronged." You, if I do it, I won’t let you off lightly, tell me carefully, what’s going on?”
Xu Mazi said with a mournful face: "Captain Yuan, my high-ranking official, I didn't cause any trouble this time. I am the victim this time. I am the one who deceived customers in Chu Ji's store. They sold some The bad paper money fooled me."
Captain Yuan suddenly asked: "Your parents and grandparents are still alive, who did you buy the paper money to burn to?"
"Burn it, burn it for my great-grandfather. Today is his memorial day."
Captain Yuan quickly chuckled: "Just buy a piece of paper money and go to visit the grave. Your great-grandson is really filial."
Xu Mazi was teasingly hesitant for a long time, and then said: "Um, etiquette is less important than affection. Captain Yuan, don't worry about how much I bought. These things were all bought from his Chu family. It delayed my business. I What's wrong with asking him to compensate me?"
Shen Luzhu stepped forward at the right time and said: "Captain Yuan, this piece of paper money is definitely not the knife that my family sold them in the first place. Please be aware of it."
Xu Mazi blew his beard, pointed at Shen Luzhu and said viciously: "Fart, I bought it from your fucking house. All my brothers saw it, how dare you deny it!"
Chu Yi took a step forward and stood in front of his wife: "My wife is right, this paper money does not belong to my family. If you don't believe it, you can open all the paper money in my house and check it."
Xu Mazi and his gang are scoundrels who hang out on the streets all day long. They have done things like today often.
, compared with them, the detectives are naturally more willing to believe in the young couple.
After listening to Chu Yi's words, Detective Yuan turned to Xu Mazi again: "Did you hear that? Xu Mazi, what else do you want to say? Do you need me to really check and see who is lying here?"
Xu Mazi waved away his subordinate's hand that was tugging at the hem of his clothes. His eyes wandered from side to side, and he still said with some reluctance: "Well, what if they hide the bad thing?"
As an old detective, it was not difficult for Detective Yuan to see that the injuries of Chu Ping and Song He were not as serious as they showed. He originally thought of sending away Xu Mazi, the scoundrels who came to extort money, but who knew He refused to give up.
Yuan Captou walked out of the shop, called some neighbors who were watching outside to come in, and asked in front of everyone: "A few of the neighbors saw how they fought, please tell us."
"When the fight started, I saw that pockmarked guy beating someone."
"No, just as you were talking, you pushed one of them down, and then kicked the guy. It's true that he did it himself."
When Xu Mazi heard that it was okay, he rushed towards the two neighbors in a few steps: "You are telling lies with your damn eyes open. Which of your eyes did you see that I kicked him? I kicked one of my own. "
"Xu Mazi, what do you want to do!"
"Captain Yuan, they are talking nonsense. I didn't even touch the guy. They lay down by themselves."
Song He was usually smart, but after being pulled down by Chu Ping, he understood his responsibilities today. He couldn't reason with rogues, he had to be more rogue than them.
So he continued to cover his stomach, bent his waist and retorted: "You fart, who is one of your own? If you didn't kick me, then would it be like a dog kicking me?"
"You're the fucking dog!"
Xu Mazi rushed over as he spoke, but was stopped by the quick eyesight and hands of the policeman next to him.
However, Chu Ping still dragged Song He back continuously, as if he was very scared, and kept mumbling tremblingly: "Don't fight, don't fight, we fell by ourselves, we fell by ourselves."
Xu Mazi's crotch was covered in yellow mud right now. Even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he couldn't wash it away. If he wanted to blame him, he could only blame Xu Mazi for doing too many evil things in his daily life.
Inspector Yuan didn't want to delay this matter any longer, so he thought of a one-size-fits-all solution: "Xu Mazi, you said that Chu Ji sold you the bad paper money, and Chu Ji said that you beat one of their people. It's better to do this. Chu Ji will retreat." I'll give you the money to burn the paper. You take out two taels of silver and hire a doctor for those two little brothers, and that's it."
When Xu Mazi heard that he had to pay for the co-writing in the end, he was very reluctant: "Captain Yuan, how could you..."
"Why, if you don't want to spend money, do you want to spend a few days in jail?"
Seeing that Xu Mazi was silent, Detective Yuan looked at Chu Yi again: "What do you think, Boss Chu?"
Chu Yi paused for a moment and said calmly: "Although the paper money does not belong to my family, we just have to follow Captain Yuan's arrangements."
"It's best for Boss Chu to think like this. After all, it's better to have one less thing than one more thing."
Chu Yi took out thirty copper coins from under the counter and handed them to Xu Mazi.
Seeing that Xu Mazi was still reluctant, Agent Yuan quickly snatched the money from his hand, exchanged it with both parties, and then warned: "Okay, this matter is settled today, but if it happens in the future, If you cause trouble for the other party again because of this matter, don't blame me for dragging you into jail for a few days."
Seeing that the policeman and the pock-faced gang had disappeared, the young couple stepped forward to express their gratitude to everyone in Lin Ji's motorcade.
"I'll use this money to treat my brothers to a drink. It's all thanks to you for what happened today."
"Boss Chu is too polite. Our brothers didn't do anything. However, Boss Chu should be more careful. Those people don't look like they are doing anything good. I'm afraid they won't just let it go."
Chu Yi bowed his hands and said, "More reminders."
After sending everyone away from Lin Ji's motorcade, the young couple closed the shop and went back to their inner courtyard to talk in detail.
Shen Luzhu took some money and handed it to Gao Tongshan and said, "Master Gao, please go and ask a doctor to come back and give it to him."
Let's take a look. "
Chu Ping said hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, I'm fine. I was just pretending, but I should show Song He. He was just dragged down by me. I'm afraid he got hit."
Song He waved his hands and said, "I'm fine too, boss lady. You see, everything is fine, so don't waste this money."
"No, Master Gao, don't listen to them. It's better to ask a doctor to come back and take a look to reassure you."
Chu Yi stretched out his hand to stop the two people who were about to say more and said: "A Zhu is right, and besides, this matter has already been registered with the official, so it is unjustifiable not to invite a doctor to come back.
I would like Master Gao to go to the market again and hire some strong men. During these days, please invite them to the shop every day, so as to save those scoundrels from coming back to cause trouble. "
After arranging these, Chu Yi distributed the two taels of silver he got from Xu Mazi to Chu Ping and Song He.
"You both deserve this, take it."
Chu Ping conveniently gave his share to Song He: "Cousin, I don't want it anymore. Give it all to Song He. I dragged you and you fell hard, so just think it's my fault."
"Boss, I can't ask for this either..."
Shen Luzhu advised: "Take it, you performed very well today, consider it a reward for you."
At the same time, the pockmarked gang who left the Chu family had approached Yang Fangsheng. In addition to wages, they also had to ask the Yang family to make up for their losses.
Yang Fangsheng was so angry that he couldn't help but say, "I don't have any wages, and things haven't been resolved clearly. How dare you bother to worry about my losses!"
Although Xu Mazi was afraid of the Yang family, he was not really afraid. He had to work hard all morning and almost went to jail. It was impossible to give him a fucking two taels of silver.
"You damn thing, don't even think about defaulting on the debt. We agreed at the beginning to make trouble for the Chu family so that the Chu family couldn't do business. This morning, the door of the Chu family was blocked by the brothers, and not a single transaction was done. OK, why don’t you pay me wages?”
Yang Fangsheng slapped the table and yelled: "You still have the nerve to say that all the official officials were recruited, and in the end you even paid me twenty taels of silver, and as a result, the Chu family's business was delayed for the whole morning!"
"I can't care about that. You didn't say how long you would be quarreling with the Chu family! Now we are quarreling, and the Chu family's business has been delayed. I'm going to give you two taels of fucking money. You have to give me this money, no. You have to give it, otherwise I will go to the Yamen now and say that you asked us to cause trouble!"
