A group of angry servants rushed to Laifu's side, rolled up their arms and sleeves, and prepared to beat him up. This way they could take revenge, and secondly, they could ask the young master how much money he had embezzled.
Lin Ajiao was originally a very calm person, but when she heard what Laifu said, she was very angry. She felt that this old guy was hopeless for not telling the truth even when he was about to die.
She even wanted to rush over immediately and take action with the servants to teach this unscrupulous dog slave a lesson. However, when she thought of doing so, she would damage her image in front of her family, so in the end she endured it. Living.
Zhou Yiming's mood has never changed, because he always has a feeling in his heart that Laifu is not lying, because after all, given his current situation, even if he can keep the ill-gotten wealth in the end, will he be able to survive? Deflowering is also an unknown.
So he immediately stopped the angry servants: "Don't be presumptuous. I haven't spoken yet, but you dare to act without authorization. Do you not even see me in your eyes?"
The indignant servants were originally ready to take action. After hearing what Zhou Yiming said, they all froze on the spot. Although they were extremely reluctant, they also understood that their young master was not as confused as the master. If they dared to openly If you act out of line in front of the young master, you may be in trouble.
Everyone hesitated for a moment, then immediately put away their fighting attitude and walked aside obediently. A few smart people even quickly explained to Zhou Ming that they had no other intention, they just wanted to help the young master, Lai Fu, a bastard. Here, force the truth out.
Of course, Zhou Yiming would not argue with them. After all, his identity and status were very different from theirs. It would be very humiliating to keep entangled with them over trivial matters.
Laifu had completely fallen into a zombie-like state at this moment, because he believed that he would definitely die, so when the servants attacked him in groups, he had no fear at all. Instead, he felt that if he died in their hands, it wouldn't be a bad thing. Not a good thing, after all, the pain would be very minimal.
It was precisely because he had this idea in his heart that when he was almost attacked, he not only did not dodge, but instead raised his head and displayed all his vital parts directly in front of the enemy, for fear that they would not be able to kill him. Same.
Seeing the people around him suddenly retreating, Laifu was very disappointed. At the same time, he looked up at Yi Ming, thinking that his young master was really a ruthless person. At this moment, he wanted a happy death. He didn't even give it.
"Okay, since you said you can't remember how much money you embezzled, I will assume that you are telling the truth. Let's not get entangled in this issue." Zhou Ming spoke in a very gentle tone, but the expression on his face was still It made people shudder. The timid person stood in front of him and didn't dare to tell a lie. "You tell me directly, where did you hide those banknotes?"
Laifu knew that he had no way out now, so instead of resisting to the end and annoying others, it would be better to tell all the details happily. Even if he died, at least he would not get a bad name, and if the stolen money was left unattended for a long time, If you ask about it, you will definitely end up getting an advantage from the bank.
Without any ideological struggle, he told Yi Ming all the secret places where the banknotes were hidden.
It turned out that Laifu wanted to hide the money from others and was afraid that the stolen money he had worked so hard to get would be stolen by others in an accident, so from the beginning to the end, he hid the money in a secret place in the Zhou family.
After everyone heard him tell the place where the money was hidden, they all suddenly realized that although the place was very conspicuous, if Laifu hadn't told the truth personally, no one would have imagined that a huge sum of money was hidden there.
After getting a satisfactory answer, Zhou Yiming smiled and nodded: "You are finally honest for once."
Zhou Ming stood up and ordered other servants to take good care of Laifu, while he himself planned to find the money himself. After all, the amount of money might be very large, and sending others to look for it might lead to the creation of a second person. Two Laifu.
Lin Ajiao originally wanted to go with Zhou Ming, but before she took action, Zhou Ming gave her a look, which meant that she should stay here for her and take charge of the overall situation, so as to prevent the servants from being distracted while she was gone. During the period, he disposed of Laifu without his consent.
Lin Ajiao nodded slightly, responding to Zhou Ming's instructions.
After explaining everything, Zhou Yiming went to the backyard and dug out a wooden box around a crabapple flower according to the clues given by Laifu.
Opening the wooden box, there was a thick stack of silver notes inside. The denominations of these bank notes were different. The most were hundreds of taels, and the least was as little as fifty taels.
When Zhou Ming was counting these banknotes, he thought that Laifu was not lying when he said he did not know the specific amount of the money. The denominations of these banknotes were so messy and hidden in such a secret place. Even if he wanted to count them, I don't even have the guts.
After all, although this is the backyard, people are likely to pass by here even at night. It is impossible to figure out the number of these banknotes in a short period of time while being on tenterhooks.
After careful counting and calculation, Yi Ming finally figured out the total amount of these banknotes. They all added up to more than five thousand taels of silver.
Such a huge amount shocked Zhou Yiming. After all, before he went to the Yamen as an errand, his family's financial situation had been very tight. In order to keep the family's life at a minimum decent, his father had to make money from time to time. The family's heirlooms were sold in batches. Even so, Dad never had much spare money.
The family's financial situation is so tight, and Laifu can still embezzle so much money. It seems that this old guy has two brushes in his hands.
Looking at the white banknotes in his hand, Zhou Yiming couldn't help but reveal a bad smile on his face, thinking that Laifu had worked so hard to save such an ill-gotten fortune, but in the blink of an eye, he was advantaged. It’s really a natural cycle, and retribution is unpleasant.
His father had already lost face in dealing with the issue of Laifu. After this incident, even if he heard that he had received a huge sum of money from Laifu, he would definitely be embarrassed to ask for it. Come on, isn’t this money your own?
In fact, when he promised to reward each servant in the family with one hundred taels of silver just now, Zhou Yiming was a little impulsive. After agreeing, he regretted it a little, because he had always expected to use Yang Shijun's money to pay for these rewards, but he couldn't. Seeing that it was getting dark, there was no movement from Yang Shijun's side. It seemed that he was determined to default on his debt.
This made Zhou Yiming feel unsure. After all, there were too many ways to spend money at the moment. After he successfully solved the spy case in the North this time, once he was promoted, he would inevitably have official entertainment, which was very expensive.
And seeing that his wife's birthday is coming soon. When she was at her parents' home, she spent every birthday with great splendor. If her birthdays were miserable in the first year of marrying him, then how could he be worthy of Lin Ajiao? ?
Even if Lin Ajiao didn't say anything at that time, and was even very considerate and tried to persuade him in turn, he would never let Lin Ajiao suffer such injustice.
And if you want to make your birthday a success, you need a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yiming felt a toothache, but now that he had received the stolen money, he could finally solve his urgent need, because after paying out rewards to his family, the remaining part was enough for him to cope with For a while, during this period, he went to Han Pingzhi and asked him to urge Yang Shijun to pay back the money as soon as possible.
Thinking about Han Pingzhi's reputation, Yang Shijun should not dare to default on his debt.
Zhou Yiming put the box containing the banknotes on the ground, then walked to the front yard with a large handful of banknotes.
Seeing that Zhou Yiming had been away for such a long time and never came back, everyone in the front yard was worried about whether Zhou Yiming could find the stolen money.
After all, this kid Laifu is very cunning. Seeing that death is imminent, he will probably make a desperate move, set a trap, and die together with his young master.
Among these servants, there were a few smart people who had made this guess in their minds when Yi Ming left just now. However, when they saw their young master's confident look, they all did not dare to remind him. After all, he did that. , undoubtedly questioning his young master’s IQ, which may cause unnecessary trouble.
However, as soon as Zhou Ming's figure appeared, all the worries in these people's hearts disappeared, because they found that Zhou Ming was holding a thick stack of banknotes in his hand.
Everyone was very happy because they knew very well that with this money, they would be able to get their reward soon.
Zhou Yiming came to Laifu, knelt down, waved the banknote in front of him, and said: "Laifu, you are really good at scraping. My family's financial situation is not what it used to be, but you still have the ability to embezzle five thousand yuan." If you have two more silvers, you will be ruthless enough."
When Zhou Yiming appeared in front of the servants just now with a stack of silver notes, they didn't know how much these banknotes were worth. After all, given their status, they may have never seen how much money they had in their lives, so they had no idea how much the banknotes were worth. There is no concept of value at all.
At this time, everyone's jaws almost dropped when they heard Zhou Yiming say that those banknotes were worth more than five thousand taels. They really didn't expect that Laifu would be so brave and dare to do it under the nose of his master. To do such an outrageous thing.
At the same time, some smart people among them were also murmuring in their hearts, thinking that someone like Laifu could embezzle so much money. If they learned from him, they might be able to obtain greater benefits in the Zhou family.
However, these thoughts did not exist in their hearts for too long, because as soon as they saw Laifu's miserable appearance, they immediately sobered up.
