The next day, as Xiao Chen expected, Wang Wancai came to Daotai Mansion early in the morning and asked to see Li Bingzhu.
After some communication, a middle-aged official wearing a dark blue and white wild goose fourth-grade official robe, with a graceful figure and a handsome face came over.
Li Bingzhu's eyebrows were straight and his movements were pure and upright. When he saw Wang Wancai's thick hemp on his head and his heavy waistline, he frowned slightly and asked with concern: "Brother Wancai, what's going on?"
Wang Wancai sighed, with a sad look in his eyes, and knelt heavily on the ground, "Sir, my subordinate and my concubine received the funeral report yesterday. My father-in-law... has gone!"
"oh?"
Li Bingzhu was slightly surprised, and then a flash of dark and complicated emotions flashed through his eyes. Soon he sighed sincerely and patted Wang Wanchai on the shoulder, "Brother Wancai, my condolences."
"It is common for people to be born, grow old, sick, and die. I understand how you feel, and I would like to express my condolences to my wife."
Wang Wancai hurriedly cupped his hands and said sadly: "Thank you for your sympathy, but..."
"Hey! Your Excellency also knows that my wife is the only daughter in the family. Now that my father-in-law has passed away, there is really no one else who can support the family business. There is no way, my father-in-law treated me well during his lifetime, and this time he even left a suicide note, specifying that he should be given to me. This son-in-law will resign and return home to take care of the family business and take care of his wife and mother-in-law."
Li Bingzhu's face darkened slightly as he listened. He thought that it was too late when he sent someone there last night, and why did it happen that Wang Wancai came to resign today?
There are only two possibilities for this matter, either it is true as Wang Wancai said, and he suddenly heard of the heavy funeral last night; or, it can only be that Wang Wancai betrayed himself last night!
But now, he has no evidence in his hand, and even if he does, if he kills Wang Wancai immediately, he can only confirm the fact that he has stolen evidence and killed people to silence him, which is extremely detrimental to him.
Moreover, Wang Wancai walking all the way to the government office dressed in sackcloth and wearing filial piety must have attracted the attention of the people in the city. If he really did anything to this person, it would also be detrimental to his reputation.
After thinking about it like this, Li Bingzhu couldn't help but sneered, "Wang Tongpan, you have created a difficult problem for me."
"If I don't let you go, wouldn't it be against the filial piety of heaven and earth to not be in public?"
"But if I let you go..."
Li Bingzhu's eyes fell deeply on Wang Wancai, with a silent and majestic warning.
Wang Wancai immediately clasped his fists, showing kindness as filial piety, "Don't worry, sir, no matter where I am, my subordinates are yours, sir, and will never betray you!"
"Haha" Li Bingzhu smiled, put on that caring and sincere look again, secretly gritted his teeth to hide the cruel look in his eyes, and personally helped Wang Wancai, "Hey, Wang Tongpan, I believe in your loyalty. What’s more, you and I share weal and woe, and if you betray your own rank, you won’t escape death, right?”
"Yes, yes!" Wang Wancai nodded repeatedly, very sincerely.
Li Bingzhu narrowed his eyes slightly to examine his reaction, but in the end he couldn't see anything.
There was no other way. Now that the matter had come to this, in order to maintain the image of a good official that he had worked hard to build over the years, Li Bingzhu could only knock out his teeth and let Wang Wancai go for the time being.
"That's alright. In that case, just go ahead and contact me anytime if you need anything in the future."
Li Bingzhu patted Wang Wancai on the shoulder kindly, still looking like a good boss.
Wang Wancai quickly agreed, put on a show, kowtowed three times in succession, and then turned and left.
After the door closed, Li Bingzhu's gentle face suddenly darkened, leaving only a deep gloom, and Wen Jun's eyes showed a hint of solemnity.
The chief clerk on the side said carefully: "Sir, you just let him go like this? Do you really believe that he went to attend a funeral last night?"
Li Bingzhu sighed heavily, the stern look in his eyes not retreating, "It doesn't matter whether he goes to attend the funeral or not. In fact, even this person's life or death is insignificant at this moment."
"What will happen if we kill him? He already sold what should be sold last night, and there is no use in trying to fix it."
"Just a bastard, let him be."
"The most important thing now is how to prevent problems before they happen."
Master Ma was puzzled, bowed and asked: "Sir, what do you mean..."
Li Bingzhu's eyes narrowed tightly, revealing an extremely cold and ruthless look, and he said with the utmost coldness: "Take fuel from the bottom of the cauldron and catch the thief and the king."
"Xiao Chen is the key to this matter."
As soon as he finished speaking, a complete plan was already taking shape in his mind, and a trace of determination gradually appeared in Li Bingzhu's deep eyes.
Break the cauldron and sink the boat, fight here!
It's night, and the moon is on the branches.
Like a flying goose, a black shadow sneaked into the back house of Li Mansion silently.
In a fragrant and elegant room, sitting on the bed was a beautiful young woman wearing bright pink pajamas.
The woman's eyes were full of anxiety, her bare hands tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand, and her beautiful eyes looked behind the bed tent from time to time.
But before she could think of a way to deal with it, the door was gently pushed open.
"Kotoka."
With a soft call, a lean and capable young man from the world appeared in the boudoir.
Yun Zhonghe had a happy face, carrying a jar of soju in one hand and a handful of mountain chrysanthemums freshly picked from the field in the other, and walked towards the beauty on the bed in a carefree and tender manner.
"Xiang'er, I brought good wine and flowers today. Let's enjoy the flowers and wine until dawn, how about it?"
Yun Zhonghe's thin and sharp face was now covered with a layer of carefreeness. He was looking for a vase, but he didn't see the different nervous look on Qinxiang's face at all.
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded from behind the sleeping tent, dangerous and full of complaints, "Master Yun, it's a bit unkind to enter my house to play with my woman without paying a visit to me first." ?”
Yun Zhonghe stopped, and a look of shame suddenly filled his face.
He was the first to blame for this matter, so naturally he had to admit his mistake first. Yun Zhonghe turned around, cupped his fists, and a look of shame appeared on his cold and handsome face, "Master Li, I am indeed the one who offended this matter, but Qinxiang and I... …”
In fact, he had wanted to take Qinxiang away for a long time, but Qinxiang was afraid that his family would be retaliated against because of Li Bingzhu's popularity, so he kept delaying.
Now that Li Bingzhu has discovered it today, Yun Zhonghe plans to tell the truth and beg him to let him and Qin Xiang get married eventually.
If you can't, then if you dare to act like a man, if you can't do it with etiquette, just kill him and go out!
But Li Bingzhu didn't give him a chance to be honest. Instead, he raised his hand and interrupted him, "Master Yun, I already know about the friendship between you and Qin Xiang."
"I am not an unkind person. The love between young men and women is a wonderful thing in the world, and I cannot bear to stop it."
"Let's do this. As long as you are willing to do something for me, after the task is completed, I will become a beautiful man and let you and Qinxiang fly away. How about it?"
