"Nonsense! Do you think the old lady will believe your lies?"
Lin Wanjie stopped talking and took a step sideways to clear a path.
Two officials stood outside the fence gate, staring at Mrs. Wang, and showed the official document: "Chen Dagou was caught robbing a civilian girl. The prefect personally ordered her to be arrested and imprisoned. She will be sent to the border army tomorrow."
"Impossible! You are lying!" Wang Po panicked. She also knew some rules and could at least understand the authenticity of official documents.
The official documents produced by the officials are stamped and stamped, and cannot be faked in the slightest.
Wang Po tried hard to find a loophole, but there was no loophole at all.
An official said: "You are Chen Dagou's mother. The magistrate specially asked us to inform you. There is some urgency in the world. If you have anything to say, please tell your son quickly."
"How come it's so fast? Has the case been tried?"
"Everyone has recovered the stolen goods, the evidence is conclusive, and the case has been finalized."
"No, it's impossible! This is against the rules!"
"Rules?" The official sneered, "Do the court's rules still depend on you, a mother-in-law?"
"Eh?" Lin Wanjie suddenly interrupted, "Officials, rules are dead and people are alive. We always have to pay attention to personal relationships. How can we convict one day and send them to the border army the next day? Can you be accommodating? ?At least take it easy for a day or two?"
"Are you Lin Da from the Xiao family?"
"Exactly."
"Since it's the Xiao family who said it, Mrs. Xiao's face is to be given to anyone. But it can only be one day, at most one day."
After saying that, the official turned around and left.
Wang Po shouted: "Master, please wait a moment, what happened to my son?"
"Don't worry, I'll give you a day's delay. After one day, I'll be dispatched to the border troops!"
Wang Po wanted to chase her out, but Lin Wanjie blocked the door: "Wang Po, let's not be so anxious now. Didn't we give you a day's rest? Let's talk about our matters later?"
The big black man's expression was unpredictable. Only then did Wang Po react: "It's you, the Xiao family, right?"
"Grandma Wang, don't say this nonsense! Everything depends on evidence. This big dog Chen is notorious. He has too many cases on his back. A little investigation can lead to a serious sentence."
"What do you mean?"
"Would Wang Po want this one hundred taels of silver or not? You should think about it yourself."
Lin Wanjie said no more and threw the money into the fence yard.
…
Li Mingyu is still bragging to his father and mother: "My son can earn the Li family's profit for a year with just a marriage certificate! What else does father have to worry about?"
"The Xiao family is not that easy to deal with! There was a problem with the marriage contract with a bride price of fifty thousand taels before. Now that I have promised to pay back one hundred thousand, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" Mr. Li was not happy because of this. He had been doing business for many years and instinctively I feel like things are a bit tricky.
"Dad, you are really old. You hide your head and show your tail, and you are cautious in everything. Do you look like you are doing something important?"
Master Li slapped the table and was a little annoyed: "Look what big things you have done? Fortunately, I looked at the account books and found out that after you took over the business, you made losses everywhere! You also made false reports and concealed reports in front of me, bragging about your abilities, we The Li family has lost nothing but a pair of underpants!"
When Li Mingyu heard that his father had read the account book, his face turned red and he was a little embarrassed, and then he said: "A small loss is nothing! Young people must have a big picture and look in the big direction! Dad, you too Don’t think about it, if the Xiao family gives us one hundred thousand taels of silver, not to mention the previous losses, there will still be a lot of surplus! If the Xiao family doesn’t give us money, as long as we marry the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, the entire Xiao family will be Ours, how many of these..."
"That's enough!" Mr. Li was very angry, his face turned red, and he coughed a few times, "Ahem, cough, cough... It's okay if you don't tell me, but I get angry when you mention this! Whose woman is so valuable? She wants five A betrothal gift of ten thousand taels? Even if you marry a princess, it won’t cost you so much!”
"Dad, you are such an old fool!"
"You, you traitor!"
"Okay, okay!" the old lady persuaded on the side, "Since we have handed over the business to our son, we should let him make his own decision."
"There is no free lunch in the world! What you hold in your hand is yours!"
"If you can bring the eldest daughter of the Xiao family home, the entire Xiao family will be used as a dowry. What is fifty thousand taels? The entire Xiao family is worth five hundred thousand taels."
Seeing that his son was possessed by an evil spirit, Mr. Li couldn't say anything and didn't bother to say anything anymore, so he waved his hand and said, "I'm too lazy to care! You'd better pray that the Xiao family will honestly send money tomorrow! The current situation of our family has already changed." There is no room for any storm.”
"Old man! You don't understand anything, just watch it!" Li Mingyu whispered, "If the Xiao family dares to use tricks, I will destroy his Xiao Mansion."
…
The next day, it rained heavily in spring.
In the morning, the bluestone road in front of Li's house was dyed dark green by the rain.
Pedestrians were busy passing by.
Flower sellers, cake sellers, and knickknack vendors walked back and forth holding umbrellas.
Li Mingyu and the Li family's servants stood at the door early in the morning and waited, looking east and west for a while, but no one from the Xiao family came.
Instead, they left a lot of sugar in their hair.
Chen hour, Si hour, noon hour...
The rain stopped and the sun came out.
A little maid came and asked, "Master, it's time to eat."
"Go away, don't you see I'm very busy? It's a waste of time!"
While talking, a servant came running back from the corner of the street.
Li Mingyu rushed to meet him, shouting from a distance: "Hey, do you see the situation clearly?"
The servant was panting: "Master, there is no movement at all from the Xiao family."
"What? No movement at all? Have you not collected enough money yet?"
"No, I haven't heard of raising money at all. There has been no movement from the Xiao family since yesterday!"
"No movement!" Li Mingyu couldn't help it.
"Master, the Xiao family is playing tricks on us! They must not be able to pay with peace of mind."
Li Mingyu suppressed his anger: "Wait a minute! I said it's today, and it won't be the Xiao family's fault if it doesn't happen. We have to be reasonable when we make trouble, so just be patient and wait."
This is the first time Li Mingyu has been so courteous and polite since he started doing business.
The Li family also stuffed 50,000 taels into the business of 100,000 taels, but they had to deal with it well, and they didn't want to be caught even if they had the slightest clue.
But waiting is a very difficult and tiring thing!
Especially for an impatient person like Li Mingyu.
Weishi, Shenshi, Youshi, Xushi...
It's already dark!
Li Mingyu waited until his eye sockets were sunken and his back molars were clenched together. He hadn't eaten for a day and his whole body felt weak.
"Master, are you still waiting?"
"Wait! Be polite first, then attack! You can't keep your excuses."
Haishi, Zishi...
"What the hell!" Li Mingyu scolded angrily, "Get everyone up! Follow me and go to the Xiao Mansion to ask for someone!"
