"Of course, with these small holes, the gold brick cannot fall out, but where did it go? In fact, the gold was not lost, it is still in this box!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
"What? Is the gold still there?" several people asked in disbelief.
"Brother Shen, let someone bring you a hammer!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
Shen Wei glanced at Wang Heqing. Wang Heqing hurriedly asked someone to bring a hammer over. Zhao Xuanyi did not take it, but gave it to Shen Wei, "Break open the bottom of the box!"
"Okay!" Shen Wei picked up the hammer and turned the box around. With enough strength, the wooden box was really strong. It took more than ten hammers to break open the bottom of the wooden box!
But after smashing it open, there was only a metallic sound, followed by a flash of golden light, and ten gold cakes as big as insoles fell out. In an instant, everyone gathered around, picked up the gold cakes on the ground, and looked carefully. Check it out!
"This is wrong! How did ten gold bricks turn into gold cakes?" Lu Xiaofei asked hurriedly.
Shen Wei and Wang Heqing looked at it and were puzzled. Zhao Xuanyi laughed at the side, "Don't you see it yet? You have been deceived!"
Zhao Xuanyi picked up a piece of gold cake, "If you cut this thing in the middle, I'm sure there must be lead in it!"
Shen Wei immediately pulled out the Ziwu Yueyang Yue. If it were pure gold, it might be difficult to cut, but it was obviously not the case here. With a flash of silver light, the gold cake in Shen Wei's hand broke instantly. Everyone looked at the cross section and found that there was only Less than two millimeters of gold, and nearly a centimeter of lead inside!
"What...what's going on? When we inspected the goods, they were all gold bricks! How did it become like this?" Jia Hongjun asked with a face full of disbelief.
Zhao Xuanyi looked at it and said, "It's very simple. These so-called gold bricks are all fake. As you can see, the outside is a real gold shell. Because of the weight, lead is added inside the gold shell, and in the middle is a gold brick. On ice!”
"Ice cubes? Impossible! Ice will expand if you put it in water. Don't you know?" Wang Dengdeng shouted loudly.
Zhao Xuanyi rolled his eyes, "You won't cut the ice cubes, then polish them, and then put them into the prepared golden clothes? If there are still gaps, add some water! In this icy and snowy world, even if you touch it with your hands, It’s just a bit cooler, which goes well with the current environment! There’s no doubt about it!”
"And this golden coat is not dead. They deliberately left a gap on the side or bottom! In this way, as the temperature continues to change during your transportation, the ice inside begins to melt into water, and all the water spills out. , as it flows out slowly and silently from the iron nail holes in the box, you naturally won't care!"
"That's wrong!" Wang Dengdeng said hurriedly, "After we opened the box, the floor was dry and there was no water stain!"
"Are you stupid? Is the bottom of the box you see the bottom? Take a closer look at what it is?" Zhao Xuanyi picked up a wooden board and everyone took a closer look. It was the same size as the wooden board inside the box. The rectangle is the same size as the bottom of the box, but there is an iron plate under the board that is shorter than the length and width of the board!
The thickness of this iron plate was about two centimeters. Everyone saw it, but before they understood it, Zhao Xuanyi began to explain again, "This piece of wood was placed on the lid of the box in advance and attached to the top!"
"During your escort, as it shakes, it will fall off and just press on the gold bricks. Then as the ice inside the gold bricks melts and the water flows, the weight of this wooden board will continue to press the gold bricks in the empty hall, and the gold and The lead block is not very tough, so as time goes by, the empty gold bricks below are crushed into gold cakes!”
"And the front of this wooden board has been improved. When the bottom is flattened, you can't see anything from the top. Use the reverse side of this gold-pressed board as the front of the bottom of the box. Do you understand?"
After Zhao Xuanyi's explanation, everyone understood that the thousand taels of gold were lost like this? Everyone was furious for a while.
"Bastard! You actually used such a despicable method to deceive us? Let's see if I don't kill them!" Wang Dengdeng pulled out his sword and walked outside!
"Hey, Heroine, wait a minute, it doesn't matter if you're not smart, you can't really let others know that you are a fool!" Zhao Xuanyi shouted.
"Who are you scolding?" Wang Dengdeng has been a young lady who has been favored by thousands of people since she was a child. Now someone is using such despicable means to deceive her. How can she bear it?
"You're going to go in front of the escort like this?"
"He lied to me, do I have a problem with him?"
"What evidence do you have that someone cheated you?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
Wang Dengdeng pointed at the box and shouted angrily, "The physical evidence is here, what more proof is needed?"
"What if someone says you changed the box?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"How could I be such a mean person?"
"How are you sure he is not a pervert?"
"I...?" Wang Dengdeng understood instantly. If he went to find the other party at this time, the other party would definitely say that he had framed him and was here to deceive him. How could they admit that the box had been tampered with?
Zhao Xuanyi smiled, looked at Wang Dengdeng, and shook his head helplessly, "If you go now, not only will you lose the reputation of the escort agency, but you will also be blamed for the Chang'an escort agency to bully others, throw escorts at others, and use rogue methods to slander them." As a client, if that happens, Chang’an Escort Bureau will really be doomed!”
Wang Heqing was so angry that he walked up to Wang Dengdeng. Before he could say anything, he saw tears falling from Wang Dengdeng's big eyes, and his face was full of grievances. Wang Heqing couldn't say a word of reproach, so he turned around and kicked Lu Xiaofei aside!
"How many times have I told you to be more careful when checking the darts? If you are more careful, you can't be deceived like this?" Wang Heqing cursed loudly.
Lu Xiaofei stood up quickly and bowed, "Second Senior Brother, I was wrong. It was because we had little experience and were deceived!"
"You guys! You dare to pick up escorts privately when I'm not here. Now it's just a scholar meeting a soldier. I can't explain anything. Me? Oops!" Wang Heqing sat on his chair in anger, speechless!
The entire hall was lifeless, and no one spoke. Shen Wei came to Wang Heqing's side and patted Wang Heqing's shoulder gently: "Junior brother, it's just such a small box, and the other party actually used such a complicated mechanism, plus this Even experienced people may not be fooled by carefully carved gold bricks! Don’t be angry!”
"Brother, I understand everything, but what should I do now? I just sold the escort agency and collected the one thousand taels of gold, plus the two thousand taels of gold as compensation, in exchange for the other party. This is not about losing money or losing reputation. Are you still angry? Isn't this bullying a dead person?" Wang Heqing's eyes were so anxious that his eyes were red!
As the backbone of the family and the support of his junior brothers and sisters, Wang Heqing is really helpless now. It is difficult to do anything in any profession. Every step is like walking on thin ice. If you make a wrong step, you will be doomed!
Shen Wei had no other options for a while and wanted to ask Zhao Xuanyi if he could do anything. But when he turned around, he saw Zhao Xuanyi and Du Xinyu eating snacks and drinking tea!
"This snack is good! Have you tried it?" Zhao Xuanyi picked up a piece of white snack and asked.
"The one in the north of the city is called Wannian Su Shop!" Du Xinyu said with a smile.
Zhao Xuanyi was very surprised: "How do you know?"
"I passed by when I was out with Sister Ziyuan a few days ago and bought a box! Of course I'd know it after eating it!"
"Why didn't I eat it?"
"Because... it's so delicious, I could eat it all in the car!" After Du Xinyu said it, he stuck out his tongue very cutely!
"You?" Zhao Xuanyi grabbed Du Xinyu's neck, "You eat my flowers and don't leave anything delicious for me?"
"I was wrong... I was wrong!" Du Xinyu hurriedly raised her hands in surrender!
Shen Wei walked up to the two of them with anger on his face: "Young Master, when is this? Can you stop flirting when others are worried?"
"Afraid? What's there to be worried about? Aren't you just being cheated? Wouldn't it be nice to solve the problem?" Zhao Xuanyi said very relaxedly.
"Solve the problem? How to solve it? This is a compensation of three thousand taels of gold, plus the reputation of losing the escort. If this spreads out, my junior brother's escort agency will be closed!" Shen Wei was also a little angry and spoke a little loudly!
Zhao Xuanyi smiled, stood up and patted Shen Wei on the shoulder, "Brother Shen, what are you anxious about? I'm here! I'll take care of it, okay?"
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Zhao Xuanyi, "Mr. Zhao, do you have any idea?"
Zhao Xuanyi smiled, "It's a trivial matter! Now, since this matter is so urgent, let's not waste time! Who...what is your name?"
"Lu... Lu Xiaofei!"
"You and this idiot girl come with me!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
"My name is Wang Dengdeng! I'm not a fool!"
"Pull it down, isn't it a fool who can do this?" Zhao Xuanyi asked, pointing to the box on the ground.
"You?" Wang Dengdeng was so angry that his face turned red. He wiped his tears, but had no words to refute!
Zhao Xuanyi looked at Shen Wei, "Immediately prepare a box and take out a thousand taels of gold from our family's treasure house. All are gold bricks. Ten of them cannot be changed. Do you understand?"
Wang Heqing stood up in a hurry, "Mr. Zhao, how can this be done? We lost this gold, we should take it!"
Zhao Xuanyi came to Wang Heqing with a smile, "Brother Wang, I don't mean to look down on you, but if you are such a big escort agency, if you give out so much gold, it will not be a big deal, but it will be a big loss of strength, and I don't have anything else for the time being. Yes, there are just two pieces of silver!"
"I'll take out the gold and put it on the ground first. If you have any, you can give it to me. If you don't have it, forget it. We all know what we're doing as a family, right? Let's settle the matter first, and everything after that will be easy to talk about! Don't you think so? ?”
Wang Heqing was very moved by Zhao Xuanyi's words. He didn't know what to say for a moment. "Thank you, Mr. Zhao. I will never forget this kindness. Please allow me to repay it in the future!"
"Isn't this a far-fetched statement? When I was in danger, weren't my brothers the ones who rescued me? Okay, let's talk about these words later. Let's prepare first. Let's set off today. And if we want to accomplish this, We still need to find someone, and it might be difficult if she is not around!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
"Who is it? Do I know this person? I will kneel down and beg her too!" Wang Heqing said excitedly.
"No, no, no... we haven't reached that level yet, Brother Shen, go home immediately, let's go!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
"Yes!" A group of people all prepared their horses, and then followed Zhao Xuanyi back to Shuixianju.
Zhao Xuanyi was sitting in the carriage. Du Xinyu, who was opposite, looked at Zhao Xuanyi with a smile on his face. Zhao Xuanyi was a little strange, "Why do you see me smiling?"
"You look good, how can you solve the problem so easily? You are indeed the man I like!" Du Xinyu was proud of her sharpness!
"Pull him down, who was holding on to Li Wenzhou's sleeve in the first place?"
Du Xinyu grabbed Zhao Xuanyi's collar and said, "If you say it once, say it a hundred times, if you say it again, I will leave and leave you!"
"No, no, no!" Zhao Xuanyi hurriedly held Du Xinyu in his arms. "What do you think you are doing? Are you just kidding? I was wrong, I was wrong!" Zhao Xuanyi coaxed Du Xinyu softly.
"Humph!" Du Xinyu turned away and ignored Zhao Xuanyi!
Zhao Xuanyi sighed, "By the way, Xinyu, in order to help Shen Wei's fellow juniors, I have to leave home for a few days. Can you wait for me at home?"
"Are you going too?" Du Xinyu asked.
"Of course, who will solve the problem if I don't go there? With their brains, I'm afraid of being deceived a second time!" Zhao Xuanyi said with a smile.
"Then I'll go too!" Du Xinyu said.
"No! This time we are running against time. We are playing against time. We all have to go there on horseback. You can ride at home and have fun. Running from here to Hebei is unbearable for you!"
