Shen Anran, who had just returned to Shen's mansion, heard someone knocking on the door and hurriedly went out to greet him. When he saw that the person who came was Wang Youwei, he smiled and directly extended his hand to invite him into the mansion.
The two have been getting along for a while, and now they have formed a tacit understanding. They can understand what the other person is thinking with just a look and a movement.
Now Wang Youwei came to look for him, just wanting to borrow a bed to sleep on.
"Good nephew, our uncle and nephew will sleep together tonight!"
It goes without saying that Wang Youwei was unwilling to accept the house vacated by Lan Yuexin and had to live in the same room with Shen Anran. He had a lot to say in his heart.
Unable to stop it, Shen Anran had no choice but to give up and reluctantly agreed to Wang Youwei's request.
After Shen Wenchang saw his uncle and nephew being so affectionate, he felt a sour feeling in his heart, as if a jar of vinegar had been overturned in his body.
However, Shen Wenchang was very relieved to learn that his son's plan was actually implemented successfully.
"My dear, did you see that? Our son has a future! You can close your eyes over there!"
Shen Wenchang looked up at the starry sky, thinking of the old friend who once ate and slept with him, and his eyes filled with tears.
It is said that before the age of thirty, you should look to the father, and after the age of thirty, you should look to the son. This is not nonsense.
After the success of Shen Anran's plan, his father Shen Wenchang's life became more comfortable, and no one dared to talk about the Shen family behind his back. Every time Shen Wenchang goes out of his house now, many people will take the initiative to get close to him.
A down-and-out family suddenly becomes prosperous again, which is bound to arouse the jealousy of some bad people, including Gao Lingyun.
"Grandma, why can't I succeed in my medicine business, but you, an ignorant prodigal, can be so successful?"
Gao Lingyun thinks that he is much smarter than Shen Anran, and he also has a bloody spirit! But he just doesn't know why. Ever since he became an enemy of Shen Mansion, he seems to have never been lucky. Bad luck always finds him in all kinds of strange ways.
The more he thought about it, the more frustrated Gao Lingyun began to think about the incident of being kidnapped by the mysterious man. The mysterious man's body shape and clothing looked familiar, and it seemed that he had trouble with him more than once.
"Could it really be him? But why didn't he take away all my silver? Instead, he left me two hundred taels of silver?"
There must be something fishy in this. Gao Lingyun was glad that he returned to Baicaotang and snatched the money box back. Maybe he could solve all the puzzles through the money box.
Opening the box, Gao Lingyun observed it carefully. Finally, he was surprised to find that there was an obvious groove mark in the middle and upper part of the box!
"That's it! Shen Anran, how dare you lie to me? You made a mezzanine in the money box!"
Gao Lingyun suddenly realized that he had been tricked by Shen Anran. Only the four ingots of silver on the first floor were real. If there was no misjudgment, the things placed under the mezzanine should be stones.
Because of this, nothing unusual was noticed in terms of weight. Until he returned home, he naively thought that this money box was designed like this, with a layer of wood underneath each layer of silver.
At that time, he also felt that Shen Anran was very meticulous in his work and could even make a money box so beautifully.
Now that I think about it, I am really stupid. The most terrible thing is that he has signed a note of one thousand taels of silver. If Shen Anran comes to urge him to repay the debt, what will he do?
"Interesting, really interesting! This prodigal son knew that I would take the money to Baicaotang to discuss business. He was afraid that I would find out something fishy about the money box, so he sent someone to kidnap me, creating the illusion that the money was taken away by thieves! Then there was another one who died without any evidence. ?”
Gao Lingyun felt that he had lost all face and wanted to get into the cracks in the ground immediately. At that time, he was afraid that Shen Anran would suddenly change his mind and not lend him the silver, so he hurriedly left with the money box. If he had not harmed anyone at that time, If I were serious, I would definitely check the amount of silver on the spot, so that nothing so embarrassing would happen.
"Shen Anran, we are not done with this matter!"
In Gao Lingyun's heart, Shen Anran has died more than a hundred times. This time he will take advantage of the money box to punish Shen Anran.
At three o'clock in the morning, Gao Lingyun rushed to the county government office with the money box and the IOU for one thousand taels of silver, suing Shen Anran for deceiving him, hoping that the new county magistrate Han Wei would seek justice for him.
Everyone knew that Han Wei was a very upright parent official, so Gao Lingyun had high hopes for this person.
In this way, Shen Anran, who was still busy at the Shennongtang branch, was taken to the county government hall by a group of officers and soldiers.
"What happened to this prodigal son again? So many officers and soldiers came?"
"Is it possible that something happened to Shennong Hall? I just made a membership and deposited ten taels of silver into it. They won't run away with my silver taels, right?"
The people were very panicked, fearing that Shen Anran's incident would affect their own interests. They rushed into the Shennongtang branch one after another and returned the money they deposited yesterday.
Wang Youwei was in trouble at first. After just one night, he spit out all the money he had earned.
"An Ran will be fine. He must have been framed by a gangster again!"
Wang Youwei didn't feel sorry for the silver coins, he felt sorry for Shen Anran.
"Come on, let's go to the county government office together to find out which birdie framed my nephew!"
Wang Youwei took Shen Wenchang and rushed to the county government office together. When he stood outside the court and saw Gao Lingyun kneeling inside, his chest bulged again and again.
"Shen Anran, Gao Lingyun sued you for cheating and defrauding him of eight hundred taels of silver. Is this true?"
"What Gao Lingyun said when he returned to the county was purely slander. I lent him a thousand taels of silver that day and signed a written note. I did not deceive him!"
Shen Anran's extremely calm attitude made Gao Lingyun very angry.
"Master County, you have to make the decision for me! There is a mezzanine in the money box he gave me. Only the four ingots of silver on the top are real, and the bottom is full of stones! I obviously borrowed a thousand taels of silver, but I only got two. One hundred taels! And he also sent people to kidnap me and try to destroy the evidence! Please let the county magistrate come to a conclusion!"
Han Wei, who was sitting in the high hall, frowned. After patiently listening to Gao Lingyun's explanation, he asked:
"So, you saw with your own eyes that the box was full of stones? Why did you write down the receipt of the thousand taels of silver if you knew there was fraud? In addition, you kept saying that Shen Anran hired a murderer to kidnap you and try to destroy the evidence. , what’s the basis for it?”
"This~ County Master, I didn't realize that the money box had been tampered with at the time. I believed Shen Anran's words, so I wrote the note. Later, I fainted after being kidnapped, and was rescued by Baicaotang. When I returned to my house, I discovered that the box had been tampered with, and then I realized that I had been tricked!"
"As for the evidence of the hijacking mentioned by the county master, I can't produce it for the time being. The only two witnesses who traveled with me are also missing. Anyway, everything I said is true!"
Everything Gao Lingyun said was true, and Shen Anran understood it very well, but somehow, the truth came out of this person's mouth as if it was all made up, and there was even no logic at all.
"Gao Lingyun, I'm asking you again. Since you didn't see the stone under the box, why did you accuse Shen Anran of adulterating the box to deceive you? Aren't you wronging a good person? In addition, I noticed that you hugged After the money box was hijacked, it was rescued by people from Baicaotang. Aren't they suspected of stealing your money?"
Han Wei's thinking was very clear. As the saying goes, "catch a thief and a thief and take the stolen goods." Gao Lingyun couldn't just touch his upper lip to his lower lip and directly convict Shen Anran, right? At the very least, there must be tangible evidence.
But according to Gao Lingyun's description, two witnesses who were traveling with him disappeared inexplicably. What kind of evidence is this? What if the two witnesses who were traveling together have been killed by Gao Lingyun?
"Master County, are everything I said true? If even one sentence is a lie, I am willing to be struck by thunder from heaven!"
Gao Lingyun felt like he couldn't argue, and in desperation he once again used his trump card, trying to make Han Wei believe what he said.
"It's no use even if you swear a poisonous oath and let thunder blow you to pieces? I am very particular about evidence when handling cases. Do you understand the evidence?"
