"Hey," Shan Shen said happily, "I can't tell that your ancestors really have some treasures."
Li Yuanfa stood on the opposite side and couldn't see the situation inside at all. He thought to himself, "Can the gold bricks be a treasure?" He chuckled and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare. Just take a look at it, don't say anything."
Shan Shen loved books and was very interested in it. He simply opened it and took a book to read the cover.
Upon seeing this, his expression instantly became serious.
He flipped through three or five books one after another and cursed: "They are all banned books by the imperial court. Li Yuanfa, you are so brave!"
As the lid of the box opened, Li Yuanfa also discovered the clues.
The top layer is filled with books.
He was muttering, "It's really a hidden gold brick, it's so well hidden." Little did he know that Shan Shen didn't notice the real gold underneath, but instead flipped through several banned books.
"Impossible!" Li Yuanfa rushed forward anxiously.
He rummaged desperately in the box without looking at the titles of the books. He threw the books all over the floor, but couldn't find what he wanted.
He had no choice but to dig through another box, but there were still books.
It's full and stuffed to the brim.
Li Yuanfa's face turned pale, then darkened, and then white again.
What's going on?
Where's the gold?
The Wang brothers were also dumbfounded when they heard the word "banned book".
"Stealing two boxes" and "hiding banned books" are completely different crimes!
They shouted anxiously: "We brothers really didn't know anything. If we had known that this stupid thing was inside, who would have earned those dozens of taels of silver!"
Mr. Xi was also stunned.
He only met the old man once, and the rest was just what Li Yuanfa said.
Now it doesn't matter whether the master made a mistake or Li Yuanfa was deceived. In short, it must be cleared up.
He knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times: "Master Qingtian, I just helped out out of kindness, and I didn't even take the money for my hard work. The things belong to Mr. Li and have nothing to do with me!"
Li Yuanfa stared blankly at the books.
Why did Mr. Zhu Si ask him to dig up banned books?
Is Master Zhu Si’s information wrong?
No, that's not right!
He didn't react until this moment.
Jumping up from the ground, Li Yuanfa rushed towards Gao An: "It's you, you framed me!
You have dug up the real thing a long time ago. Knowing that the Wang brothers will come to steal it, you put these deadly things in it and bury the box back!
You spit it out and give it back to me! "
Gao An easily held Li Yuanfa up and handed him over to the Yamen servant.
"That's nonsense," Gao An pointed at Li Yuanfa and said to Shan Shen, "Sir, don't listen to his nonsense. The villain really wants to frame him, and the most he can do is put some rocks and mud in a box. These books banned by the imperial court, There’s just nowhere to get the villain.”
Shan Shen could understand this truth very well.
Not to mention a businessman in Gao'an, even Shan Shen, who loves books, only occasionally sees one or two unique books and passes them at a glance without being able to read them at all.
As for filling two boxes…
Hey, his head is not heavy, he is crazy and wants to die!
It would be too difficult to frame people for this.
Li Yuanfa couldn't get away from the yamen and looked at the books with blood almost coming out of his eyes.
If it were all gold bricks, he wouldn't be able to prove that the things were his, and there wouldn't be Master Zhu Si.
When Mr. Zhu Si heard that they had entered Shuntian Mansion, he would definitely find a way to get Shan Shen to release them, and take the gold brick back after all the procedures were completed.
Anyway, high security will not be cheap.
As for him, Li Yuanfa, it was amazing that he spent a few days in a cell and was still a good man when he came out.
But the situation with banned books is different. Mr. Zhu Si will definitely be eager to clear it up, and the yamen will not let him, the "master of the book," go.
He was going to die.
No longer concerned about concealing anything, Li Yuanfa shouted anxiously: "What we have in the box is obviously gold bricks! Gao An, please return my gold bricks!"
"Sir," Gao An only complained to Shan Shen, "he is such a bad person! Two large boxes of gold bricks are not enough even if the villain sells his ancestral property. He is blackmailing the villain!"
Li Yuanfa was filled with anger and started to speak indiscriminately: "Sir, please tell the truth. The thing belongs to the fourth master of the British government. He asked the villain to dig it out for him. It's true!"
Shan Shen pressed his eyebrows.
Regardless of whether it is true or not, it is impossible to go to the British government at this time.
Anyone who stole a box was put in jail, and Gao An put his fingerprint on the confession.
"Don't worry, sir, Lao Shi Alley will be beautifully built and safe," he said. "These thieves are indifferent and disturb your sleep. If the villain dug out these two boxes by himself, he would definitely give them to you in broad daylight." Come."
Shan Shen snorted: "Don't all thieves work at night?"
Gao An laughed and accepted Shan Shen's joke.
When we walked out of Shuntian Mansion, the rain stopped.
"God is good!" Gao An praised.
If it hadn't rained, he wouldn't have been able to clear out all the people in the alley.
If it hadn't been for the rain adding mud and making it a mess, Li Yuanfa might have felt that the foundation was not so strong when he put down the shovel.
If it hadn't been muddy and dirty, Li Yuanfa might have been able to tell at a glance that the box didn't look like it had been dug out for the first time after being buried in the ground for a long time, especially the big lock. Dong Chen's family finally dug out two locks from the warehouse. It's almost the same old lock, but it's different from the one that's been buried for a long time.
If the heavy rain hadn't blocked his sight, Wang Si might have spotted them setting up an ambush while wandering around the alley, or maybe they would have caught the person in the yamen and couldn't nail the thing out of Laoshi Alley.
As for the gold brick that Li Yuanfa shouted...
Gao An is not stupid.
Those books were really heavy when packed into boxes, but they were definitely not as heavy as the first time they were moved.
He used it himself, and it feels right.
Li Yuanfa told the truth.
But there was no name written on the gold bricks. The princess dug them out first. Why should she take advantage of Li Yuanfa?
By daybreak, through conversations among the guests in the breakfast shop, many people knew what happened in Lao Shi Alley last night.
Of course, the news also reached Zhu Cheng's ears.
Before he could even ask more questions, an official from Shuntian Mansion came looking for him.
"Two boxes of banned books?" Zhu Cheng almost nodded when he saw the official. His face was full of dissatisfaction, "What do I want people to do to dig up banned books? And gold bricks? What nonsense!
I know that Mr. Shan needs to make inquiries when investigating a case, but if anyone makes a complaint, I will go to the Yamen to reply. This does not make sense.
I don't know what Li's hair is, and it has nothing to do with me. "
After sending off his official duties, Zhu Cheng found a sedan and hurried to Liuguo Hutong.
Madam Wang welcomed Zhu Cheng in: "Why do you look like this? What happened?"
"Didn't you say there were two boxes of gold bricks buried there?" Zhu Cheng asked anxiously, "Why are there two boxes of banned books?"
Madam Wang suddenly widened her eyes: "No gold bricks? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"How is it impossible?" Zhu Cheng asked, "Did you see it buried with your own eyes?"
"I..." Madam Wang shook her head, "I didn't see it with my own eyes, but my godfather said it himself. When the master left Beijing, my godfather watched with his own eyes as he packed the boxes and buried them in the foundation..."
Zhu Cheng was angry and said something unpleasant: "How many truths can be said about severing one's descendants?"
Madam Wang turned her face away.
Outside the house, a young salesman was carrying a target full of candied haws in one hand and a bunch in the other, chewing hard.
It was Xuan Su.
Although the courtyard door was closed and the voices of the people inside were low, it could not stop his outstanding hearing.
At first, seeing Zhu Cheng's hurried look after hearing the news, he was 70% or 80% sure.
Listening to Zhu Cheng's question after entering the door, it is 100% that Zhu Cheng has not seen it with his own eyes. He was not the one who buried it in the first place. He also got the information and acted.
After confirming this, even if Zhu Cheng and Lady Wang went to the back room to talk, Xuan Su had already completed his task.
Now, there are some unexpected surprises.
Godfather, master.
What exactly it means, I and the princess will definitely be able to analyze it as long as they peel off the cocoon.
I have to say that the princess's method of inviting you to enter the urn is really effective.
After biting the candied haws, Xuan Su inserted the empty stick into the target and carried it away.
Thanks to book friend Xu Bicheng Official Girlfriend for the tip.
(End of chapter)
