Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 14 Blackmail (1)

Shopkeeper Sun Er swallowed heavily, looked at Li Tian with deep hopelessness and said: "Treasurer Wang is still wondering, we just sent someone to report to the official, why did they come so soon, who knows that those yamen servants It was actually those troublemakers who called, and the yamen servant came, without saying a word, he locked up shopkeeper Wang and closed the shop, saying that it was a serious crime of selling the wrong medicine to treat the dead."

"Boss, my father is getting old...he..." Wang Daqing blushed anxiously and stammered, Li Tian raised his hand to stop him and comforted him: "I know, don't worry." , turned to look at shopkeeper Sun Er and asked: "This matter, let's talk about your thoughts first."

Shopkeeper Sun Er looked suspiciously at Li Tian who was sitting on the kang with no expression on his face. What could such a delicate little lady of thirteen or fourteen understand?He hesitated for a moment and said perfunctorily: "This blackmail happens every year, but it costs a few taels of money..."

"It's money that is being blackmailed. How many of them smashed the shop when they came up? They smashed the shop before they finished speaking, and when you tied up people, how long is it? Then the yamen servants will arrive? Rong'an hall is not close to the yamen, so it's possible Those yamen servants will be unpredictable, so they know that there are troubles in Rong'an Hall at this time? Come in, no matter whether it is right or wrong, first lock up our people and seal up our shop. It has not been a year or two since we have been doing business honestly in this capital city. Which one of the people in the store has never bought medicine in our shop? Why did they come up and convict us first? Is this a matter of spending too much money?" Li Tian stared at the shopkeeper Sun Er, and said aggressively.

Shopkeeper Sun Er was stunned, with a flash of light in his eyes, he cupped his hands hastily and said, "It's the villain who is being rude, my boss, the villain feels that this matter is inseparable from the sudden resignation of Shopkeeper Huang."

"Yeah." Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his eyes and said, "This is on point. I'm relieved if you understand it in your heart. The most important thing now is to rescue shopkeeper Wang first. There is shopkeeper Cheng. I used to be the host and guest with my grandmother for several years, and I have a few acquaintances in the government office. I will ask the fourth Cao family to take you to find him. Grandma has some kindness for him. He will definitely help him with all his strength. First, save the shopkeeper Wang. Besides, if you want to use money, no matter how much, you can just withdraw it from the cabinet, if there is not enough money in the cabinet, let Wang Daqing come to me to withdraw it, go quickly."

"Yes!" Shopkeeper Sun Er suddenly gained confidence for no reason, hurriedly stood up and bowed his body and agreed heavily. Wang Daqing burst into tears, knelt on the ground and kowtowed his head two or three times, stood up and followed behind Shopkeeper Sun Er anxiously. hurried away.

"Yue Niang, please come and see if there is any letter from Sun Liu." Li Tian turned to look at the East Wing Road, Yue Niang let out a 'hmm', and she turned impatiently from the front door Go out in a circle, push open the window behind and jump out directly.

"Fifth lady, it's cold outside, be careful of the wind, go in." Yingluo handed a hand stove to Li Tian who was standing straight in the porch, carefully persuading her.

"En." Li Tian took the hand stove and hugged it, moved his feet, but didn't enter the house, lowered his head, and slowly walked forward along the veranda, walked three or four times, and then said nothing Lift the curtain and enter the house.

Yue Niang came back after going away for more than an hour. She entered the west chamber in a cold air, looked at Li Tian and said, "The troublemaker is a rogue from Beicheng. When I went, Sun Liu had already gone out to talk to Chang Heipi's family, and he came back after waiting for an hour. He bought Chang Heipi's troublemaker with silver. Chang Heipi didn't know what to do next, he had to wait for Steward Dai's orders, Sun Liu threw him five taels of silver, and he not only said everything, but also promised that if there was any excitement, he would tell Sun Liu first One sound, so that he can enjoy watching the excitement." After Yue Niang finished speaking, she let out a contemptuous 'Bah', not sure if it was Chang Heipi or Duke Wen's Mansion.

Li Tian let out a long breath, it really is the Duke Wen's mansion, it really is the kind and kind Princess Ningguo!

"Does the Eldest Princess know about this?" Yue Niang asked, Li Tian looked at Yue Niang speechlessly, and as soon as Yue Niang said that, she realized that her words were too stupid, and raised her hand in embarrassment He covered his mouth and coughed a few times: "This man's heart is so real, I can't understand it after a few lifetimes. That eldest princess and the old lady have been friends for so many years, and she treats you so well, and she smiles when she sees you." , holding hands and kissing, flesh and mouth, the old lady’s bones are not cold, she can do this, really, she is worthy of being a royal princess, she can turn her face in the blink of an eye.”

"Money touches people's hearts." Li Tian replied with a heavy heart, and Yue Niang said "ha": "She is still short of money? She is the eldest princess, the aunt of the official family, and the rewards are constant throughout the year. I think it is not greedy enough. "

"What's the matter with the aunt of the official family? There are constant rewards throughout the year, so you have to see what the rewards are. A few lychees today, a box of pastries tomorrow, and two pots of flowers the day after tomorrow. That's all, you hear Have you ever done anything else? It stands to reason that Duke Wen's family has a rich family background, and Princess Ningguo's dowry was not bad when she got married, but it can't make up for the fact that she gave birth to a prodigal son who is full of five poisons. Now, Princess Ningguo is clinging to that ostentation, and she is shameless when she is poor and anxious." Li Tian squinted her eyes and gritted her teeth.

Yue Niang nodded in agreement: "This Wen Guogong is really not a thing. I heard that he took a 13-year-old concubine last month. He is almost fifty?"

"Yeah." Li Tian answered absently. She is not in the mood to listen to this kind of gossip at the moment. Shopkeeper Cheng has not believed it yet. Seeing that it is getting dark, shopkeeper Wang cannot spend the night in prison. Don't say too much, in case there is some black hand...

"By the way, Sun Liu asked if he wanted to take the bottom line. He has some friendship with Chang Heipi, and besides, it's only 50 taels of silver." Yue Niang asked, Li Tian waved his hand and said, "No, it's easy to miss Sun Liu's Identity, secondly, this is a solution to the symptoms but not the root cause, take out one Changhei skin, and there are Changbai skin, Changqing skin, Changhua skin, Yue Niang, I am anxious, I will trouble you to look at the shopkeeper Cheng How come there is no letter yet?"

"Okay!" Yue Niang agreed bluntly, jumped off the kang and was about to go out, when Qing Zhi's voice sounded from outside: "Fifth Lady, Fourth Sister-in-Law Cao is here."

Yue Niang lifted the curtain smoothly, Cao Si's daughter-in-law let in a fat woman in an indigo dress and wrapped her head and face with a large square scarf. .

"Shopkeeper Cheng looks like a wife." Yue Niang praised, Li Tian straightened his upper body all of a sudden, staring at Shopkeeper Cheng, pretending to come to see her like this must be something very important!
"Boss, it's urgent, so I have to come to see you like this. The prison chief Ge Mazi just found me and got a letter. Someone paid 100 taels of silver to bribe Qiao Ba, the head of the soap squad, saying that he will be executed first in the court tomorrow morning. Qiao Basanwu is about to kill Shopkeeper Wang!" Shopkeeper Cheng said anxiously and angrily.

Li Tian took a deep breath, and first killed shopkeeper Wang with a few boards, killing chickens and scaring monkeys, the next step is probably to close the shop, prolong the lawsuit, and then entrust the middleman to settle the lawsuit for him, at a low price or not at all. Give me the money and sell this shop.Li Tian bit his lip and remained silent for a while, then said in a low and clear voice: "There are only two people in the government office who can handle this case, one is Guo Tuiguan, the other is Ji Fuyin, Guo Tuiguan was born as a military general, and some He is reliable in military service, fair in dealing with affairs, acts alone, and is not close to any family. It is very unlikely that Wen Guogong's government will find him, and even if he is found, it will be difficult to persuade him. Jifu Yin and Dongyang County King have classmates Yi, with Dongyang County Prince's Mansion and Wen Guogong's two frequent walks, is a man who knows how to drill, and Wen Guogong's mansion must be looking for him."

"What the boss said is very true." Shopkeeper Cheng nodded in agreement again and again. Li Tian thought for a while, and then said: "In this case, Ji Fuyin is the chief officer, but Guo Tuiguan is the supervisor. Ji Fuyin just wants to intervene. It’s best not to overstep Mr. Guo Tuiguan. I remember that you have a very good friendship with Mr. Hong, Guo Tuiguan’s most trusted aide. You take the shopkeeper Sun Er and Wang Daqing to ask Mr. Hong first. There are two things. The shopkeeper is getting old and sick, so I asked Mr. Hong to help me accommodate, let Wang Daqing go to the prison to wait on his father for one night, and tell Wang Daqing that no matter what, he will take good care of his father this night."

Li Tian paused for a moment, then sighed softly and said, "Wang Daqing is too honest, you can do more with Ge Mazi."

"Yes!" Shopkeeper Cheng replied emphatically. Li Tian lowered his head and remained silent for a moment, then looked up at Shopkeeper Cheng and continued, "Let Mr. Hong take Shopkeeper Sun Er to ask Guan Tui. It was because we sold the wrong medicine, but luckily the person didn’t die, so it’s a common practice to lose money, tell Guan Guo Tui, we don’t care about how much money we need to pay, and it’s okay to pay the shop to the other party.”

Shopkeeper Cheng looked at Li Tian in astonishment, Li Tian raised his head to signal to Yue Niang, Yue Niang understood, turned away the crowd, and stood guard at the door, Li Tian looked at Shopkeeper Cheng and gave a few words in a low voice and asked: "This is very important, Where is Mr. Hong, are you sure?"

"I'm [-]% to [-]% sure, Guo Tuiguan and Ji Fuyin have always been at odds, and everyone in the government office knows about it." Cheng shopkeeper said cautiously.

"That's a lot, thank you for your hard work." Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief, bowed slightly, and shopkeeper Cheng hurriedly bowed to the bottom, resigned Li Tian, ​​wrapped his turban again, and hurried back.

In Guo Tui's mansion, which is two streets away from the government office, shopkeeper Sun Er sat leaning against a chair with half of his buttocks, his face full of respect and nervousness, while Guo Tui was sitting at the top with a big horse and a golden knife, playing with clangs and clangs. He said to Tie Dan: "Scatter money to buy peace. Although your boss is young, he is a sensible person. If he is willing to leave the shop, it will be fine. That's fine. I'll take care of it."

Shopkeeper Sun Er was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and bowed to the end. Guo Tuiguan looked at Mr. Hong, raised his hand and smiled and said, "Mr. Hong will help me see off the guests. It's still early. Since you are here, let's kill them tonight." Two plates."

When Mr. Hong sent shopkeeper Sun Er back, Guo Tuiguan had asked someone to set up the chessboard, he weighed it casually and put it in a corner, and said with emotion: "It's not a good thing to be too rich!"

"Dong Weng answered too simply."

"Huh? You speak plainly!" Guo Tuiguan dropped the chess piece, looked at Mr. Hong and said, and Mr. Hong also dropped the chess piece, looked at Guo Tuiguan and asked, "Doesn't Dong Weng think this case is strange?"

(End of this chapter)