"You look at this case and ask, I will sleep for a while first."
In a county office somewhere in Fengzhou City, the magistrate yawned, waved to the arrester below, and then leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes.
After all, he is getting old and his body is failing. He fought with Xinna's concubine until dawn yesterday, but now he is a bit overwhelmed.
"Yes, my lord!" the policeman arched his hands and said with a bow.
"You said it yourself, how many times is this?" He walked down, patted the man's face, and the big man sighed, "It's too many to count."
"If you have hands and feet, it's not good to do something. Why do you have to steal it?" The policeman looked at him and said, "I'm out this time, find some serious work, and don't let me work in the county government again." I saw you in the prison."
"Oh, life is hard." The big man sighed, and said in a melancholy tone: "It is impossible to work. You are not born with this kind of material. If you don't steal or grab it, you will starve to death..."
The policeman twitched his head, waved his hand, and said, "Take him down!"
"Look, is there anything missing?"
Another police officer tore a money bag from the man and threw it to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man opened the purse and looked at it. His face was cloudy and uncertain, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "There is nothing missing."
He couldn't say anything about the jade pendant that he originally planned to trade on the black market.
Although this would directly cost him nearly ten thousand taels of silver, but hiding the royal family's belongings is a serious crime of losing his head, and the government must not let the government know.
It would be best if the man had already thrown away the jade pendant. Although he felt sorry for the silver, he didn't feel so bad when he thought that it was pawned from a guy who didn't know how to do it with one thousand taels of silver.
It's a pity, it's a pity, I originally planned that if he came to redeem it in the future, I would just pay him some more money, but most of those who came to pawnshops to pawn things would be equivalent to selling them, and the possibility of redeeming them is very small. This one business can make a net profit of ten thousand taels of silver...
Distressed, although distressed, to take a step back, compared with my life, these are not so important.
The big man was escorted by two policemen, and when he was about to walk out the door, he seemed to think of something, stopped, and said, "By the way, there is another piece of jade pendant, which is not worth much anyway, and you should come along with me." Take it back, and save yourself from saying that I concealed it."
The big man arched his waist and said, "It's right here, hurry up, brother, help me get it."
When the middle-aged man heard the words, his face changed greatly, and he immediately said: "Nonsense, I lost my purse. How can there be any jade pendant? You stole it from someone else. You remember it wrong!"
The big man was stunned for a moment, looked at the middle-aged man, and said: "You must be confused. I forgot about losing the jade pendant, or..., you really want to postpone it, so that I will suffer more." !"
The middle-aged man forced his expression to calm down, and said: "It's nonsense, why should I harm you, don't I know if I have lost the jade pendant?"
The big man turned his head to look at the catcher and said, "Brother catcher, this guy may have really forgotten that the jade pendant is on my waist, please help me take it, he should remember it when he sees it."
The catcher quickly looked at the two of them, and felt a little surprised to find something from the bulge in his waist.
Click!
There was a sound of shattering porcelain and the overturning of tables and chairs from behind. The county magistrate didn't even care about patting the dust on his body, got up from the ground, and ran towards the door quickly, looked at the big man, pointed Yupei asked with a look of shock: "Where did you get this jade pendant!"
The big man froze for a moment, then looked at the middle-aged man in astonishment.
At this time, the money bag in the middle-aged man's hand had dropped to the ground, his face pale.
Plop!
His legs went limp, he knelt on the ground, and wept bitterly, "My lord, spare me!"
"It's not true!" the county magistrate said sharply.
Not long after, the county magistrate came out of the county office in a hurry, got on the sedan chair, and urged: "Go to Feng Wang's mansion!"
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Fengwang Mansion is a very special existence in Fengzhou. The highest official of Fengzhou in name is Toyosu Governor, but in fact it is Fengwang Mansion that manages Fengzhou.
This is a special case in the Qi State. Although many princes have fiefs, they are almost all remote. They only enjoy rent and live a prosperous life without any real power.
However, the third prince, Zhao Yi, was not among them.
The fief is as large as a state, and can personally manage government affairs and have the power to make some important decisions. Among the more than ten princes in Qi, this is the only one.
The third prince, Zhao Yi, came to the fiefdom when he was young, and it took more than ten years to transform what was originally a medium-sized state capital into a rich place that ranks among the top in the entire Qi State. Status, in several other neighboring states, also has great influence.
At this time, in Feng Wang's mansion, the very prestigious Third Prince His Royal Highness had just put down a letter.
Down below, Yang Yanzhou frowned and asked, "Your Highness, why did the First Prince come to Fengzhou so suddenly?"
Zhao Yi looked out of the window and said, "The censor is accompanying him, saying that he is on behalf of his father to inspect the various prefectures. In a few days, he will arrive in Fengzhou."
Yang Yanzhou thought for a while, and said: "The eldest prince will not leave Beijing easily. This trip is not for good people. His Highness needs to make preparations early."
"My imperial brother..." Zhao Yi sighed, and said in a helpless tone, "Is there no news from Chongzhou?"
Yang Yanzhou nodded, and said: "Not yet, but judging from the news from Jing Guo, it seems that they haven't found it either. There are rumors that he may have been caught in an accident."
Zhao Yi shook his head and said: "No, if such characters fall because of this, they will be considered as blinded by God. This king believes that we will meet again one day."
Yang Yanzhou didn't speak, but when he thought of that name, certain images appeared in his mind, and the expression on his face was a little dazed.
After a long time, that Mr. Li is still as handsome as before.
The two said a few more words on this, and someone from outside the door reported, "The county magistrate of Fengcheng asks to see you."
"Your Majesty has seen His Highness!"
The county magistrate of Fengcheng who hurried over came in and first bowed to Zhao Yi.
"Wu county magistrate doesn't need to be polite, just sit down." Zhao Yi raised his hand and said, "I don't know why Wu county magistrate came to visit suddenly?"
County Magistrate Wu respectfully presented a jade pendant with both hands, and said, "Your Highness, this jade pendant was obtained by chance from a few thieves today."
Surprised expression appeared on Yang Yanzhou's face, he looked at Zhao Yi and said, "Your Highness, this is not the one His Majesty rewarded you..."
"It's back to Long Pei."
Zhao Yi took the jade pendant from County Magistrate Wu's hand, with a smile on his face, he spoke slowly.
"he came."
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"Here we come..." Li Yi hurried into the kitchen, and if he was a little late, he would have to make do with fried rice with eggs again today.
Miss Liu Er seems to have made up her mind this time, and she will not give up until she cooks a dish that can be swallowed. It's just that the ingredients that he just threw away as garbage are really expensive...
Thinking of the five thousand taels of silver that just came into the account, my heart doesn't feel so distressed.
For the ten thousand taels of silver this time, I have to keep one thousand taels. When I leave, go and redeem that jade pendant. Lost reason to fool him.
When I think of Yupei, I think of that stingy pawnshop shopkeeper.
Of course that jade pendant was worth more than one thousand taels of silver, but last time he needed the money urgently and had no choice but to be tricked by him.
He has always been the one who deceives people, and those who deceive him will suffer retribution sooner or later.
This is not the second time I saw him, I saw that he had lost important things, and the next time I had to lose my head... So to be a human being should still be upright, what people are doing, and the sky is watching, we must persist honest heart...
When the burning smell came from the kitchen in the small courtyard again, the pawnbroker in the county prison knelt on the ground, kept kowtowing, and said in a trembling voice: "He, he was wearing a bamboo hat that day, villain, The villain really doesn't know the identity of that person!"