"Yes, yes, all this money belongs to villains."
Liu Shi's voice was choked, his eyes filled with tears, and his heart filled with gratitude to Xiaosi.
If the imperial envoy hadn't arrived suddenly, he would have been beaten to death by that dog officer Lin Fangyuan.
But when the imperial envoy came, he not only cleared his wrongdoing, but also returned his five hundred taels of silver to its original owner.
In an instant, the excitement and gratitude that surged up in his heart almost overwhelmed him. Even if he was asked to die for the Imperial Envoy, he would not hesitate.
"Sir, this money is all hard-earned by the villain, not the stolen money of some gangster."
Liu Shi held the small silver ingot in his hand, but what flashed through his mind was the sadness and hardship he had experienced in earning the money over the years. His eyes were filled with tears, and he couldn't help but look at his wife in the crowd.
He couldn't let the silver turn into stolen silver. It contained not only his hard work, but also all of his wife's jewelry and affection.
Liu Shi had a lot to say, but when it came to his mouth, he became clumsy and stammered:
"S-Sir, this is really not stolen money, it's not..."
The more he tried to explain, the less he knew how.
Wu Shan looked at him with angry eyes and shouted: "What is this if it's not official silver! How dare you quibble! Liu Shi, I can't see that you are loyal and honest on the surface, but you do such dirty and bold things behind your back." , actually colluded with Jiang Yang gangsters, harboring official stolen money, how could I, Wu Shan, marry my daughter to you, a bastard, when I was blind!"
He now hates Liu Shi to the core.
If this thorn in his side hadn't brought back the stolen money, how could he have been involved in such a lawsuit, let alone have a piece of his flesh bitten off!
"This... this is really not stolen silver. I... I don't know any gangsters, and I... I don't hide stolen silver. Every ingot of these five hundred taels of silver was earned with my hard work..."
Liu Shi's eyes were full of tears. Faced with Wu Shan's aggressive accusations, he could only say over and over again that this was not stolen money, but he didn't know where to get the evidence to prove it.
The people watching could not help but shake their heads and sigh for him. They all hated Wu Shan for bullying honest people, but the silver was not theirs, and the bottom of each ingot of silver was inscribed with the word "Dongbai". Just these two words, Liu Shi couldn't explain clearly even if he had a hundred mouths.
Because generally, silver ingots circulating among the people do not have characters cast on them. Only silver that is used for special purposes by the court will have characters cast on the bottom. This kind of silver is official silver and will not be circulated in the market.
Although the people did not believe that Liu Shi would collude with Jiangyang thieves, the five hundred taels of silver that Liu Shi took back were indeed cast official silver.
They also wondered, where did Liu Shi get back the five hundred taels of official silver
Isn't he going to rob the Yamen's bank
The common people wanted to cry out for Liu Shi, but they couldn't. They were all worried about Liu Shi, secretly thinking that Liu Shi was really unlucky, and he came out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den.
He finally recovered five hundred taels of silver, but in the blink of an eye he was charged with colluding with thieves and harboring official silver. If he had known this, he would have just pushed back and said directly that the silver was not his.
How nice it would be to let his greedy father-in-law take the blame!