"Well, of course I know that this is not official silver. Liu Shi, these five hundred taels of silver are yours. You can take them back and live peacefully with your wife."
Unexpectedly, to everyone's surprise, Xiao Si did not reprimand Liu Shi, nor did he have Liu Shi taken into custody. Instead, he said a pleasant word.
This, this, this... isn't true, is it
People couldn't believe their ears.
Liu Shizhen thought he had heard wrongly or that he was dreaming. He stared at Xiao Si blankly and did not respond for a long time.
Wu Shan was the first to jump up.
"Sir, didn't you just say that this money was official silver? How could this guy be acquitted when he clearly hid official silver? This... what on earth is going on?" He was shocked, angry and unhappy. The explanation made him forget his respect for the imperial envoy and blurted out.
Xiaosi rolled her eyes at him and said calmly: "Who said this silver is official silver?"
"This...this...you..." Wu Shan looked at Xiaosi dumbfounded. He wanted to say, you are obviously an adult and you said this is official silver, but Xiaosi's question confused him. If he said that, wouldn't it be wrong? Didn't you slap the imperial envoy in the face in public? Does he still have a way to survive
After thinking about it, he had no choice but to say in a roundabout way: "Your Majesty, the words "Dongbai Mansion Casting" are written on the bottom of this silver, which is always true."
He was also smart, and pointed out that this batch of silver was stamped with characters, and it was definitely official silver. It was not something that the imperial envoy said it was not.
The common people all have ears, so he doesn't believe it. How can the imperial envoy just point at the black and call it white
Unexpectedly, Xiaosi laughed.
"Does the person who casts characters have to be official silver? Wu Shan, you are really ignorant and incompetent!" The sarcasm in this tone could not be stronger.
Wu Shan's face turned red, but he was still confused in his heart. He said unconvinced: "I am indeed not as knowledgeable as the imperial envoy. I only know that the one with the characters cast must be official silver."
"Okay, the imperial envoy will teach you a lesson. In our Xichu, as long as the silver is cast with characters, it is official silver. This is true, but..." Xiaosi suddenly changed his tone and said: "But There is only one exception, and that place is Dongbai Mansion. Everyone who has lived in Dongbai Mansion knows that all silver in circulation is cast with the word "Dongbai". This is a rule passed down from the previous dynasty. , Wu Shan, you’re afraid you don’t know anything, right? Hehe, hehehe.”
Xiaosi sneered continuously.
What? Is there such a rule
Wu Shan was stunned as if he had been hit in the head.
He had never heard of such a rule and couldn't help but look at Lin Fangyuan.
Lin Fangyuan hated Wu Shan for biting him, and was glaring at Wu Shan with cannibalistic eyes.
He was an official of the imperial court, so he knew much more than Wu Shan, a common man. He had completely forgotten this rule even if Xiaosi didn't mention it. Now that Xiaosi mentioned it, he immediately thought of it, yes!
There is indeed such a rule!
In the entire Western Chu, only the Dongbai Mansion could engrave characters on the cast silver ingots, and only the silver with the word "Dongbai" engraved on it was not official silver.
Damn it, how could I have completely forgotten this rule
However, this is a good opportunity to add insult to injury to Wu Shan.
Lin Fangyuan will naturally not let it go.