With a sneer on his lips, Li Hong slowly took two steps forward, tapped the banknote with one finger and said, "Since you said it was a fake, tell me how this banknote is fake." Of course, you can also choose one of the eighteen that you think is true." Li Hong took the other seventeen from Yang Wu and placed them all in Lu Ao's hand. .
After Lu Ao heard the eighteen silver notes, he was so frightened that his legs weakened and he almost sat on the ground, feeling the 1.8 million taels of silver notes in his hand. How could he not know that no matter which one of these bank notes, They are all genuine.
Although he had never seen a banknote worth one hundred thousand taels, he knew that no one would dare to use fake banknotes for trading. After all, this was not a crime that only led to imprisonment, but a crime of beheading.
"I... I..." Lu Ao held 1.8 million taels of silver notes in his hand. He looked at Li Hong who was pressing closer and started to retreat involuntarily.
The strong pressure and the heavy mountain of 1.8 million taels of silver notes in his hand made him breathless.
"I won't sell it anymore, I refuse you to redeem their lives for them!" Lu Ao, who was forced to panic, said with his face turning red.
"You're not selling it anymore? You're the one who said you're selling it, and you're the one who said you're not selling it. Are you kidding me? You're selling me the deed, and you're looking for my 20,000 taels of silver. Give it to me immediately!" Li Hong He said coldly, with a sense of killing that had been on the battlefield for a long time.
"Master, buying and selling requires your consent, not to mention the authenticity of your bank note is open to question. Furthermore, just now you have violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty by spewing blood and falsely accusing Lu Ao." There was only one person in sight. A man about fifty years old walked in quickly from outside with several people behind him.
Li Hong turned to look at the person who spoke. He didn't recognize him, but his temperament was very similar to that of a Tang Dynasty official. There was some official airs in every move and gesture.
When Lu Ao saw that person, it turned out to be his uncle, Lu Zhi, the magistrate of Chang'an County, who had just arrived in time after finding someone to quietly report to the official. His expression was suddenly shocked, and he was about to rush off the stage with the eighteen silver notes in his arms, and said Li shouted: "Master Lu, this person violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty and forged high-value silver notes of up to 1.8 million taels. He even cast gold leaves privately. Please be aware of this."
But before Lu Ao could take two steps forward, Li Hong grabbed his shoulders and pulled him back hard. He shifted his weight back and sat down on the stage.
"Hey, what do you want to do?" Zheng Xingtai saw Li Hong pulling Lu Ao down and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Li Hong. However, before he understood what was going on, he felt a pain in his lower stomach, and then he flew away completely. Got out.
Suddenly there was another exclamation in the audience. Everything happened too fast. No one understood what was going on and why they started fighting.
"Stop! You dare to hit someone in front of me and all the soldiers!" Lu Zhi quickly squeezed forward from the crowd and shouted loudly.
Li Hong ignored Lu Zhi, looked at Lu Zhi who had just stood up, and walked over with a sneer: "Are these banknotes fake? Where are they fake? Or are you motivated by wealth? Do you want to swallow this money? Woolen cloth?"
"You're talking nonsense. These are obviously fake... Oh!" Before Lu Ao could finish speaking, he was kicked away by Li Hong.
The figure flying back was impartial and hit Zheng Xingtai, who had a look of pain on his face and was about to get up from the stage while groaning. The two people suddenly collided, and a painful sound came out of his mouth again, and then He lay on the stage again, squirming on the ground like two caterpillars in pain, moaning in pain from his mouth.
Li Hong had a sneer on his lips, and slowly walked up to the two of them again. Seeing that Lu Ao was like this, but still holding the banknote tightly and not letting go, he immediately guessed that this guy was inseparable. I really wanted to swallow the money.
Otherwise, he would have been kicked so hard that he could hardly breathe. Why would he still be holding on to those banknotes with both hands and not let go.
"Why are you so good at confusing right and wrong? Are you the only scum like you in the Lu family? And you, Zheng Xingtai, right? Your Zheng family is also a big family, how come you are shamelessly colluding with him?" Li Hong said with a smile, looking at the two people lying on the ground and unable to get up for a long time.
"How outrageous. You actually ignored my warning and committed murder and injury in front of my eyes. You framed others and framed others. You don't know the crime?" Lu Zhi rushed to the stage with a few people and was about to stop Li Hong. , but was stopped by Yang Wu with a serious expression.
Li Hong didn't seem to hear Lu Zhi's words and tugged on the bank note in Lu Ao's hand. He didn't even move it, but he still held it tightly and wouldn't let go.
"Okay, then just hold him well." Li Hong patted Lu Ao on the shoulder. Zheng Xingtai, who was next to him, had just gotten up and was about to attack from behind Li Hong.
"Sir, be careful."
"Watch your back."
The four leaders on the stage and Pei Wanying in the audience sounded warnings at the same time. Zheng Xingtai looked ferocious, and it seemed that he was really angry.
But just as he stood up, he saw that his fist was about to approach the back of Li Hong's head, but his fist was caught by someone. No matter how hard he twitched, he could not get his fist back from Li Hong's hand.
"If you don't let go quickly, are you going to commit murder in front of me?" Lu Zhi ignored Zheng Xingtai's sneak attack on Li Hong and shouted angrily at Li Hong.
"Are you blind? Can't you see that he attacked me?" Li Hong took a step back and stepped on Lu Ao's ankle. Suddenly, a scream came from the stage: "What? Do you want to run? How about leaving money for the trip?”
"Boy, I am Lu Zhi, the magistrate of Chang'an County, Jingzhao Prefecture. If you don't let go, don't blame me for taking you in public." Lu Zhi waved his hand, and several more people came up from the audience.
Just as Yang Wu was about to put his hands into his arms, Li Hong calmly stopped him and said, "Yang Wu, no."
After preventing Yang Wu from revealing his identity, Li Hong kicked out Zheng Xingtai who was about to attack him.
He didn't want to expose his identity, not because he had to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, but in front of many scholars. If his identity was exposed, would he still have a way to go home... uh... back to the palace
I attended a poetry meeting today and caused such a mess in front of the literati. After returning home, if Father Long and Mother Long could forgive me, how could the Yushitai easily let me go
Then Father Long and Mother Long still have to beat themselves up? Then the Yushitai shouldn't fill his father's study with all the secrets to impeach him
Li Hong clapped his hands easily, relaxed his feet, let go of Lu Ao, who was screaming when he stepped on his ankle, and walked slowly to Lu Zhi: "Is this Magistrate Lu? He is not very old, and his eyes are Isn’t it easy? Didn’t you see that he attacked me?”
"I only saw you committing murders and beating others for no reason on the stage." Lu Zhi snorted coldly and looked up at Li Hong, who didn't show any fear after seeing him.
The scholars in the audience were like a swarm of bees at this moment, buzzing and talking. Zheng Xingtai's sneak attack just happened clearly in front of his eyes, but the county magistrate ignored Zheng Xingtai's sneak attack. Instead, he kept insisting that Li Hong took the lead. Beat others! Doesn't Magistrate Lu know that Mr. Li beat someone else because that 'other person' stole someone else's banknote
Pei Wanying was anxious and said to Pei Si, "Oh no, Mr. Li has fallen into a trap."
"Ah? What kind of trick did you fall into?" Pei Si looked at Lu Zhi who was favoring Lu Ao and Zheng Xingtai on the stage with a dissatisfied expression. When he heard Pei Wanying's confused words, he turned his head and said blankly: "This Lu Zhi is too protective. Who doesn’t know that Lu Ao is his nephew, but if he favors Lu Zhi and Zheng Xingtai in front of so many people, isn’t he afraid of being held accountable by the court? "
"Partiality is one thing, but Mr. Li being the first to hit someone is another thing. What's more, Lu Ao and Zheng Xingtai deliberately wanted to provoke Li Bai to attack, so that they would have more opportunities and reasons to kill Mr. Li. He brought that amount of money into the county government office. As soon as they enter the county government office and exchange Mr. Li's banknotes, Mr. Li's crime of forging banknotes will not be washed away. " Pei Wanying looked anxious, this Li Bai. Also, are all the people in the army so grumpy
"Ah? Swap? No way? With so much money, how can it be swapped?" Pei Si screamed and hurriedly covered his mouth and asked in a low voice.
"It is precisely because they have more money that it is worth their while. If they have less money, they will still look down upon them. There are also those gold leaves. It is difficult for Lu Ao and Zheng Xingtai not to be jealous! Really, you can participate in a poetry meeting , What are you doing with so much money!" Pei Wanying rolled her eyes at Li Bai, who was facing Lu Zhi on the stage, and said anxiously.
"Then... then... what should we do? Do you want to tell Mr. Li that you must never leave here and never go to the county government office with them?"
"It's too late. Look, so many 'bad people' are here. It's obvious that they really want to take Mr. Li back to the Yamen." Pei Wanying was secretly anxious. This person is really, doesn't he know the principle of not exposing his wealth? Especially his old slave, all the money he had was exposed at once.
With so much money on him, not to mention the few people on the stage, I am afraid that many of the many scholars have this kind of thinking! It's just that they are weak, dare not and have no ability to do it.
The two women were chatting anxiously in the audience, but they didn't see Lu Ao whisper a few words in Lu Zhi's ear. Lu Zhi nodded thoughtfully, and then followed Lu Ao's line of sight. He looked towards Pei Wanying.
At this time, I saw that the stage was surrounded by many "bad people", and there were still many "bad people" standing under the stage to maintain order among the scholars in the hall.
Lu Zhi looked at the buzzing hall, cleared his throat and said loudly: "Gentlemen, please be quiet and listen to what I have to say."
Following his words and the scolding of 'bad people', the entire hall quickly became quiet.
Everyone still has a certain respect for "bad people". These people are basically people with evil deeds, but they have not made any big mistakes, so they are collected by the government, managed uniformly, and serve as detectives and arrestees. Officials are called 'bad' or 'bad people'.
(End of chapter)