So, they hid Chen Liuliu in a corner at the end of the alley first, and only had people cut down Liuliu after Chen Linglong came back and entered the house.
After chopping the wood, Xia Wan'er came back from outside and deliberately told Chen Linglong that she forgot to close the door and asked her to go and close it.
Therefore, Chen Linglong did not lie, and the old lady only looked at Chen Linglong because she was worried about Liu Liu at the time. She believed that if this incident was done by them mother and daughter, Chen Linglong must be the mastermind.
After hearing Chen Linglong's flawless answer and that they mother and daughter had no way to hurt Liu Liu, he excluded them.
Because of this exclusion, Murong Jie and Hu Huanxi made the wrong decision.
Ni Rong continued to lead people out to investigate. He asked the night watchman that night, who said that he saw Prince Nan Huai's car entering the capital, and it passed through East Street just before and after Liu Liu's accident.
Murong Jie also confirmed with the people at the city gate, and it was true that Prince Nan Huai returned to the capital at that time. He did not do it with a big fanfare, but returned to the capital in a low-key manner with a few people.
Because they suspected from the beginning that it was done by the noble concubine's people, and the time when Prince Nan Huai returned to the capital coincided with the time when Liu Liu was injured, Murong Jie and the Chen family both thought that it was Prince Nan Huai who did it.
But due to lack of evidence, there is no way to take him down openly.
However, Hu Huanxi told Murong Jie that Prince Nan Huai and Lord Liang had exchanged silver notes, but those silver notes have not yet been exchanged at the money shop.
Murong Jie instructed Hu Huanxi to tell the bank that if anyone brought a banknote, they should say that the banknote was fake and could not be exchanged.
It was such a coincidence that just as Hu Huanxi went back to tell the shopkeeper and prepared the forged silver note, someone came with Lord Liang's silver note to exchange it.
Hu Huanxi received her personally. She took a look at the silver notes, which were of the largest denomination in the bank, one thousand taels, with a total of twenty-one notes, which meant twenty-one thousand taels of silver.
The people who came to exchange the money came carrying boxes. There were six of them in total. Although they were wearing homespun clothes, they all had ferocious faces and looked like people who lived on the edge of a knife.
Hu Huanxi had already prepared a fake bill. Because the counter was a bit higher, after taking the banknote in, he carefully checked it and looked up and asked, "Where did you get this banknote from?"
The leader was about thirty years old, with a dark face and rough skin. There was a faint scar from the corner of his mouth to his ear. Hu Huanxi could see from the platform that his fingers were a little dark. When he heard Hu Huanxi's question, he said, "It was given to me by a customer."
Hu Huanxi smeared some ink on the table, verified the banknote again, and then returned the banknote. "Your banknote is fake. Have you been cheated?"
The man was shocked. "What? Fake?"
Hu Huanxi said to the bank owner, "Go out and explain to the customer why it's fake."
The shopkeeper nodded, "Yes!"
The shopkeeper walked out, asked the other party to sit down, and then closed the door.
The shopkeeper said, "Sir, please look at the banknote you gave me. It is made of mulberry paper and has our Dingfenghao seal." He took out a Dingfenghao banknote for comparison. "But if you look closely, there is a difference. The carvings on our Dingfenghao banknotes are very clear, and the diagonals are all curved, but the ones you took are all right angles without any curves. And look at the rubbings of the banknotes below. The ones you took are very dim, and the seals are misplaced, and this is pitch black... Oh, this is because your hands are dirty, so this doesn't count, but from what I have pointed out above, it can be confirmed that it is fake. If you don't believe it, you can ask the government to come and check. The rubbings of our Dingfenghao mulberry paper and even the seals are all noted by the government."
The man picked it up and compared it carefully, and indeed found a difference. The stack of banknotes had fuzzy black marks on them, which were caused by his dirty hands.
Hu Huanxi said at the counter, "Sir, you are from another place, right? People in the capital are very cunning. You have been cheated by your customer. You should report the case to the government office as soon as possible. If you need us to testify, we can also go to the government office to testify for you."
The man stood up, his face livid, and bowed, "Sorry to bother you."
After saying that, he picked up the fake banknote, waved his hand, and led his men away carrying the empty box.
The popular banknote exchange houses had local authority, so this person did not dare to make trouble and did not have any doubts. It was impossible that the banknote exchange houses had prepared fake silver bills in advance and were waiting here.
Hu Huanxi informed Murong Jie of this matter, and Murong Jie said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard and I made some money for free." Hu Huanxi said with a smile.
"As for Lord Liang, Prince Nan Huai might go looking for trouble with him, so you should let him know." Murong Jie said.
"I have already informed you. Your Excellency is not afraid, because when I gave you the banknotes, I checked them and confirmed that they were genuine."
"As for the Marquis..." Murong Jie wanted to ask him if he kept his mouth shut, but he was not afraid of people investigating the matter, and Prince Nan Huai did not dare to make a big fuss.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The Marquis is just a businessman now." Hu Huanxi trusted Marquis Liang very much. In the business world, it was rare to have such a close confidant with him.
It is said that this arms dealer broke into the palace and found Prince Nan Huai.
Prince Nan Huai had just arrived last night and had gone into the palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager. The arms dealer couldn't find Prince Nan Huai, so he sat in the living room waiting.
The noble concubine was afraid that Murong Jie would know the truth when he returned, so she asked someone to take the arms dealer to her Qingning Pavilion.
"Who allowed you to come here? If you have anything to say, just contact me privately." The noble concubine started to attack as soon as she opened her mouth.
When the arms dealer heard this, he knew that the noble concubine knew about it, so he threw out the banknotes coldly, "You used fake banknotes to fool me. It doesn't matter if this deal fails. This is too much of a lie. Don't think that just because you are a member of the royal family, we will be afraid of you. If you don't give me an explanation for this matter, we will all be in trouble."
The noble concubine said angrily: "Do I need to cheat you out of such a small amount of money? Have you ever been to the bank?"
"I'll go there today. The shopkeeper almost reported me to the government and had me arrested. Either you give me the real banknotes or make a scene." The arms dealer said sternly.
The noble concubine picked up the banknote in surprise, and when she saw the three words "Dingfenghao", she couldn't help but frowned. There were more private banks than just Hu Huanxi's, so why did they switch to Dingfenghao
"Could it be that someone from Dingfeng did something?" asked Concubine Dowager Gui.
"Impossible, I've been watching it the whole time. Besides, they don't know we're taking the silver notes to exchange, so how could they prepare fake silver notes in advance? I've exchanged notes from Dingfenghao before, and there has never been a situation like this." It was not the first time that the arms dealer had dealt with a silver bank. He had exchanged notes from Dingfenghao many times, and had never encountered such a situation.
Therefore, he was certain that they were just playing tricks and trying to get something for nothing.
The noble concubine thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you go back first. I will give you a satisfactory answer within three days."
The arms dealer was not afraid that she would run away, so he stood up and said coldly, "Okay, I'll come back in three days, but I have to calculate the interest on these banknotes. You have to return the principal and interest to me in three days, otherwise, you just wait."
After saying this, he left with his men.
The noble concubine was so angry that she kept scolding Prince Nan Huai for being stupid. How could he let the arms dealer know his true identity and come to his house
(End of this chapter)