The alley is long, and under the snowy night, the petite person in front still leaves a faint shadow.
Bai Song ran all the way, watching the shadow in front of him get closer and closer.
After running for two minutes, I chased him to the entrance of the alley. Just when the man was about to escape from the alley, Bai Song finally grabbed him by the back.
The thief was so light that Bai Song couldn't even feel the weight. He gently lifted the thief back and Bai Song caught him.
"ah!"
With a burst of exclamation, the other party turned out to be a little girl.
Bai Song was stunned at first, and then became suspicious: "Who is it? Why did you poison me?"
The voice sounded like that of a little girl, but Bai Song didn't dare to relax. Judging from the poison used in the food, the person who poisoned it must be an expert in pharmacology. It was not just a medicine prepared by a charlatan.
"Let me go! Let me go! You murderer!"
The little girl who was caught screamed at the top of her lungs, but had no combat experience. She couldn't get away from Bai Song except by yelling and screaming.
Listening to the voice, Bai Song suddenly felt familiar, but he thought to himself that he had never killed anyone before, so how could he become a murderer?
Could it be...
Bai Song suddenly thought of something, and just as he was waiting to confirm it, he felt a chill coming from behind him. He subconsciously turned around and saw a person suddenly flashing behind him, holding a bamboo stick and slashing at Bai Song's head.
Bai Song dodged to the side, but it was still a moment too late.
Fortunately, he avoided serious head injuries, and the bamboo stick fell directly on Bai Song's left shoulder.
Bai Song secretly screamed, "I'm afraid I'm going to suffer a big loss here tonight."
Who would have thought that a blow to the shoulder would not hurt? The person who hit the person was really too weak.
Even ordinary people like Bai Song can withstand it.
Bai Song was overjoyed and secretly laughed at the fact that these two people were just trying to do a sneak attack?
Without even thinking about it, he put his foot on the belly of the person coming from behind, and kicked the person away in one go.
It wasn't that Bai Song was powerful, but that the latter was unbearable. Bai Song easily kicked the man away with the strength of an ordinary person, and the bamboo stick also fell to the ground.
Bai Song grabbed the little girl with one hand and picked up the bamboo stick with the other. Regardless of who the person was, he returned the stick with his backhand and hit him on the shoulder as well.
A howl like a slaughtering pig was immediately heard from the entrance of the alley.
If she wasn't a woman, then Bai Song would feel more confident.
After one stick, the second stick comes again.
Suddenly, there was severe pain in the other hand, and Xiao Nizi suddenly became fierce and bit Bai Song with all her strength.
Bai Song was in pain and quickly let go. The little girl cried out "brother" and then threw herself on the person on the ground, seemingly trying to block the attacker's stick.
The incident happened suddenly, and Bai Song was a little excited, but after being beaten, his mood gradually stabilized.
After all, the other party was a little girl, and her voice was probably like his own sister. Bai Song couldn't get angry without understanding the cause of the matter.
Then he threw away the stick, checked his arm, and found only a row of neat tooth marks. Then he asked the two people in front of him: "Are you the grandchildren of Divine Doctor Xue?"
The man on the ground said harshly: "If you want to kill or behead me, it's up to you. My brother and sister can't avenge grandpa today. That's God's will!"
"Want to kill or behead you? Why should I kill you?"
"If you don't kill us today, we will seek revenge on you tomorrow! As long as we are alive, you will have no peace."
"If you really want to avenge the old liar named Xue, the food will not just be poison that makes people feel stomachache. I am talking to you now because you still have self-awareness. If you don't drink deadly poison, it is because you think your grandfather is
It’s your own fault.”
"That's enough! Stop talking!" The man scolded, "If grandpa hadn't done it for me and the Xue family, he wouldn't have done such a thing! Our parents died early, and grandpa raised us single-handedly. Now grandpa is dead because of you.
If he dies, how can we, brother and sister, not avenge our grandfather?"
"Like revenge? Then please do as you please."
Bai Song suddenly felt that it was meaningless. What could a little girl and a weak scholar do even if they wanted to take revenge?
After saying that, he left these two people behind and left.
…
After this episode.
Bai Song returned to Hualou and met Xue He again. He told him the whole story and both of them had no more thoughts.
Xue He left Mang County overnight and headed for the capital with what he thought was his treasure.
The next day, a man who claimed to be Boss Xue's assistant came to Bai Song and sent Xue He a thank you gift.
The thank-you gift was a brocade box, square and very neat, and it was painted with colorful paint, which looked good.
The other party left the brocade box and left in a hurry.
Bai Song first called Sang Sang and his sister to come together, saying that they wanted to witness what kind of treasure Boss Xue would give them.
At first glance, Xue He is a rich and wealthy owner, so he must be generous.
Bai Song was short of money, so it would be best if the other party could give him some money or something.
The two girls stood by and were equally looking forward to it. Bai Rou hugged Sang Sang and said proudly: "Did you see that? Isn't my brother great? Our family will not be short of money in the future."
Sang Sang Zaba Zaba's eyes said: "Brother Bai is busy going out to make money and didn't study for the past two days, so there's no need to worry about it."
Both girls are obsessed with money, and they are waiting for the moment when Bai Song opens the brocade box.
Bai Song coughed lightly and opened the brocade box with a solemn expression.
As the brocade box was opened, the objects inside the brocade box were gradually revealed in front of several people's eyes. Without exception, those pairs of eyes changed from surprise to surprise, and then from surprise to horror.
In the brocade box, as everyone expected, there were really ingots of bright white silver, each one neatly arranged and clearly visible at a glance.
Four vertically and six horizontally, twenty-four in total.
Weighing it into my hand, I saw that it was obviously ten taels per ingot, a total of two hundred and forty taels of silver.
This is an astronomical number every day!
Bai Song was frightened!
This is the Tang Dynasty, not the Ming and Qing Dynasties when money was everywhere.
Bai Song himself estimated that the purchasing power of one tael of silver at this time was equivalent to about 5,000 yuan in modern times.
Two hundred and forty taels of silver is equivalent to an income of millions of dollars. If converted into copper coins, it would not be enough to fill the entire yard.
Bai Song thought about Boss Xue's extraordinary moves, but never thought that this Boss Xue's moves were so extraordinary!
For ordinary people like Sangsang, they never even dreamed that one day they would get so much money.
Sangsang looked at it, her eyes wet with excitement, as if countless pictures of a beautiful life suddenly appeared in her mind.
But then I thought about it, this amount of money is an astronomical amount to ordinary people, but it is nothing to big families.
Think about it, a small Sui Ping spent thousands of taels of silver in three days. What does this little money mean?
In ancient times, the gap between rich and poor was even worse than it would be thousands of years later.
"Brother Bai, is this too much money?" Sangsang asked in a low voice, a little worried.
Bai Rou didn't take it seriously and said seriously: "Didn't you listen to what my brother said? The emperor is looking for the elixir today. The medicinal material my brother made is the introduction to the elixir. Now that man went to present the treasure. The emperor was happy and gave it to
The benefits to that person are more than a thousandfold? This little money is not much."
Bai Song was not a person who looked forward and backward, but the windfall came too suddenly.
Looking at the brocade box, Bai Song felt a little worried.
"Brother, put the money away quickly, don't let anyone see it." Bai Rou went up and put away the brocade box.
Bai Song didn't stop him and just let his sister keep it. Anyway, this sister was always careful in doing things.
But before his sister took away the brocade box, Bai Song took out a tablet from it.
Bai Song was playing with the money and suddenly thought of something.
Before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, silver was not yet known as a currency in civilian circulation. Silver was mainly used as military pay.
Any silver ingot will have the special symbols of military pay from various places printed on the base.
If military pay is circulated among the people, it is a serious crime that causes loss of one's head.
For insurance, Bai Song looked at the silver base.
There are no marks on the silver base, which makes Bai Song feel relieved.
But before he put it into his heart, Bai Song made another discovery.
Although there is no military pay mark on this silver base, there are obvious brand marks!
Bai Song's heart skipped a beat!
What does this mark mean?
Isn't it the trace left by the military pay marks being artificially erased?
The source of this silver is official silver!
Bai Song felt something was wrong and hurried out to call his aunt.
The aunt lived for more than ten years, so she was naturally more reliable than the two little girls. She even asked if there was anything wrong with the money.
The aunt looked at the silver and explained: "There must be something wrong with this silver, but I heard that the silver circulating in wealthy families is also like this. These silvers were lost from official silver, and some of them were collected and hidden at home by wealthy families."
Some of them were cut into pieces and circulated outside. When wealthy families were in urgent need of money, some of these pieces of silver would be taken out and cut into pieces.
As long as the money is cut into pieces, it cannot be traced back, and the government will naturally have no control over it. And wealthy families will also use such silver transactions in private, and everyone will turn a blind eye.
"
Bai Song heard the general idea and asked if anything would happen if he was investigated.
This matter put my aunt in a bit of a dilemma. She was not sure. She only said that no one would come to investigate.
Such an ambiguous answer made Bai Song even more uneasy.
Bai Song thought for a long time and felt that Xue He was a little weird, so he hurriedly said goodbye to his aunt.
One person ran to a drug store in the county and found the storekeeper to inquire about Xue He's origins.
After asking, I found out that Xue He was indeed a famous druggist, but he had never gone to his drugstore to buy medicine the night before.
Obviously, Xue He lied.
Bai Song hurried home without looking back, put a box of silver in his arms, and went straight to the county government office.
Xue He's surname is Xue, and he is in the medicinal materials business.
Doctor Xue is also named Xue.
If the two Xue surnames are related, then Xue He has enough reasons to trick him.
Thinking of this, Bai Song's back felt chilly.
When I arrived at the gate of the county government office, I saw the boy delivering gifts coming out of the county government office, followed by several government officials.
This guy is indeed a bait.
The boy delivering the gift bumped into Bai Song, and the man was stunned for a moment.
Bai Song smiled coldly. Fortunately, he came to the county government on his own initiative, otherwise he would not be able to explain clearly.
The boy came back to his senses, pointed at Bai Song and shouted: "It's him! It's him! There is money from unknown sources in this person's house! Arrest this person quickly!"