Two hundred and sixtieth IX clever premeditated tit for tat II
Zang Ao glanced at Chao Gai very excitedly, then walked to the door, waved his hands and feet and said: "Those who are more agile, move the box over quickly, yes, yes, yes, put it in the magistrate's house." in front of
The disciples of the Zang family carried a big box with a mouthful of it and placed it steadily in front of the county magistrate. Zang Ao looked at the pile of boxes that looked like a hill, and then looked at the box with only one mouthful on the other side of Chao Gai, and his heart suddenly grew stronger. Feeling proud, he couldn't help but secretly thought: Chao Gai, work hard, I'm not as good as you, but when it comes to fighting for money, you are not as good as me. Let's see who will drag whom to death in the end."
"Mr. Wu, here is the silver salary equivalent to the fifty thousand days of public grain. In addition, these two boxes are from our Zang family, knowing that you, the county magistrate, are financially strapped, so we came here to honor you. I hope Mr. Wu will accept it and never refuse. ," After saying that, Zang Ao laughed alone.
Magistrate Wu smiled and felt happy. He thought to himself that when he first came to Yuncheng County, neither of these two families came to curry favor with them. It seemed like they had settled down in this county. Now the two families are vying to curry favor and send gifts. Isn't it just that I am biased in one direction? Haha, the money will get faster and faster. Good, good, good. As the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam compete, the fisherman will benefit.
Magistrate Wu thought happily, waved his hand and said: "Take the silver that is redeemed for public grain to the county treasury, ask the money and grain master to come and do the calculation in person, and then everything will be fine."
Zang Ao had just seen Chao Gai opening boxes of money in front of Magistrate Wu. At that moment, he wanted to use these boxes of money to sting Chao Gai's eyes deeply, so he waved his hands and said: " Why go to the back hall? Is there anyone who dares to do something wrong at the gate of the government office? Not to mention that they don't dare, even if they dare, with Zang Ao here, if they want to take advantage of Magistrate Wu, they have to step on it first. My dead body has passed away,"
Magistrate Wu was very happy when he heard this. Now that he can control Zang Ao, there will no longer be any big family in Yuncheng County. Everything is not his anymore. Magistrate Wu was as happy as if he wanted to It’s Chinese New Year and he said authentically: “With your words, this county is enough, hahaha, okay, let’s open the box and open our eyes.”
Zang Ao waved his hand and ordered the two disciples of the Zang family to open the big black box. Everyone held their breath and took a look inside, oh, good guy, the silver ingots were beaten until their faces were shining. After opening it, Everyone's eyes flashed. Magistrate Wu felt itchy when he saw so much money. He couldn't help rubbing his hands and happily changed his name and said: "Master Zang's move is indeed more impressive than before. , it makes me feel so embarrassed, hahaha,"
"Sir, you don't have to feel embarrassed. We still have a long way to go in the future. This is just the beginning." Zang Ao's words were very profound. Hearing this, Magistrate Wu had a special taste in his ears. It was very comfortable. However, standing there Chao Gai, who was watching the excitement from the side, did not feel a trace of nervousness or embarrassment. Instead, it was as if Chao Gai was the one benefiting now, with a smile on his face without showing off.
Mr. Wu smiled and approached the box of silver, picked up one and held it in his hand as carefully as if he was holding the memorial tablet of his ancestors. However, while everyone was smiling, Magistrate Wu's expression slowly turned slow. The ground sank. He weighed the silver in his hands and frowned. When everyone saw Magistrate Wu's expression turning from sunny to gloomy, they felt that there must be something wrong here. Wei Du was worried. Seeing Mr. Wu suddenly squeeze the silver ingot in his hand, staring straight at Zang Ao, as if he was brewing anger, so he also took a silver ingot from the big black box and held it in his hand. After weighing it, he noticed something fishy. The weight seemed not enough. In order to confirm the authenticity, Wei Dutou put the silver ingot to his mouth and bit it. Not to mention leaving any teeth marks, the whole ingot was choked. After less than half of it, Wei Dutou immediately understood and said why the weight was not enough. He had spent a long time building the silver with a layer of shell.
Wei Du didn't wait for Lord Wu to give the order before he pulled out the sword with a swipe and put it on Zang Ao's neck. When the officials at the gate of the county government saw it, they also drew their swords out of their sheaths, and they were not able to recover. Everyone in the Zang family surrounded him.
Seeing this posture, Zang Ao stared blankly with his triangular eyes, and said at a loss: "Wei Dutou, what do you mean..."
"What do you mean, huh, are you treating Mr. Wu like a fool?" Wei Dutou yelled loudly: "How dare you use such low-quality silver to pay for official rations? Fortunately, Mr. Wu is very aware of it and saw through your trick. , otherwise when the time comes, we will be sent to the top, and we adults will suffer from you. Zang Ao, I didn’t expect you to be so vicious."
"I...I don't have it, maybe..." Zang Ao felt a little guilty. To be honest, the Zang family did have a piece of silver that was of low quality, but he had other uses for the silver. Maybe it was packed in the wrong box. So, he said: "Maybe it was a moment of negligence. I exchanged two boxes for you before sending them to you, sir. However, I never dare to make a mistake with the money used to redeem the official rations. Please be careful, sir."
Magistrate Wu snorted and said: "Come here, open all those boxes and let me check them."
"Yes,,," a few servants from behind came up, opened the silver boxes that were stamped together, weighed the silver in their hands, and immediately threw it down and said, "Sir, This money is also fake,"
"Humph," Magistrate Wu suddenly became furious. He pointed his finger at Zang Ao and said angrily, "How else can you explain this?"
"I...I...this, this is impossible," Zang Ao was anxious at this moment. He didn't care about Wei Dutou's blade on his neck. He blocked it with his hand, and then went to the big boxes. He ran to the side, grabbed a few from left and right, and weighed them in his hands. The color on his face darkened. He frantically opened all the boxes and grabbed a few of the silver inside. After weighing them again, Zang Ao's heart sank completely. Zang Ao never expected, and he never imagined, why the silver that he personally arranged to put in turned into such a shell when he took it out. Zang Ao He threw the fake silver in his hand to the ground. He was so angry that he kicked all the boxes to the ground. From the corner of his eye, he accidentally saw Chao Gai standing aside with a slight smile on his face and his hands behind his back. He was so angry. Tengdi came up and thought to himself, he must be responsible for this. If you ask me to die, I won't let you have an easy time. Zang Ao suddenly took out his sword from the waist of the disciple beside him and bit it. Zang Ao rushed straight in front of Chao Gai. However, as soon as Zang Ao rushed in front of Chao Gai, Ruan Xiaoer stepped in from the side of the ground. Without drawing his sword, he just raised his leg and kicked Zang hard. Ao flew out, took three or four steps, and landed at the foot of the county government gate.
The Zang family had always been surrounded by servants, and no one could help him. Zang Ao fell down and gnawed on the mud, feeling unhappy. When he was about to get up and start again, Wei Du had a headache. With quick eyesight and hands, he caught up step by step and put the sharp blade on his neck. The cool feeling made Zang Ao wake up in an instant and became much better behaved.
【Shijie Village·Zangjiazhuang】
In the afternoon, Zang Hanzhong suddenly heard a panic report from a young boy in the Zang family, saying that someone had plotted his money and that Zang Ao was being detained in the county government office. So, he didn't care to say more and immediately After collecting the remaining money in the treasury to support the family, he hurried to the Yamen. Mr. Wu was very unhappy after being repeatedly deceived by the Zang family. He began to thank guests behind closed doors, but Zang Hanzhong, an old man who knew how to be clingy best, Tao, he knelt at the door and waited. Finally, he finally managed to persuade the county magistrate to accept the money, temporarily redeemed his son Zang Ao, and promised to make up for the money that was used to redeem the official grain within a day or two.
Just like that, the Zang family father and son returned to Zang's village with a cart full of fake money. The Zang family father and son were so angry that they didn't eat or drink that night. They both sat in the study, bored. Ao carefully started from preparing the money to escorting him to the county government gate. After thinking about it all the way, he suddenly realized what the problem was.
Zang Ao suddenly stood up, his eyes burning and said: "Chao Gai, you are going too far."
Zang Hanzhong has long been impatient. Now that he has lost such a large sum of money, he has almost lost his entire family. What is left is the land deed of the gambling house, the current house deed of Zangjiazhuang and dozens of acres of fertile land. Immediately he slapped the table and said: "Our Zang family and he are incompatible with each other."
"We are irreconcilable," Zang Ao said angrily along with his father. However, reality still had to be faced. He asked in a low voice: "Dad, what should we do next?"
After hearing this, Zang Hanzhong sighed deeply, fell down on his chair dejectedly, and did not respond.
When Zang Ao saw that his father had also lost his mind, he immediately changed his mind, picked up the simple knife placed on the wall, and went out again.
When Zang Hanzhong saw that Zang Ao had lost his temper again, he jumped up and snatched the knife away. When Zang Ao saw that the knife had been taken away, Zang Ao became anxious and rushed over to snatch it away. Zang's son's actions were seen in his eyes. , it was a slap in the face, and Zang Ao was stunned for a moment.
Zang Hanzhong exhaled deeply and said: "How many times have I told you to calm down, use your brain, and don't just go all out? The wind is not going with us now, and using force will only leave others with an excuse to eat." Big loss,"
Zang Ao stopped talking. He was actually very dissatisfied. He was tolerant at first and he is still tolerant now. He didn't know if this level of abjection was not the bottom line and how long he would have to endure it.
"Here," Zang Hanzhong took the land deed of the Zang family's gambling house in Yuncheng County and handed it to Zang Ao, saying: "Cash him into cash. After this calamity, our Zang family has become nothing more than empty airs. I don’t have much money left, so please help me.”
Zang Ao looked at the land deed in his hand, and his heart was stung hard for a moment. Tears rolled in his eyes twice, but he gritted his teeth and swallowed.