The detectives were soon invited in. There was no food or wine, only a bowl of hot water. However, the purpose of inviting them in was not to eat, but to conduct a dirty money transaction.
Chen Jingke went over in person, and Cheng Hualiang and others followed him like his followers.
As a local snake, Bai Lifu naturally knew a few of them. He was surprised when he saw this scene. At the same time, he was deeply grateful that he personally led the team here today.
Even the husband of the Duke's family is willing to be a green leaf, so what does it matter to him as a worthless head catcher?
I have long heard that this little real person is particularly loved by the queen, and there are even rumors that he wants to be the princess. Now it seems that it is not entirely false.
He must find an opportunity to have a relationship with Zixiaoguan. He would not be able to forgive himself if he didn't hug her.
Chen Jingke came to the front of everyone, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "You have worked hard today. I am disrespectful because of my small thoughts. Please accept it."
He waved his hand, and two Taoist boys came over carrying a wooden tray with small bags on it. All the detectives showed greedy eyes, but no one dared to reach out.
Chen Jingke knew what they were waiting for, so he personally came to Bai Lifu with a larger bag and said: "Baitou, thank you for your hard work."
Bai Lifu's face was immediately filled with a smile, and he said: "What is Master Chen doing? You can't do it. You are my nephew, how can I dare to accept your money?"
Chen Jingke said: "Hey, that's not what you said. The white arrester protects the safety of one party, and we, the common people, benefit from it..."
"Let me tell you first, I am not bribing you. I mainly want to express my gratitude to you. If you don't accept it, you will look down on our Zixiaoguan."
As he spoke, he forced the money bag onto him.
However, Bai Lifu refused and pretended to be humiliated.
Now Chen Jingke was confused. What's going on? Shouldn't he give in half-heartedly, and then put the money bag in his pocket at lightning speed?
That's what Cheng Hualiang told him just now. Why is the situation completely different?
Not only him, but other detectives also looked at their boss in puzzlement. How could he suddenly become so honest and law-abiding?
Bai Lifu saw Chen Jingke's embarrassment and immediately said: "I heard that the temple gives each pilgrim an amulet. If the real person wants to reward us, why not give us one to protect ourselves?"
When Chen Jingke didn't know what to do, he noticed Cheng Hualiang winking at him again, asking him to agree.
Without thinking too much, he immediately said: "Why not? I'm afraid I'm neglecting you all."
He winked at Yang Tianlu and said, "Senior Brother Yang, go get our amulet."
Yang Tianlu understood immediately, went to the gate of Zixiao Palace, took some Tai Chi Bagua pendants, and gave them to everyone one by one.
Looking at the golden amulet in his hand, Bai Lifu smiled bitterly in his heart, but at this point he had no choice but to accept it.
The ones in the hands of other detectives were silver-white, and since they were not stupid, they naturally knew that it was made of silver. They were very happy and thanked them repeatedly.
Although silver cannot be spent directly as money, it can be exchanged for copper coins at places like silver houses, and its value is not much worse than gold. Today's trip is so worth it.
Some of them glared at his subordinates, and Bai Lifu smiled again and said: "Thank you, Mr. Sun, for your reward. Don't worry, I will send people here to patrol here every day, and I will ensure that no one will disturb you and Master Sun."
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Then he took the people away very wisely.
On the road, a policeman approached him and complimented him: "Boss, you are still very good. On the surface, you refused their money and forced them to exchange for this more valuable gold and silver amulet."
Others echoed: "Yes, yes, at first I thought the boss had changed his temper."
"I estimate that the money in that purse is only thirty or fifty cents at most. If you resell this amulet, it will be worth at least one cent."
"This move of retreating into advancement is really clever."
However, someone soon noticed that Bai Lifu's expression was wrong, and his heart suddenly trembled, and he said cautiously: "Boss, what's wrong?"
Naturally, Bai Lifu would not tell them his true thoughts, but said with a tiger face: "Do you think Zixiaoguan's money is so easy to get?"
"Who are the people who came to offer incense today? Didn't you miss it? Even the Imperial Guards are here. Who in Beijing can mobilize so many Imperial Guards?"
There is only one answer, the emperor.
Without the emperor's order, even the military generals could not mobilize the imperial army without permission.
At this time, the group of policemen realized that Zixiao Temple was a Taoist temple built by the emperor's express decree. If they dared to come here to collect money, they would really have a long life.
"Boss, what should we do? How about we return the things?"
Bai Lifu was furious and said: "Idiot, what we want is not money, but an amulet, do you understand? Just offer it when you get home. Who can say anything?"
Everyone suddenly understood and nodded quickly. As for the idea of selling anything, they no longer dared to think about it.
Seeing that he had frightened this group of people, Bai Lifu revealed his final purpose: "We have taken other people's things and we have to do things for them."
"From now on, I will send one or two brothers to patrol here every day to warn the lowlifes you know not to appear around Zixiao Temple."
Everyone hurriedly said: "Boss, you can make whatever arrangements you want, we will all listen to you."
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Zixiaoguan saw off the group of catchers. Chen Jingke looked at Cheng Hualiang with great confusion and said, "Brother Cheng, is this white catcher an upright official?"
"Ha." Cheng Huailiang sneered: "Do you believe that he is an upright official? He doesn't want these small coins because he is honest, but because he has a bigger demand."
Having said this, Chen Jingke naturally understood what was going on.
Then I feel helpless, but secretly happy, we are now famous people after all.
At this time, Cheng Huailiang said: "It's getting late, we should go back and visit the real person another day."
Chen Jingke saw that the sky had indeed begun to darken. There was a curfew in this era, and he did not stop him.
He just said apologetically: "I'm really sorry. Not only did I not entertain you well today, but I also troubled you all day long."
Qin Yandao smiled and said: "If this is the real person, we should help each other as soon as we meet."
Yuchi Xunyu spoke more directly, saying: "I came here to help just because I thought I would like you, the real person. Don't treat us as outsiders."
Cheng Chubi, who had been ignored all the time, also nodded fiercely and said regretfully: "It's a pity that no young people showed up, otherwise I could have performed a live performance of catching a thief with my bare hands."
"Haha." Chen Jingke couldn't help laughing. This boy didn't look like Cheng Yaojin's son, but more like a son of the Yuchi family.
He knew very well what the three of them really thought. He also wanted to make more friends, so he took advantage of the situation and said, "Okay, then I'm not welcome."
"You can come and play with me in the future... Well, usually I have to study with Master in the morning and only have time in the afternoon. You can come and see me in the afternoon."
The three of them were very happy to get the reply they wanted. They all said that they would come to him often in the future, and then left with satisfaction.
Chen Jingke sent them a long way before returning, and then ordered people to close the door to end the busy day.
However, they can't rest yet. Not to mention cleaning and preparing supplies for tomorrow, the most important thing is to count the donations received today.