A dark light flashed in the guard's eyes, he held the box and said, "Open it, who knows if there is evidence of colluding with assassins hidden inside?"
Bai Erlang was angry, "Where can a student of mine collude with assassins?"
He directly took out the key and opened the box. Inside was all his belongings, most of which were silver and a small part of which were copper coins.
He glanced at the guards and then closed the box to take it into his arms. However, the guards held it down and did not let go. He said with an indistinct expression: "I want to take this box away and check if there is a sandwich."
Man Bao and Bai Shanbao heard the argument in the room and ran in quickly. After hearing the guard's words, Man Bao immediately took out a piece of clothing from the cabinet on the side and spread it on the bed. Bai Shanbao opened the box again and took out the clothes inside.
He took out all the money and handed the box to the guard very generously, "Here, take it and check it."
There was a dark glint in the guard's eyes. He looked at the three boys and girls intently, closed the box and handed it to the person behind him.
Zhou Lang ran in after him and saw his face and knew something was wrong. From the moment they smashed things in the kitchen with their rough hands and feet, he knew these people were not easy to deal with.
He anxiously stepped forward and touched his body. He didn't find any money, so he didn't care much. He reached out and grabbed the silver on his clothes and tried to put it into the guard's hand as a bribe.
But Manbao held down his hand, and Bai Shanbao shook his head at him.
The guard narrowed his eyes, and the atmosphere in the room became strange.
Zhou Lang couldn't help but look at Daji. He felt that they were the only two people in this room who could be more mature and take care of things.
Daji was silent for a moment and shook his head slightly at Zhou Lang.
Zhou Lang's hand froze. He glanced at Yaomei, then slowly withdrew his hand from the silver and looked at the silent guards and others, not knowing what to do.
The leading guard sneered and waved his hand: "Continue searching, search more carefully!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard swept his hand, and the vase Bai Shanbao placed on the wooden stand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
Bai Erlang's eyes widened.
The guards rolled up their sleeves and started rummaging around the room, throwing quilts on the floor, tables and chairs being roughly removed, wardrobes and boxes being opened, and clothes and toys being thrown everywhere.
Nothing was found, so the leading guard waved his hand and went to other rooms.
Bai Shanbao kept suppressing his temper, holding down Man Bao with one hand and Bai Erlang with the other, preventing them from getting angry.
When they arrived at the yard, the guard saw the main room at a glance, and he was about to step forward with his men. Now even Bai Shanbao couldn't help it, and stepped forward to stop him, "This is my husband's room and study..."
The guard sneered, "Everyone's room must be searched, get out of the way!"
"Bai Shan," Mr. Zhuang stood in the corridor, motioned for him to get out of the way, and said with a slight smile: "Let them investigate."
Only then did the guards see a person standing on the porch, but the night was too dark and they only lit one lamp in the room, so they didn't see him for a while.
Now I looked closely and found Mr. Zhuang standing in the corridor, with the cook and Zhou Lijun standing behind him.
Zhou Lijun trotted up, took his sister-in-law's hand, and shook his head at her.
Mr. Zhuang took a step forward, looked at the guards with a smile and said, "Please check carefully, so that we can sleep more peacefully."
One of the officials leading the way looked at Mr. Zhuang and then at the guard. He couldn't help but stepped forward and whispered to the guard: "Sir, this family has a somewhat different background. They are acquainted with our Lord Tang, and they seem to be old friends."
The guard's heart skipped a beat. Tang He was from Jinyang's Tang family, his old friend...
The guard was a little more polite, but he still led people to search other rooms, but he didn't dare to break anything again.
Bai Shanbao and the others watched coldly, neither scolding nor flattering. After Mr. Zhuang sat down behind the desk, Bai Shanbao went to the kitchen and brought a pot of boiling water that had been hot to make tea for him.
Seeing that the three younger ones were so calm, and seeing Mr. Zhuang sitting leisurely drinking tea, the leading guard became even more afraid to be too presumptuous.
He secretly glared at the yamen servant. He had a background, why didn't you tell him earlier?
The yamen servant lowered his eyes to avoid his gaze.
Zhou Lang looked around, feeling a little uncertain.
He really wanted to take out some money to bribe these guards, but after looking at the faces of Manbao and others, he didn't dare.
So he could only bow down and send the group of people out after the inspection, waved in a flattering way and said: "Gentlemen, go slowly, go slowly."
When the people walked away, Zhou Lang straightened his back, curled his lips secretly, turned back and closed the door.
He quickly ran to the study, where Manbao and the others were packing their things.
Although they didn't break anything when they searched the study, they did make a mess and some calligraphy and paintings were defaced, which had to be tidied up again.
Zhou Lang went directly to Mr. Zhuang, "Mr. Zhuang, won't we offend the officials? I think those guards are very arrogant. If they find trouble for us afterwards..."
Before Mr. Zhuang could say anything, Man Bao on the side said first, "Fourth brother, it's useless even if you give money to this kind of person. If you want to make a feud, you have to have some power to suppress it."
"Yes, if Bai Er's money box is asked to be taken away by him, he will search other rooms later. I don't know how much money he will have to plunder." Bai Shanbao said, "But we have already withheld the money. You can give him the money again."
, he accepted the money, but he was still angry in his heart. Not only would he continue to smash things, but he would not let us go afterward."
"They are searching for assassins. At such a critical moment, if they turn around and say something to us, it seems that they are connected with the assassins, we will not be able to escape the connection. Don't even think about it." Bai Shanbao said: "So, either Bai Er will be killed from the beginning.
Let him search the money box, and if we continue to spend money to eliminate disasters, he will have nothing to do with us after he walks out of this door."
"Either you can only use force to counter force afterwards." Bai Shanbao said: "The last thing you can do is to bribe in the middle. That is really losing your wife and losing troops, and there is no benefit at all."
Mr. Zhuang nodded and said with approval: "Yes, this person is a villain, so he must be like this."
Zhou Lang sighed, "I don't know what the official officer said. Their attitude softened immediately. They won't come to trouble us again afterwards, right?"
Mr. Zhuang thought for a while, then got up and went back to the house, took out a bag of money and handed it to Zhou Lang, saying: "Tomorrow I will buy some things and go to the county office to express my gratitude. In a few days, when Magistrate Tang is not so busy, we will invite him
Let’s have a meal and accept this favor from him.”
Zhou Lang blinked and realized belatedly, "It's because of Magistrate Tang."
Bai Erlang said angrily: "These people are too bad, how are they different from bandits?"
Man Bao asked: "Our family can still act like a fox and a tiger, but what will happen to other ordinary families?"