Xu Qing and Su Qian looked at each other confused, what is Xu Sima doing here?
You're not here to pay back the money, are you?
At this time, Xu Qing and Su Qian also met Su County Magistrate who also sent the Yamen home. Su County Magistrate looked at Xu Sima and then at Xu Qing and Su Qian, with confusion on his face...
Magistrate Su looked at Xu Sima with a cold face and said, "Master Xu, what are you doing in my Su Mansion?"
There was no politeness in his tone. Anyway, Magistrate Su had already prepared for the worst. At worst, he would resign and follow his son-in-law to do business in other places. Without the constraints of official position and grade, the current Magistrate Su would look at this
When I was Sima Dangtang, I didn't have any fear.
Xu Sima lowered his posture and said with regret in his voice: "Master Xu, Mr. Su."
The tone was very polite, so polite that even Xu Qing and the others were a little uncomfortable with it. Compared with the tone Magistrate Su spoke just now, they were two extremes.
Xu Qing and the other three were all a little confused. Did Xu Sima take the wrong medicine? Why did Xu Sima's appearance give them a pitiful feeling now?
Xu Qing said: "What's the matter with Mr. Xu? If you're not here to give money, Mr. Xu should go back. The small family in the Su Mansion cannot afford to entertain a big Buddha like Mr. Xu."
Xu Sima nodded quickly and said: "Master Xu, please calm down. I am here to present the compensation notes. You see, a total of 60,000 taels of silver notes are all here. It was my fault in the past, and it will definitely be my fault in the future."
Keep a close eye on the child and prevent him from causing any trouble to Mr. Xu."
Magistrate Su found Xu Sima's small box, opened it and looked at it, but found a stack of banknotes, totaling 60,000 taels, which was divided quite a lot.
After delivering the banknote, Xu Sima said goodbye and left, his attitude was not ordinary humility.
Magistrate Su looked at Xu Qing and asked doubtfully: "Isn't this some conspiracy of the Xu family?"
Xu Qing shrugged: "I don't think so. Who used a conspiracy to give us 60,000 taels of silver in a reasonable and legal way? If there was such a conspiracy, we wouldn't have to open a shop and just offend people every day..."
Magistrate Su nodded when he heard Xu Qing's words: "That's right, that's all. Let's talk about it at home first. It's too cold outside."
Small courtyard kitchen
Su Qian was preparing meals for the two of them inside, while Xu Qing and Magistrate Su were counting money and talking outside.
Without Xu Qing's participation in the preparation of the dinner, it seems that sweet and sour short ribs would not appear.
Magistrate Su counted the banknotes in his hand over and over again. As a county magistrate, he had never seen so much money in his life! They were all banknotes!
After counting the sixty thousand taels many times, Magistrate Su put it in the box and looked at Xu Qing and said: "Does the Xu family want to be subdued?"
Xu Qing nodded and said: "Judging from Xu Sima's attitude just now, I'm afraid it is. Otherwise, there is no need for him to come by himself and keep his attitude so low. If he doesn't want to give in, he can just appoint a servant."
come over."
Magistrate Su asked in confusion: "Why did the Xu family suddenly relent?"
Xu Qing shook his head: "I don't know. Could it be that he gave up when he casually used his son's life as a threat last time?"
It shouldn't be... wasn't Xu Sima quite tough when he came out of the government office that day?
Magistrate Su looked at the box in his hand, and then thought about the night when Su Qian and Xu Qing were assassinated...
Magistrate Su frowned and said, "Can you forgive the Xu family just for a mere 60,000 taels of silver?! He can send Mo Mo to assassinate you and Qian'er, but we can't do anything to the Xu family... Sigh..."
Xu Qing took the box over and said: "Forgive? The Xu family wants to be nice. Let's not talk about our family. Over the years, Xu Sima has allowed his son to bully men and women, seize farmland, force girls into prostitution, and go to brothels without paying... Even if we forgive him Yongzhou
The people of the city will not forgive him! The people of Yongzhou will not forgive him, and the oiran of Piaoxiangyuan will not forgive him either!"
Magistrate Su looked at Xu Qing blankly: "You don't get paid to go to a brothel? How did you know?"
Xu Qing waved her hand and said, "Oh, that's what all the women in the brothel say."
In an instant... Magistrate Su and Xu Qing instantly felt that the temperature around them dropped a bit... The two of them were alert...
Su Qiansu came over with a tray in hand, placed the three dishes on the tray on the table, looked at Xu Qing and said, "How do you know what the women in the brothel said?"
Xu Qing smiled awkwardly and said: "This... I heard this from my friends... How could I go to a place like that? Let alone go, in fact I didn't even take a look!"
Su Qian asked: "Really?"
Xu Qing nodded decisively and said: "Of course! You see, these days I am not only at the bookstore but also at home. Madam, you know it. How can I find time to go to a place like that? I don't have time even if I want to.
Go!”
Su Qian frowned: "Do you still want to?"
Xu Qing shook his head violently: "No! I don't want to!"
Seeing Su Qian walking to the back room of the kitchen to serve rice, both County Magistrate Su and Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief...
Women are very scary, and Su Qian who can break a corner of a lamppost effortlessly is even more scary...
Xu Qing promised that he had never been to Piaoxiangyuan, but Xiao Ye had been. Even though he had been there, he always listened to music instead of doing business...
When Xu Qing asked Xiao Ye to investigate Xu Shen, Xiao Ye blurted out to Xu Qing before he started taking action that many girls in Piaoxiang Court said that he would not pay...
After Su Dong left, Xu Qing turned the small box in his hand and said, "Father-in-law, how much is Xu Sima's annual salary? Can you save 60,000 taels of silver?"
County Magistrate Su shook his head and said: "Sixty thousand taels of silver? How about Xu Sima? Even if you can get even a small amount, you have to save for more than ten years without eating or drinking. It is even said that ten thousand taels of silver is a huge amount! Just with his tenure,
He doesn’t even think about it!”
Xu Qing smiled and said: "That's enough, give us all 60,000 taels. If this is greed...the greed will be more than 60,000 taels, right? Tsk tsk, the prince in our Yongzhou City seems to hate corrupt officials...
"
Hearing what Xu Qing said, Magistrate Su couldn't help but nodded. He thought that when Zhou County Lieutenant embezzled thousands of taels of silver, he was swiftly and severely punished. This time, this time he had 60,000 taels...
Alas, I thought I would lose money and avoid disaster, but who knew, the evidence was handed over to others...
"But..." At this point, Xu Qing suddenly changed his tone.
Magistrate Su looked at Xu Qing and asked doubtfully: "But what?"
Xu Qing said: "If we really want to accuse Xu Sima of corruption and bribery... the 60,000 taels of silver he just sent can be considered stolen goods. In other words, if we don't sue, the 60,000 taels of silver will be ours. If we sue... 60,000 taels of silver is a lot of money."
Maybe we just have to go through it once and then we have to hand it over... If you want 60,000 taels of silver, you still have to destroy the Xu family. This is something you, father-in-law, need to consider clearly."