The emperor's silver is sold for more silver, and the silver belongs to the prince. Is it wrong?
Of course not, even if you want to, you can't because you can't afford to offend.
Lin Ye's hard work was in vain. The emperor took all the money from the sale and said he would keep 10% of it. Lin Ye gave the pawnshop as commission for the 10%.
He is indeed greedy for money, but he still wants to save face. After all, he is a first-class official. How can he go back on his words like that?
Although he did want to come.
There seems to be an unwritten law in this world, that is, good people are always wary of bad people.
When elders teach younger generations, they often use this sentence... You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others.
This may be the most proactive sentence in ordinary people's family regarding whether to be active or passive in educating their children.
This sentence is not wrong, but it is a bit helpless.
Because the intention to guard against others is at best defense, and the intention to harm others is at least harm.
When Li Ci, the shopkeeper of Linji Pawnshop, was sitting in his study, he thought of this sentence inexplicably.
He is already in his fifties, and not long ago he mentioned this to his grandson.
At that time, he also told his grandson so seriously that he should not have any intention of harming others, but at this time, his heart was filled with the need to guard against others.
On the table in front of him was a stack of silver notes, which was the commission Lin Ye gave him. To be honest, it was quite a lot.
What he was afraid of was not revenge from Lin Ye, because he knew that Lin Ye couldn't do such a thing.
What he was afraid of was the Wang family's revenge. Although the two stone heads that Lin Ye kept in his shop were not auctioned after all, according to the Wang family's domineering temperament, he took Lin Ye's commission, which means that he will
Maybe he will do something for Lin Ye.
He didn't know when the Wang family's revenge on him would come, but he knew it would definitely come.
So at this time, he even thought of making a will in advance and explaining everything that should be explained.
He still feels that Lin Ye gave him a 10% commission as a sign of generosity, and at least there was no malice.
But if you think about it carefully, you can probably understand that there is not much difference between giving him 10% and giving him a ride.
Lin Ye did it on purpose.
If he shows kindness to Li Ci, the Wang family will show malice towards Li Ci.
Besides, the owner of Lin Ji's Pawn Shop is not Li Ci. He is just a hired shopkeeper. If he is really the owner, he still has some weight.
Maybe the Wang family would hesitate for a moment before taking action.
A hot potato... Silver is really a good thing. The four words of prosperity and wealth are the ultimate enjoyment in the world, but the basis of these four words of prosperity and wealth is the four words of wealth.
In the dead of night, Li Ci sat in his study and thought for a long time.
In the end, he decided to give all his life savings to his son and let his son and his family leave Geling early tomorrow morning.
The amount of money was not particularly large, and after adding in the 10% commission given by Lin Ye, it was enough for the family to find a small place and be wealthy for a lifetime.
As for himself...
Just stay in Geling City calmly and wait for the Wang family to deal with him. With his status, there is no other choice.
At this moment, someone knocked on the door. The sound was not loud, but it startled Li Ci.
"who!"
Li Ci immediately asked, grabbing the stack of banknotes and putting them into his arms.
"There is a distinguished guest who would like to invite Mr. Li to meet."
The voice of the person speaking outside was very strange.
Li Ci guessed that someone from the Wang family came to the door. He knew that Xu Xinshu was always vicious.
"It's too late. No matter who the distinguished guest is, please forgive me and come back tomorrow morning."
Li Ci took out the banknotes he had put in his arms and walked back and forth in the room, trying to find a place to hide them.
What is a hiding place? It means that he is hiding so that those who want to kill him cannot find him, but his home
A place where anyone can find it as soon as they look for it.
The door creaked open, making Li Ci tremble in fright. He looked up and saw that the door that had been inserted had no ability to block others.
Three or four men in black stepped in, and the leader walked up to Li Ci.
"It's okay if Mr. Li doesn't want to go out to meet you. Then we can chat in your study for a while."
The man sat down and seemed to be in no hurry to attack Li Ci.
The man in black said: "You know what I want to ask, just tell the truth."
Li Ci shook his head: "I don't know what you want to do, and I don't know what you want to ask. If you want to make money, I still have some..."
Before he finished speaking, another man in black stepped forward and kicked him in the abdomen, forcing him to stifle his words.
Li Ci fell to the ground. He was already old, and the kick was so fierce that it took him a while to recover.
"Why bother?"
The man in black said: "Tell the truth, did that person tell you anything or what did he ask you to do? Tell us the truth, and we will leave naturally."
Li Ci said: "Who are you talking about?"
A man in black stepped forward and kicked Li Ci again in the face. As soon as the kick went down, blood began to flow from Li Ci's mouth.
The man in black said, "I already said it, why bother."
At the same time, on the roof of the row of houses in front, Lin Ye and Nie Wuzhi sat on the ridge and watched.
Nie Wuzhi asked: "Wait a little longer?"
Lin Ye hummed: "Let them fight for a while."
Nie Wuzhi glanced at him.
Fight for a while longer... If he hadn't known that those men in black were not Lin Ye's people, he would have really thought they were Lin Ye's people.
Nie Wuzhi said: "At that age, I'm afraid something will happen if I fight for a while longer."
Lin Ye said: "He was kicked three times without saying a single useful word. What do you think could happen to him?"
Nie Wujixin said what kind of bullshit logic this was.
Then I thought about it carefully, and it seemed to make sense. A normal person of that age would probably be on the verge of death after suffering three kicks.
Nie Wuzhi asked: "What do you want to do by dragging me out tonight?"
Lin Ye said: "Your Majesty stole tens of thousands of taels of silver from me."
Nie Wuzhi: "Then what are you doing here? Go to the palace. Every wrongdoer has his own debtor..."
Lin Ye turned his head and looked at Nie Wuzhi, who had an expression on his face that said, "I'm not going to go anyway."
At this moment, the man in black who was attacking seemed more anxious. He went up to hold Li Ci down and started punching and kicking him.
Lin Ye couldn't understand it. After Li Ci was beaten, he should have said that he didn't know anything.
"That's interesting."
Lin Ye pulled Nie Wuzhi, who was about to get up, and Nie Wuzhi lowered his voice and said, "If you don't go there, I'll be beaten to death."
Lin Ye shook his head: "No...just wait and see."
The door of the study room was open, and the window was also open. The man in black could clearly see Li Ci moving from one room to another.
Lin Ye couldn't help but curled his lips, thinking to himself that I actually underestimated a small pawn shop owner.
After those men in black punched and kicked him for a while, Li Ci still spoke very harshly, which made Nie Wuzhi feel distressed. After all, Li Ci was indeed quite old.
He was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see an old man being humiliated and tortured like this.
But Lin Ye pulled him and refused to let him go to save him, which made him a little angry.
After a full moment, the man in black who asked the question stood up, stepped on Li Ci's heart, leaned over and said something.
After all, Lin Ye and Nie Wuzhi were far away and did not hear clearly.
The man in black stepped on Li Ci's chest and said, "Just pretend that nothing happened tonight. If Lin Ye comes to see you again, no matter what I tell you, just do it, but you must tell us in advance, otherwise
If so, we can’t blame us for anything that happens to your family, it’s all your fault.
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After saying that, he left with his men.
After they left, Li Ci struggled to get up. It looked like he had been beaten badly. He stumbled over and closed the door.
He returned to the study, sat down with his hands on the table, and after a while he lay on the table and cried loudly.
This scene really made Nie Wuzhi feel a little distressed.
"The play is good."
Lin Ye stood up and said, "Let's go."
Nie Wuzhi: "Let's go?"
He was a little confused, so he left now?
According to the script, shouldn't we go over and comfort Li Ci at this time, and then get some secrets out of Li Ci's mouth?
In fact, according to the script, it was when Li Ci was in danger that they went over to save Li Ci.
In that case, it would definitely be better than just a few words of comfort now.
But Lin Ye lost interest.
The two of them left Lin Ji's pawnshop and returned to Lin Ye's residence soon after.
As soon as Lin Ye walked in, Zinai smiled and looked back. The aunt and girl Xiaohe in the back room were putting midnight snacks on the table.
This scene is so heartwarming.
Nie Wuzhi looked envious, very envious.
He had heard someone say before that when a man comes home, there is a virtuous woman waiting for him with a hot meal. That is the warmest thing.
There are three women waiting for Lin Ye, and... they are all beautiful.
Zina is the type who looks like a girl who is invincible as long as she is young, cute and sexy at the same time.
Xie Yunxi is the kind of mature and intellectual beauty, and this kind of beauty is always an irresistible weapon for men.
Miss Xiaohe is as beautiful as Xiaojiabiyu, with a gentle aura all over her body that makes me feel pity for her.
Any one of these three women can make a man crazy.
But Lin Ye seemed to be very innocent after spending all day guarding these three women.
Damn...
Nie Wuzhi scolded Lin Ye in his heart, "Beast, worse than a beast!"
"Are you tired?"
Zinai took Lin Ye's arm and asked, this sentence was like giving Nie Wuzhi another blow.
Nie Wuzhi scolded Lin Ye again in his heart, even more harshly than before.
"I'm not tired. After all, I just went to see a show."
Lin Ye said: "If I read it correctly, the play will start right after dawn. What I just watched was just the overture."
Nie Wuzhi: "You mean, they knew we were watching, and they were just typing Li Ci for us to see?"
Lin Ye nodded: "Otherwise."
The doors and windows were open when he was beaten, and the person who was beaten did not say a word despite being beaten like that.
It looks really pitiful, but who knows that Lin Ye is a pervert? Anyone who has some emotions, anyone who has some sympathy for weak people, can't analyze it calmly like him.
If only Nie Wuzhi had gone alone, Nie Wuzhi would have already gone over to teach those men in black a lesson.
"Have a late night snack."
Lin Ye said with a smile: "After eating, go to bed, recuperate, and see if the big show tomorrow is good."
He sat down and said, "How nice it is to watch two shows in one day."
As soon as Nie Wuzhi sat down, Lin Ye glanced at him in surprise: "Aren't you leaving yet?"
Nie Wuzhi: "Why should I leave?"
Lin Ye: "At dawn, we will arrive at Mr. Xin's enthronement ceremony. As his confidant, you have a lot to do tonight. If you have a bite of food here, Mr. Xin will have to work harder."