Chapter 193 Lao Tzu takes you to be a mountain bandit
After seeing off the shopkeeper who was full of guests, the master also walked to the side of the county magistrate.
"Congratulations, sir, for being able to earn one thousand, two hundred taels of silver so easily just after taking office. It will be a long time in the future. I believe that you will be able to earn a lot of money during your tenure."
The county magistrate glanced sideways at the master.
"Easy? There is a certain amount of wool on a sheep. I know better than you how to shear the sheep. Do you think I will let this shopkeeper who is full of customers not send me these one thousand two hundred taels today?"
Did he?"
The master complimented me.
"Yes, yes, the adults are thoughtful and considerate, and the villain admires them very much."
Although he knew that most of the compliments in the master's words were false, the county magistrate still laughed happily. After all, no one dislikes being praised, even if the compliments are not sincere.
"However, things must turn upside down. I also know how much money this full house can earn in a year. After knocking him off today, don't mess with this shopkeeper who is full of customers this year. Good things will only last long."
After the master once again said flattering words, he came to the side of the county magistrate and asked in a low voice.
"Sir, you have nothing to do today, and you don't have anyone to take care of you. Why don't we go to Huimenglou in this city tonight? Although Menglou has a background in the world, some of the rules in the yamen are also the same.
No need to worry, if you go here tonight, you can not only get the oiran to come home, but you can also make a small fortune painlessly."
The county magistrate crossed his legs with a carefree expression, looking very comfortable and at ease.
"Who said everything is fine? The gangster in prison is still waiting for my trial!"
"Isn't this person just waiting for Qiu Hou to be punished and add to your credit book? Isn't there anything else to be tried?"
Perhaps because he was in a better mood, the county magistrate patiently answered the master's questions.
"Do you know why you can only be the master and I am the county magistrate? It's because we have different visions. While you are still focusing your energy on that little bit of credit, I am already thinking about how to get rid of that thief.
I got my two thousand taels of silver back. He is a famous thief in our Yuanshan County. Do you believe me if I say he doesn’t have any treasures?"
The master's eyes slowly became brighter and brighter, thinking that he was also a master from a county town, why didn't he think of this?
"Sir, I'm going to go to jail right now and bring that criminal thief to await trial. We have to take out all the money he has!"
Seeing the master running out in a hurry, the county magistrate said with a smile.
"Be more secretive and bring him to the back hall. Also, don't forget about going back to Menglou. If you don't want to go today, you can go tomorrow! I don't know how much money I spent on this county magistrate.
, you have to seize the time to earn some money, right?"
The master did not answer his words, and just ran towards the cell. I don't know if he heard it, but not long after, the gangster who lived in the same cell with Zhang Jingsheng was brought to the back hall of the yamen.
Kneel on the ground and wait for the magistrate's decision.
"Tiger Pang Zhen, this county has heard that you have good kung fu, but I don't know if you can jump up while wearing these forty kilograms of shackles. If you can, you can jump up and show this county.
"
The thief whose real name was Pang Zhen smiled indifferently.
"The adults are joking. I have a role to play in front of the adults. I can still see this clearly. Not to mention the shackles, even without me in front of the adults, I can't dance!"
Seeing the previously arrogant criminal thief acting so well-behaved in front of him, the county magistrate laughed happily.
"Pang Zhen, I know you are unwilling to give in, but you are done playing in this life, but there is a way to end it! If I don't want you to die, then you won't die even if I peel off eighteen layers of your skin.
And if I want you to die, I can save you from torture with just one knife. You also understand what I mean. I want to make a deal with you. Give me all the money you have hidden in your hand. I will get there.
I’ll give you a happy one.”
Pang Zhen, who was kneeling on the ground with his legs bent, stretched out his shackled hand to touch his heels, then pulled out a banknote folded into a small square from an unknown part of his body, and threw it to the county magistrate.
At the signal of the county magistrate, the master ran over and opened the banknote. There was a lot of money and a large denomination. This banknote was a full five hundred taels! I don’t know where Pang Zhen had hidden it before.
Only then did he escape the search of the detectives and jailers.
However, these five hundred taels are nothing compared to Pang Zhen's net worth. Over the years, according to the county magistrate's plan, Pang Zhen should have at least ten thousand taels!
Looking at the five hundred taels of silver note in front of him, the county magistrate frowned.
"Pang Zhen, Pang Zhen, do you want to buy a stable house with these five hundred taels? Others don't know your background, but I know more or less. I advise you to obediently take out the money. Anyway, you
You can’t take it underground either.”
Hearing the threat from the county magistrate, Pang Zhen was not nervous. He had never seen anything like this in the past few years. Even if the person in front of him was the county magistrate, it didn't matter. If he was alone, Pang Zhen could still kill a bunch of such county magistrates.
However, although he was thinking this way in his heart, Pang Zhen didn't show it at all. Instead, he pretended to be fawning.
"Hey, hey, county magistrate! My Lord County Magistrate! I want to ask you, how much is your annual salary?"
The county magistrate hesitated for a while and then said.
"According to Dachu law, county officials do not have a quarterly salary of fifty taels, so this year it is only about two hundred taels."
"Only two hundred taels?"
Pang Zhen pretended to be surprised and Gao Shen exclaimed.
"My lord, my five hundred taels is quite a lot. It is enough for your lord's salary for two and a half years. Is there anything you are not satisfied with?"
"Snapped!"
The magistrate slapped the table, then stood up from his seat and pointed at Pang Zhen and said.
"Pang, don't be ungrateful. Even if you don't explain things honestly and clearly, this county will have its own way of opening your mouth. We just don't want you to suffer!"
Seeing the county magistrate's angry look, Pang Zhen still did not panic, and seemed to be convinced of the county magistrate.
"Sir, don't be anxious. Don't you just want money? I, Pang Zhen, have been a robber for so many years, and I am still short of money? But before I take out the money, I need you to do me a favor."
In order to stabilize this Pang Zhen, the magistrate deliberately touched his beard and said.
"Just tell me what you want to do for me. If it's not difficult, this county can help you!"
Pang Zhen laughed.
"It's very simple. As long as you let me go, you can give me as much money as you want!"
"Let you go? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
Pang Zhen was still not in a hurry, still smiling.
"Sir, don't refuse in a hurry. Listen to what I have to say. Your annual salary is only a few dollars! It's only two hundred taels. This can only be regarded as a small business for me, Pang Zhen! Your Excellency said before that he wanted to make a deal with me.
Business, but actually I also want to make a deal with you!"
The county magistrate did not speak, and Pang Zhen chuckled lightly before continuing.
"Eight thousand taels! County magistrate, I use eight thousand taels to buy my own life!"
The master and the county magistrate looked at each other, and they both saw greed in each other's eyes, but they were not carried away by the eight thousand taels.
"What if I don't agree?"
The county magistrate looked at Pang Zhen and said.
"If the county magistrate doesn't agree, he won't be able to get the eight thousand taels."
"Are you threatening this county?"
"It's not a threat, it's a fact. The adults don't know. Although the villain appears to be a loner, in fact I am the boss of Taihu Mountain in the south of Baoshan County, so my money is naturally placed in the village.
, If you don’t let me go, naturally I won’t be able to get the eight thousand taels.”
The county magistrate had some disbelief in his eyes.
"Are you a bandit from Taihu Mountain? Or are you the boss?"
"Exactly! If you don't believe it, you can send someone to Taihu Mountain to deliver a message, saying that Zhenshan Tiger Pang Zhen was captured by you in Baoshan County, and ask them to bring 8,000 taels to redeem him, and then he will
Someone will come with money."
Hearing what Pang Zhen said, the county magistrate had half believed it, but this could not be used as a reason to let him go. You must know that Pang Zhen's
The name has already been handed in. If Qiu Hou cannot find his person when he asks for help, his position as county magistrate will be over.
"Pang Zhen, you are also a habitual criminal. I believe you don't know what the crime of private release is. You are going to put me to death!"
Regarding this matter, Pang Zhen had already thought of an answer. When the county magistrate raised this concern, he immediately answered it.
"Your Excellency is very shrewd in everything, but why did you become so confused on this matter? With your ability, it is not difficult to find a scapegoat for me. Then I will kill him with one knife. If there is no evidence, I will give him his name."
Once the number is changed, who will know that Pang Zhen, the tiger in charge of the mountain, is still alive?"
Looking at the excited eyes of the county magistrate, Pang Zhen knew that his chance to survive had come.
"Furthermore, sir, if you are so greedy in Baoshan County that you can earn one hundred taels today and two hundred taels tomorrow, how long will it take for you to be so greedy that you can make a lot of money! But if your Excellency cooperates with me, it will be completely different. As long as
Your Excellency will help me find the basic information of the caravan and the route they must take in the city, and I will be sure to rob them. The property robbed will be divided 50-50 between our Taihu Mountain and the county magistrate. At that time, I will
I can guarantee that the county magistrate will earn his second eight thousand taels in less than a year!"
The county magistrate was very moved, but he also knew that this matter was very risky. Whether he should do it or not still needed to be discussed with the master.
"Come here, take this nonsense-talking gangster and put him under strict supervision. This man actually wants to trick the county into letting him go. How brave he is!"
Pang Zhen was not angry when he was dragged away, nor did he struggle. He knew that today's goal had been achieved, and the county magistrate would definitely come looking for him in three days.
After the people had gone far away, the county magistrate said to the master.
"What do you think of this? Is it feasible?"
The master was also a little scared, but he was no different from the county magistrate. They were both black-hearted people who were greedy for money to the core.
"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, I see that the danger involved in this matter is very high. It may be a serious crime of being disgraced and beheaded. However, wealth can be found in danger, and eight thousand taels is not a small amount.
If this order is completed, your capital may be transferred back directly."
The county magistrate nodded and continued.
"But there is still a question. Where should we go to find a scapegoat for Pang Zhen?"
After hearing this, the master hurriedly stepped forward and said.
"Sir, we still have someone in jail. That guy named Zhang Jingsheng actually dares to scold you in public. I think it's better to take this opportunity to kill him!"
After carefully planning in his mind, the county magistrate nodded with satisfaction, as if he had found some perfect solution.
"You're right. As the saying goes, a horse can't fatten without night grass, and a man can't get rich without windfall. It's impossible for us to make too much money in Baoshan County, so we can only think about places other than Baoshan.
There's a solution, as for that guy named Jing Sheng, just think of him as unlucky."
After finishing speaking, the county magistrate took out the one thousand two hundred taels of silver notes from his arms, and then took out the two five hundred taels of silver notes from the shopkeeper of Kemanlou and put them into the master's hand.
"This is the money of the shopkeeper who has a full house. You can send this thousand taels back for me. We will not do his nephew's business."
The master took these two banknotes and did not leave, because you have to know, this is one thousand taels! He was really reluctant to return it like this.
"This... Sir, we have already taken the money that we put into our mouths and spit it out again. We must be at a huge loss!"
"snort."
The county magistrate snorted coldly at the master again and then lectured him.
"What do you know? If other people know that we took the money from the shopkeeper of Kemanlou but did not let his nephew go, will anyone come to do business with us in the future? Although we gave up this thousand taels this time
, there will be countless thousands of taels who can find it later!"
Looking in the direction of the crowded building outside the gate, the county magistrate said something sinister.
"Besides, I never said I would let go of these one thousand taels! Letting you send them back is just to ask the shopkeeper to keep them for me temporarily. I will naturally find an opportunity to get them back later!"