Chapter nine hundred and eighty sixth father and son talk
Guo Jincheng gave the Qiao family a hundred taels of silver, but it triggered a conflict between Qiao Si and his son. Qiao Shuigen did not want his husband's money and insisted on returning it to him, but Qiao Si became greedy and refused to return the money.
When he learned that Mr. Guo was only fourteen or fifteen years old, he was very worried that Guo Jincheng's parents would come to ask for the money, so he immediately decided to flee back to his hometown overnight.
Although Qiao Shuigen was unwilling, after all, his arms could not twist his thigh, so he had no choice but to follow his parents and left Ju'anfang overnight. While having lunch at a roadside teahouse in Baqiao, Qiao Si drank a few more glasses of wine, and became a little carried away.
The shopkeeper boasted about his luck and met the biggest fool in the world, who actually gave him a hundred taels of silver for free.
His complacency revealed his wealth, and was overheard by several local scoundrels in the tea shed. As soon as his family left Baqiao, they were robbed by these scoundrels. Qiao Si used his body to press the package containing a hundred taels of silver, and was desperate.
When Ken let go, he was stabbed twice in the vest and died on the spot. His money was also taken away.
After hearing Wang Yue's story, Guo Jincheng felt as if five thunders were striking his head. He never imagined that his hundred taels of silver would cause such a big disaster, and Qiao Si died for it.
After a while, he asked in a hoarse voice: "Has the murderer been caught?"
"There were five murderers in total, two of them were caught, and the other three escaped. The government has opened a wanted case, and the stolen silver was recovered forty taels."
Wang Yue saw that the prince was in a heavy mood, so he comforted him and said: "This is not the prince's responsibility. The root cause is greed. If Qiao Si had a grateful heart, he would not brag and reveal his money. If he did not take money so seriously, he would
He would not die, and his death may not be a bad thing. His neighbors all said that he was a drag on his family.
Wang Yue's persuasion had no effect. Guo Jincheng still believed that his one hundred taels of silver had killed Qiao Si and made his two children fatherless. He returned to his aunt's house depressed.
Wang Yue watched the Crown Prince's bullock cart go away. In fact, he had not told the truth to the Crown Prince. The internal guards had iron rules. He could not tell the truth to the Crown Prince before reporting this matter to His Highness Prince Jin.
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After Guo Song listened to Wang Yue's report, he was really surprised. He didn't expect that this matter would develop so absurdly and bizarrely, but when he thought about it carefully, it was reasonable and reasonable. The root cause was Qiao Si's greed.
Moreover, Guo Song checked with the Ministry of War and found that a total of 374 soldiers who lost their combat effectiveness due to injuries in the Battle of Youzhou returned home. There was not a single soldier named Qiao here, and there was not a single soldier from Fenzhou, which means that this Qiao Si
Told a lie.
There was also the matter of him being defrauded of a hundred taels of silver by Doctor You. When Guo Song heard his wife talk about it before, he thought Qiao Si was making up a story, or at least exaggerating the losses. How could a person who was paralyzed by applying some medicine be able to heal?
Effect.
Wang Yue's investigation proved that there was no such thing.
It can be seen that this Qiao Si is definitely a sophisticated person. He saw through his son's innocence at a glance, and wanted to use his tragic situation to impress him. Maybe he wanted to save some money on pen, ink, and paper, but he did not expect that his son would...
The offer was a hundred taels of silver, prompting him to escape overnight.
There is a report on the Qiao family that Wang Yue hastily prepared on Guo Song's desk, which is very different from what Wang Yue told Guo Jincheng before.
Wang Yue sighed again and said: "Beizhi didn't dare to tell His Highness the truth before getting His Highness's consent, but I felt that the story I made up casually hit the Crown Prince."
Guo Song waved his hand, "It doesn't matter. The prince is stronger than we thought, but it is more appropriate for me to tell him the truth about this matter."
Guo Song thought for a while and then said to Wang Yue: "Since he is my son, I, the father, cannot stand by and watch. I will go and persuade him. You internal guards will concentrate on hunting down the three fugitives and exchange the hundred taels of silver into copper coins on the black market."
, return everything to Qiao Shuigan’s mother, we can’t let my son’s hard work go to waste.”
Wang Yue immediately promised, "The humble position will never let them escape!"
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Guo Song immediately came to Andingfang, which is located at the southern end of Xi'anmen Street. Guo Ping bought a five-acre house here and moved his family here. It is only two to three hundred steps away from Xi'anmen Street.
, it is very convenient to go to the wine shop from home every day.
Coincidentally, Zhang Lei's new residence is also on Guanghuamen Street, not far from Guo Ping's house. After the two families became in-laws, they often had contact with each other.
But it's still early in the morning, so Guo Ping and her nephew Guo Jincheng are at the liquor store. They won't return to Andingfang until dark.
Guo Song took a carriage directly to Xi'anmen Street and stopped at the back door of Meishou Wine Shop. The shopkeeper recognized Guo Song's carriage and immediately ran to report it to the proprietor. Guo Ping hurried out.
"Brother, it's only been a few days, but you can't help but come to see your son?"
Guo Song smiled and said, "Where's Cheng'er? Is he in a bad mood?"
"Hey! It's true what you said. As soon as he turned around, he went up to the third floor. I never saw him come down. He came down to help with the bartending in the past few days."
"He likes bartending?" Guo Song stopped and asked.
"This child likes to do many things, and he is especially interested in novel things. Bartending is one of them. He likes to mix spices."
Wine and tea in the Tang Dynasty would be mixed with some spices, and every wine shop was racking their brains to mix all kinds of novel spices. Meishou wine was certainly no exception, with dozens of different spices.
Guo Song nodded and went directly to the third floor. The third floor was originally a place for storing sundries. There was a small room next to it. It was originally a place for Guo Ping to take a lunch break, but it was now given to his nephew.
The door was closed, Guo Song knocked on the door, and Guo Jincheng's voice came from inside, "Who is it?"
"it's me!"
There was a pause inside, then the sound of running footsteps was heard, and the door opened.
"Dad, why are you here?" Guo Jincheng looked at his father outside the door in shock.
Guo Song looked into the room and said with a smile: "It's too narrow here, let's go sit next door!"
Next door is the Pearl Restaurant. Guo Ping arranged a private room for the father and son, and brought them a bottle of fine wine and a dozen plates of side dishes.
Guo Song's children can also drink. Usually during festivals, the whole family gets together to drink some wine, but drinking is strictly prohibited in ordinary times. This is the rule of Princess Xue Tao.
"Dad, today is not a holiday! Mom will be angry." Guo Jincheng said with a smile.
Guo Song poured a glass of wine for himself and his son and said with a smile: "Your mother just doesn't allow you to drink secretly. Today you are with your father. It's a special situation. Besides, you are learning bartending in a wine shop. Don't you drink?"
Guo Jincheng blushed and whispered: "I only drink a little bit every time. In fact, except for wine, I don't really like other wines."
"It's okay to drink less, just don't get drunk."
The father and son drank a glass of wine, and Guo Song smiled and asked, "Guess why I came?"
Guo Jincheng lowered his head and said, "Commander Wang must have gone to see his father."
"You're right. I just learned that something happened to one of your students' families, which made you feel very depressed."
Guo Jincheng sighed, "Anyway, without the one hundred taels of silver I sent, Qiao Shuigan's father would not have died. I was the one who indirectly killed him."
Guo Song shook his head, "Different people have different interpretations of the same thing, because everyone is in a different position. For example, Qiao Shuigen mourned the loss of his father, but his next-door neighbor thought that the mother and son were relieved, and Qiao Si died.
Well, more importantly, have you ever considered what Qiao Shuigan’s mother thinks?”
Guo Jincheng shook his head blankly, and Guo Song said calmly: "Then let me tell you, as a wife, she felt very sad when her husband died, but as a mother, while she was sad, she also felt a great relief."
"I understand what my father means. She has to raise two sons and take care of her paralyzed husband. She has to work hard to earn money every day. I guess she can't bear it anymore."
Guo Song shook his head, "Actually, you don't understand what I mean. Wang Yue specially investigated the situation of the Qiao family. In order to treat Qiao Si, their family owed a hundred thousand yuan to others, and there was debt in their hometown.
, I don’t know how much they owe, but I know they came to the capital to escape debt.”
Guo Jincheng suddenly opened his mouth. He was in debt! Why didn't he know? Of course he couldn't know, he had only taught for a few days?
Guo Song glanced at it and continued: "In the past two years, his family has owed another hundred thousand dollars in foreign debt in the capital. This is actually the reason why he told you that he was defrauded of hundreds of dollars by Doctor You.
In the past few months, people have come to collect debts every day. If they don't pay back the money, Qiao Shuigen's mother will be forced to sell herself, and Qiao Shuigen and his brother will also be sold into slavery, so the one hundred taels of silver you give to them is by no means what you think.
Instead of causing a disaster, he saved the lives of their mother and son. The people surrounding the door this afternoon are actually creditors, do you understand?"
Guo Jincheng didn't hear his father's words reveal that he had known about this for a long time. How could his father know what Qiao Si told him about the doctor? His father knew that Qiao Si's hometown was in debt, which meant that his father had been investigating for several days.
It's just that Guo Jincheng's heart is in confusion now. Are all the people surrounding the door creditors? He suddenly thought of the last words the old man said, 'Throw my two dollars into the water.' It turns out that they are really creditors.
"But...but instead of repaying the debt, they ran away overnight."
Guo Song looked at his son's [Haitang Bookstore www.lvshuw.com] eyes and said slowly: "After all, you are still young and don't understand people's hearts. People who escape from debt once will definitely escape a second time, even without your help."
With one hundred taels of silver, Qiao Si would also escape his debt, but your one hundred taels of silver made Qiao Si decide to run away that night.
Commander Wang actually didn't tell you the truth. The person who killed Qiao Si was not a gangster. Not long after his family left Baqiao, the five creditors who were the first to get the news came after them on horseback. They searched the Qiao family's luggage and found
During the fight for the silver, Qiao Si was killed, and the five people robbed the silver and ran away. Among them, two creditors who were not involved in the murder surrendered, and three creditors who were involved in the murder escaped.
Under the strong request of other creditors, the three of them had to come back. Think about it, without your one hundred taels of silver, what would be the fate of the three of them in the future? "
Guo Jincheng was relieved by his father's words. He was most worried that Qiao Shuigan would hate his money and kill his father. Now he understood the truth about Qiao Si's murder.
It turned out that his one hundred taels of silver was a life-saver, not a curse. With his own one hundred taels of silver, Qiao Shuigan's brothers and their mother were completely relieved.
At this time, Guo Jincheng suddenly remembered something and said anxiously: "But the money was robbed, how can the mother and son repay the debt?"
"Don't worry! The Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Guard will personally take action. They will never escape. I believe they can be chased back tonight."