Chapter 126

Wen Jiaxiang and Wen Jiagui left home and went to town. Neither of them mentioned calling Wen Jiarui.

They really can't do such a unkind thing.

In the town, Wen Jiagui took Wen Jiaxiang back to the medicine shop to sleep.

"Second brother, don't you go to your aunt? What about the eldest brother?"

"I'm looking for it. But now I'm going to Fucheng. The gate is closed. Can you go in? Let's sleep for a while and arrive before the gate opens tomorrow."

His mother can't screw it out. If they don't come out, they will be forced out by her.

But they can't be so stupid. They are really obedient. They hurried to Fucheng to find someone all night.

It's no use going!

Wen Jiaxiang touched his head: "my second brother is considerate."

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the second day

Outside the dungeon, on the court, Nalan Jinnian lazily sat under the upright plaque, put one hand on the table, playing with Tangmu, looking cynical.

The county magistrate knelt on the ground and his forehead was covered with cold sweat: "King Jin, spare your life. The lower official didn't know that it was the jade mine that the LORD had bought. The lower official would let him sell it to Wen Jiafu if he could buy it.

Li Wei in the Yamen can testify about this! The lower official wanted to increase some income for the Yamen. It's the slack season now. The lower official wants to pay more money to build the river embankment, so that the people can have more security in the coming year. "

After hearing this, Nalan Jinnian gave him a straight look: "Oh? It's rare that the county magistrate still has such a heart to seek the well-being of the people."

"I am the county magistrate, and it is my duty to seek the well-being of the people."

Nalan Jinnian nodded: "yes! Since the people of the Yamen don't know that the jade mine has been bought by the king, resulting in more sales of one mine! As the saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty, the king doesn't care about it!"

The county magistrate was relieved and quickly kowtowed: "the Lord is wise."

"But..." Nalan Jinnian said, "you have mined half of my jade mine. You have to compensate the king for the loss of this part!"

After hearing this, the county magistrate nodded: "it should be! The lower official won't take back the 30000 Liang that bought the jade mine. How about giving it to the Lord as compensation?"

The inferior jade mine should be given to King Jin! It's good to make friends with King Jin.

Nalan Jinnian didn't speak. He continued to play with Tangmu with one hand and looked at the county magistrate so coldly.

Ouyang Huai'an patted the table hard: "Lord Li, King Jin's one is an emerald mine! Any one is an emerald raw stone. That emerald is a good emerald of imperial green quality. Pay 30000 Liang to King Jin? Are you sending beggars?"

The county magistrate was startled and kowtowed quickly: "I dare not, but the raw stones from the jade mine are not jadeite, but all inferior jade!"

How much silver would he have to pay if he compensated according to the original jadeite stone?

"Nonsense! Nine times out of ten the jade from the jade mine is jade. You want to deceive King Jin! You're so bold!"

The county magistrate was wronged: "my Lord, the jade mine is really inferior jade! If you don't believe it, you can send someone to open a few pieces and cut them out to have a look! Even if I have great courage, I dare not cheat the Lord!"

Nalan Jinnian sneered: "in order to avoid Lord Li saying that the king oppresses people with power and threatens Lord Li to make huge compensation to the king, now take Lord Li to open some raw stones there and show him whether the king's building is a jade mine or a low-quality jade mine!"

So the county magistrate was taken to the jade mine where part of the jade was mined. Under his own witness, he opened several raw stones and cut them out on the spot. All of them were bright green and crystal clear! Very typical good jade!

Ouyang Huai'an looked at the county magistrate and snorted coldly, "Lord Li, what else can you say?"

County Magistrate: "......"

The county magistrate felt that he was about to die unjustly: "Lord Hui, all the inferior jades opened by the lower official are really inferior jades! If the lower official has a half empty word, the sky will break! It may be that the lower official has just opened the bad jade, and now there is a good jade!"

"Nonsense!" Ouyang Huai'an was furious!

"Li Huaien, you and Wen Jiafu mistakenly mined King Jin's jade mine. I ordered you..."

Finally, Xian Cheng, Wen Jiafu and song GuiQiang were fined to compensate Nalan Jinnian 200000 Liang, plus the 30000 liang of jade ore, totaling 230000 liang of silver.

The county magistrate wants to die!

200000 Liang. He has been a county magistrate for so many years and has been greedy for about 100000 Liang. Now he has to paste 130000 Liang upside down!

Wen Jiafu was put in prison for two days and one night before he was released.

Although he was not tortured to extort a confession, he lived in the worst cell. It's not too much to say that it was a mouse's nest. He dozed off and was bitten off by a mouse!

Forget it. The next door is still a madman. I don't know how I got into his cell from the next cell. My hair is disheveled. My whole face was scratched with a lot of blood. I can't see his face clearly. I grabbed his neck and asked him to pay for his life. I almost killed him!

Later, the warden came to pull him away, and he saved his life, otherwise he would die in prison!

Later, the madman was chained up by the prison guard, but from time to time, a ghost screamed that a ghost was coming!

In the middle of the night, people in another cell told stories about how a prisoner in their cell died and how the last one died

From time to time, mice come and bite.

It's driving people crazy!

It made him nervous. He felt the wind all night. It seemed that something was close to him.

Suffered physical and mental devastation!

Old man Wen looked at his eldest son's pig head face. His face was haggard. After great difficulties, he came out of prison, and his tears fell all at once!

His son suffered!

"Dad!" When Wen Jiafu saw the sun again, he burst into tears when he saw old man Wen.

Old man Wen held him and patted him on the back: "it's okay, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Wen Yuhong said with red eyes, "Dad, are you hurt? Are you okay?"

Wen Wan smelled a smell and quietly stepped back.

Little Zhu watched her husband come out. She wiped her tears and didn't come forward: "my husband, our family dug King Jin's jade mine. The county magistrate said that we and my aunt's family should pay a total of 70000 Liang!"

Seventy thousand liang?!

Wen Jiafu blacked his eyes and fainted directly!

Damn it!

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When Aunt Wen Baozhen returned to Wen's old house and learned the news, she was also black in front of her eyes!

The jade mine has been mined for more than half a month. If you don't earn a penny, you have to lose 35000 taels!

But don't they dare not pay for King Jin's silver?

afraid to!

Zhu is anxious and angry!

At the beginning of their family wealth, they can't even pay 10000 Liang. Where is 35000 liang?

The whole family is sad.

Gently lowered his head and sighed softly: "Alas, if the fourth uncle's family hadn't picked up a piece of jade, our family wouldn't have caused such a disaster."

Little Zhu's eyes lit up.