mesbooks Chapter 153: No! I Do Not Want
Chapter 153: No! I Do Not Want
It's not coming to pay back the money, is it?
At this time, Xu Qing and Su Qian also met the county magistrate Su who also let him go home. The magistrate Su looked at Xu Sima, then at Xu Qing and Su Qian, with a look of doubt...
Su County Magistrate looked at Xu Sima with a cold face and said, "Master Xu, what are you doing in my Su residence?"
There was no politeness in his tone. Anyway, County Magistrate Su had prepared for the worst. At worst, he would resign and follow his son-in-law to go to other places to do business. Without the constraints of official rank, the current County Magistrate Su will look at this again When Sima was dignified, he didn't have any fear.
Xu Sima kept his posture very low, and said with regret in his voice: "Young Master Xu, Mr. Su."
The tone was very polite, so polite that Xu Qing and the three of them were not used to it. Compared with the tone of Su County Magistrate just now, it was two extremes.
Xu Qing and the three of them were a little puzzled, did Xu Sima take the wrong medicine? Why does Xu Sima's appearance now give them a very pitiful feeling?
Xu Qing said: "Master Xu, what's the matter? If you didn't come to give money, Master Xu please go back. The small family of the Su Mansion can't afford to entertain this big Buddha like Master Xu."
Xu Sima nodded quickly and said: "Young Master Xu, calm down, I am here this time to deliver the compensation banknotes. You see, the banknotes totaling 60,000 taels of silver are here. In the past, it was my fault. Take strict care of the little boy, and don't let him cause any trouble to Mr. Xu."
County magistrate Su took Xu Sima's small box, opened it to look, and found that it was a stack of bank notes, which added up to 60,000 taels, which was quite a lot.
After delivering the bank note, Xu Sima said goodbye with cupped hands and left with an unusually humble attitude.
Su County Magistrate looked at Xu Qing, and asked doubtfully, "Is this some kind of conspiracy by 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 first? If there is such a conspiracy, we will save the need to open a shop and offend people every day for fun..."
Su County Magistrate nodded upon hearing Xu Qing's words: "That's right, that's all, let's talk at home first, it's too cold outside."
Courtyard kitchen
Su Qian prepared meals for the two of them inside, and Xu Qing and County Magistrate Su talked outside while counting money.
Without Xu Qing's participation in the dinner, it seems that there will be no sweet and sour short ribs.
The county magistrate of Su counted the banknotes in his hand over and over again. As a county magistrate, he has never seen so much money in his life! They are all banknotes!
After counting over and over again and again, the county magistrate Su put it into the box and looked at Xu Qing, "Does the Xu family want to be soft?"
Xu Qing nodded and said: "Looking at Xu Sima's attitude just now, I'm afraid it is. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to come by himself and lower his attitude so low. If he doesn't want to be subdued, he can appoint a servant." come over."
County Magistrate Su asked doubtfully, "Why did the Xu family suddenly give in?"
Xu Qing shook his head: "I don't know either. Could it be that his son's life was used as a threat last time, and he was persuaded?"
It shouldn't be... When he came out of the state office that day, wasn't Xu Sima quite stubborn?
County magistrate Su looked at the box in his hand, and then thought about the night when Su Qian and Xu Qing were assassinated...
County Magistrate Su frowned and said, "Could it be that he forgave the Xu family just for a mere 60,000 taels of silver?! He could send assassins to assassinate you and Qian'er, but we have nothing to do with the Xu family... Sigh..."
Xu Qing brought the box over and said, "Excuse me? The Xu family thinks beautifully, let's not talk about our family. Xu Sima has allowed his son to bully men and women over the years, forcibly occupy the farmland, force him into prostitution, and don't give money to brothels... Even if we forgive him Yongzhou The people in the city will not forgive him! The people in Yongzhou will forgive him, and the oiran of Piaoxiangyuan will not forgive him either!"
Su County Magistrate stared at Xu Qing in a daze: "You don't pay for brothels? How do you know?"
Xu Qing waved his hand and said, "Oh, that's what all the women in the brothel say."
In an instant... County Magistrate Su and Xu Qing felt the temperature around them drop a little... Both of them were smart...
Su Qiansu came over with a tray in her hand, put the three dishes in the tray on the table, looked at Xu Qing and said, "How does my husband know what the women in the brothel have said?"
Xu Qing smiled awkwardly: "This...isn't this what I heard from my friends...how could I go to that kind of place, let alone go, in fact, I didn't even look at it!"
Su Qian asked, "Really?"
Xu Qing nodded resolutely and said: "Of course! You see, I am not only at the bookstore these days, but also at home. Madam, you know how I can spare time to go to that kind of place. I just want to go but I don't have time. go!"
Su Qian frowned: "Do you still want to?"
Xu Qing shook his head violently: "No! I don't want to!"
Seeing Su Qian who was walking towards the back of the kitchen to serve the meal, County Magistrate Su and Xu Qing both heaved a sigh of relief...
Women are scary, and Su Qian, who can easily break off a corner of a lamp post, is even more terrifying...
Xu Qing assures that he has never been to Piaoxiangyuan, but Xiao Ye has been there, although he always does not do business and just listens to the music...
When Xu Qing asked Xiao Ye to investigate Xu Shen, Xiao Ye blurted out to Xu Qing that many girls in Piaoxiangyuan said that he would not give money...
After Su Qian 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?"
Su County Magistrate shook his head and said, "Sixty thousand taels of silver? Just Xu Sima? He would have to save for more than ten years without eating or drinking, let alone ten thousand taels of silver! With his tenure, He doesn't even think about it!"
Xu Qing said with a smile: "That's it. Give us all 60,000 taels. If it's greedy... the greed is more than 60,000 taels, right? Tsk tsk, the prince in Yongzhou City seems to hate corrupt officials... "
Hearing what Xu Qing said, County Magistrate Su couldn't help nodding his head. He thought that Zhou Xianwei was punished immediately after embezzling a few thousand taels of silver. This time, the 60,000 taels...
Alas, I thought that the loss of money would avoid disaster, but who knows, the evidence was handed over to others...
"But..." At this point, Xu Qing suddenly changed his mind.
County Magistrate Su looked at Xu Qing in confusion and said, "But what?"
Xu Qing said: "If you really want to sue Xu Sima for corruption... the sixty thousand taels he just sent is considered stolen goods, that is to say, if you don't sue, the sixty thousand taels belong to us. Sue... the sixty thousand taels It is very likely that we will have to hand it over after going through it once... Whether it is 60,000 taels of silver or the collapse of the Xu family, this is something you have to think about, father-in-law."