wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 87-87. Signature
Tian Erya felt that Steward Lu was looking at her strangely, and touched her face: "Housekeeper Lu, is there something on my face? Are you looking at me so strangely?"

Butler Lu touched his nose: "No. Commander Tian, ​​how do you deal with this matter?"

"If someone steals something and gets it, of course it must be dealt with fairly."

"No matter who it is, must it be dealt with fairly?"

Tian Erya nodded: "Of course..."

Zheng Yuansheng interrupted her: "Housekeeper Lu, since you have brought people to the door, let them come in and make judgments."

Butler Lu glanced at Zheng Yuansheng, met his warning eyes and hurriedly lowered his head, walked to the door and waved: "Let them all in."

Tian Erya asked Zheng Yuansheng in a low voice: "Why did you interrupt me just now? Butler Lu went to the scene and caught personal stolen goods and got them. We have to deal with them fairly, so as not to let people say that we have handled things unfairly. In the future, we will not be able to convince the public. "

Zheng Yuansheng said in a low voice: "I looked at the innkeeper's eyes with malicious intentions, and I was afraid that he would set you up, so first ask the person who came, and it will not be too late to make a decision after figuring it out."

Tian Erya grinned: "You're still smart." When she heard the movement, she looked out with a smile, and stopped smiling when she saw the person coming in from the outside.

With his head down, the old man Tian followed Steward Lu, the shopkeeper and the boy of Wang Ji Knives and Cuts Shop, and a group of people.

Tian Erya rushed up and grabbed Old Man Tian's arm: "Father, why are you with them?"

Butler Lu spoke with unconcealable disdain and gloating in his tone: "Old Mrs. Tian, ​​as a middle-class man, watched the steward of the coal mine sell the first-class coal to Wang Ji Daojianpu at the price of second-class coal. Every ton of coal , he has a commission."

Zheng Yuansheng Hantian Erya's body was weak, she fell to one side, and hurriedly put a chair behind her.

Tian Erya slumped on the chair, her eyes darkened.

Zheng Yuansheng comforted: "Don't worry, the incident just happened, we just settle it properly, no outsiders will know."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone outside announce "Master Wu has arrived".

Wu Xiangrong walked in quickly, his face frosty.

Zheng Yuansheng hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I don't know that your lord is here, but you have not greeted him from afar, but you still hope to forgive your sins. If you have anything to do, please tell your servants to let you know, and we will take care of it."

Wu Xiangrong snorted coldly: "I have become a thief, so I naturally have to come here and deal with it myself."

Tian Erya's expression changed, she stood up, and stood aside with her head bowed.

Wu Xiangrong sat down on the main seat and patted the table: "Tian Erya, are you convicted?"

Tian Erya knelt on the ground without saying a word.

Zheng Yuansheng bowed: "My lord, Tian Erya has been busy in the mine, I don't know what your lord is blaming?"

"Don't interrupt me, I never asked you!" Wu Xiangrong squinted at him and looked at Tian Erya, "Your father resold coal in your name on the iron mine, and obtained high-quality coal at a low price. , and caused national property losses amounting to thousands of taels of silver, how dare you say you didn’t know about it?”

Tian Erya lowered her head, her voice was like a mosquito: "Minnv really doesn't know."

Old man Tian's eyes widened when he heard the thousands of taels of silver, and grabbed the collar of the shopkeeper of Wangji Sword Shop: "You bastards! You asked me to sell you first-class coal at the price of second-class coal. You also asked me to pass the inspection of your unqualified scissors, and only gave me three taels of silver in total, but you earned thousands of taels of silver for one item. Are you still human?"

The shopkeeper pushed him away: "Don't talk nonsense, you are doing all this to make money, tell us the guy at Wangji knife and scissors shop, that you can sell us high-quality coal at a low price, and that as long as we give you silver, you will pay for it." Stop embarrassing us and let our scissors pass. We have to give you money."

Old man Tian stared at him fiercely: "You bastard beat me up. It's clear that you guys conspired to let me come forward..."

The shopkeeper of Wangji Sword Shop bowed to Wu Xiangrong: "My lord, please don't believe his lies. Just because he is Commander Tian's father, we should not think that we have wronged him. We really think that Commander Tian's father is in charge of the entire mine." Regarding matters above, Commander Tian’s father swore to us that as long as we did what he said, everything would be fine. Just in case, we specially asked him to sign the written documents.”

The old man Tian couldn't argue with his words, he looked at his daughter's resentful eyes and slapped his chest: I really don't know what's going on, I just want to earn a little money for my son to marry a wife, I didn't expect them to make such a big game to harm you... "

Zheng Yuansheng looked at the detailed record on the paper, "Old man Tian guarantees that the first-class coal was sold to Wangji Sword Shop at the price of second-class coal", and there is old man Tian's signature and stamp on it.He thought for a while, then gave Tian Erya a look, looked at the letter and the old man Tian's signature and pouted.

Tian Erya was in the midst of remorse and rage, when she saw Zheng Yuansheng's eyes, she suddenly recalled it, jumped up and pointed to the paper: "Master Wu, the written evidence presented by Wang Ji Sword Shop can just show their evil intentions. My father doesn't Literacy, how can you write this article in Zou Zou's words? Moreover, the neat signature at the bottom is not my father's autograph. This evidence is watery and cannot be taken seriously."

Old man Tian nodded repeatedly: "My lord, I don't know how to read at all. I don't know what they wrote on it. The written things they produced don't count."

The boy at the Wangji sword shop was impatient: "Commander Tian, ​​even if your father can't read, you can't think that the black and white writing is fake. He put his fingerprint on it, and it should take effect."

Old man Tian felt that he only took three taels of silver, but they regarded him as the chief culprit. He was really wronged, and immediately denied: "I don't know the words on it, and I don't know what it says. The fingerprints that you tricked into pressing can't be taken as real. .”

Shopkeeper Wang Ji retorted: "If you say it can't be true, then it can't be true? My lord, you can't favor Commander Tian just because he is the father of Commander Tian. He also put a mark on the document written in black and white. should bear the main responsibility.”

Wu Xiangrong had a sullen face: "I was appointed by the prefect to assist the Armed Forces Academy in completing the task of the imperial court to purchase equipment, supervise illegal activities during the process, and will not favor anyone. If you find that the official is unfair, you can go to the Yamen to sue Sir."

"My lord, that's not what I mean by a villain." Shopkeeper Wang Ji and the others trembled in fright.

Wu Xiangrong waved his hand: "Now there are all the witnesses and material evidence. You people have committed the crime of falsely reporting the amount and deceiving the court. Now I allow you to cross-examine and identify the real mastermind."

The shopkeeper and the boy of Wang Ji Knives and Scissors naturally blamed Old Man Tian for the crime.

The old man Tian was full of anger: "I am a blacksmith from another village. I have never seen the world, and I don't know the rules here. You put me in the pit with a meal of wine and meat. Give me a few taels of silver, and I will let you go." Do I lose my conscience if I shoulder such a big burden for you?"

Shopkeeper Wang and the boy had disdainful smiles on their faces, and turned their heads away.

With a sullen face, Wu Xiangrong said, "Old man Tian, ​​your name is written in black and white on it, and your fingerprints are on it. What else do you have to say?"

The old man Tian kowtowed: "Master Mingjian, I was really cheated by Wang Ji's sword shop, please make the decision for me."

(End of this chapter)