The whole internet begged the girl to usurp the throne

Chapter 60
Chen Yuanxin also heard it.

This untouchable is putting pressure on him!

The matter of credit was disgraceful, especially when the seventh prince, who was hosting a banquet, made a fool of himself and pretended to be fat. In the end, he was unable to pay the credit and instead acted rogue.

He knew that he would not dare to publicize it, let alone bring this matter to the ears of His Highness the Seventh Prince and His Highness the Crown Prince, so he was so confident that he was not afraid of going to court with him!
But there was a slight flaw in this. As he said, the Seventh Prince and the others were not so drunk that they were not sober. The four of them always had some idea of ​​what they ordered and ate last night.

The shopkeeper was not afraid that his brain would get hot, and he actually responded to him and called His Majesty the Seventh Prince and the three young masters to the court. How could he step down if he made one wrong move?
Or is it that the shopkeeper has already bribed him?
wrong.

This idea was rejected by Chen Yuanxin as soon as it came up.

Five hundred gold should not be able to buy those three young masters to do this shameless act on behalf of the shopkeeper.

Not to mention His Highness Seventh Prince.

Seeing Chen Yuanxin's silence, the shopkeeper tilted his head and ordered Shen Yinrong behind him:

"You have quick legs and feet. This is not far from the Yamen. Go and report the case. Mr. Chen and I will be waiting here."

Shen Yinrong looked at the shopkeeper, who frowned and winked, indicating that he was obedient.

Shen Yinrong lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, lowered his head, and then turned around——

But as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, two servants at the door suddenly blocked his way.

Shen Yinrong wanted to bypass it.

As soon as he moved, the two figures also moved, making it clear that he couldn't get out like this.

Shen Yinrong turned to look at the shopkeeper standing in the hall.

The shopkeeper naturally saw it.

"Mr. Chen, what are you doing? Aren't you thinking of reporting to the official?"

Chen Yuanxin: "If you don't know what to do, the official will definitely repay you, but I have to repay this official!"

Whoever reports a matter to the police first and who is the victim and defendant are completely different in nature.

The shopkeeper responded: "Okay, it will be the same for everyone."

Chen Yuanxin: "You look confident and confident, not afraid of the consequences of defeat?"

Shopkeeper: "It is natural to pay back debts. To eat, you need to pay. Even if this matter reaches the ears of the emperor, I am not afraid."

"Ha." Chen Yuanxin snorted coldly.

He obviously didn't believe that he would eat six hundred gold last night, but the shopkeeper's stable and determined attitude really made him loosen his self-doubt.
If this is really the case, he has become a villain who wants to use his official position and power to renege on debts in the shopkeeper's mouth. This matter will bother His Highness the Seventh Prince again. No matter how much he loses his face, the Sixth Highness may not accept his surrender anymore. .
Not to mention that if word spreads later, His Highness the Crown Prince will know about his request to see His Highness Seventh.
But if he were to give these 500 taels of gold——

He can't afford it!
In the past few days, I have been spending a lot of money giving gifts and taking care of things.

I am afraid that more than half of Liu Fengqin's dowry has been spent, so there will only be 700 taels of silver left in the money box!

This is very different from the amount of 500 taels of gold.

After thinking about it, Chen Yuanxin said with a serious face: "I will ask someone to go to the Yamen to file a case first. You go back and wait for the Yamen to summon you!"

"That's not good." The shopkeeper didn't agree. "It's not too much trouble. Let's go to the Yamen and pass on one or two young men who had dinner with you last night. Let's ask. Yes, there is no need to delay things that will produce results!"

"Let me put it bluntly, if you go to those three young masters to make trouble, then I will really have no reason to explain!"

Chen Yuanxin seemed to have been stepped on, his brows were furrowed, and he became irritable:

"Damn!!"

"You are making such arrogant remarks about court officials. Just by saying that, I can drag you to the Yamen and slap you with a fifty-fifty ban!"

The shopkeeper calmly bent down and bowed: "My words are inappropriate, Mr. Chen, please calm down."

He told him to calm down with a nonchalant look, and the breath held in Chen Yuanxin's chest became even thicker.

If he was just a small businessman, he would have to give him a good beating behind closed doors to make him angry!
Chen Yuanxin's chest rose and fell for a long time before he exhaled and said slowly:

"Five hundred gold is not a small amount. You go back first and I will put it together and send it to you tomorrow."

"No." The shopkeeper refused again: "It is written clearly on the receipt. It is only for one day. It must be returned today. Otherwise, I will still have to ask someone from the Yamen to help me count the assets in your house!"

"Ha." Chen Yuanxin laughed angrily at the shopkeeper again.

His mood continued to rise, and his forehead was so hot that he almost felt like a demon.

"Shopkeeper, are you really determined to see the 500 taels of gold today?"

The shopkeeper lowered his head: "Mr. Chen, you're just kidding me. Businessmen always have to calculate their accounts more clearly."

"People die for money and birds die for food. If you have money that you shouldn't be greedy for, if you have a life to take it, you must have a life to enjoy it!"

The threat in Chen Yuan's new words could not be more obvious.

The shopkeeper's eyes changed, but he soon regained his composure: "Mr. Chen, you are worrying too much. I went to Fuze Temple to ask for a fortune teller, and the Buddha said I can live to be 83!"

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Chen Yuanxin is going to be so angry!
At this time, the servant guarding the door hurriedly ran over to report:
"Sir, the official from Dali Temple is here, saying that they have received a report."

Chen Yuanxin frowned: "What report? I went to the wrong door, no one reported the crime."

Before he finished speaking, the shopkeeper raised his hand and spoke:

"Maybe it was the guy in my store who reported it——"

Chen Yuanxin: "."

Okay, I really came prepared!
"Sir, since the official is here, why not go for a walk and let the official judge the results?"

Chen Yuanxin: "."

"Li Shan, go prepare the carriage."

When things come to this, if he avoids it, he will really be in the wrong!
"Yes." Li Shan responded and left.

Chen Yuanxin said to the shopkeeper angrily: "Go and wait outside the door!"

The shopkeeper hesitated for a few seconds before bowing in agreement.

When he turned to leave, Shen Yinrong stepped forward quickly, bending down to pick up the torn IOU on the ground.

The shopkeeper grabbed him and said, "It's been notarized anyway, it's just a piece of waste paper. If Mr. Chen wants it, just keep it for him!"

After saying that, he took Shen Yinrong and left.

They had just stepped out of the front hall, and before they had taken a few steps, they heard the sound of breaking porcelain behind them, and the splashing fragments hit the robes on their backs——

Declaring the master's incompetent anger.
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Chen Yuanxin would never have thought that the person in charge of the trial would still be the same Zhong Shaoqing a month ago.When did the Dali Temple become so peaceful? Some trivial disputes could be handled by a fourth-grade Dali Temple Shaoqing again and again!
There was a table set up next to the key, and His Royal Highness was sitting there drinking tea! !

Chen Yuanxin's thoughts were so confused that he couldn't even think about it.

After meeting Zhong Shaoqing, Qi Hongwei smiled, but looked at Chen Yuanxin with a fierce look:

"Thanks to Mr. Chen, otherwise I wouldn't have had the chance to drink tea from Dali Temple!"

Chen Yuanxin knelt down in panic and said: "Your Highness, please forgive me. This is not what I want. It is this unscrupulous businessman who is looking for trouble and intends to blackmail me."

Before he finished speaking, Qi Hongwei poured the hot tea in the cup over!

"You are the one who wants to be the host, and you are the one who said to be casual. You want to use my identity to pressure the merchant, and you want to default on the bill, right?"

Chen Yuanxin's face was burned red. He ignored the pain and quickly explained: "No."

Before he finished speaking, Qi Hongwei didn't listen at all and interrupted:
"I have never borrowed a penny of money myself. You are a dog slave who relies on human power, and you still say that you will do the work of a dog and a horse for me. Is this how you work like a cow and a horse for your master?!"

"Your Highness."

Qi Hongwei only took a breath, and Chen Yuanxin rushed in anxiously, but Qi Hongwei continued to say angrily:

"Today you dare to use your power to bully ordinary people and traders, will you dare to use my name to kill people and set fire tomorrow?!"

"I dare not—"

"I see you have nothing to dare!"

Zhong Shaoqing, who was on the desk, intervened at the right time: "Your Majesty, Seventh Prince, please calm down. This is a silver dispute between Chang Xianlou and Mr. Chen. What kind of temper do you have? Let's just settle the matter later!"

Qi Hongwei was also obedient, leaning his back on the chair, "Okay, without delaying Zhong Shaoqing's trial, please—"

Zhong Shaoqing asked: "You held a banquet at Changxian Tower last night, but you didn't have enough money afterwards. So you wrote an IOU to the store and agreed to pay it off today?"

Chen Yuanxin glanced at Qi Hongwei's face and thought for a moment, he'd better kneel down!
He replied: "Master Shaoqing, it is true. I wrote the IOU, but I remember the store told me that it was more than 40 taels. Because I was drunk, I lost my guard and vigilance. I didn't expect Chang Xianlou would Write 40 taels of silver as 500 taels of gold."

The shopkeeper's reply: "Black and white words on the paper, Si Shi and Wu Bai, silver and gold, these four words are completely different. You watched me finish writing, and I repeated it to you after signing. You left after confirming it." !”

"If you had any objections at that time, why didn't you raise them immediately?"

Chen Yuanxin countered: "I was drunk at the time and couldn't see people clearly. How could I recognize whether it was written on the paper as Wu Bai or Si Shi!"

The shopkeeper said politely and strangely: "You were so drunk that you couldn't see people clearly, but you heard the forty clearly, and you couldn't hear the 500 taels of gold I told you later."

"You never told me the number five hundred!!"

The two of them disagreed on this point. Zhong Shaoqing clapped his hand. After the two of them calmed down, he handed the two pieces of paper and the menu to the judge next to him, who handed it to Chen Yuanxin——

"This is your meal and drink list last night, see if there are any discrepancies?"

Chen Yuanxin knelt down and took it. It recorded every wine and dish that was served on the table. The ones ordered at first were all correct. Later, the dishes were indeed added with wine, but there were nearly a dozen more names that he had no memory of, and there were two pots. Huang Xian'er worth seventy gold
"Master Zhong, I haven't ordered any of the dishes or wine on this list. The shopkeeper must have added it privately!"

The shopkeeper immediately denied it: "Sir, I can send someone to call the cook and the waiter who served the food and wine that night. There are still accounts to be reconciled."

Chen Yuanxin: "Accounts can be falsified, and people can be bribed. Since you deliberately want to blackmail me for five hundred gold, you should have made a confession with the cooks and waiters in your shop."

Before he finished speaking, Qi Hongwei said frivolously:
"It's true that accounts can be falsified and people can be bribed, but I don't know how much money Mr. Chen can spare to bribe me? If the price is right, I can follow you and change my story and say that I haven't eaten or drank anything like that."

Chen Yuanxin's eyes widened, he looked at Zhong Shaoqing in the hall, and quickly lowered his head, fearful and uneasy:

"I don't know what your highness means, and I won't do anything to bribe you."

Qi Hongwei smiled: "Master Chen has good moral character, but it's a pity that even if he wants to do it, it's too late."

"I was suddenly questioned by Dali Temple. Zhong Shaoqing showed me the list, and I accepted it. If I had known this was the case, I should have followed you and said that I had never eaten it. Wouldn't that be enough? Save your 500 taels of gold, and give me another 250 taels or something."

Chen Yuanxin's eyes widened: "Your Majesty, Seventh Highness, you"

There's obviously no food and drinks, right?
Or was he really drunk?
It can't really be that the shopkeeper of Changxian Tower bribed His Highness Seventh Prince, right?
"Lord Shaoqing, there is actually evidence for this matter." The shopkeeper suddenly spoke.

Zhong Shaoqing: "What other evidence is there?"

The shopkeeper said: "Mr. Chen said that he has never tasted the wine and food on this list. There is a wine on this list called Huang Xian'er. The reason why it is so expensive is that in addition to the golden snake soaked in it, gold foil is also added. As long as Mr. Chen is like this You will definitely see the golden color of the toilet.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present fell silent.

It depends on what color Chen Yuanxin’s poop is!

Qi Hongwei was the first to let out an uncontrollable chuckle.

Zhong Shaoqing hesitated and agreed: "Although it is a bit vulgar, it can still be regarded as the most practical evidence."

"Someone, go get Gong Tong!"

"No!!" Chen Yuanxin stopped him, his expression uglier than eating a fly.

A manly man, he is now a fourth-rank official, but he was forced by a pariah profiteer to go to the toilet in Dali Temple to prove his innocence.
He looked at Qi Hongwei, looking full of expectation and pleading, and then asked: "Your Highness, are you sure? Have you tasted all the food and wine on this list?"

Qi Hongwei thought for a while and said, "In this case, I woke up in the morning and went to the toilet. I will call the servant here for you, and you can ask me?"

"." How dare Chen Yuanxin answer the question?
"Zhong Shaoqing, the servant who served me last night was outside the house, please send him to ask!!"

He had asked Li Shan about it on the carriage when he arrived.

Li Shan made it clear that there was still 40 taels left.

He was busy taking care of it at the time and neglected to read the documents.
Although servants will naturally favor their masters, they must listen after all!
Chen Yuanxin thought that the shopkeeper would stop him or veto it, but the people around him didn't say a word, waiting for Zhong Shaoqing to tell Li Shan to come in!

During this gap, Chen Yuanxin felt an uneasy feeling that something was wrong.
Li Shan was beaten, and when he walked from the door to here, there were beads of sweat on his forehead.

Despite the pain in his back and hips, he knelt down and called: "Kowtow to Mr. Shaoqing."

Zhong Shaoqing asked: "I will ask you something, please tell the truth. If there is even a hint of partiality, I will show no mercy!"

Li Shan: "Yes, yes, sir, just ask."

"You were waiting for Mr. Chen last night?"

"Yes."

"So, how much wine did your lord and the Seventh Prince drink in total last night?"

"There was a lot of wine here, and His Highness the Seventh Prince liked to mix it up and drink it. I didn't remember how much he drank or anything like that."

"Is there any kind of wine brewed with yellow snakes?"

Li Shan nodded: "Yes. When the store came to the store, His Majesty Seventh Prince and others were shown a long snake as thick as a little finger coiled at the bottom of the altar. I only saw a glimpse of it from the side, and I was so frightened that I felt scared."

(End of this chapter)