Chapter 963

In the early morning, a green horse drawn carriage set out quietly from Zhennan palace.

The coachman or Zhou Dacheng, in addition to Baihui lily, only accompanied two palace guards.

They want to go to Huaiyuan County, which is only seven or eight miles away from Wangdu. It is a small county. Nangong Yue has never been there before and has never paid attention to it. This time, they will think of it because Nanwang in the old town has a small shop there, and now it is under the name of Xiao Yi. The only shop left by the South King of the old town was in the boundary of the king's capital, so Nangong Yue chose this one after careful consideration.

More than an hour later, the party arrived in Huaiyuan County.

The shop is located at the most bustling Kaiyuan street in Huaiyuan County. It is connected by three shops into a large one. It is only a small shop for the palace, but it is very eye-catching in Kaiyuan street.

Zhou Dacheng stopped the carriage diagonally opposite the shop with a "woo" sound. He narrowed his eyes and glared for a long time. He was so angry that his veins protruded on the back of his hand. Although they had sent people to investigate this shop for a long time, they knew that this shop was not the one in the beginning, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he still couldn't suppress his anger.

"Zhou Dacheng, to the place?" Lily saw that the carriage stopped, so she lifted the curtain and poked out half of her head. After seeing half a circle, her eyes stopped on the sign of the shop opposite, and she was also angry.

She shrunk her head back again. The anger between her eyebrows was irrepressible. She said angrily to Nangong Yue: "princess, the princess is really a good skill. She plays well and can take flowers from trees."

Nangong Yue opened the curtain beside the window and took a look at the plaque with the words "open source pawnshop" on the opposite side. Then he took back his sight, and his lips closed into a straight line.

According to the account book that Xiao Yi left her, this open source pawnshop should have been called Kaiyuan grain shop.

At that time, the Dayu Dynasty was newly established. After years of war and decay of the previous dynasty, the people's lives were relatively poor. Therefore, the king of the south of the old town opened this grain shop here. The grain shop has never been used for profit, but to help them in an emergency. Not only is the price of grain extremely low, but it also supplies rice and porridge from time to time

Before Nangong Yue came here, of course, he turned over all the accounts. Up to this year's account book, the name of this shop is Kaiyuan grain shop, which has lost a whole thousand Liang. If she had not sent someone to inquire about the shop and Chuang Tzu of the Old Town South King near the Wangdu, she would not have known that the grain shop had been transformed into a pawnshop five years ago!

Compared with Lily's indignation, Nangong Yue appeared light and light, and poured a cup of tea to lily, "drink tea, and then eliminate the fire."

Then she poured herself a cup, sipped her tea, and said faintly, "it's not only" transplanting flowers and trees ", but also playing a good hand of" pretending to be a tiger. "

This "open source pawnshop" relies on the reputation of Xiao Yi, the son of the king of Zhennan. The government and the local ruffians never dare to come to the door.

Lily can't wait to ask: "prince princess, people are ready, do you want to immediately..."

Before she finished her words, she heard a lot of noise outside. Nangong Yue once again opened the curtain and looked at the open source pawnshop. It seemed that someone was pushing at the door

"You old woman, don't mess around here. It's bad! Go out, get out A rude man's voice growled impatiently. Then he saw a man dressed in blue and looked like a man pushing a gray haired old woman out. The old woman was dressed in patched coarse cloth, and her figure was slightly rickety. She was pushed by the other party, and she staggered under her feet and fell to the ground.

Such a big movement not only attracted Nangong Yue, but also looked at the passers-by around him. However, he just pointed out that no one dared to help him. The man glared around the passers-by and said, "what are you looking at?"

Lily frowned and asked to see Nangong Yue. Seeing Nangong Yue nodding slightly, he quickly got off the carriage.

The old woman rushed over and tried to hold the man's leg. She cried dimly: "uncle, please give me another three days. As long as three days, the old lady will raise money."

"No! Tomorrow is the last day! " The man tried to kick her impatiently, but she held her calf tightly. "It's natural that you should pay back the debt! If every one who owes money delays paying it back, will you treat us as a charity

Man, the onlookers also nodded in succession. Yes, it's natural for people to pay back debts!

But some of them know that the pawnshop is putting money in everyday life, and the look at the old woman is a little complicated. What's not easy to borrow, they actually borrow the money. Isn't it seeking death?

Zhou Dacheng was so angry that his eyes were flushed with blood. He gnashed his teeth and said, "the imperial concubine, they are really putting money in..."

As the saying goes: Seal money, a return of three; rolling profits, annual turnover; a year to borrow, ten years to return; a few lives, not finished!

It's a huge profit to put money in. Although the Dayu Dynasty could not control the printing money from the people, it was forbidden for the imperial clan, the officials and their families to release the money. Xiao Fang put money in her pocket with such a big publicity, but it was Xiao Yi's reputation that the money went into her pocket. Even if things became big in the future, it would have nothing to do with her, the princess of Zhennan. Her little Fang's family is still the dignified and elegant Princess of Zhennan. She has a loving heart for the legitimate eldest son left by the former princess."Uncle!" The old woman prayed with tears, "the old woman is really penniless and has no family. Now my grandson is still seriously ill. The old lady can't even raise the money to see the doctor. Please forgive me for a few more days. "

I didn't expect the old woman to be so miserable! Most of the passers-by felt sympathy. Some people wanted to help the old lady speak, but they were immediately pulled by their friends and whispered in his ear, and the man retreated. It turns out that this is the shop opened by Wang Shizi of Zhennan. No wonder it is so arrogant! Even if they have a hundred heads, they can't afford to offend them.

"Hum!" The man snorted angrily, and his eyes rolled around. He said with a smile, "old lady, don't pretend to be poor. You still have" things "to sell in your family." It's not good for him to increase the volume.

The old woman was stunned. Her eyes were wide open. Her face turned pale. She shook her head and said, "no, how can an old woman sell her granddaughter..."

The man turned his face and kicked the old woman away: "old woman, I don't care what you do. In a word, tomorrow morning, I must see the money. Otherwise, don't blame me for bringing people's teeth to the door!"

After all, the old woman was old and weak. When she was kicked so hard by him, her upper body suddenly fell to the ground Seeing that she was about to knock on the ground, people around her screamed. Fortunately, a blue figure rushed out like a meteor and helped the old woman. It was lily.

Nangong Yue and Baihui on the carriage also secretly relieved.

"Mind your own business..." The man turned his lips and turned to the pawnbroker.

Lily coldly looked at the back of the man, slightly squinting, but did not immediately go to the gang to calculate accounts. This matter, the princess has her own opinion, she can not because of a moment of righteous indignation, broken the deployment of the princess.

Lily leaned over and helped the old woman up, "Auntie, are you ok? What's wrong with you? "

The old woman looked up at Lily gratefully, shook her head and said, "thank you very much, old lady, it's OK." She said, and then looked at the pawnshop, "no, the old lady has to ask the shopkeeper again..."

Hearing this, a passer-by kindly advised: "Auntie, it's useless for you to ask again! This pawn shop was opened by the prince of the south of the town. Last time someone came here to pawn it, the shopkeeper only gave two liang silver. The man who wanted to share the theory with the shopkeeper was beaten to death. In this way, the government didn't dare to control it. You'd better go home and raise money, or... " The passer-by shook his head helplessly, otherwise, he could only sell his son and sell her daughter to pay off the debt!

"Where can the old lady raise money?" The old woman walked forward in a daze and murmured, "don't you Do you really want to sell Sister Li... "

"When I heard the call, I didn't worry about it, but I didn't worry about it

"Lily, you take this lady to the carriage. Let's give her a ride." Baihui's voice suddenly rings out behind lily. Lily immediately understands her cousin's meaning and quickly agrees with her, "yes, auntie, you just fell. Why don't we give you a ride?"

The old woman still hesitated, but Zhou Dacheng had already driven the carriage to her side. Lily looked at the old woman with a smile and said deliberately, "Auntie, you don't think I'm a bad man, do you?"

"How could it be?" The old woman shook her hand in horror and said, "how can the old lady be so ungrateful? You are a great good man That old lady has the cheek to trouble the girl

The old woman said an address and got on the carriage with the help of lily.

Looking at the carriage, the old woman did not expect that the carriage was unexpectedly clean, comfortable and spacious. It was obviously carefully arranged, and the two girls in the carriage surprised her even more, especially the one sitting by the window on the right. Although she was young, she was still 13 or 14 years old, she was wearing her head and was as beautiful as the man in the picture. She just sat there There looked at the extraordinary bearing, for a time the old woman was a little confused.

Baihui was busy and helped the old woman: "Auntie, come to my side." Then lily also got on the carriage and sat down on the footstool of nangongyue.

With a shout, the carriage began to move slowly outside.

Lily smile for the old woman introduced: "Auntie, this is my wife."

"Madam, thank you for your kindness." The old woman owed her thanks.

Nangong Yue gave a little smile and nodded his head: "don't be polite, madam. I'm just raising my hand. I don't know what to call aunt? "

The old woman quickly replied, "my husband's family name is ye..."

"Madame ye, I have seen what happened just now. I dare to ask, how could you borrow money from the stamp?" Nangong Yue asked kindly.

At the mention of this matter, aunt Ye's eyes suddenly turned red and sighed, "it's all old women who are stupid. They've coaxed them to go..."

There seems to be something inside. Baihui and Lily look at each other.

Aunt Ye wiped her tears with her sleeve and continued, "my son's daughter-in-law has been gone for a long time, leaving only a pair of grandchildren. More than four months ago, my grandson was seriously ill. After seeing several doctors, he did not feel well after eating some precious medicinal materials. Soon, he spent all his cash in the house. At that time, it was the autumn harvest time. The old lady wanted to go to the pawn shop to pawn some things first. When the grain was collected and the money was available, she would redeem the things. "Speaking of her anger, Mrs. Ye couldn't help but clench the cloth on the side of her skirt. "Who knows when I arrived at the open source pawnshop, the shopkeeper said that the old lady's things were not worth a few dollars, and he also said that if the old lady was in a hurry to use the money, she could lend it to her with only one cent interest. The old lady thought that it would be half a month's turnover, so she borrowed it and pressed her fingerprints But who knows that it is a rolling profit, but half a month, the number has increased several times... "

One side of Baihui and Lily can not help but be filled with indignation, eyes burning with anger. This is really lawless!

Aunt Ye choked and continued: "in order to pay back the money, the old lady sold everything she could sell at home. She didn't even keep the land, but she still didn't pay back. Now there is nothing left but these two grandchildren But it seems that even the granddaughter will not be able to survive... " She could no longer suppress her grief and sobbed.

Nangong Yue motioned to Baihui to give aunt ye a handkerchief and asked in a deep voice, "aunt ye, since you are being cheated by the pawnshop, why don't you sue the official?" Her eyes were dark, like a pool, deep and bottomless.

Aunt Ye looked at Nangong Yue with a blank face and said, "the pawnbroker said, even if the old lady sues the official, it's useless. This IOU is written in black and white, and there's an old lady's handprint on it. It can't be fake. What's more, the pawnshop is owned by the prince of Zhennan. The officials protect each other. How could the county magistrate offend the aristocrats for the common people like us? "

For a time, the carriage was silent, Lily was about to say something, but Baihui a look at the sign, and depressed to swallow the words back.

Nangong Yue meditated for a long time, and his right index finger rubbed the girdle around his waist Although she had already arranged for someone, it seems that Aunt Ye is more suitable. She thought, she looked up at Aunt ye, her eyes firm and clear.

"Aunt ye, I'm from Wangdu. I know a little about Zhennan wangshizi As far as I know, Zhennan wangshizi is by no means the kind of bully and bully. I'm afraid there are villains in it. " Nangong Yue said unhurriedly, the gentle tone of voice seems to have a kind of power to stabilize people's hearts, which makes people believe in her involuntarily.

Aunt Ye didn't expect Nangong Yue to say such a thing. She was shocked and doubted. Although this little lady is from a wealthy family, she can't know Zhennan Wang's son by looking at the carriage and her clothes and jewelry. At most, she is a scholar?

But when I thought of the onlookers who were just watching, and were willing to help and speak up to themselves, only the maid of the little lady could believe them. If they could not believe them, who else could they believe?

Madame ye took a deep breath and asked, "madam, would you please teach the old lady how to do it?"

"Beat the drum and complain." Nangong Yue gave four words lightly.

"Suiguan..." Madame Ye is a common people with a common head. She is naturally afraid of offending officials and hesitates for a while.

But think about it, she has already gone to the dead end. Now if she doesn't sue the official, then tomorrow She's going to die tomorrow!

Aunt Ye's eyes widened, as if she had grasped the last straw to save her life. She even said, "county yamen, the old lady has to go to the county government quickly..."

Don't worry, madam Ye Nangong Yue soft voice advised, "now the most important thing, or to help you ask a doctor to see your son is."

Aunt Ye couldn't believe her ears. Tears appeared again in her eyes and said gratefully, "thank you, madam! Thank you, madam At this time, in addition to Xie, she has no idea what else she can say

Maybe, maybe I really met a noble person? Madame Ye was frightened, but a little flame lit up in her heart.

This little lady will not cheat her!

She's going to sue the official!

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An hour later, Baihui and aunt Ye got off nangongyue's Qingpeng carriage and came to the county government. Nangong Yue watched them in the carriage and watched them change.

Huaiyuan County is just a small county. The style of the county yamen can't be compared with that of Wangdu's jingzhaofu, but it also has a dignified atmosphere, which makes people dare not get close to it easily.

According to Dayu's law and calendar, those who go to Beijing Zhaofu to complain about their grievances should stick twenty first, regardless of whether the grievance is true or not. In contrast, the ordinary county government is much more polite. If the grievance is true, he can be forgiven for his punishment. But if he is falsely accused, then don't blame the county magistrate for his impoliteness!

Aunt Ye's chest is beating like a drumstick, even her legs are slightly shaking. She looks at Baihui uneasily, and Baihui nods to her slightly, which finally inspires her courage.

She picked up the wooden mallet next to the dengwen drum, and knocked the first drum heavily, shouting: "Lord Qingtian, the women are wronged!"

Then the second drum, the third drum With the "Dong Dong" drumbeat, her expression became more and more firm and solemn, and she cried with tears: "the civilian woman will sue the open source pawnshop for cheating, bullying others, and cheating the women to borrow the money of rolling profits, so that they will lose their fortune!"

The thunderous drum sound immediately attracted a lot of people. Passers-by gathered around them. When they heard the four words of Kaiyuan pawnshop, they suddenly burst into a pot, whispering and pointing"I heard that this open source pawnshop is like the property of Wang Shizi in the south of town?"

"This old lady is not going to die. She even dares to sue Kaiyuan pawnshop!"

"Yes, yes, the officials protect each other. If the people don't fight with the officials, I'm afraid the old lady can't claim justice, and she has to be beaten again!"

“……”

After a while, two yamen messengers came out of the Yamen and asked Mrs. ye, "where did you come to the old lady? Why did you come to the county government to play drums?"

Mrs. Ye knelt down on the ground and said in a loud voice, "Lord Qingtian, the people's wives have grievances to state!"

Since aunt Ye is beating drums and complaining of injustice, the county magistrate can only open the Yamen and accept the case. Soon, aunt ye and Baihui were brought into the court. And those good passers-by also flocked to the hall to watch.

Nangong Yue carried the curtain and looked at this scene, his face was as heavy as water. One side of the lily naturally felt her displeasure, said: "the son concubine, has the cousin to follow, the leaf aunt certainly is not able to eat the loss."

He was still in a heavy mood.

Aunt Ye was lucky enough to meet them, but I don't know how many people have been ruined by Xiao Fang's people in recent years Is this little Fang family not afraid of committing too many crimes and harming their children?

At this time, the crowd outside the county yamen suddenly became agitated. An aunt said in her voice, "no wonder this old lady dares to come to the County Yamen to complain, and dare to find the backstage."

"Yes, yes!" "I don't know who the little girl with her is. I just whispered a word to the master, and the county magistrate was so polite."

"In my opinion, this girl is just a maid dressed up as a servant girl. I guess she is a servant girl of an official family."

"But no matter how promising it is, it can't be compared with the son of the king of the South Town..."

"But it's the first time in several years to examine the shopkeeper of the open source pawnshop."

When we go to the county government office, we should talk about the direction of the public.

Lily put down the curtain, and finally felt a little relieved. He said to Nangong Yue with a smile: "princess, don't you think that cousin is a fox pretending to be a tiger?"? I knew I should have been allowed to go. I like doing this kind of work best! " She sighed with regret.

Nangong Yue laughed at her, covered his mouth and said with a smile, "OK, let you go next time."

The two chatted in the carriage until after the incense sticks, there was a loud noise outside:

"look, Constable Li is back!"

"Strange? Why is he alone? "

Nangongyue and Baihe quickly looked at the gate of the county yamen again. They saw that Li Zhukuai got off the horse in front of the county yamen. He really came back alone.

The county magistrate has spoken in person, and the shopkeeper of Kaiyuan pawnshop dares to ignore it. He is so arrogant and defiant of law and discipline, which shows how tyrannical he is in daily life.

However, Baihui is in the name of Nangong family. The eldest master of Nangong family is a Beijing official. Even if the county magistrate is afraid of Nanwang's son, he is embarrassed to do nothing, and he has to behave himself

In thought, there was a commotion at the gate of the county yamen. It turned out that three yamen officials came out of the County Yamen with aunt ye and Baihui.

Baihui and Lily exchange a look from afar, Lily immediately understand, some incredible said: "are they going to open source pawnshop confrontation?" Is the county magistrate really too cowardly? If it was her, she would simply send two yamen messengers to tie up the shopkeeper. Would the pawnbroker dare to beat the Yamen?

Nangong Yue laughed and said meaningfully, "well, Kaiyuan street is lively enough!"

Lily a listen, also smile open, "the son imperial concubine says is, the person is much talent fun!"

This is to make more trouble, the better the effect! Since the shopkeeper is so cooperative, they will do as he wishes!

Without Nangong Yue's command, Zhou Dacheng drove his own carriage to follow him. Not only they, but also the people who had been watching at the gate of the county government also followed him. As a result, the team seemed to be mighty. Even more and more people along the way joined the team after learning about the causes and consequences. This Huaiyuan County is really too small, it has been a long time without such a lively to see!

When I got to Kaiyuan street, the shopkeeper who heard the news was also shocked. Although the shopkeeper has seen some of the world, he is still the first time to encounter such a scene. He is also a bit empty hearted and stares at the guy fiercely. If he hadn't dealt with aunt Ye well, how could he have such trouble!

The man shrinks reflexively. He hates aunt ye to death in his heart. He says secretly: when he solves the official post, he must teach the dead woman a lesson! Didn't she love her granddaughter? He sold her granddaughter to the kiln!

The man's vicious eyes made aunt Ye's body tremble. Baihui held her right arm on one side and gently laughed at her, saying silently: it's OK.

The tall and strong Constable stepped forward and said to the shopkeeper in a gruff voice, "shopkeeper Wang, this lady Ye has accused your pawnshop of cajoling her to borrow money from the stamp money, causing her to lose her fortune and forcing her to sell her granddaughter. What can you say?"Shopkeeper Wang blew his moustache and said scornfully, "what kind of hoax? This black and white paper with her own handprint is that she wants to borrow money, and now she wants to pay off her debts and pretend to be poor! Constable pan, don't be fooled by this villain. I have an IOU here in duplicate, which is absolutely not tampered with at will. Even if I go to the Jingzhao mansion, I will do it. " With that, manager Wang took out an IOU and handed it to Constable pan.

Constable pan glanced casually, then turned to Aunt ye and said, "aunt ye, is this really your fingerprint?" There was a little impatience in his tone, and he knew what the pawnshop was up to. But since the IOU was true, he could only blame the old lady for being stupid and easy to cheat. According to Constable pan, if you ignore this trivial case, why should you offend the people of Zhennan palace? I don't know what medicine the county magistrate took today, so he had to go there for nothing.

Aunt Ye nodded helplessly and explained, "but he clearly told the woman that it was a profit..."

"I have clearly written the calculation method of interest on this IOU. What's the matter with me if you don't understand it yourself?" Shopkeeper Wang looked at Aunt Ye contemptuously. "Anyway, I'll have someone go to your house to collect money tomorrow."

Aunt Ye looked at Constable pan for help. Constable pan perfunctorily said, "Auntie, I think you'd better go back to raise money earlier."

When he said this, manager Wang was even more proud. He knew that the county magistrate did not dare to offend them.

The passers-by who watched all around saw the final result, shaking their heads and talking about the words of "officials protect each other", "the people do not fight with the officials", "the official university level oppresses people to death" and so on.

Shopkeeper Wang looked around with his chest up and said, "my pawnshop is the property of Wang Shizi in Zhennan! If you want to pay back, no way! "

Baihui suddenly stepped forward and asked in a cold voice, "do you say that this open source pawnshop is the property of Prince Shizi in the south of town?"

"That's nature!" Seeing that the situation has been settled, the assistant next to shopkeeper Wang also raised his head and raised his chest. "Ask your neighbors, who doesn't know that the owner of this pawnshop is Zhennan wangshizi."

Baihui laughed faintly, looked around for a circle, and said in a loud voice, "please give me a certificate today, so as not to play tricks on them in the future."

The onlookers were confused. What kind of medicine was buried in the little girl's gourd.

Baihui coldly looked at manager Wang and said, "manager Wang, my master is the prince of Zhennan. Today, I come here to inspect the industry on the order of the imperial concubine."

This simple sentence shocked everyone, and there was no sound around.

What's this? Zhennan Prince's concubine is looking for the son of a son? Or The fast thinking man suddenly thinks of some possibility.

Soon there were ripples in the crowd, like a stone falling into the pool.

But aunt Ye was already stunned and couldn't help thinking: if the master of Baihui is the prince of Zhennan, isn't it

Baihui continued to say in a loud voice: "manager Wang, I only know that there is a grain shop in Kaiyuan street, and I don't know when it became pawnshop?" She deliberately pause, slowly, word by word geological asked, "manager Wang, can you explain it?"

Shopkeeper Wang is sweating and pale. He can't speak at all. He couldn't say it was the princess's order, could he? How could this happen? In the first few years, he was also a little nervous, but Niu Guanshi comforted him that there was no need to panic at all. Shiziye would not pay attention to these industries, so he was relieved.

Seeing that manager Wang falters and haws, but he can't say anything, people don't know what's going on, and they're speechless: it's the boss Wang who cheated the Lord! How dare he is!

Baihui turned to look at Constable pan, and asked with a smile, "Constable pan, do you know how to punish this slave's bullying master?"

For this reason, Pan Yu, who was busy with this, thought that he could not help but deceive her

Stick dead!? Manager Wang was almost dumbfounded. His legs were soft and he knelt down. His body was shaking like a sieve.

Baihui said coldly: "such a wicked slave, let's shoot with a stick."

Manager Wang's face turned white with fright, and he blurted out: "girl, it's unjust! I don't dare to deceive the Lord... "

"Never dare to deceive the Lord?" Baihui snorted coldly, "who gave you the courage to turn the grain store into a pawn shop and put money in the name of the son of a prince! You can't kill a slave like you Constable pan, I'll trouble you. "

Constable pan was stunned for a while. He didn't know whether he was suppressed by Baihui's momentum or frightened by her master. He waved his hand and said, "come on!"

On hearing the sound, the two officers came forward and wanted to catch shopkeeper Wang.

Manager Wang was really scared and cried out: "the little one, the little one, dare not make any claim. The little one has acted according to the order of the princess!" As soon as he spoke, he covered his mouth in horror and did not dare to make a sound again.

Baihui sneered and yelled: "bold servant! How could the princess do such a dirty thing. You think the princess is thousands of miles away, and you just talk about it, don't you? " When talking about the four words "thousands of miles away", Baihui deliberately lengthened the tone, which was meaningful.Manager Wang figured it out at once.

At this point, what is more important than life? Once he was killed by Princess Nai, he must have been killed in the next time. Thinking of this, shopkeeper Wang took his heart and kowtowed and said, "girl, there is a letter from the princess! It's not a little nonsense

This unexpected development has confused people around. What's going on?

, why do you want me to keep quiet after the war

"Yes! Zhennan princess should be the mother of shiziye, right? Aren't they from the same family? "

People look at me and I look at you, but they don't understand, until more than one in the crowd said in a voice: "I seem to have heard that the princess seems to be the stepprincess, not the biological mother of the prince."

"It's stepmother

"No wonder It seems that the second princess wants to occupy the property of shiziye

In a moment, all the people are the truth!

On the opposite side of the Kaiyuan pawnshop, Nangong Yue, sitting on the carriage, put down the curtain and calmly told Lily, "when you go back, tell Zhu Xing that Chen Yushi will impeach the son of the world and release the money privately to force the common people to break up and die."

Impeachment of the son of God? Lily was stunned.

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