Chapter 245： hand over the jade pendant

Anding County Yamen

After Zhang Yuanbin beat the drum, the yamen began to go to court.

When the Ji brothers became defendants and brought them to court, they saw that Zhou Changsheng did not kneel.

Zhou Changsheng was wearing an official uniform and hat. After the front office staff called to go to the court, he walked out with a serious look.

Sitting in the case hall, holding the gavel, slapped it, and said, "Who is under the hall?"

Zhang Yuanbin knelt down and said, "Caomin Zhang Yuanbin greets the adults!"

Zhou Changsheng asked again, "Zhang Yuanbin, are you playing the drum just now?"

Zhang Yuanbin replied, "Go back to your lord, yes!"

Zhou Changsheng asked, "Who do you sue?"

Zhang Yuanbin said, "Sir, the people Caomin wants to sue are Ji Changjin and Ji Changxuan. They owe Caomin Restaurant 78,000 taels, but they defaulted on their bills and refused to pay the fee. Now, Caomin can only ask adults to call the shots!"

Hearing Zhang Yuanbin say that the two owed 78,000 taels, these people watching the fun were surprised.

What did they eat and live in to consume so much?

After Li heard Zhang Yuanbin's words, Ji Changjin jumped up immediately, he pointed at Zhang Yuanbin's nose, and cursed, "You nonsense, we just accidentally broke some cheap things, you will compensate for the sky-high price, you guys It's extortion!" Of course he wouldn't say, they broke and damaged these things on purpose.

However, Zhang Yuanbin and Zhou Changsheng ignored Ji Changxuan's jumping feet.

Zhou Changsheng slapped the gavel and shouted sternly, "Who in the hall is making a noise above the court?"

Ji Changxuan turned his head to face Zhou Changsheng and said contemptuously, "Hmph, Zhou Changsheng, what are you pretending to be? I, Ji Changxuan, don't you know me?"

Zhou Changsheng frowned, his eyes were sharp, and he shouted angrily with a serious expression, "I'm presumptuous! I'm a dignified seventh-rank county magistrate, how can you be presumptuous! Come on, take this person down and hit ten big boards again!"

Ji Changxuan immediately flushed with anger, and he said angrily, "You dare!"

"Come here, push down!" Zhou Changsheng immediately said loudly.

Seeing that these yamen were really going to pull Ji Changxuan down from the top ten major boards, Ji Changjin frowned and said to Zhou Changsheng with a gloomy face, "Master Zhou, my brother is still young and doesn't understand the importance, please Zhou Changsheng. Lord, forgive him once?"

As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not overwhelm the snake.

Although they used their father's light in Zhoushan City to gain power and power, then when they arrived in Anding County, they were all alone and weak. If Zhou Changsheng really wanted to do something to them, they could only eat this. Dumb loss.

Hearing Ji Changjin speak, Zhou Changsheng turned his head again and asked, "Who are you?"

Ji Changjin choked, and then said with a dark face, "I am Ji Changjin, the eldest son of Lord Ji, the prefect of Zhoushan, and also his eldest brother!"

But my heart was full of anger.

He scolded secretly, "Well, you Zhou Changsheng, you actually gave their brothers a secret attack.

Zhou Changsheng heard that he had automatically registered his name, and immediately shouted, "Ji Changjin, even if you are the sons of Mr. Ji, the prefect of Zhoushan, so what? You have no name and no official position, you must kneel when you see this official. !

Immediately, he turned around and asked, "Zhang Yuanbin, are these two the ones who are suing you today?"

Zhang Yuanbin said, "Go back to your lord, yes!"

Immediately, Zhou Changsheng picked up the gavel, slapped it heavily, and shouted sternly, "Pride! Ji Changjin Ji Changxuan, this is above the court, there is nothing to talk about! How can you be arrogant. Kneel down!" The last sentence of kneeling down and listening to anyone's ears is an irresistible majesty. However, Ji Changxuan stubbornly raised his head and said arrogantly, "I am the son of the dignified Zhoushan prefect, Lord Ji, even if I don't kneel down, I want to see if you dare to beat this son!" What if he deceived people by his identity.

This is to tell everyone in the court their identities, and they are the sons of the prefect, so they will not kneel to someone with a lower official position than their father.

Zhou Changsheng held the gavel and shouted sternly, "Pride! This is the court of the yamen. Anyone who has no fame or official position must kneel before this official! You two have no fame and no official position. Just the son of an official, why not kneel? Come on, let them kneel to this official!"

This was the third time they had to kneel.

Ji Changjin's heart skipped a beat, and the feeling of unease in his heart was faintly moving.

Prosperity's attitude this week is too unusual!

Obviously, the attitude is very different from the attitude of the past few days.

Seeing that several yamen officers were aggressively coming over to arrest them and kneel, Ji Changjin was aware of the situation, and immediately said to Zhou Changsheng, "Master Zhou, our two brothers, from childhood to adulthood, have knelt down on our parents and knees. Heaven and Earth, I have never knelt down on other people, so I didn't respond for a while, please forgive me!"

Saying that, he gestured to kneel down.

What Ji Changjin meant by saying this was to tell Zhou Changsheng that, as the two of them, they had never kneeled to anyone at all, so if they were sensible, let them be free, otherwise, he would regret it later.

However, Zhou Changsheng is so ignorant.

Seeing Ji Changjin kneeling down, he didn't say anything to tell him not to kneel, and shouted to Ji Changxuan, "Kneel down!"

Ji Changjin saw that he could only hold back his anger and knelt down, and at the same time pulled Ji Changxuan next to him and knelt down together.

Ji Changxuan was unwilling at first, and called out to Ji Changjin in surprise, "Brother..."

Ji Changjin said to him, "Third brother, after all, the other party is a local snake. Let's hold our breath for a while, and then we will find them to settle the account! Otherwise, you will just wait for the top ten boards."

Although Ji Changxuan is usually willful and arrogant, he usually listens to what this eldest brother says.

Ji Changxuan had to kneel down reluctantly, but his eyes stared at Zhou Changsheng fiercely.

When Zhou Changsheng saw that the two had knelt down, he asked, "Zhang Yuanbin, you said that this person refused to pay back the debt, what is it, please explain in detail!"

Zhang Yuanbin responded, "Yes, my lord! Whenever guests come to Caomin Restaurant to eat, drink and stay, Caomin and his subordinates treat each other with courtesy. However..."

Then, Zhang Yuanbin put the two of them in the restaurant from the first day, and began to smash and damage the things in the restaurant's guest room. In seven days, the number of statistics is very large, and according to the rules and regulations of the restaurant , they should be intentionally damaged property, therefore, they need to compensate ten times the original price, this process will come one by one!

At the end, Zhang Yuanbin took out an account book and handed it to Zhou Changsheng and said, "Sir, this account book is to count all the accounts and property that the two of them damaged." This is the evidence.

Zhou Changsheng took the booklet, flipped it a few times, and then, slapped the gavel, and shouted to the two, "Ji Changjin, Ji Changxuan, repay the debt, damage the property, make compensation, just right! You two are dignified! The prefect of the prefect, what is the reason for not paying back the money?"

They were named by Zhou Changsheng in a large audience and said that the two dignified sons of the prefect did not pay back the money they owed, which made them lose all face.

Ji Changjin looked at the strong contempt and contempt around him, his face flushed, and he immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Master Zhou, we didn't say we wouldn't repay the money, but we don't have so much money on us, so we can only owe it first. ."

Zhou Changsheng sneered inwardly, but he nodded and replied, "Oh, that's right! Well, tell me first, how much can you pay now?"

Ji Changjin looked at Zhou Changsheng who was pressing step by step, and gritted his teeth and said, "23,000 taels! We can pay back 20,000 taels first!"

Ji Changxuan exclaimed in shock, "Big Brother!" He obviously didn't pay, but how could he lose in a blink of an eye.

It was just that Ji Changjin's eyes glared at Ji Changxuan fiercely, and there was obviously a warning in his eyes.

If it wasn't for Ji Changxuan getting angry and breaking these things every day, they wouldn't be forced to kneel down here, forced to pay back money, these shameful things.

When Ji Changxuan saw the warning in his eldest brother's eyes, he immediately shrank his neck and did not dare to take any action.

Zhou Changsheng listened, but said, "In this case, you should pay for the 20,000 taels first, and then you take something as a mortgage. When the debts are paid off, this thing will be returned to the original owner. How? ?"

Zhou Changsheng said it very directly, which made Ji Changjin extraordinarily surprised and surprised.

He never thought that Zhou Changsheng would be so aggressive towards them this week.

However, the two brothers, apart from a family heirloom jade pendant on his body, had nothing to mortgage.

Ji Changjin said with a faint anger on his face, "Master Zhou, there is nothing that can be mortgaged on our brothers. However, Master Zhou, don't worry, since I said that, I will pay for the remaining money. superior!"

Zhou Changsheng did not respond to Ji Changjin, but asked Zhang Yuanbin, "Zhang Yuanbin, do you agree with what Ji Changjin said?"

Zhang Yuanbin shook his head and said, "Master Hui, if we do this from the beginning, we are willing to agree. However, from the very beginning, the two of them shouted loudly that they were unwilling to pay compensation, so Caomin had no choice but to report to the officials. Let adults take the lead.

Besides, even if they have repaid 20,000 taels now, they still owe 58,000 taels. If the time comes, they use their status to oppress people and refuse to pay back the money. Then we small restaurants can only eat Dumb lost. Therefore, my lord, Caomin still agrees with my lord, to use a certain valuable item on their body as a mortgage, when will the money be repaid, and when will it be returned to the original owner! "

This is telling Zhou Changsheng that he no longer believes Ji Changjin's words.

Before Zhang Yuanbin came, he had been ordered by Lin Yuelan to cooperate with Zhou Changsheng well.

But what Lin Yuelan meant was that there would never be any tolerance for the Ji brothers, so Zhang Yuanbin would definitely not let the Ji brothers go so easily.

The meaning of what Zhang Yuanbin said is very clear, and I believe that anyone who is not a fool can understand.

Zhou Changsheng nodded, and then said to Ji Changjin, "Ji Changjin, the plaintiff Zhang Yuanbin, the shopkeeper, does not agree with your approach. Therefore, you must take out your valuables for mortgage now, or wait for you to deposit the money. After returning it, as I said just now, the thing is returned to the original owner, how about it?"

Of course Ji Changjin didn't want it anymore, he said, "Sir, won't it be too hard for you to be like this? My son will pay it back if he says he will, so why do you need to do this?"

Zhou Changsheng said, "Ji Gongzi, you just said that you are prefect sons and have great power. If you return to Zhoushan and regret it, wouldn't you be in a disadvantageous position if you come to my restaurant? ?"

Ji Changjin's face was ashen with anger, he glared at Zhou Changsheng and said, "Sir, you are talking nonsense!"

Zhou Changsheng didn't respond, just looked at them with a cold face.

Ji Changjin looked at Zhou Changsheng's uncompromising appearance, and had to grit his teeth again and said, "Well, we two brothers, one of us will continue to stay in Anding County, and the other will go back to Zhoushan to get the money, okay?"

"No!" As soon as Ji Changjin finished speaking, he was denied by Zhou Changsheng. He said, "If you all return to Zhoushan and force you to force this official, then this official will have to do something against your will. It's up to you." Zhou Changsheng's words meant that they forced him to send you to a restaurant or something.

Looking at Zhou Changsheng, who was full of soot, Ji Changjin was really angry.

He gritted his teeth and said, "We brothers don't have anything that can be mortgaged, what do you think, my lord?"

He pushed the question back to Zhou Changsheng.

Zhou Changsheng said with a solemn and dignified face, "Then I can't help you two, according to the laws of the dynasty, those who owe money and do not pay back, according to the amount of money, the seriousness of the matter, and the judgement as appropriate. The two of you, even if If you pay back 20,000 taels, you still owe 50,000 taels. If you don’t pay it off on time, you will be sentenced to ten years in **** until the debt is paid off!”

As soon as he heard that the two were going to be sentenced to prison, Ji Changxuan jumped up on the spot, pointed at Zhou Changsheng's nose and cursed, "Zhou Changsheng, how dare you! I want my father to remove you as a dog official. cap!"

However, Zhou Changsheng ignored Ji Changxuan's threat, and immediately ordered, "Come here, write the crime, and let Ji Changjin and Ji Changxuan sign it!"

"Yes, my lord!" The people below complied immediately.

Ji Changjin was obsessed with the situation that the hero would not suffer the loss in front of him, and immediately stopped him, "Hold on!"

After he finished speaking, he took out a jade pendant from his neck, and said to Zhou Changsheng with a bit of ruthlessness, "Sir, this is my son's family heirloom jade pendant, so how about taking this jade pendant as collateral?"

Zhou Changsheng was secretly surprised when he saw that Ji Changjin really took out a jade pendant.

Because he never thought about it, as Lin Yuelan said, Ji Changjin has a family heirloom jade pendant.

He didn't even know where Lin Yuelan learned about it.

...

Zhou Changsheng took Zhang Yuanbin and the jade pendant to the back hall. Seeing Lin Yuelan drinking tea and basking in the sun in the quiet and indifferent backyard, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Thinking about it, she stood in front of Lin Yuelan.

Zhang Yuanbin was a little surprised to see that Lin Yuelan was in Zhou's house. He thought that Lord Zhou asked him to come here for what, so it was because the owner was here.

Zhang Yuanbin shouted respectfully, "Master!"

Lin Yuelan nodded and said, "Is everything settled?"

Zhang Yuanbin replied, "Yes!"

Standing next to him, Zhou Changsheng handed the jade pendant in his hand to Lin Yuelan and asked, "Miss Lin, is this the jade pendant you are talking about?"

Hearing Zhou Changsheng's words, Zhang Yuanbin was a little surprised.

How could he not know that Lin Yuelan was so interested in this jade pendant.

Thinking about it this way, since the first day the Ji brothers lived in the restaurant, they were in Lin Yuelan's calculations, so they asked them not to stop the Ji brothers from destroying things.

It turned out that from beginning to end, it was just because of a jade pendant.

It's just that the brothers of the Ji family have a deep background, so even if Lin Yuelan wants to come to this jade pendant, it may not be worth it?

Zhang Yuanbin only knows one, but not the other.

The second is that, in fact, Lin Yuelan's calculation of the Ji brothers was only incidental. The person she really calculated was Ji Zhongcai, the prefect of Zhoushan.

The news of Ji Zhongcai's downfall has not yet reached the ears of the Ji brothers, so she has to let the Ji brothers hand over all the money before the people who loot the house and seal the wealth. Otherwise, it won't be long. , it will all be confiscated, then it will be difficult to get this jade pendant.

Lin Yuelan took the jade pendant.

This jade pendant is emerald green. Although it is a family heirloom pendant, it has no luster. Therefore, for the Ji family, this jade pendant is completely worthless. Therefore, the Ji family have no contention for this jade pendant with symbolic family significance. The brain was broken and the blood flowed, so this jade pendant was hung on Ji Changjin's body, and no one was envious and jealous.

However, only Lin Yuelan knew that this dull jade pendant was a spiritual jade pendant, which could protect people's health and not be eroded by any evil yin.

Lin Yuelan nodded and said, "Yes, it's this jade pendant!"

Zhou Changsheng looked at this round jade pendant without any features, and wanted to ask Lin Yuelan what she wanted this jade pendant for. Curious and doubtful.

Zhou Changsheng asked, "Miss Lin, what about these two now?"

Lin Yuelan smiled and said, "Find someone to watch over them, and hand them over as soon as the people from Zhoushan arrive!"

After listening to Zhou Changsheng, he thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Okay!"

Zhang Yuanbin didn't know what riddles the two were playing, and just stood by.

Lin Yuelan said to Zhang Yuanbin, "In the past two days, clean up the restaurant well, and a distinguished guest will arrive!"

Zhang Yuanbin suppressed the doubts in his heart and answered seriously, "Yes, the owner!"