In the room, the maids looked cold, and Mrs. Chen sighed: "As an official, he is taking money from home, but as an official, he is getting poorer and poorer. When he gets into a pawn shop, how can he have a life? In two years, there will be no grass in the family... Alas! I advise you to take your illness early and return home, or have a bowl of rice. I don't expect to enjoy the glory and wealth of your official career. I have already saved my family business. Thank God, Amitabha."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Chen couldn't help but burst into tears. Chen Yan had to sit aside and couldn't speak anymore, looking guilty.

The maids breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the master knew that he was wrong, but after the wife stopped crying, he came up and begged softly.

The mess was so much that everyone was speechless. Mrs. Chen sighed and said angrily: "You are so big, you are in charge of Taiping Mansion. Why are there no way to do anything except my little bit of dowry? That's all, I know that if you don't send these wardrobes to the pawn shop today, you will definitely not be able to eat today. Come, come, come! Take the keys to open the door, and move as much as you want. Sooner or later, you will have to end your thoughts."

The maids got the order, pouted one by one, reluctantly opened the door, and angrily retrieved the wardrobe.

Chen Yan smiled all over his face, was happy in his heart, and turned around and shouted: "Come on!"

In an instant, six or seven long men who had already been on standby entered as if they were flying, and the prefect ordered cleanly: "Carry the wardrobe."

I saw that the elder took off his coat and lifted his sleeves, lifted it from the upper room with all his arms and legs, and carried it, and in a blink of an eye he took out eight large suitcases.

Mrs. Chen entered the inner room without seeing it, and the maids were so angry that they frowned and said nothing.

Only Chen Yan walked out with satisfaction and told a commissioner to be responsible for the matter. The commissioner came forward and asked for instructions: "Master, how much do you want to be?"

Chen Yan, with his hands on his back, stood in the yard and said, "I'm not enough for a hundred thousand taels at this moment. But eight boxes are not worth it. Well! You go and discuss with someone, and when he has ten thousand silver, he will have at least eight thousand, and it will be useless if he has less."

The commissioner said with a laugh and cry: "Master, understand! The rules in pawnshops are always half-worthy. For example, if the things worth ten yuan can only be used as five yuan, six yuan, it is already a passion. Even if the Chaofeng on the cabinet spends his eyes for a while, seven or eight can still be regarded as. Now, if the clothes are really valuable, let alone eight yuan, even ten thousand yuan, they will have to be treated as ten thousand yuan. What they are afraid of is that the estimate is not worth it. Please open the box first to see what clothes it is before taking them as a good one."

Chen Yan said unhappily: "I'm half-borrowing, I'll put your grandma's wardrobe as collateral, and I'll redeem it after the New Year, so I'll ask you to discuss it with me. If you look at things, estimate how much money is worth in advance. Anyone who I just want to use it as a self-contained person, why bother to work on you?"

The messenger understood that he was not going to pawn the goods, but he clearly asked him to use them as mortgage. He couldn't help but have a headache. Even if he was a mortgage, he had to look at the goods in person, right? A 10 taels of silver was worth six taels of silver, which was comparable to pawning. But the profit was less.

At this time, Chen Yan had already asked someone to pick up the sixteen seals and picked up the pen and wrote them on it himself. He marked the vermilion red again, and asked his family to paste the box with crosses, and clapped his hands with satisfaction.

Then he forced the officer to be a member of the mission, otherwise Chen Yan would be annoying! The officer had no choice but to ask someone to carry the box out, and while walking, he thought of countermeasures with a sad face.

When he arrived at the nearby pawnshop, the officer ordered the boxes to be carried in, and the boxes were sealed one by one, so that no one was allowed to touch them.

Chaofeng, who was sitting high at the counter, dared not be negligent, walked out and asked the commissioner to sit down and read the tea.

The messenger said, "I have been ordered by the Lord of the Mansion to come and make 8,000 silver."

Chao Feng smiled and said, "Don't say eight thousand, I'll give you even ten thousand, but you have to see if the price of the thing is worth it before you can make a final decision."

"This." The messenger said tactfully: "The box was sealed by the adults personally. Who dares to reveal his seal? There are valuable clothes in the horizontal and vertical directions. This year, I will definitely come to redeem it next year."

"Oh." Chaofeng smacked his lips and immediately changed his expression. "The rules of the pawn shop are that even a needle must be estimated. How can you not look at things or price? Forget it, I advise you to leave quickly."

"If you don't leave me, you will have a place to stay." The official was not a humble person, and the back of the pawnshop was very hard, so he immediately came out in anger and went to another family. As a result, he went to half of Wuhu County, but no one agreed.

In the last house, the official ran sorely that he sat still and had to take the shelf. The Chaofeng of this house disagreed with it. As he spoke, the two started arguing.

The angry and embarrassed officers relied on the large number of people brought the box, and the young and strong Changsui, shouted, and everyone rushed in and dragged Chaofeng outside, and punched and kicked him.

The guy in the pawnshop shouted at the top of his voice that the robbers were coming, which made the crowds of people, and many people ran out of the house after hearing the news.

The messenger said angrily: "You blind turtles, why don't you open your dog's eyes and look at the seal on the box to see if they belong to the prefect?"

When the people saw it, they stopped talking. An old Chaofeng was shocked inside. When they heard that it was the seal of the prefect, they put on reading glasses, walked out of the counter and walked to the box and took a closer look. Sure enough, they waved their hands and told everyone not to make noise and say something.

However, the young Chaofeng's head was smashed with a brick by the Crown Officer, and blood was flowing. Several blood marks were also caught on the Crown Officer's face, so both of them were unwilling to let go.

A friend had already rushed in to find someone. The pawn shop manager called him a big stubborn man. The big stubborn man said, "The magistrate is an official, how can he not know the king's law and oppress the common people at will? For the current plan, no matter whether he is true or false, the matter has reached such a level, go to see the official together. If the magistrate protects the murderer, he simply takes care of the boss and we will shut the door and stop doing business. We will all go to the capital to complain."

The guys said, "It's reasonable."

These words were heard by the outside officials. He naturally thought that the Lord Nai was sent by the prefect, and his back was stronger than anyone else. No matter who you are in Wuhu County, he had to give him three points.

Now the pawnshop manager is going to meet the officials with him. He sneered disdainfully, dusted his clothes with one hand and held Chaofeng, who covered his head with the other, "Very good! Let's go back to my lord together."

At this moment, a group of people left the pawnshop with a roar. Chang Sui was still carrying his suitcase and following behind. After walking several streets, everyone on the street stopped and looked lively on both sides.

Xu Hao, who was eating small buns, accidentally encountered this scene. He was very surprised and got up and paid and followed.

The pawnshop is far away from the government office, but very close to the county office. The group walked to the front of the county office screen wall, and the official continued to walk forward with his chest raised and his head raised.

The big hand winked secretly, and the clerk in the pawnshop immediately snatched it out, shouting all the way. The people behind him also rushed in, and the officer couldn't help but be pushed in by the big guy.

However, the commissioner knew that the county magistrate was a disciple of his own master and had no reason to help outsiders, so he was not afraid or even scruples.

The entire yamen was soon alarmed. The yamen runners went in to report to the officials on duty. The officials went in to tell the master, and the master went up to report to the county magistrate.

When the county magistrate heard that it was a commissioner in the government office fighting with someone because of a pawn, he thought it was his own business. Who would have thought that the prefect would be too poor to pawn the wardrobe? Because he wanted to avoid suspicion, he said, "You can do such a small matter yourself, is it necessary to make a fuss?"

The master hurriedly explained: "This official was sent by the Duke, and there are eight wardrobes of the Duke, and they are now carried in the lobby together."

The county magistrate was shocked and stood up and said, "Nonsense! Now the court has increased its salary, and the rewards during festivals and holidays are mixed, and the magistrate has thousands of taels of silver a year, so why are they afraid that it is not enough? Even if it is not enough, no matter which yamen department or department brings hundreds of taels, it is easy to reimburse a sum. Is it possible that the people under his command take advantage of the situation and bully the people. This is necessary to investigate.

As for him, he doesn’t even have money to be a prefect, and our official position is several levels worse than him. Wouldn’t he drink the northwest wind every day? You must have not figured it out, go find out and report it.”

"Yes." The master ran out and asked, it was indeed a pawn of the prefect and there was a new post seal as evidence.

The master thought to himself that he had seen a ghost, so he ran to report to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate said in surprise: "It's amazing that lord is so poor! But that's true. Lord Chen was punished to manage the Xiangyuan, and he really had no money to hire people, so he cleaned the courtyard himself. But over the years, my wife's family has been well developed. Lord Chen spent money and spent a lot of money. Last month, Lao Wang's father passed away, and even sent 500 taels."

The county magistrate, who was puzzled, murmured to himself, walked to the second hall and sat down, and ordered the yamen runners to call the people on both sides together.

Soon after, the yamen runner brought everyone in. The swaggering official walked in front and saw the county magistrate. Both of them knew each other and hurriedly stepped forward to ask for peace, and then stood aside in a manner. No matter how good the personal relationship was, they had to follow the rules of the officialdom.

After all, the big stall and Chaofeng in the pawnshop are civilians, and they are a little more courageous and have already kneeled on the ground.

The county magistrate was about to ask questions, but the pawnshop was about to cry and complain. The county magistrate said angrily: "Shut up! I asked, don't make any noise here. I will ask you before I ask you, otherwise I will drag you out and beat the killing stick."

With one sentence, the pawnshop suddenly became honest. The commissioner took this opportunity to take a step forward and explained the matter in detail. He said, "These people do not see us as our prefect, and they call us as robbers. Therefore, they call him a few words. But he dissatisfied and scolded me, so he started to fight."
Chapter completed!