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Chapter 042 A few copper coins

Lin Youwen sent Aunt Qin's family and returned to her inner house exhausted to prepare for meals.

It was past noon and he was already hungry.

The housekeeper stopped him and said that there were important things to report.

Lin Youwen asked impatiently: "What's the matter?"

The housekeeper opened the clenched fist and several copper coins inside.

Lin Youwen looked at him suspiciously.

The housekeeper bent his waist slightly and said, "These copper coins were picked up by the woman who was responsible for sweeping the courtyard in the morning.

The slave specifically asked clearly that these copper coins were picked up by those mothers from the road from the inner study to the wall of the courtyard.”

He raised his eyelids and looked at Lin Youwen's expression, and continued, "I think that these copper coins were picked up from the road from the inner study to the courtyard wall. Eighty-mostly, the thief fell accidentally when he stole something and ran away in a hurry."

Lin Youwen asked dissatisfiedly: "Why are you here to report now?"

The butler lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. He complained in his heart that the Wang family came to make trouble just now, how could he report it? Isn’t that asking for scolding?

Lin Youwen wanted to scold him a few more words, but a slave ran over with a serious expression.

After celebrating Lin Youwen, he reported: "Master, someone came from the money shop, saying that someone took our silver notes to the money shop to exchange for silver."

"Oh?" Lin Youwen felt ecstatic.

Most of the people who hold his silver notes to exchange for silver are thieves. Even if they are not, they must have something to do with the thief.

As long as the person who exchanged silver was interrogated strictly, he was not afraid of not being able to pry his mouth open, and then followed the clues to find the thief, his gold, silver and treasures would be lost and regained.

It's only one day and one night before being stolen. It's impossible for the thief to spend the stolen gold, silver and treasures so quickly.

It's really worth sending someone to notify the money bank as soon as possible to catch the thief so smoothly.

"The money shop has already arrested the thief who exchanged silver and sent it to the yamen. I'll go to the yamen to see who is so brave that he dares to steal my things!"

Lin Youwen didn't even bother to change her clothes, so she left with her feet.

The slave followed him and stammered: "The money shop did not tie up the person who exchanged the silver notes to the yamen, but exchanged the silver for him and let him go~"

"What?!" Lin Youwen stopped suddenly and asked in disbelief: "Why do they do this?"

The slave shook his head in panic: "I don't know the reason. I just heard from the people sent by the money house that they dare not arrest that person, for fear of offending the county magistrate."

Lin Youwen's face became more and more serious when she heard this: "Have the people sent by the money shop left? If they didn't leave, they would come to the study room to see me, I would ask him in person if I had something to do."

The slave replied, "I am afraid that the master will ask him if he has something to do, so I will not let him go, so I will leave him in the doorman for tea. The slave will bring people."

After a while, the guy sent by the money shop to pass the message was taken to the outside study room.

Lin Youwen looked at the money shop’s servant: “Who was using my silver notes to exchange for silver? Your boss didn’t dare to take anyone, and he said he was afraid of offending the county magistrate?”

Seeing that the only two of them were in the house, the servant at the money shop whispered: "It's not someone else who went to exchange the silver notes, but the runner Deng from the county yamen. Mr. Lin, do you think our money shop dares to take people?"

Lin Youwen was stunned when she heard this and asked suspiciously: "Did you recognize the wrong person?"

The money shop guy said seriously: "How could we admit our mistakes in the yamen's policemen?"

Lin Youwen asked again: "What amount of silver bills did he get?"

The money shop guy stretched out a slap: "Fifty taels of silver bills."

Lin Youwen frowned.

As soon as his family was stolen, Yabos Deng went to the money house to exchange silver notes, and only exchanged them for fifty taels. The more he thought about it, the more he felt cold.

Could it be that as Aunt Rong guessed, all the gold and silver were stolen by the county magistrate?

The county magistrate insisted on asking for medical expenses from the master and the yamen last night to hold him back so that his men could steal his property?

Seeing Lin Youwen lowered his head and pondered, the money shop clerk said, "Master Lin, the young man has been out for too long and has to go back. The young man said goodbye."

After the money shop's friend left, Lin Youwen couldn't hold back anymore and hurriedly ate lunch and went to the county government office.

The weather was hot, and Mrs. Chen ordered someone to cook a cooling soup and send it to the county magistrate himself.

As soon as I walked to the door of the study room, I heard Lin Youwen's angry voice coming from inside.

Mrs. Chen hurriedly forgot to take her handkerchief, and led the maid next to her away, hiding outside alone and eavesdropping.

Lin Youwen said angrily: "You can't be too greedy. I have given you five hundred taels of silver. The adult actually sent someone to steal He's dowry and all my savings!

Not to mention asking Yabo Run Deng to confront him to prove his innocence, Yabo Run Deng is a man of the adults, how could he tell the truth?

Adults are officials, while young people are citizens. Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials, and I don’t want to turn against them.

The gold, silver and treasures that were stolen by the adults, I hope that the adults would give the little ones the kindness they had in full. As for the part of He’s dowry, the little ones would like to share the small ones equally with the adults.

The young man has made such a concession to the end of his kindness, and I hope the adults can fulfill their wishes.

Otherwise, the young one would have to fight to the death with the adults and go to the prefecture government office to beat the drums and make trouble!”

Lin Youwen is ready to go all out. If he can't get back all his gold, silver and treasures, he will never be cheaper than the county magistrate, and he will definitely burn his jade and stones!

The county magistrate was so angry that his face turned pale: "I said I would summon Yabo Deng to ask the details, but you just refused and insisted on putting a shit pot on my head. Did you bully me at will? If you want to go to the prefecture and sue me, you will go, but I am afraid that you will not return!"

Lin Youwen's face turned completely cold: "Sir, are you going to kill someone to silence me?"

"I didn't steal your gold, silver and treasures, why did you kill someone to silence me?" The county magistrate's eyes flashed with a vicious light, "I am just kind to remind you that this year is the year of the great wilderness, and the road is not peaceful, and there are too many robbers who kill and rob people!"

Lin Youwen shook her sleeves and left angrily.

As soon as I pushed the door, I saw Mrs. Chen and knew that the conversation he had with the county magistrate was likely to have been eavesdropped on her.

Therefore, he said with great meaning: "Mrs. Chen is so good to the He family and daughter, but I don't know if it's true or false."

The implication is that the county magistrate also has some participation in the stolen property of his.

Mrs. Chen's old face turned red and she was speechless.

As soon as Lin Youwen left, Mrs. Chen immediately asked the county magistrate with a cold face if what he said was true.

The popularity is no longer enough, and the county magistrate can't even tell a lie.

But he only admitted that he was bribed by Lin Youwen and refused to admit that he had sent someone to steal all of Lin Youwen's property.

The county magistrate said disdainfully: "I am an official, Lin Youwen is a civilian. If I want to get some money from him and find some reasons, can I get it. Is it necessary to send someone to steal his gold, silver and treasures?"

Seeing Mrs. Chen staring at him suspiciously, the county magistrate said helplessly: "I call Yabo Run Deng, and you can ask him personally if I have told lies."

After the Yabos Deng came, he swore to heaven and said that the fifty taels of silver bill was picked up by him at the county yamen.

The county magistrate turned his head and said to Mrs. Chen: "It is obvious that someone stole Lin Youwen's gold, silver and treasures, but he deliberately blamed me, the county magistrate."

Mrs. Chen asked in confusion: "Who will this person who blames you?"

The county magistrate stroked his beard and said, "It should be Lin Yuqing!"
Chapter completed!
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