During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Hu Tu, a county magistrate in Jiangnan, was in office for three years. He was corrupt and abused the law and robbed the people of 300,000 taels of fat and paste.
One day, Hu Magistrate Hu was handling official duties in the yamen. His confidant Zhao Jia hurried in to report that in recent days, three foreigners with extraordinary clothes and temperament have come to the city. They speak the accent of the capital and often chat with the people on the streets and alleys. They are now living in Yuelaifang.
Hu Magistrate's vest trembled after hearing this, and took a breath of cold air. He thought to himself that news came from the top not long ago that the court recently learned that local officials in Jiangnan had become corruption and the people complained. At the court meeting, the emperor was furious and sent the censor to visit him in a private manner to thoroughly investigate the unhealthy trend. Hu Magistrate's old man in the officialdom. How could he not be alert when he heard people with accents in the capital secretly visit?
At this time, I recalled yesterday when I was deciding a case in the court, there was a man standing in the crowd outside the fence, with a dignity and majestic attitude and careful listening, and two people who looked like followers, who looked very similar to the three guests in the capital described by Zhao Jia.
So, Hu County Magistrate Hu immediately asked Master Liu to discuss countermeasures. Master Liu was a cunning master. He turned his eyes and said, "Master, this matter is of great importance. First of all, we should check the exact identities of the three people, and then make a complete plan..." Magistrate Hu felt it was reasonable, so he called Zhao Jia to the front and explained it like this. Zhao Jia nodded and said yes, and turned around and ran out of the county government.
Zhao Jia went straight to Yuelaifang and called Boss Du to a remote place to inquire about the situation of the guests. Boss Du saw that he was a confidant of County Magistrate Hu and did not dare to conceal the truth, so he told Zhao Jia all the time. After Zhao Jia understood the situation, he turned his eyes and nodded.
The next morning, Zhao Jia was waiting at the gate of Yuelaifang. After seeing three Beijing guests walking away, he sneaked into the room where the three of them lived, carefully searched. After a while, he found a stack of document books in a bamboo box, with words densely written on it, and he also got the official uniform. At first glance, he saw the pattern embroidered with peacock-like embroidered on the refurbishment. Zhao Jia was shocked and did not dare to stay for too long. He put the official uniforms of the document intact and returned to the county government.
After hearing Zhao Jia's reply, Hu Magistrate Hu was so scared that he jumped up, stood up, and paced back and forth in the room, his eyes closed slightly and thought in his heart...
Hu Magistrate Hu thought that he had been in office for three years, deceiving his superiors and concealing his subordinates, embezzling and accepting bribes, taking favoritism and abuse of power, and oppressing the people... Which one is enough for him to drink. Now the Censor is in this county, and he is still a third-rank official of the court. It seems that he is about to be exposed. As he thinks, his brows frowned.
At this time, Master Liu happened to come in. Magistrate Hu hurriedly told him about the details and finally asked: "There is a fire now. Once the censor finds out the situation, opens the trial, and submits the crime to the court for conviction, but it is too late. Master Liu, what are the ways to save it in time?"
Master Liu thought for a moment, stroked the goat's beard and said: "As the saying goes, money can make the devil push the mill, but now you can only spend money to eliminate disasters."
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On the evening, Hu Magistrate Hu brought Master Liu and Zhao Jia to Yuelaifang to find a private room to sit down, and then asked the madam to call Huiru over to accompany him. It turned out that Yuelaifang was a famous Fengyue Restaurant in the county. Huiru was the old lover of Hu Magistrate Hu and the number one courtesan here. Hu Magistrate Hu didn't know how much money he spent on her.
After a while, Huiru, who was wearing heavy makeup, twisted her waist and came to the front. The two of them were flirting. Master Liu and Zhao Jia looked at each other and smiled, tactfully only drank.
After three glasses of wine, Hu Magistrate took off the maid who was serving the wine and food around him, and asked Zhao Jia to stay outside the room, not letting outsiders disturb him at will. Then he told Huiru in detail about this and Huiru, and Huiru nodded frequently and said yes.
Finally, Hu Magistrate Hu lowered his voice and said, "The three guests are currently living in Yuelaifang. You just need to find a way to get along with them and find an opportunity to negotiate with them about my affairs... After the matter is completed, we will thank you for a thousand taels of silver!" Which brothel girl doesn't like money? Huiru happily patted her chest and flattered, "Please rest assured, Huiru should do this for you!"
Starting the next day, Huiru deliberately found an opportunity to approach the customers in the capital, and used the means of a romantic place to show off her beauty and talent. Finally one night, Huiru was singing a song on the stage. The madam came over and said that there were guests in the private room on the second floor to accompany you to drink. Huiru looked up and saw that it was three guests from the capital, and then walked over with a smile.
After drinking, everyone became familiar with each other. The three claimed to be antique businessmen from the capital. The guest with the owner looked the last name of Li, and the other two were accountants and friends. However, when talking about doing business, they seemed to be very amateurs. Huiru was secretly amused, knowing that they were not businessmen, but high officials in the court.
Boss Li became interested in her through contact with Huiru. This was exactly what Huiru wanted and kept flirting with Boss Li. Not long after, the two of them continued to heat up. That night, Huiru slept in Boss Li's room.
Then a few days later, Boss Li had less time to go out and spent all day in the room with Huiru. Huiru was not a good-looking lamp. After a while, the truth was revealed. It turned out that Boss Li was the censor sent by the court and was appointed as the Minister of Personnel. This time, he mainly investigated and punished officials in counties in Jiangnan, who were corrupt and abused the law, deceived the superiors and concealed the subordinates. Huiru was able to see the opportunity and lead the needle to the thread. The fact that Magistrate Hu wanted to curry favor with bribes caused a pillow...
would not know if he didn't find out. After exploring it, he clearly understood that Censor Li was not a good person. On the surface, he investigated the case impartially, and secretly he was also a corrupt official. After hearing Huiru talk about favors for Magistrate Hu, he said to Huiru at that time: "This time, for Miss Huiru's sake, I will let Magistrate Hu go, but this filial piety is less than 100,000 taels, so I will not be able to negotiate!"
"What a lion's mouth!" After hearing Huiru's message, Hu slapped the table angrily and shouted. Master Liu and Zhao Jia next to him also thought that the censor's appetite was too big. Hu slapped in thinking for a while and finally made a decision: "Okay, 100,000 is 100,000, put all his money on the money and eliminate disasters!"
In fact, Magistrate Hu knew better than anyone else. If the Censor was not arranged this time, let alone 100,000 taels of silver, even the black hat or even this life would not be guaranteed!
"Did Censor Li say when will he give the money to him?" Hu Magistrate Hu asked Huiru, and Huiru replied, "Censor Li said that the court is in strict investigation now. As long as the cash is in stock, there is no silver notes. Then he does not want others to know about this matter. He only asked me to come forward and send it to the intersection of the official road outside the city, where someone will be able to pick him up."
Magistrate Hu pondered for a while, then said, "Zhao Jia, go find five big carts and twenty big wooden boxes immediately. Tonight I will pack the silver in twenty boxes, one box is 5,000 taels, a total of 100,000 taels. Before dawn tomorrow, you will take the coachman to the corner of the back door of Yuelaifang and go back."
then turned to Huiru and said, "After the car arrived, you come out of the back door, and then lead the coachman to the intersection outside the city. The delivery with the other party is." Huiru and Zhao Jia nodded after hearing this. County Magistrate Hu finally emphasized, "Only the four of us know about this matter, so we must not disclose it..." Master Liu took the opportunity to praise, "It's wonderful, it's really wonderful! This bribery must be done secretly, and the light cannot be seen!" The four of them looked at each other and smiled, and their hearts were all wishful thinking...
It turned out that Master Liu, Huiru, and Zhao Jia were all jealous of money. They usually saw one tael of silver and their eyes were shining. Now the one in front of them is 100,000 taels, and money that they can't make in eight lifetimes. How can the three of them not be moved? So they all made up their minds and thought of going together - a plan to transfer the bag!
The next day, Zhao Jia took the coachman to load the box into the car, pulled it straight to Yuelaifang, and parked the car in order by the back door wall. Five coachmen sat in the car and chatted. At this time, someone shouted next to him: "Wontons, the meat wontons that had just been wrapped..."
00 The coachman hadn't eaten breakfast yet. When he heard the word wonton, his stomach started to rummagate. So he went up to buy a bowl each to eat while it was hot. After the time of peeing, the five people suddenly felt something was wrong. They gritted their teeth and grinned and covered their stomachs to find a toilet. Just as the corner was turned, there was a toilet, so the five people entered one after another and unbuttoned their belts.
At this time, Zhao Jia hurriedly whistled into the alley next to him, and five big trucks pushed over. Five coachmen pushed out the cars containing silver by the wall, and parked the five big trucks containing boxes neatly. Then he pulled the big truck containing silver and ran away in a hurry. Zhao Jia looked at the successful transfer of the bag, and laughed at the corner of his mouth, and rushed back to the county government to report.
After a while, the driver who was going to the toilet came back to the car and felt comfortable. He sat down and chatted again. At this time, he saw a man carrying a load and shouted, "You are selling rice dumplings, hot red bean rice dumplings..."
Five coachmen muttered, they had a stomachache just now and had no wontons, so they might as well buy two dumplings to eat. So they walked over and bought dumplings to eat. After a few bites, suddenly you looked at me and I looked at you. I said it was not good, and I had to go to the toilet again...
The coachmen just entered the toilet, and five identical trucks ran over on the other side. The coachmen pulled the car by the wall away, parked the newly pushed cars neatly, and hurriedly pulled the changed car and ran away. Not far away, Master Liu stroked his goat beard and secretly watched the scene.
The coachman who went to the toilet came back soon and looked inexplicable. Not long after he sat down, he heard a little girl carrying a bamboo basket shouting, "Butterbread, sweet big steamed bun..."
coachmen discussed, "I just ate it and had a stomachache. Now the steamed buns that are not sank should be fine, right?" So they went up to buy two steamed buns to satisfy their hunger. They didn't eat half of them. Only five people shouted in unison, "No, I'm seeing the ghost..." Before the voice fell, the five people rushed to the bathroom.
At the same time, five big trucks came out of the alley behind. Huiru arranged it. She quickly replaced the car by the wall and hurried away with the replaced car.
"I saw this today. It seems that the food here is so delicious..." Five coachmen came out of the toilet cursed and stood beside the car and kept slinging.
At this time, it was already dawn. Huiru, dressed in plain cloth shoes, walked out of the civilian woman, walked to the front of the cart, and faced the driver's number An, and then led the convoy towards the outside of the city.
In less than an hour, Huiru and the cart arrived at the predetermined location, sent the driver away first, and waited by the car, but they could not see the Censor Li's people appear. When they saw that it was almost noon, Huiru was panicked and knew something was wrong, so she abandoned the cart filled with stones on the side of the road and hurried to the hidden place where the cart he had exchanged was hidden.
rushed to the hidden place. Huiru hurriedly opened a box and looked at it. She was shocked. Then she opened the twenty boxes one by one and found that they were all stones. Seeing everything in front of her, Huiru collapsed and couldn't speak.
The other two sides were also stunned at the box. Master Liu thought to himself, that's right, I saw the packing with my own eyes, why are there still twenty boxes of stones now? Has it been a hell? Impossible?
Zhao Jia looked at the five carts of stones, and was puzzled. He thought to himself: I followed him all the way from the county government to the back door of Yuelaifang, and I also saw with my own eyes that it was replaced. How could it be the stone? Unless...unless...
"Hahaha... As expected, as you three of you have a few colorful intestines. How could this magistrate be deceived by you!" Hu magistrate sat in the room, crossing his legs and was proud of the goat. Ginger is still so spicy.
it turned out that when Magistrate Hu explained to the three people yesterday, he felt the greed in the eyes of the three people, so he changed his mind temporarily and ran to Jingshi Li to negotiate overnight, discussing to send 100,000 taels of silver from another route in advance.
Minister Hu secretly thanked that if he had not been better than his skills, he would have really let three bastards give the fake silver exchanged by the stone to Jingshi Li, the consequences can be imagined. If the money is lost, the matter will be small. Jingshi Li will definitely be angry when he is being played with. Then can I still keep my head?
is now safe. Not only is he a magistrate, he is not only firmly in Diaoyutai, but he may still be promoted! As he thought about it, Hu County Magistrate couldn't help laughing...
Three days later, Boss Du from Yuelaifang hurried to the county government to report the case and reported that the three Beijing guests were liars. After hearing this, Hu County Magistrate was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Boss Li, it's important, I dare not speak nonsense. What certificates do you have?"
Boss Li stepped forward and reported, "The evidence is conclusive, please see, sir." As he said, he lit up his official robe in front of him, "Isn't this the official uniform of Censor Li? How did you steal it?" Magistrate Hu said in surprise and suspiciously. Boss Du then turned the official into the inside, and saw five golden characters embroidered with silk thread under the collar - "Hechun Opera Troupe"
