Little wealth

Early the next morning, Zhao He took a piece of paper and went to the Yamen.

"Why did you arrest me, me, me, me... I have nothing to do..." When Chen Dazhu was dragged out of the store by the officials, he still didn't know why he was taken away, with a dazed and terrified expression on his face. He refused to leave, but was dragged out by the arms of two strong officials.

Not only Chen Dazhu was taken away, but Master Liu from Liu's Shop was also taken away. Master Liu was not very willing to go, "I have to go to the Yamen for whatever reason?"

"My lord, please go and ask questions, just go."

This master Liu was not allowed to refuse, and the officials sent this master Liu away as well.

Master Liu was forced to follow him to the Yamen.

The other people in the store saw their master and the new master being taken away by the people from the yamen. Everyone didn't understand what was going on, and they all followed behind to the yamen.

When they arrived at the yamen and saw the elder sitting in the courtroom and Zhao He standing below waiting for him, Master Liu probably knew what was going on in his heart, and his eyes were a little dodgy, not daring to confront Zhao He Looking at him, he knelt down to greet the adults above, "Liu Rong, a grassroots man, has seen you before, but I don't know why he invited grass people to come to the yamen."

"See, I've met you, sir." Chen Dazhu felt guilty, and when he saw his former boss and the official sitting in the upper seat wearing a black gauze hat, he knelt down on the ground limply.

Mr. Fu did not directly answer this question, but turned his head to look at Zhao He who was standing below, and asked, "Plaintiff, why did you go to the Yamen to beat the drums today?"

Zhao He knelt on the ground and said: "Caomin Zhao He, I went to the yamen today to sue Chen Dazhu for stealing the album from Caomin's store, and Liu Rong used the album that Chen Dazhu stole from my store to make things. The price has seriously damaged the business of our store, and Caomin demanded that Chen Dazhu and Liu Rong compensate for the loss of our store."

"Chen Dazhu, Liu Rong, you can plead guilty." The county magistrate turned around and asked the other two.

"Cao, Caomin didn't know about this. It was Chen Dazhu who took a book to our store and said it was his own..." But in the face of the county magistrate's questioning, Master Liu shunned all responsibility. He gave it to Chen Dazhu, claiming that he didn't know about Chen Dazhu's theft of the picture, and even accused Chen Dazhu of intentionally framing him.

When Chen Dazhu heard this, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he pointed to Liu Rong and said, "You... You are the one who asked me to steal the picture!"

"You are talking nonsense, I have never done such a thing." Master Liu refused to admit it, insisting that Chen Dazhu did it himself and had nothing to do with him.

"Obviously it was you who gave me 20 taels of silver, asked me to steal the album from the store for you, and asked me to go to your store to do things, otherwise why would I leave my work and go to your store go in..."

"Don't slander others, what you do has nothing to do with me."

In the courtroom, the two dogs bit the dog, and the hairs on the ground were bitten out.

"Crack!" The county magistrate took the gavel and patted it. Seeing that the two people below were silent, he asked, "Chen Dazhu, you said that Liu Rong asked you to steal the picture. What evidence do you have to prove that you were stolen by someone else?" Instigated to go? If there is no evidence to prove you, you have to bear the responsibility for this matter and compensate Anxin Furniture Workshop with 500 taels of silver."

500 taels of silver?Even if he sold it, he wouldn't be able to sell it for 500 taels of silver!When Chen Dazhu heard this, he immediately lay down on the ground, put his forehead on the ground and cried: "My lord, it was really Liu Rong who asked me to steal things. He gave me 20 taels of silver, asked me to steal the pictures, and asked me to steal. Go to their store to do things, and then give me two taels of silver every month."

Hearing this, Master Liu's heart went up, and he knelt on the ground trembling a little.

Master Fu glanced at the kneeling person, and knew that he was guilty of fear, and continued to ask Chen Dazhu, "Do you have evidence to prove your innocence, where is the 20 taels of silver?"

"Already...I have already spent more than half of it." At the mention of 20 taels of silver, Chen Dazhu's face turned pale, "No, but I gave Cuihua ten taels of silver and bought her a silver bracelet. It's all with her."

Master Liu put his heart down again, and prayed in his heart that the widow Wang would never admit it.

"Who is Cuihua?"

"Cuihua... Cuihua is my old friend."

"Where are the people?"

"The penultimate household that lives in the third lane of South Street..."

"Go, find Wang Cuihua."

When the officials from the yamen went to Widow Wang's house, Widow Wang hurriedly put on her clothes and went out to open the door when she heard the knock on the door. Someone came to arrest her, but later I found out that the old man sent someone to invite her to the yamen for questioning, so she had no choice but to go back to her room and change her clothes before leaving with the two officials who came.

When I went to the yamen and saw Chen Dazhu and Master Liu kneeling on the ground, Widow Wang didn't quite know what was going on, so she knelt on the ground to salute the elder, "Queen Min Cuihua has seen you."

"Look at the man kneeling on your right, do you know him?" Master Fu asked, pointing to Chen Dazhu who was kneeling in the middle.

Widow Wang glanced at the old and ugly man kneeling next to her, and probably guessed that Chen Dazhu must be related to her being invited to the yamen today, but she didn't know why, but it must not be a good thing. After hesitating for a moment, he replied, "See, I've seen you a few times."

"Chen Dazhu said he gave you ten taels of silver, can you admit it?" Master Fu asked again.

At this time, Widow Wang's eyes widened, she turned her head and glanced at Chen Dazhu, she was so panicked that she didn't know what to do, but she still knew that she couldn't admit this matter today, so she denied it: "My lord, there is absolutely nothing like this. I don't know him well, so why did he give so much money to Minnv?"

"Chen Dazhu, Widow Wang said that you did not pay her ten taels of silver. You lied just now... You must know that lying in court is contempt for the official. According to the law, you will be punished with thirty taels of silver!" Master Fu picked up the gavel and slapped it, shouted.

"Your Excellency, Caomin really gave Wang Cuihua ten taels of silver, and gave her a silver bracelet... Then, the bracelet on her hand was given to her by Xiaomin. Wang Cuihua, you are so cruel." Ah, I gave you so much money for you to eat and drink, but you said you didn't know me well...you said you would marry me, did you lie to me, ahhh..." Chen Dazhu I couldn't believe that I had given this woman so much money to support her. This woman dared to say that she didn't know him well, and still refused to admit it. As soon as she said that, he rushed to beat that woman.

It was Zhao He who reacted in time and pulled Widow Wang away at the right time, and swung Chen Dazhu away.

Master Liu was very happy to see the two people next door biting dogs. No one else knew, but did he not know that the widow Wang was prostitution in the town?Perhaps it was Chen Dazhu, a fool who was coaxed into a daze by Widow Wang, and gave all the money to this woman, so he could feel relieved.

"Presumptuous, you dare to ignore this official in the courtroom and beat someone with your hands, the crime will be aggravated! Come on, pull this person out and beat him thirty times!" Master Fu picked up the gavel and patted it.

Hearing what their lords said, some officials came over, dragged Chen Dazhu down on a long wooden stool, picked up the board, and began to fight.

Master Liu and Widow Wang next to him saw Chen Dazhu being pressed there to beat the board, their skin tightened and their expressions changed.

"If you dare to lie in the court, you are contemptuous of the court and cheating the official. The crime will be aggravated. Chen Dazhu's fate will be your fate." Mrs. Fu could tell at a glance that the two kneeling below were lying, and they were only adjudicating the case. What is needed is real evidence. In the absence of sufficient evidence, even he, an adult, cannot just make a conclusion and convict a person casually.

There were many spectators standing outside the door, and everyone stood outside and pointed.

"Isn't that the widow of the king?"

"Yes, that's her."

Someone outside the door recognized Widow Wang. Widow Wang's reputation in the town is not good. What kind of reputation can a woman who has a dead man hook up with men everywhere and defraud men of money from his pockets? Some fools were deceived by this woman.

In the end, it was passed on to the shopkeeper of the silver building, who recognized that the silver bracelet on Widow Wang's wrist was made by the master in their shop, and the man who bought the silver bracelet was Chen Dazhu, which proved that Chen Dazhu was going to them. A customer who bought a silver bracelet from Yinlou.

But now this silver bracelet is worn on Widow Wang's hand, and Widow Wang has no choice but to admit it.

But other than that, Widow Wang refused to admit that Chen Dazhu had given her money.

The trial of this case is not difficult. Chen Dazhu breached the contract and stole the album is conclusive evidence. The album was found in Master Liu's house.It's just that there was no third person at the scene except Chen Dazhu and Master Liu, and it can be proved that Master Liu asked Chen Dazhu to steal the album, and he spent all the 20 taels of silver that Master Liu gave him. It was lost, so what Chen Dazhu said was that Master Liu used 20 taels of silver to instigate him to steal the picture, so the charge of stealing the picture cannot be established.

However, it is true that Master Liu used the album that Chen Dazhu stole from Anxin Furniture Factory to make exactly the same items, and made profits from it. Therefore, the final sentence was that Master Liu and Chen Dazhu would each pay compensation to the owner of Anxin Furniture Factory. Zhao He 100 taels of silver.

In the end, it had nothing to do with this case, but the Widow Wang who was sent for questioning was released without incident.

On the spot, Master Liu asked someone to go back and take the money to compensate Zhao He. Zhao He took the money, and sneered a little at the corner of his mouth, "Master Liu, I have a sentence for you. , I respect you as a senior, but stealing other people's pictures behind your back is a thief and you are not ashamed!"

Liu Rong left on the spot with a dark face.

And Chen Dazhu took out all the silver on his body and couldn't make up ten taels of silver. Among them was a silver bracelet that the widow Wang took off on the spot and returned it to him. I was deceived by the lard, it was the old man Liu Rong who lied to me... I know I was wrong, my boss, please forgive me."

"Get your fingerprints." Zhao He didn't talk about Yuan's non-forgiveness, and asked someone to write an IOU for Chen Dazhu to sign, "Whenever you finish repaying the remaining silver taels, this IOU will be torn up."

Chen Dazhu had no choice but to stamp his fingerprints on the IOU.

This lawsuit was over, and the winner was naturally Anxin Furniture Factory, and Liu's shop's reputation plummeted.

On the same day, some of Chen Dazhu's old clothes were thrown out by people from Liu's shop, and many footprints were stepped on the package.

Chen Dazhu picked up his own package and knocked on the door angrily, but no one paid any attention to him.

After leaving Liu's shop, Chen Dazhu had nowhere to go, so he went to find Widow Wang again, but it was a pity that Widow Wang didn't even open the door for him.He stood outside the door, looking at the closed door, recalling the scene where Widow Wang would open the door to let him in every time he came to the past, and recalling how happy he was when he was working in Anxin Furniture Factory. Only then did he realize that he regretted it. .

It's a pity that there is no such thing as regret in this world, if you make a mistake, you will make a mistake, and he has no chance of turning back.

On the day when he was kicked out of Liu's shop, Chen Dazhu had nowhere to go, so he went back to the place where he used to work, stood at the entrance of the alley from a distance and took a look in. The abductee left Anyang Town and went back in the direction of his hometown.

For many years since then, no one has seen Chen Dazhu in Anyang Town again, and the dozens of taels of silver he owed have not been returned...