Chapter 9 Gifts of silver hide secrets

Night falls again.

Hong Wei also came to the unfinished "West Lake Seat" again.

Unlike last night, the construction site was empty tonight, with not a single worker laying the floor.

Hong Wei understood that this meant that his "throwing weight" last night had worked, and the other party must be ready and waiting for him.

As expected, before he entered the lobby on the first floor, he clearly noticed someone in the darkness, and they were a large group of people.

It's a pity that although there are many people, judging from the sound of these people's breathing, they are all ordinary people, not even one who knows martial arts.

Hong Wei relied on his strong martial arts skills and was not afraid of such an ambush at all, so he still walked through the door with a swagger, smiling as he walked: "Ha...there are quite a lot of people here."

While speaking, he had secretly mobilized his inner strength and was ready to take action at any time...

However, those people did not attack him as he imagined.

"It's indeed a lot." The next second, Xue Tui's voice sounded in the darkness, "But... with your martial arts skills, you probably won't take this to heart."< /p>

Hong Wei heard this and sneered: "Ha...then what are you going to do now?"

Xue Tui was also prepared for this problem, and he quickly replied: "My family What the young master means is... Since you are here to ask for money, let’s follow the rules of the road.”

Papa——

Speaking of this, Xue Tui. He quickly clapped his hands twice.

Hearing the sound, a servant of the Sun Mansion walked out from behind Xue Tui and placed a two-foot-square wooden box on the ground in the middle of the lobby. After placing it, he quickly retreated.

Although all this happened in the dark, with Hong Wei's eye and ear skills, it was not difficult to detect the situation in front of him.

"There are about five hundred taels in this box, which are all broken silver that has been circulated outside. It is a small gift prepared by my young master for you. I hope that after accepting it, you can be noble and let us go. ." At this time, Xue Tui continued what he had just said, "As for your name, appearance, etc., we don't intend to ask, so as not to upset you..." At this point, he paused briefly and then said. , "I wonder if you are still satisfied with this treatment?"

Can you still be dissatisfied?

Xue Tui’s words were very accurate, and his response method was also in line with the “dig for ideas” approach.

Now you have been given face and money, and during the transaction, they also deliberately talked to you in the dark without even seeing your face... If you are still not satisfied, Then it's not just for the money.

As for Hong Wei... in the final analysis, he mainly wanted to extort money. He and Sun Yixie did not have any deep hatred, and their anger was temporary. There was no need to get angry with money just because of this.

So he thought about it for a moment and responded: "Well... for the sake of your young master being quite sensible,, then let me give him some face. "

Actually, this is not about giving people face. It is about giving money and face.

At this moment, Hong Wei was walking towards the box while talking.

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Although he seems to have made peace with the other party on the surface, in fact he has not let go of his guard - who knows if there is money in your box or something else, what if it is a murder device? What about poisonous smoke or poisonous snakes? Also, why did you put the box in this position? Is there something trap underneath? Or is there something going to fall down from the ceiling?

Wei was not stupid, he had to guard against all these, so he walked very slowly in the few steps in front of the box; after he stood on the ground, he was always tense and observing.

After a few seconds to confirm that there were no traps above or below his feet, Hong Wei pulled out his sword, used the tip of the sword to flip the lock on the box, and then used the edge of the sword to slowly open the lid of the box along the seam. .

During this whole process, he kept his body more than one meter away from the box and was ready to dodge at any time.

Squeak——

Finally, the box was opened.

The silver in the box reflected the faint moonlight, attracting the attention of the whole room.

"Hahaha..." One look. There was indeed money inside, so Hong Wei smiled, "Okay, your young master is quite interesting..." As he spoke, he closed the lid of the box again, picked up the box with a waist, and sandwiched it between He touched his left armpit and said, "Then I'll take my leave. "

"Not sent. "Xue Tui's attitude was still very calm, and he did not let the other party notice anything strange.

Before he finished speaking, Hong Wei had already put the box on his chest, turned around and ran away.

However, he also had a guilty conscience. Even though he didn't find anyone following him, he still wandered around in the night for a while. After repeatedly confirming that there was no "tail", he slipped back to the inn where he was staying.

He returned to the guest room. , Hong Wei locked the doors and windows without saying a word, lit a small oil lamp, and immediately opened the box to confirm the contents again.

Why did he need to confirm again?

This is also common sense in Taoism - the money dug out by digging for hot ideas is best to be counted again immediately after getting it back, because this kind of money will generally be "short of money". If you don't count it at the first time, Clearly, conflicts are likely to arise when dividing stolen goods.

Of course, Hong Wei works alone and does not need to share with others, but the deal still needs to be made.

After all, this is extortion. The person being blackmailed will definitely feel uncomfortable when paying the money. It is normal for people to try to pay less: for example, right now, for this box containing silver coins, all you need to do is put a few more wooden boards at the bottom of the box, or a layer of silver on the surface. There was some fake silver and stones made of lead mixed in underneath.Something like that, it’s easy to get away with it.

As for the blackmailing party, even if it is discovered afterwards, as long as the "make-up" ratio is not too exaggerated, it will usually be accepted.

Hong Wei naturally understands these rules. Therefore, during the second inspection, he was mentally prepared. Even if only 60 to 70% of the silver was genuine in the end, he would admit it; because 500 Sixty-seven percent of two is more than three hundred. If a poor family at that time had this kind of money... it would be enough for two lifetimes.

But he didn't expect that after the final inspection, this box was all real silver, not fake at all...

"Oh! You are so particular." Now, Even Hong Wei had to sigh like this.

It is indeed rare for a master to give such money.

And the money given is all broken silver, which means you don’t have to bear the subsequent risk of taking the banknote to the counter to withdraw money, and you don’t have to worry about any marks on the money, plus previous transactions. It was all done in the dark... It seemed that the young master of the Sun family was really prepared to give him enough money and handle the matter thoroughly, and he had no intention of finding out who the blackmailer was afterwards.

"Such a cheerful master... It seems that this money is just a drop in the bucket for him." Hong Wei then thought again, "Huh... OK, let's forget it this time, and wait for you someday I’ll come back when this restaurant opens, and I’ll ask you for a thousand taels next time.”

Ladies and gentlemen, this is so heartbreaking.

If a person gets money in a wrong way or too easily, his concept of money will gradually become distorted, and his greed will expand to a level that ordinary people cannot understand.

But no matter what, at least at this moment, Hong Wei believed that his trip to find a hot idea was successful.

He... is too naive.

Although his martial arts skills are very high, the time he has been around is too short after all...

Some people may say that Hong Wei has been involved in the world for about the same time as Sun Yixie. ? But don’t forget, who was Sun Yixie before he left the world? Who was Hong Wei before he came out of the world?

When Brother Rensun was working in the fish market, you, Hong Wei, were still picking up excrement for others. Now you want to blackmail him? Do you still think you can escape completely after knocking?

So where did Sun Yixie do his tricks?

Actually, it’s still about money.

In Dashu, there are undoubtedly very few occasions when you need to pay with "solid silver ingots", and there are many kinds of silver ingots. Not all silver ingots are the same in size, specification and shape. Only official silver cast by the government has a unified standard, and this standard is not static.

At that time, most of the silver coins circulating among the people were broken silver made from various silver ingots of different specifications, or small ingots recast from broken silver... And these tasks , all made by silversmiths in ordinary markets.

Why did people at that time have the inertial thinking that "only whole ingots of silver will have marks"? Because I rememberThe marks on the silver ingots are all made by "molds" and are completed simultaneously when the silver is cast. No one would first cast a batch of silver and then engrave the marks one by one.

This is true for whole silver, let alone broken silver?

But as the saying goes... everything depends on man-made efforts.

It is not impossible to engrave marks on the silver one by one, it just takes a lot of manpower and time.

The box of "broken silver" that Sun Yixie asked Xue Tui to deliver tonight was completed during the day by hiring most of the silversmiths in Hangzhou.

At first glance, each piece is an irregularly shaped fragment, but in fact there is a small mark on each piece that is extremely difficult to detect; this mark cannot be seen by ordinary people, but when When the silver is recirculated back into the hands of the silversmiths, it will definitely be discovered... At that time, the flow of the silver can be used to trace backward where the money was and who spent it.

Hong Wei knew nothing about this. He had never thought that there would be any marks on the broken silver, so he just checked the number of silver coins in the box and found no other abnormalities at all, let alone Sun Yixie will come to track him down.

Therefore, the next day, Hong Wei checked out of the guest room and went straight to the most luxurious brothel in Hangzhou; it was the young master of the Sun family who was "treating" him anyway, and five hundred taels was enough for him to live happily for a while. .

And when he left, it led to that - Sun Yixie set up a trap in the dusty land, and the red plum bird died in Yuqi Tower.