After working hard for two months, I finally earned about a hundred taels of silver, but it was finally back to the time of liberation. Even Li Ling, who was a man for two lives, could not accept such a result, and felt that his mentality was about to collapse. Her younger sister Li Yueer broke the defense on the spot, and cried while blaming herself: "It's all my fault for being useless. The money is gone, and my brother was also beaten... What should I do?"

Seeing this, Li Ling had no time to be upset and hurried forward to comfort his sister: "Yue'er, don't cry, just throw dozens of taels of silver, the sky can't fall. The most important thing is that we are all right."

"Brother Li said, it's good that people are fine, dozens of taels of silver..." Xu Cang also persuaded him, but as soon as he said that, his face froze, all incredible, as if he was so hot: "A few... dozens of taels of silver..." This number is too big, right? Is it really that profitable to open a bookstore?

Li Ling was still comforting his sister softly, and nodded. However, Gu Yuezi helped explain: "Mr. Li's money was earned by himself. The few volumes of "The Romance of the Gods" that are popular in Jiangcheng County are from him. These are all the royalties he deserves, and I am the owner of Gujia Bookstore."

Xu Cang then realized that he looked up and looked up and down. He also heard from his classmates that the book "Fengshen" was so good. He thought it was written by a master of Taoism, but he didn't expect it to be such a bookstore owner who was younger than him. But the question is, why did he have to worry about writing books so hard to make money? If he really had such cultivation and knowledge, wouldn't it be better to take the imperial examination and get fame?

Regarding this question, it was not until Yue'er fell asleep and the three of them walked out gently and stood in the yard and spoke, and Xu Cang knew the answer from Li Ling. Originally, Li Ling didn't want more people to know about this, but since Xu Cang had a kindness with his family, the two were closer and there was no need to hide it, so he briefly told his situation.

After listening to the story, Xu Cang sighed, and became more and more impressed by Li Ling. He thought that his family was poor and the imperial examination was only for the time being, and it was really miserable for the children. But now it seems that the Li brothers and sisters are even worse, at least they do not owe such huge debts. Li Ling still worked hard in this situation and could earn a hundred taels of silver that he could never imagine in just two months. Compared with one, he was really useless.

Then, Xu Cang asked with concern again: "Brother Li, you will not be able to pay back the foreign debt you owe on time. I heard that Mr. Zhuang Qiangzhuang is a powerful person. If he can't pay back the money he owes him, the minor ones will suffer a lot, and the serious ones will cause his family to be destroyed..." At the end, he shivered even more.

Even Xu Cang was worried at this time: "Mr. Li, I really want to help you. I believe that as long as you give you time, you can pay back as much money. But you also know that my bookstore is in a hurry to ask for money now, and I am afraid that I will not be able to take out 200 taels of silver for a while. In this way..." As he said that, he took out the twenty taels of silver he had brought from his arms and handed it to Li Ling, "You can take these twenty taels of silver first, and I will raise another hundred taels to lend you in two days. As for the others, I can't do anything else."

Li Ling was not that pretentious person either. Seeing that he was sincere, he did not refuse. He immediately took the money and then clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Boss Gu for his kind help. I, Li Ling, promise you that I will definitely repay you the money as soon as possible."

Gu Yuezi smiled, touched her beard and said, "I naturally trust you, Mr. Li. It's just the remaining dozens of taels of silver, do you have any way?"

"For the sake of the current plan, I can only report to the officials. I hope the yamen can help me take the thief and recover the money." Li Ling expressed his plans. The robbed silver was not only the royalties, but also the deposit for customers to borrow books. They all had to be paid back.

"Official..." Gu Yuezi wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say much, just nodded and said, "In this way, I will go to the yamen with you tomorrow to report to the official, so that I can be a witness."

"It's me, too." Xu Cang also took the initiative to say that he was a child after all, and even if he went to the county government, it would be of some use.

Li Ling thanked the two again and then persuaded them to go home. After all, the second update has passed and the whole city has been silent. At that moment, the two left and left the bookstore clerk here to take care of one or two. After all, no one can guarantee whether the thief will return.

Li Ling stayed by Yue'er's side this night. The little girl was injured and frightened this time. She was awakened by nightmare several times at night. It was thanks to Li Ling being by her side that she felt relieved. It was not until Linchen that Li Ling took a nap.

At around the 1st hour, the three of them came to the county government office at the same time as agreed. They looked at their appearance. They didn't sleep well last night and were all in a state of depressing spirits. It was not until they really walked to the solemn and solemn county government office that everyone was full of energy and explained the purpose of the officers blocking their way.

"Are you here to report to the official that a thief broke into the house last night to slander people and earn money? This is a big case, let's write a paper first." The leader sucked his teeth and smiled, rubbed his right index finger and thumb for a few times.

Before Xu Cang could understand what this meant, Li Ling had already taken out a string of copper coins and handed them over: "Please, please prepare some pens, ink, paper, inkstone and other items for us."

After weighing the string of copper coins, the servant's attitude became a little more kind, and he smiled and said, "Wait... In this way, you just wait in the ear room. It's not a big deal to be stuck in the yamen like this."

With him leading the way, the three of them were finally able to enter the edge of the county government and wait in a small ear room. When only the three of them were left here, Xu Cang whispered angrily: "This is too unlawful. These county government officials actually openly demand bribes! And Brother Li, how can you give them money? This is to encourage their arrogance. It is not done by a gentleman!"

Seeing him looking angry, Li Ling and Gu Yuezi looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Only a nerd like Xu Cang would regard certain rules and regulations as the norms and regulations. After sighing, Gu Yuezi advised: "Mr. Xu, many things in this world are not described in the books of those saints. It is said that the eight-character yamen opens outwards, and if you have any reason or not, don't come in. That's the reason. If Mr. Li hadn't given the money just now, I'm afraid you and I wouldn't even be able to get in the door of the yamen."

After pausing, he looked at Li Ling again: "Also, just that more than a hundred cents are still difficult to deal with. Now that our new county master of Jiangcheng County has not yet taken office, the people below are naturally even lazy."

When Li Ling heard this, he raised his eyebrows. Is there such a thing? It's really a coincidence.

While speaking, someone came over, and the three of them naturally shut up. However, a servant finally brought them paper, pen and other items, and then the paper used for writing paper had to be charged additional money. It should be for the amount of more than 100-yuan copper coins that the man still gave Li Ling a few words to fill in the above content, which was considered as the service was in place.

Just waiting for Gu Yuezi to ask, "I wonder when the Fourth Master will ask about this case?", the other party replied casually: "This is not good. You should know that the county yamen is busy with official duties, and the Fourth Master has a lot of cases on hand. Who knows when he can take time to handle this case?"

The so-called four masters of the county yamen are the fourth seat in the yamen, which is dedicated to the criminal prison and theft. It can be said that at the moment when the county magistrate has not yet reached, any case of all major and small is decided by the historical facts, and their status is even higher than that of the police chief and the president of the court in later generations.

"But what we reported was a major case of robbery..." Xu Cang finally couldn't help but say dissatisfied.

The officer glanced at him: "It's just a matter of waiting for a single word, and you can't do it accurately. Everything in the yamen must follow the rules." As he said that, he took the paper with displeasure and wanted to leave.

Li Ling was angry when he saw this. He said that there were no such civil servants in modern times. Even though he was mentally prepared, he still had such a result after spending money, which was really unacceptable.

Xu Cang quickly took a step forward and grabbed the other party: "I'm sorry, please go slowly. Please make sure to let the fourth master take the time to investigate the case. After all, it's a big deal to the safety of the people of Jiangcheng County. I'm working hard."

The officer was a little annoyed, but suddenly, the anger on his face quickly faded away, and his smile appeared. He shrank and beat him up, "You'd better say that, don't worry, let's ask the Fourth Master now, and you will definitely make your grievances as soon as possible." After that, he walked in quickly.

"This is..." Li Ling immediately understood: "Boss Gu, have you given him benefits again?"

Gu Yuezi turned around and smiled bitterly, "I thought about it yesterday that once I report to the official, I will say whether the money can be taken back or not. It is inevitable to pay a few taels of silver. The hundred cents you just gave you can enter this yamen. If they really want to work for you, even let the Fourth Master investigate the case, some of them will have bleeding from the storage. Just the two taels of silver I just gave him just now, I am afraid that it will not be enough."

"What? You actually gave him two taels of silver?" Xu Cang screamed in shock, a painful pain, which was enough for his family to spend half a month.

"Hey, who made us all just ordinary people? If there is a scholar who is famous, that would be another matter." Gu Yuezi sighed bitterly.

Li Ling was speechless. It seems that the decision he made was too hasty. After all, this place is not China in the 21st century, and these yamen are not people's police officers who can really serve the people! But now, the money has been spent, so I can only hope that it will come true.
Chapter completed!