Chapter 1133 Bad Smell

There was a cruel glint in Mr. Tong's eyes, but he didn't say anything and just stood there honestly.

Seeing that he was being honest, Team Leader Song snorted coldly and hurriedly said to the other officials: "Hurry up and untie Liu Wenqing and see if his head is injured?"

"Hey." The government officials immediately untied the rope from Liu Wenqing's body and checked his head. After finding that there was only a bruise and no bleeding, they finally felt relieved: "Brother Song, it's nothing serious."

But Liu Wenqing felt something was wrong, so he ran over and stared at Liu Wenqing. Seeing that his face was dull and his pupils were filled with death and fear, he frowned and said: "Team leader Song, something is not right with Liu Wenqing. He must have been drugged. We need to quickly hire a doctor to take a look at him."

Captain Song looked at Liu Wenqing and noticed that he was inappropriate, so he immediately asked a government official to leave: "Go and invite Doctor Lien."

"Hey." The Yamen servant responded and left immediately.

Old Master Liu said to Team Leader Song: "Song, please send someone to the government office to ask for help. Something is not right with this Tong family. The torture chamber at home looks very scary. How can ordinary wealthy people get those things?" ? Just looking at the torture instruments in the torture chamber doesn’t make him look like an honest man. Butler Tong dares to stop you, if he doesn’t make the Tong family anxious, we’ll all stay here.”

Old Mrs. Liu has always been dissatisfied with the Tong family. First, the Tong family was originally like his family. After three generations of prosperity, it had begun to decline. But just thirty years ago, the Tong family suddenly became rich again. I don't know where the Tong family's money came from. In short, the Tong family has a lot of capital to do business, and they are not afraid of losing money.

Second, the Tong family went too far. After becoming prosperous again, they used means to squeeze out other merchants in the city. Because no one was an official and had no backer, the Liu family was squeezed out until they were left with only two carriage shops and two small villages.

Wen Qing, the kid, had had enough of being squeezed by the Tong family, so he went to curry favor with Tong San and worked for Tong San, hoping to keep the rest of the family's livelihood.

Old Master Liu didn't speak to Liu Wenqing for several years because Liu Wenqing worked as a slave for the Tong family.

But what Liu Wenqing did tonight made Mr. Liu change his mind a lot.

Wen Qing knelt in front of him and told him about Tong San's hobbies and what might happen to Liu Wenqing.

At that time, he beat him up and angrily scolded him for not speaking out earlier. Finally, he rushed to the Yamen to report the case, which led to what happened now.

"Xiaoqian, hurry back to the Yamen and call for someone." After hearing what Mr. Liu Da said, Team Leader Song immediately asked a Yamen servant to go back to the Yamen to call for someone.

"Hey." Xiaoqian's yamen hurriedly ran away, but before he could run out of the firewood shed yard, the yamen servant who had gone to ask for a doctor came back and said to Team Leader Song: "Brother Song, there is a problem with the Tong family. Please take care of the firewood shed." The courtyard door was locked and we were not allowed to go out. Butler Tong led the guard who had stopped us before to guard outside the woodshed courtyard. He said that a thief had entered the house and asked us to stay in this courtyard and not to run out randomly to avoid being caught in the fire. Or the thief will be injured."

Team leader Song was stunned when he heard this: "What do the Tong family want to do? We are government servants, how dare they do this?!"

The young steward shouted outside the woodshed yard: "Team Leader Song, there is a fire in the house. Please stay in the yard for a while and wait for the fire to be extinguished before coming out to avoid being ignited by the fire."

Captain Song was so angry that he rushed to the door of the Chaifang Courtyard, shook the door that had been locked from the outside and said: "Are your Tong family crazy? Even the government officials dare to lock you up, aren't you afraid of being punished by the Fucheng government office?! "

Afraid, of course the Tong family is afraid.

But the Tong family is even more afraid that the government officials will discover the secrets of the Tong family. If the secret is revealed, they will not be punished by the government, but the family will be confiscated and exterminated.

After weighing the pros and cons, Mr. Tong chose to lock up the government officials for half an hour, and then release Team Leader Song and others after the fire was completely put out and the warehouse underneath was covered up.

As for the imprisonment of the yamen servants, Mr. Tong will explain it clearly to the magistrate. At most, it is just a matter of pushing a few servants out to take the blame and being fined several thousand taels of silver. It is not a big deal.

Although Mr. Tong's plan was good, tonight's plan failed.

Liu Yamen and others were guarding the back door of Tong's house. After seeing the flames rising into the sky, they knew that something had happened to Tong's family. Liu Yamen immediately sent someone back to the Yamen to report to Magistrate Shi.

But Magistrate Shi didn't need them to report it at all. After seeing the fire, he immediately took all the government officials and rode towards here.

Mr. Shi was also dragged over by Magistrate Shi and said, "Mr. Liu has come to report to the official. Tong San is finished. Since you have come across Tong San's matter, you can no longer pretend not to know, lest you end up shielding Tong San in the future." San's reputation, go to the Tong family with my father to testify, and stop the Tong family's mouth."

Magistrate Shi came to Tong's house with Mr. Shi, a large group of government officials, and Shen Tongpan.

The porter of the Tong family was ordered not to open the door until the fire was out, so when Magistrate Shi brought someone to call the door, they pretended not to hear.

Magistrate Shi got angry and ordered the yamen to swing the long rope with hooks and claws, climb over the wall and get in. He caught the two porters who were trembling with fear and beat them up: "Damn it, the magistrate came to call the door in person, but you dare not open it. Are you tired of living? Do you think your family is the emperor?"

Hey, don't mention it. After Mr. Tong achieved great fortune and made the Tong family prosperous again, and after being complimented by others in the city for decades, he really felt that he was the emperor of Linhe Prefecture.

"Stop it, stop it, ah!" The two concierges were beaten severely and screamed repeatedly. The government officials rushed to open the door for Zhifu Shi. After beating him for more than ten times, they stopped and opened the door of Tong's house. .

Magistrate Shi didn't even get off his horse and rushed in on horseback, knocking away several Tongjia nurses who were running towards him and asking who he was.

Magistrate Shi stared down at the injured nurse and said: "This office is handling the case, and anyone who dares to stop it will be shot to death!"

Zhifu Shi was about to explode with anger. He didn't expect the Tong family to be so bold and dare not let him in. But now is not the time to pursue these matters. Zhifu Shi pointed in the direction of the fire and said: "Go to the burning yard. This house is on fire." There's a fire, and the men from the Tong family should be there to put out the fire."

"Yes." The government officials immediately started running and followed Magistrate Shi towards the burning yard.

Shen Tongpan asked people to close the door, leaving five guards at home to guard the house, and did not allow Tong's family to go out. It is true that there are not enough government servants in the government office, so we can only bring the nursing home at home.

After arranging things here, Shen Tongpan also rushed towards the burning yard.

But just as he arrived at the burning yard, he heard a loud bang, and the Tong family's warehouse was burned down.

The warehouse collapsed when it collapsed, but the problem was that the entire warehouse yard was filled with an unpleasant smell.

Magistrate Shi frowned: "What does this smell like?"

Shen Tongpan's expression changed and he said to Magistrate Shi, "Sir, it's the smell of iron after the iron has been melted."

When ironware is melted by fire, it will produce a unique smell, which is somewhat unpleasant. Shen Tongjian specializes in handling cases and often goes to the execution room to watch prisoners being executed. The red-hot irons in the torture chamber gave off this iron smell.