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Chapter 162 Twists and turns (4)

It was half a year ago when Master Zhou brought that ancient painting to Cao's pawn shop.It was the coldest winter at that time, when Cao Ruxing saw Master Zhou who was led in by his father, he saw that the other party was covered in snow, only the ancient painting tightly held in his arms was intact.

After listening to his father's explanation, Cao Ruxing realized that Master Zhou had escaped from the Northwest Frontier.

"Master Zhou told us that the ancient painting is very important. It is related to a big case in the frontier. It contains key evidence against the villain, so it must be kept properly." Cao Ruxing explained:
"Our Cao family has old friends with Ying Zhaohuan's father, and we understand Ying Zhaohuan's behavior very well. Since Master Zhou was the one arranged by Ying Zhaohuan, we naturally believed it."

Ban Xiyu listened quietly, and said: "So you believed Master Zhou's words, and ordered someone to keep the ancient painting intact, and wait for the photo to be returned to the south, and take Master Zhou and the ancient painting away, right? "

Cao Ruxing nodded and said, "That's right."

Wen Jisheng immediately asked: "Then what happened after that?"

"Later, my father arranged Master Zhou to work in a pawn shop, and two months passed in such a stable manner. But I didn't expect that Master Zhou's identity would be known by Zhao Xinke not long after."

Zhao Xinke and the Cao family have been at odds for a long time. He coveted the Cao family's pawn shop for a long time, and tried to take the pawn shop for himself several times.This time he caught the opportunity, he refused to let it go, and immediately spread the news of Master Zhou to the outside world.

Cao Ruxing said: "I don't know how Zhao Xinke learned that Master Zhou came from the frontier. After his disturbance, he quickly attracted Master Zhou's enemies."

Cao Ruxing didn't know who those people were, he only knew that everyone who killed Master Zhou was extremely vicious.

"They blatantly rushed into the pawnshop, ignored others, and dragged Master Zhou away."

Ban Xiyu was slightly surprised: "They took him away in front of everyone?" Who is so arrogant? "Does the government not care?"

Cao Ruxing replied: "The eyewitnesses reported to the authorities immediately, but it was too late. When the officials found him, they found that Master Zhou had been chopped into pieces at home. On a rainy night, the blood in the courtyard was washed to the ground. on the street."

Just listening to Cao Ruxing's words, one can tell that Master Zhou's death that day was very miserable.

Ban Xiyu and Wen Jisheng looked at each other, and they were silent for a while.

At this time, Cao Ruxing said again: "The group executed the death penalty on Master Zhou. After dismembering him by five horses, they searched in his house. They seemed to be looking for something." Cao Ruxing recalled what he saw that day , I still have lingering fears:
"We saw the scene was horrific. Blood flowed all over the floor, even the walls and roof were not spared. My father felt very sad and immediately arranged for Master Zhou's funeral."

Ban Xiyu lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "The purpose of the murderer must be to come here for the ancient paintings. If they don't find anything, they won't let it go."

Cao Ruxing: "But the strange thing is that after those people killed Master Zhou, they disappeared without a trace. I don't know where they went."

Wen Jisheng speculated: "Perhaps Master Zhou used some method to deceive those people by taking fake things."

Cao Ruxing shook his head and said, "I don't know about that." He continued, "But after this incident, my father was worried day and night, worried that those people would go back and find Cao's pawn. OK."

The ancient painting was hidden in the Cao family's pawn shop, so Cao's father and son were naturally worried and afraid. For this reason, they also thought of secretly disposing of the ancient painting.

But before they took action, Zhao Xinke came to the door.

Cao Ruxing patted the table angrily, and said, "That surname Zhao had premeditated. After Master Zhou died, he called someone from the government, claiming that his father was harboring criminals from the court, and asked the government to search the pawnshop of Cao's family." !"

Cao's father and son only knew that Master Zhou was the one who should be sent back, but how did they know that he was still an important person arrested by the court?They hadn't checked Master Zhou's details carefully, and they were bluffed when they heard the people from the government scold him.

Having said that, Cao Ruxing was full of remorse.He beat his chest and said, "Zhao Xinke colluded with the government and took his father away for interrogation. He also forcibly ransacked the pawnshop. It didn't take long for the pawnshop to fall into the hands of a villain surnamed Zhao!"

He said: "It was only then that I realized that the pawn shop was their real purpose. So I suspected that the identity of Master Zhou's 'inmate' was a fake at all, it was a name they randomly made up for the sake of being famous!"

Wen Jisheng comforted him and said, "Don't get excited, drink some water—after that, you rescued your father?"

"I reported the case of my father's unjust imprisonment to Governor Jiang, and soon, Prefect Zhang couldn't bear the pressure, and soon released my father without charge." Cao Ruxing sighed:
"But even so, the pawn shop is still owned by Zhao Xinke. My father and I tried many times, but we were still unable to get the family property back."

Ban Xiyu asked: "Since Governor Jiang of Anyuan Prefecture can distinguish right from wrong, why don't you ask him to do justice for you?"

"Why don't I want to?" Cao Ruxing said: "But my father went to prison, and the root of the disease fell on him..."

Zhao Xinke bribed the prefect of Shifang Mansion and ordered Cao Ruxing's father to be tortured.Mr. Cao's 50-year-old body was tortured until he almost lost his life.

"Without the pawn shop, all the money left in our Cao family is left to my father to see a doctor and take medicine. Besides, my father cannot do without others when he is ill. I..." Cao Ruxing lowered his head and wiped his tears, his voice choked up:
"I tried to ask Governor Jiang to uphold justice, but I was arrested by Zhao Xinke's people before I left the Shifang Mansion. I had no chance to avenge the Cao family and my father!"

Hearing this, Ban Xiyu also felt aggrieved: "There are such bold and reckless people in the world who openly despise the king's law and are lawless!"

Wen Jisheng looked at Cao Ruxing with sympathy.He said: "Then what about the relatives and friends of your Cao family in the past, why didn't you see them lending a helping hand?"

Cao Ruxing said: "They are afraid of the power of Zhao Xinke and Zhang Zhifu, how dare they help us? Our father and son have fallen into such a situation, if they want to help, then they will be the next to suffer."

Hearing this, Ban Xiyu and Wen Jisheng were silent for a while.

"The collusion between officials and businessmen is really lawless." Ban Xiyu looked at Cao Ruxing, and asked again: "By the way, since the pawn shop fell into the hands of Zhao Xinke, that ancient painting..."

"Oh, Zhao Xinke didn't understand Danqing, so he thought the ancient painting was fake and didn't know how much it was worth, so he sold it to someone else." Cao Ruxing: "The buyer is Liu Yuanwai of Nanhuai Mansion."

(End of this chapter)