Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 296 A Tailor

into the night.

He Liu was so upset that he couldn't sleep.Suddenly, Bai Xiaoyan hugged him from behind: "I can't sleep anyway, how about a plate?"

He Liu nodded.If a person has something on his mind, he will be powerless to do that kind of thing, not to mention that He Liu is already 45 years old?In less than a cup of tea, he was in a rush.

Bai Xiaoyan hugged He Liu: "Tomorrow, I'll buy you some tiger bone wine, sea dog kidney and other tonics?"

He Liu smiled wryly: "Age is not forgiving, it's useless to eat anything."

The husband and wife were talking in secret in the boudoir, but they heard someone shouting in the courtyard: "Sixth brother, get up quickly. I found out something suspicious!"

He Liu recognized Fatty Xu's voice.He put on his clothes, went out of the bedroom and into the courtyard.

"What did you find out?" He Liu asked.

Fatty Xu said: "Sixth brother, didn't you ask me to check the preparation files of the dragon robe costumes in Shuntian Mansion today? In the whole Shuntian Mansion, there are 37 tailors who can make dragon robe costumes with a license issued by the government. I sent 37 agents to investigate these [-] people! One of them, Cui Jialin, is extremely suspicious! The matter is so important that I dare not neglect it, so I came here to disturb your and Sixth Sister-in-Law’s sleep. "

He Liu asked: "Then why is the tailor suspicious?"

Fatty Xu said: "Cui Jialin usually makes costumes for several Kunqu opera troupes in central Beijing. After going back and forth, he hooked up with a popular opera singer from Guangheyue troupe, Chen Miaoer. A popular opera singer like Chen Miaoer will marry a high-ranking official and a rich businessman sooner or later. My concubine. At that time, the head of the class will be able to earn a lot of money as a gift! Cui Jialin wants to redeem Chen Miaoer’s body. Guang Heyue’s group claims that they want 400 taels of money to redeem her body! A poor tailor like Cui Jialin can’t even afford 4000 taels , let alone [-] taels!"

He Liu asked: "And then?"

Fatty Xu said: "In the past few days, for some reason, Cui Jialin seems to have made a fortune! First, he took out 4000 taels to redeem Chen Miaoer's body, and spent a lot of money. Married into the family! Do you think it's suspicious?"

He Liudao: "It's indeed suspicious. Let's take him and we'll know at the first trial! Let's go, go to Beizhen Fusi to be a soldier on duty, and go to Cui Jialin's house!"

Fatty Xu said: "There's no need to go to Beizhen Fusi. I've brought the warriors on duty, and they're outside the courtyard!"

He Liu and Fatty Xu led thirty wrestlers to Luogu Hutong in the south of the city.

Fatty Xu pointed to one of the courtyards: "My subordinates have already found out. That is Cui Jialin's home!"

He Liu ordered: "Fatty Xu, take twenty people and surround the yard. The remaining ten people, follow me into the yard, and meet this tailor Cui."

He Liu came to the gate of the courtyard.A wrestler wanted to kick open the gate of the courtyard.He Liu shook his head, then he pulled out the Xiuchun knife, stuffed the blade of the Xiuchun knife into the crack of the door, and gently opened the door latch.

"Crack", the door was opened.He Liu and ten warriors tiptoed into the yard.

Candles were lit in the west wing.He Liu walked to the window of the west wing, only listening to a man and a woman talking in the room.

"Miao'er, let's do it again."

"You don't want to die. This is the fifth time tonight!"

"With you, even ten or twenty times a night is not enough for me. Besides, you have to quickly give birth to a child for our Cui family, so that we can inherit the incense."

"You look dead. When we have a child, let him study and test his grades. Although your tailoring skills are passed down from your ancestors, you are always inferior... woo... ah... God damn it, what are you doing?" Come right away?"

He Liu laughed at himself and thought, "It's good to be young. I really envy these young men."

He Liu raised his voice and shouted loudly: "People in the back room, don't do anything else. Put on your clothes and Jin Yiwei will handle the case!"

He Liu shouted, startling Cui Jialin and Chen Miaoer in the wing room.

After a while, He Liu and others broke into the wing room.

Cui Jialin just put on his trousers, but his clothes are not finished yet.Chen Miaoer was wrapped in a quilt and curled up at the foot of the bed.

He Liu sat on the chair in the middle of the wing and asked, "Your name is Cui Jialin?"

Cui Jialin nodded: "Exactly. Are you, my lord?"

A wrestler shouted: "This is He Liuye, the governor of Jinyiwei North Town, why don't you kneel down?"

Cui Jialin knelt down: "Xiaomin pays homage to Mr. He."

He Liu smiled and said, "How much income do you earn a year as a tailor?"

Cui Jialin replied: "There is always a 50 taels."

He Liu asked again: "Oh, how many years have you been an apprentice?"

Cui Jialin replied again: "Six years."

He Liu stretched out his hand, pretending to be calculating, and said, "So, even if you don't eat or drink for six years, you can earn 300 taels of silver. Let me ask you, where did you get 4000 taels of silver?" Two, to redeem the actor on the bed?"

Cui Jialin hesitated and said: "This, this..."

He Liu smiled slightly: "4000 taels is a huge amount. It must have been obtained from your robbery and theft. Don't tell me? It's easy to handle. I'll take you back to Beizhen Fusi and give you several severe punishments. Then you will naturally Just recruit! Chen Miaoer has already married you, so she has become a family member of a felon. Then I will send her to the official prostitution dormitory."

Cui Jialin is just a little person who wants to live a peaceful life with his sweetheart.He is timid.When He Liuyi bluffed, he kowtowed and told the truth.

Cui Jialin said: "This 4000 taels is the reward I got after doing a tailor job. Ah, not 4000 taels, that person gave me a total of 5000 taels! The other 1000 taels, I took out 200 taels to buy Banquet. The remaining 800 taels are reserved for living with Miaoer in the future."

He Liu asked, "Heh, what kind of tailoring work is worth 5000 taels of silver?"

Cui Jialin said: "It's about making a costume dragon robe. Five days ago, a man in his twenties approached me and asked me to make a dragon robe and a costume within two days." Dragon Crown. He said that he would give me [-] silver as long as it was finished within two days. I was skeptical at the time. But anyway, this is what I eat. Even if it took two days, if he didn’t give me the money, I didn’t lose much So, I found materials and prepared to help him make dragon robes and dragon crowns for his costumes."

He Liudao: "As far as I know, there is a rule in your industry. For costumes, dragon robes must be embroidered with four dragon claws. The jargon is called four-clawed fake dragon."

Cui Jialin said: "That's right. The strange thing is here. The person who was looking for me asked me to embroider a five-clawed real dragon. I didn't want to do it once I heard it. 5000 taels of silver was issued and it was patted in front of me."

He Liu rubbed his temples: "Great profit comes first, so you made up your mind to make this set of five-claw real dragon robes and dragon crowns for him, right?"

Cui Jialin nodded: "My lord, I, Miao'er and I are deeply in love. But the class leader of Guangheyue asked me for 4000 taels of redemption money before releasing Miao'er. I have no choice but to do as I wish!"

He Liu shook his head: "Hey. Making a dragon robe privately is a bigger crime than robbing a rich family. You will be executed. Do you want to save your life?"

(End of this chapter)