Chapter 628 I said, no need
Li Huan's career was actually not bad. Although he was not enterprising and seemed mediocre, he stood out among a group of colleagues who were scheming and working for the government, and was often valued by his superiors.
After many years in officialdom, the Li family had accumulated some wealth. With 50,000 yuan, Jiang Qingzhi dared to bet that his father-in-law's family might not be able to make ends meet.
"When were you cheated?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"Half a month." Li Tian snorted. Jiang Qingzhi said, "My mother-in-law never told me?"
Didn’t my father-in-law notice any problem with the reduction in salary?
"What my mother was cheated of was...her private money, which was her dowry."
"I forgot that my mother-in-law's family is not short of money." Jiang Qingzhi suddenly realized and thought of Li Tian's generous dowry, "It's only 50,000 yuan..."
"Mom gave me a lot of dowry, 50,000 yuan, it's a huge loss." Li Tian was very sad, "Mom has been depressed recently, and now she is sick at home..."
"Do you want to invite the imperial physician?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
Not all officials can hire imperial physicians, and Li Huan is not qualified.
"This is a heart disease." Li Tian said: "Mother was upset at home all day, saying that if she had been smarter at the time, she would not have been deceived by that group of people."
"Tell me." Jiang Qingzhi sat down.
"Those people specifically seek out older women to show their goodwill, and first give them some benefits, like a dozen eggs today, some medicinal herbs tomorrow, and even give them a cooking method, saying it can cure diseases..."
Sounds somewhat familiar!
Jiang Qingzhi thought of the situations in later generations.
"My mother had nothing to do at home, so she frequently went to those people's gatherings. Every time she did, she would bring home some worthless things, and she was very happy about it."
Li Tian was puzzled, "Why did mother lose her mind..."
Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "If someone can praise a woman who is rich but lonely and recognize her, let alone chicken eggs, even if he doesn't give her anything, as long as he flatters her every day, she will definitely be moved."
"Is that so?" Li Tian looked at her husband, and Jiang Qingzhi nodded seriously, "That's it."
Chang's husband was in charge of the Taichang Temple and had a successful career. Her daughter married well and her children and grandchildren were also good... She was tired of the days when she was envied and hated by the outside world.
"Those scammers only give gifts to gain the trust of those women. Then they say that a certain temple is particularly effective and you can get whatever you pray for, but it requires luck."
Li Tian was stunned, "Husband, how do you know?"
Ha ha!
Jiang Qingzhi thought that with the development of information in later generations, such scams could be easily found by searching on the Internet.
"Those people said that if you want to have a chance, you have to make sincere offerings. The first time, my mother gave me 500 coins. The second time..."
"In fact, my mother-in-law must have felt that something was wrong." Jiang Qingzhi said, "It was just that she was obsessed with it at that time and had to do it."
Many times people are deceived not because they are stupid, but because they are driven by obsession.
"Husband, you...you are..." Li Tian's eyes widened, "My mother whispered to me, and she later vaguely guessed that this was a scam, but she couldn't stop..."
"Okay." Jiang Qingzhi was worried that her emotions were too volatile, "Leave it to me."
"My dear, my mother has asked someone to investigate, and those scammers have already run away." Li Tian was unwilling to give in. "My mother wanted to report to the police, but she was worried that it would affect my father's reputation."
The wife of Li Huan, the head of Taichang Temple, was so stupid that she was defrauded of 50,000 yuan by a group of scammers... When the news spread, Li Huan could not even hold his head up in the court.
"Just don't worry." Jiang Qingzhi said.
"I'll give mom some money later." Li Tian said.
But looking at the resentment in her eyes, Jiang Qingzhi knew that this woman also had her own obsession.
As long as she doesn't catch those scammers, she will never get rid of this obsession.
While he was thinking about how to comfort his wife, Liao Chen came to his son-in-law's house.
"Chen Shi from the Military Equipment Bureau has bowed his head, but the next step is the difficult part. Jiang Qingzhi has said that he wants to make the Military Equipment Bureau reborn, but the Military Equipment Bureau has accumulated problems for many years. Not to mention him, even if Emperor Taizu were reborn, he would be powerless to fix it."
Liao glanced at Zhao Fang and said, "Dad, could this cause Jiang Qingzhi to fall into despair?"
Liao Chen nodded. "Lü Song has been watching the battle between Confucianism and Mohism for a long time without making a sound. Now that he has taken action this time, it will be with great force. You two should stay out of the house recently, so as not to give Jiang Qingzhi a chance to attack."
"Yes."
After Liao Chen left, Liao suddenly jumped up, clapped her hands and laughed, "When Jiang Qingzhi gets into trouble, I will definitely go to Xin'an Lane to visit the county lady and see how embarrassed she is, hahahaha!"
Liao Chen then went to the Ministry of Revenue.
"I have already found some old friends, and they are just waiting for you to make a move."
Liao Chen's influence is still considerable. Once he exerts his full strength, he will be of great help to Lu Song.
"Thank you, Mr. Liao!" Lu Song said, "The result of this matter will probably be within half a month."
"Why?" Liao Chen didn't know about this.
"There will be something big later." Lu Song did not mention that Altan would go south this year. "Jiang Qingzhi's goal is to expand the Tiger Guard Left Guard. I am a good cook without rice, so I made this bet. If Jiang Qingzhi cannot make the military bureau reborn within half a month, even if he wins later... it will be too late."
At this point, Lu Song began to feel uneasy, and he couldn't suppress it no matter how hard he tried.
"Okay, within half a month... I'd like to see what method he has to transform the Armory Bureau!" Liao Chen sneered.
……
In the dead of night, on the roof of Jiang Qingzhi and his wife's bedroom, Duoduo lay on the tiles, staring at the cold moonlight in a daze. Jiang Qingzhi vaguely noticed that his wife was tossing and turning frequently, so he said, "Don't think about it, go to sleep!"
Li Tian turned over and faced away from Jiang Qingzhi, "I just can't swallow this."
Jiang Qingzhi fully understood the power of the pregnant woman's obsession and resentment.
On the second day, Li Tian ate half a bowl of porridge and a small steamed bun for breakfast and said she was full.
"Is it worth to torture myself like this just for 50,000 yuan?" Jiang Qingzhi took a bite of half a meat bun, the gravy jumping in his mouth, it was so delicious.
"I don't know why, I'm just angry." Li Tian sat there, watching her man eating with relish, and she couldn't help but get angry again.
Jiang Qingzhi was just about to tease her, but suddenly thought of postpartum depression.
Careless!
Only then did Jiang Qingzhi deeply understand what the Taoist said: If you don't get married and have children, you are not considered an adult.
"I will solve this matter today." Jiang Qingzhi said firmly. Li Tian shook her head, "Those people must have run away, husband, I will just take it easy."
"I said, let's solve it today." Jiang Qingzhi was angry, and served her a bowl of porridge and a meat bun, "Eat it, today I will definitely let you see the ability of your husband."
"My husband is a man who does great things..." Li Tian muttered and picked up the chopsticks.
"What is a big deal?" Jiang Qingzhi stood up. "In my opinion, my wife and my baby are the big deal."
……
It is difficult to be a human being, it is even more difficult to be a man, and it is even more difficult to be a competent husband and father.
Jiang Qingzhi is in front of the temple at this moment.
A woman came over and asked stealthily, "Would you like to burn some incense? I have a secret technique for praying to the gods and Buddhas. I guarantee that whatever you pray for will be granted."
Jiang Qingzhi coughed dryly, "What kind of disc is there? No, what's the way?"
The woman said mysteriously, "You must be pious when you worship God... Ouch!"
Dou Jialan grabbed the woman and said in a low voice, "Jinyiwei is doing the job. If you don't want to die, shout."
The woman confessed in no time.
"That group of people originally occupied this piece of land, and I watched and learned a few tricks from them. A while ago, they probably cheated people out of money and ran away. When I saw that no one was doing this business, I thought..."
"Do you know where they went?" Dou Jialan asked.
The woman's eyes rolled around, and Sun Chonglou grinned and said, "Old man, let me do it."
Sun Chonglou's huge body brought endless pressure to the woman. She said in a trembling voice: "Yes... he said he wanted to change the place."
"It's just as I expected." Jiang Qingzhi laughed. Dou Jialan said, "My Lord, it's not easy to investigate in such a large area like the capital!"
"Gyeonggi?" Jiang Qingzhi shook his head. "Stone."
"exist!"
"Go to the Beggars' Gang... ask those beggars where the elderly and women have been gathering in the past half month."
Sun Chonglou went there with two guards. Dou Jialan asked, "Master, those swindlers won't dare to strike again, right? Besides, fifty thousand is a huge sum of money for them. Don't they know to stop?"
"Human greed is endless." Jiang Qingzhi held a cigarette between his lips. "You cheated 50,000 yuan in one go. What would you think if you were one of those scammers?"
"Run far away."
"So you can't get rich." Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "It means that the capital is a place where people are stupid and have a lot of money. People are greedy by nature, and those scammers will definitely not stay away. But they will find a new way..."
Dou Jialan was still skeptical, but Bol, who was accompanying him today, said seriously, "What the uncle said is very true."
This flatterer... Huang Bing sneered. He looked down on foreigners like Boll from the bottom of his heart. According to the private words of the guards, foreigners were smelly and rude. If Jiang Qingzhi hadn't spoken, someone like Boll would have been killed by the guards long ago.
Jiang Qingzhi found a tavern, went in, had a drink and waited.
"Uncle." Mo Zhan came in. "Lu Bing is here."
"You seem to be in a good mood." Lu Bing walked into the tavern and sat down with his arms and legs folded. "The Jinyiwei has some clues about your mother-in-law being cheated."
The Imperial Guards were actually watching my father-in-law's family... Jiang Qingzhi laughed, "So what?"
"Lü Song and the others are confidently waiting for you to make a fool of yourself, and for the Armory Bureau to make a fool of itself. But they have forgotten your past arrogance. The expansion of the Tiger Guards is of great importance, so why would you make a bet? Logically, you should have found a way to get money and food... I'm sure you won't have any problem with that money and food."
Lu Bing leaned over and looked at Jiang Qingzhi, "But you made a bet with Lu Song, why? Tell me the clues of this matter, and within three days, I will send those swindlers to Xin'an Lane!"
"No need."
Jiang Qingzhi said lightly.
"Do you think we can find those scammers with just a few guards?" Lu Bing laughed. "The capital is so big that there is no place that they cannot hide in the streets. I can say that I found those scammers within three days because of the dense spies of the Jinyiwei in the capital. What did Chang Wei Bo rely on?"
"Master!"
Sun Chonglou came back and said, "There is a medicine shop in the west of the city. Half a month ago, they suddenly did something and said they would treat the elderly for free."
Jiang Qingzhi stood up and said to Lu Bing, "I told you, no need!"
(End of this chapter)
