"Detain them! Detain them all. " The Arrester of Xingyang County angrily stopped the carriages carrying lychees. He was scolded badly by the Zheng Family because of his carelessness. Naturally, he wanted to vent his anger on the Mo Family.
However, the driver of the lychees argued, "We are transporting lychees from Lingnan. What's wrong with these fruits?"
The Arrester of Xingyang County said angrily, "Don't think that I don't know that you are transporting lychees for Mo Jiazi. The Zheng Family has the final say in Xingyang. From now on, don't even think about transporting lychees to the Mo Family Village."
Seeing that the drivers were angry but did not dare to say anything, the Arrester of Xingyang could not help but feel happy. Last time, he was tricked by Mo Jiazi. This time, he must let Mo Jiazi know that it was easy to meet the King of Hell, but difficult to deal with the little ghosts.
"Arrester, you are so powerful!" A Arrester quickly came forward and complimented.
"If I don't show my power, the Mo Family will take me as a sick cat!" The Arrester of Xingyang suddenly showed a trace of complacency and said loudly.
The constable said with a flattering expression, "Constable Sir is naturally awe-inspiring. This lowly one heard that the Mo family is transporting the Lingnan fruit, lychee, which is worth a hundred copper coins per catty. Even the princess is full of praise for such a rare fruit. Does Sir Constable not want to try it?"
"You mean …" The Arrester of Xingyang was quite excited. Mo Jiazi's poems and the lychees craze in Chang 'an had already spread throughout the Central Plains. How could he not know the famous lychees?
"Now that the Mo Family is transporting unknown goods, it is not impossible for you to open the box and check it! As for the missing ones, who knows? "The Arrester said with a smirk.
"That's right. Mo Jiazi made us get scolded. It is reasonable for him to give us some lychees as compensation." The Arrester of Xingyang was excited.
According to his understanding, the Zheng Family would not send the lychees to Mo Jiazi. It was better for him to take advantage of such a precious thing.
Suddenly, the Arrester of Xingyang strode to the carriage carrying lychees and said proudly, "Open the carriage immediately. I want to check the goods."
The driver of the lychees was shocked and said, "No, lychees are very easy to spoil. If the lychees inside are spoiled, I can't afford to pay for it."
"It's just a few lychees. After you open the carriage, you can close it. you. I will bear all the consequences." The Xingyang Constable waved his hand, and immediately a group of Constables came forward and opened the refrigerated carriage.
"Ew!"
Suddenly, a rotten smell, the Arrester on the side almost vomited. of Xyang
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"If this car is broken, then drive another one. If you delay the constable's meal … no, inspection, you will have to bear the consequences." The Xingyang Constable said in an intimidating tone.
However, when the lychees in the other carriage were opened, the same stench came again.
"Why is it spoiled again?" The Arrester of Xingyang County was frightened. This carriage of lychees was very expensive. An ordinary driver like them could not afford to pay for it.
The Arrester of Xingyang had a vague feeling that something was wrong. It may be an accident if one carriage of lychees was spoiled. However, the other carriage of lychees was also spoiled. He had to be more cautious. He could not help but look at the rest of the carriages of lychees.
"Clap, clap, clap!" As the lychees in the carriages were opened, the stench suddenly rushed to the sky. Hundreds of carriages of lychees were spoiled.
"This is not good!" Suddenly, everyone's heart sank. The lychees in this carriage were worth 50 strings of coins. There were hundreds of carriages of lychees here, which were worth nearly 5,000 strings of coins.
The goods worth 5,000 strings of coins were destroyed in the hands of the Xingyang County government. This was not a trivial matter. It was not something that the Arrester of Xingyang County could handle.
"Go and ask the county magistrate for help!" The Arrester of Xingyang was embarrassed. This time, it was a big matter. Most of the goods transported on the official road could be preserved for a long time. As for the most difficult goods to transport, they were fragile goods. It was the first time that such fragile goods like lychees were transported on such a large scale. It was also the first time that the Arrester of Xingyang encountered such a thing.
The county magistrate of Xingyang County came in a hurry. When he saw the stinky lychees, his face sank. He looked at the drivers and said coldly, "As far as I know, the Mo Family either transported the lychees in an urgent manner or kept them fresh by adding ice. Why did you use ordinary carriages to transport such precious lychees?"
The leading driver could not help but be stunned and said, "Adding ice? Our master did not order us to do so! He just wanted us to transport them to Luoyang in the shortest time possible. There will be someone to meet us there. "
"Oh no, we fell into a trap!" The county magistrate of Xingyang County said with a gloomy face, "Mo Jiazi must have calculated that Xingyang County would stop this batch of lychees. He deliberately sent a large number of spoiled lychees to lure us into the trap."
"We only kept the lychees for one day. Even if this batch of lychees is spoiled, it is not our fault!" The Arrester of Xingyang argued.
"Since Mo Jiazi has played a dirty trick, do you think he will still reason with you?" The county magistrate of Xingyang County forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart. Just like how they detained the goods of the Mo Family's Village unreasonably, Mo Jiazi would naturally fight back without mercy.
"What should we do?" The Arrester of Xingyang County was frightened. The reason why he had been fearless all this time was that he had the backing of the Zheng Family. The second reason was that he abused his power. In the end, he could only say that he had checked wrongly and did not cause any damage to the goods. But this time, he lost 5,000 strings of coins of lychees. He could not clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River!
"This time, it depends on whether the Five Families and Seven Hopes can save us." The county magistrate of Xingyang County took a deep breath and said. This time, he did not care about the loss of 5,000 strings of coins of coins in order to lure them into the trap. Mo Jiazi was really ruthless.
With the hot sale of lychees in Chang 'an, the response of the whole city was excellent. The lychees transported by the refrigerated carriage of the Mo Family tasted very good, almost as if they had just been picked from the tree. It was very memorable, especially by the noblewomen of Chang' an. Many people were looking forward to the next batch of lychees.
However, with a piece of news, the whole city of Chang 'an was in an uproar.
"Dozens of carriages of lychees were spoiled in Xingyang!"
As soon as the news came out, the people of Chang 'an were excited. Those were goods worth thousands of strings of coins of coins, but they were destroyed just like that.
The resentment between the Mo Family and the Five Families and Seven Hopes had already been spread in Chang 'an. Previously, when Xingyang County intercepted the goods of the Mo Family's Village, people were just watching the fun. After all, the goods of the Mo Family's Village were still there, and they were finally recovered. However, this time was different. This batch of lychees was destroyed. Although they did not know the specific process, this batch of lychees worth 5,000 strings of coins of coins was spoiled in Xingyang. Everyone blamed the Zheng Family of Xingyang for this.
For a time, the Zheng Family of Xingyang, which claimed to be a family of poetry and etiquette, and ranked among the Five Families and Seven Hopes, became notorious in Chang 'an.
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