"A deal?" MIngzhu turned her head and looked at the scholar with a hint of surprise in her eyes. She said lightly, "What kind of deal?"
"I'll help you solve the case in front of you, and you let me go. Then we're even …" Li Yi looked at her and said.
Li Xuan pulled his sleeve and whispered, "Do you really know who this silver belongs to?"
He knew his cousin's character very well. It would be fine if Li Yi didn't say anything. If he found out that he had fooled her in the end, it would not be easy to solve today's matter.
Li Yi gave him a reassuring look, and Li Xuan didn't speak anymore.
Although he didn't know how to judge who this silver belonged to, since he knew Li Yi, everything he did was unexpected. He didn't know what method Li Yi had thought of at this moment, and he began to look forward to it.
"What do you have in mind?" Li Mingzhu's face showed an expression of interest. Usually, there was no other way to deal with this kind of ambiguous dispute in the county government. After a few floggings, they would confess. There was no need to be so troublesome. She wanted to see what the scholar could do.
"It's very simple. Since we can't tell who this silver belongs to, we can just split it in half. Everyone will be happy!" Li Yi took out two pieces of silver from his bosom, each about half a tael. He snatched the silver from the Confucian scholar's hand and stuffed them into the bosom of the burly man and the Confucian scholar.
Seeing this scene, the young prince, Li Xuan, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. This method was really simple and crude. But, could his cousin pass it?
Sure enough, when he turned his head and peeped, he found that the scholar's face became a little ugly.
The young man surnamed Liu and the other two stood aside and watched the scene. Seeing this, they almost couldn't help laughing.
If everything could be solved in this way, why did they need the county magistrate?
"Isn't this a mess?"
"What … what kind of method is this!"
"This scholar is just messing around. How can he solve a case like this!"
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…
Seeing this, the onlookers immediately became noisy, one after another, talking at the same time.
"Sir, you mustn't do that. If I lose half of the money, I won't be able to buy my mother's medicine!" The burly man's face immediately revealed a pleading expression as he looked at MIngzhu and said.
"This Young Master's words are reasonable. A scholar should have a magnanimous heart. I won't argue with a scoundrel like you. How about I give you half of the silver?" When the Confucian scholar heard this, a trace of joy appeared on his face and he immediately said.
"Is this the solution you mentioned?" MIngzhu turned to look at Li Yi, a dangerous glint flashed in her eyes.
"Of course … not." Li Yi smiled, looked at her, and said calmly, "There is only one truth …"
He suddenly turned around and pointed his finger at the Confucian scholar, shouting, "Murderer … Bah! He's the one who lied! "
The situation changed so quickly that no one in the crowd could react.
While the Confucian scholar was still in a daze, Li Yi had already snatched the silver fragment from his hand and stuffed it into the burly man's arms along with the silver ingot.
"Be careful next time. Take these two silver fragments as well. Buy your mother's medicine quickly."
Li Yi was not a generous person, but if the burly man had not lost the silver, he might have been taken to the county government by the female arrester. It was rare for her to be generous to him.
"What's going on?" The young prince, Li Xuan, was confused and still in a daze.
The onlookers also started to ask questions.
"Why?"
"Why are you so sure that he's the one who lied?"
"I can't figure it out …"
Everyone looked at Li Yi, waiting for his explanation.
MIngzhu's pretty face showed a trace of doubt and some realization. She also turned to look at him.
"Nonsense! Why are you so sure that I'm the one who lied?" The Confucian scholar's face showed a trace of panic, but it was soon replaced by grief and indignation. He looked at Li Yi as if he was really wronged.
"Because the silver originally belonged to this burly man, so of course he didn't want to give half of it to others for no reason." Li Yi smiled and pointed at the Confucian scholar, saying, "And he, because the silver didn't belong to him, he could get half of it for no reason. Of course, he agreed so readily …"
Hearing his explanation, Li Xuan's face showed a look of realization. He looked at him in surprise. How did he come up with such an ingenious way to solve the case?
And the pretty MIngzhu next to Li Yi also looked at him differently for the first time.
After hearing Li Yi's words, the crowd was stunned for a moment, then they immediately burst into an uproar.
"This young master's words make sense!"
"Brilliant, really brilliant!"
"I was almost cheated by this guy just now. I almost wronged this burly man!"
In an instant, the way everyone looked at Li Yi changed. Their gazes were filled with respect and admiration. When they turned to look at the Confucian scholar, their faces were filled with disdain.
"What a disgrace to a scholar!"
"As a scholar, how could he do such a despicable thing!"
"He even cheated his mother of money to save her life. Is he still human? Take him to the magistrate!"
At this moment, the Confucian scholar's face finally showed panic. When he raised his head to look at Li Yi, his heart was filled with grief and indignation.
Trap, it was all a trap!
So the other party had set a trap for him from the beginning, waiting for him to fall into it!
But at this moment, he naturally couldn't admit it. With a wronged expression, he said loudly, "This is just your deduction. I didn't expect that my momentary kindness would be taken advantage of by a villain. I'm not convinced. I want to go to the county government, I want to see the county magistrate!"
"Not convinced?"
Li Yi narrowed his eyes. "Are you really not convinced?"
"I'm not convinced!" The Confucian scholar raised his head and looked at him with a trace of resentment in his eyes.
Smack!
Li Yi slapped his head.
"Are you convinced?"
The Confucian scholar didn't expect that this scholar would dare to hit him on the street. He was stunned. When he came to his senses, he pointed at him with a trembling finger. "You, how dare you hit me!"
"So what if I hit you?" Li Yi frowned and slapped him again.
"Are you convinced?"
"No!"
"Are you convinced?"
"Ouch … I'm not convinced even if you beat me to death!"
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…
Seeing Li Yi slap the Confucian scholar's head again, the crowd was stunned on the spot.
The corner of Young Prince Li Xuan's mouth twitched again. As for the young man with the surname Liu and the other two, they seemed to have thought of something bad, and their faces all darkened.
On the other hand, the female constable crossed her arms and looked at the scene with interest. She didn't seem to want to stop it at all.
"Are you convinced?" After countless slaps, even his hands were a little numb. The Confucian scholar finally couldn't take it anymore.
"Stop hitting me. I'm convinced, I'm convinced. I picked up the silver on the street!" At this moment, the Confucian scholar only felt that his head was getting bigger and he was dizzy. With tears in his eyes, he said, "I lost all my money in the gambling house this morning. When I passed by that man, I saw the silver fall from his arms, so I got the idea … Please, please stop hitting me!"
Seeing that the Confucian scholar finally admitted it, Li Yi let out a long sigh of relief and withdrew his hand. He straightened his body and looked at the female constable with a smile.
"Look, he admitted it …"
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