hotmtlnovel Chapter 2166 The Sincerity of Stone
Chapter 2166 The Sincerity of Stone
Pei Ziyu and the other two bowed repeatedly. The status of Li Shitou in their hearts rose several levels.
"You are too polite. I am just a servant. If you have anything to say, please tell me directly.
Since you two are on good terms with me, I will help you if I can."
Shitou returned the greeting and waved his hand politely.
"Ah~~~~" Pei Ziyu sighed, with a sad look on his face:
"Manager Li, it's really hard to say. To be honest, the two of us are worried about what happened today."
"Oh? Pei Changshi was talking about the corrupt officials he investigated during the meal? Could it be that you two have also committed such a serious crime?"
Shi Tou had a look of surprise on his face as he looked at the two of them.
"No, no, we two have nothing to do with this matter, it's just..."
Pei Ziyu pretended to hesitate when he said this, but General Li beside him said anxiously:
"To be honest with you, Chief Steward Li, we want to save the lives of these criminals. You can see that the Xizhou Prefecture is deserted now.
Many affairs have come to a halt. If this continues, Xizhou Prefecture will be in chaos."
"You two want to save people so much, is it possible that one of these criminals is your relative?"
Shitou didn't pay attention to what General Li said about Xizhou being in chaos, but asked directly.
"Not really." General Li was stunned by the question and shook his head.
After listening to this, Shitou picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then spoke calmly:
"Since there is no such thing, I advise you two not to get involved in this matter, otherwise it will easily anger His Royal Highness Prince Ji.
Then you two will probably end up in jail."
"This..." General Li was speechless for a moment.
Pei Ziyu on the side asked in a low voice:
"Please ask Manager Li to solve this problem."
"Oh, forget it. I will tell you in detail. Otherwise, I am really worried that you two will also be deeply involved."
Shitou sighed, looking helpless. He looked at the door, and Pei Ziyu immediately said:
"Don't worry, Manager Li. Pei has already asked them to stay away."
After hearing this, Shitou nodded and said:
"This case has already become an ironclad case, and the prince must kill these people, so I advised the two of you not to get involved.
You are all familiar with Wang Wencheng's case, and you should also have some understanding of the person behind it.
These people caused the Prince Ji's Mansion to lose millions of strings of cash, which made His Royal Highness Prince Ji very distressed.
You may not know that His Royal Highness Prince Ji does not care about state affairs and does not care about anything except money.
This loss has always been on the mind of my prince.
The prince believed that all this was due to the negligence of the officials of Xizhou Prefecture, and even that they had colluded with the people behind the scenes to murder him.
So the prince had decided to take revenge before he came, otherwise why do you think His Royal Highness Prince Ji wanted to check the account books?"
After saying this, Shitou continued drinking his tea, giving the two people time to think.
After hearing this, Pei Ziyu and General Li suddenly realized that Prince Ji was here to kill people.
They had no doubt at all about what Shitou said, because they had long heard that King Ji loved money like his life.
For the sake of money, they had no interest in it at all. Their family had been defrauded of most of their wealth by King Ji, which had affected the foundation of the family.
Last year, there was even a rumor that Prince Ji was so bold as to defraud Your Majesty of millions of strings of money and finally fled to an important city in Qinghai Road.
How dare he be to cheat His Majesty of his money, and it is several million strings of cash. This little prince is willing to give up his life for money.
When they thought about this, they felt that it made sense. How could King Ji, who loved money so much, be willing to accept the fact that Wang Wencheng's incident had caused him to lose so much money?
Although Wang Wencheng is dead, the people behind this are still at large. They are all from aristocratic families, royal relatives, and powerful people.
His Royal Highness Prince Ji had no way to take revenge, so he had to kill people in Xizhou to avenge himself.
After figuring everything out, they both felt a little silent.
The local officials who were once high and mighty were nothing more than scapegoats in the eyes of the nobles.
"You two, I feel that I have a good relationship with you, so I told you this. I hope you two can take care of yourselves.
I don't want you to be angered by the prince. Prince Ji is really willing to kill people."
Seeing the looks on their faces, Shi Tou gave them another piece of advice.
"Thank you, General Manager Li, for telling the truth. We are both grateful." General Li bowed.
Pei Ziyu on the side asked:
"Chief Steward Li, can you tell me how to make His Royal Highness Prince Ji calm down and let these officials go, even if it means just sparing their lives?
Pei has worked with them for many years and we have a sense of camaraderie. I really can’t bear to see them beheaded and die in a foreign land.”
"Well..." Shi Tou hesitated.
"Manager Li, please wait a moment."
Seeing Shitou hesitate, Pei Ziyu stood up, apologized and left. After a while, he came back holding a long box.
He placed the box on the table next to the stone and said:
"Manager Li, this is what Pei accidentally got from a Western Region merchant last year."
Then he opened the box so that Stone could see clearly.
As soon as the box was opened, light shone brightly, and eighteen crystal clear night pearls were seen lying inside.
"Manager Li, these 18 night-shining pearls are all the same size. Hanging them in the room makes it look like daylight. Since I have a good relationship with Manager Li today, I will give them to him.
I wonder if Manager Li likes it?"
Ever since the box was opened, Shi Tou's eyes have been fixed on these night pearls.
Pei Ziyu saw the word greed in Shi Tou's eyes, but this was normal. He had the same expression when he first saw him.
Not even as calm as a stone.
"This...isn't this a little too expensive?" Shi Tou said this, but he still couldn't help but pick one up and put it in front of him.
Crystal clear, round and smooth, it is the best quality night pearl.
Night-shining pearls are rare in Chang'an City, especially such big ones, let alone eighteen of them.
Night-shining pearls are rare to begin with, but finding eighteen of the same size increases their value by more than a hundred times.
If it were placed in Chang'an City, it would be worth at least five thousand strings of cash, or even ten thousand strings of cash.
Even though there are countless rare treasures in Prince Ji's Mansion, there are not many luminous pearls of the same size.
These are selected from countless night pearls, how precious they are.
"If Manager Li likes it, I will give it to him. It will be a waste of time if I keep it in Pei's hands.
I just take it out and admire it occasionally.”
Pei Ziyu smiled and said that he was an official and this thing was too conspicuous and it would not be appropriate to put it anywhere.
I just took them out today to build connections. If things can be done, these eighteen night pearls will be worth it.
"Snapped!"
After Shitou put the night pearl into the box, he closed the box and the expression on his face slowly changed from confusion to a smile.
"Thank you very much, Pei Changshi. I really like these toys."