Zhu Tao said, "Let's go and see what's going on."
Zhu Tao went downstairs, and Liu Zeng was indeed being held captive and unable to move. The shopkeeper came out and said, "Shopkeeper, I don't know what mistake my man has made that he has to be detained."
As a restaurant owner who could afford to run a restaurant in the capital, he naturally recognized the currently popular Zhu Tao, and the owner felt wronged.
The shopkeeper said, "Lord Zhu, I don't know what's going on either. This man insists that one of your servants broke his things and demands one hundred taels in compensation. I'm just about to ask him what happened!"
When Liu saw Zhu Tao approaching, he quickly said, "Master, this servant...this servant has caused you trouble."
Zhu Tao: "Stop talking about that, tell me what happened."
As soon as Zhu Tao finished speaking, the man who had argued with Liu said, "This is your servant. You've come at the right time. Since this servant can't repay the master's money, then you, as the master, will have to pay it."
Zhu Tao looked at the man, but didn't answer him. Instead, he said directly to Liu Zeng, "Tell me, what happened?"
Liu Zeng felt extremely wronged and said, "When I was going downstairs, this young master was going upstairs. I was watching the stairs! This young master was not watching where he was going and bumped into me. As a result, a hairpin in his pocket fell to the ground and broke. He demanded that I pay him one hundred taels of silver, otherwise he wouldn't let me leave. Master, I really didn't bump into anyone. He bumped into me on his own."
Zhu Tao wasn't sure if what Liu Zeng said was correct, but he felt that the person who clashed with Liu Zeng was somewhat like someone trying to extort money.
"What about the damaged items?"
Liu Zeng said, "He was in that man's arms, but he wouldn't let the servants see him."
Zhu Tao said to the man, "Since that's the case, why don't you take out the item and see what it is that's worth a hundred taels of silver?"
The man's expression was not good as he said, "This is something my father gave me, so it's naturally worth a hundred taels."
Zhu Tao: "Take the item out. If you can't, then forget about it."
If Zhu Tao hadn't hosted a banquet today, he probably would have been willing to wait it out, but since he did, it's impossible for him to bring people to the yamen to confront them in court.
The man suddenly said, "Take it out then."
As he spoke, the man took out a broken jade hairpin from his pocket. Zhu Tao wasn't very good at examining jade, but sometimes he could tell a lot about something just by looking at it. This hairpin didn't look fake, and Zhu Tao felt that things were getting complicated.
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