Chapter 193: Resignation
Hearing this news, Song Ruize didn't find it strange at all.
Even though he didn't like Tang Yichen, he had to admit that he was excellent.
"Brother Ze, don't worry. Sister Huiyin still cares about you the most. That Tang guy is just a poor scholar. He has no money, no force, and no people. Our brother Ze has all of these. Besides, when you overthrow the Tong guy, you will get the position of supervisor back, and you will still be in charge of the purchasing office. You will also have a say in front of the county magistrate. Isn't that much better than a poor scholar?" Zhou Jinyuan comforted him.
"Do you think I'm competing with him?" Song Ruize looked at Zhou Jinyuan indifferently.
"Of course you don't care about that Tang guy, but you care about Huiyin. That Tang guy was so arrogant just now, he even pulled Huiyin's hand. Can he hold Huiyin's hand?"
Song Ruize walked over with a cold face.
Jiang Qibin glared at Zhou Jinyuan and said, "Are you stupid? He was already upset and you pointed it out. Wouldn't that make him even more upset?"
"I'm telling the truth. If I don't say it, will it be treated as if it never happened?" Zhou Jinyuan looked innocent.
"The man surnamed Tang is Huiyin's brother. They live under the same roof, so you can't defend yourself. The most important thing now is to deal with the obstacle at Tongbaitou. Brother Ze, only if you are strong enough can you protect the people and things you want to protect." Chen Yong said, "Calculate the time. We have to go back now, otherwise we will be suspected."
"Let's go." Song Ruize said calmly.
Baihua Pavilion. Tong Baotou was hugging his lover Xiao Moli and kissing each other. Just as they were about to take the next step, someone suddenly rushed in. Tong Baotou was startled. He stood up and saw that it was his lackey. He angrily scolded: "What are you doing here? Didn't I say that even if something big happens tonight, don't disturb my good thing?"
"Something happened to Li Dachun and his men," the lackey said. "They bought a batch of goods, but they were robbed before they could deliver them to the dam. They found out that the robbers were the employees of Boss Niu, who sold them the goods, so they went back to settle the score with Boss Niu. But before he could even open his mouth, Boss Niu and his employees beat them up severely. The incident became a big deal and alerted Captain Feng, who arrested them and put them in jail."
"This bunch of useless idiots are more likely to cause trouble than to help. Don't panic, Li Dachun doesn't dare to betray us." Tong Baotou said, "Go to the prison to see him and warn him not to talk nonsense."
The lackey rushed to do what he had ordered, leaving Tong Batou and the dishevelled Xiao Moli behind. Xiao Moli came around, put her arms around his shoulders, and reached out from behind to touch his chest.
Tong Batou pulled her hand away and said impatiently, "That's enough. I'm not interested in this anymore."
He stood up and strode away.
After leaving Baihua Pavilion, the figure of Song Ruize appeared in Tong Baotou's mind.
Does this matter have anything to do with that kid? If so, he might have fallen into a trap.
He had been feeling strange these days. The little wolf cub was not so easy to deal with, but this time he easily seized his power, and the latter had no intention of fighting back. He thought the other party had finally gotten scared and knew that there would be no good end to going against him, but now it seemed that he had played a trick to lure the other party into a trap.
Song Ruize and others had just returned to the dam. They had just taken off their clothes and lay down when they heard the voice of Captain Feng from outside.
"Brother Song, the county magistrate has summoned you."
The dark shed was lit up again.
Jiang Qibin came out with his clothes on and invited Captain Feng in: "Brother Feng, it's so late, what can I do for you?"
Captain Feng looked at Jiang Qibin with a mischievous look: "Are you asleep?"
"Yeah, I slept soundly." Jiang Qibin said with a playful smile, "If Brother Feng had come a little later, I would have had a sweet dream."
"The master called your eldest brother over, but not you. You can go back to bed and continue to have a sweet dream."
"Brother Feng, my eldest son is not good at speaking and can't talk. You have to help keep an eye on him and come to the rescue at the critical moment." Jiang Qibin stuffed a piece of silver over.
Captain Feng pushed him away and said unhappily, "Do you think I am greedy for money? Don't worry, for Qin's sake, I will take good care of that boy. Besides, he is so powerful, do you need to worry about him?"
"Our boss is just a silly boy, how can he be so powerful? Brother Feng, you don't know, our boss always offends people with a stinky face, and he doesn't have a mouth, we younger brothers are really worried."
"You're a good kid. Do you want to follow me?" Captain Feng said, "Although you're a little skinny, it's okay. I'll teach you myself and I'll be able to train you into a good person in less than half a year."
"He's my man. If you want to rob him, you have to ask my opinion." Song Ruize came out. "Didn't the county magistrate say he was looking for me? Let's go!"
Captain Feng took Song Ruize away.
After they left, Chen Yong and others came out.
"Is our boss going to be okay?" Jiang Qibin asked.
"What could possibly happen to him?"
"If we find out..."
"Even if they find out, the boss will be fine." Jiang Qingnan said, "Tong Baotou and a few of his trusted aides enriched themselves, passed off inferior goods as good ones, and also embezzled government funds. Who do you think is more guilty?"
"Tong Baitou's methods are very cruel. Li Dachun and others may not dare to tell the truth." Zhang Erzhu said.
"It doesn't matter. Our boss will make them speak out." Jiang Qingnan said, "It's getting late. Let's go to bed instead of standing here."
"Hey, Jiang the Nerd, are you still in the mood to sleep? The boss has been taken away by them, who can sleep at this time?" Jiang Qibin shouted.
"I can sleep." Jiang Qingnan yawned. "What's the point of standing here? You might as well have a good rest. When the boss comes back tomorrow, if there are any other arrangements, you will have the energy to work."
The others followed Jiang Qingnan into the shed.
Jiang Qibin glanced at the direction Song Ruize left, and finally had to admit that Jiang Qingnan was right, and hurriedly chased after them inside.
At this time, Captain Feng brought Song Ruize into the county government office.
As soon as the two entered the study, they saw Tong Baotou kneeling there, with a few sturdy men tied up beside him. They were Tong Baotou's minions.
"Mr. County Magistrate, Mr. Wen, are you looking for me?" Song Ruize saluted.
"Song Ruize, Li Dachun said that you embezzled government silver before, causing the accounts to not match the amounts in the warehouse. In order to fill the hole you owed, he bought those inferior iron tools at the lowest price. Do you have anything to say?"
"Your Excellency, this is Li Dachun's excuse to shirk responsibility. I check accounts with the county government's accountant every two weeks, and every time I buy goods, I will ask the accountants to confirm the quality of the goods. The accountants can testify that their signatures are all in my account books. In addition, I never kept a large amount of government silver directly in the purchasing office. I only asked the accountant to withdraw it when I needed to buy something."
"I had just withdrawn a sum of money last time and was going to hand over the goods, but before I could take any action, Tong Baotou dismissed me from my position as manager on the grounds that I had made a mistake. The money ended up in Li Dachun's hands. The accountants can testify to this. I have never touched the money, so of course there is no such thing as embezzling the official money."
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