Chapter 174 He has an antique
"Uncle, you'd better search the clerk or the steward that Juanjuan just mentioned. He should have an antique on him."
"And he was just about to sell this antique, but no one knew to whom he would sell it. " Si Jinchen had a general understanding.
"Are you serious?" Miao Jiu narrowed his eyes.
"I think that's what Juanjuan meant." Si Jinchen thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, don't let anyone know that it was Juanjuan who discovered it."
"I know. Your uncle is not stupid. I know what to do." Miao Jiu narrowed his eyes. He thought it would be a shame to be a traitor to his uncle.
"I need to take care of some things first. I'll have someone send Juanjuan back." He said and hung up the phone.
Hu Zi was playing with Juan Juan in the yard. He saw her squatting on the ground looking at the little green sprouts emerging from the soil.
"Miss, do you want to eat something or drink some water?"
"No need, Juanjuan is not hungry." Juanjuan shook her head.
"Hu Zi, send Juanjuan back." Miao Jiu gave the order as soon as he hung up the phone.
Hu Zi looked at Miao Jiu in surprise: "Master Jiu, aren't you going back?"
"I still have some things to deal with. Call the people outside in." A smile appeared on Miao Jiu's face.
"Yes." Hu Zi knew that this was something that Miao Jiu had to deal with, and some things were not suitable for Juanjuan to see.
Juanjuan was picked up by him: "Miss Juanjuan, I will take you back to the Governor's Mansion first."
"Okay." Juanjuan waved to Miao Jiu: "Goodbye, uncle."
Miao Jiu smiled and nodded. When they left and the people outside came in, the smile on his face turned cold.
"Master Jiu, what's happening?" Miao Qing's heart was pounding, not knowing what was going on.
"I don't like people with dishonest hands. It seems a bit unreasonable to take my money and want to sell my things." Miao Jiu looked at the people present.
Miao Qing's heart skipped a beat. He understood what was said and knew that someone was up to something.
But who is this person? How come he didn't notice it at all? If he really has something up his sleeve, he, as the shopkeeper, cannot escape the blame.
"Do you want to take it out yourself or let me do it?" Miao Jiu looked at the people present.
The people in the pawn shop looked at each other.
Only one middle-aged man lowered his head, clutching the corner of his clothes tightly, and did not dare to look in the direction of Miao Jiu.
Miao Jiu's eyes locked onto him like a venomous snake, and he glanced at the person next to him.
Several people rushed forward and dragged the man out, kicking him in the knee, making him kneel on the ground.
Miao Jiu walked towards him and said, "Do you want to tell me yourself, or should I ask someone to do it?"
The man raised his head and looked at him, his eyes full of fear and helplessness: "Master Jiu, I, I didn't do anything."
"Didn't do anything?" Miao Jiu looked at him with a smile.
"Search for me." He said and winked at the people who were guarding him.
Several people came forward and searched him, and found something hidden in the corner of his clothes.
They found a pair of scissors and cut open the corner of the clothes, picking out a jade pendant of excellent quality.
"Master Jiu, it's a jade pendant." Someone handed the jade pendant to Miao Jiu.
"Master Qing, take a look!" He handed the jade pendant to Miao Qing.
Miao Qing took the jade pendant and examined it carefully. The more he looked at it, the wider his eyes widened. "Isn't this the antique jade pendant that I pawned a while ago?"
"Dong Yong, how come this jade pendant is on you?" He looked at the person kneeling on the ground in disbelief.
"Master Jiu, I was wrong. I was just greedy for a moment." Dong Yong knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Miao Jiu.
Miao Jiu turned around and sat on the chair: "How many times has this happened?"
"Master Jiu, it's the first time, it's really the first time." Dong Yong was crying.
"Do you think I will believe it?" Miao Jiu raised the corners of his lips.
"It's really my first time." Dong Yong bit his tongue and said that it was his first time.
"Dong Yong, I'll give you one more chance. Tell the truth and I'll punish you alone. If you still dare to lie, your family won't suffer either."
"You have to know that I, Miao Jiu, have never been a good person." Miao Jiu looked at him and crossed his legs.
Dong Yong's face turned pale. He knew that Miao Jiu was not just talking. He would definitely die today. But if he didn't tell the truth, his whole family would die.
"I, I said."
"Tell me, I want to know, who gave you the courage to betray me?" Miao Jiu picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip of tea.
"Master Jiu, I didn't want to do this either. My son was deceived and became addicted to opium. I was really broke, so they asked me to steal antiques from the pawnshop."
"I, I just thought I'd steal a few and sell them. No one would notice, so they even prepared fake ones for me."
"I don't know how they got those fakes." Dong Yong felt more and more guilty as he spoke, and his voice became much softer.
"Dong Yong, you are crossing the bottom line!" Miao Jiu put down the tea bowl heavily.
"Master Jiu, I know I was wrong. All the mistakes are my fault. I only ask you to spare my family. I beg you." Dong Yong kept kowtowing on the ground.
"You can ask me to release your family, but you have to tell me where the opium comes from." Miao Jiu bent down and looked at Dong Yong who was lying on the ground.
"Yes, it was given to me by Second Master Miao. I was supposed to give this jade pendant to him yesterday, but you suddenly came back yesterday, so I didn't give it to him."
"I learned today that Mr. Miao had died, so I thought about returning the jade pendant." Dong Yong didn't dare to say anything more.
Miao Jiu leaned back in his chair. If he hadn't brought Juanjuan with him today, he might not have known until the end that there was a traitor in the pawnshop.
If these things are lost or replaced with fake ones, I'm afraid Miao Qing will have to take the blame.
After all, everything handled in the pawnshop would only be taken in after being reviewed by Miao Qing.
Miao Qing's face also looked very ugly. How could he not know the interests involved?
If Miao Jiu hadn't suddenly come today, he would have been the one to take the blame after a while, and he and his family would have been the ones to die in the end.
"Master Jiu, this happened in the pawnshop I manage. I was negligent. Please punish me."
"Master Qing, you are also an elder of the Miao family. You have watched me grow up. I don't need to teach you what to do. You should pay more attention to the pawnshop in the future."
After saying this, Miao Jiu had no intention of staying any longer, and Miao Qing would handle the rest.
Even though Miao Qing is old, how could someone with the surname Miao and who is in charge of this pawnshop be a good person?
"Master Jiu, please let my family go." Dong Yong's forehead was bleeding, and he pleaded to Miao Jiu.
Miao Jiu turned his head and glanced at Dong Yong: "Since you have confessed, I will naturally fulfill my promise and let your family go this time, but you must know that the next time they fall into my hands, they will no longer have the chance to beg for mercy."
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