Chapter 263 This is not over yet
Chapter 263 This is not over yet
Xie Donghai was so angry that his hands were shaking violently, like sifting chaff.
This letter of guarantee was clearly written by Taoist Wuweizi with his own eyes, so how could it have turned into a blank piece of paper?
Could it be that he held it the wrong way around?
Yes, that must be the case!
Xie Donghai was full of anticipation and quickly turned over the rice paper in his hand.
However, the back of the rice paper was also blank, without a single word on it.
How can this be?
How could the written words disappear without a trace?
It took less than two quarters of an hour from the time the letter of guarantee was written to the time it was handed to him. Ever since he finished reading it, he has been holding it tightly in his hand and has never put it down.
Even when he took the pill given by Wuweizi just now, the letter of guarantee never left his hand.
Xie Dahe hadn't noticed Xie Donghai's abnormality yet, and said angrily, "Second brother, we were deceived. That Wuweizi is a liar, and the medicine he gave is useless. You should go to Yuqing Temple and find Wuweizi to get the banknote back."
Xie Donghai knew he had been cheated without Dahe's reminder. But how could he get the banknote back without a letter of guarantee?
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xie Dahe yelled at him anxiously, "Second brother, why are you in a daze? Go quickly!"
Not only Xie Dahe was anxious, but others were also urging him impatiently.
Listening to everyone's accusations, Xie Donghai finally exploded, staring at everyone with red eyes, "Do you think I don't want to go? Our second house spent 1,500 taels! In order to collect this money, I took out the betrothal gifts and dowry money of Brother Yuan and Sister Yu. Now I don't even have a copper coin left!
That’s all the money of the second wife!
But the guarantee is gone, how can I get the money back? Tell me how to get it back, ok? !”
"What do you mean the letter of guarantee is gone?" Xie Dahe was already furious. Seeing Xie Donghai roaring at him, he also shouted angrily, "Isn't the letter of guarantee in your hand? What do you mean it's gone? What are you crazy about?"
Others hadn't noticed it yet, but Peng was close, and she had already noticed that Xie Donghai was holding a blank piece of paper. But she couldn't believe what she saw.
However, after hearing Xie Donghai's roar, she could no longer bear it and snatched the rice paper from his hand.
"How come they are gone? Where are the words? Why don't they just disappear... Impossible, this is impossible..."
Peng's hands were shaking, and she kept checking the rice paper in her hands, while she was shouting like crazy that it was impossible. Seeing Peng like this, the others finally realized that something was wrong.
"What do you mean the words disappeared?" Xie Dahe rushed over with a dark face and snatched the rice paper from Peng's hand.
However, the next moment he widened his eyes in disbelief and turned the rice paper in his hand over and over.
After confirming that it was a blank piece of rice paper in his hand, he finally couldn't help but yelled in anger: "What the hell is going on? I clearly saw the letter of guarantee written by Wuweizi with my own eyes, how come the words disappeared?"
The old lady didn't care about the pain in her stomach at all. She staggered towards this side, looking extremely anxious. "How could this writing disappear for no reason? Second brother, did you take the wrong one? Look carefully and see if you put it somewhere else."
Xie Donghai knew in his heart that he had definitely not taken the wrong item. He felt as if struck by lightning, and stood there blankly with a pale face, as if he had lost his mind, not moving at all.
Peng and Xie Dahe were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. They frantically searched around, turning the surrounding objects into a mess.
Xie Yuan and his brothers' eyes were filled with confusion and shock. Thinking that the money was their betrothal money, they did not have time to think about it. They endured the pain in their stomachs and hurriedly joined the search.
Xie Yu, Xie Yan, and Liu's mother and daughter could no longer hold back and searched desperately for the letter of guarantee in every corner.
The whole hall was in chaos, only Xie Lan was leisurely sipping tea. Seeing her nonchalant attitude, the others were even more angry. But everyone was busy looking for the letter of guarantee and had no time to pay attention to her.
But the hall was turned upside down, but the second piece of rice paper was not found.
Xie Changting had been an official for many years, so he did not frantically search around like the others. He quickly stepped forward to take the rice paper from Xie Donghai, and his eyes repeatedly scanned the paper twice, then he frowned slightly and fell into a long period of contemplation.
After a long while, he raised his head with a serious expression and said to everyone in a deep voice, "No need to look for it, this is the letter of guarantee written by Wu Weizi."
The hall was so small, and so many people hadn't found the second piece of rice paper. Everyone knew in their hearts that what Xie Changting said was true. But even so, they still found it hard to accept this weird thing.
Xie Changting understood that it was hard for them to believe this. In fact, if he had not seen it with his own eyes today, he himself would not have believed it was true.
"I once saw a related record in a miscellaneous journal that words written with black croaker ink would disappear. I think the ink that Taoist Wuweizi used to write the letter of guarantee just now was made from black croaker ink."
Everyone's eyes widened in astonishment. It was actually written with black croaker ink?
Xie Dahe looked at Xie Changting anxiously, "Brother, does the miscellaneous notes you read record how to restore the disappeared words?"
Xie Changting shook his head. "No, the words have disappeared, so it is impossible to recover them."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Peng could no longer bear the blow. She rolled her eyes and fainted.
The old lady covered her chest, wishing she could faint. The second and third wives didn't have that much silver, so she also took 300 taels to make up the 3,600 taels.
The faces of Liu's mother and daughter were also very ugly. They were also cheated out of 600 taels. Although they were not left with nothing like the second and third wives, they were also now running out of money.
Now the second and third wives are all broke, and Xie Changting might need her to provide for their and the old lady's food and clothing in the future.
Mrs. Peng fainted, and Xie Donghai finally came back to his senses. "If there is no guarantee, then go to Yuqing Temple to find Wuweizi. The monk may escape, but the temple cannot. Since he dares to deceive us like this, then we will go to the Taoist temple and make him return the banknotes no matter what."
Xie Changting shook his head. "It's useless. Since Wuweizi dared to deceive us, he must have expected that we would go to him to settle the score. He may not be the Taoist priest of Yuqing Temple. Maybe even his Taoist name is fake."
Although they knew what he said was reasonable, Xie Dahe and Xie Donghai were not willing to let it go. They immediately took the servants and hurried to Yuqing Temple.
The result was naturally that the person was not found. There was no Taoist priest named Wuweizi in Yuqing Temple, so naturally he would not compensate them for the silver bills he had cheated them of.
After searching everywhere in vain, the Xie brothers couldn't bear the blow and fell ill.
Fortunately, after two days, everyone's vomiting and diarrhea gradually improved, but no one was happy because so many silver bills were lost.
Tiechui finally smiled a little after receiving the 3,600 taels that Wuweizi had cheated him of.
"Girl, is this the end of the matter?"
Xie Lan motioned for her to put the banknote away and said with a faint smile, "How could that be? They haven't lost what they care about the most."
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