Although he didn't know if the pawn ticket was real or fake, as the carriage driver said, Wang Chao'an seemed to have no other way out.
To re-establish his position in front of Wang Fu, he could only see this through to the end.
"I'm just looking, just looking..."
"As expected of the steward from the Prime Minister's household!"
The carriage driver nodded with satisfaction, then beckoned the servants to continue the inventory.
Although they were all ingots in full boxes, these people were still very meticulous in their counting.
"You wait here and watch the goods. I'm going to the front yard to relieve myself!"
Seeing that the inventory was almost complete, the carriage driver suddenly said to Wang Chao'an.
"Please go and come back quickly!"
Regardless, since the gold was still in his possession, Wang Chao'an didn't think much of it.
However, to his surprise, the man seemed to have no intention of returning.
As half an hour passed, Wang Chao'an finally began to feel uneasy.
"Put it down, all of you put it down! What are you doing?"
As soon as he got up, he saw that the servants were already preparing to move the gold.
"What do you mean, 'what are we doing'? Your master has already taken the goods, so of course we have to take the money!"
"My master? What my master?"
Cold sweat broke out on Wang Chao'an's back.
"Wasn't the one with you just now your master? He has already taken the goods, so of course we must accept the money!"
A young man who looked like a steward frowned and said.
Damn it!
After guarding against everything, he never expected this kid to have such a trick up his sleeve. Wang Chao'an felt truly frustrated.
"Who told you I was with him? I just wanted to buy something from him with this gold. If he took your things, what does that have to do with me?"
As Wang Chao'an spoke, he directly sat down on a nearby wooden box.
No matter what, he would never let them take this gold away.
"I knew you looked shifty-eyed. After all this talk, you're here for this kind of business. If you want to play tricks in Bianliang City, you should first find out what kind of place this is!"
Hearing the steward's words, Wang Chao'an couldn't help but smile wryly.
If this were in the past, at this moment, he would have already called his household guards to smash this shop.
After all, as the steward of the Wang family, he was not to be offended by anyone.
Moreover, in this matter, he was truly just a victim.
But before he left that day, Wang Fu had instructed that this matter was extremely confidential, and under no circumstances should it be made public.
After all, this was Bianliang City, and this was the territory of the Imperial City Department.
Although that item was indeed effective against Bai Shizhong, the problem was that it couldn't see the light of day!
Even if Wang Fu wanted to act, he had to find a way to distance himself and find a scapegoat to reveal this matter for him.
Otherwise, if this matter were to be exposed and these items flowed out of Wang Fu's hands, those people from back then would probably live in fear.
Even for their own self-preservation, they would spare no expense in kicking Wang Fu out.
After all, since Bai Shizhong's letter had not been burned, who could guarantee that his own letter had definitely been destroyed?
"I don't care what kind of place this is, but I want to take this gold with me!"
Seeing their unfriendly expressions, Wang Chao'an instinctively wanted to load the gold back onto the carriage.
However, this was gold!
As a steward of the Prime Minister's household who had always lived in luxury, he could not lift anything heavy, nor carry anything with his hands. How could he move such large boxes of gold?
"Hoist him up, give him fifty lashes, and then send him to the Kaifeng Prefecture!"
Seeing that Wang Chao'an still dared to be defiant at this point, the steward became furious. He directly waved his hand, signaling the shop assistants around him to take action.
"See who dares to touch me! If you dare to lay a hand on me today, I'll make sure you all regret it!"
There was no choice. Since he couldn't reveal his identity, Wang Chao'an could only resort to being aggressive at this moment.
However, in front of these strong shop assistants, his combat power was truly close to zero.
In just one round, he was bound and then hung on the crooked-neck tree in the center of the courtyard.
"Give him fifty lashes to teach this blind dog a lesson. How dare you cause trouble in Yonghe Hall? Don't you know this is Prince Yun's business?"
What nonsense!
Prince Yun's business!
Hearing this, Wang Chao'an wished he could just smash his head against a wall.
At this moment, he truly hated that carriage driver.
This guy was too insidious. Even if he wanted to plot against him, he didn't have to bring him here.
If this were just an ordinary pawnshop, perhaps he could have brought up Wang Fu's identity.
But it happened to be Prince Yun's business...
If there was anyone in Bianliang City that Wang Fu wanted to hide from the most, it would have to be Prince Yun, Zhao Kai!
But now, he had delivered himself here to his misfortune. This was truly interesting.
"Take the gold, take the gold, and let me go!"
No matter how much Wang Chao'an resented, at this moment he could only choose to give up on the gold.
After all, compared to the matter itself, this gold was insignificant...