To be honest, although Mr. Chang doesn't know Mr. Zhang Er very well, he has already figured out Zhang Er's temperament at the reunion banquet of a few marginal relatives. Zhang Er has a reputation for being cowardly and afraid of his wife. He knows this kind of person very well.
He has no independent opinions or ambitions, and just relies on his ancestral property to survive in a muddle-headed manner.
But today, this man suddenly became eloquent, as if he wanted to finish all the words he had accumulated in his whole life, and he showed no intention of taking it back. The Jing family next to him had an expression of disbelief on his face.
Master Zhang Er said: "I made a mistake? Master Chang, tell me, have you ever told Molan about the letters I have written to you over the years?"
Mr. Chang gritted his teeth and said after a long while: "Everyone in our Chang family is worthy of the Yang family. There is no need for me to tell the Yang family the whole story after just receiving a few letters."
Mr. Zhang Er became more and more courageous as he fought, "You don't need to tell me your uncle's letter?"
Mr. Chang wanted to rush up and throw the thin Mr. Zhang Er out.
Mr. Zhang Er said: "I didn't see any family that just promoted the marriage here, so I immediately found another family to get married. It only took more than ten days. The marriage of your Chang family was too easy to decide. We just arrived in Beijing."
In a few days, you will get married again to our Zhang family."
To silence him with such words, Master Chang has never seen a man speak like this.
Mr. Zhang Er doesn’t have convulsions, does he? He is still the saw-mouthed gourd that everyone laughs at?
Mr. Chang Da said: "It's your Zhang family who wants to climb up to our family. You don't even look at your Zhang family's status, how many members of your family are officials in the court, and whether any of your ancestors are officials in the court."
Hearing what Mr. Chang said, Mr. Zhang suddenly smiled and said, "It's just a plan to marry a daughter, let alone marrying a wife for a son, and he said it's not because of the Yang family's money."
If someone steps on your painful foot once, it cannot be stepped on a second time.
Mr. Chang was furious. Since he had already said this, there was no need to hide it anymore, "What money does the Yang family have? The Yang family's medicine shops are all over the capital, and all the medicinal materials are given to the court on credit. You don't even look at Yang."
Take the family’s accounts and see how much cash and antiques there are. Those belongings of the Yang family have long been sold to pawn shops, and now all that’s left are worthless items. You converted those antiques into silver coins, and those things are basically worthless.
It’s just fake.”
The uncle finally forced Mr. Chang to tell the truth. Now the Chang family also talked about borrowing medicinal materials from the imperial court, and also mentioned the Yang family's accounts. This means that the Yang family's accounts are indeed in the hands of the Chang family.
After Mr. Chang finished speaking, a clear coughing sound could be heard next to him.
Mr. Chang turned his head and saw Mrs. Chen's mother beside Mrs. Chang.
Mother Chen looked secretive, pursed her lips and lowered her head.
Only then did Mr. Chang realize that he was so angry that he had made a mistake. He shouldn't have mentioned too much about the Yang family. He had clearly said before that he didn't know about the Yang family's affairs.
Yang Mo stood up and said, "Sir, did you say you have read the Yang family's accounts? All the antiques in my family are fake?"
Master Chang's face turned blue, "I'm just saying this. There have been such rumors outside for a long time. Don't you know what's going on?"
There is no reason to take back what has been said. Yang Mo said: "Why do you say that the Yang family's antiques are fake? Could it be that my grandmother had already written it on the property list when she entrusted it to you?"
Mr. Chang couldn't help but look at these two uncles and nephews, so he frowned and looked at Mrs. Chang.
Mrs. Chang Da said hurriedly: "Of course it wasn't written. We haven't unpacked it. We only discovered this when the imperial court came to take inventory."
Mr. Zhang Er said coldly: "You are going to waste hundreds of thousands of taels of silver just by saying this?"
When Mrs. Jing heard her husband talk about hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, she couldn't help but feel dizzy. How could the Yang family have so much money? After the Yang family's accident, they gave her the capital of the medicine shop. In addition to some golden melon seeds, there were also many gold jewelry. If there were golden melon seeds,
Who will put their heads and faces in it?
Yang Mo raised her head and looked at her uncle. Her uncle was really angry to argue with the Chang family like this.
She should have said these words.
The Chang family must either pay back the money or tell some inside information. She just wants to use this to blackmail the Chang family. Whether the Chang family sells their property or sells out the Qiao family, don't think about getting through this casually.
Mr. Chang felt like he was going to explode. Could it be that he had to compensate the entire Chang family to Yang Molan? Qiao Wenjing had agreed with him that the Qiao family would come forward to solve the court affairs, but now the Qiao family is also in chaos.
, he can't just hold on here, if something happens to the Qiao family, they will still be implicated in their family.
Mr. Chang felt in a dilemma.
You can't lose your wife and lose your troops at the same time.
Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were enough to buy an official position. Mr. Chang felt that his feet were on fire, and his head felt like a basin of ice water had been poured on him. He couldn't tell whether it was cold or hot.
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Mrs. Chang is here to listen to the news.
Mother Chen came over in a hurry and said, "The eldest master can't hold on any longer. Madam, please think of something."
She knew he was a loser, she had seen through him since she was a child, "If something really happens, all he can do is lose his temper. Even a teenage girl can't deal with him, let alone Mr. Zhang Er."
Mother Chen said: "We didn't expect that Mr. Zhang Er would... suddenly change his gender... What is this for? Miss Yang is not Zhang's biological son, and he is not considered her biological uncle, so why should we let go like this...
If you are not close to the same family, you have to help the Yang family and speak up."
Therefore, people's hearts are unpredictable. Mrs. Chang thought that Jing could suppress Mr. Zhang Er, but she didn't expect that Jing was also useless.
Mrs. Chang said: "Where is Yi Ning? Have you gone to the front to have a look?"
Mother Chen shook her head, "As long as it has anything to do with the Yang family, the Fifth Master will not interfere." The Fifth Master is also surprised. He doesn't seem to be resentful of Miss Yang until now. You must know that the most shameful thing about being divorced by the Yang family is that
Fifth Master, I heard that Fifth Master is often laughed at outside, and anyone with a decent temperament will be angry.
"Master doesn't know what to do now, and there's no news from the Qiao family." Mother Chen went to inquire several times in the morning. The Qiao family was busy with Mrs. Qiao's illness, and the situation with Master Qiao didn't seem to be very good either.
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When Mother Chen said this, she was thinking about another person. She took courage and said, "Old madam, at this time, our family should ask the Liu family..."
Hearing the words "Liu family", Mrs. Chang's eyes suddenly opened.
Mother Chen suddenly shuddered. She shouldn't mention the Liu family at this time.
The old lady will never let the Liu family get involved in such a thing.
It's just that Mother Chen still doesn't quite understand. Is she going to lose the entire Chang family? Does the old lady really not care about the Chang family?
"Old madam, you love the fifth master the most. The fifth master can't make any mistakes at this time! Otherwise, if we tell the truth, we will offend the Qiao family at worst, and we, the fifth master, can also get a meritorious status on our own. But if we pay compensation
With money, we, the Chang family, don't know if we can survive this difficulty." Mother Chen's eyes turned red as she spoke.
There was no expression on Mrs. Chang's wrinkled face, "Do you think this is what I meant?"
Mother Chen didn't dare to speak anymore and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "I don't mean that, slave..."
As soon as he said this, the mother who was in charge outside came in in a panic and reported, "Old madam, it's not good, the eldest master has taken out the Yang family's accounts."
Mrs. Chang stood up and said, "The Yang family's accounts are not kept in my house..."
Mother Chen was also a little panicked, "I don't know this either." How could the elder find the account and take it out to Miss Yang?
Mrs. Chang took a deep breath, suppressed the roiling breath in her chest, and said, "Call the lord over here. I have something to ask him."
Mother Chen hurriedly went out to call Mr. Chang.
After a while, Mr. Chang entered the door.
Madam Chang looked ugly and leaned on the bed panting.
Mr. Chang stepped forward respectfully, "Why don't you rest, mother? I'm here to take care of things outside." He paused in embarrassment, but he still had to bite the bullet and said, "The accounts of my son Yang's family have been handed over to the Yamen. Don't even think about it."
You want to steal so much money from our family."
Mrs. Chang suddenly covered her chest and vomited out before she could bend down. The filth immediately sprayed all over Mr. Chang.
Mrs. Chang Da also happened to come in and her face changed when she saw this situation. She hurriedly exclaimed, "Mom, what's going on? Come on, go and ask for the doctor."
The servants of the Chang family rushed forward to help Mrs. Chang clean her. Mr. Chang changed his dirty robe and went to wait on Mrs. Chang.
"Mom," Mrs. Chang said in a low voice, "don't be impatient. I also want to deal with it first, and then... think of other ways."
Mrs. Chang looked at Mr. Chang with sharp eyes, "Do you know how many things can happen if the Yang family takes those accounts? On them are the medicinal materials lent to the court... Do you think the Yang family really wants the one hundred taels of silver?
?She wants to reverse the case for the Yang family and avenge her father. If you give the accounts to the Yang family now, they will only be used as evidence in the future. If the Yang family reverses the case, the court will pursue Mr. Feng Ge. You still want to
Take refuge with Mr. Feng Ge..."
Mrs. Chang started to cough when she said this.
At this point, he has no choice. It's the Yang family that is holding them back. Mr. Chang said: "Mother, we have no choice. It's not that something went wrong on Qiao Wenjing's side..."
"Where is Yi Ning?" Mrs. Chang finally regained her breath, "Ask Yi Ning to go to Mr. Feng Ge's house and explain what happened today. She said that the Yang family came to make trouble and our eldest wife accidentally took the account.
Let's go out and let Mr. Feng Ge be prepared. After all, the accounts are not IOUs given by the court, and there may be room for change."
Mr. Chang Da said: "I will let Yi Ning pass."
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Yang Mo looked at the accounts in her hand carefully, and many things gradually became clear. The Yang family's situation was indeed not good when her father's accident happened. Her grandmother pawned a lot of items, most of which were subsidized to the drug store.
The official said from the side: "We want to take the accounts to be settled."
Yang Mo nodded, handed the account back to the official, and then knelt down to salute. Although there was no IOU from the court, the drug store's account could be regarded as evidence.