At 6 o'clock the next day, Zhufeng and Hongtao came to Hucao Yamen. Of course, they also used Bocao's brand to sneak into the Yamen. However, they did not show up around the courtroom, but waited at the corner first.
At the moment, everything was in place in the courtroom. Su Zhen ordered Qian Laoer to be pledged and the plaintiff, the head of the He family, to be brought with him. Then, as usual, he asked the plaintiff what his name was and why he was suing Qian Laoer.
The He family kowtowed, and then said: "Young He Yijiu is the head of the He family. He is responsible for the house sales of all the masters and young masters of the He family. In the first month of this year, the eldest master asked the younger one to take over the house in Jiuquli."
After selling it, Xiao Xiao entrusted the money to his second brother as the mediator.
However, Qian Laoer was not successful in doing things. From the first month to April, the house was not sold, and he claimed that no one was willing to buy it. At the same time, he also lowered the house price again and again, finally to one hundred and twenty taels.
I didn't think much about it at the time. After all, I was a famous person, so I agreed to sell the house for 120 taels in May.
Then I found out that he had deceived me. The house in Jiuquli was worth 450 taels, and our eldest master's yard was more exquisite, so it was worth at least 500 taels.
The house that should have been worth 500 taels, but Qian Laoer tricked Xiao into selling it for 120 taels. Sir, Qian Laoer must have colluded with the buyer and got the buyer's advantage, so he tricked Xiao into selling it at a low price.
Sell it, please let the adults make the decision for the small owner."
Although Qian Laoer had guessed that He Yijiu would talk like this, but after hearing it with his own ears, his face turned red with anger and he couldn't help but cry out for injustice.
"Sir, the common people have been wronged. The reason why the He family wanted to sell the house in Jiuquli was because... the feng shui was bad. The vegetation in Jiuquli was withered, the sky was gloomy under the daylight, and strange things happened constantly.
All residents nearby in Jiuquli know this.
The initial market value of the house was four hundred taels, but no one was willing to buy it. Not only that, but other residents in Jiuquli also had eight rooms instead of ten.
Later, the strange things in Jiuquli became known to everyone in the inner circle, and everyone avoided it, and its reputation plummeted. Under such circumstances, it is normal for ordinary people to lower housing prices.
Moreover, at the time of the purchase and sale, both parties had agreed on the price, with lots of black and white letters and red seals. If you were really dissatisfied with the price, why didn’t you issue it at that time, and why did you wait until two months later to come and ask for trouble?”
He Yijiu retorted: "You are talking nonsense. Our house has been inspected by the best Feng Shui masters to see where the Feng Shui is not good. What's more, the trees in Jiuqu are now shaded, and the vegetation you mentioned is dead everywhere."
In the late winter, the grass and trees will dry up, and they will naturally sprout and regenerate after the spring begins. In Jiuqu, spring is just late, so you can conclude that Feng Shui is bad just by saying "the grass and trees are dead". Are you a Feng Shui master?"
"you..."
Qian Laoer was still waiting to argue, but Su Zhen said sternly, "That's enough. I haven't allowed you to speak. If you dare to speak without permission, I'll slap you first."
The two people in the hall had to bow their heads and did not dare to speak easily again.
Su Zhen then continued to ask, "Qian Laoer, why do you price the He family's house at 120 taels?"
Qian Laoer tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart and said as calmly as possible: "Sir, someone has died in that house. Not to mention the bad feng shui, it is also unlucky. Very few people are willing to buy it.
In the first month of the year, everything in that house looked normal, but because of a death, the common people priced it at 350 taels, which was 50 taels lower than the market value.
But spring started in February, and the plants and trees in other houses began to sprout, but the spring did not come in that house. The tenants who were already concerned about the death of someone in the house became more and more unhappy after seeing the house. No one wanted to buy it, so the common people had to continue to lower the house price to three
one hundred taels;
March is supposed to be a time when all things come to life, but the house is still as cold as winter, with dead vegetation and dry pools. How can the tenants dare to buy such a strange house? The tenants brought by the common people were scared away before they even got close. So.
Forced by reality, ordinary people lowered the house price to 200 taels.
After that, rumors about the house being haunted began. It was said that the people who died in the house turned into ghosts. At that time, the strange phenomena in the house had begun to spread to the entire Jiuquli. Not only the vegetation in the alley was dead, but also other people.
The vegetation in every household was also affected and died.
The other residents in Jiuquli were afraid, and eight out of ten households moved out. The common people lowered the house price to 120 taels, but still no one dared to step foot in Jiuquli.
In this way, it was not until mid-April that Cao Min met a tenant from out of town. They didn't know about it at the time. Although I told the truth, their family still rented the house, and a month later, they bought it again.
That house."
Su Zhen was confused, "When they rented a house and bought a house, was the vision in Jiuqu still there?"
Qian Laoer nodded: "I'm still there. It was almost May, but the whole Jiuqu area felt like a cold winter, especially the He family's house, which was like an icehouse."
"Then why did they buy the house?" Su Zhen asked again.
Qian Laoer wondered: "The common people didn't ask much, maybe they don't believe in evil.
Ever since the He family entrusted the house to the poor people, the He family has been urging the poor people to sell the house quickly. That family was the only one willing to rent and buy the house for several months. The poor people just wanted to sell the house so that they could pay for it.
The He family told me, so I just focused on the transaction and never thought about why they wanted to buy the house."
"Big..." He Yijiu subconsciously wanted to refute, but as soon as he spoke, Su Zhen glared coldly at him. He was so frightened that he quickly shut up again, thinking about what to say in his mind, but waiting to be questioned on his face.
Su Zhen was quiet for a while, then asked Xiang He Yijiu: "There has been a death in that house, is this possible?"
He Yijiu quickly replied: "Sir, this is indeed true. Birth, old age, illness and death are common. It is normal for someone to die in the house.
But Qian Laoer spread the word so much that in the end everyone thought the house was haunted. Even if what he just said was true, he was also the culprit that caused our housing prices to plummet. If he hadn't spread the rumor to cause trouble
, how can outsiders spread rumors?"
Qian Laoer was so angry that he gritted his teeth and felt extremely aggrieved. It was just as he thought. As long as there was no real evidence for such evil things as hauntings and feng shui, he could be silenced by just "spreading rumors to cause trouble."
Word.
Su Zhen asked Qian Laoer sharply again: "Qian Laoer, did you deliberately tell the tenant that someone had died in the house when he was inspecting the house?"
Qian Laoer held his breath and said, "Sir, ordinary people make a living on commissions. The higher the house price, the sooner the house is sold. This is beneficial to ordinary people. There is no reason for ordinary people to deliberately discredit the house."
"So, you do admit that you deliberately informed the tenants that someone had died in the house and misled the tenants into thinking that the house was haunted?"
"The common people are not misleading, what the common people say is the truth." Qian Laoer retorted loudly: "If it is a joy or a funeral, then the common people will not say it.
But the person who died in that house was a young woman, no more than 20 years old. She died suddenly and suddenly, and no funeral arrangements were held. With such bizarre deaths and the strange phenomena in the alley inside the house, the common people naturally had the obligation to inform her.
"
Su Zhen frowned slightly and asked He Yijiu: "Who died in the house? Why did he die? Why wasn't there a funeral after death? Is the house being sold because of the young woman who died?"