He Yijiu lowered his head and said: "Sir, it was only a maid who died. How could the master have a funeral for the maid? Moreover, the maid contracted a vicious disease and died suddenly, so it is not easy to publicize it.
, so I just buried the matter."
Qian Laoer immediately retorted, "Sir, that young woman is definitely not a maid. When Cao Min took people to see a house in Jiuquli, he saw that woman. She was very gorgeously dressed, and she looked like the hostess of that courtyard.
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He Yijiu glared at him, "You live there? That's the He family's house. I, a servant, don't even know that the mistress lives there, but you, an outsider, know that?"
Then he turned to Su Zhen and said: "Sir, that house is where our eldest young master occasionally rests. Besides, the young mistress and aunts both live in the He family compound. How could they live alone in Jiuquli? He is just making baseless guesses.
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Su Zhen looked at Qian Laoer again, "In this case, it was you who spread the rumors randomly, which caused the housing prices in Jiuquli to plummet. Qian Laoer, do you know your guilt?"
Qian Laoer was so aggrieved that he almost cried, "Sir, the ordinary people have no reason to make up nonsense. What are the benefits of the house prices plummeting to the ordinary people? Apart from being unable to sell and less commissions, there is no benefit. The ordinary people have no reason to do this."
Su Zhen thought about it, nodded slightly, and asked He Yijiu: "He is right, it is not a good thing for house prices to fall sharply."
"Sir, for a house of 400 taels, he can only collect a commission of 40 taels, but for a house of 120 taels, he can secretly collect 50, 60 or even more private money from the buyer.
Sir, if our house is really haunted as he said, why would that family buy it?
All the residents in Jiuqu are eager to escape, but which one doesn't believe in evil? The common people think that they are colluding secretly, Qian Laoer deliberately lowers the house price, and the buyer secretly gives him a kickback."
"Sir, he is blabbering. This is nothing." Qian Laoer was so angry that he almost vomited blood. In desperation, he said: "Sir, if you don't believe it, the ordinary people are willing to confront the buyers. Their family is from out of town, and the ordinary people don't care at all.
May be secretly colluding with them."
Su Zhen thought for a moment and then asked: "Where is the buyer now? Go and bring him to court."
"Sir, the common people are here." A shout came from outside the hall. Everyone looked in search of the voice and saw a middle-aged man walking quickly into the hall.
Qian Laoer couldn't help but his eyes turned red with excitement, and he silently shouted "Chasing the boss".
Zhufeng gave him a look of relief, and then bowed his hands to Su Zhen and said, "Sir, ordinary people are the ones who buy houses." As he said this, he took out the house deed and handed it over.
Seeing that he did not kneel down to salute, Su Zhen became angry and was about to scold him when his eyes involuntarily fell on the house deed that was presented to him.
The seller, He Mengyou, the buyer... Su Zhen looked at it for a few seconds, then suddenly stared in disbelief. He held the property deed in his hand and brought it to his eyes, looked at it carefully twice, and then put it down in confusion.
, asked Zhufeng: "What is the relationship between this person who signed the contract and you?"
"Sir, the person who signed the contract is my wife."
Su Zhen was stunned for a while, and then said to He Yijiu with a stern face: "I have investigated this matter clearly. The false report of house price is pure nonsense. Since the deed was signed at that time, there is no reason to regret it later.
, Buying and selling is done voluntarily, and you were not forced to sign the contract, so how can you say you were deceived."
This reversal also confused He Yijiu, "Sir, the current house price in Jiuquli is four to five hundred taels. It is well known that the house price of our eldest young master is only one hundred and twenty taels, which is more than three hundred taels less.
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"The deed was signed two months ago, and now it's two months later. It's completely different." Su Zhen had no doubts and handed the house deed back. He also had someone remove the chain from Qian Laoer's body, and then announced, "
Qian Laoer is not guilty."
"Sir." Two voices sounded together.
Su Zhen glanced at Zhufeng, then at He Yijiu, and then asked He Yijiu with a straight face, "What else do you have to say?"
He Yijiu still refused to give up, "Sir, if they really only think that the house is worth one hundred and twenty taels, then the common people are willing to buy the house back for one hundred and twenty taels."
Mr. Qian keeps saying that the house is haunted, and that it is unlucky to have died. So we won't sell it, so as not to cause any trouble to the buyer. Please allow me to buy the house back for one hundred and twenty taels."
Su Zhen's face was filled with anger, "How dare you, the contract has been made, and everyone buys and sells on their own free will. How dare you, a small house owner, to give orders to me? Come on, take this audacious house owner down and beat up twenty big ones."
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He Yijiu's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly knelt down and said: "My lord, please forgive me, I don't dare to offend you." But he was screaming in his heart, after all, he was the head of the He family, and Qian Laoer was only a room tooth.
The buyer doesn’t even know who he is. Shouldn’t he be more concerned about the He family’s reputation and prefer him? Why does he now feel that he is leaning toward the other side?
While he was thinking secretly in his heart, Zhufeng also stopped him and said, "Sir, wait a minute, I have something to say about the unjust death of the mistress of this house. Please tell me, He Mengyou, the second eldest son of the He family, to come to the court and tell me.
Confrontation."
These words made Su Zhen puzzled. The hostess died unjustly? "What do you mean, sir?"
He Yijiu also visibly trembled and glanced at Zhufeng with a twinkling look.
Zhufeng added: "Since the seller keeps claiming that Qian Laoer has spread rumors and caused trouble to ruin the reputation of the house, I would like to confront the owner of the house. Is there an unjust death in the house and why? The owner of the house knows best. Please, sir.
Bring the eldest young master of the He family to court, and the truth will naturally come to light."
Su Zhen was filled with doubts, but due to the identity of the other party, he did not refuse. He immediately sent someone to summon He Mengyou. After that, Zhufeng stepped forward again and whispered a few words to Su Zhen. Su Zhen was stunned.
He nodded in agreement, and then sent out several more government officials, not knowing what they were going to do.
He Yijiu felt that things were developing out of control. He thought about it for a while, and finally made a decisive apology. He said in panic: "Sir, I know my sin. Just now I suddenly regretted it. This is my fault."
At the beginning, no one dared to buy the house in Jiuquli, and Qian Fangya's offer was fair and just. Xiao Xiao just wanted to get some back because the house prices were rising and he felt unbalanced.
Sir, I know I was wrong, so I won’t sue you."
Su Zhen looked stern and furious, "How dare you, when the court is the front door of your house, can you come in and out as you please? If someone dares to play tricks on the court, drag this guy down and beat him thirty times."
Immediately, two government officials came forward, grabbed He Yijiu and dragged him down the hall. However, He Yijiu continued to admit his mistake: "Sir, I know I was wrong. I won't sue you anymore. I won't sue you anymore.
I beg you, sir, to withdraw."
Although Su Zhen was not good at solving cases, he clearly knew that there must be something wrong with He Yijiu. One moment he was adamant and the next moment he relented, he must have sensed some danger.
He thought for a while, then summoned a yamen servant and ordered: "Go and invite the guard of the Zhizhong yamen and tell him that I want to ask him to solve the case of a dead man."
The Yamen servant accepted the order and hurriedly retreated to ask for help.
At the other end, the yamen servant sent to pass on He Mengyou also arrived at the He family. The head of the family, He Wanming, heard that the Hucao yamen was going to pass on his eldest grandson. He was very surprised and gave the yamen servant two ingots of silver to ask why. However, the yamen servant did not accept it and only urged him to hurry up.
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He Wanming had no idea, and it was impossible for him to be there in person, so he ordered the steward He Zhi and He Mengyou to go to the Yamen together.