After hearing this, Zhou Chen rolled his eyes and said: "The young lady has made it so clear, but you don't understand. I'm really curious, how did you have the courage to come here and bully the master in the first place?"
Pei Wenlang and others: "..."
Zhou Chen said: "Sue the official, is he the only one who knows how to sue?"
Pei Wenlang said with a smile: "Steward Zhou, can you explain it more clearly?"
Zhou Shen said: "Little miss, I tell you that family matters are handled internally by the Weiwu Marquis Mansion. Although you stole the things in the first place, you only need to return the things. If the Weiwu Marquis Mansion does not pursue the case, the government will not pursue it either!"
"But that old bastard Pei Song refused to give it back!" They also felt a little guilty. They were the ones who gave it away, not Pei Song who snatched it from them.
Zhou Chen sneered lightly: "Do you think too highly of yourself? Do you have the qualifications to give away the things given by the emperor? You clearly just lent them to him for fun, but he wanted to keep them as his own, saying that you gave them to him." Pei Wenlang and others were enlightened. Yes, he, Pei Song, is the only one who can sue his mother-in-law?
Zhou Chen reminded again: "Your work in the government during this period has paid off for you, so don't be reluctant to give up the money. Find someone more capable to write the complaint, and then hire a good lawyer. Are you afraid that you won't win the case?"<
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It's been a long time, there are so many people, if you have to put it all together, it's okay to put together just thirty or fifty taels.
Although Pei Wenlang and the others feel pain, what else can they do now?
At this time, Zhou Chen said again: "However, Pei Song has already filed a complaint. People from the government will probably come to you soon. It's too late for you to look for him now."
As soon as these words came out, they were still feeling sorry for Yinzi, but they suddenly felt a sense of urgency and their expressions changed.
Zhou Chen continued slowly and calmly: "However, I am a kind-hearted old man. When I heard the news that Pei Song sued you, I knew that you needed a complaint, so I wrote one for you."
He took out the squarely folded paper.
Pei Wenlang took it, and what was written on it was almost the same as what Zhou Chen just said to them.
Pei Wenlang said happily: "Wonderful!"
The brothers circulated it, and everyone looked happy. With this complaint, they felt more confident.
Zhou Chen stretched out his hand: "Chenghui, five taels of silver!"
They were surprised: "What, you still want silver? You want five taels?"
Between their brothers, their sons, nephews, and so many others, the total monthly income is only five taels of silver!
Zhou Chen was even more surprised: "Old man, this is my hard work, and you actually want to take it for nothing. Forget it, come back, and ask Gao Ming to go!" He snatched it with his hands and put the paper into his arms. p>
Several people quickly said good things.
Zhou Chen was unmoved and said: "I understand that you don't want to pay for the money, but you get what you pay for. If you want this, you can't pay less than five taels of silver or a penny. Well, the goods that don't want to pay for the money are here, just
Consider my friendship support." As he said that, he took out another piece of squarely folded paper from his sleeve.
Several people circulated it, and they all had expressions of constipation on their faces. If they could just write it themselves, it would be better than this one!
Not to mention that I have seen good ones, but how can I see mediocre ones? Even if I don’t have time, I don’t have time to find others.
Pei Wenlang pulled them over and stretched out his hand: "Collect some money!"
Zhou Chen was very satisfied with the five taels of silver he received, and so were they.
As soon as he got the complaint in hand, a porter came over and reported: "Dusi Yamen sent someone to summon the people named Pei in the servants' room!"
Pei Wenlang and others were very angry when they heard this before. What do you mean by the servants with the surname Pei?
But reality is stronger than people, and now they have accepted this title well!
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "With this complaint in hand, you already have a 50% chance of winning. If you find a good lawyer, you will definitely win! However, you don't have time to find a lawyer, what a pity!"
When Pei Wenlang and others heard the few words summoned by Dusi Yamen, they felt a natural fear. Zhou Chen's first words made them calm down for a moment, but the next half sentence drove them into the ground again.
Others also realized that they were all sued by Pei Song, so they didn't have time to invite them, but housekeeper Zhou has time this week.
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "Are your calculations too loud? Do you want to hire a lawyer for free? Are you asking for my help in vain, but I still have to pay for it out of my own pocket?"
Pei Wenlang and others hurriedly said: "We will pay, we will pay."
Zhou Chen touched the short beard on his chin and said: "If you hire an average one, it will definitely be difficult to win. If you hire a better one, you may not be able to win. If you hire a sure-winner, you will definitely win. What specifications do you want?
of?"
"The one who will win, the one who will win!" Do you still need to ask?
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "According to the current market price, an average of five taels of silver, a slightly better one of twenty taels, and a sure win of fifty taels!"
When the price was reported, they almost persuaded them to leave, but before they could say anything, they saw a few people over there wearing the clothes of Dusi Yamen's squad leader, led by a servant, walking this way.
Pei Wenlang was so anxious that he couldn't care less, and stretched out his hand again: "What are you still doing? Come together, twenty-five dollars each, hurry up, there is no time."
They are all heads of a family, and all their sons' monthly income comes from their father. However, as they have more sons, the amount of money they save will naturally increase.
Pei Linxuan and his son had the smallest number of people, and only had twelve or three dollars in their hands.
Pei Jinchu took out two taels of money to make up for it, but also said: "Remember to pay me back in the future!"
I was in a hurry to collect the money, but fortunately I finally got fifty taels together.
However, the wallets of the four Pei Wenlang brothers were suddenly empty. This was the monthly income earned by working as a servant in the Weiwu Marquis Mansion for nearly a year, and it was so empty.
They hated Pei Song even more!
At the same time, he placed all his hopes on Zhou Chen: "Butler Zhou, you must find someone who will win!"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it!"
The team leader of Dusi Yamen had already approached. Zhou Chen greeted him with a smile and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"
Those people were quite polite. After all, even if the Weiwu Marquis Mansion doesn't even have a Marquis now, it's not something they can compare to the head of the Dusi Yamen.
Pei Wenlang and others followed the squad leader "reluctantly" to leave.
Zhou Chen looked at them and made a gesture of handing out a complaint with both hands, reminding them not to forget to file a complaint!
After everyone left, Zhou Chen went to Danyi Garden and reported in a very good mood: "Miss, the complaint has been given to them. In addition, the money is here. This is the money for the complaint. This is what they want to entrust to the old slave."
Help them get money from a lawyer!"
The complaint was naturally not written by Zhou Chen, but the young lady casually wrote it for him to copy.
Mu Qingyu smiled and said: "Uncle Zhou holds the money. After all, Grandpa Zhou also wants to help them hire a "winner" lawyer, so he can't go to waste!"
Zhou Chen said happily: "The young lady is really good at predicting things. She knew that Pei Song would not be returned, and she would go to the officials to sue the officials. She even prepared the complaint for them early!"
Mu Qingyu curled her lips, with unspeakable mockery in her tone: "Greedy people will covet what they haven't got, let alone what they have already got?"
She has been keeping people under surveillance.
But surprisingly, no one from Shanyang House contacted them.
Pei Song's two great-grandsons both have the word "Kang" in their names. I don't know which Kang'er Zhao Xitai was referring to at the beginning? Or maybe it's neither of them?
Or are they worried about being seen and arousing suspicion, so not only did they not take them to live in their house, let them stay in an inn, but they also did not let anyone contact them? In order to act like they were strangers?
She said to Zhou Chen: "Grandpa Zhou will have to worry about the next thing!"
"Little miss, please don't be polite to me. As long as you are here, we can live a human life. I am so happy if I can do something with this old bone!"
There is sincere gratitude in his eyes!
Mu Qingyu understands their thoughts. Like Zhou Chen and others, what they fear most is not the hard work, but the fear that they will be useless and become old and useless waste.
Pei Song didn't want to return those things, but Mu Qingyu didn't take it to heart.
However, when Pei Wenlang and others handed the complaint to Du Si, Du Si was stunned for a moment.
The thing given by the emperor was lent to the other party to admire and bless him, but it was actually taken as his own. Not only did he refuse to return it, but he even raked it over?
Although this thing sounds unreliable and seems absurd no matter how you look at it, the nature of it is serious when it involves a gift from the emperor.
However, the other party sued first, and they sued later, each holding their own opinions. As for the facts, they have to be interrogated first.
In the lobby, Pei Song and his son confronted Pei Wenlang and his brothers.
This West City Dusi feels particularly unlucky. The Weiwu Marquis Mansion is in Dongcheng. It is a matter under the jurisdiction of Dongcheng. Are these people sick? They want to complain to his West City Dusi!
Let him take a look at the situation. If it is easy to break, just break it. If it is troublesome, just pack it up and send it back to Dongcheng Dusi to make him go bald.
The capital of Xicheng was shocked: "Pei Song and his son can be here!"
"The villain is here!"
"You are suing the four Pei Wenlang brothers for disturbing the people, creating quarrels and spreading rumors, and ruining your reputation, right or wrong?"
"Sir, yes!"
"Where are brothers Pei Wenlang!"
"The villain is here!"
"Is what Pei Song and his son said true?"
Pei Wenlang hurriedly said: "Sir, the four villain brothers are not provoking and spreading rumors. More than ten years ago, the Weiwu Marquis Mansion offended an enemy and was violently suppressed by him. The then head of the family, Pei Ji, failed to preserve the things left by his ancestors, so I
After the brothers pretended to have broken with the master's family, each took a part back to his hometown and kept it for safekeeping until the Weiwu Marquis Mansion could revive the family reputation."
"You're talking nonsense!" Pei Zeyong couldn't help but retort!
"Shut up! Are you going to roar in court? Should I ask questions or should you ask questions?"
The Xicheng Dusi was very angry. Where did the common people come from? They were so unruly!
He looked at Pei Wenlang: "Keep talking!"
"Yes!" Pei Wenlang said sincerely: "We have been living in the Pei family of the Weiwu Marquis Mansion in the capital. For us, our hometown is not a familiar place, so we went to visit the patriarch, who is him."
He pointed at Pei Song and said: "This is my uncle with the surname Pei, and he was also the head of the Pei family at that time. When we returned to our hometown, of course we visited the pier."
The last three words made Xicheng Dusi frown, but he also knew what the so-called dock worship meant and did not interrupt.
"Pei Song learned that we were returning to our hometown from the capital. The five father and son received us warmly. During the process, they kept asking us why we were not waiting in the capital and wanted to go back to our hometown. He also repeatedly asked us what we had brought back.
Good stuff."
Pei Song and his son almost wanted to refute again, but thinking of Pei Zeyong who had just been scolded, they had to swallow their voices. Anyway, the master will let them say it later.
"Looking at this situation, we knew what Pei Song and his son meant, so we had to reveal something vaguely. Pei Song and his son said that they had been in their hometown and had never seen good things in the capital. They wanted to open their eyes. After all, we have something to ask for, so
So we took out a few things that Mr. Pei Ji had given us for safekeeping to open his eyes! However, they didn't even mention the return. We were out of favor, and because of the clan's affairs, we had to ask him, the clan leader, to do it.
It’s convenient, but it’s also inconvenient to ask for it right away. I think Master Pei Ji won’t be in a hurry to ask for it, so I can just ask for it when he wants it!”
The more Pei Wenlang talked, the more indignant he became. He spoke righteously: "We have lived in our hometown for more than ten years, and we finally got the news that Mr. Pei Ji has overcome the difficulties. We were so happy that we rushed to the capital immediately.
Let's see what happens. If the news is true, we will immediately return the things we took back. If the news is untrue, we will return to our hometown and continue to guard the ancestral property for Mr. Pei Ji!"
He was probably kneeling uncomfortably, and stretched his neck a little longer, and said: "When we arrived in the capital, we knew that the news was true, and we have already sent a message back to ask the family to return the ancestral property belonging to the Weiwu Marquis Mansion that they had taken away. But.
At first, Pei Song still had several items, so naturally we wanted to get them back one by one. It happened that Pei Song and his son came to Beijing, so we went to him to collect them. Unexpectedly, he not only refused to return them, but also changed the inn, so we had to chase him to the next one.
Inn, this happened several times. He is shameless and shameless. Instead, he falsely accuses us of provoking quarrels and spreading rumors. Please make the decision for us!"
It is not a secret that some concubines in the Weiwu Marquis Mansion stole the property. Naturally, the Xicheng Dusi also heard about this matter. However, Pei Wenlang said that the decision was made after discussing with Pei Ji, so he stopped asking and turned to
Look at Pei Song: "Is what Pei Wenlang said true?"
Pei Song hurriedly said: "My lord, he is talking nonsense. When they returned to their hometown and came to see me as the clan leader, I did not ask for anything from them. They took the initiative to give it to me. Since the things were given as gifts
He left me, and now he wants to go back. Logically speaking, I should return it. But after so long, I didn’t expect that he would go back, so why would he still have it in his hand?"
"Is it a gift or just a loan for fun?"
Pei Song and his son said: "Gift!"
His sons also testified: "It was indeed a gift, and we were all around at the time! Their original words were that, as clan nephews, they gave a few knickknacks to honor their clan uncle."
Did you say this at the time? Who still remembers it now? Pei Song and his son had already thought of a countermeasure.
It’s not that I don’t admit it, but I can’t admit everything.
Besides, it is normal for a nephew to give a gift to an uncle to be gone after a long time. If you want to get it back, it is normal for it to be gone.
