There was a joy in the prefect's family earlier, and the two sisters beat someone up. Although they were a little disrespectful of the occasion, they had already apologized, and Gu Zong had someone send him an apology. The prefect's wife should not be angry.
But regardless of whether she was angry or not, she couldn't get involved in official matters.
The magistrate has been the magistrate of Tongcheng for seven or eight years, and his administration is stable. This time someone assassinated the young lady of the richest family, the Gu family, and he was quite concerned about it. The Gu family is very wealthy and pays a lot of taxes every year. These are his political achievements. So.
, and he doesn’t want anything to happen to the Gu family.
Two days later, the girl hired her.
The girl's name is Liu Ye. She has never had a good life as people said since she was a child. Her father likes gambling. Even after he died, he left her with a lot of debts. The reason why he started doing this was because of the gambling house.
The thug asked her to choose one of the two.
The first is to be taken away by them and sent to the flower house until the debt is paid off. The second is to listen to them and kill someone. And promise her that if the thing is done, he will get her out of the prison.
Come on, if things don't work out, they will arrange for people to make noise in advance. As long as the young lady of the Gu family still wants to show shame, they will let her go. After letting her go, they will not ask her for debt again.
Willow Ye chose the second path.
After getting these confessions, the prefect sent someone to bring the thugs from the gambling house for questioning. During the process, he bypassed the steward of a small businessman and got the final mastermind, the entourage around Chen Shangpin, the young master of the Chen family.
Knowing that it was the Chen family, the prefect directly sent someone to pass it on, and then sent someone to the Gu family.
When Gu Zong went there, he took Chu Yunli with him. This was also the intention of the magistrate. She was the master of suffering.
The meeting place was not in the court hall, but in the back office. As soon as they arrived, Chu Yunli knew that the prefect wanted them to mediate privately.
Chen Shangpin's hand was still wrapped with a thick white cloth. It was obvious that the injury had not yet healed. Standing next to his father, he glared at Chu Yunli when he saw Chu Yunli enter the door.
The Lord Magistrate sat at the top and smiled at the couple who were saluting, "Gu Shaodong's family doesn't need to be polite, sit down first and then talk."
Chu Yunli thanked you with a smile, sat down and said, "I know what you mean, but I'm afraid that the Chen family will let you down."
Over there, Chen Shangpin's eyes almost popped out of his head, and the hatred in his eyes was undisguised. After hearing what she said, he quickly lowered his head.
Mr. Zhou smiled and said, "I have good intentions too. You are family friends, and it is better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies. You are both businessmen, so harmony makes you rich!"
This statement clearly stated his position, which was more in favor of reconciliation between the two families.
If the Gu family knew each other, they should not continue to entangle. Gu Zong raised his eyes and looked at Chen Fuzhi across from him. The two were similar in age, but their identities were different. Chen Fuzhi took over the Chen family last year and he was already the head of the family.
Chen Fu smiled and said, "Brother Gu, this time it was indeed my son's impatience. He did not restrain his servants. But in the final analysis, it is for the beauty. Shang Pin really wants to marry your eldest daughter. Our two families have been getting along for so many years."
, you can’t break off the relationship just because of a few servants, right?”
With this opening, he pushed the mastermind behind the scenes to his subordinates. No need to ask Chu Yunli for the reason. He could guess that: the master was unfair.
It was obvious that the Chen family wanted to bully Nian Shuang and get beaten up, and then Chen Shangpin found someone to assassinate him. When he opened his mouth, it became a misunderstanding.
His face is really thicker than that city wall.
Not to mention Chu Yunli, even Gu Zong was so angry that his chest heaved. After all, it was about Gu Nianshuang, how could he be calm?
Chen Fuzhi continued, "They say we won't get to know each other without fighting. How about we become sons and daughters' in-laws, which can be considered a good story." After saying this, he laughed.
"Not at all." Gu Zong took a deep breath, "Nian Shuang is the only thought my late wife has left for me. I will not allow her to go out casually, and there is no need to mention the marriage. Today we came because I heard that the master found me and wanted to kill me.
My wife’s boss. Please explain to the head of the Chen family, where did my Gu family offend you and make you kill me?"
He raised his hands to his superior and said, "I know what you mean, my wife is not injured. You want our two families to reconcile. Reconciliation is not difficult, as long as the head of the Chen family is willing to compensate and agree not to do anything to my Gu family in the future.
That’s okay too.”
Hearing this, Mr. Zhou's face relaxed.
This is the best result. As long as the Chen family is willing to bleed, this matter can be solved.
The head of the Chen family looked solemn, "Brother Gu, I have told you that it is the servant who makes his own decisions..."
Chu Yunli played with the cup and kept silent. Then she chuckled, "Master Chen, he thinks we are all fools! Even if the servants make their own decisions, it is because of the lack of restraint as the master." She raised her eyes and looked at him.
Mr. Zhou, "Sir, is it true that if there is a servant in the family, after committing a crime, just push the servant and you will be fine?"
As soon as these words came out, Mr. Zhou looked solemn and said, "Of course not! If the master fails to restrain himself, he will be guilty."
"Did you hear that?" Chu Yunli looked at Chen Fuzhi, "I don't think the head of the Chen family is sincere in wanting to reconcile. In fact, it doesn't feel good to be stabbed in the stomach with a knife. I still did it after returning home.
I had a nightmare of being stabbed with a knife for two days. According to my own conscience, I am not short of money. I don’t want any compensation or anything. What I want most is to make the bad guys punish themselves. In this case, let’s do business.
Bar."
Both the father and son of the Chen family looked bad. Chen Shangpin took a step forward and said solemnly, "Uncle Gu, this woman is too vicious. She only bullies Nian Shuang. I killed her because I wanted to help Nian Shuang."
Gu Zong: "..."
After being speechless for a long time, Gu Zong looked at Chen Fuzhi and said sincerely, "Master Chen, is this the young master you trained? He doesn't have a good brain. If the Chen family gave him to him, I would be worried for you."
Chen Fuzhi said firmly, "Don't worry about it, young master!"
"Huh?" Chu Yunli looked curious, "Your son is aggrieved for my daughter. He feels that she was bullied by her mother and wants to help her seek justice. He even thinks that he is just and wants to help the Gu family get rid of this evil woman like me. My husband sincerely persuades me,
You can tell the difference between the inside and the outside."
Her tone was sarcastic, "As for the idiot you raised, even if my Nian Shuang chooses with her eyes closed, she will never choose him."
Hearing this, Chen Shangpin became anxious, "You... you are too vicious."
Chu Yunli put down the tea cup, "I planned to ask your Chen family to give you twenty thousand taels of silver. Just because of your words, I will add twenty thousand more. Anyway, I am vicious, so I should be unreasonable and unforgiving."
Facing the surprised face of Master Chen, she said word by word, "Forty thousand taels of silver, not even one penny less."
Mr. Zhou was a little surprised when the Gu family simply made a bid. He looked at Chen Fuzhi and signaled him to agree.
But this condition was a bit too much for Chen Fuzhi. Before he came, he thought that with his son's infatuation for the Gu family's daughter, the marriage might be possible. Since they were all in-laws, the misunderstanding between the two families would naturally disappear.
Untied. This was also the real reason why he wanted to reconcile in the first place. For this reason, he secretly approached Mr. Zhou and promised some benefits.
Unexpectedly, the direction of the peace talks was distorted from the beginning.
Forty thousand taels of silver can buy a three-bedroom apartment in the outer city... Chen Fuzhi looked solemn, "Our two families are family friends, how can talking about money hurt our feelings?"
Chu Yunli sneered, stood up and said, "I don't think our two families have feelings for each other. Since you don't want to give it, you can only go to court." She bowed to the superior, "Excuse me for your trouble, sir."
If this case were to be handled in an official manner, even if Chen Shangpin was not the instigator, he would not be able to get away with the crime of condoning the murder of his servants, and he would be sentenced to at least several years. The key is that if the news of Chen's young master's master's condoning the murder of his slaves was revealed, Chen Shangpin would not be able to escape the crime.
My life will be over. The reputation of the Chen family will also be affected.
When Chen Fuzhi saw that she was leaving, he immediately became anxious, "Brother Gu, are you going to allow her to act like this?"
Before Gu Zong could speak, Chu Yunli turned around and said solemnly, "My life is my own. No one can forgive the person who wants to kill me on my behalf."
Gu Zong smiled bitterly, stood up, and saluted Mr. Zhou, "Excuse me, sir."
Mr. Zhou didn't try to stay any longer, because today's Gu family is very sensible. Knowing that he wanted to reconcile, he took the initiative to agree and made the conditions simply and neatly. Forty thousand taels of silver was a lot, but compared with the life of the young lady of the Gu family, it was nothing.
so many.
On the contrary, the Chen family is not clear-headed. At this time, they still want to marry the Gu eldest daughter.
Mr. Zhou shook his head inwardly. If Chen Fuzhi planned to let his son be the head of the family in the future, he didn't know how much trouble he would have to do for the Yamen, so he decided to give some advice.
After leaving the Houya, Chu Yunli got on the carriage first, and soon Gu Zong also got on.
On the way back, there was silence in the carriage. Gu Zong peeked at her and said, "You don't like the Chen family?"
Chu Yunli didn't open her eyes and asked, "If they find someone to kill you, would you like it?"
Gu Zong was speechless.
"The head of the Chen family would not do such a thing. His son also likes Nian Shuang too much..."
Chu Yunli sneered, "Idiot!"
Gu Zong: "..." Who are you scolding?
Thinking that this person would have to hand over the Gu family to Gu Daoyu in the future, Chu Yunli opened his eyes and explained, "I don't think this is only about the Chen family. From the time I was assassinated to today, we have only been together for two days. What?
Is it so easy to investigate a major murder case?"
It seemed like someone was deliberately leading them to investigate the Chen family.
Hearing this, Gu Zong suddenly realized, "But the Gu family doesn't have any grudges against anyone, and you don't have any enemies. Why do they want to kill you?"
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly, "Of course it's for the Gu family. If I die, will you remarry?"
Gu Zong shook his head, "No!"
Chu Yunli: "..." For Luo Manniang, she should be happy to hear this answer.