Chapter 229: Face to Face

Du Jingyi could tell that Jin Shangshu and his son were singing the same tune.

It seemed that they wanted to drag the Duke's Mansion into the water. Although they didn't say it, everyone could understand it. They even mentioned the name of Guihuaxiang Sanlang, which meant that they wanted to get involved with the Duke's Mansion.

Hearing this, the second and fourth masters of Du finally found a way out. They immediately wailed and said to Shang Ji without caring about their face.

"Second uncle, our Jingxian should never have done such a damn thing, but now it has happened, it is useless to blame him, and now he is outside and his life is uncertain, and we don't know if something happened in the north. His mother is crying her eyes out at home, and I beg you to help us."

"Who is your second uncle, Du Si, don't you shout every day that you gave birth to an only son? When did you have a daughter? Don't you even take a piss and look at yourself, are you worthy?"

Mrs. Du really hates their words that blame her for not giving birth to a son many years later, and now that she has found this opportunity, she will naturally blame them back.

Mr. Du Si's face turned red and his teeth were about to break.

However, in this situation, he couldn't make trouble even if he had ten courage, otherwise how could he pay back the 300,000 taels of money!

When he thought of this, he could only stop and say it with a gritted teeth.

"Sister-in-law is right. It's not the second uncle, it's the general, it's the young master. Please help us if you can see that someone in the Duke's Mansion is involved."

After hearing his words, Mr. Du really thought that people could be stupid, but he didn't expect them to be so stupid.

He wanted to catch the Duke's Mansion's pigtail in front of so many people. Is he afraid that he would die too easily, so he wanted to find a more ugly way to die?

Sure enough, Mr. Du's thoughts came out, and Shang Ji, who had been silent all the time, spoke, looking at the fourth master Du with a fake smile.

"This general doesn't understand what you said. Not to mention that the third and fifth houses have long been separated from the Duke's Mansion, even if they haven't been separated, this matter doesn't seem to involve the Duke's Mansion."

After saying that, he clapped his hands, and soon a familiar face walked in from outside.

The person who came was none other than Shang Sanlang mentioned by the young man from the Jin family.

He looked calm and composed at the moment, as if he didn't think this matter had anything to do with him. As soon as he entered the door, he said to the Fourth Master Du.

"Uncle, please don't blame me casually. I have never invested in this matter. Why do you want to put everything on me and try to use me to throw dirty water on the Duke's Mansion? This really needs to be refuted at the government office."

When he spoke, not to mention the Fourth Master Du, even the faces of the Minister Jin and the young man of the Jin family turned ugly.

Originally, they had the intention to drag the Duke's Mansion into the water. Not to mention how to compensate, at least with the Duke's Mansion involved, people outside would be more afraid and might not really make a big deal of this matter.

But since Shang Sanlang dared to speak like this, could it be that he really had nothing to do with the Duke's Mansion?

The father and son of the Jin family looked at each other, and their brows were wrinkled into a river shape.

Especially Jin Shangshu, he didn't know his son was involved at all, and only used a whip to ask about Shang Sanlang after the incident was exposed.

But now, Shang Sanlang actually jumped out and said that he was not involved in this matter at all. Jin Shangshu felt a chill down his spine. Could it be a trap set for him?

The civil servants had a hundred thoughts in their hearts, but their faces were as calm as a mountain.

Du Siye was not a person who had been immersed in the court like Jin Shangshu, so even if he was clever, it was only a few tricks, and people could see through it at once.

But for the life of his son, for the family to get through this difficult time.

He didn't care, so he stepped forward and pulled Shang Sanlang's sleeve and said.

"This gentleman can't just walk away and leave it to my son to deal with. You are a member of the Duke's Mansion, but you don't admit it? For you, it's just a loss of face, but we have to pay a price. How can we be so cruel?"

Shang Sanlang couldn't help but think of many old things in the Duke's Mansion at that time, and he felt embarrassed.

Didn't the people in the third and fifth rooms think the same way?

I always felt that the Duke's Mansion was protected by the sky, but it was just a loss of face. Now that it really comes to me, I will never accept it.

So, Shang Sanlang pointed to the sky and said.

"Don't you want to scorn us anymore? I didn't do it, Shang Sanlang, even if you report it to the emperor, I will say the same thing!"

The affirmative tone in his words made Jin Shangshu feel cold.

Could it be that he really abandoned his son and inexplicably had to fill the hole of more than 300,000 taels?

He thought silently, no longer with the expression just now, and then he heard Shang Ji speak slowly.

"Originally, this matter had nothing to do with the Duke's Mansion and my wife's family, but some people just wanted to discredit our two families, so this general had to come to judge this case."

He looked at the young man of the Jin family and the fourth master Du, revealing the attitude of a superior, and interrogated in a serious tone.

"You are so sure that the Duke's Mansion is involved in it, where is the evidence?"

"I... I saw the name of Shang Sanlang in an account book that Du Jingxian carried with him. Seeing this, I specially asked him a question. After confirming that Shang Sanlang invested 500 taels, I also invested 10,000 taels."

After the young man from the Jin family said this, he felt extremely regretful. If he could, he should have asked someone to make a copy and keep it. Now he is really a mute eating Coptis chinensis, unable to express his suffering.

"I had been in contact with Du Jingxian before, and I thought it would be a good idea to do some small business as the New Year was approaching. Unfortunately, when I found out about his breakup with the Du family, I was afraid that my sixth brother and his sixth sister would be in trouble, so I decided to Cut off contact with him.”

"As for the account book, I have never heard of it, so I don't know if the young man of the Jin family and the uncle of the Du family have direct evidence. If not, then don't blame me for going to the government office to sue you two. A crime of falsely accusing a court official."

Shang Sanlang was originally a minor official in the Ministry of Rites. If he was really investigated, this crime would most likely be found guilty.

Du Jingyi glanced at Shang Sanlang and thought of his wife in the house. It seemed that the couple was hiding something secretly.

In just a few words, the younger brother of the Jin family and Fourth Master Du were silenced.

If they couldn't find the account book, everything they said would be used to slander the court officials, so the young man of the Jin family, who was already in a panic, was so anxious that he wet his pants.