He walked straight to Old Mrs. Liu, bowed and said as a junior, "Old lady, I have official business here today. It's so rude." After all, Jiang Yinbai was born into a noble family, so he would naturally meet at banquets in Beijing on weekdays. .
The two families have a good relationship anyway.
The old lady waved her hand to indicate that nothing was wrong.
After that, he lifted up his robe and sat on his upper hand, looking playfully at Mei Yuanqing, who was trotting behind him.
"My lord is here to question you today. Does your lord Mei know what you have committed?"
Mei Yuanqing is a scholar after all
After years of reporting on his work in the Hanlin Academy, his strength was no longer as good as before, and he was already feeling a little breathless when he arrived at the house.
"I dare to ask Mr. Jiang, what happened today? Mei has always behaved correctly. Is there any misunderstanding..."
He really meant these words and felt that he had been wronged.
The Hanlin Academy is just a clean water yamen, but he has never had any luck.
Jiang Yinbai took the tea brought by the maid, narrowed his eyes slightly, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a half-smile, "I heard that your Mei family has loaned money and harmed the people. Several families have been ruined and died because of this." As he spoke, his subordinate handed over a ledger. After he took it casually, he threw it at Mei Yuanqing's feet.
This behavior shows no respect at all.
There was a brief moment of anger on Mei Yuanqing's face, but he quickly recovered. He picked it up and looked at it carefully.
The more I watched, the more panicked I became.
He and his mother did this very secretly. How did Jin Yiwei know about it? They had done a simple investigation on the people who came to lend money in advance, and only made deals with powerless people.
Such people are safe and will not become a hidden danger in the future.
but......
In this account book, it is actually recorded very clearly what they did on that day and how much money they spent.
Despite the severe cold weather, dense cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Have you finished reading, Mr. Mei? I have wronged you one by one." Jiang Yinbai asked bluntly and bluntly, "As the number one scholar appointed by His Majesty and the disciple of the Emperor, you actually did such a thing Come on. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the word “scholar” is really being trampled under your feet.”
The faces of the people in the Mei family were even more pale. At this moment, they couldn't even care about the matter of reconciliation. They were only thinking about these two words.
It's over.
Completely finished.
If the usury loan is true, I am afraid that the Mei family will have no hope in the future.
Some weak-minded people have already burst into tears.
It took several generations of the Mei family to produce Mei Yuanqing. When he was studying, the family provided money and effort! Wouldn’t everything be ruined this time!
You must know how difficult it is for a small clan like them to provide a scholar! Even the expenses he had to pay to take the exam were all plucked out of the teeth of the clan through frugality!
The hopes of everyone in the Mei family were on him. Seeing that little by little things were going down the drain, everyone was almost filled with hatred.
There are elders who are old, gray-haired and not strong enough. They are even on the verge of falling. It is only the support of others around them that prevents them from falling.
After he stood firm, his eyes were red and he looked like the world was falling apart.
Let them not be sad or hateful!
The clan leader's chest was rising and falling violently. When he saw Mei Yuanqing standing there without saying a word, he knew that there was no misunderstanding about this matter. It was this evil obstacle that reaped the consequences.
Suddenly he stood up and pointed at him and shouted angrily: "You are so out of your mind! You dare to do such a thing! How do you want us to face the ancestors of the Mei family!"
"It's such a shame to be associated with you! You have also read the books of sages, but you don't know what you can do and what you can't do. Since you can live with the emperor's salary, you must be loyal to the emperor. Even the newly enlightened children know this truth, you Don’t you know your age?”
When the patriarch said this, his lips trembled slightly, and he had already thought of countless possibilities in his mind.
Jiang Yinbai was sitting at the top with a calm expression, but his eyes were watching the comings and goings of the people in front of him with great interest, without making any comment.
Wei Jingwei looked at his expression and knew that he knew everything.
The Mei family was putting on a big show for people to watch, but it was a pity that the Mei family leader's eyebrows were shown to the blind man. Although he didn't know much about Jiang Yinbai, he also knew his style of doing things.
It can be said that he acted with an iron fist, otherwise he would not have such a cruel reputation.
It even has the effect of stopping children from crying.
"Mei Yuanqing, I'm asking you whether you admit these things or not."
Sure enough, after the two of them finished talking, Jiang Yinbai got angry.
Mei Yuanqing pursed his lips with difficulty. A series of things made him extremely upset. His heart was so depressed that his lips were so dry that they turned to skin.
"Sir... is there any injustice involved? I don't know about this."
After thinking for a moment, he finally answered.
Wei Jingwei saw a smile flash across Jiang Yinbai's calm expression just now, and felt a thump in her heart, and suddenly felt bad.
She also quietly inquired about their record. It has to be said that Mei Yuanqing is still very cautious in doing things. Except for him and Mei's mother, the rest of the people basically don't know about it.
If it weren't for chance, she probably wouldn't know it now.
The accounts in the account book were stolen by someone while Mei's mother was sick, and she secretly copied a copy and then put it back. Then it was handed over to Jiang Yinbai as evidence.
But what's the problem?
Mei Yuanqing and Mei Mu were not the most direct people involved in the various transactions and people he came into contact with. He entrusted his servants to do it. If there is a critical moment, it is not impossible to push the boy out and talk back.
That's why Mei Yuanqing felt confident and refused to admit this guilt.
Now let’s see how Jiang Yinbai proves it.
Who knows, Jiang Yinbai narrowed his eyes slightly, his peach blossom eyes were shining, and the smoke from the incense burner in the center was lingering around him. At this moment, he seemed to have entered the state of the leader of the Jinyiwei, and everything was under his control. .
"Zhang San, bring me what I asked you to record."
"Yes." Zhang San took out a black account book and handed it over.
Jiang Yinbai turned over the first page and didn't start reading immediately. He just asked again in a dangerous tone, "Mr. Mei, are you sure you don't plead guilty? You must know that according to the current law, if a person who refuses to plead guilty is later found guilty, , then it will affect the people of the clan." At this point, his voice became stronger, "Not only will you lose your official position, but even the next three generations of your clan will have no chance to take the imperial examination. I advise you to think carefully. I’ll give my answer later.”
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, all the members of the Mei family present looked directly at Mei Yuanqing, and the patriarch's expression became even more serious.
