Grandma Chu was stunned when she heard this. She thought that the eldest son and his wife were back to talk about returning home, but the sun actually came out in the west. They had been working on this matter for almost a month, so why did they suddenly say that they were not in a hurry? Aren't you in a hurry?
Grandma Chu's mind hadn't turned around for a while. Grandpa Chu was not confused. He knew that something had happened to the eldest son and his wife when they saw Chu Yi. They were afraid that Chu Ren would be implicated now that they were back home. It was just an excuse, but this was okay. Well, we have to keep Chu Ren no matter what, right? Chu Ren is the hope for the Chu family to turn around in the future, and cannot be delayed because of these bad things.
Grandpa Chu knocked on the cigarette bag in his hand and took two puffs: "I know, you go home first. I don't come here much recently."
Uncle Chu still remembered his son's instructions when he went out, and nodded hurriedly: "I understand, dad, let's leave now."
Mrs. Wang thought she would have to spend some time tonight, but she didn't expect it to go so smoothly. When she and Uncle Chu left the Chu family's old house, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, her family Aren is really worthy of being a scholar. It’s all about knowing things like a god!
When she heard that something happened to Chu Yi at noon today, Mrs. Wang wanted to come to the old house immediately to have a look, but everyone had already left the courtyard and Chu Ren called her back.
"Aniang, are you going to the old house?"
"I'll go over and have a look. What the villagers said is so ridiculous. I don't know whether it's true or not! If this is true, maybe we can take advantage of this time to go home and get that shop back!"
Mrs. Wang was a little eager to give it a try. She asked herself that although she had never expected such a big thing to happen to Chu Yi and his wife, they had done it themselves and they could not blame others!
Chu Ren stretched out his hand and rubbed his head: "Auntie, you have to listen to me on this matter. No one in our family should go to the old house now, and don't mention the matter of returning home. At the moment, Chu Yi's matter is not clear yet. If If we are really taken to prison, counterfeiting banknotes is a serious crime that can lead to beheading. If we are not careful, it will bring disaster to the whole family. If we really go back at this time, wouldn’t we be rushing to die!"
"What?" Mrs. Wang was startled: "Chu Yi and Mr. Shen did this themselves. What does it have to do with us? How can the government be so unreasonable!"
"Auntie! Never say such bad things about the government or the court in the future! We are still separated from the other side now, and our family can't be implicated, so we should cut off our relationship with them during this period. Okay, grandma and dad can just go back to the old house after dark, and tell grandpa that since there are a lot of things going on at home recently, let’s talk about returning home later.”
Mrs. Wang was a little confused. She didn't know if it would work. After all, they had tried their best to persuade the two old people. Now they are saying that they won't go home yet. I'm afraid that Grandma Chu will have to do it. Don’t blow up the temple!
It's better to just say that I'm afraid it will have any impact on Aren. If Chu Yi's incident doesn't affect the family, they will just take over it directly, right?
Although she thought so in her heart, Ms. Wang still didn't argue with Chu Ren. They were all scholars who cared about face. If her son asked her to do something, she would do it first. If it didn't work, she would just tell Grandma Chu when the time came.
But who would have thought that Chu Ren would actually take advantage of him. As Wang walked out of the Chu family's yard, she was still thinking about how such a smart son was born to her and his father!
That night, everyone in the Chu family had different thoughts, and Jiang Juan from the Jiang family in Zhutun Village was also tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
After hearing about the reasons why Chu Yi and Shen Luzhu were taken away from the Chu family's old house, Jiang Juan fell into deep self-blame. Naturally, her cousins could not be the ones who forged banknotes to cheat money, but they did He was taken away because of the banknote and paper money. Not only that, the official also came to him specially to take away the printing plate for making paper money.
Jiang Juan thought about it and knew that the problem must be with her. It must be Wang Tiecheng who saw the printing plate that day and told the Hu family about it. It was herself who caused what happened today. My cousin and sister-in-law were wrongly accused and arrested!
After tossing and turning all night, Jiang Juan made up her mind to help her cousin and sister-in-law prove their innocence, otherwise she would never have the face to face them again!
But how to prove that Chu Yi and Shen Luzhu were innocent? After thinking about it, Jiang Juan felt that the root cause still lay with the Hu family's shop. As long as the official knew that the fake banknotes were made by the Hu family, everything would be solved.
Thinking of this, Jiang Juan quickly stood up, handed Xiaobao, who was still sleeping, to Aunt Cui, and ran to the Hu family in Wufang Village alone.
Maybe it was still early, or maybe the Hu family knew something was going on and there were more people. In short, Jiang Juan had been waiting outside the Hu family's door since early morning. After waiting for more than an hour, she didn't see anyone in the Hu family's yard. Jiang Juan stepped forward and knocked on the Hu's courtyard door a few times. However, the sound attracted all the neighbors next door, and no one came out of the Hu's courtyard.
The old couple coming out next door saw Jiang Juan, a thin and frail girl, constantly beating the door of the Hu family, and trying to stand on tiptoe to look inside. They were a little curious: "Daughter, do you have something to do with the Hu family?"
"Uncle and aunt, do you know where all the people from the Hu family have gone? Why does it seem like there is no one at home!"
"It's really unclear. I haven't seen anyone from the Hu family out in the past two days. Have you seen them, old man?"
The man next door thought about it carefully: "It's true that I have never met his family, but I seemed to have seen smoke coming out of his chimney last night. My daughter, what's the matter with you? If not, you can tell me. Say, when you see the Hu family later, we will let you know."
Jiang Juan felt that the Hu family must have hidden on purpose. Even if she smashed the door of the Hu family, no one would come out: "Uncle and aunt, I really have something urgent to do with the Hu family. Do you think this will work? If you see someone from the Hu family or hear something moving in their yard, can you ask someone to go to the Jiang family in Zhutun Village and report a message for me?"
The old couple didn't think much about it, they nodded and agreed. Jiang Juan failed to stay with the Hu family, but she didn't give up and go home. Instead, she started asking around in Wufang Village.
"Auntie, do you know who in the village worked in the Hu family's workshop before?"
"Uncle, let me ask you something. Do you know who in the Hu family has made money there before?"
Jiang Juan asked everyone she met who had worked in the Hu family's workshop before. Most people looked at her inexplicably and shook their heads. Some people immediately turned away like snakes and scorpions upon hearing the question. Of course, someone will tell Jiang Juan one or two names. At this time, Jiang Juan will probably continue to ask if they know the person's address and how they can find him.
But when she finally found out how many people came to the door, only two of them nodded and admitted that they had done work in the Hu family, but the work they did was not banknotes and paper money, but earlier paper ingots.
When the others heard that Jiang Juan asked about making paper money at Hu's house, they were like seeing a savage beast. They chased Jiang Juan out and refused to admit that they had done work at Hu's house before.
Just when Jiang Juan was at a loss what to do, she suddenly saw more people on the road, and they were running in one direction noisily.
"Aunt Fang, have you heard about her? Officials came to our village to inquire about the Hu family, and they are heading there now!"
"Ah, sister-in-law of the Zhang family, are you telling the truth? What's going on? Didn't you hear that the official took away the Chu family in Kaoshan Village yesterday? Why are you here at the Hu family again today? This Is it illegal to sell paper money?”
"Who knows, I've heard about this too, but didn't you say that the Chu family had forged some kind of banknote? Could it be that the Hu family was also involved? Let's go over and have a look, and we'll know for sure when we get there. What’s going on!”
"Hey, sister-in-law of the Zhang family, wait for me. I'll put this bundle of firewood in the yard first!"
Jiang Juan hurriedly followed the villagers and returned to the door of Hu's courtyard again. At this time, the official was beating the door of Hu's house: "Is there anyone? The county government is handling the case!"
"Is the Hu family here?"
As the official banged on the door in an increasingly violent manner, there was still no movement at all in the Hu family's yard. The official who came to do the work was not like Jiang Juan. Seeing that no one opened the door, he took a few steps back and ran forward. He kicked open the door of the Hu family, leaving only two officials guarding the courtyard, while the others rushed into the Hu family yard.
Soon various noisy sounds came from the Hu family courtyard. After a while, several officials escorted the Hu family and appeared in front of everyone again. However, Jiang Juan was a little disappointed that she did not see her before. , and the two people who beat Wang Tiecheng, namely Huang Liang and Hu Shun.
The official grabbed Father Hu's sleeve and dragged him over: "You just knocked on the door, why are you hiding in there and making no sound?"
Hu Shun's father hesitated and said: "Master, we didn't... didn't hear..."
"Didn't you hear it? When the brothers came into the house, weren't you eavesdropping from behind the door? Do you know what is the crime of deliberately deceiving the government when handling cases? The worst case is exile outside the Great Wall, and the lightest case is a punishment of thirty years. I think you The whole family wants to try it!”
"I don't dare, I don't dare, how dare I, old man! Please spare my life, sir!"
"If you don't dare, just be honest and answer truthfully when I ask you anything! I'm asking you where Huang Liang and your son Hu Shun are!"
"This...I don't know this either. They haven't been seen for several days. I really don't know where they went!"
"I think you are looking for a fight! All the clerks in Huang Liang's shop have been recruited. Huang Liang has been staying at your house all day long. They took those fake banknotes to the grocery store in town. Your own son and Do you know where my nephew is?"
Hu Shun's father lowered his head and still claimed that he knew nothing. Others in the Hu family also complained one after another, saying that they did not know anything about Hu Shun and Huang Liang!
Seeing this, Jiang Juan suddenly pushed aside the crowd and stood up: "I know!"
The leading detective immediately looked over: "Are you from the Hu family too? What do you know?"
Jiang Juan shook her head: "I am not from the Hu family, but I know that the fake banknotes were made by the Hu family. I also know who did this work in their workshop. As long as I find those people, I can Prove the Hu family’s guilt!”
With the Hu family's eyes widening, Jiang Juan told the officials all the families she had just inquired about, hoping that they would be able to arrest the Hu family today, so that her cousins could completely Suspicion cleared!
But contrary to expectations, the officials quickly found the female workers, but no matter how they asked, the female workers and their families refused to admit that they had worked in the Hu family's workshop before.
Huang Liang and Hu Shun were not found, and all possible parties refused to admit the fact that the Hu family had processed banknotes and paper money. The law does not punish the public, and it is impossible for the officials to really bring all the people back to the cells of the county government. In the end, they can only keep some people quietly and guard them so that no one else can go back home.
Jiang Juan had been struggling all morning, but the result was like this. It was difficult to accept it for a while. What was even more helpless was that everyone in Wufang Village saw Jiang Juan's behavior just now and was no longer willing to reveal any information to her!
Jiang Juan had no choice but to turn her attention back to Wang Tiecheng again, hoping to find some evidence from him to prove her cousin's innocence!
