Finally, the troublemaking people outside Chu's house were temporarily frightened. Looking at the crowd gradually dispersing, Ding An pointed out a few people he had just noticed and asked his detectives to follow them and keep an eye on them.
Then he turned around with the remaining detectives and stepped forward to enter the inner courtyard of the Chu family.
When Captain Yuan on the side saw this, he stopped slightly and whispered: "Ding Tou, why don't we wait until no one is around before entering the Chu house? It's not like you haven't heard the nonsense those people just said. How about you?" Let’s avoid suspicion first, even if it’s for the sake of our future siblings.”
Ding An believed that he had a clear conscience regarding the Chu family. He was upright and was not afraid of shadows. He had nothing to explain to those boring people, so he naturally did not need to avoid suspicion: "It is for Jiang Juan that I cannot avoid suspicion with the Chu family. What’s more, I have to enter the Chu family’s door openly, brother, believe it or not, if I sneak into the Chu family’s house secretly, what they say will be even more unpleasant.”
"But Dingtou yourself..."
Ding An raised his hand and interrupted Inspector Yuan's words: "It doesn't matter, let's do this. You go back to the Yamen and continue your work. I will take care of the Chu family."
Ding An did not let the Chu family show up for today's events. Jiang Juan was pacing in the main room when she saw Ding An, who was a government official, walking in alone.
He quickly stepped forward and asked with concern: "How's it going, Brother Ding, are the people outside giving you any trouble?"
Ding An smiled and reassured: "Most of them are ordinary people who don't know the truth. They are just being used by others to stand out. The remaining ones who have ulterior motives only dare to hide in the crowd and stir up trouble." , who dares to embarrass us people?"
"That's good, that's good."
Chu Yi stepped forward and handed Ding An a cup of hot tea: "This matter is really troublesome to Brother Ding. I'm really sorry for causing you and your cousin to be talked about by others."
The young couple had also heard those questions about the relationship between Ding An and the Chu family in the past two days. They felt very guilty about this. The Yang family's reckless and bottomless approach was really crazy.
The young couple also kept explaining to those who made trouble, but they refused to listen to their details at all. Even if they asked others to prove it, they would be slandered as shills by the people arranged by the Yang family.
It seemed that they had to call in those prisoners who had been sentenced to death or were still in prison, and Mr. Chu's family to testify before they would give up.
But the Yang family could know so many things about them in Kaoshan Village without the help of Aye Chu and Uncle Chu's family. Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi absolutely did not believe it.
Let's not say whether Uncle Chu's family will come over. Even if the young couple really comes to find them, they will definitely not give up unless the words slandering the young couple are proven true.
They couldn't hit or scold them, and explanations couldn't make sense. The business in the shops was also very deserted. The young couple simply closed the shop for the past two days and stayed in the inner courtyard. They were blind and deaf, out of sight and out of mind.
Ding An took the tea and drank it, patted Chu Yi on the shoulder and said, "Someone deliberately caused trouble in this matter. I can't blame you. Besides, they questioned the case back then and came out to make trouble many times. This is the responsibility of the yamen." Things."
The young couple originally didn't want Jiang Juan to know about the rumors that were being used to discredit Ding An and Jiang Juan.
Jiang Juan was very worried and was very cautious about her relationship with Ding An. The young couple was deeply afraid that this incident would have a bad impact on the two people who were already having a hard time.
But Jiang Juan still heard some bad remarks from others, and she was even more worried and worried these days.
"Brother Ding, if it hadn't been for the two of us, those people wouldn't have smeared you like this. If the county magistrate heard about it, would he have any bad thoughts towards you?"
Ding An smiled indifferently: "You think too much. Even if there is nothing to do with us, they will come up with other things to smear. The county magistrate is not such an indiscriminate person, but it is true It’s time for adults to hear these rumors.”
Jiang Juan was a little puzzled. In her opinion, whether this matter was true or false, it was better not to let Magistrate Xin know about it. After all, no one could guess what he would think of Ding An after he found out. She didn't dare
Go gamble.
What's more, Magistrate Xin still doesn't know what to do, so he has to hit him head-on: "What does Brother Ding mean by this?"
Shen Luzhu also asked: "Is it possible that Brother Ding wants to use the help of County Magistrate Xin to solve this matter?"
Ding An nodded: "I do have this idea. Those people just spoke openly and said a lot of things that questioned the counterfeit banknote case. To put it more seriously, this matter is to frame and slander the government and the imperial officials. According to the general law , which is a felony.
Secondly, the evaluation of the people is also one of the key points of the official assessment of officials every year. The county magistrate will definitely not let them spread rumors and cause trouble. I thought that a notice with the official seal would put these rumors to rest. "
Chu Yi nodded, raised his hands and saluted: "Thank you to Brother Ding for solving these rumors, so that we can free up our hands to deal with the Yang family."
The young couple knew very well that quelling the rumors this time was only treating the symptoms but not the root cause. The real root cause and culprit lay with the Yang family. Only by solving the Yang family could the matter be completely resolved.
Shen Luzhu had already had a preliminary idea about this in the past two days, but before he and Chu Yi could go to the Sun family, Yang Fangsheng and the two vice directors of the funeral chamber of commerce who visited last time came to visit again.
The Chu family's shop was not open. Yang Fangsheng and his entourage originally thought that they would be taken to the inner courtyard of the Chu family for talks. However, they never expected that the Chu family's young couple would not even let them in through the courtyard gate.
Looking at the busy Changqing Street, Vice Director Zhao and Vice Director Chen were a little entangled. They were here to give the Chu family an ultimatum. How could such a thing be mentioned directly in front of outsiders?
After looking at each other, Vice Director Zhao softened his tone and discussed: "Boss Chu, do you think it would be convenient for us to go to the inner courtyard of your house to talk?"
Chu Yi replied without hesitation: "It's inconvenient."
Vice Director Zhao was stunned for a moment, then Vice Director Chen interjected: "It's okay to talk in your shop. How can we talk in such a public place?"
Chu Yi didn't speak this time, but his expression and demeanor already gave the answer, that is, no.
Yang Fangsheng said angrily: "You surnamed Chu, don't give me a damn toast and you will be punished with a fine drink!"
Shen Luzhu immediately retorted: "What's the matter, you guys also know that the things you did are immoral, embarrassing, and cannot be put on the stage, and you can't say it in public?"
"you!"
Vice Director Zhao rolled his eyes at Yang Fangsheng and stretched out his hand to interrupt him. He had been paying attention to recent events and was very dissatisfied with the situation caused by the Yang family. They just wanted to share a piece of the Yang family's pie, but did not want to offend him. The officials and adults in the county government.
This was also the reason why he and Deputy Director Chen came to Chu's house early this time to find Yang Fangsheng. If they didn't stop him, they might have caused trouble in Xing'an County.
Vice Director Zhao absolutely refused to admit that the stupid things done by the Yang family were related to him. He waved his hand and said: "Boss Chu and Madam Chu are joking. Zhao really doesn't know what you are talking about. Since Boss Chu and Madam Chu don't welcome them, then It doesn’t matter if I just say it here, there’s nothing I dare say in front of outsiders, mainly because as a senior colleague, I’m thinking about you, Boss Chu, and I don’t want you to be unable to hold your head high in front of the neighbors.”
Chu Yi calmly helped his wife pull up her coat, as if he didn't care about the other party's obvious concern but actually slightly threatening words, and said calmly: "Don't worry about it, we didn't do anything bad, it's nothing." I can’t hold my head up.”
Seeing the other party being so disrespectful, Vice Director Liu laughed and said: "Old Zhao, since Boss Chu himself doesn't care, why do you put your warm face on someone else's cold ass? In my opinion, you shouldn't come today. We saw his family suffering, and we came to help with good intentions, but they didn't appreciate it at all. If that's the case, why should we be so angry?"
As soon as Vice Director Zhao heard this, he immediately sang a double act in harmony: "Hey, Lao Liu, we are all in the same profession, and it is not right for us to help each other. Boss Chu, what happened in your family recently, you guys Maybe there is no way, but the Chamber of Commerce can help you solve one or two problems. In my opinion, you should not hold on. There are some things that shouldn't be yours, so why keep them? If you give in to the Chamber of Commerce early, maybe This matter will be settled tomorrow. When the time comes to sell paper money, you can continue to sell paper money. Everyone and
Wouldn't it be better to continue doing business in peace? "
"So you two are admitting that what happened to my family recently was all your fault? Otherwise, how can you be so sure that you can solve the problem that even the government can't resolve!"
Even though the few people present knew the truth of the matter, Zhao and Liu still had to do their best to show off their appearance. Even if they were beaten to death, they would not leave anything to say to the Chu family and admit that they and Chu Related to recent events at home.
Upon hearing this, Vice Director Zhao waved his hands and said, "What are you talking about, Mrs. Chu? This matter has nothing to do with us at all, so don't make random guesses."
What bothers Yang Fangsheng the most is those sanctimonious guys like Vice Director Zhao. Like his two brothers, they always pretend to be good people on the surface, but are full of evil secrets. He has been with them all his life. I've suffered a lot. .z.
So he shouted impatiently: "Stop talking about those useless things. Chu told you to look down on me at first, but this time I want you to know my methods and take out what you should take as soon as possible. Maybe I will be happy and return it." I can leave you with enough money to get your whole family back home!"
Seeing that Yang Fangsheng was so arrogant and wanted to spread the word that the recent events were all his fault, Vice Director Zhao frowned. He really regretted that he had been greedy and agreed to the proposal of the Yang family old man, and ended up attracting such a useless person to his family. The living ancestor of the brain simply succeeds more than fails.
Shen Luzhu had a clear view of Zhao and Liu's reactions, and then chuckled: "At first you gave us a ten-day limit, but now it's only half of the time before you come again. I thought you were at your wits end and there was no other way to deal with us. Okay, now it seems that there is an internal strife. Before the third master of the Yang family speaks next time, he should ask his colleagues for their opinions first, lest the boss has not said anything yet, and it will look like your little brother is jumping up and down in front. Then I I won’t bother the two deputy directors to teach you a lesson.”
After that, he and Chu Yi turned around and returned to the inner courtyard of the Chu family. Shen Luzhu naturally knew that the Yang family was the mastermind behind all this. Yang Fangsheng's intelligence seemed to be that of a pawn, but it gave her a chance to sow discord.
