Passerby: "Isn't the youngest daughter of the Kong family already engaged to the Confucian scholar Tang Ren? The two of them went out together, bought a lot of things, and didn't avoid others at all!"
The young man of the Zou family: "This is a marriage decided by the two old masters. I'm afraid Master Kong has forgotten his father's last wish. As a thousand households in this area, our Zou family will not be offended by the Kong family."
Passers-by praised the Zou family for their greatness, and began to blame the Kong family for their treachery.
Seeing the Zou family father and son and the numerous gifts coming to his door, Mr. Kong frowned: "Zou Qianhu, what do you mean?"
Mr. Zou: "Brother Kong, you must not have forgotten that our two families once had a marriage contract, right?"
Mr. Kong was stunned: "That was once upon a time. Back then, it was Zou Qianhu who tore up the marriage certificate in front of everyone."
Mr. Zou: "What I tore up was a fake marriage certificate. You see, I have always kept the real marriage certificate well hidden."
Master Zou took out a piece of red paper from his sleeve and handed it to Master Kong.
The marriage certificate in Master Kong's hand was burned in front of Tang Ren a few days ago. Now he can't show the original copy to confront him, but the handwriting is indeed somewhat similar to the one from back then.
He shook his head and said: "Back then, I confirmed with Zou Qianhu afterwards. Don't you also think that the marriage should be abandoned? It depends on the children's own thoughts as to the future?"
Mr. Zou: "I didn't do it for the sake of the Kong family. I made this move to protect the reputation of your family. What's more, my son Chongyu has always been thinking about Qingqiu for so many years."
When Zou Chongyu heard this, he knelt down and kowtowed to Master Zou, saying: "I am sincere to Qingqiu and have been in love for a long time. I beg Master Kong to make her come true."
Mr. Kong stepped forward to help Zou Chongyu up and said, "I have thanked Mr. Zou for his love on behalf of my little girl. However, the matter of getting married must be mutually agreeable to last. Now my little girl has made a marriage contract with the Confucian scholar Tang Ren. The two will fall in love soon." We are about to get married. Mr. Zou has a distinguished family and outstanding talents, so there will definitely be many women who are attracted to you, so why not look forward?"
Zou Chongyu lay on the ground and refused to get up.
Mr. Zou: "Everything has a first come, a first served. My family made the marriage arrangement with your family first. My son is also obsessed with Qingqiu. He would not marry her. Why can't Brother Kong be as beautiful as a man?"
Master Kong sighed and said with a smile: "Zou Qianhu, although I don't have your magical powers, I still know what your intentions are, so there's no need to continue acting like this, right?"
Mr. Zou also laughed: "Brother Kong, these words are very hurtful. I came to visit with my son and Hou Li sincerely to ask for Qingqiu's hand in marriage. Brother Kong, don't think too much about it."
Mr. Kong: "Sincerely seek marriage? Why didn't you ask for marriage a few years ago? Why did you come to perform this so-called 'sincerely seek marriage' today when my daughter's wedding is approaching? Zou Qianhu, tell me, what do you want?" ? I, Zou Weide, will do my best to satisfy you, I just ask you to be noble and let my daughter go."
Master Zou: "Brother Kong, my son and I don't ask for anything, we just want Qingqiu."
Mr. Kong: "Is it possible that Zou Qianhu wants to gain the reputation of bullying others and forcibly marrying people's daughters?"
Mr. Zou: "Brother Kong, where do you start talking about this? I have a marriage certificate in hand."
Master Kong: "You have torn up the real marriage contract a long time ago. It is a lie."
Mr. Zou: "What evidence do you have? Can you confront me with the real book?"
Master Kong froze in place. He knew that Zou Qianhu must have read from his mind that he had ruined the original thing, and now he used this matter to muddy the waters.
Fishing in troubled waters doesn't necessarily mean who will win or who will lose.
Mr. Kong was about to continue arguing with the other party, but he heard a loud reply from outside the door: "Of course!"
Kong Qingqiu walked in.
She held a piece of red paper in her hand, with her and Zou Chongyu's birthdays and horoscopes clearly written on it, as well as the words that their grandfathers had entered into marriage with each other. Below were the signatures and red fingerprints of the two old ladies.
Kong Qingqiu said loudly: "This is the real marriage certificate. You can compare it with the one in your hand. Let's see what is right and what is wrong!"
But this is actually not the real version.
Tang Ren heard the exchange between several people in the hall and knew that the Zou family, including the elder and the younger, were here to cause trouble.
Confucianism's seventh grade magical power is a photographic memory. After Tang Ren read the original book, he copied it and even used ink pads to make the red handprints exactly right.
After he finished it, he asked his maid to bring it to Qingqiu, telling her that it was true and that Father Kong gave it to him.
Kong Qingqiu couldn't see Tang Ren and didn't know the reason, so he went to the front hall with the "real book".
But the moment she finished talking about the comparison, she knew that she had fallen into a trap.
She read Zou Qianhu's thoughts.
If the Kong family cannot produce the authentic copy, then Zou Qianhu can insist that his family's copy is authentic, and then continue to quarrel with the Kong family, make the situation louder, and finally force the Kong family to submit;
If the Kong family produces the authentic copy, it will prove that the two families have not broken the engagement, and it can be said that the previous baby marriage is still valid;
This kind of thing agreed in private cannot be separated clearly.
What's more, in the eyes of outsiders, the status of the Zou family is higher than that of the Kong family. How can the Zou family not marry a daughter-in-law they want? What reason is there to force the Kong family to marry their daughter?
Kong Qingqiu read the layers of traps in Zou Qianhu's heart, and Zou Qianhu read the horror in Kong Qingqiu's heart.
Zou Qianhu walked towards Kong Qingqiu with a smile and said, "Future daughter-in-law, it's great that you are here and you personally brought the marriage certificate. When I first met you when you grew up, you were really tall and graceful, just like my son Chong. It’s a perfect match for me.”
Kong Qingqiu gritted his teeth and said: "Zou Qianhu, don't you just want to find a capable wife for your son and pave the way for him? I am not the only woman with magical powers in the world, why do you need to make things difficult for each other like this?"
Zou Qianhu: "It's not that I want to embarrass you, it's that you and my son have an engagement. Now that you are both old, you should naturally..."
Kong Qingqiu interrupted him: "You are just making things difficult for us. I can clearly hear your plan. You think I have supernatural powers that are more powerful than his mind. If I can harvest grain and hide soldiers, you must support me in the future." If your husband is a member of a thousand households, you just want to cut off other people’s escape paths and pave the way for your son!”
She read out what Zou Qianhu was thinking word for word.
Zou Qianhu shook his head: "Miss Qingqiu, don't just rely on your magical power to read minds and accuse me of all these unfounded accusations. I made it very clear that I only followed the promise. Do you, the Kong family, who are businessmen and market makers, want to break their promises?"
What does it mean to be shameless and invincible?
This makes people shameless and invincible!
Kong Qingqiu suddenly discovered that he had a good mind and was defeated by such an interlocking conspiracy.
As long as the other party bites and refuses to let go, who can prove who is telling the truth between her and Zou Qianhu? Who told lies?
Jin Miaomiao began to regret that she shouldn't have been so public and attracted so many people's attention and comments, which made the old fox start to make plans.
She regretted that she shouldn't have entered this room, and should have let her father take control of the situation and let her father and the old fox compete one-on-one for face and endurance.
