Boss Zhu said: "Miss, the year before last, it was this Zhang Wu who went to me to buy tung oil. I also prepared a certain proportion of lacquer oil, but Zhang Wu said he only wanted tung oil, but asked me to record false accounts in the accounts saying lacquer oil It had been mixed into the tung oil. He wanted to give me a sum of money afterwards.
"I knew as soon as I heard that he wanted to deceive the Lu family and earn money to buy paint. I, Zhu, disdain to be such a person who sells out regular customers, so I rejected Zhang Wu. Zhang Wu scolded me for being ungrateful, and then The head was found by someone else.
"Afterwards, I came to your mansion to find Master Lu. But Butler Du of your mansion met me at that time and said that he would talk to the young master about the matter. I then returned to Yingxian County, but I didn't expect that nothing would happen from then on."
When Lu Ling heard this, his expression gradually turned ugly.
Her right hand involuntarily grasped the armrest of the chair, feeling depressed.
Before she could speak, Zhang Wu suddenly pointed at Boss Zhu and shouted loudly: "You are talking nonsense. You are resenting me for not buying raw materials from you, and you are deliberately telling lies to frame me!"
After hearing this, Boss Zhu stood up and refuted Zhang Wu: "I, Zhu, have been in business for so many years, how could I betray my regular customers for a single order of raw materials? You, Zhang Wu, have evil intentions towards the Lu family. I should have helped you a long time ago." Miss Lu will testify against you!"
Zhang Wu jumped with red eyes and continued to scold Boss Zhu. Boss Zhu was not to be outdone, and the two had a heated argument in the tea room.
"alright!"
Lu Ling shouted and asked Manager Liu to pull the two away.
Her head hurt from the noise, and she felt even more irritable.
"Zhang Wu, I just ask you, do you admit what you did?"
Zhang Wu calmed down, looked at Lu Ling's slightly frowning brows, and looked at her body, which was shorter than all the men present. He raised his neck and said confidently: "I haven't done it, and I won't admit it!"
Ah.
Lu Ling sneered.
"Since you are not afraid of me, Lu Ling, and I, Lu Ling, cannot torture you, then just ask the magistrate to interrogate you."
Zhang Wu's heart trembled when he heard this, and his confidence weakened: "Miss, I really didn't do this. It was these two people who teamed up to slander me..."
Lu Ling pressed the bridge of his nose to relieve his irritability and fatigue. He opened his eyes wide and tried to let all the cold air from his body gather into his eyes.
"Okay, Zhang Wu, you should know that the county government pays attention to witnesses and material evidence when handling cases. Now that you have all the witnesses and material evidence in front of you, I think the county magistrate will thank me, Lu Ling. But if you insist on refusing to admit it, then I will use torture. Please leave it to the magistrate."
When Zhang Wu heard this, his legs went weak and he became a little unsteady.
When Lu Ling saw that Zhang Wu was silent and only wiping his sweat, he looked at Song Wenzhou and said, "Husband, if the county magistrate can't handle this matter, let's report this matter to the government office and let my father uphold justice for the Lu family."
Zhang Wu shivered and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and his back was also wet.
Song Wenzhou glanced at Lu Ling, and after a moment of silence, he said to Zhang Wu with a stiff face: "If you don't want to be involved in a lawsuit or go to the county government and get slapped with trouble, you'd better admit it."
Zhang Wu's breathing became much heavier, and his heart seemed to be pressed on a red-hot iron plate.
Swallowing his saliva, he thought that if this matter really went to court, he really wouldn't get much benefit, but if he admitted it at this time, he would be able to confess and be lenient. Besides, he was not the mastermind!
Thinking of this, Zhang Wu finally spoke unwillingly: "Miss, I admit that I did this."
Lu Ling stared at him with eyes like knives.
Zhang Wu felt that he was about to dig a hole in Lu Ling's eyes.
"This matter was not my idea, I was just following Butler Du's orders!"
Lu Ling's heart fell heavily into the abyss, and the little bit of luck he held in his arms was like a spark that was eventually annihilated.
No one noticed that Song Wenzhou next to him involuntarily grasped the armrests of the chair with both hands, and his palms broke into a cold sweat.
Lu Ling closed his eyes heavily, as if to drive away the desert in his heart.
When she opened her eyes again, the despair in her eyes was mixed with a bit of sharpness: "What did Butler Du give you?"
Zhang Wu thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and replied: "Steward Du said that the madam is crazy, the young master is still young and ignorant, and you haven't come back to the Song family for three years, and you may never come back in the future.
"So he asked us to wash out the Lu family's money by passing it off as good quality. By then we would have earned the money and the Lu family would collapse, and no one would notice!"
Lu Ling's fingers grasping the armrest of the chair couldn't help but exert force, making a sharp and unpleasant friction sound.
"Any more?" she asked through gritted teeth.
Zhang Wu swallowed his saliva and continued: "Butler Du also said that in a few years, once the wife dies and the young master listens to him again, he will persuade the young master to sell the Lu family's house, and he will secretly use the name of a stranger to After buying it, he will be the master of the Lu family..."
"enough!"
Lu Ling slammed the table and stood up suddenly.
The force was so strong that there was a sharp pain in her heart, and she was in a trance for a moment.
Haitang quickly held her arm and comforted her softly: "Miss, don't be angry, be careful."
Zhang Wu was startled, and other people responsible for purchasing raw materials also trembled.
Lu Ling couldn't believe that Uncle Du, who had lived in their family for more than twenty years and watched their siblings grow up, actually cursed her mother to death, wanted to control Lu Cheng, and even wanted to Conspiracy to seize the entire Lu family's property.
It is true that one knows the pines and cypresses when the weather is cold, and the people's hearts are revealed in adversity.
Her heart felt as if someone had ripped it out and thrown it into an ice cave. Her cold heart made her face look horribly white.
After a long time, when she spoke again, her voice was a little deeper: "In addition to lacquer, there are also gold powder, borneol, musk and other Chinese medicinal materials. I know that the rest of you are using the same method to try to lure me away." The house is empty."
The group of people responsible for purchasing medicinal raw materials heard this, looked at each other, and then said one after another: "Miss, we were also ordered by Butler Du! Please let us go, Miss!"
Lu Ling listened to their prayers with a cold face and remained indifferent.
"Manager Liu, please inform me that the workshop will stop operating. Please invite people from the county government."
When everyone heard this, their faces turned pale and they knelt down to beg for mercy.
Zhang Wu hurriedly pleaded: "Miss, we are willing to return all the money. Can you please be accommodating and not report this matter to the county government?"
"Oh, you bunch of white-eyed wolves, seeing that my father died unexpectedly and my mother and brother were helpless, you took advantage of others' danger and added insult to injury. If I, Lu Ling, come back later, are you going to cook my mother and brother? Want to eat meat and drink soup?”
"Miss...we don't have...Miss!"
Lu Ling stood up and strode out, ignoring everyone.
Manager Liu hurriedly sent someone to notify the county government, and ordered the workshop to temporarily stop operating, and locked the dozen or so people responsible for purchasing raw materials in the tea room.
