The person who came was none other than the old servant of the Bai family's main house, Gu Tingye's wet nurse, Grandma Chang.
Grandma Chang was grateful for Mr. Bai's old kindness, and she stood up and spoke uprightly. She was indeed a loyal servant with love and righteousness.
However, after all, she was just a servant with a low status. Although she made a big fuss in the mourning hall, which made Bai Zhuoyan and his son lose face, she was still unable to defeat the opponent's large number of people, and was soon taken away by the minions of the second room on the grounds of causing trouble. Down.
Han Tai and Sheng Hong were both sophisticated people. After hearing what Grandma Chang said, they felt that there was something fishy in it.
However, they only came here to express their condolences to Mr. Bai, and did not want to get involved in the Bai family's nonsense. Therefore, even if Aunt Chang was taken down by the Bai family, the two of them just watched with cold eyes.
"stop!"
At this moment, a young man dressed as a servant crossed the crowd and appeared in front of everyone.
Bai Zhuoyan and Bai Ting were shocked when they saw the face of the person coming. The person who came was surprisingly Gu Tingye, who the father and son sent people to search for for three days and three nights but still could not find his whereabouts.
"Where did you come from, you dare to make a noise in my brother's mourning hall? Come on, catch me!"
Before anyone could react, Bai Zhuoyan quickly called on his servants to take Gu Tingye down, trying to stop his mouth.
However, Gu Tingye had martial arts inherited from his family, but he was not as easy to deal with as Nanny Chang. He was seen dodging, parrying and blocking, and the seven or eight Bai family servants were unable to defeat him at one time.
Seeing that the beautiful mourning hall was about to turn into a fighting arena, the prefect Han Tai finally couldn't sit still and said, "That's enough. What does it look like above the mourning hall? Stop it!"
Hearing Master Futai's words, the servants of the Bai family stopped one after another. Gu Tingye straightened his clothes, walked up to Han Tai, and bowed deeply: "Master Futai, above, below, the second legitimate son of Ningyuan Houfu, Gu Tingye, I have ancestors. The handwritten letter clearly states that I will be your successor, please read it carefully, Mr. Futai."
After saying that, Gu Tingye took out a letter from his arms, showed it to everyone, and then handed it to Han Tai.
Han Tai looked at the letter in front of him and complained secretly. On one side were local wealthy people, on the other were nobles from the capital. They were competing for the most valuable salt village in Yangzhou. This thin letter in front of him made him, the prefect, feel hot to touch.
However, under the attention of everyone, Han Tai could only bite the bullet and took the letter, opened it and read it, only to see that the letter was written in small letters: "I know that my destiny has come, I only hope that you will inherit my family business and make it a success." I will not die at the hands of outsiders. I hereby write a suicide note to my grandfather. I look forward to returning."
After Han Tai read the letter and saw the scarlet handprint on the letter, he knew that the letter was probably true. With Mr. Bai's autograph as proof, Gu Tingye was already in an invincible position. As soon as he thought about this, Han Tai started to worry about it.
After hearing Han Tai read the content of the letter, everyone in the audience started talking quietly and pointing at Bai Zhuoyan and Bai Tingyu and his son.
Bai Zhuoyan could still remain calm, but Bai Tingxu was not as thick-skinned as his father, and his face turned blue and purple: "I have never heard of it, believe it or not. Who knows whether he believes it or not. My uncle personally passed the salt village to me before he died, and all the Bai family can testify!"
Gu Tingye said loudly: "There are always books and letters at home. I would like to ask the elder Zonggui to bear witness. Let's take them together to compare the handwriting!"
At this time, Han Tai's heart was already biased towards Gu Tingye, so he took out the poems that Mr. Bai had given him in the past and wanted to compare the handwriting on the spot.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Bai Ting immediately panicked and said in a panic: "Master Futai, you can't use the protection of officials to seize the Bai family's property just because he is the legitimate son of a marquis!"
After hearing this, Han Tai's face instantly sank. Seeing Han Tai's gloomy expression, Bai Zhuoyan felt bitter in his heart and wished he could kick this traitor to death.
The situation was originally not good for their father and son, but Bai Tingyu made Han Tai unhappy with his rude remarks. Wasn't he rushing to give Gu Tingye an assist?
However, Bai Zhuoyan couldn't think of any good solution at this time, so he had to look at Feng Congli, a fellow Yangzhou magistrate on the side, for help.
As the saying goes, one has short hands. Feng Congli had accepted so much filial piety from the Bai family. Even though he was reluctant in his heart, he had to stand up and speak for the Bai family and his son.
"Master Futai, at present, neither party has submitted any complaint to the government.
Yamen, this matter is still a family matter of the Bai family. Whether this letter is true or false should be judged by the family itself. It is not appropriate for us to interfere! "
Han Tai was slightly startled when he heard this, paused in his hand movements, and looked at Feng Congli in surprise.
He had known for a long time that Feng Congli had some friendship with the Bai family and his son, but he did not expect that Feng Congli would take the risk to speak for the Bai family and his son when the situation was about to be decided.
It seems that the Bai family and his son have spent a lot of money on Feng Congli!
Tongzhi is the second-in-command in the government, and his power and status is only lower than that of the prefect. Since Feng Congli has spoken out, Han Tai should give him face both emotionally and rationally.
Moreover, what Feng Congli said was not unreasonable. The two parties did not go to court. Han Tai interfered in other people's family affairs at will, which was indeed a bit overstepping his authority.
After pondering for a moment, Han Tai turned around and asked Gu Tingye: "Have you prepared a complaint in advance?"
Gu Tingye shook his head, his eyes blank.
"In that case, I can't help you."
Han Tai sighed and said leisurely: "If you still want to continue fighting for the family property, you can prepare a complaint and wait until tomorrow when the Yamen releases the lawsuit. Then I will try the case with Mr. Feng and Mr. Shanda!"
After that, Han Tai handed the letter back to Gu Tingye, then took a deep look at Feng Congli, turned around and left the mourning hall.
Gu Tingye froze on the spot holding the letter, feeling extremely depressed. He never expected that he had endured it for so many days, but still ended up with such a poor result.
He raised his head and caught a glimpse of a group of Bai family servants not far away who were watching eagerly. He immediately realized that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so he had better find a place to settle down quickly and plan for tomorrow's lawsuit.
After leaving Bai's house and blowing in the cold wind outside, Gu Tingye's somewhat confused thoughts gradually became clearer.
He has his grandfather's suicide note in hand, so even if he goes to court, there is nothing to fear, and Han Tai is obviously willing to seek justice for him. If Feng Congli had not intervened, he would have already succeeded.
However, even if Feng Congli showed shame, it was just to buy an extra day for the Bai family and his son.
All he had to do was avoid the eyes of the Bai family and his son, and show up at the government office on time tomorrow with evidence, and he would be in an invincible position.
By the way, a complaint is also needed.
Gu Tingye suddenly remembered Han Tai's reminder before leaving, and couldn't help but scratch his head.
At this time, he had not yet gone to Bailudong Academy to study, but he had also studied elementary school at home and was considered proficient in writing. Writing a complaint was not a problem.
However, it is not easy to write well.
You can guess with your feet that in order to deal with Gu Tingye, the Bai family will definitely invite the best lawyer in Yangzhou. If Gu Tingye's complaint is not well written and the other party finds a loophole in the court, it will be troublesome.
It would be best for Gu Tingye to hire a capable litigator, so that he would not be at a disadvantage when facing the Bai family in court.
But he was unfamiliar with Yangzhou, so where could he find such a good lawyer in a hurry?
In the remote alley, Gu Tingye walked quickly, nimbly climbed over a pile of low walls, and easily shook off the tail that followed him all the way.
Gu Tingye clapped his hands and smiled confidently. Suddenly a figure popped into his mind, and his eyes immediately lit up.
