"What!? You promised to give Cao Yi a million taels in compensation? At this time, in the Shen family's mansion, Shen Teng, Shen Xing, and Shen Yan's father and son gathered together, and it was Shen Teng's breath just now.

Shen Yan heard his father's angry voice, unconsciously shrunk his neck, and said with a sad face: "Father, he has two letters in his hand that I wrote to the bandits of Soul Mountain......

"What? Who do you say it's for? Shen Teng suddenly stood up from his position, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

"Mourning...... Lost Soul Mountain...... "Shen Yan was intimidated by his father's momentum and said intermittently.

"You son of a! I think you're just trying to me off! Shen Teng looked left and right, picked up a cup of tea from his hand, and smashed it at Shen Yan, smashing it on Shen Yan's chest, and the tea soup was poured out instantly, wetting Shen Yan's clothes, but Shen Yan didn't dare to move.

However, it seemed that Shen Teng was still angry, and he wanted to find something to throw away, but was stopped by Shen Xing on the side, and persuaded: "Father, even if you beat the third brother to death at this time, it won't help, let's ask the matter clearly first, and then see if there is any room for alleviation in this matter." Then he gave Shen Yan a look and asked him to explain the cause and effect carefully.

Shen Teng struggled from nothing to now become the richest man in Jiangning, naturally he has his advantages, so he immediately restrained his anger, calmed down and listened carefully to Shen Yan's account of the causes and consequences.

"You said you signed your name and stamped your personal seal on both letters?" Shen Xing asked anxiously.

"Hmm......" Shen Yan nodded, looking dejected.

"......" Shen Xing was speechless for a while, he was shocked by the stupidity of his younger brother, paused, and suddenly thought, "Then did you press your handprint?" ”

Shen Yan shook his head, and Shen Xing let out a long breath: "That's okay, things are still turning around." ”

"Huh? What turnaround? Shen Yan was puzzled in his heart, so he asked immediately.

"Who told you the contact information of this Soul Mountain bandit?" Shen Teng asked suddenly.

"Yes...... It's Shen Thirteen...... He has a cousin who is a small leader among the bandits, and the last time his cousin came to Jiangning City, he told me that he wanted to entertain his cousin, so I asked, so I kept it in mind. ”

"He told you on the spot?" Shen Teng continued to ask, his tone majestic.

"No...... No, he said it after my repeated questioning, and begged me not to tell anyone else, especially the people from the government" Shen Yan shook his head and said slowly.

Shen Teng nodded lightly, thinking in his heart that he was afraid that someone below would deliberately set up a situation to deal with his stupid son, and then motioned for Shen Yan to continue.

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"Wait, you said you were going to take it

returned to the previous two letters, and then re-signed the agreement, admitting that he colluded with the soul-losing bandits to murder Cao Yi, and Yang Xingwen, the son of Yang Zhifu, sat as the intermediary and witness, you compensated Cao Yi with one million taels of silver, Cao Yi gave up pursuing your responsibility, and returned the two letters to you, and all three of you signed and detained? Shen Teng suddenly interrupted Shen Yan's description and asked sharply.

"Right...... That's right, I was thinking that anyway, my two letters were already in Cao Yi's hands, and they already had my evidence, and signing an agreement again was nothing more than asking both parties to hand over money with one hand and letters with the other......" Shen Yan was still explaining, and was directly interrupted by his father.

"Where's the agreement, show it to me!" Shen Yan suddenly scolded.

Shen Yan didn't know why his father suddenly became angry again, but he still obediently took out the agreement he had just signed in the morning from his arms and handed it over.

Shen Teng was very angry at the beginning, and after reading the content of the agreement and Shen Yan's blood-red fingerprints, he was even more angry, and raised his hand to slap Shen Yan, and scolded angrily: "Why did I give birth to such a stupid son as you!" Look at your eldest brother, look at your second brother, how did you come to your side and become so successful and more than defeated! ”

Shen Yan covered his cheeks and looked at his father in fear, although he was ready to be beaten when he came back, but when his father's slap slapped him in the face, he was still very shocked, although he made the family lose a million taels of silver, but Shen Yan felt that there was no way to do it, he shouldn't say that he was stupid......

Shen Xing looked at Shen Yan's surprised and unconvinced expression and knew that he didn't understand why his father scolded him for being stupid, so he had to sigh and patiently explain: "Third brother, in fact, if you don't sign this agreement, we can waive this million taels of silver......

Shen Yan was stunned when he heard this, and returned unconsciously: "Excuse me...... Skip ......"

"That's right! In the original two letters, you said that you only signed your name and stamped your seal, but did not print your fingerprint, so you can completely put this responsibility on your personal servant, saying that he imitated your handwriting and stole your seal and stamped it privately! You...... Why don't you make a decision after consulting with us? Ay! For his third brother, Shen Xing is also angry and complains about his stupidity, but no matter what, he is also his own brother, what else can he do?

"That'...... It's still too late! I said I didn't want those two letters, and we didn't pay anyway! Shen Yan reacted and said happily.

Shen Xing glanced at Shen Yan, sighed, and did not speak.

Just when Shen Yan realized that he must have said the wrong thing again, and before he could fully understand it, Shen Teng threw the agreement in his face, pointed his nose and scolded: "Look at this agreement yourself, whether you yourself admitted to colluding with bandits twice to murder Cao Yi, whether it was your own name, whether it is you."

The handprint that has been pressed! You're still too late for me to tell you!? ”

As he spoke, Shen Teng couldn't control his temper, and rushed forward to slap Shen Yan, Shen Yan saw the situation and quickly held his head and shrank back, but in the end, Shen Teng's slap still didn't fall on Shen Yan's face, Shen Xing grabbed his father's arm and said urgently.

"Father, there is no point in fighting now, what we are thinking about now is how to solve this matter, after all, one million taels of silver is not a small amount, but this is ultimately a matter of life and death for my younger brother, if he is really accused of going to court, then my brother will definitely have no good end, and the lightest is also to be assigned to the frontier, after all, there are four lives, although he is not a direct murderer, but he is also a buyer, and it is very likely that he will be sentenced to death and killed to pay for his life!"

"Father, father, you must save me...... I don't want to die! I don't want to die! As soon as Shen Yan heard his second brother's words, he immediately woke up, knelt on the ground and walked to his father on his knees, hugged his father's thighs and cried bitterly.

Shen Teng looked down at Shen Yan, even if he used a lot of ruthless means on the way to success, but after all, the tiger poison does not eat children, and now looking at Shen Yan's crying and crying bitterly, his heart softened again, sighed, and said: "You get up, I won't watch you die." ”

Shen Yan touched his tears at this time, stood up obediently, and stood quietly aside, he knew that the second brother and his father were going to discuss how to solve this matter, he was not smart enough, and he was in trouble again, so it was better not to talk nonsense at this moment.

"Father, I suspect that the Yang family is behind this matter, otherwise you say that Cao Yi and the third brother are obviously rivals, why do you say that you want to introduce Yang Xingwen to the third brother? The second, the strength of the bandits in the Soul Mountain is not trivial, the murderous reputation is far and wide, before the Jiangning Mansion and Taiping Prefecture combined forces did not succeed in encirclement and suppression, why did Cao Yi say that the leader of the bandits had been controlled by him this time, and the two letters written by the third brother to the bandits are now in the hands of Cao Yi, so I suspect that Cao Yi may really catch the leader of the bandits, such a difficult thing, there must be the help of the Yang family, the governor of Jiangning Mansion. Shen Xing analyzed.

Shen Teng nodded, "I also guess that the Yang family is behind this Cao Yi, otherwise why would Yang Xingwen want Cao Yi to let go of Shen Yan, the son of a scumbag, in exchange for compensation, and offered to be an intermediary and witness, even the last one is full of doubts, I guess it is to tell us that they already know about the existence of the two letters and the agreement, and the latter is also personally involved, now even if we spend a lot of money to ask the killer to kill Cao Yi in advance, it is useless!" Speaking of the back, Shen Teng's face was full of anger.

"Looks like we're going to have to pay for it." Shen Xing said hatefully.

"It must be paid, otherwise Shen Yan will really be imprisoned or beheaded, but the money that my Shen family vomited blood is not so easy to take, this loss, I will definitely let the Yang family and the Cao family get their due retribution!" Shen Teng said coldly.

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