Chapter 46: Who is more ruthless than whom
"Mother, where is the daughter of the rich man Wang is the 'twenty-eight' girl, she is a twenty-eight-year-old woman, and she is also a widow, and she killed her last fiancΓ© before she passed the door!" Li Ming burst into tears.
As soon as they entered Wangjia Village, someone pointed at the back, at first he and the shopkeeper Li thought that the other party was envious of their generosity, but he happened to hear the villagers' discussion before he knew the truth of the matter.
The angry Li Ming immediately decided to go home, which made the old shopkeeper suspicious for a long time but confused.
Zhou's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted. Why is my life so miserable!
"We're going to get out of the marriage!". She decided to find the matchmaker who said the matchmaker at the beginning to withdraw the family affair.
The Zhou family wanted to withdraw from the family, and the rich man Wang did not eat dry rice, so he went crazy on the spot after getting the news, and sued Li Ming and the Zhou family to the yamen with a complaint: the rich man Wang asked them to use several salt shops of the Li family as compensation!
In the main room of the Li family, Li's father called Zhou's mother and son and Li Ling over, and he lost his temper angrily.
"What about the marriage book, bring me the marriage book, why does the Wang family ask for a shop with confidence?"
Zhou knew that things were not good, and now it was impossible to hide it anymore, so she handed over the marriage letter with trembling hands.
After Li Ming married the daughter of the Wang family, the rich man Wang gave his own land to Li Ming as a dowry, and if the Zhou mother and son repented, they would take the Li family's shop as compensation.
This is a marriage book, it is clearly a transaction.
Father Li's beard pouted, and he was about to get angry again.
"Father, you are angry, the main thing now is to find a way to solve the problem!" Li Ling reminded on the side.
"What else do you have to say? If you hadn't handed over the shop to the second child, how would others have paid attention to them? In the future, everything in the shop will be managed by the shopkeeper Li, and I don't believe that after experiencing Zhou Tong's affairs, future generations will do things on the accounts! βγ Instead of listening to Li Ling's persuasion, Father Li pointed the finger at him.
Zhou's face darkened, and she and her son were beaten back to their original shapes, but now is not the time to worry about this: "Master, the yamen has passed me and Ming'er, why don't you let the eldest young master go with us?" He is Xie Yuan, and the county lord always has to give some face."
Aren't you making the boss lose face by doing this? You remember, just this once, if you have another incident, don't want someone to help you again! βγ
The old man had a burst of anger, he believed that the eldest son would have a way to keep the Li family's shop, and these were all things that the ancestral industry could not lose.
His father was killed, and Li Ling had to accompany the Zhou clan to the hall.
The county lord was shocked, and all the officials shouted.
Zhou's mother and son, as well as the rich man Wang, fell down in response to the sound and all knelt down.
After all the procedures were over, the county respected the elder and remembered Li Ling who was standing next to everyone: "Li Jieyuan also came to listen to the hall!" βγ
He smiled slightly, and ordered the official to move a chair over. In the face of Li Ling, he really didn't want to be big, Li Xie Yuan had the support of the elder of the pavilion behind him, and his future was not comparable to that of a seven-grade county order.
Seeing that the county order treated Li Ling so kindly, she was also relieved, if the shop was lost in her hands this time, it would be strange if Father Li didn't kick them out of the house.
The rich man's mood was not so good, but as soon as he remembered the marriage book in his hand, he had confidence: "Lord Zhixian, our two families have signed the marriage book, and please ask the lord to preside over justice!" βγ
The marriage book was in duplicate, and the rich man Wang also got one of them, he raised his head and handed the marriage book to the magistrate, but he was also a little ruthless in his heart, can the adults in the hall still protect the Zhou family?
The county magistrate took the marriage certificate from the hand of the official and read it carefully, his face became more and more ugly, and it was clear that if the Zhou mother and son repented, they would give the salt shop to the rich man.
His brows furrowed even tighter, if he sentenced the salt shop to the rich man, he was afraid that he would offend Li Ling, and if he turned a deaf ear to the marriage certificate, he was afraid that the people in the hall would make trouble.
The county magistrate hesitated, raised his eyes and looked at Li Jieyuan under the hall, but saw that he was like a clay statue, without any movement.
"The situation is so clear, what else is the county master considering, just award the salt shop to the Wang family directly!"
"Yes, if the county order insists on favoring the Li family, we don't want to!"
The crowd outside the lobby began to talk, and even some young people who were overly emotional were ready to enter the lobby from outside the gate.
"Quiet, not only noisy!".
The county lord hurriedly patted the startled wood.
"Mighty".
The officials shouted, and the people outside the gate were oppressed by this power and gradually quieted down.
The county magistrate was a little unnaturally shocked, and he was a little anxious.
And Li Ling in the hall never said a word.
"Treacherous!". Zhou thought that the eldest young master would not be saved when he saw death, and she was a little panicked.
Things are developing step by step in favor of the rich man, he is a little proud, forced Liangshan, and the county commander has to make a judgment that satisfies him.
The householders who are mixed in with the people have done a good job, and when they return, they will be rewarded well.
Ma Xiancheng was also mixed in the crowd to hear the trial, and his heart was extremely happy. It seems that the county lord can't resist, and this time he finally made the Li family suffer a big loss.
"Lord Xianzun, I have something to say!" When the rich man Wang and his party were complacent, Li Ling slowly stood up from the chair and said: "The marriage letter signed by the rich man Wang and Li Ming is invalid at all, so my lord can't award my Li family's salt shop to the rich man Wang!" βγ
"Nonsense, it is clearly written in black and white, how can it be invalid?". The rich man shouted and jumped up, but soon realized where he was, and he quickly bowed his head and knelt down again.
"How can it be ineffective? Could it be that the Li family really wants to repay the debt? βγ
Outside the door, I don't know who shouted again, and whispered with the crowd of observers.
"Oh?" The county commander was a little surprised, his eyes lit up, and he asked Li Ling, "I don't know what Xie Yuan has to say!" βγ
"The Zhou family is just a concubine of the father, and Li Ming is also the son of the concubine, according to the laws of my Ming Dynasty, they are not qualified to inherit property, let alone transfer the shop to which the Li family belongs to others!" Li Ling began to explain 1510, and his voice was very loud, trying to let the crowd outside the gate hear it.
"That's right, Xie Yuangao! How did I forget this stubble! βγ He stretched his neck forward and asked the master who was taking notes, "According to you, what Xie Yuan said is reasonable!" βγ
The master has been working hard to write, and after nodding to the county, he began to record again!
"In that case, then"
Before the words of the county order were finished, the rich man Wang began to argue with Li Ling: "Anyway, the Zhou family always signed the marriage letter, and the Li family can't go back!" βγ
He insisted on the fact that Zhou signed the contract, in order to confuse the public.
"According to what you say, I only need to write a note with someone else stating that your family's land belongs to someone else, and they can come to your house to collect the land?" Li Ling was not annoyed, but began to question the rich man.
"How is this possible?". Wang Caizhu regretted it as soon as he spoke, and it was also Zhou who was not qualified to transfer the shop.
"Please call the shots!". The rich man Wang couldn't refute Li Ling, so he had to turn his hope to the county zun, he believed that although the county order had the intention to help the Li family, it might not be too much, and there were so many people watching in the hall!
"Zhou, the two rich men listened to the verdict, and the official ruled: If Li Ming is willing to marry Miss Wang, all the property of the Wang family belongs to him, and if he is unwilling, he must compensate the Wang family with a thousand taels of silver, can you be convinced?" The county lord was shocked and made the final decision.
"I'm convinced!". The rich man Wang took the lead in agreeing, although a thousand taels of silver is only a drop in the bucket compared to those salt shops, but at least there is something to gain, looking at Xie Yuangong's appearance, he does not plan to give up the salt shop, how can he fight him?
"My lord, my son is willing to marry the daughter of the Wang family!" The Zhou family decided to admit this family affair as soon as he was ruthless, what if it was a little bigger, a few hundred acres of fertile land was enough for Li Mingna to have a few concubines.
Willing to cut his body and dare to pull the emperor off the horse, the Zhou family decided to fight with the rich man to the end.