Chapter 20: Perils to come
The Qiuping County Tea Chamber of Commerce, in the conference hall, has gathered all the heads of the county's tea merchant families. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Smack!"
Chen Mingliang stood up, his eyes burst out with raging anger, and he pointed at Ling Hong and said loudly: "Ling Hong, look at the good things your Ling family has done, the villagers have appealed, saying that there is a big problem with the Ling family's Yunfeng, and everyone who has eaten your family's tea recently has become ill, when have you been so bold!"
"President Chen, I'm ......"
Ling Hong lowered his head, there was no blood on his face, and he didn't know what to say.
Li Zhixiong sneered and said: "Ling Hong, this time you have stabbed a big basket, you are not only dismantling your own signboard, but also the signboard of our tea shop! You have lost not only your own face, but also our face! We are all ashamed because of this!"
"Ling Hong! I thought that your Ling family had always been cautious and upright, but I didn't expect to know people and faces, but I didn't know what to do, it's only been half a month, and what have you done to the villagers!"
Zhao Pang gritted his teeth in anger, but his eyes narrowed slightly, and it was difficult to hide the secret joy in his heart.
People from other families also said: "The Ling family is really scum, insulting our tea merchants in Qiuping County, our reputation has been ruined by you, if you don't give us an explanation for this matter, we will definitely not be able to spare you!"
"I really can't see that you Ling Hong is a femme fatale, and you don't care about the lives of the people in order to make money, phew! Wu looks down on you!"
"Governor Chen, drive Ling Hong out of the tea shop, and then go and tell Yang Zhixian to copy his whole family to set an example!"
"Guys, that's not how it happened!"
Ling Hong said with an ugly face: "Everyone, please give me a little more time, the Ling family will definitely find out about this matter and give everyone an explanation!"
"Check, what to check, I think it's better to leave it to Yang Zhixian to check!", Li Zhixiong sneered.
"Li Zhixiong, you are less there and more talking!"
Ling Hong said angrily: "Don't think I don't know, your Li family is in charge of accounts in the tea shop, but you are not greedy for everyone's silver!"
Li Zhixiong's face changed greatly: "You are talking nonsense, there is no such thing at all!"
"Since you didn't, then why were you shocked? Isn't it because I told you through?"
"Fart! Although Brother Li is in charge of the accounts, he is fair, and it is absolutely impossible to embezzle money!"
"Ling Hong, now it's your Ling family who has a problem, don't beat around the bush for us, everyone gets together today to just want your Ling family to make a statement!"
"Yes, make a statement!", the crowd shouted.
Ling Hong's gaze turned to Chen Mingliang and said slowly, "What does Governor Chen mean?"
Chen Mingliang snorted: "Give you two choices, first, the Ling family is not allowed to be the owner this year, and all the current tea goods of the Ling family will be destroyed, and you will not be allowed to work this year." Second, if you are not satisfied, we have to ask Yang Zhixian to come forward!"
As soon as the words fell, Ling Hong's heart immediately "chuckled", as if he had fallen into a cold valley.
If the first choice is agreed, then the Ling family will not have any income this year, and can only do hard labor for the entire tea shop.
If it is the second option, then Yang Zhixian will definitely make a harsh sentence, in case he is sentenced to imprisonment if his house is raided, how can the Ling family live?
"Go back and think about it!"
Li Zhixiong snorted coldly, looking at Ling Hong's eyes full of disdain, and thought, "Fight with me Li Jia, you are still too tender!"
Chen Mingliang said loudly: "Ling Hong, go back and think about it, and give us an answer within three days!"
"In three days?"
Ling Hong was stunned on the spot, clenched his fists tightly, and shouted unwillingly: "This is wronged, wronged! Someone must be framing my Ling family, wronged!"
However, he couldn't yell out, he could only hold it in his stomach, not to mention how aggrieved he was.
"Okay, I'll think about it!", Ling Hong gritted his teeth.
The corners of Li Zhixiong's mouth rose, and he glanced at Zhao Pang, and they both saw a trace of pride in each other's eyes.
Zhao Pang made another color to Li Zhixiong, and after Li Zhixiong understood, he thought proudly: "Things are not so simple, I will let the Ling family be ruined and scolded by the world!"
Chen Mingliang said slowly: "That's all for today's discussion, let's all go our separate ways!"
Everyone got up one after another, and then left here together, and at the same time, they were also speaking ill of Ling Hong.
Ling Hong could only clench his fists, daring to be angry but not daring to speak, and he was a little desperate.
"Isn't it true that someone is secretly framing my Ling family?"
Ling Hong pondered: "If that's the case, who could it be?"
......
As night fell, Ling Hong dragged his tired body back to the Ling Mansion, and just returned to the Mansion, his ugly face made the family dare not speak to him.
"Sir, you're back, and dinner is ready. ”
Ling Baihe greeted him and said respectfully, "Why is your face so ugly?"
"Don't mention it, don't mention it. ”
Ling Hong smiled bitterly: "Xiao Yi and Xiao Yue, have they come back?"
"The young lady has returned, but the young master is still outside, saying that he has important things to do. ”
"This kid, what kind of tricks are you doing at this time?", Ling Hong shook his head helplessly.
......
"Yawn!"
Ling Yi suddenly sneezed and said to himself: "Why did I sneeze suddenly, did I catch a cold?"
While talking, he observed someone in the dark, and that person was the Li family's family, Li Yuan.
Since Li Yuan transferred the tea package that Feng Songlin bought, he returned to the teahouse street again, and continued to stare at the movement of the teahouse, only waiting for someone he knew to buy Ling's Yunfeng, and then continued to "steal beams and change pillars" with the same method.
But all afternoon, no one came to the Ling family teahouse to buy tea, which made Li Yuan even more happy, the more business the Ling family teahouse had, the more bad the Ling family's reputation became.
After the teahouse closed, Li Yuan returned to the wine stall, where he had dinner, and was talking quietly with the stall owner.
Ling Yi hid in the dark and observed, not knowing what they were talking about, but looking at Li Yuan's appearance, it seemed like he was waiting for someone.
Who are you waiting for?
Ling Yi secretly wondered in his heart, if his conjecture was not wrong, Li Yuan was waiting for that person.
Therefore, Ling Yi did not go back to the mansion to play music, but observed Li Yuan's every move outside.
After a long time, a man dressed in black came to the wine stall, which made Ling Yi's eyes light up and he looked more closely.
Li Yuan said a few words to the man in black, and then saw Li Yuan take out a money bag and hand it to the man in black.
The man in black took it with great joy, and then saluted and thanked Li Yuan, and they chatted briefly for a few more words, and saw the man in black say goodbye to Li Yuan.
Ling Yi's face changed, and he quietly followed the man in black, but the man in black didn't notice it.
After a cup of tea, Ling Yi quickened his pace, and suddenly stopped the man in black, his eyes flashed with wisdom, and he said, "Cousin Qingyun, please stay, I have something to say to you." ”