Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 61 What sin has our Wang family committed?

Chapter 61 What sin has our Wang family committed?
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Ministry of Justice.

"Sir, this was brought by the third son of the Wang family."

"Xue Pan's case."

Wen Shouzhi, the head of the Ministry of Justice, glanced at it indifferently.

"Leave it there."

"I mentioned last time that someone from above had given a separate instruction about Xue Pan. Do you understand the rules?"

The clerk smiled and bowed, saying, "Don't worry, sir. I understand. Everything was done according to the rules. There is no mistake."

"Ah That's good!"

Wen Shouzhi picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a sip of tea, then said with a smile, "By the way, how much silver has the Wang family brought in these days?"

The clerk thought for a moment and said, "After all the arrangements, the total cost must be more than 10,000 taels."

"Oh……"

Wen Shouzhi nodded and fell into deep thought with an expressionless face.

The clerk next to him stood bent over for a long while, and felt that he could not hold on any longer. Just as he was about to straighten up a little, he heard Wen Shouzhi say calmly, "Go down."

"Yes……"

The clerk bent over and took two steps back before he dared to straighten up.

"return!"

The clerk hurriedly bent forward and said, "Sir, do you have any other instructions?"

Wen Shouren looked at the clerk and said with a half-smile, "Are you sure you didn't reach out?"

The clerk hurriedly apologized and said, "Your Excellency has instructed us to do this alone. How dare we?"

"Well, let's go."

"I'm doing this for your own good."

"Anyone who touches this money will die!"

The clerk's waist unconsciously bent further.

Who is this guy fishing? It's so scary!

……

"mom!"

“No more money!”

“We’re out of money!”

Although the Xue family is worth millions, most of their assets are fixed assets, and they don't have much cash.

Seeing that Aunt Xue was about to take out money again, Baochai hurriedly stopped her.

She knew that her mother had lost her mind in order to save her brother!

Not only will this fail to save my brother, but it will also cost me both my life and my wealth.

Aunt Xue said with red eyes: "Your third uncle said that if you give another ten thousand taels, your brother will be acquitted and can be reunited with my mother and me..."

"Mom, wake up!"

Baochai grasped Aunt Xue's arm and said tearfully, "We have been in the palace for less than half a month, and the 100,000 silver coins are gone. Most of the remaining ones are abandoned land deeds, farmland, shops and the like."

"But I haven't even seen my brother's shadow!"

"Even if you want to take the money, you have to wait for your uncle to come back!"

Aunt Xue stared blankly for a while.

"Will not!"

"impossible!"

"Your third uncle is not that kind of person!"

Before Aunt Xue got married, her brothers treated her very well, especially Wang Zisheng, who was about the same age as her. He often went out to bring her some fun things to cheer her up...

And my nephew Wang Ren is also a good kid, but he doesn't like to study and is always beaten...

"Mom, how long has it been since you last saw my third uncle?" Xue Baochai asked seriously.

"Wealth and broth move people's hearts!"
Aunt Xue was silent.

She's not stupid.
And she's pretty smart!
But she is a mother first.

In the face of his son's life and death, all his rationality and shrewdness were gone...

"Bang bang bang!"

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

Then Wang Ren's voice was heard.

"Aunt, is your nephew Wang Ren here?"

"Brother Xue is still short of money, and the jailer is in a hurry to get it. If it's too late, Brother Xue will suffer in prison!"

Baochai quickly winked at Aunt Xue, went to open the door herself, and said in a cold voice, "Brother Wang, mother has gone to bed. Come back later."

Wang Ren saw that it was Xue Baochai who opened the door. He smiled awkwardly and said, "If it's too late, I'm afraid Brother Xue will suffer in there."

This cousin is much harder to deceive than my aunt...

Xue Baochai looked at Wang Ren and said, "I'm afraid my brother is suffering in there too?"

Wang Ren heard that something seemed wrong with Baochai's words, and hurriedly said with a smile: "No, no, Brother Xue has been eating and drinking well in there recently, and he has gained weight."

"When will my brother come out?"

Xue Baochai stared into Wang Ren's eyes. "It's almost there, it's almost there."

"Brother Wang said the same thing last time?"

"It's really fast this time..."

Wang Ren couldn't stand Xue Baochai's gaze and slipped away in a hurry.

Baochai's heart sank when she saw Wang Ren running out in panic.

……

Wang Jiadong crosses over to the study.

Wang Zisheng was holding in his arms a beautiful concubine whom he had just bought the day before. He was drinking wine and touching her all over, looking very happy.

"Uncle San, something bad has happened!"

Wang Ren's voice came from outside the door.

It seems urgent!
Wang Zisheng was somewhat displeased, and hurriedly straightened the clothes of the charming concubine who was sitting on him.

Sure enough, just as he finished dressing his concubine, Wang Ren rushed in!

There are no rules at all!

I don’t know how to raise it?!
"What's wrong? You're so flustered, how disgraceful!" Wang Zisheng scolded with a stern face.

Wang Ren looked at Wang Zisheng's concubine and said, "My aunt seems to know about this and is no longer willing to take money out."

Wang Zisheng frowned and sighed, "If that's the case, then forget it. Anyway, we have tried our best. We have met with officials of all ranks in the Ministry of Justice and spent a lot of money. We will have something to talk about when Big Brother comes back."

Wang Ren was a little worried at this time: "But... I'm afraid it will be found out?"

Wang Zisheng waved his hand and said, "How can we check? Can Big Brother ask everyone how much silver we gave?"

"Besides, I am doing this for Pan'er, so I have a clear conscience!"

"I originally thought that with so much capital, I could win at least 500,000 or 600,000 taels. Wouldn't it be easy to get him out then? Who would have thought that I would have bad luck!"

"This is Pan'er's fate! It's what he deserves!"

As Wang Zisheng spoke, he shook his head and sighed.

I feel so sorry for Xue Pan.

Wang Ren didn't want to hear this at this time, and said anxiously: "Uncle San, but I still owe the gambling house 8,000 taels, what should I do? If someone comes to collect the debt, we will be exposed!"

"What! You! You!"

Wang Zisheng opened his eyes wide and pointed at Wang Ren, trembling!

"You actually still owe money to the gambling house? You're going to die!"

This thing is more likely to cause trouble than to help!

What sin did the Wang family commit!

How could such a beast appear!
Wang Ren said embarrassedly, "I made a few thousand taels of silver a few days ago, but then I played a little too much without realizing it, and I couldn't stop for a while... Don't worry, Third Uncle, as long as I have another thousand taels of silver, I will definitely win it back with interest!"

Wang Zisheng gritted his teeth and said, "No, I don't have a penny left!"

"Uncle San, what should I do?"

"You can do whatever you want! Don't look for me!"

"Uncle San, who else can I look for if not you?"

"Find whoever you want!"

Wang Ren gritted his teeth and said, "In this case, I can only kowtow to my aunt and admit my fault. It's up to my aunt to kill me or chop me up. At most, I will give Brother Xue his life!"

"Uncle San, you lost much more money than me, you have to pay it back too!"

Having said that, he gritted his teeth and walked out.

Prince Sheng was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He pushed the concubine away and picked up the whip on the table.

"You, you come back here!"

"You beast, how dare you threaten me!"

Wang Ren took two steps back in fear and reached the door: "Uncle, I have no other choice. My nephew cannot pay back eight thousand taels. I can only..."

"I'll beat you to death, you beast!"

"Ouch..."

"Uncle San, I'm going to shout!"

"You shout, just shout!"

"Let me see who dares to rescue you!"

Wang Ren ran out of the yard, and Wang Zisheng chased him out with a whip in his hand.

"stop!"

"Speak well if you have something to say!"

Seeing that Wang Ren was about to run out of the yard, Wang Zisheng had no choice but to give in and speak.

"Uncle San, put away the whip first, or I will start shouting." Wang Ren looked ready to give it his all.

"Okay, okay, you come back first."

Wang Zisheng quickly threw the whip into the house.