The butler’s body stiffened; he hadn’t forgotten that his clothes didn’t fit, but they were the best he had.
Sheriff Liu pressed his hand on his waist knife, his tone chilling, “Quickly go and call your master out, or I’ll bring someone in.”
The steward was also an old man of the Duke of Qi’s house, he had seen all kinds of storms over the years, although it was not the same as before, a small sheriff could not hold him yet.
His face turned cold, “Who says that a master must wear fancy clothes? I love to wear such clothes, not to mention you, a constable, even your lord has no control over what I wear.”
That tone?
Constable Li narrowed his eyes again.
But then someone in the crowd shouted, “I know the master of this house, it’s not him, it’s a young one, it seems to be the son of the original Prince of Qi.”
Silence!
Deadly silence!
So quiet that the butler could clearly hear his own breathing.
Sheriff Liu’s heart also jumped, he didn’t expect that surprisingly this Wu family was the maternal family of Lady Shu Fei’s mother.
He had the intention of backing off, but then he thought that the Third Prince had already been deposed, and Consort Shu was not treated by the Emperor, so there was nothing to fear.
But still, subconsciously, he arched his hand towards the housekeeper, “Then please ask Mr. Wu to come out.”
The steward still had a cold face and glanced towards the crowd, which was dark and overwhelming, not knowing who had just shouted that sentence.
“Joke, you guys say I’m not and I’m not?”
Sheriff Liu’s face also turned cold and his words were no longer polite, “Cut the crap, hurry up and call out the man, or we’ll break in.”
“He must be afraid to come out.”
Some people in the crowd were up in arms, “They’ve done such a dirty deed, they’ve disgraced their old ancestors, how dare he come out?”
“Yes.”
When someone started, those behind him were not afraid, “I think he is not afraid of disgracing his ancestors, he is afraid that if the Song family finds out, they will come after him.”
“You’re wrong, they’re not afraid, even if they’re not good enough, they’re still royal relatives.”
Someone laughed.
The steward was so angry that he pointed at those people and wanted them to be beaten away with a messy stick.
Sheriff Liu just ignored it. If it was really Wu Jin, then it wasn’t just an ordinary petty theft, and that was intentional revenge on his part.
A subordinate ran over quickly and whispered in the butler’s ear, who stepped aside, “Please.”
Sheriff Liu lifted his foot and went in, the magistrates escorted Li Er to follow, but Li Er said nothing, “If I don’t go in, what if they kill me to silence me?”
Sheriff Liu paused in his steps, thinking of the matter of the Third Prince and the Duke of Qi who had killed one hundred and eighteen members of the Gu family, he dared not go inside and said to the butler, “It’s better to ask Duke Wu to come out.”
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Jingzhao Mansion.
The capital magistrate thought he had misheard, “Say again, who has come to sue?”
“Squire Song.”
There was no mistake.
The capital magistrate’s heart thumped and his voice changed as he stood up, “Who is he suing?”
“Wu Jin.”
The magistrate didn’t remember who Wu Jin was for a moment, so he let out a sigh of relief and said as he walked quickly outside, “What is he suing a commoner for?”
“It’s not a commoner, it’s the original son of the Duke of Qi.”
The magistrate was quick to hold him up before he fell over the threshold.
The magistrate helped him to stand firm, and with one hand on his chest, he asked breathlessly, “What did Wu Jin do again?”
The magistrate told him what had happened.
The capital magistrate thought that Wu Jin’s brain was full of water. You are now a commoner, what are you doing to provoke Song Si?
“Go and inform Sheriff Liu to bring him in immediately!”
When the magistrate went, the man had not yet come out, the magistrate went over and whispered in Sheriff Liu’s ear, Sheriff Liu said towards the housekeeper, “His Excellency has ordered that Wu be taken into the capital, if he does not come out again don’t blame me for going in to get him.”
If he was caught, he would be put in chains. The butler dared not be more forceful and hurriedly ran in to report.
Wu Jin was so angry that he overturned the table and pointed at the housekeeper and scolded him before he left the courtyard and went to the backyard to get on the carriage and went out through the corner gate.
When he had gone, the butler went to the front and told Sheriff Liu that his young master had gone.
Immediately, Sheriff Liu went back with his men at a fast pace, and the people watching the fun followed, surrounding the entrance to the lobby of the Capital Mansion in three layers, stretching their necks and tiptoeing around to look inside.
Behind the table, Song Si sat on one side, Wu Jin stood in the lobby, and next to him knelt Cui Qiao and Li Er, as well as the head of the Wu family pastry shop.
Li Er gave a full account of how the shopkeeper had come to him and asked him to force Cui Qiao to steal the recipe. The shopkeeper took it all upon himself, saying that he was an old man of the Wu family and wanted to take revenge for his late master before doing so.
This kind of talk was not true at first hearing, and the governor of the capital looked at Song Si with a headache. Although Wu Jin was now a commoner, he still had a sister who was a noble concubine. If he allowed the torture to be used, when Concubine Shu regained her favour later, she would certainly settle accounts and find him in trouble afterwards.
The first thing you need to do is to ask for help.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the market.
So simple?
Even Wu Jin couldn’t believe it. The Song family had a huge grudge against them, and Song Si wouldn’t use this to skin him?
“What, 10,000 taels more?”
Song Si’s voice was cold.
The capitalist returned to his senses and instantly gave Wu Jin a wink. Wu Jin also returned to his senses and kicked the shopkeeper, who hastily responded, “I’ll go to the shop in a moment to get the money and send it over.”
Song Si was not afraid that he would renege on the payment and pointed at Cui Qiao, “She is a member of my shop, I will take her back and dispose of her, as for Li Er, your honour will just see to it.”
After saying that, he got up, bowed towards the capital, and lifted his feet to walk out.
“Squire Song, you are too cheap for them.”
Someone shouted.
Song Si looked at the person who spoke and smiled, “It’s only a small loss of money, there’s no need to take a life.”
“You are too kind-hearted, you will surely have good karma in the future.”
“Thank you for your kind words.”
Outside the crowd, the First Prince and Second Prince’s men came in a hurry, and both stopped in their tracks when they saw this scene. Their masters had sent them over to back up Squire Song as soon as they heard the news, and they didn’t expect it to be over so quickly.
The palace also quickly got the news, the emperor put down the zhengfu in his hand and leaned his body on the back of his chair, “Did Wu Jin grow a pig brain?”
Eunuch Huang did not dare to answer.
“He can’t even do a small thing well, and he has saved Song Si’s good name for nothing.”
The more he said, the more angry he became, the emperor straightened up his body, “You go and tell Concubine Shu, if Wu Jin is so useless again, there is no need to stay in the capital, go back home and farm.”