Chapter 2940 False Accusation

Bai Yihong also sold an antique vase and a mutton-fat jade ring, and scraped together some money to acquire all the land. The average price was 20% lower than the market price.

He didn't try hard to lower the price. He thought it wouldn't be easy for them to move, so he would rather find a way to get it together.

In fact, if the other party hadn't begged him to buy it all because he was afraid of trouble, he really only planned to buy half of the land. He didn't want to use all the money he had and felt insecure.

Soon Bai Ruozhu and Bai Zehao came. Jiang Yichun went to see Meng Liangsheng early in the morning, but he was not there.

Bai Yihong breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was a little embarrassed to let his son-in-law know that he had caused trouble.

"Dad, I just heard from the housekeeper, what happened?" Bai Zehao asked.

Bai Yihong scratched his head, "He was tricked, for sure."

Then he told the story of how he contacted the other party about buying the land, and what the other party said and begged him to buy all the land.

"I'll contact the second brother from the Chamber of Commerce to see what's going on." Bai Ruozhu asked Jian Qi to handle it, and immediately asked Jian Qi to check on the plaintiff, and also get the information about the man's son in the capital from the Chamber of Commerce.

Jian Qi quickly went to do it. Bai Ruozhu gave her father a relieved smile, "Dad, don't worry too much. This is not your problem. If someone sets a trap for us, anyone could fall for it."

Bai Yihong waved his hand, "It was my negligence. I bought so much land. I should have found someone to investigate clearly. I just checked the land deed to make sure it was not a scammer, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen."

After all, he was a banker. He only wanted to avoid being cheated, but he did not expect that the situation would change and someone would secretly cause trouble.

"Who was the intermediary at that time? Can you testify?" Bai Zehao asked.

"It's the Deng Zhongren I used before. He shouldn't have been bribed," Bai Yihong said.

Bai Ruozhu called Wei Jiu, "Secretly check on Deng Zhongren. We will find out if he has been bribed."

Their family has dealt with people from Deng Zhong, but there is no guarantee that their character must be upright. People die for money and birds die for food. If someone pays him, he may have wrong ideas. It would be troublesome if he suddenly turned back and said something unfavorable to Bai Yihong at the critical moment.

In the yamen, City Affairs Secretary Li Ming looked at the accuser Xun Kai with a headache. How come he is suing the Bai family?

The lord of Beiyu City is Meng Liangsheng, but the trial of cases in the yamen is usually handed over to his subordinate City Affairs Secretary Li Ming. After all, Meng Liangsheng has too many things to do.

And who doesn’t know the relationship between the Bai family and the Meng family? Bai Ruozhu is Meng Liangsheng's adopted daughter and is highly valued by the Meng family.

How should he be judged?

"Do you have any evidence to prove that Bai Yihong forced you to sell your land?" Li Ming asked.

Xun Kai, who was at the bottom, knelt on the ground with a distressed expression, "Sir, someone from Deng Zhong can testify that my fields are better than ordinary fields. Even if they are sold, they are 20 to 30% higher than the market price, but in the end they were forcibly sold. It’s down by 20%.”

"The purchase and sale are all consensual. You have signed the contract. How can it become a robbery of land?" Li Ming asked.

"My son works as a bookkeeper in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Something happened not long ago and he was censored in Beijing. Bai Yihong's second son Bai Zepei works in Beijing and just happened to deal with this matter. He used this to threaten me and asked me to transfer the land to Only he could give my son a lenient sentence. I was worried about my son's safety at the time, so I had no choice but to agree."

Xun Kai said with tears streaming down his face, "I didn't expect that my son sent a message the day before yesterday, saying that Bai Zepei had deliberately framed him, saying that he was upright and not afraid of slanting shadows, and asked me to be more careful with the Bai family in my hometown, but I have been taken away. The land has been harvested!”

Li Ming also had a headache. After thinking for a while, he said, "I'll send someone to declare the defendant to confront you."

He made a gesture, and an officer immediately went down to deliver the message. The master was also smart and immediately sent someone to report the news to the city lord.

While the Bai family was discussing, the guards came to send a message, saying that official officials were here and wanted to send the master to confront the court.

"Ruozhu, look at this..." Bai Yihong still has the habit of asking his daughter about everything.

Bai Ruozhu thought for a while and said with a smile: "Master Li just came to ask you for questioning. There is insufficient evidence, and it involves the second brother, so he will not be convicted so quickly. You are like this..."

She leaned into her father's ear and spoke.

Bai Yihong nodded vigorously and took note of his daughter's words seriously.

"I'll go with dad. It's better if you don't show up for now, little sister." Bai Zehao said. He was worried that the Xun family would say that the Bai family was bullying others.

"Okay, I'll take you to the door." Bai Ruozhu said.

Lin Ping'er got the message and took the child out and kept saying: "His father, please don't admit it, don't let others take advantage of him."

"I know, it's okay, just go back quickly." Bai Yihong said.

Lin Ping'er looked at Bai Ruozhu, "Your father is very stubborn now. He wouldn't have been afraid of death before."

"If you are upright, you are not afraid of slanted shadows. Dad has never done that, so of course you are confident." Bai Ruozhu said with a smile.

"Yes, I am not afraid of slanted shadows as long as I am upright." Bai Yihong became more confident.

When the family arrived at the door, they found that the official who came to report the news was Wang Minglu. Bai Yihong immediately thanked him.

"Minglu, I'm sorry to bother you."

Wang Minglu was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "Uncle, why are you so polite? Without your help, I wouldn't be on duty at the government office in Beiyu City so quickly."

He used to work as an errand in the county government in Anyuan Town, and now he has been promoted.

"You performed well, as you should." Bai Yihong said with a smile.

Bai Ruozhu stepped forward and saluted Wang Minglu, "Brother Wang, long time no see."

Wang Minglu's eyes turned slightly red, "When did Ruozhu come back?"

"I just arrived yesterday. I originally wanted to visit relatives and friends, but I didn't know that something like this would happen." Bai Ruozhu said helplessly.

"It's okay, it's okay. They saw it as a false accusation. It's not them who has the final say in Beiyu City." Wang Minglu said with relief.

Bai Ruozhu smiled and said, "Go quickly, Dad, just do as I say, don't say anything else."

"well."

Wang Minglu glanced at Bai Ruozhu, who was smiling like a flower, and was curious about what she was confessing, but he would know it in court later.

"Then I'll take my leave first." He saluted Bai Ruozhu, and Bai Ruozhu returned the salute with a smile, "Second Brother Wang is coming over for dinner tonight."

"Okay." Wang Minglu responded with a blushing face.

He hadn't seen her for a long time, and he thought he had almost forgotten her. He didn't want to see her again, but his heart was still pounding. He was probably hopeless.

In the past two years, a lot of things have happened, and some people like him, but he is still a little unsure. If he can't let go of Ruozhu, it will be unfair to the girl.

Soon, Bai Yihong and his son went to court and saw Mr. Xun, who had traded with him not long ago.