Hope for luck

Chapter 39

After Gao Pan's cold and serious words, Yin Weian was stunned for a while before he realized that in Gao Pan's heart, the Du family must be punished!
"My lord, the second master of the Du family is an official in the capital. If the main family of the Du family is disposed of, I'm afraid the second master of the Du family will target your lord! It's better to have a long-term plan!"

Yin Weian thought for a while, and carefully suggested to Gao Pan.

"It doesn't matter, even if the second master Du knows, this official can do well, and the Du family is domineering. If this continues, the whole county will have to listen to his Du family, so what do you want me, the county magistrate, to do? There is no need for this matter. If you talk too much, the Du family will definitely suppress it!"

Gao Pan's eyes shone brightly, looked at the door, and said coldly.

Seeing this, Yin Weian was stunned again. Gao Pan was so assertive that he didn't expect it.

After thinking about it, Yin Weian realized that it seemed that Gao Pan, who was so young and so assertive, seemed to be the one who assisted him in Dongxi!

Seeing that Gao Pan had already made up his mind, Yin Weian stopped persuading him.

It was only two or three days of getting along with each other, and Yin Weian's impression of Gao Pan changed drastically.

Originally, like most county government officials, they thought that Gao Pan would take the blame, and he would be dismissed and replaced in a short time.

Yin Weian naturally didn't value Gao Pan, but right now, Gao Pan actually 'found' all the 'missing' things in the county government warehouse.

Then, the biggest crime is naturally gone, and Zhou Zhengxin, an old official in the county government, also lost to Gao Pan.

From Yin Weian's point of view, the next Du family might suffer a disastrous defeat. He had a strong premonition!

……

And just like Yin Wei'an's premonition, at the moment in the private room on the third floor of Xiangmanlou, there are a few rich gentry with big bellies sitting.

Judging from their appearance, they are all difficult people to get along with, and they are mostly in their 50s or [-]s. Wearing this square hat, they look like officials outside the officialdom.

"Master, here are 13 taels of silver, and a cleared IOU!"

Directly above, Steward Du, who had just walked out of the county government office, took out two things from his cloth pocket, put them on the table, and respectfully said to Du Xiangjun who was sitting at the top.

Du Xiangjun looked at the silver and the IOU, first nodded, and then looked around at the many wealthy gentry.

Seeing the unbelievable expressions on their faces, Du Xiangjun said fiercely:
"Everyone, I didn't lie to you, the magistrate of Maotou, not only arrested the third child of our family for this debt comparison, but also the debt that originally needed to be repaid of 500 taels became 13 taels..."

Du Xiangjun's words were like throwing a boulder into a calm lake, and all the wealthy gentry and officials present were outraged.

"It's a matter of course to pay back the debt. The IOU is very clear. If you don't pay it after the due date, you will naturally need to pay full interest. Isn't he messing up by doing this?"

"That is, whoever dares to lend money to others in the future, just get back a little money, what is it enough for?"

"Master Du, we are on your side in this matter, we can't let him really do this, we must follow the rules..."

"..."

Hearing everyone's yelling, Du Xiangjun's eyes flashed a cold light, he waved his hand lightly and said:

"Not only that, he also said that according to the law of the imperial court, the people are not allowed to release loan sharks, and my third son is to be punished in this name. Right now, the third son of my family is still locked up in the county government. I don't know how many crimes he will suffer..."

After saying this, the next few wealthy gentry officials were even more upset, accusing them one after another.

"What? That's unreasonable. Right now, everyone can release loan sharks. If it comes to him, it becomes a violation of the law?"

"You don't need to pay usury, where is such a good thing in the world? Even if you borrow something from relatives, you still pay more for less!"

"We can't let him do this, or we'll all be drinking northwest wind in the future..."

"..."

After listening to everyone's accusations and remarks, Du Xiangjun knew that when these people touched their own interests, they must be the source of the blame!

"Everyone...Everyone, just listen to me. It is said in the law that loan sharks are not allowed, but that is the rule set by Emperor Taizu. Now, how can the people not release loan sharks? Let's You have to make a good calculation, not only to lose face for the Maotou magistrate, but also to make him lose face!"

Du Xiangjun saw that the fire was almost ready, raised his hand, and said calmly that the whole situation was in his hands.

"Total shit, if he really dares to cut off my money, I will definitely let him die violently in the county government office within three days!"

"That's right, a boy with no head, why tell him so many rules, go directly to the county government and force him to express his opinion!"

"Yes, I don't believe it. We have so many squires here to press him together, what can he do to us!"

"Yes...go to the county government, now..."

What Du Xiangjun didn't expect was that these wealthy gentry officials seemed determined to question Gao Pan directly at the moment, and they were not as calm as they imagined.

Hastily persuaded in a deep voice:
"Everyone, that's the county government, it's the government. If you go to make trouble, don't you mean rebellion, don't you give him a reason to catch you all?"

Hearing Du Xiangjun's words, some wealthy gentry were dissatisfied:

"Brother Du, when did the county government pay so much attention to you? Besides, your third child is still locked up in the county government. Are you not in a hurry?"

"That's right, your Du family is usually the first one who doesn't listen to the orders of the county government. Now that Mr. Du is being imprisoned, Mr. Du, you are still so leisurely and complacent. I'm afraid it's not right?"

"Brother Du, you have to be conscientious in doing things. You deliberately mobilized everyone to fight against the county government, but you yourself want to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, don't you?"

Someone instantly debunked Du Xiangjun's thoughts, which made Du Xiangjun's face change slightly. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Du Xiangjun began to feel a little flustered.

Quickly calming down, he said loudly:

"Everyone, our Du family is the victim. You have all seen it. 500 taels became 13 taels. My third brother was also imprisoned in the county government office. I hate this Maotou county magistrate even more than you!"

"Since this is the case, you should go directly to the county government to question the Maotou magistrate, instead of instructing him remotely here!"

These rich gentry officials are not fools, Du Xiangjun let Du Xiangming do nothing, and deliberately used this as an excuse to encourage everyone to fight against the county government. Most of the rich gentry officials can still see that Du Xiangjun has his own little plan!
"Brother Du, either you go with us to the county government to question the magistrate of Maotou, or everyone should stop meddling in this matter, no matter how you say it, we are together so that your poor third brother will see the light of day again!"

Some wealthy gentry began to force Du Xiangjun to express his opinion, which was beyond Du Xiangjun's expectation.

Originally, he thought that as long as Gao Pan was thrown out, he would arrest Du Xiangming on the grounds that he was not allowed to lend loan sharks, and he would turn the debt that should have been collected from 500 taels into a mere 13 taels.

These wealthy gentry officials would definitely point their finger at Gao Pan, but they didn't expect that all of them were very shrewd masters, and they were the ones who were talking about them.

Du Xiangjun himself didn't dare to take the lead, so why let them take the lead in making trouble?

(End of this chapter)