Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

On the second day, Sheng Hong did not ask for leave and called Changbai to go to the palace early.

He couldn't act as if something was wrong at home, otherwise the scandal would spread quickly.

After the court session, Sheng Hong persuaded Chang Bai to leave and asked him to return to the Ministry of Rites to work. He then rode a carriage to the gate of Kang's house.

This time a muscular, middle-aged doorman answered the door.

"Lord Sheng, there is an urgent matter at home. The master and his wife are busy and cannot see guests. Please go back." The middle-aged man looked cold.

Dong Rong stood in front of Sheng Hong, holding a thick wooden stick in his hand, and said calmly: "Tell Lord Kang that if he doesn't open the door, I will open it for him myself."

Kang's doorman: "How dare you! Aren't you from the Sheng family afraid of being sued?"

Dong Rong: "What does it have to do with the Sheng family? I have a personal grudge against Lord Kang, so I will be the one to face the lawsuit."

The Kang family's doorman knew that the Sheng family was serious this time.

He wanted to close the door immediately, but Dong Rong blocked the door with a stick. His strength was so great that the Kang family's doorman could not withstand it.

He shouted to his family to come over and help. Sheng Hong half of his face was exposed through the crack of the door: "Tell Kang Haifeng that if he doesn't want to confront me in Kaifeng Mansion, he'd better let me in now."

The Kang family's doorman asked others to hold the door and ran into the hall to report to the head of the family.

Kang Haifeng and Wang Ruoyu were both there. They knew last night that Changbai was coming to knock on the door, and they didn't sleep all night. The two of them argued for the whole morning but couldn't come to an agreement, and Sheng Hong had already come to the door.

"He...he doesn't dare to report it to the police. If he does, the scandal of his daughter's elopement will be known to the whole city, and then all the women in the Sheng family will die!" Wang Ruoyu pretended to be calm.

"But our son's future is over. He is using this to fight us." Kang Haifeng could see the situation clearly, but could not think of a solution.

"Then let's meet! At worst... at worst I can just marry his daughter." Wang Ruoyu no longer cared about whether she was legitimate or not. He just wanted to help his precious son get rid of the guilt as soon as possible.

Kang Haifeng was anxious when he heard Wang Ruoyu say this: "No! Sheng Molan is a disaster, Jin'er must not marry such a woman!"

"Why do you care if she is harmful or not? The most important thing is to cover this up first!" Wang Ruoyu put his hands on his waist and spit. "Once that bitch gets home, I will make her regret everything she has done!"

For the first time in his life, Kang Haifeng felt that marrying a shrew was not entirely without benefits.

He took several deep breaths and finally made up his mind and said to the doorman, "Let him in."

Sheng Hong walked into the hall, looked around, and didn't see Kang Jin, so he asked, "Where is my capable nephew?"

Wang Ruoyu: "Sheng Hong, if you have anything to say, tell my wife and me. What's the big deal about bullying a child?"

Sheng Hong: "Haha, bullying a child? Your son committed a heinous crime, and you actually said that I bullied him?"

Wang Ruoyu: "My son has been at home recovering from his injuries for more than half a month. Which eye of yours saw him commit a crime?"

Sheng Hong: "The Maritime Customs' files clearly state when he left and entered the port, and you're still trying to argue with me!"

Wang Ruoyu knew that he could no longer hide it, so he started to throw dirty water on him: "It was your daughter who seduced my son! If we talk about the most serious crime, your daughter is the culprit."

Sheng Hong: "My daughter was on the boat, if your son hadn't chased her and kidnapped her back, we would have almost reached Huaiyin by now. Who seduced whom?"

Wang Ruoyu: "What's going on? Your daughter got all the Sheng family members drunk as soon as she got on board. What on earth does she want to do? As a father, don't you have any idea?"

Sheng Hong: "You know all these details, and you still say it wasn't your son who did it?"

Wang Ruoyu: "My silly son was just thinking about his cousins ​​and went out to take a look. Your daughter was shameless and insisted on going with him. What does it have to do with us?"

Sheng Hong: "Don't try to avoid the main point. Not only did your son kidnap my daughter, he also set fire to the ship! I tell you, if anything happens to my son, I want your whole family to be buried with him!"

Wang Ruo and his wife were both stunned: "What do you mean by arson?"

"Are you still pretending? Your son set fire to the ship, killing two men and three women, five lives. Do you think you can just pretend and get away with it?"

Kang Haifeng, who had been hiding in silence, finally spoke up: "Brother Sheng, I really don't know why my family caught fire and died!"

"Don't call me a brother! Kang Haifeng, you should know very well how I have treated your family over the years. Not only are you ungrateful, but you actually let your son harm my two children. Have you and your husband's consciences been eaten by dogs?"

Kang Haifeng and his wife looked at each other and said, "I've never heard Jin'er mention the fire."

Kang Haifeng thought that human life was at stake, so he asked his servants to call Kang Jin over.

As soon as Kang Jin saw Sheng Hong, he knelt down and said, "Uncle, Mo'er and I love each other. Please have mercy on us and make us a couple!"

Sheng Hong: "Why did you set fire to my son?"

Kang Jin raised his head suddenly: "I...I didn't!"

Sheng Hong: "You still dare to quibble?"

Kang Jin: "Really not! I swear! It was pitch black when Mo'er and I left. We watched on the river for a long time, but we didn't see the Sheng family's boat on fire!"

Sheng Hong: "Are you still pretending? I've already received the news. Two men and three women were burned to death on the ship, and the others are nowhere to be found. The list of names was transferred from the Maritime Customs last night. Not only the people on my ship, but also the people on your ship. Their names and whereabouts can all be found. Don't wait until the evidence is solid to confess to me, or I will make you spend the rest of your life in jail!"

Kang Jin was stunned. He knelt down and raised three fingers, saying, "I swear to heaven, if I saw the Sheng family's boat on fire and didn't help, I will be struck by lightning and never pass the imperial examination!"

Sheng Hong: "You still want to take the imperial examination? You eloped with my daughter and you still want to take the imperial examination?"

Kang Jin: "Uncle, I was wrong to elope, but I definitely didn't set fire to the ship."

Wang Ruoyu: "Sheng Hong, my son has sworn such a poisonous oath, what else do you want? I think your family got drunk and knocked over the oil lamp on the boat, which caused the fire!"

"Haha, okay, since you are still stubborn, I will wait for the result of the fire incident. I just want to ask you," he pointed at Kang Jin, "where is my daughter?"

Kang Jin looked up at him: "Uncle... please, help me and Mo'er!"

"I asked you where you are?!" Sheng Hong roared.

Kang Jin was afraid that if Molan was taken back by the Sheng family, they would never see each other again, so he stiffened his neck and refused to give in, just repeating: "Please help me, uncle!"

Wang Ruoyu: "It has already happened. Taking Molan back now won't change anything. It's better to say that our two families have decided on the marriage, so that my son's reputation won't be tarnished later."

Sheng Hong: "You want fame now? What were you doing before?"

Seeing Wang Ruoyu was about to fall into his old habit again, Kang Haifeng quickly interrupted and said, "Master Sheng, I am really ashamed for raising such a son who did such a thing. I feel guilty towards you and towards my ancestors of the Kang family. But now that things have come to this, why don't we just go with the flow and make the marriage happen, so that both families can save face."

He knew that Sheng Hong cared about face the most. In the past, Sheng Hong agreed to help his family cover up so many things, in large part because the two families were brothers-in-law. If the Kang family lost face, it would not be good for their Sheng family either. Kang Haifeng used this reason to convince Sheng Hong several times, and this time he used the same trick again, which really made Sheng Hong's face turn into deep thought.

Unexpectedly, Sheng Hong thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I have already promised Youyang, and now I regret it. How can I explain it to them? And my colleagues in Bianjing City, how many people already know that my fourth daughter is marrying Youyang, if I suddenly change my mind and marry your family, what will others think?"

Wang Ruoyu: "There are so many people who regretted their engagements, and even those who got married divorced. Who wouldn't weigh the pros and cons before marrying off their daughter? Your family is not the only one like this in Bianjing. I have never seen a daughter resign after regretting an engagement."

"It's not your Kang family's reputation that's being shamed, so of course you're saying it lightly!" Sheng Hong gave her a look of disgust without concealing it.

The dignity of the eldest daughter of the Wang family was offended, and she suddenly yelled: "It's up to you to marry or not! Anyway, if this matter gets out, no one in your family will dare to marry Molan, let alone any of your orchids. Even Hualan, who is married, will be rejected by the Yuan family. Just be stubborn!"

Sheng Hong: "How shameless! If your son hadn't done such a despicable thing, would my family have fallen to this point?"

Wang Ruoyu: "Yes, that's right, my son did it. But don't forget, it was your daughter who got the Sheng family drunk. If it wasn't my son who showed up, your daughter might have eloped with some boatman."

Sheng Hong: "It was clearly the elopement that they had planned in advance. How can you throw the dirty water on my daughter alone?"

Wang Ruoyu turned to Kang Jin and asked, "Tell me the truth, did you and Molan plan to elope in advance?"

Kang Jin swallowed and shook his head.

Wang Ruoyu laughed loudly: "See, Sheng Hong. You, as a father, know nothing about your daughter!"

Sheng Hong: "What nonsense! How can a delicate child like Molan know all this? Kang Jin, you just said you wanted to marry my daughter, but now you are putting all the blame on my daughter?"

Kang Jin kowtowed hard and said, "Uncle, I really want to marry Mo'er, but this elopement was really accidental. I really didn't discuss it with Mo'er in advance."