Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

In the lobby of the government office, only Manager Niu was kneeling. Even Yu Sicong was standing beside him with an excited look on his face, accusing him of various things.

Outside the lobby, there were people surrounding the place in three layers, all pointing and talking at the two of them.

Lord Wei, the Jingzhao Yin, slammed the gavel, and the discussion among the crowd quieted down a little.

Lord Wei looked embarrassed, and said helplessly as he looked at Ding Si Cong, "Lord Yu, you see, what Shopkeeper Niu said makes some sense, why don't we just..."

"Why not? Does Lord Wei want to protect such a shameless villain? I guess the pawnshop's business is not good, so he has time to tell stories to customers. Why don't you go to Louwailou to tell stories?"

Yu Sicong naturally understood what Lord Wei meant. He believed that Manager Niu did not make any specific reference, let alone mention any names, so there was no way to confirm that he was talking about the Yu Mansion.

However, Yu Sicong did not intend to let Manager Niu go.

"Sir Wei, more than half a month ago, a servant of the Yu Mansion stole a jade ring and pawned it at Chengxinfang. Later, it was recovered in time by the housekeeper of the mansion. I guess because of this, Shopkeeper Niu lost a lot of money. That's why he holds a grudge and came up with such a vicious way to spread rumors about our Yu Mansion. Humph..."

Shopkeeper Niu looked up in horror. When he saw Yu Sicong's angry face, he was so scared that he kept explaining to Lord Wei, "Lord... Lord, I really didn't know that such a thing had happened. I really have no intention of taking revenge on the Yu family. Please understand, Lord Wei."

Lord Wei looked at Yu Sicong again, "Lord Yu, you think that what he said is about the Yu Mansion, but how do you think it makes sense?"

He also heard someone repeat the news. Forgive him for thinking that it was something that happened in the Minister Si's Mansion first, but he didn't expect it to come from the mansion.

Alas, if Yu Sicong hadn’t admitted it himself, who would have thought that it was his family matter?

"Is my grandfather a high-ranking official? Does he have two daughters? My two aunts are both famous ladies from wealthy families. Also, he also has two concubines. Is there a pavilion in my backyard? Does it look like the octagonal pavilion he mentioned?"

Yu Sicong looked as if it was a matter of course. Seeing that Lord Wei was still waiting for him to speak, he continued, "The rest are all fabricated. Tell me, Lord Wei, there are so few true things. The rest are just rumors he made up about the government. Can he be easily forgiven for this?"

Yu Sicong's words made it difficult for Lord Wei to respond for a moment, but with this information overlapping, it was really hard to say what to say. The key point was that the other party did not mention anyone by name, and he really couldn't bear to put the blame on him.

After hearing Yu Sicong's words, the people who were watching the excitement outside the lobby started another round of heated discussion. Some of them agreed very much with Mr. Yu's point of view, while others just shook their heads.

"Perhaps, the fabricated contents that Lord Yu mentioned are things that happened in other people's families. It is rare to fabricate so many things."

"What do you know? Chengxinfang is a pawnshop. Isn't it enough for them to do this kind of tricks behind the scenes?"

"Yes, yes. Last time I pawned one of my mother's hairpins. When I went to redeem it, they insisted that it was a dead pawn. I can't read, and the words written on the pawn ticket were indeed a dead pawn. Don't you think it's a rip-off..."

"Wow, there is actually such a thing? This Chengxinfang has no bottom line..."

"Well, it's not surprising that a shop with no bottom line like this would do something."

The discussion became louder and louder, and Lord Wei had to strike the gavel again. The yamen runner shouted loudly, "Silence."

Then, Lord Wei once again looked at the complaint in his hand and knew that this case had become a matter of squabbling and neither side had any evidence. However, although Lord Yu held a low position, he was the darling of the old man of the Yu family, and the old man was a former Grand Secretary of the Palace.

Although he has retired now, almost half of the civil officials in the court are his disciples.

So what Lord Yu Sicong did today really posed a difficult problem for himself.

Just as he was hesitating whether to close the lobby and let them settle the matter privately, a loud shout suddenly came from outside the lobby, "Yu Sicong, are you making trouble again?"

When Yu Sicong heard the roar, his heart trembled three times, and then he saw a middle-aged woman in a neat maroon dress walking out of the crowd outside the lobby.

As she walked, she rolled up her sleeves, as if she was about to fight with Yu Sicong.

"Hey, Second Aunt... don't be angry, listen to me, Second Aunt..." When Yu Sicong saw her coming, he jumped away from his previous position, and kept explaining while dodging.

"Second aunt, it was this shopkeeper Niu who made up rumors about our family and ruined your reputation. I just can't swallow this anger. Hey, stop hitting me, stop hitting me..."

Everyone then realized that the person who came was one of the two "ladies of noble families" aunts mentioned by Yu Sicong just now.

"Are you stupid? Are you stupid?..." Second Aunt used her hands and feet while muttering non-stop. For this kind of thing, even if you knew that it was your own family's business, you would pretend not to know and would like to stay as far away from it as possible. After all, no one was mentioned by name.

No one is like him, insisting on putting something on himself.

"Second aunt, second aunt, ah..." Yu Sicong dodged and was hit several times. He had to turn around and shout to Lord Wei.

"Wei... Lord Wei, that's all for today. Tomorrow, I will come again to beat the drum to report..."

After he finished speaking, he pushed through the crowd and ran out quickly. Second Aunt bowed to Lord Wei awkwardly and then said, "Lord Wei, I'm sorry to trouble you. It's all because of my nephew's ignorance. Let's just leave it at that."

Lord Wei once again looked embarrassed. Second Aunt seemed to have understood his worries and said, "Don't worry, he won't come to report again tomorrow. However, it is already confirmed that this Shopkeeper Niu maliciously spread rumors. Lord Wei can just give him a light punishment and a heavy warning."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked out of the hall. She looked around outside, but couldn't see Yu Sicong anymore. She shouted to the two servants following behind her, "Separate and chase him. Tie him up if you find him."

The onlookers looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never expected that things would end like this. It was truly a farce.

"Well, I remember now. The second young lady of the Yu family was very famous when she was still a boudoir student. Seeing her today, I find that she is indeed worthy of her reputation. Haha..." someone said in the crowd.