Chapter 105: Shouting for War and Killing
Chapter 105: Shouting for War and Killing
Xie Lan looked around and sneered, "You stole my banknotes and my assessment stickers, and you just want to let it go? Have you asked for my opinion? Did I agree?"
Mrs. Peng pulled a long face and said, "Lady Lan, we have already promised to release you from the Shigu Academy, what else do you want?"
Xie Lan raised his foot and kicked the brocade stool over with a bang.
"You guys are really calculating. My father got the assessment card by doing a lot of favors, not to mention the three thousand taels of silver.
How much is the salary of Shigu Academy? It's only 120 taels in a year, and you want to make up for my losses? What are you dreaming about?
If you want me to agree to let my third sister study at the White Crane Academy, you have to compensate me with 10,000 taels. Otherwise, I will make sure you guys have the final say on this matter."
No one expected Xie Lan to be so arrogant. In front of all the elders, he shouted for fighting and killing, and even asked for a huge compensation of 10,000 taels.
Xie Yu screamed, "Ten thousand taels? Don't even think about it. I just took your assessment card. I didn't let anyone steal the three thousand taels of silver. Don't even think about robbing me."
"Daqing has already pointed out that it's you, and you still want to quibble? What? Do you think that I'm an orphan and no one loves me, so you think I'm easy to bully? It's okay for you to deny it. At worst, I can sue you in the Dali Temple and let the government come to interrogate you."
Xie Lan's threat was obvious, and Xie Donghai was angry.
I thought Xie Changting would stop it for the sake of Xie family's reputation, but I didn't expect him to remain silent and pretend to be deaf and dumb.
The third house didn't gain any advantage in this matter, so they were naturally unhappy. They just gave a few words of perfunctory advice, but when they saw that Xie Lan insisted on reporting to the police, they could only pretend to be helpless.
Xie Donghai had no choice but to wink at the old lady.
"Yu girl, you really didn't let someone steal the three thousand taels of silver?"
Xie Yu shook his head. "Grandmother, I really didn't do it. I just asked Hongyue to swap Daqing's baggage and take the assessment sticker away. The three thousand taels of silver notes have nothing to do with me."
"Since you didn't do it, where did you get the three thousand taels to give to the White Crane Academy?"
Xie Yu didn't want to say it, but seeing that Xie Lan was unwilling to give up, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I took it from my mother's brocade box."
Mrs. Peng was stunned. She thought Xie Yu had not only swapped Daqing's baggage, but also the three thousand taels of silver. She was quite happy to have taken so many advantages from the eldest wife.
But now she just felt angry and distressed, "The banknotes taken from my brocade box? You silly girl, that was the betrothal gift I prepared for your eldest brother's marriage, and you actually spent it?"
Although Xie Donghai also felt sorry for the three thousand taels, Xie Lan's banknotes were not robbed by Xie Yu, so she had no reason to ask their second branch to pay ten thousand taels.
"Daqing, tell me the truth, did you embezzle the three thousand taels?"
Liu put down the teacup and picked up a handkerchief as if to wipe her mouth, but her eyes swept towards Daqing intentionally or unintentionally.
Daqing's face turned pale. Thinking of his parents, he could only grit his teeth, kneel on the ground, and raise three fingers. "I swear, I absolutely did not embezzle the eldest lady's banknotes. The three thousand taels were taken away by the second lady. If I lied to you, I will be punished..."
Seeing that Daqing's oath was coming to an end, Xie Lan sighed and interrupted him, "Daqing, there is a god above your head. I advise you not to make random oaths, because they will come true."
Daqing didn't believe in ghosts and gods originally, but when he met Xie Lan's dark eyes, his heart trembled and he swallowed subconsciously.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Liu staring at him fiercely, and he gritted his teeth and took a deep breath.
He made up his mind and continued, "If I tell even a single lie, I will die a miserable death."
Xie Lan shook his head and thought, forget it, it’s hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words.
Xie Yu didn't expect Daqing to swear a poisonous oath, and he yelled in anger, "You are talking nonsense. When did I ever snatch a banknote? You are slandering me."
Daqing refused to give in and shouted, "I am innocent. Everything I said is true. It was clearly the Third Lady who slandered me."
Seeing the two quarreling, Xie Lan said calmly, "Third sister, since you said that it was the servant who slandered you, do you dare to swear a poisonous oath as well?"
"I..." Xie Yu originally wanted to say it, but suddenly the scene of being struck by lightning in the ancestral hall came to his mind. He shuddered and swallowed back the words.
"I didn't do it, so why should I swear?" Xie Yu glared at Xie Lan angrily, "Big sister, I am your third sister after all. You would rather believe the servant's words than me?"
Xie Lan sneered, "Now you know that I'm your elder sister? When you switched packages and replaced me to go to the academy to take the assessment, why didn't you remember that I was your elder sister?" Xie Yu choked.
"Don't say I don't care about sisterhood. I'm giving you two choices now: one is to settle it privately, and your second branch will compensate me 10,000 taels; the other is to settle it publicly, and I'll report it to the authorities and let them decide."
Xie Yu's eyes turned red with anger. How could this be considered as caring about sisterhood? This was clearly an attempt to force her to death.
Xie Donghai glared at Xie Lan sinisterly, "Lan girl, you can't write two words of thanks with one stroke. You are a member of the Xie family after all, how can you be so cruel that you won't let your third sister go?"
Xie Donghai didn't want to pay compensation, and Peng didn't want to give even a penny.
"Lan girl, you are being too unreasonable. Don't say that your third sister didn't do this. Even if it was true, it was only three thousand taels. You asked for ten thousand taels right away. Do you think that the silver was blown by the wind and you can get as much as you want?"
Oh, now you know how to reason with her?
"Oh, then Second Aunt, how much do you plan to pay?"
"Lan girl, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run a household. You grew up in Sanqing Mountain, so you don't know how expensive things are in the capital. You have to spend money everywhere. Second Aunt gave you 1,000 taels last time. We in the second house are all tightening our belts to make ends meet, so how can we have 10,000 taels left for you?"
"Second Aunt is old and forgetful? The one thousand taels you gave last time were not given to me, but to Princess Lanyang."
Xie Yu sneered, "Sister said that you were giving the clothes to Princess Lan Yang, but you didn't give them to Princess Lan Yang at all. You must have deliberately blackmailed us."
If you guess right, I am blackmailing you.
Xie Lan didn't feel guilty at all, and continued to lie with his eyes open, "I gave them to you, but the princess gave me all those dresses as gifts. What, do you have any objections?"
More than just some opinions, several people from the second room were so angry that they even had red eyes.
"Lan girl, since the princess has given you the clothes as a reward, why don't you return the banknotes to us?"
After it went into her pocket, you want to take it back? You are dreaming.
Xie Lan knew that they didn't have the guts to go find Princess Lan Yang, and said something sarcastic that deserved a beating, "You want the banknotes? That's easy, just go find Princess Lan Yang yourself."
Not to mention that Mrs. Peng wanted to eat Xie Lan, even Mrs. Zhu, the third wife, was very angry. But no matter how angry they were, they could do nothing about it. How could they dare to go to Princess Lanyang?
The loss of one thousand taels is a small matter. If Xie Donghai and Xie Dahe are implicated and lose their jobs, it will be a loss.
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