bayedsolid Chapter 458: Disgraced
Chapter 458: Disgraced
Si Wei Zhong had known of the existence of the two men for a long time, and also knew what they were thinking. Now he was so busy that he wanted to spend every penny carefully, so how could he have any extra money to give them? Since they were willing to wait, then he would just wait.
After waiting for two days in a row, Si Chengyi still didn't show up. The village chief became anxious. The cost of living in the capital is not low, and the money he brought with him was getting less and less.
They also rented a carriage, and if they returned one day later, they had to pay one more day's fee. They couldn't bear to stay in an inn at night, so the father and son spent the night in the carriage.
Waiting all the time was not a solution, so the village chief ran to the street to ask people about Si Chengyi. Si Chengyi's incident had happened not long ago, so many people still remembered it clearly and they could find out by just asking around.
The results of his inquiries almost made him faint from anger. What a bullshit Young Master of Marquis Yong'an, he was just the son of a concubine.
The reason he left the capital was not as he said, but because he stole things from his father's warehouse and ran away with the money.
Thinking of the promise Si Chengyi had made to him before, the village chief felt his blood boiling. How could he be so unlucky to have met such a complete liar who had done such a thing and yet had the nerve to come back now.
He had worked so hard to come such a long way to bring the person here, but now he couldn't even see a single person. Not to mention any benefits, if he stayed any longer, he wouldn't even have enough money for the return trip. But how could he be willing to leave like this?
Suddenly an idea occurred to me. Even if I couldn't get the money, I would make you lose face. So I took my son to the county government office and beat the drum to appeal for justice.
After knowing the truth, I no longer fantasized about becoming rich and powerful, nor did I think about how much money they could give me, even just some travel expenses would be enough.
After learning about the case, the prefect sent runners to summon Si Chengyi, but was informed that Si Chengyi was unconscious and bedridden and could not come.
After verification, it was found that what the two said were true, and Si Chengyi was directly sentenced to pay the village chief twenty taels of silver.
Upon hearing the verdict, the village chief was so excited that he almost cried. Twenty taels would be fine, so that he could pay less silver.
Si Chengyi was unconscious, and the bailiffs found Si Wei Zhong. Si Wei Zhong had an extremely ugly look on his face. It has come to this, and you still want to cheat him of his money. I owed you two in my previous life.
For him now, twenty taels of silver was a considerable sum of money. He asked Tang Xiuwen for the twenty taels and the matter was settled.
Si Chengyi lay in bed for three months. During these three months, Si Wei Zhong cut back on his food, and the food he ate was even worse than that of the servants.
They said that the money was saved to pay back the gambling house, and even though Si Chengyi felt extremely uncomfortable, he didn't say a word of rebuttal.
At least he has something to eat in the Marquis' Mansion. If he goes out, he will really starve to death.
Si Wei Zhong's headache symptoms became more and more obvious, and sometimes he even had hallucinations. Everyone looked like Si Chengren to him, and he would curse at that person and throw anything he could get his hands on at that person, even trying to kill him.
Colleagues all stayed away from him for fear of being implicated, and gradually everyone began to distance themselves from him until he was finally dismissed from his post.
Having lost his official position and his shop, Si Wei Zhong suddenly had a lot of free time, and his mind became increasingly confused.
Cheng Yun'er returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion. The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. From childhood to adulthood, she had never been so embarrassed. Damn Li Xiaoxiao, this matter is not over yet.
She immediately wrote a note and had someone send it to Yong'an Marquis Mansion to give it to Si Chengxu's mother, her aunt Cheng Menggu.
Since getting married, Cheng Menggu has always had a good relationship with the Prime Minister's Mansion and visited there frequently. When she saw her niece's post, she went there directly the next day.
When she arrived, Cheng Yun'er had been waiting for her for a long time.
"Aunt, your dress today is so beautiful, it suits your skin tone very well." Cheng Yun'er hurriedly told Xiang Ling to bring the tea she had prepared for Cheng Menggu to taste.
"You have a sweet mouth and always say nice things." Cheng Menggu smiled lovingly with tenderness in his eyes. He reached out to pick up the teacup on the table, gently blew on the floating tea leaves on it, and took a sip.
It has a mellow taste at first and a sweet aftertaste. It is indeed a good tea. I drank one more sip.
"I'm telling the truth. When we leave, I'll ask Xiangling to get you some tea. This is this year's new tea and it tastes pretty good." Cheng Yun'er was delighted. Knowing that Cheng Menggu liked this tea, she naturally had to please her, as she would be her mother-in-law in the future.
"Okay, I knew you were a filial son." Cheng Menggu agreed with a smile. No matter how he looked at Cheng Yun'er, he liked him, but he was her own son. Alas!
"You are my aunt. If I don't show filial piety to you, who should I show filial piety to?" Cheng Yun'er answered appropriately, which made people feel comfortable.
"I know you are a good child. Oh, it would be great if you could be my daughter-in-law." Cheng Menggu liked Cheng Yuner from the bottom of her heart and felt that only Cheng Yuner was worthy of being her daughter-in-law.
"Aunt, look at what you said." Cheng Yun'er blushed slightly and lowered her head, not daring to look at her.
"I'm speaking from my heart. Not only me, but others also think that you and Chengxu are a perfect match, made in heaven."
"Aunt, actually I like my cousin too, but he treats me like..." Cheng Yun'er's face turned even redder, and she couldn't continue her words halfway through.
"You also know your cousin's temper. He is cold even to me." Cheng Menggu naturally spoke well of her son.
"I know this, but Li Xiaoxiao has been pestering my cousin, and she lives at my cousin's place. What's worse is that I went to her place for dinner yesterday, and she actually hit me in front of my cousin."
Speaking of this, Cheng Yun'er was about to cry and felt extremely aggrieved.
"How could she hit you? What right did she have? Your cousin just let her do whatever she wanted?" Cheng Menggu suddenly raised his voice, his face full of disbelief.
"My cousin was deceived by her. Not only did he not help me, but he also sided with Li Xiaoxiao." Cheng Yun'er said this truthfully. It was because of this incident that she thought of looking for Cheng Menggu.
"This is simply outrageous. This matter cannot end like this. I will go and argue with her." As her niece's aunt, she naturally could not stand idly by when her niece suffered such injustice.
"No, my cousin doesn't like me. If there is another quarrel over this matter, he will definitely blame me and say that I complained to you." Cheng Yun'er hurriedly grabbed her sleeve to stop her.
"You are just too kind. You don't know that people's hearts are treacherous. Li Xiaoxiao is insidious and cunning, and full of tricks. You should stay away from her in the future." Cheng Menggu had a very bad impression of Li Xiaoxiao.
I didn't like her from the beginning. This country girl is so petty in every way.