Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 48 This matter is not simple

Xue Wangshi was sure that Yang would not dare to admit it, so she sneered and said, "Why don't you dare to tell the truth today? Are you afraid that you will know that you want to blackmail my Xue family with this?"

Qin Yang's face flushed red, and she pointed at Xue Wang and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I blackmail you?"

"Then why did you force me to lend you money that day? If it wasn't blackmail, what was it?" After returning from the Shen family that day, Xue Wang thought about it for a whole day and night, and finally calmed down. At this time, she was calmer than Yang.

As long as there is no evidence, no one can say that she exchanged her daughter for a male heir.

Qin Yang's face turned pale and she was speechless for a moment.

At this time, Qin Yi also understood a little. He thought that his mother probably asked the Xue family for money just for his sake.

He clasped his fist towards Mrs. Xue Wang and whispered, "Aunt Xue, maybe my mother really did borrow money from you, but she would never say that. I hope you will not destroy her reputation for the sake of our friendship over the years."

Mrs. Xue Wang sneered: "I ruined her reputation? But can she trample on the reputation of my Xue family at will?"

Qin Yi was speechless for a moment.

After watching the two families fighting each other, Shen Ang clapped his hands and said, "So one of you wants to blackmail, and the other wants to blame the Shen family? What a good show!"

He turned around and asked Uncle Xue: "Father-in-law, you are the elder of the Xue family, right? Tell me, is my Shen family too weak to be bullied?"

The old man from the Xue family bowed to Shen Ang and apologized, "I don't know the details. Please tell me clearly, Mr. Shen Ting."

Shen Ang smiled and said, "Well, I will tell you what happened that day."

So he told her everything that Mrs. Xue Wang had said at the Shen family the previous evening.

These were repeated by my wife and son, almost word for word.

Shen Ang glanced at Mrs. Xue Wang and said, "Mrs. Xue said my daughter was a bastard abandoned by the Xue family. I want to ask you, what evidence do you have? I see that your twins are not similar, could it be that one of them is a bastard?"

Mrs. Xue Wang lowered her eyes and saluted towards Shen Ang: "I don't remember saying this."

Shen Ang snorted, turned to the three elders and said, "Three elders, my Shen family has settled in the northwest for thirteen years, and the Xue and Qin families were exiled here only six years ago. I didn't know these two criminals before, so when did my daughter become the target of their slander?

According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, anyone who slanders others at will can be sentenced to detention or imprisonment. I wonder if the Xue and Qin families can afford it?"

The three elders coughed lightly and looked at the two pale-faced women: "Did you hear what Chief Shen said?"

Mrs. Xue Wang immediately prostrated herself on the ground, her arms trembling: "That day I just wanted to go to the Shen family to verify, not to slander, please three elders look into it."

The Xue family's great uncle also shook his head and sighed, clasped his fists towards the three elders and Shen Ang and said, "I am a dull woman and I have done things inappropriately. I hope Shen Tingjun and the three elders will show some sympathy."

Qin Yi also hurriedly bowed to Shen Ang: "My mother is old and she is a bit rude, so please forgive me, Uncle Shen."

Shen Ang sneered and said nothing.

The third elder glanced at the man beside him, stroked his beard and said, "It's fine if you women have some verbal disputes, but why do you involve other people's children? If this matter is not punished, I'm afraid there will be trouble again in the future."

He glanced at Shen Ang again, and seeing that he remained silent, he continued, "How about this, your two families each pay a thousand coins as compensation to the Shen family girl. In the future, you should be careful with your words and actions, and never slander others at will."

When Mrs. Xue Wang heard that she had to pay a thousand coins, her heart ached to the point of bleeding, but she also knew that she had no room for rebuttal.

"Yes, I'll get the money right away." She bowed again and quickly stood up to get the money.

Yang almost fainted. Her family didn't have much money to begin with, and now she was asked to pay another thousand coins, which was tantamount to cutting out her flesh and blood.

"I didn't do anything, why should I pay a thousand dollars?"

Yang shook off her son's hand and looked at Xue Wang with a pair of sinister eyes: "Wang! You went to the Shen family on your own. What do you say have to do with me?"

Xue Wangshi ignored her and quickly went into the house to get a thousand coins and gave them to Shen Ang: "It is true that I am wrong in this matter, but if Yang hadn't come to me and said those things, I wouldn't have asked." "You!" Yang was so angry that she wanted to slap Xue Wangshi in the face.

Qin Yi was speechless as he stared at Xue Wangshi, feeling that he saw this person clearly for the first time.

Shen Ang took the thousand coins, put them casually beside him, and looked up at Qin Yangshi. His expression was self-evident.

Qin Yi gritted his teeth and said with a look of humiliation: "Uncle Shen, my family really can't afford a thousand coins. I hope you can show some mercy."

Shen Ang ignored him and turned to look at the three elders.

The third elder suddenly lost face and shouted, "If you don't have money, go to Tingyi to pound rice. When you pound enough rice to make 1,000 coins, then we'll be done!"

Shen Ang waved his hand quickly: "We don't need people to pound rice in our post station. Why don't you let him take over my son's labor service? Then I won't need the thousand coins."

Three elders:
He stared at Shen Ang, and seeing that he was not joking, he said to Qin Yi, "Do you understand? If you can't come up with a thousand coins, you will have to do corvée labor for the Shen family."

Qin Yi frowned and looked at Shen Ang with murderous eyes.

In my previous life, I held a high position for more than ten years. When had I ever been humiliated like this?

A small post station actually colluded with the three elders to commit corruption for personal gain. How courageous!
"No! My son can't go to labor service!" Qin Yang was anxious. She rushed to the three elders and burst into tears: "I'll pay. I'll pay one thousand coins. Is that not enough?"

The third elder waved his hand impatiently: "Then go back and get it. I will also write a petition and submit it to the county government."

Qin Yang had no choice but to get up and stumble back to get the money.

Halfway through the journey, I met my second uncle Qin and my great uncle who lived in Xixiang. I just said hello quickly and then hurried home.

Uncle Qin glanced at his widowed sister-in-law and led his great uncle to the Xue family.

At this time, the three elders were writing documents to resolve disputes. Seeing the elders of the Qin family coming, they asked them to come over to sign and seal.

Finally, Shen Ang received the appeasement money from the two families and waited at Xue's house for a while before Xue Song finally arrived.

"What's going on?" Xue Song, covered in dust, tied Quan Zhi's horse to the doorpost and walked into the main hall.

Shen Ang clasped his fists towards him and told him the story again.

After Xue Song heard the whole story, his expression changed unpredictably.

He turned his head and looked at Mrs. Xue Wang, his eyes full of coldness.

Based on the man's intuition, he felt that this matter was not simple.

Because he had also seen the girl from the Shen family, and she looked exactly like Lingyao.

Before, perhaps because the two families were not in the same place, Xue Song had never suspected anything, but now looking at his wife's behavior, it was just like a guilty thief.

After everyone left, Xue Song sat in the main hall and looked at the mother and her two children carefully.

My wife has a pretty face and she doesn’t get tanned even though she lives in the northwest.

Although the two children are twins, a boy and a girl, they are not similar in any way.

Especially Yi'er, his skin color is slightly darker and his eyes are narrow and long. He looks neither like himself nor his mother.

Xue Song took a deep breath and spoke slowly: "Lingyao, Yi'er, both of you go out. I have something to say to your mother."

(End of this chapter)