The inner voice was overheard, and the whole court was eating melons together

Chapter 813 Each has his own word

Among the ferocious crowd, the fat man who was the leader stood up bravely:

"grown ups."

"What's your name? Where do you live? Tell me everything you know."

"Yes."

Song Yaoyao warned:

"I hope that what you are going to say next is true. You must know the consequences of deceiving the officials."

"Yes, I understand."

Of course he knew the consequences. He was just an errand boy, and there was no need for him to deceive the officials and put his life on the line:

“I, Sun Liucai, am just an errand boy.

If someone borrows money and doesn't pay it back, we will go to their house to collect the debt.

Here's the thing.

A month ago, Yao Qi came to borrow 50 taels of silver from us... The next day, Yao Qi brought Chen Yanniang to borrow money again..."

Sun Liucai recounted the story of Yao Qi and Chen Yanniang borrowing money a month ago, which was similar to what Song Yaoyao and the others heard when they entered the door just now.

Sun Liucai continued:

“It was agreed that the debt would be repaid with interest in a month, but when the repayment date came, we didn’t see anyone at all.

We have no choice but to come and collect the debt.

When we arrived at Yao's house, we didn't see Yao Qi, but only Chen Yan's mother.

We explained our purpose, but she insisted that she had never borrowed any money and even threatened to commit suicide.

We have never seen such an arrogant person."

Chen Yanniang said excitedly:

"Sir, I never borrowed any money. He is talking nonsense."

Sun Liucai said speechlessly:

"My Lord, you see, this is Chen Yanniang's attitude."

"Sir, I really don't have any."

Song Yaoyao made a stop gesture and said:

"Just be patient, I will investigate it thoroughly."

"Yes."

After a pause, Song Yaoyao continued to ask:

"Sun Liucai, do you have anything else to add besides what you just said?"

"Your Excellency, I still have the proof of their borrowing money."

As he spoke, Sun Liucai took out the IOU signed by Yao Qi and Chen Yanniang from his arms and presented it to Song Yaoyao.

Song Yaoyao took the IOU and looked at it. It was real.

Song Yaoyao looked at Chen Yanniang and asked:

"Mrs. Chen Yan, have you read the loan agreement?"

"seen it already."

"Do you have anything else to say?"

"Sir, I really have never borrowed money at high interest rates. I have never signed the IOU."

At this time, Chen Yanniang still denied that she had ever borrowed money, and from the look on her face, she didn't seem to be lying.

What is going on here?

Song Yaoyao looked around the Yao family's yard and asked:

"Where is your husband Yao Qi? Did he ever borrow money? Let him come out and we can ask him and see what he says."

Song Yaoyao was also puzzled. With the family in such a mess, why didn’t her husband Yao Qi show up?

Speaking of Yao Qi, Chen Yanniang's tears welled up even more. She sobbed and said:

"Sir, my husband had an accident a month ago, leaving us an orphan and a widow."

Hearing this, Song Yaoyao couldn't help but frown. This was just too much of a coincidence.

Sun Liucai was also stunned and said:

"How is this possible? When we met him a month ago, he was fine.

Is it because you don't want to pay back the money, so Yao Qi hid it and made up this story on purpose?

So you can just deny it to the death?"

Chen Yanniang quickly explained:

“Sir, we don’t.

All the neighbors know about my husband's affairs.

If you don’t believe it, you can ask them.”

Before Song Yaoyao could ask, the people watching at the door said:

"Sir, we can testify that Yan Niang's husband passed away a month ago."

"Yes, it was us neighbors who helped to take care of the funeral."

"Everyone can testify to this for Yan Niang."

……

Song Yaoyao nodded. It seemed that what Yao Qi said was true. She turned her head and looked at Chen Yanniang again and asked:

"How did your husband die?"

"My husband went fishing by the river and fell into it by accident. He is gone now."

Suddenly Guagua's voice rang out:

[Host, Yao Qi is not dead at all, he is faking his death.

After borrowing money from a loan shark, he created the illusion that he had fallen into a river and drowned, making everyone mistakenly believe that he was dead and that he himself was hiding.

Song Yaoyao: [I see.]

Song Yaoyao continued to ask:

"Mother Chen Yan, did you see Yao Qi's body? Did you personally watch him being buried?"

"I have not seen my husband's body."

"Then how can you be sure he was drowned?"

"On the riverbank there was only my bucket and harpoon, and one of my husband's shoes, and no one else.

Something must have happened to him. If nothing had happened, why wouldn't he have gone home?"

“There is a saying: If a person is alive, we must see him in person; if he is dead, we must see his body.

Since there is no body, it means that he is very likely still alive."

“At first, I thought so too.

But after waiting for so long, he still didn't come home.

If he were alive, why didn't he go home?"

"So, you thought something must have happened to him? And you even held a funeral for him."

"Yes."

Song Yaoyao nodded.

Song Yaoyao: [Guagua, do you know where Yao Qi is now? ]

Guagua: [I know.

He is hiding in the west of the city now. 】

Song Yaoyao: [Got it.

Guagua, please send me the exact location where Yao Qi is sitting. 】

Guagua: [Okay, host.]

A moment later, Gua Gua sent over Yao Qi's current hiding place.

Song Yaoyao said to Chen Yanniang, Sun Liucai and others:

"I will take you to see someone now. Once you get there, everything will be revealed."

Chen Yanniang and Sun Liucai didn't know what was going on, but they still responded:

"Yes."

Just like that, Song Yaoyao and her group led Chen Yanniang and her group towards the west of the city, followed by many people who came to watch the fun.

At the beginning there were not many people, only the neighbors around Chen Yan’s mother’s home followed behind.

Gradually, many people wherever they passed learned about this and followed behind.

Until now, the scene has become what it is today. There are hundreds of people following Song Yaoyao, and the number of people watching the fun is still increasing.

Guagua: [Host, look behind you. ]

After hearing what Gua Gua said, Song Yaoyao looked behind her and was also startled, but then she understood.

She couldn't help but sigh:

【Understand, understand. Eating melons has been human nature since ancient times. 】

Guagua: [Yes, the number is still increasing.]

……

Following Gua Gua's guidance, Song Yaoyao and the others arrived at the gate of a remote courtyard.

Song Yaoyao said to everyone:

"Here we are, right here."

Chen Yanniang looked around. She had never been here before. She asked in confusion:

"Sir, why are we here?"

"Just be patient, you will know in a moment."