The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

Gu Yin was stunned by his shouting. She pointed at herself and Zhai Tianyou in disbelief and said, "You said... are we two in the same group?"

"That's right!" Qian Rong nodded firmly, as if he had made some kind of decision.

Gu Yin was so angry that she almost laughed.

If she had maintained a neutral attitude towards the whole matter before, now she was 100% sure that Shopkeeper Qian was a black-hearted person!

"Why do you say we are in the same group? What evidence do you have?"

"Evidence?" Qian Rong snorted coldly, "The evidence is on you!"

"What a bullshit evidence! Don't drag irrelevant people into this!"

"I have never met this girl before, how could she be a gang? You are obviously not knowing right from wrong and are just making random accusations."

Zhai Tianyou was afraid of causing trouble for Gu Yin, so he quickly spoke up to defend her.

"Humph, I, Qian, never wrongly accuse innocent people! Since I dare to say that you are in the same group, I can definitely produce evidence."

"What evidence?" Gu Yin looked calm. She wanted to see what Qian Rong was up to.

"The evidence is the jade pendant on your waist!"

Gu Yin's eyes widened when she heard this, and she said in disbelief, "You mean... my jade pendant is the one you lost?"

"It's absolutely true!" Qian Rong said with certainty.

"What if it's not? What are you going to say?"

"If not! I will let you do whatever you want with me!"

Gu Yin couldn't help but feel suspicious. Why was Shopkeeper Qian so confident? Did he have something to rely on?

But even if the emperor came, she, Gu Yin, was not afraid, because this was a birthday gift from her father.

"Are you sure you're going to keep your word? If this jade pendant of mine isn't your grandfather's, will you really let us do with it?"

"Of course it's true!"

"You said it! If my jade pendant is not the one you lost, you will be fined to pay each of us one thousand taels of silver for mental damage. Do you dare?"

Mental damages?

This was the first time he heard of it, but it did not prevent Qian Rong from understanding the content.

He can afford two thousand taels of silver, but he is afraid that they can't afford it!

Qian Rong nodded decisively, but added a condition: "If the jade pendant is mine, you must not only return it to me, but also compensate me with one thousand taels of silver each!"

"A man of integrity has nothing to fear! I accept this offer!"

"Everyone present has heard it. This was proposed by Shopkeeper Qian himself! If Shopkeeper Qian doesn't keep his word, then it means that his previous accusation of the jade pendant being lost is completely false!"

Seeing that the onlookers were nodding enthusiastically and clamoring to be witnesses, Gu Yin took off the jade pendant from her waist and prepared to show it to her father.

However, at this moment, Shopkeeper Qian suddenly stopped him and said, "Wait!"

"What?" Gu Yin turned her head.

Qian Rong smiled proudly: "I have something here that I want to show to you first."

After saying that, Qian Rong took out something like a token from his arms, then held the token in both hands and respectfully handed it to the yamen runner who was delivering the thing.

Gu Huaiyi picked up the token and took a look at it, then looked at Qian Rong in surprise.

"Is this token yours? Where did you get it?"

"How can a commoner like me be qualified to get this token? My master put it in the store so that he can take it out and settle the matter if someone causes trouble one day."

"Why do we say that my master has foresight? Isn't it put to use now?"

Shopkeeper Qian stroked his beard and said proudly.

"Are you sure?" Gu Yin pursed her lips and smiled, handing over the jade pendant.

Zhai Tianyou had been observing Qian Rong, and seeing how confident he was, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

He moved to Gu Yin's side and whispered, "He must have a powerful backer behind him. Miss was too impulsive just now."

"Of course, I don't mean to blame the girl. I'm just worried about dragging you into this matter. This matter has nothing to do with you."

"Don't worry! We are upright and have no fear of him framing us. Just wait and see." Gu Yin patted his shoulder gently and comforted him.

Zhai Tianyou didn't know why Gu Yin was so calm. The person behind Manager Qian was obviously very powerful. Could it be that Gu Yin's backer was more powerful than his?

But now that things have come to this, he has spoken out to stop it. He can't encourage others and destroy his own prestige.

If he loses later, the worst that can happen is that he will just have to pay out all the two thousand taels of silver.

Gu Yin found his dying expression inexplicably funny, but he stopped trying to persuade him. He just looked up and waited for his father to speak.

At this moment, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out from the crowd: "I remember! That's the county governor's token!"

"The county governor's token? Are you telling the truth?"

"Could it be that I saw it wrong?"

The man insisted, "Absolutely! That is the county governor's token. I have seen it before."

"Doesn't this mean that Shopkeeper Qian's backer is the county governor..."

"If that's the case, then Zhai Tianyou and his team are doomed to fail."

Someone in the crowd snorted calmly: "That may not be the case."

"The county magistrate is behind Manager Qian, so how can Zhai Tianyou possibly defeat him?" The person next to him immediately retorted upon hearing this.

Qian Rong also heard it, glanced at Zhai Tianyou, raised his chin and snorted, and said to Gu Huaiyi: "Sir, hurry up and give the order, I am still waiting to go back to do business."

Gu Huaiyi threw the token in his hand and said calmly, "Go back to do business? That might be a bit difficult."

"What do you mean, sir? Don't you believe that the jade pendant belongs to my master?" Qian Rong deliberately emphasized the tone when he mentioned 'my master'.

Gu Huaiyi was unmoved: "You said it was her jade pendant, how could it be your master's?"

Qian Rong didn't expect that even though he had revealed all his cards, it would still be useless.

This is simply unbelievable. No matter what he had done wrong in the past, as long as he took out this token, there was nothing he couldn't settle.

Have I really hit a wall?

Qian Rong didn't believe it: "My Lord, the county magistrate must have not carefully looked at the appearance of the jade pendant. Why don't you take a closer look... Is it my master's?"

"No need, I have seen it clearly." Gu Huaiyi snorted coldly, "This is the coming-of-age gift I gave to my daughter."

"what?"

"What did Lord Gu say? Did I hear it correctly?"

"Master Gu said it was a gift for his daughter. Could it be that we all heard it wrong?"

"Doesn't that mean... that girl is the head of Ning County?"

An old man watching slapped his thigh and said, "Oh my! I was wondering why this girl looked so familiar! It turns out I've seen her from a distance before."

"The jade pendant belongs to the county lady, so everything that Shopkeeper Qian said before is false. Zhai Tianyou didn't steal his jade pendant, so what Zhai Tianyou said before that Shopkeeper Qian cheated in business is not true..."

I really hit a wall...

Shopkeeper Qian stood there in a daze.

"Someone come! Bring the things up!" Gu Huaiyi ordered loudly.