Quick Transmigration: My System is a Big Liar

On the way back, perhaps because there were fewer goods on the carriage, the speed was much faster, and we arrived in town almost at the end of the day.

Du Yuejiao gave the agreed-upon silver to the manager, who then accepted it.

"Are you sure you don't need me to take you back?"

Du Yuejiao shook her head and refused. She had traveled this road from the town to Niujia Village many times and knew it very well.

In addition, most of the items are stored in the space, so there's no need to make someone make a trip and incur a favor for nothing.

Even though the mountain path was difficult to walk on, and she was carrying a large bundle, she still walked briskly.

She managed to cut the half-hour mountain journey to half the time.

She heard arguing from afar, so she quickly went over and saw the carriage that had just splashed dust on her face parked to the side.

Beside the carriage stood a man dressed in a moon-colored robe embroidered with ornate patterns in dark blue silk. His handsome profile gave him an air of refined elegance.

At this moment, however, he was doing something completely out of character, rolling up his sleeves and arguing heatedly with the village women.

"Don't try to act tough and talk nonsense. My sister is not the kind of person you're describing."

The old woman said smugly, "Young master, why don't you go and find out if I've wronged her? Every single thing is true—she's a jinx, an unlucky woman, she sold her house and eloped with someone. Why don't you go and ask her?"

The young master clenched his fists so hard they cracked. If the servant hadn't held him tightly, he probably would have long forgotten his principle of not hitting women.

Unlucky husband?

Ominous?

Is this talking about her?

But she didn't sell the house, nor did she elope with anyone, did she?

Wait, that man looks familiar. Du Yuejiao squeezed to the front and finally saw clearly, "Is this my brother?"

The villagers who had been pushed aside initially wanted to laugh and curse, but upon seeing who it was, they immediately swallowed their words and waited with great interest to see what would happen.

"Brother?" Du Yuejiao called out tentatively. She was only twelve years old when her brother left home. So many years have passed, and her memory of her brother has become blurred.

Du Yuhang, the man, pried open the servant's hands that were holding him, walked up to Du Yuejiao, and called out to her cautiously.

"it's me."

When Du Yuhang saw his living, breathing sister standing before him, and recalled the insults he had overheard from the villagers, as well as everything that had happened to her over the past year, he broke down, overwhelmed with self-reproach.

"Jiaojiao, I'm sorry! It's because my brother came home late. I didn't know. I really didn't know Mother would do this. He clearly promised me that as long as I study hard, you can decide your own marriage. Why did he lie to me?"

"Brother, I'm fine. You go back to the carriage and wait for me." Du Yuejiao glanced at the old woman who had just been arguing with her brother and said to him with a smile.

Du Yuhang immediately understood what his sister meant and stood obediently behind her. He couldn't go back to the carriage no matter what; what if they bullied his sister?

Du Yuejiao watched her brother's actions and felt a warmth in her heart. Her brother hadn't changed at all; he was still the same as when she was a child.

His eyes swept over the group who were about to slip away, and he asked sharply, "I sold the house? I eloped with someone? Did you see that with your own eyes?"

One of the old women stubbornly retorted, "It's all over the village that you eloped with someone and sold the Wu family's house for a hundred taels of silver. The other person came to our door yesterday with the deed and is in the Wu family's house right now. Don't try to deny it. Now that you're back, who knows if you've been dumped and have nowhere to go."

Du Yuejiao didn't explain immediately, but looked at her older brother behind her and said, "Brother, go to the yamen and report to the authorities for me. Tell them that someone is forging house deeds to obtain other people's houses and then exchange them for some copper coins."

"I'll stay with you, let Xiaozhu go." Although Du Yuhang didn't know what his sister wanted the copper coins for, it didn't stop him from quickly taking out the silver. He directly stuffed five taels of silver into Xiaozhu's hand. "Go."

Knowing Du Yuejiao's place in her young master's heart, Xiaozhu naturally dared not delay and drove the carriage towards the town.

The gossipy old women were so frightened that they pursed their lips and dared not utter another word.

"Whoever goes to call the village chief for me, this half-pound of pastries is theirs." Du Yuejiao took out a bag of pastries from her bundle, held it up in her hand, and asked loudly.

As soon as she finished speaking, a child rushed out.

The remaining villagers then realized what had happened, and they were filled with regret and self-reproach.

He kept making excuses for himself, saying that widow's food was indigestible.

"I'm going back to see who's ruining my reputation and trying to seize my house. If any of you brothers and uncles have time, please help me stop them. I won't let you work for nothing. Whether we succeed or not, each of you will get thirty coins as a reward. I'll make sure everyone gets one. How about that?"

As soon as Du Yuejiao said this, the crowd immediately erupted in excitement. Thirty coins! That's thirty coins! They only earned twenty coins a day working at the dock.

Now, all you have to do is go along, and whether it works out or not, you can easily get thirty coins. It's like a pie falling from the sky.

“Sister Wu, we’re all neighbors, talking about money is too formal. We’ll definitely help you catch the thief.”

"Young lady of the Du family, you can rest assured!"

"If they dare to come to our village to commit fraud, we will make sure they never leave."

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The villagers, one by one, spoke with righteous indignation, and many of the older women ran home to call their husbands.

Fearing someone might tip them off, Du Yuejiao led them on a frantic run to her front door, only to find that the lock she had put on the door when she left had been removed, and the door had been locked from the inside.

The older brother was about to knock on the door when Du Yuejiao stopped him.

"No rush, just wait."

As more and more people gathered outside the Wu family's gate, some even in groups of three or four, they were not worried at all that Du Yuejiao would not have the money to pay them.

Firstly, the Wu family must have had savings to build such a magnificent house.

Secondly, the man beside Du Yuejiao is the only son of Master Du, who has become a scholar in just a few years. He would never cheat them out of this little bit of money.

After a while, the child and the village chief ran over, followed by several men.

Having overheard the child's account of what happened on the way, they hurried along. Village Chief Shi, still slightly out of breath, asked, "Are you sure their house deeds are fake? Could they have been stolen?"

Du Yuejiao took out the genuine house deed and handed it to the village chief for inspection.

Village Chief Shi examined the property carefully before returning it to Du Yuejiao. "Your Aunt Wang told me you went to the prefectural city to sell embroidery, so I carefully checked their property deeds but didn't find anything suspicious. I heard you reported it to the authorities, so I'll hand it over to them for investigation."

Du Yuejiao nodded and threw the property deed back into her spatial storage.

Village Chief Shi instructed everyone to disperse to both sides and clear the doorway before knocking.

bang bang

After a few calls, there was still no response from inside the house. The village chief shouted, "Is anyone home?"