The prefect cleared his throat and said, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly and make appropriate arrangements."
Xia Lishuang nodded thoughtfully and led everyone out of the courtyard.
Yu Xin wiped his sweat and just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard a shout from the crowd.
"father!"
A handsome and good-looking man came running up with a young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks on his back, and the bells on his feet jingled. The young man was disheveled, drunk, and bleary-eyed. He patted the handsome man on the ground and stumbled to stand still.
Seeing this, Xia Lishuang raised her lips and smiled softly.
It came really on time.
Yu Xin looked at his prodigal son in shock, and felt ashamed and annoyed when he heard the ridicule from the people around him.
This guy looks like this for a little boy to carry on his back!
"What are you doing here?!"
The young master pointed at the orange tree and said, "Dad! Why was our medicinal material warehouse burned down like this?! Let him pay for it!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
Seeing Yu Xin's obstruction, Xia Lishuang suddenly said: "So the head of the family who died that year ago was you, shopkeeper Yu?"
"Dad, are you going to die?" The young master stared at his father in confusion, smelling of alcohol, "If you die, won't the property belong to me?"
Yu Xin slapped him angrily, knocking him to the ground.
"Take this unworthy man back to the ancestral hall!"
He turned to Xia Lishuang and smiled and said: "This medicinal material warehouse is indeed mine. Isn't it because the county prince has to pay one hundred thousand taels tomorrow, which is already difficult, and it would be too embarrassing to pay these more? I didn't mention it on purpose."
Xia Lishuang pretended to be moved, "Shopkeeper Yu is really a kind man, he feels so wronged for the sake of this county king. But didn't shopkeeper Yu say that there is only one portion of the tribute medicine? I just saw it."
"Ouch! I forgot!" Yu Xin slapped his head, "If it hadn't been for the fever caused by the county prince, I really couldn't remember it! Since the medicinal materials are still there, the county prince doesn't have to pay the one hundred thousand taels."
Xia Lishuang narrowed her eyes, "But the eunuch has already taken advantage of the situation, so does Shopkeeper Yu have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor?"
"This" Yu Xin looked at the prefect.
"By the way, when I was traveling around the mountains before, I picked up a batch of medicinal materials in the mountains."
Xia Lishuang winked at Qian Yu.
Qianyu raised his hand, and several people pulled out a few carts. On top were several large boxes with a big word "tribute" written on them. There was also an unopened box with the Yu family's seal on it.
Yu Xin and the prefect's expressions changed greatly.
"Is this the tribute medicine that shopkeeper Yu wants to send?" Xia Lishuang walked to the unopened box and clicked on it. Qian Yu opened it, "The medicinal materials here are not as good as the medicinal materials in this yard!"
The flesh on Yu Xin's body shook non-stop.
"How brave Yu Xin! How dare you serve as a tribute? What kind of crime should you do!"
Qian Yu shouted loudly, and Yu Xin knelt on the ground.
Xia Lishuang solemnly asked the prefect, "According to the laws of Rongguo, how should we judge?"
With all the witnesses and material evidence available, and being exposed in front of the entire city's officials, gentry, and merchants, Governor Jiang could not show favoritism and could only explain it.
"Play according to the law, confiscate the house and behead the person."
The moon is past the zenith, and the happy candle is past the halfway point.
Wen Ranran was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly, with her heavy phoenix crown already thrown into the corner.
Squeak——
Wen Ranran was awakened by the sound of the door opening. She rubbed her eyes and sat up. In her hazy state, she saw Mr. Yi Ruyu come in wearing a wedding dress.
"Is the Yu family settled?"
Xia Lishuang saw that her clothes were disheveled and her wedding room was in a state of disarray. After being surprised, Xia Lishuang smiled even more. She picked up the phoenix crown on the ground and answered.
"Well. Let me tell you that you should go to bed early."
Wen Ranran saw him put the phoenix crown on the table and turned to leave. She frowned and asked, "Aren't you going to sleep here at night?"