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On the other hand, once the news of Jianyu's imprisonment spread, he was actually overjoyed to see a fellow villager surnamed Liu. This Liu family was extremely wealthy, and was well-versed in government affairs. They were famous for their high interest loans and had no humanity towards people who were harsh on them.
Most of the villagers held a grudge against the Liu family. Old boss Liu's reputation was high, and he had put away usury for a lifetime. He was already old and useless. He had a son under his knee who was named Liu Cai. This young master managed the loan with high interest, surpassing the old master. He had a lot of evil ideas and many tricks up his sleeve. He had more than ten evil slaves under him. There was also a strategist who had come up with an idea to help him with the accounts. This man was surnamed Song, and was exceptionally bad in places far and near.
Liu Cai had just stood up, and he had three beautiful, lovely wives by his side. Liu Qi was either happy driving a bird with a cage or playing with his beautiful wife every day. It was not enough for him to live such a life of luxury and debauchery. He saw that Hibiscus, the daughter of Gemini, was beautiful and intelligent, and he always wanted to get her to be his concubine. The covetous Liu Qi, despite the engagement between the two families of Qiong Mi, had several times asked to be married to Qiong Yu, but was firmly rejected by Qiong Yu.
Jiong Yu said from the start, ”There is no need to talk about the Liu family's good or bad. His family is rich, I do not wish to regret it. My daughter already has the flowers. She betrothed herself to Mizone at the age of three. In our village, no one doesn't know about it. The marriage between me and the Mi family has been decided. It would be useless to mention who would propose marriage to Liu Cai. He warned Young Master Liu not to think too highly of himself. I, Zhu Yu, am not someone to be trifled with. ” The person went back and told Liu Cai the truth. Liu was so angry that he cursed and did not know how to appreciate kindness.
Liu was afraid of Jianyu's kung fu skills, so he did not dare to think of anything. But his heart never dies when it comes to capturing Hibiscus. Liu Cai swore: ”I am the richest man in the village, and can be said to be rich and powerful. I should have married the most beautiful girl in the village. I would never let her marry a poor boy named Mi. ” With that, he activated his lust, and the following rotten words could no longer be said.
Liu Qi was very happy to hear that Jiong Yu was in prison. He immediately summoned his men and said: ”Everyone, with Elder Gongyu in prison, I am going to have great luck. I want to seize this opportunity to capture Hibiscus. What ingenuity do you all have in serving me? ”
Song Yu immediately gave him a plan and said: ”As you wish, send someone to the prison first, don't let that old man Jianyu come out alive. I went to the house to seduce Zeng in order to ask her to borrow money from the young master. She would not be able to afford it in the long run. I wrote on the contract: ”When the time is up, you don't know about Bentley, but Fleur will take his place. If I cannot read, I will make her draw pictures with my sweet words. In less than a few months, that beautiful phoenix hibiscus, will be in the arms of the young master. Ah? Are you still worried about not getting what you want? ” After saying that, he laughed sinisterly. Everyone also laughed and said, ”What a brilliant plan! Mr. Song sure was a bad idea. ”
After everyone laughed, they began to lay out their plans in detail. Their plans had been finalized. Liu Qi said, ”If you don't spend too much money, you can still get a beauty. Good! A brilliant plan. I will do as you say. ”Hurry up and split up.” A talkative slave took the money and went to the prison in Guangzhou, ready to falsely accuse Gongyu and bribe the officials. Song Yu pretended to express his condolences. In the evening, the people would come quietly to tempt him. Zeng was not yet thirty-six years old. Ever since his husband had been imprisoned, he had been crying and regretting his fate.
Song Yu came to visit and was moved by his words. He cried to Song Yu and said, ”Brother Song, your brother is innocent. He has been deceived. We are a family, and we have no ill will against the government. It's all my fault for being greedy and trying to persuade him to join. If he were to be shot and leave us, how could he live? I regret it now.
For the past few days, the villagers have been angry at us, but no one came to think of how to help me. You know how to read and write, and you are shrewd enough to come up with an idea for your elder sister-in-law. How do I get your big brother out of jail? Sister-in-law is very grateful to you. ”
Song Yu pretended to cough and sigh, ”Eldest Sister-in-law, don't you cry until your body breaks down. My big brother hasn't been shot yet, there's still time to save him. He had to spend some money to get someone to do it. If my big brother can keep his life, then he can get out of jail. ”
”He was guilty of a crime against the government,” said Zeng. Can the government grant amnesty? ”
Song Yu continued: ”You woman, you don't know anything. The officials of the Government of the Republic now were most likely the servants of Manchu. These people do not recognize the law, but only the money. The Great Qing Dynasty allowed them to traverse in vain. They became officials of the Republic of China, or wore new shoes and used to walk the old road, seeing money is soft. Sister-in-law, you should quickly join our family and friends to gather money. The money is here, what laws are there, big brother Qianyu will be out of jail soon. ”
Zeng Xuan became anxious: ”Brother Song Yu, what you said is all true. But my family is poor, and I have no relatives. If he had too little money, he could not bribe the officials; if he had too much money, he would not be able to bribe all his relatives. So much money, where can I borrow it all of a sudden? ”
Zeng Ying once again lowered his head and cried, ”The debt needs someone to guarantee it. My family is insolvent, where can I find a guarantor? You've made such a good idea for me for nothing. ”