dognovel Chapter 379: Mortgage My Brother to Become a Son-in-Law
Chapter 379: Mortgage My Brother to Become a Son-in-Law
Meeting that pair of eyes that were hard to describe, Lu Qingchen grinned awkwardly.
He forgot the full body check he had performed upon the discovery of the body, to ensure that there was no object that did not belong to the deceased.
If it really fell from the corpse, it would prove that he did not check thoroughly enough and was derelict in his duty; if not, then there was a thief among the people present just now, which also proved that he did not observe carefully enough, so it was his own fault no matter how you look at it.
Qin Miaoxi checked the records and said slowly, "I remember someone mentioned that Tiezhu had an argument with a merchant before his death. Can you check with that merchant and find out what happened?"
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Lu Qingchen rushed to the city under the stars. With Qin Miaoxi's skills, it was no problem for her to stay in the village alone.
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The dark night hides secrets and sins, and the low sounds of quarrels rise from the darkness.
"What did you tell the authorities?"
"Don't you know what I'm saying? You have spies everywhere in the village."
The next moment, he groaned in pain, "Um~ Let... me go..."
"I'm warning you, you'd better behave yourself. I can let you live or die. Or do you want a life worse than death?"
His breathing became heavier, leaving only painful moans.
boom!
"I'll let you go this time. If you keep talking nonsense, even if those two are still here, I can kill you without anyone noticing."
"I know...I know. I won't say anything."
"That's good!"
There was another muffled groan, but this time the sound was strange, filled with resentment and unwillingness in the pain, and the long tail tone lingered for a long time.
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Before dawn the next day, Lu Qingchen hurried back.
He found the merchant who had argued with Tiezhu. Tiezhu did not give him the money for the wood, but he gave him something else as the balance, which the other party gladly accepted.
He winked at Qin Miaoxi and smiled, "You will never imagine what Tiezhu will give you."
"Don't keep me in suspense?"
Qin Miaoxi showed her fist, which was as big as a sandbag. Lu Qingchen swallowed subconsciously and said hurriedly, "Tiezhu mortgaged his younger brother to the other party to be a son-in-law."
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Qin Miaoxi was shocked. Is there such a thing?
"Not only that, they've even exchanged horoscopes, and the merchant's engagement letter is ready, just waiting to welcome his brother into the family."
Whenever Lu Qingchen thought of the deceased's cold-eyed and ungrateful family, he just wanted to say to the deceased: Well done!
"Does the Wang family know?"
"He probably doesn't know yet, otherwise his mother would still be in the mood to come and ask for Tiezhu's body to be buried. I'm afraid she would cut his body into pieces to vent her anger."
Then Lu Qingchen thought of something and laughed out loud, "The merchant heard that Tiezhu had died and said he would come to pick him up today to avoid any more trouble."
Qin Miaoxi blinked. If her current status did not allow it, she would also like to watch the excitement.
As if seeing through her thoughts, Lu Qingchen persuaded her, "We don't have any new clues right now. Why don't we go to the Wang family? Maybe Tiezhu's house might hold some clues!"
Qin Miaoxi nodded. They should go there as soon as possible, but Tiezhu's mother had driven them out. This time, they could take advantage of the chaos to find out what was going on.
When they arrived at Tiezhu's house, the merchants had already started a quarrel with the Wang family by carrying sedan chairs.
Tiezhu's mother was stopped by several servants. She stamped her feet and cried angrily, "What a shame! How can a brother use his younger brother to pay off his debt? Tiezhu, you bastard! I really regret raising you. I should have drowned you in a cesspool the moment you were born."
Standing next to her was a timid middle-aged man, Tiezhu's cowardly father. At this moment, he could only stand in the corner and sigh. As the head of the family, he did not even have the courage to stand up.
The young man who was being pulled towards the sedan chair by the merchant should be Tiezhu's younger brother. He was crying so hard that it was painful to look at him.
"Woo woo! Mother, save me. I don't want to marry into your family."
"Let me go! Please let me go! You are trafficking innocent people. I will report you to the authorities."
He glared at the merchant fiercely, but got a hard slap in the face in return.
The merchant pulled out a piece of paper, which was his indenture, and said viciously, "You have sold yourself to my family and are now my family. If you don't come with us today, I will go to the government and report you as my runaway slave."
"It's fake. This is fake."
"Look carefully, there's your fingerprint on it." The merchant gave him a disdainful look. "I see. You want to renege on your debt? You don't have to come with me, but just pay Tiezhu the money he owes for the lumber."
"How much? I'll give it to you."
He just saw clearly that this indenture contract said that he would become a son-in-law, but in reality he would just be a housewife and have children. Even if he was beaten to death in the future, he would have no place to seek justice.
He is now the only child of the Wang family and he wants to expand the Wang family. No matter what, I can't go with him.
"Not much, three hundred taels of silver."
"Three...three hundred taels?"
The merchant looked at them speechlessly in shock with satisfaction, "I paid you three hundred taels for a live-in son-in-law, what else are you dissatisfied with? You are so ungrateful."
"Now either give me three hundred taels of silver, or you come with me, or come with me to see the official."
The man looked at his mother in panic, "Mom, you must save me! I don't want to see the authorities."
Tie Zhu's mother, with a face full of hatred, said in a treacherous tone, "You said three hundred taels, so it's three hundred taels?"
"I still have the receipt."
Tiezhu Niang: “…”
There was no reason to refuse now, but that was three hundred taels of silver! Wasn't this digging her heart out?
"Okay, since you don't want to give me money, let's go!"
"Ah! Mom~"
Tie Zhu's mother rushed forward and grabbed his arm, "I'll give it to you! Let my son go."
"Mother, that's three hundred taels, not three taels!"
A flash of panic crossed Tiezhu's father's face, and at this moment his selfishness and heartlessness were clearly revealed.
"Are you going to wipe out our Wang family?"
With these words, Tiezhu's father shut up, but his face became more sorrowful.
The neighbors who were watching were all gloating. The one who could work in the family had died, and the one left behind would just be a leech off their parents. They just didn't know how many more years these two lazy old people could work, and whether they could support their grown-up son.
Tiezhu's mother hurried back into the house and soon appeared in front of the merchant with a jar in her arms.
"Three hundred taels, take it!"
The merchant counted the amount and confirmed that it was exactly three hundred taels. He returned the indenture to them and complained unhappily.
"Why not settle it earlier? It's just a waste of time."
The merchants left with a large group of people, and Tiezhu's family suffered heavy losses. The mother and daughter cried bitterly, and the father was dejected, which was really sad.
"Let's go! What's there to see?"
The onlookers dispersed, and no one saw the two figures quietly leaving behind the house.