Chapter 329: Blood-stained Silk Quilt

If the price is too high and the Xie family cannot afford it, there is a high probability that they will just give up.

That would be a waste of time.

However, Patriarch Xie did not respond.

"Clan leader." Xie Yingmian knew that the deal was only a step away from being completed.

"How about I take you to see something?"

Patriarch Xie hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Xie Yingmian took Patriarch Xie to the room where the dowry was stored.

There seemed to be a lot of dowry boxes, as many as sixty-four, but there were even more empty things.

For example, stools and tables may look new, but they are actually made of ordinary materials and are not valuable.

There were also some cloths, bowls and chopsticks and the like, which were even less valuable, adding up to a few hundred taels of silver at most.

The silver at the bottom of the box was lying there alone, totaling no more than a hundred taels.

Patriarch Xie looked at those crudely made things, his face burning with anger: "This matter was not done by your mother."

Xie Yingmian said, "Although these dowries are not exquisite or valuable, at least they are new and not discarded by others."

"If my dowry consisted entirely of these, even if it was a little simple, I would not pawn it."

"I called the patriarch here alone because I wanted to show him something."

Xie Yingmian opened a cabinet.

There was a silk quilt in the cabinet.

There were dried bloodstains on the silk quilt.

The patriarch was an experienced person and knew what it was as soon as he saw the bloodstains.

The patriarch's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

At the same time, he also knew that Xie Yingmian had shown mercy.

He couldn't imagine what would happen to the reputation of the Xie family, Madam Xie Hou, and Xie Baoyu if this blood-stained silk quilt was exhibited in Baibao Pawnshop.

Did Xie Tao and his wife, two idiots, get kicked in the head by a donkey for stuffing a bloody silk quilt into Princess Ling's dowry as a new quilt?

How could they do such a stupid and vicious thing.

“That’s too much.”

"She's really gone too far."

"As the patriarch of the Xie family, there are some things that I cannot interfere with, but I will definitely intervene in this matter to the end."

"I will ask Xie Tao and his wife to pay five times the price as compensation."

Xie Yingmian corrected him, "It wasn't compensation to me, it was redeemed from the Baibao Pawnshop."

Patriarch Xie said, "Yes, you are right."

"It's redemption."

"I'll go back and inform Xie Tao."

He walked away tremblingly, leaning on a cane.

Xie Yingmian's lips curled up.

By combining kindness and severity, the goal was achieved.

She left the silk quilt on purpose.

There are two purposes for staying.

One purpose is to deal a fatal blow to the Xie family during bargaining.

Just like Patriarch Xie,

Originally, Patriarch Xie was hesitant about the five-fold price, but after seeing the blood-stained silk quilt, he immediately agreed. He also thought that she was showing mercy and felt guilty towards her, so he helped her supervise the Marquis' Mansion.

Another purpose is that the silk quilt is different from those clothes and jewelry. The clothes and jewelry were worn in public by Xie Baoyu and Mrs. Xie Hou, and many people can prove it.

But no one could prove that the silk quilt belonged to Xie Baoyu, and no one could prove that the bloodstains belonged to Xie Baoyu. If she exhibited it, the Xie family would turn the tables and she would not be able to prove anything, and would instead be put in a passive position.

Staying here to help her complete the finishing touch is a good use of my resources.

In the banquet hall.

Patriarch Xie agreed to the deal at five times the price and signed an agreement with the shopkeeper, stipulating the final payment deadline.

Mrs. Xie Hou was very dissatisfied and wanted to say something.

Seeing that Patriarch Xie looked extremely bad, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Xie Yingmian sent the Xie family away, then turned to Shopkeeper Qian and smiled, "Shopkeeper Qian, please tell Tu Bufan that we're wrapping up."

Shopkeeper Qian left respectfully.

Patriarch Xie returned to the Xie family with a grim face.

When Lord Xie learned that he had to redeem those things five times the amount, he collapsed.

"Five times!" he cried. "Third Grandpa, why did you agree to this?"

"It's still five times the price of the new product. That's a lot of money. You agreed so rashly..."

"All of you get out." Patriarch Xie said to the others with a dark face.

"Xie Tao, you and your wife should stay."

After everyone left.

"Third Grandfather," said Lord Xie, "You were tricked by that bitch."

"That bitch must be in cahoots with Baibao Pawnshop. They're deliberately cheating us out of our money. Our money didn't just come out of thin air..."

Bang!

Before Lord Xie could finish his words, Patriarch Xie slapped Lord Xie in the face.

Patriarch Xie used great force in this slap.

Lord Xie was stunned.

He is a marquis and has a title.

Even though the clan leader was his third uncle, according to the rules he could not be beaten.

He was stunned for a long time before looking at Patriarch Xie in disbelief: "Third Grandfather, why did you hit me?"

Patriarch Xie pointed at Lord Xie and Madam Xie and said, "You two are really great."

"When I first learned that Xie Yingmian had pawned her dowry, I thought she was looking for trouble. I was dissatisfied with her and thought that if there was anything to talk about, we should just sit down and talk. Why make it public and air our dirty laundry?"

"But, I saw Xie Yingmian's dowry."

"Those tables and chairs made of ordinary wood and the old cloth dishes and chopsticks are fine."

"Let's say you're obsessed with putting out some gorgeous but expensive secondhand clothes and jewelry that you don't wear anymore. That's fine."

"Tell me, why did you put the blood-stained silk quilt in the dowry?"

Lord Xie: "What blood-stained silk quilt?"

Patriarch Xie looked at Madam Xie Hou coldly and said, "Ask her."

Mrs. Xie Hou was nervous.

She actually didn't know what a bloodstained silk quilt was.

Because the quilt in Xie Yingmian's dowry was prepared by Baoyu.

At that time, Baoyu said that she had a lot of quilts, all of which were the best silk quilts, so there was no need to find someone to make new quilts.

She felt that Xie Yingmian had lived in the farm since she was a child and had probably never even seen a silk quilt. Giving her the silk quilt that Baoyu had used was a compliment to her.

"I, I don't know either." Madam Xie Hou said, "It must be Xie Yingmian who slandered us."

Patriarch Xie was very disappointed with Lady Xie.

If you say that second-hand clothes are passed off as new, you are being short-sighted.

Using those blood-stained silk quilts as dowry was both stupid and evil.

Chief Xie said to Lord Xie, "You are truly wrong in this matter. I warn you, Xie Yingmian has shown mercy. You must go and redeem it five times the amount."

"If you still refuse to repent, then fine, I, as the clan leader, will gather the entire Xie family and separate your clan."

Lord Xie was more shocked than being slapped in the face: "Third Uncle, you want to expel our clan just because of such a small matter?"

Patriarch Xie sneered: "Small matter?"

"At this point, you still think this is a trivial matter?"

"Xie Tao, your grandfather was so upright back then. You inherited his title, but you haven't even inherited a bit of his grace."

"The Xie family will be defeated by you sooner or later. Exterminating your lineage can also be considered as preserving the roots of the Xie family."

"That's all I have to say. Think about it for yourselves."

"Give me an answer tomorrow morning." Clan leader Xie left the mansion with a hunched back.