Liang Shuyan frowned slightly: "When did the family have so much money that Dashan took it to gamble?"

She tried hard to search her memories to find out if Jin Dashan had a gambling habit before, but in the original owner's memories, Jin Dashan was a coward who was timid and afraid of trouble. He was a bossy person at home, but when it came to outsiders, he was really not a troublemaker.

When the group saw Liang Shuyan enter, their eyes widened and their mouths turned up, as if they had seen the God of Wealth they had been waiting for!

Liang Shuyan was a filial daughter. As soon as she entered, she heard the group of people spewing nasty words, saying things like "dead old lady." She was a filial daughter. In her previous life, she hadn't been able to let her mother enjoy a good life with her. Now that she had come to this awful ancient world, she couldn't let her mother live a good life, but she couldn't just watch her being cursed by cats and dogs, could she?

"What are you doing in my house? How dare you bully my mother-in-law? Believe me or not, I'll call the authorities to arrest you right now!"

The man's lips twitched, and he looked Liang Shuyan up and down: "A poor, stingy woman like you knows anything about government affairs? I'm not trying to scare you, but when you get to the government, it's not always certain who will benefit and who will suffer."

It's obvious that this man is looking at her through a crack in the door, and he's completely belittling her.

"Just because you brought a bunch of people into my house and tried to lay a hand on my elderly mother-in-law, I can put you in jail for life?"

The man realized that the woman had wronged him, and his heart skipped a beat: "No, if this woman wrongs me and the whole village comes over, even if I have ten mouths, I won't be able to argue with the whole village!"

"You, you're talking nonsense! When did I ever lay a hand on your mother-in-law? We're here to find Jin Dashan. He owes us 100 taels of silver in gambling debts, and we have proof of it. Don't even think about denying it!"

Liang Shuyan spread her hands: "So you're looking for Jin Dashan, but who here is Jin Dashan?"

The man's face flushed with anger. He pointed at Liang Shuyan and said, "You, you woman, how can you be so unreasonable? Don't think I don't know that Jin Dashan is your eldest son. If he didn't have that kind of ability, why would we need to come here?"

Amidst the commotion, Jin Dashan and Jin Erniu entered carrying hoes. They casually placed the hoes against the corner of the wall and walked over with puzzled expressions.

"Mother, what's going on? What are these people doing?"

Liang Shuyan snorted angrily, looked Jin Dashan up and down, and said, word by word, "Jin Dashan, have you been gambling outside?"

Before Jin Dashan could speak, Jin Erniu said, "Mother, isn't there some misunderstanding? Others may not know, but do you think I don't know what kind of person my elder brother is? How could he gamble?"

Hearing Jin Erniu's words, Liang Shuyan seemed even more self-righteous, and asked with her hands on her hips, "Who wrote the document you have?"

"This, this was of course written by Jin Dashan himself. What's wrong? Are you trying to deny the written agreement?"

Liang Shuya burst into laughter: "You're really joking around here! Go ask around in Guoshantun and see if Jin Dashan can write."

That's right, Jin Dashan can't read at all, so where did this IOU come from?

Upon seeing this, Jin Dashan immediately knelt on the ground and stammered, "Mother, Dashan is indeed a bit of a scoundrel, beats his wife, is lazy, and prefers boys, but Dashan doesn't gamble!"

"Get up. Who told you to kneel? Or did you really gamble?"

Upon hearing Liang Shuyan's words, Jin Dashan was so frightened that he quickly scrambled to his feet: "Mother, I, I didn't!"

The man's expression turned sour, and he turned to ask the man next to him, "Who wrote this IOU?"

A man next to him whispered something in his ear, and the man's expression instantly turned sour. He turned to leave.

What a joke! How could I, Liang Shuyan, just let them go like that, unjustly accusing my son and insulting my mother for nothing? Is there such a thing as a free lunch?

"Halt! What's this? Didn't you come here for money? Why are you turning around and leaving without getting any? It seems like it'll be easy to enter the Jin family's gate but hard to leave!"

"Dashan, close the gate!"

Jin Dashan was startled and hurriedly said "Oh," then turned around and closed the fence gate.

"Give me the IOU!"

Liang Shuyan reached out her hand!

The man shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, we may have made a mistake with the IOU when we came. So, we'll go back and clarify it before coming back. What are you doing?"

"What are you going to do? Based on this IOU alone, I'll go to the government office and accuse you of trespassing, threatening my mother, and falsely accusing my son. In our Great Zhou Dynasty, aren't these three serious crimes enough to put you in jail for life?"

Upon hearing this, the man realized that this woman was truly extraordinary. Despite her tattered appearance, she had such a clear understanding of the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If that was the case, wouldn't they be arrested and imprisoned?

"Madam, please don't be angry. We were just doing our job and didn't understand the situation. How about we compensate you with some money and let's just let it go?"

Upon hearing that she would have to pay money, Liang Shuyan was overjoyed: "Who would be stupid enough to turn down money!"

"Alright, let me calculate it for you. First, trespassing on private property will get you arrested by the authorities and you'll be in jail for at least two years. That'll cost you 100 coins. Is that too much? Second, threatening my mother-in-law is a major taboo in the Zhou Dynasty. That'll cost you 200 coins. Is that too much? Third, falsely accusing my son will cost you at least 500 coins. Is that too much?"

The man's face turned pale and then purple, and he hurriedly replied in fright, "Not much, not much!"

As he spoke, he pulled out a packet of loose silver from his pocket and handed it to Liang Shuyan with trembling hands: "Auntie, can we go now?"

Liang Shuyan pondered for a moment, then poked her nose with her finger: "By the way, tell me honestly, who is trying to frame my son?"

Upon hearing this, the man trembled twice, then suddenly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Auntie, please don't make things difficult for me. I've taken their money, so I have to do their bidding. It's the rule of the trade."

"Rules? My rule is that if you don't reveal who's behind this disgusting thing, we're heading to the government office right now!"

The man looked up and wailed, "Auntie, I, I'll tell you! It was Liang Zhengdong! He, he said you have many sons, if you kill one, there are still two more to go!"

Liang Shuyan's lips trembled twice as she uttered, "Liang~Zheng~Dong!"