Chapter 209: Come to the door

"If you tell them such a poor excuse, will they believe it?" Wen Ruyue's face was as dark as ink.

"Then...what should we do?" Qingzhu also realized the seriousness of the matter.

Wen Ruyue was also anxious and urged Qingzhu: "Hurry, go find Situ Ming."

"Yes." Qingzhu responded and was about to go out to find someone.

Then I heard a man's voice coming from the door: "Don't look for me, I came here by myself."

The master and servant turned around and saw Situ Ming striding in.

Situ Ming rubbed his temples with a gloomy face, no longer as gentle and elegant as before.

"You were the one who destroyed the granaries last night? Otherwise, why would you drug me?"

"What knockout drug? I slept soundly last night, how could I have the energy to give you the drug!" Wen Ruyue cried out that she was wronged.

"If I wanted to set fire, why didn't I do it after the deal was done and I got the money?

I leave a few people in the city, and after I leave, I let them set the fire, wouldn't that be more foolproof?"

"Is it really not you?" Situ Ming asked suspiciously.

Wen Ruyue said angrily, "Situ Ming, I just don't like to use my brain, it doesn't mean I'm really stupid."

After Wen Ruyue finished speaking, she glared at Situ Ming with resentment.

That look seemed to be filled with anger and resentment, yet it carried the unique charm of a young woman.

Situ Ming was frightened and felt uncomfortable in his heart, and he closed his eyes tightly.

However, what Wen Ruyue said made a lot of sense.

No matter how stupid she was or how angry she was, she would not act stupidly at a time like this.

"That means we have been tricked." Situ Ming suddenly felt as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake.

Wen Ruyue said angrily: "We have no hatred or grudges in Jinyang Prefecture, who would deal with us?

It must be those grain merchants who staged this drama themselves. Not only did they want me to sell my grain at a low price, they also wanted me to lose everything, including the principal and interest.

What a vicious mind! You are indeed a profit-seeking businessman.”

Situ Ming looked at Wen Ruyue's contemptuous expression and sneered in his heart.

If she wasn't profit-driven, why would she switch engagements with her sister when her wedding was approaching?

If she was not profit-driven, why would she get so much food and sell it in Jinyang Prefecture for huge profits?

Just because she wiped her mouth clean doesn't mean she didn't take advantage of others.

Situ Ming sneered in his heart.

I quickly suppressed these little thoughts and started thinking about who had set the trap for me.

Involuntarily, Pearl's childish and chubby face appeared in his mind.

But soon, that childish and cute face was replaced by another ugly face.

His intuition told him that they were behind everything.

But he had no evidence.

but.

He always acts based on his feelings rather than evidence.

Since those people have aroused his suspicion, he might as well get rid of her.

Situ Ming interrupted Wen Ruyue's curse and immediately said, "It's not those grain merchants."

"Why are you still favoring those people? Could it be that you've been colluding with them and taking advantage of them? You weren't involved in forcing me to sign an unequal contract yesterday, were you?"

Wen Ruyue's casual remark hit the heart of the matter.

Situ Ming's heart skipped a beat: Wen Ruyue may be stupid, but her intuition is terrifyingly strong!

He quickly changed the subject: "I do know that power is worse than money."

When Wen Ruyue heard him say this, she also felt that he couldn't be so stupid.

He then asked, “What should we do now?

Even if we didn’t do it, those merchants wouldn’t let us go.”

If it were her, she would not care whether the other party was wrong or not. She would threaten and intimidate the other party first and force the other party to pay all their assets as compensation.

Situ Mingdao: "Of course, hand over the real arsonist."

"You want to...hand over the ugly mother?"

Situ Ming said, "Don't worry about these things. Just stay in the room. I'll go negotiate and hand over the murderer."

Wen Ruyue was still hesitating.

At this time, the gate of the courtyard was knocked loudly.

Shouts of "Murderer! Murderer!"

Immediately afterwards, shouts were heard from outside the gate again, so loud that it seemed to break through the sky.

Wen Ruyue stepped back in fear and said to Situ Ming, "Okay, just go ahead and do it. I'll be waiting for your good news."

Situ Ming reminded her not to act on her own before leaving.

Situ Ming left the yard and the only two remaining servants came to greet him.

One was responsible for taking care of his daily life, and the other was responsible for driving the carriage and running errands.

"You two, go to that yard and take control of all of Chou Niang's group."

The servant said anxiously, "Mr. Situ, there are four or five strong men on Chou Niang's side, and there are only two of us. I'm afraid we can't do anything to them, and it's easy to alert them."

Situ Ming made an unhappy "tsk" sound. Without anyone to help him, he felt restricted in doing things.

He frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Then let's go meet those merchants first. Aren't they more numerous? Let them arrest the people."

You two, go to the yard and guard it. Don't let even a mosquito out, understand?"

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the gate.

The two servants also rushed to the courtyard where Wen Yan was to keep an eye on her.

at the same time.

After confirming that Situ Ming had left, Wen Ruyue murmured anxiously, "No, no, I can't stay in Jinyang Mansion anymore.

Those merchants are only interested in profit. Even if they hand over Ugly Mother, they may not let go of this piece of fat meat for themselves."

No, she couldn't put all her hopes on Situ Ming alone.

She had to find another way.

But there's so much food still in the city. If I leave, won't it be even cheaper for them?"

It's not possible to leave now, nor to stay.

Wen Ruyue was extremely anxious and worried.

While she was hesitating, Situ Ming had already confronted the local merchants.

Situ Ming said with a sad face: "I was kind enough to save people, but I met a Zhongshan wolf.

Now that I think about it, if it weren't such a coincidence, they would have already set their sights on our food and deliberately lurked around us.

Perhaps he was unwilling to accept the news after hearing that we had reached a deal, so he set fire in the middle of the night, killing two birds with one stone.

It not only makes us enemies, but also destroys the possibility of cooperation."

Situ Ming was eloquent and had the cooperation of the head of the Xu family. Driven by interests, they were quickly persuaded and followed Situ Ming with a large number of people to the yard to arrest people.

By the time they arrived at the remote courtyard, it was already deserted.

Situ Ming called out to the two servants who were guarding the yard: "Where are the people in this yard?"

The servant was confused: “I…we…don’t know!

We have been guarding here all the time, and we haven't seen anyone leave."

Situ Ming took a deep breath and knew that things were bad.

"Sure enough, those people fled for fear of punishment!" His mind was working fast and he spoke pretentiously.

He also analyzed it logically, "I'm afraid they knew they would be exposed, so they didn't come back after setting the fire last night."

"In this case, you should be even more convinced that we are innocent!"

As soon as he looked up, he met the suspicious gaze of the head of the Xu family.

Situ Ming said helplessly: "You won't doubt me, will you? What good will this do me?

We want to cheat you, but it’s not too late to do it after the money and goods are paid and the money is transferred!

If we become suspicious of one another, we will fall right into their trap."