Chapter 722 He Wants to Deal with It Fairly
Madam Le Zheng was very curious about what kind of weird couple this was. Since Lord Qiao couldn't meet them, it would be nice to meet Madam Qiao.
With the power of the Lezheng family, Lord Qiao, a mere county magistrate, is really not worth mentioning in their eyes.
The methods that Lord Qiao used on wealthy families like the Zhao family in Heshan County cannot be used on the Lezheng family.
As Master Qiao and his wife were talking, Qiao Wei couldn't help but interrupt: "Second sister lives in the countryside and doesn't have many social activities in her daily life. She should have given the jade bracelet to her mother as a filial gift, but she refused to take it off. She is really too stingy!"
"Okay, Wei'er," Madam Qiao glared at her daughter and sighed softly, "It's nothing to me, but the bracelet is indeed of excellent quality. It is a top-grade item at first glance. It must be worth ten thousand taels of silver. If we sell it, it can also help the master. When we go to Beijing next year, we will have more money in hand."
When Lord Qiao thought about it, he agreed that this was the truth, and he couldn't help but feel a little greedy.
Finally, he held back and said, "Xuan girl has never seen such a good thing, so it's inevitable that she will be reluctant to part with it. Let's talk about this later."
She hadn't established contact with Le Zheng's family through them yet, so it was better not to cause trouble now. When she was about to go to the capital, her parents asked her for a bracelet as a keepsake, and as a daughter, could she refuse?
When Mrs. Qiao heard this, she knew that her husband was also moved, and was obviously thinking about the bracelet. She understood and smiled gently: "Master, you are right. This matter is indeed not urgent."
Lord Qiao nodded, he had more important things to do now.
He had originally disliked the Zhao family, but it was just a few thousand taels of silver, so why were they so stingy? The old man Zhao even left Heshan County to avoid him, under the pretext of going out to visit friends. Ha!
Since Shao Yunduan also wants to take action against them, then he might as well take them down and take the opportunity to make some money.
Originally, Lord Qiao might not do such a thing, but he will be going to Beijing next year and will never come to this place again. What is there to worry about?
Lord Qiao discussed with the legal advisor and asked him to secretly investigate and find out what illegal activities the Zhao family had committed. Once they found any, he would secretly instigate the victims to file a complaint. He would "deal with it impartially" and would not allow the Zhao family to complain of any injustice!
The Zhao family has done a lot of immoral things over the years, so this is not difficult to do at all.
When Shao Yunduan was discussing with Qiao Xuan, he guessed that Lord Qiao would most likely use this method to deal with the Zhao family.
Lord Qiao quickly had notices posted, and soon, everyone in the city knew that Shao Yunduan from Shaoding Village had passed the imperial examination and even won the first place!
Heshan County had produced a few juren here and there, but it had never had a jieyuan.
The whole county was in an uproar.
Everyone was asking about Shao Yunduan—no, who was Shao Juren?
Speaking of this, Qin, the shopkeeper of Mingrentang, has a lot to say. As a good friend of Mr. Jieyuan, Qin talked about all the things about Mr. Jieyuan, which attracted a lot of listeners and also greatly increased the reputation of Mingrentang.
The situation of Minghua Academy is rather embarrassing.
All three gentlemen felt uneasy.
The three of them were just scholars, but Shao Yunduan had now transformed himself into a top scholar. If they met in the future, they would have to be polite and courteous to Shao Yunduan.
Thinking that Shao Yunduan was deliberately forced out by the academy, and even tried to frame him before he left but failed, the three of them were not only embarrassed, but also a little uneasy, fearing that Shao Yunduan would retaliate.
(End of this chapter)
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