Chapter 419: Collapse of Houses
Lady Pingguo's eyes widened immediately: "What did you say? Who threw it to you?"
Liu Xiawei frowned, "I've already said that. I don't know much. It fell in front of me at the time. It was a purse. I opened it and saw the key and a note inside. It said the key to the box."
"I just wanted to give it a try, so I set fire to the study outside, then ran to unlock it, and hey, I actually opened it."
Duke Ping and his companions almost vomited blood after hearing this.
"Rebellious son! You actually set the fire in my study? How could you be such a spendthrift!"
"Is this the right time to talk about this?" Lady Pingguo glanced at him: "Where is the key? Where is the purse?"
Liu Xiawei scratched his head: "How would I know... Anyway, I don't know where I lost it..."
Duke Pingguo and others were almost torn apart.
Lady Pingguo asked, "Before this, who did you tell about selling your things?"
"Who else? Deli Money House has been asking me to pay back the money, so I promised them that I would steal things from their homes and sell some of them to pay off their debts."
Duke Ping slammed the table and said, "Deli Bank! They set up this trap. Tell me, did they give you the key? Did they let you steal things?"
Liu Xiawei frowned: "No... I already said it, I picked up the key."
Lady Pingguogong said angrily, "You are stupid! They must have given you the key. They threw it to you quietly. They wanted you to steal it and then tricked you into selling it to them at a low price. This is their plan."
Liu Xiawei said, "Since they set up this trap, why don't you just ask them to return the things to us, Dad and Mom?"
Duke Ping and the others almost vomited blood again: "Why do you want it?"
Nanny Yu heard them go off topic again and said in a cold voice:
"Even if it was set up by Deli Bank, they should think about how they got the key. This key was made by Madam herself, and there is only one. How did another one appear? How did Deli Bank get a duplicate key, and how did it appear in front of Second Master?"
Liu Xiawei said: "Oh, right, I did chase a few steps and saw a piece of pink clothing. I remember Li Jiaojiao had a set of pink clothes, it must have been Li Jiaojiao who did it!"
Liu Xiawei had already made up his mind that even if he was beaten, he would find someone to take the blame, and that person was Li Jiaojiao.
Duke Ping roared, "What did I say? It was Li Jiaojiao, the unlucky star, who did it!"
"Impossible." Lady Pingguo immediately denied it.
Yu Ma Ma said, "If not her, who else could it be? This key has always been kept by me. If something is lost, I will bear the greatest responsibility. Normally, no one can touch it except me and Madam."
"Only on that day did Li Jiaojiao touch me."
Xiaolu said timidly: "When the fire broke out, we were all preparing to go to the outer courtyard, and the third lady... suddenly asked me to go back to her courtyard to guard. I asked why, but she didn't explain... There was something strange in it..."
Nanny Yu slapped her thigh and said, "I understand. She threw the key to the Second Master, and she guessed that the Second Master had set the fire. She was afraid that the Second Master would steal her dowry, so she asked you to go back and guard it."
Liu Xiawei's eyes widened: "Damn it, it turns out I didn't wrongly accuse her, it really is her!"
The Duke's wife still shook her head: "Impossible. Liu Xiawei, when did you pick up the key?"
"On the morning of the day of the arson... I found the key in the morning, and I set the fire in the afternoon."
The Duke's wife was startled. That morning, Li Jiaojiao was learning to read the account book from her, but she was absent-minded. Later, she said she felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to go back to rest...
At that time, she was somewhat resentful of Jiaojiao, thinking that she was not making any progress...
The Duke's wife thought about it and shook her head.
No, Jiaojiao would never team up with outsiders to plot against the family.
That was the person she brought up and the adopted daughter she adopted.
She protected Jiaojiao everywhere, and thought about and considered her. Even her own daughter did not receive so much love and love from her.
For Jiaojiao, she offended the Shen family, and the whole family became a laughing stock in Beijing.
If it's really Jiaojiao...isn't she just a blind fool who let a wolf into the house?
No...No way, she's not! Jiaojiao is not...
The Duke's wife simply gritted her teeth and said, "That morning, Jiaojiao was there checking accounts and didn't go anywhere. How could she have given you the key?"
Everyone present was stunned.
Nanny Yu looked at the Duke's wife in disbelief: "Madam...I was there that day, and she was clearly out."
"Shut up! You just want to shirk responsibility and put the blame on her. All that was sold was my dowry... I, I am more anxious than anyone else, could it be... that I would protect her?"
Nanny Yu looked at Lady Pingguo, who was still defending Li Jiaojiao at this moment, and her eyes widened in disbelief. She would not cry until she saw the coffin!
A wave of sadness and grief came over her like an overwhelming tidal wave. Nanny Yu felt hopeless and finally choked up and shook her head:
"Forget it, forget it...whatever the madam says is fine..."
Lady Pingguogong felt a little uncomfortable when she saw her dejected and disappointed look.
Duke Pingguo shouted angrily and slammed the table, "Asshole, what do you mean by whatever she says is the truth! Qian San, go to the Ningguo Marquis's mansion and bring that ungrateful bastard back to this Duke!"
"Also, first go to the prefect and file a complaint, saying that Li Jiaojiao, this ungrateful bastard, conspired with Deli Bank to defraud our family of our money."
Lady Pingguo gritted her teeth: "You..."
Duke Ping: "Shut up! I am the head of the family! Wan Shu, if we can't get our wealth back, I will divorce you!"
Lady Pingguogong said in a hateful voice, "Divorce me if you have the guts. At least I still have Jiaojiao, who else will you have?"
After saying that, he turned away, swiped his sleeves, and left.
Duke Ping was so angry that he was shaking all over.
Liu Xiawei shrank his neck, knelt quietly beside Liu Shangwei, and pulled his sleeve: "Those things...are they really all the family's property?"
Liu Shangwei's eyes were bloodshot. "What else? That thing is worth two hundred thousand taels, but you sold it for only fifty-five thousand taels! You're such a spendthrift."
Liu Xiawei's face changed, and he said angrily: "It's worth two hundred thousand? They are so mean! No, we have to ask them to give it back."
After the servants of the Duke's Mansion left, they first went to the yamen to report the case, and then went to the Ningguo Marquis' Mansion to find Li Jiaojiao.
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Dingguo Marquis Mansion——
Li Jiaojiao and Gu Han are having lunch.
They had just gotten married last night and now was a time for sweet affection.
At this moment, Mrs. Gu suddenly came over quickly with a cane.
Li Jiaojiao saw her and stood up quickly: "Why is grandma here?"
Madam Gu looked at her and said, "I heard something. Something happened in your Duke Ping's Mansion."
Li Jiaojiao's face changed.
Gu Han frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Madam Gu said, "It's being rumored that all the property and shops of the Duke of Ping's Mansion were sold at a low price by Liu Er. The Duke of Ping's Mansion is in a mess."
As she spoke, Madam Gu looked at Li Jiaojiao steadily: "Jiaojiao, that's your mother's family after all, don't you know? I heard something happened yesterday."
Li Jiaojiao tightly squeezed her hands in her sleeves: "I, did hear some rumors... Gu Han, don't you think so? When we came back yesterday, didn't they say that Liu Xiawei owed gambling debts or something?"
Gu Han looked at Madam Gu coldly: "Yes."
Li Jiaojiao nodded and stopped talking, hoping to get away with it.
Madam Gu frowned: "Aren't you going back to take a look?"
Li Jiaojiao: "Well... he came back three days later..."
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