"Yes, it's there. This is evidence of my father's crimes. The Shi family keeps it in a box on the shrine. Anyone who goes to their house can see it. Shi Lao Er tells everyone he meets that it was my father who smashed the porcelain."
"Over time, many people started to think, why was my dad so careless as to break such a valuable thing? Now it's hard to explain, and my dad deserved it."
"In addition, the amount of compensation is very large, so many villagers have distanced themselves from our family, fearing that they will be entangled in trouble."
Including the Ling family's relatives.
"That's easy." Qiao Lian'er already had a plan in mind.
The two siblings looked at her with anticipation.
"You must go and report this to the authorities."
Ling Yin: "Sue an official?"
"Yes, sue the officials, accuse the Shi family of trying to frame you and coerce respectable women into marriage."
“The government abhors such things and always punishes them severely; they will not sit idly by.”
Lingyin nodded, waiting for her to continue.
“But if you go directly to the Shi family and tell them to go to the government, the Shi family will definitely disagree. They will hide or even destroy the evidence and then just make up a price without any explanation. In the end, it will be difficult to explain. Most of the villagers have seen the broken porcelain, and they will all unintentionally testify for the Shi family that your father did break something.”
Lingyin thought about it and agreed: "If they don't go to the government, how can we sue them?"
"If your Ling family members are trustworthy, you might as well unite them, buy some good meat and wine to entertain them, explain the situation, and get them to stand on your side."
“My eldest uncle, third uncle, and fourth uncle are all good people. Originally, we got along fairly well. It’s just that fifty taels of silver is too much. If we borrow it from each family separately, each family would need to lend more than ten taels. I’m afraid they have their reasons. That’s why they’ve distanced themselves from our family. They blame my father for not being careful. If my father had been more careful, we wouldn’t be in such an awkward situation.”
The world is bustling with activity, and everyone is driven by profit. Relatives are no exception, but there is a bond of blood between them.
Those relatives, fearing to borrow too much money, kept their distance from Ling Laosan's family. If they had known that Ling Laosan's family had been framed and schemed against, they would not have stood idly by, even if they had some prior relationship or any sense of kinship.
If the Ling family makes a further gesture to win over the people, they can move on to the next step.
"And then what? And then what?" Ling Xiao urged.
"Then, you rushed into the Shi family's house, took the box from the shrine, and brought it to the government office, claiming that the Shi family had framed you and demanding justice from the authorities."
“When summoned by the government, the historians dared not fail to appear.”
"To prove the value of the porcelain, the government would invite experts to examine it. If it was really worth fifty taels of silver, it would either be made by a famous artist or have a history of at least two or three hundred years, and there would be some historical anecdotes behind it."
“I believe that the porcelain is 99% fake, but if it is really worth something, the appraiser will determine its value, and you can compensate for the cost of the forgery. If the Shi family still wants to use the marriage to entangle you, you can say that Shi Zhenxiang has been crippled and can no longer have sex. If the Shi family does not admit it, the government will send people to investigate. At that time, it will be the Shi family that loses face, and I'm afraid the whole county and the surrounding villages will spread the word, and the Shi family will become a laughing stock.”
What Qiao Lian'er said was not just her wild guesses. Based on human nature and the basic needs of historians, she could judge the general direction of this matter.
The siblings listened, feeling a surge of excitement within them.
It was a feeling of overwhelming power, ultimately crushing the historians to the ground.
They couldn't wait for it to be true, for it to come true.
"You'll have to do this yourselves, step by step, without making any mistakes."
Ling Yin's eyes were resolute.
Yes, this matter can only succeed; it cannot fail.
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