Chapter 93 The more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are
"waste!"
Gao Shicheng looked up at him, his face filled with anger. "Wouldn't you send someone to collect the money you lent? If there's no money in the account, wouldn't you go and ask the madam for help?"
"When my wife married, she brought quite a few boxes of dowry. She can pawn it if she can, and she can sell it if she can!"
"But..." Steward Yu still had a sullen look on his face, not daring to follow his orders. "If Madam doesn't want to..."
The previous wife passed away due to illness, and Aunt Sun also died. The current wife is young and has a hot temper. She is not someone who is easy to talk to.
Besides, the young master is not even an adult yet, so how can the prince use him?
This money is clearly used to buy a job for the head of the family!
"This money is for her son to find a way out, not for me!" Gao Shicheng glared at him and said through gritted teeth, "Could it be that marrying her will not help her husband at all?"
Manager Yu lowered his head and muttered softly, "It's not the young lady's biological child..."
"What are you mumbling about?" Gao Shicheng stared at him with a terrifying look in his eyes. "If you don't go, don't worry, I'll fire you from your job!"
“…Yes, Patriarch.”
After the annoying person walked away, Gao Shicheng's mood gradually calmed down. He took a sip of warm tea and hummed a song with great interest.
"Master! The Wu family is here to cause trouble!"
The servant stumbled into the study, frightening Gao Shicheng so much that he shuddered and spit out the tea he had just drunk. "Who? Who did you say is causing trouble?"
"The Wu family!" The servant was so exhausted that he was panting, his clothes soaked with sweat. "They are yelling for you to return the grain, master, or they will tear down our bank!"
"How dare Wu Sheng!" Gao Shicheng slammed the table and stood up. The cup swayed slightly with his movement, spilling some strong tea. "What food do I have left? When did I ever buy even a meter or a square meter from him?"
"I don't know either!" The servant broke out in a cold sweat and pointed at the door and shouted, "Many people from the Wu family have come, but the head of the Wu family hasn't shown up. They're all holding weapons and threatening to break down the front door!"
"They're rebelling, they're all rebelling!" Gao Shicheng had no time to react, he threw his long gown and hurried to the gate.
"Gao family!"
"Return the grain—"
"Gao family!"
"Return the grain—"
The Wu family was large and powerful, and each of them was holding a wooden stick and blocking the Gao family's door. With such a loud noise, a group of people gathered around to watch the fun.
"How dare you!" Gao Shicheng hurried, stumbling a few steps and nearly falling. "What are you doing? Tell Wu Sheng to come out and see me!"
"You thief leader, how dare you meet our Patriarch?" The leader was Wu Sheng's confidant. Upon seeing Gao Shicheng, he was immediately furious. "You sent people to rob our largest grain store, and now you're pretending to be innocent. Is Patriarch Gao an actor? He's so good at pretending."
"How dare you!" Gao Shicheng was so angry that his face turned pale. He pointed at him with a trembling hand. "Without any evidence, you put such a serious crime on my head. What is your intention, Wu family?"
"Empty words?" Wu Sheng's men snorted coldly and glanced at the Gao family's corner gate. "Yesterday, the Wu family's grain store was robbed and the entire store's grain disappeared. We followed the grain that the thieves spilled and found it all the way to your corner gate."
"Those thieves entered your house and there was no sign of them coming out again. Isn't this considered evidence?"
Gao Shicheng's face suddenly changed, and he murmured quietly, "How is it possible...it must be that grandson of Wu Sheng who's plotting against me! I welcome your competition, but using such despicable means, isn't he afraid of death?"
"My master would use a shop full of rice and flour to trick you? Who do you think you are?" Wu Sheng's confidant waved his hand and shouted, "Either let us in to search, or we will meet with the authorities!"
Gao Shicheng snorted coldly, not taking him seriously at all. "Does anyone, nobody, just anyone, get into our Gao family? Haven't your Wu family done enough dirty things? If you go to the government, aren't you afraid that the county magistrate will arrest you?"
"Stop the fucking bullshit!"
"Search for me!"
At the command of Wu Sheng's confidant, the followers behind him immediately rushed forward and hit the people from the Gao family who were blocking the door with a stick.
"If you can't find it, use the Gao family's money to pay it off!"
"Who dares!" Gao Shicheng was furious and wanted to order someone to stop them, but the Wu family members were like crazy, beating up anyone they saw and not taking him seriously at all. "Go and call for help! Stop them!"
There was a lot of commotion in front of Gao's house. Su Cheng hid in the crowd and watched the farce coldly.
"Is it over then?" Xie Ming protected her to prevent the people around her from crowding her.
"How can it be that simple?" Su Cheng raised his eyebrows, a hint of laughter flashing in his eyes. "The Gao and Wu families are fighting, how can we let the Zhong family go?"
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Ganping
"Your Highness, the Gao and Wu families are in a serious quarrel. Many people know about it. Wang Lin has already sent officials to take them under control."
The man took a puff from the cigarette holder, his face gloomy and terrifying. He was silent for a while, then suddenly picked up the teacup beside him and smashed it to the ground.
"presumptuous!"
The two men beside him were shocked and knelt down hurriedly, "Your Highness, please calm down and take care of yourself."
The man's face was bloodless, and he couldn't figure it out. "Is Gao Shicheng crazy? Why would he rob the Wu family's grain store for no reason?"
"Your Highness, are we being set up?" Mo Chou knelt on the ground, pondered for a moment, and then whispered, "Your Highness just met with them yesterday. Even if Gao Shicheng is still unhappy with Wu Sheng, he shouldn't have chosen this moment to attack us. Wouldn't that be a slap in our faces?"
Mo Wei shook his head, his expression gloomy. "But that doesn't make sense. Seeing the indignant look on the Wu family's faces, I firmly believe that those thieves sneaked into the Gao family's backyard. I also found a lot of rice and flour in front of the Gao family's corner gate!"
The man lowered his eyebrows, his expression unrecognizable. "What if it was done by the people who stole the peach blossom wine?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the two men stopped in their tracks.
"If they can crack the code, they'll know when I'll invite the Gao, Wu, and Zhong families to a meeting. They can use this opportunity to eavesdrop, steal the Wu family's food, and pin the blame on Gao Shicheng, letting them fight each other."
The man closed his eyes and sighed, "If my guess is correct, Gan Ping can't stay here any longer. They are coming for me."
"But..." Mo Wei still couldn't understand and whispered, "I checked the fishing port and found no trace of anyone else..."
Somehow, an extremely beautiful face suddenly appeared in the man's mind, causing him to stiffen. He immediately ordered, "Go check on that woman named Ah Cheng. Apart from the Gao, Wu, and Zhong families, she is the only one who has seen what I look like."
The more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is. Who knows, that encounter might have been intentional on her part!
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