In order to gain a small advantage, she had secretly tampered with the account book and hidden some silver, thinking that she could do it without anyone noticing. But now this sudden change made her realize that the matter had gotten out of hand.
She regretted it so much that her legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground.
"No, it can't be... How could this happen..." Wei Ersao murmured softly, her voice full of despair.
She tried to calm herself down, but her body shook even more uncontrollably.
Su Huaiyue and Wei Che looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts from each other's eyes - they were probably framed again.
Su Huaiyue took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She knew that panicking at the moment would be useless and she had to calm everyone at the banquet first.
She turned around and gave a soothing smile to the panicked guests in the hall. She raised her voice and said, "Everyone, please be patient. There must be a misunderstanding, and our Wei family will give you an explanation. However, the situation is a bit chaotic right now. For your safety, please leave first. I hope you will forgive me for my poor hospitality today."
Although her voice trembled slightly, her tone was steady and her eyes were firm, which made people feel at ease unconsciously.
Wei Che also stepped forward and said loudly: "Everyone, don't worry. Our Wei family has always been upright and would never do anything illegal. This incident was just a malicious frame-up. We will definitely find out the truth."
His eyes swept across everyone firmly, giving people a sense of reassurance.
The maid next to Jing Zhiwan had a distressed look on her face. She leaned close to Jing Zhiwan and whispered, "Miss, look, you really shouldn't have come to the Wei family's banquet. There are too many things going on. If this gets out, it will be bad for your reputation."
Jing Zhiwan frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure flashing in her eyes. She sneered and said, "Humph, the first bird to stick its head out gets shot. Most people know why the Wei family is being targeted. The Wei family has developed too quickly in Youzhou City, and it's inevitable that it will attract jealousy."
As she spoke, Jing Zhiwan took light steps and walked towards Wei Che.
She walked over to Wei Che, a gentle and concerned expression on her face, and said softly, "Master Wei, don't be too anxious. I believe that you and Miss Su are innocent. There must be a misunderstanding. You must take good care of yourself and don't worry too much. I will always pray for you in my heart."
Her voice was soft and gentle, and her eyes were full of concern and worry, as if she really cared about Wei Che's condition.
Wei Che was slightly stunned, a little surprised by Jing Zhiwan's sudden concern, but at the moment he was preoccupied with how to deal with this crisis, so he just smiled politely: "Thank you Miss Jing for your concern, our Wei family will not be defeated by this little difficulty."
Jing Zhiwan nodded slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but stopped herself.
After a while, she turned around and left reluctantly. After walking a few steps, she looked back at Wei Che with a look of nostalgia in her eyes.
At this moment, Lu Jin also hurried out of the hall, his face filled with worry and anxiety. "What...what's going on? Miss Su, Master Wei, why are the soldiers here to find you?"
As she spoke, she gently wiped her forehead with a handkerchief. She seemed anxious, but in fact she was secretly observing the reactions of Su Huaiyue and Wei Che.
Su Huaiyue didn't say anything, but stared at Lu Jin's expression.
The other person's brows were furrowed, his delicate eyes were filled with deep worry, and his hands were tightly clutching a handkerchief.
He looked genuinely worried.
Pursing her lips slightly, Su Huaiyue smiled soothingly, "Mrs. Lu, don't worry, the Wei family will come to give you an explanation soon. Today, something unexpected happened, so please go back. I'm very sorry for the trouble this has caused."
Lu Jin shook his head, "What is this?"
She raised her hand and patted Su Huaiyue's shoulder, her eyes full of concern, as if she were an elder to a younger person. "Your Wei family is guilty, but now you are doing better than most innocent people in Youzhou. Naturally, some people can't stand it."
"The Lu family needs the help of your Wei family."
After Lu Jin finished his last sentence, he stuffed some silver coins into Su Huaiyue's hand and blinked his eyes. "Our Youzhou is remote, and the people above don't care. If you give us some silver coins, they will talk us down."
After saying that, she waved and left.
From the beginning to the end, he did everything he could to consider Su Huaiyue's best interests.
This behavior did surprise Su Huaiyue. As she held the silver in her hand, her suspicion of Lu Jin was reduced a lot.
But Wei Che behind him also saw everything. He took a few steps forward and stood beside Su Huaiyue, shaking his head slightly. "Lu Jin is a scheming person. Don't just judge his words and deeds by appearances."
Su Huaiyue sighed, "I understand, but if that's the case, then Lu Jin is a bit too scary."
After most of the guests had left, Su Huaiyue and Wei Che immediately walked quickly to the warehouse, ready to look for the account books to see if they could find any clues to prove their innocence.
Along the way, Su Huaiyue's brows furrowed as she replayed the details of the banquet, trying to find anything suspicious. She whispered to Wei Che, "Today's incident was too sudden. Someone must have orchestrated it. Judging from the current situation, the account book is the key. We must carefully examine it."
Wei Che nodded slightly, his eyes stern: "Sister-in-law is right, but the key is that the account books have always been managed by our Wei family."
This touched Su Huaiyue's heart. She clenched her fists tightly and a face flashed through her mind.
The two came to the warehouse and saw that it had been turned upside down, with all kinds of debris scattered all over the floor.
Wei Che frowned, a trace of anger flashing in his eyes: "These officers and soldiers are really too much. They didn't even search carefully and made a mess here."
Su Huaiyue didn't say anything. She squatted down and began to rummage through a pile of account books.
Her fingers flipped through the account book quickly, her eyes focused and serious, not missing any details.
Suddenly, she found obvious traces of erasures on an account book, and these erasures were very stiff and looked unnatural.
Su Huaiyue picked up the account book and handed it to Wei Che: "Wei Che, look at this, there must be something wrong with these alterations. A normal account book would not have so many unreasonable alterations. It is obvious that someone did it deliberately, trying to forge evidence of our account book fraud."
Wei Che carefully checked the account book, his face gloomy: "Sister-in-law, it seems that our guess is correct, someone is indeed behind this. But this alone is not enough to prove our innocence, we need to find more evidence."
Just then, there was a sudden burst of noisy footsteps outside.
Su Huaiyue and Wei Che looked at each other and looked towards the door vigilantly.
I saw a group of officers and soldiers rushing in again, led by the officer with a face full of flesh.
He saw the account books in Su Huaiyue and Wei Che's hands and sneered: "What? Still want to destroy the evidence?"
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