"Clang!"
After a full cup of tea's time, the Meng family's gate finally opened.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Meng Yongfu leading his sleepy family out. When they saw the scene in front of the door, the man was even more surprised. "Huh, what happened? Why is it so noisy in the middle of the night? I thought someone's house was on fire."
"What a heartless bastard! All he ever thinks about is other people's houses catching fire!" Su Bai spat at the man.
The three Su brothers, including Su Dahu, led Wang Ergou and the others forward.
Immediately, he plopped down on the ground and slapped his thigh.
Her voice was filled with grief and despair, “Meng Yongfu, my Su family and your Meng family have always kept to ourselves, but your Meng family has harmed us time and time again. Now you’ve even hired so many people to drug and rob our family. If you don’t give me an explanation today, I, this old woman, will smash my head against your door and die!”
The Su family members quickly stepped in front of Su Bai's mother, saying, "Mother, it is the Meng family who deserve to die. You mustn't do anything foolish."
The villagers of Shanghe Village also helped to stop the people, and did not forget to condemn the Meng family.
"Young Master Meng, isn't this enough money? Why drive people to their deaths?"
"We're all from the same village, why make such a scene?"
"The Meng family finally has a business to make, why are you so fixated on it..."
Meng Yongfu's smile froze for a moment.
That old hag, if she really wanted to kill me, she wouldn't have waited until now!
However, he would also find it unlucky if someone actually crashed and died at his front door.
The old village chief, Su Chengde, stroked his goatee, stared at the man for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "Yongfu, Dahu's family was drugged and robbed tonight. If it weren't for Hua'er's lucky escape and capture of the thugs, the whole family would probably be dead now. The thugs confessed that the mastermind behind it was your Meng family. You have to give us an explanation for this!"
Su Hua?! It's Su Hua again.
Meng Yun'er bit her lip and glanced at the girl at the front of the crowd, feeling extremely displeased.
God is so unfair!
Why is Su Hua so lucky?
Even sleeping pills couldn't seduce her! She had even specifically reminded Wang Ergou and the others to bring sleeping pills.
But in the end, all their efforts were in vain!
Meng Yongfu met the village chief's gaze directly, his face feigning innocence. "I truly don't understand what the village chief is saying. What do you mean by drugging, knocking unconscious, and robbing and annihilating... What does this have to do with my Meng family? What kind of explanation am I supposed to give?!"
"Is there some misunderstanding?" Meng's mother chimed in. "My husband runs back and forth between Shanghe Village and Qingyuan County every day. He's exhausted and even eats on the carriage. How could he possibly have time to do such irresponsible things? You can't wrong an innocent person."
Upon hearing this, the villagers all paused in their conversation.
That seems to make sense.
People who don't even have time to eat, how can they have so much time to cause trouble?
Meng Fu, clutching his crotch, glanced at Su Hua and snorted coldly, "Ha! Is the village chief just trying to pin this on our Meng family because he shares the same ancestry with Su Hua's family..."
"What are you saying!" Su Chengde's face darkened with anger.
Ever since the Meng family rose to prominence, they have never taken the villagers of Shanghe Village seriously.
Even their attitude towards him, the village chief, is far worse than before.
"What does it prove that the Meng family is busy or not?" Su Dahu stepped forward and pointed to Wang Ergou and his two companions in the corner.
"Now, we have both witnesses and physical evidence. We caught Wang Ergou and his two accomplices for breaking into the house and committing robbery. The sleeping gas they used and the hole in the paper window are still there. They confessed that it was your Meng family who instructed them to commit the robbery."
Su Erhu sneered, "Now you know how to play the coward? Where were you before?"
Su Sanhu clenched his fist in anger, "I think they're all a bunch of black-hearted wolves. They clearly want Wang Ergou to be the scapegoat and take all the blame for him..."
Wang Ergou was so badly beaten that he was seeing stars, and he hadn't even realized what Meng Yongfu was saying.
Now, the words of the three Su brothers made him suddenly clear-headed, and he quickly took out a piece of silver from his chest. "Uncle Meng, you gave me this two taels of silver this evening, saying that you wanted me to go to the Meng family to steal something for you. You can't go back on your word."
He's been a petty thief since he was a child.
They clearly understood the difference between the principal offender and the accomplice.
If Meng Yongfu denies it, wouldn't he become the main culprit for stealing from the Su family today?
No, it wasn't theft. That damned girl from the Su family already labeled him as a 'robber,' so wouldn't he be stuck in jail for life?
He's married but hasn't had any children yet. If he really goes in this time, he might be in his seventies or eighties when he gets out.
That won't do! Absolutely not.
"Hahahaha... Is this what you call evidence?" Meng Yongfu took the broken silver and glanced at it before bursting into laughter. "Who in Shanghe Village doesn't know that Er Gouzi has been a petty thief since he was a child? Now that he's committed a crime, all he has to do is come to me with a piece of broken silver to take the blame. Isn't that a joke?"
"I asked you to take the blame?" Wang Ergou jumped up excitedly.
However, it aggravated the wound on my ankle.
"Hiss..." The man clutched his injured leg, his face filled with extreme resentment. "Meng Yongfu, do you think I, Wang Ergou, am someone you can bully? This silver was clearly given to me behind the house by you, telling me to steal from the Meng family. Now you're denying it with nothing. Be careful, or I'll make sure your whole family is wiped out!"
Compared to Su Hua and Xiao Jinhan, who broke his legs, he hated Meng Yongfu more at this moment.
If Meng Yongfu hadn't told him to steal a jade hairpin from the Su family, he wouldn't be in this predicament now.
Now, Meng Yongfu has turned his back on him and is making him shoulder all the blame.
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