After saying this, Ji Shan put down his teacup and, regardless of whether Xu Jiang agreed or not, he took out a piece of silver from his purse and slapped it in front of Xu Jiang, "This is the deposit, you can't go back on your word."
"Since the master has given instructions, how dare this junior disobey?" Xu Jiang weighed out the silver and gave him a contract, jokingly saying, "Isn't this reassuring to you?"
Ji Shan put the contract into his arms and said, "Don't worry, don't worry."
Knowing that the shop was busy, Ji Shan did not stay long after finishing his business. After repeatedly instructing Xu Jiang, he left happily with the fan that Xu Jiang had asked him to bring to Deng Yuechuan.
Xu Jiang went back to the backyard to continue working, but after a while, guard Zhu came to report that someone from the yamen was looking for him.
She went out to ask, but heard the yamen runner say, "Manager Xu, your two relatives have changed their statements and said they had no intention of blackmailing you. They demand that the yamen release them. We'd like you to come with us to the yamen."
"But they've already recorded their confessions and signed their names as evidence. How can they change their confessions?"
"They claim they were forced to sign and have been crying out for justice for two days, so the Chief Registrar would like you to come over and make a judgement."
Xu Jiang thought for a moment and said, "I have the neighbors who can testify that the confession was signed by Ma Twelve himself."
After saying this, Xu Jiang asked Guard Zhu to invite Shopkeeper Wang and the neighbors who had gone to the government office that day.
But Guard Zhu came back and said that Manager Wang had gone to the countryside today and had not returned yet, and the others all refused for various reasons.
Xu Jiang's heart sank.
Liang Mo came out after hearing the news and said, "Boss, I'll go with you."
Yin Yin followed suit, "I'm going too!"
Xu Jiang shook his head. "You are all from my bookstore. Whether you go or not, it won't make much difference."
Then he instructed the two of them, "Guardians Zhu and Xue and I will go check it out first. You stay at the bookstore. If you see Manager Wang coming back, ask him to come to the county government office to help testify."
She was the boss, so Liang Mo couldn't object and had to agree.
Xu Jiang patted Yin Yin's head and said, "You stay in the bookstore. Don't go back to the mansion to report the news yet. Wait until I come back. Got it?"
Seeing that her thoughts were exposed, Yin Yin lowered her head and remained silent.
Afterwards, Xu Jiang bowed to the two yamen runners and said, "My lords, let's go."
Guard Xue brought a carriage and, together with Guard Zhu, took Xu Jiang to the county government office.
After Xu Jiang left, several neighbors stuck their heads out, looked at each other, sighed, and then closed the door.
They were also forced to do so.
Yin Yin returned to the shop and looked at the fan that had not yet been given away, tears streaming down her face.
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