Chapter 59 Blackmail Again
After Gu Mingyue was beaten, Su Jin sent someone to send him back home. Soon, the people in Gujia Village knew about it.
Yang also learned the news, and hurried to the village entrance with her husband to wait.
My daughter is a delicate and weak girl. I don’t know what kind of punishment she will receive. It must be very important, otherwise she would not have been sent back by someone else.
Of course, when she saw her daughter being beaten all over and her dress stained with blood, Yang was immediately furious.
This is all the fault of that little girl Gu Leyou.
She wanted to settle the score with her and seek justice for her daughter. She had to ask the girl to pay for the medical expenses. It was estimated that her daughter would need a long time to recover from her injuries, and she would have to stay at home to take care of her, so she had to ask Gu Leyou to pay a lot of money.
Yang was about to rush to the Lu family in a rage, but Gu Haicheng quickly stopped her and frowned, saying, "What are you trying to do in such a hurry? Settle your daughter down first."
Yang shook his hand away, her eyes reddened, "What are you talking about? Mingyue has been beaten like this, our daughter can't suffer in vain, then Gu Leyou must pay the price."
Although Gu Haicheng felt sorry for his daughter, he was still rational: "Our daughter was wrong in the first place, so let's take her home first." Yang became even angrier when she heard this, "It must be her and that Lord Su who played tricks on my daughter and beat her like this..."
As the two were pulling each other, Gu Mingyue spoke weakly: "Dad, Mom, it's Gu Leyou. She must have greeted Lord Su, otherwise he wouldn't treat me like this..." Her voice was intermittent with tears in her eyes. Yang was so distressed that she burst into tears, and this made her more determined to find Gu Leyou.
She rushed all the way to Lu's house, where Gu Leyou was feeding chickens in the yard. Without saying a word, Yang stepped forward and tried to tear her apart: "You black-hearted bastard, what have you done to my daughter? Pay me money, pay for the medical expenses!"
Gu Leyou was startled and dodged away, looking puzzled: "Aunt, why are you crazy? What did I do?"
Seeing that she still dared to quibble, Yang cursed: "You are still pretending. Mingyue said it was you. If you don't take out the money today, I will never let you go."
Lu Yan quickly ran out from the inner room and protected his wife behind him.
"Aunt, how can you come here and act like a wretch without knowing right or wrong? Can't you just talk it out nicely?"
Yang jumped up and down and shouted, "What else is there to say? Mingyue was beaten like that, and she said with her own mouth that it was this girl who did it. She must give an explanation today."
Gu Leyou was so angry that her face turned red, and she replied stubbornly with tears in her eyes: "Aunt, I didn't do it at all. Why did you believe Gu Mingyue's one-sided words? It was obviously her fault. Lord Su handled it impartially.
As a result, Yang became even more excited when she heard this.
"You and that Su guy are having an unclear relationship. You've been going to the county government office a lot recently. You must have said something to him, otherwise he wouldn't treat my daughter like that."
After listening to this, Gu Leyou clenched her fists. If the other person was not an elder, she would have wanted to fight with her.
When Lu Yan heard the other party slandering his wife, he was about to teach him a lesson, but Gu Leyou quickly stopped him and said coldly to Yang: "Aunt, what do you want? Do you want money or something?"
As a result, Yang took out an IOU from her pocket.
Gu Leyou laughed after reading it.
He really loves money.
I actually carried this IOU with me at all times, for fear of losing it.
"You should still acknowledge this IOU, right?" Yang asked, holding the IOU.
"Of course I recognize him. Just tell me how much money you want. Don't beat around the bush." Gu Leyou said impatiently.
Yang waved the IOU in front of Gu Leyou and said viciously, "It's written in black and white on it that it's five hundred taels. You have to pay me the full amount today, not a penny less. This is just the medical expenses. I won't charge you for the supplements Mingyue will have to take to recover from her injuries, and the time she lost!"
Gu Leyou's eyes widened, and she replied in disbelief, "Five hundred taels? Auntie, are you crazy because of poverty? I remember how many taels of silver were written on the IOU. When did it become five hundred taels of silver? Auntie, don't go too far. It's simply inhumane to ask for such a high price."
When Yang heard this, her eyes almost popped out of her head and she shouted at the top of her voice: "Humph, if it weren't for you doing bad things, would Mingyue have suffered? You should pay this money. If you don't pay, I will come here every day to make trouble and let everyone in Gujia Village see your vicious face."
Gu Leyou took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She looked at the neighbors who gradually gathered around her and said loudly, "Aunt, since you insist that it was me, let's find the most fair village chief in the village to judge the case and go to the ancestral hall to let the ancestors decide. If I really did it, let alone five hundred taels, I will compensate you even if it means bankrupting my entire family. But if I didn't do it, you must settle the account for slandering me today."
Yang's face flashed a trace of panic, but she soon became tough again: "Go ahead, I'm not afraid of you. Anyway, you are colluding with Lord Su, and you will be in trouble when the time comes."
Gu Leyou ignored her and went into the house to get a pen and paper. He wrote down what happened briefly and prepared to hand it to Lu Yan, asking him to go and invite the village chief.
At this moment, Su Jin, who had been observing outside the crowd, strode over with several yamen runners. He had a stern face and shouted, "What are you all doing here? Gu Mingyue made the mistake first and was punished according to the law. It has nothing to do with Miss Gu Leyou. If anyone else deliberately causes trouble and slanders innocent people, don't blame me for being rude." As he spoke, his eyes swept coldly towards Yang.
When Yang saw Su Jin, her legs went weak and she almost fell down, but a kind villager held her up.
Su Jin looked at Gu Leyou again and nodded slightly, with approval in her eyes. Then she handed a document to Lu Yan and explained, "This is Gu Mingyue's confession in the county government. She has admitted that she made the mistake and it has nothing to do with others. Keep it. If you have any more trouble, come to me anytime."
Lu Yan took it and saluted with gratitude.
"Thank you, Lord Su, for your justice."
Yang wanted to say more, but her husband came rushing over. Gu Haicheng grabbed his wife and whispered, "Stop messing around and come back with me. Otherwise, if Lord Su gets angry, you'll be in trouble."
Yang had no choice but to give up and left with her husband in shame.
Gu Leyou also thanked Su Jin and gave him a big gift.
"Thank you, Lord Su, for your justice. I am grateful to you."
Gu Leyou was also confused and asked, "Master Su, why are you in the village?"
"It's because I knew this matter wouldn't be solved so easily, so I wanted to come to the village to take a look. I didn't expect to see what happened just now. It's just right for me to listen to your help and punish the bad guys."
After the farce ended, the villagers dispersed.
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