Chapter 677 Help from Wanchun
After muttering to himself for a while, the shopkeeper clapped his hands and laughed, "Mother, this is a really good idea. No rush, I'll find a few scapegoats in a few days."
Madam Shang breathed a sigh of relief with a smile on her face.
The first wife didn't know that her younger sister had been having an affair with Old Master Shang.
She kept pretending to take good care of her son in the future, but in reality, she had been planning from the beginning how to make her son inherit the family business.
Now her goal is about to be achieved.
Although the merchants no longer hold the same status in the capital, the old man's accumulated wealth is probably enough for all of them to squander for several lifetimes.
As long as they can find a way to get the key before the old man dies, that's fine.
With this in mind, Madam Shang devoted herself to serving the old man every day.
I never expected the old man to bring up what happened back then.
The mother and son put their heads together and began searching for a scapegoat.
There aren't many bandits willing to be scapegoats.
They were all after money, and dared not risk their lives.
This search lasted for more than ten days.
The shopkeeper finally found two desperate fugitives: one had a seriously ill mother at home, and the other had a crying baby at home.
They were all desperate for money, and they would do anything for it.
The shopkeeper offered to take care of their elderly mother until her death and to raise their children, but on the condition that they acknowledge the crime of harming the shopkeeper's boss years ago.
The two men thought about it for a long time before agreeing.
Although they were poor, they had never done anything immoral or harmful in their lives.
I'm doing this now only so that my family can live.
Madam Shang pulled Manager Shang into the back room and whispered, "Are you really going to take care of their seriously ill mother in her old age? Will you raise their children? If so, there could be endless troubles in the future."
Shopkeeper Shang revealed a sinister smile, "Mother, how could you be so unrealistic? How could I be so kind? Taking care of the elderly depends on whether there are any elderly people to take care of. Once they die, just push that old woman down the mountain. What need is there for taking care of the elderly? As for those two children, just sell them to a brothel. Someone will take care of them for us."
Mrs. Shang smiled and nodded.
"You're so smart."
After they reached this agreement, they brought the two men to Old Master Shang the next day.
Old Master Shang has been having recurring dreams about his son and grandson lately, which has made him quite restless and caused him to lose a lot of weight.
He trembled as he slowly rose, walked up to the two men, and asked coldly, "You killed my son's family, didn't you?"
Following the shopkeeper's instructions, the two men lowered their heads and replied, "That's right, we killed the head shopkeeper. It was their fault for clinging to the silver so tightly; otherwise, I wouldn't have taken their lives."
Old Master Shang wasn't stupid. He walked around them, looking them over carefully, and said, "You two are about to die and you still talk like this. You really have no remorse for killing someone."
The two men had never killed anyone, so they had no remorse. Naturally, they continued to say what the shopkeeper had told them: "We regret it, of course we regret it! Old sir, please forgive us! We were just after money, we didn't mean to kill them!"
The more afraid these two people were of death, the more Old Master Shang believed it was true.
Shopkeeper Shang came over and said, "Father, we have now found the enemy who killed my elder brother back then, and we can finally comfort his spirit in heaven."
Old Master Shang bent over, stroked his beard, and sighed deeply, "Although we have captured our enemy, my son will never come back!"
Shopkeeper Shang helped Old Master Shang up and comforted him, saying, "Father, if you keep this up, my elder brother won't be at peace in the afterlife. But let go of everything and live a good life from now on."
Grandpa Shang gently patted the back of his hand. "You're right. If I keep going like this, your eldest brother won't be at ease. He's always been the most filial. I can't continue like this."
He turned around and ordered the servants behind him, "Go, cut off the heads of these two men and take them to the young master's cenotaph."
The incident occurred on a cliff, so the bodies of the business owner and his second daughter have not yet been found.
They only found the bodies of the eldest daughter-in-law, her two sons, and a group of servants.
Even so, Old Master Shang still used the eldest son's clothes to make a cenotaph.
"Yes, sir," the crowd responded loudly, preparing to take the two men away.
Just as the shopkeeper thought the matter was resolved and a smile appeared on his face, someone outside the door called out, "Master, Second Young Master."
The shopkeeper turned around impatiently and said, "What's wrong with these reckless people?"
The servant replied, "Master, Second Young Master, a young lady has arrived. She claims to be the eldest young master's daughter."
Both Manager Shang and his wife were startled.
Old Master Shang turned around abruptly, his voice trembling as he asked, "Whose daughter are you saying she is?"
The servant paused for a moment, then replied again, "She is the young master's daughter!"
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