Zhan Shiqing lowered his eyes slightly, listened to Hao Fugui's introduction, and then looked at the people scattered in the hall. Since it was related to the scandal of the Zhan family, he didn't want so many people to be present, but when he glanced around and met Gu Ye's defiant and cold eyes, he sighed in his heart.
"Everyone, my name is Zhan Shiqing. I came to Jiang Province today because I learned something that damaged the reputation of my Zhan family."
Zhan Shiqing did not say anything that would damage his reputation. After he said his name, everyone present became excited.
Of course, among these people, there are Hao Fugui, Hao Qian and Han Chengren.
"Zhan Degao!" Zhan Shiqing raised his hands and then put them down, signaling everyone not to speak. His voice became colder when he called Zhan Degao.
"Master, what do you want me to say?" Zhan Degao was shocked and his face turned pale. He didn't know what Zhan Shiqing wanted him to say.
"Why are you here? What is your relationship with Hao Fugui? Tell me everything!" This time it was not Zhan Shiqing who spoke, but one of the people who followed Zhan Shiqing in.
When Zhan Degao and his two followers heard the man speak, they trembled again.
They never expected that this time not only Zhan Shiqing came, but all the people from the first and second wives came!
They hated Hao Fugui so much now. Why did they offend Gu Ye when they could offend anyone else?
"Yes, it was Hao Fugui who invited us here! He said that he was bullied in Jiang Province, and that person looked down on the Zhan family, so he wanted us to come and give him -" Zhan Degao couldn't continue.
"Why did Hao Fugui invite you here? What is your relationship with Hao Fugui?" the man continued to ask.
Everyone present was confused. Why did it seem like these latecomers from the Zhan family were not familiar with Hao Fugui at all?
But for decades, Hao Fugui has been claiming that the Zhan family in Beijing is his background and backing?
Were all of them deceived by Hao Fugui?
"Zhan, Mr. Zhan, I'm Hao Fugui, don't you know me?" Hao Fugui was also confused at this time, and he didn't care about the scrutiny and hesitation of the people present. He asked Zhan Shiqing in shock, "Back then, I provided penicillin to Mr. Zhan, which saved many soldiers and Mr. Zhan. Mr. Zhan promised me that he would protect me for the rest of my life! Have you forgotten it?"
Zhan Shiqing turned around and looked at the people behind him. One of them stood up and said, "It is true!"
Hearing this, Hao Fugui's eyes suddenly lit up, and his expression relaxed. He then regained his complacent look and glanced arrogantly at everyone present.
"Yeah, I said Mr. Zhan must be a grateful person. He said he would protect me, and he will definitely protect me!"
"Hao Fugui, you said that my father promised to protect you throughout your life, so you took advantage of my Zhan family's power and became a local tyrant in Jiang Province!" Zhan Shiqing's voice suddenly became cold.
"It's unfair! Mr. Zhan, look at my family, we have been bullied like this. It's all my fault that I've been bullied, don't listen to those people's nonsense!" Hao Fugui immediately cried out for injustice.
"I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be false?" Zhan Shiqing's face was serious. The less expression he had, the more frightening it was.
"Hao Fugui, this is the result of our investigation in the capital of Jiang Province these days, take a look for yourself!" Zhan Shiche, the second son of the Zhan family, threw down a stack of letter papers, "These are all written by those who have been suppressed and humiliated by your Hao family over the years and whose families have been destroyed!"
"All of these are crimes committed by your Hao family!"
Hao Fugui and Hao Qian grabbed the letter paper, but they frowned and continued to cry out for justice, "These are all slanders! I, Hao Fugui, have always been a decent person and have always done things according to the rules. I have never done anything immoral!"
"Puchi!" Jiang Yue couldn't help but laugh out loud. He had seen people with thick skin, but he had never seen one as thick-skinned as a city wall!
"Hao Fugui, do you believe what you said?"
Hao Fugui has already realized that the identities of Gu Ye and Jiang Yue may be unusual, especially the attitude of the Zhan family towards Gu Ye, which makes him feel uneasy. Now he dare not scold Jiang Yue in front of the Zhan family and can only swallow his anger secretly.
"Zhan Degao, you tell me!" Zhan Shiqing gestured to Zhan Degao, "Why did you come to Jiang Province?"
Zhan Degao knew that he was going to die today, so he could only confess everything.
To put it simply, when Hao Fugui received a promise from Mr. Zhan, he attached great importance to maintaining the relationship with the Zhan family.
Hao Fugui would go to the capital every now and then, hoping to make friends with Mr. Zhan, but with his status, he was not qualified enough to be friends with Mr. Zhan.
Furthermore, no matter how much Mr. Zhan promised, it was impossible for him to get too close to a comprador who once worked for foreigners.
So, Mr. Zhan handed the task of receiving Hao Fugui to his third son, but Zhan San was also very busy, so the task of receiving Hao Fugui was delegated down again, and finally it fell to Zhan Degao.
Zhan Degao is a branch of the Zhan family. The Zhan family has reached its current position, and even if it is just a branch, it is already very prosperous.
Then Zhan Degao found that this was a good job. Gifts from Hao Fugui were sent to the Zhan family like water. At first, he was reluctant to accept them, but later he found that the host family didn't care about this matter, so he boldly accepted Hao Fugui's gifts.
And he didn't have to do anything. Hao Fugui said he just needed to borrow the power of the Zhan family, so that he would have less trouble in Jiang Province and his life would be better.
"That's the thing, Patriarch. I didn't know Hao Fugui would use the power of our Zhan family to commit such a crime in Jiang Province!"
Zhan Degao told the whole story. Not only did the people in the Zhan family fall silent, but Hao Fugui, Hao Qian, Han Chengren, and Han Yao and Han Lu who had just woken up also fell silent. Even the people from Jiang Province who were present fell into silence.
The people of the Zhan family remained silent because they did not know that Hao Fugui had become a lawless local tyrant in Jiang Province, even more privileged than the privileged class, all these years just because he had announced his relationship with the Zhan family.
Hao Fugui and his companions were silent because they were confused. The money they paid as tribute every year and the precious gifts they gave away were astronomical figures, but they were not received by the people of the main family of the Zhan family, but were embezzled by a villain from a side branch?
Moreover, for so many years they actually treated Zhan Degao, a member of the Zhan family's side branch, as a member of the Zhan family's main family. They really thought that the Zhan family had indulged them to this extent!
Everyone present was silent because they realized how stupid they were. They all knew that Hao Fugui's background was the Zhan family in Beijing. They all heard it from Hao Fugui. For so many years, Hao Fugui had relied on this relationship to bully people in the provincial capital of Jiang Province. He was like an uncrowned king in the provincial capital. Who would not be afraid of him?
Now I tell them that Hao Fugui is just a swindler, who is trying to cover up his true identity. The people in charge of the Zhan family don't even know who he is!
"No, this is impossible!" Hao Fugui and Hao Qian couldn't accept it.
Han Chengren's face turned pale and he said nothing.
Han Yao and Han Lu were also dumbfounded.
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