"The Shen family? Aren't all the Shen family members going to be imprisoned?"
"Should we report it to the police?"
Shen Haoyi's face darkened and he said, "We are not from your Shen family in Beijing..."
Someone among the people shouted:
"I heard that these people are all surnamed Shen, and they seem to be relatives from the same hometown. So they are also members of the Shen family! If the Shen family really wants to punish all nine clans, they might be included in it!"
"Let's report it to the police, lest these people escape..."
Upon hearing what the people were saying, Shen Haoyi and the others' faces darkened. Although they shared the same ancestor, they were separated by countless generations. If they were to become involved with the Shen family in the capital at this moment, they might actually be implicated and thrown into jail...
It seemed that some people were about to report to the authorities.
Shen Haoyi quickly asked someone to stop them, and then wanted to call Manager Xu and others into the inn.
But Shopkeeper Xu and the others did not go in. Instead, they shouted at the door, "Master Shen, we will not go in. Please return the money here."
"Yes, you should return the money!"
A dozen or so shopkeepers were talking loudly and were on high alert.
Although Shen Haoyi and the others were annoyed, thinking that these lowly merchants were really ungrateful, they did not dare to ask the guards to do anything in public. After all, the Shen family had just been imprisoned...
But at that time, they used the name of the Shen family and bought a lot of things on credit everywhere!
That's a lot of money.
"Didn't you all go to the Shen family to get the money?" Cui Biao, who was beside Shen Haoyi, suddenly said.
At that time, I heard that many shopkeepers had gone to the Shen family's accounting office.
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Xu immediately stepped forward and unfolded the account book and the signed IOU. He smiled warmly and said, "Master Shen, you did say at the time that we could go to the Shen family to get the money. We did go to the Shen family, but the Shen family's accountant said that this was the money you owed yourself and that you had to come to collect it."
"Yes, the Shen family accountant said at the time that they could only issue you a promissory note as proof, but you still had to pay the money owed. These are the certificates given by the Shen family accountant and the certificates signed by you."
More than a dozen shopkeepers unfolded their certificates and IOUs one by one.
When Shen Haoyi and others saw this, their faces turned dark.
The Shen family actually issued a loan agreement for them? How dare they—
One of the young masters couldn't help but frown and said, "The IOU was issued by the Shen family, you can go to them..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene fell silent.
Shopkeeper Xu's amiable smile darkened, "So, Master Shen, are you planning on defaulting on your debt?"
Defaulting on debt?
These two words made Shen Haoyi very unhappy.
But before he could open his mouth, he heard Manager Xu say, "If that's the case, then we can only go to the government office."
Shopkeeper Xu turned around and said to the dozen or so shopkeepers behind him, "Let's go. Let's go to the government office and ask the Lord to seek justice."
"Walk!"
The dozen or so shopkeepers did not make a fuss, but turned around and went to the government office.
"etc!"
Shen Haoyi and others quickly called out to Manager Xu and others.
Now the men of the Shen family have just been imprisoned. Even though they are many generations apart from the Shen family in Beijing, they still have the surname "Shen" after all, and they have lived in the Shen family so high-profile before...
Even if it's frustrating.
The debt was paid back, but some arguments arose when paying it back.
"Ten taels of silver for a piece of red silk? Are you kidding me?"
"What kind of white porcelain cup is so valuable that it costs a hundred taels a set? Why don't you just go and rob it..."
"Sir, that red silk is not just any red silk. I told you back then that it was the finest red silk made from silkworms imported from Sizhou City. It was superb, but you specifically requested the best..."
"Yes, you all picked out the best jade and porcelain bottles from my shop, and you said you had plenty of money and that the cheap ones weren't worthy of your status..."
Just as Shen Haoyi and the others had been extravagant and ostentatious back then, their expressions were just as grim now. Especially when they had almost emptied out the money they had brought from home to just barely cover the debts...
"Go back to Yujiang!"
Shen Haoyi said with a gloomy face.
But at this moment, a servant came hurriedly with an anxious look on his face to report: "Master, something bad has happened. Our horse suddenly died with foam at the mouth just now..."
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