Yu Jiao put down the ink stick in her hand and nodded, "I'll be right there."
She washed her hands in the basin, wiped them with a towel, and went to the grain shop on the street in the front yard with Yu Fuling.
Shao Huai'en, who had been so arrogant and domineering last night, was huddled in a corner in a miserable state. Next to him stood a short, plain-looking middle-aged man with a mole on his chin, which was very conspicuous.
Seeing Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling coming in, the man forced a standard fake smile on his face, "Miss Yu, I am the third child in the Shao family. What happened last night was all a misunderstanding. Shao would like to apologize to you first."
Yu Jiao glanced at him indifferently and said nothing.
Shao Lao San did not feel dissatisfied at all with this arrogant and cold attitude. Instead, he became more and more convinced that Yu Jiao dared to be so arrogant because she had the support of Master Gu Xiaohou behind her.
After Shao Huai'en left in a panic last night, he went to the county government office and told the second master of the Shao family, who was the county magistrate in Xiyun City, that the backer of Yu's grain shop was the young Marquis Gu.
The second master of the Shao family knew that the young Marquis Gu was currently in Danzhou to release flood water and clear silt, so he specially asked the guards at the city gate to check the pass of Manager Zhou when he was escorting grain out of the city. He saw that the grain was being transported to Danzhou. It would be too far-fetched to say that it was just a coincidence, but it actually confirmed that it was related to the young Marquis Gu.
Moreover, according to Gu Huai'en, Yu Jiao was just a village girl from the countryside of Changkui County. How could she be so generous as to hoard so much food at once?
The second master of the Shao family scolded Gu Huai'en, blaming him for his incompetence and for acting so arrogantly without finding out the details of Yu's grain shop. He ordered him to return to Qingzhou overnight and call the third son of the Shao family, who had no official status but was in charge of the Shao family's business affairs, to solve the trouble he had caused.
Young Marquis Gu's reputation for being lawless and having no taboos is too loud. The Annan Marquisate is of high status, and the emperor is quite fond of Gu Yun. Relying on the emperor's grace, he dislikes the young master of the Earl's House and teaches him a lesson.
Their Shao family has only produced a few local officials, which means nothing in the eyes of Young Marquis Gu. If they really offend that unscrupulous devil, their Gu family's official career will be over!
The second master of the Shao family was even prepared. If the third master Shao did not handle the matter properly, he would come in person to apologize to Yu Jiao.
"It was this servant who acted on his own initiative and bullied us behind our backs." Shao Lao San said humbly, "I've brought the man here. Miss Yu will deal with him."
Shao Laosan gave Shao Huai'en a look, and Shao Huai'en bent his knees and knelt down towards Yu Jiao, ignoring the looks from the people in the grain shop, and begged for mercy with tears, "Miss Yu, I am frivolous and ignorant, and I don't know what a great man is. I am lying to my superiors and subordinates under the banner of the master. No matter how you punish me, I have no complaints."
Yu Jiao sneered. This statement must have been prepared in advance, which is why he could say it so fluently.
"A servant dares to covet my grain shop. You are really bold!" Yu Jiao said sarcastically.
Shao Lao San smiled and apologized, "It's all because I neglected to discipline him and was too lenient to the servants in the mansion. That's why this bastard used the name of my Shao family to bully others in order to enrich himself. Shao will be strict with his subordinates in the future and never let such things happen again."
Yu Jiao said calmly, "Master Shao, you should take the people back. I heard that your Shao family is very powerful in Qingzhou. The eldest master is the prefect of Tongzhou, and the second master is the magistrate of Xiyun County. They are extremely powerful. If I offend your Shao family, my grain shop will have to close soon, and the grain will rot in my hands. Your servants are naturally very valuable, so how dare I punish them?"
Shao Lao San said with an embarrassed look, "Miss Yu is joking. How can you take these nonsense seriously?"
In order to show off, he kicked Shao Huai'en hard and cursed, "It's all because of you, you dog slave, who took advantage of the Shao family's power to speak nonsense outside and almost caused a disaster for my Shao family. It's not too much to beat you to death!"
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