The fat man who led the ferocious crowd stood up and said:
"grown ups."
"What's your name? Where do you live? Tell me everything you know."
"yes."
Song Yaoyao warned:
"I hope that what you are going to say next is true. You must know the consequences of deceiving the officials."
"Yes, I understand."
Of course he knew the consequences. He was just an errand boy, and there was no need for him to deceive the officials and put his life on the line:
“I, Sun Liucai, am just an errand boy.
If someone borrows money and doesn't pay it back, we will go to their house to collect the debt.
Here's the thing.
A month ago, Yao Qi came to borrow 50 taels of silver from us... The next day, Yao Qi brought Chen Yanniang to borrow money again..."
Sun Liucai recounted the story of Yao Qi and Chen Yanniang borrowing money a month ago, which was similar to what Song Yaoyao and the others had just heard when they entered the door.
Sun Liucai continued:
“We agreed that the debt would be repaid with interest in a month, but when the due date came, we didn’t see anyone at all.
We have no choice but to come and collect the debt.
We visited the Yao family, but didn't see Yao Qi, we only saw Chen Yanniang.
We explained our purpose, but she insisted that she had never borrowed any money from us and even threatened to commit suicide.
We have never seen such an arrogant person."
Chen Yanniang said excitedly:
"Sir, I never borrowed any money. He is talking nonsense."
Sun Liucai said speechlessly:
"My Lord, you see, this is Chen Yanniang's attitude."
"Sir, I really don't have any."
Song Yaoyao made a stop gesture and said:
"Please be patient, I will investigate it thoroughly."
"yes."
After a pause, Song Yaoyao continued to ask:
"Sun Liucai, do you have anything else to add besides what you just said?"
"Your Excellency, I still have the proof of their borrowing money."
As he spoke, Sun Liucai took out the IOU signed by Yao Qi and Chen Yanniang from his arms and presented it to Song Yaoyao.
Song Yaoyao took the IOU and looked at it. It was real.
Song Yaoyao looked at Chen Yanniang and asked:
"Mrs. Chen Yan, have you read the loan agreement?"
“I have.”
"Do you have anything else to say?"
"Sir, I really have never borrowed money at high interest rates. I have never signed the IOU."
Even at this time, Chen Yanniang still denied that she had ever borrowed money, and judging from her expression, she didn't seem to be lying.
What the hell is going on?
Song Yaoyao looked around the Yao family's yard and asked:
"Where is your husband Yao Qi? Did he ever borrow money? Let him come out and we can ask him and see what he says."
Song Yaoyao was also puzzled. With the family in such a mess, why didn’t her husband Yao Qi show up?
Speaking of Yao Qi, Chen Yanniang's tears welled up even more. She sobbed and said:
"Sir, my husband had an accident a month ago, leaving us an orphan and a widow."
Hearing this, Song Yaoyao couldn't help but frown. This was too much of a coincidence.
Sun Liucai was also stunned and said:
"How is this possible? When we met him a month ago, he was fine.
Is it because you don't want to pay back the money, so Yao Qi hid it and made up this story on purpose?
So you can just deny it to the death?"
Chen Yanniang quickly explained:
“Sir, we don’t.
All the neighbors know about my husband's affairs.
If you don’t believe it, you can ask them.”
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