Chapter 784 786. Climbing high branches
Wu Nanping complained, "Master Meng, you really can't blame me for this. You know there are many people in the family and the things to do are complicated.
Managing such a large family will always be difficult.
Besides, before, that kid Wu Kun opened a restaurant opposite Tianfu Restaurant. Didn’t you all cheer for it?
It is inevitable that there will be conflicts in doing business, and you said so at the time."
Do you really think he doesn't know that Wu Kun had the guts to challenge Madam Gu without the instigation of these guys?
"Let's not talk about this for now," Li Cong, the head of the Li family, said at this time, "What we should discuss now is the trouble caused by your kid. When the time comes, the officials will not think that it is us, the noble families, who are targeting them.
If this balance is broken, tell me, everyone present, can we really defeat these officials?"
The people do not fight against the officials. Although they have been here for hundreds of years, when it comes to real reckoning, they can be said to be vulnerable.
It’s just that the officials are unwilling to take such a big risk to fight with them. If they really make them angry, they will really suffer serious injuries and may not even be able to maintain the reputation of the century-old family.
If this happened to them, they would be labeled as the prodigal sons, and no one wants that.
Huang Muen, the head of the Huang family, also said, "We know why you called us here today. You want us to put pressure on the government to release the person, but this matter is too big.
It's okay if you do something bad, but at least clean up the traces.
Now we have caught the perpetrators red-handed, and I heard that the two arrested people have confessed. How do you want us to open our mouths?
Don’t tell me that Wu Hao didn’t know and was also deceived.
Don’t say we don’t believe this, even you don’t believe it yourself!”
Seeing that everyone was clearly unwilling to help, Wu Nanping turned to look at Hou Cunjin, who had not spoken a word since he came in.
"Master Hou, no one else can do anything, but I think you have the final say."
Hou Cunjin had known that these people would target him and had already made preparations.
He looked embarrassed, "It's really hard to say. I think you must have heard that Lord Gu loves his wife. Wu Hao is targeting his wife this time. Lord Gu's anger is not so easy to calm down.
I know that you think that I am related to Lord Gu and I can have a say.
But honestly, if you were in the situation that Master Gu is in now, would you let go of someone who spread rumors and caused trouble like this?"
"Master Hou, are you trying to shirk your responsibility?" Wu Nanping looked grim, "Although your family is following the two adults in getting married, don't forget the rules passed down by our ancestors.
Your Hou family has a good idea, you want to please both sides."
Hou Cunjin, "You may not like what I said. My sister was chosen by my father at that time. Wu Haicong was just a poor boy at that time. His current fortune was not caused by us. We can only say that my sister is lucky.
As for my girl, everyone knows that my wife had a bad fate, leaving her with only a girl like this.
As a father, it is not easy for me to raise him personally, so my sister takes care of him and she is the one who arranges the marriage."
Seeing that he was still making excuses, everyone's faces turned even uglier.
Li Cong said directly and sarcastically, "Speaking of these, it really has nothing to do with you, you are innocent.
But as far as we know, you also make the most profit here.
It wasn't long after the girl got married, but the business almost doubled.
If it wasn't for the sake of your relatives, would Mrs. Gu take care of you like this?
Don't forget that our families depend on each other. Do you think your family can be immune to this? "
Hou Cunjin smiled and said, "The most important thing in doing business is to seize the opportunity. You guys don't have good vision, but you're blaming me?
I remember that when I approached Mrs. Gu and wanted to take over the distribution rights of soap, I also asked you, right?
At that time, you looked down on me and let me handle it on my own.
I am optimistic about this business, so I naturally went there and tried my best to get it.
I negotiated all of this with my real ability. Now that you see my business is booming, you are jealous. This is a bit unreasonable."
"Who is jealous of your little tricks?" Huang Muen stood up suddenly, slapped the table and said, "Don't change the subject here. I just want you to be a lobbyist and ask Lord Gu to release the person first for the sake of your relationship.
Then, let the Wu family prepare a generous gift, and the matter will be over."
Hou Cunjin saw that the heads of other families were staring at him, and he knew what they meant without asking.
If it were in the past, he would still be a little scared, but now it is not impossible to refute.
"You are so arrogant. Your descendants have caused trouble, and you want our Hou family to clean up the mess. How can you be so shameless?"
Meng Haotian cleared his throat and spoke to uphold justice, "Master Hou, we are all anxious, so our words may be a little unpleasant to the ear, please forgive us.
I also think that you really need to be the middleman in this matter. Why don’t you find a time to invite Lord Gu out so that we can all ask for mercy together.”
"Everyone knows that I'm a businessman. I won't do business that will make a loss." Hou Cunjin leaned back in the armchair and raised his head slightly. "You want to use my family's favor to pay off your debt, but you are just taking advantage of others."
“…”
Wu Nanping said with a smile, "Master Hou, if you can help solve this matter, my Wu family will definitely give you a generous gift.
I'm sure your hard work won't be in vain, so please take a moment to work hard."
Hou Cunjin said, “It’s not that I don’t want to help, but this matter is very difficult.
As soon as the incident happened, I actually asked my daughter about it."
"So what did you find out?" Wu Nanping asked anxiously.
You know, ever since the person was taken away by Lord Gu, they haven't been able to find out any information at all.
The reason I have asked a few noble families to come here today, besides asking for help, is to unite and put pressure on the government.
"Hey, I heard that this matter involves the Wu'an Marquis Mansion in Shangjing..."
Everyone was shocked; they had never heard of this before.
Everyone looked at Wu Nanping again, and Li Cong said sarcastically, "I didn't expect the Wu family to be so capable and to have hooked up with a nobleman in the capital so quickly.
Then why did you ask us to come? To show off?"
Wu Nanping came to his senses at this time and quickly cried out, "You are wrongly accusing me. This is the first time I have heard of this.
My uncle from the side branch didn't tell me about this, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to hide it."
He turned to look at Hou Cunjin again, "Is this news true?"
Hou Cunjin, "I used my biological father's identity to force him to tell me, how could it be false?
I heard that your son is working for the Marquis. This is a high position to climb. Maybe we will have to rely on you in the future."
Now let’s see who will be put on the fire, Hou Cunjin thought smugly in his heart.
(End of this chapter)
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