The atmosphere in the study was so oppressive that it was suffocating. Ji Zhifei looked at Qin Zhao, then at Gu Changzhou who was standing by the table. His slow and blank mind gradually understood the current situation.
He messed with the wrong people.
This Mr. Qin was obviously not the poor scholar he had expected. On the contrary, he had a very high status, so high that even Gu Changzhou from Jiangling Weaving Factory had to keep him by his side.
Who on earth is this person? ! !
It took Ji Zhifei a while to find his voice again, his voice hoarse: "You... who are you?"
Qin Zhao closed the book in front of him, his eyes swept across the plain and elegant cover, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Does it matter?"
This is important, but not so important to Ji Zhifei.
Because no matter what Qin Zhao's true identity was, Gu Changzhou was his man, that was obvious. And it was also obvious that Ji Zhifei had hit a wall this time.
Ji Zhifei's mind raced, and he forced himself to calm down.
The Ji family's status in Jiangling Prefecture was not as high as the Gu family's, but it was not something that could be easily shaken by others. Moreover, this incident was just about a small bookstore, and Gu Changzhou would not tear his face with the Ji family over such a small matter.
He had thought too simply before, but now that things have developed to this point, what's the harm in admitting his mistakes and bowing his head?
Judging the situation is the most important thing Ji Zhifei has learned over the years.
He quickly considered the pros and cons, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was much calmer. "Mr. Qin, I was blind. I beg you to forgive me and let me go this time."
He bent down and bowed politely to Qin Zhao.
The other party's reply came from above my head: "Okay."
Ji Zhifei was secretly delighted and couldn't wait to look up, but he heard the other party say, "Then go to the government office now and admit that you hired someone to kill someone."
Are you kidding???
"Mr. Qin, are you kidding me?" Ji Zhifei forced a smile and said, "What do you mean by hiring a killer to kill someone? How can I admit to something I didn't do?"
Qin Zhao just lowered his head to sip his tea and did not answer.
Ji Zhifei looked at Gu Changzhou who was standing beside him and pleaded, "Uncle Gu, please speak up for my nephew! How dare I hire someone to kill someone? It's absolutely impossible!"
Gu Changzhou hesitated to speak, and finally just sighed heavily and looked away.
"That's fine. If Master Ji doesn't want to go, then don't go." Qin Zhao looked up at him, "I can give you a second choice."
Qin Zhao said calmly, "At dawn tomorrow, all of the Ji family's businesses in the capital will be taken over. And I hope that everyone in the Ji family will disappear from Jiangling and never set foot here again."
"you--!"
Ji Zhifei's face changed drastically.
This is not an opportunity, it's clearly a threat.
If Ji Zhifei went to the government office and confessed to hiring a killer, he would face only one fate: imprisonment or even execution. But if he refused, he would have to pay the price of bankrupting the Ji family.
This person... can this person really do this?
It’s just a small bookstore!
Ji Zhifei couldn't even fake that forced smile. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "It seems that Mr. Qin is convinced that I did those things? ... Do you have any evidence?"
There can be no evidence.
The people Ji Zhifei hired were very clean. Killers who did this kind of business in the black market must have killed countless people and would not be caught so easily.
Moreover, if the government had found evidence, given the prefect's temperament, he would have sent people to Ji's house to arrest him long ago.
How could it be so calm?
Thinking of this, Ji Zhifei felt relieved and said, "You are using the Ji family to threaten me to confess my guilt. Aren't you afraid that I will go to the government to sue you for deliberate false accusation?"
"Ji Zhifei!" Gu Changzhou lowered his voice and scolded, "If you still want to live, do as Mr. Qin says."
"He was the one who tried to stop me from living!" Ji Zhifei felt all the blood rushing to his head and shouted, "It's just a small bookstore, Uncle Gu. My father has devoted all these years to you. Is it not worth more than a shop?!"
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