Ling Chengfu's expression suddenly changed: "Xiang'er, you need evidence to speak. You can't slander me just because the shop is losing money!"
Ling Xiang asked the people present, "I'm giving you a chance now. Anyone who dares to tell the truth will not only not be held guilty of colluding with Ling Chengfu, but I will also keep him in the shop and increase his wages by 20%."
No one moved.
Everyone laughed at Ling Xiang's self-righteousness in their hearts.
They are still waiting to go out and work on their own with Er Ye! Not only can their wages be doubled, but they can also get promoted!
Ling Xiang continued, "You must think clearly. You work for the Zhenguo Marquisate, not for Ling Chengfu alone. If you choose to conceal this today, what awaits you will not only be dismissal, but also imprisonment!"
"Third Miss." Someone finally stood up, but not to expose Ling Chengfu, but to try to persuade Ling Xiang to give up.
"Second Master has always worked hard. There really is no one cooking the books. If you don't believe me, you can go check the warehouse!"
"So, you are determined to collude with Ling Chengfu, right?" Ling Xiang laughed out of anger.
"It's true, Miss Third! The Second Master is devoted to the development of the Marquis' Mansion and has never taken a penny more." Someone else stood up.
After this precedent was set, all the shopkeepers and accountants came out to support Ling Chengfu.
It seems that everyone here is selfless and wholeheartedly serves the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion, but Ling Xiang, the new head of the family, has created something out of nothing.
Rumors can melt metal.
For a time, Ling Xiang became the target of public criticism.
"Xiang'er, if you really can't tolerate me, I'll just leave. There's no need to go to so much trouble to accuse me of a crime." Ling Chengfu retreated to advance.
"Hahaha!" Ling Xiang suddenly laughed out loud. Everyone shut up and looked at Ling Xiang as if she was a fool.
"Ling Chengfu, you're not a very good person, but your method of winning people's hearts is really impressive." Ling Xiang gathered the hair around her ears, making people think that she was going to go crazy in the next moment.
"I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."
Ling Xiang looked at Mu Heng, and Mu Heng walked out immediately.
When everyone was confused, officers and soldiers from Shuntian Prefecture surrounded them, led by the prefect Yuan Zhengqing.
Ling Xiang bowed and said, "Thank you, Master Yuan, for making this trip so late at night."
"Let Ling Chengfu return all his property to Miss Ling. This was originally the order from this government. Now that someone is pretending to obey but secretly disobeying, this government must of course put things right!"
"Sir Yuan, I have returned all the property of the Marquis of Zhenguo's Mansion to Ling Xiang. Everyone in the Ling family knows about this." Ling Chengfu explained immediately.
Yuan Zhengqing was already very busy today, so he didn't have time to listen to Ling Chengfu's excuses. He asked directly, "Ling Chengfu, is the Wufu Villa in the eastern suburbs your residence?"
Ling Chengfu said confidently, "My wife bought it with her dowry in the early years and later gave it to my eldest daughter. The villa is not the property of the Ling family, so I can't give it to Ling Xiang, right?"
"Just admit it!" Yuan Zhengqing waved his hand, and immediately officers came in carrying a series of boxes.
"These were all found in Wufu Villa. Ling Chengfu, how do you explain this?"
Ling Chengfu was almost dumbfounded, and said stubbornly, "Sir, I don't need to explain the things in my yard to others, right?"
"Your stuff?" Ling Xiang sneered and threw an account book at Ling Chengfu. "Take a good look at this. Why is the stuff you're talking about yours recorded in the account book of the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion?"
Ling Chengfu hurriedly picked up the account book and looked through it: "How is that possible?"
"What? Do you think that by destroying the real account books, you can leave no evidence? Do you think that by hiding in the ancestral hall under the pretext of confession, you can conceal the truth and replace the original with the fake?" Ling Xiang opened the box and took out all the account books one by one.
"Ling Chengfu, you want to transfer the property and empty the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion. That's your own business. You absolutely shouldn't have pretended to repent and taken advantage of Grandpa's high hopes for you. You shouldn't have used the Ling family's ancestors as a cover, and you shouldn't have made Grandpa suffer disappointment in you again!"
"Second brother, why don't you repent in the ancestral hall? You actually want to empty the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion? Are you worthy of your eldest brother? Are you worthy of the ancestors of the Ling family?" Old Master Ling knocked his crutch and asked sternly.
Too excited, Old Master Ling couldn't stop coughing.
Ling Xiang immediately took out the heart-protecting pills and fed them to Old Master Ling.
I didn't want him to come today, but I couldn't persuade him.
Perhaps, letting grandpa see Ling Chengfu's ugly face with his own eyes would be a good thing for him.
Fortunately, she had been taking care of Grandpa's health these past few days, and Grandpa's health had improved a lot, so he wasn't harmed by Ling Chengfu.
Old Master Ling recovered his strength and angrily scolded Ling Chengfu: "I don't have a son like you who is a traitor!"
"Grandpa, don't be angry, Ling Chengfu is not worth it!" Ling Xiang calmed down Old Master Ling.
"Oh!" Old Master Ling sighed heavily, turned around and left this place of trouble.
Overnight, the old man's back became so desolate.
"Ling Chengfu, the evidence is irrefutable that you transferred the property of the Zhenguo Marquisate Mansion. What else do you have to say?"
Ling Chengfu still wanted to argue: "I have never seen these things before! I didn't put them in the other courtyard!"
"Don't cry until you see the coffin!" Yuan Zhengqing summoned a witness to the scene.
Fifth Sister-in-law pushed the wheelchair, and Lian Cailiang bowed. "Ling Chengfu has been reluctant to hand over the account books and keys of the Zhenguo Marquisate to Miss. I was worried something might happen, so I sent someone to observe secretly. Sure enough, my people saw with their own eyes that Ling Chengfu moved the items in the shop overnight and even colluded with the accountant to falsify the accounts in an attempt to cover up the truth."
Ling Chengfu never expected that his actions were being monitored the entire time!
He really regretted not killing all these people at the beginning!
"So what if I transferred the property? When my eldest brother disappeared, if it weren't for me, the Zhenguo Marquisate would have collapsed long ago! Why should I give the foundation I worked so hard to build to a little girl like Ling Xiang! If it weren't for me, she would have grown up to this age? What an ungrateful thing!"
Lian Cailiang scolded him harshly, "Ling Chengfu, even at this point, you're still deceiving yourself! If you hadn't vowed to take good care of the young lady and not covet the property of the Zhenguo Marquisate, do you think the Zhenguo Marquisate would have to be handed over to you? If you weren't so selfish, the young lady wouldn't have suffered so much at your hands for so many years!"
"The former members of the Ling family army swore to protect the young lady until their death. If you hadn't sent people to kill us, how could we have left the young lady?" The fifth sister-in-law was very excited and wanted to rush up and skin Ling Chengfu alive.
"You are slandering me! It was you who abandoned your old master back then. Now you can't make it. You know you are nothing if you leave the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion, so you want to deceive Ling Xiang so that you can return to the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion to retire!" Of course Ling Chengfu would not admit it. For stealing property, he would at most go to jail; for killing someone, he would have to pay with his life.
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