Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 332: The truth

Lian Ze was also confused, he wasn’t sure what his sister meant.
However, he was better off than He Ma, who looked like he didn’t believe her.

Looking over at him, Lian Fang Zhou mocked him, saying: “Are you still laughing? Let’s see if you’re still laughing after I finish explaining!”

She glanced at all four of them and said indifferently: “Surely you understand? The cotton was promoted by the magistrate.
After you ruined my cotton, I would only need my cousin to write to him and have the matter handed over to the county governor.
Do you think the magistrate will ignore it?

Seeing their faces change, she sneered again: “The cotton was promoted personally, even the Zhao family couldn’t bear responsibility for its deliberate destruction, right? Wouldn’t that be hitting the country magistrate in the face? You guys really think Zhao Ru Jun will protect you? Stop dreaming!”

“Even if you point your fingers at Zhao Ru Jun, it will still be your own actions.
You will probably be exiled, or maybe you will go to prison.
You may even be beaten with the boards.
Whether you ever saw the sun again in this life would depend on your family’s willingness to redeem you with silver! The promise note in your hands was written by Zhao San, who was the only one you spoke to.
Zhao Ru Jun will never admit half a word and you can’t come up with any evidence, who would believe you?”

“Zhao San is her person, how could she get away with it?” Er Liang asked, gritting his teeth.

The four of them had very ugly expressions.
Obviously, Lian Fang Zhou’s words and moved them.
They understood at least half of it and knew that her prediction was not groundless.

All of them thought: Yes, wasn’t the cotton promoted by the magistrate? How could they have forgotten this? If the two thousand acres of cotton fields really were destroyed, as long as Lian Hai filed a lawsuit, this matter related to the magistrate’s face and they would definitely be miserable!

Lian Fang Zhou laughed at them: “Maybe you don’t know who Zhao San is? Zhao San was originally called Wang San, he was a slave I bought but he had a unclean mind and was sold by me after just a few days.
Later, Zhao Ru Jun bought him and changed his name to Zhao San.
Zhao Ru Jun can just say that Zhao San was retaliating against me due to his grudge and it was his own idea to hire you, nothing to do with her! Don’t just think about yourselves, Zhao San has also been tricked by her.

The Zhao family only needs to pay some money to the country magistrate and use Zhao San as a scapegoat.
At the end of the matter, my cotton fields would have been lost, you would have been arrested, and Zhao San would have been sacrificed.
The only one who benefits is Zhao Ru Jun!”

By now, all four of them were completely pale.
Lei Ze was unwilling to completely give up on the two hundred taels and whispered to himself: “This, this is just your guess, you can’t know completely…”

She sneered: “The charm of two hundred taels is really impressive! Are you still obsessing over it? If Zhao Ru Jun didn’t come up with this idea, why did Zhao San only give you a promise note? Why didn’t he give you a deposit? Think about it seriously!”

Ah Jian added: “Once he gave you a deposit, it would become evidence.
After all, Zhao San is a slave, were would he have the ability to give you even twenty or thirty taels? But of course he could give you just a few coins.
As for the promise note, it has nothing to do with Zhao Ru Jun from beginning to end.
Zhao Ru Jun will feast on Lian Fang Zhou and turn you into tools for her revenge.
It’s ridiculous that you’re still dreaming!”

“When the time comes, even if we let you go, Zhao Ru Jun won’t!” Lian Fang Zhou said coldly.
“She’s not stupid, will she let you go and ruin her reputation? You may keep your life but after you’re sold to some mine far away to be a hard laborer, you’ll never return in this life! With your character, even if you go missing, not many people would look for your seriously, right?”

The four men were completely stagnated.
It was true, if they went missing, who would look for them? Instead, they would probably hope that they never returned!

Er Liang’s expression was ugly.
He muttered: “Are we really being played by that dog to death? Are we really played by that dog…?”

Lian Fang Zhou sneered at them: “Don’t believe me? Just think about it yourself!”

They looked at each other, their hearts filled with anger.
They had always tricked others, was there anyone who tricked them? It was not the first time they had taken money to cause a disaster but they had never encountered a situation were they were being used as a knife!

The four of them were not good people.
To say that they were the first at being tricky and cunning, no one would say they were second.
After thinking about Lian Fang Zhou’s words, they knew that she was 90% telling the truth.

In short, they were letting that bitch, Zhao Ru Jun, fool around with them!

“Little bitch, daring to deceive people like this!”

“Dammit, no wonder she can’t get married! It turns out she’s got the heart of a snake!”

“She deserves to be the young lady of the Zhao family!”

The more the four of them thought about it, the angrier they became.
The angrier they became, the more they cursed, unable to hold back their fire.

It was Er Liang who came back to his senses first.
He rushed up to Lian Fang Zhou and said: “Thank you for your reminded, Miss Lian! If it wasn’t for Miss Lian, us brothers would still be in the dark after being sold!”

Lian Fang Zhou laughed coldly, giving him an icy look.
She said bluntly: “You don’t have to thank me, I didn’t remind you for your sake.
It’s for myself! For your safety, I don’t think you should remain in Yuhe county.
You should go south! Would you like to work with me to pit Zhao Ru Jun before leaving? We can talk about it first.
I don’t have the wealth of Zhao Ru Jun, though, I can only offer twenty taels.
How you live outside of Yuhe county is your own business but I strongly urge you to be honest.
As a human being, its better to be kind.”

Four pairs of eyes flashed as they exchanged glances, making up their minds in the blink of an eye.

Er Liang nodded: “Miss Lian is very kind! Alright, before we leave, we will cooperate with Miss Lian.
Please give us your instructions!”

~

The next morning, Er Liang and the others met Zhao San at the small corner gate near the Zhao Manor as scheduled.

Zhao San was very satisfied, driving two carriages out of the door.
No one needed to ask to know they were full of barrels of oil.

Er Liang and Er Gou Zi glanced at each other calmly, both saying in their hearts: So vicious!

As criminals who had often stolen other people’s money to eliminate disaster, they certainly did not have the standing to think so, but the four people now had a new outlook and when they thought of Zhao Ru Jun’s vicious heart, they couldn’t help but shudder.

If there was no reminder from Miss Lian, they would have been gnawed by her until there were not even bones left, right?

TN: These four really crack me up.