mtl008 Chapter 419 Surfaced (9)
Chapter 419 Surfaced (9)
I just found out the real cause of my aunt's death, but I didn't expect the murderer to show up so soon!
Perhaps influenced by Shen Yu's momentum tonight, Tan Daixue's words were also particularly domineering, "You two dogs, don't think that just because he is really the King of Beirong you can pretend to be grandsons in our Zhuo City. Our father is a general. Beirong has not invaded since he was defeated by the old King Zhuo. I didn't expect you to degenerate and sacrifice yourself to the Beirong people! I will beat you to death!!"
"Ah! You crazy woman, let me go!"
Shen Yu didn't want to pay attention to the Tan sisters over there. She was just waiting for Mr. Ou's answer.
The two stared at each other for a long time, and finally it was Old Ou who took over the battle formation and sighed softly, "Princess Zhuo, not everything in this world has to have an answer."
Shen Yu disagreed, "Zhuocheng will be my home for a long time to come. I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and don't like drafts everywhere in my house... I especially don't like mice. Every time I see them, I can't help but get rid of them physically."
"Princess Zhuo, why do you have to humiliate us with every word? We have no ill intentions..."
Shen Yu said calmly, "Who are you?"
The young man bowed and said, "My last name is Su..."
"Heh!" She raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "Is it the branch of the Su family in Zhuocheng? After hiding for so long, they finally come out to bask in the sun?"
The man choked. He didn't understand where Princess Zhuo's malice came from. He was a little annoyed at the moment. "Princess Zhuo, our family never gets involved in this kind of thing. Today, my father knew that you would be at the Tan family, so he specially asked me to come..." He didn't say the word "support", but he believed that the other party would understand. If it weren't for the fact that Princess Zhuo was the granddaughter of the Su family, they would not bother to care! !
The two younger brothers around him had already been pushed away, and the lady was playing with her hands at this moment. Lu Yingxing knew that the little fox was thinking again. It was a pity that he couldn't hear her thoughts at such times.
"See? This is the attitude of your family? What you call self-protection is selective attack?" She said this to Mr. Ou. "Under the fall, nothing can remain intact. Have you heard of this?"
"You, the descendant of the Su family, right?" Shen Yu laughed sarcastically, "You came here because you knew I was here? And then what? What do you want to get from me?"
Looking at the man who was about to get angry again, she raised a finger and shook it gently, "Don't be so quick to deny it. You didn't come out when every household in Zhuocheng was short of food two years ago? You didn't come out during the snowstorm last year? I just came to the Tan family to pick a fight and you came. What does that mean? And your family never gets involved in such things? Ha! Aren't you just pretending to be extraordinary and above the ordinary, but actually blinded by greed?"
"You are talking nonsense!" The Su family man's face turned red with anger, and he stared at Shen Yu as if he had been humiliated. "Princess Zhuo, we respect you as the mistress of Zhuo City and treat you with courtesy, but that doesn't mean we can be insulted by you like this!"
Shen Yu held down Lu Yingxing who was about to attack, patted him gently, and calmed down the aggressive big dog.
"I just have a question...I wonder if you can answer it?"
Although this was the first time in his life that he had suffered such blunt and rude public humiliation, his good upbringing allowed him to maintain his composure and he nodded slightly in response.
"Old Ou, Master Su, Master Fu, and the others... I have never understood why you all put your family's status above that of ordinary people. Then, may I ask what makes your status so high? What contributions have you made to Zhuocheng over the years?"
"I have looked through all the files of the past and found that every time there was a natural disaster or man-made disaster over the past hundred years, it was Prince Zhuo's Mansion that contributed money and manpower. What were you doing at that time? Let's not talk about the distant past. Take the snowstorm last year as an example. The caravans of the Ou, Huang, and Yun families received the news in advance and knew that there might be heavy snow and road closures. What did you do? You told the news to the aristocratic families you knew, but blocked the way for ordinary people. Then several families began to stockpile grain on a large scale. After the city was sealed off, they sold it to the rice shop at twice the original price. The rice shop sold it to the people at five times the price... In contrast, the people actually praised you for your kindness? You sold your own stored grain to the people at a fair price? And then you scolded those profiteers for raising the price shamelessly?"
Shen Yu shook his head and sighed with a helpless expression, "So you have to read books and be sensible. Wasn't it you who started this obvious reselling behavior? If you had announced the road closure earlier, how could there be room for reselling? You made money from the price difference and gained reputation, but the infamy was borne by the profiteers, and the consequences were borne by the people of Zhuocheng. You aristocratic families are really good at calculating!"
"You are talking nonsense! How could our family do such a thing?!" This time the young master of the Fu family could no longer sit still. They are a noble family that teaches and educates people, how could they do such a dirty thing! !
Master Su also shared the same hatred, but at least he still remembered his father's instructions, "Prince Zhuo, Princess, I don't know who has misled you, but we don't accept such slander, and we have a clear conscience!"
"Oh, really? Then why don't you ask the managers of the Song and Zhou families behind you? Or ask Yun Hao and Mr. Gao, or even Mr. Ou... I guess you know it too, right?"
Shen Yu's words did not avoid anyone, and the people who were slow to react also came back to their senses, right! If the news was announced in advance, every household would have stored food on their own. They thought these aristocratic families were good people! !
"hypocrite!"
"Bah! It turns out you are the biggest profiteers."
The managers of the Song and Zhou families dared not speak, because they knew that what Princess Zhuo said was true, but these matters were handled by special people, and on the surface they never got involved. After all, how could they survive without some means of making money with such a big family? But how did the princess know about such a secret?
Shen Yu seemed to know what they were thinking. He pointed at the eight stewards and said, "Here, isn't the evidence here? Although on the surface it was the Tan family and the Yun family who bribed them, didn't everyone in your family get a share of the benefits? Don't worry, I will have someone post the confession at the door of Prince Zhuo's mansion tomorrow. I will definitely not wrongly accuse you."
Old Ou looked at the princess with a complicated look on her face. He finally understood. What Mu family? What Tan family and Yun family colluding to encroach on Zhuo City? They were all a cover. This Princess Zhuo...had always been targeting the aristocratic families!
Although they have never admitted their real surnames, these are all open secrets. Princess Zhuo made this scene just to tear off the false mask of the family, but what is the purpose? They have been entrenched in Zhuo City for a hundred years, how can they be shaken by a small matter?
He narrowed his eyes and looked at the silent descendant of the Mu family...
And those two questions she had already asked, but didn't care about the answers at all...