Chapter 348: Slander
Slap!
A wooden stick knocked on the table, causing the teacups and teapots to sway. Thankfully, they reacted quickly and were not scalded by the tea.
Lu Zhou and Shangguan Dian were a bit puzzled, but Lu Sheng’s gaze was already cold.
“Zhang Hui, are you crazy?”
He Lai pointed at the culprit and shouted angrily.
“What happened?”
Lu Zhou frowned and asked Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng shook her head at him. “Master, you and Uncle Yao… sit at the side first. I’ll settle this myself.”
“Okay.”
Lu Zhou replied faintly. He glanced at the person indifferently and pulled Shangguan Dian to the side.
“Our Xiaohua had a miscarriage. It’s your He family’s fault!”
“What?”
Mdm Xu was surprised. “Zhang Xiaohua had a miscarriage?”
“If not for you, my sister would not have had a miscarriage.”
Zhang Hui looked at He Qin and said coldly, “He Qin, you have to be responsible.”
“What a joke!”
He Qin smiled coldly. “What has Zhang Xiaohua’s miscarriage got to do with me? Why should I be responsible?”
“If the He family didn’t create a scene at my house that day, would my sister have suffered a miscarriage because she was emotionally unstable? It’s all your fault!”
“It’s the new year and we still have guests. You guys came here to create a scene. You’re too much!”
He Lai walked forward and stood in front of Zhang Hui and Mdm Luo with an angry expression.
“I heard that you caused my daughter-in-law to suffer a miscarriage?”
An unfamiliar woman stood up and looked at He Lai. “Our Zheng family’s grandson has died because of you. Tell us how you should compensate us.”
Zhang Xiaohua was actually fine after being picked up that day.
However, she accidentally fell on the snow road and bled when she reached home.
They invited a doctor over, who said that the child was gone.
For the past few days, the Zheng family had been thinking of ways to nourish her body. When they heard that she wanted to return to her mother’s house, they sent her back.
Unexpectedly, when they passed He Qin’s house, they happened to see two or three carriages parked in the courtyard.
When Zhang Hui, who went to fetch them, passed by He Qin’s house, he had a plan in mind. He wanted to blame the He family for Zhang Xiaohua’s miscarriage.
Hence, he colluded with the Zheng family to extort money from the He family.
He Qin, who could only rely on He Zhang’s family to support him, suddenly became rich. Moreover, it was after his engagement with Zhang Xiaohua broke off. This made Zhang Hui feel indignant.
He had decided that even if he could not extort He Qin’s money, he would disgust him.
“Do you have any evidence to prove that we caused Zhang Xiaohua’s miscarriage?”
Lu Sheng walked forward and said indifferently, “Bring up the evidence if you have it. We’ll see you in court. If it’s true, we’re willing to compensate you. Otherwise, you’re slandering us. When the time comes, we don’t want any compensation. We just want you to be jailed for a year or two.”
When the Zheng family heard that, they cowered.
This was slander, to begin with. They only followed Zhang Hui here because they had heard that there were benefits to be gained. If they were jailed because of this, the gains would not make up for the losses.
“What a joke. Are we going to jail just because you want us to?” Zhang Hui laughed coldly. “Do you really think that the government officials are your family?”
It was the new year. Who in the government office would care about such a small matter?
Lu Sheng smiled and said, “Although he’s not part of our family, I still have some ties with Magistrate Fu.”
“Pfft—”
Zhang Hui chuckled and felt that this girl in front of him was delusional.
“You have a relationship with the magistrate? Then, I’m relatives with Lord Chu.”