Chapter 38: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 38 Framing and Scheming (2)
"Grandpa Li, I understand what you mean, but with my father's personality, he would never want us to do this!" Mo Yan shook her head and rejected Li Zhong's suggestion. Her father was upright and proud. Once he was smeared with the reputation of embezzlement, he would never be able to lift his head again. So until the end, she wouldn't resort to sacrificing money to ward off disaster.
Li Zhong obviously understood this point as well, so he wasn't surprised when Mo Yan refused.
"What other options do you have? We can't delay this matter. I'm worried they might resort to torture against your father!"
Mo Yan nodded gravely, pondering for a moment before suddenly asking, "Grandpa Li, you used to stay in the capital. Do you know who the owner of the Treasure Pavilion is?"
Li Zhong immediately understood Mo Yan's intentions, but he didn't agree with it.
"Yan'er, whether your father was framed or took the blame for someone else, it's difficult for the owner of the Treasure Pavilion to intervene!"
Then, he carefully analyzed the situation with Mo Yan.
Before retiring, Li Zhong managed some of the main family's business. Matters like embezzlement occurred once or twice every year. Unless the amount of embezzled money was particularly large, the owner usually let their trusted subordinates handle it. If these subordinates were bribed by the embezzler and the embezzler found someone to take the blame and compensate for the money, both sides benefited, and the unlucky one would be the scapegoat.
When the people from the Treasure Pavilion broke in and demanded two hundred taels of compensation, such an amount wouldn't alarm the owner of the Treasure Pavilion. Moreover, according to the messenger, the matter was being handled personally by the manager of the Treasure Pavilion. In this situation, the manager was the prime suspect for framing Mo Qingze or making him take the blame.
Therefore, Li Zhong initially advised Mo Yan to sacrifice money to ward off disaster and rescue Mo Qingze.
After listening to Li Zhong's analysis, Mo Yan's face became extremely ugly. She never expected such an unspoken rule in this world.
"Grandpa Li, does that mean there's no other way besides using money to save my father?"
She was truly unwilling. Not to mention her father's reluctance to bear such a stain, she also didn't want those villains to succeed. However, they were just powerless commoners, completely incapable of fighting against such disasters. They didn't even have the opportunity to prove their innocence!
A strong sense of powerlessness surged in Mo Yan's heart. At this moment, she realized very clearly that this wasn't the rule of law society from her previous life. In a world where one had no power or influence, they could only be at the mercy of others. If they didn't want to be manipulated, they had to make themselves stronger.
"Don't worry, I'll go find someone now and see if we can get the owner of the Treasure Pavilion to intervene and clear your father's name."
Li Zhong comforted her, but having left the capital nearly ten years ago, everything had changed. He wasn't sure if he could persuade the old owner to intervene.
"Grandpa Li, I..."
Mo Yan also knew that she felt guilty as she looked at Grandpa Li, not wanting to make things difficult for him. But in order to save her father, she didn't even have the courage to refuse.
Li Zhong interrupted her, "If it weren't for you and your family, I and Yanzi would have turned to dust long ago. Now that you're in trouble, how can I sit idly by? I just hope my old bones can help rescue your father!"
Mo Yan felt grateful, but still said, "No matter if things work out or not, don't force yourself!"
Li Zhong nodded, indicating that he understood.
After dinner, Li Zhong hurriedly left the house, and Mo Yan didn't sit at home waiting. She asked Li Yan to help look after Xin'er and Zhen'er, then went straight to the north side of the city...
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