Chapter 300: Spending Money to Find Someone to Do Things

"Today, my Madam came here in person to ask you to do something." As she spoke, the maid took out a silver ingot from her purse and threw it in front of Old Man Li. "This is a reward from my Madam; as long as you help my Madam accomplish the matter, she will reward you with ten more ingots of snow silver."

Old Man Li looked at the silver in front of him, widening his eyes in disbelief.

This was a ten-tael ingot of snow silver; ten ingots of snow silver, that was one hundred taels of silver!

With this one hundred taels of silver, why would he have to suffer and freeze in this dilapidated temple?

"Madam, please give your orders; as long as I, Old Man Li, can do it, I will absolutely not refuse!" Old Man Li hurriedly picked up the silver ingot on the ground, full of flattery.

Zheng Shi looked at his greedy and humble appearance, curled her lips in sarcasm, and said: "I have sent people to investigate the matter between your Li family and the Jiang family. I imagine you also hate that bitch Jiang Shi deeply. I now have a method that can completely crush the Jiang family, but I need you to come forward and help, how about it?"

"Crush... Jiang Shi?" Old Man Li was stunned; he was still immersed in the huge joy of being smashed by silver, and didn't react to Zheng Shi's words for a moment. "How to crush her?"

Zheng Shi gave a look to the maid again.

The maid immediately took out a document from her bosom and showed it to Old Man Li: "This is a complaint document my Madam asked someone to write; as long as you press your fingerprint on it, we can sue Jiang Shi in the county yamen!"

"W-what is written on this?" Old Man Li was illiterate and looked blankly at the full-bodied characters on the paper.

"We will sue Jiang Shi in the county yamen for the unfilial act of abusing her parents-in-law and not supporting her parents-in-law, and let the county magistrate support your Li family." The maid said in a tone of being good for you, "By then, the Jiang family will definitely have to pay the price for this and properly support you two old people in your old age."

Listening to the maid's words, a glimmer of hope burst out in Old Man Li's eyes.

But immediately, this glimmer of hope was quickly extinguished.

"It won't work, this is useless against her." He shook his head and said, "Jiang Shi has already broken off kinship and divided the family with my Li family; with the kinship-breaking document, it's useless even if we sue her in the county yamen."

Not to mention, even the county magistrate of Yong'an County is now on her side; how could he dare to use this kind of charge to hold Jiang Shi?

"Heh, what's difficult about that." Zheng Shi smiled, as if she had already anticipated it. "You press your fingerprint on this complaint document first; I have my own way to solve the matter of the kinship-breaking document."

Old Man Li glanced at the confident Zheng Shi, opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, he closed his mouth and silently pressed his fingerprint on the document.

Forget it, someone helping him teach Jiang Shi a lesson, he was too happy to be too late; why care what method the other party used.

At the same time.

After rushing for nearly ten days in the horse carriage, they had already appeared on the streets of Yong'an Town.

Jiang Xiaoxiao lifted the carriage curtain, looking at the familiar streets outside, breathing the fresh air, feeling unprecedentedly relaxed.

Finally about to reach home.

This time leaving Yuhe Village, it had been a full half a month; from late autumn to early winter, the weather was getting cooler, and before she knew it, it was already mid-November.

Never had she felt that the streets of Yong'an Town were so intimate.

Looking at the bustling streets, Jiang Xuelien beside her also raised a smile.

Yong'an Town was completely different from what she had imagined, and also different from Xuzhou.

Although it didn't look as prosperous as the Xuzhou town, the feeling it gave her here was inexplicably good.

Jiang Wei drove the horse carriage straight toward Yuhe Village.

However, they didn't know that a little servant had secretly followed behind their carriage.

It wasn't until the carriage drove into the village road of Yuhe Village that the little servant turned and ran back to the town.

He went straight to a restaurant near the wharf.

In a private room by the window on the second floor, Zheng Yaocai was diligently massaging Zheng Shi's shoulders and back, while flattering her: "Sister, this time it was really hard for you; once the soap formula of the Jiang family is in hand, brother-in-law will definitely thank us well, and by then I will be able to return to Suiyang Shuyuan to study..."

Zheng Shi held the teacup, took a light sip, and then began to teach him: "When you return to Suiyang Shuyuan by then, you must study hard, make more friends with children of scholarly families, and don't offend those who shouldn't be offended again."

"Sister, this can't be blamed on me; it was that Duan Yu who harmed me..." Zheng Yaocai defended himself in a low voice, "If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have offended the young master of the Fu'an Trading House, and I wouldn't have ended up like this..."

Hearing this, Zheng Shi suddenly put down the teacup and said coldly: "He is just a half-grown boy whose hair hasn't even grown out yet; you, as the brother-in-law of the Sun family of Qingping County, actually can't even deal with such a person?"

"Sister..." Zheng Yaocai said aggrievedly, "Didn't you ask me to make more friends with those official students? Duan Yu is the person with the most hope of passing the imperial examination in Suiyang Academy; I listened to your words, so I yielded to him everywhere..."

"Humph, such a person, since he cannot be used by you, then there is no need to make friends." Zheng Shi flashed a hint of coldness in her eyes. "He is the person with the most hope of passing the imperial examination in the next three years, and since you have offended him, such a person must not be left."

Zheng Yaocai immediately listened attentively: "Sister, then how should I teach him a lesson?"

Zheng Shi glanced at him and only spat out three words coldly: "Destroy him."

Zheng Yaocai understood Zheng Shi's meaning instantly.

This was to find a way to destroy Duan Yu, so that he would never be able to participate in the imperial examination and would never be able to get ahead in his life.

Thinking of Duan Yu's high-and-mighty face, Zheng Yaocai laughed sinisterly: "I understand, sister."

As soon as the words fell, the door of the private room was knocked, and then the little servant pushed the door and entered.

"Madam, the Jiang family mother and daughter have returned."

Zheng Shi paused upon hearing this, then sneered: "She returned just in time; how did that Wu family woman promise?"

The little servant nodded immediately: "She agreed to help us do things, it's just... she wants a lot of silver."

After speaking, the little servant made a gesture with a number.

"Humph, her appetite is not small." Zheng Shi hummed lightly, then picked up the teacup and took a sip. "Whatever silver she wants, give it to her; as long as the matter is accomplished, it's worth spending no matter how much silver."

"Yes."

The little servant immediately took the order and went to do things.

Zheng Yaocai beside him was a bit puzzled and said: "Sister, is it worth spending so much silver for a piece of document? If it were me, why would it be so troublesome; I would just burn her house, and the document and everything would be burned clean."

"Your method is too rash; don't use it unless it's a last resort." Zheng Shi said, "Things that can be solved with money are best solved with money, which can save a lot of trouble; anyway, our Sun family is not lacking that little bit of silver."

"Oh..." Zheng Yaocai nodded as if he understood.

Spending money to find someone to do things is indeed the most labor-saving method.

Perhaps, he could try using this method to teach Duan Yu a lesson. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 301 =====