NCCnovel Chapter 225 Nothing
Chapter 225 Nothing
Before General Huo Yuanlang of Zhen'an could speak, Shen Jingchuan frowned and asked, "What do you mean by 20,000 taels?"
Qin Xuerong paused as she was wiping the blood off Shen Jinglin, and turned to look over with a look of surprise.
The people around now gathered around and watched this farce.
Huo Xuan was not afraid at all. He looked at Shen Jingchuan and said bluntly, "Sir Shen, I am deliberately making things difficult for Young Master Shen! It's just that he has been gambling on crickets in Fu Rui Building a few days ago and lost 20,000 taels of silver from me! Today, relying on being in the Shen Mansion, he is planning to get something for nothing. How can this be justified in this world!"
This time, Qin Xuerong became anxious before Shen Jingchuan could even speak.
"What cricket? What's the meaning of getting something for nothing? What's the meaning of twenty thousand taels!"
Huo Xuan immediately took out the IOU and shook it open in front of everyone: "This is the IOU signed and sealed by Young Master Shen himself. Of course, there were also witnesses from Furui Tower present at the time. If Lord Shen and Madam Shen don't believe it, I can invite people to testify!"
Seeing this, Shen Jinglin looked a little uncomfortable.
Qin Xuerong grabbed his arm and said angrily, "Lin'er, what's going on? How come you owe so much money!"
Twenty thousand taels, that is definitely not a small amount!
How dare he be?
Shen Jinglin's face flushed red, he looked at Huo Xuan and said angrily: "I just owe you 20,000 taels of silver! You don't have to come to my house and tell me about it in public! I won't owe you money and not pay it back, why do you act like I owe you 100,000 or 80,000 taels!"
Hearing this, not to mention Shen Jingchuan, even the spectators nearby could not stand it anymore.
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Shen Shuyi's eyes.
Tsk, Shen Jinglin is really a young master who is indifferent to the sufferings of the world and lives a life of luxury.
One hundred thousand or eighty thousand taels seemed to be nothing in his mouth, and he did not take the money seriously at all.
Some people around couldn't help but whisper.
"The Shen family has always prided itself on being a noble family. It seems like they are very wealthy. A young man talks about tens of thousands of taels of silver all the time. I wonder how they live a life of luxury."
"Indeed, they don't even care about 20,000 taels of silver. You have to know that more than a decade ago, the national treasury was empty and silver was used to provide disaster relief. In the end, it was all the thousands of taels of silver from the former imperial concubines that were collected."
"Who says it's not true? But from what he said, it seems that this young man is betting on crickets. He is not very old, but he is quite interested in it."
"If you ask me, the children of the Shen family are all worthless. They look good on the outside but are rotten on the inside."
"..."
Shen Jingan listened to everyone's discussion and his face looked very ugly.
Originally, Shen Jingzhen's two accidents affected him, but he didn't expect that this younger brother would be such a troublesome person.
Huo Xuan said coldly: "Oh, twenty thousand taels is not a lot? Twenty thousand taels is not a lot, why can't you pay it back after so many days? Besides, do you think I don't know that you owe me more than twenty thousand taels!"
Huo Yuanlang frowned and scolded his son: "Ah Xuan, don't be rude!"
Huo Xuan was unconvinced and said, "My son is not talking nonsense. Apart from other things, as far as my son knows, he not only owes me 20,000 taels, but also owes eunuch Xiao Huang 10,000 taels and Furui Building 20,000 taels! And... and..."
"I still have ten thousand taels." Song Hua'an, who had been silent, stood up at this moment.
Song Huaan said to Shen Jingchuan, "Sir Shen, the Song family came here today to celebrate Old Madam Shen's birthday, not to collect debts. But today, Young Master Shen ignored me several times, and I was helpless, so I had to..."
Song Hua'an had only said half of his words when Xiao Tingshan's eyes became somewhat dim.
He wondered why the mother and son of the Song family came together?
After all, the Chengguo Mansion and the Shen family had not had much interaction before. Sending a gift would be fine, but visiting in person would seem unreasonable.
I didn't expect that I was waiting here.
"You all have made an alliance, right? It's just a few tens of thousands of taels of silver. I won't default on my debt! When I win it back, I promise to return it to you with interest!"
Shen Jinglin was really angry. He didn't care about his bruised face and pointed at the two of them and spoke angrily.
After all, he was young and had a strong sense of self-esteem. Naturally, he felt humiliated when someone asked him to pay his debt in front of everyone.
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge slap came down on the face with a "slap".
This time, Shen Jingchuan really showed no mercy, and vented all his anger towards Shen Jingzhen.
Shen Jinglin was hit and staggered, falling directly to the ground.
"Cough cough..."
He spat out a mouthful of blood, and his cheek was burning with pain.
"Shut up right there, you evil creature!" Shen Jingchuan was so angry that his chest was shaking violently, his eyes were about to burst, and his whole body was shaking with anger.
There was a buzzing in Shen Jinglin's ears and he didn't hear what Shen Jingchuan said at all. He only saw him standing in front of him, looking down at him, his mouth opening and closing as if he wanted to eat him. It was horrifying.
Shen Jingchuan still seemed unsatisfied and raised his foot again to kick Shen Jinglin.
Qin Xuerong came back to her senses, rushed forward and hugged Shen Jingchuan tightly: "Master! Stop fighting! Lin'er's injury has only just healed, there may be some hidden story behind this!"
Old Madam Qin and Qin Guiqiong on the side were also anxious. After all, no matter what, Shen Jinglin was the legitimate son.
"Get out of my way! A loving mother often spoils her son. Look at what you have done!" Shen Jingchuan shouted angrily and pushed Qin Xuerong away, appearing to be rarely out of control.
It seemed that Shen Jingchuan thought more than others.
What happened to Shen Jingzhen was enough to give him a reputation for not managing his household properly, and Shen Jinglin's actions right now were truly a big violation of the law!
Tens of thousands of taels of silver is a huge sum of money!
But coming out of the mouth of this young child, it was just that.
If this matter were to be used as a fuss by someone with ulterior motives, or if it were to reach the ears of His Majesty, who knows how much suspicion it would bring upon him.
The Shen family is not a family of nobles for generations, and their savings are not that great. Now they have lost tens of thousands of taels of silver in an instant. Where did they get the money?
Corruption!
It must be corruption!
That’s all!
Shen Jingchuan himself can think of a problem, so he won't think that others can't think of it.
Qin Xuerong was thrown away and fell to the ground. The beautiful woman who was originally neatly dressed and exquisitely made up now had tear marks all over her face and looked very embarrassed.
But obviously, Shen Jingchuan was so angry that he didn't care about her face at all.
He raised his foot and kicked Shen Jinglin fiercely again: "I'm going to beat you to death! Tell me, where did you get the money to gamble? Who gave you the courage to buy on credit? "
"Sir, stop hitting me! Stop hitting me!"
Seeing her son holding his head and being beaten all over, Qin Xuerong rushed forward and protected Shen Jinglin.
No matter what, he was the son she gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy, and he was her hope for the future. She couldn't ignore him!