NCCnovel Chapter 191 Breaking the news
Chapter 191 Breaking the news
Although Lu Shao said there was evidence, Lu Qingrong's first reaction was to deny it.
He immediately restrained his expression, frowned and said in confusion: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Lu Shao handed the evidence in his hand to the patriarch.
"Chief, these are the private properties purchased by my fifth uncle."
"But he did not use his own name. Instead, he bought a slave and put the property in the slave's name."
"Then use the contract of sale in your hand to control them."
"I asked the county magistrate to help me find this out, and I also got a copy of the contract he signed with his slave."
"If Uncle Wu doesn't admit it, we can go to the government to ask."
The reason why he is called a county magistrate is mainly because he is using the tiger's skin as a banner.
There were some elders in the tribe who could not read. The tribe leader took the list and the contract and read them aloud, his face full of shock.
He looked at Lu Qingrong and asked, "Where did you get so much private property?"
They knew that before Lu Qingrong passed the imperial examination, he relied on his wife's family for support, and after his father-in-law passed away, he relied on the old Lu family for support.
How could there be so much private property?
Since the county magistrate helped to investigate this evidence, it must be correct.
Lu Qingrong's expression changed again.
He didn't expect that it was the county magistrate who helped the rebellious son to investigate.
It seems that this rebellious son has been secretly investigating and plotting against him recently.
He didn't know how to explain it, so he didn't answer.
Qiao Ye said, "If you don't tell me, you think you can get away with it?"
"We didn't intend to use this evidence to argue, but you insisted on dividing the family property."
"Then we have no choice but to take it out and satisfy your demands."
Of course this is not the case.
This is just to make Uncle Wu and his wife regret having taken the initiative to propose dividing the property.
Sure enough, both of them felt a little regretful at this moment.
After all, compared to their current property, the share the village got is nothing.
And if they were to divide these up, with each of the five rooms getting a share, they would definitely suffer a great loss in the end.
Lu Qingrong looked at Lu Shao sternly, "You actually went to check on me."
Lu Shao met his gaze and said calmly: "This is something from my maternal family, why can't I check it?"
The clan leader was extremely surprised. "Is this something from your maternal family? Your grandfather left you so much property?"
Before Lu Shao could answer, Lu Qingrong answered first.
"It was not left by my father-in-law, but by my first wife."
"This was my mother-in-law's dowry, and then I gave it to my first wife."
"Before my first wife passed away, she gave me all of it as a stipend for my future studies and living expenses."
The clan leader's face darkened. "So your first wife left you so much property."
"For so many years, you actually let your mother and brothers in the village work hard to earn money and save money to support your life and studies."
"Lu Qingrong, do you still have a heart?"
He was so angry that he raised his hand and pointed at Lu Qingrong, "Besides, you all have so much property, but you still want to divide the property of Lujia Village."
"Where do you two have the nerve to do this? This is too shameless."
He was so angry when he heard this. No wonder the old lady who always favored Lu Qingrong was so determined to let him be adopted and divide the family.
If this happened to his family, he would also want to kick out such a rebellious son.
Lu Qingrong also reacted now. No wonder his mother's attitude towards him became so heartless and she kept forcing him.
It turned out that they already knew that he had hidden his property.
He said shamelessly: "This is my first wife's dowry. I haven't used it in these years. I am preparing for the future when I really can't sell it."
"A wife's dowry, this is not considered part of the family property, right?"
These words made the patriarch choke, and he didn't know how to refute.
It is true that no family would divide the daughter-in-law's dowry when it splits up the family.
But he didn't believe Lu Qingrong when he said he didn't use it.
Lu Shao said: "So you took my mother's dowry and opened a shop for my step-wife's brother, but you didn't charge a penny for rent."
"The clothes and accessories that you and your stepchildren wear are all from the dowry."
"You call this useless?"
Then he took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and said, "This is your family's expense bill for about one month."
"Your family's monthly expenses are several dozen taels, and the Lu family in the village can't afford it."
Lu Qingrong found that he had really underestimated his son in the past.
He had always known that his son was very smart since he was young, so he deliberately raised him to be a little naive.
Besides because my son has a high talent for studying and I am afraid that he will be overshadowed in the future.
He was even more afraid that his son would discover the secrets he had hidden in the future.
That's why they found an excuse to send him to the village and suppress him to cut off his future path to the imperial examinations.
Who would have thought that this was a mistake. He should have kept his son under his nose and kept an eye on him personally.
Since his son had already found out his family's monthly expenses, he couldn't find an excuse to refute.
So he risked his life and said, "This is the dowry my first wife left me. Even if I use it, what will happen?"
This is the dowry left by his first wife, and the Lu family has no right to share it.
Lu Shao raised his eyebrows, "You said this is my mother's dowry, where is the evidence?"
"Since it's a dowry, there must be a dowry list. Take it out and show it to grandma and the others."
Lu Qingrong asked back: "If this is not your mother's dowry, then what is it?"
"How can I, a poor scholar, have so much wealth?"
Lu Shao laughed out loud: "You can't produce any evidence, but you ask me where did you get so much wealth?"
Then he changed the subject, "But I did find out."
These words made Lu Qingrong's expression change again.
Impossible, how could Lu Shao find out all this.
Even my father-in-law didn't know about this back then.
He even specifically told his wife not to mention it to their two children.
That family disappeared without any news at all, so he dared to keep it all for himself.
But Lu Shao's next words broke his self-deception.
"I found out that grandma did leave behind a large fortune."
"But it's not her dowry, but the property that is kept for her family."
"This large amount of property belongs to the Wu family. Grandma promised that she would return it to them if someone from their family came back to ask for it in the future."
"All money and property are recorded in a list and account book."
"When my uncle handed it to my grandmother, she signed the contract herself."
"And this contract is kept in the hands of the Wu family's butler."
"As long as you bring a pair, you will know whether the things you sold before belong to the Wu family."
Lu Qingrong looked at him in disbelief.
Even the Wu family's housekeeper knew that this rebellious son had really been found.
But of course he would not admit it, "But your mother didn't tell me this before she died."
"She only told me that this was the dowry her mother left for her."
"She didn't want to see me suffer in the future, so she left it all to me for study and living expenses."
He just needs to deny it, his wife is dead anyway.
Who has evidence to prove that he knew about this?
Lu Shao asked back: "Where is the evidence?"
Lu Qingrong said, "No, your mother told me verbally."
Lu Shao said: "You have no evidence, but I have evidence."
"It's the Wu family's housekeeper, the list of accounts he's holding, and the custody contract signed by grandma."
"So this cannot be counted as the Lu family's property. It should be divided among the public."
"But you should also return the property to its original owner, right?"
After hearing this, Lu Qingrong suddenly understood that what this rebellious son said about dividing the family property was fake, and the real thing was to make him return the property.
What a jerk whose arms can only bend outwards.
He snorted coldly: "I haven't heard your mother say that. You say these evidences are true? I don't believe it."
Lu Shao knew he would say this. "I asked the county magistrate to help investigate these matters. Butler Wu was also found by the county magistrate's people."
"And we verified and confirmed that these are all true."
"So it's useless for you to deny or quibble. The county government only cares about evidence."
"If you want to monopolize the Wu family's property, the housekeeper will go to the county government to sue you on behalf of the Wu family."
This is his maternal family's property, and it is indeed impossible to give it to the Lu family.
They also won't take other people's property.
His young wife had counted the numbers before just to lead to what he was saying now and to reveal the truth.