coobybook Chapter 167 Innocence
Chapter 167 Innocence
Song Yuntang cleaned up the stall, cleaned the pots and buckets and put them back in place, then emptied the ice water bucket and put it on the mule's back. He first went to the ready-made clothing shop. After trying on the wedding dress and carefully checking that there were no problems, he paid the balance of one tael and one qian of silver and went to Ruyi Inn.
"Mr. Lin, what do you want from me?" Song Yuntang stood at the door with no intention of entering the store.
Seeing this, Lin Jingyao placed a piece of silver on the table and led Awang out of the inn.
"Where have you moved to now?"
It seems that Mu Dong is quite smart and didn't tell him her address easily.
Song Yuntang lowered his eyes.
"I can't tell you."
Lin Jingyao frowned slightly and then softened his attitude.
"Tang'er, Zhao Zhao was the one who made the mistake first. I apologize to you on her behalf. I hope you can come forward and go to the county government office to accept mediation. The Lin family will consider any compensation you want."
"You've tried all sorts of connections but to no avail, so you're coming back to me to surrender?" Song Yuntang sneered and held up two fingers. "Two hundred taels of silver, or no deal."
Xu Qingye had told her before that if she accepted mediation, Lin Zhaozhao's sentence could indeed be reduced, but she could not be exempted from punishment, after all, it was a fact that she committed a crime.
Did Lin Jingyao think that if she went to accept mediation, Lin Zhaozhao would be released from prison today?
That's too naive!
Besides, Lord Zhu had asked her for help before.
For her sake, it is impossible to let Lin Zhaozhao go easily.
The Yuanwai Mansion did not have too many properties outside. This year's harvest was poor. She passed by several shops in the town and found that business was not good. The Lin Mansion had so many people to support and the expenses were huge. Although they could come up with two hundred taels of silver, it was not a small amount for them.
It depends on how much they value Lin Zhaozhao.
Lin Jingyao frowned.
"Tang'er, you have a shop now, and your business is not bad. You should have enough money, right? Why do you have to make yourself so mercenary?"
"Just now it was Young Master Lin who said the compensation would be paid. Why are you now accusing me of being mercenary?" Song Yuntang rolled his eyes. "Besides, it's Lin Zhaozhao who's resorting to treacherous tactics to tarnish my innocence. Your Lin family is asking me to do something without any sincerity. Why should I act according to your will?"
Lin Jingyao hesitated.
The Lin family is not good at doing business, and the few industries they have are indeed in a downturn this year.
Lord Zhu said that Zhao Zhao instigated others to frame someone else's innocence behind their backs, and his behavior was even worse than Huang Heyu's.
So Huang Heyu needs to be imprisoned for a month, and Lin Zhaozhao, as the person who did bad things behind his back, needs to be imprisoned for at least three months.
The Lin family used all their connections in the county town, and Lord Zhu only said that he would make Lin Zhaozhao's life in prison easier and locked her up in a cell alone.
But reducing the sentence is not an option.
Unless the victim doesn't care.
My parents were worried that Zhao Zhao would have a hard time in prison, so they had already given him a lot of gifts and money. If they had to pay another two hundred taels, the price would be too high. I'm afraid the Yuanwai Mansion would have a hard time in the coming year.
He suddenly felt annoyed.
He was annoyed that Lin Zhaozhao did things without thinking, that she had a vicious mind, and even more annoyed that she caused trouble and made the whole family live in fear.
Seeing his gloomy expression, Song Yuntang smiled.
"Since the Lin family has no sincerity, I will leave first. I will be very busy in the coming period. I hope Master Lin will not bother me again."
After saying that, she was about to leave with the mule, but she heard Lin Jingyao's voice behind her.
"wait."
Song Yuntang paused, "Anything else?"
"Are you willing to go to the county government office to accept mediation for two hundred taels?" Lin Jingyao asked.
Song Yuntang nodded, "Yes, I can go with you once I get the money."
Lin Jingyao clenched his fists.
"Okay, I promise you."
"I'll send the things back first. We'll meet here at 1:15 PM. I'll be busy with wedding matters in the next few days, so I'm afraid I won't have time to go to the county town again. I won't wait for you later."
After saying this, he led the mule away.
Watching Song Yuntang walk away, Lin Jingyao turned around and walked towards North Street.
"Go home and collect some money first."
Awang asked worriedly, "Sir, our family has been struggling financially lately. Can we still come up with money?"
Lin Jingyao's face darkened. "What else can we do? Mother isn't feeling well, and the weather is about to get cold. If Zhao Zhao stays in jail all alone, she'll be worried and terrified every day. I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it."
Awang pouted.
"Young lady, what you did this time was indeed a bit too much. Jealousy is understandable, but it is really wrong to plot against Miss Song's innocence."
Lin Jingyao stopped and said coldly, "No matter how wrong she is, she is still your master. Who is it your turn to make arrangements?"
Awang was terrified.
"I know my mistake!"
"Go back and get ten lashes."
Awang was sweating profusely, "Yes."
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After Song Yuntang returned home, he unloaded the things from the mule's back and handed it to Song Changbai to take to the cowshed. The calf had been raised on the farm for some time. Because it was given enough grass and fodder, it had adapted to the environment here and had become a little stronger.
"Miss Song, have you got the wedding dress back?" Chen, who was busy in the kitchen, asked with a smile.
"I got it back." She put the wedding dress in her room and said after leaving the house, "Sister Xier, I have to go to the county town after dinner. Don't wait for me for dinner. Don't delay everyone's time to go home."
Chen Xier responded, "Okay, I'll make it for you again when you come back."
Then he asked, "Don't you need someone to accompany you?"
"No, I can do it myself."
After dinner, Song Yuntang carried some silver needles and self-defense medicine bags on his body just in case. He also smeared poison on his clothes and hands before going out to Yujun Pavilion.
When she arrived, the Lin family's carriage was already waiting in the alley next to her.
Awang made a gesture of invitation towards the carriage.
"Miss Song, this way please."
Song Yuntang stood outside the carriage and said, "I won't go to the county town unless the silver is handed over to me."
Lin Jingyao's voice came from the carriage, "I will give you the silver when Zhao Zhao successfully comes out of the county government office."
"No." Song Yuntang refused.
The next moment, Lin Jingyao's angry voice came from the carriage, "Song Yuntang, I, Lin Jingyao, don't you have any credibility in your heart?"
"Yes."
Hearing Song Yuntang's answer without hesitation, although Lin Jingyao was angry, he had no choice but to hand over the two hundred taels of silver notes he had prepared long ago out of the curtain of the carriage.
Song Yuntang took the banknote and put it away, then climbed into the carriage with a happy face.
"Wouldn't it be better if Master Lin had done this earlier?"
When she got on the carriage, Lin Jingyao's face looked unhappy, even ashen.
But she was too lazy to pay attention to it, and from time to time she lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked outside the house.
Seeing that Song Yuntang had no intention of talking to him, Lin Jingyao spoke only after the carriage had gone a long way.
"Is that your wedding dress in that red cloth bag on the mule?"
Song Yuntang hummed nonchalantly.
The man's lips curled up in an ambiguous smile. "You deliberately let me see your wedding dress, are you trying to prove something to me? I clearly extended the steps to your feet before. As long as you nodded, you wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to show me."