Chapter 40 - Defamation Leads to Imprisonment
Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Defamation Leads to Imprisonment
Chapter 40 -40: Defamation Leads to Imprisonment
Chapter 40 Slandered and Facing Jail Time
Jiang Mengyu indeed had not purchased any flower vase, because the flower vase was given to her by the flower seller.
Goat Beard pointed directly at Jiang Mengyu’s bundle: “I didn’t say you bought it, because you didn’t spend any money on the flower vase. You stole it! I put the flower vase next to my stall, and you passed by, pretending to buy herbs, and just stole it.
The stolen flower vase is in your bundle. Return the vase to me quickly, and considering your young age, I will let you go with just an apology. Otherwise, I am taking you to the police station today.”
Jiang Mengyu’s heart sank. Could this be a trap aimed at her? Just to label her a thief? Or had someone seen through the storage talisman she was wearing on her chest with a string?
Jiang Mengyu immediately felt something was off. Her coming to Da Wei market was a spur-of-the-moment decision; she originally planned to go to the city today.
Who would have such great ability to foresee that she would come to the marketplace and set up this trick?
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It must have been Goat Beard who saw her get handed a precious antique bottle and thus came to extort her.
She relaxed herself, but her face turned serious: “Old sir, are you mistaken because of blurry eyesight? I am from the Gu Family and am here at the marketplace only to buy vegetables. When would I have the time to steal your flower vase?”
The bystanders, upon hearing that this young lady was from the Gu Family, also felt that the old man must have mistaken the person. After all, the factories that the Gu Family has opened in Xiangyang County have allowed many to make money.
The Gu Family in Xiangyang County is synonymous with wealth. How could a member of the Gu Family possibly steal?
So, someone spoke up:
“Old man, make sure you got it right, did you actually see this girl steal your flower vase?”
“Yeah, old man, this girl is dressed so well, how could she possibly steal?”
“Elder, she is a family member of the Gu Family. Slandering her might get you jailed. Make sure you’re clear before you start accusing!”
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Upon hearing Jiang Mengyu was from the Gu Family, Goat Beard also cursed in his heart. People from the Gu Family were not to be provoked.
It was all Boss Zheng’s fault, so stupid, picking up a vase and making the whole village aware of it.
He knew just by looking that the vase was valuable, but since the vase was already made public, if he said he wanted it, Boss Zheng would surely realize its value and would refuse to sell it.
Therefore, he could only play some tricks at Boss Zheng’s house and then tell him that all the misfortunes in the house were brought by the vase and to give the vase away.
He hinted so clearly, yet he still did not give the vase to him, and even thought of a way to sell flowers in the vase and then gave it away.
Seeing that Boss Zheng was really too dumb, he simply put it bluntly, asking him to give the vase to himself so that he could remove the ill luck the vase had brought.
But Boss Zheng actually said something about not wanting to bring the Evil Energy to himself, insisting on getting plastic flowers to sell, thereby giving the vase away.
Fortunately, he had been keeping an eye on Boss Zheng’s stall and noticed the vase was taken, immediately wanting to chase after Jiang Mengyu to get the vase back.
Unfortunately, he ran a medicine stall, was in the middle of taking someone’s pulse and diagnosing, unable to leave. By the time he finished with that patient, the flower buyer was nowhere to be found.
He hurriedly packed up his stall, searched for a long time, and finally managed to find Jiang Mengyu.
But this girl actually refused to admit she took the vase.
He didn’t think about how, as soon as he accused someone of stealing the vase, how could they admit it?
However, it didn’t matter if she did not admit it. He just had to describe the features of the vase and then search for it in the girl’s bundle to take the vase back.
As for this girl, would she dare to deny it? If she dared to say no, he would send her to the police station!