Zheng Wenlong's Trap
The five family heads discussed for a long time in the Zheng family's meeting hall, but in the end, they still could not find an acceptable solution.
Just as he was at a loss for what to do, a shout suddenly came from outside.
"Zheng Wenlong, get out here!”
Zheng Wenlong and the others didn't even need to think to know that Lin Fei had already come looking for them. Now in Shandong, other than Lin Fei who dared to tell them to get lost in front of the Zheng family, who else had the guts?
Although they had long guessed that Lin Fei would come back to cause trouble, when Lin Fei really came, Zheng Wenlong and the others were still very angry.
After all, they had already given out 2,500 taels of gold. Not only did Lin Fei not do anything, but he also brought people to cause trouble for them. This made them feel like they were being treated like fools.
When the five of them arrived at the door, Zheng Wenlong saw that the Zheng Manor had already been surrounded. The soldiers were holding spears and confronting his servants.
Looking at Lin Fei standing at the door, Zheng Wenlong suppressed the anger in his chest and asked Lin Fei,"Lin Fei, what are you doing? Why are you surrounding my Zheng family for no reason?
Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you brought 3,000 soldiers to Shandong. Let me tell you, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, I'll definitely bring this case to the throne room.”
Lin Fei ignored Zheng Wenlong's threatening words and said with a serious expression,"Patriarch Zheng, I've already found all the food that was robbed, but more than half of it has been burned.”
When Zheng Wenlong heard Lin Fei's words, he almost fainted. The servant who had returned to report previously said that all the food had been snatched away by Lin Fei and was not destroyed. Now, Lin Fei actually came to tell him that more than half of the food had been destroyed.
They had already cheated the five clans of 2,500 taels of gold. This wasn't enough, and they wanted to scam them again.
Zheng Wenlong was so angry that he couldn't say anything. Fortunately, the head of the Wang family, Wang Tianlai, was still relatively calm.
He stood up and cupped his hands at Lin Fei. He said in a deep voice,"General Lin, what does the burning of the grain have to do with the Zheng family? Isn't it too much to surround the Zheng family like this?”
"Hehe!" Lin Fei laughed and said," It's not only related to the Zheng family, but also to your families. We captured many bandits alive. During the interrogation, they confessed that you five families only sent them to snatch food first. Then, they burned the food and prepared to starve hundreds of thousands of people in Shandong to death.
A hundred thousand? That was hundreds of thousands of lives, not hundreds of thousands of trees. How could the people of Shandong offend you? How could you bear to do that?”
Puff!
Zheng Wenlong could not hold back the blood in his chest and spat it out. He pointed at Lin Fei with his trembling right hand and said,"You're talking nonsense. The five of us lived in Shandong during the era. How could we chase away such a heartless thing? You're falsely accusing us.”
"False accusation? How is that possible? Could it be that the confession of hundreds of bandits is fake? If the five of you didn't do these things, why are their confessions so consistent? Could it be that hundreds of bandits would conspire to murder your five clans?”Lin Fei widened his eyes in disbelief.
Hearing Lin Fei's words, Zheng Wenlong seemed to have grabbed onto a life-saving straw and quickly nodded." Yes, yes, those bandits must have colluded to murder our five families."”
Seeing Zheng Wenlong's serious expression, Lin Fei said with a puzzled look,"Why did they drag you down with them even after they died? Did you do something to harm them in the past?”
This time, Zheng Wenlong only felt a flash of inspiration in his mind. Without thinking, he said,"Yes, yes, yes. A few years ago, Shandong was plagued by bandits. In order to give the people a sunny day, our five families organized many servants to attack their mountain stronghold. Unfortunately, our servants were not strong enough and returned in defeat.
If we had known that they would be so bold as to rob the disaster relief food, we would have pulled out this poisonous tooth no matter what. Unfortunately, it's too late now.”
Zheng Wenlong was speaking the truth. In the end, even they believed him.
While Zheng Wenlong was still immersed in his emotional speech, he suddenly realized that Lin Fei was looking at him with a smile, giving him a bad feeling.
As expected, before he could think too much, he heard Lin Fei say.
"Did you hear that? The clan head you are loyal to is betraying you.”
F * ck!
Zheng Wenlong cursed in his heart and almost fainted.
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