Otoharu

Chapter 26 Accountability

Jiang Yanzhi took it over and took a closer look. It was a square jade pendant with delicate landscape carvings on it, and an exquisite red silk ribbon hung under the pendant.It should be an ornament hung on the waist of a man.

The pendant jade is transparent and warm to the touch, it is not cheap at first glance, but there are already many cracks on the jade at this moment, which are obviously caused by knocking.

"Is this something you dropped, my lord? It's a pity that such a valuable thing is broken." The old boatman looked at the jade pendant in Jiang Yanzhi's hand and shook his head regretfully.

Jiang Yanzhi didn't say that the jade pendant was not his own, but held it in his hand, looked at the old boatman and asked, "I wonder if the old man can give me a certificate?"

"What certificate can my lord ask me for?" the old boatman asked in doubt.

"You just need to tell what you saw, and identify the two people by the way. I will thank you very much afterwards." Jiang Yanzhi replied.

Hearing the words, the old boatman hesitated a little. He knew that the owner of the flower boat opposite was the Zhou family, and the Zhou family was one of the richest households in Zhangshui Town. As an honest boatman, he dared not offend the Zhou family.

"Old man, you don't have to worry. I assure you that the Zhou family will never blame you." Jiang Yanzhi knew what the old boatman was worried about, and assured him aloud.

The old boatman thought of Jiang Yanzhi's status as a Juren. This is a future official, and his status is much higher than that of the Zhou family. Just do it."

Jiang Yanzhi said that the old boatman was moved, so he was relieved, and told him: "You just wait on the boat, and someone from the Zhou family should come to invite you in a while."

The old boatman nodded in agreement.Jiang Yanzhi just left the Wupeng boat, and after returning to the flower boat, he went straight to find Zhou Mujin.

Zhou Mujin was very happy to see Jiang Yanzhi come back so quickly, and let the servant girl serve the food and wine, wanting to continue talking with Jiang Yanzhi.

"Shut up, your business is done, sit down quickly, let's continue to have a drink."

Jiang Yanzhi didn't sit down either, and looked at him with a sullen face and said, "Brother Ziyu, I thought the Zhou family was a well-mannered family, but I didn't expect your juniors to be so bullying!"

Zhou Mujin was confused by what he said, and asked blankly: "Shut up, where did you start from?"

Jiang Yanzhi didn't say much, just put the jade pendant in front of Zhou Mujin, and said angrily: "It was the owner of this thing that caused my two children to fall into the water. You can ask him, and you will know what I mean." !"

Zhou Mujin's complexion changed drastically when he heard the words, and he quickly took the jade pendant to take a closer look, and after a look, his complexion became even more ugly.

"Don't say anything, just stay calm and don't be impatient. If my family really caused your two children to fall into the water, I will give you an explanation." Zhou Mujin didn't shirk, and immediately promised Jiang Yanzhi.

"Then I hope Brother Ziyu will do what he said." Jiang Yanzhi said coldly, with a still serious expression.

Zhou Mujin didn't say anything, and was about to leave with the jade pendant, but Jiang Yanzhi stopped him again.

"Brother Ziyu, this jade pendant should stay with me for now, in case I can't explain it later."

Zhou Mujin was a little bit reluctant, but he knew he was wrong, so he could only return the jade pendant to Jiang Yanzhi embarrassingly.

When Zhou Mujin left the room, his face darkened immediately, and he ordered the servant beside him, "Call me the third young master immediately!"

The young man got the order and immediately went to find someone. After a while, he turned around quickly and said in a panic: "Master, the third young master is not in the room. The maid who served him said that he took the young lady secretly They ran out, and they have been looking for him!"

"A bunch of waste! What are you raising for food? You can't even look after the two children!" Zhou Mujin roared in a low voice, his face was so ugly that ink dripped from his face.

"Let me find everyone on the boat. This boat is such a big place, where can they hide!" Zhou Mujin waved his hand irritably, telling the boy to find someone quickly.

After the boy left, Zhou Mujin paced back and forth for a while, then hurried to a room inside.

"You said that it was Yi'er who killed the two children of the Zhou family who fell into the water."

Zhou Mujin was talking to a woman. Although the woman was not very beautiful, she had a very shrewd temperament. She was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and her slightly raised eyes were full of surprise.

"Nine times out of ten, it's true. Otherwise, with a silent temper, I wouldn't directly come to the door to ask the teacher." Zhou Mujin said with a sigh.

"Where is that little bastard, where is he now?" The woman asked with a sullen look on her face and a hint of evil in her words.

"I don't know where I ran to. I already asked Changyuan to search for it." Zhou Mujin replied helplessly.

"This boat is so big, where else can they hide, let people go to the place where the food and water are stored in the bottom warehouse, and search carefully, that's where they can hide someone." The woman snorted softly, and told Fu Ling beside her .

Fu Ling took the order and hurried out the door immediately.

Zhou Mujin sighed helplessly, shook his head and said, "Today we were going to ask Master Jiang Yanzhi Xing for his crimes, but now it's the other way around."

"It's not enough to ask the teacher about the crime. I just want to ask him to clarify. Since I am going to be a husband and wife in the future, I can't marry in such a muddle." Zhou Hanyu, the eldest lady of the Zhou family, said in a deep voice.She was the Miss Zhou family who had engaged Jiang Yanzhi.

"Now that something has happened, it's not easy for us to ask about that child." Zhou Mujin said with a wry smile.

"What should be asked is still to be asked. This is a different matter. I will go and apologize to him in person in a while." Zhou Hanju thought for a moment and said.

"This...isn't very good. After all, you have a marriage contract. If you meet in private like this, if it gets out, it will hurt your reputation." Zhou Mujin hesitated.

"Since I came to see him today, I don't care about my reputation. I don't think he agreed to this marriage because of my reputation." Zhou Hanyu said indifferently.

"Then... okay." Zhou Mujin knew that his sister had big ideas, so he had no choice but to agree.

"Miss, I've been found." While the siblings were talking, the servants of the Zhou family had already found the two children, Zhou Muyi and Zhou Yuyan, and Fu Ling came over to report.

"Bring those two little bastards here. I didn't want to bring them out today, but they made a fuss and wanted to follow them. Now that something has happened, and mother is not here, let's see who can protect them!" He slammed his teacup on the table and said sharply.

(End of this chapter)