HCB Chapter 437 Bullying goes too far
Chapter 437 Bullying goes too far
Seeing this, Si Chengyi followed suit. Although he was not as smart as Si Chengren, he was not really stupid.
"Dad, we were cheated by someone else that day. In fact, we didn't want to gamble." Si Chengyi's voice was choked with sobs, and his tone was even more aggrieved. Knowing that Si Wei Zhong loved them both, he tried to sound as pitiful as possible.
He owed the gambling house 12,000 taels of silver. Actually, after thinking about it carefully, Si Wei Zhong was able to pay it back. His family had been doing business for so many years and should have a lot of money.
"You were tricked by someone, who put a knife to your neck and made you lose so much money. Do you think I can pay it back?" Si Wei Zhong felt a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat, neither going up nor down, and his chest felt uncomfortable.
"Dad, I know we lost a lot of money this time, but given our family's financial situation, we should be able to pay it back, right?" Si Chengren lowered his head, his eyes dodging, not daring to look at Si Wei Zhong.
"What's your family's financial situation like? Is it for you to squander all the money your father worked so hard to earn?" Si Wei Zhong roared angrily, his eyes ferocious. For a moment, he really wanted to beat the two of them to death.
"We really know we were wrong. I swear to God that I will never make this mistake again. I will follow Dad to run the store business and I will do whatever you ask me to do." Si Chengren admitted his mistake with a good attitude and winked at Si Chengyi.
"Dad, my elder brother and I will definitely be filial to you in the future. You just take a good rest. If there is anything, we two will do it." Si Chengyi said, as if he really knew he was wrong, crying with snot and tears.
Looking at his two sons kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly, Si Wei Zhong's anger subsided a little.
No matter how angry he was, he couldn't really beat them to death. But how was he going to raise the money? The two of them actually thought he could afford it.
"I am going to die in your hands. Just piss me off to death and that's it. I don't expect you to be filial to me." Si Wei Zhong felt that he had no strength left in his body and sat down on the stool dejectedly.
"No matter how nice your words sound, it's too late. It can't change the fact that you owe me 100,000 taels of silver. I can't afford to pay back so much silver. You should find a way to pay it back yourself." Si Wei Zhong felt a headache when he thought about owing so much silver.
Thinking about how he worked hard for this family all his life, going out early and coming back late, but in the end he ended up like this.
If he had known this, why would he have worked so hard to earn these money? In the end, he gave it all to others, and it wasn't even enough, so he had to borrow again.
"What?" Si Chengren and Si Chengyi said in unison, then looked at each other, seeing confusion and doubt in each other's eyes.
That night, they borrowed 10,000 taels of silver at the gambling house, not 100,000 taels. No wonder Si Wei Zhong was so angry, it turned out that he had made a mistake.
Thinking of this, Si Chengren breathed a sigh of relief. His father had just said that he couldn't pay back so much money, and he definitely couldn't.
"Dad, I think you are mistaken. We owe the gambling house 10,000 taels of silver, not 100,000 taels."
"Ten thousand taels?" When Si Wei Zhong heard ten thousand taels, he was stunned for a moment. The huge difference in the number made him feel relieved.
However, just a while ago, he saw clearly that the amount on the IOU was one hundred thousand taels, and there was absolutely no way he could have been wrong.
What is going on? Is someone cheating?
"Tell me in detail what happened that night from beginning to end." Si Wei Zhong realized the seriousness of the matter. If it was really ten thousand taels, he could still afford it, but one hundred thousand taels would really cost him his life.
"Oh, okay." Si Chengren nodded rapidly. It had only been a few days since the incident, and although he had drunk a little wine that night, Si Chengren was still deeply impressed.
While recalling, he told everything that happened that night.
Si Wei Zhong originally had a splitting headache, but now he didn't care about the headache and quickly analyzed Si Cheng Ren's words in his mind.
At the same time, he observed Si Chengren's expression and movements. Now he didn't trust anyone and only believed what he saw with his own eyes.
Si Chengren is the son that he has raised since he was a child, so he is familiar with his character.
From the tone and expression in his explanation, it can be seen that he was not lying, so there was something wrong with the IOU from the gambling house.
"When the owner of Jixiang Casino gave you the IOU to sign, was there anything unusual or wrong?" After Si Chengren finished speaking, Si Wei Zhong pondered for a long time before asking.
"There was nothing unusual. It just said that we owed ten thousand taels, and then we signed and put our fingerprints on it." Si Chengren was deeply impressed by the scene at that time. There was no mistake.
"I remember, it seemed, it seemed like something was wrong..." At this time, Si Chengyi, who had been silent, spoke.
He was in a particularly bad mood that night and did not even read the words on the bill clearly. He only paid attention to the amount. He did not think anything of it at the time, but now thinking about it, there was indeed something wrong.
Normally, when writing an IOU, the amount is written in capital letters. But that night, the number "1" on the IOU that the shopkeeper brought was ten thousand taels, and the number "1" was just a horizontal line.
Could it be that the people from the gambling house added another sum later? With this thought, Si Chengyi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. They were clearly being cheated.
Damn it, it wasn’t enough that he cheated them out of ten thousand taels of silver in one night, he actually cheated them even more on the IOU. He was trying to torture them to death.
Si Cheng stood up immediately with a righteous look in his eyes, and he wanted to rush to the gambling house to have a fight with them.
"Brother, what's going on? Tell me quickly!" Si Chengren grabbed Si Chengyi who was furious and asked him to explain what happened.
"Brother, we were cheated. Do you remember that the amount on the IOU was 10,000 taels? The one they wrote was a line. They must have added another amount later, so 10,000 taels became 100,000 taels."
After hearing his explanation, Si Chengren suddenly understood. No wonder he felt something was wrong at that time. So this is the case.
Si Wei Zhong listened to their conversation and understood the cause of the incident. Jixiang Gambling House was too deceiving and so bold that they even dared to forge the IOU.
In that case, he won’t return the money. Let’s see what the Jixiang Casino can do.
After all, he is an official appointed by the imperial court. How can he cause such a big disturbance with just a small gambling house?
"Okay, I already know what happened. Their gambling house is cheating, so I can't give you the money for now. If we really bring the case to the government, they won't handle it."
"Is this okay?" Si Chengren naturally didn't want to give it, but the other party had the IOU, and the signature and fingerprints on it were real.
And the man who came to collect the debt had a fierce look on his face, and Si Chengren felt scared just thinking about it.