My System Is Three Thousand Years Early - Chapter 259 - Chapter 259: Chapter 97: Why is this happening? (Please subscribe)

Chapter 259: Chapter 97: Why is this happening? (Please subscribe)
 

Liu Hao, under Cheng Guang’s gaze, inexplicably felt extremely nervous, with large beads of sweat continuously streaming down his forehead.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Liu Hao’s voice sounded a bit hoarse as he said,

“Princely Heir, my third daughter Yuting had quite a lot of contact with Zhang Shunlong before, and it seems she had the intention of making a lifelong commitment. Although we in the Liu Family did not think highly of the Zhang family, we had no objections at first. However, later on… when a nobleman passed by Ping’an County, he took a fancy to Yuting…”

“Given that, how could the Zhang family be a match for our Liu Family? We planned to make Zhang Shunlong give up on that idea. Instead of giving up, he planned to elope with Yuting, which infuriated the nobleman. He remarked that Zhang Shunlong needed to be dealt with by us.”

“A word from the nobleman is like a mountain pressing down on ordinary folks like us,”

“How could we dare to disobey.”

With those words from Liu Hao, Cheng Guang instantly imagined an outrageous drama in his mind.

That so-called nobleman, upon seeing the third daughter from the Liu Family, planned to force a common girl into marriage.

In fact, it couldn’t really be called “forcing,” since in this era of parental matchmaking and mediators’ words, the Liu Family saw the nobleman’s interest in their daughter as no different from a pie falling from the sky.

So they directly sent their daughter to the nobleman’s residence.

As for Zhang Shunlong, he was completely a scapegoat.

That so-called nobleman might have never taken Zhang Shunlong seriously; otherwise, he wouldn’t have survived to this day. It could have been just an offhand remark, but even so, people like Liu Hao dared not disobey and meticulously plotted to crush the Zhang family.

Thus, behind the silver theft case, it was certain that people like Liu Hao were involved.

Besides, apart from the Liu Family, it seems other county officials were also involved.

At the same time, Ping’an County Magistrate Li Mingtang also understood the situation.

Turns out, Zhang Shunlong’s family really was wrongly accused in the silver theft case.

The Liu Family, in their efforts to deal with Zhang Shunlong’s family, really went through a lot of trouble.

Li Mingtang realized that, based solely on the Liu Family’s power, it was obviously not possible to steal silver taels from the county treasury; there must be involvement from county officials.

Thinking of this, Li Mingtang couldn’t help but frown in frustration.

He felt that the situation was incredibly messy.

The nobleman had not really been involved in this affair, and if the nobleman had wanted to kill Zhang Shunlong, he would have just crushed him directly, without so much trouble.

All of this seemed to be the Liu Family’s doing.

They plotted carefully, all to satisfy the nobleman’s casual remark and gain his favor.

It was all too real.

Li Mingtang felt a surge of emotion and understood Liu Hao’s actions a bit more. At the same time, he did not dare to speak out openly and reveal his stance.

Dealing with Zhang Shunlong’s family might have been fine, but if he were to directly move against Liu Hao, he still had his reservations.

His third daughter married that nobleman, and although it was unclear if she had any official status, it didn’t matter since she was already a woman by the nobleman’s side.

No matter how lowly her status was, it was not something he could comment on or compare with.

If the Princely Heir intended to help Zhang Shunlong, he would undoubtedly have to interact with that nobleman.

Such a battle between gods was not something a mere County Magistrate like him could get involved in.

Li Mingtang pondered over it and simply decided to look straight ahead, focusing inward, as his mind wandered off to realms beyond.

Cheng Guang’s brows furrowed slightly as he asked, “Who is this nobleman you’re speaking of?”

As Cheng Guang posed the question, Qing Luan also turned her gaze to Liu Hao, curious as to who this person was, someone with such influence to blatantly break up a couple and marry Miss Liu away.

Under Cheng Guang’s gaze, Liu Hao wiped the sweat beads off his forehead once again and his lips quivered slightly, but he was unable to say anything.

He knew well that if he revealed the name of the nobleman, the Princely Heir in front of him would likely seek out this nobleman for trouble.

If that nobleman held a grudge against him, his third daughter, even if married over, would not gain any benefits.

Liu Hao did not want to respond, but the situation had left him with no way to avoid it.

He dared not offend that nobleman, but how could he afford to offend the venerable Duke of the State’s Heir before him?

After a moment of silence, Liu Hao sighed, his face ashen, and spoke slowly, “It is, it is the current Prime Minister, Right Minister Lin Gongfu’s son, Lin Yunzhen.”

“Lin Yunzhen?” Cheng Guang’s brow furrowed.

He found the name quite unfamiliar.

In the entire Capital city, the number of people he frequently interacted with was very limited, and ordinary people lacked even the qualifications to approach him.

So when he heard the name Lin Yunzhen, he couldn’t associate it with anyone.

However, the current Prime Minister, Right Minister Lin Gongfu, he was aware of.

Lin Gongfu was a cunning fox, known for his uprightness, with considerable influence in the court, ruthless by nature, unfriendly in demeanor, relying on his status as a veteran minister of two dynasties, looking down on many younger officials.

At the court, most of the officials who opposed the Bureau of the Lamp having so much power were aligned with his Lin faction.

For a court minister who wielded so much influence, his offspring’s status was by no means simple.

While the status could not compare with Cheng Guang’s, it was still considered significant.