Leleās face turned cold as he said, "Iām here talking to you, which is already giving you face, and you still want to see my lord? Who do you think you are? Some kind of court officials or imperial relatives?"
"A bunch of brainless idiots, sold off and still counting money for them." Lele glanced at someone standing at the back of the crowd, his eyes flashing as he pointed at them, "The one at the back, with hair on your mouth, how many people here did you incite? How much silver did you take from them?"
"Young Master Ye, thatās not fair. How could I have incited these people? Besides, Iām just an ordinary person, even if I wanted to incite, I donāt have the silver to do so. Moreover, if Lord Ye didnāt do those things, no matter how you incite, no one would come."
Lele snorted twice, "You donāt have silver, but your master does, the Lord Prefectural Magistrate has silver, do you think I donāt know who you are? Trying to fish in troubled waters? You should see if you even have the mouth to eat!"
With that, he didnāt give that person a chance to speak, and addressed the others, "Let me ask you, who told you the Ye Family was grave robbing? Who saw it with their own eyes? Who has evidence? Whose graves did we supposedly rob? Can you even be sure your familyās grave was really disturbed? If not, arenāt you afraid your ancestors will come looking for you in the night because of your unfilial behavior?"
"Thatās one point. Second, as everyone knows, my father, like many others, fell severely ill, unaware of the world, needing others to feed him. So how could he issue orders to rob graves in such a condition?"
He paused and continued, "Let me tell you whatās going on! Grave robbing, while real, has a reason. Itās because of that strange illness a while back. One potion is called corpse flower, which can cure it. Somehow, this information got out, and opportunists took advantage. They organized teams to dig graves, obtained corpse flowers, and sold them. If corpse flowers are for sale, should the government watch people die without buying them?"
"As for the rumor that this was my fatherās order, it is groundless slander. Whoever instigated some of you to come today is the one defaming my father. How much silver did they give you? Iāll pay you double if you spread slander for me too, how about it?"
Indeed, this matter was slander, the order came from his mother, not his father, spreading rumors without understanding anything.
Once Lele finished speaking, he looked straight at the person from the Prefectural Magistrateās Mansion.
Among these people, some genuinely found their familyās graves disturbed, while others were invited to make trouble. What they wanted was for the incident to grow bigger, hoping the court would have to intervene and remove Ye Ziāan.
"So, did everyone understand what my brother said? If you did, disperse quickly; what is it like blocking the front of my house?" Following up on Leleās words, Yangyang said, "And those who slandered my father, if double isnāt enough, Iāll add another, quickly now, whoever sent you, you go to them!"
"You really will pay us more?" one young fellow asked with a chuckle.
"Of course, when Young Master talks, it counts." Yangyangās eyes widened, then said, "So, you were really hired? I thought brother was bluffing you."
Upon hearing this, not only did the young manās face darken, but Leleās did too.