Chapter 50: Taking advantage of the situation
"The Jiang family in the capital, the daughter of the Prime Minister, Jiang Er." Jiang Li said.

With just a few words, the crowd that was noisily discussing fell silent.

Liu Zimin was originally waiting for Jiang Li to say this so that he could ridicule her, but the moment he heard this, he froze where he was.

Jiang Youyao, the daughter of the Prime Minister of the Jiang family in Beijing, and the daughter of the Prime Minister of Yanjing City, is known to most people. The girl in front of him has already introduced herself. She is the second daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Li, who left Beijing eight years ago.

Although Tai Changqing's youngest son can act arrogantly in Yanjing City, everyone knows that Jiang Yuanbai, the emperor's mentor, must not be offended.

But Liu Zimin was already in a difficult situation. If he gave in here, how would he survive in Yanjing City in the future? Moreover, if he admitted his guilt and people knew that he had used a fake painting to blackmail Ye Shijie, his classmates in the Imperial College would laugh at him to death, and his family's reputation would be ruined. His father would even beat him to death.

Liu Zimin made up his mind and thought, it's not like he hasn't beaten the sons of people with higher status than him in the whole Yanjing City. Some young masters have big families but soft temperaments. Jiang Li is just a little girl, and she might give in if he threatens her.

Liu Zimin looked at Jiang Li with a sneer: "Although you are a member of the Jiang family, it does not mean that your father will protect you. Don't think you can talk nonsense just because you mention the Jiang family. If I say this painting is real, it is real. You are in cahoots with this kid, don't bring disaster upon yourself!" As he said that, he raised his fist.

This is real intimidation.

Jiang Youyao, who was watching all this from afar in the carriage, had her eyes lit up. She wished that Liu Zimin would beat Jiang Li right here and now. In this way, Jiang Li's reputation would only plummet if she clashed with men on the street. Even if Jiang Yuanbo was partial to her, he would be angry this time.

Besides, Jiang Youyao also laughed at Liu Zimin's bad behavior. If Liu Zimin took action, it would not matter whether the man or the woman was seriously injured or not.

"Liu Zimin," Ye Shijie frowned and pushed Jiang Li to the side: "The grudge between you and me has nothing to do with others, so don't hurt the innocent."

Liu Zimin laughed: "That's what I meant." He looked at Jiang Li, meaning that Jiang Li had better not interfere in this matter.

If it were someone else, Jiang Li might have endured it now, but she inherited Xue Huaiyuan's clear distinction between gratitude and resentment and hatred of evil since she was a child, and Ye Shijie was also her relative. Jiang Li raised the corner of her lips and said, "Coincidentally, I am the least afraid of getting into trouble. Young Master may have forgotten why I left Yanjing City eight years ago."

All the guests were shocked!

Eight years ago, Jiang Li left Yanjing City because she committed the crime of killing her mother and brother. Others were busy covering up their evil deeds, but Jiang Li was afraid that others would not know, so she took the initiative to tell it.

It’s really a matter of which pot should not be opened.

Ye Shijie looked at Jiang Li in surprise, as if he didn't expect Jiang Li to say such a thing. But Jiang Li looked calm and looked at Liu Zimin peacefully.

Liu Zimin suddenly felt some cold sweat on his forehead.

Others probably didn't know what Jiang Li meant, but Liu Zimin realized it immediately. Jiang Li meant that since she had killed her mother and brother, what else could she not do? She really didn't take Liu Zimin's threat seriously. Liu Zimin should have been angry about this provocation, but looking into Jiang Li's eyes, he felt scared.

Yes, he was a bully. Although he was not completely evil in Yanjing City, he was almost evil. He even killed several people, but the lives he took were all taken by civilians who were much less powerful than him, not officials who were equal to him or even higher in status.

When facing a family that is more powerful than his own, Liu Zimin's personality of bullying the weak and fearing the strong will force him to be cautious. However, when he is cautious, the people on the other side are fearless and even have a kind of ruthlessness that those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes.

As a result, the weak became weaker and the strong became stronger, and in a blink of an eye, Liu Zimin was at a disadvantage.

When Jiang Li saw Liu Zimin's flickering eyes, she knew that Liu Zimin was wavering.

Xue Huaiyuan was the county magistrate of Tongxiang County, but he was honest and upright, and sometimes dared to expose officials of higher ranks than himself. Such people had a very good reputation among the people, but their colleagues hated them very much.

Colleagues hated her, and their children also hated her. From childhood to adulthood, she and Xue Zhao had no idea how much trouble they had been caused by those young men and women from official families.

She was fine, because women would never fight each other. Xue Zhao was miserable, because those young men would fight over a disagreement, and Xue Zhao would always go home with a bruised face. As time went by, Xue Zhao also learned some experience. For ruthless people, you have to be more ruthless than them, and you must not lose in momentum. Those ruthless things in the past should be shown to others first to suppress the opponent's momentum. Once the opponent's momentum weakens, don't give them a chance, and your momentum will rise steadily, and you will definitely win.

Xue Zhao relied on his aura and martial arts, and eventually no one in Tongxiang County dared to mess with him.

As soon as Jiang Lifu saw Liu Zimin's behavior, she knew that Liu Zimin was a bully who only bullied the weak and feared the strong. However, she had the support of the Jiang family behind her, so she didn't have to think about it at all and could easily defeat Liu Zimin.

Killing one's mother and brother is a bad reputation, but this bad reputation can sometimes scare people and avoid many unnecessary troubles.

"How shameless." Jiang Youyao gnashed her teeth: "To publicize such a shameful thing is really a disgrace to my father!"

Seeing Liu Zimin standing still, Jiang Li said, "This gentleman insists on concluding that I am talking nonsense, then let's report it to the authorities as you said at the beginning. I am also involved in this case, so I will go with you."

Liu Zimin was anxious and angry!
He said he would report to the police just to scare Ye Shijie. As long as he could get connections, it would be easy to cheat Ye Shijie who had no connections in Yanjing City. But it was different when Jiang Li was involved. Jiang Li was the daughter of the Jiang family. Even for the sake of the Jiang family's face, the case would only be handled impartially. In the end, he was not able to gain anything but lost the rice. Not only did he not earn Ye Shijie's money, but he also got himself into trouble. He also affected his father's reputation.

In a blink of an eye, Liu Zimin was already sweating profusely. He looked at Jiang Li, and really couldn't understand how a little girl who had been in the temple for eight years and was despised by her family could be so confident and so persistent.
"However," Jiang Li suddenly smiled and said when Liu Zimin was in a dilemma, "I think this is probably just a misunderstanding. After all, the young master doesn't look like someone who would deliberately blackmail others. I think he was deceived by thinking that this painting is real. In this case, why not make peace and let Young Master Ye pay twenty taels of silver and let this matter go?"

In Liu Zimin's ears, Jiang Li's words sounded like heavenly music. This was giving him a way out.

How? Of course!

(End of this chapter)