Chapter 387 The Du Family's Crisis
The emperor glanced to the side, his cold eyes revealing a chilling murderous intent: "Get out if you don't want to die!"
Several women were trembling with fear at Di Yi's murderous aura.
"You...you guys just wait~"
Getting up from the ground, several people ran away in panic, crawling like stray dogs.
"Cough cough~"
Du Mingying breathed a sigh of relief when she saw those people leaving, and stood up by holding on to the wall.
He raised his eyes to look at Di Yi, his eyes flickering slightly.
She knew this man. Wasn't he the guard beside Miss Di?
and so……
He couldn't help but look behind her, and sure enough, Di Ran pushed Ji Yunxie and appeared from behind Di Yi.
"Miss Du, we meet again."
Du Mingying's bruised lips pulled into a bitter smile: "I would like to thank Miss Di again for saving me. If it weren't for you, my legs would probably be crippled."
Di Ran looked indifferent, his eyes slightly narrowed: "Why don't we find a quiet place to sit down?"
Du Mingying was stunned for a second, and responded with a depressed look: "Yeah."
The private room on the second floor of the restaurant.
Ji Yunxie sat in a wheelchair by the window, staring blankly at the busy street outside.
On the other side, Di Ran and Du Mingying sat face to face, listening to Du Mingying slowly talking about what had happened in her family.
It turned out that Du Mingying was the young master of the Du family, one of the three major families in Liuzhou.
The Du family ranks third among the three major families in Liuzhou and is engaged in the business of silk and tea.
As for the other two families, the second-ranked Cheng family is engaged in gambling and brothel business.
The Bai family was the largest, with businesses in inns, restaurants, banks, and freight ships. The three great families almost monopolized all industries in Liuzhou. Originally, the three great families had their own businesses and did not interfere with each other.
This balance was broken until the Qi family appeared.
The Qi family was originally just an inconspicuous family. During the reign of the previous emperor, the whole family moved to the capital to develop, and later returned to their hometown in Liuzhou.
After the old lady passed away, the Qi family sent their son to Beijing for selection, and he was finally favored and named Qi Shijun, and enjoyed a glorious life.
The Qi family was also related by marriage to the right prime minister. With the support of the prime minister's mansion and cooperation with the royal family, their development was smooth and they almost surpassed the three major families in Liuzhou.
Of course, the Bai family is an exception. After all, the Liuzhou Bai family is just a branch. Speaking of the Bai family, it has some relationship with the founding emperor Taizu. With the protection of the Empress Taizu, who dares to offend?
But the Du family and the Cheng family are different. The Cheng family is okay, after all, they have some connections in the court.
The Du family has a weak foundation and no connections, but their business is doing well, so how can they not arouse envy?
He was maliciously suppressed by the Qi family, his business went downhill, and the pressure from competition was enormous.
The Du family finally risked everything to win a big order from the Chang family in Qingzhou, and Du Mingying was personally escorting them, but unexpectedly they were spotted and robbed by bandits on the way.
While fighting with bandits, Du Mingying was stabbed several times and fell into the water. He thought he was going to die, but he was lucky enough to be rescued by Di Ran and others.
The Du family had to pay a large sum of money in compensation because the goods were lost due to failure to deliver the goods on time.
In addition, the people who came back alive said that his daughter was killed by bandits. The head of the Du family was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma, and was bedridden.
The Qi family took the opportunity to intercept the Du family, embezzling the Du family's property and trading the stolen goods from the Du family with the Chang family.
Why does Du Mingying know all this?
After bidding farewell to Di Ran that day, she hurried back home and heard that her mother had fallen into a coma due to anger illness, the family business was in trouble, and all the properties were suppressed and targeted.
Through her secret investigation, she found that all of these were the work of the Qi family. Even the batch of goods from the Chang family was secretly intercepted by them. They also passed their goods off as their own and cooperated with the Chang family.
It's so shameless!
Du Mingying was so angry that he wanted to go to the government to file a complaint, but then he remembered that he had no direct evidence.
Moreover, those people in the government are all profit-seeking. They have tried to curry favor with the Qi family in the past. I believe they have already reached some deal with the Qi family in secret.
The Qi family is so domineering thanks to Qi Shijun in the harem. Which official in Liuzhou would not give them face?
What can a powerless Du family do?
(End of this chapter)
