From Hoarding to Time-Travel: My Supplies Saved Him

Chapter 785: Chapter 787: Distrust

When Wu Nanping saw everyone looking at him with distrust, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He wondered how that boy Wu Hao had caused such a massive disaster and gotten involved. This was no joking matter for the Wu family.

Furthermore, how could they not have informed him beforehand about something so significant involving the Marquis Wu’an Mansion? He had to hear it from others, which caught him completely off guard. How was he supposed to deal with this?

"Mr. Wu, are you going to claim you know nothing about this as well?" Hou Cunjin said. "You shouldn’t hide such a major issue; otherwise, aren’t you setting everyone up for a fall?"

No one believed Mr. Wu was innocent in this matter. After all, this involved latching onto a noble from the Upper Capital. As the Family Head, it was impossible for him to be completely ignorant.

"They really never mentioned it to me," Wu Nanping said bitterly. "Wu Kun happens to have come with me this time. How about I call him in and ask him?"

"Then call him in and ask," Meng Haotian made the decision directly. "Let’s hope he hasn’t offended Mr. Gu and Marquis Wu’an, which would end up dragging us all down."

Although these words were unpleasant to hear, Wu Nanping didn’t dare refute them. He walked out personally and called the man in.

As a member of a branch of the Wu family, Wu Kun rarely had the chance to see so many Family Heads at once. He greeted them respectfully and stood to the side.

"Wu Kun, you certainly hid this well. You asked me to stand up for you, yet you didn’t explain the situation to me clearly." To show he was completely unaware, Wu Nanping spoke first as soon as he brought him before everyone.

"This... We have already told you everything we know, Family Head. There’s nothing else we’re hiding," Wu Kun said.

"Then what’s this about Marquis Wu’an?" Wu Nanping asked.

Wu Kun looked bewildered. He wondered how they had gotten entangled with Marquis Wu’an now.

The Family Heads remained silent.

"Are you saying you are unaware of what Wu Hao did?" Hou Cunjin didn’t think the Wu Family was innocent. "You are all part of the same family. It’s impossible that not a single word was leaked about such a massive matter."

Wu Kun shook his head. "I only found out the person was taken from my restaurant when the Shopkeeper informed me. That day, I immediately went to look for my older brother, and it just so happened that my father and I escorted the person to the Liang Mansion together."

Hearing these words, Wu Kun knew full well that his older brother was in deep trouble this time.

"Didn’t you use your connections to look into it?"

"He has now been transferred to the Inspector General’s prison," Wu Kun said. "No matter how many gifts we send, we haven’t been able to see my older brother even once.

"Even if we wanted to find out what happened, there’s no way to inquire.

"I heard my older brother mention briefly that he was helping a noble from Shangjing this time. It seems the other party has a personal grudge against this Mr. Gu and was planning to scheme to bring down him and his wife.

"However, he never told us exactly who this noble was. Perhaps he didn’t have the time to say it before he was taken."

Having revealed everything he knew, Wu Kun pleaded, "Please, Family Heads, help us think of a solution. My older brother knows he was wrong, but he is, after all, one of us from these major families—"

"Are you threatening me?" Li Cong sneered. "Don’t forget, you are the ones begging for help right now.

"Furthermore, this matter isn’t as simple as you claim. Before saving your older brother, we must first consider whether we can even save our own families."

The others nodded in agreement; no one wanted to take such a risk.

Wu Nanping turned to Hou Cunjin. "Master Hou, you can see that the situation is still unclear. We don’t even know if Wu Hao has been framed. I ask Master Hou to please help inquire further. If you could put in a good word with Mr. Gu, the Wu family will remember this favor."

Knowing he couldn’t avoid it this time, Hou Cunjin let out a long breath before replying, "As for the specifics? At most, I can help you inquire about it, but I truly don’t have enough face to plead for you in front of Mr. Gu.

"Although our two families are related by marriage, our statuses are, after all, unequal. I hope you can all understand."

Li Cong wanted to speak further, but Wu Nanping held him down with one hand. "This is already very good. I heard that Master Hou has been looking for top-grade jadeite recently. We happen to have a piece of Red Jade in our storehouse. I will have this boy, Wu Kun, deliver it to you shortly.

"This boy is fairly quick on his feet and quite shrewd. Keep him by your side to run errands for now."

Hou Cunjin almost laughed out of anger. They were begging him for help, yet they still wanted to plant a spy by his side. "I really don’t lack errand boys. Since Mr. Wu is getting on in years, it’s better to keep him by your own side to serve you.

"As for the Red Jade, it’s far too precious. I would feel guilty accepting it.

"It’s getting late. I need to head back and figure out the best way to bring this up with my son-in-law, so I won’t stay to keep you all company any longer."

Ignoring Wu Nanping’s ugly expression, Hou Cunjin nodded to the others and left alone.

"This Hou Cunjin is truly somewhat arrogant. Does he really think he can rest easy just because he latched onto Gu Wenheng, completely tossing aside the previous agreements between our families?" As soon as the man was gone, Wu Nanping immediately complained to the others.

"I actually think Master Hou is right. When begging for help, one should have the proper attitude," Huang Mu’en said.

"To be honest, our families support each other and share an equal pact. If you want to order others around, you should at least lower your posture.

"It seems we won’t be able to come to any conclusions today. Let’s all disperse and go back to use our own connections to see if we can find a solution."

After speaking, he cupped his hands to those seated and strode away as well.

Once out the door, he quickly caught up with Hou Cunjin and hopped into his carriage just as it was about to depart.

"Huang Family Master, you’ve gotten into the wrong carriage."

Hou Cunjin didn’t want to see any of these people anymore, and his tone was somewhat aggressive.

"Not at all, not at all," Huang Mu’en said, ignoring his attitude and sitting down opposite him. "Only Master Hou has such a good temper. If it were me, I would have left long ago..."

"Spit it out if you have something to say."

"Are you really planning to help them inquire?" Huang Mu’en asked, lowering his voice.

Hou Cunjin raised an eyebrow at him. "You didn’t have this attitude back inside. Weren’t you also hoping I’d go help ask around?"

"Sigh, I was just putting on a front," Huang Mu’en replied. "Who told our families to always advance and retreat together? If I acted too out of line, wouldn’t you all gang up on me?"

Hou Cunjin sneered. "I didn’t see you showing me much mercy in there, either. I don’t care what you’re thinking, but I will still visit the Gu Mansion. However, as for the result and how things play out, I won’t get involved.

"And don’t try to use those old tricks on me. I know exactly how you all have treated the Hou Family over these years."

Ever since Wu Haicong’s official rank grew higher and higher, these people had faintly begun to ostracize the Hou Family.

Ever since his legitimate daughter married Mr. Gu’s cousin, they had stopped informing him of any decisions over the past year.

He originally hadn’t wanted to come this time, but considering they were all in Yi Province and would inevitably bump into each other, the Hou Family’s current strength wasn’t enough to contend with these people. That was why he made this trip.

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