The next day.
Xiahe County Town, Wei Mansion.
Inside a study that was simple and unadorned, but far from ordinary.
After a day, the Wei Family had naturally used its influence to learn the full story.
It turned out that the Martial Scholar Fang's cousin had gotten drunk at a brothel, spent all his silver, and then went to the Four Directions Gambling House to take out a high-interest loan. After Shopkeeper Qi Yishou of the gambling house learned the man's identity, he decided to make a play for the Martial Scholar's properties.
The gambling house had pulled this sort of scheme before.
Even if the borrower couldn't repay the money, they would still lend it out as long as the borrower's relatives were wealthy.
Then, once the borrower inevitably failed to repay, the gambling house would make its move, showing up at the relatives' home to demand payment.
Their justification was simple: 'This person is your relative. You are his guarantor.'
