Just as Chen Wende was about to retort, Chen Lizhi raised his hand nonchalantly and said, "Let's not talk about these trivial matters, let's discuss something important. Chen Yue, you speak."
Chen Yue, who was standing below, took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Chen Ji, it has already spread in the city yesterday that you sold half of our Chen Family Salt Shop's salt permits to black market salt dealers. Is there such a thing?"
Chen Ji responded, "There is no such thing."
Chen Yue was taken aback and shouted, "Nonsense, yesterday the Salt Inspection Envoy captured a group of black market salt dealers outside the city at a manor and discovered 150,000 salt permits. Those 150,000 salt permits were precisely what you sold to them yesterday."
Official Chen suddenly opened his eyes wide.
