beauty heart thorn

Chapter 40 Substitution
Although Fu County is located to the north, it is adjacent to the Meishui River. It has abundant rains and even floods all year round. The river embankments have been beaten by wind and waves for many years.

For this reason, the imperial court specially allocated 50 taels of funds to repair the river, and Huang Xia was ordered to build the embankment. It rained for a month in Fu County that year, and the newly built embankment was swallowed by the flood, and tens of thousands of people were homeless. Xia was detained in Beijing awaiting trial. Under the strict interrogation of Dali Temple, Huang Ya confessed her crime.

In the side room, Gu Mingzhu quietly listened to Guan Da's words, and asked, "Uncle Guan, how is Huang Xia doing?"

"Huang Xia is a good official praised by everyone in Fuyang County, but because of the river embankment incident, he has been scolded to this day."

Gu Mingzhu was silent, tapped her fingers on the table unconsciously, and looked down at the miscellaneous notes in her hand.

Huang Xia's case was an old case seven years ago. She was only nine years old at that time, and she was far away from her.

"It's Huang Ya's sons and daughters who are pitiful." Guan Da sighed: "Huang Ya's sons and daughters are twins, they look like elder brothers, they are called Huang Yu, they are really dragons and phoenixes, they were admitted to Xie Yuan at a young age, Why worry about her name on the golden list? Her daughter, Huan Yueyan, was also born with a beautiful face and beautiful appearance, the most intelligent, and she worshiped under the famous teacher since she was a child, and learned a good martial arts, but she was always pretending to be an official prostitute."

Gu Mingzhu was silent for a long time, and after a while, she said: "Huang Xia's daughter is indeed beautiful, she is a great beauty."

While talking, there was a knock on the door of the side room: "Guan Ye, there is a visitor."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Uncle Guan, let's go."

Guan Da retreated, the servant said: "Here comes a young master. He has ordered some dishes and wants to send them to the house."

Guan Da followed him downstairs, and there was a purple-clothed boy standing in the front hall.

Guan Da laughed and said, "Young master, we charge an additional 50 taels for delivery."

Jiuyue said: "It's easy to say."

Guan Da took the list, his eyelids twitched slightly, and said, "Send it to the Gu family in the west of the city?"

"Yes, I gave it to Miss Gu's family in the west of the city. Let's say it was from Xu's house. The girl likes to eat bamboo shoots, so she picks up two special bamboo shoots to make."

The young man quickly calculated, and said, "My lord, the five dishes cost 500 taels, plus an extra 50 taels, the total is 550 taels."

Without even frowning, Jiuyue took out the bank note, and the young man retrieved the money and sent him away with a smile on his face.

Guan Da hurried upstairs with the cookbook.

Seeing him going back and forth, Gu Mingzhu was about to ask questions when Guan Da handed him a piece of paper.

She took a look and said, "Give it to me?"

"Since the lady is here, why not eat here?"

"Alright."

Ah San clicked her tongue, and said: "Everyone knows that Miss Xu went to Shisanyuan for dinner with Xu Shizi, and received many distinguished guests in the past few days. Uncle Guan couldn't bear it at first, but now seeing the money, he also feels a little bit indifferent. gone."

The price of the meal at this table is incredible.

Gu Mingzhu put the paper on the table, Guan Da had already gone out, Ah San saw her staring at the paper thoughtfully, and joked: "Miss, Xu Shizi really cares about you, knowing what Uncle Guan did The food was delicious, and it was delivered without blinking an eye."

Gu Mingzhu closed her eyes and fell asleep: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Ah San rubbed his nose dejectedly.

"Ah San." Gu Mingzhu opened her eyes: "Find someone for me."

"Who is Miss looking for?"

"The author of this miscellany."

Seeing that she was quite interested in this matter, Ah San said, "Someone made this miscellaneous video on purpose, otherwise, why would this matter be included in this book? Does the author think that the Huang family's suffering is the result of this disaster?" Strange news?"

Gu Mingzhu picked up the book, her expression darkened, and she said, "If you find someone to ask, you will know."

On the second day, just after breakfast, the three shopkeepers all came to the door.

Gu Mingzhu weighed the account book, there was no smile in his eyes: "You three are so punctual!"

All three of them thumped.

It was originally scheduled to take five days, but it took almost ten days to deliver it...

"The three go back and wait for the news."

Yang Laibin bit the bullet and said, "Miss...this..."

Gu Mingzhu slammed the ledger heavily, her tone was as cold as ice: "Don't understand?"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

The three retreated quickly.

Gu Mingzhu rubbed the center of her brows, feeling tired.

She casually flipped through the ledger, and quickly put it down in a dispirited manner.

To openly disobey her words is to have made up her mind, and such a person naturally cannot be kept.

With an idea, Gu Mingzhu didn't even go to Xu's residence, took the account book back to her room, read it patiently, picked out the mistakes again, and calculated carefully.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

Early this morning, Gu Mingzhu asked Chun'er to notify the three shopkeepers to come.

As soon as the three of them arrived, Gu Mingzhu threw out the account book and said, "Come on, have a look, and see what you gave me."

The three of them looked at each other, picked up the ledger on the ground, and opened it with suspicious expressions.

"This... these..."

All monthly income and expenditures have been recalculated.

Gu Mingzhu said coolly: "Uncle Yang, tell me, why does the price of lotus root cost more than 500 taels? A live mandarin fish costs more than 200 taels? The free tea is more than [-] taels? Do you think I'm blind and can't figure it out!"

Gu Mingzhu got up: "Shopkeeper Ying, why don't you talk about Mozhai."

The shopkeeper of Mozhai trembled, and said with difficulty: "Miss...I..."

After living half his life, he was actually overwhelmed by a yellow-haired girl!

Yinglai felt a little unbelievable, but the people in front of her seemed to be swallowing them up, and there was a ghost in her heart, so she couldn't help feeling guilty.

"You get some oil and water, I can turn a blind eye, after all, you have been in the Gu family for several years, but you are so blatantly deceiving!" Gu Mingzhu said sharply: "Are you looking at the Gu family as fools? Three The shops are all in the best places with the best flow of people, and they are revitalized once every six months, which month is less than 2 taels?"

"Give me an account of 7000 taels?" She glanced at the three of them and shouted, "Whose idea!"

Yang Laibin knelt down with a plop, and said with a pale face, "Miss..."

Gu Mingzhu sneered: "Yang Laibin! Back then when you were desperate, it was the Gu family who took you in! Now you are repaying your kindness! It's really good!"

Yang Laibin was scared.

"Miss... I'm just delusional, please forgive me..."

Gu Mingzhu put her hands behind her back, with a cold expression on her face: "I have already given you the opportunity. From now on, the three of you will no longer be the shopkeepers of Gu's Shop, so you can find another job."

"Chun'er, send some people to fetch the shopkeeper's seal."

"Yes."

"Miss...Miss, please forgive me. I have an 80-year-old mother and a three-year-old child. You are killing me..."

The chaos in the hall was mind-numbing.

Gu Mingzhu ignored the begging of the three, went straight out of the hall door, and said: "When they are done crying, drive them out of the house."

"Yes."

When taking a bath at night, Ah San brought Yueyan.

Yueyan was busy with travel and dust, and didn't even bother to eat, so Hou waited outside the house.

When Gu Mingzhu came out with wet hair, she saw Yueyan standing at the door, her figure was not gentle like ordinary women.

As expected of a martial arts practitioner.

"Miss." Yueyan said respectfully.

Gu Mingzhu nodded slightly, and said, "Do things by my side in the future."

Yueyan lowered his head: "Yes."

Because of Yueyan's arrival, Gu Mingzhu became idle.

If there is an account, Yueyan will calculate.If there is something, she will plan, and if there is anything, she can come up with an idea.

Because of Xu Jue's visit to the Thirteenth Garden, it quickly became famous among the children of the aristocratic family, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is making money every day.

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

When Gu Xiurong returned from Ganzhou, he brought back evidence of the collusion between Yan's family and the Ganzhou Cannon House. Because Yan's family was under Prince Rui's sect, Prince Rui was scolded by the emperor and relieved of his recent errands.

So much for the Lotus Tower.

There was no clue about the assassination of Prince De. The emperor lost his temper twice, but nothing happened.

(End of this chapter)