After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Starting from this morning, Haijiao's days of running out all day ended.

After the morning exercise, he had breakfast and began to check the Chang'an Qianwei account books sent by the Zhenguo Duke's government in his cousin Xie Wenzai's room. He will classify various accounts, summarize the annual expenses of various affairs, compare them before and after, and then combine them with the expenditure details to find out the unreasonable places. If there was a flaw that could be seen at a glance, he would mark it out with a small piece of paper and leave it to his grandfather Hai Xiya for reference.

As he told his sister Haitang, when he was a Jinyiwei spy in his previous life, he was often exposed to various excuses to steal public funds. Now when he looks at Chang'an Qianwei's account books, he often encounters familiar records. Especially in recent years, some of the excuses and practices are exactly the same, as if they were copied from Jin Yiwei. Is it possible that people from the capital city and Chang'an Health Center were manipulating the accounts and using the same routine?

Hai Jiao thought about it again and again, but still felt that something was wrong with this matter. Especially when Du Boqin manipulated the accounts in his early years, he did not use this set of tricks, and the methods were relatively crude. It is easy for people to see that it was entirely because of his father-in-law's face that no one tried to expose it. The young man from an aristocratic family in Chang'an Qianwei's counting house could spot it right away. He kept so many little notes in private that he could even calculate how much extra money Du Boqin's men had embezzled without telling him.

But in recent years, the accounting techniques of Du Boqin's confidant accountants have greatly improved, as if they have learned the true scriptures from famous teachers. Even the children of the aristocratic families who have been doing accounting for generations are often deceived, and the number of small notes taken in private has decreased. After reading a lot, I couldn't help but wonder, thinking that Commander Du had changed to a vegetarian diet. But in fact, Du Boqin not only did not stop embezzling funds from the health center in recent years, but also used many more ways to spend money, making it even more covert.

Such changes made Hai Jiao couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Du Boqin had colluded with the Sun family and learned new skills from them?

Although the Sun family is not involved in the army, Concubine Sun's cousin Sun Yongbai should be serving in Jinyiwei right now and will be transferred elsewhere in a few years. In the previous life, after the death of Marshal Zhou, the Duke of Zhen, the Zhou family lost control of the northwest frontier army. The wife of Duke Zhen and her family moved to the capital. As soon as they settled down, the younger members of the family were seriously injured due to Sun Yongbai's conspiracy, causing an uproar in the government and the public. . During this period, Sun Yongbai was already a senior official in the Wucheng Army Command.

Could it be that Sun Yongbai learned the skills of accounting and collecting public funds in Jinyiwei, and after colluding with Du Boqin, he taught this new skill to the latter?

Hai Jiao secretly guessed in his heart, but the movements of his hands never stopped, and he quickly wrote down a few account records that had just been found to have problems. Even the amount of money and food hidden behind these records was calculated clearly. Recording it at the end would save his grandfather a lot of effort.

Xie Wenzai watched him go through the account books and write down the problematic areas one by one. He was very efficient and couldn't help but sigh: "Your grandfather always hopes that you can inherit his position. I, your Grandpa Cao, and Grandpa Lu I have always felt that you should make achievements in the imperial examination. Being an accountant in the army is too wasteful. I don't agree with your grandfather's idea. Now it seems that you are indeed quite talented in accounting. Follow the path arranged by your grandfather. , there’s nothing bad about it.” You can still participate in the important matter of investigating corruption and eradicating adultery.

Hai Jiao raised his head and smiled at Xie Wenzai: "Cousin, even if I don't take the imperial examination, it doesn't mean that I won't get ahead. The lessons you, Grandpa Cao, and Grandpa Lu taught me will one day be used, and they won't be in vain. effort."

Xie Wenzai was stunned, then smiled slightly, took Haijiao, looked through the marked account book, and analyzed it carefully.

Haijiao was so immersed in his work, but he did not completely forget about the things outside.

After lunch, he took the horse out for a walk while others were taking a nap. To his grandmother Ma, he claimed that he "had been working for a long time and his head was dizzy. He wanted to get some fresh air." But in fact, he was there to collect intelligence.

The old military advisor was still at the Zhenguogong Mansion, so it was not convenient for Haijiao to come and disturb him, but Huang Captou had to go and sit there. He brought Huang Captou's mother her favorite snacks, coaxed the old man to happily take medicine, and then went to sleep for half a day, so that Huang Captou could go to work in the Yamen without any worries. With the Suzhou mother and daughter hired to look after the house, he no longer had to worry about anything happening to his mother at home, and he was very grateful to Hai Jiao. He also knew what Hai Jiao wanted to know, so he reciprocated and told him the latest results of Magistrate Huang's interrogation of Wang Laoliu.

Wang Laoliu knew very little and couldn't tell anything new. He started to recall the bad things he had done for the Sun family in the past. Magistrate Huang was also very concerned about this information and planned to write it down in a secret book, so he asked very carefully. On Saturday, the general and the old military advisor had already evacuated the government office and were busy with other matters. The two girls from the Du family finally met with their families. After discussing it, they made up their minds to betray the Lord and save themselves. Du Boqin saw that he was on the verge of death. In order to prevent his family and friends from being disgraced and sold after the master was convicted, they had to strive for some merit. It is said that they took people to dig the grave of the concubine of the Du family today. The latter actually left a secret suicide note for her son before she died. The two girls found it when they were collecting her body, but they did not open it and hid it in the coffin. inside. They originally planned to wait until the young master Du Qi came back for the funeral to bury the mistress again, and then they could take out this suicide note. Now they can only say sorry to the young master, and they must use this suicide note to save themselves first.

Hai Jiao came out of Huang Captou's house in a happy mood. Seeing that it was still early, he went to find the errand boys he had hired earlier.

He selected three or four of these young men, who were familiar with the situation inside and outside Chang'an City, had steady and reliable personalities, tight lips, nimble legs and feet, and had experience in handling funeral matters. He then called Ma Changnian when he went home and asked him to The messenger drove these young men to the Zhou family's three-bedroom villa in a carriage.

Jin Jiashu had previously entrusted him to help hire a few errands, and these teenagers should satisfy the former.

Jin Jiashu's injury has improved greatly now. Although he still has difficulty moving, he can already get out of bed and take two steps. After he knew that all the murderers of his family had been arrested, he felt much calmer, so he hired two veterans' children from the villa. They were both young and middle-aged, and they wanted to find some odd jobs nearby during the slack period to help him with some shopping. Or a messenger. He hired a few more peasant women to help with the washing, cooking, and daily meals, as well as making some clothes for the period of mourning. When the errand boy Haijiao hired for him arrived, he could even get busy with his family's funeral.

Jin Jiashu's life at the Villa finally started to get on the right track. Although he is still very concerned about the progress of his case, after the killers are arrested, issues such as interrogating the main messenger and pursuing the accomplices are urgent. With Hai Jiao's persuasion, he began to turn his attention to his family's funeral and his own life. There were many things to be busy with every day, and he no longer always thought of the scene when the tragedy happened, and had nightmares every night. .

It's just that he is still a little confused about the future.

Hai Jiao "doesn't know" the truth, and has been persuading him to write a letter to his "aunt" Xu Xianfei, even if it is just to report the funeral to relatives and talk about his miserable situation, so that his "aunt" can pity him more. If he wants revenge, he has to count on his "aunt".

But Jin Jiashu knew that things were not that simple. He only wrote a few lines of the letter to report to his "aunt" that he was safe, and then he didn't know how to continue.

He had many things he wanted to discuss with his friends, but Haijiao didn't come today. After hesitating, he wrote a letter.

The first errand boy who had just met his new employer was to return to the city to deliver a letter to Haijiao.

(End of this chapter)