The whole family went crazy after reading my mind, and I became a favorite after eating melons

Even if it was Xu Zhiyan, she couldn't be sure that she would not make any mistakes.

Hua Yi took the order and left.

Xiaoxi looked at her sitting in front of the desk and thinking deeply. He didn't dare to disturb her and quietly gave her a cup of tea.

Xu Zhiyan lowered her eyes and glanced at the steaming tea in her hand. She slowly picked it up and drank it bit by bit. After drinking less than half of the cup, she put the tea cup down and said, "Xiaoxi, go and invite shopkeeper Liu."

Shopkeeper Liu is in charge of the largest store on East Street. This is the person Hua Rong left to her, so she can still trust it.

Shopkeeper Liu came quickly.

"I've met my boss."

"Shopkeeper Liu, there is no need to be polite. I invited you here today because I want to ask you about some things, such as the conduct of Shopkeeper Zhong, who is in charge of jewelry on East Street, and so on."

Shopkeeper Liu didn't expect Xu Zhiyan to ask this. In his opinion, the boss was very familiar with these things. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether she really didn't remember these things or whether she was deliberately testing him.

"When I returned to my employer, I had little contact with Shopkeeper Zhong, but I also heard from other people that Shopkeeper Zhong was still very rigorous in his work. Earlier, when customers who went to his place to buy things left a penny behind, he chased them out to pay them back. Give it to people.”

"From this point of view, he is a good person."

[Can I go to someone who wants to buy jewelry for a penny? 】

[It’s definitely not bad, so if he insists on paying back the penny, is it true that he just picked up the money, or is he an unusual person who loses money? 】

Xu Zhiyan put her fingertips on the edge of the desk and rubbed it with her fingertips.

"Besides, tell me more."

Shopkeeper Liu racked his brains and told everything he knew. Xu Zhiyan concluded that Shopkeeper Zhong was a very upright person.

She chuckled.

【I don’t even believe it. 】

After sending shopkeeper Liu away, Xu Zhiyan sent people to investigate Yao Ji, the new singer in the fifth prince's house who had been hired for less than half a year.

There is something strange about the creek.

"Miss, shopkeeper Liu didn't even mention the fifth prince and Yao Ji just now. Why did you suddenly check on her?"

"I just checked the accounts not long ago. On the day when shopkeeper Zhong picked up the money, there was only one incoming account, which was from the Fifth Prince's Mansion. If I remember correctly, the price was for a glazed corolla."

"I saw this crown on Yao Ji's head at Mrs. Song's banquet that day."

The fifth prince likes beauties, and Yao Ji is very beautiful, but she is not ready to pick things for her personally, so even if Yao Ji did not buy this crown, Yao Ji asked the fifth prince for it by name.

Although the Jewelry Pavilion will make a booklet of the new products and send it to each house every time there is a new one, but if I remember correctly, the booklet with the glazed flower crown should feature emerald agate.

When Yao Ji bought it, most of the main accessories were still there, so she had no reason to buy a glazed flower crown that was not particularly outstanding among them.

Xu Zhiyan speculated about the conspiracy. She thought that buying the glazed flower crown was a signal, and shopkeeper Zhong picked up the copper coins and returned them as a response.

Of course, all this is just her speculation, and the details will depend on the results of the investigation.

The next day.

Huayi’s investigation results are out.

It turns out that Yao Ji and Shopkeeper Zhong are uncles and nephews. Yao Ji has been fond of things like colored glaze since she was a child. After being taken back by the fifth prince, she could not go anywhere except for the banquets of the aristocratic family.

By chance, I saw the signature of the shopkeeper in the jewelry booklet, and I recognized my uncle, so I begged the fifth prince to buy him a glazed crown there. As for the fallen copper coin, it had a special mark carved by Yao Ji. Shopkeeper Zhong knew at a glance that she was still safe. The two of them might be planning to escape from the Fifth Prince's Mansion, but that was the Fifth Prince. If he could escape so easily, there wouldn't be so many buried bones in the back house.

Xu Zhiyan thought for a moment and came up with an idea.

……

Inside the Jewelry Pavilion.

Shopkeeper Zhong checked the accounts all morning and relaxed after making sure there were no mistakes. He rolled his neck, put away the account books and went to his resting place in the back room. At the beginning, his body froze, but he reacted quickly and recovered immediately. Always enter the house and close the door.

In the dim room, directly opposite him, there was a person sitting.

"call--"

The fire was blown, and the weak flame lit the candlestick. The face of the person was gradually revealed, and it was Xu Zhiyan.

She made her purpose clear.

"Do you want to bring Yao Ji out?"

"You don't need to go to all the trouble to make a perfect false account, give all the money to Yao Ji, and let her take care of the servants in the house."

When these words came out, Shopkeeper Zhong suddenly knelt on the ground. Xu Zhiyan looked on indifferently. It was not until the skin on his forehead was broken by kowtow that he said, "Okay, explain how much you are greedy."

At this point, Shopkeeper Zhong couldn't hide it anymore. He carefully opened the inner bag of his carry-on and took out a palm-sized book. All recorded on it were the money he shouldn't have earned, one after another, accumulating into A huge number.

Xu Zhiyan clicked her tongue in her heart when she saw it.

[It seems that I am still too lax with my subordinates. They have gotten so much money from me that they should not have taken. I have to be stricter from now on. Otherwise, if you take my money now, you can take my head later. 】

"How could you spend so much on just taking care of your servants? You uncle and nephew treat me as a free bank. In this way, for this money, I only need you to pay back one thousand taels of gold, and the rest will be enough." , you repay with action."

Shopkeeper Zhong was tense all over, and it took a lot of strength to control himself from speaking.

"How to pay it back?"

"I want this information about the fifth prince. Give me the information within three days."

She didn't care whether he accepted it or not, she just wrote down her request and put it on the table. She took his account book and left directly. Shopkeeper Zhong knelt and crawled towards her. Unfortunately, she didn't look back and left simply.

After returning home, Xu Zhiyan showed her angry look, wandering around in her yard like a little beast, and stunned Xu Yanqing and others who came to see her.

"Nanny, what are you doing..."

Xu Zhiyan turned around following the sound, aimed at Xu Yanhe's arms, and plunged into it.

"Second brother, my mother-in-law said that I have talent in business, but I just discovered that I have no talent. The shopkeeper under me has been falsifying accounts for so long, and I didn't find out until today!"

Xu Zhiyan was extremely angry, and Xu Yanhe and the others suddenly realized.

Xu Yanhe carried her towards the yard and found a random place to sit down.

"What are you thinking about? If you didn't have talent, could you create so many industries in a short period of time?"

"And you didn't notice that the other party was falsifying accounts and embezzling. Isn't it because the store's profits are large enough? Who dares to say that you don't know how to do business? At most, you can't manage people."

Xu Zhiyan felt comforted, but she also felt that something was not right. But before she could figure it out, Xu Yanhe started talking about managing people.

"Actually, it's not like you don't care at all, otherwise it wouldn't have happened recently. It must be because you often run out, and they dare to do whatever they want because they are not under your nose."