Nong Zhaohua

Chapter 40

Following Yan Zhaohua's order, the people behind Liu Cheng rushed to the gate of the warehouse. The warehouse where Xie Wei's dowry was placed was next to Dongyuan, which was not the same as the warehouse of the Lord Hou. The men behind Liu Cheng were aggressive. He ran to the door of the warehouse, and the two old men guarding the door were scared and ran to both sides.

Mrs. Xie was really anxious now, and said to Zhang Ping: "It's the opposite, you, you just watch it like this? Stop it, stop it for me!"

Zhang Ping had never encountered such a robber-like behavior before. He was stunned for a while, and he didn't react until someone smashed it. He hurriedly called for someone, but when he called someone, he was stopped by Yan Zhaohua: " Anyone who dares to stop it will sell it directly!"

Although Yan Zhaohua is only 12 years old, but his tone is fierce, he immediately grasped the lifeblood of everyone in the house, the most feared thing for a servant is that he will be sold out by his master, and he finally found a safe and secure place, if you go out to wander again, you don’t know what it will be like, not to mention, many people think of the handwriting that happened to this young lady to maim five servants at once, which shows that it is a person who can say it and do it. The master who got it, Zhang Ping can't care about master and servant at the moment. Hearing Yan Zhaohua's words, the servants shrank their hands and feet, and hurriedly added:
"It's the opposite of the sky. The wife has the final say in this mansion. Can her child be the master? Don't be confused and stop me!" Zhang Ping's domineering in the mansion is not always It's been two days, the manager is doing like a duck to water, how can he be suppressed by Yan Zhaohua, he still expects to enjoy it for a few more years in the future, so naturally he doesn't care about these, and directly yells at Yan Zhaohua.

The servants were caught at a loss by both sides, Liu Cheng's men and Zhang Ping's men finally got together, the scene was chaotic, Ran Xiang and Qing Zhu stood by Yan Zhaohua's side to prevent Yan Zhaohua from being accidentally injured , Mrs. Xie was also protected by Mrs. Wang and retreated to the door, and she was too frightened. It can be seen that Mrs. Xie never thought of making such a big fuss. The leader was Lin Bao, dressed in five-rank official clothes, and rushed in with about twenty officers and soldiers armed with sabers. Mrs. Xie was really dumbfounded. Zhang Ping called all the guards in the mansion just now. Here in the warehouse, there is no one in the courtyard to block the transmission, and the officers and soldiers actually came in like this.

"Mrs. Shu, forgive me. Someone went to Shuntian Mansion to sue, saying that there was going to be a murder in the mansion. He specially ordered me to come and take a look. What's the matter, is there someone making trouble or something else?"

Mrs. Xie looked at Lin Bao, and immediately glared at Yan Zhaohua. Yan Zhaohua was protected by the wall with dyed incense and green bamboo, facing Mrs. Xie. Mrs. Xie knew that the sudden arrival of officers and soldiers from Shuntian Mansion must have something to do with this girl. If it was someone else who came, it was Lin Bao who was the nephew of Liu's sister-in-law's family. The position recommended to him by Mrs. Shi has now come in handy and has been brought directly to her.

"Those people broke into the Hou's Mansion, what are you doing in Shuntian Mansion, why don't you quickly arrest those thieves who broke into the door of my warehouse."

Mrs. Xie hated it in her heart, but she would not give up just like that. She said this to Lin Bao, estimating the chances of winning this time, whether there are so many things in the treasury, other people don't know, and Mrs. Xie will not know ?Although most of the items that could not be sold were still inside, the total amount was definitely wrong. The bank note alone was enough for her to eat a pot.

Lin Bao listened to Mrs. Xie's words, glanced inside, and saw the eldest lady of the Yan family walking over with a calm and extraordinary face. Her calm and composed demeanor was not disturbed by the surrounding chaos at all. before them, said:
"This treasury contains my mother's dowry. I want to count it, but my wife and the manager won't allow it. Is there such a reason in this world? How many things are there in the treasury? Is it shameful? I'm not afraid of leaking money. Why is my wife No? Is it because you are afraid that others will not know that the items in the warehouse are fake?"

Xie said angrily, "What's wrong? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Since it's true, why can't our siblings read it? Master Lin, what do you think of this matter? My brother and I want to check the dowry left by our mother. Does my wife have the right to stop it? You are well-informed. How is the arrangement in the house? My wife came to Yan's house to be my father's step-wife, could it be possible that even the things left by my mother have also been inherited?"

Yan Zhaohua looked at Lin Bao, but his tone was aimed at Mrs. Xie, and asked aggressively, only to hear Lin Bao reply immediately: "Miss, what did you say? There is no such thing in the world. How can the second wife get the dowry of the ex-wife?" It is unreasonable to inherit the property together, and the lower official has never heard of such a thing outside, and the things left by the madam are naturally owned by the young lady and the young master, so why is there any controversy?"

"Since there is no dispute, then whether my people open the warehouse door or pry the warehouse door, do they follow my will? I just ordered to smash the things inside, and some people have nothing to say, they can only watch, yes Isn't that the reason?"

What Yan Zhaohua said was calm and calm, but Mrs. Xie was so angry that she couldn't help falling on her back. Lin Bao even came and stabbed her:

"Yes, Missy is right, that's the reason. Since it belongs to Missy and Young Master, it's up to the two of them to make decisions. Not to mention smashing the door, no one can say anything even if they smash the things inside. Even though the young miss is calling people to beat me up, I'm here to see who dares to make trouble! Everyone will be arrested and jailed for the crime of caring about the owner's property!"

With the words of the official, the people of Xie and Zhang Ping were all dumbfounded. If there were radical people who wanted to show meritorious service in front of Xie just now, when they heard that they were going to jail, they retracted their heads again. For a while, there was a crackling sound of prying open the door in Dongyuan.

Yan Ruiqian asked people to help Uncle Fu who was trampled to death, and then took the dowry list of fixed objects from Yan Zhaohua's hand. After the door was smashed open, he took someone in to check it in person. .

Both Yan Zhaohua and Mrs. Xie were waiting outside the warehouse. During this period, Mrs. Xie said that she was dizzy and wanted to leave, but Yan Zhaohua asked someone to move a chair for Mrs. Xie and a big umbrella for the sun to let her Sit there and wait.

About half an hour later, Yan Ruiqian came out with his head down and took the first list, and said to Yan Zhaohua:

"Sister, I roughly got a few pages right, and there are quite a few things that don't match up. For example, the eight-orifice green phoenix golden tripod is written on the dowry list, but the corresponding bronze small tripod is placed inside; and this purple jade and bamboo lamp, It is the handicraft of Master Ren, a priceless treasure, but the corresponding lamp here is really a lamp made of bamboo; there is also the platinum plate with flowers blooming rich and noble, which turned into silver, and the workmanship is very rough... In addition, there are other Not to mention jewelry, either they changed things, or they simply disappeared, and the most bizarre thing is not these, there is a box of 1000 tael denominations in the dowry list, a total of 30 taels of silver notes, But there is no trace of the banknote box inside."

Yan Ruiqian's words caused an uproar among the people present. A box of 30 taels of banknotes, this... Back then, when the Duke's mansion married a daughter, it really did not lose face to Chang Ninghou. This dowry is no more than a princess, but Now that it is gone, everyone knew that they turned their gazes to Mrs. Xie, who was pretending to be calm, and Mrs. Xie took a deep breath, and seemed to have adjusted her mentality. She was supported by Mrs. Wang to stand up and walked over , said:

"These things are in the warehouse, and I haven't opened them. Is there such a big discrepancy here? But the things won't run away by themselves. These guards must have stolen and moved all the things inside. , if this is the case, see if I don’t peel off their skins!”

Mrs. Xie's sound frightened the two old men who were guarding the warehouse door before. These two old men are over 150 years old together. It has not been two years since they came here to guard the warehouse door. They haven't opened it for several years, and they watch it outside every day. If they dare to take this responsibility, they immediately knelt down and cried for mercy, crying out for injustice.

Zhang Ping kicked them aside one by one, shouting like a villain:
"If you are so nervous, it must be you two old bastards. You stole something from the master's house and dare to quibble? You will know that you are wrong if you are dragged to see the official and put you in prison for the rest of your life!"

Lin Bao couldn't see it, and stepped forward and said, "I'm an official. Who does Director Zhang want to bring to the official? These two old men don't talk about stealing, but I want to ask them, do they have the key to this warehouse?"

The two old men looked at the door at first glance, they were not responsible for anything, let alone the keys, they might not even know what was in the vault, if Lin Bao asked such a question, Zhang Ping choked and dared not speak, no For other reasons, he has one set of keys for the storeroom, and the other set is with Mrs.... Madam.Zhang Ping was good at bullying two powerless old men, but if he continued to talk about it now, it would be like setting himself on fire, so he shut up immediately.

Yan Zhaohua didn't want to make him happy, so he took advantage of the situation and said:

"Yeah, I also want to ask, where are the keys to the storeroom on weekdays? Mr. Zhang is the manager, and you have a set of keys to all the concierge's treasury in the mansion, and you and your husband and wife are in charge of the house. Set, tell me, where is the key to the warehouse in Dongyuan? Who is in charge of it on weekdays? You should talk to Mr. Lin carefully about this, and let him distinguish it for me. "

Zhang Ping looked embarrassed, and hid behind Xie Shi with his tail between his legs. Xie Shi glared at him, said to himself a waste, stood up calmly and said:

"The key is kept with me, but I haven't touched a single bit of the things in this warehouse. It's what it was originally. When I married in, maybe things have been replaced. , It’s also possible that the eldest lady is aggressive with these questions, isn’t it just to make people suspect me and accuse me of stealing your mother’s dowry? But even if I, Xie Lan, are poor and crazy, I won’t do it. Such a lowly thing."

Mrs. Xie's words were so eloquent that they really bluffed some people who didn't know why, wondering if it was really wrong to blame this lady?

Yan Zhaohua took a step forward, untied the purse from his waist, took out a bank note from the purse, spread it out for everyone to see, and said loudly:

"This bank note is in my mother's private treasury. There are three in total, each of which is a 1000 tael denomination bank note. These bank notes are serial numbered and printed by Tongbao Bank. Many people may not know that Tongbao Bank's The banknotes must be more than 10 taels to be specially printed with consecutive numbers. My mother’s dowry banknotes were naturally printed by Tongbao Bank. Each chapter has a ticket number on it. I can ask for my mother's seal at Tongbao Bank, how much the money is in total, where each piece of money has gone, whether it is still my mother's name or has been transferred to someone else, all you need to do is ask The treasurer of Tongbao Bank came to ask, and then asked him to go back and check it carefully. According to the ticket number, how could it be impossible to trace where the bank note went? Where is it used now? After all It is the amount of 30 taels, not 300 taels, 3000 taels, 3 taels, so much money, there must be an explanation, right?"

When Yan Zhaohua said these words, the people present were once again stunned. Xie stared at the banknote in Yan Zhaohua's hand with a face ashen. Did Xie Wei put it in the agarwood box?There were originally 3 taels in the box, but when Mrs. Xie was greedy back then, she coveted the silver notes and some good things, leaving behind three silver notes and a few things she didn't like, and put some rouge powder When she went in, she didn't want the private treasury box to be found out, so she threw it away like a hot potato, but she never expected that the banknote inside would give Yan Zhaohua such an inspiration.

Her face was ashen, if she really went to find the shopkeeper of Tongbao Bank, then she... would really be doomed!
(End of this chapter)