Lady Zhao

Chapter 43

The next day, a crowd of people gathered in Mingxu Garden.There are several desks in the spacious hall, and the recent account books and abacus beads are placed on the table. I found a few capable bookkeepers to go through each expenditure in the account book one by one.

Mrs. Ye was silent at the side, very silent, with a slight sweat on his forehead, from time to time, he would glance at Zhao Wenwan's leisurely drinking tea, his face darkened, and he stared at the account book carefully with a flustered expression. and abacus.This scene was not missed by Zhao Wenwan, but it was not the Ye family that Zhao Wenwan had to deal with today, presumably there was a "hands and feet" of the mother of a family in this account, otherwise, why would he be so flustered.

With the sound of the bookkeeper's abacus beating, he and the boy went to the shops outside the house to check one by one with the house card and batch slips. After everything was reported, Mrs. Ye was terrified at first and then calmed down. All the big discrepancies are not made by herself, and her small fake accounts and these bikes are nothing, so she can feel at ease.

Time passed by, from the sunrise to the sunset, Ye's face finally returned to calm, and the abacus finally stopped knocking and listening.

The chief accountant knelt on the ground with a face of shame and reported the results of today's account book check. He really lost a lot of money, which was enough to cover the food and clothing expenses of Dingguo's mansion for the first and second half of the year. It was by no means a small amount. Naturally, the other accountants also knelt on the ground. Among them, Accountant Wu was particularly nervous, trembling uncontrollably.

When it was said that most of the discrepancies in the ledger were handled by Wu's accountant, Wu Sanyou trembled on the spot and almost fainted. For such a large amount, it would be exile if sent to the government.

Wu Sanyou confessed directly without being pressed by others, "Madam, it's because the villain is greedy for money for a while, that's why..."

When everyone heard this, they were full of astonishment. Isn't this greed too bold?
Zhao Wenwan stood up, walked down and kicked him on the shoulder. With all her control, she only kicked him sideways and said angrily, "You have no children, and you came to the capital alone, and all your food and clothing are in the mansion. There are no bad habits in the foreign house, how can I need that money?"

Immediately seeing the suspicious gazes cast by everyone, he said coolly, "I made things difficult for me in the cashier, so I checked it out along the way. You used to be the son of my aunt's mansion, right?"

Everyone believed her words. Who didn't know that Zhao Wenwan had a strong hatred, so it's no wonder this happened today.

Wu Sanyou couldn't help being startled when he heard Aunt Xia's words, and suddenly froze.

The old lady understood a bit, and immediately said: "Go and ask the master to come over, Mama Yang, you go and call the one from Lanyuan."

There were a few more people in the room, Mr. Zhao was sitting in the main seat next to the old lady, he was still a little dazed, Mrs. Ye saw that he had something to do with Aunt Xia, so naturally he explained everything clearly next to Mr. .

Aunt Xia is smart, at least much smarter than Zhao Wenxuan. As soon as she came in to see Wu Sanyou, she immediately understood that her misappropriation of money from the house was known, but she didn't know what Wu Sanyou said, and she didn't dare to speak out. After politely paying his respects, he looked at the master weakly. Mr. Zhao was distressed and just wanted to open his mouth to say something. The old lady squinted at the past. Mr. Zhao had to lower his head, cover his lips and cough softly, avoiding Aunt Xia's sight.

"I don't know why the old lady called my concubine over here?"

"Do you know the people down there?"

Aunt Xia frowned, as if she was seriously remembering, "I don't know her, but I look familiar."

Mrs. Ye has been suppressed too hard recently, and she dare not deal with Zhao Wenwan anymore, but Auntie can still punish her, so she asked sharply, "This man used to be a servant of Xia Mansion, how could he come to our mansion by such a coincidence?"

Aunt Xia's face was full of disturbances, no one should know about their relationship, how could it be? !She glanced at the people in the seat, trying to cover up as much as possible.

Zhao Wenwan looked at Aunt Xia's frightened expression and smiled coldly. This matter is really difficult to inquire about, but whoever let herself read the script happened to see it. She also knew that Wu Sanyou loved Aunt Xia and hid Aunt Xia. One of my personal belongings, it takes a while for a good show to be really staged.

"Even if he was a former servant of our Xia Mansion, I can't possibly remember a servant." Aunt Xia had a pale face, tears welling in her eyes, and she tried her best to defend herself. A small white flower that can be destroyed by the wind.

Mrs. Ye choked when she was told, but Zhao Wenwan said suddenly, "Auntie, do you recognize this handkerchief?" She stood up and shook the thing in her hand to Aunt Xia.

Wu Sanyou at the bottom hastily touched the thing on his chest, but it was empty, and hurriedly beckoned, "Give it back to me."

"Oh? So it's from Accountant Wu?" Zhao Wenwan blinked her innocent eyes, "I saw Aunt Xia's nickname embroidered on it, and I thought it was Aunt Xia who lost it?"

Hiding the veil of a woman with a nickname, this thought is clearly revealed, Wu Sanyou suddenly found that he seemed to have fallen into some kind of vortex, Aunt Xia was shocked instantly, and in a blink of an eye, she saw the master's complexion, which was green and green. My aunt knew that something was wrong.

"You...you bastard." Aunt Xia blushed for a long time and could only swear out this word, but she was also mad. This is to pay for her innocence, even if she is still weak. I couldn't help but stepped forward and slapped him, and quickly turned around, "How dare you steal my handkerchief!"

Wu Sanyou was stunned, seeing the clear disgust in the eyes of the person he admired, subconsciously wanted to defend himself, "Miss..."

"Miss what, you still have the guts to call me..." As he said that, he slapped him again, causing his own hand to ache.

Wu Sanyou was also heartbroken, seeing clearly the grievance and unwillingness in Aunt Xia's eyes, she obeyed her and fell silent.Only this scene fell into the eyes of Mr. Zhao, and it further confirmed that there was a secret relationship between the two of them. Aunt Xia's original pair of lovely watery eyes were now tearful and pitiful. Mr. Zhao only needed to look at the ground. The accountant who was kneeling could no longer feel pity.

Sitting at the side, Mrs. Ye secretly rejoiced. After this incident, no matter whether Aunt Xia took the money or not, the master probably won't love Aunt Xia as much as before.

Zhao Wenwan walked up to the two of them and threw the handkerchief on the ground. Wu Sanyou and Aunt Xia went to grab it together. Wu Sanyou was an infatuated man and begged, "Miss, please leave the handkerchief to me." As the last thought, he Originally, I thought that if the matter came to light, I would bear it with all my strength. If there is something, at least it can accompany the days to come...

Aunt Xia really hated the person she chose, who was so short-sighted. Zhao Wenwan saw that the time was right, so she winked at the head accountant. One ordered: "Wu accountant has worked under me for many years. He is quite honest and has never had any troubles. This time it is really beyond the villain's expectation. I don't know if it has something to do with that person."

Mr. Zhao scoffed at the manager's honesty, but when he heard that someone was involved, he asked, "Who else?"

The chief accountant glanced at Aunt Xia who was still humming, and said, "Recently, people often come to Accountant Wu, and every time they leave, Accountant Wu has a strange expression and asks no Come out, looking at that person now, he looks somewhat similar to Aunt Xia."

Mrs. Zhao glanced at Aunt Xia when she heard the words, and she shrank a step back. She was very clear in her heart. She thought she was just giving his illegitimate son a small allowance, so she turned her eyes and closed her eyes. Who knows that now How dare you poke such a big hole with your hands and eyes.

"This is a villain's greed for money. The villain did it himself. It has nothing to do with Aunt Xia, and no one else. The little one confesses, and all the little ones confess!" Wu Sanyou hurriedly shouted, fearing that more trouble would be involved.

Zhao Wenwan looked at it calmly, looked at Aunt Xia meaningfully, and said, "It's infatuation."

Wu Sanyou was still kowtowing his head and pleading guilty. It hurt to look at it with all his heart. Aunt Xia stared at Zhao Wenwan with her red eyes when she heard the words. Now she understood everything. It was for herself Yes, she wanted to push herself to a dead end, but she didn't expect her to attack so quickly.

It was also a coincidence that when the atmosphere in this room was cold, someone came to look for Wu's accountant at the other end. Since everyone was in Mingxu Garden, the boy who came to report ran to Mingxu Garden and said, Zhao Wenwan curled his lips. Corner, ask someone to invite them over directly.

Aunt Xia had a pale face, clutching the handkerchief tightly, her body trembling faintly.Zhao Wenwan walked to her side to support her, and said in a voice that was only audible between the two of them, "Standing and being beaten is like what Zhao Wenwan would do, Aunt Xia, what you say today, the old lady will only think you Is it revenge for pouring dirty water on me, an aunt who has an affair with a servant and is short of money, or a granddaughter, which do you think the old lady chooses, or look at the face of my father now, who do you trust?"

"You..." Aunt Xia was so angry that she wanted to reach out her hand to slap her face, but Zhao Wenwan held her wrist firmly, with a cold expression on her face, "Wen Wan was wrong, Auntie just said it well, why do you need to do it?" However, he secretly exerted force on his body, but the pain was not obvious to others.Zhao Wenwan also let Zhao Wenwan speak first, and now everyone looked at Aunt Xia's pitiful appearance, and no one came forward to intercede.

Xia Qinghe was invited in at this time, her face was still bruised and her walk was a little crooked, she was stunned at the sight of the battle in the hall, and then at her sister who was being held by Zhao Wenwan, she was a little confused.

"Young Master Xia came to look for accountant Wu, what's the matter?" The old lady took the lead to ask from the seat.

Xia Qinghe is not stupid either, she rolled her eyes and said with a smile on her face, "Where is the old lady, I came to see my sister, and now there are only two siblings left in the Xia family, so we are naturally closer. "

The old lady was noncommittal to his words, and instead looked at the wound on his face, "This face is..."

"No... be careful... you'll get hurt." Xia Qinghe touched his face and said.

"Nonsense!" The old lady slapped the table abruptly, the teacup on the table shook, and a few drops of tea splashed out, and the old lady said angrily, "One or two are not telling the truth, really Dingguo's mansion is easy to fool!"

Xia Qinghe shuddered, and looked at Aunt Xia with a face full of fear, who was also in a state of confusion.Only Zhao Wenwan knew that after she 'reminded' her grandmother, people close to the old lady left the house early this morning for business. People lead to the mansion, just add firewood.

"You dare to use the name of the Dingguo government in the robbery business you do. You competed with your peers, but you were severely injured by playing dirty tricks. Even the restaurant was smashed, and you owed the underground bank silver taels, so you are used. My sister's relationship with Accountant Wu used money from the house to fill your hole!" The old lady burst into anger after hearing this, and scolded Xia Qinghe. "What a guts!"

After hearing this, Xia Qinghe's legs went limp and he knelt down on the ground. The playful smile on his face had long since disappeared. He was so frightened by the old lady's intimidation that he even yelled that he knew his mistake, and he called the old master Zhao above him to call his brother-in-law, and begged him to spare his life. The master's face was ashen, and it was like a shame to be called by his brother-in-law.

Aunt Xia on the side also knelt on the ground with a pale face, and some of them were the first time I heard about it today, only to realize that it was this person who drew the big cake for herself before, and she had provoked such a big one for a small profit. I am really annoyed by the trouble.

"Old madam, I don't know about this, I still hope that old madam will show mercy." Aunt Xia hurriedly shouted. "Master, I beg you to see that I have served you all these years, and for Brother Rui's sake, please let me go."

Mrs. Zhao took a deep look at her, she followed Lan Niang's appearance, her temperament was also weak, but why was she so different!He waved his hands, seemingly exhausted, "Forget it, go to Xishan to be with Wenxuan, and come back when you have tempered your temper."

"Old madam..." Aunt Xia's eyes were terrified, wouldn't it be that there is no deadline... I can't come back...

The old lady didn't want to listen to her noise anymore, so she was taken away to Xishan after being dealt with by her family.Afterwards, the punishment should be punished, the officials were sent off, and the crowd dispersed. Zhao Wenwan helped the old lady into the back room to rest, asked Xueyan to make a pot of tea, and kneaded for the old lady by herself.

Mr. Zhao got tired of hearing Aunt Xia's cries, and left before the old lady gave the order. At this moment, only Mrs. Ye was left standing, looking at Zhao Wenwan, his eyes flickering. After all, he said nothing, and told the old lady Resigned and left in a hurry.

Outside the gate of the mansion, Aunt Xia, who had been beaten twenty sticks, was supported by others, she was extremely weak.When Mrs. Ye came out, she saw that she was standing unsteadily on the low stool and getting into the carriage unsteadily. Looking at this scene, her heart was very clear.

This person has been fighting with him for more than ten years, and now he leaves the house in such a desolate way. Apart from being happy, thinking that he did not do it himself, he always feels that something is missing.

But... it is always pleasing that the opponent is gone, Ye Shi did not hide the pride on his face, and when Aunt Xia was shaken by the wind, she reached out to help her, "Sister, be careful!" Ah." The words seemed to have the demeanor of a regular wife, but there was a hint of mocking sneer, which meant to add insult to injury.

Aunt Xia looked back and felt resentment in her heart. She weakly brushed her hand away and fell on the carriage enduring the pain. She was probably reduced to a cripple, but she didn't even have a cushion, and broke out in a cold sweat from the pain. For so many years, Aunt Xia couldn't tolerate herself showing weakness in front of Mrs. Ye, she gritted her teeth tightly, pretending to be calm and smiling, and acted calmly.

The coachman got into the carriage, and when he saw this, he wanted to drive the carriage with a whip.

Aunt Xia cast her eyes quietly on Ye Shi's face, before the carriage started, she let out a low laugh, and said, "That child didn't die by accident. In terms of pity, you are much better than me."

(End of this chapter)