The Rebirth of Space: the Lucky Girl From a Farm Family

Chapter 321 Something strange

Ruan Chu nodded, "I hope..."

Before Ruan Chu finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

King Qin raised his voice and said, "Come in!"

Shopkeeper Miao pushed open the door and came in. He first bowed to King Qin and then bowed his hands to Ruan Chu.

“Your Majesty, we have some clues about Huang Zhenhao’s matter.”

 King Qin put down the cup in his hand, looked up at Shopkeeper Miao, pointed to the chair next to him, and said, "Sit down and talk."

Shopkeeper Miao thanked him, sat down as he was told, and continued: "Lao Xiao got an account book from Huang Zhenhao last night, which contains many detailed records."

 Lao Xiao, Xiao Jingsong is a top-notch Qigong and is responsible for intelligence collection in Chang'an Restaurant.

 Shopkeeper Huang presented the account books to the King of Qin.

King Qin reached out to take it and started reading it.

Shopkeeper Huang said: "This book records the incoming and outgoing accounts of the silt removal and repair work on the upper river when King Qi was supervising the Ministry of Industry five years ago. The total amount of silver that passed through his hands was 300,000 taels, but the silver taels used for river repairs were insufficient. 110,000 taels, of which there is a deficit of 190,000 taels.”

King Qin looked through it roughly, and then asked: "Has it been checked by the accounting office?"

Shopkeeper Huang nodded, "Yes, please check it with Mr. Liu."

King Qin closed the account books, put the account books on his lap, and touched the turned-up corners on the edge of the account books with his hands, trying to smooth them out.

 “Apart from this, have you found out anything else?”

 King Qin didn’t stop moving his hands, and asked while stroking the corner of the paper.

Suddenly, King Qin's hand stopped and he picked up the account book and looked at it carefully.

Shopkeeper Miao was about to reply when he saw King Qin's expression. His eyes fell on King Qin's hand and asked, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

  King Qin opened the cover of the book and looked at it carefully. "Give me an embroidery needle."

Shopkeeper Miao turned around and went out. After a while, he came in with a sewing box.

King Qin took the embroidery needle and fiddled with it gently. After a while, King Qin took out a small note from the cover.

Shopkeeper Miao and Ruan Chu were both stunned.

Shopkeeper Miao asked unexpectedly: "What is this?"

 The King of Qin opened the note and found the official's name and the amount of silver written on it in small regular script.

After reading it, King Qin handed the note to Ruan Chu, "It should be a list of people who have accepted bribes."

After reading it, Ruan Chu handed the note to Shopkeeper Miao. "How does the prince plan to deal with it?"

King Qin thought for a while and said: "Don't alert the enemy first, let people secretly check the people on the list. Also, if Huang Zhenhao is investigated carefully, his evidence of guilt should be far more than this."

Shopkeeper Miao bowed and said, "Yes, I understand."

Just as King Qin was about to order the food to be served, there was an urgent knock on the door, and all three of them were stunned.

King Qin raised his voice and said, "Come in."

Shopkeeper Miao Leng also came in and reported, "Your Majesty, General, shopkeeper, Huang Zhenhao, who was looking for trouble that day, came with Manager Wei who was with King Qi."

After hearing this, shopkeeper Miao said: "I know, the person who comes here is a guest, so he just needs to be treated well."

Leng Yi leaned forward and said, "Manager Wei asked for the shopkeeper's past by name, and he looked very unkind. He said he wanted to find shopkeeper Miao to get an explanation for what happened that day."

“Are you asking for an explanation? What explanation are you asking for?” King Qin asked.

Leng Yi shook his head and said, "My lord, I don't even know."

Shopkeeper Miao said to King Qin: "Your Majesty, please go and have a look."

King Qin nodded, "Okay, let's go."

After shopkeeper Miao left, Ruan Chu raised his voice and shouted towards the door: "Xia Shan, come along and have a look and find out what's going on?"

Xia Shan raised his voice and replied: "Yes, I understand."

 After a while, Leng Yi brought someone to the private room to pass the dishes.

Ruan Chu said: "Shopkeeper Miao is a careful person. He is busy handling things himself, but he still doesn't forget to take care of the prince."

King Qin nodded and said, "He has always been careful. Come, let's eat."

 Ruan Chu served half a bowl of soup to King Qin. King Qin said: "You can eat too, don't worry about me. I'm used to doing it myself."

Ruan Chu smiled and said: "Of all the gentlemen, I am afraid that the prince is the least pretentious."

 King Qin lowered his head to take a sip of the soup, raised his head and said, "I grew up in an ordinary family, so it's not surprising that I would do this. King Chen is also very easy-going."

“Well, I saw it at the banquet that day.”

 The two of them chatted about home affairs while eating.

Not long after, Xia Shan came back and reported: "Your Majesty, General, Huang Zhenhao brought Wei Tian to find Shopkeeper Miao, and asked Shopkeeper Miao to hand over the woman who beat Huang Zhenhao that day.

They said that the woman who beat the person must be pretending to be Princess Yanran. Princess Yanran is gentle and well-behaved, how could she do such a cruel thing?

They also said that shopkeeper Miao knew someone was impersonating Princess Yanran but did not stop him, and was suspected of shielding the attacker.

 A group of people clamored for an explanation from Shopkeeper Miao. "

King Qin frowned when he heard this.

Ruan Chu said: "Your Majesty, what does King Qi mean? What is his purpose? He wants to use Shopkeeper Miao to confess the princess. The princess listens to him, so he sells the princess a favor, but the princess does not listen to him. Yes, just to ruin the princess’s reputation?”

Xia Shan said: "Looking at the way they are messing around, it seems that this is their purpose.

By the way, Wei Tian said, the Huang family has been a single generation for several generations, and Huang Zhenhao has no male descendants, but he was beaten to death by that woman. This means that the Huang family has no descendants.

Changan Restaurant allowed such a cruel woman to commit murder, and afterwards turned a blind eye to the perpetrator, turning a blind eye to the perpetrator and letting it go. Chang'an Restaurant should bear the main responsibility. "

Ruan Chu's eyes widened when he heard this, and he asked: "Princess, did you beat the person named Huang? Isn't Princess... a little too tough?"

King Qin said calmly: "That's what Huang deserves. He dared to tease Xiaoyu, but Xiaoyu didn't take his life, which is considered very polite to him."

Ruan Chuji asked in shock: "Did the princess really beat up the person named Huang? I regret not being there that day and missing a big play."

Xia Shan, you stay with the prince, and I’ll go see what the person named Huang looks like? Don't worry, Your Majesty, I won't show up, I will just take a sneak peek. "

 After saying that, Ruan Chu stood up and walked out.

  King Qin shook his head and continued to eat with his head down.

Soon, Ruan Chu came back and asked: "Your Majesty, does the princess know martial arts?"

  King Qin nodded, “Yes.”

 “I have the opportunity to discuss with the princess.”

King Qin asked, "What's going on with them?"

Ruan Chu replied: "Wei Tian wants shopkeeper Miao to hand over the person who beat the person, otherwise, they will report it to the official.

Shopkeeper Miao said that it was getting late now and the people from the Yamen dismissed the office and asked them to go directly to the Yamen tomorrow.

He is still pulling it apart now, and Wei Tian seems to have a headache. "

King Qin lowered his lips and said, "He thought that by resisting King Qi's banner, Shopkeeper Miao would be frightened and would obey him obediently."

Ruan Chu asked in confusion: "The princess already announced her family name when she beat someone up, why bother to say to herself that someone is pretending to be the princess? King Qi just didn't think about it. The princess was not grateful to him for his behavior." ”

King Qin sneered and said, "King Qi must want to gain a sense of presence in front of Xiaoyu."

Ruan Chu seemed to understand. He pursed his lips and smiled and said: "He is not afraid that he will not find a good impression, and the princess will give him a double look in vain."

 King Qin pursed his lips and said, "Eat quickly, the mutton won't taste good when it's cold."

After Ruan Chu thanked him, he took his chopsticks and started eating.

Ruxuan came in and reported: "Sir, the people who went to Wutong Lane came back and said that the princess has not returned yet, so she went to Luojiazhuang with Mr. Li to eat roasted whole lamb."

King Qin said: "I understand, go to Shopkeeper Miao and ask him to deal with the matter quickly, and then come to see me."

The King of Qi asked Wei Tian to come forward to handle the matter, indicating that he did not know that the Chang'an Restaurant was under the name of the King of Qin.

 The King of Qin asked Ruxuan to ask questions on his behalf, that is, to tell Wei Tian that Shopkeeper Miao was his.

Sure enough, not long after Ruxuan left, Wei Tian took Huang Zhenhao away. Shopkeeper Miao sent Wei Tian and his party away and returned to the private room.

Ruan Chu asked: "They didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"

Shopkeeper Miao said: "He wanted to embarrass himself, and he was coaxing him at first. Then when he saw Ruxuan, Wei Tian suddenly became a little panicked and said, it's getting late, so he should go back. If something happens, we'll see him another day. discussion, and then left with the people.”

 Ruxuan smiled and said: "The little fox is pretending to be powerful."

King Qin said: "Be more cautious in the future to prevent the Huang family from retaliating. Over Xiaoyu's side, arrange for two secret guards to follow."

After King Qin finished explaining to the manager of Miao, he turned to Ruan Chu.

Ruan Chu leaned over and said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements later."

At the Prime Minister's Mansion, Mrs. Shangguan was looking at the head and face that Wang Peiyun had brought back, and said with satisfaction: "Although the palace will arrange the crown and harem for your wedding, my grandmother still has to prepare the best for you."

Wang Peiyun leaned against Mrs. Shangguan and said coquettishly: "Thank you, grandma. Yun'er knows that grandma loves Yun'er the most."

 Mrs. Shangguan raised her hand and patted Wang Peiyun's hand, and said, "It's good that you know. Once you get married, you can serve the prince. You have to be more ambitious and strive to give birth to Lin'er for the virtuous king as soon as possible."

 In this way, you will have a firm foothold in the palace. Grandma and grandpa will naturally worry about the rest for you. "

Wang Peiyun blushed and replied: "Thank you, grandma. Yun'er has memorized all her teachings."

“Old madam, shopkeeper Wang Er from Baoqing Silver Building on Baizhang Road would like to see you.”

Wang Peiyun's heart skipped a beat when he heard about the second shopkeeper on Baizhang Road, and he looked at Mrs. Shangguan in panic.

Mrs. Shangguan’s eyes fell on the servant and she did not notice Wang Peiyun’s panic.

"please come in."

After shopkeeper Wang Er entered the room to receive the gift, he leaned forward and said, "Old madam, there are many people in the shop, holding jewelry in their hands and asking for return."

"Return? Okay, why do you want to return the product? Is there anything wrong with the product?" Mrs. Wang asked.

Wang Peiyun was so frightened that he lowered his head when he heard that someone was returning the goods.

Shopkeeper Wang Er looked up at Wang Peiyun and said nothing.

Just when Mrs. Shangguan was about to urge her, a servant came in and said, "Madam, shopkeeper Fang Er from Baoqing Silver Building on Jinshui Road would like to see you."

Another second shopkeeper came. Mrs. Shangguan had a bad feeling in her heart and said with a stern face: "Please come in."

Fang Er, the shopkeeper of Baoqing Silver Building on Jinshui Road, came in and met Li. He cupped his hands and said, "Old madam, half an hour ago, people were coming to the shop to return goods with items."

Mrs. Shangguan frowned and asked, "Is this also a return?"

Shopkeeper Fang Er replied: "Yes, it is also a return. I don't know what went wrong with the small one. Everyone who comes to the door asks for a return."

Before Madam Shangguan could reply, the servants hurried in again.

Without waiting for the servant to speak, Mrs. Shangguan asked, "Which shop is this?"

The servant leaned back and said, "Madam, this is the shopkeeper Qin Er from Ma Xing Street."

Mrs. Shangguan said angrily: "Please come in."

 The servants exit.

 After Shopkeeper Qin Er walked in the door and saw Shopkeeper Wang Er and Fang Er, his panic suddenly calmed down.

Based on intuition, Shopkeeper Qin Er guessed that the shop on Baizhang Road and the shop on Jinshui Road must have encountered the same situation.

Maybe it’s the mentality of punishing others without blaming others, or maybe it’s because even if you are scolded, someone will accompany you, so you won’t panic.

The second shopkeeper Qin bowed to Madam Shangguan.

The old lady Shangguan asked: "Why are you here?"

 Subconsciously, Mrs. Shangguan hoped that this was not about returning goods.

Shopkeeper Qin Er leaned forward and said, "Back to Madam, it's like this. Half an hour ago, someone came to the door with something and asked to leave.

The shopkeeper thought that only a few people were dissatisfied, so he started to return the goods to the customers.

Unexpectedly, before the refund was completed, someone else came to ask for a return. Later, more and more people came to ask for a return.

 The shopkeeper noticed that something was wrong and quickly sent the young lady over to ask the old lady for advice. "

Even though Mrs. Shangguan had gone through the storm and faced the sudden large-scale returns, she still felt panicked.

 Mrs. Shangguan pinched her hands hard and tried to calm herself down.

 “How many people were waiting to return goods when you came?”

Shopkeeper Qin Er leaned forward and said, "Go back to me, madam. When I arrived, there were already about thirty people waiting in the shop."

Shopkeeper Fang Er leaned forward and said, "Back to Madam, when I arrived, there were about twenty people in the shop."

Shopkeeper Wang Er said: "Baizhang Road is about the same as Maxing Street. There are about thirty people. This was the situation when I came here. It is unknown whether there has been an increase now."

Mrs. Cui was extremely frightened and silently thought to herself that her daughter's wedding was just around the corner, so don't let anything happen.

These days, she reads scriptures and prays for blessings every day, hoping that everything will be safe and sound until her daughter gets married smoothly.

 But the more worried and scared people are, the more trouble comes to them.

 Two days ago, Mrs. Yang was murdered, and then there was trouble in her shop.

Mrs. Cui said: "The goods have been sold, can I still return them?"

Shopkeeper Qin Er said: "The rules in our shop are that if customers are dissatisfied, they can come and withdraw."

"What kind of rule is this? I've been wearing a hairpin for a long time and I'm tired of it. You can also say I'm not satisfied with it. Can I bring it to my door and ask for a replacement?"

Shopkeeper Fang Er said: "The rules of the shop are that if the customer is not satisfied with anything sold by the shop within three months, as long as the goods are in good condition, they can return them at the same price.

 We have been doing business for decades and have never encountered anything like this. "

“Yes, it happened suddenly. We don’t know where the problem went, so why did so many people return goods all at once?”

"This is something very strange..." Shopkeeper Qin Er didn't finish his words.

The servant came in and said: "Old madam, shopkeeper Liu Er from Sanjing Road in the east of the city wants to see you."

 (End of this chapter)