He Gui smiled and said loudly: "Our third wife was indeed the eldest lady of the Wei family before she got married, but these four shops are all dowries left by the first lady to the third wife, and they have nothing to do with the Wei family." ”

As he spoke, He Gui took out the paperwork in his hand and raised it, looked at Wei Shengwen, who was standing on the side, with a blue face, and said with a respectful smile: "No, the paperwork is still here." Master, do you think these shops are the dowries left by the first lady to our wife?"

The people who watched the excitement couldn't help but look at Wei Shengwen when they heard the words.

Steward Lin was a little anxious on the side, and couldn't help but pull Wei Shengwen's sleeve, asking him to deny it quickly, but Wei Shengwen waved it away impatiently.

Wei Shengwen also wanted to deny it, if there was no requisition officer sent by the imperial court here today, he would have been sloppy and vague, but the document in Hegui's hand was clear in black and white, and those several conscripts and losers were watching him from the side, and today's matter might be written in the document and reported, although Wei Shengwen was a third-grade official of the imperial court, he had no way to refer to the deer as a horse under the gaze of so many pairs of eyes.

So Wei Shengwen almost gritted his teeth and said, "That's right." ”

Seeing this, the soap Li sent by the levy and loss library also spoke: "We have verified the documents, these shops belonged to Mrs. Wei before, and after Mrs. Wei died, they were transferred to the third wife of the He family as a dowry, and these official mansions have relevant archives, so they can't be faked." The woman's dowry has never belonged to her husband's family, so these shops have nothing to do with the Wei family. ”

When they saw that all the people in the government had said this, they all believed it. Chunxiao hid in the crowd again and pinched her throat and said, "But since the shop was given to the third wife of the He family by the deceased Mrs. Wei, why is it the shop that has been managed by the cousin of Master Wei's step-family all these years?"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd couldn't help but be in an uproar, and even those who were in the treasury looked at Wei Shengwen. A look of disapproval.

Wei Shengwen's face couldn't help but change, looking at the people talking in the crowd, but Chunxiao had already hidden behind.

The soldier who drew his sword before spat directly to the side, and said very unevenly: "Do you still need to ask? I said no wonder this old man Wei stopped Mrs. He San from donating grain and grass to the court as soon as he came, and the uncle also kept saying that this was the Wei family's shop, and it turned out that he shamelessly regarded the original dowry as the family business of the son born by the stepfamily. ”

These soldiers are all from the military camp, and they don't have a good impression of a civilian official like Wei Shengwen who can't resist and can't be mentioned. Promotion and wealth are not controlled by him. He was less jealous of him, and he was a little more protective of Mrs. Hesan, who acted generously and courageously.

The people who watched the excitement immediately changed when they heard the words and looked at Wei Shengwen.

Someone said: "This is really excessive, Master Wei is still an official of the imperial court." How can you act so confused. ”

Someone said: "Where can we ordinary people understand the affairs of this big family's back house? This stepwife of Master Wei is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp." ”

There is also an insider who poked out the incident more than ten years ago: "You are really right, when this stepwife just entered the door, she was greedy for the jewelry left by the original partner and insisted that it was her dowry, and in the end it was exposed, and she couldn't get off the stage." ”

"It can be seen that marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person! Lord Wei's own backyard is so ridiculous. How can you be a good official of the imperial court? I heard that the official position is not low. ”

Wei Shengwen stood in the rice shop and listened to everyone's discussions, feeling that he had never been so embarrassed, but he couldn't say half of the words to defend himself.

He Gui waited for them to talk about it before he stood up and said, "At the beginning, Master Wei and his stepwife were also worried that our wife was too young. I didn't have enough experience to say to my wife that I would hand over the shop to the Wei family to run it for ten years, but now the ten-year period has long passed, and our wife is also half a wife in the He family, so she naturally has experience. I wanted to take the shop back and give it to our eldest girl as a dowry in a few years. However, it coincided with the war in the Northeast, and our lord happened to lead troops to resist the enemy in Dengzhou. Madame made it easy for the eldest girl to discuss donating the things of her dowry shop, and I only hope that our lord and those officers and soldiers will at least not worry about food and grass. ”

The soldier who took the lead shouted, "Okay! General He is loyal and courageous." Mrs. He understands righteousness and is good!"

The crowd also praised He Guanglie and the Wei couple.

Someone said: "I'm worried about my aunt's lack of experience, and I didn't let my step-room run the shop for my aunt and grandmother, this Wei family is really ......"

Chunxiao took the opportunity to say loudly: "Since the Wei family is helping Mrs. Wei run the shop, I don't know how much credit the Wei family has given Mrs. Wei in the past ten years?"

He Gui glanced at Wei Shengwen, his face was embarrassed, and he smiled and sloppily eyes: "It's all a family, where is our wife embarrassed to talk about interests with her elders." ”

Chunxiao was shocked and said, "That means that the Wei family has not given a penny of income to Mrs. Hesan?"

He Gui smiled: "It's all a family, a family ......"

The gaze that everyone looked at Wei Shengwen could no longer be described with disdain.

Wei Shengwen felt dizzy and was about to fall, but when He Gui saw it, he hurriedly rushed up to support Wei Shengwen, and said anxiously: "Master, are you okay? Last time, the old lady was sick, and our wife was worried about the old lady's condition and didn't have the heart to mention the shop, so she didn't take the shop back for a year. What if you're sick this time...... Our lord is still on the battlefield, and my wife can't take care of this one or the other, so she must be in a hurry. ”

Bingcha sneered: "It's just a matter of pretending to be sick, and it's really embarrassing for a big man to come to this trick in order to take advantage of it." ”

He Gui was afraid that Wei Shengwen would really have anything to do, so he hurriedly asked his guy to help Wei Shengwen to the inner room to rest, and Wei Shengwen couldn't even say anything to defend himself and was helped away. The Lin steward saw that everyone's eyes were full of disdain when they looked at him, and he knew that today's general trend was gone, so he also hid in the inner room with Wei Shengwen.

He Gui instructed someone to ask the doctor to show Master Wei, and then smiled at everyone: "When we ship all the donated funds away, these shops will be reorganized and opened, and I hope that your neighbors will help you when the time comes." ”

Seeing that Hegui spoke kindly, everyone responded with a tongue.

The rice shop here has almost moved, and Gui accompanied the Lord He of the levy and loss library to the medicinal herb shop next door, because there was a lot of uproar in the rice shop just now, so under the eyes of everyone, the shopkeeper of the medicinal herb shop was much more honest and sent the account book himself without waiting for you to say a word.

Over there, Shopkeeper Lin was still giving Wei Shengwen an idea: "They haven't had time to go over to the embroidery village and the gold shop, so let's send someone to hide the account books first, especially the precious gold and silver utensils on the side of the gold shop, and secretly move them away first...... They came too suddenly today, if only we had been prepared......"

Wei Shengwen waved his hand: "You go and do it, move quickly!"

But he didn't know that on the second floor of the cyclamen teahouse diagonally opposite, He Linwan turned to Zhao Qingqing with a smile when he saw Wei Shengwen getting off the carriage: "Sister Zhao is here, it saves me a lot of trouble." I wonder if my sister can lend me two experienced shopkeepers and bookkeepers?"

Zhao Qingqing glanced thoughtfully at the grain shop opposite, and smiled when he heard this: "What's so difficult about this? I don't have anything else here, people and silver have it, just say what you want." ”

As he spoke, he called the shopkeeper of the teahouse and asked him to immediately allocate manpower. Chunxiao was also sent down by He Linwan at this time.

On Hegui's side, the guy from the teahouse whispered a few words to Hegui in the past, and Hegui nodded, and then smiled and said to the Lord He and the little official who had specialized in handling accounts today: " I have just been delayed for so long, and I have to move the medicinal materials here, I am afraid that I will not be able to finish the accounts for a while, our host asked me to prepare a few tables for the adults, in order not to delay everyone to eat, it is better for us to go to the other two shops to sort out the account books first, and then only the reconciliation is left, and then you can ask another account room to do, and we will save some things. ”

When the two heard that a banquet had been prepared, they hurriedly said, "Your host is really polite, so it's okay, let's go to the other two shops first." "With the bookkeeper to help with the reconciliation, it's a lot easier for them.

He Gui took the people who levy the warehouse to the gold shop, and the people who were still watching the excitement outside asked a few words, and Gui answered loudly, so many people who had nothing to do and liked to watch the excitement followed them.

By the time Master Wei and Steward Lin sent people over, the two shopkeepers of the gold shop and the silk village had already handed over the account books when they saw the documents and the people from the official mansion.

So when Master Wei got the news here, the four shops had been taken over by the Zhao family. When Master Wei heard this, he was so angry that he kicked over the table next to him and scolded: "Okay, you are a bad girl!

Fortunately, Master Wei didn't know yet, because today's transportation of rice, grain and medicinal materials was huge, and the onlookers spread the word of mouth, everyone knew that these four shops were actually the dowries of the third wife of the He family, and they had nothing to do with the Wei family, and the Wei family's ownership of these four shops was determined from public opinion.

Some people also added fuel to the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Wei harshly treated the daughter who was left behind by their original partner and forcibly occupied other people's shops for ten years, but in just one day, Wei had the absolute upper hand in public opinion. How can a woman who is willing to give so much of her dowry to the treasury be a treacherous person? The reputation of Master Wei, especially Mrs. Wei, has been greatly affected.

The back is chasing so closely, can we work harder and ask for votes...... t-t…….

(To be continued)

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