"Niangniang," Qiu Gui said in shock: "Only I know where the county lord put his things, wouldn't it be clear that it is me who stole it!

"How many years have you been following your county lord?" asked Zhang Zhaohua. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Eight years. Qiu Gui said in fear.

"Eight years," Zhang Zhaohua wrote lightly: "That's it, you have served under such a bad-tempered person, and you have gained more and more trust, and now she has no secrets to hide from you, which shows that you are a capable person." I'm going to have to show you what you're capable of!"

Qiu Gui gritted his teeth and lowered his head.

Zhang Zhaohua asked the address of the scholar's residence again, and then turned his head and said, "Mama Qian, has it been written?"

Mama Qian came over with the transcript she had just written, and Qiu Gui found that there was still someone in the house, knowing that everything was a foregone conclusion, and there was no second way for her to wander. Zhang Zhaohua asked Mama Qian to read it word by word, and when she heard Qiu Gui's face as white as paper and sweat raining down, and finally put the red clay in her hand, Qiu Gui was already trembling.

"This thing is with me," Zhang Zhaohua said, "there will never be a day when it will be shown." Let your heart go and serve the people in peace, and when one day your lord of the county has the mercy to let you marry, come to me, and I will give you this thing as it is. ”

Did Zhang Zhaohua ever think of using this thing to blackmail Qiu Gui and let her do what she was told, yes.

But Zhang Zhaohua also knows that Yongping is not a stupid person, since Qiu Gui is so useful, I am afraid that there is also a part of the handle in her hands, such a thing in her own hands, I am afraid that it cannot be greater than the one in Yongping's hands, the so-called two evils take the lesser of the two, and the two benefits take the heavier, when Zhang Zhaohua is lighter, and Yongping is more important, Qiu Gui is a good choice, Zhang Zhaohua will not use this thing to blackmail her, just hang a sword on her head, let her know that she is afraid.

Listening to Zhang Zhaohua's promise, Qiu Gui took a breath after prostrating, and really said ruthlessly: "Niangniang Ende, the slave will always remember it in my heart!"

Zhang Zhaohua ordered Han Dong to come in, took her to the back to refresh, and summoned the female palanquin men just now, each rewarded something, and said: "I called you here today, you also know what I mean, it's a family ugly, and I don't want to publicize it." I should only teach her a lesson, and I will use her in the future, so that I don't make a noise and make her ugly in the house. ”

"Yes, yes," the three healthy women all said, "If it was really evil to the mother, it would have been clearly pushed out to receive punishment and punishment, since we let a few of us clean up in the dark room, then we don't want to show off." ”

Zhang Zhaohua saw that they were all smart people, and he was satisfied, and gave each a few small silver bills, so happy that they all said: "If Niangniang still has such instructions, just come to us!"

"I believe that you have a tight mouth," Zhang Zhaohua tapped a few more words: "I just found you to make a gesture." You said, why don't I go to find the surname Chen surnamed Li, but because these people are all drunk and want to talk nonsense, where can I rest assured?"

The three servant women were worried in their hearts, just because the two that Zhang Zhaohua casually said were indeed the problem of not being able to control their mouths when they drank alcohol, it can be seen that Zhang Zhaohua knows them well, they don't dare to have any luck, and they also know what Zhang Zhaohua means, and they all said: "Don't worry, Niangniang, we will never dare to reveal a word! If you can't control your mouth, Niangniang will cut off this stirring tongue!"

Zhang Zhaohua nodded and let them disperse.

The next day, Zhang Zhaohua heard that Ge Changshi had gone to the middle hall, she knew what was going on, so she immediately cleaned up and rushed to the middle hall.

Sure enough, I saw Ge Changshi kneeling on the ground and the appearance of old tears: "Niangniang, the old man is really unconscious, the mother ordered a dowry to be done well, the previous batch of Suzhou and Hangzhou materials went wrong, and the old man was ashamed to be ashamed, this time I didn't expect that even the furniture had a problem, it was me who had a pair of eyes in vain, but it was useless, and I was coaxed!"

When such words came out, the princess really helped him up and comforted: "Changshi don't blame himself for this, not to mention how many things are done outside the country are on Changshi, day and night work may not have the slightest rest, just say that buying and selling, fraud and profit are not uncommon, there are always people who want to make profits, Changshi is to pay attention again, and there are times when he has been deceived." Since the matter has happened, we should trace back to the source and picket it to the link, how can we blindly blame Changshi!"

Ge Changshi said: "Regarding the Huanghuali table case, when the merchant surnamed Ma sent all the things to the palace, I asked the people from the Gongzheng Institute to inspect them, and they all told me that there was no problem at all, so I was relieved to put them in the treasury." ”

Zhang Zhaohua sighed twice in his heart, Ge Changshi, this old man, is a little unreliable.

She asked the group of craftsmen that day, and they said that when they first inspected it, Ge Changshi only gave less than an hour of time, but they only confirmed that they were all furniture made of Huanghuali, and there was no time to look at the new and old materials and others, so it was obviously Ge Changshi's problem, but now Ge Changshi took it lightly, and put the responsibility on the carpenter.

Sure enough, the princess said: "Since it is a craftsman's business, what does it have to do with Changshi, don't blame yourself, inside and outside our palace, we still have to point to Changshi for being thorough and tired!"

After comforting him for a long time, he was able to send Ge Cheng away. Speaking of which, this Ge Cheng is only in his early fifties, with a loyal and upright face, and everything he says makes people unconsciously believe it, but Zhang Zhaohua knows that there are some places in him, as if he really doesn't like his face.

After Ge Cheng left, the princess called the carpenter from the Gongzheng Institute, that is, a few people that Zhang Zhaohua had seen that day, although they said the reason, but the princess didn't seem to be convinced, it is estimated that before Zhang Zhaohua arrived, Ge Cheng said something, let the princess confirm that it was the problem of this group of carpenters, so they had to be held responsible.

Zhang Zhaohua said: "Mother, that day I went out of the palace to the county lord's mansion, and it was these people who brought me to inspect the furniture.

When Princess Xu heard this, she nodded and said, "That's right, what is the reason for that?"

"I think maybe it's a matter of light," Zhang Zhaohua said, "I heard them say that the first time I went to see it, it was not in the courtyard, but in the warehouse with a lamp on it, so how can I see clearly in the brightly lit place of the hall? ”

"It should not be careful," said the princess, "if there is a intention to do so, then it should be punished heavily." ”

In this way, he took it lightly, and punished these carpenters a little.

Zhang Zhaohua and the princess were talking in the house, and the people outside the house could hear it clearly, and she received these personally grateful glances, and she knew in her heart that her goal had been achieved.