Anyway, following the Lu family, they also got a lot of benefits, just greedy for the master's silver, they have already made a lot of money, some people have bought houses and fields outside, and even Zhuangzi shops, which are richer than ordinary rich and noble families.

This is also the main reason why they betrayed the original owner with a clear conscience and helped the Lu family to make money. Anyway, Mrs. Xian has already gone, leaving a pair of children behind, where will they be the opponents of Mrs. step, they are not greedy for white or greedy.

It's just that when they did the betrayal of the master, they never thought that one day someone would find them to settle accounts, so when Bai Muhibiscus wanted to talk to them, they got together last night and discussed and discussed, but they still decided to listen to Li Zhong and refused to admit it.

But Bai Mujin didn't ask them about greedy ink and emptying the shop at all, and as soon as they came up, they beat Li Zhong all over the place, and spilled Li Zhong's incriminating evidence, so that they didn't even have a chance to refute and deny it.

Then he threatened them with the crime of assassinating the county lord, these people are all old oilers, where would they not know about those things in the officialdom, now Bai Muhibiscus has become the famous county lord of Anping in the capital, and even the palace of Chu County was defeated in her hands, then Jing Zhaoyin is not an upright official, and it is not easy for the county lord to deal with these minions?

Don't say that you don't know if she is planting a blame, but you know, then Jing Zhaoyin will also cooperate with the county lord for his official career. This is officialdom, this is the powerful, their backers are not as tough as others, where is the qualification to cry out for injustice?

What's more, as Bai Mujin said, none of them are clean under their buttocks, they are all people who have been greedy for their master's money and have done some illegal things.

Seeing that they were still hesitating, Bai Mujin said again: "This palace can't keep you, but as long as you are willing to cooperate, this life is still your own, if you resist to the death, don't blame this palace for being ruthless! The benefits that the Lu family gave you were not given by her, but by my mother, she took other people's money as favors, so naturally she didn't feel distressed, I don't want to investigate what you have done in the past, but everything you swallow has to be spit out to this palace!"

With such a guarantee, no one hesitated anymore, those things were not theirs in the first place, and it was already a great gift to let them spit it out, and they did something against the Lord, and swallowed so much silver, thank God for being able to save their lives.

Several people glanced at each other, all lowered their heads, and some even fell to the ground and began to write, and the mandarin ducks and magpies who looked serious snickered.

Bai Mu Hibiscus also nodded, and said with satisfaction: "Write carefully, write carefully, try to be as meticulous as possible, whoever writes is most satisfied with this palace, the more things you spit out, this palace can also consider giving you some life money as a reward!"

After putting down the sentence, someone hurriedly said: "County master, please give the slave some more paper, it's not enough to write!"

Without Bai Hibiscus's instructions, the magpie handed the paper over, and one after another people began to shout that the paper was not enough to write, and seeing how much others wrote, they all rushed to perform, eager to shake out the sesame mung beans.

Li Zhong complained again and again, because Bai Hibiscus didn't give him a chance at all, these people were already all recruited, and his sin was still in Bai Hibiscus's hands.

"The county lord...... Minion...... Minion...... Willing to recruit!" Li Zhong cried with a sad face, and his mouth was swollen like a pig's head.

Bai Mujin glanced at him with disdain, and said, "Didn't Steward Li just look forward to your master coming to save you? You are not the steward left by my mother, helping the Lu clan to do things, I don't blame you, just gave you a special reception to give you a chance, but it's a pity that you don't appreciate it!"

Li Zhong cried out loudly, prostrate on the ground and said: "The county lord is gracious, the slave knows that it is wrong, the slave will never dare anymore, although the slave is the wife of the princess, but it is also the slave of the Lu family, in the final analysis, it is also the slave of the first lady, please ask the county lord to give the slave another chance!"

Bai Mujin raised his eyebrows and said with interest: "Do you still know something they don't know? If not, this palace is not interested in your words!"

Li Zhong knew that if he didn't seize this opportunity, he would be alone with all the responsibility, and he knew what Lu's temperament was, and he would definitely abandon him as a pawn to protect himself. In the end, these stewards are still left by the first wife, and Bai Mujian will give them a chance, but he doesn't have this preferential treatment.

So gritting his teeth, Li Zhong hurriedly said: "The slave naturally knows a lot of things, including how the Duchess used the property left by the first lady to make profits for herself, how to use dishonorable means to turn the first lady's money-making business into her own, as well as the lady's secret industry outside, the slaves all know!"

Bai Mujin smiled with satisfaction, waved his hand at the complaint, and the mandarin duck immediately took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to Li Zhong, Li Zhong couldn't wait to take it, lay on the ground and began to write.

After about two cups of tea, someone raised his hand and said: "County master, the minions have all been written, and the explanation is clear, and they dare not hide it in the slightest!"

Bai Hibiscus nodded, and the magpie went over to bring the confession that had been drawn and signed to Bai Hibiscus, and Bai Hibiscus took a general look, all of which explained how the business of the shop he took care of was getting worse and worse, and how Lu explained that he was short of money, and how he used means to collapse the shop and introduce the business to Lu's shop.

"How much money do you have to be greedy for?" asked Bai Mujian with an eyebrow, his voice a little cold.

The man froze, cold sweat flowed down, and he hurriedly said, "Slave...... The minion forgot for a while, this is written, this is written!" After speaking, he quickly went back and began to write again.

When the others heard this, they naturally didn't dare to hide anything, and they all explained their affairs one by one, they completely understood that this eldest lady of the Bai family was a master who must not be fooled.

Some people who are still lucky hurriedly and honestly continue to confess, anyway, as long as they can save this little life, they don't think about it anymore.

Let's say that the people sent by the Lu clan were in a hurry outside, but they couldn't get close to Yiqin Pavilion, and they couldn't even find out what was going on inside.

Several waves of people went back to report the situation, and the Lu family was also uneasy, and she couldn't figure out what Bai Mujian's idea was, so she called all the stewards at once, not knowing if Li Zhong could withstand the pressure.

"Warm winter, go and take a look again, I'm very uneasy!" Lu stroked his head and said weakly.

Nuan Dong hurried out, and before he reached the door, he saw Yingqiu hurriedly running back, and said, "Don't go, you can't get in at all, the people in Yiqin Pavilion have already firmly guarded the door, don't even think about flying in with a fly." ”

When Lu heard Yingqiu's voice, he hurriedly shouted, "Yingqiu, is there any news?"

Yingqiu came in with a bitter face, and said what she had just said again, and Lu's head buzzed a little unclear, and said nervously: "What is the white hibiscus going to do?"

"I don't know, I made the silver and no one accepted it, I only said I didn't know what to ask, the slave maid is really powerless!" It was the first time that Yingqiu found that the descendants of the Bai family could be so loyal, and they couldn't get in the oil and salt.

The Lu family knew that something was wrong, although those stewards had been with her for ten years, but now that Bai Mujian's identity was there, could she easily let her go?

But her worries didn't last long, because soon Bai Hibiscus came to the door with a few people.

Lu Shi looked at Bai Hibiscus, who was still smiling and couldn't see any other emotions, and his heart became even more worried, and asked, "What does the county lord command?"

Bai Mujin smiled for a moment, and then said: "Is it convenient for mother now? If it is inconvenient to speak, then the palace can come back another day!"

Lu knew that sticking out his head was a knife and shrinking his head was also a knife, so instead of being scared, it was better to have a good time, so he forced himself to say calmly: "If the county lord has anything to say, you might as well say it directly, the concubine can still bear it!"

Bai Mujian nodded, and said with some embarrassment: "Then the palace is offended, these two Japanese palaces sent someone to count the mother's dowry, as well as the accounts of various shops and Zhuangzi, this has also been informed to my mother before." ”

Lu Shi was still silent when she heard this, she didn't believe that Bai Mujian could find out what was wrong, she had spent a lot of time wiping her mouth clean in doing these things.

Bai Mujin looked at her as if she didn't care, and then continued: "The missing items, the palace has been appraised and evaluated, and they are all evaluated by the shopkeepers of the four major pawn shops in the capital, and now the value is about 156,000 taels, and there is no need to count the fraction, the palace only counts the mother 150,000 taels, you can choose to return the original, or you can choose to take the silver!"

As soon as Lu heard this, 150,000 taels was already a little weak, she had gained a lot of silver over the years, but most of them went to buy land and houses, and the remaining part was also given to Lu Zhaoan to take care of, where can she get so much silver on hand?

150,000 taels is not a small amount, she calculated the silver she had on hand, and she only had 20,000 taels at most, and she had to count the 6,000 taels of silver that the Hu family brought her. It seems that in order to make up for it, you will have to sell your house and land.

Lu hurriedly said: "The concubine doesn't have so much silver on hand for the time being, can the county lord allow a period of time to raise money for the concubine?"

"This is natural, this palace is not that unreasonable, just give my mother a month, and after a month, I hope my mother can make it up!" Bai Mu Hibiscus said very generously.

Lu Shi was shocked, a month is too short, even if she wants to sell Zhuangzi and the house, a month is an urgent sale, where can she sell at a good price. So he asked embarrassedly: "Can you be more lenient, the county lord should know that 150,000 taels is not a small amount!"

"Don't worry, Bengong's words haven't been finished yet, when Bengong has sorted out the accounts for his mother, you can see how much time it takes to raise money!" Bai Muhibiscus said tepidly, as if he was just gossiping with the Lu family.

The Lu family was shocked and said, "Could it be that the concubine still owes the county lord?"