The people at the bottom of the house soon became lively, and the two personal maids around the young grandmother were about to get married, in addition to the festivities, there were also people who looked at the missing position and blushed, especially in Chu Yiyao's yard, the maids under Mother Qian were even more diligent in their work. (Baidu search updates faster)

However, Chu Yiyao didn't let go, Peacock and Baosheng got married and rested, Ping'er was still serving by her side, and a maid named Zhu'er was promoted, and there was still Qian Mother to take care of her on weekdays, and there was no shortage of people.

At the beginning of October, the jewelry shop became very busy, after the second batch of jade arrived, it was processed by the workshop, and then placed in this jewelry shop, the guests were batch after batch, and others were also greedy for the jade in southern Xinjiang, but not everyone could go there to mine, after all, it was not in the territory of the Great Liang Kingdom, and if something happened unclearly, if something happened, people would not let you in.

The business of the jewelry shop is good, and the business of the cloth shop next door is also getting better, Chu Yiyao has made a lot of money, and there is Shen Shixuan outside, she is also very comfortable at home with her children.

At the end of October, when Le'er was more than four months old, Chu Yiyao took the time to go to Shen's house, Old Man Shen was already able to stand up, and he could still walk two steps with the help of others, and he recovered very well, when Chu Yiyao walked into the house, Old Man Shen had just sat down, and his face was much better.

"Grandfather, if you do acupuncture again, it won't be long before you can speak." Chu Yiyao pushed him outside the house, the noon sun was warm, Chu Yiyao put the wheelchair in the corridor and said with a smile.

Old Man Shen was in a good mood, stretched out his hand and pointed to the trees in the yard that began to shed leaves, Chu Yiyao sighed, "Yes, another year has passed." ”

The surroundings were quieter, and the serving mother was quite far away, and the old man Shen trembled and groped in his arms, and a golden key fell from the ground, and he motioned for Chu Yiyao to pick it up.

"Grandfather, what is this key?"

Old Man Shen waved his hand, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction behind the house, Chu Yiyao guessed, "You said this is the key to the warehouse?" ”

Old Man Shen nodded.

Chu Yiyao didn't understand what he meant, Old Man Shen pushed her hand into her arms, and pushed it again, Chu Yiyao hid it in his arms, and Old Man Shen nodded.

"You want me to put this away for you?"

Chu Yiyao put away the golden key, Old Man Shen showed a look of satisfaction on his face, turned around and continued to look at the courtyard, this is the key to the treasury of him and Old Madam Shen, there are still some old Madam Shen's dowries left, and the rest is Old Man Shen's own private affairs, Chu Yiyao doesn't understand why his grandfather gave her such an important thing.

But Old Man Shen couldn't explain more, Chu Yiyao accompanied him for a while and pushed him into the house.

Back at home, Chu Yiyao showed the golden key to Shen Shixuan, and he couldn't figure out why his grandfather would hand over such an important thing to his wife for safekeeping, "This is the same as the golden seal, which is my grandfather's personal belonging." ”

"I'm afraid that this gold seal will be taken away by the eldest brother, the things in the warehouse are all registered, and if you don't have anything to check out, you don't have to hand over the key to me for safekeeping." Chu Yiyao really couldn't figure it out, so that her grandfather would give her the entire warehouse.

Shen Shixuan thought for a while but could only think of one point, "Could it be that the eldest brother asked his grandfather for the key to this warehouse?" ”

The couple glanced at each other and felt that it was unlikely, but Shen Shijin's various actions had refreshed their understanding of his bottom line, Chu Yiyao looked at the golden key, "What you said is not impossible." ”

Shen Shijin's Mid-Autumn Festival dinner was a time when he had no return, and Bai Wangye did not move at all, the vacancy in it should always be filled, Chu Yiyao looked at the golden key, "Grandfather has been in the treasury for so many years, there must be a lot of valuable things in the treasury, if you take the things out to sell, there should be a lot of silver?" After that, Chu Yiyao looked up at Shen Shixuan, who nodded slightly, not knowing how to express this feeling, grandfather was disappointed this time, otherwise, how could he give this to his wife.

Chu Yiyao glanced at him, snatched the golden key from his hand, and raised his eyebrows, "Instead of staying in this Shen family, you might as well build another Shen family by yourself." ”

Shen Shixuan smiled, "Do you know how much time it took the ancestors to have such a Shen family. ”

Chu Yiyao disagreed, "Then let's see if we can pick up ready-made ones, my brother-in-law's three-year term of foreign office has expired, and I will return to Luoyang in the spring of next year to resume my life." "In two years, it will be time for Zhang Ziling to be favored, and she doesn't plan to let the Shen family have a backer after the imperial concubine

What they didn't expect was that it had only been three days since Chu Yiyao got the golden key, and the Shen family's mansion was gone.

The raging fire lit up in the middle of the night, illuminating half of the night sky, the smoke billowing in the courtyard of the Shen family's house, the maids and women carrying buckets, and some people rushed to take out all the things in the house, and the scene was chaotic.

Chu Yiyao knew about this when they were almost dawn, and when they arrived, the burning place had been burned into ruins, and the remaining blackened hanging beams were still hanging there crumbling, smoking, and there was a lot of heat all around.

Chu Yiyao looked at this strange place of fire, this was the courtyard of Old Man Shen's warehouse, in addition to the warehouse, several houses next to it were also burning, only the farthest side of the house was still half of the room due to the direction of the wind.

"For no reason, how can the treasury be on fire here." This question was not only in Chu Yiyao's heart, but also the second master Shen and the Guan family who were present were very strange.

After a while, Master Shen and Shen Shijin came over, got up in the middle of the night to put out the fire, both of them were a little embarrassed, Master Shen held a booklet in his hand, and the group went to the front hall and talked about the fire.

"Dad's treasury has always been guarded by two people in shifts, a few days ago a person took leave to go home for a few days, only one person was left, I guess he was dozing outside, the candlestick in the house blew down, and the fire spread from the house where they lived to the warehouse without even noticing." The house where I lived was behind the main entrance of the storeroom, and if you dozed off at the main entrance, it would be difficult to detect that the fire started to catch fire in the back.

"But ask the man clearly." Second Master Shen was still a little incredulous, how could he make such a mistake after guarding the treasury for so many years.

Shen Shijin nodded, "Second uncle, I asked the steward as soon as I put out the fire, and he said that he couldn't remember whether he lit the candle or not, he had been keeping watch all night, and he was very sleepy and confused." ”

"Nonsense, how can you let a person guard that treasury for days in a row!" Second Master Shen couldn't help but sink his face, this is not a burning kitchen, this is the old man's warehouse, someone should make up for it in time if someone leaves on leave.

"My mother happened to go back to Yan's house in the past few days, and the people below were negligent." Shen Shijin immediately said again.

Chu Yiyao, who was sitting next to Shen Shixuan, couldn't help but roll her eyes, this is too coincidental, everything is together, the eldest aunt is not there, the lack of people in this warehouse has not been arranged in time, and it is only a few days away, the warehouse is gone, and the steward is not sure whether he has lit the candlestick or not.

"Then this thing has been moved out." Guan asked, and Master Shen patted the booklet in his hand, "This is the booklet in Dad's warehouse, some things have been moved out, and I won't know how many things have been damaged until I finish cleaning up." ”

"Since the steward can't remember what the cause of the fire is, I think it's better to find the government to check, it's not clear, and my heart is not stable." Shen Shixuan saw that everyone was quiet, and proposed.

Shen Shijin snorted, "Second brother, now you have an official mansion on the left and an official mansion on the right, what else can you find out if they are burned like this, everyone who has reported to the official knows it, and when the time comes, it will lead others to laugh at our family." ”

"Big brother, this government naturally has his own way to handle the case, we ordinary people must not have imagined, this fire came suddenly, and the steward couldn't say it clearly, if there was a thief in the house who stole something and set it on fire, then you can't stay stable."

"Joke, how can no one know about something as big as a thief." Shen Shijin said disdainfully.

Shen Shixuan smiled, "That's not it, no one noticed such a big movement in time, the thief is not much smaller than it, uncle, we are naturally reluctant to deal with the government, but this matter is very important, and there are so many valuable things in the treasury, it is better to be cautious." Shen Shixuan turned to talk to Master Shen.

Old Man Shen thought about it, then nodded, "What Shi Xuan said also makes sense, it's better to find out better." ”

In the room behind the warehouse, the official found a candlestick that was burned and only had a bottom table, and the slightest clue in the warehouse was not found, and it was burned too clean.

All the flammable calligraphy and paintings in the storehouse were burned, and all that was left was some precious stones and gold objects, which took five or six days to clean up.

Master Shen called Second Master Shen and Shen Shixuan to go to count the remaining things, the approximate amount of gold and gems is not wrong, and there are only a few pieces, but some of the most valuable calligraphy and paintings, valuable wood and fur have been burned, not to mention the tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets in the warehouse.

"I'll have to tell my dad about this." Second Master Shen sighed, natural disasters**, the Shen family has encountered them.

"Now that my father's body has just recovered, tell him now, I'm afraid" Master Shen shook his head, this matter still has to be considered in the long run.

"There was such a big movement that day, did the eldest brother think that Dad would not feel it, sooner or later he would have to know, now that the treasury has burned down, he should always let Dad know how much damage has been made." Second Master Shen does not recommend hiding it from Old Man Shen.

"Second uncle, my grandfather is only getting better now, I don't think it's better to tell him the news, even if there is speculation, no one confirms that grandfather will not know that the warehouse is on fire, at most he thinks it is the kitchen running water." Shen Shijin interrupted Shen Erye's words and said to Shen Shixuan, "As long as everyone hides it, grandfather will definitely not know about it." ”

Shen Shixuan smiled, "Big brother, don't look at me, even if we don't say it, do you think that grandfather won't think of going there, and we won't be able to hide it when he asks." ”

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