"I know that one of you took the seal. Well, since everyone feels embarrassed, I'll give you an hour. During this period, whoever took the seal was sent back to the lady's room. Bai Yiru asked for a long time, but no one admitted it, so she had to change her way. We won't ask any more questions, you should take this as an example, and don't do this kind of thing in the future. ”

When the crowd listened, they stood still, and no one squeaked.

"Go down first. Remember, there is only one hour, and after that time, I will call the police, and the person who is found out will be fully responsible. Bai Yiru said again, and waved to everyone, signaling that they could leave.

Everyone was about to turn around and leave, but they were stopped by Gu Dongning.

"Let's all stand still." Gu Dongning walked to Bai Yiru's side, with a stern expression, and his eyes glanced sharply at the row of people in front of him from left to right, "For as long as I can remember, there has not been anything at home that I can't find after losing something, this is the first time, and it will be the last." ”

The servants gasped, and after listening to Gu Dongning's words, they had a bad premonition, and they all guessed in their hearts who took the seal and wanted to suffer together.

In fact, the servants were right.

Gu Dongning didn't intend to downplay the matter, he fancied the discipline of his family. This is the first time that something has been lost, and if it is not strictly investigated, as a warning to others, I am afraid that in the future, some people will continue to steal without fear.

"Da Mei, go and gather all the servants and gather outside the hall." He instructed Da Mei, who was standing on the side, "You also go over and stand." Although he trusts Da Mei not to steal, if he wants to discipline her, he has to treat everyone equally, so he will not give her special courtesy.

"Okay, young master, I'll go now." Da Mei was originally taking care of Ning Keyan, but after listening to Gu Dongning's words, she hurriedly went to do so.

Gu Dongning spoke, the family didn't dare not listen, and the action was very efficient, and everyone stood outside the hall in a few minutes.

"Mom, don't worry. Dong Ning will find the seal. Bai Yiru took Ning Keyan's arm, comforted her, and followed Gu Dongning out of the hall. Since he came back, she had listened to him, and it was up to him to decide.

"Hmm." Ning Ke nodded with a sad face, this seal was lost once, and she had been careful and careful, and she had paid attention to it, but she still lost it for the second time, and this time I really don't know if I can get it back.

Gu Qixi and Gu Jiayi had just finished practicing English upstairs, and when they heard that Gu Dongning was back, they all ran to the hall and shouted that they were hungry.

"Go and play with grandpa for a while. Wait for Mommy to call you for dinner. Bai Yiru took the two children, and in order to find the seal, he failed to eat dinner on time.

Gu Qixi and Gu Jiayi rubbed their stomachs and left, learning English or something was already very tiring, but they couldn't eat on time, it's very good!

The two children inherited Bai Yiru and are very uninterested in English, but growing up in this kind of family, it is not good not to learn English, so they are much more sad than Bai Yiru - they have to learn if they don't learn. Forced to learn.

Gu Dongning stood on the stone steps in front of the crowd, staring at the people below with cold eyes, but he didn't say a word for a long time.

Hundreds of servants stood dryly, not daring to whisper, so they could only endure it. A few of the timid ones fainted on their own within a few minutes. But Gu Dongning didn't speak, and no one dared to send them to the doctor or rest.

"What if something happens? Let's send away the fainted ones first. Rather than being in a hurry, he looked at the fainted person and said to Bai Yiru.

"Mom, don't worry, let's see what Dong Ning says." Bai Yiru didn't understand what Gu Dongning meant, so he didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of ruining his plan. "He knows in his heart that he won't let anything happen."

I'd rather nod than that. Compared to these maids, she was most worried about seals.

I don't know how long it took, but one after another, some people couldn't support it, squatted on the ground, and couldn't stand steadily.

Gu Dongning looked up at the sky, the weather was already raining, the temperature was a little low, and now the rain was even bigger, and the wet servants naturally couldn't support it, panicked, staggered, and didn't wake up after being dizzy.

"Those who faint are cowardly." He spoke slowly, his voice was cold, and his tone was firm, "Cowardice naturally won't steal." The real thieves are in the standing pile. ”

When the rain-soaked servants heard this, they looked left and right.

Gu Dongning didn't say anything again, his eyes turned around in the crowd, as if he was an accurate scanner, sweeping everyone's eyes and expressions into his mind, and silently analyzing them.

After about a quarter of an hour, another man fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Ah Qi, bring people to me." Gu Dongning opened his mouth and ordered Ah Qi.

Ah Qi agreed, quickly walked up to the fainting woman, grabbed her by the collar and lifted her, dragged her to Gu Dongning's feet and let go of her hand.

"What's your name?" Gu Dongning asked the person at his feet, but the person didn't react. "For the last time, what's the name. pretended to faint again and immediately sent to the police station. ”

The woman's closed eyes flickered around, slowly opened, and rubbed her forehead as if weakly, "My head is so dizzy." Master, are you asking my name? ”

Gu Dongning's brows furrowed, and his face was much darker.

Seeing this, Ah Qi stepped forward to warn the woman, "Be honest! ”

"I'm honest." The woman continued to rub her forehead, "My name is Sandra. ”

"Where's the seal?" After Gu Dongning heard this, he directly asked Sandra for a seal.

"Young master, I don't know." Sandra shook her head, "I'm in charge of cleaning the pool, I didn't have a chance to enter Madame's room, how could I take Madame's seal." Master, you must have made a mistake. ”

"Where's the seal?" Gu Dongning's voice was raised a few points, and the fierceness in his tone was also a few points higher.

"Young Master......"

"The young master asked you where the seal is, you can try it again!" Ah Qi stepped forward and interrupted Sandra's words, wanting to fix the servant a few times.

"Ah Qi, the family law is serving." Gu Dongning didn't let Ah Qi do it, but went to prepare the family law.

"Young master, it's really not me. I was wronged. Sandra began to cry out.

"Wronged?" Gu Dongning asked coldly, "I haven't said that you took the seal, so you feel wronged?" Then it seems that you took the seal, there is no doubt about it. ”

"It's not. Master, I'm ...... When you ask me where the seal is, don't you just suspect me? Sandra began to weep, feeling as if she had been greatly wronged.

Gu Dongning didn't speak, waiting for Ah Qi to come over. He had been observing these servants just now, and had analyzed everyone's tables—

I fainted before, because I was cowardly, I really fainted. There is no one left who faints, neither a weak one that faints, nor a faint one. And after he came to the conclusion that people who fainted would not steal the seal, someone suddenly fainted, which is not something to cover up. It is clear that the person who faints is pretending to be a cowardly person who does not steal.

"Young master, I've brought something." Ah Qi held a bench in his hand, and a horsewhip came over, put the bench on the ground, and sent the horsewhip to Gu Dongning's hand.

Neither this bench nor the whip is anything ordinary.

The bench surface is like a mace, with a lot of cones, and the sharp corners are not as sharp as the tip of a needle, but they are not very smooth, and it is very painful to sit on.

The skin on the whip is not smooth, there are fine jian hard hairs on it, and when it is hit on the body, the fluff will immediately penetrate into the skin, burning and spicy pain, and it will not recover for a long time.

"Put it on the stool." Gu Dongning held the horsewhip in his hand and instructed Ah Qi.

Seven did so, laying Sandra down on the bench and tying the person to the stool with a rope.

"Young master, please, don't do this, I really didn't take it." Sandra was lying facing the stool, her front half of her body was pierced by the cone on the stool, and she didn't dare to move, and when she moved, it hurt even more.

The rest of the servants escaped suspicion and quietly watched Gu Dongning's every move.

The Hoffmans' family law was harsh, but they hadn't seen it in years, for the masters had not punished the servants for anything.

Tonight, this is the first time everyone has seen the legendary family law, and seeing that Gu Dongning's attitude has no room for change, they can't help but feel afraid.

"The house rules clearly prohibit theft, whether at home or outside. But some people just want to knowingly commit a crime, and they don't admit it, so I can't help it. Gu Dongning waved the horsewhip in his hand, looked at those servants, and prepared to kill chickens and monkeys. Cone stools and horse whips are just the lowest levels in family law. With that, he whipped Sandra's body, "But you can see how powerful it is." ”

Sandra's screams were so loud that her clothes were torn, a bloody cut appeared on her back, and her chest was punctured by a cone on a cone stool.

The other servants gasped, this law is really harsh, fortunately they didn't make any big mistakes, otherwise the person who was cleaned up miserably now would be himself.

Bai Yiru frowned slightly, although Hoffman's family law was a little cruel, she still didn't say anything.

The state has a national law, and the family has a family law, if the law is not followed, it will lose its effectiveness, and if you want to use it again in the future, these people in the family will not be afraid, and it will not achieve the effect of governing the family.

"Where's the seal?" Gu Dongning asked Sandra again, he personally implemented the family law, using the power and obligations of the patriarch to manage family affairs and family members.

Sandra was beaten and dying, lying on the cone stool and breathing with her mouth open and closed.

"I don't know. I didn't take it. She still didn't want to admit it.

Gu Dongning didn't say a word, and continued to whip a few more times.

Sandra saw that Gu Dongning was really ruthless this time, and she was so painful that she couldn't help but open her mouth without waiting for him to ask again.

"Out of the castle, walk along the right-hand side, count forward, and there is a tenth tree buried under the root."

After Sandra explained, everyone's hearts were relieved.

Ning Keyan was even more excited that her eyes were red, holding Bai Yiru's hand, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

"Mom, we'll go look for it now." Bai Yiru gave Ning Ke Shun and called Damei, "Aunt Damei, you accompany me to my mother." ”

"Good Ratcha!" Da Mei was also happy, because the seal was found, she went over to help Ning Keyan, and the three of them went out together.

"Aiwei. Go with the young lady. Give me a call if you find it. Gu Dongning instructed Ai Wei, he was not worried that Bai Yiru would rather go alone, and he was not sure if Sandra was telling the truth.

Ai Wei listened to the order and hurriedly caught up with Bai Yiru and them.

The seal was indeed under the root of the tree, but the chain on it was missing, but fortunately, the seal was intact, so she didn't feel any loss.

"I finally found it. It seems that I will not be able to take off this seal in the future. When I'm dead, Iru, you'll continue to wear it. Rather holding the seal like a baby, the corners of her eyes moistened to Bai Yiru said.

"Mom, it's a happy thing to find the seal, why are you still crying. Also, you're so young, don't always say you don't have it. Bai Yiru wiped the tears from the corners of Ning Keyan's eyes and walked back.

After Gu Dongning knew that the seal had been found, he asked Sandra the reason for the theft.

"Because of the money." Sandra was much more honest this time, and she didn't want to be beaten anymore and was beaten to death by Gu Dongning, so she confessed, "A long time ago, near the grass outside the castle, I saw a man wearing sunglasses. He said that as long as I got Madame's seal, he would give me a million. I've dreamed of a lot of money all my life, so that I don't have to work as a coolie to become a servant. I was very envious of the lady and the young lady, who could be the wife of a rich family, so I agreed. ”

"Men? What kind of man? How can I contact you? ”

"I don't know. I can't see the looks, height or something, and there's nothing special about it. He just said that I got the stamp, and he would go to the café opposite the young lady's studio for a cup of coffee, and he would naturally know that I had succeeded, so he contacted me and would come to me with a check to exchange for the stamp. ”

Sandra spoke very carefully, and explained everything as it was.

"I used to clean the pool, but this morning I saw that the stamp around my wife's neck was missing, and I knew that she had taken it off, so I took the opportunity to sneak upstairs and take it out. He was afraid that he would be found on his body, so he ran out first and buried him under a tree. ”

"How long has that man been looking for you? What else is there to say? Gu Dongning felt more and more that things were not simple, and I am afraid that this seal was not simple, otherwise how could someone find a way to spend a million to call someone to steal it.

"It was about three or four months ago. He didn't say anything else. He hasn't been in touch with me since. It was only by chance that we met. I think he would have done the same if he had met another servant that day. Sandra continued.

[Xia Ye is not in good health, he really can't write it, he will change it to four thousand in the past two days, and the rest will be made up later when it is better. 】