The shopkeeper Zhu was frightened by Li Yan's words of 'filling his pocket', and his legs were weak, and he instinctively knelt on the ground, but he quickly reacted, got up and pointed at Li Yan and shouted:

"You don't want to spew blood, I've been a shopkeeper for more than 20 years, how can I ever do such a thing? Not to mention filling my pockets, even if the business is sluggish, I often pay money to make up for it, otherwise, this shop would have been closed a long time ago, and it can still survive to this day. ”

Li Yan smiled lightly when he heard this, "In this case, the goods should be all there?" Except for the one thousand and eight that you sold, I will send someone to calculate the rest with you. Plant"

As he spoke, Li Yan called out to the dragon steward who was waiting outside.

Steward Long came in.

Li Yan commanded, "Steward Long, you heard what you said just now, right?" Now, I order you to personally bring two people, together with Shopkeeper Zhu, to inspect the remaining 25,000 silver goods. ”

"Yes." Steward Long responded, and then looked at the shopkeeper Zhu with a pale face, "Shopkeeper Zhu, let's go." ”

"Let's go? Where to go? The shopkeeper Zhu asked stupidly while wiping his sweat.

Steward Long frowned, "What Master Li ordered just now, let the little one go with you to inspect the goods." Fall"

"Inspection?" Zhu shopkeeper's brain was buzzing, how could there be a satin in the shop now, in the past few years, business has been sluggish, and he has bought very few goods, plus it is a royal business, he can't get a little benefit, so he is lazy to do it.

It wasn't until half a month ago that after learning that the shop was going to be returned to the Shangguan family, several of their old shopkeepers got together in one place.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Shangguan family is different from the past, there are only two young ladies left, and a few rough men who grew up in the mud in the countryside, they can't read a single big character, what can they do?

Therefore, they banded together to exert pressure to force them to abandon the shop on the grounds that their business was sluggish and they would need a large amount of money to turn over the business again.

At that time, they wanted to buy these shops from the Shangguan family with the least amount of money.

After that, these shops completely took their surnames.

How do you know, at this time, you have to go to inspect the goods?

The shopkeeper Zhu broke his head, and he couldn't get together more than 20,000 silver goods, so he stomped his feet anxiously, and shouted, "The goods are gone, burned, and all the fires are burned out." ”

Li Yan's eyes were slightly raised, and he let out an 'oh', as if he didn't expect this, he sighed lightly, and said, "More than 20,000 silver saros and satin, a fire?" It's a shame. ”

Hmph, "It's all burned out, see how you can check it?"

Shopkeeper Zhu looked at Li Yan almost viciously.

Li Yan's expression remained unchanged, and he only said, "However, even if a fire burns, there should be a movement, Shopkeeper Zhu, tell me, when and where it burned, and why did the fire start?" ”

"The shopkeeper Zhu's mind was clouded, and he couldn't speak, so he didn't say for a long time, "Last winter, the weather was dry and dry, and the fire caught fire in the middle of the night, who knows what the reason was, in short, the next morning, when we came to see, the goods had been burned to ashes."

"Where?" Li Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the fat man coldly.

If he could have sincerely repented when the first lie was exposed, he could have spared him two points, but he deceived and coaxed him three times and twice, really thinking that his brother was a fool?

Shopkeeper Zhu said casually, "It's in the warehouse in the back street on the west side." ”

"Okay." Li Yan nodded and ordered, "Steward Long, you take someone to the government to check, last winter, there was a fire in the backstreet in the west." ”

"Yes." The dragon steward answered, turned around and was about to leave.

Shopkeeper Zhu hurriedly stopped him, "Wait, we didn't report the fire last year." ”

"Why?" Li Yan asked in a deep voice.

Shopkeeper Zhu's face crossed and said, "I was scared and confused at the time, and I forgot about it." ”

"I think you're a bastard!" When Li Yan screamed, he grabbed the two account books on the table and smashed them directly at the shopkeeper Zhu, and the corner of the book happened to hit his eyes, and in an instant, the corners of the shopkeeper Zhu's eyes turned red.

Before he could argue, Li Yan got up, pointed directly at the shopkeeper Zhu, and said sharply, "The warehouse caught fire in the middle of the night, and the goods of more than 20,000 silver were burned to the ground, even if you don't report the case and don't investigate the reason, won't the people in the government investigate it?" Don't forget, last winter, the shop was royal. You made such a big mistake that no one asked? ”

Shopkeeper Zhu lowered his head, just rubbing his eyes with his hands, and he had no strength to refute.

Li Yan looked at him and sneered, "Business is not good, and you take care of ten guys, what are you doing in the store?" Also, in a year, the shop is renovated twice, are you full? ”

"This, I also want to make the decoration of the shop better and more attractive." Shopkeeper Zhu said a little weakly.

"Is that appealing?" Li Yan's eyes suddenly turned cold, "I see it's all in your own pocket." ”

"Don't dare." Shopkeeper Zhu was frightened and flatly denied it, "I dare to swear to God, I will never have"

"Enough!" Li Yan interrupted him coldly and mocked, "A person who lies a lot, no matter how long-winded, it's just a waste of time." The dragon was in charge, took two people, and sent him to the official mansion. ”

"Yes." Steward Long and the two servants immediately held the shopkeeper Zhu in charge.

Shopkeeper Zhu's body was a little weak, and he said in a trembling voice, "Why did you send me to the government, what law did I violate?" ”

"These accounts of yours,

I can't explain it clearly, and I have no other way, so I have to ask the official master to call the shots and check it carefully. Li Yan said.

"Let's go." Steward Long gave a look, and the two little servants immediately dragged the shopkeeper Zhu out.

"Ah, don't." The shopkeeper Zhu's continuous call sign.

The other four shopkeepers couldn't hold their breath anymore, for fear that the surnamed Zhu would be sent to the government, and they would not be strict for a while, so they confessed the conspiracy of several of them.

Someone quickly got up to stop him.

"Master Li, let's sit down and talk slowly, this person in charge of the shopkeeper Zhu has a bad brain, he is confused, and it is possible to forget it for a while. Let's all sit down, calmly, and help him think about it. ”

"Zhu Laosan, why don't you make amends to Master Li soon, you speak without thinking, and make Master Li angry."

In the hall, there were four shopkeepers, some of whom pulled Long to take care of things and did not let him take people, and some persuaded Li Yan to dissipate his anger.

Li Yan was silent, only staring at Zhu Laosan with an unpredictable expression.

Being persuaded by the four shopkeepers in their ears and weighing the pros and cons, Zhu Laosan drooped his head, threw himself on the ground and knelt down, crying and mourning.

"Master Li, you are a little fool, you shouldn't be clever in front of you. The small confession, these accounts are fake, they were written indiscriminately before the small one, and the deficit of the 50,000 silver is also a small one who wants to blackmail you, the small one should be damned, and I beg Master Li to spare the small one this time for the sake of the small one who has been doing it in the Shangguan family for many years. ”

"Fake?" Li Yan's eyes were a little colder, but he didn't pursue Zhu Laosan, but looked at the other four, "What about yours?" ”

The four of them trembled, and hurriedly got up and replied, "Ours is true." ”

"Really?" Li Yan hooked his lips slightly and glanced at Li Hua, "Fourth brother, take out the account book of the shopkeeper Luo." ”

"Hmm." Li Hua turned around and went into the room again to take out the basic account book.

Before he could read it, Li Yan said straightforwardly, "Shopkeeper Luo, I remember that in your porcelain shop, there was a source of 4,600 taels of silver that was not clearly written in September last year, can you explain to me where the silver went?" ”

Shopkeeper Luo's heart was shocked, his account was indeed true, but he had done some tricks in this truth, but it was not easy for people to notice.

The 4,600 years of silver was not in September, but in the three months of July, August and September, and the silver he obtained through some small tricks, he thought that God was unaware, but he didn't want to be brought out by Li Yan in this way.

Since he can find out the four thousand six dark silver, then, others?

Shopkeeper Luo didn't dare to be delusional, for fear that Li Yan would be annoyed, and then send him to the official, as soon as he entered the official hall, it would not be a matter that silver could settle down.

So, after weighing it, the shopkeeper Luo confessed that he had planted it, and he also knelt on the ground, and said dejectedly, "The little one should be damned, Master Li is wise, and the little one admits punishment." ”

Even the always shrewd shopkeeper Luo bowed his head, and the other three were stunned, looking at each other at a loss.

Li Yan didn't speak, just stared at these three with his eyes.

Shopkeeper Luo persuaded, "Okay, don't hold on, Master Li must have found out yours too." ”

The three hesitated, and all knelt on the ground.

Li Hua watched them soften, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but unexpectedly, Li Yan took a sip of tea slowly, and then said, "Do you know what crime you have committed by making false accounts and deceiving the master?" ”

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly begged for mercy, "The little ones are blinded by lard and confused, begging Master Li for mercy." ”

Li Yan glanced at them and said casually, "Master Ben is just a coarse person who can't read big words, and he can't convict the official master." However, if your account is all fake, it is really difficult for this master to open this favor. ”

"Master Li, you say, what do you do, the little ones just do it." Shopkeeper Luo heard that there was something in Li Yan's words, and hurriedly said.

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