Gypsum has the purpose of clearing heat and quenching thirst in traditional Chinese medicine, and is also known as cold water stone. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Manyan asked Fuchen to go to various pharmacies to buy cold water stones, and he went home with Mama Fang. As soon as I arrived at Songhetang, I heard that my grandmother had gone to the old lady's. Man Yan suddenly felt that something was wrong. When I got to the outside of the dormitory, I heard screams inside, and sure enough, something happened.

The spacious yard was packed with people. The old lady and the Wang family were separated by a zhang, and the subordinates knelt in a row at the bottom. There was also a little girl Rui'er who was tied to the bench and hit the board, and she was bloodstained with blood.

Wang is in the courtyard, with a Mulan green embroidered satin dress on his upper body, and an emerald blue horse-faced skirt below, which looks extravagant. In the middle of the bun was a silver-gilded peacock hairpin, the peacock's head seemed to come to life, and the row of short tassels dangling trembled, showing her anger.

In the past few days, she has been busy with the second master's external contacts, and she has not come to the bed for two trips, and such a big thing happened - the old lady actually fell asleep. She panicked, really panicked. No matter how bastard and shameless the old lady is, he has spoiled the second room for so many years. What would happen if he wasn't there, what would happen?

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Wang's forehead. In the past few years, the old lady has not been closer to the second room than before, and she begged her to raise her brother Nian in Songhe Hall, but she also refused. If the old lady has three longs and two shorts, it will be even more hopeless for Brother Nian to attack the knighthood. Her right to feed was pushed out in vain. It must be this old pious woman, she must have wanted them to have no foothold in the second room, so she let people hurt the old lady.

"Hit, keep beating me hard, I don't believe I can't pry her mouth open." The second lady gritted her teeth angrily, and her voice made the little girls tremble.

"Second lady, spare your life, the slave and maid really didn't drug the old lady, if the slave and maid did it, let the slave and maid die and go to the eighteenth layer of hell...... Yes...... Ah......h

"Stop." The old lady couldn't stand it anymore, and her crutches kept beating the green bricks on the ground. "What the hell are you trying to find out? If they don't admit it, do you want to beat all these girls to death, so that everyone in the capital will know that our Anping Marquis Mansion abuses the servants. Do you want the reputation of the house, is your second master still an official? ”

Wang's eyes showed a fierce look, "These minions didn't serve the old lady well, and they deserved to be killed." ”

"Who said that the old lady was drugged and didn't invite Dr. Zhang to come?" The crisp sound of manyan sounded.

Chunxi said, "Imperial Doctor Zhang said that the old lady has been suffering from leg disease for a long time, and she has been lying in bed all the year round, which has caused the blood in the lower body to block the meridians and not be smooth. ”

The second lady opened her eyes wide and scolded angrily, "That quack doctor is talking nonsense at all, the old lady could still talk and laugh a few days ago, why did she suddenly have a stroke." Someone must have harmed the old lady. I wish mother, take people to the rooms of these minions to search, digging three feet into the ground. I will seek justice for the old lady. ”

The beaten little girl had already fainted. The mother-in-law no longer cared about her, and followed Mother Zhu and Mama Fang into the inner courtyard to be examined. The mother-in-law tossed a lot. As a result, Zhu's mother came out with someone and said that nothing was found.

This Rui'er was beaten today, which can be regarded as an unwarranted disaster. She is good at decocting medicine for the old lady these days, but the person who serves her is not her. Qiu Yue is used by the old lady in the salary, and she has served the old lady, and the second lady can't beat it; The second lady ordered from the kitchen to help the old lady, and it was not easy to fight. The only thing left to move is Rui'er, a little girl who has no roots and is just getting involved.

The second lady was unwilling in her heart, but she couldn't really beat all the maids in Woxingzhai to death. The situation in the courtyard is deadlocked.

Zhu Mother stepped forward, "Second lady, why don't you ask a few more doctors to show the old lady." Maybe there is a miracle doctor who can cure the old lady's illness? ”

"Yes, yes, go and inquire about some famous doctors, please come to the house." The second lady cleaned up her complexion and withdrew her troops.

Man Yan stared at the back of the second lady when she left, her skirt swaying, and her graceful posture. This was the first time that her grandmother and the Wang family had clashed head-on since she wore it. Since the Wang family wants to be as powerful as a tiger, she has to make the Wang family unable to break the strong bamboo and suppress her momentum.

Man Yan went directly to the Hanging Flower Gate with the bell. After a while, Steward Fu arrived. He looked confused, the third lady was weird recently, and from time to time she asked him for things and people, and just now when he returned home, he gave a silver ticket, saying that he wanted a carriage for his own use.

"Steward Fu, the bell has cleaned up a quiet empty room here. You go and arrange to bring over the account books that record the flow and flow of money in the house in the past few years, and your grandmother will check it. ”

Steward Fu chuckled in his heart, Third Miss was suspicious of him?

"There is also the account book of Zhuangzi when the second aunt was in charge before. Pick out the ones from four years ago and last year. ”

Steward Fu breathed a sigh of relief and went to prepare without mentioning it.

Man Yan rested on the corridor of the Hanging Flower Gate, and when the bell was cleaned up, the two little men held a large stack of account books, and put them down to be half a person high. An account book is a book in modern times, very bulky, and the words written with a brush are large, and the content of each page is only a few lines.

Manyan asked the bell to pick a random copy of the house, and compared the two books on the Zhuangzi by himself.

Four years ago, the land in Goutou Village had not been salinized, but the things on the annual goods list were almost the same. I don't care about that. Of the silver handed over by Wu Jin, the tenant rent for two years was 300 taels, 1,800 taels at the end of the year four years ago, and 2,000 taels last year. Four years ago, the land harvest in Goutou Village was better than last year, according to Manyan's estimate, the Wang family was greedy for at least 1,000 taels, and Wujin estimated that he also got a few hundred taels.

Man Yan has a number in his heart. She is not in a hurry to tear her face with the second room, and it shouldn't be her who is in a hurry. She had read both books, and she hadn't seen half of the bells. Man Yan didn't bother her, went to Liuliyuan to drink two cups of tea and then returned to this temporary "accounting office", and continued to look through the rest of the account books calmly.

It was getting dark, and the lights were on. Man Yan said, "See it here today, and continue tomorrow." After watching it for so long, what do you gain? ”

"There seems to be something wrong in some places. Third Miss, look at this treasury account book, last month the second lady sent two satins to the Pingwang Mansion, and this month sent five satins to Mrs. Qi. This Mrs. Qi doesn't know who it is, how can she get a heavier gift than Pingwangfu? ”

"How many kinds of satin do we have in Curry?"

The bell thought for a while, "What we always have in our house is cloud satin and snow satin, plus the fragrant satin that the queen mother in the palace rewarded before, there should be three kinds." ”

"That's right, what the second aunt gave to Pingwangfu must be the best fragrant satin. Deliberately do not write what kind of satin it is, and it will be blurred over time. Unless someone goes to the warehouse to check. ”

The key to the treasury is in the hands of the second lady, and no one else can enter. The bell couldn't help but speak, "Isn't the second lady full of private pockets and no one knows?" ”

Man Yan chuckled, it was certain that she would fill her pocket, but she didn't know to what extent, this was the purpose of her audit today. "What else do you see?"

Bell knew that the third lady had singled out her to look at the account books because her foundation was better than the other maids, and now she was being examined. Although she was a little unsure, she still mustered up the courage to say, "It seems that there is still a place, the porcelain purchased in the house." Everyone knows that the old lady likes to smash things, but the second lady buys them all in sets. Here is written last month's loss, a set of sweet white glazed blue and white entwined branches of eight tea saucers, as well as gourd bottles, plum bottles, teapots, and pomps, a month of loss of 300 taels. ”

Man Yan was shocked, it turned out that the old lady was such a loser, no wonder the grandmother was worried about the silver. "The old lady smashed it like this, and the people in the house have no opinion?"

The bell said, "The second master is filial, and the third master doesn't dare to have an opinion." ”

Man Yan circled around the account book. The old lady has suffered a stroke now, and there are not many opportunities to smash things in the future. But he only finished smashing a batch a few days ago, so the second aunt is estimated to have to buy it again this month. No, I can't let the second aunt take money out of it anymore. "When you go to Mama Fang's in a while, you will say that you don't need to buy these utensils for Wo Xinzhai in the future, pick out some ornaments from the warehouse, and leave a few cups and bowls of tea saucers. I bought this item, which cup and saucer tea set was bought every month? ”

Man Yan continued to ask, "Do you see anything else?" ”

Bell shook his head, a little confused. She slept very little during this time, and was forced by Mama Wu to read and read the account books every day. Mama Wu has always followed the eldest lady, is well learned, and can ask for advice at any time when she encounters words she doesn't know. But even so, she still hasn't grown much.

Man Yan smiled and nodded: "It's already very good to be able to see these two points." However, there is one more problem. "Man Yan picked out a very old account book, with Ding Hai Nian's silver account written on the cover, and the paper inside has been yellowed." Look at what is written here, inquire about the news and send out three thousand taels of silver. The two horizontal lines below are obviously added later, and the colors are heavier. This should be the case in your account book as well. ”

The bell was frightened, and when he looked closer, it was so. The second lady was really bold, she added two strokes casually, and two thousand taels of silver went into her pocket. If it weren't for the third lady to check the accounts today, who would know. This book is still four years old. Anyway, the third lady's eyes are too sharp, which can be seen, so they can't hide their careful thoughts. Thinking of this, my face turned red instantly.