46. Fall to the bottom

As soon as he stepped into the hall, he saw that the whole housekeeper was like an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth in the hall, and when he saw her come back, he immediately greeted her happily, saying that for some reason, all the major merchants in Chaoyang City refused to see him, let alone buy a bag. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Could it be that these merchants are afraid of offending the Zhou family? Or have they all heard about the treasure of Baofu and are afraid of getting into trouble? When he was in a hurry, the little man guarding the door hurriedly came to report that Zheng Wu and his wife, who had just come in the morning, came to the door with those dowries and came to the door with a fierce attitude, and now they are shouting outside the door to see her.

Su Paner hurriedly followed the little guy to the door to take a look, and sure enough, Zheng Wu and his wife were standing outside the gate, and the Zheng family was pointing at the gate of Baofu with his waist and scolding, what was the dowry and the dowry, and secretly exchanged the things in the dowry to them? ! Zheng Wu was also sarcastic when he saw Su Pan'er coming out.

Hearing this scolding, the whole housekeeper immediately stepped forward to dissuade him. Zheng Shi howled regardless of it, "Your Bao family is really good at making faces!" Knowing that we would not count on the spot because of Lord Yi's face, he deliberately brought out these dowries when Lord Yi was there and asked us to take them back to the house to pay the errand. As a result, when we went back to check, most of them became defective! Fortunately, Mrs. is not in the house, if it affects the two of us, the old lady wants you to keep the house forever! ”

"Miss Bao, if you can't afford the dowry, just say it together, why do you still use these inferior goods to deceive us? How can we trust Bao Fu like this? Zheng Wu said in a weird way.

Su Paner's heart suddenly beat a few beats faster, how could it be? This dowry has always been in charge of the eldest mother's safekeeping, how can it become a fake? Seeing the scattered passers-by in front of the door probing their brains towards Baofu, Su Paner proposed to let Zheng Wu and his wife enter the door, and they went back to the house to talk in detail. But Zheng refused to say anything this time, and insisted that they pay the dowry in front of everyone.

There is no way to take Zheng's shrew, Su Paner hurriedly turned around and asked Xianglian to find the eldest lady to come out and confront them. She believed that the eldest lady would never do such a thing, and it was unknown if they were guarding themselves and stealing to accuse them.

As soon as her remarks came out, the Zheng couple stopped doing it. When did they do such a thing to enrich their own pockets when they were so loyal to Mrs. Tuesday?

Su Paner refused to back down this time, it was a matter of the eldest mother's reputation, and she couldn't compromise easily! The whole housekeeper saw that the atmosphere was not right, and he was busy with mud. Su Paner stared at the Zheng couple and didn't answer, just waiting for the eldest lady to come out and confront him.

After a while, the eldest lady rushed all the way over. The Zheng couple also opened the dowry box for them to check to see if they had wronged them. The eldest lady checked the past one by one, and sure enough, many valuables were transferred with fakes. But this morning, Su Pan'er hurriedly asked people to take out the dowry and return it to the Zhou Mansion, she was still at Dr. Jin's at that time, and she didn't have time to count it and pay it back. There is no evidence to prove whether the dowry was transferred before it was carried out of the Bao Mansion or after it returned to the Zhou Mansion. Why did Zheng Wu and his wife make them pay?

"Miss Bao and Mrs. Liu, are you trying to rely on us and the couple?" Zheng Wu's eyes flashed with a poisonous light.

"Now there is no evidence to prove that this dowry was transferred by us, why do you want Bao Fu to compensate?" Su Paner argued with reason. The Bao family can't make up the 100,000 taels now, and if they make a false sum, she will really have no power to return to the sky.

Zheng became even angrier when he heard this, and opened his mouth to scold, "You shameless little bitch!" Cheap hooves! It's a deliberate cheating marriage! Deliberately seduced our young master, let him take out a large dowry to marry you into the door, and then take the opportunity to take away these dowry. Now I still pretend to be innocent! I'm going to fight with you today to avenge the young master! Zheng jumped to his feet, raised his eyebrows and glared, and was about to hit Su Pan'er with his head as he spoke.

Zheng's physique is burly, and the power of this collision is not trivial, the eldest lady was so frightened that she pulled Su Paner and blocked in front of Su Paner.

Su Paner's heart was raised, and she was anxious to push the eldest lady to the side, but she didn't expect that the eldest mother, who usually looked soft and weak, was so strong at this time that she couldn't shake her at all. Su Paner could only watch Zheng's head full of hairpins hit the eldest lady's stomach.

Seeing that the hairpin hairpin was only a dozen centimeters away from the lady's weak body, Su Paner's heart shrank, she screamed, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to block the mother's stomach.

Seeing that the sharp hairpin on Zheng's head was only one centimeter away from the eldest mother's stomach, Su Paner suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. "Stop! - "Suddenly a loud roar came out from behind him, and Zheng was so frightened that he couldn't help but stop, and looked up at the source of the sound in fright.

Su Pan'er and the others also turned to the source of the sound-Steward Quan, I saw that he showed unprecedented majesty, blocked in front of Su Pan'er and them, frowned at the Zheng family and the group, and shouted, "Don't you want to make a fuss?!" Okay, Mrs. Tuesday and Master Yi are still in the prefect's yamen at the moment! The old man doesn't mind confronting the two of them who went to the prefect's yamen! ”

The sound was like thunder, startling the entire street. Hearing that the housekeeper mentioned that he was going to the prefect's yamen, Zheng Wu and his wife immediately settled down. Seeing that the momentum of the whole housekeeper controlled the scene at once, Su Paner secretly admired.

Walking out from behind him, he was about to send back Zheng Wu and his wife, who had been bluffed, but there was a shout of a maid behind him, and when he looked back, it was the maid Xia Yu who had been serving in the Li family's courtyard. She ran straight to the eldest lady's side, gasping and said, "The eldest lady (the identity of the eldest lady has been raised to a flat wife during the funeral), the slave maid found these things when she was cleaning Aunt Li's courtyard. As he spoke, he spread out the bag of things he was holding and showed it to the eldest lady.

Seeing that thing, they were all speechless in surprise, and Zheng Wu, who was standing behind the housekeeper, immediately snatched the thing in Xia Yu's hand excitedly and muttered loudly. "Isn't this the amount of money that our Zhou Mansion gave Miss Bao to wear at the wedding?!" Xia Yu was frightened and hid aside.

Su Pan'er's heart suddenly sank. It's actually Aunt Li...... No wonder she was in a hurry to split up today, because she was afraid of the dowry.

The eldest mother muttered that before Su Pan'er got married, Aunt Li volunteered to help her take care of the dowry, and she didn't think much about it, so she asked her to help keep it. I didn't expect Aunt Li to be a self-thief, and even Su Paner's dowry was greedy. As he spoke, his eyes were a little teary-eyed, hating himself for burdening Su Paner.

"Heh, now that the human and material evidence is there, does Bao Fu still want to admit it?" Zheng Wujiao laughed, "Didn't the whole housekeeper just say that he was going to go to the yamen to confront him?" Okay, let's go to the yamen immediately to find Master Yi and see who stole something and shouted to catch the thief! Saying that, Zheng Wu was going to take the crown to the yamen.

"No need! How much dowry is lost, we pay! Su Paner couldn't describe her current mood, angry, aggrieved and unwilling. I was angry that I didn't have a lot of eyes on Aunt Li, and I was actually put on a show by her. And now I chase her back to get her dowry, I'm afraid that she will not admit it to death, but it will create many incidents. The Bao family is troublesome enough now, and there is no need to block themselves anymore. had to swallow this dumb loss first, "All the housekeepers, pay them all the money for the dowry." ”

The whole housekeeper also seemed to hate Aunt Li for not being angry, sighed, and didn't say anything more. frowned and checked the dowry with Zheng Wu and his wife.

In the account room of the Bao family, the whole housekeeper was reporting to Su Paner that the dowry had been lost a total of 8,000 taels, and now the Bao family only had 16,000 taels left, and the monthly silver owed to the people in the house should also be distributed. Now that the master has died, those subordinates have more or less heard the news that the Bao family can no longer hold on, and they have begun to be lazy. If this month's silver drags on any longer, I'm afraid that those subordinates will complain more and more. In order to avoid hidden dangers, the sooner the silver is issued this month, the better.

Rubbing her eyebrows, Su Pan'er asked the housekeeper to distribute the six hundred and forty-two taels of moon silver first. These more than 600 taels are nothing compared to 100,000 taels, and it is useless to pit the hard-earned money of these servants.

It's a pity that the merchants in Chaoyang City are now afraid of the Bao family, and the Bao Mansion can't sell it at all. Where are the 100,000 taels going to go?

Then I asked the only two inns in the whole housekeeper Bao Mansion if anyone wanted? The whole housekeeper only replied, and he couldn't see those merchants at all, and he didn't have a chance to mention the inn. Su Paner sighed, and asked helplessly if there was any other way to raise money?

"The old slave summed it up, it is better to mortgage the two inns to the money bank first, and he should be able to borrow 20,000 taels. Then take some unwanted valuables in Baofu to the pawnshop first, and you can get about 350,000 yuan. And now that there are too many people in the house, it is better to cut some of them, so that those slaves or children born to the family who have signed a death contract and intend to get rid of slavery can redeem themselves, and they can also make up a few hundred taels, and the house can also reduce some expenses. In this way, you can make up more than 50,000 taels, and the remaining 30,000 taels will find another way......" Quan Steward slowly stated.

Su Pan'er didn't know what she thought, and suddenly raised her head and said excitedly, "Steward Quan, what do you think of renting out the remaining courtyard of the Bao Mansion?" ”

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