"Hey, the Wen Mansion wants to marry our Hou Mansion!"

Qu Miaoling's heart trembled, what she was worried about came true in the end.

"Who's with whom!"

Min Tian asked knowingly.

Mrs. Ann looked at him, "You." ”

"Me?" Min Tian pointed at himself in surprise, and he looked at his injured leg.

"Mother, don't be kidding, I'm like this, how can any girl be willing to marry me!"

"It's you, with Wen Qingruo, the second lady of the Wen Mansion."

Boom –

Min Tian's ears exploded, and his brain was also detonated.

"How is that possible?"

"How could it not be? Second brother, that Wen Qingruo does have a good impression of you, and it was love at first sight. ”

Qu Miaoling affirmed.

Min Tian was even more confused.

"Mother, did you agree?" Mrs. An was silent for a while, and Min Tian's heart sank.

"No, mother, you sold your son like this, even if the Wen Mansion is strong now, you don't need to take your son out to marry."

"You bastard, what are you talking about!" Mrs. An saw that Min Tian's more and more outrageous words became, and couldn't help but knock him again.

"Is my mother such a pedantic person?"

"I knew that my mother was the best!" Min Tian hey, hey, hey, silly music.

Mrs. Ann gave him a blank look.

"Auntie, did you refuse?"

"Of course, the Wen Mansion is powerful, but he can't help but mess up, that Wen Hongzhi is not easy to get along with, my son married a girl from the Wen family, and I don't know how angry I have to suffer!"

"Mother, you're so nice!"

Min Tian continued to pat himself on the back.

"Second brother, if Wen Qing is good-looking and has a good personality, you won't be tempted at all?"

"Tempted? Brother's good sister, don't make fun of me, I don't even remember what she looks like! ”

Qu Miaoling tried hard to observe Min Tian's expression, and only believed it when she saw that the other party didn't seem to be telling a lie.

However, this Wen Qingruo is really infatuated, she told her that her brother's leg was injured, and she also asked the Wang family to come.

Tut-tut-

Inexplicably, Qu Miaoling felt that Wen Qingruo was a little pitiful, similar to her stupid self in her previous life.

However, even if her brother has a good impression of Wen Qing, she will find a way to separate the two.

Wen Qingruo is really not a candidate for the second cousin's wife!

Seeing that her second cousin could walk a short distance without help, she was overjoyed, and she had a meal in the Hou Mansion before she returned to the Wude Hou Mansion.

A few days ago, I wanted to check the accounts, but Jiang Jingjing suddenly had an accident and was interrupted.

She took a trip to the shops with gentleness, took the account books back to the Hou Mansion, and planned to check them carefully.

Flipping through the first account, Qu Miaoling looked serious, and kept fiddling with the abacus with one hand.

The data is complicated, and the items in and out are also very messy, Qu Miaoling rubbed her eyes and read a book, and she had a rough number in her heart.

When looking through the second book, Qu Miaoling found that something was wrong, this store was still making a lot of money a year ago, but in the last two months, the turnover has dropped sharply, and now it is even more terrifying, and it has been in a state of making ends meet.

If this store continues to open, it will have to close.

Qu Miaoling frowned.

"Gently, you go and bring the account books in the Hou Mansion."

Gently rushed to the account room, and the account keeper was finally brought back by Gentle.

The bookkeeper saw that he left gently, and immediately ran to Wen's courtyard to complain.

"They took the ledger from the house!" Wen slapped the table and said angrily.

"Mama Qi, go and call Qu Miaoling to me, it's against her!"

Flipping through the account book in the house, this is the general ledger, and it seems that there is no problem on the surface, but after a closer look, Qu Miaoling found that the hole in it is very large.

The house buys daily necessities every month, and it costs 500 taels of silver, and it costs 1,000 taels of silver to prepare clothes for the masters of each courtyard during the New Year?

How is this possible!

With such consumption, the Hou Mansion would have been in deficit for a long time!

It seems that when this Wen family was the housekeeper, he did not take advantage of it, and 100% of this large sum of money went into Wen's pocket.

The Wen family used to be in business, but it was tepid, and there may be some surplus to maintain the family, and it is impossible to support the Wen family to fill the loopholes again and again.

Qu Miaoling put down the account book, thinking in his heart about the 10,000 taels of silver he had let the Wen family lose last time.

It seems that she is really soft-hearted, this Wen's pocket, just over the years, how can she get more than 50,000 yuan, but the last time I saw Wen's hurriedly looking for someone to borrow money, and came to her for help, it doesn't look like she has money in her pocket.

So where did her money go?

Qu Miaoling stood up, her eyes were cold, and there was only one answer she could think of - Wenfu.

must have secretly helped his mother's family.

She said that Wen Hongzhi was just a small editor, and then he quickly rose to the position of a squire, and it didn't take long for him to be promoted to prime minister.

This ten-level jump is not something that ordinary people can do.

It can be seen that this Wen family has given him a lot of advice.

Inexplicably, Qu Miaoling remembered that when she mentioned her mother's dowry before, Wen's unnatural face and her tone of prevarication and dodge.

Maybe it's really the same as she guessed, this Wen Rou really secretly embezzled the dowry of the county lord of Huiling to make personal profits for the Wen Mansion.

The more she thought about it, the stiffer Qu Miaoling's expression became, and the deeper her hatred for the Wen clan became.

"Smack."

Qu Miaoling threw the ledger on the table, and the anger in his eyes was terrifying.

"Miss, Mama Qi from He'an Garden came over and said that Madame is invited."

She didn't look for her, but she came to the door, she asked Qingrou to take the account book, and the master and servant went to He'an Garden in a menacing manner.

Qu Miaoling came so soon, and Wen didn't expect it.

But she didn't talk to Qu Miaoling today.

"Miao Ling, the housekeeping power in this house hasn't reached you yet, so you want to rob your mother's job?" Wen's skin smiled and smiled.

"Mother, what are you talking about, as a member of the Hou Mansion, can't I even look at the account books?"

Without waiting for Wen's invitation, Qu Miaoling sat down directly, and she looked at Wen without showing weakness.

The chill poured in from within.

Wen was a little panicked, and one of his knuckles on the back of the chair trembled slightly.

"Master Hou handed over the affairs of the inner courtyard to me, Miao Ling still don't get involved casually!"

Seeing that Qingrou was holding the account book in her hand, Wen said: "Tao Lei, go and get the account book back, remember, no one is allowed to move without my order in the future!" ”

Wen's voice grew louder and louder, as if he had emboldened himself.

"Wait!"

Peach bud was suddenly stopped.

"Mother, I took a cursory look at this account book, but there is no big problem."

Wen put his mind at ease and leaned back, "Of course, I have been a housekeeper for many years, so naturally I won't let the account book cause trouble." ”

"But—"

"Mother, are all the data in the ledger real?"

Wen Shi grabbed the handkerchief in his hand, glared and said, "What do you mean!" ”

"I don't mean anything, it's just that I found that the expenses in this house don't match the accounts recorded in the account book, for example, there are a total of five masters in our house, not counting the newly married Jiang family, one person is only 5 clothes, and one person spends 150 taels, what is the matter with the expenditure of 1000 taels!"

Qu Miaoling said, picked up the account book at the bottom, and sighed while looking at Qu Miaoling, "Last year's New Year's ceremony was also an ancestral hall, and there was a tribute of 500 taels of silver, which is to fill the ancestral hall?" But how do I remember that the tribute was the same as usual? ”

Bit by bit, Qu Miaoling took out a few more loopholes and said.

Wen's face grew whiter.

"Don't talk nonsense, the money is really spent, and if Master Hou wants to use it, I can't refuse."

"Oh, I see!"

Qu Miaoling sighed weirdly, and then sat down.

Wen thought that Qu Miaoling believed it, and she emboldened herself, "Qu Miaoling, the money in this mansion is all Hou Ye's, Hou Ye can use it however he wants, it has nothing to do with you!" ”

"According to my mother, all this extra money was spent by my father? That's a lot of expenses for my father this year! ”

"Of course, if you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, your father entertains every day and gives gifts to each family, that's not a small amount!"

Qu Miaoling nodded, seemingly agreeing with Wen's words.

Wen's heart was relieved, but he didn't want Qu Miaoling to suddenly say: "But mother, I suddenly remembered that a doctor told me before that my grandmother's medicine was chronically poisoned!" ”

"You're spewing blood!"

Wen was furious, and his face turned red.

"Mother, don't worry, if you didn't do it, what are you anxious about! I'm just talking about it! ”

"Qu Miaoling, what kind of heart do you have, first said that I was full of selfishness, and now I said that I poisoned the old lady! You, you're just—how can that! ”

"Mother, I said that you don't worry, what should you do if you are angry with your body!"

"Y-you're threatening me!"

"Miao Ling is just thinking about her mother, look, how could this be done by you, you are so dedicated to finding medicine for the old lady, I suspect that no one can doubt you."

Qu Miaoling is true and false.

"What do you want?"

"This matter is not trivial, I must find out a charter today, so I will immediately send someone to invite my father back and let him decide!"

Wu Dehou came back from Gentle Township just now, and he was in a very happy mood, who wanted to be told by the maid as soon as he entered the door, saying that there was an accident in the house, and the old lady was poisoned, and the murderer has not been found so far.

Wu Dehou panicked.

With the guidance of the maid, when he came to He'an Garden, he saw Qu Miaoling and Wen who were tense.

The eyebrows trembled subconsciously, Wu Dehou knew, and these two people didn't deal with each other again.

Qu Fu was very tired, but he could only solve it head-on.

"What's the matter? Don't quarrel over trivial things, Wen's, you too, as a housewife, you always have something to do with your daughter! ”

Wen's was extremely aggrieved, "Master, which is the concubine picking quarrels and provoking trouble, it is clear that Miao Ling is not pleasing to the concubine's body, and she also slandered the concubine for poisoning the old lady!" ”