Chapter 180: Shifting Responsibility
"It's all here! I've only been here once. Second Uncle Gu hurriedly said.
"It seems that if you don't send the official, you won't tell the truth! Don't blame me for not thinking about my uncle and nephew. Liu Sanye roared with a blushing face.
"Third child, if you really send him to the government, not only will he lose face, but even if you are not the nephew of the Gu family, you will be embarrassed." The third old lady couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly spoke.
"Mother, I don't have a few things in my house. If he hadn't stolen it, who else? Mother didn't believe me? Liu Sanye replied.
Liu Ruomei on the side suddenly turned pale.
The few things that Liu Sanye said were the ones she stole to the third old lady.
Liu Mengyan has been carefully observing the third old lady and the Gu family, as well as Liu Ruomei's expression, and at this moment, Liu Ruomei's gaffe naturally fell into her eyes.
But no, there are other hidden secrets to the things that my father said just now?
"Maybe you put it somewhere else, he, he was also confused for a while......" The third old lady was so blocked by Liu Sanye's words that she couldn't speak, so she had to respond like this.
Originally, she asked Second Uncle Gu and Grandpa to turn up Liu Sanye's study, creating the illusion that a thief had broken in, and then when Liu Sanye found that something was missing, she pushed all the lost things to Liu Mengyan to release the people into the mansion privately, but now that Second Uncle Gu has been arrested, it is difficult to justify this matter.
"Wherever I put my things, I count. Mother still wants to defend him at this time? Liu Sanye strengthened his tone.
Sure enough, money is what Liu Sanye values the most. On weekdays, he never even said half a cruel word to the third old lady, but now that the second uncle and grandfather Gu stole his things, it broke his insistence.
No matter how shrewd the third old lady is, she can't defend a thief at this moment. Although she knew that Second Uncle Gu was really not here to "steal" things, she couldn't explain it clearly at the moment.
"Second brother, if you still steal the side, take it out." The third old lady had no choice but to say so.
"I, I really didn't take it!" Second Uncle Gu glared at the third old lady and said.
"If you hadn't taken it, I'd have grown legs on those things!" Liu Sanye was unstoppable.
"Daddy, Mengyan has a way to help Daddy figure out where those objects are?" Liu Mengyan said at the right time.
"What did you say?" Liu Sanye said in surprise.
"If the items that my father didn't see were stolen by Second Uncle Gu's grandfather a long time ago, Mengyan thought, it should be in the pawnshop at this moment. Daddy might as well send someone to the nearest pawnshop to our house early tomorrow morning to ask. Maybe they'll find a place to go. Liu Mengyan said.
The third old lady's eyes as sharp as knives quietly glanced at Liu Mengyan, and the Gu family beside her couldn't help but shudder.
Because those objects are indeed in the pawnshop at the moment. If Liu Sanye asked who took those things, then this basin of dirty water would be splashed on the third old lady herself.
"Yes, Sister Yan'er is right. Now, let's ask the second uncle to be wronged. Liu Sanye was still angry.
The Zhu family and Liu Ruyan went back together, but Liu Sanye refused to go anywhere, so he stayed in his own Juxian Hall.
After the third old lady returned to Rongxi Hall, she couldn't sit comfortably in her secret room. If Liu Sanye is asked to find those objects that she has taken away, she will be discredited in this Liu Mansion.
The next day, Liu Sanye had to go to the official office to order something, so he went to the official office.
The third old lady didn't close her eyes almost all night, and finally made her think of a way to deal with it.
"Old lady, the slave has figured it out, and I wish it would be as the old lady said. It's just a slave maid...... "A maid who was born with a bit of grace knelt down in front of her at this moment.
"Hexiang, don't worry. As long as you admit this matter, I will help you intercede with the third master, and at most drive you out. After you go out, I will ask the Gu family to take you to do things, and there will be nothing to do. Your father and mother can also get a sum of silver, just so that your brother can marry. "The third old lady is kind and kind.
The girl named Hexiang flickered her eyes a few times, and finally nodded. She was one of the maids who served closely in the third old lady's room, and the few things that Liu Ruomei took out from Liu Sanye's house were sold into the pawnshop by her hands.
What Liu Mengyan said to Liu Sanye last night made the third old lady toss and turn for half a night, and finally came up with this method, so that Hexiang could collude with Second Uncle Gu and Grandpa Gu to steal the notoriety of the master's property in order to protect herself.
At that time, Aunt Gu sent food to Gu's second uncle and grandfather, and entered the miscellaneous room of Juxian Hall. Gu's second uncle and grandfather were tied hand and foot behind their backs and locked up here for a night.
"Ouch! My niece, you're here. I only listened to your aunt's idea before I ......" Second Uncle Gu and Grandpa Gu immediately began to complain when they saw Aunt Gu coming.
Seeing him sitting on the bench all night, his face was full of exhaustion, and his hands were still tied behind the back of the chair, he really suffered a little.
"Second uncle, my aunt is also here to help the Gu family, Yucheng is the one who can't make it, and he has caused such a big disaster. The eldest uncle and the second uncle had to ask their aunt for money when they returned. Being an aunt is a cash cow. Aunt Gu had already satisfied the Gu family, and couldn't help but sneer.
"My little aunt, what kind of tone do you have? Your father died young, wasn't it your eldest brother and I who supported you? Otherwise, where would you be the glory and wealth you have today? Second Uncle Gu glared at Gu fiercely and reminded.
"Where is I whom you feed? It's not that my aunt often subsidizes you with money! Besides, since I married Liu Sanye as a concubine, I have also given you a lot of money in private. Enough to repay this nurturing feeling. Gu said.
Second Uncle Gu saw that Gu's tone was not good, so he didn't want to say more, and said, "Are you here to let me go now, or are you here to be angry with me?" ”
Gu didn't bother to say anything more to him, and said, "Yesterday, my aunt didn't have a chance to ask you." Why were you caught? ”
"Last night, according to what you said, after rummaging things in Liu Laosan's study, I went to the west gate according to the agreed route. But as soon as I arrived at the West Gate, I knocked people unconscious. When I woke up, I found myself tied up, and then you all came. Second Uncle Gu said as he recalled what happened last night.
Gu Shi was secretly frightened, and tunneled: "My aunt has already agreed with Hexiang." Today, if the third master asks about those things from the pawnshop, you will say that you secretly colluded with Hexiang, and the lard blinded your heart for a while, so you got up. Don't blame my aunt or me for this. ”
Second Uncle Gu saw that Gu was scared, so he said cheekily: "Niece, the life-saving silver for Yucheng ......"
"Are you afraid that your aunt won't give it? Let's cover it up first. If something happens to your aunt, you don't want to get another penny! The Gu clan was condescending, full of disgust.
Liu Sanye came back from the official office before noon.
As the third old lady expected, he took people to a few people near Liufu to meet in person, and really found the missing things.
Liu Sanye naturally learned from the pawnshop shopkeeper that it was a woman who looked like a maid who came to be those objects.
After some description, Liu Sanye already knew it, so he came to Rongxi Hall with a calm face.
Over the years, he has been very respectful of the third old lady. It should be said that since he can remember, he has known that the third old lady is not his own mother.
Raising grace is greater than giving birth! He comforted himself in this way.
But he would never allow the third old lady to steal and sell her own things, for the sake of the Gu family's bean worms.
Gu Yugui committed a life lawsuit, and he naturally knew about it.
The third old lady even came to tell him and asked him to walk around for Gu Yugui, but he refused.
Unexpectedly, the third old lady actually took his things and sold them!
Liu Sanye walked into the inner hall, turned the side door, and walked into the room on the left side of the third old lady.
I saw a girl kneeling under the seat of the third old lady, and the third old lady also closed her eyes and held the Bodhi seed in her hand.
"Mother!" Liu Sanye was stunned, but still spit out these two words.
"Third child, mother can't stand you!" The third old lady closed her eyes and said, "I have raised such a cheap maid!" ”
Liu Sanye's words were stuffed in his chest, and he was suddenly blocked by the words of the third old lady, and said puzzledly: "Mother, I ...... those things."
"Those things of yours were actually stolen by this and your second uncle's fool." The third old lady said.
"Sir, please forgive the slave and maid. The slave maid was confused for a while, and listened to Master Gu's rhetoric, so she took the master's things and went out to sell them. He Xiang kneeled under Liu Sanye's knee and cried.
Liu Sanye stared at Hexiang in surprise, and asked in disbelief, "You?" You and the second uncle of the Gu family stole something from me? ”
Hexiang had tears rippling, but her head nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and cried: "The slave maid was confused for a while, and I asked the third master to punish her." Old lady, the slave is confused, please forgive the slave for the sake of the slave and the maid who have served you for so many years! ”
Liu Sanye raised his foot and kicked on Hexiang's body, stared at her in surprise and said, "How could it be you!" ”
The third old lady raised her eyes and glanced at Liu Sanye and asked, "What does the third lady mean, is it your mother who stole your things?" ”
Liu Sanye's eyes flickered a few times, and after standing there and thinking for a while, he said: "Mother, this cheap maid dares to steal her master's things, and she has to make an example of her." ”
Hexiang, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly trembled and crawled to the feet of the third old lady and said, "Old lady, please forgive the old lady!" ”
"Third child, let's sell this. If you kill it, you will also be killed, and if you sell it, you can also make up for your losses. Redeemed from the pawnshop, a lot of silver was wasted. The third old lady said.
This sentence went to Liu Sanye's heart.
"The third brother, although your second uncle is not a weapon, he is always his mother's mother's family. But he really shouldn't, his mother is responsible. Mother promises you that you will never see them again. "The third old lady gave Liu Sanye a ladder down.
"Mother is right." Liu Sanye looked at the third old lady and agreed.