After Ningxia Qing learned more details from the workshop, he returned to the carriage with a solemn face.

Cuiyu was extremely worried and asked, "Girl, what can we do?" Why don't you beg Mrs. Gu? Can you help by taking care of the old lady? ”

When Ning Xia Qing heard this, he shook his head and said, "I can't go to Old Lady Gu." The official documents have come down, even if you find Mrs. Gu, you may not be able to change anything. And you also know that if it weren't for the last resort, I would rather go to Zhao Xiang'e than find Old Lady Gu. ”

Cuiyu asked in a low voice: "Then let's go find Zhao Xiang'e?" ”

Ning Xia Qing nodded. Cuiyu asked puzzledly: "However, the official documents have come down, and even Mrs. Gu can't do anything, even if we go to Zhao Xiang'e, it will only be more useless." ”

Ningxia Qingdao: "No, let's go to Zhao Xiang'e to inquire about the news." Zhao Xiang'e's news is better than ours, let's ask her to help us inquire about the depth of this matter. ”

After asking Zhao Xiang'e to inquire about the news, Ningxia Qing came out of Fuqiao Street and went to Gu Xuesong's side non-stop, but just to try his luck. Sure enough, Gu Xuesong hasn't come back yet.

ran into a wall, and she went to find Liu Yiru in disgrace, but heard that Liu Yiru went to Linjun to go to the flower party, and she has not been there recently.

This is what makes the heavens and the earth not spiritual. At this time, something happened, and all kinds of coincidences rushed together, which made her almost helpless.

She had no choice but to go back to Huacai Yuan first and sit in the cubicle for a while. The cubicle was empty, and no one had come here to pick up the goods, so she sat quietly by herself, looking at the material that filled the cubicle. Suddenly, I felt that all the tiredness since I was reborn came up in one fell swoop.

In the past, she kept herself busy all day long, barely giving herself time to think about these things, and the emotions in her heart were suppressed, until today, when she felt that she was desperate, those accumulated emotions overwhelmed her even more wildly, and she was so tired that she felt that she couldn't stand.

She suddenly felt that all the grievances in her heart came up. Why is her fate so hard? Isn't she envious of a stable life? But why did God insist on arranging for her to fight for it?

Afraid of being heard by the people on the other side of the counter, she had to sigh silently left and right, and heard movement outside, it seemed that Dong Zi was really going to come over to pick up the goods, she immediately reached out and wiped her face, loosened her muscles, and walked out of the compartment casually.

She instructed Dong Zizhen to remove all the "consummation" in the store, and put away all the six mandala flowers from Master Liu's hand.

The next day, the two catchers came again.

The situation was even worse than Ning Xia Qing expected. This time, it was not enough for these two catchers to see that the "merit consummation" in Huacaiyuan had been taken off the shelves, and they actually went to look at the treasury and saw more than 1,000 horses in the Huacaiyuan treasury "merit consummation", and actually wrote down this matter.

Ningxia Qingdu was stunned, and asked hesitantly: "Two officials, ...... you What is the purpose of recording this? ”

The older one said, "We have been instructed to count all the stocks of the 'Merit Perfection' in each shop, and we will track the whereabouts of all the 'Merit Perfection' that circulate in the city. According to the above meaning, you need to return all the 'merits and merits' in your shop to the original workshop as soon as possible, you can do this as soon as possible, and after you are done, come to the yamen to inform you, and we will verify it at that time. ”

Ning Xia Qing was stunned for a moment, this material is Yelu Wushu, if it is all returned to the workshop, then what will she give to Yelu Wushu? Ningxia Qingqing strengthened his courage, stuffed some silver into the past, and asked in a low voice: "Dare to ask the two officials if it is convenient, can you not let me return these materials to the original workshop?" ”

The older one quickly weighed the silver in his hand, and said: "I will also make a deal with Ning Dangjia, if Ning Dangjia is smart, he should quickly withdraw from this matter, and he must not be lucky, I can only say so much." ”

It was as if Heaven was telling her in her ear that everything was going for the worst, the last thing she wanted.

She called Dong Zizhen and asked, "When will Yelu Wushu come to pick up the goods?" ”

Dong Zizhen held his hands and said dejectedly: "It's not decided yet." He said that he had been in Meigong County recently, but he had not decided exactly when he would return, and only said that he would come to pick up the goods when he left. ”

Dong Zizhen said frustratedly: "In charge, we can't hand over the goods, but we have to hand over the more than 10,000 taels of silver that Yelu Wushu cushioned for us." We don't have any money in our accounts that can be compensated to Yeluwushu, so we can only tell Yeluwushu for the time being and ask him to forgive us. ”

Ning Xia Qing nodded.

Dong Zizhen immediately called Ah Zheng and asked Ah Zheng to go with him to Yelu Wushu to make amends.

Unexpectedly, before Dong Zizhen and Ah Zheng walked out of the door of Huacaiyuan, a swarm of peers crowded in.

These people are all from Huacaiyuan into the "merit consummation" shopkeeper, as soon as they heard that the "merit consummation" had an accident, they all came to ask for a refund!

The posture of this group of people is the same as collecting debts, Dong Zizhen was blocked by a group of red-eyed shopkeepers, and the group of shopkeepers didn't seem to let Dong Zizhen leave if they didn't ask for an explanation today.

Seeing this, Ah Zheng had no choice but to explain to Dong Zizhen, and then went to find Yelu Wushu alone.

Ah Zheng explained the ins and outs of the matter to Yeluwushu clearly, and told Yeluwushu that it was impossible for the more than 900 horses to be handed over to Yeluwushu.

Although Yelu Wushu was a little regretful, he still patted Ah Zheng's shoulder very considerately and said: "It's okay, I also said that if Miss Ning needs silver, I can lend Miss Ning silver directly, and the more than 10,000 taels should be regarded as I lent to Miss Ning, as for the more than 900 horses of satin business, it should be regarded as never discussed." ”

Ah Zheng said in a deep voice: "Thank you." ”

Yelu Wushu smiled and said, "Between our brothers, it's a matter of saying this. ”

Yelu Wushu said to Ah Zheng seriously: "When you go back, comfort Miss Ning, so that she doesn't worry." In short, I have been in Meigong County for the past few days, if there is any trouble over there, remember to come to me, and I can contribute money and efforts. We brothers have been brothers for so many years, and I won't say much, in short, you understand my personality. ”

Ah Zheng hugged his fist at Yelu Wushu and thanked him earnestly again.

When Ah Zheng returned to Huacaiyuan, Dong Zizhen had just temporarily sent away the difficult shopkeepers.

Dong Zizhen held his hands and said with a bitter face: "In charge, in my opinion, we still have to tell the second master about this and let the second master give some silver." These people who ask for returns are added together, a total of nearly 1,000 horses, we need to return a total of more than 20,000 taels of silver, where can we afford such a amount? ”

Seeing that Ning Ningqing didn't speak, Dong Zizhen pursed his lips and whispered: "We have to draw a line with the second master now, these returned satins, as well as the satin in our warehouse, if we don't let the second master bear this loss, then we have to bear it." But where can we afford this small shop? ”

Ning Xia Qing shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to talk about this. ”

Dong Zizhen was a little anxious: "Could it be that the head of the family still plans to accompany the second master to carry it to the end?" ”

Ning Ningqing shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't understand the truth of breaking the tail to survive, but the current situation is that even if we return all the losses to the second master, the second master will not be able to come up with the silver at all, and it is useless for you to turn over the second master's family foundation, and we still have to bear this part of the loss ourselves." ”

Dong Zizhen sighed again and again when he heard this. Ning Xia Qing sighed and said: "The second master was very miserable by the eldest master and the third master, before we became a shareholder, he had already borrowed a lot of foreign debts in order to maintain the operation of the workshop. Although the 'merit consummation' has made him a lot, it has also been filled in debt, and even if you ask him for money now, he will not be able to take it out. ”

Ning Xia Qing said again: "Moreover, I have already invested in the workshop, once the second master and the workshop fall, how can I be alone?" ”

As soon as Dong Zizhen heard this, his face looked like he was about to cry.

Ning Xia Qing sat on the chair in a daze.

She understood that what Dong Zizhen said actually made sense.

In fact, if she was to pick out the silver from the second master, she might not be able to pick it out. But she didn't want to.

She didn't feel that she was a righteous master, but she seemed to have an intuition that she shouldn't give up the second master, she just thought that she had to be kind.

Dong Zizhen had a crying face, but suddenly laughed sarcastically, and said: "Boss, remember that we were worried about fakes before, and we didn't know how to put an end to fakes?" ”

Ning Xia Qing looked at Dong Zizhen and motioned for Dong Zizhen to continue, Dong Zizhen continued: "Guess what? As soon as this happened, the fakes were completely automatic gone! I heard from the shopkeepers who just came over that Li Xiuge and Su Jinyuan both renamed the fakes as 'Gathering Merit and Virtue', and they actually turned into another kind of satin, and now they are still on sale! ”

Cuiyu couldn't help but be annoyed: "They ...... They took advantage of it, selling fakes in our name, and now that something has happened to us, they have thrown it all away! It's just infuriating! ”

Dong Zizhen clapped his hands and said, "It's not!" It's really unwilling. ”

Cuiyu suddenly thought of something, and said with an idea: "Since they can sell it if they change their name, can't we also sell it if we change our name?" ”

Ning Xia Qing shook his head: "Impossible." Almost everyone knows about the second master and me joining forces, and since this matter is for the second master, it is also for me. If I change the name of the net satin and continue to put it on the shelves, this matter will only become a handle for others to control me even more. ”

Cuiyu was suddenly disappointed, and was silent for a moment, Dong Zizhen asked in a low voice and seriously: "Master, do you want it, how should we deal with this matter?" ”

Ning Xia Qing looked at Dong Zizhen, lowered his voice and said: "All this developed too fast and too suddenly, it really caught me off guard, causing me to have no time to think about many things." There is one thing that has always been in my mind, but I have never thought of the answer. ”

Dong Zizhen was stunned: "What's the matter?" ”

Ningxia Qingdao: "I was a little suspicious when I was engaged in the hair, was this really done by the third master?" Indeed, the one who is most likely to want to harm the second master is the third master, can the third master really set off such a big storm with the power of the third master alone? ”

Dong Zizhen was stunned and muttered, "This ...... What the head of the house thinks also makes sense. ”

Dong Zizhen thought for a while, and said with some hesitation: "We are in such a limelight these days, although no one has a conflict with us on the surface, there must be peers who are secretly jealous." The dog that can bite people doesn't bark, if it weren't for the third master's hand, I'm afraid this matter would be even more impossible for us to investigate. ”

Dong Zizhen couldn't help asking: "Master, since you suspect that this matter may not only be related to the third master, then how can we know who else this matter may be related to?" ”

Ningxia Qing said leisurely: "For now, we can only wait for news from Zhao Xiang'e." ”

That night, the news from Zhao Xiang'e's side came.

Zhao Xiang'e's news seems to confirm Ning Ningqing's conjecture, and it seems to be a deeper sentence. Zhao Xiang'e only said that the water here is unimaginably deep, I am afraid that it will alarm the capital, if Ningxia Qing still wants to gain a foothold, he can only make a decision immediately and draw a clear line with the "consummation of merit".

Zhao Xiang'e's news confirmed Ning Ningqing's conjecture, but it made the whole thing even more foggy.

Day 3.

When they were eating in the morning, the old lady and the Cao family had obviously heard the rumors, Cao's face was a little whiter than before, and the old lady was obviously not in good spirits, and the two of them asked Ning Xia Qing about the second master very worriedly.

Ning Ningqing smiled, patted his chest and assured that it was just a trivial matter, and he was coquettish and lying, so he could be regarded as hiding the two elders in the back house.

After breakfast, Ning Xia Qing came to the shop, and Dong Zizhen brought another bad news.

Dong Zizhen went to the workshop early in the morning to take a look, and heard Wei San say that the second master went to the third master's side again yesterday, but the third master still refused to admit it, and the two old men almost fought, and later made trouble with the patriarch.

The patriarch drove the second master out of the Ning family's mansion, and the patriarch only said that the clan would not help in this matter, let the second master figure out a way by himself, if the second master did not handle it well, he really let the workshop close, and the second master would no longer have to be surnamed Ning.

And early this morning, many people from the Ning clan who heard about this went to the workshop.

There are many people in the Ning clan who hold the shares of the workshop in their hands, and now they are all clamoring to withdraw the shares, forcing the second master to take the silver out. When Dong Zizhen went, the second master, who hadn't slept all night, was being entangled by the clansmen who came to withdraw his shares, not to mention how chaotic the scene was, Dong Zizhen couldn't say a word to the second master at all.

Dong Zizhen had just finished speaking, when he saw a person suddenly walk in from the gate of Huacaiyuan.

It was Tan Wenshi.