The next day, the group checked into Jinling Rongguo Mansion.

Miaoyu also has a relationship with Jiafu, and she was originally familiar with Daiyu, so she went together.

Lin Zhixiao and Zhang Hua also officially appeared and stayed in Jiafu together.

For Jia Rui, Daiyu, Miaoyu and others to come, people didn't feel anything strange.

Lin Zhixiao and Zhang Hua, as the housekeepers of Rongguo Mansion and Ning Guofu, came together, which inevitably caused speculation.

But I didn't say what I was doing, and I didn't want to ask directly.

Although the scale of the old mansion in Jinling is not as large as the mansion in Shenjing, it is not much smaller. It still looks magnificent.

In terms of architectural style, it has more southern characteristics, graceful and subtle, meticulous and exquisite.

The inside and outside of the main building are fairly clean. Slightly remote places, it is neglected to manage. Some of the corners are already overgrown with weeds.

Because there are no serious masters living here, and there are not many people in the house. At present, there are only about 30 male and female minions and their families here, responsible for some cleaning and maintenance chores.

Even if Jia Rui and his party moved in, the mansion still seemed empty and deserted.

After a round in Rongguo Mansion, I went to Ning Guofu. It's a similar situation over there, and after a while, I'll come back.

Jia Fang and Jia You, who accompanied them, had already gone back, leaving Jia Jue still in front of him, waiting to greet them.

Jia Jue is the son of the second generation of Ningguo Gong Jia Daihua's concubine, and he is currently responsible for the remaining affairs of the two prefectures in Jinling, one person is in charge of the two mansions, and there are a total of forty or fifty people under his command.

The expenses of the prefecture are paid from the income of the two prefectures' industries here.

At this time, Jia Rui, Lin Zhixiao, Zhang Hua, and Jia Jue were in the West Flower Hall of Rongguo Mansion.

The West Flower Hall, officially used as a reception room, is located inside the West Gate.

Now there are no guests, because it is convenient to be close to the door, and this has become Jia Jue's usual office meeting place.

At this time, Lin Zhixiao and Zhang Hua were checking the accounts, and the maintenance of the two mansions over the years, the monthly payment of the next person, and the expenditure items such as daily living expenses were all on the accounts here.

These accounts were recorded, sorted out and kept by Jia Jue.

Jia Rui and Jia Jue were chatting.

Jia Rui asked about the expenses of the house, materials, food prices, and so on.

At the beginning, Jia Jue didn't take it seriously.

Not long ago, Jia Lian also came to check, just looked at the accounts, asked a few casual questions, and passed.

But Jia Rui asked in great detail, and it didn't take long for Jia Jue to be weak-hearted, and he couldn't answer many questions.

If you have no choice, you can only make up nonsense, or use some vague statements such as probably, maybe, and maybe, trying to obfuscate the past.

The more flaws there were, the more detailed Jia Rui's questions became, and soon, Jia Jue's head was sweating.

"Uncle Rui, all the repair accounts of the two mansions in the past five years are here. Thirty-eight thousand and seventy taels of silver were spent. ”

"Oh, nearly forty thousand taels of silver, enough to build a mansion. Jia Jue, have you built a new house in the two mansions in the past few years? ”

Jia Rui was not angry, still smiling and asked.

"No, it's all used for repairs."

"Oh, I see, nearly 40,000 taels of silver, if it is used for repairs, it can repair many things. Jia Jue, you stay here and don't move. ”

"Lin Zhixiao, put all the repair accounts, including the project, all the money, the purchased materials. The number and names of the craftsmen who repaired it, who went out to purchase, who supervised the work, and who finally accepted the work, all listed for me. ”

When Jia Jue heard this, he became even more desperate,

These accounts were originally made up blindly after the fact, and wherever they can be reconciled, as long as they are carefully checked, they will all have to be revealed.

"Wang San, you go to the mansion and find Zhou Cai for me."

This week, he is the son of the family in the house. He was responsible for the daily management of Ning Guofu and Rongguo Mansion before.

Zhou Cai was actually Jia Jue's predecessor, and later Jia Fang and Jia You found an excuse to remove Zhou Cai and replace him with Jia Jue.

Zhou Cai is more serious in his work and loyal to his master. When he was in charge, he did things in a straightforward manner and didn't do anything, so he became a stumbling block for Jia Fang and Jia You.

It is precisely for this reason that they are excluded.

Jia Rui took out two letters and handed them to Jia Jue.

"Jia Jue, look at these two letters, these are handwritten letters from the old ancestor and Brother Zhen, they asked me to come here to check the accounts of the old mansion in the past few years."

"I won't hide it from you, you haven't handed over anything decent to the house over the years. Old Ancestor and Brother Zhen suspect that you have embezzled the money here. ”

"A few days ago, Second Brother Lian came to check the accounts, it was a disguise, and I didn't expect him to find out anything famous."

"I'm the one who came to check the accounts. I can also tell you that Lin Zhixiao and Zhang Hua have already arrived in Jinling and have been secretly investigating. We have checked all the business of the old mansion in the past few years. ”

"You're miscalculated if you want to fool us. I'm not as foolish as Jia Lian. ”

"You go back and think about it, write down all the bad things you've done in the past few years. This is a chance for you, if you don't cherish it, don't blame me for sending you to the official in the future. ”

"Of course, you can not take my words seriously, just treat me as scaring you, or you can blindly be confused and stubbornly resist to the end."

"When that day comes, don't blame me for not giving you a chance. Go home and think for yourself. ”

Jia Jue looked at Jia Rui, then at Lin Zhixiao and Zhang Hua, and counted hard in his heart.

Is he real or fake?

When Jia Lian came, he was also serious and vicious, but in the end he gave him a few dollars, didn't he leave obediently?

Could he be the same as Jia Lian?

However, what if he is different from Jia Lian? The accounts can't stand up to inspection, and if the problem is really found, can he really send me to the official?

Can Jia Fang and Jia You settle him? If I knew this, I didn't listen to the two of them. The big head told them to take it away, but I will carry the pit for them.

"Brother Rui, I ......."

"Jia Jue, didn't you tell you to go back and think about it? I don't need you to say anything at the moment. Let me tell you the truth, we know a lot more about the things in the old mansion than you think. ”

"Even if you don't say anything, you won't delay us from finding out what is here. You go back first, you don't need to say anything at the moment, let's go. ”

Jia Rui waved his hand, Jia Jue stood up, and walked away.

"Uncle Rui, after he goes back, I'm afraid he will find Jia Fang and Jia You to collude."

Zhang Hua said.

"I just told him to go to them, just to startle the snakes and see how they make confessions."

"Uncle Rui, these repairs, there is a famous hall in it. It is the side of the capital, and the two mansions have been repaired over the years, and it is less than 10,000 taels of silver, including the expenses of planting flowers and trees. ”

"There are no serious projects here, but it cost almost 40,000 taels, fooling the hell."

Lin Zhixiao immediately said the key point.

"So this repair cost is the breakthrough this time."

"Uncle Rui, what is the breakthrough?"

"It's from here to open the gap and uncover the truth about their embezzlement of property."

Wang San came in with a person, and this person was Zhou Cai.

"Zhou Cai, we are coming back here to find out what Jia Fang, Jia You, Jia Jue and others have embezzled in the house over the years."

"I know that you may not necessarily believe us, and suspect that we may be bribed by them like Jia Lian."

"I understand your concerns, and I know you know some of them. I also know that you are serious in your work and loyal to your master, and you have been squeezed out by them. ”

"Before Jia Lian arrived here, we were secretly investigating this matter, and this time it was inevitable."

"And the most important thing, I went back to the Jinjiling mine in Tongling, and I met Jia Ao, who asked us to come to you, and he said I can trust you."

"Uncle Rui really met Jia Ao?"

Zhou Cai finally spoke.