"Makiyuki, what's going on?" The patriarch hurriedly asked.

"This arrogant slave, relying on his wife's kindness in the past few years, does not know how much property he has embezzled. I'm going to check the accounts today, and this beast didn't even bring the account books. I'm going to dismiss him, and he's going to go to the second uncle for comment. Patriarch, tell me, what is the matter in my house, what is it that he went to the second uncle to comment? Zhang Mu sneered.

"Patriarch, this shopkeeper Yao was recommended by me to Aunt Zhou, so I ...... it." Zhang Chi hurriedly explained.

"No wonder this slave dares to be presumptuous, it turns out that the second master is supporting him. Then let me ask you a question, is this Yao Xingdeng from my house? Zhang Mu asked.

"Naturally, it's from your house."

"Okay, I'll teach my people a lesson, what qualifications do you have to participate?" Zhang Mu said angrily.

Zhang Chi was speechless for a while, and then looked at the patriarch's face, and then did not speak again.

"Give me a whip dipped in water and beat, and if you don't spit out the property you have embezzled all these years, I will peel you today!" Zhang Mu stomped his foot and said angrily.

Songwen hurriedly ran to get the long whip, and after it was dipped in water, it crackled on Yao Xingdeng's body, whirring and windy, and Yao Xingdeng's snot and tears flew together after more than a dozen hits.

"Second master, you can say something then. I didn't deserve to take a penny. Oops, go around the small one. Yao Xingdeng begged for mercy.

"Wait, Yao Xingdeng, let me ask you a question, when my father was alive, more than ten transactions outside the city received two or three thousand yuan a year, how can it only be two hundred yuan a year in the past few years, even if the world is not good, five hundred yuan a year should not be a big problem. Tell me, where did all the money go? Zhang Mu asked angrily.

"Less, young master, this money slave is all given to the second master. The rest of the little ones really don't know. Yao Xingdeng shouted at the top of his voice.

For a moment, there was silence in the backyard.

"Patriarch, this is Aunt Zhou's daughter, and it is inconvenient to show her face, so she will leave the business in the house to me to take care of. The money is still with me, and I really didn't expect this to happen. Zhang Chi hurriedly explained.

"So, I also have to thank Second Master Chi? That's not right for me, if the outside business was instructed by your aunt to take care of you, then dare to ask Second Master Heng, why is it that most of the rent in my house has also gone to you? Zhang Mu said coldly.

Seeing this, the hearts of the people present are like Spiegel, after all, they have lived for most of their lives, so there is naturally no need to say much about this kind of thing.

"Patriarch, those rents were entrusted by my aunt to me to repair Brother Ao's house." Zhang Chi hurriedly explained.

"Wait, I'm a bit of a mess. Let me sort it out. After my father died that year, according to the "Da Ming Law", all the sons and daughters of the concubines, except for the eldest children and grandchildren of the officials, analyzed the wealth and property of the family, regardless of the birth of wives and concubines, and divided them equally according to the number of children. My aunt has already divided the family to Zhang Ao, why is he still using my money to repair the house now? Okay, I'll take 10,000 steps back, and when my brother's house is repaired for my brother, I admit it. The rent in the house for the past four years plus my father's savings at the time, not to mention seven or eight thousand stone of grain, dare to ask if you are for Zhang Ao to repair the palace? Look at our orphans and widows are good bullies, aren't they? Zhang Mu sneered.

"Patriarch, listen to my explanation...... Zhang Chi was a little flustered for a while, he really didn't expect Zhang Mu to catch him off guard.

"Shut up!" The muscles on the patriarch's face trembled twice, and he shouted, "Bring me the account book!" ”

When Zhang Wenguang saw this posture, he was frightened, and hurriedly went back to the account room to take out the account book, and handed it to the patriarch tremblingly.

The patriarch opened it and flipped through a few pages of the ledger, and his face became even more ugly.

The people around them held their breath, and they didn't dare to gasp.

"Come on, give me Yao Xindeng a hard beating." The patriarch threw the account book in Zhang Chi's face, and immediately shouted angrily.

A few slaves who followed the patriarch immediately rushed forward, holding a horsewhip and firing the bow left and right, and Yao Xingdeng was covered in blood.

Everyone knows that the patriarch is beating Yao Xingdeng on the surface, but he is actually slapping Zhang Chi's face, in the end, Zhang Chi is a master and a family, so he has to save face.

Within a quarter of an hour, a few big men beat Yao Xingdeng to death.

Zhang Mu saw that the time was ripe, so he shouted loudly: "Beast, don't tell you everything you know, beg the patriarch for mercy, otherwise I will beat you to death today." ”

Yao Xingdeng was a businessman, who could stand such a beating, and seeing that Zhang Chi couldn't stand up for him, he knew the current form, and immediately wailed: "Patriarch, go around your life." This really has nothing to do with the small one, the small one is a bookkeeper. It's all Mrs. Zhou, the second master, who wears a pair of pants, otherwise Mrs. Zhou wouldn't give him all the money ....... ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar.

"You're less Huqin." When Zhang Chi heard this, he immediately headed towards Yao Xingdeng.

Zhang Mu also hurriedly got up and said angrily: "You don't talk nonsense!" ”

The patriarch Zhang Fu was a little suspicious at first, Aunt Zhou was a jīng Ming woman, and she could give the money to Zhang Chi willingly, which was a bit greasy, and now Yao Xingdeng actually pierced this window paper, his old face, it would be considered to make Zhang Chi lose everything.

"Zhang Chi, stop me! Come on, close the two doors for me, and send out all the irrelevant subordinates. Zhang Fu was already furious at this moment, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out.

When the people around saw this, they all knew that such a shocking and ugly thing had happened, and it was too late to dodge, so those who came forward hurriedly retreated.

After a moment's effort, only the slaves brought by the patriarch and several patriarchs of the Zhang family were left in the inner courtyard.

"Brute! Get on my knees! Zhang Fu stomped his feet and shouted.

Zhang Chi trembled, suddenly knelt on the ground, and hurriedly said: "The patriarch is angry, it's all Yao Xingdeng's nonsense......." ”

"Yao Xingdeng, if you want to survive today, tell the truth to the old man. If it really has nothing to do with you, the old man will bypass you. If you talk nonsense, the old man has a way! Zhang Fu took a deep breath and said coldly.

Yao Xingdeng pleaded with a handful of snot and tears: "Patriarch, how dare the slave talk nonsense." Who doesn't know up and down this house. Only Brother Mu doesn't know. Otherwise, why did Mrs. Zhou give all the money to the second master? The little one is telling the truth, spare your life, patriarch. ”

"Zhang Wenguang, you are the housekeeper of the second mansion, the old man asked you, do you know?" Zhang Fu held back his anger and asked in a deep voice.

Zhang Wenguang suddenly knelt on the ground, frightened, and hurriedly looked at Zhang Chi, but before Zhang Chi could speak, Zhang Feng saw him kick to the ground and said angrily: "Are you itchy skin?" ”

"Sir, spare your life. The second master, the second master and his wife, indeed, there is indeed some news ....... Zhang Wenguang said tremblingly.

"Patriarch, that's all nonsense. My sister-in-law and I are innocent ....... Zhang Chi hurriedly explained.

"Shut up! There is no wind in the air, and there is no wind and no waves. Why don't they say anything else, just you? Old man, you ask you, what does Article 6 of the family rules say? Zhang Fu said angrily and trembling angrily.

"People do not support money without financial gain, but the way to make money; If you don't read it, you can plow, if you don't do business, you will have your own business, and then you can give birth to it, and your family can raise it, otherwise you can call it a nomad, and the source of food and clothing has nowhere to go, and it is bound to be a wrong, God will punish you, and the punishment chapter will be broken, and the family property will abandon the flesh and bones, at this time, how can you regret it, and those who have aspirations should ...... to stand on their own. Zhang Chi hurriedly knelt there and recited.

"Okay, what does the ninth article of the family rule say?" Zhang Ren asked again.

"Bad morals, bad hearts, ruining family assets, and causing trouble to the clan ......."

Before Zhang Chi finished reciting, Zhang Fu shouted angrily: "So you know? National law and family law, you choose one. Zhang Futie said with a blushing face.

"Patriarch, listen to me, are there any people chewing their tongues in that house? And what did they see with their own eyes? Even if I am an unsuccessful person, I also have a wife and a concubine at home, so why would I do such an immoral thing. Zhang Chi knelt on the ground and defended aggrievedly.

When Zhang Mu heard this, he secretly admired in his heart, this Zhang Chi is really difficult to deal with, the so-called catching thieves to make stolen goods, catching jiān and catching doubles, as soon as Aunt Zhou died, this is death without proof, as long as he gritted his teeth and did not let go, the patriarch did not have only circumstantial evidence, there was no way to do anything to him.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, the first thing about greedy for ink and Zhang Ran's family property has been confirmed, as for whether he had an affair with Aunt Zhou...... yellow mud was thrown into his crotch, not is, he can't say it clearly, it's best.

In short, he is ruined today, the position of the patriarch of the second room, he has no face to sit anymore, even if he wants to, Zhang Fu will not agree, the goal has been achieved, the next step is naturally for him to help him on the horse, and then give him a ride.

"Patriarch." Zhang Mu asked Songwen to help him walk to the patriarch and whispered: "Let's stop talking about the matter of the second uncle and aunt." In the end, the family broke their arms and hid them in their sleeves, such ugly things are not easy to publicize. It is still necessary to protect the reputation of our Zhang family. Otherwise, if it spreads, won't it be laughed at by others? ”

He guessed that the patriarch didn't want to make a big deal about it, good things don't go out, evil things go a thousand miles, he tortured like this, just to give Zhang Mu an explanation, and now that Zhang Mu is relieved, it's too late for him to be grateful. This observation of words and observations, scrutinizing the mind of the master, is cultivated at the grassroots level, and at the same time selling Zhang Fu a favor, Zhang Fu is completely disappointed in Zhang Chi, killing two birds with one stone, this transaction is not a loss.

Sure enough, when Zhang Fu heard this, he lovingly stroked Zhang Mu's head and said with emotion. "My son, if you still want to protect the reputation of our Zhang family and the reputation of the old man, it is really difficult for you. No matter what, since you don't want to pursue it, what else can the old man say? ”

"But the patriarch, the second uncle planted Li Fu's thief in the mansion, but I feel a little hairy in my heart. Please also ask the patriarch to make decisions for me. Zhang Mu looked at Zhang Chi and said faintly.

When Li Fu was arrested just now, people with long eyes could see that the relationship between Li Fu and Zhang Chi was not ordinary. And Zhang Chi and Aunt Zhou had an affair, and the implication was that the cause of Aunt Zhou's death was not whether Zhang Chi hired a murderer in order to plunder Zhang Mu's property.

Zhang Fu was so little by Zhang Mu that he didn't dare to think about it in his heart.

After the muscles on the old man's face twitched twice, he was a little afraid in his heart, if the matter was really what he guessed, Li Fu had already been arrested, and once he spit it out, the Zhang family's face would be lost, and he said in a deep voice: "Muzhi, don't worry, the old man is in charge for you." ”

—————————————————————————— thirty years old, come on!! Brothers, the collection of reading books, updated in the middle of the night, the body is really not good. For quite a few years, I was able to do that night or something. Hahahaha.

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