Chapter 33: Night Trial
Gao Huaiyuan looked at this old man with his tail pouted, and secretly sneered, this guy really wants to take the accounts of the old house, it seems that this guy is definitely indispensable to make money in it.
"Looks like I'm going to thank you first! Tell me about the situation first! Gao Huaiyuan picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and squinted at Gao Laogen.
"This is also simple, the old house is just 300 acres of thin fields, part of the paddy field, part of the dry field, are handed over to the tenants to rent seeds, two seasons a year, there is a small porcelain kiln, not very started, the income is sent to Shaoxing Mansion twice a year, just hand it over to the master! That's it, I'll take the young master around when I go back! Gao Laogen replied indifferently, at this moment he felt that the wine was a little strong, and his eyelids were a little fighting.
Gao Huaiyuan confirmed the news he got from Gao Jian before he came, basically there was not much discrepancy, and it seemed that this was indeed the case, so he nodded and suddenly said: "Since there are so many fields, then you can bring the accounts to me to see!" ”
Gao Laogen shook his head, he didn't fall asleep for a while, his face suddenly panicked, he didn't know what to say, Gao Huaiyuan's words scared him a lot, as the person in charge of the accounts, he didn't expect that someone would come to take over the affairs of the old mansion, the account was very messy, and after Gao Huaiyuan came over today, he didn't have a chance to sort out his account book, if he took it out, if Gao Huaiyuan understood this, he should be able to see immediately that he was doing something in the accounts, how dare to take it out easily!
"What? Could it be that with so many places and so many people, you don't even have an account book, right? If that's the case, won't the matter on the old mansion become a mess? Is there or isn't? Gao Huaiyuan glared suddenly, and slapped his hands on the table vigorously, now he can be sure that Gao Laogen's goods are by no means good, and it is estimated that he is not less greedy for money here.
Gao Laogen trembled, and hurriedly replied: "Yes! Yes! How could it not be! It's just that...... It's just that the house is a little busy during this time, and it was a mess to move just now, can you wait for the old slave to sort it out, and then hand it over to the young master to check? ”
Where could Gao Huaiyuan give him this opportunity to destroy the evidence, so he immediately replied: "Don't be afraid of chaos, as long as you have it, Li Tong and Xue Yan!" You guys come here, and now accompany the executive, bring me all the accounts he has handled over the years, and I will review them slowly! ”
After hearing Gao Huaiyuan's greeting, Li Tong and Xue Yan hurriedly ran over and stood beside Gao Laogen, waiting to go with him to get the account book.
Gao Laogen's cold sweat couldn't help but flow down, everything that came was too caught him off guard, if the account book was taken out, he would be completely finished, this guy didn't know where the courage came from, he glared at him, and sold the avenue: "Third young master, although when you came over today, the old slave was disrespectful, but it was just a misunderstanding, why bother to force each other?" If you want to talk about seniority, the old man is also a member of the Gao family, you have to call me uncle, I was originally here to take care of it, even if the master comes, you can't be so rude to the old slave, you junior, how can you be so rude to the old man?
If you want to read the account book, the old slave will give it to you, but at this time, the old slave is still very messy, after a few days, he will hand it over to the young master, tonight the old slave is a little too drunk, there is something to talk about tomorrow! ”
"Smack!" Gao Huaiyuan slapped the table violently, stood up, and immediately said angrily: "Presumptuous! I don't care if you are a distant relative of our Gao family, but you are now the steward of our Gao family's old mansion, that is, the servant of our Gao family, respectfully call you in charge, if you are not welcome, what are you? I actually dare to hold up the young master in front of me, put away your set!
Don't think that I'm still a fool, young master, open your eyes and see what the old mansion is now tossed by you! A good house, full of thatched leaves, the roof is overgrown with artemisia grass, what do you want to do with the wages that the Gao family pays you every year? Do you want you to be pampered here, delicious and wait for death?
Since you don't want to hand over the account book today, then I also understand the reason, what you have done, you know for yourself! I can't help you hand over the account book, Xue Yan! You show him to me, Li Tong! You call Huang Yan and Zhou Hao to go to this guy's residence together, and find out all the account books for me! I want to see how much money this guy has spent so many years coveting our Gao family! ”
Xue Yan and Li Tong have long seen that this Gao Laogen is not pleasing to the eye, and today they came to the door to give them a dismount, at this time, it is an opportunity to clean up this house, and they also know that they are now Gao Huaiyuan's people, Gao Huaiyuan wants to take over the things here, and they have to have some friction with the stewards here, but they didn't expect Gao Huaiyuan to start so quickly, and his attitude is so tough, after his orders, Xue Yan twisted Gao Laogen's arm, Li Tong agreed with a happy face, Turned around and ran out.
"Huang Yan! Zhou Hao! The young master asked you to follow me to do something! Li Tong stood outside and shouted, and the two boys who heard the greeting quickly ran out.
Gao Laogen's face immediately turned red, and he said angrily: "Let go!" Young master, if you treat me like this, aren't you afraid that the people in the mansion will be cold to our Gao family? Anyway, I have been working for your Gao family for so many years, but the first day you came here, you attacked the old slave, aren't you afraid of retribution? Let's take a look! This is the end of being a cow and a horse for their Gao family! As he spoke, he shouted, and it was already midnight, and the screams of this guy spread far and wide, and the people in the house were also alarmed, and they ran out one after another, and came to the door to watch.
"Okay, you old roots, you are dying, and you dare to be hard-mouthed! Put this guy in place and lock him up first! Call me the rest of the house, I have something to ask them! Gao Huaiyuan thought for a while, since his face has been torn, let's strike while the iron is hot and sit down on this guy's matter! So he didn't bother to take care of this guy, and immediately ordered Xue Yan to arrive.
Xue Yan also admired Gao Huaiyuan's decisiveness, so he raised Lao Gen's arm and said viciously: "Shut up Lao Tzu, dare to quarrel with me again, do you believe it or not, I will break your arm now?" Shut up! ”
Gao Laogen's face had become pale again at this time, and there was still a little bit of alcohol, so he knelt down in front of Gao Huaiyuan with a grunt, and cried with a handful of snot and tears: "Young master, spare your life!" You see, for the sake of the old slave who has done things for the Gao family for so many years, the old slave can be regarded as conscientious, so spare the old slave! In the future, the old slave will never dare again! ”
Gao Huaiyuan waved his hand impatiently, Xue Yan lifted Gao Laogen, almost as if he was carrying him, dragged out of the front hall, found an empty room in the wing, kicked him in, pulled the door with his backhand, buckled it outside, and beckoned the two Zhou brothers who ran to the front yard after hearing the sound, came and stood outside to watch this guy, and then called a group of servants out to stand in the front yard, and let them enter the hall one by one.
Gao Huaiyuan looked at the sky and knew that although it was a little late today, although he beat up these people during the day, they were not necessarily convinced, anyway, if they wanted to sleep, they had a chance, so they simply subdued and pulled these people down overnight.
"Call Li Er in!" Gao Huaiyuan instructed Xue Yan at the door.
After a while, the little guy who opened the door during the day was brought in, and at this time his eye circles were swollen like *, and as soon as he entered the front hall, he quickly knelt in front of Gao Huaiyuan tremblingly.
Gao Huaiyuan looked at Li Er and asked in a cold voice, "I guess you saw what happened just now, right?" Then I don't want to talk to you too much, this Gao Laogen has done something over the years, you, Li Er, probably also know a rough idea, young master, I won't pursue anything for you today, whether you are involved in his affairs or not, Young Master Ben can not blame the past, but you have to think clearly, if you still want to hide it for him, as long as I find out, you can think about your fate yourself, and when the time comes, Don't blame Young Master Ben for not being polite to you! Say it yourself if you think of something! ”
Gao Huaiyuan played a trick, at this time, in fact, he didn't have any evidence of Gao Laogen's greed for ink, he really wanted to ask, but he had nowhere to start, so he took out the usual methods used to interrogate prisoners in later generations, if there was anything for Li Er to think about for himself, the more they didn't tell them anything clearly, the more nervous they became, and they didn't know where to start, as long as their psychological quality was not good enough, they would pour beans into a bamboo tube for a while, and pour out the things they knew!
Obviously, this Li Er is not a kind of guy, he was deceived by Gao Huaiyuan like this, and he threatened him again, so he immediately became crispy, immediately knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Young master spare his life, the little one is wronged, and the little one is not involved in anything!" The little one used to be a servant bought by the Gao family, and he was loyal to the Gao family, and it was all this executive business, and it had nothing to do with the small one! The little ones don't know much, as long as the little ones know, tell the young master! ”
Then this guy who was scared and softened, and soon told everything he knew, as Gao Huaiyuan observed, this executive is really not a good thing, Li Er, this guy knows a lot of things, and soon said that this guy privately extorted tenants, raised the tenant rent privately, and pocketed the excess income; Stealing the good land and changing the pillars to his relatives to rent seeds, and collecting tenant rents according to the inferior land, and profiting from it; Misrepresenting expenditures and embezzling money; In good years, it is said that there is a disaster, and the tenant rent collected is swallowed up; The porcelain fired in the small porcelain kiln is bought at a high price, recorded at a low price, and the difference is eaten......