Books.

Ledgers, ledgers, ledgers.

Ledger, ......ledger,

Books!

(Long sigh of relief)

Is this really the Mu family's tent?

The 10,000-word account is not so spectacular (don't be surprised, because there is only one account book in the 10,000-word account).

It turned out to be extremely wise to catch a bookkeeper in advance.

"Here are all the accounts of the Mu family since the establishment of Mu Yuan Town, one hundred and thirty years, King, what do you want to check?" The bookkeeper asked cautiously.

"The king? When I'm a monster? "I couldn't laugh or cry.

"Xiaomin doesn't dare." The bookkeeper hurriedly waved his hand.

"Check all the expenses related to You Da in the past three years." I said.

"Yuda?" The bookkeeper was stunned and said, "That family is especially big?" ”

"That's right, it's him." I said, "Can you look it up?" ”

"No problem." The bookkeeper neatly took out a few thick books, flipped them quickly, and after a slight pause, added a red rope to the booklet.

After a stick of incense......

"Big ...... Hero, where the red rope is added, is the account related to Youda. The bookkeeper said.

"My bookkeeper is not as capable as you." I took the booklet and smiled.

"It's just a small skill of carving insects." Mr. Bookkeeper said modestly.

I looked through the books.

I frowned.

The place marked by the red rope mainly records the large wages and the silver bounty, as well as a number of purchases.

The point is, none of these accounts are more than ten taels.

Where is the one hundred taels of hush money that Old Man Mu gave to Youda?

In addition, if you go to Qifenglou, a gold cave to spend all day and wine, one hundred taels is just a sound, and the silver taels that you actually get are far more than that.

Of course, like this kind of money that is difficult to explain the purpose of, the Mu family is not a fool, how can they record it in the account books in a grand manner, and they will inevitably set up another name to cover it up.

Even......

There was no accounting at all!

"I know what you're looking for." Jiang You said on the side, "But I don't understand, what's the use of looking for this?" ”

"It's hard to say how big the effect will be." I laughed, "But do you know how much money Yuda received?" ”

"How much?" Jiang Youdao.

"The total is not yet known." I said, "But just in Qifeng Tower, he spent 1,300 taels of silver." ”

"So much?" Jiang You said unexpectedly, "I heard you say before, the old man seems to have given him a hundred taels?" ”

"The old man rewards his subordinates, and he doesn't have to do it himself." I pinched my chin and said, "But then again, is it really only the old man who gives the silver reward?" ”

"Are you suspicious, this thing...... Is there a black hand behind the scenes? Jiang raised his eyebrows and said.

"It's not just suspicion." I said.

"Do you see something again?" Jiang You asked.

"Time." I said, "Any event, once out of the time limit, will become an after-dinner story that can be kneaded by others, and it will only get farther and farther away from the truth." ”

"What do you mean?" Jiang You was puzzled.

"According to You Da, Old Man Mu once publicly admitted that Mu He's family was pregnant with Mu Yuanfang's posthumous son." I said, "What do you think of this?" ”

"Not strange." Jiang You said, "If it were me, I'm afraid I would admit it - no matter who the child is, the family scandal can't be spread after all." ”

"That's right." I nodded, "But then it doesn't make sense...... Since he wanted to admit the child in Mu He's womb, how could he instruct You Da to spread such an embarrassing story as a ghost fetus? ”

"Could it be that the old man changed his mind temporarily?" Jiang Youdao.

"Now, so it depends on the time." I picked up a chalk bar and drew a long line on the limestone slab (for temporary bookkeeping).

Here's the timeline.

"This is the night of your wake with Mu He." I drew all kinds of marks on the line, "This is the first time You Da met Old Man Mu, here is You Da went to Qifeng Tower to mingle, here is Old Man Mu acknowledging Mu He's child, here is Old Man Mu seeing You Da for the second time, here is You Da continuing to go to Qifeng Tower......"

After carving, I threw away the chalk strip and looked at Jiang You.

"That's a good way." Jiang You's eyes lit up, "Then the matter is very clear, the old man can't be so capricious, while admitting the children of the Mu He family, and at the same time letting You Da spread this kind of rumor that slanders his own children, so-in addition to the old man, there is another person instructing You Da!" ”

"That's right, the black hand has revealed a flaw, it's up to us to find him out." I said.

"Why bother?" Jiang You said, "Isn't it okay to interrogate You Da directly?" ”

"First, although You Da was used, he himself should be ignorant, and the mastermind behind the scenes would not expose himself so stupidly." I stretched out three fingers, "Second, since we want to find out the truth, we can't just rely on our brains to speculate - the biggest effect of real evidence is not to block the sophistry of the people behind the scenes, but to let us see the road we want to take clearly, and not go astray because of conjecture and prejudice!" ”

"Makes sense." Jiang You nodded vigorously, "So, what about the third?" ”

"There's no third." I said.

"But you stretched out three fingers...... Jiang said.

"Oh." I held up my hands with my little finger, middle finger, and ring finger cocked, "This is a peacock." ”

Jiang You was silent.

"Well, since the accounts can't be found, what should I do next?" After half a ring, Jiang You asked.

"Sir, I have something to ask you about." I patted Mr. Billy on the shoulder.

"Don't dare to be, Xiaomin do his best." The bookkeeper bowed.

"Suppose You Da has received more than 1,000 taels of benefits in the Mu family, but he doesn't dare to let people know, and he has covered it up in some way - like this case, can it be found in the accounts?" I asked.

"Theoretically speaking, as long as the money is allocated from the Mu family's account, no matter how much you cover it up, there is a way to check it." "But in reality, if someone voluntarily loses money and gives away money that should have been allocated to him, then things will be difficult." ”

"It's hard, it's not that it can't be done, right?" I raised an eyebrow.

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say." The bookkeeper shook his head repeatedly.

"This one hundred taels is considered to be tonight's hard work." I stuffed the bookkeeper with a stack of silver tickets.

"But here are six hundred ......," said the bookkeeper.

"That's right, the other five hundred taels is a deposit." I said leisurely.

"What should the little people do? The bookkeeper shuddered.

"Audit." I said categorically, "No matter how much effort it takes, you have to figure out where the money comes from!" ”