Chun Tao stepped forward to take the bamboo slip from the ancient hand and handed it to Bai Qingyan.

Gu Gu raised his head, looked at the patriarch like a torch, and was as angry as Hong Zhong: "Over the years, most of the Bai family has sent back the things of the clan, and the patriarch said that it was to show solemnity, and it was always the eldest son of the patriarch and the patriarch Bai Qiyun who took over. ”

Before the old words were finished, the king of the town knew that the patriarch was greedy behind his back, but he always felt that he was not stupid or deaf, and he was not a family man, so he was also lenient, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

Bai Qingping looked surprised and shocked, he didn't know that his grandfather was still greedy for the silver sent back by the Bai family.

After all, Bai Qingping is not at home, and he has never known much about the income in his family, but he just receives his share of expenses on a monthly basis.

After Bai Qingyan took a cursory look at the bamboo slips, she handed them to the guards who were guarding her, and said with an indifferent expression: "Take it and let the clan elders take a look!" ”

The guards responded, holding the account book and coming to the few remaining clan elders, who couldn't wait to grab the bamboo slips and open them......

One of the bamboo slips, which records the total amount of silver money sent back to the clan every year by the Bai family in recent years, and the sum of the silver money received by the Bai family in the accounts of the clan below, is simply shocking in comparison, and the more greedy the patriarch is, the more greedy he is...... In the end, he swallowed as much as half of it.

There is also a pair of bamboo slips, remembering the royal gifts sent back to the clan, and what is missing from the patriarch to the clan.

The more the clan elders look at it, the more angry they become, these are originally things in the clan, but the patriarch actually swallowed it privately because he was the patriarch!

"I said why did Bai Qiyun's daughter-in-law hug Bai Qingjie just now...... said that he would try to beg Lord Zhou to release him! It turns out that the patriarch has a thick family background! The men of the Bai family in Dadu sacrificed their lives to glorify the lintel of the Bai family, but you took the silver given by the Bai family in Dadu to fill your pockets, let your descendants harm the people, and damage the reputation of the Bai family, not to mention, but also take the silver that the Bai family gave up their lives to save your children and grandchildren, so calculating! What a calculation! ”

"After so many years of deception...... is more greedy than others, and pretends to be a two-sleeved breeze and does his best for the clansmen, what a good patriarch! No wonder the children and grandchildren are like that, it turns out that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked! ”

The eldest patriarch remembered the patriarch's origin, and sneered sarcastically: "What comes out of the concubine is out of the concubine!" Even if it is recorded in the name of the mother-in-law, the things in the bones can't be changed, and the things that can't be on the table! When the previous patriarch was alive, although he was also greedy, he still knew how to restrain himself, and when he came to our patriarch, this patriarch was like his mother, and he was like a good incense in his nest, and he dared to open his eyes and say that he didn't take it! ”

Bai Qingyan saw Shen Qingzhu standing outside the door and bowed his head slightly.

Shen Qingzhu clenched his fists and turned around and left quickly.

The patriarch forcibly calmed down, but the hand holding Bai Qingping was trembling constantly: "This matter has nothing to do with me!" I don't know about it! Cousin, I respect you for your elder, you can reprimand me! I have no complaints! But my father is gone, no matter how you say it, you are your elders, and my cousin still needs to accumulate virtue. ”

Over the years, the clan and the Bai family have handed over the silver and these things, the patriarch's self-held identity has not been contaminated, and he has always been let Bai Qiyun deal with it, Bai Qiyun has been removed from the clan, and the successor patriarch is obviously hopeless, so he can't lose the position of the patriarch, as long as he is still the patriarch, he can still protect his son with the authority of the patriarch! If he loses his position as patriarch, he will no longer be able to protect his son and grandson.

The patriarch made up his mind and gritted his teeth and said: "Over the years, Qi Yun has been handling the handover, and I originally thought that Qi Yun was the next patriarch, let him hone and hone it!" Princess...... Lord Zhou, why don't you call Qiyun back and listen to what Qiyun has to say? Qiyun is my son...... I believe that even if he mixes again, he will not be greedy for the silver money and royal gifts given to the clan by the Bai family. ”

The patriarch knew that if he insisted that his son had done it, he would fall behind, so he put on a posture that we would investigate.

As soon as the patriarch's words fell, his old wife came in on crutches crying: "The ...... of the head of the house Bai Qingyan's guards rushed into our house with the guards of the Prince's Mansion, smashed open the warehouses, and pulled everything in our house like bandits, what the hell is this for! ”

The patriarch almost couldn't get up in one breath.

Soon, Shen Qingzhu led the courtyard guards of the Prince's Mansion into the courtyard unhurriedly carrying jewelry, jade, and tribute leather goods and cloth rewarded by the emperor in previous years.

Although it was already dark, the flickering torches illuminated the surroundings of the Bai ancestral hall as if it were day.

The people looked at the boxes of dazzling jewels and corals, and lifted them in without concealing the diameter, their eyes were hot, and they scolded in their hearts that this patriarch was not a thing, and he was greedy for so many treasures!

The rest of the clansmen were even more angry, eager to skin and strip the patriarch.

The elder patriarch sneered: "This is what the patriarch doesn't know?" Everything is in your storeroom, don't you know yet? Blind? ”

The patriarch's old wife didn't know what was going on, and looked up at her husband.

The patriarch's face turned pale and pale, and he looked in the direction of Bai Qingyan, and he understood...... Bai Qingyan came prepared, she didn't just want to remove those children and Bai Qiyun from the clan, but to clean up the clan, even he, the patriarch, had to clean up together!

Shen Qingzhu came in with a bamboo slip in his arms, and said to Bai Qingyan: "County Lord, according to the list made by the ancient and clan stewards, the subordinates searched the treasury of the patriarch's house and found the items that the Bai family sent back to the clan, but they had not entered the clan account, many of them were tributes, and it was not difficult to check!" If it is missing, it has not been found, and the subordinates have circled it with a red pen and asked the county lord to take a look. ”

As he spoke, Shen Qingzhu put the bamboo slip on the small table with the teacup on Bai Qingyan's side, and looked at the old wife of the patriarch who was standing in the courtyard and was uneasy: "When the subordinates sent someone to move things, the patriarch's wife stopped them in every possible way, saying that this was their own private property, and no one was allowed to touch it, and the subordinates had no choice but to ...... Offended the patriarch's wife, held it down, and asked the county lord for forgiveness. ”

Bai Qingyan didn't look at the bamboo slips, and his fingers tapped on the small table for a while: "Patriarch...... What a waste of my grandfather's trust! ”

The patriarch stood in place for a long time and couldn't open his mouth to speak, the things had been searched out of their storehouse, he said that no matter how much it was, it was a quibble, and he said for a long time: "I really didn't expect that Qiyun would do such a shameful thing to the clan, as the father of Qiyun...... I can't escape the blame, and I dare not accept the position of patriarch again. ”