Chapter 167: Ledger
Feng Han led people to check in the front account room sweating profusely, they are used to checking accounts, and they can see if there is a problem in an account book.
But this time, Feng Han personally took someone to check, and the people working at the bottom didn't dare to be sloppy at all, more than a dozen people guarded a stack of account books until it was dark, and Gu Haomian personally invited someone to eat in the middle, but Feng Han also refused.
He knew that he had offended Gu Jiangyuan in his words during the day, and if the Gu family's accounts were not flawed this time, it would not be good news for him.
After all, he is just a petty official who is soft-spoken, how can he compete with Gu Jiangyuan's father and son.
As the sky became darker and darker, the remorse in Feng Han's heart became deeper and deeper, and he knew that he would lower his posture during the day, so that he could also ask for peace for himself.
The officials around him put down the last account book in his hand, and his tired back hurt and he was dizzy.
"Director Feng, I've checked this twice, but there is no problem with the accounts of Marshal Gu's Mansion at all."
Feng Han raised his sleeve and touched the sweat on his forehead, feeling that this result was too unbelievable, Gu Jiangyuan was a military general, and he was not a Qingliu civil official, even if he was a military general with two sleeves and a clean breeze, but he had been away from the dynasty for many years, and the female dependents of the family could really take care of the accounts so well?
Feng Han's brows furrowed, he had seen the He family, and he didn't think that Mrs. Gu was an upright and hard-working person.
The household department has done a lot of inquiries about the silver in the courtier's mansion, and has never had such an innocent and clear account, even the most honest official among the courtiers has more or less lost some rouge gouache and silver.
Why can't this Gu Mansion find out the deficit of even a penny?
Feng Han hissed, and suddenly remembered Gu Jin's calm expression when he handed over the butler's pair of card keys to him.
"Could it be that the Gu family has already noticed that what we are showing us is a fake account book, right?"
The official under him was about to answer, when he suddenly heard the door behind him squeak open.
Everyone looked back and saw that it was Gu Jiangyuan who came over in person, followed by Gu Haomian and the Miss Gu family they had seen during the day.
The Gu family is still in mourning, and they are all wearing plain white clothes, but it seems that this family is clear and heroic, and they can't see the slightest falsehood.
Gu Jiangyuan didn't wait for Feng Han to speak: "Interesting, Ben Shuai is kindly concerned about Director Feng's affairs, worried that Director Feng is too busy with business, and he doesn't want to hear this." ”
When he said this, Gu Jin took two steps forward, and put the tray in his hand in front of Feng Han, there were teapots and teacups on the tray, Gu Jiangyuan's words were true, they were indeed concerned.
Feng Han reached out again and touched the sweat on his forehead, not only his forehead at this moment, he was already covered in sweat.
He forced a smile out, but in his heart he understood that what Gu Jiangyuan heard was that he guessed that the account book was fake, and now, he really offended Gu Jiangyuan.
"Marshal Gu, what are you talking about, the lower officials are also acting on orders, if you encounter a doubt, some guesses should also be."
Gu Jiangyuan let out an "oh", and went to the top to sit on his own, he knocked on the armrest of the chair, and seemed to smile: "Then Director Feng can find out something." ”
As soon as the words fell, Gu Jin and Gu Haomian both went to look at the ledgers scattered on the ground, all of them were closed, and it seemed that they had already been checked.
Feng Han arched his hand: "Marshal Gu's accounts are too clear and clear, but there is really no mistake, and I have to make the lower officials doubt the authenticity of this account book." ”
Speaking of this, Feng Han can be regarded as completely on the same page as Gu Jiangyuan.
Now that there is no problem with the accounts, he can only insist that the account books given by Gu Fu are all fake, not to mention that he does suspect that this is fake, how can a Zhong Ming Ding Food House like Gu Fu not be able to find out the deficit of a copper plate?
"Oh? Then Director Feng thinks my family's account book looks like a fake? ”
Feng Han was stunned for a moment, and then he looked up to see that the person who spoke was actually Miss Gu.
What is the origin of this girl, she can hold the power of the steward of the Marshal's Mansion, and she can speak so confidently in front of the officials.
Feng Han was about to reprimand Gu Jin for not knowing the etiquette, and when he raised his eyes and saw the girl's cold eyes, a layer of cold sweat appeared on his body.
Gu Jin snorted and paced to the scattered ledgers before stopping.
Feng Han glanced up again, only to find that Gu Jiangyuan and Gu Haomian were not stopped, and a bad premonition vaguely rose in his heart.
I saw Gu Jin bend down, pick up an account book from the ground at random, look through it twice, and then roll it up and hold it in his hand.
The corners of her mouth pulled up a sneer, but her voice seemed to be shocked, and her heart was cold: "Director Feng just said that these are fake account books, but the little girl wants to ask, just say that I have this book in my hand, the account book of the Gu Mansion in the seventeenth year of Shunchang, Director Feng knows what kind of paper this paper is written." ”
Feng Han stretched his neck and was stunned for a while, then flicked his sleeves, and there was already annoyance in his tone: "This official is checking the accounts, and what is checked is silver, what does it have to do with what kind of paper!" ”
Gu Jin hooked the corners of his lips, but his face was still cold, but he gently opened a page of the account book in his hand, almost in front of Feng Han's eyes.
The paper on the ledger glowed yellowish against the candle flames, making the old ink handwriting even older.
Feng Han's pupils shrank suddenly, and he hurriedly took two steps back, only then did he see clearly the paper that Gu Jin had been holding on to in his words.
"It's ......"
Gu Jin nodded, and said coldly: "Yes, Director Feng is a person with eyesight, and he must have seen it, this is the paper made by Cheng Xuan Pavilion in the past, and it is the imperial merchant who entered the palace Xuan Paper, but Cheng Xuan Pavilion was seized by the Holy Lord four years ago and closed the door." ”
Feng Han sighed in his heart, never expecting Gu Jin to pay attention to the paper.
Gu Jin's words were not finished.
"If according to Chief Feng's words, this account book is fake, then where did we get these Cheng Xuan Pavilion's rice papers, was Cheng Xuan Pavilion personally ordered to be seized by the Holy Lord, or did Chief Feng think that the Holy Lord had made a mistake?"
When Feng Han heard the last sentence, the cold sweat on his body had been forced back, and he only felt that his whole body trembled slightly.
"Sincerely."
Gu Jiangyuan opened his mouth slowly, seemingly to block the words involving "saint" in Gu Jin's words, but in fact, he was just showing Feng Han and the people under him.
Feng Han raised his head sharply when he heard Gu Jiangyuan's words, and his eyes were filled with surprise.
What did Marshal Gu call his daughter to do? Sincerely?
Could it be that this is not the Gu family's Miss Yan, but the second Miss Gu family who won the Autumn Hunting Party in one fell swoop and caused a storm in Bianliang City?
A concubine?