The embankment looks so strong that every year when heavy rains come and the water in the river swells, the embankment is washed away!

If they hadn't come to check it out in person, they wouldn't have known that someone was doing something in the dark!

"These people are mad!" Liu Qingshao's eyes lit up.

The river embankment is related to the safety of so many people, but there are still people who dare to openly cheat.

"For the sake of personal gain, they never look at human life!" Xiao Hanyin was also shocked.

The middle of the dynasty has been paying attention to the construction of the river embankment all year round, but there are still people who are openly embezzling from it, and no one can find out, Xiao Hanyin suddenly felt very cold.

He didn't know how many people were involved in this matter, but he had to get to the bottom of it.

"Who are you going to start investigating?" There must be no problems in the construction of the embankment this year.

"This matter is the responsibility of the prefect of Chuzhou, and every year there will be ministers who come to check, but it is unknown whether they are involved or not!" Xiao Hanyin plans to catch the mastermind behind the scenes first.

As for whether there are other people behind him, we will not know until after interrogation.

Liu Qingshao knew that this matter was more difficult, so they directly found a small courtyard to live in.

She and Xiao Hanyin don't like to be disturbed, the inn is full of people, and it is uncomfortable to live.

Besides, they don't know how long they will stay here, and it's good to have a small courtyard of their own.

They already have a business in Chuzhou, but Liu Qingshao has inspected it from the future.

So the two bought a small courtyard with two entrances to live in.

Xiao Hanyin also specially ordered someone to find the mother-in-law who sprinkled and cleaned, and the cook who cooked.

They look like they live in Chuzhou.

Liu Qingshao and his wife have always claimed to be here to do business, but because the officials in Chuzhou have only heard of Xiao Hanyin, but have not seen him, they don't know his identity at all.

After the two had their own place to live, they began to investigate the matter of the river embankment.

Liu Qingshao couldn't help, so she was going to check out her restaurant and shop nearby.

These are all the money and secret recipes she sent to open them, and they are all taken care of by the shopkeeper and steward on weekdays.

Therefore, when Liu Qingshao passed, almost no one knew her.

However, when she took out a jade pendant engraved with a unique pattern, everyone knew that she was the owner who had never shown up.

"Don't panic, how you act on weekdays, it's the same now, just give me the account books of the last two months!" Liu Qingshao waved her hand.

Liu Qingshao came over in person, how dare they disobey, and quickly presented the account book with both hands.

Two months' account books don't seem to be much, but it will take some time to calculate, so Liu Qingshao checked in the restaurant, and after finding that there was no problem, she went back directly with the account book.

The restaurant already has its own management methods, and Liu Qingshao doesn't want to interfere too much, after all, she won't stay here for too long.

All she could do was look at the books.

Xiao Hanyin has been going out early and returning late recently, and Liu Qingshao stayed in the yard to read the account books when she had nothing to do.

As a result, she discovered that there were some problems with the accounts of a restaurant in Chuzhou.

Liu Qingshao was not at ease, so she simply calculated it again from beginning to end, but found that the accounts did not match.

So, she went directly to the shopkeeper of the restaurant with the account book.

After the shopkeeper learned what happened, the whole person was confused, "Owner, please believe me, since I took charge of the restaurant, there has been no problem here, and the guys and chefs of the restaurant are people who can be trusted!" ”

"In that case, why is there a problem with the accounts?" Liu Qingshao saw that the shopkeeper's eyes were clear, and under his own questioning, he did not dodge in the slightest, obviously not knowing.

It is impossible for a person's on-the-spot reaction to be so good, so Liu Qingshao is willing to believe him in her heart.

"I don't know, the accounts are all written down by the bookkeeper one by one, I have seen it with my own eyes, there can be no problem!" The shopkeeper himself didn't know what was going on.

"Go and call the bookkeeper!" Liu Qingshao's eyes said coldly.

"Yes!" The guy quickly went to the backyard.

At this time, the bookkeeper was counting the vegetables and meat bought today, and then checking the accounts.

In fact, he could have avoided it, but he was more responsible, so as long as it was something involving accounts, he would calculate it himself.

After he came over, Liu Qingshao handed him the account book directly.

"No way, I'm obviously not miscalculated here!" After carefully reading the account book, the bookkeeper immediately pointed out the mistakes and omissions.

"I personally took the account book from the restaurant, except for you and the shopkeeper, who else can touch it on weekdays?" Liu Qingshao glanced at them coldly and said.

Liu Qingshao felt that among the two, someone must have lied.

"No, the ledger is locked directly after I calculated it, and only me and the shopkeeper have the key!" The bookkeeper shook his head and said, "But I really didn't do it, I haven't been greedy since I came to work in the restaurant!" ”

Both of them tried their best to explain, and the guy in the restaurant also said that both of them were very serious in their work, and they were not people who liked to take advantage of small things. 3800

Things are at an impasse for the time being, and Liu Qingshao doesn't know who exactly they are acting.

At this time, Xiao Hanyin suddenly came over.

"Are you hungry, and I'll have someone prepare food?" Even though Liu Qingshao wanted to find out about this matter as soon as possible, in her heart, Xiao Hanyin was more important.

Now that the silver has been lost, it will not be easy to get it back......

However, Liu Qingshao never cared about these silvers.

What she couldn't tolerate was the possibility of a traitor in her restaurant.

Liu Qingshao and Xiao Hanyin had both been betrayed by their own calculations, so they were very disgusted by this matter......

"I found out that there are problems with the prefect of Chuzhou and the county order!" Xiao Han said in secret.

"Didn't they take bribes?" Liu Qingshao's eyes narrowed slightly.

"That's right, the two of them have been in contact with many businessmen in private, and they have always been very protective of local businessmen!" At first, Xiao Hanyin only found the prefect's family, and he used it extremely luxuriously.

A prefect's annual income can't withstand such a squander, so Xiao Hanyin immediately sent someone to investigate them in depth, and it turned out that he often appeared in Willow Lane on Flower Street with local merchants.

The collusion between officials and businessmen in Chuzhou is already in front of us.

"If he acts like this, he is not afraid of being denounced?" Liu Qingshao felt that the other party was too blatant.

"He who is not greedy enough, when he sees silver, he forgets everything!" A sneer appeared at the corner of Xiao Hanyin's mouth.

The family members of the local prefect and the county magistrate wore gold and silver, but the people were miserable, and Xiao Hanyin believed that no one had found out after so long.

"How can this be reasonable, if they do this, they are not afraid that the matter will be revealed and the emperor will raid the family and exterminate the clan?" The more Liu Qingshao thought about it, the more angry she felt.

"If someone above helps them suppress this matter, they can naturally have nothing to fear!" Xiao Hanyin felt that they dared to do this, so they naturally relied on it.

"Did you find any clues?" Liu Qingshao couldn't wait to know who was so bold.

"Not for the time being, I only found out that they have been helping the local people in Chuzhou's merchant wreckage!" They had only been here for a short time, and there were not many clues to be found.

Xiao Hanyin was able to find out about their corruption and bribery in just two days, or because of the arrogance of the two.

In Chuzhou, all their relatives can run rampant here, wantonly oppressing the people, and no one has ever asked.

After a long time, it naturally aroused the anger of the people, but they can be said to cover the sky here, and the people have bitter words, and they cannot expose their evil state at all.

These officials protect each other, and unless they go out of Chuzhou and go to the imperial city to sue the emperor, no one will pay attention to them at all.

Even if they had the heart to go to the Imperial City, they did not have any money to pay for the journey, and it was very likely that they would die on the way before they met the officials of the Imperial City.

Xiao Hanyin had seen this kind of thing with his own eyes.

Although the corrupt officials were eliminated in the end, those who died could only sleep in the ground.

"Owner, some time ago, on the street opposite us, a very luxurious restaurant was opened, and the prefect and the county magistrate went at that time!" After hearing Xiao Hanyin's words, the shopkeeper suddenly remembered something.

"And then?" Liu Qingshao didn't think he would mention that restaurant for no reason, there must be something involved.

"Although the decoration of that restaurant is magnificent, the dishes and taste are not as good as ours, so the business is bleak!" The shopkeeper said, "A month ago, they suddenly found me and said that they wanted to come over and buy shares!" ”

"I politely declined!" After all, the restaurant is not his, and he naturally does not dare to agree to this kind of thing.

"Did they bring it up again?" Liu Qingshao knew at a glance that those people would not die easily.

"That's right, they came over again and again, took the silver and said that they wanted a fifty percent bonus from our restaurant, and I let people drive them away in a fit of anger!" The shopkeeper felt that they were not good, and with their approach, once they really bought shares, they were afraid that they would try their best to occupy the entire restaurant.

In this case, how could the shopkeeper agree to their approach that bordered on a robber?

Although they had no one to support them in Chuzhou, they had also given gifts to the prefect and the county magistrate in private.

After all, if you want to do business safely and steadily in Chuzhou, you can't offend the people who are officials.

However, they have always been cautious, and although they secretly gave some filial piety to local officials, they never took action to assassinate others.

Therefore, their restaurant business is good, but no one takes the initiative to find fault.

They don't want to cause trouble, but they won't be afraid of it, after all, their backing is Xiao Hanyin and Liu Qingshao.

Once those people have gone too far, they won't sit back and die.

"Didn't those people come back after you drove them away?" Liu Qingshao's eyes said coldly.

"Yes, they have been running their own restaurant since that time, and they have never mentioned the matter of shareholding again, I thought that this matter was in the past, so I didn't tell the news to the owner, and asked the owner to punish him!" The shopkeeper took the initiative to ask for guilt.

He originally thought that this was a trivial matter, and it was all over, and he had to tell Liu Qingshao that after all, she had to manage so many businesses, and there was no need to worry about these inconsequential things.

Now that the shopkeeper thinks about it, he feels that he has been too careless.

If the accounts of the restaurant were really secretly manipulated by their people, then he would not be able to escape the involvement.

"You get up first, this matter has nothing to do with you, you handled it very well, besides, these are just speculations, don't think too much before there is no evidence!" Liu Qingshao waved his hand, so that he didn't need to blame himself.