On weekdays, a serious and humble gentleman plays hooligan, which makes people even more helpless, the two stared at each other for a while, and Mingyuexi could only choose to sleep obediently.

But she didn't sleep well, she just looked at the account book and fell into a daze, because she found that something was wrong, and there were many accounts on it that could not be checked.

In her heart, she didn't sleep long, and she got up again before dawn to tidy up, until breakfast time was over, and finally checked everything.

Looking at the problems in the ledger sorted out in his hand, Ming Yuexi's mood was a little complicated, this was only a part of it, and there were so many problems.

She sighed, freshened up, and headed for the old lady's yard.

"Xiaoxi, you said there is a problem with this ledger?" Old Madam Gu said in surprise, took the account book, looked through it, and her face became a little more solemn.

"Yes," Mingyuexi nodded, "If it weren't for these loopholes, the shop's income would have been better." ”

"Grandmother, you said that the person in charge of these shops has always been the butler, so can I ask the butler what is going on?"

"It doesn't matter if the money is there, it's just that it's not a trivial matter that there is a mistake in this account, and it must be investigated," the old lady nodded, agreed, and turned her head and instructed her maid, "You go and call the king's housekeeper." ”

Steward Wang quickly stood in front of the two of them and saluted respectfully: "The old slave has seen the old woman, the young lady, I don't know what the young lady is looking for the old slave?" ”

From the moment the housekeeper entered the door, Mingyuexi was looking at him quietly, this king was quite reasonable, his eyes were bright, but his eyebrows were slender, adding a bit of shrewdness to his face that should be honest.

After he said hello, he stood there quietly, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, calm and calm, revealing a sense of maturity and stability.

Ming Yuexi was the first to speak, and broke the silence with a smile: "No wonder my grandmother will hand over the shop to Steward Wang to take care of, Steward Wang is so stable, if I do, I will be very relieved." ”

"The young lady praises falsely, the old slave is just a housekeeper, he has no business talent, or the people in the shop below are worried, they are all good at the old lady, the old slave didn't make any effort, I'm really ashamed."

Steward Wang said and bent down and arched his hand, very humble.

didn't give him a chance to please the old lady, Mingyuexi then asked: "Steward Wang, what should I do if the people below make a mistake in the accounts?" ”

"Naturally, it is handled according to the official law, and the account book is a major event, and there is no room for negligence!" Steward Wang was upright and answered without hesitation, if it weren't for the ironclad evidence in his hand, Mingyuexi would have doubted himself.

"Then let me ask Steward Wang, in the middle of last month, there was a sum of silver missing from the shop's account, but there was no record of expenditure, what did that money do?"

"At that time, the roof tiles of the shop were washed away by the rain, and the guys in the shop hurriedly went to find someone to help, and naturally spent a lot of money when rebuilding the house."

Mingyuexi thought about it carefully, it was really raining at that time, so there was no contradiction in saying this.

She paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and continued to ask: "But how can it cost dozens of taels of silver to rest on the roof?" ”

"The young lady didn't know that there were a lot of things in the shop that had been damaged by the rain, and they all had to be replaced, and there was a guy who was infected with the wind and cold because of this, and they were all poor people, so I asked him to take the money from the shop to see the doctor, and the situation was in a hurry, so it was not recorded in the account. The old lady has always been good, she shouldn't mind the old slave doing this, right? ”

As soon as he changed his words, he suddenly turned to Old Madam Gu, who nodded without hesitation: "Human life is a matter of heaven, and spending a little silver is nothing." ”

Seeing that he answered fluently, Mingyuexi simply spread out the questions on the account book and asked, "What about this one?" ”

There are three relatively large gaps in the ledger and many small gaps, but no matter which one Mingyuexi asks, the housekeeper can accurately say what was used at that time, and there is no moment of panic.

"It's natural that the housekeeper can remember every expense, but I have a question, since the housekeeper remembers it clearly, why is it never written down when he checks the accounts?"

"Write it down?"

The housekeeper looked surprised, as if he knew that he still had to record, "These expenses carry the kindness of the old lady, and it would be too cold if they were all recorded in numbers." Some of the obscure diseases are also inconvenient to record, and the young lady still has too little contact, and the paper talk is finally shallow, and I will understand it after participating a few more times in the future. ”

There was a lesson in his words, Mingyuexi only pretended not to hear it, gritted her teeth and smiled: "In the future, I will take care of these shops, and I will indeed have to participate more, and I will be taken care of by Steward Wang in the future." ”

If she said that there were no ghosts in this ledger, she wouldn't believe it, Steward Wang was untrustworthy, who could remember every detail, but he did it, and the so-called reason for not recording was not convincing, and only Mrs. Gu felt that it made sense.

This housekeeper is cunning and cunning, even if he asks for a day, he may not be able to ask what the result is, Mingyuexi no longer entangles with him too much, and just lets him go.

That's right, he is right in one sentence, that is, what is on paper is shallow, and she went to the shop to see it in person today, as he wished.

There is a lot of money missing in the account, and I am afraid that it is inseparable from the people in the shop.

Hearing that she was going to leave the house, Gu Yanbai immediately put down what she was doing and ran with her, there were too many people who wanted Mingyuexi's life or the things in her hands, how dare he not be around?

The carriage slowly stopped in front of a shop, and the plaque on the shop was very old, and only the word "Buzhuang" could be faintly seen.

If the housekeeper is so considerate of the store, why is he not willing to spend a little money to hire someone to write another plaque?

The two walked into the shop, and immediately Xiao Er greeted them, and said with a flattering smile: "Two guest officers, what do you need?" ”

Before Mingyuexi could reply, she suddenly heard a female voice roaring behind the door.

"It's noisy, be quiet!"

Xiao Twenty was embarrassed and ran over and said softly: "Shopkeeper, there are guests." ”

"What about the guests, no one will buy this thing anyway, don't delay my sleep!"

The two glanced at each other, but they didn't expect to encounter a problem when they entered the door, what has this shop been like?

The shopkeeper walked out from behind with an unhappy face, and when he saw the two of them, his knees weakened with fright, and he almost knelt down, "Little, little marquis, why did you come here?" ”

Regarding the personal style of the shopkeeper, Ming Yuexi didn't care about it now, she turned her head to look at Xiao Er.

"Take out your account books here, I want to see the internal accounts of this shop."

"What?" Xiao Er was flustered for a moment, and quickly calmed down, "Young lady, you can't look at the account here." ”