Mingyuexi couldn't help but feel funny when she heard that the other party had blatantly rejected her,

"Joke, why can't I look at my shop's ledger? Could it be that there is something wrong with your ledger? ”

Mingyuexi spoke very slowly, and her tone gradually became harsh, but Xiao Er was not frightened by her at all.

As she spoke, she quietly looked around the shop, the furnishings in it were old, and it looked like it was some years old, which was not like what the housekeeper said that part of the money was used to decorate the shop.

The roof is also intact, and if it had been repaired recently, there would have been traces, but there was only a layer of ash on it.

The cloth on the bright side is quite clean, and it doesn't look like it can't be sold, so how can the numbers on the ledger be sold at a loss?

Xiao Er had a sincere and frightened expression, lowered his eyebrows, and his attitude was respectful and resolute.

"Young lady, don't you know, over the years, the accounts of each shop have been managed by themselves, if you suddenly intervene, there is something wrong."

Ming Yuexi sneered, glanced at the shopkeeper who was standing aside and didn't speak, and asked lightly: "Is this the old lady's shop, or your shop?" Stop me from checking the accounts, you guys are so bold. ”

"Young lady, this is also a rule that has been left over for so many years, you can't break it as soon as you come, right? This person's heart is the most important, the little one believes that the young lady is not unreasonable, and the little one also acts according to the rules, and please don't let the little one feel embarrassed. ”

Xiao Er bowed his head and kept apologizing to Mingyuexi, but he always refused to take a step in front of the counter, and the attitudes of the two contrasted, as if Mingyuexi was really making trouble unreasonably.

The atmosphere between the two parties reached a stalemate, and the shopkeeper's eyes kept changing, hesitating, as if he was a little afraid, but he still refused to speak.

"Since you call me a young lady, you should know that I am qualified to read the account book here, and I must read this account book today!"

"Come on," Gu Yanbai couldn't listen to his sophistry, and snorted lightly with a cold face, "Search for me, search out the internal accounts, I want to see what is not visible!" ”

The dark guard immediately appeared in the store, and went directly past the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper and went straight to the counter and backyard, the shopkeeper's face was shocked, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab the dark guard: "No!" ”

She was just a powerless woman, and the secret guard could only click on her acupuncture points twice, and she was trapped in place, and could only watch.

"What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and stop him for me!" The shopkeeper yelled at his clerk with hatred, "Young lady, little marquis, you have to be reasonable in everything, what is the difference between you and arrogant and unreasonable robbers, we are loyal to the old lady, you ......"

"This is Old Madam Gu's shop, it looks like yours when you say that," Ming Yuexi opened her mouth unceremoniously and sneered, "Are you loyal to the old lady or to the silver?" ”

"You slander out of thin air!"

Mingyuexi no longer paid attention to the shopkeeper's chatter, because at this time, someone had already brought the account book to her: "Young lady, please take a look." ”

"You can't see it!" The shopkeeper's expression was a little hideous, but she couldn't do anything about it.

Mingyuexi raised her eyebrows, took the account book and walked slowly to her side, approaching step by step, the shopkeeper was a little scared in his eyes, but he still looked at her with his neck stalked: "What are you going to do, don't mess around!" ”

Mingyuexi's footsteps finally slowly stopped a foot away from her, and she opened the account book with a smile: "I not only want to see it, but I also want to see it in front of you." ”

After speaking, she didn't care how noisy the female shopkeeper was next to her, and looked at the internal account at a glance.

Compared with the account book given by the old lady, the internal accounts in the store are much simpler, so that the flaws on it are clear at a glance, and they don't even bother to hide it, which shows how long no one has taken care of it here.

"The account book is very good," Ming Yuexi nodded, and praised her sincerely, thoughtfully, "But in addition to the purchase, there is an expenditure of dozens of taels of silver every month, and it is not indicated why it is spent, whose pocket does this silver go into?" ”

The shopkeeper finally fell silent, his eyes flickering. No answer.

The secret guard unlocked her acupuncture points, and the shopkeeper suddenly collapsed to the ground weakly, and he didn't get up for a long time, his face was gloomy and stunned.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you want to say it or not, it's just a group of people who manage the shop, you don't have to stay here from now on, as for your salary this month, it's also counted in filling the loopholes, just pack up and leave now."

The shopkeepers all showed sadness on their faces, and although the shopkeeper was hit, there seemed to be a sense of happiness on his face, Mingyuexi watched coldly, and intuitively felt that there was something wrong with this person.

At this moment, suddenly a carriage came around the corner, and it stopped at the door of the cloth village in a hurry, and the butler quickly stepped down from the carriage and strode into the store.

"The old slave has seen the two masters, the little marquis and the young lady, what are you doing here? It's not child's play. ”

The housekeeper's gaze swept over the entire store, and when he saw the shopkeeper who fell to the ground, his eyes moved slightly, and he quickly retracted it, turned his head to look at the two of them, and his tone was a little aggressive.

Mingyuexi checked the account book in her hand and looked at the housekeeper with an innocent face.

"Naturally, it is to clear the door, I have already read the account books of this cloth village, some of the money in this shop has been greedy, the hands and feet of the people here are not clean, I am ready to dismiss them, is there anything wrong?"

"You even ask me what to do, does Steward Wang mean to keep these moths and let the old lady keep the deficit?"

Steward Wang was speechless when she questioned him, and his tone softened a lot: "Young lady, the old slave didn't mean that, I just want to ask your subordinates to be merciful, these people are all old subordinates of the Hou Mansion for many years, if they are all dismissed suddenly, I am afraid it will chill people's hearts!" ”

Mingyuexi noticed that since Steward Wang came, the people here seemed to see hope, she gave Gu Yanbai a look, Gu Yanbai understood, and took the housekeeper out.

"Little Hou Ye, this ......" The housekeeper glanced at the inside of the shop, a little uneasy.

Gu Yanbai's inquiring gaze swept over his face, and he withdrew it without a trace: "Xiaoxi, she is kind-hearted and won't hurt people, the housekeeper doesn't have to worry, but I have something I want to ask the housekeeper." ”

At this time, in the store.

"You are the shopkeeper, I have checked, the shop has never been in the hands of others, who is the person who embezzled it? If you are willing to say, I can be the master to keep you here, and I will not be blamed for what is happening today. ”

If you don't say it, the Hou Mansion will no longer have a place for you, and if so much silver is sent to the government...... Do you know the consequences? ”

Mingyuexi was encouraged, and tried to get the shopkeeper to tell the truth.