Chapter 256: Stealing the Ledger
He thought that Mingyuexi would at least have to say more, and he had already prepared his words, but he didn't expect to walk so briskly, which was somewhat unexpected to him.
And on Mingyuexi's side, she held her head high, walking elegantly and generously step by step, until she came to the corner, and immediately threw the noble lady's shelf out of the clouds, and summoned the land lord.
A wisp of green smoke came out of the ground, and the land was revealed, touching his gray beard, and looking at her with a smile: "Girl, what is the matter this time?" ”
"I want to ......"
Mingyuexi whispered her intentions in the ear of the land lord, and the land lord looked at her with wide eyes, and after getting an affirmative look as a reply, he sighed helplessly and disappeared in place again.
When he came back, he held two yellowed thick notebooks in his hands, and threw them to Mingyuexi with a disgusted smile: "This is what you want, I didn't expect that my old man would do sneaky things one day!" It's really late to meet you! ”
With the help of the two account books, joy appeared on Mingyuexi's face, her eyes were shining, and she immediately covered her mouth with her hands, coughed lightly, and said righteously.
"How can this be stealing, and this is all in order to find out the truth and return justice in the world, this is a great achievement, you are a hero!"
"Okay, okay, my old man can't say anything about you, you say yes and that's it, I know you're anxious, go quickly!" The land lord couldn't help but laugh at her, shook his head helplessly, and disappeared in place.
Mingyuexi was really anxious, she just had to write the word anxious on her face, as soon as the land lord left, she immediately hid the two account books in her arms, hurried back to her yard, closed all the doors and windows, lit the lamp and began to check.
What surprised her was that there was more than one account book brought out by the land public, in addition to the public account of the Hou Mansion, there was also a private account written by Mr. Ledger himself.
The money in the public account was reported by the housekeeper, and there were many loopholes in it, as expected, even more than those of the cloth village, and it seemed that his hand was not just stretched out to his grandmother's shop.
The mistake in this is very obvious, although it was cautiously fooled, but the money was too much less, that is, no one had checked, and the trust that the housekeeper had gained in the Hou Mansion was beyond people's imagination.
After she read the public account, she opened the private account written by Mr. Ledger, the content of which is roughly the same as in the public account, but the lack of money and leakage of money is marked very clearly, although there is no reason, but the person who wrote this thing is undoubtedly clear about the problem of the public account.
Today, Mr. Bookkeeper's eyes dodged, she thought that he was also the housekeeper's person, but if the two of them were in the same stream, there was no need for Mr. Bookkeeper to write down a private account, which was fatal evidence for the housekeeper.
Mingyuexi picked up the private account, held it in her hand and fell into deep thought, her eyes were deep, she hesitated several times, and finally regained her firmness.
Perhaps, she can trust Mr. Bookkeeper again, and now the only person who knows is probably him, if he is willing to agree to cooperate, everything can go much smoother.
She hid the ledger on the table in her arms, pushed the door open, and went to the ledger gentleman's yard again.
She walked in the dark, because she was thinking about things, so she walked quickly, and she didn't notice that a pair of eyes were staring at her in the dark, like a hunter staring at her prey, and even the expression on her face fell into the eyes of the other party.
Mingyuexi didn't have martial arts, so she naturally couldn't notice it, until she arrived at the door of Mr. Bookkeeper, and the secret people left in a hurry.
She raised her hand and knocked on Mr. Ledger's door, Mr. Ledger opened the door and saw that it was her, a little surprise appeared on his face, and he sighed in his heart, he hurriedly lowered his head to hide his emotions, and looked at her again.
"It's getting late, what is the urgency of Madame? If not, it is better to ...... tomorrow."
"Sir."
Ming Yuexi interrupted him with his mouth and took out the account book from his arms, Mr. Ledger recognized it as his own account book at a glance, he subconsciously looked back into the house, and sure enough, the place where the account book was put was already empty.
The two confronted each other at the door, and the bookkeeper swayed for a long time, and finally his momentum withered, and he let out a long sigh and turned sideways to make way for her.
"Madame, good means, in that case, come in and talk."
Seeing that he finally compromised, Mingyuexi was secretly happy in her heart, but her face was still calm and light, and she bowed slightly: "Thank you, sir." ”
The two sat down at the table, and the bookkeeper poured two cups of tea and pushed a cup to Mingyuexi, who was a learned person in the end, he was not very panicked at the moment, but his face was a little gray, and there was a little frustration in his eyes, but he was also frank.
"Madame has found out, I have nothing to argue for myself, I do know these things, these accounts are from my hands, Madame, what do you want to do with me?"
"I can't say how to deal with it, Mr. should know what I am doing now, what I want is the truth, who took this silver, you are loyal to the Hou Mansion, why did you help hide it?"
Panic appeared on Mr. Bookkeeper's face again, he turned his head to avoid Mingyuexi's gaze, and the candle flame in the room flickered, making his expression a little obscure and tangled.
"I ......"
Ming Yuexi's gaze was locked on his face, and when he was about to say something to refuse, he took the first step to stop it.
"Sir, if I don't find out about this matter, I will not give up, although I don't know why you helped him, since you wrote this private account, it means that you also want it to be seen one day, don't you?"
"Sir, don't tell me, you write private accounts just because you want to keep them for yourself, if it is not taken out, no matter how much it is recorded, it is just a pile of paper."
Mr. Bookkeeper wanted to speak and stopped, his heart was confused by her words, he raised his head uneasily, and suddenly felt a burst of shame in his bright eyes on Mingyuexi, which made his conscience unbearable anymore.
He was speechless for a while, "The young lady guessed correctly, the loophole in this account was made by the housekeeper, and he took all the money, every single one." ”
"But why are you ......?"
Mingyuexi's words were interrupted by him before he could finish speaking, and the bookkeeper shook his head, looking at her with a panicked face, and looked at her with earnest eyes: "Please don't ask me why, tomorrow, I will go with you to expose the housekeeper in front of the old lady as the young lady wishes." ”
Mingyuexi's afterglow glanced at his hand, put it on the table and clutched it nervously, the bone joints were already white and bloodless, as if he was under huge psychological pressure, and he couldn't hold it with the last straw.