"Brother......" Lin Feng looked at Lin Lang's sad expression, and didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, the housekeeper stood up and said, "Second Young Master, although the eldest young master has been released from prison now, his original official position has been revoked. ”

So Lin Lang is not at fault at all, at least now that his official position has been revoked, it can be shown that at least one thing is right in the previous judgment, that is, Lin Lang is not doing things well.

"Feng'er, I've heard from the housekeeper before, you did everything well during my absence, and now the Hou Mansion has gradually moved in a better direction."

Lin Feng didn't speak, he was very conflicted, if it was for himself, he didn't want the position of the heir of the Hou Mansion.

But for the sake of the Hou Mansion, he had to sit in this position.

At least compared to Lin Lang, Lin Feng was an heir to the Hou Mansion who had no stain.

If Lin Lang returned to the position of the heir of the Hou Mansion, there would definitely be a lot of words to him outside.

Moreover, Lin Lang now has no official position, and it will be somewhat inconvenient to deal with some things in the Hou Mansion.

Thinking like this, although Lin Feng was unwilling, he reluctantly agreed to come down.

"Feng'er, I know you're a good boy." Lin Lang patted Lin Feng's shoulder: "Recently, I have not bothered you for my affairs, and I will rest assured that this Hou Mansion will be handed over to you in the future." ”

Lin Lang said it very sincerely, but Lin Feng was not happy at all when he heard such words.

"That's right." Lin Lang saw that Lin Feng had promised to continue to be the heir of the Hou Mansion, so he was also a lot more relieved: "Now that the Hou Mansion has no official position in the imperial court, marriage is the best way to maintain power, so Miss Ye's marriage is now a good thing for you and the Hou Mansion, do you know?" ”

Moreover, the Ye family's current power is much higher than that of the Hou Mansion, even if they want to withdraw from the marriage, if they don't handle it properly and have a bad relationship with the Ye family, the Hou Mansion will probably be retaliated against even more miserably.

Lin Feng didn't return, just nodded: "Brother, I will take care of this matter." ”

He won't agree, but he won't let this matter become the last straw that crushes the Hou Mansion.

After explaining this, Lin Lang chatted with Lin Feng about some other things.

He knew that Lin Feng had opened a jade shop outside, but the housekeeper didn't know what the income of this jade shop was.

Lin Lang changed the topic to the jade shop in a roundabout way: "Feng'er, the housekeeper told me that this Hou Mansion has a lot of losses because of some things, and then you did some business outside, can you make up for it now?" ”

"It's not enough to make up for it, but I can barely fill the deficit so that the situation of the Hou Mansion won't be too embarrassing." Lin Feng replied softly.

This time Lin Lang came back to talk to him, he didn't know what was going on, he always felt that Lin Lang was talking something. So I was a lot more careful when answering.

Hearing this, Lin Lang didn't ask much about it, he knew that Lin Feng didn't trust him as much as he used to be.

The specific reason can be roughly traced back to the last time Lin Feng wrote to ask him if he remembered what happened when his mother died, right?

Could it be that Lin Feng had already discovered what happened back then before he was so wary of him?

No matter why, Lin Lang is always hard to ask anything now.

"Feng'er, I just came back, I'm really tired, let's talk about other things later, right?" Lin Lang accepted it when he saw it.

Lin Feng was also tired of guarding like this: "Then brother, let's go back and rest first, your yard is cleaned every day, and no one has touched the things in the room." Lin Feng said and raised his hand.

Lin Lang also stood up and made a gesture, and then walked outside.

It's just that when he walked to the door, he stopped again: "Feng'er, although it is really inappropriate to make such a request now, but please understand my brother, I am really bored in the prison for such a long time, so can I get two hundred taels of silver from the treasury?" I want to go out for a walk. ”

Although there is not much silver in the treasury anymore, the two hundred taels of the Hou Mansion can still be taken out.

"Since my brother wants to go out and go around, just go and get it, the Hou Mansion is your home." Lin Feng said, chuckling.

Lin Lang also smiled gratefully, and the two brothers looked particularly harmonious in the early morning dawn.

It's just that Lin Feng looked back many years later and found that this was the last time the two of them got along in harmony.

After Lin Lang left, Lin Feng also returned to his room, originally he got up so early and prepared so much just to go to the prison to have a look, to see if there was any way to save Lin Lang, but now that Lin Lang himself is back, he doesn't need to worry about these anymore.

Lin Feng returned to his room and had breakfast, eating but remembering Liu Tian.

Now that the affairs of the Ye family have not been resolved, and Lin Lang probably wants Lin Feng and Ye Zi to marry, under the pressure of both internal and external parties, Lin Feng really feels a lot of pressure, he really wants to talk to Liu Tian, but he also has to take into account Liu Tian's safety.

So in the end, he just called his little servant over: "You go and ask, is Miss Liu Tian up, can you have breakfast?" ”

Liu Tian will have no appetite if he is in a bad mood, so he wants to ask if he has eaten the asphalt, if he eats it, he must be in a good mood, if he does not eat it, then he has to think of a way.

After waiting for a long time, the little maid came back to report: "Young Master Feng, the maid in Miss Liu's room said that the girl had eaten a bowl of millet porridge and an egg in the morning, and had already gone out. ”

Lin Feng nodded: "It's good to eat it......"

He was relieved to know that Liu Qian was fine, but Liu Tian went to the restaurant again today and went to practice with Wang Xuxian again.

Lin Feng smiled, this smile was a little bitter, he hoped that the person who accompanied Liu Tian could be him.

After breakfast, Lin Feng went to the jade shop, he just wanted to be able to look at the restaurant diagonally opposite the jade shop, if Liu Tian came out, he could also see it.

However, Liu Tilt did not come out of the kitchen of the restaurant for a day.

In the next few days, Lin Feng always went to the jade shop, but he couldn't see Liu Tian as he wished.

"Young Master Lin Feng, there is a problem with the accounts!" On this day, Lin Feng was about to go out to the jade shop as usual, but was stopped by Mr. Bookkeeper.

"How could something go wrong with the accounts?" Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, he had used the method provided by Liu Tian before, and finally reorganized the accounts of the Hou Mansion over the years, why did there be a problem now?

The bookkeeper was also a little embarrassed: "Here's the thing, two days ago, the eldest prince came to the account room to pay two hundred taels of silver, which is the only expenditure recently, but when I came to ask for the account today, I found that the silver in the Houfu treasury was less, and it was not even enough to settle the account this time." ”

"How so?" Lin Feng was also stunned, the silver on the books of this Hou Mansion was different from the silver he actually owned?

"I don't know, it is clear that before the eldest prince took away two hundred taels of silver, I had just checked and confirmed that the number of silver in the account room was correct, but after the eldest prince took away two hundred taels of silver, in fact, the account room was missing two thousand taels of silver." The bookkeeper said, looking at Lin Feng a little nervously.

There are some things he can't say, but I hope Lin Feng can understand.

The lack of money in the account room this time must be related to Lin Lang, but this is the eldest son of the Hou Mansion, and Mr. Accounts is just a subordinate.

Lin Feng didn't understand what Mr. Ledger meant, he frowned: "I know, how much silver is still available in the ledger now?" ”

"Less than three hundred taels of silver." The bookkeeper put the ledger in his hand in front of Lin Feng: "This is the latest ledger, do you want to take a look?" ”

"No need, I'm still relieved that you can do things." This bookkeeper was found by Lin Feng himself later, and he can be regarded as his own person.

Now that he has taken out the ledger, there is naturally nothing to doubt.

The keys to the account room and treasury have always been three, one is placed in the account room, which has always been owned by Mr. Accounts, and one is given to Lin Feng by the housekeeper, which is a spare key, which has always been in the hands of the housekeeper, so as to avoid finding it when you need it temporarily.

There is also a handful that has always been in Lin Lang's hands, but he didn't take it out when he was caught and beaten.

"Whose key was used to open the storeroom?" Lin Feng asked.

To open the treasury to take the silver, it is natural to use the key.

"I used the one in my hand, and the eldest prince was watching from the side, and the two hundred taels of silver were also put into the eldest prince's hand by myself, and some broken silver was given and then the rest were replaced by silver tickets."

Lin Feng's brows still didn't loosen: "Okay, I know, now you give me the account of the deficit in the treasury, as for how to fill it, I will find a way, and you will find a way to delay it on the side of the debt, and buy more time." ”

The bookkeeper nodded, and then retreated.

When he walked away, Lin Feng slapped him on the table.

The treasury was locked all the year round, and it was impossible to enter without a key, which was always in the hands of Mr. Bookkeeper and him.

This bookkeeper has no reason to guard and steal, because he has already signed the contract when he first entered the Hou Mansion, and if something is lost in the treasury for no reason, he will take full responsibility if the thief cannot be found.

And Lin Feng himself naturally had never been to the warehouse, and the key had always been on him.

The only thing left is Lin Lang.

Lin Lang! Sure enough, isn't it so simple that he came back this time?

But now there is no evidence at all, others have left the Hou Mansion, even if they get the silver, they will definitely take it with them, and there is no reason to stay in the Hou Mansion at all.

So now there is no way to prove that the silver was taken away by Lin Lang.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng only sighed, the most troublesome thing to discuss now was how to make up for the lack of money in this Hou Mansion.

If you don't make up the money, I'm afraid that the daily expenses of the Hou Mansion will be difficult.

But now, do you still have to ask Liu to borrow money?