"I wanted to beat you a long time ago, you owe gambling money in the gambling house, so they let them come to the door to ask your grandfather for money, and several times I was angry that my grandmother fell ill. Is there any end to your family? Yu Hongbo shouted.

"It's not over! In this life, your family owes my grandfather, that is, we owe our whole family! Let's wait and pay it back. Yu Hongji lay on the ground and shouted arrogantly.

Gui Mingyue stepped forward and grabbed Yu Hongbo's arm, raised her head and said, "Let's go, cousin doesn't have to bother with this kind of scoundrel." ”

Yu Hongbo turned his head sideways and Yu Hongji snorted coldly, and then he and Gui Mingyue hurriedly rushed to his grandmother's bed. Lying behind, Yu Hongji's eyes were vicious and evil.

When the brother and sister came to the main house, they saw that everyone in the house was gloomy, Mrs. Yu drank the medicine, lay on the bed with her eyes closed and motionless, and her daughter-in-law Dai was waiting by the side and sobbed faintly. Old lady Yu sat on the small stool next to the bed, her face full of helplessness, and her beard was even paler. Even Yu Hongze, who has always been gentle and elegant, was depressed and embarrassed.

"Grandfather, why did you give them the silver again?" Yu Hongbo couldn't help but roar anymore: "Day after day, it's like falling into a quagmire, and enough of this is really enough!" Yu Hongbo didn't want to stay at home for a moment, and he refused to go home after wandering outside all these years, and most of the reasons were because of this.

"Bo Ge'er, don't be willful, if you want to leave, you have to wait for the New Year." Dai wiped the corners of his eyes.

"Mother, I ......" Yu Hongbo didn't know how to speak, and couldn't help but hug his head and feel uncomfortable.

Yu Hongze also continued: "Bo Ge'er, listen to my mother's words. ”

"Yes, cousin, let's listen to my aunt's words, let's go back to the New Year at home." Gui Mingyue persuaded by the side, she didn't want to just leave her grandfather's family in dire straits, they were all her relatives.

She will never allow others to bully her loved ones!

A few days later, Yu Hongji, who had broken his leg, quietly left on his own. This made Yu Hongbo breathe a sigh of relief, as long as he was there, there would be no peace in this family, one would be cold in bed, one would eat shark fin bird's nest, and one would find Old Lady Yu to cry about his helplessness when he was young, just like his grandfather went to prison, and his father also went.

"Young Master Cousin, my young lady has something to discuss with you." The silver pendant came to pass the word.

After Yu Hongbo entered the door, he saw that Gui Mingyue was bored fiddling with a camellia, so he looked tired but asked gently: "How many days have the moon felt bored?" Would it be good to let Sister Shallow take you out for a walk? ”

was mentioned by Yu Hongbo, and Gui Mingyue remembered that there was a cousin Yu Qianqian who was the same age as herself in this house, she never appeared in front of people on weekdays, she was always soft and smooth with her head bowed, without any sense of existence, more transparent than a little transparent.

Jin Qi'er sighed "Huh" and said, "Last night, after I finished serving Miss Biao, I went out to check whether the courtyard door was closed, and it seemed that I saw Miss Biao go out alone through the corner gate by the west wall. ”

"Out? When? Although Yu Hongbo and this sister have not been very close since childhood, they couldn't help but ask.

Jin Qi'er thought for a moment and said, "It's about time." ”

"So late?!" Yu Hongbo and Gui Mingyue were surprised together, what did she do when she went out so late as a girl.

"Jin Qi'er, you go and inquire where Miss Biao went last night." Jin Qi'er has a lively and familiar temperament, and can talk to the maids in the house.

Yu Hongbo nodded, turned around and asked, "Yue'er, why are you looking for me?" ”

"I want to find out what happened to the case of the female worker jumping into the well in the workshop back then." Gui Mingyue said word by word, and then elaborated on a few of the doubts.

Yu Hongbo was taken aback, more than fifteen years have passed since this case, and there are very few people in the house who know about it, so how to start investigating it.

"Cousin, when did all the people in this mansion come to the mansion now?" Gui Mingyue asked.

Yu Hongbo thought for a while and replied truthfully: "I don't know, but you have also seen that the maids in the house are now between fifteen or sixteen, seventeen or eighteen years old, even if they have children, they probably can't remember what happened at that time." And this mother-in-law's account room has changed several times, and now these few have been here for a few years. ”

Gui Mingyue was silent for a long time and asked, "Is there still a list of subordinates back then?" "At present, this case can only be investigated from those subordinates back then. Especially the two abandoned housekeepers and mothers-in-law.

"Cousin, I still want to check the accounts of the first few shops in the house before, especially the one that the second old lady took care of at the end."

"Good!" Yu Hongbo nodded and said, "I'll go find it here." ”

After a while, Yu Hongbo came to a box from the warehouse, which was full of various account books and books, and the area was covered with thick old dust.

Yin Shen'er nodded towards Gui Mingyue, and the master and servant began to check the accounts and check the directory.

Until the moment of the lantern, Gui Mingyue took out the housekeeper and mother-in-law from the list of subordinates fifteen or sixteen years ago, and several other mothers-in-law and subordinates were also taken out and put in Yu Hongbo's hand, saying: "In the directory of these three subordinates, it is recorded that their granddaughters and grandsons are also working in the house, cousin, you can help me find out who the sons of these three families are." In addition, this is the address of the housekeeper and mother-in-law's hometown, and someone must be sent to inquire secretly. ”

Yu Hongbo took the list, beckoned a little guy with a serious face, bowed his head and commanded a few words, and the little guy was ordered to go back to prepare overnight.

"Okay, I'll check these three people first." There are less than ten people in the house, and it will be investigated quickly.

Gui Mingyue nodded: "Cousin, this matter should not be publicized." ”

"Don't worry." Yu Hongbo took the list and put it in his sleeve, turned to leave.

Gui Mingyue and Yin Shen'er hastily had dinner in the room, and then continued to check the account books.

Yin Shen'er quickly flipped through the account books in front of her, and finally walked to Gui Mingyue with an account book, and said solemnly: "Miss, I didn't find any problems with the few shops that went out of the old lady's hands before. ”

He pointed to the book in his hand and frowned and said, "This is the account book operated by the second old lady at that time, although the account is messy, but it can be seen a little strange from it." For example, this foreign businessman named Liu Yiming has been trading with him since the second old lady took over, and the amount of orders each time is not small. Half a year before the shop could not be opened, it also had another big deal with Liu Yiming, when the shop received half of the payment, that is, a deposit of 20,000 taels, but the transaction was not completed in the end. ”

At this time, Yu Hongbo also found out the results, and came in from outside just to hear Yinshen'er's words: "For so many years, I haven't heard that a merchant named Liu Yiming has come to pick up the goods." ”

"It stands to reason that this shop buys jewelry from the workshop at a very low price, and then sells it at a normal price, and there are several fixed merchants like Liu Yiming, and it is impossible for them to lose money in the end, and even to the point where they can't open it and still owe huge debts." Gui Mingyue flipped through the account book handed over by the silver pendant.

"Find someone to check this Liu Yiming!" Gui Mingyue suddenly raised her head and said, this person may have something to do with the collapse of the shop.

"Okay, Yue'er, I checked the people in the house, and there was only one child left at that time, that is, the name of the girl next to Sister Qian'er is Xiaojing." Yu Hongbo carefully interrogated the subordinates in the family, and checked with his grandmother again, and confirmed that the son of the family was sure to be that Xiaojing.

The girl next to Yu Qianqian?

It just so happened that at this time, Jin Qi'er also came back, and when he entered the door, he said: "I'm dying of thirst and I'm dying of thirst" Yinshen'er shook her head with a smile, and poured her a cup of tea.

Jin Qi'er drank it all, and then said thoughtlessly: "It turns out that this young lady didn't return all night last night!" As he spoke, he suddenly saw Yu Hongbo next to him, he was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized something, and wanted to take back his words, but it was too late.

Gui Mingyue sighed, looking at her cousin Tie Qing's face, this girl's frizzy problem can't be changed, and she said in front of her brother that her sister didn't return at night, and I don't know what my cousin felt in his heart.

"I've said that, let's move on."

"Oh, yes, miss," Jin Qi'er saw that Miss Jean said, so she didn't care about the feelings of others, and said in a hurry: "Didn't the slave maid see Miss Biao go out of the corner gate last night, so she went to ask the vigil boy today, and he said that he didn't see anyone come back at night." The slave and maid went to ask a few maids and maids, but they all said that they did not see it. The slave thought that it was in vain, but fortunately, Guo's mother, who was still in the kitchen in the end, said that she went out early this morning in order to go to the vegetable market to buy live fish and the freshest vegetables, and met Miss Biao who was in a hurry on the street! ”

"Are you sure that's Sister Qian'er?" Yu Hongbo suddenly spoke.

Jin Qi'er nodded vigorously: "Mother Guo said that although Miss Biao was wearing a fence at that time, she recognized the figure, clothing and posture as Miss Biao. ”

Indeed, this Yu Qianqian loves light-colored light yarn the most, and he walks like a weak willow to support the wind, even in this winter, he wants to be fairy. Her figure is recognizable.

Yu Hongbo's face turned a little red, although he didn't know what reason his little sister Yu Qianqian was doing this, but a woman who had not left the cabinet did not return at night, and it would be extremely damaging to her reputation if she was known by outsiders.

"Mother Guo is not suspicious, is she?" Gui Mingyue knew what her cousin was worried about.

Jin Qi'er tried to recall: "It seems that no, she thought that Miss Biao went out earlier, and asked me if I knew why Miss Cousin got up so early." ”

"That's good," Gui Mingyue and Yu Hongbo said at the same time.

Yu Hongbo was entangled in his heart whether to ask his sister, although he did not have a warm relationship with her, it was better to talk to Yue'er. But this kind of major matter related to fame, as an elder brother, must also be asked a thing or two.

Just thinking about it, Gui Mingyue suddenly spoke: "Cousin, I suggest that you suppress this matter first, and don't rush to ask your cousin." She may have something unspeakable, and her maid Xiaojing, we also have important things to ask. ”

All the people and things related to the case 15 years ago are now the most important thing, and there must not be the slightest mistake or rumor leaking.