Chu Hua thought about Pei Shufen's dowry list, and wanted to expose her, but seeing her crying with pear blossoms and rain, she couldn't speak, and sat on the chair sullenly, looking helpless.

Pei Shufen caught a glimpse of Chu Huajin's appearance from the corner of his eye, stopped crying hatefully, and reminded him: "I don't have it here, but there are a lot of them there." Why don't you go to your mother to find a way? ”

Chu Huajin hesitated: "This is not very good, right?" "It's not a child, how can there be a reason to ask the old lady for silver?

Pei Shufen wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and continued to persuade Chu Huajin: "Mother's silver, isn't it still reserved for Master Hou?" Hou Ye is in difficulty now, but he just advances some in advance. - Master Hou can tell his mother that he borrowed it. When the business in the shop is good in the future, or if there is something else, then return it to the mother. ”

Of course, it is not good to ask Mrs. Tai for silver in a big way, but borrowing it is different.

Chu Huajin was moved, got up and said to Pei Shufen: "Why don't we go together to say goodbye to my mother?" ”

Pei Shufen said with a smile: "Master Hou will take the first step, and the concubine will come after changing her clothes." ”

Chu Huajin saw that Pei Shufen was still sitting on the bed and wearing his bedclothes, his hair was in a messy bun, he nodded, and said, "It's okay." I'll go over and talk first. After that, I have to go and appease my mother for a few words. ”

Pei Shufen nodded with a smile and called Tongyun to come over to serve.

Chu Huajin went to Cining Courtyard to see Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai was gossiping with Grandma Sun, and Chu Qianqian was sitting on the side to learn needlework with the embroiderer, which was a rare quiet time.

Seeing Chu Huajin come in, Chu Qianqian stood up and called "Dad", then sat down again, not looking at him again.

Chu Huajin didn't care, and said to Chu Qianqian: "Dad and grandmother have something to say. Qianqian went to play with your big sister. "It's Aunt Qi's daughter Chu Wenlin.

Chu Qianqian said "um", got up and saluted Mrs. Tai and Chu Hua, put the needle and thread in his hand back into the basket, and followed his maid out.

Seeing this, Mama Sun also smiled and said, "The slave maid will go down to prepare tea for Mrs. Tai and Master Hou." ”

Mrs. Tai nodded and ordered, "Make a cup of big red robe for Hou Ye." I'll just drink Pu'er tea. ”

Grandma Sun smiled and agreed, and went out to the pantry in the courtyard.

Chu Hua saw that all the people in the house were gone, so he said hesitantly: "Mother, my son wants to discuss something with you." Saying that, there was a problem with the shop grange in the house. I wanted to ask Mrs. Tai to borrow money and talk about it.

When Mrs. Tai heard this, she was speechless for a long time, and asked him, "There is no silver in the house?" ”

Chu Hua also told Mrs. Tai about the expenditure accounts in the house.

Mrs. Tai pondered for a long time and sighed, "I don't have any cash here. All the money used to buy the land was used. Even if you go to sell the land immediately. It's too late. - Have you asked Shufen? She has been a family for a few years, can she have any money on hand? He kicked the stall back to Pei Shufen.

Chu Hua smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that my mother doesn't know, Shu Fen is just a concubine, and her dowry is limited." Even if she has been a family for a few years, the only private house is because of the last money printing. It's all trapped in it. Nowadays, if there is, there are not many. Probably not enough. ”

Mrs. Tai frowned and said, "What should I do?" After a pause, he said, "It's not as good." Go to find the eldest prince and think of a way? ”

Chu Hua hurriedly said: "Absolutely not! We can't help the eldest prince, but go to make trouble for him, how can there be such a reason? - That's it, I'll go and sum it up with Steward Qin again to see if there is any other way. ”

Pei Shufen dressed up, belatedly. I met Chu Huajin at the gate of Cining Academy, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, can you raise silver taels?" ”

Chu Hua shook his head with a sad face, and said softly: "Mother said that there is no cash ......."

Pei Shufen understood and comforted Chu Huajin: "Master Hou, don't worry, just think of a way." As he spoke, he smiled and entered the main room of Cining Courtyard and gossiped with Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai asked Pei Shufen tentatively: "There is a mistake in the boss, do you have a way?" ”

Pei Shufen sighed: "Where do I have a way? Even if all my dowry were to be filled in, it would not be enough to fill half of the hole. He added: "Master Hou is also a solid person, whoever you believe, you can't wait to dig out your heart and lungs, and you don't doubt it at all." Look// Even if there is such a big basket, Hou Ye will carry it by himself, it is really distressing......"

Mrs. Tai heard that there was something in the words, and hurriedly asked, "Isn't it that the business outside is not good and the turnover is difficult?" ”

As soon as Pei Shufen heard it, she knew that Chu Huajin didn't tell Mrs. Tai the truth, so she pretended to be surprised and said, "Doesn't my mother know? This matter is not the problem of our shop at all, but the fact that some people are eager for quick success and fill their own pockets, so there is such a big mistake. ”

Mrs. Tai was taken aback and hurriedly asked Pei Shufen: "Is this true?" Do you have a certificate? ”

Pei Shufen covered his sleeves and smiled: "The people who come to ask for debts today are all pointing to Mr. Shan." He hurriedly said: "Master Hou won't let me say it, don't say it, don't say it's what I said." Otherwise, Master Hou will get angry, but I won't be able to eat, so I'll walk around. ”

Mrs. Tai's face was gloomy, and she was silent for a long time, and said to Pei Shufen: "So that's the case. The boss is hiding it well......"

As he was talking, Chu Qianyi came back from the palace and came in to greet Mrs. Tai.

Pei Shufen greeted him with a smile first: "Yi'er is back." ”

Chu Qianyi didn't look at her directly, and saluted Mrs. Tai directly, and said, "Grandmother, the Taifu has left a lot of homework today, and the grandson went to the study to warm up the book." ”

Mrs. Tai had something in her heart, nodded and said, "Go ahead." ”

Chu Qianyi turned around and nodded to Pei Shufen to greet him: "Aunt Fen." ”

Pei Shufen sighed and said, "That's it, whatever you want to call it." ”

Chu Qianyi strode out of Mrs. Tai's house and went to the wing room where he lived.

Mrs. Tai sat in her room and thought for a long time, then someone called Chu Huajin over and asked him, "...... Was this incident done by Mr. Shan alone? ”

Chu Huajin still wanted to cover it up, and said with a smile: "There are always profits and losses in business. He snorted again and said, "If I wasn't worried about causing trouble to a few princes, I would have pinched these small merchants to death with one finger." ”

Pei Shufen was startled beside him, and hurriedly said: "Hou Ye think about it carefully, what kind of family is our Ningyuan Hou Mansion. How could they not know? But if they dare to do it with us, maybe they will have backers behind them! - Hou Ye thinks about it again, how did the original Shoufu fall? The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill. ”

Chu Huajin listened to Pei Shufen's words, frowned and asked her, "Do you think there is someone behind them?" ”

Pei Shufen was a little weak-hearted. Forced laughing: "I'm just a little insightful. Hou Ye is eloquent and strategic, and when he sees the subtleties, he must think more than the concubine and see far. ”

Chu Huajin also hesitated a little in his heart. If there is really someone behind those people, it is not good to use the power of the government.

Mrs. Tai listened for a long time. said quietly: "Since Mr. Shan borrowed the silver, let him pay it back." - What's the matter with us? ”

Chu Huajin smiled bitterly: "On the IOU, it is all the seal of our Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. ”

Mrs. Tai was so angry that she fell back and said in a stacked voice: "What are you still protecting such a person?!" - Get me out of the house! What a trouble-making loser! ”

Pei Shufen hurriedly came over to help Mrs. Tai stroke her chest. smiled and comforted: "Mother, don't worry. Something happened to Mr. Shan. Of course, it is difficult to escape the blame. But this matter is not over yet, when this matter is over, Hou Ye will definitely resign from him. - Really, Lord Hou? ”

In Mrs. Tai's anger, Chu Huajin couldn't refute Pei Shufen's words anymore, so she said perfunctorily: "That's certain." It's just the difficulty in front of me. I don't know how to get by. ”

Mrs. Tai smiled grimly and said, "Dismiss him." It's too cheap for him. Take the post of our Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and send him to the official. I'm going to watch him go to jail! The thought of such a huge debt in her house for no reason made Mrs. Tai's heart ache.

Chu Hua hurriedly stopped Mrs. Tai: "Mother, I'll handle Mr. Shan's matter." I'll also figure out a way to deal with the silver, so don't worry about it. ”

Pei Shufen was also on the side to help persuade her, and finally persuaded Mrs. Tai to look better.

Returning to Zhonglan Courtyard from Mrs. Tai's Cining Courtyard, Chu Hua said to Pei Shufen: "In this way, the two of us will take half of each of us, and take the silver out to return these IOUs, which should be borrowed." When the shop has an interest in the future, I will return it to you, okay? ”

Pei Shufen was not happy, sat down in front of the dresser next to her to make up, and said, "Where do I have the silver?" - Master Hou will never let me sell my dowry and pay off my husband's debts, right? ”

Chu Huajin was angry for a while, went over to take Pei Shufen's jewelry box, poured out all the jewelry inside, pointed to a few eye-catching jewelry, and said, "What are these?" Don't tell me it's your dowry. - Your dowry is a list. Do you want us to take the list out for a pair? ”

Pei Shufen's heart sank: Why did you forget this stubble?

"Master Hou, even if these are not my original dowry, they are also exchanged for my dowry silver. My dowry also has a grange, and a shop bought with my dowry money. Isn't the income of these granges and shops considered a dowry? Pei Shufen was not angry, and settled the account with Chu Hua.

Chu Huajin was angry in his heart, and asked Pei Shufen directly: "Do you come out or not?!" ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Pei Shufen quickly softened his voice and said, "Don't worry, Master Hou, tell the concubine, how much silver do you want?" ”

Chu Huajin's face softened a little, and then he said a number.

Pei Shufen was embarrassed for a long time, and said: "Let the concubine carefully calculate how much dowry you have to sell." ”

Chu Hua stood up and said, "Hurry up, Ming'er will give the letter." ”

Pei Shufen sent Chu Huajin out, and immediately asked someone to send a letter to Liu Menghan, using code words to ask her to increase the number.

Sure enough, on the second day, another group of people came to the door, and the IOU that came to get the creditor last time was completely beyond the scope that the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion could bear.

Chu Hua was helpless, and repeatedly gave them a guarantee, let them be lenient for a few days, and when they raised enough silver taels, they were sent over together.

The leader took the IOU and said to Chu Hua: "Master Hou, it's not that we don't give face. It's just that we are also waiting for the rice to be put into the pot. If there is no money in three days, we will sue Shuntianfu. "It really looks like there's someone behind it.

Chu Huajin looked at a few more IOUs, and had a headache, just thinking about sending these people out, so he responded and sent them away.

When these people left, Chu Huajin sighed in the outer study and asked the chief steward Qin Lisheng if there was a way.

Qin Lisheng smiled bitterly: "In the past, Hou Ye's private property could be dealt with. Now even if it is all sold, plus the cash in the house, it is not enough. Unless, the shops and granges in the house are sold, and they are still close. ”

Chu Huajin also understood at this time that he should have fallen into someone else's trap. Quietly asked Qin Lisheng: "These days, I asked you to make people follow Mr. Shan quietly, but what is the movement?" I began to wonder if Mr. Shan was in collusion with others.

The people sent by Qin Lisheng really saw Mr. Shan go out in the past two days, and he disappeared after a few turns. When I saw him again, it was already two or three hours later, and it was really a little suspicious.

Chu Huajin listened to these words and was speechless for a long time.

Qin Lisheng said again: "The villain has already informed Shuntian Mansion. Let them go down to the sea to catch the paperwork and track down the whereabouts of the general ledger. In addition, there is one less person in charge of the treasury in the house these days, and it is said that he left with the general ledger. ”

"You mean. These two people should be inside and outside and transfer the silver two away? Chu Hua asked, "Isn't this a small amount?" How could the two of them make it happen? ”

Qin Lisheng was silent for a while, and said, "I'm afraid that these silver taels didn't enter our mansion's treasury at all, and they were transferred away directly outside." "The one who is in charge of the treasury has channels. There is a way for those who do the accounting. Nature can do it seamlessly.

Chu Huajin's face darkened, and he said leisurely: "It seems that this mansion needs to be rectified again." ”

Qin Lisheng hurriedly reminded Chu Huajin: "Master Hou, rectification is to be rectified, but we have to get through the difficulties in front of us." ”

Chu Hua snorted and said, "What's the matter?" Won't I borrow money to pay off my debts? - Laughing will be laughed to death. If it reaches the ears of the Holy One. It's even worse, and we must not make a big deal out of it. "He is seeking the position of Governor of the Chinese Army. If he let the Holy Know that he is in debt in his own house. He must have looked down on his abilities more and more, how could he give someone a handle at this critical moment? That's something you have to cover.

Qin Lisheng also had no way. I had to say: "Then Hou Ye think about it carefully and see if you can find the Pei family to find some way?" - And the Luo family, which is the leading imperial merchant of the Great Qi Dynasty. Speaking of which, he is still a brother-in-law with Hou Ye. ”

Chu Huajin's heart moved, and he said with a smile: "Good way." I'm going to talk to Madame. With that, he rushed back to the inner courtyard.

Pei Shufen finished her housework and was sitting in her room practicing calligraphy at this time.

Seeing Chu Hua walking in excitedly, Pei Shufen got up with a smile and asked him, "Why is Master Hou so happy today?" But are all those IOUs settled? ”

Chu Huajin smiled and said, "With you helping me, I will definitely be able to solve it." As he spoke, he proposed to let Pei Shufen go to find her third sister, Pei Shufang, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Luo family's big house, to intercede and borrow a sum of money to come back for turnover.

The smile on Pei Shufen's face immediately froze, and she stammered and asked Chu Huajin, "Why did Master Hou think of the Luo family?" ”

Chu Hua proudly sat on the circle chair on the side, crossed Erlang's legs, and said, "The Luo family is a gold mine. You go and say, this kind of thing is a piece of cake for them. ”

Pei Shufen didn't expect Chu Huajin to remember that his third sister married the Luo family.

After pondering for a while, Pei Shufen said with a smile: "Hou Ye said this, naturally there is nothing wrong with it. It's just that my third sister went out of the ocean with the ship, and now I don't know anyone from the Luo family. If you come to the door rashly and leak the news, Hou Ye will lose face in the saint, but it is not good for Hou Ye's career? ”

These words just hit Chu Huajin's heart. He couldn't help but sigh, leaned back on the circle chair, touched his forehead with his hand, and said, "This is not good, that is not good." - What can I do? ”

Pei Shufen was secretly happy in her heart, her face was still sad, she hesitated for a long time, and said, "Master Hou, don't be in a hurry. The concubine is out of the way, so she will go to Luo's house tomorrow to see if there is a way. ”

Chu Hua felt a little better, and said to Pei Shufen: "You have to be careful, don't talk too seriously, don't let people think that we can't get this money in our house." ”

Pei Shufen scolded Chu Hua in the abdomen and slapped his swollen face as a fat man, and deliberately asked: "What is Mr. Shan's going to do with it?" He sighed again: "If it is like what my mother said, it seems to be too much." Now it seems that Mr. Shan just doesn't know anyone. ”

Chu Huajin was very conflicted in his heart, and said to Pei Shufen: "Mother, you can help persuade you." I'm going to ask Mr. Shan if I can come up with some clues to catch the two people who escaped. So saying, he got up and went to the outer courtyard.

Pei Shufen saw that Chu Huajin was still protecting Mr. Shan, and his face was already cold. - This Mr. Shan must not stay in the mansion anymore.

"Tongyun, come and help me comb my hair. I'm going to Mrs. Tai's. Pei Shufen raised his voice and beckoned Tongyun in.

Tongyun hurriedly helped Pei Shufen clean up and accompanied her to Cining Courtyard.

Mrs. Tai has been restless and very uneasy these days.

Seeing Pei Shufen come in, Mrs. Tai hurriedly pulled her over and asked, "What happened to those debts?" "I'm very worried that there will be a big basket.

Pei Shufen smiled: "Don't worry, mother-in-law, my daughter-in-law will go out in a while to see if there is any way to help the house." ”

Mrs. Tai patted Pei Shufen's hand with a smile on her face, and said, "It's hard for you, I want you to go out and run around." And he asked her where she was going.

Pei Shufen said with a smile: "Go back to my parents' house first, and then go to my third sister's house to see my nephew." ”

Mrs. Tai hurriedly said: "Let the outer courtyard prepare the car, you go early and return early." ”

Pei Shufen said goodbye and left.

Out of the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion, Pei Shufen drove the car to the place where Liu Menghan lived, and then returned to the place where the Luo family lived.

Pei Shufang is not here, Pei Shufen is naturally not good to stay in the Luo family for a long time, but after sitting down, he came out with a few words of greeting, just a flowery beard.

Liu Menghan knew that Pei Shufen was out, so he also went out, pretending to meet him by chance on the street, and talked to Pei Shufen.

The two pretended to greet each other politely, and Liu Menghan asked Pei Shufen: "Madame's face is sad, but what's wrong?" ”

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Uploaded in advance. Including the addition of the alliance leader Bi Silk Yarn on May 2. There are also additions to the fairy bar edge and the spirit pet edge. Only in June slowly repaid...... Hit it with pinyin.,Typos.,Catch worms slowly.。

Thanks to cat82jiang for the rewarded balloon. Thank you all for your pink tickets and recommended votes. The more the merrier. 0(n_n)o(To be continued.) )