"It can't be!" Uncle Zhang shook his head, he had worked with Mama Juan for many years and knew her very well, so he couldn't help but say, "Mama Juan has been doing the accounting of this inner courtyard for more than eight years, and the accounts have always been clear, and there has never been a mistake. ”

"So, did I still wronged her?" The second wife's face sank, and she said to Mama Liu, "Mama Liu, since this is the case, I will show the evidence to everyone, so as not to let someone say that I am unfair." ”

Hearing this, Mama Liu respectfully agreed, turned around and walked to the inner hall, and came out with a thick account book in a few moments.

The Marquis of Changning Mansion has a lot of entries every day, and if it is a New Year's holiday, it is even more innumerable. Therefore, an account book about 100 pages thick can usually keep accounts for two months, and what Mama Liu is holding in her hand is the account book that she took from Mama Juan yesterday.

At this time, the little maid waiting outside the courtyard also took Uncle Zhang's daily account books, and the maids on the side had already moved the case table and put it in the middle of the courtyard, and Mama Zhang spread out the two account books on the case table and opened the first few pages, "Madam, the account books are all here." ”

The second wife nodded and gestured, "Please also ask Uncle Zhang to take a look at these two account books in person to see if he has wronged Mama Juan." After that, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Shuli again, "Shuli, you should also go and have a look, don't let people who are different inside and outside be deceived in the future." ”

Uncle Zhang and Jiang Shuli both stepped forward, and Mama Liu had an arrogant expression, opened the two account books, pointed at the specific entries and said, "Look at the entry of the inner courtyard on June 21, Uncle Zhang's account book is five osmanthus fish, a total of nine hundred and twenty silver, and when Mama Juan extracted this account book from the inner courtyard, it was written that there were ten osmanthus fish, a total of two hundred and eighty silver. ”

Mama Liu spat on her fingers, turned a few pages one after another, and pointed out one by one, "This kind of thing, there are several items in a day, and I don't know how much silver I have in this year!" ”

She glared fiercely at Mama Juan, who was kneeling on the ground by her mother-in-law, "If it happens to be a festival, it is even more unimaginable!" Fortunately, our second lady has a sharp eye and pulled out the moths in this mansion, otherwise the whole Hou Mansion will be lost by these moths sooner or later! ”

"Impossible! When pigs fly! Mama Juan struggled to stand up, but she was crushed by the mother-in-law next to her, unable to move, her eyes were bloodshot and red, "The slave's account book, the entries in it are exactly the same as Uncle Zhang's account book, there is absolutely no such situation!" Miss, please also Miss Mingjian! ”

Mama Juan looked at Jiang Shuli beggingly, she knew that among the people present, she was the only one who could give her a chance to live.

Jiang Shuli looked at Mama Juan, although her eyes were red and swollen, they were extremely firm, and her heart couldn't help but be touched, she asked, "Second aunt, can you ask a few words?" ”

Seeing Luo's head, Jiang Shuli asked, "Mama Juan, let's take a look at this account book, but the one you handed over to Mama Liu?" ”

Mama Juan struggled forward, and the mother-in-law on both sides saw Mama Liu's signal, slightly loosened the strength of her hand, and climbed a few steps forward by Mama Juan.

"This, this can't be," Mama Juan opened her eyes wide, looking at the familiar handwriting on the account book that Mama Liu's hand flipped, and collapsed so much that tears came to her eyes again.

"You dare to say that this is not your account book?" Mama Liu snorted with her nostrils facing the sky, and even Uncle Zhang, who was facing Mama Juan in his heart, couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, he recognized Mama Juan's handwriting, so he couldn't defend her anymore.

Jiang Shuli was not flustered, she thought for a while and asked, "Uncle Zhang, do you and Mama Juan reconcile accounts every day on weekdays?" ”

Uncle Zhang nodded, "Miss Hui, on weekdays, I will go to the account room in the inner courtyard every day to give the account books to Mama Juan, and Mama Juan will immediately copy yesterday's accounts to the account books of the inner courtyard, and then I will take the account books back to the outer courtyard." ”

"So," Jiang Shuli said, "only the two of you will handle this account book, but so?" ”

Uncle Zhang and Mama Juan should be at the same time.

"Mama Juan, this account book of yours is locked on weekdays, are you sure that no one else will touch it alone except you?"

"No," Mama Juan's eyes were already covered with tears, she couldn't see Jiang Shuli's appearance clearly, but she felt the strength from her gentle and powerful words, "The slave has always put the account books safely. Just yesterday, before handing in the account books yesterday, the slave and maid also looked through the account books to confirm it. ”

Jiang Shuli smiled soothingly, and then looked at Uncle Zhang and asked, "Uncle Zhang, please recall, in the past two months, have you personally given the account books to Mama Juan every day to do the accounts, and there has never been a problem?" ”

"This is naturally ......" Uncle Zhang was halfway through his words, and suddenly remembered something, "Huh? Wrong! About half a month ago, one day I went to the account room in the inner courtyard to find Mama Juan, she was not in the account room, and a maid who helped with things in the account room on weekdays said that something happened to Mama Juan's family, and she would come back in about an hour. ”

As he recalled, he said, "That day, the little son was injured in trouble outside, and the little one took him to the hospital in a hurry, so he handed over the account book to the maidservant. That afternoon, the maidservant sent the books back to the outer court. I forgot about it if the eldest lady didn't ask! ”

"Cai Niang?" Mama Juan's eyes widened in shock, there were only two people in the inner courtyard account room, she and Cai Niang, who would assist her in checking the project on weekdays, "Could it be Cai Niang!" ”

"That's it," Jiang Shuli hooked her lips and reached out to touch the account book provided by Mama Juan, "Mama Liu, can I take a look?" ”

Mama Liu glanced at the second wife and let go of her hand stupidly.

Jiang Shuli picked up the account book, slowly opened it and looked at it, and after a while, she turned around and smiled at Luo, "Second aunt, this is really not Mama Juan's account book." ”

Luo Shi stiffened suddenly, looked at Mama Liu inexplicably, and asked slowly, "Why does Shuli say that?" ”

"Although the handwriting of this account book is like the handwriting of Mama Juan, but, second aunt, you can take a look," Jiang Shuli flipped the account book to half a month ago, "The accounts of this half month ago do not look like a problem, but the accounts of half a month," Jiang Shuli said while also showing it to everyone, "The ink of the accounts in this half month is new, and it is obvious that it was copied recently, I am afraid that it was done yesterday!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the courtyard was shocked, and Uncle Zhang walked forward to take a closer look, "Exactly!" Precisely! This ink looks like it has just dried, how could it be that it was copied more than ten days ago! ”

"I have to ask Cai Niang from the account room in the inner courtyard to come over and confront him," Jiang Shuli put the account book back on the desk, walked back to his place and sat down, and asked Luo with a smile, "Second aunt, do you want to see if this should be the case?" ”