stayed until dark, until Second Master Mu came to the mansion to pick up people, and everyone had dinner together before going back to the Anping Marquis Mansion.

In the end, there was no time to go shopping on the street, and Mu Qingwan's plan to go out for a walk was also in vain, but it was worth it.

Back in Hanxiangyuan, Mu Qi and Xu Niangzi were already waiting, obviously having something to repay.

"How's it going?"

Mrs. Mu asked, and the others stayed.

"Mrs. Hui, there are a total of ten shops in the dark, three grain shops, two jewelry shops, two embroidery shops, a chess club, a tea house and a dim sum shop.

"As for the bright side of the shop left to Anpinghou, there are a total of three, one of which is an antique calligraphy and painting shop, a restaurant and a tea house, which are Moyu Zhai, Zhenpinlou and Yaming Tea House, all of which are time-honored brands, and the customers in the store are also endless, but the subordinates found that the maintenance of the shops is now in charge of a person named Lao San. The subordinates didn't startle the snakes, but secretly copied a small part of the ledger and brought it back, please come over. ”

After Mu Qi finished speaking, he handed over a few pieces of tissue paper.

"Hmph, that's a good idea."

Mrs. Mu finished reading the content in a few glances and said with a sneer.

Mu Qingwan was puzzled, took it over and looked at it, making fake accounts? Buy high and sell low, Mu Qingwan is also in business, and the strangeness in it can be seen at a glance. Goods are bought for more than market value and then mostly sold at a low price. The other party is obviously more clever, the price difference is not much worse, and occasionally there are high prices, but the number of sales is large, and a pen is not a small amount, and someone removed it in the middle.

"Ma'am, what's the matter?"

Second Master Mu didn't know how to do business, so Mrs. Mu explained to him in detail.

"That's not simple, I'll go again tomorrow, just say check the accounts, as for the store, it's temporarily closed and suspended. All the shopkeepers and bookkeepers have been brought into the Hou Mansion, and if there is any resistance and they are directly tied up, I want to see who is behind the trouble. ”

Second Master Mu simply commanded neatly.

"Well, this matter can't be delayed, and it should be resolved as soon as possible while there is no defense. What about the dowry in the treasury? ”

Mrs. Mu asked the again.

"Madame Hui, the door of the storeroom was locked, but the slave broke the lock. I have checked it, and I checked it carefully according to the list, and it turned out that the dowry was less than 30%, and there was no specific record of where it went. The slave maid had already moved all the dowries into Hanxiangyuan, presumably this matter had alarmed the people in the Hou Mansion, so the slave maid simply brought the steward who guarded the treasury with her. ”

"Oh? Let the steward in. ”

"Yes, ma'am."

It was auspiciousness who replied, and saw auspiciousness bow down and retreat, and after a while, he brought the steward over, and the steward's head drooped at this time.

"You're the keeper of the storeroom? Can you tell us about the situation? I don't need to talk about the relationship anymore, right? ”

"Madam, what do you want to know, the slaves all said that they would never dare to hide half a point, and only begged the master and Mrs. to give the slaves a way to live. If the slave goes back like this, he won't be able to survive, right? ”

It seems that Xu Niangzi and others have said a lot of things to the steward in advance, otherwise how could they be so obedient.

"Tell me, as long as you tell the truth, I will keep you safe, not only you, but also your family."

"Yes, yes, thank you, sir, thank you, madam. The slave is the steward of the treasury, and the entry and exit details of the treasury are all managed by the slave. The mansion is now headed by the eldest lady, and the keys are all in her hands, but the key to the northwest corner of the house is in the hands of Aunt Li. Aunt Li would ask people to open the warehouse once a month on the third day of the new year, saying that she was afraid that the dowry would be bitten by pests and rats, and she needed to go in and check it. In the past, Aunt Li came in person, and later after Aunt Li entered the Buddhist hall, she was brought by her mother-in-law, but every time there was a person named Lao San together. Every time I give the slave five taels of silver, I branch the slave, and the slave doesn't know what to do. Slaves should be damned, they shouldn't be cheap, slaves should be damned......"

Five taels of silver is not a small amount in ordinary people's homes, no wonder the steward is greedy.

Mrs. Mu waved her hand and motioned to take the steward down.

"Madam, the things you want to know, the minions have talked about it, do you want to leave a way for the minions to live? Madame......"

The steward was pulled away by Ji Xiang.

"What do you guys think?"

Mrs. Mu looked at her children and listened with relish, she couldn't help but shake her head, and turned her head to ask Mu Qingwan a few people.

"Huh? The daughter feels that she has been frightened now, and the top priority is to find out the people involved in it as soon as possible, the third child is the key person, and she also needs to find out what he has to do with the Hou Mansion. ”

Mu Qingwan said, and she wanted to say that she wanted to find out what the relationship between the third child and Aunt Li was, isn't it a concubine? Isn't that a green hat with An Pinghou, but Mu Qingwan can't say this, after all, she is still a good baby in the eyes of her parents.

"Aunt Li is also going to send someone to keep an eye on her, maybe there will be movement now."

Mu Yan also looked like he was doing something serious.

"That's right."

Mu Lan didn't know what his brothers and sisters meant, but he couldn't be left behind, so he nodded like little adults.

"Hehe, did you listen? Just do what a few young masters and young ladies say. The shopkeepers and account offices of Mo Yuzhai, Zhenpinlou and Yamingzhuang look for people to look at first, check who they are in contact with, and look at people so as not to let people run away. As for the third child, focus on monitoring and find a way to check his details. ”

Mu Erye finally made a summary and made a final decision.

"Yes, sir."

……

"Where is the dowry?"

Mu Qi had already left to run errands, and Mrs. Mu asked about the dowry of the.

"Madam, I have moved into Hanxiangyuan and cleaned up a room as a storehouse."

"Oh, let's go and see."

Mrs. Mu turned her head to look at Second Master Mu, after all, it was something left by her biological mother.

"Hmm."

……

The storehouse was very close, and after a while, they arrived, and when they entered the storeroom, everyone was immediately shocked by what they saw.

Although I had seen the dowry list before, I was shocked by what I saw with my own eyes.

Because I came with a kerosene lamp, I saw a dazzling array of gold, silver, and gold and silver jewelry, not to mention the woodwork, calligraphy, painting, and books that I couldn't see clearly at night, and it is said that there are hundreds of years of golden silk nanmu and the like, which is really too much.

Mu Qingwan casually tore open a small box, and saw that her eyes immediately lit up, it was the pearl of the night. Unconsciously took out the meeting gift that Mu Sanye gave him, the night pearl, the luminous lighting effect is very good, but it is not as big as the night pearl in the box.

What kind of dowry is this, my brother Mu Chen said that his grandmother's family was the Li family, a former imperial businessman, and when she got married, she took away most of the Li family's wealth, which shows the wealth of the Li family.

Not only Mu Qingwan, but others were also stunned.

"Dad, mother, how can there be so many?"

Mu Yan asked.

"I heard that my grandmother was the pearl of my grandfather's palm, and I originally planned to hand over the Li family to my mother to inherit, and I didn't want to pass on my stepchildren. Later, some accidents happened, the Li family was framed, and the Li family was crumbling, so they had no choice but to let their grandmother marry and take away most of the Li family's wealth. The Li family has a lot of money, and it is said that these are still shrunk, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. ”

Mu Qingwan thought of the thirty percent that Aunt Li had taken, even though it was thirty percent, it was also a lot of money.