Chapter 222: Selfishness
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Regarding Ling Kite's words, Xue Su didn't believe half a word.
Although people who have never been a businessman can't distinguish the accounts clearly, and it is very easy to make mistakes, but such a large amount of silver, it is bound to be carefully checked three or four times to feel at ease, and now it is missing a thousand taels for no reason, if it is not for the army to ask Ling Yuan to hand over the entries, I am afraid that these silver taels cannot be used to buy grain at all.
Turning this thought in her heart, Xue Su did not rush to speak, but took the paper handed over, and looked at it page by page, that preoccupied appearance made Ling Yuan's heart weak, and she couldn't wait to snatch the thing back immediately, lest Xue Shi catch her handle again.
No matter how worried Ling Yuan is, there is no way.
After all, Xue Su is the dignified wife of the Marquis of Fuguo, and at this time in the military camp, no one dares to offend the couple, she can only knock out her teeth and swallow blood.
Fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and because he was too nervous, Ling Yuan raised his sleeve and wiped it down, and it took a long time before he explained:
"It's all the concubine's fault, the concubine's body was overlooked for a while, so there was a mistake, but fortunately, the food has been delivered to the barracks, and the goal has been achieved."
Even though Xue Su did not go to buy grain in person, but handed over the matter to Steward Li, she was like a mirror in her heart about the price of grain, and she felt that something was wrong after just a glance, and slapped a stack of papers on the table with a snap, and said:
"The price of the grain and grass that Mrs. Zhao bought is really high, three times more expensive than the one I bought, what's going on?"
Ling Yuan's face turned pale, and she replied calmly:
"The border city has been war-torn and it is reasonable that the price of food is more expensive than elsewhere, even if you are dissatisfied, you can't wronged the concubine!"
The generals in the camp focused their eyes on Xue Su and Ling Yuan, and the ladies frowned one by one, with a hint of suspicion in their eyes, but the men didn't say anything. In their opinion, donating silver and food is a rare good thing, and it is already meritorious to Dayu, and there is no need to care about it so much, so as not to end badly.
Zhao Lei's eyes flashed, and his honest face showed a little guilt, and he sighed:
"Speaking of which, it's all my fault, originally I also wanted to be like Mrs. Chu, send troops to Luoyang to buy grain, that farmland is abundant, the price is much cheaper, but the random dispatch of soldiers and generals does not conform to the military regulations, I thought about it, I refused her request, so I can only choose a rice shop in the city, and please don't blame."
On weekdays, Zhao Lei is inconspicuous in the military camp, although he is a deputy general, but most of the time he hides behind others, for fear that he will be cut by the Huns.
This kind of greedy temperament makes many soldiers dissatisfied with him, but everyone can't resort to words, after all, human life is greater than the sky, and the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, once something really happens, who can afford this responsibility?
Now hearing Zhao Lei's words, he seems to be dissatisfied with the Auxiliary Marquis's move of privately dispatching sergeants.
There was silence all around, but Xue Su took the initiative to speak.
"Vice Admiral Zhao is wrong, although Mrs. Ben bought a batch of grain from Luoyang, but the people sent were not sergeants, but the guards of the Auxiliary Marquis Mansion, these guards also went into battle to kill the enemy, bloody battles, but due to aging, due to injuries, due to disability, had to leave the barracks, return to their hometown, someone is willing to come to the Hou Mansion, Mrs. Ben took out some silver, hired him as a guard, what is wrong with this move? And where are the military regulations violated? ”
Zhao Lei never expected Xue Su to be so sharp-tongued, and he had no way to refute what he said.
The soldiers and men are all teenagers who leave home and return to the elderly, some of them have a bad number of lives, they directly sink into the sand, and throw their lives on the battlefield, and some are lucky enough to pick up a life, but because of their disabilities, they cannot farm, and they starve to death and freeze to death.
Most of the generals here have been in the army for more than ten or twenty years, so how can they not understand the situation? Mrs. Fuguo Marquis does not dislike the disabled guards and is willing to reward them with a bite of food so that they can live a stable life, which is a great act of kindness, how can she wantonly slander them?
Feeling the kind eyes of everyone, Xue Su's face did not change, and he took a sip of tea unhurriedly.
Even though she is greedy for money and profit, since she was reborn, in order to make up for her mistakes, she has never done anything to be sorry for others.
Liu Yiqing is her close friend, and she has opened a rice shop at home, but because the price of food in Jingyang is higher than that in Luoyang, she doesn't want her friends to suffer, so she sent guards to Luoyang to inquire.
Zhao Lei's face turned red and white, and his sturdy body kept trembling, and after a long while, he said in a dumb voice:
"It's the last general who misunderstood Mrs. Chu, I'm really sorry."
Chu Qinghe took his little wife's hand, his bottomless eagle eyes stared at Ling Yuan, and there was also a terrifying momentum on his body.
Feeling that the man was a little impatient, Xue Su didn't plan to talk nonsense anymore, so he opened his mouth and asked:
"Dare to ask Mrs. Zhao from which rice shop she bought the grain? There are more than a dozen rice shops in the border city, which merchant is so black-hearted that he has raised the price of rice several times, completely ignoring the life and death of the soldiers, and he should be severely punished! ”
Hearing the loud questioning, Ling Kite trembled as if he were sifting chaff.
In fact, the price of grain was not as high as it was written in the accounts, and she changed the amount privately in order to make up for the deficit of silver taels.
On that day, the ladies and their relatives made up a total of 3,000 taels of silver, these money is not much, but it is not a lot, in the past, Ling Yuan must be unsightly, after all, the main branch of the Ling family operates a lot of shops, and there are many land deeds, and the annual rent is very considerable.
In the past, when she went to Ling's house, she could get a red envelope of three or four hundred taels of silver, but then she tore her face with Ling's mother, and this entry was broken.
took a thousand taels from it, Ling Yuan only kept one-fifth of it, and gave the rest to Zhao Lei, how do you know that this bastard spent all the silver on the woman's belly, and in the end there were only three hundred taels left, how can this be good?
If she didn't hand in the entry, even if she took a thousand taels from it, she wouldn't be noticed, but Xue Su, a slut, was a slut who had to stick the money donated by each family in the barracks, so that Ling Yuan couldn't cheat on others, otherwise it would soon be exposed.
But the Zhao family only donated a total of 700 taels of silver, if you don't make a fake account, isn't it equivalent to not taking out a penny? She still has to live in a border city for the rest of her life, and she can't afford to lose this person.
After a few days and nights, it was not easy to settle the accounts, but I didn't expect to be held by the Chu family and his wife, what is the difference between them and dog skin plasters?
Seeing that Ling Yuan had been silent for a long time and didn't reply, Xue Suwu said to himself:
"Since Mrs. Zhao can't say it, then I'll help you check, after all, the servants of the Zhao family are all involved in buying grain, and I can't say anything wrong."
Hearing this, the guard standing behind Chu Qinghe walked out of the camp in silence, and after half an hour, this person turned back, stood in the middle of the camp, and arched his hand:
"Mrs. Hui's words, the Zhao family's grain is bought from the Jinsheng rice shop, and the price of this shop is completely the same as other rice shops, which is not high."
After speaking, the guard Fu walked back behind the Hou Ye and his wife, bent down, and whispered a few words.
The ladies looked at Ling Yuan with incredulous eyes, if the price of rice was not high, it could only explain one thing - Ling Yuan secretly took the silver, otherwise why do you have to make fake accounts?
The hot gaze was on her body, Ling Yuan couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground and get into it directly, she had lived for so many years since she was a child, and she had never had this experience of being publicly executed in public.
Her chest continued to rise and fall, and at this time, her chaotic head finally regained its calm, and said:
"It's the owner of the Jinsheng rice shop who is lying!"
Xue Su didn't lift his eyelids, and threw the account directly on the ground, "The owner of the rice shop lied? The guy at the jewelry store can't lie, right? You ordered a set of bracelets made of red coral, worth a hundred taels of silver, and added a few bracelets, where did the money come from? ”
A series of questions smashed Ling Kite's head into a daze, and her always white face turned purple eggplant, and she couldn't speak for a long time.
Zhao Lei, who was sitting on the side, saw that the situation was not good, so he suddenly stood up and slapped Ling Yuan hard.
"Slut! You even dare to embezzle the money you donated, where do you put our Zhao family? ”
Ling Yuan wanted to argue, but when she saw Zhao Lei's threatening eyes, she suddenly shuddered, her lips shook, and finally lowered her head.
At the moment, she is the only one who is disgusted by everyone, if Zhao Lei's actions are also confessed, the entire Zhao family will be implicated, she has already torn her face with her mother's family, if she is abandoned by her husband's family again, how should she live in this life?
A thank-you banquet ended hastily.
Chu Qinghe helped Xue Su to walk out, and not long after he came out, he saw Ling Yuan standing at the door with red eyes, and the ladies who passed by looked at her with extreme disgust, and some even spat on her, obviously disgusted by her actions to the core.
As for Zhao Lei, who was maintained by Ling Yuan, he had already boarded the carriage at this time and returned home.
If he could not be afraid of people's words, bring his wife home, and make sure that he could distinguish things, Xue Su would still be able to look up to him, but now she can see the essence of this man, but he is just a vain and superficial, ruthless, unrighteous, selfish coward, except for a higher official position, he can no longer find any merits in him, which is really disgusting.
Looking at the woman's line of sight, Chu Qinghe also saw the carriage of the Zhao family, twisted his thick eyebrows, and said:
"This family is not a good thing, Su Niang has to stay away."
"Master Hou rest assured, this time Zhao Lei suffered a loss, and he must be able to live in peace for a while." Saying that, she got into the carriage, and when she left, she didn't forget to lift the curtain to take a look, and when she saw Ling Yuan hiding her face and crying bitterly, she couldn't help but shake her head.