A pie fell from the sky, and a pie worth tens of thousands of taels of silver fell at a time, is this credible?

Su Zhaoning flipped through the account book handed over by the fat steward and looked at the other party again.

Feeling that the other party's eyes were full of suspicion, the fat steward thought about it for a while and decided to find a more reliable reason to make the other party believe.

After all, this is the envoy assigned by the four princes!

Woman, it's normal to be timid.

"These industries make a living, although the Hou Ye takes care of them alone on weekdays, but the eldest girl has actually been to the shop to see it." The fat steward thought for a moment, and then said, "If Madame finds it troublesome, in fact, she can also keep the account book in her hand, and when you want to use the silver, just follow it and take it down." ”

So, don't be afraid, right? The fat butler thought. As for the Nanda girl, didn't the Marquis Mansion of Chang'an and the Marquis of Dingyuan cut off their robes? What I said was just to give Mrs. Yuanhou a peace of mind.

Su Zhaoning took out the account book on the very side, opened the first page and read it, and then looked at the second page.

The fat steward secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just be willing to look at the account books. As long as he waited for Mrs. Dingyuan Hou to take over these properties, his task would be completed. God knows how painstaking he was this time, and in order to make the words more believable, he deliberately smeared a layer of lard on his hands.

He couldn't stand this greasy feeling. When you get home, you have to wash it off with three soap corners! The fat shopkeeper thought secretly.

Su Zhaoning's gaze swept from the account book to the fat shopkeeper, and then retracted the account book.

"Since you come to report the accounts once a month, why aren't they summarized separately in November and Lunar month?" Su Zhaoning asked.

The fat shopkeeper hurriedly replied: "It's the rule of previous years, and the difference in the numbers of the year is always bigger, so I simply cooperated together for two months." ”

"What about this place?" Su Zhaoning pointed to another point in the account books.

The fat shopkeeper took a closer look and hurriedly explained clearly.

He was nervous about the explanation, but in his heart he was actually relieved.

If you look at the accounts so carefully, you are really willing to manage the accounts. That's good, that's good.

Su Zhaoning pointed to a few more questions, and the fat shopkeeper answered them one by one.

Seeing that Su Zhaoning was still frowning and holding the account book, the fat shopkeeper couldn't help but feel nervous again.

These three industries belong to the Four Princes. Of course, the prince's estate is not small. In order to make Mrs. Dingyuan Marquis sufficient, and collect it, he erased two-thirds of the money in the account.

Is it still too much? What makes this lady very suspicious?

The fat shopkeeper was hesitating to think of a reason, for example, when there were balances from previous years, Su Zhaoning spoke.

"That's not right." Su Zhaoning said.

The fat shopkeeper sighed in his heart, no, he hasn't been in charge for ten or eight years. His account will never be able to be seen as a problem.

"Madame, do you think something is wrong?" The fat shopkeeper asked tentatively.

"In fact, this year's considerable number is also a bit special, after all, business is different from year to year, and there may not be ...... in the future" The fat shopkeeper was about to go back and write down the next month's number a little smaller, when Su Zhaoning interrupted.

"Considerable? Such a significant number? It seems that in the past, Lord Hou's requirements for you were really low. Su Zhaoning put the account book on the table, looked at the fat shopkeeper coldly, and asked, "The people take food as the sky, and the largest drunken immortal building in the capital is such a little silver a month?" ”

The fat shopkeeper was shocked, didn't he say which restaurant it was?

Su Zhaoning pointed to the account book and said: "On the eighth day of the first month of November, the income of one thousand eight hundred taels and the cost of nine hundred taels, and the ninth day of the first month of November, the income of one thousand two hundred taels and the cost of six hundred taels." ”

"These costs are so high, even if you ask for half of them, let me ask you, is the eldest prince so frugal in hospitality? Or is it that on that day, the entire Drunken Immortal Building did the business of the eldest prince alone? Su Zhaoning snorted and asked, "Shopkeeper Chen, don't you think that our Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is now only old and weak, women and children are fooled!" ”

The fat shopkeeper raised his head and looked incredulous: "Madame has seen me?" ”

Su Zhaoning looked at the fat shopkeeper and laughed again, and asked, "Shopkeeper Chen has to come to Dingyuan Marquis Mansion every month to report the accounts, and I have been married in for so long, am I just a blind man?" ”

The fat shopkeeper knew that Mrs. Dingyuanhou's words must be false. He didn't report to the Marquis of Dingyuan at all, and it was nonsense to come to the Marquis of Dingyuan's Mansion, so naturally Mrs. Dingyuan Marquis must not have seen herself in the Marquis of Dingyuan's Mansion.

But the rest of the words are based on evidence.

The fat shopkeeper has been in charge of the accounts for decades, and he has been doing things for the fourth prince for more than ten years, and he has an impression of his accounts.

These accounts have indeed been altered.

Of course it has to be changed! During that time, several princes took turns to feast guests, and the income was very large. He wrote truthfully, didn't he scare Mrs. Dingyuan?

It's just that now it's himself who is scared.

Shopkeeper Chen corrected his mistake when he knew it, immediately raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and admitted his mistake to Su Zhaoning: "There should be an account book that I haven't brought here, Madame's forgiveness." I'll bring it with me tomorrow. ”

It is a habitual action for him to raise his hand to wipe his sweat, after all, he is fat, and he works in a restaurant, and his face is sweaty for a long time.

But that lard is not a habit!

Shopkeeper Chen realized that he had wiped his face with lard, and he hurriedly looked up in annoyance to wipe his face with his sleeve. There was immediately an oily mark on the sleeve.

I don't want this dress anymore! Shopkeeper Chen thought depressedly.

The other party's movements and expressions naturally all fell into Su Zhaoning's eyes. What she said today was actually deliberately deceiving the other party, but she didn't want her to be all right.

When he first saw the fat shopkeeper enter the door, the eyes looking around clearly revealed that he didn't come to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion often.

When he sat down again, a piece of dried tea on Nan Minxing's seat was also carefully brushed away by him with a handkerchief.

Can such an exquisite person just be the manager of a small restaurant?

In addition, the three account books brought over by the fat shopkeeper, each of which had a very strong ink fragrance, when Su Zhaoning looked at it, he pressed it with his hand, and felt that there were still some ink marks.

She guessed that the books were transcribed on an improvised basis.

and his own dislike of lard, it can be said that this fat shopkeeper is really full of loopholes.

"I don't think it's enough for Shopkeeper Chen to rewrite the account books in one day, right?" Su Zhaoning also took the other two account books in his hand and flipped through them.

Shopkeeper Chen is really sweating on his forehead. This Mrs. Dingyuan Hou is too good at reading the accounts, and how did she know that the small restaurant she was referring to was actually a drunken fairy building?

Thinking about the instructions of the four princes, Shopkeeper Chen nodded without tears: "Yes, it's not enough." Down, down, go back and get it again. ”

What the fourth prince said was that no matter what, let Mrs. Dingyuan Marquis take over these three shops. This is completely next, so let's take it. Shopkeeper Chen comforted himself.