Chapter 124: News Leaked

Compared with Mrs. Wu, Song Wen has more strategy and talent.

After the anger, she thought about the matter again and realized the drawbacks.

Song Wan and Zhang Xuehai secretly cheated on each other, this matter is indeed true, and it is enough to make her hate.

But can she really expose this *** regardless of it, just to vent a bad breath for herself?

No matter what Song Wan says, she is also the county lady, once this matter is revealed, it will not only be their two female godhusbands who will bear the anger of the county order, but also the Song family and the Zhang family!

Although both families are local clans and have their own dependences, something like cuckolding that is intolerable to men will inevitably make the county order turn its face.

How the Zhang family will be punished, Song Wen doesn't care.

She has been married into the Zhang Mansion for so many years, even if the mother-in-law and father-in-law above are polite to her, it is just because of some dignity given by her identity.

The gentleness and distress that should be there, she has never gotten it at all!

Not to mention Zhang Xuehai, he has either beaten or scolded him over the years, and Song Wen has become a little numb in his heart.

If it weren't for the face of the child in her womb and the Song family, she would have returned to her parents' house a long time ago, crying and leaving.

She can ignore the Zhang Mansion, but the Song family, she has to take care of three points.

This point made Mrs. Wu clear, she was only concerned with anger and hatred before, and she did not think of this aspect at all.

In ancient times, the most important thing for a big family was face, even if Song Wan was not the county lady, just a lady from an ordinary family, she was a woman with people, and the Song Mansion had to deal with it in private.

Not to mention that she is now the county lady, and she is involved in the whole body.

"Cousin, I really don't want to upset my family because of this."

Song Wen sighed, she is not such a submissive character, she is just about her family, and she never dares to take that step.

Such tangled emotions also spread in Mrs. Wu's heart, and it is undeniable that she is also eager to immediately reveal Song Wan's true face and let everyone take a look.

But Song Wen's words made her hesitate.

My aunt is also kind to herself, does she really want to ruin the Song family for her own selfish interests?

After a few hesitations, Mrs. Wu's brain suddenly became hot and she patted her forehead fiercely.

"Look, I'm in a daze! Let's press this first, you wait for me, I'll ask Mrs. Xie what tricks she has!"

As she spoke, she didn't care about Song Wen's blank eyes beside her, lifted her skirt and hurried out of the door.

Today's Mrs. Wu completely regards Ye Zhen as her military advisor, and the first thing that comes to mind when encountering any difficulties is her!

At this time, the prefectural order on the other side.

The master sitting in his courtyard was leisurely drinking tea, so comfortable.

Since Zhang Xuehai was suspended by the county order, he has no opponents in the county office, and he has acted extremely smoothly.

"My lord, Zhang Xuehai's group was blocked outside the door and left angrily."

Not long after, a man dressed in a housekeeping costume entered the courtyard and knelt down to report the news to the master.

Hearing this, the master showed a satisfied smile, and casually took out some broken silver from his sleeve and threw it to the other party.

"Good job! This is your reward! Remember, don't let anyone with the surname Zhang step through our door!"

Speaking of which, this matter was arranged by Ye Zhen, and the master just followed her orders.

Even the money to reward his subordinates was actually secretly given to him by Ye Zhen. Of course, the other party stuffed more, and he spent less.

After taking a sip of tea happily, the master felt more comfortable. not only suppressed his sworn enemy, but also won over a very unusual character, and his future is just around the corner!

As for Zhang Xuehai, with the master's eyeliner in the county government, it is enough to deal with this outsider who has lost power.

The county commander was obviously unwilling to deal with him, and everyone with a little vision knew how to stand in line.

The family Ding happily accepted the reward, just stuffed it into his arms, suddenly frowned, and whispered to the master:

"My lord, when Zhang Xuehai came here today, the villain kept listening to him shouting some strange words. said that he knew Ye Zhen's conspiracy and wanted to expose it to the county commander, and the villain thought that it might be useful, so he wrote it down."

As soon as these words came out, the master's expression, which was extremely proud just now, immediately changed, and he sat up straight with a calm face.

He knew that Ye Zhennai was Mrs. Xie's name, and as for the conspiracy that Zhang Xuehai said, he also vaguely guessed what it was about in his mind.

This matter must not be discovered by the county order, otherwise not only will Ye Zhen's side have an incident, but he will also be affected by himself who has a close relationship with Mochizuki Tower at that time.

The master rolled his eyes, immediately grabbed a pen and paper, quickly wrote a paragraph, and stuffed it into the envelope.

"Hurry up and help me deliver this letter to the exile village in the north, to Mrs. Xie's house. Remember, keep it a secret!"

Seeing his own adult's serious appearance, the family was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded, took the envelope and hurriedly went out.

Seeing the other party's back gradually moving away, the master breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Fortunately, he listened to Ye Hao's words and let his most trusted henchman block the door, so he intercepted the news in his hand.

If the cronies of the county magistrate heard this, something might happen!

The people sent by the master were quick to whip up, and rushed to Ye Zhen's house without stopping.

When Mrs. Wu was still halfway there, the master's letter had already been delivered to Ye Zhen.

Knowing that it was the news that the master had sent to him, Ye Zhen first stuffed some silver into the panting family, and then took the envelope and Xie Yunshu into the inner room to look.

"Zhang Xuehai probably already knows the internal causes of sugarcane, please be careful!"

In just a dozen words, it made Ye Zhen and Xie Yunshu both blacken their faces.

Unexpectedly, they tried their best to cover up, but they still leaked the inside information about the purchase of sugar cane.

Ye Zhen was not afraid that he would be affected, but he was worried that if this matter was known by the county order, both sides would turn their faces, not only would they not be able to do business, but the jobs they had finally created for the villagers would also be ruined.

Today, almost half of the villagers come to work in her workshop, and the wages she pays are several times that of these villagers every year from farming.

Not to mention that she relied on Mochizuki Tower to increase the price of sugarcane in the entire county by half!

"This Zhang Xuehai is really a scourge!"

scolded angrily, Ye Zhen didn't expect that this time not only did he not suppress the other party, but also allowed him to obtain more deadly information.

In the end, the county seat of Manyi is under the rule of the county order, if the other party really wants to investigate carefully, then her use of Mochizuki Tower as a cover to purchase sugarcane to make rock candy will definitely be easy to expose.

"Well, this person can't stay any longer."

Putting down the letter, Xie Yunshu's face rarely showed a trace of solemnity.

Ye Zhen didn't intend to keep him as a scourge at all, but the evidence was not complete at the moment, and she was not sure that she would directly kill the other party.

"But now we still have to think of a way to deal with it first, even if the master helps, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes."

Sighing helplessly, Ye Zhen walked out of the door and saw the busy scene on the other side of the bamboo house from a distance.

Xie Yunshu followed behind her, bowed his head slightly and pondered for a moment before he said softly.

"I've seen the ledger sent by Huang Chuan today, he has recently purchased a very large amount of sugarcane, and the number of workers in our workshop is limited, and these sugarcane are enough to support a long time."

"What do you mean?"

Ye Zhen looked back at him, with a puzzled look on his face.

It is true that the labor force of the workers is limited, and the number of villagers in the village is not very large, except for those who need to take care of the fields from time to time, and even if the rest are all in the workshop, they will only consume a few hundred catties of sugar cane a day.

Manpower is endless, unlike modern machine factories, which can work at breakneck speeds.

"I mean, we can stop buying sugar cane for a while."

Xie Yunshu followed Ye Zhen's eyes and looked into the distance, his expression was indifferent, as if everything was very chesty

It looks like a bamboo.

"As long as we don't buy sugarcane, Zhang Xuehai won't be able to catch us. The people in the village are extremely vigilant, his people can't come in, and the county order also has a master as an eyeliner, so there is no need to worry about this for the time being."

In fact, he didn't approve of Ye Zhen's move to open a sugar workshop at first.

After all, Xie Yunshu was born in a family of eunuchs, and his father was the head of the civil servants.

At the beginning, in order to support his family, Ye Zhen went to set up a stall to sell food, and he regarded it as a survival plan and could accept it.

Now that his life is rich and stable, it would be a bit deviating from his original intention to make money like this.

It's just that when he knew that the reason why Ye Zhen opened this sugar workshop was for the sake of the villagers and himself, Xie Yunshu's mind completely changed.

There is no high or low profession in this world, only the human heart.

This is the truth that Ye Zhen taught him.

After listening to Xie Yunshu's suggestion, Ye Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he clapped excitedly.

"That's right! Let's stop buying sugarcane for the time being, no matter how powerful Zhang Xuehai is, he can't find any clues!"

Their village was already in the middle of nowhere, and it was the residence of exiled criminals, and few people came.

As long as Zhang Xuehai's people can't get in, they can't catch the pigtails! Even if he was clever and had Fu Ru'an in front of him, Ye Zhen believed that the county order would not be suspicious casually.

The two hit it off, and after making a decision, they immediately ordered it to open.

Ye Zhen first found someone to bring news to Huang Chuan, asking him to rest for a while after harvesting the sugarcane today.

Naturally, the workshop does not stop working, but she still has to meet with Aunt Huang and ask the other party to help her communicate with the villagers and try to prevent outsiders from entering the village.

Now Ye Zhen can be said to be the savior of the village, almost every household has someone working in the workshop, and everyone naturally agrees to her affection.

After the explanation, the two sat down and took a sip of tea, temporarily relieved.

"Oh yes, look at this."

Knowing it later, he took out an account book from his arms, the one that Ye Zhen had copied from Mrs. Wu before.

She didn't study accounting, and she didn't understand some of the more complex account books, and Zhang Xuehai's account books were among them.

The copied ledger was very thin, less than ten pages down to the count, and the handwriting on it was not yet completely dry.

Fortunately, Song Wen's words are good, and Xie Yunshu doesn't look effortless.

But the more he scrolled down, the tighter his brow wrinkled.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the other party's appearance, Ye Zhen asked out loud. This account book was taken out by Song Wen from Zhang Xuehai's secret room, and there must be a lot of articles in it.

After reading all the contents, Xie Yunshu put the account book on the table, and his expression was not good.

"What is recorded above should be the whereabouts and profits of the sugar that Zhang Xuehai withheld privately from the workshop of the county order. In less than half a month, he used sugar to make tens of thousands of taels!"

He also knows that the price of white sugar is extremely high, but it is really jaw-dropping that it can be sold at such a high profit with only dozens of catties of white sugar on it!

"Tens of thousands of taels?!"

This number also made Ye Zhen stunned, and he opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak.