CHAPTER XLII—LEDGER
Three bamboo bangs struck lightly, yes, and wait for the husband to announce the time.
The low, deep voice of the old man came from the depths of the street, and Lin Weiyang couldn't help but speed up his pace again.
After she came down from Qifeng Mountain, she rushed to the mansion non-stop, she was really worried about her drunken baby brother.
It took the three of them a little time, and finally saw the gate of the Lin Mansion in the bright hall.
But Lin Weiyang's pace began to slow down gradually, just because there was a slightly weak figure walking in front of the door with a lantern.
The faint light slowly approached, and Lin Weiyang hurriedly closed her eyes to disperse the ruthless color left in the previous fight, but her tone at the moment was cold, and she said without looking back: "This is what you said, the young master is drunk?" ”
The doorman who followed behind saw Lin Yuan coming over, and he clearly remembered that the guard said that the eldest young master was drunk before leaving!
For a while, he was speechless, so he simply laughed to hide his embarrassment, and said quickly, "The master of the house, you should rest and retire early", and then jumped like a thief from the high wall into his own house.
Lin Weiyang let the doorman leave, she listened to the hurried footsteps, and when she opened her eyes, her eyes were full of tenderness.
After seeing that there were no wounds on the two of them, Lin Yuan's hanging heart finally settled down. He carried the lantern and saw Lin Weiyang, who was dusty, and stretched out his hand to gently help his sister dust off her clothes.
"Or did you do it?" Lin Yuan asked.
Lin Weiyang didn't hide it, and asked softly, "Why did you drink well today?" ”
Lin Yuan didn't look up, and continued to pat the dust on his sister's waist and said, "It's inevitable that you will have some headaches." ”
At this moment, there was a miserable scream from inside the gate of the Lin Mansion, and the accompanying guest complained extremely dissatisfied.
The three people standing on the street heard the sound, except for Lin Sanli, who all laughed softly.
Lin Weiyang grabbed Lin Yuan's busy palm and said gently: "It's all time, let's go back and talk about it." ”
Lin Yuan bowed, he didn't forget to point the lantern at Lin Sanli behind him, and said with a smile: "Go home Sanli!" ”
In this way, the three of them walked slowly to the door and saw the fat cook leaning against the door frame with a smile.
It is said that it is not a big deal to watch the excitement, and Uncle Wu did not stop the two people who were fighting on the ground in the door, but gave them advice and instructed them on how to act.
It wasn't until the three of them walked in that Uncle Wu put away his casual posture and saluted respectfully.
"Uncle Wu, I have to trouble you to help me make some food, this Five Organs Mansion is starting to make a fuss." Lin Yuan said with a smile.
Xiao Engong spoke, and the fat cook took the lead in the house, went straight to the kitchen, and did not forget to give the last advice to the two who were scuffling on the ground.
"Hey! Kick him with your legs! ”
The next three people crossed the threshold, and the "twist" on the ground saw the head of the house, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly stopped their movements.
Lin Yuan felt funny watching the two frolic, completely forgetting that he was the culprit, and said, "You go on, don't forget to close the door for a while." ”
When the three of them were far away, the noisy bickering sounded from the door again.
The three people walking on the small path of the house did not go directly back to the courtyard to rest, but went in the opposite direction.
Lin Weiyang was led by his younger brother for a long time before he asked curiously, "Aren't you going back to your room to rest when it's getting late?" ”
Lin Yuan looked ahead and began to grope for the road with his memory.
"I'm afraid I'll have to go to bed later today."
After several rounds, the three of them came to the place where Lin Futun put his sundries.
Lin Yuan nodded with satisfaction, it seemed that his memory was still relatively strong. He then looked back at his sister and asked, "Sister, where did you put those sundries in Liu's Mansion back then?" ”
Although he didn't know what this little brother wanted, Lin Weiyang still glanced at it, and then pointed his chin, "Oh, it's there." ”
Following the direction given by Lin Weiyang, Lin Yuan walked to the door and pushed open the wooden door, and suddenly a burst of dust poured down.
Lin Yuan rolled up his sleeves and covered his mouth and nose, and waited until the dust cleared before stepping into the cold utility room.
With the help of the light in his hand, Lin Yuan looked around, and finally locked on to a large dusty box in the corner and walked over, followed by the two behind him.
Squatting down and looking at the iron lock on the box, Lin Yuan turned around and asked, "Is this key still there?" ”
Lin Weiyang put his finger against his chin and thought about it, but he didn't remember where the key was for a long time.
When Lin Yuan fiddled with the iron lock, Lin San stepped out, pulled out the horizontal knife behind his back with one hand, and said "get up".
When it was too late, Lin Yuan was so frightened by the sound of unsheathing that he fell backwards, and he heard the sound of metal breaking.
"It's on." Lin Sanli silently retracted the horizontal knife into the scabbard, and the iron lock that happened to be turned into two halves could also fall to the ground.
This time, it scared Lin Yuan a lot, but fortunately he hid quickly. When he was frightened, Lin Yuan still gave Lin Sanli a thumbs up, and then moved his gaze to the box, opening it and rummaging through it for a while.
With Lin Weiyang's help, it took Lin Yuan half a moment to find what he was looking for.
Handing over the thick book to Lin Weiyang, Lin Yuan picked up the lantern beside him and stood up, Xu is body was a little numb after squatting for a long time, he stretched out his body and stretched out.
Lin Weiyang shook the book for a while, and then noticed that what Lin Yuan was looking for was actually the previous account book of the Liu Mansion.
Seeing his sister's eyes, Lin Yuan also knew what she wanted to ask, but he still pulled the two out of the room first, he really couldn't stand the cold in this room! Closing the door, Lin Yuan said, "Go back and explain." ”
Since the younger brother said so, Lin Weiyang didn't ask again.
The three of them tossed and turned again, and finally returned to Lin Weiyang's courtyard.
Unexpectedly, Uncle Wu was already sitting in the room, and there was a bowl of steaming noodles on the table.
And Mo Tingcheng was dressed in a plain white underwear and a thick coat, sitting at the table with sleepy eyes, even his hair was messy, thinking that he had already fallen asleep, and was just woken up by Uncle Wu, who came to deliver the noodles.
Looking at the delicate appearance of the little girl with her cheeks and mouth, Lin Yuan suddenly became playful, and actually pinched the girl's face with cold fingers, which made Mo Qingcheng sober up instantly, and slapped Lin Yuan with some shame.
"What are you doing!" The girl blushed and yelled at the bad thief.
Lin Yuan sat beside her, moved the big bowl in front of him, and said with a cheeky smile: "Young master bullying girls, isn't this a common review in the book?" ”
Mo Qingcheng blushed and spat spit, and whispered, "I don't know what filthy scripts you are reading." ”
Lin Yuan, who had just eaten a bite of noodles, heard this, he reached out and pinched the noodles that had not yet been bitten off, which provoked Mo Qingcheng to beat him for a while, and he couldn't relieve his anger for a long time.
Watching the two little guys messing around, Lin Weiyang sat opposite Lin Yuan with a smile, and said, "Okay, don't tease the girl, let's talk about business while eating." ”
After that, Lin Weiyang also put the account book that he had just found on the table.
Just when Lin Yuan took out the Lu family's account book into his arms, Mo Qingcheng, the girl, had already taken the account book of the Liu Mansion in his hand and looked through it.
Swallowing the noodles in his mouth, Lin Yuan handed over the account book of the Lu family in his hand to Mo Qingcheng.
Lin Yuan continued to eat the noodles again, letting them study the two ledgers.
After Lin Yuan finished eating and put down the chopsticks in his hand, Lin Weiyang pointed to the account book taken out by the younger brother and asked, "This is?" ”
Comfortably burped, Lin Yuan explained: "Lu Hao, that old guy's private accounts over the years. ”
"I've looked through it, and there's nothing special about it." Mo Chengcheng handed the two account books to Lin Weiyang.
Lin Yuan raised his hand and shook it a few times, and said, "Don't worry, Miss Mo, I'll ask you a question first." ”
"Do you know the killer system of the Falling Immortal Tower?"
Lin Yuan's question, Mo Qingcheng really knew, she thought about it carefully, and then replied, "I remember...... From top to bottom, it should be divided into four grades: A, B, C, D, the D character represents the killer below the third grade, the C grade represents the fourth grade, the B grade is the fifth grade, and the killer strength of the A grade is basically above the sixth grade. ”
After Mo Chengcheng finished explaining, Lin Yuan took out a deed from Qiankun's sleeve and put it on the table.
"This is what Guan Linshuang gave me in the Falling Immortal Tower a few days ago, and it records the number of killers hired by the Liu Mansion back then."
Just as Lin Weiyang was browsing the deed in his hand, Lin Yuan said with a gloomy face: "There are two people in character A, two people in character B, ten people in character T, and twenty people in character C, a total of thirty-four killers!" ”
"Liu Cheng, that old thing, really looks up to his father!" Lin Weiyang gritted her teeth and said, her anger made her almost crumple the deed.
Fortunately, Lin Weiyang has also honed his mind over the years and has not let anger get carried away in his brain. She raised her eyes to look at the little brother opposite, and said, "So, does this have anything to do with the Lu family's account book?" ”
Lin Yuan sensed his sister's anger, he leaned over and took back the deed, this thing is safer to put on him for the time being, after all, he will use it to question Lu Hao in the future.
"Sister, how much tattooed jade did the Liu Mansion spend on hiring killers?" Lin Yuan asked.
"Two hundred thousand." Lin Weiyang answered the amount on the deed without thinking.
At this moment, Mo Tingcheng, who was looking through the account book, suddenly raised his head, and then put down the account book of the Lu family and turned to open the account book of the Liu Mansion, and kept muttering the word "no" in his mouth.
Lin Yuan didn't react to Mo Tingcheng's strange behavior, but Lin Weiyang frowned and moved to Mo Tingcheng's side, looked at her and flipped through the account book and asked, "What's wrong, sister?" But what's wrong? ”
Mo Qingcheng didn't have time to answer, she was engrossed in rummaging, until the page of records that she felt was wrong appeared, then she stretched out her finger a little and said: "Sister Lin, look, this is the general ledger of the month when the killers were hired by the Liu Mansion, if the above record is correct, then the Liu Mansion should only have less than 100,000 jade inventory, and it can't afford to use so many killers." ”
"Is there any business capital that can be turned?" Lin Yuan wrapped his arms around his chest, his eyes shining.
Mo Chengcheng flipped through a few more pages, and finally looked up at Lin Yuan and shook his head, and said, "No, all the funds that Liu Mansion could use at that time were more than 90,000 tattooed jade ......."
"That's right!" Lin Yuan suddenly slapped the table, startling everyone present.
It seemed that he was also aware that he was a little excited, Lin Yuan blinked his eyes to relieve the embarrassment, and said after coughing lightly: "The shopkeeper of the Falling Immortal Building gave me a message two days ago, saying that Liu Cheng couldn't afford to pay this money back then, and I was skeptical at that time, but ......"
"But now you can only be sure that there must be someone behind Liu Mansion who is helping him, and you can't identify it as Lu Hao." Mo Tingcheng expressed his opinion.
How could Lin Yuan not know such a situation, he smiled lightly and picked up the account book he got from the black robe, and said, "So, I have to put some effort into Lu Hao's private account." ”
"As long as we can find out the weirdness of Lu Hao and Liu Cheng on the books, then we will also have the capital to 'catch up' with Lu Da Rich Man!"