Seeing Shen Miaolian away, Jin Tong looked around with a smile and changed the subject: "Ladies and gentlemen, explain the affairs at hand to Mrs. Ben." ”

Seeing that Jintong sent Shen Miaolian to the family temple in a few words, the four housekeepers and grandmothers were alarmed in their hearts, and they all reported to Jintong in detail with great caution.

Jintong listened for more than half an hour before gently putting the tea cup in his hand on the table, and asked Mama Zeng who was in charge of the kitchen in a soft and slow voice: "In the past two months, either the family has held a happy banquet as a guest, or Mrs. Ben is sick, and it is normal for the kitchen to be dozens of times more than usual, but can Mama Zeng explain to Mrs. Ben how the 266 people in this house, including Mrs. Ben, ate 500 quintals of polished rice in two months?" What kind of precious polished rice is it, and one stone needs twenty-four taels of silver? ”

"Madame doesn't know, the seventh master is used to eating Yugong rouge rice, so the house has always prepared Yugong rouge rice. This year, Ning'an's year is not good, and the price of rice is more than twice as expensive as usual. When the seventh master got married, he set up a wedding banquet for three days, and invited three hundred tables, so there will be so much rice this month. Mama Zeng's eyes flickered with quibble.

Jin Tong smiled and suddenly realized: "I see! Mrs. Ben has heard that the former Xiping Hou can carry the tripod and eat half a bucket of rice in one meal. Now it seems that all the people in our Hou Mansion plus the guests, whether men, women or children, are heroes like the Marquis of Xiping, and they can eat half a bucket of rice in one meal. It's a pity that Mrs. Ben couldn't see it with her own eyes! Mama Zeng, why don't you eat half a bucket of rice, so that Mrs. Ben can see and open her eyes? Mrs. Ben doesn't care about your house slave who doesn't know the severity of the crime, and transgresses his identity to eat the royal offering rouge rice! ”

A bucket of rice is about 12 catties, and Mama Zeng will be reincarnated as a pig in the next life to complete the task, and it is impossible in this life!

Besides, in this era, the hierarchy is strict, the royal offering rouge rice, the second rank or above and the lady of the decree are qualified to eat, the official rank is not enough to steal food privately, take it seriously, but you have to ask for the guilt! What's more, Mama Zeng is just a domestic slave, not even a good citizen.

The more Mama Zeng listened, the more she didn't taste it, and she knew that Jintong was not easy to fool, so why did she control the dining room with Aunt Shen all these years, and the embezzled silver had fallen into her pocket and was divided with Aunt Shen.

She was widowed in her early years, with only one son, and before relying on the kindness of the old lady, she helped her son get rid of slavery and become a good citizen. The money she embezzled was all for her son to buy an estate, and it was impossible for her to confess that it was impossible, so she had to rack her brains to justify: "Madam, it's not like this, our Hou Mansion is daily..."

Jintong had a pretty face, threw the tea cup in her hand straight to her head, and interrupted Mama Zeng's defense: "Mama Cai, take the account book of the dining room, and check with Ning Zi one by one with the merchants who went to the dining room in our house!" Wu Ning's family, you and Su Bai go to the kitchen together and take inventory of all the items in the kitchen. ”

Mama Zeng was holding a dripping cup of tea, and there were still a few tea leaves sticking to her head, so she didn't dare to wipe it clean with her hands, so she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Madam, old slave ......"

Jin Tongpi said with a smile: "Mama Zeng, don't kowtow!" When the accounts come, the truth will be revealed, for the sake of you also helping Mrs. Ben buy twelve catties and seven taels of good blood swallows, if you are wronged, Mrs. Ben will personally serve you tea and apologize! ”

Mama Zeng only felt that her whole body was sore, and she didn't buy the blood swallow at all, so she gave fifty taels of silver to the Shanhai Qizhen Zhai account room, and asked him to help make a fake bill and help resell the ten catties of blood swallow she went to the warehouse to receive.

The other three stewards were stunned, looking at Jintong looking at the stack of body deeds intentionally or unintentionally, knowing that Jintong was going to move seriously!

"Mrs. Ben heard that the Marquis of Pingning used the military to rule the family, and thought that the Hou Mansion must be like an iron bucket, and there is no leakage. Even if Mrs. Ben is sick in bed, it doesn't matter much, who knows! Hum! Jin Tong's pair of black and white apricot eyes swept around extremely sharply: "Fortunately, the Jingbei Hou Mansion is also a military rule of law, and Mrs. Ben, who fights and kills, is the best at it!" ”

Jin Tong slapped heavily on the deed, and his voice suddenly increased: "A quarter of an hour!" Everyone, do it for yourself! ”

Among them, Mama Jiang, who was in charge of the warehouse, was the first to kneel down shaking her body: "Madam, you are unwell during this time, there are many people at home who come to visit the patient, and there are many gifts!" I don't know when, there are more than a dozen vases of all kinds in the warehouse, a set of tea sets after the rain, and in the three days of the wedding banquet, hundreds of objects were broken scattered, which is really much more than usual, the old slave thought about hiding it first, and then slowly divided into a few months to clear the accounts. The old slave is not strictly managed, deceiving his wife, and he hopes that his wife will have a lot! Mama Jiang knew that she couldn't run away from a punishment, and she didn't dare to ask Jintong for forgiveness.

Wu Qiuyun, a relative of the Wu'an family, quietly moved to the side of the Wu'an family: "Second sister-in-law, is this going to be serious?" ”

Wu Anjia quietly brushed away her hand and whispered expressionlessly: "What have you done, tell me frankly." ”

Wu Qiuyun snorted and ignored it and moved back, the meat he ate was only spit out by a fool! She didn't believe it, how powerful can Jintong be? As long as she doesn't say it, who can find out what can't be done?

"I'll ask Yan Hongqiao Green to check the number of warehouses again with you, can I have no objection?"

"The old slave immediately went to the warehouse with the red girl and the green girl!" Mama Jiang took a few little stewards and hurried back to the warehouse, Wu Qiuyun despised Mama Jiang in her heart and followed at the end.

Cui Jue had already quietly cleaned up the debris on the ground, and served Jintong a cup of tea, Jintong took a sip, a fresh chrysanthemum smell, clearing the heat and defeating the fire, her maids are really treasure girls, smart and understanding. Since she occupies Jintong's body, she must help them plan well to ensure that they are safe for the rest of their lives.

Jiang Mama made a start, and people kept kneeling down to confess their crimes, from breaking what objects were secretly hidden, to being lazy drinking and gambling at night, and other bits and pieces of things were all explained.

The slave who has colluded with Shen Miaolian is still immovable seven or eight times out of ten. Jintong only instructed Wu'an's housekeeper to write it down, and when it was verified, he would deal with it together, and Wu'an bowed his head and promised.

She looked at Mama Chu, who was in charge of the fabric and needlework in the house: "Mama Chu, since the seventh day of the first lunar month, it has rained several times in succession, and the windows in the warehouse have been re-pasted with new curtains, why is there no account in the public school?" Over there in the jewelry room, why are most of the red gold jewelry not classified one by one, just put together to inject weight, you are usually so perfunctory? ”

Mama Chu replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Mrs. Hui, the window screens used in all warehouses in the house are the same, so I buy ten rolls at a time, and then buy new ones when I run out." Most of the red gold jewelry is the trophy before the seventh master, the style is bulky and damaged, the seventh master has instructions, weigh it together, and wait for Mrs. You have time, see what new jewelry objects to play, arrange with Mrs. ”

"Well, then weigh the quantity again, and hand it over to Mama Cai if it's clear."

"The old slave takes orders!" Mama Chu led the needlework room and others to retreat, her assistant Ye Qinglan had a ghost in her heart, and she didn't wake up until Mama Chu was about to go out of the door, and hurriedly saluted Jintong and said goodbye.

"Let's go to dinner first, Wuda housekeeper, tell me to go down, those who don't come to Jiqing Hall today will fight five battles as punishment, as for those who are late, Mrs. Ben will not care about it for the time being. The four housekeepers, Mrs. Ben will give you time, you must verify all the numbers before the tenth day of the new year, and all the people in the whole house except for Wu Ping's subordinates will gather in Jiqing Hall at the tenth day of the new year! Those who dare not come or are late will be sent to the farm with ten rods! Jin Tong threw a few words to Wu An, and then led his own people out of the underworld and left domineeringly.

Jiqingtang was dead silent, and it wasn't until Jintong couldn't even see his back that Mama Liu dared to come to Wu'an to ask for countermeasures.

"According to what Madame said, sort out the number, if there is anything that is not right, and if you secretly do it, you can't hide it, tell Madame the truth! Mama Liu, those restless people under you, don't be merciful! Wu An kindly pointed out a few words, and then limped away.

This lunch, only Yanbo Haomiao Xuan is the most comfortable and enjoyable!

The entire Hou Mansion was resolute, and every day slaves who misbehaved were sent to the torture chamber for confirmation. Those who voluntarily confessed their sins on the fifth day of the first month, on the contrary, most of them were fine.