Chapter 60 Ledger

"Well, tomorrow night, I'll trade here. Pay with one hand, deliver with the other." The masked man bowed slightly, agreeing with the deal.

Cui Fu first gave a sum of silver to the black-clothed masked man, which was a deposit.

This masked man is a well-known know-it-all in the capital, and he has his own unique intelligence network, and many people will come to him to buy and sell news.

It is said that the masked man has people in the palace behind him, so he can always do this business in the capital.

And his information is basically correct, and there has been no mistake. However, the people who asked him about the news were some things that ordinary people in the capital were qualified to know, and no one dared to inquire about the secrets in the palace and the situation in the court.

In the past, there were also officials who went to the masked man to inquire, and they did get the news they wanted, but within a few days, the man died mysteriously.

Since then, no one dared to ask him about the affairs of the court and the palace.

Cui Fu took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, and after leaving the alley, he followed the crowd and returned to the restaurant. He treated him as if nothing had happened, and continued to be busy with things in the restaurant as if nothing had happened.

But his heart was full of thoughts.

Cui Fu was doubting Shen Wangchi's identity in his heart.

He always felt that it was not Shen Wangchi who came today, and he felt that Shen Wangchi's temperament was not like him.

After Cui Fu inspected the restaurant up and down, he asked the little guys to go home.

In the end, Cui Fu was left alone in the restaurant.

Cui Fu's eyes were dark and uncertain, and his emotions were hidden in the bottom of his heart. He doesn't look like a guy who works in a restaurant, but like a down-and-out nobleman.

The next day, Shen Xinyue arrived as promised.

She is still dressed as a woman and a man, dressed as Shen Wangchi, except that her height is a little shorter than Shen Wangchi, she looks the same.

Shen Xinyue came to the shopkeeper Cui Fu, "Good job, the atmosphere of the restaurant is much better today, and there are many guests who come to eat."

Shen Xinyue did not hesitate to praise Cui Fu.

The restaurant is getting better, which is visible to the naked eye.

Cui Fu smiled indifferently: "It's all taught well by the young master."

"I'll leave the restaurant to you today, I hope you won't let me down." Shen Xinyue inspected the restaurant for a while.

Subsequently, Shen Xinyue left the restaurant and returned to the palace.

In the regent palace, Shen Wangchi was helping his subordinates to go to the courtyard to bask in the sun.

"Brother, what's wrong? Do you feel it in your legs?" Shen Xinyue hurriedly stepped forward.

When the servant saw Shen Xinyue coming, he saluted and stepped aside.

Shen Wangchi raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "Yue'er, the weather is just right today, so I want to come out to bask in the sun, so that I won't be locked in the house every day, it's too stuffy."

"It's that I didn't think it through, brother, I will heal your leg as soon as possible, so that my brother can be free at any time." Shen Xinyue secretly blamed herself in her heart.

It was she who was negligent in the past two days, and only cared about helping Shen Wangchi stay in the restaurant, but she forgot Shen Wangchi's inner feelings.

"Yue'er, my brother is fine, Yue'er can just go about her own affairs with peace of mind." Shen Wangchi didn't care. In his heart, as long as Shen Xinyue and Song Ruyu are safe and happy, he will be satisfied.

Shen Xinyue stepped forward and checked the condition of Shen Wangchi's legs, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Wangchi's recent mentality is good, and he has taken medicine on time, so the leg injury has not worsened, but has a faint tendency to get better.

It's just that if you want to be completely cured, you need long-term uninterrupted treatment.

"Yue'er, don't worry about me, I'm fine." Shen Wangchi and Shen Xinyue had been checking his legs, but he didn't speak for a long time, and he was a little distressed.

If he wasn't too useless, how could he let his sister worry so much?

Shen Xinyue pulled out a smile: "Brother. Don't worry, your leg will be healed. It's a lot better now than it was a few days ago, and I believe it won't be long before my brother can get back on his feet."

Shen Wangchi nodded: "It will be,

I believe in Yue'er."

The two walked in the sun for a long time, saying that it was a walk, but it was actually Shen Xinyue walking around, and Shen Wangchi sat in the sun and looked at her. It's like a quiet time.

When the sun set, the next person took Shen Wangchi back to the room.

And Cui Fu in the restaurant, he left the restaurant after keeping the accounts. Following the bustling crowd, I came to the depths of yesterday's alley.

Just like yesterday, Cui Fu waited for a while, and the black-clothed masked man appeared.

"I already have the news you want."

The masked man's hoarse voice resembles the cry of a crow.

Cui Fu took out the silver he had prepared from his sleeve, which was almost all his belongings.

"Here's the rest of the money." Cui Fu gritted his teeth and gave the silver to the masked man.

The masked man weighed his weight, and it was indeed not missing him, so he told the news he had heard.

"The merchant who was robbed that day should be the eldest son of the Shen family, Shen Wangchi."

"What? Shen Wangchi? But in the rumors, didn't it say that the merchant fell off the cliff and his legs were disabled? But isn't Shen Wangchi in good health, and he still came to the restaurant?" Cui Fu couldn't believe it.

Could it be that his guess was correct? This person is actually not Shen Wangchi?

However, if this group is not Shen Wangchi, who will it be? Are there really two people in the world who are exactly the same? The voice and appearance are all exactly the same, only there may be some slight differences in height. But if two people are not standing together, how can they tell the difference?

The doubts in Cui Fu's heart became deeper and deeper.

Then the masked man's hoarse voice spoke again: "Don't you forget who the current Princess Regent is?"

"Will someone who can become a regent princess be a useless straw bale?"

"However, the Regent's appearance will be exactly the same as Shen Wangchi's?" Cui Fu was puzzled.

"Even if the two of them look exactly the same, what about the voice? There is a difference between the voices of men and women."

The masked man sneered, "The world is so big that there are no surprises. Some people imitate other people's handwriting, and of course there are people who are good at imitating other people's voices. It's just that there are still too few such people for us to reach."

Cui Fu thought about it and felt that what the masked man said made sense, but the doubts in his heart still existed.

"Princess Regent used to be a straw bale, could she have done this when she came to the Regent's Palace? Jiangnan's rumors shouldn't be fake, otherwise they wouldn't be ......" Cui Fu didn't finish his words.

What he wanted to say was that otherwise, it would not have made her reputation like this, and she had never been looked up to by others, if the princess regent was really so powerful, then her reputation would definitely have surpassed that of several talented women in the capital.

"Don't think she's so simple." The masked man scoffed.

Then, he took the money and turned and disappeared into the night.

Cui Fu stayed where he was, thought for a while, and then went back.

Cui Fu always thought that Shen Xinyue, the regent princess, was a straw bag, but he didn't expect her to have such a means.

Cui Fu left the alley and didn't go far, just on the way he met the little guy who asked him about his relationship before.

"Cui Fu, you haven't gone home yet?"

The little guy came over to greet him.

"yes, just got busy, what about you?" Cui Fu greeted him as usual.

"Oh, I just went get some drink." The little guy waved his hand and smiled, and then as if he remembered something, he leaned over and whispered, "I recently heard about the young master."

"What's that?" Cui Fu asked curiously.

"I heard that the young master had a gentle temper when he was in Jiangnan, and the young master had almost no business, he only started learning recently, the young master used to be a scholar, but the young master I saw in the past two days is not like it at all. The young master is a little too fierce."

Cui Fu knew in his heart, indeed, Shen Wangchi was a scholar, and he had always been gentle and polite. The current Shen Wangchi is strong and calm, completely different from his previous temperament.

Cui Fu has completely guessed the identity of Shen Wangchi, who is appearing now.

But Cui Fu valued Shen Xinyue's identity as the regent princess, so he didn't plan to debunk it, and even wanted to curry favor with the regent.

Once he has a good relationship with the princess regent, then some of the things he wants to do in the future will also be much smoother.

Xiaowu also wanted to ask Cui Fu about Shen Wangchi's news, because Cui Fu and Shen Wangchi had more contact, and he thought that Cui Fu would know more.

Cui Fu shook his head, "Don't inquire about the young master. We are subordinates, and we just have to do our part."

The little guy still wanted to ask, but Cui Fu didn't talk to him much, just told him to follow the young master well.

Cui Fu tossed and turned in bed that night and never fell asleep.

At dawn the next day, he thought of a good way to show his loyalty.

Cui Fu took the real account book in the restaurant and came to the inn where Shen Xinyue said before, where she stayed.

Because she used Shen Wangchi's identity, and Shen Wangchi did not live in the palace. He came from Jiangnan and could only stay at the inn.

Shen Xinyue had already made arrangements in the inn, if someone came to her, let that person wait in the inn first, and then go to the palace to inform her, and she would come.

Sure enough, as Shen Xinyue expected, Cui Fu came to find him.

In the inn, Shen Xinyue looked at the account book, a little unclear. "What is this?"

"This is the real ledger that Shopkeeper Cai made before, and he hid it, but I know where it is. The account books handed over by the shopkeeper are all after he falsified, and only this one is the real record of the restaurant business." Cui Fu replied.

He was a little nervous, and his palms were still sweating.

"Tell me, what else do you know?" Shen Xinyue simply flipped through the account book and believed what Cui Fu said.

This ledger is indeed the real ledger that Shopkeeper Cai made before.

"Shopkeeper Cai has been fishing for oil and water in the restaurant before, falsely recorded the business of the restaurant in another account book, and swallowed a lot of silver from the middle."

"Of course, Shopkeeper Cai can't do such a thing alone, so he still has a few cronies, the ones who were driven away yesterday."

"They all helped Cai's shopkeeper fill their pockets, and they also took a lot of silver in their pockets."

"It's just that the big head is in the hands of Shopkeeper Cai, and what these people stole is just some small profits."

"But they are still happy to do things, and they are all doing things for Shopkeeper Cai, and their brains are not too bright, so Shopkeeper Cai is what he says."

"That's why they were so disrespectful to the young master yesterday."

Cui Fu told Shen Xinyue everything these people had done.

This is equivalent to his vote.

Shen Xinyue was thoughtful.

Relying solely on a Cui Fu, he will definitely not be able to do these things, and it will be very difficult just to get this evidence.

Shopkeeper Cai is not a particularly stupid person, and it is impossible for him to put all the evidence in a conspicuous place. What's more, he has been enriching himself for so many years, and if he doesn't have a brain, he can't do this.

"Cui Fu, how did you get the account book? Who's behind you?" Shen Xinyue concluded that there was someone behind Cui Fu, and that person was also interested in showing favor to him.