Chapter 61: Cui Fu Surrendered
Cui Fu hesitated for a while, but when he thought of the purpose of his trip, his eyes were firm, and he immediately spoke: "Young Master Hui, I obeyed Aunt Liu's orders at the beginning, and I have been doing things for Aunt Liu before, but Aunt Liu trusts Shopkeeper Cai more, and she is not very useful to me."
"Good birds choose trees to perch on, I think I have some ability, and I am naturally not willing to be subservient. What's more, the person I succumbed to was the shopkeeper Cai, he didn't have any skills, he only knew that he was flamboyant, except for stealing women and playing flowers, he was not as good as me anywhere."
There was a glint of ambition in Cui Fu's eyes.
Shen Xinyue could see that Cui Fu wanted to make some achievements.
Perhaps, Cui Fu is not a child of an ordinary ordinary person's family, he has received a good education and has read books, which is not something that ordinary people can read.
Cui Fu should have suffered an accident in his family, and he got acquainted with Aunt Liu, or received Aunt Liu's favor, so he agreed to do things for Aunt Liu, but Aunt Liu didn't trust him very much, so he only asked him to be a small servant, not a shopkeeper.
Cui Fu is a careerist, he will not be willing to be a little guy for a lifetime, which is why he came to surrender to Shen Xinyue today.
It's just that Shen Xinyue doesn't trust him enough, for no reason, how could he betray Aunt Liu and come to himself?
After all, in the eyes of outsiders, her strength is not as good as Aunt Liu's.
"Cui Fu, then you came to me to surrender, what is your purpose?" Shen Xinyue's slender fingers tapped on the table one after another, thoughtfully, "If you don't have a purpose, you can't come to me."
"Young Master, of course I have a purpose." Cui Fu nodded and confided his thoughts to Shen Xinyue. "Since his Aunt Liu can't discover my talent, then of course I can go to the young master, and the young master will discover my potential."
When Cui Fu said this, there was a light of ambition and confidence in his eyes, and he was very confident in his ability.
Shen Xinyue looked at Cui Fu carefully, but found that he was very honest and never avoided her scrutiny.
From this point of view, Cui Fu is indeed a good seedling, as long as he is cultivated and has enough loyalty, Cui Fu can become Shen Xinyue's first cronies to do business outside.
"So, you think I can see what you're capable of? Even the shrewd Aunt Liu didn't see it, you are so confident, can I see it?" Shen Xinyue seemed to be smiling, and the smile in her eyes was not concealed, and the whole person looked a little wanton and lazy.
She leaned on the head of the bed, raised her hand slightly, and Si Qi immediately made Shen Xinyue a cup of hot tea.
Shen Xinyue sniffed the tea and took a sip.
Cui Fu saw it in his eyes, and he also understood that this was Shen Xinyue testing himself, and whether he could pass it or not depended on how big the chips he gave were.
"Young master, there is also an account book here, which I sorted out by myself, and it is all the evidence that Aunt Liu and Shopkeeper Cai have colluded to enrich their pockets in the past few years." Cui Fu took out a new account book, which was mixed with a few envelopes, which was a little different from the account book that Cui Fu took out at the beginning, and it was smaller.
This account book is the real bargaining chip that Cui Fu prepared for himself!
If there is only a real account book of Cai's shopkeeper, Shen Xinyue will definitely not be able to trust him completely, and he will definitely have doubts about his surrender, in this case, his future actions will be more constrained.
But with this ledger, everything will be different.
This is Cui Fu's own collation, and all the evidence he investigated during this time.
"Let me see if the evidence you have gathered is worth it."
Shen Xinyue took the account book in Cui Fu's hand and flipped through it.
I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it.
At this time, Shen Xinyue completely understood why in such an important place in the capital, the Shen family's business not only did not make a profit, but also became one of the few loss-making shops in the Shen family.
You must know that there are so many stores of the Shen family, only a few of them have the worst locations, and most of the time, the losses are very small, and in some special times, they can still generate profits.
Only in the capital
The restaurant is always in a state of loss, not to mention profit, not even when it is not a loss!
All this is because Aunt Liu, together with Cai's shopkeeper, has been making fake accounts!
This money, except for the fractions that Shopkeeper Cai used to take care of those little guys, all the rest went into his and Aunt Liu's pockets!
No wonder Aunt Liu is in the Shen Mansion, and she has been spending money lavishly! In addition, Shen Chusheng gave her a lot of silver, and Aunt Liu lived a lot better in Jiangnan than many people's main wives!
In the capital, Aunt Liu's life in the main room is also superior!
Shen Xinyue's heart was faintly burning with anger, the person who originally enjoyed such a life was her mother Song Ruyu!
This restaurant is Song Ruyu's dowry!
Shen Xinyue continued to look through the account book, which not only contained the real daily revenue of the restaurant, but also every expense of Cai's shopkeeper, and how much silver he and Aunt Liu each shared.
In addition, there is also evidence of the correspondence between Aunt Liu and Shopkeeper Cai, and the address and contact code of the person they contacted when they sent the money.
However, if it weren't for the fact that this restaurant in the capital had been losing money, Shen Chusheng would not have been able to let Shen Wangchi come here and take over the business here.
It's ridiculous.
Shen Chusheng wanted to send Shen Wangchi to the worst store of the Shen family, so that he could pave the way for Shen Yuefei, but he didn't expect that Aunt Liu had done something here, and most of the money in the restaurant went into Aunt Liu's pocket!
This can be regarded as Aunt Liu's self-defeating, if it weren't for Aunt Liu's behavior of filling her own pockets, it would be impossible for Shen Wangchi to return to the restaurant that originally belonged to Song Ruyu.
But......
Shen Xinyue's eyes were slightly constricted, and all her emotions were hidden in the bottom of her heart, and Cui Fu couldn't see through Shen Xinyue's thoughts.
Shen Xinyue secretly planned in her heart.
This also makes sense, why Shen Wangchi was sent to the worst place that Shen Chusheng thought, but it made Aunt Liu panic and send someone to assassinate him.
Aunt Liu was worried that Shen Wangchi would find out what she and Shopkeeper Cai had done, if Shen Wangchi told Shen Chusheng about it, she would not worry about her life, but she would definitely lose Shen Chusheng's favor!
And once she loses Shen Chusheng's favor, those who she has offended will come to deal with her, and even Shen Chusheng will help step on it!
It was not an outcome she could accept.
So in Aunt Liu's eyes, Shen Wangchi must die.
So that everything makes sense!
Shen Xinyue understood, and all the doubts were explained.
Seeing Shen Xinyue close the account book, Cui Fu understood that his surrender order had already had a result.
"Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu, I didn't expect you to make so many calculations, but it was self-defeating. In order to hide this, they did not hesitate to find robbers, but they could not do anything." Shen Xinyue sneered.
"Young Master, what are your plans next? What do you need me to do?" Cui Fu asked questions at the right time to show his loyalty.
Shen Xinyue saw that he already wanted to do things for himself, and after thinking about it, he didn't have anyone under his hands who could use it, and now he could indeed use Cui Fu first.
However, she won't trust her too much, and she still needs to investigate for a while to thoroughly see Cui Fu's character.
Shen Xinyue didn't express her inner thoughts, but said slowly: "These days, you can be the shopkeeper with peace of mind, the profit of the restaurant will come up, and the benefits will be indispensable to you." If you do well, I will promote you in the future, and I will also give you a place to display your ambitions."
"Cui Fu thanks the young master for his kindness. If it weren't for the young master's willingness to let me be this shopkeeper yesterday, Cui Fu would not have had the opportunity to repay the young master and take refuge in the young master." Cui Fu thanked. He bowed, and the gratitude in his eyes did not seem to be fake.
Shen Xinyue was willing to use him, so naturally she had already believed Cui Fu's words.
Cui Fu is well aware of this.
It's just that his surrender is a move, and in addition, he came here today to find Shen Xinyue for another purpose.
It is rumored that whether it is Shen Xinyue or Shen Wangchi, it is not very
A capable person, or in other words, under the operation of Aunt Liu, in the eyes of outsiders, Shen Wangchi is a weak nerd, and Shen Xinyue is a useless straw bag.
But after two days of contact, Cui Fu felt that the rumors were not true. But if he wants to completely follow Shen Xinyue to do things, he also needs to see what this person is capable of.
"Young Master, I have one more piece of news." Cui Fu spoke.
"Oh? Tell me about it." Shen Xinyue became interested, she already knew all the things she wanted to know, and the evidence was in hand.
I thought it was all there was to it, but there was an unexpected surprise.
Cui Fu cleared his throat, organized his words, and then said, "There will be a batch of medicinal materials transported into the capital in the near future, and the Shen family actually has a pharmacy in the capital in addition to a restaurant. It's just that the pharmacy is full of Aunt Liu's people, and the procurement of medicinal materials has always been the responsibility of Aunt Liu's people."
"Drugstore?" Doubts appeared in Shen Xinyue's eyes.
She originally thought that Shen Wangchi came to the capital just to take over the restaurant, but she didn't expect that Song Ruyu's family would marry a pharmacy.
I have never heard the Shen family mention this matter.
Come to think of it, it was Aunt Liu who suppressed the news, which caused Shen Wangchi and the original body to not know.
And Song Ruyu has a weak temperament, feeling that she has married Shen Chusheng, and these two shops have also become things of the Shen family, so she will never mention it to the public.
This made Aunt Liu take advantage of the loophole.
"Yes, the drugstore. The existence of this pharmacy is only known to Shopkeeper Cai and Aunt Liu, and even Master Shen has forgotten the existence of the pharmacy in the past few years." Cui replied.
Shen Xinyue thought for a while: "Since you told me this news, it shows that behind the pharmacy, it is not simple."
"Nature. Although the pharmacy is all Aunt Liu's people, as the shopkeeper of the restaurant, everything in the pharmacy is also in charge of me. I went to the pharmacy with Shopkeeper Cai before, and the people over there also knew me."
"Moreover, they also knew that they were aiding and abusing, but they accepted Aunt Liu's money, and they never made a noise, even Shen Chusheng, they hid it."
Shen Xinyue pondered, she had already guessed what Cui Fu wanted to say.
"Young master, the medicinal materials collected in the pharmacy have always been in poor condition, and there are often shortages of catties and catties, so it is difficult to sell the medicinal materials we receive. And the silver that was used to buy medicinal materials for us was swallowed up by Aunt Liu, and we couldn't receive good medicinal materials, and we couldn't sell them in the warehouse."
"If the young master can personally go and inspect the medicinal materials, I think they will not dare to fool our pharmacy anymore."
Cui Fu said that he wanted Shen Xinyue to go over and accept it in person, as if as long as Shen Xinyue passed, then the problem of the pharmacy could be solved.
"What you mean is that the person who provided us with medicinal materials actually had a deal with Aunt Liu, so the pharmacy's business has always been losing money, and even losing money, Shen Chusheng is reluctant to mention the existence of the pharmacy."
Shen Xinyue immediately understood.
In fact, what Cui Fu said was not clear, the purpose was to let Shen Xinyue figure it out for herself, so that she could come forward in person.