As soon as Wen Mianmian's voice fell, the guards stepped forward and pulled Liao Ke away, the guards were powerful, his hands were like pliers, Liao Ke was dragged down before he could even beg for mercy, and the stewards in the council hall all turned around to look, only to see that the military stick was not falling at all, and every time it fell, it was accompanied by Liao Ke's screams.

Steward Wu looked anxious, "Princess..."

Wen Mianmian didn't give her a look, and said straightly: "Manager Wu is not in a hurry, he is not wronged by this beating, you just look at it, and you are not allowed to plead." ”

Liao Ke, who was beaten, was a little scared, but he still gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Princess, slaves are also people, if the villain makes a mistake, you will kill the villain, and the villain will be convinced; You have to have a reason like this, the villain is not convinced. ”

The loud voice attracted the other people in Yuantai, and Wen Mianmian also gave him a response, "Keep fighting." ”

The person holding the military stick is a guard, and he has great strength, and he beat it mercilessly, and he couldn't stand it until he hit the seventh stick, "Please... Beg the princess to spare her life, villain... The villain is recruited. ”

"It's late, and I've beaten ten sticks.

The corners of Liao Ke's mouth were bloody when the tenth stick went down, and the stewards were even more afraid, the princess was so ruthless, they couldn't help but wonder if they were negligent, if they were also beaten like this, their dignity for a lifetime would be gone.

When Liao Ke was dragged up again, he lay on the ground for a long time before he knelt up again, and Wen Mianmian spoke, "Let's talk about it, how have you done it all these years?" ”

Liao Ke knew that he was finished, so he simply told him, "The villain has been colluding with the merchants below in the past few years and falsely reporting the purchase price, and the villain is guilty." ”

"The villain is willing to hand over the money he gets, and beg the princess to show mercy and spare the villain's life."

"What!!"

The stewards were shocked, especially Steward Wu, who couldn't believe their ears, "Falsely report the price, how dare you?" ”

No wonder, no wonder the prince has always said that he sells a lot of things, but the profit is not high enough, he has been thinking about lowering the price of purchase, but he didn't expect that there is such a big moth around him.

"In vain I trust you so much, Liao Ke, how dare you?"

"You are a beggar who came to Kyoto to beg for food, I saw that you were clever and down-to-earth to give you a place to stay, give you a bowl of rice to eat, teach you painstakingly, and promote you, how dare you?"

Wen Mianmian signaled, Steward Wei took out the spice account, and said: "After these days of comparison, Liao Ke, the price you buy is two percent higher than the normal price outside, and in five years before and after, it is estimated that you are greedy for more than 130,000 taels of silver, can you admit it?" ”

As soon as this number came out, all the stewards present gasped, some were indignant, and some turned pale.

Liao Ke held back the severe pain on his body and kowtowed, "The villain's house has 150,000 taels of silver, and two mansions under his name, except for these 130,000 taels, the rest of the benefits given by the merchants below." ”

It turned out that he had already been touched to the bottom, and he could laughingly think that he was doing it seamlessly.

Steward Wu was in tears, looking at Liao Ke's love for his misfortune and anger, as if he was a few years older in an instant, he turned around and knelt down in front of Wen Mianmian, "It's the old slave who uses people unclear, and there is a crime of negligence, and any punishment for the old slave is willing to bear it, and I beg the princess to spare him for the sake of Liao Ke's lack of merit and hard work, and let him fend for himself." ”

Wen Mianmian's eyes swept over the people present, and then said coldly: "There is no merit offset here in this princess, and if you earn silver and make meritorious service, you should have already been rewarded, and this mistake will naturally be punished." ”

"Drove Liao Ke out of Yuantai, confiscated all family property, and sent him to the government; Steward Wu has the responsibility to inspect and confiscate this year's dividends. ”

Seeing that Steward Wu still wanted to intercede, Wen Mianmian said lightly: "This princess is benevolent, and it is already for the sake of Steward Wu's face, so I didn't go to Xinjia Village in the capital to copy Liao Ke's old house." ”

"That house can be regarded as a luxury house in the village, right? His mother still has a girl to serve, and his brother's family is also nourishing. ”

Steward Wu was like being struck by lightning, and turned his head to look at Liao Ke in disbelief, "Aren't your parents dead?" ”

Suddenly stood up and kicked Liao Ke, "You've been lying to me for so many years?!" ”

"Bastard! You bastard!! ”

Liao Ke was already injured, and he fell directly to the ground and couldn't get up, Wen Mianmian waved his hand, and the guards below came up and dragged Liao Ke away.

Steward Wu turned around and knelt in front of Wen Mianmian, tears were angry from his eyes, strange and pitiful.

"Get up and stand aside."

Wen Mianmian's gaze continued to sweep over the people present, and he opened his mouth slowly with tea, "I don't know who else has anything to do with the stewards present, and wants to explain to this princess?" ”

The stewards looked at each other, even the people who didn't do anything were very weak-minded, they could see that Steward Wu was clean, but there was a problem with the people below him, and they hadn't found it for so many years, so it can be seen how far they have gone?

The eyes of the major stewards all looked at their respective people, some of the small stewards looked as usual, and some of them had uneasy faces, their eyes wandered, and these big stewards chuckled in their hearts, there was something wrong with this.

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Wen Mianmian looked at Steward Qian and smiled faintly, "Steward Qian, the business at the dock has been good in recent months, right?" ”

"Returning to the princess, I am proud of the two major events of the tasting meeting and the New Year's fair, and the business of the wharf has been good."

Wen Mianmian smiled and nodded, "Steward Wu is also an old man in the house, and he has been serving until now when his mother is still there, which is really hard work." ”

"Don't dare." Steward Wu didn't know what medicine was sold in the little princess's gourd, and his attitude was very modest, "The princess has tormented the old slave, and it is a blessing for the old slave to be able to serve the first concubine and the princess and princess." ”

Unlike Fang Cai's steward of Wu, Wen Mianmian smiled kindly, and was also very polite to steward Qian, slowly picked up the teacup behind him and pecked lightly, and said: "I also heard the prince mention that the money steward is extremely effective in the house, and he has been conscientious in taking care of Zhuangzi and the spice business all these years, and the princess is very happy for the prince when she hears it." ”

"By the way, this princess also heard from the prince that your daughter-in-law is also a capable person, but unfortunately the child in the family is not in good health, so she went back to accompany her, and now she is better?"

The more polite she was, the more furious the money manager became, and she had to fight with a twelve-point spirit to deal with it, "Thanks to the prince's compassion, the dog has been very good, and the old slave's daughter-in-law said a few days ago that she would come back to serve the princess after finding a family for the dog." ”

"Oh~" Wen Mianmian looked surprised, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen your daughter-in-law and son, I heard that your son is seventeen years old, the so-called starting a family, this princess feels that it is time to serve the prince." ”

"According to Princess Ben, it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, and now invite their mother and son to meet, right?"

As he spoke, he beckoned someone to invite the wife and children of the money manager, and did not give the money manager a chance to refuse, and when the money manager came back to his senses, the guards had already set off.