Chapter Seventy-Eight: Finding the Ledger
After everyone finished the play, the people behind began to prepare.
Bangzi sounded on the stage, and a handsome martial artist came out from behind the scenes, he was thin, wearing a big red arrow sleeve sprinkled with gold costumes, tied with colorful silk around his waist, his hair was all tied high on the top of his head, and he was neatly tied with a gold ring, followed by a group of flying phoenix eyes raised slightly, looking around proudly, all the essence shot out from under his eyelashes like a long curtain, just this temperament is enough to make people's hearts break. After he jumped up, he made a turn in the air, one foot fell gently, and the colored silk around his waist spread out like a bird screen with his figure, and sang loudly: "Look at the vastness of all around, thousands of miles of silver makeup." With the mountains and rivers, all into the poetry bag, how many times can you have this scenery in your laughing life?
The old man likes to watch this kind of opera that sings the mountains and rivers of the motherland the most, and a group of people accompanied him to watch it with relish, just when everyone was fascinated by it, he didn't know that there was a lack of people at the table.
Huo Jiu Ge sneaked out of the seat, the gifts of today's guests should be registered and then put into the treasury for preservation according to the custom, and there are only a few times in a year when the Qin family will open the treasury at such a major moment, and this is also Huo Jiuge's only chance to find the account book.
As soon as she was halfway through her road, she met Qin Junnan, who also slipped out of the seat, and saw a strange man appear in the inner house, Huo Jiuge thought that he was just a guest who couldn't find his way, so she didn't have any precautions against his appearance.
And Qin Junnan's eyes lit up when he saw Huo Jiuge appear in front of him, he just glanced at it hurriedly on the rockery before, and after looking closely, he realized how beautiful the beauty in front of him looked.
She had a pair of clear and translucent eyes, as if they were flowing from a clear spring in the valley, and the two of them happened to take a look at each other, and saw his face clearly, Huo Jiuge frowned: Why did the man who harassed him in the restaurant that day actually appear here?
Qin Junnan as a prodigal son, the first thing he did when he went to the capital was to take care of the major Qin Lou Chu Pavilions, although he was drunk in the Juxing Tower that day, but he vaguely remembered that he met a fairy-like beauty there, but after waking up, he found himself lying on the bed at home, and the feeling of loss was still in his heart.
Now that he saw the beauty reappear in front of his eyes again, he swore that he must firmly seize this opportunity, if he can really marry such a good-looking person, he is willing to never touch other women in his life!
"This girl is so familiar, have we met somewhere?" He thought that by pretending to be honest and affectionate, he would be able to leave a good impression in Huo Jiuge's heart, but who knew that the other party was unwilling to give him even a look.
Huo Jiuge glanced at him, and said impatiently: "I have never been out of this Rongguo Mansion for half a step, you must have recognized the wrong person!" And this is the inner house, if you go the wrong way, please go straight along this stone staircase and leave this place!"
She was about to leave after speaking, but was held by Qin Junnan's wrist, Huo Jiuge turned back in astonishment, and when he was about to call someone, Qin Junnan said, "Are the young ladies of the Huo family as hot-tempered as you?" β
"If you don't let go, I'll call someone." Huo Jiuge warned him: "In this Rongguo Mansion, I don't care how noble your identity is, as long as you provoke me, I can let you walk around without eating!" β
Hearing her say this, Qin Junnan let go of his hand, he was not afraid, on the contrary, he was more interested in the woman in front of him.
He was like a beast of prey, looking playfully at his prey running for his life, and the more she struggled, the more he liked it, and it was better to struggle under him, so that it would be interesting to enjoy.
He has been debauched for many years, and summed up an eternal truth: the more character and morality a woman has, the more interesting it is to abuse.
"I just got lost and accidentally walked to the inner house, if I accidentally offended Miss, please calm your anger!" He pretended to be lost, and even wanted Huo Jiuge to take him out so that he could wait for an opportunity to attack.
"Heh-" Huo Jiuge obviously didn't believe his words, but she didn't want to worry about this disciple, today was her grandfather's birthday, so she didn't want to be disturbed by this scoundrel.
Just at this time, a group of maids with fruit bowls passed in front of them, and it seemed that they should have been sent to the stage, Huo Jiuge hurriedly stopped them.
"Hello Miss Five!" The crowd bowed their heads and saluted Huo Jiuge.
"Hmm." Huo Jiuge looked at the maid in front of him, then pointed to Qin Junnan next to him and said, "This son is lost, you take him to the front yard." β
"Yes!" The maids received the order, and then said to Qin Junnan: "Childe, please come with us." β
This Qin Junnan was still immersed in Huo Jiuge's beauty, and he couldn't extricate himself, until the maid called several times before he was pulled back to reality.
"Huh, huh." He realized his gaffe, and in order to save his image in front of Huo Jiuge, he quickly adjusted his state and said to the maids: "You have the Lao girls to lead the way." β
"Childe, pleaseβ" The maid made a gesture of please, motioning for him to go that way.
Qin Junnan had no choice but to leave with the maids first, and then find a chance later, and after Huo Jiuge solved his problem, he immediately turned his head to complete his unfinished business.
Qin Junnan was reluctant to turn around one step at a time, but found that the other party's shadow quickly disappeared in front of his eyes.
Huo Jiuge came to the door of the warehouse where the Rongguo Mansion stored its belongings, and found that at this time, people were carrying heavy boxes and transporting them to the warehouse, and there were strong men with spears guarding outside, but everyone who entered and exited here had to go through a stern search to ensure that every property here was safe.
She finally waited for the people inside to come out, and now only the guards outside were left, so she picked up a stone and threw it, deliberately making a movement to attract the attention of the guards.
Sure enough, when he heard the sound of the stone falling to the ground, it immediately aroused the vigilance of the guard, and the two looked at each other and looked for the sound.
Seeing this, Huo Jiuge hurriedly ran in.
This warehouse is very large, and it is divided into several areas, and there are special places for jade; There are also special places for calligraphy and paintings, and a large part of them is set aside to place gold and silver, and even clothing has its special place.
For the first time, Huo Jiuge had a specific understanding of the financial resources of the Rongguo Mansion.
She looked at the wealth piled up in front of her, took a deep breath, and began to search for it in earnest.
She was going to find the ledger before those people came, and the place where the ledger was placed, she thought about it, and felt that it must not be a place that was visible to the naked eye, and there should be some dark room or something like that, specially used to store this thing.
In order not to let people outside hear the movement inside, she could only gently knock on the wall with her hands, and finally she found a place where the knock was empty.
But at this time, there was a noise outside, which frightened her and quickly squatted down, because she was hiding behind the box, so people could not find her for the time being.
"Hurry!" There was an urging voice in his ears: "There is only one trip left, let's go out quickly, today the third lady invited the best troupe in the capital to congratulate the old man on his birthday, let's hurry up and finish moving things, maybe there will be one last scene." β
Hearing the butler say this, they instantly gained motivation and made their work much easier.
Hearing the footsteps of them leaving, Huo Jiuge stood up from behind the box, now there is not much time left for her, if she can't leave before the group of people, as soon as the warehouse door closes, she will never be able to get out again.
But she didn't have a key, and finally thought about it and could only follow the set she had learned before, she took off her hairpin and pried it with a wire, and there were things in her space that had not been used up last time, she took out a wire, and after tinkering for a while, she finally saw the account book that she had been looking for a long time, she turned a few pages at random, and after confirming that this was true, she dropped the fake account book and the real account book hidden on her body.
Doesn't the Qin family love to fake? Now it's her turn to use fakes!
(End of chapter)