When Qiu Tang led someone to escort the money shopkeeper to get his evidence—the account book that recorded how many taels Liang had withdrawn over the years, Shen Xinyan roughly flipped through it and then closed it gently.
The shopkeepers of the shops under her name were all Mrs. Bofu, who was promoted by her biological mother back then. Since she was promoted by her biological mother, she naturally would not be suspicious. In addition, her mind has always been on her children, and she doesn't care about these businesses, so she never thought of checking the accounts over the years, but just received the income from the shopkeepers every quarter.
Being able to secretly record the amount that Mrs. Liang took away in such detail, the treasurer of the money seems to be a cautious person. If she guessed correctly, he should have a set of account books for himself.
Presumably because she has never wanted to check the accounts for so many years, let alone have the slightest suspicion of him, no matter how cautious people are, they will gradually relax. In addition, today she also wanted to look at the account books on a whim, so she caught the treasurer Qian by surprise, and only then did she reveal the matter.
"Ma'am, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Qiutang asked hesitantly after ordering the shopkeeper to take money down.
Unless the wife wants to completely break with her natal family, otherwise this matter can only be held tightly. Mrs. Bo is stealing, yes, Mrs. Uncle’s move is no different from stealing. Mrs. Mrs. Stealing Sister-in-law’s dowry money, such a scandal spread, not to mention Mrs. Uncle, even other people in Jing’an Uncle House will have no face to go out in this life To see people.
The treasurer Qian also knew this layer well, so he easily revealed Mrs. Uncle, and even actively and cooperatively handed over strong evidence.
Shen Xinyan rubbed her forehead, but didn't answer her.
Although this matter was a bit tricky, she was not the one who had grievances and could only swallow it in her stomach. Yes, it is true that this matter should not be known to everyone, but it does not prevent her from stripping Mrs. Liang to the skin!
"Order someone to make a copy of it, and keep this copy for me." She handed Qiutang the 'evidence' in her hand.
"As for the money shopkeeper... He could have been forgiven originally, but I hate people who eat my food and dare to plot against me! I think I've been ignorant all these years, and I've raised him so much that he will be dug up completely. , send the evidence together with the person to the government, and please take good care of the official!" She sneered when she mentioned Shopkeeper Qian.
Even if she covered up this crime, she didn't believe that the shopkeeper Qian was really clean. After finding out his old background and liquidating it together, she could teach him that some people are really not something he can easily count on!
"The shopkeepers of other shops are invited to come to the hall to see how the adults handle the case, so that they can experience it. By the way, tell them that I will do my best to thoroughly check the account books of each shop in a month's time."
Qiutang's eyes lit up.
Ma'am, that's a great move!
First, kill chickens to make an example to monkeys, and let other shopkeepers take a good look at it, Madam is not so easy to be deceived. Give them another month to prepare, and the money that should be spit out must be honestly spit out, otherwise the treasurer Qian's today will be their tomorrow.
In this way, the business of the shop will not be affected by the replacement of all shopkeepers at once, and they will be stabilized for the time being, and they will be replaced slowly after finding suitable people in the future.
As for Mrs. Uncle, that's a family matter, no matter how you deal with it, it won't make outsiders see it as a joke!
"Then do I need to report this matter to the Eldest Son?" As it involved dealing with the government, Qiu Tang couldn't help asking a few more questions.
"You can ask someone to do it, and I will tell him when the son comes back." Shen Xinyan replied.
To let the government cooperate to cover up Liang's and Uncle Jing'an's mansions, they must act in the name of the Duke's mansion, so it is impossible to hide the truth from Wei Junhang, who is the son of the prince.
Seeing that she thought everything through carefully, Qiutang was finally relieved.
***
At this time, Wei Junhang was in Qiao Liu's private house, his eyes were rolling around, looking at the various brocade boxes placed on the rosewood round table.
Qiao Liu crossed his legs triumphantly: "How is it? Wei Er Er, I've said it all, I don't have all the money. If you take out any treasure on this table, how many people may be jealous!"
"It's just you, I'm the one who opened your eyes with kindness. Even if other people begged to take a look, I don't bother to care about it!"
Wei Junhang took a piece of rabbit jade carving and looked it over carefully, quite admiringly.
Qiao Liu was even more proud when he saw it: "The jade carving in your hand is carved out of snow-warmed jade of a thousand years. A treasure that is hard to buy!"
Wei Junhang curled his lips, what kind of national teacher consecrated him, it's pure nonsense! If it wasn't for the exquisite carving of the rabbit, and the little girl in his family happened to be a rabbit, he wouldn't bother to look at it!
"Then use this to pay off the rest of your debt!" He put the jade rabbit back into the brocade box, and then stuffed the box into his arms very naturally.
"Second Wei, do you want to be so ruthless!! How much money do you want to exchange for my priceless jade carving?!" Qiao Liu yelled suddenly.
"Aren't you bringing these things out just to pay off the debt? Now I've done what you want. If it wasn't for the fact that this thing might make my little girl happy, I wouldn't want it!" Wei Junhang said confidently.
"What? You plan to give such a precious thing that is hard to come by to that little girl of your family? Really, really... If you gave it to my sister-in-law, I can't say anything." Qiao Liu's eyes widened.
What kind of race is this! Such a good thing is not used to please a beauty, but to take it back to coax a young girl? !
"So what if it's for my little girl? My little girl doesn't deserve anything good!" Wei Junhang glared at him angrily.
The corner of Qiao Liu's mouth twitched a few times: "All right, all right, you can say anything!"
After thinking about it, he was still a little reluctant to part with the work of Tao Mu, a master of jade, and took a chic jade hairpin from the table: "Why don't you trade it for this? It is said that this hairpin is the beloved object of a generation of strange women Liu Yuniang, who has experienced dozens of peerless beauties. , if..."
"No!" Wei Junhang interrupted him before he could finish speaking.
"Why not? Isn't it more important to please Mrs. Sister-in-law than that little girl?" Qiao Liu was puzzled.
"It has been worn by so many women, who knows if there will be some messy powder smell mixed with it, if it smells like my wife, it will be good!" Wei Junhang looked disgusted.
Even if he wanted to give his wife jewelry and headgear, he also wanted to give it a rebuilt one! I don't want these worn by someone who doesn't know.
Qiao Liu's lips moved slightly. I don't know if it was his illusion. He actually seemed to smell the woman's makeup smell. He quickly threw the jade hairpin back into the brocade box, and then wiped his hands with the handkerchief beside him. .
"That's all, I've convinced you! Do whatever you like!" He sighed, resigned to his fate.
Wei Junhang was a little proud: "It should have been like this long ago! Anyway, you have so many priceless treasures, one less is nothing."
Seeing his appearance of being so obedient while taking advantage of it, Qiao Liu felt his hands itch, and really wanted to greet that hateful face with a fist.
Trying to suppress this impulse, he coughed feignedly, and ordered his servants to put away the things on the table. Suddenly, he remembered something, and he approached Wei Junhang with a mysterious expression, "I recently came to Beijing to do business with Southwest." A woman cooperated to open a hot spring village, and I only found out a few days ago that the woman also recruited a partner, do you know who that partner is?"
"Your question is funny, how can I know, could it be that I can figure it out by pinching my fingers?" Wei Junhang glanced at him.
"I know you definitely don't know!" It's rare for him to admit that he didn't know, Qiao Liu was so proud of himself, and continued shaking his head, "The man's surname is Shen, his husband's family name is Wei, and he has a son and a daughter. Husband has a reputation as a dandy."
Wei Junhang stopped drinking tea immediately: "My wife?"
Thinking about it again, it seemed that Madam had indeed mentioned that she wanted to form a partnership with someone, but she didn't expect that Qiao Liu would actually participate in it.
"Hee hee, it's Mrs. Sister-in-law!"
"Oh, so you also participated." Wei Junhang nodded.
Qiao Liu will participate, thinking that he has done this business before, although he doesn't care whether Madam earns or loses, but it is the first time she is interested in doing something, if she loses, it will affect her mood to some extent, it is better to earn.
Seeing him drop such a sentence and stop saying it, Qiao Liu was a little reconciled, and leaned closer to him: "Second brother Wei, have you ever heard the old saying 'near the vermilion to the red, and to the ink to the black'? "
"Since it's an old saying, I've heard it naturally."
"Then you know that Mrs. Xu is a ruthless character. Mrs. Sister-in-law has been with her for a long time, no matter how pure white she is, she might be stained black." Qiao Liu's face was full of meaning.
"Oh? Then what is Madam Xu's background?" Wei Junhang finally became interested.
"Then Mrs. Xu is the female head of the Xu family, a wealthy family in the southwest. This Xu family, I heard that the ancestors were bandits and bandits. Later, Jinpenwashed his hands and started to get involved in various businesses. I won't say more about the specific businesses. , you wouldn't be interested anyway."
"You know I'm not interested, so why don't you sneak into the topic?" Wei Junhang said angrily.
Qiao Liu giggled, cleared his throat and continued: "Although the previous head of the family married several wives, he was destined to have no children. There is only this one daughter. Fortunately, the old man can take care of this daughter since he was a child." She was raised like a son. This girl did not live up to his expectations. Even though she was a daughter, her ways of doing things were many times better than that of ordinary men. When she was eighteen years old, Mr. Xu recruited a son-in-law for her. She will give birth to Xu's heir in the future."
"It's a pity that Mrs. Xu is also a poor man. After many years of marriage, she only had one daughter. However, this daughter died of illness a few years ago. It must be the retribution brought by the Xu family's ancestors who committed too many crimes!"
"Holding such a huge family business, yet there are no successors, it seems that Mrs. Xu has been able to sit firmly as the head of the family. It seems that she has some means." Wei Junhang nodded and answered.
"It's more than just means!" Thinking of what to say next, Qiao Liu clicked his tongue a few times.
"Her husband who came to the door is not a good person either. It is said that she had raised an outside room early and had two sons. Mrs. Xu probably took the two children back because she was worried that the Xu family would have no descendants. Theoretically, this A door-to-door husband should also be grateful to Dade, but he is not satisfied, and even plans to murder his wife with outsiders in order to take away her family business."
"Mrs. Xu is not a fuel-efficient lamp. She preemptively quelled the family's civil strife with thunder." Thinking of Mrs. Xu's methods, Qiao Liu sighed again.
If this girl is born a man, she will be able to build a career!
Shaking his head to throw away this thought, he said mysteriously, "Second Brother Wei, do you know how Mrs. Xu dealt with her husband?"
"Such a villain, no matter how much you can deal with him." Wei Junhang didn't care.
"Hee hee, I guess you can't even imagine it in your dreams! Then Mrs. Xu ordered someone to cut off the roots of the man's descendants and throw him into that cellar."
As for what kind of kiln, heck, it is a special kiln that can recruit men to pick up customers.
Wei Junhang took a sip of tea and sprayed it out!