Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

In this inventory, Gu Yunji adopted a wide-reaching approach without specific targets. All shops selling salt, grain, cloth and other important goods in the city were within the scope of their inventory.

Perhaps in the eyes of some people, his acquiescence in officials carrying out investigations with such a bad attitude will make businessmen panic and affect their daily operations, but this is the effect Gu Yunji wants.

Regardless of whether these people have ties to the Japanese or not, they must be made aware that selling supplies to the Japanese is an extremely bad behavior. It not only betrays the court, but also betrays all the people of Daxia, and the government will not take mercy on them.

Gu Yunji glanced at the list of all relevant shops in the city, then handed it to the official beside him and said, "Let's go and check it out too."

At the Maji Grain Store, the official banged the door violently and shouted: "Where's the shopkeeper? Come out! The government will check!"

The shopkeeper had just gotten up. Hearing the sound, he hurriedly put on his clothes and opened the door. He was startled when he saw Gu Yunji standing outside in a red official uniform. He asked cautiously: "...Mr. Magistrate, are you coming to the shop?" What's the point?"

"I have been ordered by the superior officer to investigate the spies inside and outside the enemy." Gu Yunji said lightly, then ignored his shocked expression and walked inside.

"Check out... the spies?!"

The shopkeeper was thunderstruck. He was afraid that Gu Yunji might have misunderstood something, so he trotted to catch up and said incoherently: "Sir, have you misunderstood something? The shop is run on a small scale, and an out-and-out kind-hearted citizen, how can he be a spy?"

Gu Yunji turned pale when he saw him, and explained kindly: "Don't be nervous, we are not targeting you. We will check later and find that there is no problem. It is none of your business."

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief: "Then, what do you want to check?"

"The account books, tax bills, and records of goods entering and exiting in the past three years are all required."

The shopkeeper's face changed when he heard this, something flashed in his eyes, but he said nothing.

Gu Yunji paused and turned to look at him: "What are you doing standing still? Why don't you go get something quickly?"

"...Ah, Xiaomin, go right now, go right now." The shopkeeper suddenly came to his senses and went to the back hall to get something.

Gu Yunji briefly looked through the account books and tax bills he brought, and asked, "Where's the incoming and outgoing cargo bill? Why isn't there one?"

The shopkeeper looked a little unnatural, and said with a dry smile: "Sir, the shop is a small business, and many things are not standardized. After keeping the account book, the goods list is not recorded. Why don't you just make do with it?"

Gu Yunji didn't believe this.Small shops like his are not usually the focus of government random inspections. Sometimes, in order to avoid taxes, the account books will be falsified to a certain extent. On the contrary, the list of goods entering and exiting is more authentic.The account book brought by the shopkeeper may not be authentic, but it is absolutely impossible that he does not have a record of the goods.

Gu Yunji looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile: "There is really no incoming and outgoing cargo list? Then we will search it? I can ignore it if you take it out now, but if you insist that you don't have it, we will search it out later. The nature is different."

The shopkeeper's expression changed, he struggled for a while, and finally gave the hidden goods list to Gu Yunji.

Seeing Gu Yunji compare several books in a decent manner, the shopkeeper was so nervous that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He could only keep praying that Gu Yunji was a layman and could not understand anything.

However, Gu Yunji disappointed him. It didn't take long for him to see the clues. He pointed to a certain place on the cargo list and said: "Here is a batch of one thousand kilograms of polished rice that cannot be accounted for. The cargo list only states that the goods have been purchased but not shipped. The tax bill There is no record in the book, but there is an income of ten taels of silver in the account book in the twelfth month of last year." "Since there is an income, it means that this thousand kilograms of polished rice was still sold. Who did you sell it to?"

Sweat was pouring from the shopkeeper's forehead, and he stammered: "It seems to have been sold to some passing businessman. I don't know the name. I can't remember the ten taels of silver..."

"A passing businessman?" Gu Yunji narrowed his eyes slightly, "Although the income of ten taels of silver is not much, it is still a thousand kilograms of grain. Except for local traders and people doing sea trade, who would buy so much rice at one time? ?Even if he can buy it, he won’t be able to take it away.”

"Besides, you have the word 'Zheng' written on your cargo list, so how come you don't have a name?" Gu Yunji said with a stern tone, "I think you are hiding something on purpose. You clearly have something on your mind!"

The shopkeeper panicked and defended: "Xiaomin doesn't have it, Xiaomin doesn't have it..."

Gu Yunji said in a deep tone: "Let me tell you, the government is just conducting an inventory to prevent illegal activities. It is not necessary to arrest people and hold them accountable. Now that you have honestly explained the whereabouts of this batch of food, you can still seek leniency. Otherwise, we will just Now we can go to the Yamen prison and talk about it."

Although the shopkeeper was usually a little cautious, he was not a treacherous person. When Gu Yunji was so frightened, his face turned into gold paper and he tremblingly confessed: "I say, I say, please spare your life! This batch of food , was sold to a...pirate."

Gu Yunji's face darkened: "Are they pirates under Gao Shishu?"

"No, no! Ahem...it's not Gao Shishu!" The shopkeeper was so anxious that he almost choked on his own saliva and coughed violently. "No matter how ignorant the people are, they still know that Gao Shishu is a villain. Even if I had ten more courages, I wouldn’t dare sell him food!”

"It's... a man named Zheng Yu who works under Tao Lian. It was the twelfth lunar month of last year. Wasn't the government negotiating with Tao Lian about recruiting him? It happened that Zheng Yu came to buy grain, and the price he offered was much higher than others. The local top Good, high-quality polished rice can be sold for up to six or seven cents per catty, and the price he gave is ten cents per catty."

"I thought that they would soon join our court anyway. Sooner or later they would all be one family. We would not make any profit, so I sold the grain to him... Of course I also knew that there was no recruitment at that time, and pirates were pirates. There is no argument for this. In order to be afraid that the government would find out the clues, I did not write it clearly in the account book and did not file the tax return."

Gu Yunji lightly raised his eyelids and said coldly: "That's all?"

The shopkeeper nodded hastily: "That's all! There's nothing to hide anymore!"

Seeing Gu Yunji's face solemn and silent, the shopkeeper felt more and more that he had committed a terrible crime. He knelt down in panic and begged for mercy: "I know my mistake, and I will never dare to do it again! I still have a family to support, sir." Spare me this time!"

This man was timid, and he would say anything if he was even slightly frightened. Gu Yunji didn't dare to lie anymore even if he was frightened.

"You should get up first. This is not a courtroom. Why are you kneeling to me?"

Gu Yunji carefully looked through the account book and inventory and found no problems, so he returned it to him and said, "I hope you have a good attitude in admitting your mistakes. This is your first offense. The amount involved is only ten taels of silver, so I won't go to court to punish you." Sinful."

"but--"

The shopkeeper looked happy and was about to speak when Gu Yunji added: "Prison is exempt, but the fine is indispensable. I'll fine you 30 taels of silver." (End of Chapter)