Nongmen counterattack: I take my family to a well-off life

Chapter 146
After Mr. Meng left the study, Mr. Qin opened the dark room of the study, intending to put the letters away.

Stepping into the dark room, Lord Qin froze on the spot, where did all his treasures go?Rubbing his eyes, he looked over again, and it was still the same situation.

"This, this..." Master Qin took a step back and hit the wall with his body, the muscles on his face twitching non-stop.

Where did his box go?Where did his silver, jewels, gold, bank notes, all the money he had worked so hard to save for so many years go!

"Ah!" Master Qin shouted.

The servant outside heard the painful voice, and hurriedly shouted outside the door, "What's the matter, sir? Are you feeling unwell? Do you need a doctor?"

"Doctor, what kind of doctor! Go and report to the officials! All my money is gone!" Qin Daren said angrily.

"Yes, I'm going to report to the official!" The boy turned around and walked out of the mansion.

"Wait a minute!" Master Qin called out to him.

"No need to go!" He himself is more powerful than the county magistrate in Hai'an County. If he reported to the official, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? Besides, all his money came from wrong sources, so it's not easy for people to know.

"Gather everyone in the house and interrogate me! Anyone who has been here in the study must find out the thief!" Master Qin opened the door of the study and said to the boy.

"Yes!" The boy immediately turned around and went to the backyard, telling everyone to gather.

All the people in the house gathered together. When they heard that the master's silver was lost, they were all uneasy and very puzzled, secretly guessing who stole it.

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Mr. Qin stood on the steps and said, "I lost money in the study, think carefully, whoever has been near the study, report to each other! If the thief is caught, I will reward you!"

"My lord, we have always been in the backyard and never dared to approach the study." An aunt said coyly.

"Yes, yes, we have never been to the study." The other aunts also echoed. Seeing that the master is so angry, it is better to clear up the suspicion as soon as possible.

"Shut up! If the thief is not found today, no one can leave here!" Mr. Qin said loudly. If his money cannot be recovered, no one can live in peace!

The people below immediately silenced and stopped speaking.

Seeing this, Mr. Meng took the initiative to ask: "Are you sure it was done by someone in the house? Could it be a thief from outside?"

"Impossible! How could outside thieves be so familiar with the structure of the study room, how could they quietly transport away so many boxes? Couldn't the servants who inspected the mansion not see it? It must be done by people in the mansion!" Master Qin speculated. .

After hearing this, Mr. Meng lowered his head and pondered. What Master Qin said made sense. There are so many treasures, it is very difficult for the thieves to carry away so many boxes, but the things just disappeared so quietly!

The interrogation continued from afternoon to night. The courtyard lanterns were hung up, and everyone was shivering, not only from panic, but also from the cold.

Master Qin's brows became tighter and tighter. Everyone went through the interrogation, but no suspicious person was found, which made him very confused.

"My lord, is there someone else?" Mr. Meng said at this time, he read everyone's answers and identifications this afternoon, and felt that no one was suspicious.

"Who would it be? Who would come to my house!" Master Qin said anxiously. He is located in a remote place. In this mine, who would come to him?

Mr. Meng thought for a while, "Didn't a group of people come here some time ago? Didn't Deputy Commander Xiao from the capital bring people here? He also transported away the slag from more than a dozen carriages."

Master Qin remembered this matter when he heard him say, "Are you suspecting that they stole my money? Xiao Liang is the emperor's deputy commander of the Imperial Guard!"

Would a deputy commander in front of the imperial court come so far to steal things?

"My lord, this is also a reasonable guess. Now, the people in our house have been interrogated several times, but they still have no clue. The people who have been here recently are also suspected." Mr. Meng said.

"But among them, only Xiao Liang entered the mansion, and the others went to the back mountain to load the slag, and Xiao Liang never left my sight the whole time, drinking all the time." Master Qin recalled.

At that time, the two of them had never left the dinner table since they entered the mansion, so Xiao Liang had never even gone to the toilet, so how could he steal anything?

"There are many masters in the Imperial Guard. Could it be that someone avoided the servants in the mansion and entered the study?" Mr. Meng guessed.

The people in front of the emperor are all people with high martial arts skills, maybe those people can do it?

Master Qin fell into deep thought after hearing this. He felt that Mr. Meng's suspicions were somewhat reasonable. If he was really a master, the servants in his house might not be able to find out.

"But what reason does he have to travel so far to steal my money?" Master Qin asked.

"This... Meng doesn't know..." Mr. Meng didn't think of a reasonable reason.

Master Qin suddenly trembled and said cleverly, "Could it be that the emperor knows about it? The emperor asked him to come!"

After hearing this, Mr. Meng felt that it was possible that the emperor knew about what Mr. Qin was doing in private, so he sent someone to take away all the treasures!

That so-called slag is probably just a cover!The real purpose is those silver coins!

Thinking of this, Mr. Meng swallowed. This seems to be more serious than simply throwing money!

Mr. Qin also thought of this, "Meng, Mr. Meng, what should I do?"

Calculate Xiao Liang's footsteps, he should be in the capital soon, right?

"Don't worry, my lord. The emperor didn't make a decree, which means that there is still a turning point! Besides, these are just our guesses. Why don't we send someone to the capital to find out the news?" Mr. Meng suggested.

Master Qin calmed down, "That's right, it's time to inquire about the news, and by the way, send someone to inquire about where Xiao Liang and the others are."

So Lord Qin immediately sent people to inquire about the news, and the soldiers were divided into two groups, one went to the capital, and the other went to inquire about Xiao Liang and the others.

At this time, Zhou Yue didn't know how much fear she had brought to Mr. Qin, she just thought that the night market in Ruize Mansion was pretty good.

"Fourth son, there is a lantern seller over there, let's go and have a look?" Qiu Shuxin pointed in one direction and said.

"Okay!" Zhou Yue replied, and followed her to the other side.

"Young master, miss, look at the lanterns, the lanterns here are the most complete!" The old man at the side of the stall said when he saw Zhou Yue and the others.

Zhou Yue looked at the lanterns on the stand. Bamboo was woven into the skeletons of various lanterns, and a layer of paper was pasted on the outside, with various patterns drawn on them, including rabbits, puppies, tigers, cats, lotus flowers, peonies, etc. There are many styles.

"Which one does Miss Qiu like?" Zhou Yue asked.

"I like rabbit lamps." Qiu Shuxin said, seeing the rabbit lamps, she would think of the clothes worn by the wolf army and the fourth son.

(End of this chapter)