Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 36 House Law
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After the meal, Wen Shu gained some strength and began to look through the heavy account book.

She looked at the accounts very quickly, and asked Yun Le to find an abacus. At first, she was on the bed and carefully calculated according to the account books. After two days, when she felt that she could go to the ground with all her strength, she bent over the desk and did the calculations day and night.

Seeing her hard work, Zhang Zhuo proposed to ask the accountant in the mansion to help her watch it together, but Wen Shu refused because it was a secret.

It was related to Wenfu, and she no longer dared to take risks.

Huangtian paid off, and Wen Shu finally found out the clues.

"Look, this is the list of cloth and silk shipped to Xiliang in May last year." Wen Shu pointed to Zhang Zhuo at the corner of the account book, "I remember that Yuzhou collected not much silk from Sanghu in May last year. , so when selling to Xiliang, Wenjia Company raised the price."

"But the price of my mother's stamped business brochure is not fifty cents per foot, but seventy cents per foot." Wen Shu said firmly, "And I looked at the general directory of Wenfu's treasury and collected the silk The principal is also different from this account book."

"Then the tariffs handed over to Xiliang and Beizhao are also very different." Wen Shu quickly fiddled with the abacus, "In this way, the difference is..."

"12 taels!" Wen Shu was surprised at first, and then frowned tightly, "But the Wen family's silk business was difficult that year, and the total profit returned to the Wen family was less than half of this."

Zhang Meng listened to Wen Shu's words and pondered carefully: "Beizhao's export tariff is calculated based on cost, while Xiliang's import tariff is calculated based on pricing profit."

"Someone has underestimated the price and principal, and all the money from the tariff should go into their pockets."

"It's more than that." Wen Shu fiddled with the abacus with one hand and quickly jotted down with a pen in the other hand, "The profit difference is also the same, the total is less than 7 taels of silver."

Zhang Yan was also surprised when he heard the amount: "The account books in the Wenfu warehouse do not match the account books of Wen's Buhang in Yuzhou. If the Buhang's account books are true, then Yuzhou has made false accounts. Investigate the reason. The reason must be the shopkeeper and manager of Wenshi Clothing Store in Yuzhou."

Wen Shu carefully looked at the huge numbers on the paper, and stroked the seal of the Wen family in her hand: "My parents treated those shopkeepers and managers very well, and the monthly salary and year-end dividends were never inferior to them. There is actually a ghost in the company."

"Zhong Lan is in Yuzhou now. I'll write a letter to her. Could you please Mr. Zhang to send it to me?" Wen Shu looked at Zhang Yu.

"Don't bother, I should do it." Zhang Zhu looked at Wen Shu who was back to life and smiled slightly.

"What Young Master Zhang has done for the Wen family will be unforgettable by Wen Shu. After the Wen family has redressed their grievances, Wen Shu will express her gratitude." Wen Shu stood up to salute.

Zhang Meng quickly held on, raised his eyes to meet Wen Shu's eyes, and turned away unnaturally: "No need to thank you again, no need to thank you again."

Wen Shu smiled slightly and treated Zhang Zhuo as being polite. She said no more. She laid out the paper and started writing. She wrote a short page, stamped it, dried the ink slightly, put it in an envelope and handed it to Zhang Zhuo. He found that Zhang Zhuo had been staring at him.

"Young Master Zhang?" Wen Shu waved her hand in front of Zhang Zhuo's eyes.

Zhang Meng came back to his senses and murmured: "Miss Wen, have you fallen in love with someone?"

"What?" Wen Shu didn't hear clearly and asked.

"Nothing." Zhang Zhuo took the letter, stood up in a hurry and walked out the door.

After ordering a trustworthy person in the government to send him to Yuzhou immediately, Zhang Zhuo stood in front of the court with his hands folded, watching the late plum blossoms falling in front of the court: "He Ming, do you think I'm crazy?"

Seeing that Zhang Zhuo was paying special attention to Wen Shu in the past few days, He Ming understood: "Young master, are you talking about Miss Wen?"

"She has been living in Zhang Mansion these past few days, and there have been a lot of rumors outside, most of which are not good for her. She will choose to inherit the Wen family in the future. If her reputation is ruined, it will be difficult for her to do business or discuss marriage in the future. I want to help her."

Zhang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly: "If I express my feelings to her now, am I trying to take advantage of others' danger to force her to agree?"

"I don't know if the young master is taking advantage of others' danger, but even if Miss Wen is willing to do this, the master of the house and the eldest lady will definitely not agree."

He Ming advised: "The eldest lady has always wanted to choose a good marriage for the young master. She has even met the girl from the princess's mother's family in Wangdu, so she will definitely not follow the young master's wishes."

"I don't know how..." Zhang Zhu was about to retort, but he saw Wen Shu leading Yun Le out of the arch and towards the gate of the mansion. He was surprised and chased after her, "Miss Wen wants to go out?"

"Young Master Zhang." Wen Shu saluted, "I plan to go home and get the price list of Wen's store."

"If you want anything, I'll send someone to get it for you." Zhang Zhuo said hurriedly, but felt it was inappropriate, "If Miss Wen doesn't want to leave it to someone else, I'd like to go on Miss Wen's behalf."

Wen Shu smiled and shook her head: "There are many books in the treasury and they are arranged in a mixed manner. Young Master Zhang may not be able to find them."

Zhang Zhuo was in a dilemma: "If you can't find it, I'll help you find it. You can't go out."

"Why?"

"because……"

"Is it because of the rumors outside?" Wen Shu curled her lips.

"You already know?" Zhang Zhuo frowned slightly, "These are bastard words spread by rogues in the market, don't believe it."

"Those who are clean will be clean by themselves, I don't care." Wen Shu nodded slightly and prepared to leave.

"But I care." Zhang Zhuo looked at Wen Shu's back and stepped forward to stop her.

"Miss Wen, I'm very happy to see you slowly cheer up in the past few days and start to redress the injustice of the Wen family." Zhang Zhu paused and looked at Wen Shu's doubtful eyes seriously.

"I stopped you from entering the Cai Mansion, and I took you back to the Zhang Mansion. A woman's reputation is a big deal. If you don't mind, when this matter is over, no matter what the outcome is, I will go home and report it to my parents in person. I came to propose marriage to you. Miss Wen still has a lot of filial piety, so the wedding date can be set after the filial piety period is over, on the day when the girl is willing to marry me."

Wen Shu was stunned for a moment, then smiled slowly for a long time and said: "I appreciate Young Master Zhang's kindness. But marriage is a big deal. Even if Young Master Zhang is willing, it would be wrong for the son of the Zhongding family and the daughter of a merchant to be mismatched..."

"I don't care!" Zhang Zhu retorted, "If you are a princess, I will marry a princess. If you are a merchant's daughter, I will marry a merchant's daughter. As long as it is you Wenshu."

Wen Shu was speechless, not knowing how to reply to Zhang Zhuo's fiery words, so she turned away.

Zhang Zhuo immediately panicked when he saw this: "But if, if the girl cares, then Zhang Zhuo will ask her parents to recognize the girl as her adopted daughter. It will not delay the girl's future marriage."

"Whether Miss Wen agrees or not, Zhang Zhuo respects the girl's wishes." Zhang Zhuo glanced at Wen Shu carefully and bowed.Wen Shu looked at Zhang Meng and didn't reply. She only gave him a salute and hurried away with Yun Le without mentioning the matter again.

two

Zhang Meng is very similar to Wen Yi in terms of emotions. He is passionate, sincere and cautious towards the people and things he likes.

Moreover, Zhang Zhu saved the Wen family and turned the tide. It was not that Wen Shu was unwilling to accept his feelings, but Wen Shu was more rational. She understood that a wealthy family like the Zhang family would not agree to such a disparate marriage.

So she never responded to Zhang Tong.

And Zhang Tong only thought that she had other thoughts, respected and didn't force her, and helped her with her affairs wholeheartedly.

Just after the first lunar month, Quanzhou Zhangfu's carriage arrived in Yong'an.

Instead of going to the main hall, Zhang Yan went to the ancestral hall, sat down in the ancestral hall, and ordered several strong servants to escort Zhang Tong to see him.

Zhang Yan had just returned from the county government. Before he could enter the inner house, he was tied up in front of Zhang Yan by several people: "Dad?"

Zhang Yan put down the tea cup in his hand: "You have grown up, how dare you secretly assassinate Fu Jie and pass on your father's orders?"

Zhang Zhuo felt guilty for a moment: "Human life is at stake. Don't you also like Wen Er? What's wrong with me sending someone to rescue him?"

"What about the Wen Mansion?" Zhang Yan asked, "My father has sent people to investigate, why are you still unable to calm down?"

"Wen Er is my son's brother. The Wen family was wronged, and my son couldn't bear to see that there was no justice in the world, so he came here to help. He is selfless and selfless, and his son has no shame in heaven and earth, not to mention his heart."

Zhang Yan sneered: "What about the girl from the Wen family? Your second uncle is not in Yong'an, so you brought her to live in your house? Do you know how unpleasant the rumors are to my and your mother's ears?"

"She is Wen Yi's eldest sister. Once she was in trouble, Cai Shi couldn't force her to get married. He neither allowed her to leave Yong'an nor allowed hotels and inns to take her in. Why can't I take her in? A stray pill ends in a moment, and a rumor ends in a wise man. Those who follow the thoroughfare will not be confused; those who are sincere and selfless will not be confused; their sons will make no mistakes." Zhang Zhuan said.

"But as a father, how come I still hear that you have an affair with that woman?"

"You've heard that you've heard, you've always heard, why do you always hear and distort me from others?" Zhang Tong said angrily, "That's my unrequited love, Miss Wen didn't mean that. She is a good girl ,It's not what you think."

"What do you think of me as a father? If you say a word to me as a father, you will have thousands of words waiting for you." Zhang Yan ordered someone to refill the hot tea and said, "Bring me some family advice."

Zhang Zhuo was shocked: "What's wrong with my son? Why should I be punished?"

"Take the talisman privately." Zhang Yan didn't have the slightest bit of negotiation, and ordered someone to tie Zhang Zhuo to a pillar with his back.

"You are the only one in the Zhang family in your generation. I have raised you to be a noble and noble person, even though you were a disgrace. Now I, as a father, should teach you a lesson." Zhang Yan picked up a nine-section whip that shone with silver. .

"I'll beat you for being disobedient and unfilial." Zhang Yan hit Zhang Zhu with a whip, and the skin and flesh were instantly torn apart.

"I'll beat you for daring to steal the talisman of the current governor." Another whip.

Zhang Chen gritted his teeth, gasped, and sweated from the pain.

"I'll beat you for being reckless and making decisions without caring about your family." Another whip, Zhang Yan was so hard that the blood dripped from Zhang Yan's back, and some wounds were so deep that the bones were visible.

"Lord Inspector, the Wen family, Wenshu, is asking to see you. I know that as an outsider, I can't enter the Gaomen ancestral hall at will, so I want to see you when I come out of the ancestral hall, and express my feelings face to face!" Wenshu's voice came from afar.

"I haven't settled the accounts with her yet, but she came to my door." Zhang Yan snorted coldly, "Tie her and the female envoy beside her to the woodshed and cellar first, I will interrogate her later!"

"She has just recovered from a serious illness and is still weak. Don't touch her!" Zhang Zhu heard Wen Shu's voice and begged in panic.

"Instead of worrying about her, it's better to worry about yourself." Zhang Yan whipped twice more and handed the bloody nine-section whip to Wenqu to wipe clean while he washed away the blood on his hands.

After a while, a young boy came in and reported: "Sir, Mr. Cai, the magistrate of Yong'an County, and Mr. Yu, the magistrate of Danzhou, asked for an audience. They said it was about the governor Fu Jie."

Zhang Yan glanced at Zhang Yan, who was beaten half to death, and ordered someone to pick him up and follow him to the main hall.

In the main hall of Zhang's Mansion, Cai Shi and Danzhou Magistrate Yu Shuizhou were drinking tea. When Zhang Yan came in, he stood up to say hello. They saw Zhang Yan being dragged in bloody and were shocked.

"Master Zhang, what do you mean? Why did you beat the young master like this?" Yu Shuizhou couldn't help but frowned when he saw that Zhang Zhuoyi's whole back was bloody and bloody.

"Sir Yu, I have found out that I was not good at teaching my son. It was my fault that I allowed this rebellious son to steal the Talisman Fox and fake the tiger's power to show off his power in Yong'an. I hope you will understand and accept my respect." Zhang Yan bowed deeply to Cai Shi and Yu Shuizhou.

"Master Zhang, you can't do it." Zhang Yan was supervising Danzhou. He was someone the state officials didn't dare to mess with. The two of them hurriedly went to restrain Zhang Yan.

"My lords, please don't worry, I will discipline the dog strictly, and I will never let him do such a stupid thing again." Zhang Yan kicked Zhang Tong again, and Zhang Tong broke into a cold sweat again due to the pain.

"Then, let's forget about it. I hope you will be strict with your children in the future." Yu Shuizhou took a breath of cold air when he saw Zhang Yan didn't have a piece of good meat on his back. Tiger poison doesn't even eat its children, so Zhang Yan This is to give them an explanation. If they bring up Zhang Zhuo being imprisoned for interrogation again, it will make a fuss out of a molehill and turn against Zhang Yan.

"What about the Wen family girl? Can you hand her over?" Cai Shi asked.

"What girl from the Wen family?" Zhang Yan was confused for a while, then suddenly realized, "I saw that woman was involved in a major case, so I just drove her away."

"Already driven away?" Cai Shi and Yu Shuizhou asked strangely, but when they saw Zhang Zhu, the parents and children were still like this, let alone how kind they would be to the daughter of a merchant involved in the case.

"If you two adults don't believe me, you can do a search." Zhang Yan's face turned cold. "My two adults don't know who I am, Zhang Yan."

Cai Shi and Yu Shuizhou laughed a bit and ordered people to search. However, seeing that Zhang Yan's face was getting darker and darker, they hurriedly left with the people.

Only then did Zhang Yan understand Zhang Yan's painstaking efforts and smiled with difficulty: "Thank you, dad."

Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Yu who was covered in wounds, ordered his men to untie him, and sent for help from a doctor. He also asked Wenqu to let Wen Shu out himself.

(End of this chapter)