Daughter of the Prince of Rebirth

Chapter 203
The shopkeepers were startled, they never expected that the innocent and harmless young lady just now would suddenly become so aggressive: "I don't understand what the young lady means..." The shopkeepers pretended to be confused.

"Crack!" Murong Yu waved his hand, and the account books on the table were accurately thrown to the feet of the shopkeepers: "According to the account books, each shop has an average net income of 8000 taels this year, but you only paid me 8000 taels, where did the remaining 1 taels of silver go? Don’t tell me that the shop didn’t earn so much, it’s clearly recorded in the account books.”

"Back to miss, maybe the guys are careless and misrecorded the account..." The oldest shopkeeper quibbles: he is the oldest, has the most senior qualifications, and is the most qualified to speak. Murong Yu is just a 13-year-old girl. What a storm.

"I misremembered the account. There is a loss of 1 taels in one shop, and 12 taels in [-] shops. Your mistake is really big." Murong Yu glanced coldly at the twelve shopkeepers. Where they passed, the shopkeepers all lowered their heads and broke out in cold sweat. Didn't the eldest lady not understand the account books?How did you find out that the money was missing...

"Even if you misremembered the account as you said, but the 12 taels of real money is there, can't you see it?" Murong Yu lowered his voice: "Or, you will make a mistake and embezzle it for yourself. 12 taels of silver, the deceitful embezzlement of so many taels is enough to kill your whole family..."

"Miss, please forgive me, please forgive me..." The shopkeepers knelt down in fright and kept kowtowing. Murong Yu herself is not scary, what is scary is the forces behind her, the Zhongyonghou Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion, both of which are capitals. The famous and powerful family in the village is huge, and none of them can afford to offend these little shopkeepers.

The oldest shopkeeper was secretly startled: When did Murong Yu become so powerful? Half a year ago, I tested her by myself and asked her to inspect the shop, but she was still lacking in interest, so she found various reasons to refuse...

"You have already committed the crime of bullying and beheading, why should I spare you?" He dared to lie to himself. These shopkeepers are really lawless. They must have been bought by Aunt Zhang. If I don't punish them severely, they won't remember. Who is your master.

"The little ones will definitely try their best to get the money together and make up for their mistakes." Money is a small matter, but life is a big matter. Without money, you can earn slowly. If you lose your life, you will not get anything.

The shopkeepers also thought about running away with money, but the world is so big, could it be the land of the king, and the Zhongyonghou Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion have a lot of power, they have no power and power, and they are afraid that they will be arrested as soon as they leave the capital Sentenced to capital punishment.

"The 10 taels of silver was just earned this year. Have you already spent it? It's so short of money." Murong Yu sneered, "It's not that I don't trust you all, it's just that I can't trust you for the time being when something like this happened. Bring the account books from last year and the year before, I want to re-examine, do you have any comments?"

"No objection, no objection..." Now that things are up to now, even if they have opinions, they dare not say it. While being shocked, they also secretly wonder: Miss used to be easy to deceive, and she dismissed it with a few words, why today, she Like a completely changed person, shrewd and capable, insight into everything...

The shopkeepers ordered their attendants to go back to get the account books of the previous two years. Song Shoutang suddenly fell silent, and Aunt Zhang stood in the orchid garden, walking back and forth anxiously: I hope those shopkeepers will be smarter and take all the responsibilities. They couldn't stand the threat and confessed themselves. I would never make it easy for them...

"Auntie, Auntie..." Lu Jin hurried over, because she was beaten by the guards as a robber last time, her legs and feet were not as flexible as before, and her running posture was very ugly.

Aunt Zhang's eyes lit up, and she walked up to meet her quickly: "What did you find out?" The shopkeepers probably didn't recruit themselves out.

Lu Jin was panting heavily, out of breath from exhaustion: "Back to Auntie, the eldest lady summoned the shopkeepers to the Songshou Hall. I don't know what she said, so the shopkeepers ordered their respective servants to go back..."

"Only the servants have gone back, haven't the shopkeepers left?" Aunt Zhang was startled, and the ominous premonition in her heart was even stronger.

Lu Jin nodded: "Yes, the shopkeepers are still in the Songshou Hall. The eldest lady's people have been standing guard in the courtyard, and the servants dare not get too close, so I can't hear what they are saying..."

Aunt Zhang lowered her eyelids: "You guys will come back again, you go back quietly and ask, what did they bring back?" Is Murong Yu ready to go to war?

In Song Shoutang, Murong Yu went through the store's account books for the past two years as quickly as possible. The year before last was better, probably because Aunt Zhang didn't dare to be too greedy because she was alive, probably because she knew at the end of the year that she couldn't read the account books. She became more courageous, and last year she embezzled 8 taels of silver. This year, her appetite was even bigger, and she actually wanted to embezzle 12 taels of silver.

"Crack!" Murong Yu closed the last page of the account book. The shopkeepers were startled by the sound of her closing the book, and concentrated their energy to listen to her next words.

"Three years, a total of 22 taels of silver has not been reconciled to the account. There are many things that I don't need to say clearly, and you all know it well." Murong Yu stood up, glanced back and forth at the shopkeepers, all the shopkeepers bowed their heads, Don't dare to look at her: "You have been running the shop for a long time. You are both old shopkeepers. To my mother, to me, you are all meritorious people. It is indeed a bit unfair to send you to the official and copy and kill the whole family. It's close to human, but you have neglected your duties and lied to your master, so the whereabouts of so much silver are unaccounted for, and the evidence is solid, I can't just sit idly by."

"As long as you can make up for your mistakes, everything is up to the eldest lady." A timid shopkeeper was the first to show weakness, and other shopkeepers also said: "Yes, yes, please order by the eldest lady!"

Murong Yu smiled coldly: "I have nothing to order, I just want to get back the 22 taels of silver. If you can do this, I can consider continuing to use you."

"Really?" The shopkeepers couldn't believe their ears, and they took out the money they had stolen, and everything was fine.

"Of course it is true. I am the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion, and I keep my word!" 22 taels of silver is not a small amount. If you want to get it back, you have to rely on these shopkeepers, otherwise, if the shopkeepers leave, the silver will follow. Disappeared, Auntie Zhang was in vain, so now is not the time to kick them away.

(End of this chapter)