Daughter of the Prince of Rebirth

Chapter 204
The shopkeepers live in the Hou Mansion, and if they were not instigated by others, they would never dare to covet so much silver. The missing 22 taels of silver should be shared by Aunt Zhang and the shopkeepers.

Obsessed with profit, for the sake of money, all the shopkeepers who had followed her mother for many years betrayed her, and switched to Aunt Zhang as the master.

The shopkeepers didn't know what Murong Yu was thinking, they thought she was willing to let her go, and they were so happy that they didn't know why.

"You lost the silver, and it is your responsibility to find it back. There is no distance, there is no limit, and everything needs a limit. Ten days, I will give you ten days." Murong Yu's tone was clear. Rarely dignified: "If all the money is recovered within ten days, I can forget about everything in the past. If not, don't blame me for not being sympathetic. See you in Dali Temple!"

The 22 taels of silver have disappeared within three years. They must have used up a lot. If they are too tight, they will not be able to get the silver at all. It is like forcing them to flee. Ten days, no more, no less, but enough They prepared silver taels to fill the hole.

If they were smart, wanted to survive, and wanted to continue living in the Hou Mansion, they would definitely not refuse their proposal.

"Thank you for your kindness, miss, thank you..." Murong Yu didn't kill them all, leaving them a way out, they were very grateful, ten days was enough.

Murong Yu waved his hand: "Go to work, remember, you only have ten days!"

The shopkeepers thanked them again and again, and left one after another. Murong Yu drank the tea in his cup, his eyes sparkled, and there was another good show to watch. The days before the year would definitely not be boring.

At night, the stars are shining, the shadows of the trees are whirling, a black shadow came to the back door of the Hou Mansion silently, looked around, no one was there, and knocked on the door lightly, if you listen carefully, you will find that the rhythm of his knocking is very rhythmic. Strange, two strokes are light, two strokes are heavy, three strokes are slow, and three strokes are urgent.

With a sound of "squeak", the back door opened, a little maid poked her head out, welcomed the person in, looked around cautiously, double checked that there was no one there, the little maid closed the back door, and the alley returned to the tranquility just now.

Lan Yuan, looking at the oldest shopkeeper standing in front of her, Aunt Zhang frowned: "What are you doing in Lan Yuan in the middle of the night, if Lord Hou finds out, you and I will never have a good life... ..."

The old shopkeeper suppressed his anger: "Aunt Zhang, I don't want to bother you at this time, but the eldest lady gave us a deadline of ten days, if we can't get 22 taels of silver within ten days, we will have to sue! "

Aunt Zhang sneered: "What do you have to do with me if you are involved in a lawsuit? You are in charge of the shop, and if there is a shortage of silver, of course you have to make up for it..." Who would be stupid enough to take out the silver taels that are greedy in their pockets.

"Crack!" The shopkeeper slammed his fist on the table, so angry that both Aunt Zhang and Lu Jin shuddered suddenly, and their words were not so flexible: "You... what do you want to do, don't forget , this is the Hou Mansion, I am the aunt of the Hou Mansion, if something happens to me, you will never get out of here alive..."

The shopkeeper smiled coldly: "If we fail to hand over the silver, the eldest lady will send us to Dali Temple, and we will still die. Aunt Zhang, you greedy half of the 22 taels of silver, and now you actually turn around and ask us, what do we eat?" What does the lawsuit have to do with you, are you planning to cross the river and tear down the bridge, stay out of the matter, and let us pay back the 22 taels of silver?"

Aunt Zhang's eyes flickered unnaturally: "If you hand over the silver taels, you will still be a poor shopkeeper, won't you leave the capital with the silver taels? Each of you has greedy nearly ten thousand taels of silver, which is enough for the rest of your life." ,..." In this way, you don't have to return the money you were greedy for, and you can kill two birds with one stone, and both parties will benefit from each other.

The sneer in the shopkeeper's eyes became stronger: "You think we didn't plan this way, Murong Yu is much smarter than you imagined, we tried to escape after returning to the shop from the Hou Mansion, but the gate of the city was extremely guarded, we There is no way to escape..."

Aunt Zhang was shocked: "You mean... Murong Yu used the relationship of the prime minister's mansion... Damn Murong Yu..."

"That's right, there are people from the prime minister's mansion at the four city gates, not to mention us as the shopkeepers, even the unknowing family members and shop assistants can't walk out of the city gates..." Now, he can only collect enough money and hand it over to avoid being imprisoned, otherwise, not only himself will be unlucky, but his family will also be affected. As expected of the granddaughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Murong Yu is indeed smart.

"Then I will ask Yushifu to help..." No matter what, you must not hand over the silver taels...

The shopkeeper snorted disdainfully: "Forget it, the Prime Minister's Mansion is a century-old family in the capital, deeply rooted and powerful. Your Yushi's Mansion has only been prosperous for three years, so how can it be compared with the Prime Minister's Mansion? We still want to live a few more years. Aunt Zhang, don't look for trouble anymore..." Aunt Zhang's act of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge just now made the shopkeeper very disgusted, and the tone of her speech was also full of disdain and sarcasm.

"So many taels of silver, can you make up enough?" Aunt Zhang was greedy for the silver, but she spent a lot of it. It is impossible to get 11 taels within ten days!
"If you don't make up enough, you have to make up for it." The shopkeeper's tone was cold: "We have already agreed that we will hand in the amount we greedy. If Aunt Zhang doesn't want to be imprisoned, I will obediently give away the 11 yuan. Hand over two silver coins..."

"11 taels is not a small amount. How can I get so much money in ten days?" Aunt Zhang was extremely anxious: Most of the money was given to her natal family to establish a relationship.

But if he doesn't pay the money, the shopkeeper will confess himself. At that time, he will not have a foothold in the Hou's Mansion, and his parents' reputation will be damaged, and the whole Yushi Mansion will be in bad luck.

As a poor daughter of a petty official, I have had enough of being looked down upon by others, and I never want to go back to that kind of life...

"That's Aunt Zhang's business, it has nothing to do with us." When I was greedy for money back then, why didn't I feel that I was greedy for too much money, now that I have paid back the money, I realize that I have a lot of debt.

Looking out the window, the time is not short, the shopkeeper got up and said goodbye: "I have already brought the words, what to do next, don't I need to remind my aunt again, 11 taels of silver is not a small amount, it is impossible to get it all at once, so Well, I will order someone to fetch some every night, Aunt Zhang just prepares it..."

(End of this chapter)