Daughter of the Prince of Rebirth

Chapter 651
"Bring me the account books of the past few months!" Murong Xiu had lived in the imperial court for many years, and the shopkeeper's careful thinking could not be hidden from his eyes.

"Okay..." The shopkeeper looked at Murong An, and Murong An's eyes were looking at him, but he didn't even look at him. It seemed that he didn't intend to care about this matter. The shopkeeper's eyes turned sharply, and he couldn't think of a good solution. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and hand over the account book to Murong Xiu.

Murong Yu raised his lips and sneered. The number of clothes in the record book can be faked, but the account book is a realistic gold and silver record. It must not be faked. Even if it is faked, Murong Xiu can tell it. , Murong An can't even think about it.

"Slap!" As Murong Yu expected, Murong Xiu flipped through the account book, his face became more and more gloomy, and when he saw the end, he lost his mind and slapped the account book hard on the table: "Shopkeeper, are you here?" The shop has worked hard for many years and has never made a mistake. Why have the mistakes been so outrageous in the past few months? Look at the account book, there are many things that are wrong, add up, there is a difference of tens of thousands of taels of silver..."

The shopkeeper fell to his knees with a thud: "Master Hou, I'm not greedy for the shop's money, I'm really not greedy..."

"You're not greedy, so where did all that money go?" Murong Xiu was furious, obviously not believing what the shopkeeper said.

"Silver, silver..." The shopkeeper quietly looked at Murong An, he is the young master of the Hou Mansion, the future owner of the shop, the shopkeeper dare not offend him, but if he is not allowed to come out, the shopkeeper will be blamed...

Murong An's eyes flickered slightly, and he reprimanded angrily: "Shopkeeper, you stole money for yourself, and you dare to argue!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly distinguished: "The little one didn't embezzle money, really didn't..." The distinguishing voice stopped abruptly when he saw Murong An's secret mouth shape: "Dare to bite me out and kill your whole family, quickly admit your mistake." , I will keep your family safe and well-fed! '

"Shopkeeper, for the sake of your hard work for the shop for many years, as long as you hand over the money you swallowed, I can forget everything!" Murong An looked magnanimous, and seeing Murong Yu's eyes, he felt that he was A jumping clown, performing a silly funny show that knows the ending.

"Thank you... Eldest Young Master!" Murong An is Murong Xiu's only son, the future Zhongyonghou, even if he is bitten out, so what, he is greedy for his family's money, Murong Xiu can at most give him a few words to settle the matter.

But the shopkeeper is just an ordinary citizen, offended the noble son Murong An, how can he live a good life, plead guilty, and save the life of the family is a serious matter: "The little one's mother is seriously ill and is in urgent need of money. Borrowing money from the lower shop and paying it back before the Chinese New Year, I never expected to be discovered by Lord Hou so early..."

Murong An sighed softly, with a condescending appearance, and tried to persuade him: "The shopkeeper has been in charge of the shop for more than ten years, and he is a great contributor to the shop. If you have any difficulties, you can directly tell me or Dad, and we will definitely help you. Yes, how do you do such a stupid thing?"

"It's the little one who didn't think carefully, and everything is at the disposal of the Hou and the young master!" The shopkeeper's tone was very sad, Mu Kong'an looked at Murong Xiu, and made up his mind: "The shopkeeper has managed the shop for many years and has always been in good order. There are rules that you can’t use servants who have made big mistakes, how about this, you return all the money you have stolen, take the monthly money you deserve, and make a living for yourself!”

The shopkeeper is the hero of the shop, but he made a mistake after all, it is very difficult to deal with, if the punishment is light, it will cause people to gossip, if the punishment is heavy, he will be criticized by others, Murong An's punishment is neither light nor heavy, it is reasonable, both Protecting the interests of the Hou Mansion and teaching the villain Tan Mo a lesson, Murong Xiu was very satisfied and nodded secretly.

Murong Yu sneered, after three months in the Hou's shop, Murong An also learned something.

After the shopkeeper pleaded guilty and thanked him, he was escorted home by the guards to collect the money. Murong An stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Father, I'm sorry, I only cared about the affairs of the Marquis Mansion and neglected the management of the shop. I didn't know the shopkeeper was greedy for money So much silver..."

Murong Xiu glanced at Murong An, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed softly. The flashes in his eyes were not blame or displeasure, but encouragement: "Don't worry, abilities are all acquired through exercise!" He is the future Zhongyonghou. If he can't even manage these ten shops, he will definitely suffer in the officialdom in the future. He must gradually train his ability...

Murong An's eyes were firm, and tears of emotion flashed in his eyes: "Thank you for your trust, I will definitely work hard to manage the shop well!" Zhongyong Hou Murong Xiu was deceived by himself, is he too stupid, or is he too smart? !

"Father, brother, the shopkeeper of this shop took advantage of my brother's busy schedule to take care of him flawlessly. He was greedy for the shop's money, shoddy the good ones, offended the customers, made the shop a mess, and almost ruined the reputation of the Hou Mansion. Will other shops have the same thing?" Something like that happened?"

Murong An wanted to pass the test easily, but it wasn't that easy. Murong Xiu couldn't raise his vigilance because of the loss of this shop, so I let him look at a few more shops, so that he might not doubt Murong An when the time came.

"Probably not. The shopkeepers of several shops were all married by grandmothers. Their character is trustworthy!" To doubt the character of the shopkeeper is to doubt the grandmother, which is not filial.

Murong An smiled softly, but he cursed Murong Yu thousands of times in his heart. Today, Murong Yu, how could he be against himself in every way?Did she do it unintentionally, or on purpose?
"Although the shopkeeper of this shop was not the grandmother's dowry, he was also an honest person out of a hundred. Over the past ten years, he has not made any mistakes in managing the shop. Why is he greedy for money all of a sudden..."

Murong Yu glanced at Murong An lightly: "Father, when did the account of this shop start to be wrong?"

Murong An's complexion instantly turned pale, Murong Yu, did she know something?
"This, I didn't read it very carefully!" Murong An pondered for a while: "The accounts of the last two months have been very discrepant..."

Murong An secretly heaved a sigh of relief, Murong Xiu is really good, he had obviously let the shopkeeper cover it up cleverly, yet Murong Xiu could still see that the accounts were wrong...

"Father, it's rare that you are free today, let's go check other shops with my brother!" With the lessons learned from this shop, Murong Xiu will definitely check the accounts of the shop carefully, and he will definitely find many mistakes.

(End of this chapter)