Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 27
Lost 1 taels of silver.

This is a huge sum of money.

After being born into this world, Li Xiuyuan has long understood the value of gold and silver, but it is not like in the novels, where disciples from rich families can casually take out ten thousand taels of silver, 10,000+ taels, where ten thousand taels of silver is already a fortune It was a huge sum of money. If it were real objects, it would be able to fill a large box.

"Father, why did you lose so much money?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"You have to ask Steward Qian about this. He has always been in charge of the Li family's treasury for my father. Because of his loyalty to the Li family, I feel relieved to hand over the treasury to him. Now it's good, our Li family is born A white-eyed wolf who eats inside and outside." Li Dafu is nearly fifty years old, and he still has a loud voice, and it is frightening to scold people.

"Father, don't get angry. Everything has to be investigated thoroughly before a conclusion is made. Steward Qian has worked for our Li family for many years. It can be said that he has worked hard and is loyal. My child doesn't believe that Steward Qian will enrich his own pocket and embezzle our Li family's 1 taels of silver. .” Li Xiuyuan said.

Li Dafu said: "Father, how can you be so dull? My father has already checked the money bank before, and a whole box of silver disappeared, and no one goes in and out of the warehouse. The key is only held by my father and housekeeper Li." On the other hand, if Steward Li hadn't been greedy for ink, wouldn't Baiyin still have disappeared."

Li Xiuyuan felt it made sense when he heard it, so he looked at Steward Qian.

At this time, Steward Qian kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Master, young master, this matter really has nothing to do with the villain. The villain really didn't greedy for 1 taels of silver. Please, master, young master to check it out."

"What's the use of kowtowing, I'll tell you, no matter what method you used, when you stole 1 taels of silver from my Li family, I'll give you three days, if you don't return the silver within three days If you don't, don't blame me for not remembering the relationship between master and servant for many years, and I will stick you to death on the spot." Li Dafu said angrily.

Steward Qian's face turned pale with fright, and he was about to cry; "Master, it's really not a small one who took the 1 taels of silver. It's really not a small one. The young one was wronged."

"Come here, drag Steward Qian down and beat him with thirty sticks, and see if he says it or not." Li Dafu said.

When even two strong servants strode in, they wanted to drag Steward Qian down.

"Father, Steward Qian is nearly [-] years old, and his body is no longer what it used to be. If he is beaten with thirty heavy sticks, even if he doesn't die, his legs will be broken. I'm afraid he will be disabled in the future."

Li Xiuyuan couldn't bear it at this time, and stood up and said, "If Steward Qian really stole the 1 taels of silver from our Li family, there should be clues to check. Guobei County is so big, which family suddenly became rich, and who suddenly made a move?" Generous, we can find out as soon as we investigate, and we will naturally find the whereabouts of Baiyin by following the clues."

"If the strange loss of silver is not caused by Steward Qian, then we have wronged a good person, and the loss of silver out of thin air is not necessarily caused by people."

Li Dafu thought it was reasonable, but he was a little surprised when he heard the back: "My son said that the loss of silver was not caused by human beings?"

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said, "That's right. The disappearance of the silver may be caused by human magic, or it may be stolen by ghosts, or even ghosts and ghosts who are greedy for money and pass by to take it away."

"how can that be."

Li Dafu was stunned, he didn't expect that there are so many ways to take away the money in his own money bank.

"It's very possible." Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly.

What he said is not nonsense. The world of Liaozhai is so magical. In many stories, a certain rich businessman suffered retribution, was taken away by spirits, ghosts, and even some kind female ghosts. People use it as a money bag, and take money to repay their kindness.

Because if you carefully speculate on every story in Liao Zhai, you will find that those who help poor scholars and repay good people often spend hundreds of taels of silver without specifying where the money comes from.

You must know that real money cannot be conjured out of thin air. Even if some Taoists have a little bit of magic, it is just a blindfold, and it cannot be taken as the truth.

And in this world, the people who can have gold and silver are undoubtedly wealthy people.

Like the Li family.

So Li Xiuyuan felt that the loss of silver in the warehouse was probably related to this.

Only spirits and ghosts can withdraw money without knowing it and hide it from everyone.

"If it's true that spirits stole the money, I'll go and invite your master right now, as a father, and you'll be a fool." Li Dafu said.

Li Xiuyuan said again: "Father is not in a hurry, this matter needs to be investigated for a few days by the child, and it will not be too late to ask the master to come forward after confirming that it is really inhumane."

"Well, according to what my son said, I have to worry about this matter." Li Dafu still trusts Li Xiuyuan's ability.

"My child understands." Li Xiuyuan said.

Li Dafu said again: "As for Steward Qian, lock him into the firewood room before the matter is investigated clearly. No matter whether this matter is related to him or not, we cannot escape the responsibility of dereliction of duty." After finishing speaking, he glared at Steward Qian again.

"Thank you, Master, for your kindness, and thank you, Eldest Young Master." Steward Qian kowtowed his head in gratitude as if he had been pardoned after escaping from thirty heavy sticks.

"Take it down." Li Dafu waved his hand.

The two servants drove Steward Qian and left immediately.

"Father, there is no need to delay this matter. My son will start to deal with it right away. I also ask father to give my son the key to the warehouse, so that my son can go to the warehouse to check it out." Li Xiuyuan said.

"My son is doing business, so rest assured for my father." Li Dafu took off a golden key from his neck and handed it over.

After Li Xiuyuan took it, he immediately turned and left.

Xiaodie also hastily followed behind.

"Young Master." When Li Xiuyuan came to the door of the warehouse, there was a team of servants patrolling here.

"I'll go in and have a look. You guys continue to patrol. By the way, go send a message to the black three in the county and ask him to find out for me who and which family in Guobei County suddenly became rich in this month, and tell him Our Li family lost 1 taels of silver, if he can help our Li family find it, our Li family will give him 500 taels of silver." Li Xiuyuan said to a servant.

Hei San is a well-known idler and gangster in Guobei County. On weekdays, he gathers a group of people who have nothing to do, eat, drink, prostitute and gamble.

However, people like this are very well informed. They know everything that happens in the county. The Li family often asks them for news. Can get a lot of reward money.

"Yes, Eldest Young Master, the younger one will do it now." A servant immediately left as soon as he cupped his hands.

Li Xiuyuan took Xiaodie into the warehouse just after he finished his orders.

After opening the door of the warehouse with a golden key, taking out the torch and lighting the oil lamp, the dark warehouse could be seen clearly.

"Master, isn't this a warehouse? Why is there nothing here? It's pitch black everywhere." Xiaodie asked.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "The warehouse is divided into inner warehouse and outer warehouse. This is the inner warehouse. The entire family property of the Li family is here. The inner warehouse is the outer warehouse, where some gold, silver and copper coins are piled up."

"Why is the inner warehouse outside and the outer warehouse inside." Xiaodie was curious.

Li Xiuyuan pointed to his feet and said, "Do you see the floor tiles under your feet?"

"I see, it's pitch black." Xiaodie said.

"That's not a floor tile, it's a gold brick, it's just painted with a layer of black paint, and there are three layers of gold bricks on top and bottom."

Li Xiuyuan smiled, and pointed to the stones piled up under the left and right corners that looked like winter melons: "Those big winter melons are not stones either, the ones under the wall on the left are gold, and the ones on the right are silver. Each one weighs a thousand catties. If the thieves come, they won’t think these things are valuable at all, but will be attracted by the money inside, so that they can avoid the thieves’ ransacking and leave a little wealth for the future.”

"And even if the thieves find out, they won't be able to move the gold and silver winter melon that weighs over a thousand catties, so they can only stay here."

Xiaodie opened her eyes wide, feeling incredible.

The huge black lacquered stone was actually made of gold and silver, and the floor tiles under his feet were also made of gold. How much is this worth?

Not to mention Xiaodie was surprised, even Li Xiuyuan was surprised at the beginning. I didn't expect that the anti-theft technology of this rich and noble family in ancient times was so bold. They cast gold and silver into big wax gourds. Even if you know this thing is valuable, you can't take it away. Can only look and sigh.

However, such anti-theft technology cannot be done without a certain family background.

"This is a secret of the Li family. Only my father and I know about it, and you are the third to know about it." Li Xiuyuan said, and then went into the outer warehouse.

Xiaodie's heart warmed up when she heard this, as if she had eaten candied fruit, she didn't expect Mr. Li to trust her so much.

However, Li Xiuyuan felt that it didn't matter. Since she was a personal maid, she would be her own from now on, and there was no need to hide this matter. To put it harshly, if Xiaodie ran away with money one day, gold bricks and silver melons here, she How much can a woman take away?

And the house is so heavily guarded.

It's like everyone knows that the bank has money, but who dares to take it?

It's different when you get to the outer warehouse. There are big boxes neatly placed in front of you. When the boxes are opened, there are a lot of copper coins and silver ingots inside. When the light shines, some people can't open their eyes.

However, although the money inside is very tempting to look at, it is actually not as valuable as the gold bricks and gold and silver winter melons outside. It just makes people mistakenly think that this is the real savings of the Li family, where the real money bank is located. .

As everyone knows, the three generations of the Li family have accumulated so much wealth.

If it wasn't for the fact that Li Xiuyuan had used a lot in the past ten years, investing in the construction of a racecourse, a bodyguard shop, a farm, and the Li family would have done more than that.

"Is that the missing 1 taels of silver?"

Suddenly, he saw that the box was empty, and the silver inside had disappeared.

It is impossible to keep empty boxes in the money bank. Every box is filled with silver and copper coins, so at a glance, you can tell which box is short of money and which box has the wrong amount.

Putting an empty box here so openly and aboveboard, there is no doubt that it was definitely not the work of Butler Qian.

Youdao is a guilty conscience. If it was really made by Qian Butler, then this empty box would definitely not be placed here. It is so eye-catching, as long as my father comes in and checks, he will find it immediately.

(End of this chapter)