Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

Wu Desheng finally arrived after seeing off those ladies.

Beads of sweat the size of beans kept rolling down Wu Desheng's forehead, and he was soaked all over, as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

When someone came to call him, he asked what happened.

After hearing the whole story, Wu Desheng didn't take it too seriously at first.

After all, he was drinking with Cui Shi the night before!

I guess it shouldn't be a big problem.

Therefore, he did not rush to find Shen Jingwan, but planned to find Cui Shi first, understand the specific situation clearly, and then report to Shen Jingwan.

However, when he rushed to Cui Shi's house, he was surprised to find that the door was locked.

In desperation, Wu Desheng had to ask his next-door neighbor about the situation.

It turned out that the house where Cui Shi had been living was actually rented.

Not only that, even the servants in the mansion who serve the master's daily life are just temporary workers.

It was not until this moment that Wu Desheng finally realized the seriousness of the situation and became panicked.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered to himself, "I'm afraid Hengfu Bank is going to be gone..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chuning's eyes widened in shock. She asked in disbelief, "What do you mean it's probably going to fail? Didn't Hengfu Bank rely on your connections to open up? How could it suddenly fail?"

Facing Shen Jingwan's questioning, Wu Desheng quickly waved his hands and explained, "Madam, please don't talk nonsense! Although our family did help Hengfu Bank open a branch in the capital through the Third Prince's connections, in fact, this bank has been operating abroad for decades and has no substantial connection with our family!"

Wu Desheng quickly retorted that he couldn't handle such a heavy burden.

"Now is not the time to argue about these trivial matters! Hengfu Money House is closed now, you have to think of a way to deal with it. Almost all the cash in our house is stored in it!" Shen Jingwan's face was pale and cold sweat dripped down her forehead.

But in the end, she still didn't dare to tell others that there were many ladies and young ladies in the capital who deposited their money in Hengfu Money House through her help.

"Madam, how can you be so bold! The master has clearly forbidden us to store so much silver in there!" Wu Desheng asked in horror.

"There were bandits rampant on the way back. If we carried too much silver, the entire caravan would be robbed by them. In desperation, when I left Changye, I simply deposited all the silver in Hengfu Money House. Who could have expected such a thing to happen..." Shen Jingwan felt more and more regretful as she spoke.

At this moment, several more servants rushed in in a panic, breathlessly reporting to Shen Jingwan: "It's not good! The Hengfu Banks in several counties near the capital are all closed!"

Upon hearing this news, Shen Jingwan felt her vision go dark, her legs went weak, and she slumped heavily into her chair like a deflated ball, muttering to herself, "It's over, it's completely over now, the fund has run away..."

Wu Desheng, standing nearby, was completely bewildered. He couldn't help but ask, "Madam, what do you mean by 'funding'? And what about 'running away'?"

"Oh! It's that damn Hengfu Bank. They took all our money and ran away!" Shen Jingwan shouted angrily.

"Oh my God! What should I do? The money our family has saved for all these years is now in the Hengfu Money House!" Wu Dequan was so anxious that he stamped his feet, and his voice was filled with tears.

"What good will it do if you just worry at home? Hurry up and bring some people with you and go with me!" Shen Jingwan said as she quickly stood up from her seat.

Her face was a little red because of anxiety, and a thin layer of sweat was seeping out of her forehead.

"Madam, where are you planning to go?" Wu Desheng asked hurriedly when he saw this.

"Of course we are going to look for the silver in our family! Didn't you say that you had a drink with the owner of Hengfu Money House yesterday? And the clerk of the money house clearly told me yesterday that they had already prepared 90% of the silver I wanted to withdraw! It is impossible for them to transport such a huge amount away overnight. So, let's take people there immediately and smash the door of Hengfu Money House directly." Shen Jingwan said gritting her teeth, with sparks of anger flashing in her eyes.

"Madam, this is absolutely not allowed! The Third Prince has just returned to the capital, and the Imperial Censors of the Fifth Prince's faction have been keeping an eye on him, hoping to find something to hold against their master! At this critical juncture, how can we smash someone's shop in the street? If this gets out, it will give the other party an excuse to accuse us!" When Wu Desheng heard this, he turned pale with fright and hurried forward to stop Shen Jingwan.

"Hmph, the money in that bank is all our silver. Since it's ours, why can't we take it back? Are we just going to watch them being taken away by others?" Shen Jingwan asked angrily with her hands on her hips.

"Madam, please calm down and think carefully. If the Hengfu Bank really intended to abscond with the money, then what they said yesterday about having 90% of the silver ready was probably a lie." Wu Desheng advised earnestly.

Hearing this, Shen Jingwan's body shook twice involuntarily, as if she had suffered a huge blow.

But she quickly regained her composure and shook her head firmly, "No, I absolutely don't believe this is the case! No matter what, I must go and check it out myself!"

After she finished speaking, she ignored Wu Desheng's attempts to stop her and walked out the door...

"Madam, please don't be impulsive. Even if you want to smash the shop, you can't let our people do it! Just wait here and we will arrange it." After Wu Desheng said this respectfully, he turned around and left in a hurry.

After he left, Shen Jingwan paced back and forth anxiously in the room alone, as if this constant walking could slightly alleviate the unspeakable anxiety in her heart.

I saw that she was frowning, clenching and unclenching her hands from time to time, and muttering to herself.

In order to avoid attracting attention and causing unnecessary trouble, Wu Desheng specially selected several agile people.

These people first climbed into the backyard of the money house without anyone noticing, and then carefully broke open the back door from the yard and broke into the money house.

But the entire bank was already empty, not even a small copper coin could be found.

All that was left in the house were the tables and chairs scattered all over the floor, making it look particularly desolate.

Faced with such a situation, everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Unable to find any useful clues, Wu Desheng had no choice but to set off for Jingzhao Prefecture again.

When he arrived in Jingzhao Prefecture, Wu Desheng had to go through some trouble to check the transfer procedures of this store.

I thought I could find some clues from it, but unexpectedly I discovered that this shop was actually sold secretly by the young master of the Duke of Qing’s Mansion, and the buyer was none other than the man named Cui Shi.

Duke Qing is the third prince's in-laws, so after going around in circles for a long time, he finally came back.

Following this clue further, it was revealed that the young master of the Duke of Qing was addicted to gambling, and he had secretly sold a lot of his own property to repay his gambling debts.

Three days passed in a flash...

Those ladies came to the Third Prince's Mansion again, and there were even more people than last time.

"Ladies, if you want money, you should go to the Hengfu Bank! What's the point of surrounding the Third Prince's house?" Shen Jingwan complained helplessly and unhappily.

At this moment, Madam An immediately pointed her finger at Shen Jingwan's nose and shouted, "You were the one who told us that Hengfu Bank would be closed for three days! Now those three days have passed, and they're still closed. Who else can we turn to if not you? You must give us an explanation today."