It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

The search was carried out very quickly. Soon the three Wang brothers and three guards had searched all the rooms.

Gold and silver jewelry, silks and other fine goods were placed in the courtyard in large numbers for the onlookers who stretched their necks and stood on tiptoe to watch the fun.

The bright white silver ingots blinded everyone's eyes and irritated everyone's nerves.

At the same time, it also irritated the nerves of the lady in charge, because most of these copied things were her family assets.

She was like crazy and wanted to rush to Wang Wanzhi to beg for mercy, "Miss, my master has always worked diligently and wholeheartedly for the Second Madam, and has never had any ill intentions. Please, for the Second Madam's sake, show mercy!"

Wang Wanzhi scoffed, "How can you be so diligent? Are you so diligent that your shop loses over a hundred taels of silver every month?"

"Now you want to use Second Aunt to pressure me? What? Did my Second Aunt instigate you to commit the crime of bullying your master?"

The housekeeper realized that she had said the wrong thing. At this time, only the second wife could save them. How could she dare to admit it?

She also realized that it was useless to plead with the eldest lady, and the most urgent thing was to let Xinghua go find the master.

After thinking clearly about the key point, she stopped begging for mercy and rushed to the gold and silver items, shouting, "This is my family's stuff, this is my family's stuff."

The guards immediately stepped forward to stop them, and the courtyard suddenly became chaotic.

The apricot blossoms took advantage of the chaos and retreated little by little along the wall to the backyard and ran away.

All of this fell into Wang Wanzhi's eyes, and at this time, the two guards who had been staring at Xinghua also followed quietly.

The people outside the gate, craning their necks to watch the excitement, couldn't help but click their tongues. "No wonder Miss Wang is so angry! It turns out the shopkeeper took all the profits back home!"

"How could a manager earn that much money? This family is not innocent."

Some people couldn't help but shake their heads, "I think the woman is crazy about money. She's trying to rob property at this time. She must be kindhearted. If she does, I'll just order people to beat her to death!"

At this time, the guards also subdued the housekeeper to prevent her from continuing to make noise.

The housekeeper's wife was tied up, gagged and thrown into the yard.

As for the housekeeper's domineering child, when Song Zhi and the others came to the door, he trembled and hid behind the pillar behind the eaves, not daring to show his head.

Wang Wanzhi was too lazy to care about him at this moment. She just asked the person who had just entered the house to search, "Did you find the account book?"

The six of them shook their heads in unison.

Wang Wanzhi couldn't help but frown. Could it be that the account book was really on the shopkeeper?

.....

At this time, in the brothel, the shopkeeper Wang, who was drinking and listening to music with the second master, saw that his men who were collecting debts had not returned to report the news for a long time.

He couldn't help feeling a little anxious, but the Second Master was in high spirits at the moment, so he couldn't leave in a hurry.

He had no choice but to send his servant to Tongjia Lane to find out what was going on.

After being gone for half a cup of tea, the servant came back in a panic and whispered something in Shopkeeper Wang's ear, "Just now, the eldest lady brought some people and took Wang Er and the others away!"

"According to the people at the entrance of the alley, they were heading to the pastry shop!"

Shopkeeper Wang's heart was pounding. He said that his right eyelid had been twitching all day. Was a disaster really coming?

At this moment, he could no longer sit still. He stepped forward and said to the second master who was drinking happily,

"Something happened in the shop. He'll go over there and deal with it as soon as possible. He'll be back later..."

Wang Maocai waved his hand with obvious displeasure, signaling him not to disturb his interest.

After carefully apologizing, Shopkeeper Wang hurried back to the shop with his servant.

When they were almost at the pastry shop, the shopkeeper stopped.

He found an alley entrance and stood there, directing the servant to go back and find out what was going on.

He knew very well in his heart that he couldn't just go back like this.

If he were really caught by the angry young lady, he would be finished!

Not long after he ran out, he ran back with a pale face, "Master...Master, something terrible has happened!"

Waiting at the alley entrance, Shopkeeper Wang, feeling extremely anxious, glared at him fiercely and scolded him, "What happened? Give me a proper answer!"

The servant gasped and said in a trembling voice, "Master, the cake shop was raided by the young lady. I heard from the shopkeeper next door that the young lady took people to our house!

When Shopkeeper Wang heard this, his legs went weak and he staggered a few steps, holding onto the wall behind him, before he managed to stabilize himself.

Seeing his master panicking like this, the servant quickly stepped forward to support him and said, "Master, what should we do now? Should we rush back home?"

The young lady searched the shop and then took people to his home.

He wasn't stupid, so how could he dare to go back? After the servant asked, he subconsciously said, "No, I can't go back!"

The servant was also very anxious. He was the master's servant and understood the principle that everyone prospers and suffers together.

If the master falls, he will not be able to escape trouble.

The servant quickly suggested, "Master, let's go get some help. Please go and ask the Second Madam to intercede for us!"

"Yes, yes, yes, you are right!"

Shopkeeper Wang anxiously turned around a few times before he stood still and said, "Well, go find the Second Master and tell him that the eldest lady is disregarding what others say and wants to confiscate the shop. Ask him to come and take charge!"

"I'm going to the Wang family residence to ask to see the Second Madam!"

The servant did not doubt what Manager Wang said, and ran to the brothel as he instructed.

After the servant left, Manager Wang came out of the alley.

He did not go home, nor did he go to the Wang family for help, but walked towards the pastry shop.

After turning onto the street where the pastry shop was, he crossed two alleys and finally stopped at a door.

After knocking on the back door, a middle-aged man with a fleshy face leaned out from inside.

The man frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"

Shopkeeper Wang said in panic: "Something happened..."

The middle-aged man didn't let him finish his words and interrupted him, "Come in first!"

After saying that, he stepped aside and slammed the gate shut after Shopkeeper Wang came in.

The middle-aged man asked unhappily, "Why are you so anxious to come to our place in broad daylight? What happened?"

Shopkeeper Wang did not dare to hide anything and told Wang Wanzhi that he had been discovered collecting debts and that his pastry shop had been confiscated.

Shopkeeper Wang rubbed his palms nervously and said, "The young lady is probably at my house right now, checking the account books. I really don't dare go back. Please, brother, please report this to my uncle!"

"Now that the Second Madam has been imprisoned in the ancestral hall, I'm afraid we still don't know what's going on. I'm really at my wit's end, so I'm asking my uncle to mediate!"