Noble Lady

"Girl, you are really patient." Yuzhu was angry and anxious.

Xue Chenyu curled her lips and said, "Go get the ointment. We have important things to do tomorrow. We can't delay."

Right now, the most important thing is to check the accounts of the Haicheng branch.

Yuzhu was a little reluctant, but went anyway.

Xue Chenyu said to Xia He, "Prepare your writing brush and ink."

"Yes."

Soon, the pen and ink were ready.

Xue Chenyu picked up her pen and wrote a letter to both Mrs. Xue and Mr. Lu who were far away, but put them together.

Writing a letter to Mr. Lu at this time would be too conspicuous, but writing a letter home could cover it up a bit.

In the letter, Xue Chenyu wrote down everything about Zheng Duoqi in detail, checked it repeatedly to make sure there was nothing missed, then blew it dry and sealed it with wax.

The letter to Madam Xue was just a casual one, mainly to let her know that everything was fine. She wanted to say that she and Luoluo were doing well, that her father was also doing well, and that her mother didn't need to worry too much.

After finishing these two letters, she picked up her pen and wrote another one to Suying and Qinniang.

Suying is not in the Marquis's Mansion now, but in her house outside, preparing the dowry for her.

Qi Niang was in the Marquis' Mansion, but she should have been informed that Mother Li was missing.

After the letter was finished, Xue Chenyu asked Xia He to find someone to deliver it.

"Send the letter, then go find Miss Chu and ask her to settle those women in the next two days and then take some time to go to the Haicheng Merchants Office."

"clear."

"Then remember to be careful. A lot of people are watching us lately. Don't be alone."

"Don't worry, young lady. I know what's going on. Miss Chu is familiar with the terrain here. I plan to ask her to lead the way."

Now that the Haicheng branch was no longer operational, she could only use the Huaiyuan and Zhushan lines. She was afraid that her mail would be intercepted if she took the main roads.

"Okay, if you have any difficulties, tell Qiuhua and she will help you."

Xia He nodded and went to discuss it with Qiu Hua.

Xue Chenyu simply sat up and asked Yuzhu, who had just brought the ointment, to call Dongyue over.

Soon, the winter month arrived.

Yumei happened to be fetching some porridge. Everyone looked at each other. It was really too bland to eat the usual plain porridge with pickles.

But he still served a bowl to Xue Chenyu.

Xue Chenyu took it calmly and drank it in big gulps.

Finally, he looked at the maids and said, "Just bear with it for a few more days. Once we finish checking the accounts of the business, we will probably be able to eat meat."

"Great!"

Xue Luoyan arrived late and was extremely happy when she heard that they were going to eat meat.

"Sister, you don't know that I've been drinking porridge every day these days. I don't have any strength at all. I feel like I can't even lift a gun now."

Xue Chenyu was embarrassed: "Young girls of your age, many people can't even lift a gun, and I see you are doing it with great vigor, you don't look like you can't lift it at all."

"If you want to eat meat, then tomorrow you'll have to accompany me to the company to check the accounts. If you do a good job, you'll have meat to eat."

"Hmm!" Xue Luoyan nodded his head until there was an afterimage.

After dinner, Dongyue was left alone by Xue Chenyu and given a few words of advice. After that, Dongyue took Yao Biaotou with her and left the city before dark.

As for where they went, no one knows.

During this time, Chen Mingxuan also completed the inventory of grain and arranged manpower, waiting to transport the grain to various towns early tomorrow morning.

Situ Zhen also went into the cell and came out very late.

In the next few days, Xue Chenyu was busy counting the accounts at the Haicheng branch.

Manager Feng of the Haicheng branch had already sensed that something was going to happen and produced a batch of fake account books.

The real account books have long disappeared.

Xue Chenyu and a few maids spent several days to find a clue from the fake account books and found Yang Bo, the owner of the theater.

Situ Zhen spent every day in prison, and he also got some special information from Yang Bo.

"Yang Bo served the corrupt officials of Haicheng County, and the theater was their gathering place. But in the eyes of those petty officials, Yang Bo was just a slave who followed orders, and they would discuss everything behind his back."

"But Yang Bo was very clever. He knew that what he was doing for those people would eventually be exposed, so he recorded the time of every gathering and the people who attended."

"He hid this booklet in a special place." The implication is that he is not willing to hand it over yet.

Xue Chenyu listened to what Situ Zhen said, and then shared with him the clues she found from the fake account books of the business.

"The account books show that a large amount of money passed through Yang Bo's name. Although the accounts can be falsified, some clues cannot be concealed."

After a pause, Xue Chenyu said, "If there really is this booklet that the prince mentioned, then he can escape from it. Otherwise, he will be the biggest scapegoat."

Because all the evidence pointed to Yang Bo. From the clues in the account books, it seemed that he had colluded with officials and merchants, and he acted as the middleman to connect the two sides.

Situ Zhen curled his lips and ordered Fang Rui to deliver this great "good" news to Yang Bo.

As a small shopkeeper of the theater, Yang Bo was so scared that he almost peed his pants.

"I, what have I done? How could I possibly do something like that?"

Then he clung to the railing and shouted incoherently: "Sir, sir, you must save me. How could I possibly do such a thing? I'm just a small shopkeeper, a nobody!"

Fang Rui sneered: "I spoke to you in a nice way before, but you refused to say anything. You hid the evidence very well. Now you want to ask for help?"

"You should save these words for when you have the chance to meet the officials you are colluding with, and tell them."

"No, sir, sir..."

Fang Rui left resolutely, leaving Yang Bo alone wailing in the prison.

Afterwards, he was taken back to the cell. Before, he was locked up with the people from the theater, but this time, he was directly locked up with the county lieutenant and others.

In the dim light, he could not see the faces of the three people in the cell, but he could see that their sitting posture was different from that of the others, with the demeanor of officials.

I could feel the anger from the three of them even more.

"By the way, the county lieutenant and others already know that you have confessed and identified them. You are finished." The jailer said this, locked the cell and left.

"I don't have any, ah..."

Yang Bo wanted to explain, but the jailer had disappeared.

He turned around and saw the three people in the shadows. His legs began to tremble. "Sir, I don't have any..."

"Your Majesty!"

"Plop." Yang Bo knelt down directly.

He even knelt down unexpectedly and almost fell down.

Then the three people in the shadows took the opportunity to rush over and beat him up without saying a word.

Especially the county lieutenant, who was a military general himself and had amazing strength.

After a few punches from him, Yang Bo felt like he was going to die.

Then, in the blurred vision, several jailers finally hurried over.

"What are you doing? Rebellion?"

The iron chain clanged against the wooden fence.

The tense string in Yang Bo's mind relaxed, and then his eyes went dark and he passed out.

Everyone fainted completely.

The "county lieutenant" lifted up his messy hair, revealing Fan Wei's face.

The other two people also lifted their hair, both of them were from the caravan.

"How is it? Did I act realistically?" he said to the outside of the cell.

Xue Chenyu came out from the shadows: "Ahem."

What's there to act out here? It's just a true portrayal.

"You didn't do anything wrong with him, did you?"

"Don't worry, girl. I'm careful with my actions." Fan Wei said, "He was actually scared."

Xue Chenyu smiled, turned around and said to the outside, "Sir, the rest is up to you."

Situ Zhen said from the road not far away, "Don't worry, I won't let Miss Xue down."

Wouldn't that disappoint her?

"Then I'll wait and see."