Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

The next day.

The masters from the antique shop came to the general's mansion early in the morning. They were invited by Fang Yao to help with the appraisal.

Fang Yao and Lan stood by, watching the masters bring the bottles and jars to them one by one, looking at them from all angles, from left to right, and even knocking a few times to listen to the sound. They checked them very carefully.

After the inspection was complete, the leading master bowed, and the other party said from a distance, "Congratulations, General. Everything is correct, without any omissions. General, you can rest assured."

Fang Yao was very happy to hear this and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, are you sure there is no problem?"

The masters hurriedly said no, they had checked inside and out and confirmed that there was nothing.

Fang Yao and Lan exchanged a glance. Lan, with a worried look on her face, asked again, "Have you checked inside and out? There's nothing wrong inside, right?"

The masters smiled and said, "Madam General, please rest assured. We rely on our skills to make a living. Especially since we are inspecting goods for the General's Mansion, we dare not make any mistakes."

"That's good, that's good," Lan wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief and said with a faint smile, "In that case, please accompany me to inspect it again, and then you can take your reward and go home."

This is customary.

Wealthy families would invite people to come to their homes to appraise antiques. Before starting, both parties would confirm together that the items were intact, and then they would hand them over to the masters for appraisal.

After the appraisal is completed and before paying the money, Shuangfei also needs to confirm whether the item is still intact.

This is to avoid the situation where you pay the money and then find out that the antique was knocked or damaged during the inspection process, which you would not be able to explain.

The masters nodded in agreement and followed Lan towards the bottles and jars placed aside.

A middle-aged man in a blue robe walked behind, his eyes wandering.

After taking two steps, he suddenly covered his stomach and cried out, "ouch, ouch."

Everyone was startled by his actions. Fang Yao hurriedly asked, "What's going on? Quick, call the court doctor."

The man in blue waved his hands, looking quite pained. He said, "Don't bother alerting the doctor. I'm fine. It's just an old problem. If I don't eat the right food, my stomach will churn and hurt badly. Just go to Ruyi's room and I'll be fine."

When the others heard this, they smiled and said, "Then go quickly. It will be ready soon. If you don't come back when the general gives out the rewards, we will divide your money."

The man ran out, clutching his stomach, cursing and laughing, "Whoever dares to touch my silver, I'll come back and skin him alive."

While he was talking, the man had already run out.

Fang Yao's eyes were cold and he gestured to Zhu Yi in the dark.

Then he came behind the crowd and quietly watched Lan check each of them one by one.

As he checked, the leading master frowned.

The expressions of the others also gradually became solemn.

Something seems wrong.

No matter how meticulous the owners were in the past, they never checked everything inside and out as carefully as they do today.

The owner was watching them while they were doing the appraisal, so they could tell right away if there was any damage.

The reason why I watched it again at the end was purely as a formality to avoid any subsequent disputes.

But the general's wife not only checked inside and out, but also ordered the maids to lift it up carefully, turn the bottles and jars upside down, pour out, and then reach in to search.

As if they would hide something in there.

Just as I was thinking this, suddenly, a little girl took out an envelope from a red plum vase.

Everyone was stunned.

That's impossible. They looked so carefully when they were checking it just now, afraid that more valuable items might have fallen inside. They checked everything, and there was clearly nothing inside?

How come there is a letter suddenly?

Who authenticated this red plum vase?

If the general really left behind an ancient calligraphy or painting that had not been appraised, then the work done today would have been a mistake that had never been made before.

It's so embarrassing.

The head chef blushed, took two steps forward, bowed, and said, "It was my negligence that almost caused the general to miss something. I beg you and your wife to forgive me."

Fang Yao stared at him with no expression on her face.

After a while, he asked, "Who is responsible for this plum vase?"

The leading master looked back and saw a young man standing at the back nervously come out and bowed, saying, "Master and I are in charge."

The master suddenly felt uncomfortable in his stomach and went to Ruyi's room. He was scared, but he had to stand up and speak.

"Didn't they check inside during the appraisal?" Fang Yao said lightly.

"General, I've seen it. I saw it before the appraisal. I reached in and felt around, but there was nothing inside. After the appraisal..."

He thought for a moment and said truthfully, "After the appraisal, the master said he would check it out and told me to fill out the form, so I didn't look at it again."

In the past, the work of filling out forms was done by the master, and he was just a handyman. Today, the master showed him a favor and gave him the task of filling out forms, and he was very grateful.

The leading master heard something wrong from his words.

When going to an ordinary person's house for an appraisal, one cannot be careless when filling out the forms, let alone going to the general's mansion.

What is the letter in the plum vase?

Everyone followed the general's wife and checked everything one by one. So many pairs of eyes could prove that the envelope was not stuffed in by the general's wife, nor was it stuffed in by anyone else in front of them.

After all, after the identification, they left their own people to guard the bottles and jars, so no one could tamper with them.

Now it seems that the only one who could have tampered with the situation was the one who went to Ruyi Room.

Why did he do this? Why hasn't he come back yet?

"The envelope was stuck to the bottle from the inside," Lan said slowly. "You all know that my General's Mansion holds many secrets, and we're particularly sensitive to letters and notes. So, for this final inspection, I can't just knock and check like others do. I must examine it carefully inside and out to prevent someone from being bribed and putting a random letter in to frame my General's Mansion..."

When the masters heard this, they were so frightened that they almost lost their souls.

He quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "General and Madam, please investigate clearly. We dare not, we dare not."

"Don't dare?" Fang Yao had already finished reading the letter in the envelope and his eyes fell on the face of the leading master. "That kid said that this was the last time his master passed the test. Where is his master?"

The leading master raised his hand and pointed outside, "He went to Ruyi Room. His master is the one just now. He..."

His heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly realized something was wrong and became panicked.

broken.

That guy did it. He killed them all.

Fang Yao's face darkened and he shouted sternly, "Bring it up."

At the door, two guards tightly twisted a man's arm and escorted him in.

When everyone looked, they saw that it was the one who pretended to have a stomachache and went to Ruyi Room.

To prevent him from committing suicide, his jaw had been removed by his guards.

The masters stared at him blankly, their faces filled with shock.

In fact, Fang Yao had arranged people to monitor them from the moment they entered the door.

Although the letter that Zhao had put in there had been given to the second wife of the Shen family by Lan, Fang Yao was well aware of the treachery of Duke Chongguo. How could he sit back and relax just by putting in one letter?

Just in case, Fang Yao copied the first letter and put it back into the original bottle.

Sure enough, the man in blue had been staring at the bottle since he came in, and stole the letter when no one was paying attention.

The subsequent inspection was normal until the end, when he pretended to reach into the bottle to check and stuck another letter on the inside of the bottle.