"Yes." Butler Liu stood up slowly, holding on to his knees, almost staggering, "You two, in front of the young lady, why don't you recruit me truthfully."
"Steward Liu, you know that this old slave has always been loyal to the house. How could I steal the young master's inkstone?" Old Chen argued hard and looked at Butler Liu desperately, as if he was signaling something. .
Butler Liu pretended to cough twice: "You and I know that, but what do you say, Old Hu? Did you really see Old Chen taking the young master's inkstone? Could it be that Old Chen was helping the young master pack things in the room? ,you misunderstood."
"Yes, yes, what Butler Liu said makes sense, but I got it wrong." Old Hu obviously understood what Butler Liu meant and tried to fool him.
The skills of Butler Liu and Xi Ni really made Xi Jin couldn't help laughing.
Butler Liu looked at Xi Jin and chuckled, and quickly stepped forward to explain: "Young madam, you see this is all a misunderstanding. If you don't let me put the inkstone back into the young master's room, we can let this matter go."
"Old Chentou, let me ask you, when did you help the young master clean up the house, and who assigned you to do it?" Xi Jin asked.
"Chen...Chenshi, it was the old lady who sent someone from her room to deliver the message." Old Chen was in a hurry and could only make a random statement. Anyway, the whole Xie Mansion was in chaos, and the old lady was seriously ill, so she was sober and confused for a while. For a moment, the young lady couldn't find out.
"Chen Shi?" Xi Jin asked with a smile, took out the key from his sleeve, and waved it in front of Old Chen's eyes, "Yesterday, the old lady handed me the key to the young master's room. How did you, Chen Shi, get into the young master's room?" ? Could it be that you climbed in through the window? "
Only then did Lao Chentou realize that he had fallen into the trap set by Xi Jin, and he couldn't help but sweat like rain: "Young madam, please forgive me. This old slave is confused. Please forgive me, young madam."
"So, you admit that you stole the inkstone from the young master's room?"
"Old slave deserves to die, old slave deserves to die." Old Chentou never expected that the young madam would move so quickly. If he continued to quibble, I'm afraid that the young madam would uncover more old accounts. It's better to admit it now. .
"Steward Liu, let's bring justice to the family law." The evidence was conclusive, and Old Chen Tou was unable to refute it.
Butler Liu wiped his sweat and could only call the servant in the house.
Old Chen's head was tied to a long stool, and a boy on the side beat him severely with a stick. Old Chen's head cried and screamed. His cry immediately attracted the servants of the mansion, who hid behind the trees and stole. Look.
Xi Jin glanced at the servants and spoke condescendingly to Old Chen: "You keep calling yourself an old slave, but you ignore the kindness that Xie Mansion showed you in the past. It's really despised."
Xi Jin groaned: "I have gone through the account books and rosters in the house in the past two days, and found many problems. I will not hide it from you. Even if today's incident had not happened, Old Chentou would not have been able to escape today's fate. .”
"Young madam, he fainted." The boy reported.
"Continue to fight when you wake up." Xi Jin said coldly, "And you." Xi Jin pointed at Lao Hu, "Hu Shouyi stole a blue and white porcelain plate and a cloisonné enamel incense box from the mansion. The pawnshop pawned two hundred taels of silver, right or wrong?"
"This...this." Old Hu originally thought that he would be able to escape the disaster if Old Chen's head was discovered by the young lady. Unexpectedly, the young lady actually knew how many things he had stolen from the house.
"I'm not afraid to tell you that now I have the account books of everything in the house. In the past two days, I checked the records in the warehouse and checked the missing things in the house, and everything became clear. I have this book in my hand. The book clearly records the things you stole, and of course the things you hid at home. Unless you plan to let it rot at home, no pawn shop in Beijing will let you pawn it. I'll give you two days. , change everything back, otherwise, this book will appear on the yamen desk."
Xi Jin stood up and patted the non-existent dust on her skirt: "I forgot to remind you that the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture is my father's disciple."
Xi Jin held Ping'er's hand and left slowly. Before leaving, he reminded Butler Liu: "Since you have served the Xie Mansion for many years, I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds. You must settle everything before tomorrow." Put it on my case, otherwise my wife may not know about the house and concubine you have purchased outside."
"Yes, yes, the old slave thanks the young lady for your great kindness." Butler Liu couldn't help but bend down and kneel down. It was his mistake. He underestimated the young lady. She was a gentle and gentle person on the surface, but he didn't expect to have such thunderous methods. , it really has to be admired.
"Miss, you are so awesome." Ping'er clapped excitedly, "How come I didn't know you had done so many things secretly?"
"Everything was the old lady's idea." Xi Jin calmed his heartbeat. When he was not married, his aunt taught him many housekeeping skills, but this was the first time he actually put them into action.
I remember that on the first day I entered Xie's Mansion, the old lady entrusted all the affairs of the mansion to her. The building was about to collapse and people's hearts were unpredictable. The old lady also wanted to recover some losses at the last moment.
After Xie Luo was caught in the accident, chaos began to appear in the mansion. Many servants began to hide their personal belongings and even secretly took things out to sell. The old lady did not stop it at first, until the court confiscated Xie's property. After that, Mrs. Xie asked Xi Jin to choose an opportunity to expose the matter to the public.
In the words of the old lady, these silver coins are all going to be left to the good great-grandson of Xi Jin's house.
Xi Jin stroked his belly, feeling sad in his heart. He always felt as if he had done something wrong.
Xijin walked all the way to Sianju, where the old lady lived, and first asked Nanny Xie, "Grandma, are you up?"
"Back to you, madam. The old lady has just gotten up. Let me go in and make an announcement." Grandma Xie replied.
"Good work."
"It's Jin'er, come in." Before Nanny Xie could go in to announce, the old lady's kind voice came from inside.
Xijin nodded to Nanny Xie and walked into the inner room. The old lady's bedroom was filled with the delicious scent of incense, which made people feel at ease.
"Grandma." Xi Jin was blessed. When the old lady called out, he stepped forward and took the comb from the hand of the nanny beside him, "Jin'er serves grandma."
"Okay." The old lady patted Xi Jin's hand, "Our Jin'er is very careful and skillful, and I like the bun she wears best."
"Thank you, grandma." Xi Jin smiled lightly and gently combed the old lady's hair.
In just a few days, the old lady had more white hair on her head. Thinking of this, Xi Jin couldn't help but blush.
"Jin'er, have you ever blamed me?" The old lady noticed Xi Jin's emotions and asked softly.
