Halfway through his words, Laifu suddenly stopped and pretended to be heartbroken, hoping to gain sympathy.
His goal was quickly achieved, and everyone believed in his words. At the same time, they were full of anger at Zhou Ming's groundless speculation about Laifu.
The servants surrounding Laifu saw that Laifu was injured like this, and they were afraid that their lives could not be saved. As a result, his young master not only showed no mercy at all, but instead rubbed salt on his wounds.
Although Laifu said that he had really made a big mistake just now, and often bullied servants like them, and deducted a lot of wages from them overtly or covertly, they knew in their hearts that no matter how courageous this kid Laifu was, he would only be able to To do something dirty to them, as to embezzling the master's money, is simply impossible, because doing so would involve taking huge risks.
First of all, in a big family like the Zhou family, the accountant is in charge of the money. Every expense is paid by the accountant after the master has given instructions. , and where the money is used, my master also knows it very well. It is very difficult to manipulate and embezzle huge amounts of money.
Secondly, if the incident happened and the owner found out about the embezzlement of money, he would be beaten severely, kicked out and never used again, or he would be reported directly to the government and let the Yamen handle the matter.
Once this kind of thing comes to the Yamen, even if the housekeeper does not embezzle much money, he will be exiled to the north and end up with a narrow escape.
And the more important point is that once you do this kind of thing and get a reputation of corruption, even if the owner is magnanimous and will not pursue it for the sake of past kindness, but after you get a reputation of having dirty hands and feet, , a person like Laifu who works as a housekeeper is equivalent to death in this industry. It is extremely difficult for him to find a similar job again.
It was precisely because of the above reasons that when Zhou Yiming questioned Laifu, all the servants in the yard believed that Laifu would not do such a thing without even thinking about it. After all, this old guy is smarter than a monkey. There was no way he could do something stupid like this and push himself into a corner.
When Mrs. Zhou saw this situation, she felt that Zhou Ming's question was a bit too much. After all, judging from his past performance, although Laifu had evil intentions, his hands and feet were still clean, because if he really committed corruption, his family would The master must have discovered it long ago.
Mrs. Zhou sighed, thinking that her son was still young. It was taboo to suspect Laifu of embezzling money in front of so many servants. After all, if it was finally proven that Laifu was involved in this matter, he was If you are innocent, it will be difficult for things to end.
By that time, Yi Ming will not only be accused of wrongly accusing a servant, but he may also offend all the servants in the family. If things really come to this point, it will be very difficult for his father to be the head of the family a hundred years later. After all, once you lose people's hearts, it is very difficult to win the trust of these servants again.
After thinking of these terrible consequences, Mrs. Zhou felt anxious, but in the current situation, she had nothing to do, because she knew her son's temper very well, and even if she went out to dissuade him at this moment, it would be of no avail.
Lin Ajiao grew up in a big family. Although she has never been the head of a family, she has been exposed to it and knows some methods of managing a big family.
When she saw Zhou Yiming recklessly suspecting Laifu of embezzling family money in front of so many people, she felt it was very inappropriate, because even if Zhou Yiming had this suspicion in his heart, he should have taken Laifu into a secret room. , interrogated privately. In this case, even if Laifu is ultimately proven innocent, the impact on Zhou Ming will be very small.
Lin Ajiao shook her head, feeling that Zhou Yiming was still too young and energetic, leaving no room for himself in doing things. If this style of behavior did not change, he would definitely suffer a lot from eating out in the future.
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Laifu felt very proud. He thought that I had embezzled a lot of money, but the young master dared to doubt me without any evidence. This was asking for death. With my acting skills With my mind, I want to plead guilty without evidence, and I think it's beautiful.
Young Master, since you show no mercy to me, today I will let you see how powerful I am.
Laifu decided in his heart that even if he risked his life, he would make Yi Ming lose face today to satisfy his hatred.
No matter how sinister his thoughts were, Laifu still pretended to be pitiful on the surface, and even sobbed and cried. He ignored everyone's reactions, left Zhou Ming aside, knelt directly on the ground, and cried to his master: " Master, I know that I have sinned, and I know that I deserve death, but if I make a mistake once, can't I erase all my previous contributions to the Zhou family?
I was single-handedly promoted by you. After using every money from my hand, I will report it to you personally. Can you tell everyone that there was an error in the account?
The young master can hit me and scold me, but he must not accuse me unjustly, especially on such a principled issue.
Although I, Laifu, am old, I am still an upright man and behave upright. I can swear to God, if I have ever been greedy for a penny in the Zhou family, I will be struck with thunderbolts and die without mercy. Burial place! "
After these impassioned words, everyone present felt filled with righteous indignation. Everyone was very dissatisfied with Zhou Ming, and the servants were even more excited. They all hoped that their master could stand up at this critical moment and replace Laifu. To uphold justice, even if you have to kick him out in the end, you can't accuse someone unjustly.
Moreover, they also believe that even if their master stands up for justice and clears Laifu's name, they cannot take advantage of the young master. They must make him publicly apologize to Laifu and suffer a little pain. Otherwise, the future of their servants will be ruined. It's sad. After all, if Zhou Ming is not taught a lesson this time, he will always suspect that their servants have dirty hands and feet in the future. Then will they still be alive?
After all, most of them are clumsy-tongued and do not have the good eloquence of Laifu, and unlike Laifu, who has their own master as their backer, once they are wronged by their own young master, it is impossible for them to clear up their grievances. You can consider yourself unlucky.
Mrs. Zhou had short-sighted eyes, but after hearing what Laifu said, she immediately felt sad and shed tears.
Lin Ajiao had never been deceived by Laifu. She saw that the current situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to Zhou Ming, and thought to herself that Laifu was definitely not a simple person.
She originally wanted to come out and help Zhou Ming, but when she saw that Zhou Ming was still calm and unhurried, she immediately understood in her heart that her husband must be sure of victory, and he must still have evidence that he has not yet obtained. come out.
Zhou Ruhai was very dissatisfied just now when he heard that Yi Ming suspected that his deputy Lai Fu had dirty hands. The reason was very simple. Lai Fu had always been the person he trusted most before. Zhou Ruhai had left almost all the matters at home to him, and He was promoted by Zhou Ruhai himself. Such a close confidant had made a mistake just now, and Zhou Ruhai had already been embarrassed by him. If it was proved that his hands and feet were unclean again and embezzled family money, then Zhou Ruhai would be disgraced to his grandma's family.
Therefore, no matter what consideration he had, Zhou Ruhai did not want Laifu to be convicted.
After listening to Laifu's cry, Zhou Ruhai felt a little proud for a moment. He first comforted Laifu and said, "Laifu, don't be afraid, let alone cry. Don't forget, I am still in charge of this Zhou family.
You have been in our house for so many years. Do I not understand your temperament? Don’t worry, I will never let anyone wrongly accuse you! "
After Zhou Yiming saw his father's statement, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking that his father was really just watching the excitement and didn't mind the matter. He originally allowed Laifu to embezzle so much money because he was not strict in running the family. It was caused by poor employment, but as long as he didn't interfere and stayed far away, he didn't intend to involve him and let him be embarrassed along with Laifu.
But what people never expected was that the old man was actually obsessed with him. He was deceived by Laifu's few words, and he stood with Laifu without hesitation. Isn't this just letting him kill his family for justice?
"Ming'er, stand up and follow me to the study. I have something important to say to you." Zhou Ruhai suddenly said with a sinking face.
When the servants in the yard heard what their master said, they immediately understood that their master wanted to drag the young master into the house and teach him a lesson in private.
The servants felt very relieved to see their master being tough at a critical moment, because this proved that the head of the Zhou family was still a sensible person, and he would never respond to his son's nonsense. Appeasement.
Mrs. Zhou and Lin Ajiao were both worried when they saw this scene. They came over at the same time and wanted to persuade their master, but before they could ask for mercy, they saw Zhou Yiming suddenly stand up and look at his master's face. He opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Dad, don't rush into the house with you. I'll say a few words to Laifu later. After that, I will accompany you wherever you ask me to go."
"You..." Zhou Ruhai had no idea that Yi Ming would dare to openly disobey him and not follow his instructions in front of everyone. This would be equivalent to a slap in the face on the spot.
He wanted to lose his temper immediately and scold Zhou Ming, but when he thought about his son's future, he suppressed his anger, swallowed his sleeves, turned around, and began to sulk alone.
He thought in his heart, I must not be confused. It would be too embarrassing to quarrel with my son on such an occasion. And with his current strength, even if I want to quarrel, I may not be able to quarrel with him. Right now As a father, I can only convince people with reason.
After figuring this out, he chose to sit on the sidelines. He wanted to see what Zhou Yiming was going to say.
