Just as he was talking, the rich man led a group of elders into the courtyard. He looked confused, "What happened?"
Mrs. Ji told him helplessly. The rich man's eyes flickered, and he secretly glared at Mr. Ji, secretly scolding him for not living up to expectations.
The rich man said with a wooden face: "We are all one family, and everything will be happy if we are together. What's the point of worrying about it now that it's all over."
Other clan elders echoed: "Yes, yes, that's the truth!"
Which of these branches didn't secretly make money from the account books of Dafang and Gongzhong? They were all the same, so naturally they had to unite to speak to Ji Laosi.
Otherwise, if a gap is opened, it will be their turn next time.
Mrs. Ji's face was ashen and the prayer beads in her hand were about to be crushed.
Ji Laosi and Mrs. Qian hurriedly ran behind the wealthy elders, and the two sides confronted each other silently. Ji's father felt aggrieved, but facing the elders of the clan, he could not say the following offensive words.
Ji Shu's eyes were gloomy. She stepped forward and said, "It's just the right time for a wealthy family to come. I still have a few accounts I want to talk to you about."
The rich man looked at Ji Shu, gritted his teeth and threatened in a low voice: "Ji Shu, everything will be well with the family. Don't think that you have the right cards. The Ji family will be under your control. This is not conducive to the unity and harmony of the family." If you do something wrong, you will be sorry for your ancestors and your younger brothers and sisters. If this family breaks up, what good will it do to you!"
"What the elder of the wealthy family said is that the family will break up after checking the accounts. So is this family connected by kinship or money?"
"..."
The wealthy man had a lump in his throat and his eyes widened, "You!"
Ji Shu ignored her and motioned to Xitao to bring some account books. She said: "This is the account of the public. I looked through it carefully for two days and asked many elderly people in the house. The rules set by the ancestors, The money in the public account book will be withdrawn from each house every month, and each house will pay one-tenth of the amount according to the family property."
"abacus."
Xitao came forward with an abacus in hand. Ji Shu fiddled with the abacus in one hand and the account book in the other. He said slowly in a cold voice: "The big house has a silk and satin shop, a tea shop, a restaurant... a total of twenty-three shops in Beijing, and the monthly profit after tax is Three thousand taels, three hundred taels of silver were paid to the public last month. This account is consistent with the accounting handed over by the shop, and there is not a single penny missing."
The rich man's heart skipped a beat. Ji Shu looked at him with a smile, and then took another account, "Next is the money paid to the public in other rooms of the Ji family. The second uncle's family has a monthly surplus of one thousand taels. Pay one hundred taels... Fourth uncle's monthly surplus is two thousand eight hundred taels, and the amount of silver paid was three hundred taels, but I sent someone to count it in the treasury, and there was no such three hundred taels at all..."
She slowly read out the actual amount of money paid by each family. Except for Ji's father's brothers, the remaining branches either paid one or two taels to fool them, or they just wrote a fake like Ji Laosi. He was unwilling to deposit even a penny into the public account.
The rich man's face was livid, and he squeezed out a sentence after a while: "This account... is not accurate!"
"Why is it inaccurate? It's written in black and white. If you think I'm exaggerating, you can check it out. But there's no need. I asked a dozen accountants to check with me, and each of them can accurately tell which room is missing. , I’m afraid that I alone won’t be able to convince everyone.”
After Ji Shu said that, the dozen accountants stood outside Baoxia. The wealthy elders were trembling all over, and the other elders were even pale and wanted to turn around and run away immediately!
Private greed is private greed, exposed to the public! Everyone wants to save face!
Ji Shu said slowly: "I haven't finished yet. Missing payment is missing payment, and there are many people who ask the public to withdraw money and expenses even though it is a matter in their own house."
"Old man from a wealthy family, your great-grandson kidnapped a girl on the street a few months ago, had a dispute with his family, and maimed his brother's leg. The government ordered you to pay compensation from the public servant? Could it be that someone at home asked him to beat him? Break someone's leg?"
She clicked her tongue, "There is an inexplicable amount of money in this account, which is not far away from the compensation you paid. Your great-grandson robbed a girl in the street, broke her leg, and only awarded ten taels in compensation. What kind of stupid official is this? Judgment? Then the previous sum of money was probably your money to get people through your connections, right?"
The rich man took a deep breath and fell back.
"Uncle Shi!"
"Old man from a rich family!"
A group of people gathered around him. Ji Laosi supported the person and took the opportunity to change the subject: "Ji Shu! You unworthy descendant! Do you want to make the rich man angry to death? Why don't you call the doctor to treat the rich man!"
"I need to ask someone to come. But there's no need to bother the imperial doctor. I'll ask someone to ask the imperial doctor to give you a thorough look."
Ji Shu closed the account book and said with a smile: "Otherwise, if something happens to you, who should I ask to compensate for the problem in this account? I sued Shuntian Mansion early in the morning, and I am waiting for Mr. Fu Yin to make the decision for me."
The wealthy man rolled his eyes, he was just pretending, but this time he was really dizzy.
As soon as Ji Laosi heard that Ji Shu had reported his official position, his legs and feet weakened, and he fell to the ground with the rich man, but this time no one helped them.
Most of the people present were too preoccupied with themselves, and the look in their eyes on Ji Shu no longer looked as contemptuous as before.
The servants didn't dare to look at her anymore. They thought that the stern master in the past was the most frightening master in the house, but in fact, the gentle lady who was usually the gentlest and always had a little smile on her lips was the real one. King of Yama! To hide a knife in a smile is to be ruthless!
The guilty servants fell to their knees one after another, crying and begging for mercy before they were singled out.
Ji Shu had already cleared out the list and asked Xitao to pick them out one by one. Those who needed to be sent to prison, those who needed to pay compensation, and those who were lightly punished were clearly listed in a row.
The elders of the wealthy clan were angry and sick, and the other elders in the clan were like chickens with their necks strangled, and they all became more honest.
The Ji Mansion experienced an unprecedented purge.
It can be said that after so many years, after Mrs. Ji left the house, Ji's mother was confused again. The Ji family looked peaceful on the surface, but in fact, there were all kinds of ghosts and ghosts surging under the water, and the water in the pool was already so turbid that it was impossible to see.
Ji Shu captured a few big moths when she came up. She caught all the little devils under these people before they had time to hide them. Within a few days, the people above and below changed in different ways, and they continued to toss nearly half of them. Months later, it slowly subsided.
In the past half month, the back house of Ji Mansion has been dominated by Ji Shu. Even Mrs. Ji has to admire her for being better than her predecessors.
After the rich man recovered from his illness, he immediately wanted to stop Ji Shu's domination, but before he could, his granddaughter-in-law came to the door.
Upon hearing this, I found out that Ji Shu and Shuntian Prefecture Yin found the confused official who accepted bribes and randomly decided the case. That person was dismissed from his post. His great-grandson's case was retried and he was sentenced to three years in prison! I also have to pay that family a hundred taels of silver as compensation!
His grandson's daughter-in-law burst into tears: "All the money in the family has been given to Gongzhong! Even my dowry was paid for. Now I can't get a penny out. You must save Guangzong! The eldest lady, she is the only way. There’s nothing left for us!”
The rich man's eyes were wide-eyed and he was breathing heavily.
Regret! Why should she be given the power to run the family in the first place?
She didn't get her dowry and the treasure given by the champion, but they lost all the money!
Qi and blood surged in his chest. The rich man spurted blood on the satin bed quilt and fainted.
