Haitang made some tea for Lu Ling to drink, and Lu Ling suppressed the irritability in his heart.
She took a deep breath and said to the people at the door: "Everyone, come in."
More than a dozen people all walked in and stood in a row in front of Lu Ling, all with their heads lowered.
Lu Ling looked at Butler Du who was standing aside and smiled lightly, "Uncle Du, you have been working hard recently. Go back to Lu Mansion to rest first."
She was still holding a trace of luck in her heart, hoping that Butler Du was not involved in this matter and wanted to save him face.
Butler Du's heart trembled, and he quickly shook his head and said, "Miss is still busy here, how dare I go back to rest first?"
Lu Ling's smile faded: "You are old and have worked hard for the Lu family for so many years. You deserve more rest. Haitang, take Uncle Du back to your home and invite Manager Liu over. Remember to ask him to bring someone with him."
Butler Du became even more nervous.
Does the young lady want to separate herself and interrogate these people alone?
Is he afraid that he will be on the sidelines to excuse himself? This is obviously doubting yourself!
Fortunately, I just told them not to talk nonsense, so they should be fine...
Butler Du comforted himself in his mind, but his heart was beating wildly uncontrollably. Before leaving, he quietly glared at those people, threateningly.
Half an hour later, Haitang came back and brought Manager Liu with him.
Manager Liu saw Lu Ling and stood aside honestly waiting for dispatch.
"Husband, come and sit."
Lu Ling glanced at the empty chair next to him.
Song Wenzhou glanced at Lu Ling's smiling eyes, but he couldn't laugh.
How could he not understand Lu Ling's intention?
Sure enough, as soon as his butt touched the chair, Lu Ling pointed at him and introduced to everyone: "This is my husband, and my father-in-law is the prefect of Weizhou. Doesn't everyone here know this?"
What a fox pretending to be a tiger.
Song Wenzhou thought to himself, this is using the title of magistrate to scare everyone!
The group of people in front of them carefully glanced at Song Wenzhou's livid face, and then all responded: "We know, we all know!"
"Since you know, why do you still want to do anything to my Lu family's property?"
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Everyone's faces froze when they heard this, and when they reacted, their hearts trembled suddenly when they saw Lu Ling's eyes that were as cold as the frost of the twelfth lunar month.
"Miss, you are wronged. We did not do anything to the Lu family's property!" One person boldly stood up.
Others quickly echoed: "Yes, Miss, we were wronged!"
Lu Ling looked at the young man who took the lead in speaking and asked coldly: "What is your name? What raw materials are you responsible for purchasing?"
The man quickly raised his hands and said: "Miss, my name is Zhang Wu, and I am responsible for purchasing tung oil and lacquer oil!"
Lu Ling smiled and said: "Okay, Zhang Wu, I was just looking for you. Since you are responsible for purchasing these two kinds of oil, please tell me how much our Lu family purchased each of these two oils last year and this year?"
Zhang Wu opened his mouth as if recalling, and after a moment, he replied: "Last year, we purchased 5,000 kilograms of tung oil and 300 kilograms of lacquer oil. This year, we purchased each by half."
Lu Ling heard this and asked Haitang to check the account books.
Lu Ling glanced at it, nodded pretendingly, and said, "Yes, that's the number."
After a pause, Lu Ling asked again: "You said that the tung oil and lacquer oil were mixed before they were purchased and delivered?"
Zhang Wu quietly glanced at Lu Lingrou, who had a smooth look on his face, and he became bolder. He straightened up and said, "It's been mixed."
Lu Ling looked at the account book and nodded, murmuring: "In this way, last year's tung oil and lacquer oil mixed together was 5,300 kilograms, and this year it is 2,650 kilograms."
Zhang Wu quickly nodded and said yes. He thought to himself: Is this just a fool?
Unexpectedly, Lu Ling suddenly raised his head, pretending to be confused, and said, "But I saw that there is obviously no lacquer in the tung oil? Could it be that I saw it wrong?"
Zhang Wu became more courageous when he saw Lu Ling's sweet and cute look.
He quickly said: "Miss, you have never done the process of making ink by hand, but the young one has been in the Lu family for two years. Miss is indeed wrong."
Song Wenzhou couldn't help but look at Lu Ling, and when he saw her pretending to be silly and honest, a sentence suddenly flashed into his mind full of bad thoughts:
If it doesn't resist, then attack its weakness.
Deliberately pretend to be weak to make the other person relax, and then strike when the other person is unprepared.
Lu Ling raised his eyebrows and said, "Manager Liu, go get a bowl of tung oil and a spoonful of lacquer oil."
Zhang Wu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
After a while, Manager Liu came in carrying clean tung oil and lacquer oil.
Lu Ling pointed at the tung oil and said, "This tung oil has not been mixed with any lacquer. Now add a spoonful of lacquer."
Manager Liu did as he was told.
After mixing the two oils, the color of the tung oil immediately changed.
Lu Ling's eyes turned cold: "You said that the tung oil purchased last year and this year was mixed with paint oil, but why is the color different from the color I mixed on site?"
Zhang Wu opened his mouth and became speechless.
Song Wenzhou swallowed and said, "Ling'er, maybe the color has changed because it has been left for a while after purchase?"
Lu Ling sneered, turned around and said something to him: "Husband, smart people often know when to speak and when not to speak. If you don't understand the ink-making industry, don't speak casually, so as not to be laughed at for your ignorance. "
Song Wenzhou: "..."
He felt that his face was thrown to the ground by Lu Ling and stepped on with his feet.
Lu Ling turned to look at Manager Liu again: "Invite Qian Zhi and Boss Zhu in."
Zhang Wu was shocked when he heard this.
Qian Zhi is the person who sold tung oil to the Lu family in the past two years, and Boss Zhu was the person who supplied tung oil and lacquer oil to the Lu family when Mr. Lu was still alive.
No one expected that Lu Ling would actually find them!
No, when did this happen?
The eldest lady’s behavior makes people completely defenseless!
Song Wenzhou was also shocked.
In the past four or five days, he had obviously watched Lu Ling flipping through the account books in his room every day. When did he send someone to find Qian Zhi?
Only Lu Ling and Manager Liu knew about this.
When Lu Ling looked through the account books the next day and saw something strange, he already guessed that those with evil intentions would definitely start with expensive raw materials.
In order to verify her suspicion, she immediately secretly sent Manager Chen to find Qian Zhi and others, preparing for a confrontation today.
Sure enough, when I came to the workshop today to check, the problem was immediately discovered.
Qian Zhi and Boss Zhu came in from outside and saluted Lu Ling.
Zhang Wu subconsciously wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves.
Lu Ling spoke slowly: "Boss Qian, my Lu family has purchased tung oil from you in the past two years. Please tell me how much tung oil you sold to the Lu family in total. Is any of it adulterated with lacquer oil?"
Qian Zhi said without thinking: "Miss Lu, last year, Zhang Wu went to me to buy 5,300 kilograms of pure tung oil. This year, it is half of last year, 2,650 kilograms."
"Pure tung oil?" Lu Ling asked.
"It's pure tung oil, not adulterated with lacquer."
Lu Ling turned to look at Boss Zhu again and said, "Uncle Zhu, when my father was still alive, our Lu family always purchased tung oil and lacquer oil from you. How did the people responsible for purchasing in the workshop find you two years ago? Said?"
