Li Luansong put aside the matter of the imperial concubine for the time being. These days, he learned from Shen Que to check accounts, settle accounts, and transfer shops. He was busy showing off his skills and testing what he had learned. After getting up early every day, he hurried to the shop on time to listen to the shopkeeper's description of the goods, Accounts, watching them receive customers and listen to their needs... going from shop to shop without being idle all day long...
From snacks and snacks to fruits and vegetables, from rouge and gouache to jewelry, from clothes and shoes to carriages and horses, from eating and drinking to herbal medicine consultation... There are so many shops and thousands of goods that Shen Que has personally seen. The origin, source, purchase price, and selling price of each selected trade, each kind of goods... are all in her mind, and she also knows the market well.
Li Luansong secretly admired her, my wife is really amazing!
He did last month's accounts neatly and without errors. Shen Que was very surprised and praised him thoroughly. Li Luansong became more confident and checked more carefully and diligently this month.
However, something still went wrong.
The ledgers and inventories of several stores did not match up. Not only that, even the cash and books did not match up.
Li Luansong's temples were beating loudly. Could it be that he had just started doing it and had done something wrong?
He did not alarm Shen Que, but took several shopkeepers to check the accounts one by one, inventory, and check the books. As a result, he found that someone had tampered with the accounts and goods, changed the prices of goods, and misappropriated money. Got the cash in the shop.
The shopkeeper was also so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and kept shouting that he was wronged, which really stumped Li Luansong.
How to check?
In the eyes of the shopkeeper and waiters, he is Shen Que, but he is not familiar with these people. After more than a month, he has just been able to distinguish who is who. As for his character, temper, and temperament... his eyes darkened, and he rashly Inquiring may be counterproductive.
Eh, I have no idea where to start.
But a grown man still wants to save face. If he had to ask Nao Po about such a trivial matter, wouldn't he be looked down upon.
So His Highness the King of Jin used his own native method. After all, he is a man who has fought in the war, a scout, so let's find out.
We use the crowd tactic. In May, we send people to watch the shop one by one, day and night. Everyone who comes to the shop, regardless of whether they are customers, colleagues or suppliers, will be followed one by one.
Don't tell me, this method looks stupid but it is really useful.
In just over half a month, Li Luansong listened to reports every day. Not only did he understand the customer flow of the shop, he also knew who the colleagues he often communicated with, when the supplier would deliver the goods, when the settlement would be settled... everything was down to the smallest detail. , know it like the back of your hand.
However, there was one person here who also caught his attention.
This man's name is Lu Sheng. He is the adopted son of Shen Que's father. He is five years older than Shen Que. In doing business, he actually became Shen Que's childhood sweetheart's brother and Shen Fu's most effective assistant, in charge of almost all the shops' accounts and goods transactions.
"Childhood sweetheart?"
Li Luansong accurately grasped this key word from the report in May, "There is such a person, how come I have never heard her mention it?"
May: ...Is this the crux of the matter?
According to the description in May, Li Luansong personally conducted a secret investigation for several days and finally met this Lu Sheng.
He has a long body, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a smile. He looks gentle and elegant, but he is quite popular among young ladies. Li Luansong twirled his non-existent beard and began to tease people:
"He looks like a human being, but his character... Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk tsk, and he did this kind of cheating thing, which ruined this good skin."
Li Luansong was indignant and told Yuyue: "Continue to investigate, including the past events, and we need solid and reliable evidence."
After waiting for a few more days, Wuyue came with a stack of documents and reported: "That Lu Sheng opened a shop privately with others, and he misappropriated the money on our books to open a shop. He has done this before, but it didn't work." The money was replenished at the beginning of the next month, but for some reason, this time it was already the middle of the month and I had no intention of replenishing it."
"What else could it be because of?" Li Luansong sneered, "My heart has grown big, my appetite has grown, and my courage has grown fat."
Wuyue raised her head and glanced at him, but hesitated to speak.
Li Luansong said: "Finish everything you have to say, don't hesitate."
Wuyue said bravely: "My subordinates also found out that this Lu Sheng once had... a marriage contract with the eldest lady. It is said that he proposed it to Mr. Shen, but the Shen family wanted to marry their daughter into Officials, this is how they fight against each other, just..."
It was over, Wu Yu completely ignited the explosive pack, and before he could finish his words, he was beaten out by Li Luansong. If it weren't for Zelan's protection, he would probably have a bruised face, a bruised face, and missing arms and legs.
*
On the other side, just as Zheng Wanren said, Li Luanfeng was indeed released, and Zhou Xueying was also taken to Prince Xian's Mansion. The two spent all day together. Although they were still grounded, their living expenses were as normal. This was the case that needed to be overturned. A sign.
Li Luanfeng stroked Zhou Xueying's slightly bulging belly and said quietly: "It's good for you to have a baby. As long as you give birth to this child, regardless of gender, your father will give him an identity, and he will naturally have your identity."
Zhou Xueying smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, this child is my life, I will definitely protect our child, and..."
She leaned down, rubbed against Li Luanfeng's body, and whispered, "I've asked someone to check his pulse. It's a boy."
At that moment, Li Luanfeng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Seriously?"
"Absolutely true."
"If that's the case, that would be great. As long as we have a son first, this will be the best weapon to compete for the crown prince's position."
…
When Shen Que wrote a letter to inform Li Luansong of the matter, he immediately understood what the imperial concubine meant by "removing the mother and leaving the son" that day. It turned out that they wanted to use the child to regain their favor.
After just thinking about it in his mind, he revealed the news to Zhang Chengru, who was very busy.
Li Luansong has been sending people to monitor Zhang Chengru. From the time when the second brother sent Zhou Xueying to win over him, to when the two of them hooked up every day, he knew Zhang Chengru's movements well. Now, the best candidate to leverage the second child is Zhang Chengru.
Sure enough, the moment he heard the news, he looked stupid, put down what he was holding, and ran out desperately.
Zelan was startled: "Madam, what's wrong with Mr. Lang?"
Li Luansong narrowed his eyes and said, "Go and save his son."
He guessed correctly, Zhang Chengru went to find Zhou Xueying, and he wanted his son back.
Zhou Xueying took advantage of Li Luanfeng's sound sleep to meet him at the side door. They hadn't seen each other for several months, and both of them had undergone tremendous changes. Zhou Xueying is round and beautiful, wearing rich brocade clothes, while Zhang Chengru has a sallow complexion and is emaciated.
"Xueying, that's my child, isn't it?"
Zhou Xueying did not answer and said in disgust: "Who asked you to come here? Let His Highness see that neither of us is having a good life."
"Xueying, tell me this child is mine, right? I just want the truth."
Once this person falls into his own obsession, he will be obsessed with it.
Zhou Xueying was helpless and didn't want to have anything to do with him anymore, so she simply stopped his thoughts:
"Zhang Chengru, I tell you the truth, yes, this child is yours, but can you give him a supreme status and a great future? Just you, you are nothing now, and there is no hope for an official career in this life, what can you give him? What can you give me?"
She pointed at Zhang Chengru's nose and became angrier as she spoke: "Zhang Chengru, it was His Highness's intention to be with you in the first place. Otherwise, I would never have committed myself to a loser like you. Now that I have your child, I also regret it. However, His Highness, the Concubine, and His Majesty have all determined that this is the royal child, so his surname must be Li, Zhang Chengru. You better keep your mouth shut, otherwise your whole family will not survive."
The gentle and considerate Bai Yueguang in the past has now transformed into the future prince and concubine that he cannot reach.
Her harsh words and arrogant words pierced Zhang Chengru's heart deeply.
The door slammed shut, also closing the door to Zhang Chengru's life.
"You... all wait for me."
He let go of the harsh words, but they were just harsh words. What could he do? The only one to blame was himself for going all the way.
Therefore, it is fate that cannot be persuaded.
From that day on, Zhang Chengru still did the same work in the Zhang family, but his whole person changed. He was no longer passive, but became proactive. He didn't talk much but worked very hard.
Li Luansong didn't care about his mess. He had been sulking for several days because of that Lu Sheng.
When the weather got hot, Zelan learned how to make Sushan for him, but got a lot of weird sarcasm, which made Xiao Nizi stomp her feet in anger:
"Is it so unpalatable? It's because I didn't teach you well." She muttered in the corridor, "In the past, I learned how to cook it in the mansion, and even cooked it for the master and my wife. Even Lu Langjun agreed Eat, why did you forget it?"
Like a master, like a servant, Xiao Nizi's temper was rising steadily before her eyes.
However, this time Li Luansong didn't care about her. He called her into the room and looked at her with rolled eyelids:
"What's wrong, don't you know I have a bad memory? You're still angry."
Zelan said aggrievedly: "My wife's memory is good and bad, how can I know this?"
Li Luansong waved his hand: "Okay, this is your reward. Let me ask you, what happened to that Mr. Lu you just mentioned?"
Zelan was surprised: "What's going on? Madam, you can't even forget Lu Langjun."
"I forgot what happened. He's not an important person." Li Luansong wanted to get some information from Zelan, so he asked patiently, "I remember that Lu Sheng seemed to be engaged to me?"
Zelan was stunned and said: "It's not true. Who told the lady about this? How is it possible? The lady has really forgotten everything. Lu Langjun has been interested in you since he was a child and has always wanted to marry you." It's true, but it's a pity that the master doesn't agree, and you don't like him either."
Li Luansong was delighted: "Really, I don't like him?"
Zelan cursed: ...Oh my God, I can’t even remember whether I like others or not. I’m really very sick.
Zelan said yes, "At that time, you were avoiding him in the corridors, for fear of running into him, but later things became clear, and Lu Langjun was not a stalker, and we all got along very harmoniously."
Li Luansong nodded, that's it, now he was relieved.
Okay, now that the worry is gone, it’s time to get down to business. Lu Sheng, I have to speak out for my family, Mr. Lu.
So he wrote a letter to Shen Que, telling Lu Sheng one by one about the misappropriation of money, and told him that the two of us must handle this matter together, and we should go to the shop to check tomorrow.
The letter was written and handed to Zeelan: "Let May take it back and tell him that he is not allowed to have dinner tonight."
Zelan was stunned. Why should he be fined for five months?
When May came, Zeelan handed him the letter and said: "You, I have been paying attention to you for a long time. Don't jump around on the beams like a monkey in the future. Just walk out the door. But after all, this is You still have to communicate about a woman’s boudoir through me, is that okay?”
Wuyue blushed and nodded obediently, not daring to look at her.
Zelan took out a food box and handed it to him: "I made this for you. My wife punishes you not to eat tonight, so you can eat this."
