Daily life in Kaifeng dormitory

Ni Yexin and Murong Changqing were taken aback when they heard that, Ni Yexin said: "Could it be that the housekeeper conspired with others? Although the housekeeper died, someone is still going on?"

Murong Chang said affectionately: "Then this person is too bold."

"It's true." Ni Yexin said.

The housekeeper died suddenly. It looked like suicide, but it seemed that there was an inside story, because Xie’s family was killed before, and now the housekeeper died again. The two deaths seem to be related. Ni Yexin and the government are investigating very closely. , but at this time, there are still people playing tricks on Xie's house, which is really strange.

Ni Yexin said: "Let's go, let's go to Xie's house again!"

They were already going to the inn, but now they returned to Xie's house and went to find Master Xie.

Master Xie's complexion was very bad, it seemed that he was waiting for them.He was in the study, clothed, coughing, pale, and stood up as soon as he saw them.

Master Xie was still holding an account book in his hand, and said angrily, "I'm really blind, this housekeeper is simply a wolf, look, these account books have also been tampered with."

Ni Yexin couldn't understand the account book, Murong looked at it affectionately, but didn't see any clues.

Master Xie said: "I have read all these books, and they are all big business, so I have read some even if I am not in good health. But I did not expect that they were manipulated."

Ni Yexin said strangely: "You have seen it all, how did you do it?"

Master Xie said: "The housekeeper will give it to me after he has finished the account book. After I read it, I will ask someone to take it back to him. I am afraid that he has tampered with the account book after I have read it."

The account book has always been in charge of the housekeeper. Master Xie's guess is entirely possible. The housekeeper did something wrong after seeing the account book that Master Xie had read.

Master Xie was so angry that he trembled all over, and said: "I just said, why has the business been so sluggish in recent years? It turns out that the housekeeper has become more and more greedy. I thought it was because of my poor health in recent years that the business has been sluggish. Yes. In recent years, almost [-]% of the money has been lost in business, all of which were stolen by the housekeeper!"

Ni Yexin was stunned, [-]% less?so much?

Murong Changqing also frowned.

Mr. Xie said again: "Now that the housekeeper is dead, does he still have accomplices? He is still nesting in my house! He is still playing tricks! Look at these pages, the housekeeper is obviously dead, but he is still alive!" Someone moved the ledger, it's so strange!"

Ni Yexin's eyes moved, and he said, "Master Xie, does anyone know about the problem with the ledger again?"

Master Xie was taken aback, and said: "I was too angry when I found out just now, I'm afraid half of the Xie family already knew about it."

Master Xie said that he was almost mad because of these ledgers, so he dropped something just now, and both the eldest lady and the second lady came to inquire.

The second lady also brought some nourishing soup to appease Mr. Xie, thinking of taking this opportunity to ease the too stiff relationship with Mr. Xie before.

Master Xie was so angry that he didn't want to drink any soup at all.The second madam still doesn't know how to read facial expressions, seeing that Mr. Xie's complexion is not good, she didn't leave immediately, and wanted to take advantage of the master's anger to drag the eldest lady into the water.

The second lady said in a strange way beside Mr. Xie, saying that the butler and the eldest lady have always been very close, and the daughter of the butler almost called the eldest lady's mother directly. Maybe there is something between the eldest lady and the butler, otherwise the butler How could it be possible to have the guts to covet so much money.

Mr. Xie was already angry and hadn't found a punching bag yet. When he heard the second lady's words, he exploded immediately. He smashed the soup bowl all over his head and face, causing the second lady's face to turn pale.

The second lady didn't dare to say a word, and was scolded by Mr. Xie, then she left crying hoarsely, and she was still crying when she returned to the yard, while a bunch of maids were beside her.When Ni Yexin and Murong Changqing returned to Xie's house, the second wife was still crying.

Before Ni Yexin and Murong Changqing came to look for Mr. Xie, the eldest lady also came, and she also heard about the housekeeper. She came over and said a few words of comfort to Mr. Xie, telling Mr. Xie not to be angry anymore. The money that has disappeared is also gone, which is also something that can't be helped.

When I was talking just now, for some reason, I also mentioned the young master Xie Zhongnan. The eldest lady was very depressed, she shed some tears silently, and then left.

After listening to Master Xie's narration, Ni Yexin said, "It seems that the snake has been stunned."

Murong Changqing asked: "Then what should I do?"

Ni Yexin said: "However, this is not the first time I have made a fool of myself, so it should be nothing."

That person hiding in the dark definitely had some reason, or was extremely courageous.After the housekeeper died, he didn't stop, and was still tampering with Xie's account books.

Ni Yexin asked: "Master Xie, after the butler died, what goods and money were lost?"

Master Xie rummaged through the ledger, then showed them, and said, "These."

Ni Yexin couldn't understand, so she turned her head to look at Murong Changqing.

Murong Chang looked at it affectionately and said, "It's some tea and cloth."

Ni Yexin raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is there any connection between these cloths and ceramics?"

Master Xie shook his head and said, "I don't know. These two batches are going to different places. One goes south and the other goes north. I really don't see any similarities, and the buyers are also different."

These two businesses are relatively large businesses, but the books have been changed, and the original fixed income has been cut by [-]%, and those shrunk ceramics and cloth have gone to no one knows where.

Ni Yexin frowned, and suddenly asked: "Where did these things exist before?"

Master Xie glanced at the ledger and said, "It was originally placed in the other garden halfway up the mountain, but recently the yard is haunted by ghosts, so I asked someone to move everything down."

Ni Yexin was taken aback, and said, "Is the Bieyuan on the mountainside the same desolate house that no one lives in?"

Master Xie nodded and said, "That's right there. No one has lived there for a long time, and the place is deserted, so I asked people to pile up some goods that won't be used for the time being."

Because the cloth is the best cloth, the selling price is very high, and no one will order so many cloths at once.Ceramics are relatively fragile and take up space, so these two items, Mr. Xie, were put in a deserted house halfway up the mountain.After finally finding a seller, this kind of thing suddenly happened.

"A desolate house halfway up the mountain." Ni Yexin said, "Where is the goods now, has it been delivered?"

Master Xie said: "Not yet, it's at Xie's house, and I planned to send it away in two days."

Ni Yexin immediately said, "Take us to have a look."

Master Xie agreed, and took Ni Yexin and Murong Changqing to the warehouse behind Xie's house.

When walking on the road, Murong Changqing couldn't help but asked in a low voice, "So these goods have something to do with the death of young master Xie's family?"

Ni Yexin said: "I'm not sure, but I think so."

The young master of the Xie family was probably killed because he had doubts about the contents of the ledger after seeing the ledger.

The body of the young master of the Xie family was found in the deserted house halfway up the mountain, and all the goods were also in the deserted house halfway up the mountain.

The first day Ni Yexin and Murong Changqing went to the deserted house halfway up the mountain and found out that Xie Zhongnan did not die in the yard of the dry well. The first crime scene was probably in a nearby courtyard, and that courtyard was full of goods. The place.

Thinking about it so carefully, it seems that the connection is getting bigger and bigger.As for the rumors of some evil ghost coming back to take revenge, it was nothing more than the murderer's excuse to shirk responsibility from the beginning to the end.

Mr. Xie took them there, and soon arrived at the warehouse. There were two tall and strong servants guarding the door, with a big lock on the door. Seeing them, he immediately opened the door for them.

Master Xie asked: "Has anyone entered the warehouse without permission recently?"

The servant shook his head and said, "Master, no one went in."

Master Xie nodded, and then went in with Ni Yexin and Murong Changqing.

The goods in the warehouse were neatly arranged, one box next to the other. Master Xie walked over to take a look, and said, "It's the few over here."

The boxes are neatly stacked and stacked high.

Ni Yexin walked over, stretched out his hands and patted each of them, and then heard Murong Changqing say: "There is no problem with the quantity of these goods and the original ledger."

Ni Yexin said: "Is there not much?"

Murong Chang nodded affectionately, and said, "The number of boxes should be about the same."

"No." Ni Yexin said, "I think there must be problems in at least a few boxes."

"Why do you say that?" Murong asked affectionately.

Ni Yexin said: "These boxes are not only faulty, but they have been faulty for a long time, at least before the death of Young Master Xie."

If the goods in these boxes are really all right, then even if Young Master Xie found out that the goods are not missing, there is no reason for him to be killed and silenced.

Ni Yexin said: "You have to open all the boxes to see."

All the boxes have been sealed and firmly stapled. It will definitely be a big project to open them up and look at them one by one.

But Mr. Xie didn't object, Murong Changqing jumped up, pulled a big box off the top, and then took out a dagger very coolly, and opened the box with two strokes.

Inside is a pile of neatly stacked cloth, and it looks like it is indeed a good product.

Unboxing is a big project. Mr. Xie invited a bunch of tall and strong servants to come and let everyone unpack the box together. After all, the box can’t be left alone after the box is unpacked. It will take time to reassemble the box. The sooner it is disassembled, the sooner it can be installed.

Ni Yexin and the others demolished it in the middle of the night, when Murong Changqing suddenly said, "I found it."

Ni Yexin walked over immediately, and saw that Murong Changqing hadn't opened the box yet, but he was already determined.

Murong Changqing quickly opened the box, but there was nothing inside, no wonder Murong Changqing was very confident, because this box was really too empty.

Master Xie was shocked when he saw it. There was really something missing, so he immediately asked his servant to remove all the boxes next to him and unpack them.

As a result, the first empty box was opened, followed by empty boxes one after another. Sure enough, almost [-]% of the goods were missing, and all of them became empty boxes.

Master Xie was so angry that his face turned pale, and he said: "They are all empty. The servant said that no one has entered or left the warehouse recently, so that means that these goods have already been taken away when they were placed in the half-mountain villa?"

Ni Yexin glanced into the empty box, then reached in and said, "It's not empty."

Murong Changqing came over to take a look, and saw something gray-white particles on Ni Yexin's fingertips.

Murong Changqing frowned and said, "Is it salt?"

Ni Yexin nodded and said, "It's salt."

"Salt?" Mr. Xie was taken aback, his face changed color, and he said, "How could it be salt? I have never been in the business of salt and iron."

Salt and iron is a government-run business. After all, in ancient times, salt was a necessity, and iron could be used as a weapon. Therefore, although these two businesses are easy to do, they need to deal with the government frequently, and they have to deal with them secretly. If you encounter any smuggling, you can't explain it clearly.So although the Xie family's business is doing very well, they have never been in the salt and iron business.

Ni Yexin rubbed the little salt particles on her fingertips, and said, "I'm afraid the young master of the Xie family discovered this and was silenced."

Someone replaced some of the goods stored in another courtyard halfway up the mountain with salt.That person knew very well that the other garden on the mountainside stored things that were not sold for a long time, and there were rumors of being haunted, so few people would go there often. It was the best place to store secrets.

It’s just that the space in the Bieyuan is limited, and the goods are piled there. If there is a lot more suddenly, it will be suspicious, so someone secretly transported some cloth and ceramic goods, and then replaced them with salt, so that When the time is right, the salt will be transported and sold. The business of smuggling salt and iron has always been full of profits.

The Xie family became a natural barrier, allowing these smuggled salts to be sold safely without being discovered.

Unfortunately, the recent batch of fabrics and ceramics is about to be sold, but nearly [-]% of the ceramics and fabrics have been lost. These things cannot be replaced, and of course it is impossible to sell them again, so someone put them in the account book Made tricks.

But there is something even more unfortunate, that is, the young master of the Xie family, Xie Zhongnan, was looking at the account book recently, and someone tampered with it after Mr. Xie read the account book, but the young master of the Xie family may have read the account book after that, and found the secret.

Xie Zhongnan ran to Bieyuan halfway up the mountain to look at the goods, but he didn't want to be killed suddenly.

Murong Changqing frowned and said, "But what about the snake pattern totem?"

Ni Yexin said: "Hero, do you still not understand this? The murderer who wants to kill people is probably one of the snake pattern totem organization. Don't you remember the Xu family? The Xu family also colluded with several officials. , to smuggle some things. Think about it, otherwise, how did the murderer get so much salt? Someone must have helped him, and the power to help him is very powerful."

The organization of the Snake Totem has been planning rebellion, but rebellion is not something that can be done with a swipe of the head, it must have financial, material and manpower, and secretly recruiting troops is indispensable.

The devil's religion is all about doing business because of the problem of food, and those people are even more so. They use the method of smuggling salt and iron to make quick money, and after earning money, they secretly recruit troops to expand their power.

Calculated in this way, many people must be needed to help them smuggle these salt and iron. The person related to the snake pattern totem is definitely hidden in the Xie family.

Ni Yexin said: "I suddenly felt that the housekeeper is just a scapegoat."

Murong Chang said affectionately: "Then who do you think is the murderer who wants to kill and silence?"

Ni Ye thought for a while, and said seriously: "Of course he is a person who can touch the ledger, and his identity is very concealed. No one will suspect that he has tampered with the ledger."

Murong Chang frowned affectionately, as if he couldn't think of it, he asked, "Who?"

Ni Yexin said: "I suddenly thought of a possibility, which is very hidden."

Murong Changqing looked at Ni Yexin's trickery, with a helpless expression on his face.

Ni Yexin beckoned, motioning for Murong Changqing to come over.

Murong Changqing lowered his head, Ni Yexin smiled and said: "Let's be quiet, don't startle the snake. But if you kiss me, I will tell you."

Murong Changqing was taken aback for a moment, and looked helplessly at Ni Yexin who was playing tricks.

Ni Yexin had a smirk on his face. With so many people around him, with Murong Changqing's character, he would definitely not act like himself.In fact, Ni Yexin didn't really want Murong Changqing to kiss him, but just wanted to see how Murong Changqing's face turned black because of her words.

To be honest, it would be better if Murong Changqing could blush a little.

When Murong Changqing saw Ni Yexin's expression, he knew that he was deliberately teasing him.

He glanced sideways, and there were really a lot of people beside him. Some servants were emptying the boxes, and some servants were sealing the cloth and ceramic boxes. Anyway, it was already a mess, and the servants kept walking around them. Yes, from time to time because the place is too small, I will meet two people.

Murong Changqing looked at Ni Yexin's beaming expression, suddenly lowered his head, and stretched out his hand to pinch Ni Yexin's chin.

Ni Yexin was startled, looked at Murong Changqing's face close at hand, and said, "Hero, hero? What are you doing?"

"Didn't you want me to kiss you?" Murong Changqing said in a light tone.

This time it was Ni Yexin's turn to be stunned, and then he was in a daze, looking at that perfect and amazing face, getting closer... getting closer... already close at hand, but now he is far away It got tighter, and the breathing became entangled.

finally……

The lips of the two were pressed together.

Ni Yexin was so frightened that the hairs all over his body stood on end, his soul was about to fly, his eyes widened, and he wanted to see if anyone around had noticed them, but because he and Murong Changqing were too close, he could only see Murong Long love, the rest can't see anything.

Ni Yexin forgot that although the hero Murong was a bit arrogant, he still did his own thing and didn't care about strangers' eyes at all.