[Red Mansion + Martial Arts] The Virgin Strikes

Qian Xiaoqiao's words changed from slow to urgent, and his tone became more and more serious. The stewards were so shocked that a layer of cold sweat broke out on their bodies, and all of them were beating a small drum in their hearts.

Qian Xiaoqiao sat down with a sneer, and told Laiwang to count the dozens, while he held tea to admire the expressions of the people below.Some had their heads down and their faces were expressionless, some were sweating with guilt, and some had rolling eyes, but there were a few with their chests upright and upright, looking upright and not afraid of anything.

After counting the ten Laiwangs, no one took the initiative to stand up.Before the factual evidence is released, people always have a fluke mentality, which is the same as many people are willing to spend two yuan to buy a lottery ticket with almost zero winning rate.Most people would like to believe that they are the luckiest one, but unfortunately, the existence of Murphy's Law is just the opposite of their good wishes.

Qian Xiaoqiao stretched out his slender fingers, pointed at the four righteous chief stewards standing in front, and said with a smile, "We will start with the four of you!"

"Ridiculous!" Ning Zhong, the chief manager in charge of the Xue family's village, is the oldest, with a gray beard, and has served three generations of the Xue family. Everyone in the Xue family respectfully calls him Ning Ye, and even Aunt Xue relies on him.Ningzhong is the best at relying on the old to sell the old, and he is also qualified to reprimand Xue Pan: "Master, can you investigate us without evidence?"

"That's right!" All the stewards agreed.

"Shut up!" Qian Xiaoqiao dropped the teacup in his hand, and looked down at everyone coldly. The stewards were too frightened to speak, and the yard suddenly fell into an eerie silence.When Qian Xiaoqiao spoke again, he didn't need to speak too loudly, every word was clanging into their ears. "I am the master, and you are slaves, even if you have served the master for three generations, you are still slaves! If the master wants to investigate, you can investigate. Do you need to ask the slaves what they mean?"

A moment of silence.

Qian Xiaoqiao looked at the disaffected old man Ning, chuckled lightly, and said to him, "Master, I will start the investigation from you today, okay?"

Old man Ning looked displeased, but he didn't dare to say anything.When everyone saw that the young master had restrained old man Ning, they had no choice but to obey.

Qian Xiaoqiao took Zhuangzi's account book from Mr. Accountant, and took the four stewards to the warehouse to count the money.The first check is very simple, which is to check whether the figures on the accounting room are consistent with the actual amount in each warehouse.With such a simple check, the problem was found. Among the four stewards, except for old man Ning, the other three couldn't count.

Misappropriation of public funds for private use has been a common occurrence since ancient times. Qian Xiaoqiao expected to be able to kill something with such a simple move, but he did not expect that three-quarters of them would go wrong.One of the three stewards who made mistakes kowtowed and pleaded guilty on the spot. Qian Xiaoqiao asked him to pay back the money, and it was over after getting twenty boards.The other two who refused to admit it were temporarily deprived of the title of steward and locked up until they were verified.

When old man Ning saw that there was a problem, he immediately became an eggplant beaten by Shuang, lost his previous aura of relying on the old and selling the old, and honestly admitted his mistakes in front of Xue Pan.It turned out that among the stewards waiting in the courtyard, three of the four stewards were missing, but the remaining Ningzhong was no longer as arrogant as before, and no one dared to neglect the words of the uncle.

"There are so many problems after just checking the accounts, you really give me a face. I'm afraid that when I reconcile the accounts later, there will be some kind of moth." Qian Xiaoqiao stated lightly.

The stewards trembled in fright, and secretly raised their eyes to re-look at the 'dumb man' in their hearts.He was wearing a luxurious blue brocade robe, with his hands behind his back, standing on the steps in a heroic manner overlooking the crowd, with a faint smile on his mouth, but the smile was ruthless, indifferent, and made people shiver.

Some of the stewards couldn't help being frightened, shivered a few times, and immediately ran to Xue Pan and knelt down to admit their mistakes, honestly revealing how much they had been greedy for, and why.

"It's only 80 taels. You have worked for the Xue family for many years, so you deserve it. The number is determined. I will ask someone to check it later. If there is no problem, I will not pursue you again. I will go to the accountant to pay 30 taels of silver. Just leave, you have no contact with the Xue family since then."

When several people heard that Xue Pan not only graciously refused to punish them, but also gave them additional money, they couldn't help but kowtowed in gratitude.

Seeing that Uncle Xue really meant what he said, all the stewards thought about confessing if they were greedy for money; if they were found out and sent to Salmonella Island, it would not be worthwhile.

In just a short while, twenty or so prosperous people have voluntarily confessed to corruption, and many of them have colluded with each other.If the amount was more than a thousand taels, Qian Xiaoqiao asked to return most of it, and the smaller amount was really let go.As for the rest of the people, Qian Xiaoqiao did not move for the time being, and assigned the shops and Zhuangzi who were not in charge to them.

There are two kinds of people remaining, the innocent and the greedy.The amount of these greedy money must be huge, so huge that they dare not confess it.

In the next few days, Qian Xiaoqiao focused on checking the accounts for falsification and secret storage according to the knowledge in the book. Within five days, the evidence of their transfer, alteration, and misuse of property was found; As evidence, because they were guilty of sneaking away, they were caught in time by Qian Xiaoqiao's stalkers.Qian Xiaoqiao once stole the money of these people, and then threw the evidence and people to the government.According to the national law, slaves who embezzled more than one hundred taels of silver from their masters would be sentenced to death, and these people were enough to die thousands of times.

After clearing out the moths in the house, Qian Xiaoqiao began to recruit troops, looking for suitable people to fill the vacancies in the house, and it took him more than two months to do this work.Xue Pan's silver basin face, which was originally slightly fat like a baby, has lost a pointed chin. In addition, his actions are extremely straightforward, and his talents are cold and arrogant, so he suddenly becomes a cold-faced God of Wealth.He attracted the attention of many girls and became their talk after dinner.Xue Pan's previous reputation for lust has now become a romantic story.Gradually, Xue Pan's elegant demeanor became well-known in Yingtian Mansion. How many girls in the boudoirs wished he would not marry, and how many matchmakers broke through the threshold of Xue's house just to get the girls in their own hands into Xue's house.

Aunt Xue was shocked by her son's change, and even more delighted by his son's deeds, she couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear every day.It's just that Xue Pan was not very sensible a few years ago, but now he is getting better with age.

Baochai was also happy to have such a promising elder brother, which is good, having an elder brother who strictly controls the family's property also saves the wives from the inconvenience of management, and the mother can finally rely on her elder brother in the future.In this way, she can also feel at ease.Baochai is very content with her current life, and her biggest wish now is that her brother will never regain her former nature, her mother will live a happy and healthy life, and her family will be safe and successful.

Aunt Xue, mother and daughter are getting together to do needlework.Aunt Xue felt distressed when she saw that her daughter was thinking. This child is like this. She keeps everything in her heart and doesn't tell her, for fear that she will worry.What's wrong with this, she is her mother, if you don't vent to her, who else can you talk to?Holding it in the stomach for a long time is a symptom of the future.

"Now that your brother is promising, don't go to wait for election."

Baochai nodded, thought for a while, and whispered: "Mom, I still want to go. Once I win, I may be able to help my elder brother in the future. Our family is small, and if I don't work hard, there will be no one left. Everything will be bad." Ask elder brother to carry it by himself. Besides, his temperament changes from place to place, so I’m not sure; these days I always have nightmares, dreaming that elder brother is back to his old bastard, causing trouble everywhere.”

"My poor child!" Aunt Xue hugged Baochai distressedly, crying sadly.This girl is good everywhere, but she is not good at all. She is too sensible and considerate. In the end, all the hard and tired ones belong to her.

Qian Xiaoqiao was busy taking care of the property for several days, so he didn't chat with Aunt Xue and her daughter much.Today, she deliberately went outside to bring some special food to meet them, and she heard the mother and daughter's conversation before entering the door.

Qian Xiaoqiao can clearly feel Baochai's deep concern for her elder brother.Feeling warm all of a sudden, Qian Xiaoqiao pulled the corners of his lips, consciously smiling softly and sincerely, and then walked into the room.

"Mother, good sister, I brought some delicious food."

When Aunt Xue and Baochai saw Xue Pan, they were all overjoyed, and the mother and daughter came forward warmly.Baochai told Yinger to put the snacks on a plate and heat a pot of wine from the Western Regions.The family of three sat around and enjoyed a drink.

When the wine was half drunk, Qian Xiaoqiao said to Baochai: "Ignore the matter of waiting for the election, don't go, trust your brother! How many daughters of princes and ministers are waiting for the election, which is our turn. Let's talk Once you enter the palace, the gate is as deep as the sea, and once you go in, it will be difficult for us to see you again."

Baochai looked at Xue Pan in astonishment, she probably didn't expect her elder brother to hear her words.Later, when I continued to listen to my elder brother's words, I was moved, my heart was warm, and my eye circles were moist, but I dared not cry, for fear of making my mother and brother worry.

However, Baochai's emotions were seen through by Qian Xiaoqiao, and he did not spare her. "Why do you wrong yourself like this? We are all from our own family. You can cry when you want to cry, laugh when you want to laugh, and talk to a servant when you are unhappy? Don't bore yourself with everything, as long as we have a good time." , why care about what other people think. At least, you don’t need to care about other people’s attitudes.”

"Don't I cry when I want to cry, make trouble when I want, and become a three-year-old child." Baochai didn't take his brother's words seriously, and just joked along happily.

"Just be who you really are, what can you do? If people like you, they really like you, and if they don't like you, it's useless to force them to stay." Qian Xiaoqiao doesn't like Baochai's wronging herself in order to cater to others. He is also a wealthy businessman. My daughter, why bother to compromise in order to accommodate others.

"Your brother is right!" Aunt Xue nodded strongly in agreement.

Baochai had already been told what was on her mind, so she held back her tears, and then she ignored what her elder brother and mother said, and burst into tears.She was young and precocious, and she learned the ways of the world too early, so she must have been depressed for a long time.After Baochai's outbreak, the whole person suddenly felt much refreshed, as if the whole person had been washed again from the inside out, and the old ailment that had just occurred recently seemed to be cured.

"Madam, uncle, girl, it's not good. Someone from the yamen asked the uncle to go over." The errand maid came to sue Suiyue.