Man and wife counterattack

There is a problem with previous years' accounts.

This year's ledger was also inexplicably lost in the Mu Mansion.

These are all related to Mu Zirui.

Master Mu looked at the ledger brought by Mu Liu disappointedly, and after a long time, he said: "From now on, the third and ninth sons will not get involved in the business of the mansion, the boss still lacks a few little stewards who run errands. , you go and do some trivial things for him first."

Mu Dan disagreed, "Father, Lao Jiu did something wrong, it has nothing to do with me, why do you involve me?"

Mu Zirui also exploded, "I am the ninth young master of the Mu family, why should I be a worthless errand?"

Master Mu threw the account book on the ground, "Since you are still surnamed Mu, just do what I tell you! Look at what you have done, eat the inside out," he paused, and said angrily, "Don't think that I didn't find out, the warehouse in the mansion was stolen last night, it was the two of you who were playing tricks."

Mu Liu's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Mu Dan and Mu Zirui with displeasure, trying to find a stick to wake up the two brothers who were eating inside and out, but his father was still there.After a while, Mu Liu was still not reconciled. He walked directly to Miao's side and said, "Mom, why don't I take someone to search their yard?"

Master Mu heard it, looked at Miao's expression, and didn't dare to say anything.

Mrs. Miao glanced at them, and then said: "Just now, I have checked the guards who were on duty last night one by one, and those few boxes were transported to Feng's house overnight by Mu Dan and his wife."

Mu Dan's face turned pale.

Master Mu felt ashamed, very embarrassing, kicked Mu Zirui hard, and said sharply: "You bastard! From today onwards, go to the ancestral hall and kneel to repent, and you will not be able to come out after kneeling for three months!"

Although Mu Zirui was a concubine, he acted willfully and recklessly. During this period of time, he was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall several times, and he had already harbored a grudge. Hearing the words, he tore his face, "I won't kneel!"

He was very stubborn, and said bluntly, "Father, what did I do wrong? Didn't I just take out a few boxes of things from the warehouse and send them to Feng's house? Why is it not allowed to do things that used to happen? You are stingy, are you planning to completely turn against the Feng family?"

"Then the Mu family should first return the dowry that mother brought to the Mu family to the Feng family?" Mu Zirui said in a loud voice, "The Mu family is not short of money, but the Feng family is in trouble now and needs money. How can the Mu family return it?" Can you occupy the dowry that mother brought before!?"

The more Mu Zirui talked, the more angry he became, "The Mu family is too much!"

Master Mu trembled with anger.

Miao frowned, and criticized without anger or haste, "Arrogant temperament, it's hard to take on big things."

From the bottom of his heart, Mu Liu looked down on concubines like Mu Zirui, who were stupid, ignorant, reckless and arrogant. He said displeased: "Is there any reason for you to do something wrong? It's wrong to account, it's wrong to steal things, it's wrong to talk back to the elders, and it's wrong to be wrong all over the body." Unrepentant!"

Mu Dan at the side gradually turned ugly.

He didn't expect Mu Zirui to make such an ugly mess.

I didn't expect to be implicated.

However, the Feng family really needs money recently, and my uncle has urged me more than a dozen times in three days, complaining that Mr. Mu is not a good person, even the dowry that Aunt Feng brought to Mu's house was withheld. If so, they had no choice but to help the Feng family, but they couldn't help much. When they helped the Feng family to ask Master Mu for the dowry back, they were scolded by Master Mu back.

There was really no other way, so they made up their minds to go to the warehouse of the Mu Mansion to steal a few boxes of things and send them to the Feng family for emergency.

-

After You Xuan woke up, he ate a bowl of beef noodles. It was made in the small kitchen of Zhefengyuan, and it was very delicious.

You Xuan had just eaten a bowl, and saw that Cicada was instructing his subordinates to carry away the two boxes of ledgers in the house and the corridor, and went over to ask, "Is the matter about the ledgers settled?"

Knowing that, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "It's settled, the accountant has sent someone to get the account book."

After a while, he continued in a low voice, "I heard that the ninth young master just had a quarrel with the old lady in the study, and clamored for the mansion to return all his mother's dowry back to Feng's house. The old lady got angry and tied him up." Throwing it to the ancestral hall, the third young master didn't make a fuss, but... I heard that the theft in the mansion last night was arranged by the third young master, so he was also grounded."

You Xuan is not very clear, "What dowry?"

I just heard about it, "I just heard from Madam Liu in the old lady's yard that when Aunt Feng was in charge of the house, she secretly took money and treasures worth nearly 300 million taels from the Mu family and gave them to the Feng family. , the Feng family refused to admit it, and would not pay it back,...the Mu family was outraged, so they refused to pay back the dowry."

"But the third young master and the ninth young master just turned their elbows outward, just wanting to return the dowry from the Mu family to the Feng family, without even mentioning that the Feng family took away several million taels of things from the Mu family." Zhi Zhi whispered.

You Xuan nodded thoughtfully.

At this time, there was movement from the direction of the gate of the courtyard, and it was Mu Jue who had returned.

You Xuan had just slept and had a full meal, and he was in a good mood, so he went up to him and asked, "Has the matter been resolved?"

Mu Jue nodded, took out a post, and said: "Just now, someone from Nangong Mansion, Mr. Nangong is going to hold the early winter poetry meeting in the mansion, please come with me."

Early Winter Poetry Club...

You Xuan couldn't forget these four words, and felt disgusted and repulsed in his heart. He took the post, opened it and read it. The early winter poems will be held in Nangong Mansion in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Mu Jue lowered his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he said, "You can go with me."

You Xuan thought about it, "Forget it."

Mu Jue turned cold for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice, "You Xuan, you—"

You Xuan looked at him hesitantly, "What?"

Mu Jue was silent again, looked away, seemed a little tired, and said in a faintly frustrated tone, "There are many things in the Mu residence, I'll start moving out to live with you tomorrow."

It's nothing, You Xuan put the invitation card on the table, took another piece of ginger candy to eat, "Okay, I just happened to go to discuss business with Xiu Zhuang tomorrow, after the talk, the house next door will be vacant. "

Mu Jue ignored the embroidered village in his mouth, and made a decisive arrangement: "Then let Cicada move all the things out later."

You Xuan shook his head and said, "It's getting dark, let's wait until tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he got up to pick up the black fox fur hanging behind the door, put it on carefully, and said, "I'm going back first."

Mu Jue looked at him, stepped forward suddenly, got very close to You Xuan, and said in a low voice: "Now you have regarded that house in the city as your home, right?"

You Xuan smiled.

He doesn't answer nonsense.

-

The next day, there was a heavy snowstorm.

You Xuan was going to the embroidery village to discuss business, there was not much time, and seeing that it was windy and snowy today, he gave the two men a wage increase of [-] yuan each, and asked them to bring their cloaks to set up stalls on the streets of the south of the city instead of going to the city today. east.

After explaining the details, You Xuan left the booth, went to a carriage dealer to pick up a carriage, paid for it, hired a coachman, and then set off for Ruoxian Embroidery Village.

The two maids who came with the proprietress Ruoxian yesterday had been waiting at the gate of the Xiuzhuang. As soon as they saw You Xuan getting off the carriage, they immediately went up to them and said in a soft voice, "Young Master You, Boss Ruoxian has something to do today. No, she said that the business matters are all left to the eldest lady."

You Xuan: "?"

Nangong Qingqing, the eldest lady of Ruoxian Embroidery Village, was sitting in the embroidery village with a disgusted face, dressed in the attire of a rich lady, when she saw You Xuan appearing, her face and tone were ugly and ugly at the same time.

"What business are you talking about?" Nangong Qingqing's tone was lifeless, "Are you the merchant who sells cloaks?"

You Xuan's tone was also bad, "Yes."

Nangong Qingqing continued, "I've seen all the cloaks in your family. The cloaks are very ordinary in style. The most beautiful thing is the embroidery on the cloaks. Almost every piece is different. Where did you find so many patterns?"

Of course, pay for a painter.

There are also pictures sent by painters from Zhuangzhuang and the Chen family.

After listening to Nangong Qingqing's words, You Xuan thought for a while, and said, "Can you speak up in Xiuzhuang? If not, don't waste my time."

The implication is that she is too lazy to discuss business with Nangong Qingqing.

Nangong Qingqing bit her lower lip, her eyes were full of depression and stubbornness, "I can talk, you don't have to mock me." After she finished speaking, she asked the maid to come over to get the contract.

You Xuan was too lazy to talk, and looked at the contract seriously. He had a brief discussion yesterday, and he read it quickly. After he was sure that there was no problem, he signed and stamped his fingerprints, and then said: "The rest of the cloaks are temporarily stored in the makeup shop's warehouse. Yes, I have given it to the makeup shop in advance, and it will be delivered later."

Nangong Qingqing didn't care, but she seemed to have something on her mind, her face was full of hesitation, and when the maid took the contract to put it away, she made up her mind and asked, "I heard that Nangong Mansion will hold the early winter poetry meeting tomorrow. , Has Mu Jue received the invitation?"

You Xuan nodded.

Nangong Qingqing said awkwardly, "Then... can you take me with you? I think... I want to go back and see my parents."

She still feels that Mrs. Nangong is her real mother.

It's not the embroidered village proprietress Ruoxian who is full of philistines and calculating face.

You Xuan refused, "Didn't you ever think of asking for something before you showed me your face?" He smiled and said politely, "To be honest, I won't help you."

Nangong Qingqing's eyes turned red.

You Xuan didn't care, and left on his own.

Nangong Qingqing sat down for a long time in a depressed mood before calling the maid who had been by her side all the time, "Go and get the contract just now, I'll take a look again."

The maid nodded in confusion, "Yes, miss."

After Nangong Qingqing read the contract, Zhuangzhuang also happened to send the rest of the cloaks in a carriage. She heard the news and went out to look at the cloaks, muttering to herself, "These cloaks are made from everywhere. It can be seen that the only bright spot is the pattern. If you can get the pattern, the embroidery shop can also make a batch of these cloaks and sell them..."

When the maid heard this, she quickly flattered her, "Missy is really powerful, just like Madam said, and Missy will definitely be even more powerful than Madam in the future."

Nangong Qingqing looked at her displeasedly, and then denied, "Nonsense, it's absolutely impossible... I will never become a businessman, dealing with abacus books all day long..."