Chapter 37:

"Sister Xin!" Seeing Qin Xin's perfunctory attitude, Su's face raised his voice without concern, "Don't take it seriously, if this matter is made, your face won't look good!"
"Mother, don't worry." Qin Xin stopped, put away the impatience on his face, smiled and calmed Su Shi, "It is good for Qin Jiu to recognize a few words, do you think she will take care of it?"
My parents never said that Qin Jiao was literate.
She smiled calmly and calmly, standing straight under a winter plum tree.
Su Clan thought about it, and let go of his heart: Yes, what kind of words can a country boy know.
"Mother, if there is nothing wrong, I will go first." Qin Xin took a step ahead of Fushen.
After returning to the yard, Qin Xin ordered his servants to send all the account books for the past three years to Qin Jiu.
Two boxes of account books were moved to Qin Jiao's Wanxiangyuan by four big-waisted and round women, and then the women left.
Qin Jiu felt a dull pain in his forehead looking at the two boxes of account books.
She took out an account book from the first box and turned a few pages. The numbers on the account book kept spinning in front of her eyes, turning around, turning her eyes away.
Qin Jiao decisively threw the account book back and said: "Du Ruo, go to the eldest brother's place and ask if the eldest brother has the mother's dowry list in his hand."
Du Ruo bent her knees and quickly brought back Wei's dowry list.
So Qin Jiu took the dowry list and the key to the warehouse, and went to the warehouse first, planning to start with the warehouse.
It took Qin Jiu a full day to compare the dowry list, and it took another three days to read the two boxes of heavy account books.
Fortunately, there was an almighty Du Ruo to help, otherwise, it would take Qin Jiao twice the time to watch it.
After finishing the dowry list and account books, Qin Jiao went to Qin Zening.
"Brother, there are not many missing items on the dowry list, only a dozen, but the accounts over the years are not up to date, and the total difference is more than three thousand taels."
More than three thousand two is not a small sum.
The Wei family is a daughter of the Wei family, and the dowry is rich. In the dowry, the businesses of shops, villagers, fields, etc., can make up to more than two thousand taels a year in harvest.
Since Qin Xin managed the accounts, each year has been recorded as the disaster year, and the annual income is only a few hundred taels.
Every account is done beautifully. Qin Jiu has learned from Queen Wei for a few days. I can’t see how famous it is, but she will look at the ledger!
It is normal to owe a year's income. For three consecutive years, owing income every year. Is this treating her as a fool?
Or does Qin Xin decide that no one will check the accounts?
"The few things in the storeroom are a jade bowl with a golden cover and a golden cup, a picture of plum blossoms by Li Xuhui, a fine-quality century-old ginseng, an emerald paperweight, a bloodstone-printed button, a azure-glazed flower goblet, and an inlay. Bao’s gold collar, and the gold-inlaid jade bracelet, a total of seven pieces.
Three days ago, they had found four of them in the pawnshops in Beijing, but because Qin Zening did not have enough money, they could not redeem them all.
Qin Zeyu sat aside, silent, his stubborn mouth was pressed tightly.
In the past few days, Qin Zening and Qin Jiu did not hide what they were doing. Although they would not explain to him one by one, they would show him and listen to them.
Before, Qin Zeyu always yelled loudly that it was a slave who bullied the Lord. It was nothing to do with Qin Xin, but today he was particularly silent.
Qin Jiu glanced at the little kid, and then said, "Big brother, Qin Xin used to embezzle part of the proceeds, but this time he took things out for pawning. Isn't it possible that Qin Xin has encountered an urgent need for money? "
That's why Qin Xin panicked, and even used such low-level methods as stealing Wei's dowry and pawning.
Could it be...
Qin Jiao's eyes lit up and he said, "Dao Yunguang!"
Qin Zening squinted his eyes, thoughtfully, but Qin Zeyu was unclear, so he looked back and forth at his brother and sister suspiciously, "What happened to Daoist Yunguang?"
Qin Zening explained to him concisely and concisely, Qin Zeyu was stunned.
Qin Zening's eyes gleamed, and he said, "Xiao Jiu, you are very likely!"
"If it is said that Yunguang Demon Dao grasped Qin Xin's handle and asked Qin Xin for the silver to seal, Qin Xin couldn't make up the silver for a while, so he panicked and could only use it to raise money."
Qin Jiao nodded, that's what she thought.
"Snapped!"
Qin Zening patted the dowry list heavily on the table, snorted coldly, "If you have such a big appetite, let her vomit it all!"
Qin Jiu drank tea in silence, thinking for a moment.
Since Mrs. Qin Tai had already carried down Qin Xin's dowry secretly in the name of subsidizing her father's usefulness, even if they knew it, it would be difficult to pursue Qin Xin's body, why...
A stream of light flashed through Qin Jiao's eyes.
"Big brother, do you know when Yunguang will be exiled?" Qin Jiao looked at Qin Zening with a pair of black and white apricot eyes, with a kind of eager excitement.
Qin Zening really knew this question.
Because Yun Guang once slandered his sister as the lone star of the evil spirit, Qin Zening deliberately asked someone to pay attention to the progress of this case, and immediately replied, "Five days later."
"Just right!"
Qin Jiao's eyes brightened, like the brightest stars in the night sky.
"Brother, aren't you familiar with the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses?" Qin Xin beckoned to Qin Zening with a sly smile, "Can you ask them to help?"
"Hey……"
Qin Zeyu, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't hold it back anymore, and couldn't help but said, "Aren't you afraid of me going to inform you?"
As soon as he spoke, his elder brother gave him a shock.
"Who do you want to inform?" Qin Zening sneered.
"I'm just talking! Just talking!" Qin Zeyu hugged his head in embarrassment. Since fighting Qin Jiu... Since the third sister came back, the eldest brother has become more and more violent, which is not good!
Qin Zeyu pursed his mouth aggrievedly.
He won't go to tell the news, he just wants to see if the third sister will pay attention to him.
The eldest brother said that the second sister had already known her life experience, but he kept it secret, leaving the third sister suffering in Li's house;
The eldest brother said that the second sister bought Yunguang Daochang and accused the second sister of being the lone star of Tiansha. After the incident, in order to prevent Yunguang from confessing her, he sold his mother's dowry to seal her;
The eldest brother said that the second sister was wrong and helped the second aunt to kill him...
Qin Zeyu clenched his fists subconsciously.
The second sister in his eyes is not like this!
Since childhood, the second sister has been the best person to him. When he was punished by his husband to copy books, the second sister would quietly ask him to copy books with him; when he was reprimanded by his grandmother, the person who helped him was also the second sister; he thought The second sister will agree to whatever she wants, and will quietly intercede with her second aunt and ask the accountant to give him money.
The third sister will only hit him, and he will be fierce...
Obviously he should be very angry, but, don't know why, when the third sister ignored him, he felt wronged and wanted to let the third sister coax him.
Qin Zeyu lay down at the window boredly, watching his brother and sister whispering and discussing for a while, then the eldest brother went out to work, and after a while, the third sister also left.
He was left alone and left alone.
Hey!
The bear child sighed boredly.
Afraid of being beaten, he didn't dare to sneak out to play, he could only wander around in the mansion, from the racetrack to the small garden... Then, he met Qin Xin.
Wearing a bright red cloak inlaid with white rabbit fur, Qin Xin walked along a cobblestone path, like a red plum in winter, elegant and moving.
"Second sister!"
Qin Zeyu was overjoyed first, and walked quickly towards Qin Xin.
As the distance between the two narrowed, somehow, he felt a little subtle in his heart, it seemed that there was an invisible barrier between the two, making him unable to be as affectionate to Qin Xin as usual.
Qin Xin stopped three or four steps away, grinned reluctantly, and said, "Ayu, do you deny my sister?"
"Of course not!" Qin Zeyu denied quickly, and stepped forward eagerly.
Qin Xin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and the beautiful and delicate face smiled again, with a gentle smile.
"Big brother misunderstood me a little bit, so I dare not come to see you. Just now the maid told me that you are here, so I hurried over. Ayu, I also brought you the creamy fluffy rolls you like. Crisp, come and taste it."
With that, she raised her hand hidden in the cloak and took out a box of snacks.
After the snack box was opened, an alluring sweetness drifted out with the wind, and the golden and crispy creamy fluffy rolls were very attractive.
"Thank you second sister." Qin Zeyu thanked him, and reached out and took a piece from the snack box.
"Ayu, you wouldn't have been so polite to me before." Qin Xin smiled reluctantly, a faint light of water floated in his eyes, tears falling.
Qin Zeyu hurriedly said, "Second sister, it's not like this..."
Qin Xin wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a kerchief, and smiled thoughtfully: "I know you have to be a last resort, otherwise you will be beaten by your third sister. Your third sister actually cares about you, but... hey. It doesn't matter. , I will come to see you quietly in the future."
Qin Xin smiled softly, as always.
However, in Qin Zeyu's eyes and Qin Zeyu's ears, there is an indescribable taste, as if the creamy, fluffy and crispy cream in his mouth is not fragrant.
Qin Xin took Qin Zeyu affectionately to sit down in the pavilion next to him, and asked casually, "Right, Ayu, what have you been up to these days?"
Qin Zeyu didn't even think about it, but naturally replied, "I will accompany my eldest brother and my third sister to sort out my mother's dowry."
"It must be very hard." Qin Xin smiled while sitting elegantly on the bench in the pavilion, "but it's all done."
"Yes." Qin Zeyu nodded.
Qin Xin looked at him, and said nonchalantly: "I can finish it so quickly, the third sister is really capable."
"That's not it, second sister..." Qin Zeyu's voice suddenly stopped halfway through.
Isn't the second sister testing herself?
Since childhood, Qin Zeyu has trusted Qin Xin wholeheartedly and never doubted her, but after being trained by Qin Zening, now listening to Qin Xin's words, I feel that something is wrong.
"Ayu, what are you thinking?" Qin Xin smiled and asked in a gentle tone.
"Where does Qin Jiu read the accounts? My eldest brother also praised her so much." Qin Zeyu flashed his eyes and hummed coldly, "From my perspective, Qin Jiu recognizes the word'account book' or not. Hard to say."
"Brother must treat fish eyes as pearls."
"In the past few years, you have been in charge of these ledgers by the second elder sister. It must be correct. It doesn't matter if you look at it.
Qin Zeyu looked like a foolish man, sitting still eating the creamy fluffy pastry given by Qin Xin.
Qin Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: Qin Gui did not see anything!
She doesn't doubt that Qin Zeyu will lie to her. Qin Zeyu has been close to her since she was a child, and ran behind her all day when she was a child. The feelings between him and her are not even comparable to Qin Zening. How can a mere Qin Jiu be able to It can be destroyed!
Thinking of Qin Zeyu's recognition of himself but not Qin Jiao, Qin Xin had the pleasure of surpassing Qin Jiao, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised at an angle that Qin Zeyu could not see.
"Ayu, your third sister has a bad temper. Just follow her more." Qin Xin said in a soft voice, with concern.
"I know. Second sister, don't worry!" Qin Zeyu shrugged hippiely, "Ah, it's this time, second sister, I have to go back quickly, the homework assigned by eldest brother is not finished yet."
He leaped up flexibly, and said freely, "Second Sister, then I will go first."
With that, he waved his hand and ran away in a hurry.
Qin Xin watched him leave and sighed softly.
Hey.
Qin Zeyu was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, so he could not bear the pain of homework.
In fact, she also knew that the second aunt was deliberately spoiling Qin Zeyu and wanted to kill him, but in her opinion, this mansion had been inherited by the second uncle. It is natural for the second aunt to be wary of Qin Zeyu, after all, people are not for their own sake. .
A light flashed across Qin Xin's eyes.
In the future, she will rely on the Hou Mansion, and she should also let her second uncle and aunt be assured of the long house. Anyway, the Hou Mansion has a big business, and she will not treat Qin Zeyu badly in the future. Why should he work his own, like Isn't it good to be a happy son like this now!
If it hadn't been for Qin Jiu's sudden return, Qin Zeyu wouldn't need to work so hard.
Qin Xin had a worry and went back to his yard. In the next few days, the days were calm and quiet, and Qin Zening and Qin Jiu did not quarrel with her about the dowry.
Qin Xin was finally relieved.
But on this day, when she accompanied Mrs. Qin Tai for lunch and returned to her yard, Shuxiang hurriedly returned, and the voice said anxiously: "Girl, the maidservant's wife just came to look for the maidservant. She said she was in Beijing recently. I heard some rumors..."
Qin Xin was reading a book of poems and asked casually: "What rumors?"
Shuxiang swallowed his saliva and glanced at her carefully, and said, "Say...that is behind Daoist Yunguang, but there is actually another master. She stirs up the wind and rain in Beijing just to make her master famous."
"Also, the master of Daoist Yunguang is noble, and he is a daughter of the family, and he may be able to reach the sky in one step."
"After the slave's mother heard about it, she quietly inquired, but no one knows where the news came from." Shuxiang said worriedly.
"boom!"
Qin Xin opened his eyes slightly, and the book of poems in his hand dropped out and fell to the ground.
She looked at Shuxiang in disbelief, and said, "You say it again!"
Shuxiang hurriedly repeated it again, and said: "Girl, the servant girl hurried over after hearing the rumors, let the servant girl tell you anyway."
Those things of Qin Xin were used by the scholarly Lao Ziniang as a pawnshop. They only vaguely guessed that Qin Xin had a major event and was related to Yunguang. Therefore, as soon as he heard this rumor, the scholarly mother immediately entered the house, and the little maid who had entrusted her to call the scholarship over and said so.
There was no blood on Qin Xin's pretty face, and he could hardly believe his ears.
Although these rumors outside do not clearly state that the master of Daoist Yunguang is Qin Xin, it can be called "a distinguished status", "a daughter of a family", and will be able to "reach the sky in one step" in the future... It is definitely reminiscent of her. Body!
She had obviously given Yunguang ten thousand silver notes, and Yunguang had also promised to keep this secret!
Qin Xin's chest kept undulating, and he couldn't help raising his voice, and asked scholarly: "Have you given the silver bill to the master?"
Twelve thousand is not a small sum, Qin Xin should have visited Xuan Qingguan himself.
However, since the incident of Yunguang, Xuan Qingguan has been pushed to the cusp of the storm, with so many eyes staring at it, if someone finds out that she has gone to Xuan Qingguan, it will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble.
So after raising the ten thousand taels of cash, she asked Shuxiang to go to Xuan Qingguan to hand the cash to the person designated by Yunguang. Could it be that Shuxiang gave the ten thousand taels of money? Scholars should not be so bold, right?
"Yes, girl." Shuxiang immediately plopped and knelt down, her face pale and hurriedly said, "It's a big deal, how dare the slaves and servants come in!"
"Girl, the servant girl has been with you for so many years, so she would never dare to betray her."
"You believe in slaves, the deeds of the slaves' family are in your hands!"
Shuxiang said tremblingly, to make it ugly, the lives of their family were all in Qin Xin's hands.
Qin Xin stared at the scholarly fragrance for a while, and said lightly: "Get up, of course I believe you."
The scholars' family are all family-born children, and have been serving as servants in the Hou Mansion for generations. She has no reason to betray her. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the wealth is touching and the scholarly has swallowed the ten thousand taels of silver tickets, then she should have escaped long ago. How dare she return to the Hou Mansion again!
Is it Yunguang?
Yun Guang wanted to hold this handle and open his mouth? So, just some rumors came out to scare myself and let myself bow to her again? !
Yes, these people have always been greedy, and they are all inadequate!
Qin Xin clenched his fist tightly, and veins violently looming on the back of his hand.
The scholarly fell on his knees, motionless.
"Shuxiang," Qin Xin said in a deep voice after thinking for a moment, "you run for me, go to Xuan Qingguan, and ask that person what they want!"
Shuxiang responded and quickly went to do it.
The scholarly fragrance left the Hou Mansion, went straight to Xuan Qing Guan, waited for a long time before coming out, and hurried back to the Hou Mansion.
She hadn't noticed at all. After she walked out of Xuan Qing Temple, two long figures also came out from behind a sycamore tree not far away.
"Pei Qi, thank you." Qin Zening patted Pei Qi's shoulder with a smile.
The Five Cities Soldier Ma Si has many eyes. Tuo Peiqi let his subordinates stare at Shuxiang before successfully following this place. He also knows that Shuxiang came here to meet a long-term borrowing from Xuanqing Temple, named Wang Sankun. Man.
"It's a small matter." Pei Qi smiled and shook the whip in his hand, "Remember to invite me to drink another day."
Pei Qi didn't ask the reason, but just stared at a little maid, and it was not a big deal.
Qin Zening responded readily, and after bidding farewell to Pei Qi, he walked into Xuanqing Temple on his own.
The next day, Daoist Yunguang, who was waiting for exile in the Great Prison of Jingzhao Mansion, welcomed a visitor.
It was a man who came to see her.
The man was in his thirties, wearing a blue cotton robe, his face with Chinese characters was beaten with blue eyes and swollen, and one eye was so swollen that he could only open a slit, embarrassed.
It is Wang Sankun in Xuanqing Temple.
"The bank note was robbed!"
His first words made Daoist Yunguang jump up from the ground. She hurriedly grabbed the railing of the cell and asked: "What?!"
Wang Sankun said angrily: "Yesterday the maidservant of the second girl Qin came to Xuan Qingguan to look for me and questioned that she had obviously collected the money and gave her the second girl Qin, making her a joke in Beijing. Of course I can’t recognize it!"
"The maid said that the second girl Qin would not let it go, and then left. Not long after, she found someone again, beat me up, and took away all the silver tickets!"
Daoist Yun Guang was angry and anxious, his fingers holding the railing were slightly white, "All ten thousand taels were taken away?"
"Yes." Wang Sankun said, pointing to his face, "and beat me like this!"
Dao Chang Yun Guang's expression became more and more ugly, and his temper came up all at once.
This ten thousand taels of silver bills is equivalent to buying out her prosperity in the capital.
Even with these ten thousand taels of silver, what a good life she can live in Lingnan where the birds don't poop, she must always beware of the silver being robbed.
Now, Qin Xin actually turned back and broke his last support!
Since she's having a hard time, she won't let Qin Xin feel better!
Two clusters of flames ignited in the eyes of Daoist Yunguang, and he shouted loudly: "Come here! Poor Dao wants to see Lord Jing Zhaoyin!"
"The poor Dao was forced by the second girl Qin from the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion, Qin Xin!"
"It was Qin Xin who let Poor Dao tell the truth before the Dowager..."
"..."
The case of Yunguang was judged by Jing Zhaoyin long ago, and the case file was sent to Dali Temple, where the coffin was built.
However, Yun Guang suddenly turned over her confession on the eve of exile, and the person she confessed was the future second prince and concubine.
This incident was really shocking to the world. Jing Zhaoyin had no choice but to conceal it, so he could only go into the palace and tell the emperor himself.
On the same day, people came to the palace, and Queen Wei's orally announced that Qin Xin would enter the palace.
The servant who gave the oral message looked at Su with a smile, "Mrs. Hou, please come with our house."
In the past, the servants who came to the palace to announce Qin Xin were polite, but today there is a vague atmosphere of unkind visitors.
Not only Qin Xin felt this, but Mrs. Qin Tai and Su's family also felt it, feeling a little panicked.