The Cannon Fodder of the General’s Mansion (15)

Chun Yue pulled Jiang Lai's skirt and cried.

"My slave is not lying. You can ask the clerk in the accounting office about this matter. The clerk was right next to me when I went to withdraw the money. Later, Miss Xu called me aside and many people saw it!"

She must not take the blame for this, even if she is beaten with a stick or scolded, but this is the crime of assassinating a relative of the emperor, and if she takes the blame, she will be beheaded.

Xu Ruling still held steady and made a sound.

"You can call those people to confront you! Madam, do you want to continue to favor her in such a big matter? Or are you afraid that it will implicate yourself, so the master and servant teamed up to bully me!"

Jiang Lai sighed.

In fact, she was too lazy to quarrel with these women in the house. Since the other party was rushing to stir up trouble, it was just a good time to have some fun with her.

"Miss Yue, shut up. Miss Xu said that our master and servant have bullied her. Now that you have said everything you want to say, what else do you want me to say?"

Jiang Lai was in a bad mood and Tie Yi was in an even worse mood at night. In fact, it was all because of his words. But behind Xu Ruling was the old lady and behind Chunyue was Jiang Lai. Nothing he said was right.

Just stay silent and make sure Jiang Lai doesn't suffer.

"Miss Xu, there is no need for those people in the accounting room to come and confront each other. What they said is what you taught them. I also wonder why Miss Xu is so busy and meddles in other people's business. This means..."

"Chun Yue lied! Need I say more? Everyone in the house knows how busy I have been in the past few days, how could I possibly find a troupe for her!"

Jiang Lai nodded.

"It's a pity that the leader of the theater troupe was killed. Otherwise, everything would be clear after asking. Otherwise, how about this? General, let's go directly to the accounting office to check. After all, the accounting office has records of monthly expenses. Let's check the money advanced to the troupe.

Isn’t it clear who obtained it?”

After speaking, Jiang Lai yawned again.

"Go and ask the accounting clerk to bring you this month's account book."

Xu Ruling panicked when she heard this.

There were only more than 10,000 taels of silver in the account, but she had used it all to buy flowers and plants for the birthday banquet. She wanted to use this to win the praise of the guests and make up for the shortfall with the gifts given by the guests. As a result,

Unexpectedly, the general stipulated that accepting gifts is not allowed, so the accounts in the account books are now completely inconsistent.

She had indeed found the opera troupe. The opera troupe that Chun Yue wanted to hire charged eighty taels of silver for one performance, which was very expensive. Of course she couldn't expose it, so she directly went to find a street opera troupe and provided her with a meal.

It can be spent with only ten taels of silver.

At that point, she didn't care how good her singing was, as she could always get rid of the money that disappeared from her account first.

But she didn't expect that the troupe was actually full of assassins, coming for the guests at the birthday banquet. If the matter was so big, she could hide it temporarily by executing Chunyue.

Damn Jiang Lai, showing off his power here again!

"General, it's getting late, so why not check tomorrow? Everyone is frightened, so it's better not to mobilize troops and disturb so many people."

Jiang Lai smiled.

Now you know it's getting late?

"It's not too late. The general and I haven't slept yet. Why is it too late to call the accountant here?"

Xu Ruling gritted his teeth.

"Okay, then I'll call him now."

"No, you two go, remember not to let Mr. Accountant waste his time, got it?"

Both guards were close to Tie Yi. When they saw Tie Yi nodding, they turned around and left, not giving Xu Ruling a chance to speak again.

Mr. Accountant came over. He was not even dressed yet. Before Jiang came to ask, he said directly.

"Madam, I was a greedy girl roasting potatoes in the kitchen behind the accounting room, but the fire climbed on the table and burned the accounting book! Now there is only half of it left. There is really nothing I can do. Please take a look."

Jiang Lai looked at the half-burned account book he handed over, and after flipping through it, he couldn't even see the farts.

"How do you think this should be handled, General?"

Tie Yi is so smart, but if he still can't see Xu Ruling's problem until now, he is really blind.

"The affairs of the accountant in the mansion are not trivial. According to the punishment method in the military, Mr. Accountant will be fined fifty military sticks."

When the accountant heard this, his legs were so frightened that he knelt down.

That's a military staff. Although it's only five fingers wide, it's half a finger thick. If he's beaten with fifty sticks, he'll lose half of his life, and he might be useless for the rest of his life!

The general never cares about the affairs of the house. The whole house, from the housekeeper to the servants and grooms, is all managed by Miss Xu. Miss Xu told him everything yesterday. Even if the account books are burned, she will never be involved.

It hurt him.

Because of Xu Ruling's position in the mansion, the accountant was convinced of her words and immediately burned the account books.

If someone else's accounting steward had done this kind of thing, it would be easy to get beaten and thrown out. For some people with stricter rules, they might have to report to the official and be thrown into jail.

Now after hearing what Tie Yi said, the accountant was frightened, and he knelt on the ground and looked at Xu Ruling as if asking for help.

Xu Ruling looked at Jiang Lai with a pale face, her eyes full of resentment.

"General, after all, the old lady personally selected the gentleman. If you hit him, wouldn't it be equivalent to a slap in the old lady's face? And madam, you are really just looking at the fun and don't think it's a big deal. You have to cause death for a small matter.

Are you happy?!"

Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows innocently and looked at the accountant in front of him.

"The state has national laws, and the family has family rules. The only thing he has to do with his monthly salary in this mansion is to keep his own account books. How important the account books are, does the girl know better than anyone else? If there is someone in the court who can't stand the general,

What should we do if we directly bribe the accountant of our government and let him forge a false account of corruption and bribery?

He is acting abnormally now. Maybe he colluded with the theater troupe to help others frame our general!

General, are you right? If fifty boards are really too few, why not report it directly to Dali Temple and let the people from Dali Temple come and check it out? I heard that a lot of places have been vacant in the water prison of Dali Temple recently, then

The underground floor of the water prison is full of prisoners who died inside, so sir, you are not afraid of being lonely in there."

Jiang Lai spoke in a lively and calm manner, making people's hair stand on end. The general on the critical side did not refute at all, and the guards on both sides were eager to take someone away.

At this time, the accountant finally saw the situation clearly. If he stood in the wrong team, he might really lose his life.

"No! Madam, don't report to the official. It's Miss Xu! It was Miss Xu who asked me to ruin this month's account book yesterday! I don't know anything. Miss Xu holds my wealth and life in her hands. I dare not disobey her."

Yes! General, please be patient, the assassination has nothing to do with me!"
Chapter completed!