After rebirth, the wife of the Houfu shark went crazy

Chapter 241 Xu Rui is back

According to the account book on the left, these shops are indeed all making losses, earning several thousand taels of silver a month, while according to the account book on the right, the shops are completely profitable, earning at least several thousand taels of silver a month. This positive and negative difference really makes a lot of money.

Besides, it is impossible for all of a person’s shops to make losses every month.

No wonder she has poured millions of taels of silver into these shops in the past five years. If she continues to pour in more money without thinking, even mountains of gold and silver will not be able to fill this hole.

Shen Li carefully read all the account books and looked at Jiang Xiyu again. "Just relying on these two piles of account books can't prove that the account books written by the accountant you asked are true, and the ones written by these shopkeepers are false."

Jiang Xiyu understood what Shen Li meant, "I have witnesses."

Jiang Xiyu handed the notice to Shen Li as she spoke, "I specially posted this notice at the entrance of the cloth shop today. I believe there should be customers here now. Please invite those customers to come over."

Shen Li didn't expect Jiang Xiyu to come up with this idea, so he immediately ordered the yamen runners, "Go to the cloth shop and bring all the customers here."

"Yes." The yamen runners responded and immediately went to do their work.

The bailiffs brought everyone in quickly.

Because the notice said that the cloth shop would give a subsidy of five taels of silver to customers who came to buy cloth in the past three days, almost all the customers who came to the cloth shop to buy cloth in the past three days came.

But when you come here and see these shopkeepers kneeling on the ground, their faces are trembling with fear and their bodies are shaking. They all regret in their hearts that they have been greedy for this little bit of money.

But since they had already come here, they had no choice but to kneel down.

Shen Li slammed the gavel, "Did you buy cloth at the cloth shop a few days ago?"

"Yes." Hearing Shen Li's question, these customers did not dare to hide it.

"Please give me a detailed report of what time and what you bought." Shen Li asked as he flipped through the account book.

The customers did not dare to be negligent and told the owner everything about the cloth shop in detail.

Every time the customers said something, the yamen runners beside them could find the corresponding record in the account book on the right, but there was no record at all in the account book on the left.

After dozens of customers had given their testimony, Shen Li looked at Shopkeeper Qin again and asked, "Are you the shopkeeper of the cloth shop?"

"Yes." Shopkeeper Qin was already at a loss at this moment. When he heard Shen Li's question, he quickly answered.

"Then do you admit that your wife has accused you of cooking the books?" Shen Li asked in a serious voice.

Shopkeeper Qin glanced at the customers.

They have gathered all the customers who came to their cloth shop in the past three days. With so many witnesses, will it be of any use if he denies it?

I guess if he doesn't admit it, they will all take out the cloth from their cloth shop, and then it will be in vain no matter how much he denies it.

Shopkeeper Qin finally sighed softly and lowered his head, "Yes, I did falsify the accounts."

Seeing that Shopkeeper Qin admitted it, Shen Li looked at the other shopkeepers and asked, "What about you? Will you admit that you falsified the accounts?"

Since the cloth shop can prove that the owner's records are all false, then the situation is likely to be the same in other shops.

Now that things have come to this, the other shopkeepers naturally dare not lie anymore.

After all, Madam has a way to prove that Manager Qin is cooking the books, and she can also use the same method to prove that they are cooking the books.

The account books they handed in today and these guests are already irrefutable evidence. They can't deny it even if they want to.

“Yes, we cooked the books.”

It seemed they had no choice but to admit it.

Some shopkeepers were unwilling to accept the situation and shouted, "We did falsify the accounts, but that was not our will. Someone ordered us to do so."

One shopkeeper spoke, and the others followed suit.

"Yeah, we really didn't mean to cook the books. We were just following orders."

"We were just following our master's orders. We didn't even get the money, so that doesn't mean we're guilty!"

The word "master" made Jiang Xiyu narrow her eyes suddenly.

It turned out to be someone from the Yonglin Marquis Mansion who ordered it.

Is it Zheng or Xu Rui?

"Bang!" Shen Li slammed the gavel and shouted coldly, "Then tell me, who ordered you to make these false accounts?"

When this question was asked, the shopkeepers looked at each other, but no one dared to speak.

Seeing that they refused to speak, Shen Li slapped them again and shouted angrily, "What? Do you still want me to torture you?"

Hearing that torture was going to be used, the shopkeepers became anxious. They subconsciously wanted to say something, but suddenly heard a cold and stern voice, "Since when do we need people from Shuntian Prefecture to take care of the family affairs of our Yonglin Marquis Mansion?"

Hearing the sound, everyone looked towards the door.

Jiang Xiyu didn't need to look back to know who had returned, because she would never forget his voice.

"My Lord." Seeing Xu Rui coming back, the shopkeepers instantly put down their hearts that had been in their throats.

Not only the shopkeepers, but Deji also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Rui.

I didn’t expect Xu Rui to come back so promptly. Did he receive his letter?

But he asked the leader of the Golden Guard to deliver the message. Even if the leader of the Golden Guard was very fast, it would probably take only half an incense stick of time for the message to be delivered. How could the Marquis arrive so quickly?

It is estimated that when the leader of the Golden Guards delivered the message, the Marquis had already arrived in Kyoto City.

Shen Li was also shocked when he saw Xu Rui appear in the court in armor.

Coming back to his senses, Shen Li hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Xu Rui, "My Lord."

Xu Rui glanced at Shen Li coldly, "Thank you for troubling me with today's matter, Lord Shen. However, this is our own family affair in the Yonglin Marquisate. Please let us handle it ourselves."

"This..." Shen Li glanced at Jiang Xiyu awkwardly, then said to Xu Rui, "Because Boss Jiang is complaining about his grievances, according to the procedure, as long as Boss Jiang refuses to withdraw his complaint, I will investigate it to the end."

Xu Rui looked at Jiang Xiyu, who had her back to him from beginning to end, and knew that she was angry, so he finally walked up to her.

Jiang Xiyu looked up at him, her eyes filled with deep doubt.

Her gaze that regarded him as an enemy was like a sharp sword that pierced his heart, making him so painful that he couldn't breathe.

Xu Rui came forward and hugged her waist. Jiang Xiyu felt extremely disgusted. She wanted to dodge, but Xu Rui held her tightly and whispered in her ear, "If there is anything, let's talk about it when we get back. I will tell you everything you want to know."

Jiang Xiyu raised her eyes and looked deeply at Xu Rui. Now she was certain that her million-dollar dowry was all planned by Xu Rui.

Unexpectedly, in her previous life, not only did Xu Rui kill her, but he also schemed against her dowry. She wanted to kill Xu Rui right now, but she still had her rationality and didn't want to spend her whole life with such a disgusting person.

She wanted to get back every penny he owed her.