Mo Ruxue shrugged, put the roast duck on the table, walked out of the room, and walked to the study with her hands behind her back.

Xia He had been paying attention to the movements here. She had long thought that there was something wrong with the food box in Fumanlou, but it had not appeared for such a long time and she had no chance to investigate.

When he saw Mo Ruxue walking out of the house not long after, he followed her quietly.

Unexpectedly, her every move has been seen clearly by Ming Yue and Bai Shuang!

Mo Ruxue came to the study room, closed the door, and took out the letter in her arms. After reading it, she felt bad!

A shopkeeper of a jewelry store embezzled a large sum of money and absconded. He abandoned his wife and children in Kyoto, and hid alone in who-knows-where.

Look, it’s getting late outside. Let’s go see it tomorrow!

The next morning, Mo Ruxue put on men's clothes, put on a curtain hat, and got ready to go out.

After taking a look at the bright moon and white frost on the roof, the two of them immediately understood and followed her quietly.

Xia He walked out from the corner of the corridor with cold eyes. It seemed that Mo Ruxue had a secret.

Fumanlou.

Mo Ruxue asked shopkeeper Liu to summon the accounting clerk and steward of the jewelry store to question him.

The steward is a middle-aged man in his forties, slightly fat and with bright eyes.

The accountant of the jewelry store is a lean old man in his fifties, with a look of fear on his face.

Shopkeeper Liu gave them a hint, and they hurriedly saluted Mo Ruxue: "I have seen my boss! Please give my regards to my boss."

This was their first time meeting their boss. They had only heard of him before, but they didn’t expect him to be such a young youngster.

Mo Ruxue was sitting upright, with Mingyue and Bai Shuang standing beside her.

Mo Ruxue deliberately changed her voice and said: "Stop talking nonsense, what's going on with this payment? Isn't it stipulated that goods can only be sold in stores? Why did you give such a large sum of money to Zhou Xiangdong?

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"It was shopkeeper Zhou who forged the handwriting signed by Mr. Ouyang, and it was stamped with your boss's seal." Mr. Accountant quickly took out the handwriting from his arms.

Mo Ruxue took it and took a closer look. The handwriting was indeed very similar. Even she thought it was written by Ouyang Xun himself.

"Then how did you find out later?"

The steward bowed and replied: "According to time, shopkeeper Zhou should have come back yesterday, but he did not come back."

"Niu Er, Zhang San and others who were accompanying him came back first, saying that Shopkeeper Zhou and them left separately from the beginning."

"With so much money in his pocket, he deliberately drove away his entourage. He must have escaped with the money!"

Mo Ruxue looked at the steward and asked, "Have you reported to the official position?"

"It has been reported to the official. The governor of Jingzhao is already hunting Zhou Xiangdong."

"When something like this happens, the most painful thing is his family. Where are his wife and children now?" Mo Ruxue tapped the table and asked casually.

The steward quickly replied: "They still live on Nanfu Street. I was just about to ask my boss if this account should be recorded on their mother and son?"

The steward said and glanced at Mo Ruxue secretly, but his sight was blocked by Mo Ruxue's curtain hat.

Mo Ruxue: "Don't worry, aren't we still trying to catch Zhou Xiangdong? We won't talk about it until we catch him."

"Yes, I will obey my orders."

"You go back first! I'll see you again if I need anything."

The two of them left in response.

Mo Ruxue glanced at Shopkeeper Liu: "Shopkeeper, please step aside first! I'll sit in this box first."

"Yes, I am resigning."

Only Mo Ruxue, Mingyue and Bai Shuang were left in the room.

Mo Ruxue picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "You all should sit down and have a cup of tea! Follow me, there are not so many rules, so don't be too restrictive."

"Thank you, Princess! We are all used to standing."

Bai Shuang stood by the window and looked out. After looking for a while, she turned around and said to Mo Ruxue: "Princess, your personal maid Xia He has been following you since you left the study. She is now at the door of the restaurant. Do you want to arrest her?"

Come?"

"Xia He?" Mo Ruxue said in surprise, is this the second Pothos?

Luluo is good at martial arts, but Xia He is really nothing outstanding. What kind of dud is she?

Bai Shuang continued: "She has been secretly observing the princess and doesn't know what she wants to do."

Mo Ruxue thought for a moment: "Don't worry, just keep an eye on her. I want to see who she is."

"yes!"

Mo Ruxue led the two of them outside. She specifically glanced at the door. Xia He was hiding behind the pillar opposite, with the corner of her pink skirt exposed.

Mo Ruxue couldn't help but shake her head and chuckle, this spy was too unprofessional.

They swung around and got rid of the little tail behind them without much effort.

When we came to Nanfu Street, we found out where Zhou Xiangdong's home was after a little inquiry.

The government has come to search and arrest him several times, and Zhou Xiangdong's story has become well known among the neighborhood leaders.

The gray wooden door was closed tightly. Mingyue knocked for a long time, but no one came to open the door.

However, the neighbor next to him opened the door. A woman in her thirties came out, looking very kind: "You three are here to see Zhou Xiangdong, right?"

Mo Ruxue walked forward with a smile: "I am an old friend of Shopkeeper Zhou. I took the liberty of visiting today. It seems that I came at the wrong time. The family went to visit relatives, right?"

"Hey, you don't have to look for them anymore. Zhou Xiangdong took several thousand taels of silver into his shop and ran away, leaving all the orphans and widows at home."

"In the past few days, officers and soldiers have come to search and arrest me several times, and the store clerks have come to make trouble frequently. They can no longer live in the house. They have all gone back to the countryside."

Mo Ruxue couldn't help but wonder: "The store clerk also came to cause trouble?"

Why hasn't she heard of this?

"Isn't that right? I heard that he took away everyone's wages. The shop has no money to run and is about to be unable to survive."

This woman spoke with a clear nose and eyes, as if she had experienced it herself.

"Okay, thank you sister for letting me know, otherwise I would have had to run all the way tomorrow in vain!"

Mo Ruxue left with Mingyue and Bai Shuang.

They came to the jewelry store, which was deserted. A clerk was lying in front of the counter and taking a nap.

Mo Ruxue knocked on the counter, waking up the waiter, and said with a smile: "Please call your manager out, I have something to do with him."

The clerk glanced at her sideways and said impatiently: "Manager Song is not here! If anything happens, go to the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen to see him!"

"He went to the Yamen? Brother, let me ask you, how long has it been since you were paid?"

When the waiter heard Mo Ruxue ask this, he looked at her seriously and asked carefully: "Are you the boss Ouyang?"

Mo Ruxue nodded noncommittally.

The waiter stood up excitedly, his eyes red: "Master Ouyang, I have been waiting for you!"

"Our wages were originally paid every three months, but finally the three months were due, and something like this happened again in the shop!"

"Manager Song said, when the case is solved and the money is recovered, when will the wages be paid? Don't you think this is pushing us to a dead end?"

So that’s why they went to Zhou Xiangdong’s house to cause trouble!
Chapter completed!