Seeing Elder Zhao's expression, Lin Mengya got a rough idea.
It should be the privacy of the Zhao family again.
I just wanted to skip this sentence, but I didn't expect Elder Zhao to turn around and take out a small rectangular sandalwood box from the mezzanine of the bookcase.
He stroked the box with a slightly complicated look on his face.
After a long time, he sighed.
"I always thought that as long as the business in my hands grew bigger and bigger, both the Presbyterian Church and the Zhao family would pay more and more attention to me.
Now I understand that I am just a pawn they use to make money."
He left home when he was young and experienced several lives and deaths before he achieved his current status.
But I didn't expect it, and now I have an epiphany. Maybe in the eyes of the Presbyterian Church and the Zhao family, he is just a tool.
He almost couldn't protect even his wife.
As a man, he only felt that his whole life was a complete failure.
Lin Mengya couldn't comfort her.
Fortunately, Elder Zhao is not a blaming character.
After sighing, he opened the small box.
There are also ledgers inside, but compared to the messy ledgers outside, the ledgers inside are neat and orderly.
He carefully took it out and placed it in front of Lin Mengya.
"This is where every profit of mine goes. I have indeed made a lot over the years, but except for a small part that I kept for household use and turnover, most of the rest I gave to the Presbyterian Church.
With the Zhao family."
No wonder, Lin Mengya thought, no wonder Elder Zhao was disheartened.
She opened the account book, but the contents inside made her eyes tremble.
this is not--
"By the way, I forgot that you probably can't understand."
Elder Zhao patted his head.
Just when I was about to find a comparison book and give it to her, I saw that the other party was flipping through page after page. He looked quite serious, but he didn't seem to understand at all.
My heart couldn't help but be surprised.
"How can you understand my code for accounting?"
Because he was too surprised, Elder Zhao's tone was almost questioning.
But Lin Mengya's expression was also unbelievable.
"So, you also know this language? So all the business outside has gone through your hands?"
The two of them, who were getting along quite harmoniously at first, now seemed to be at war with each other.
In the end, Elder Zhao pinched his brow.
Probably he is too sensitive.
"Miss Gong, you——"
But before she finished speaking, Lin Mengya couldn't wait to ask, "Elder Zhao, I just want to ask you, are you handling the business of the mines outside?"
This is important! You must know that the divination people were caught in the mines and almost tortured to death.
If Elder Zhao is really the mastermind behind the mining business, then Huo Xiao will definitely fight him to the death after learning the truth!
Even Aunt Fang probably won't forgive him anymore.
Elder Zhao hesitated for a moment before slowly nodding.
Lin Mengya suddenly felt a chill in her heart.
"Then why are you doing this?" Before Lin Mengya could finish her question, Elder Zhao suddenly covered her mouth.
"You hide first." After saying in her ear, he pushed her into the cabinet behind the screen in the study room.
Before Elder Zhao could close the cabinet, the study door was pushed open.
Immediately afterwards, a slightly older male voice said, "Elder Zhao, I heard that your wife passed away a few days ago. I would like to ask Elder Zhao to express my condolences."
Elder Zhao remained calm, turned around and walked out of the screen.
Lin Mengya, who was hiding in the cabinet, adjusted her breathing and turned on the hidden function while digesting the information she got.
The divination people were all caught working in the mines and abused, and the boss behind the mine was actually Elder Zhao. Huo Xiao was the leader of the divination people, but his biological mother was Elder Zhao's first wife.
This, why is this so messy!
Suddenly, she remembered that when Huo Xiao brought the divination people to negotiate, it was also Zhao Kai who led the people to encircle and suppress them.
Oh my god! What the hell is going on?
Outside, Elder Zhao's face became a little tense after seeing the visitor.
However, he soon returned to normal, but the man was also looking at him with profound eyes.
"Elder Lu, I don't know why you are so important to your humble residence."
Elder Lu smiled and sat on his chair minding his own business.
His eyes swept over the account books, with a bit of chill hidden in his eyes.
"Didn't I hear that your elder Zhao wanted to investigate those old accounts, so I came here to help."
Elder Lu’s smile hides a knife.
"Although I don't have Elder Zhao's ability to turn stone into gold, I have been in charge of the Merchant Alliance for many years, and I have some old accounts. I'm afraid I haven't remembered them clearly in this account book."
Elder Zhao knew that the other party must have evil intentions.
All elders in the Presbyterian Church perform their respective duties, and except for promotion and death, there will be almost no vacancies.
He emerged as a dark horse and became the youngest Sanhui elder.
This resulted in his appearance being destined to occupy certain people's positions.
Unfortunately, this person is Elder Lu.
in him
Previously, the elder was in charge of most of the business of the Presbyterian Church.
"When doing business, you naturally need to take stock to know what is profitable and what is not. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a loss?"
Elder Zhao was very calm.
Originally, he had to take inventory every year, but in the past few days, he had dug out all the old accounts, which naturally attracted some people's attention.
I just didn't expect that the first person who couldn't hold back was Elder Lu.
"So that's it, but Elder Zhao is really powerful. I don't know what use it will be to dig out the old accounts of more than ten years. Or maybe you have another purpose at all!"
Elder Lu's attitude was already very rude when he said this.
Although Zhao Yixuan was a little surprised, he was now on an equal footing with the other party, and there was no reason for him to be scolded by the other party.
His face darkened slightly, "It's my own business to check these accounts. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with Elder Lu, right? Or does Elder Lu have something in his heart and is afraid that I will find something?"
"Zhao Yixuan!" Elder Lu slapped the case and glared at the other party.
"The Presbyterian Church is not your one-word church. Also, you'd better be smart and keep it secret from me even if you don't know about things that you shouldn't know. Otherwise, no one in the Presbyterian Church can save you!
"
After giving the warning, Elder Lu left angrily.
However, in Zhao Yixuan's heart, some thoughts were going over and over and he was very uneasy.
What do those words of Elder Lu mean?
When I was frowning and thinking hard, a "bang bang" sound suddenly came from the bookcase behind the screen.
"Oops!"
He screamed secretly and hurried to open the door.
Lin Mengya, who was almost suffocated to death, was staring at the other party with a look of resentment.
"Do you want to silence me?" The hoarse voice sounded a little wary.
Elder Zhao felt his face turn red and expressed quickly.
"No, no, I was just thinking about something and forgot about you."
Oh, do you think she will believe it?
Looking at the other party's obviously questioning eyes, Zhao Yixuan felt very guilty.
"I'm so sorry. By the way, these ledgers?"
After all, doesn't this guy want something from her?
Lin Mengya, who had held back the sweat on her forehead, wiped it randomly, and finally decided to sit down and help him check the accounts.
Although the mine business was his, Lin Mengya still felt that Elder Zhao would not be that cruel and unkind person.
This can be seen from his attitude towards Aunt Fang and Huo Yunsi.
And the word "coincidence" is everywhere in these things.
If nothing else happens, knowing that everything is true The Prime Minister Huo Xiao will definitely add his old and new grudges together and fight to the death with Elder Zhao.
It was as if Elder Zhao was deliberately targeting Huo Xiao.
But is this really the case?
With the help of Xiaoyao, the speed at which the ledgers were checked increased to an astonishing speed.
Of course, this is still the result of her intentional control.
But this was enough to shock Elder Zhao.
"These, you calculated all these?"
There was already a stack of paper in his hand.
What is written on it are all the problematic parts that Lin Mengya found out, as well as the final value of the general ledger for that year.
As for the disputed parts of the account book, she also marked them so that they could be found at any time by folding them up.
Lin Mengya glanced at the other party and continued to deal with the accounts.
Finally, when the third candle was half burned, she had smoothed out all the accounts for the past ten years.
Next, she picked up the small account book in the sandalwood box.
It sounds like a coincidence.
When Elder Lu broke in before, Elder Zhao only remembered to hide her, and the account books were mixed in with those old accounts.
Afterwards, Elder Zhao broke into a cold sweat out of fear.
If Elder Lu sees this thing, he will definitely die!
But the things in the small ledger made Lin Mengya feel more and more strange the more she looked at them.
The secret language that Elder Zhao calls is the special language used in the account books that she found when she raided the iron mines.
But in fact, there are subtle differences between the two.
To put it simply, it is an account book on an iron mine, which belongs to some kind of ancient language, because some of the words are very difficult and difficult to encounter in daily and modern books, and generally no one uses them.
But there is no such situation in Elder Zhao's book.
Some parts have been simplified and improved, making it more like a modern lingua franca.
Of course, these subtle differences cannot completely rule out Elder Zhao's suspicion.
But at least, it may be a breakthrough point.
She read the contents of the small ledger, then compared it with the contents of the large ledger, and quickly saw the problem.
"The accounts you submit to the Presbyterian Church and the Zhao family every year are very clear and there are no problems. However, for at least ten years, the final profit amount in the big ledger has been somewhat different from the profit that should be in the ledger. After excluding
After examining some objective factors, I found that the amount of silver shortfall in the disputed accounts was consistent with the value of the missing portion of profit."
She was afraid that her writing was not clear, so she wrote, "In short, part of the profit has disappeared."
