It turns out that Yue Yao really investigated the elders ten years ago, just because she had gained peace while practicing forbidden arts and needed those subordinates to protect her. Therefore, those subordinates had to be transferred back to help her protect the law. But originally she was worried that
After someone discovered his secret, he did not continue the investigation.
After returning to the yard, Ayu said: "It seems that the elders are all related to this gold mine. I thought it was just one of them at first. However, Yue Yao luckily did not investigate further. Otherwise, the Leng family would not know what it is like now.
."
"Her purpose is the ancient tomb. Unless she is only after the treasures in the ancient tomb, otherwise, she will not be interested in the gold mine." A Lan said.
At first, A-Lan and A-Yu had the same idea, worried that Yue-Yao would be harmful to the Leng family. But then after thinking about Yue-Yao's purpose of going to Leng's house, Yue-Yao might not be interested in gold mines.
"And originally I had the same idea as you, but after thinking about it all the way, I thought it was unlikely. However, we found out that it was indeed three elders who planned this matter together at that time. Ayu, I always feel that it was not just Shopkeeper Jing who
A person was killed. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but we have to investigate." Alan continued.
"I know your worries. After all, we found the skeleton in the study. We thought it was shopkeeper Jing who killed someone and hid him in the wall. Who would have thought that the person who was killed was actually him. So what should we do next?
, do you need to investigate the shopkeepers of other stores?" Ayu asked.
"I do have this plan. I will follow the tea shop owner tonight, and you can go to the rouge shop." A Lan said.
"I know." Ayu said.
After nightfall, A-Lan and A-Yu started taking action. They each followed the shopkeeper back home. Then, the two shopkeepers seemed to have no problem. So, they returned to Leng Mansion first.
"I don't have any problems here, what about you?" Ayu said.
"No, there is no problem with the tea shop manager. Now we have to look at the silk shop." A Lan said.
"The tea garden will not be inspected?" Ayu asked.
"It's not suitable to investigate the tea garden for the time being, and I don't think the problem is big," A Lan said.
As a result, early the next morning, just when A-Lan thought that the elders would not come to Leng Mansion to cause trouble in the near future, the elders came to Leng Mansion.
"Why are the three elders here again? Could it be that they came here recently to find the second lady? If so, then please ask Uncle Leng to bring you in, and I won't go." A Lan said.
"We are not here to find Yueyao, we are here to find you." The great elder said.
The third elder was not surprised by A-Lan's attitude. He might have threatened Yue Yao a long time ago, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to let them see Yue Yao. If this was really the case, they would have no need at all. Anyway, Yue Yao
Yao wouldn't tell them the truth anymore.
"Looking for me? I wonder why the three elders are looking for me?" Alan asked.
"You clearly know why we are looking for you, but why do you come to ask us so much nonsense?" the great elder said.
"Of course I don't know. I have to go to the shop to do business soon, so I don't have time to stay in the house." A Lan said.
"You're talking nonsense. You haven't been out for three days." The elder said anxiously.
"How did the Great Elder know? Are you following me?" A Lan said.
"When did we follow you? We just didn't see you investigating, so we said the wrong thing." The great elder said quickly.
"Then I don't understand. Can the elders explain clearly why they came to Leng Mansion today?" A Lan asked.
"It's about the tea garden. Why bother talking nonsense to him? We just care about the Leng family and hope that the Leng family's affairs will be resolved quickly. Ah Lan, we are all for the good of the Leng family. Don't always be full of hostility towards us.
." said the second elder.
"Why did the second elder say this? The elders are also from the Leng family, they just perform their own duties. However, the three elders don't do their own things and always come to the Leng family to arrange things for me. I can't accept it.
." A Lan said.
"Let me apologize to my eldest nephew. Something unexpected happened recently, and we all rushed together. Otherwise, we wouldn't come so often. The matter in the tea garden is not a trivial matter. Originally, we thought it was just lost.
Regarding the matter of several boxes of goods, the ones that were lost did belong to the Wu family. This proves that someone wants to cause trouble to the Leng family. You are a sensible person, and I handed over the power to you when you became the patriarch. We don’t want the Leng family to be in your hands.
Something happened, let alone for the sake of the old man, we should take good care of him, right?" the third elder said with a smile.
This old fox is a smiling tiger, with a smile on his face all day long.
"I know the good intentions of the three elders, but I was a little anxious at the moment and spoke a little too harshly," A Lan said.
"I wonder if A-Lan is willing to tell us the investigation results about the tea garden now? It's been so long, shouldn't there be news?" asked the third elder.
"There is indeed news about the tea garden. Those boxes of goods have been found, but they were found in the mountains." A Lan said.
"Found it?" the third elder asked curiously.
"Yes, I found it, but the goods have been opened, the tea leaves have long been mixed with soil, and several boxes of goods are all gone." A Lan said.
"Who did it and what did they want to do?" asked the third elder.
"They were instigated by someone. If they could successfully steal a few boxes of goods from the tea garden, they would be given two taels of silver each. They stole these boxes of goods just for the two taels of silver," said A-Lan.
"Didn't they tell who instigated it?" asked the third elder.
"They all committed suicide by taking poison," Alan said casually.
"Did you take poison? Did you take poison for two taels of silver?" the third elder asked, obviously not believing what A Lan said.
"When we found them, they had already been poisoned. It should have been done by the person who ordered them. They only said these few words before they died, and they refused to say the rest until they died. Because that person promised them that they would
Take good care of their families." Alan said.
"Would they take poison for two taels of silver? Do you believe what A Lan said, or did you bring it to deceive us early in the morning?" the elder asked.
"I asked Uncle Ren to send several boxes of tea to the tea garden early this morning. I won't let the Leng family suffer, so I made up for the money privately. If the elder doesn't believe it, I have no choice. I found it out through investigation.
That's all the results." Alan said.
"Alan, I think you misunderstood. What we care about is not the money. If we can't catch this person, it is very likely that he will continue to do this. He does this in the hope that other businesses will not cooperate with the Leng family. If
If you do it again, what are you going to do?" The third elder kindly advised.
"I didn't say I won't continue the investigation, but now that the clues have been cut off, I can't spend too much time on this matter. The Leng family's business has been affected, and I must take care of the Leng family's business first. What's more, I discovered recently that
There are some problems with the accounts of Leng's store, so I haven't relaxed these days but checked the accounts of the store." A Lan said.
The great elder asked anxiously: "What's wrong with the accounts?"
"Great Elder, just leave the business matters to me." A Lan said.
"I'm just worried about business issues, so I'm just asking." The great elder asked.
"Elders, I have already explained the matter about the tea garden. Is there anything else?" Alan asked.
"If you don't have time to investigate, why not leave it to us? Maybe we can investigate it faster, what do you think?" the great elder asked.
In fact, this was what the Third Elder wanted to ask, but he didn't want to leave a bad impression on Alan, so he held back. Unexpectedly, the First Elder couldn't hold back and spoke first.
"Great Elder, I remember that elders are not allowed to interfere in business matters, right? Since I came back, the elders have been interfering in business matters. I have never cared about it. But later on, it became more and more excessive, and I actually ran away.
I went to the Leng Mansion to ask about the Leng family's family affairs. Now I want to interfere in the business, how about I take out the jade pendant of the head of the family and give it to the elders?" A Lan asked.
Of course the elders were willing to do this in their hearts, but they couldn't say it with their mouths. The third elder was the first to object and said: "Alan, the head jade pendant is not a joke, you can't be so willful. Brother
It’s not like you don’t know that he has a bad temper sometimes. How can you make fun of the master’s jade pendant?”
"If the elders hadn't forced me, I wouldn't have said such disrespectful words. Since grandpa handed over the Leng family to me, how could he not trust me? Elders, please rest assured that there will never be any problems with the Leng family's business.
"Allan said.
The three elders saw that A-Lan was reluctant to take the hard way, so they had no choice but to leave the Leng Mansion. They originally planned to see Yueyao, but they still couldn't open their mouths.
"Third brother, why don't you mention the second lady's matter?" the elder said uncontrollably.
"Brother, didn't you listen to what A-Lan said just now? What he meant was that our control was too lenient, and we even interfered in the affairs of Leng Mansion's backyard," said the third elder.
"We just want the second lady to help, who cares about their affairs," the elder said.
"Forget it, I'm afraid we won't be able to see the second lady. Judging from A-Lan's attitude, we'd better investigate secretly by ourselves." The third elder said.
"Third brother, are you planning to investigate?" the elder asked.
"How can he continue to investigate this matter when he is only focusing on business matters now? It seems that he wants to start with the accounts and check if there are any problems with the accounts. However, he has always been in charge of the business, and even if there are problems with the accounts, it is him who
It's a question. We might as well investigate the tea garden first. If we find something, we don't believe him and he won't continue the investigation." The third elder said.
"What is the third brother doing with so much care? Seeing how proud he is today, I really wish someone could do it again." The elder said.
"Brother, if something happens to the Leng family, even if we take over the Leng family's business, it will be of no use. What we want is not an empty shell, but the strength of the Leng family. Nothing can happen to the Leng family, otherwise it will be too late for us to save it.
"The third elder said.
Inside Leng Mansion
"Alan, do you think they will investigate privately?" Ayu asked.
"The third elder will definitely investigate secretly, because the person who least wants anything to happen to Leng Mansion is him." A Lan said.
"In that case, why are you spreading so many rumors that are detrimental to the Leng family?" Ayu asked.
"He doesn't care if something happens to me. If I have a problem, the clan will choose to change the head of the family, but nothing will happen to the Leng family. He doesn't want a Leng family that loses money. He is really very calculating." A Lan said.
