Ah Lan knew what the third elder was planning. The Leng family's business couldn't have too big a problem. The rumors he spread before were just to cause temporary problems in the business. That was because of him, not the Leng family. So, this
After the accident in the tea garden, the third elder was particularly attentive. If he had too many problems, the clan would definitely consider changing the head. The third elder was worried that when he took over a Leng family with problems, he would naturally become concerned about the tea garden.
After hearing what A-Lan said, Ayu said: "It turns out that the third elder had this idea. He is indeed treacherous, and even the people in the clan are included in his plan."
"If nothing goes wrong in the tea garden these days, the elders will continue to spread rumors." A Lan said.
"When do you plan to deal with those people in the yard?" Ayu said.
"Now is not the time. If we deal with them, the elders will arrange for others. Therefore, we cannot deal with them yet. Later, when we find evidence that the elders are related to the gold mine, we can deal with them.
"Allan said.
"I know you don't want to alert others, but they are really annoying," Ayu said.
"I know you find it inconvenient to talk, so I haven't moved out of the small courtyard yet. Perhaps because you thought I wouldn't come back to the small courtyard, there is no one to arrange for them in the small courtyard at all." A Lan said.
After the two had a meal, they secretly went to Jinyu Zhai because the shopkeeper secretly asked Uncle Ren to deliver a letter and wait for them at Jinyu Zhai.
After arriving at Jinyuzhai, the candles in the study were bright.
The two of them pushed the door open and entered the study. They saw the shopkeeper sitting on the floor with a ledger in his hand.
"Shopkeeper, what's the matter and you need us to come here urgently?" A Lan asked.
"This account book contains some problematic areas that I have recorded before. I sort it out every year. I hope it can be used in the future. It seems that I can avenge my elder brother." Shopkeeper Jing said.
"Shopkeeper, you can rest assured about Madam, we have arranged for someone to protect her. However, it is best not to contact us alone recently. If there is any emergency, we will pretend to come over during the day to check the accounts." A Lan said.
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"Thank you, Master, I believe you can do it," the shopkeeper said.
A Lan took the account book and flipped through it, and found that every business transaction was written in detail, including the net profit and the amount of money allocated to Jin Yuzhai. It was even more detailed than what the shopkeeper gave him last time.
"The ledger can be used just right. I'm just a little curious. We discovered the gold mine in the mountains in the northern suburbs, but when we went there, no one was mining underneath. There were hollows in the mine, so how could they all be evacuated?
Are you leaving?" Alan said.
"I don't know where the mine is, and I don't know how they control it. I just know that Jinyuzhai will receive a batch of goods regularly, and I don't know if it has something to do with it." said the shopkeeper.
Could it be that the Third Elder didn't let people mine day and night, but only went to the gold mine to dig for gold when needed? If this is the case, it can explain why the gold mine is empty. But, the Third Elder is really slow
Will it be consumed slowly? Isn't he worried that someone will discover the gold mine in that place?
Maybe he did this just because he had such a long-term plan?
"Shopkeeper, let's take you back," A Lan said.
"I'll go back by myself. If you follow and they find out, you'll be confused," the shopkeeper said.
"No, we will follow you secretly, and after sending you back, we will go back again, otherwise we will not be relieved," A-Lan said.
The shopkeeper did not refuse, and did not go to Madam today, but went directly back to the house. After entering the house, he said a few words to the sister-in-law inside, and then went into a side room to rest.
However, A-Lan and A-Yu never left because they were worried that the elders would send someone to follow the shopkeeper. After about an hour, the two returned to Leng Mansion.
After A-Lan asked A-Yu to rest early, he took a bath and changed clothes, then leaned on the couch and looked at the account book.
Your account book is not very thick in a year. A Lan discovered that Jin Yuzhai did not purchase goods often, and would even purchase a batch of goods only a few months. However, what shocked him was that the profits were very objective. However, after Jin Yuzhai purchased goods,
After changing hands, the profit will not be that high.
A Lan found that the writing on the last page of the account book was very clear. This account book was from five years ago. It seemed that the shopkeeper was really not lying. He really recorded Jin Yuzhai's profits in this way every month.
Early the next morning, A-Lan told A-Yu what he found in the account books.
"Jin Yuzhai didn't lose any money, but it did make the elders a lot of money." Ayu said.
He was right, Jin Yuzhai did not lose any money. In the past ten years, they had made a lot of money by using Jin Yuzhai. The third elder was really smart and planned to continue to use it in this way to keep the money flowing.
"I thought about it for a long time last night, and I know why the mine is empty." A Lan said.
"Why?" Ayu said.
"They are not in a hurry to dig out the gold. The profits every year will make them a lot of money. Therefore, they plan to keep the water flowing. If they mine again in a few months, they can maintain sales for a year. Think about what they have done in the past ten years.
I did make a lot of money," said A Lan.
"But if they don't go to the mine, we can't find evidence that they are related to the mine. Do we have to arrange for manpower to stay there all the time?" Ayu said.
"I looked at the account books yesterday and found a pattern. Jin Yuzhai will purchase goods almost every three months, and there are goods in one month, but every three months is fixed. I thought, they may mine every three months.
For once, keep this balance." Alan said.
"It seems that you have discovered the pattern from the ledger. In other words, the elders are not eager to dig up the gold mine?" Ayu said.
"Calculating the days, the day to purchase the goods is not far away. I believe they should have already started to prepare." A Lan said.
"Alan, we are investigating now. Are the elders worried about being discovered, so they won't arrange for people to go into the mine?" Ayu said worriedly.
"They don't know that the shopkeeper told us about the gold mine, and they don't know that we found the skeleton. So far they probably don't think that we already know these things, let alone that we have found the gold mine.
Where." Alan said.
"The shopkeeper has already arranged manpower. If the elder wants to silence him, he will definitely fail to achieve his goal." Ayu said.
"The elders should not dare to approach the shopkeeper alone, because we happen to be investigating accounting issues. If they approach the shopkeeper and we find out, they will easily expose themselves," said A-Lan.
"I arranged for two people to watch them. Once they act, we will find out immediately." Ayu said.
"Actually, we don't need to arrange people in their house at all, because I have already arranged people near the Guanyin Temple. And we don't need to pay attention to those people they arranged outside the house. Just be careful when going in and out." Ah.
Lan said.
"I understand. We can only enter and exit normally so as not to arouse their suspicion," Ayu said.
"Yes, we have told them that we still need to check the accounts these days. If we guard them when entering and exiting, it will arouse their suspicion. The third elder is very cunning. If he finds something wrong, he will really stop the mining of the gold mine. When the time comes,
, we really can’t find any clues." A Lan said.
"Then which store should we go to now?" Ayu asked.
"We followed a few shopkeepers a few days ago, and today we will go to those shops." A Lan said.
So, after the two of them had breakfast, they got into the carriage.
Naturally, the people at the door would not miss this opportunity and still followed the carriage closely.
When he arrived at the store, A-Lan exchanged a few pleasantries with the shopkeeper, and then began to look through the account books. There were not many account books, and A-Lan was just showing off.
In order not to delay the business, A-Lan was reading the account books in the backyard. A-Yu moved a wooden table, made a pot and sat aside with snacks made by the snack shop next door.
The two of them sat there all morning. Seeing that it was getting late, the shopkeeper asked, "Master, do you and Master Ayu want to stay for dinner?"
Ah Lan knew that the shopkeeper didn't want him to leave quickly, but he had already read the account books and there was no need to stay. So he said to the shopkeeper: "No need, Ayu and I will make an appointment to go to the restaurant later."
.I still have to ask the shopkeeper to tidy up this place, so we’ll leave first.”
After saying that, A-Lan put down the account books, went to the Yamen with A-Yu, and took Nan Feng with her to the restaurant.
"I've been coming here a lot lately, and the restaurant won't let you eat porn anymore?" Nan Qing said jokingly.
"Crow's mouth, how many times do I come here and you get enough of it?" A-Lan said.
The food came quickly. Several people were hungry and just kept eating with their heads down. As soon as A Lan put down his chopsticks, the shopkeeper went up to the second floor himself.
"Master, how do you think the food tastes?" the shopkeeper asked with a smile.
"The taste of the restaurant's food has never changed, of course it tastes good," said A-Lan.
Ah Lan knew why the shopkeeper came here to ask. He rarely went to the restaurant to dine in the past, but whenever he showed up, he would bring Nan Qing with him. But recently, he has appeared too many times. And recently he has
While checking the accounts of the shop, the shopkeeper knew that all the shops had been checked. The strange thing was that A-Lan did not check the restaurant, which made the shopkeeper feel vaguely uneasy.
In fact, the shopkeeper can keep his heart in his stomach and don't need to be so cautious at all. Perhaps, he may be worried that someone will tell A-Lan that there is something wrong with the food, so A-Lan will come over to eat again and again.
"That's good. I thought there was something wrong with the food in the restaurant." The shopkeeper said.
"How could it be? Don't worry, shopkeeper, didn't I tell you last time? I know that if you don't do something, you may really not feel at ease. So that's it. How about I check the restaurant's accounts today?"
Alan said.
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I'll prepare it right away."
The shopkeeper came downstairs and asked the waiter to make tea and bring it up.
"Look at how scared the shopkeeper is. I don't think he'll come over for dinner next time." Nan Qing said with a smile.
"I have checked all the shops recently, but only the restaurant has not been checked yet. I think the shopkeeper is worried about this matter," Ayu said.
"Perhaps we really come too often, which makes the shopkeeper a little worried. However, I do think the elders may be relieved," A Lan said.
