When everyone arrived, Lou Zhentian glanced at the old housekeeper. The old housekeeper said, "Today at noon, the eldest lady and the third lady went to the warehouse to get the mirror table and paint it black. Unexpectedly, they found that the third lady's dowry was missing six pieces of jewelry.
Four pearls, and a red bean bracelet is missing."
As soon as the old butler finished speaking, Lou Zhentian slammed the table angrily and asked angrily, "Who did it? To be honest, if you are caught by me, I will take care of you!"
Yun Buhui's heart suddenly wondered, Lou Yanran's dowry? Is it the dowry from the big warehouse or the second warehouse? They were going to get the mirror table to paint. She remembered taking a quick look and saw that there was a very exquisite mirror table in the second warehouse painted red.
Paint, and the dowry prepared by her uncle didn't seem to have a mirror stand. If it was the second warehouse, she had only entered it yesterday.
No one in the hall responded, and the eldest lady said angrily, "It's unreasonable. This is the dowry prepared by my mother's family for Yanran. After a lot of effort, the number has meaning, but it was taken away by a greedy person. Isn't this a curse on Yanran?"
Who stole the dowry?"
Lou Yanran frowned and said nothing.
The second lady played with the kodan, "It's a coincidence that you guys have checked the accounts on weekdays, and suddenly went to the warehouse to say that they needed to be painted. It was such a coincidence that the dowry was missing. Who knows if it was missing."
Lou Yanran said gently, "Second aunt, the mirror table given by her grandmother was painted with red paint. Yanran didn't like it. The mirror table was made of fine camphor wood with elegant carvings. It is best suited for black paint. Yanran and her mother discussed that they wanted to repaint it.
Hei Qi. My mother said that my grandmother also sent her her favorite red bean bracelet. She searched here and there but couldn’t find the red bean bracelet. After some calculations, my mother realized that a lot of things were missing.”
The second lady pursed her lips and sneered silently.
Lou Yanyun said angrily, "I don't know which bastard has hooves. His hands and feet are of different lengths. I'm jealous of my sister's dowry and I'm greedy, so I won't hand it over as soon as possible."
The third lady said, "Miss Sixth, you are polite in your speech. You have a mean hoof on the left and a mean hoof on the right, as if you are not a woman."
Lou Yanyun was blocked by the third lady and was about to retort when Lou Yanran turned back to look at her. Lou Yanyun had to give up. The most important thing in front of her was the dowry, not the verbal argument.
The number of dowries prepared has auspicious meanings, and the number of pieces represents something very particular. The third lady also pays great attention to the meaning when buying a dowry for Yun Buhui. Now that the number is wrong, it is an ominous sign, and Lou Zhentian and the eldest lady take it very seriously.
How can we not be outraged by this marriage? If there are usually some jewels missing from the warehouse, we can still discuss it as appropriate. This dowry must not be ambiguous.
Lou Zhentian asked again, but no one answered. The eldest lady said angrily, "Since no one admits it, it's best to hide those things forever."
The reason why we are so certain that it was the actions of the masters is because only the housekeeper and Lou Zhentian have the keys to the warehouse, and there are no signs of the lock being picked, so it was naturally the work of the family.
The eldest lady looked at the housekeeper with a stern look and asked in a deep voice, "Has anyone entered the warehouse after the dowry was put into the warehouse?"
In addition to the dowry, there are also things from the Lou family in the warehouse. Sometimes the third room will go to get things if they are missing. The housekeeper has registered them. He said slowly, "The third lady went in once and took a batch of Su embroidery. The second lady went in twice."
The seventh lady came in once, saying she was ordered to come and get a batch of Sichuan brocade. The eldest lady came in three times, taking bird's nests, silk threads and Sichuan brocade. The eldest young master came in once.
, once to get ginseng, and once to get bird's nests. After the third lady bought her dowry yesterday, Miss Cousin and Bingyue came over to count how many people there were."
Lou Mingyu waved her hands in fear, "It's not me, it's not me. I didn't take my sister's dowry."
"Idiot." The second lady scolded, "The matter has not been investigated yet, why are you so anxious to clarify? You are not the only one who entered the warehouse, so why panic!"
Lou Mingyu was scolded by the second lady, and she hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to speak. The eldest lady glared at Lou Mingyu, and said with a sneer, "Are you feeling guilty about being a thief?"
The second lady looked at her affectionately and squinted her eyes and said, "Sister, what you said must be well-founded. If you say Mingyu took it, you must provide evidence. Don't let someone watch the robbery and slander the innocent.
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The eldest lady was furious, "Bastard, this is Yanran's dowry. Who dares to say anything about what I want to take? If I like it, I can keep a box for myself. There is no need to make a big fuss over these one or two items, unlike some people.
You have never seen the big world, so you can become greedy after seeing a little jewelry, which is shameful."
The second lady's face turned pretty pale after being said by the eldest lady. No one is a fuel-efficient lamp, and the smell of gunpowder smoke was very strong for a while.
Lou Zhentian had a headache, "Okay, okay, don't argue. The most important thing is to find something. Why are you arguing?"
Lou Shaoqi frowned and said, "Father, if something like this happens, you will definitely be punished severely. Otherwise, whoever rises up in the future will be able to take advantage of him and repay it."
"Shaoqi is right. Several of you have entered the warehouse. Who took Yanran's dowry?"
The eldest lady and Lou Shaoqi can be eliminated. The remaining people are the second lady, the third lady, Lou Mingyu and Yun Buhui. These four people are the most suspicious. The second lady said, "Who cares about those little jewels?
Don’t I have anything good in my room? A red bean bracelet? Humph, I don’t need that petty thing.”
"My family's stuff is just a small thing, and I don't know what good stuff you can come up with." Not to be outdone, the eldest lady retorted and sneered, "If you can't eat the grapes, you will say they are sour."
The second lady raised her eyebrows and said casually, "It's just what you have, but don't tell me, I don't like it at all."
The third lady said, "I just took what I should take. It was not mine and I never touched it."
Lou Mingyu shook his head in fear and said with tears, "It's not me...it's not me."
She was scolded by the second lady, and she was so aggressive that she was frightened to tears.
Yun Buhui said, "Yesterday I counted the dowry and it came out. I didn't touch the third cousin's dowry."
The eldest lady sneered. The thief's face would never say that I am a thief, and the person who stole something would never say that he stole it. She looked at Lou Mingyu's submissive, fearful and trembling look, and she was very suspicious.
She has been fighting with the Second Madam and the Third Madam all her life, and she knows their tempers well. Only Yun Buhui and Lou Mingyu are cowardly, timid, but greedy for money. Yun Buhui is like a solitary plum blossom admiring its beauty.
Will do these nasty things.
Lou Shaoqi said, "Father, mother, since my aunt and sisters have said that they have never stolen anything, and we can't tell who is real and who is fake for the moment, why not send someone to search the house to see if they can find Yanran's dowry."