Zhou Quan's face suddenly darkened, and he said sternly: "Now that you know it, you should remember this lesson and carefully check every batch of Sichuan brocade that is delivered, so that no one will think about it again."
"Why did the manager say this? Before each batch of Shu brocade is delivered to the warehouse, I will inspect it carefully to make sure there are no defects before..." Before Zhang Quan could finish speaking, Zhou Quan had already unfolded one of the Shu brocades, "You yourself
Look, is this what you call no flaws?"
Zhang Quan looked along where his fingers pointed and found that there were several threads and even a small hole, as if it had been gnawed out by a mouse. Zhang Quan was horrified and quickly took the Sichuan Brocade and murmured: "This
Impossible, I clearly checked every one carefully, and there is no such thing, yes... yes..." He suddenly pointed at Zheng Jiu and said loudly: "You two must have picked up the wrong one."
Zheng Jiuwei leaned forward and said: "If I go back to Manager Zhang, there are only eight pieces of Shu brocade in the warehouse. Even if you want to take the wrong one, there is nothing you can do. It is indeed the one you brought in a few days ago."
"Impossible!" Zhang Quan shook his head repeatedly and said: "I clearly remember that when they were delivered, there was no problem with these eight pieces of Shu brocade, otherwise I would not have recorded them in the warehouse."
"If what you said is true, how do you explain this?" Faced with Zhou Quan's words, Zhang Quan didn't know how to answer. If there was really something wrong with this batch of Shu brocade, then he would be in big trouble.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly unfolded the remaining pieces of Shu brocade and found that the other two pieces also had silk snagging and uneven dyeing. In other words, among the eight pieces of Shu brocade, three of them were
Defective goods should not be stored in the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at all, but he clearly remembered that he had carefully inspected them. One horse might have been missed, but three... no matter how he thought about it, he thought it was unlikely.
Before he could figure it out, Zhou Quan said coldly: "You have nothing to say, right?"
Hearing this, Zhang Quan hurriedly said: "I can swear that when the Shu brocade was sent in, every piece was good and could be included in the tribute. As for why it has become like this now, I don't know." After a moment, he
As if thinking of something, he hurriedly said: "I know, someone must have deliberately destroyed the Sichuan brocade after it was stored in the warehouse to harm me!"
Zhou Quan stared at him and said coldly: "The only ones who have the key to the warehouse are you and me. According to what you said, it was I who harmed you?"
This is what Zhang Quan had in mind, but he couldn't say it clearly at the moment, so he could only say: "I don't dare, but this matter is indeed suspicious. Please ask the manager to investigate clearly so that I can get justice."
Xiao Chengzi said from the side: "This matter is obviously due to your negligence, Mr. Zhang, and you did not discover the problem with Shu Brocade, but you insist on saying that someone harmed you. It is really ridiculous."
"Bold!" Zhang Quan raised his eyebrows and shouted sharply: "Who are you? When did you come to accuse our family and teach us a lesson? Go and ask the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I, Zhang Quan, have been working as a clergyman for so many years. Why?
Have you ever been careless, and when have you ever made a mistake?!"
Xiao Chengzi said unconvinced: "It didn't happen before, it doesn't mean it doesn't happen now, you..." Halfway through the words, Zheng Jiu suddenly said: "Manager, something is wrong! These three pieces of Shu Brocade... don't seem to be the ones sent before.
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Zhou Zhou looked shocked and said: "How do you know?"
"Last night, when I was ordered by the manager to get something, I saw these Shu brocades. Although it was just a quick glance, I vaguely remembered that the colors of Shu brocades are roughly red, blue, and purple. But look at these three pieces, respectively.
The peach red, aqua green, and bright orange colors are not consistent with what I saw last night."
When he said this, Zhang Quan also thought about it and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, these colors are not among the eight pieces of Shu brocade I collected. It is true that you took the wrong ones."
Zhou Quan walked up to the pink Shu brocade and took a closer look. He frowned and said, "But if you look at the weaving method and the colors used, it is indeed unique to Shu brocade. It is very different from Song brocade and Yun brocade."
Zheng Jiu twisted a corner of the brocade and found what Zhou Quan had said. He said suspiciously: "This is really strange. It is obviously Sichuan brocade, but it is different from what I have seen. Could it be that I remembered it wrong, or maybe there are others in the warehouse?"
Shu brocade? But this is impossible. The previous ones have been used up long ago and there is no remainder, unless..."
His expression suddenly changed and he said: "Manager, I remembered that there are indeed other Shu Brocades in the warehouse."
Zhou Quan said in surprise: "Really? How could I not know this?"
"You know, it's the batch of Shu brocade that you found to be shoddy a few years ago. After the incident, it has been piled in the corner of the warehouse. Maybe these three pieces are from there."
Xiao Chengzi immediately said: "It's impossible. When Manager Zheng and I went to pick them up, the eight pieces were stacked together and not separated. It can be seen that they are from the same batch."
Zhou Quan thought for a while and said: "No matter what, since there is something suspicious, you should go and find out. You should go to the warehouse immediately to see if there are any missing batches of inferior Shu brocade. If so, what are the new tributes?"
Those three horses should still be in the warehouse, we must find them."
Before Zheng Jiu and the others could agree, Zhang Quan already said: "Manager, instead of waiting here, why not go to the warehouse to search together to prevent these two from being careless and making mistakes again."
Zhou Quan thought about it and said, "That's fine, let's go together."
A group of four people came to the warehouse and quickly found the batch of waiting Shu brocade piled in the corner. They took out a pair of brochures and found that three pieces were missing. Seeing this result, the stone in Zhang Quan's heart suddenly fell to the ground.
, said proudly: "I told you, there can't be any mistakes. Someone must have been careless and confused the newly sent Sichuan brocade with the original ones."
Zhou Quan ignored him and ordered Zheng Jiu and the others to quickly find the remaining three horses. But strangely enough, they searched almost every corner of the warehouse but could not find them. It seemed as if they had disappeared out of thin air.
"Strange, where did they put them?" While Xiao Chengzi was muttering and rummaging around, Zheng Jiu came to Zhou Shen and said: "Manager, in my opinion, those three pieces of Shu brocade are most likely not in the warehouse.
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Zhou Quan frowned and said, "All tribute items are stored in the warehouse before they are sent to Yangxin Hall and other palaces. If not here, where else can they be?"
Zheng Jiu hesitated for a moment, then whispered into Zhou Quan's ear. The latter's face suddenly turned ugly and he said horrifiedly: "Seriously?"
"I'm not sure, but this is indeed the most likely. When Xiao Chengzi and I came to pick up the Sichuan brocades, they were piled neatly. It definitely doesn't seem like a coincidence."
Zhang Quan noticed their words and came over and said: "What are you talking about, but you have already found it?"
Zhou Quan stared at him for a long time and said: "Zhang Quan, I will give you one last chance. Are you hiding something from me?!"