When Duan Tian received the message that Su Luo was coming, Su Luo was also about to arrive, and he had no time to make any preparations.

The only thing they could do was bring people to the entrance of the manor to welcome Su Luo.

"This humble servant greets Your Highness..."

Duan Tian and the people in the village were terrified, sweating profusely. Why was this master coming to the village so often?

This month is normally the planting season, but since it doesn't rain, they can't farm, so most of the people in the village are resting.

Just then, Su Luo arrived, and the host arrived. Seeing them like this, they had no choice but to give them a beating. So, not only was Duan Tian terrified, but everyone in the village was frightened.

"Get up, everyone. Steward Duan, open the granary. I need to get some grain."

"Yes, yes, yes... I'll go open it right away."

Duan Tian wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and he needed to support himself with his other hand on the ground to get up.

The reason is that the people Su Luo brought this time were clearly not easy to deal with.

Lian'er brought all the account books for the past two years of income and expenditure from the estate over the same period.

This kind of settling scores after the fact made Duan Tian almost lose his grip on the granary key.

When the granary was opened, the scene inside was exactly as Su Luo had expected. She put 1,867 dan of grain inside.

The tenants were given 1,200 dan (a unit of weight), so there should be 667 dan left here. Even after removing the odd amount, there should still be 650 dan.

Based on Su Luo's current visual assessment, there are at most 300 loads left, which is more than half gone.

Su Luo's gaze fell on the granary, then on Duan Tian, ​​and she stood up with a cold smile.

He glanced at the workers behind him who were working in the village, and wherever his eyes fell, they were all filled with fear, and some even trembled uncontrollably.

Duan Tian swallowed involuntarily. He was quite frightened by Su Luo's cold laugh and was afraid that Su Luo would see through him.

"Your Highness, the grain you sent last time amounted to 1,500 dan, but after distributing 1,200 dan to the tenants, only about 300 dan remain here."

The records of these grains are all in the accounts, and everyone on the estate has witnessed them. I would never dare to deceive the Princess.

"Ha! What's the rush, Steward Duan? I'm just here to collect the grain. Give me the ledger you've prepared, and weigh the grain in the granary right in front of me. I'm taking it with me."

Su Luo was busy a few days ago and didn't send anyone to the estate to collect the account book. However, she had her own ways of finding out, which indirectly kept Duan Tian from knowing what she was doing.

"Yes, yes, yes... I'll go weigh it right away."

Watching Duan Tian slink away in fear and dejection, Su Luo's eyes were full of disdain.

When she opened the ledger in her hand and saw the quantities on the first page, she knew roughly where the problem lay.

Tian Hai really treated her like a high and mighty princess, concluding that she wouldn't be able to manage the estate and wouldn't deign to come to such a dirty place.

In addition, he knew that Nangong Chiyu would be leading troops into battle and would have no time to manage things, so he dared to do these things without restraint.

Su Luo waited for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before Duan Tian ordered people to pack the loose grain from the granary into bags.

He then took out a large steelyard balance and placed it right in front of Su Luo, making the two of them lift the balance one bag at a time, as if he was afraid Su Luo wouldn't witness the weighing process firsthand.

Only after weighing it did he come to tell Su Luo.

"Reporting to Your Highness, are these 290 dan of grain all the grain in the granary?"

"Manager Duan, are you sure?"

Su Luo asked this question without any emotion, her face showing an expression of disbelief.

"Your Highness, you are here to watch. The granary has been emptied, and the grain has been weighed. The grain is stored loosely in the granary to prevent it from getting damp."

"But it's been here for several days now, so some moisture must have evaporated. I dare not say that this grain is exactly the same as the load the Princess sent, but it's definitely very similar."

Duan Tian argued his case logically, and his words might fool others, but Su Luo wouldn't be fooled by him.

They said the total was almost the same, but they wrote down 300 fewer dan than expected, not to mention the food expenses for the past few days.

"Manager Duan, you should think things through before you say them, so as not to cause me trouble, don't you think?"

Duan Tian bent over, his eyes darting around. The princess had brought so many people today, none of whom were ordinary people. Had she discovered something?

No, I can't gamble. Even if the King of Heaven himself came today, he would have to explain that he was right.

"Your Highness...Your Highness, what are you saying? Everyone in the manor knows everything I do. There are so many people here. Even if you gave me ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to have any wicked thoughts."

Duan Tian is still pretending to be stupid in front of Su Luo. Does he really think she knows nothing?

Suddenly, Su Luo threw the account book in her hand at Duan Tian's feet, exuding a cold aura. She stood up and looked at the workers of the manor behind her, her tone sharp.

"Gentlemen, you have all heard what Steward Duan said. You can all testify to him that he has always worked diligently on my estate."

If I uncover anything, everyone here is a witness, and witnesses must bear corresponding responsibility.

After she finished speaking, she asked Lian'er to take out a certificate that had been prepared in advance, as well as red clay, and asked the people in the village to put their fingerprints on it.

The princess had taught her these things at home, so Lian'er naturally knew what to do.

"Don't worry, everyone. If you don't know what Steward Duan has done in the manor, you don't need to testify for him. The Princess will not force you."

Zhuangzi had about thirty people. Whenever Lian'er called out someone's name, he would bring a list of their names and have them put their fingerprints on it.

When the first one was given to a thirty-year-old man, he hesitated. His thumb was already pressed on the red clay, but he didn't press it onto the paper for a long time.

His eyes also glanced intentionally or unintentionally at Duan Tian and the few people standing to his right.

Seeing him like this, Lian'er held the paper up again to make it easier for him to press it down as a witness.

After much internal debate, the man finally gave up.

"I...I don't know anything, I dare not testify..."

Seeing that he gave up, Lian'er called out the next name and walked to the side of another person. Most of them did not dare to vouch for Duan Tian's innocence.

Since they arrived at this estate, they have only met Su Luo, the true owner; everything else is managed by Steward Duan.

As the saying goes, when the tiger is away, the lion reigns supreme; they all depend on Manager Duan for their livelihood.

Although they don't know what the main party is up to today, they pretend they know nothing, so they won't offend either side and everything should be fine.

At worst, they might be punished by Steward Duan with hard labor, but if their master were to discover any secrets of Steward Duan, pressing this handprint would truly cut off their own escape route.