Sancaixuan was a small shop, and the twenty people, traveling in pairs, quickly searched the entire shop.

Once all twenty people had gathered, Jiang Segu asked with great interest, "Who found the ten thousand taels of silver note?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Jiang Segu looked at the bearded man with curiosity again, "Didn't you lose ten thousand taels of silver notes? How come you can't find them after searching all the shops? Did you lose them somewhere else?"

The bearded man said firmly, "Impossible! We even took out our bank notes when we were choosing hairpins, intending to pay after we finished. But then someone bumped into us and the bank notes disappeared!"

"Oh, those were stolen silver notes by the person who hit you! Why didn't you say so sooner, brave man? If you had, we would have searched you directly instead of going through all this trouble of searching the shop!"

The bearded man looked somewhat embarrassed and said awkwardly, "I was so angry just now that I didn't think of it for a moment."

"Quickly check who hit you!"

"There were so many people, I didn't pay attention for a moment! But when I turned around, this maid was the closest to me!"

"Oh, then let's search her body first..."

Xiqiu was so angry she couldn't even speak.

She only went downstairs with the madam because of the commotion downstairs, so why is she being searched?

"Just like searching the shop, each of you will find one person to search her! Of course, she's a young girl, so you two brave men should remember to find a woman to search her!"

"Madam!" Xiqiu exclaimed in surprise.

"It's only a hardship for you to be allowed to search! But don't worry, I will definitely not let you suffer in vain!"

The lady looked at Jiang Segu with eyes as calm as a lake, "What should we do if my maid cannot be found on her?"

"Madam, what are you looking at me for? You should ask these two brave men!"

Jiang Segu looked innocently at the bearded man and the man with downcast eyes, "I'm just the middleman now, mediating between the two of you. Since this lady is being so cooperative, you two should reciprocate in kind!"

"How should we express it?" the bearded man asked.

The lady said, "From beginning to end, no one in our shop has ever seen your so-called ten thousand taels of silver notes. Don't I have reason to suspect that you are trying to get something for nothing?"

Before the bearded man could argue, the lady continued, "Of course, this is just my suspicion. But because of your suspicion, you let me search your shop, and now the maid has agreed to let you search your body. Shouldn't you also be reasonable and allow us to search your body?"

The man with his eyes downcast glanced at Manager Zhuang, who nodded at him, before saying, "Since that's the case, we naturally have no reason to disagree! However, there are two of us, so we'll have to trouble you, Madam!"

This means they must also search the lady's body!

"How dare you! Do you know who our lady is? How dare you search her body!"

"Xiqiu, there's no need to argue with them! Since they want fairness, I'll give it to them!"

Therefore, it would require eight men and eight women to search the body.

Women are easy to find, but men who dare to search for two bearded men are rare.

The two men chosen by the bearded man had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

Xiqiu ordered several items, but they were all refused.

At this moment, Wan Tianci excitedly pulled Di Sheng along and said, "Let's search together!"

The body search would naturally take place in the upstairs side room.

Apart from those who were searched and the people being searched, everyone else was still waiting downstairs.

Jiang Segu squinted and stared at Manager Zhuang, who smiled uncomfortably at her gaze.

"I wonder if there is anything unclean about me?"

"Of course! So Manager Zhuang knew about it?"

Seeing her serious expression, Manager Zhuang quickly turned around and checked his clothes from head to toe.

After realizing that nothing was amiss, he understood that he had been tricked by Jiang Segu. He gritted his teeth and turned around, saying, "I wonder what I have done to offend you, young lady, that you would play such a trick on me?"

"I didn't trick Manager Zhuang! It seems Manager Zhuang's old eyes are failing him, and he can't see where he's dirty!"

Manager Zhuang snorted coldly and ignored Jiang Segu.

Jiang Segu sat leisurely in the chair, tapping the armrest with his hand.

"Manager Zhuang, this isn't actually my first time visiting your shop! But it seems like nothing good ever comes from my visits to your Sancaixuan!"

The last time I came, a young boy had fifty taels of silver stolen from him, and I also heard that the two thieves were relatives of the shopkeeper…

As Jiang Segu spoke, he kept glancing at Manager Zhuang's expression.

Manager Zhuang merely glanced at him slightly, without saying a word.

Jiang Segu continued, "To be honest, I never learn. Last time, I almost lost my life because I was just joining in the fun. But even today, when something like this happens, I still can't help but meddle!"

In an instant, the way Manager Zhuang looked at Jiang Segu changed!

It turns out that the deaths of his two nephews were all because of the person in front of him!

Thinking of his elderly mother, who was dragged to his doorstep by his elder brother and sister-in-law to wail every day, the anger that had been simmering in Zhuang's heart for days suddenly flared up!

Just as he was about to lose his temper, a sound of tables and chairs falling over came from the private room upstairs.

Then the door to one of the private rooms was opened.

"Jiang Segu, I found silver notes on that bearded man!"

Manager Zhuang, whose face was flushed with anger, no longer cared about arguing with Jiang Segu. He looked at Wan Tianci, who was as agile as a monkey, with disbelief, and ran down from the second floor while waving the silver notes in his hand!

The bearded man straightened his clothes as he chased after Wan Tianci downstairs, looking furious.

What's going on?

How could the silver notes be found on one of our own people?

Then I thought: it's good to find it on one of our own people, since the money will eventually end up in his pocket anyway!

Thus, Manager Zhuang's complexion returned to normal.

"Look, these are the silver notes we found on him! Luckily I was quick-witted and agile, otherwise he would have snatched them back!"

At this moment, the doors to the other three private rooms also opened.

After everyone had come down and it was confirmed that the other three had no silver notes on them, Jiang Segu took the silver notes that Wan Tianci had found and asked the bearded man, "Are these your silver notes?"

The bearded man glanced at the man with downcast eyes before saying in a gruff voice, "How am I supposed to know if it's real or not if you're holding it like that!"

"Huh? All they found was this silver note, and you don't even know if it's yours!"

"Young lady, we need to see the face value on the banknotes so we can know if they are ours!"

"But aren't you all illiterate?"

As Jiang Segu spoke, he unfolded the silver notes in his hand, then exclaimed in surprise, "My God! You've been scammed by your employer!"

They actually used a fifty-tael silver note to pass off as a ten-thousand-tael silver note to you; it's utterly outrageous!

You should quickly report this to the authorities and have them severely punish this despicable person who cheated you out of your hard-earned money!