Chapter 17 Lifting the Stone Lock Five Hundred Times
The Marquis's wife raised her eyebrows. "Steward Zhang, you're also an old man in the Marquis' Mansion. Do you take me for a fool? How could you, alone, embezzle so much money?"
Manager Zhang lowered his head, his body trembling slightly, clearly terrified, but he didn't change his words. "Whether Madam believe it or not, this was done by me alone."
The Marquis's wife was so angry at his words that she laughed, "Okay! You said you did it all by yourself, then tell me, where did you get all the money?"
Manager Zhang gritted his teeth and said, "All the money has been spent."
"Nonsense!" The Marquis's wife slammed the table angrily. "How can you spend all that money just like that? If you don't tell the truth, I'll send you to Jingzhao Prefecture right now!"
Steward Zhang suddenly raised his head and said, "Madam, please don't ask any more questions. This old servant will die as an apology!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up and rushed straight towards the pillar not far away.
Yu Tingwan looked at Manager Zhang's back, turned her wrist, and a small stone shot out from her hand and went straight to the knee of Manager Zhang.
Manager Zhang stumbled and fell to the ground.
The Marquis's wife hurriedly said to the people around her, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and tie him up and gag him! Don't let him die! Lock him up first. As for what to do with him, we'll discuss it with the Marquis later."
Manager Zhang wanted to struggle, but was still taken away.
Before leaving, Manager Zhang twisted his neck and took a look inside the house, and happened to meet Lin Siqiong's eyes.
Lin Siqiong was startled and quickly looked away, pretending not to see it.
After a whole morning of commotion, the Marquis's wife looked a little tired. "Tingwan, Siqiong, you are all tired too. Go back to the courtyard and rest. The rest of the matters will be left to me and the Marquis."
Yu Tingwan and Lin Siqiong both stood up, "Yes!"
The two of them walked out of the main courtyard and headed in different directions.
Bai Zhi followed Yu Tingwan tremblingly, no longer having the arrogance and disdain she had before, and even had a hint of fear.
Yu Tingwan saw her expression, but pretended not to see it and returned to the yard in a good mood.
On the other side, Lin Siqiong returned to her room and slapped Bai Xia in the face, "Idiot! You can't even do what I told you to do! What's the point of having you!"
Bai Xia knelt on the ground, covering her face and not daring to cry. "Miss, I really went to those silk shops before Nanny Lin, and told the shopkeepers about it. I even offered money to bribe them, but they didn't want any money. I don't know why."
"You don't want any of them?" Lin Siqiong looked puzzled.
There are indeed people in this world who don't love money, but it is simply impossible to say that all the owners of large silk and satin shops don't love money.
Then why are these shopkeepers so determined?
Could it be that... he was bribed by Yu Tingwan?
But how is this possible!
Everything that happened today was sudden, and it was impossible to prepare in advance. Yu Tingwan had no ability to bribe those people.
Lin Siqiong couldn't figure it out and could only attribute it to coincidence.
"Alright, let's put this aside for now. Go and secretly meet with Manager Zhang and give him this packet of medicine."
Lin Siqiong took out a packet of medicine from her purse and handed it to Bai Xia.
"If you can't handle this matter well, this packet of medicine will be given to you as a reward."
Lin Siqiong's voice was devoid of emotion.
Bai Xia trembled and took the medicine bag with both hands, "Don't worry, Miss, I will definitely not let you down this time."
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The carriage sped along and arrived at the Zhenbei Palace two quarters of an hour later.
The martial arts training ground of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is very large, and everything needed for martial arts training is here.
Yu Youning saw the stone locks of different sizes on the ground at a glance.
In addition to stone locks, there are also cast iron locks, which are heavier than stone locks.
Yu Youning stared at the stone locks, pointed at one of them, and said to Huo Qingchen, "Can you pick this up?"
Huo Qingchen raised his chin proudly, "Of course!"
"Then show it to me!"
Yu Youning had just finished speaking when Lin Ruoli came over with a look of disapproval on her face. "Youning, this stone lock is so heavy. What if the Second Young Master doesn't hold it firmly and gets hurt?"
Huo Qingchen looked at Lin Ruoli with an unhappy expression, "What do you mean by that? Are you looking down on me?"
"I'm not!" Lin Ruoli hurriedly explained.
Huo Qingchen didn't want to listen to Lin Ruoli's explanation, "Today I'll show you what it means to be born with supernatural powers!"
After saying that, Huo Qingchen walked to the stone lock, bent down and took it.
Seeing this, Lin Ruoli stopped talking.
Huo Qingchen is indeed a reckless man with strong limbs and a simple mind!
She was clearly concerned about his safety, but he didn't appreciate it.
But it’s fine this way. Since he wants to get it himself, then let him go.
If anything really went wrong, it had nothing to do with her. It was all Yu Youning's instigation!
Although Huo Qingchen is not the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, he is the second son and is very much loved. If he is injured, Yu Youning will definitely be in trouble!
Lin Ruoli thought so in her heart, and a hint of pride flashed in her eyes.
She couldn't wait to see Yu Youning being held accountable by the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei!
Huo Qingchen is not very old, so his hands are naturally small. He cannot fully grasp the handle with one hand, so he has to use both hands.
He didn't seem to be putting in much effort as he picked up the stone lock that looked extremely heavy and shook it from side to side.
"Look! I picked it up!" Huo Qingchen said to Yu Youning.
Yu Youning nodded, "That's fine. From now on, you should lift the stone lock five hundred times a day!"
"What?"
As Huo Qingchen spoke, he threw the stone lock directly to the ground, stirring up countless dust.
Looking at the drifting dust, Lin Ruoli took a few steps back, a flash of disgust in her eyes, but she didn't care about that anymore. She looked at Yu Youning with disapproval, "Youning, what are you talking about? No one will blame you if you don't know how to teach, but you can't teach blindly! The Second Young Master is so young. Even if he is stronger, he can't lift the stone lock 500 times a day. Wouldn't that hurt his body? If you keep making trouble like this, I will have to go back and ask my grandfather to come over!"
Yu Youning's face wrinkled into a ball, and she looked at Lin Ruoli with strange eyes, "But that's what my master taught me! Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Is that what your master taught you?" Lin Ruoli tried to hold back, but couldn't help it. A mocking arc appeared on the corner of her mouth. "Youning, are you saying that you also lifted this heavy stone lock five hundred times every day to practice calligraphy?"
"No." Yu Youning shook his head.
Lin Ruoli was about to laugh when she heard Yu Youning continue.
"I'm going to lift it a thousand times. But I'm afraid he'll get hurt, so let's start with five hundred!"
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