Chapter 46: Five Hundred Thousand Taels of Silver
The expression on Yan Liuchen's face suddenly became solemn.
The playful look he had before had disappeared, his eyes were cold, and it made people feel cold just by looking at them.
"who!"
Few people knew that he came here, and he met Yan Fengxiao secretly.
I didn't expect that someone would come to my door.
When Chunhua heard the strange man's voice, her heart trembled instantly.
Could it be that I went to the wrong door?
She looked around and it seemed that except for the room where her wife stayed and this one, the other four floors were empty.
Chunhua swallowed and spoke softly.
"I am a maidservant of the Marquis of Dingyuan's mansion. May I ask if Commander Yan is in there?"
Yan Liuchen's expression softened a little and he raised an eyebrow at Yan Fengxiao.
"Looking for you?"
Yan Fengxiao naturally recognized Chunhua's voice.
There was a noticeable change in his cold expression, and a hint of surprise flashed in his beautiful dark phoenix eyes.
"Let her in."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Yan Liuchen's guards immediately opened the door.
Chunhua was standing outside the door. When she looked up, she saw a dozen burly men holding weapons standing on both sides of the door. She was stunned for a moment.
Her fingers holding the account book were shaking at this moment. The depressing atmosphere in the room made her feel weak in the knees.
However, thinking of Madam's order, Chunhua still walked in boldly, lowered her head, and said, "Commander Yan, this... Madam asked me to bring it to you. She said that as long as you can... take it back, it will all be yours."
Swallowed.
Chunhua, a usually very bold girl, was very nervous at this moment.
She only saw the purple clothes worn by the person in the innermost part, and could not see his face clearly.
Because judging from the way the guards around were dressed, they were definitely not guards from ordinary families.
Yan Fengxiao said nothing and took the account book from Chunhua's hand.
After all, it was something Qin Mingzhu wanted to give to him, so Yan Fengxiao showed great importance to it.
As soon as I opened it, the first page had the words "Credit Book" written on it in large letters.
Yan Fengxiao flipped through the pages again and raised his eyebrows instantly.
He immediately understood what Qin Mingzhu meant, and his eyes showed a slight fluctuation of emotion.
Yan Liuchen looked at the cold governor who was serious and had little expression in front of him, and saw that his mood changed when he was looking at an account book, and he became interested in it in an instant.
"Brother Yan, what's written in that booklet in your hand?"
He has already stood up.
I even stretched my neck, curious to see what was on it.
Although he is a prince, his expression is somewhat vulgar.
Yan Fengxiao carefully put the account book into his arms.
He walked out with a knife in hand.
As he walked, he said, "I agree to your Highness's request."
Yan Liuchen was completely bewildered.
I didn't even expect that Yan Fengxiao would agree so readily.
It was not until Yan Fengxiao and his men had left the room that he slapped his thigh happily and sat back in his chair.
He raised the wine in front of him and drank it happily in one gulp.
The next moment...
“Cough cough cough cough…”
A violent coughing sound came from the side room, and Chunhua, who followed Governor Yan out of the side room, was so scared that her heart trembled.
I quietly looked back at the closed door, feeling a little puzzled.
It seems that the prince just now was seriously ill.
Yan Fengxiao stopped outside Qin Mingzhu's room door.
Chunhua asked quietly, "Does the governor want to come in? The madam is inside."
Yan Fengxiao was silent for a long time, but did not enter.
After all, this is outside. If he meets Qin Mingzhu privately and someone with ulterior motives spreads rumors, it will be bad for her.
Therefore, Yan Fengxiao's actions were very restrained.
He pursed his lips, and after a moment he said to Chunhua, "Tell your wife that I have accepted this account book, and I will not lose a single cent of the money."
Chunhua stared blankly at Yan Fengxiao who had walked away and then went downstairs.
She felt like she had suddenly become a messenger between her wife and Governor Yan.
There was only a door between them, yet she had to deliver the message.
What's more, the lady inside must have heard what Governor Yan just said, so there is no need for her to repeat it.
Of course, Qin Mingzhu heard it in the room.
She was not surprised that Yan Fengxiao did not come in. After all, they were a single man and a single woman, so they had to be careful when meeting to avoid being caught and getting into trouble.
She smiled casually, and seeing that Yan Yunyue was already burping from eating, she said, "Now that we're full, let's go back."
Yan Yunyue had enjoyed the delicious food and had long forgotten about everything else.
Qin Mingzhu and others returned to the general's mansion. She immediately arranged for two smart maids in the mansion to take care of Yan Yunyue, and also found a better courtyard for Yan Yunyue to live in.
She had servants to serve her and play with her around the clock, and was provided with a constant supply of snacks.
Since coming to the General's Mansion, Yan Yunyue is no longer forced by the servants of the Marquis' Mansion to practice poetry, calligraphy, music and painting, and she is extremely happy.
In a blink of an eye, Qin Mingzhu had been back to her parents' home for ten days.
With her parents around, Qin Mingzhu felt that she had gained some weight after staying at home for these days.
As her body grew heavier, she rarely went out.
Early in the morning, Mrs. Qin packed up simply, changed her clothes and prepared to go out.
Walking up to Qin Mingzhu, Madam Qin instructed, "Mother has been busy dealing with the things in the Marquis' Mansion these past few days. She has exchanged a total of 256,435 taels of silver. What do you plan to do with this silver?"
At this time, Qin Mingzhu was lazily basking in the sun with a book in her arms.
It has been sunny and windy these days, and the yard is not that cold anymore.
Hearing her mother's words, she smiled and said, "It's useless for me to have so much silver. Leave it to you, mother, to handle it."
Madam Qin was not polite either. "I took out 50,000 taels of silver and will go to the Marquis' Mansion later to discuss the land deed with Madam Yan."
Qin Mingzhu couldn't help laughing: "Mom, there's actually no use for me having that land deed..."
"That's different. The Marquis' Mansion is a great family, and they all have to maintain their dignity. If the uncles of the Yan family knew that the old lady had sold out the Yan family, she would definitely not end well."
She was leaving a way out for her daughter.
If there is a real falling out with the Yan family in the future, as long as she has the title deed to the Marquis' Mansion, Old Lady Yan will definitely not be able to make things too difficult for her daughter.
Although Lord Yan has passed away, the Yan family is still a large family.
It’s just that they had separated a long time ago and no longer lived in the capital.
Something happened in the treasury of the Marquis' Mansion. The branches of the Yan family that had separated long ago should have realized it by now and would definitely come to cause trouble for Old Madam Yan.
This is the main reason why Madam Yan still wants to borrow money from the Qin family even though she still has money to support the Marquis' Mansion.
After patting her daughter's head, a dark light flashed in Mrs. Qin's eyes. Then she turned around, got on the carriage with 50,000 taels of silver notes, and headed for the Marquis' Mansion.
The Yan family is very lively today.
The incident in the Marquis' Mansion had happened for so many days, and the news had spread everywhere. After a few days of traveling by boat and carriage, those people that Old Lady Yan didn't want to see came to her door one after another.
There were five or six people sitting in the living room.
These people are all elders from the Yan family's branch clan. Most of them are of the same generation as the old marquis, and there is even an elder who is more respected and virtuous in the Yan family.
That is, the old marquis's uncle.
One of them, an older man in his fifties with a beard, spoke up.
"Zhao, have you found the thief who blew up the treasury?"
Zhao is the surname of Old Lady Yan. Her original name was Zhao Qing, and she was the second daughter of Grand Tutor Zhao.
She sat in the main seat, glanced at the person who had spoken, and said, "Of course he was brought to justice long ago. It's a pity that the treasures had already been taken away by the thieves and could not be recovered."
A woman's voice came, with a hint of contempt and ridicule: "The Yan family is really unlucky to fall into your hands. After the death of my eldest brother, the life of this mansion has been getting worse and worse. Now even thieves have broken into the house. It's all your fault, sister-in-law."
Madam Yan was furious. "Sister-in-law, you're being a bit too extreme. That thief hid his identity and sneaked into the mansion. How could I, a concubine of the harem, find him? The treasures in the treasury haven't been recovered. It's mainly because the people investigating this case are incompetent. Otherwise, how could so many treasures disappear out of thin air?"
"Stop arguing."
At the top, the white-haired old man spoke in a hoarse voice.
In an instant, everyone fell silent.
Even Old Madam Yan didn't dare to disobey the other party. After all, the old marquis had treated this old uncle with great respect when he was alive.
The old uncle of the Yan family glanced at Old Madam Yan and slowly said, "Can you tell me the whole story about the Marquis's treasury, including what happened in the past few days?"
Madam Yan pondered for a moment and nodded.
"First, a fire broke out in the yard next door. I was afraid the treasure house would be burned down, so I asked someone to bring the key to open the treasure house and move everything out. But I lost the key on the way..."
The old grandfather's very old face wrinkled.
A pair of cloudy eyes were full of shrewdness.
Hearing what Old Lady Yan said, he suddenly said, "I know something about the treasury. Yan Shuo spent a lot of money to build a treasury in the Marquis' Mansion. The materials used to build the treasury are impervious to water and fire. Even if the outer layer is burned, the contents inside will not be damaged."
Madam Yan was stunned: "This... the Marquis never told me this. I was just too worried at the time."
The old uncle took a sip of tea and asked: "Who set the fire?"
"That Qing'an who's still in jail. I heard the investigation revealed that he's a spy from Northern Frontier, hiding in the Marquis' Mansion for a long time..."
The old uncle snorted coldly: "This matter is very strange from beginning to end, don't you find it?"
Madam Yan didn't react for a moment: "What's so strange about it?"
Although she also noticed that something was wrong, she could never imagine that Qin Mingzhu dared to rob the treasure house!
"It must have been very difficult for Qing'an to take away the treasures in the treasury so smoothly. There must have been someone from the Marquis' Mansion stealing the treasures and colluding with the thieves..."
As soon as the old uncle said this, everyone present looked at Old Madam Yan with suspicion.
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