Chapter 5 Is there a decent one?
"Miss, this is all the money they took from the General's Mansion in the past two years, a total of 100,000 taels."
When the second wife heard this, her face turned red and she stiffened her neck and shouted, "How can there be so much? A total of 100,000 taels. We didn't take that much, at most only tens of thousands of taels."
"As for the others, this steward must have secretly taken them and framed us."
Bu Ruo opened the account book and said, "Uncle, it's clearly written in the account book. The total amount of pensions given by the court to my parents and my two brothers was 80,000 taels. There was originally 20,000 taels left in the mansion, but you took it all."
"There's a written note here saying you'd keep it for me when you took it away. There's even a fingerprint on it. Are you denying it now?"
"If the housekeeper and his men took the silver, would they still have to go out and do odd jobs?"
"Look at all of you, dressed in silk and satin, eating so much and getting fat. And then look at the housekeeper. Tsk tsk, it's obvious who took the money."
"It's a good thing I didn't let you into the mansion. Otherwise, with your appearance, you would have stayed here and refused to leave, ready to eat up the whole family."
The people around listened for a long time and nodded.
"I think what Miss Bu said makes sense. All the money in the mansion has been taken away by the Bu family. Where did the housekeeper get the property to occupy it? Occupying this empty house that needs regular money to repair is worse than living in a dilapidated temple."
"I think so, and I heard that this steward used to be General Bu's deputy general. Later, he was injured and stayed in the general's mansion as a steward. Some of the people in the mansion are also injured veterans. They would not do such a thing."
"Humph, I felt from the beginning that the Bu family members were not good people. This young lady of the Bu family has only been back for a few days, and she's already here wanting to take care of me. I'm afraid she's thinking about Meng Yin from the General's Mansion."
"Look at Miss Bu and Miss Su, both wearing white. It's obvious they're in mourning for General Bu's family. Look at the people in their clan, they're all wearing colorful clothes. How sincere can they be?"
The Bu family members blushed and shouted at the chattering people, "You...you guys, please stop talking nonsense. We are just the orphan left behind by our pitiful eldest brother. We just want to take care of her. It's not what you said."
"Bah!" A trembling old lady pointed at them with her cane. "You're talking big. You took the girl's silver and said you were keeping it for safekeeping. Now that the girl has returned, you're still trying to keep it and refuse to return it. Do you really think there's no law in the Great Zhou?"
"Yes! Return the silver, return it to the General's Mansion and to Miss Bu's family."
"Return the silver! Return the silver!"
Seeing that the effect he wanted had been achieved, Bu Ruo stood up and said, "Uncles, Ruo'er will give you three days to return all the money and shops that were taken from this account book, otherwise... we will go to see the officials!"
"Uncle housekeeper, please show the guest out."
After saying that, he pulled Su Yiling into the general's mansion and closed the door tightly, fearing that the shameless group would break in.
In the distance, beside an inconspicuous carriage, a guard stood at the window and whispered, "Your Highness, Miss Bu has not let anyone in. She has also given the Bu family three days to return the silver, otherwise they will be brought to the authorities."
"I think that although the young lady of the Bu family looks weak, she is actually not easy to bully."
A man's lazy voice came from the carriage: "It's enough to know that she was not bullied. Let's go back home."
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On this side, Bu Ruo held Su Yiling's hand and walked slowly in the general's mansion. The scene around her stunned Su Yiling.
She had been to the General's Mansion in the past two years. It was so dilapidated and desolate that it made people cry, but now it is a completely different scene. Although some details have not been completed, it is much better than in the past two years.
"Sister Su, have you ever thought about breaking off the engagement with my eldest brother?"
Bu Ruo asked directly, and Su Yiling felt comfortable listening to it. She never liked beating around the bush, and she liked people who spoke their mind the most. This sister-in-law was very suitable for her personality.
“Never.”
Su Yiling's determined face was filled with sadness: "Your eldest brother and I are not engaged because of a childhood engagement, but because we are truly in love with each other."
"After having your eldest brother, I never thought of marrying anyone else in this life besides him. Even if he is gone now, I will guard his home for him and take care of his sister."
"So Ruo'er, if you have any problems in the future, just come to the Scholar's Mansion to find me. No matter what it is, I will definitely protect you."
Bu Ruo sighed in his heart. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, people were fickle and it was common for a man to have three wives and four concubines at home, and for them to flee when disaster struck.
Su Yiling's sincerity is really rare.
Bu Ruo seemed to be unintentional and pointed at a pot of flowers in the yard that had not yet fully opened: "Sister Su, look at this flower. When we moved in, even the housekeeper thought it would not survive and almost threw it away. But I didn't expect it to recover in just a few days."
"So...some things, even if they seem to be a dead end, may have a turning point."
Su Yiling stared at the pot of flowers, not knowing what she was thinking, but the sadness in her eyes could not be dispelled.
The two chatted for a while, and Su Yiling had lunch at the general's mansion before going back.
After Bu Ruo took a nap, he called Zhang Tiancheng over and said, "Uncle housekeeper, in three days those people from the Bu family will come to pay back the money in person. When the time comes, count the money at the door and then let them in. You can take them directly to the front hall."
Zhang Tiancheng said worriedly, "Miss, will they...really return the money?"
Bu Ruo chuckled: "Yes, but not all."
"As for the rest...I'm afraid they think I'm easy to bully. Not only do they want to deny it, but they're also planning to take over the General's Mansion."
"But it doesn't matter. We'll just break up when the time comes."
"Okay, Uncle Butler, please go ahead and get busy. I've been busy since this morning and I haven't even visited the ancestors yet."
Zhang Tiancheng: ...
Sure enough, after he sent Bu Ruo to the ancestral hall, he heard his young lady's voice before he closed the door.
"Dear ancestors, Ruo'er is here to see you~"
Then……
"Look at all your younger generations. Apart from my parents, my two brothers and me, is there any decent one among them?"
"They are a bunch of traitors who steal other people's wealth and have evil intentions. I don't know who they took after!"
"You didn't pick up the second and third wives from the street, did you? Just looking at their faces makes me want to vomit."
"I'm telling you, I'm going to prepare to deal with those bastards. If I see any more meritorious deeds and protection from them, I'll chop up your tablets and burn them with fire!"
"You guys are capable, but you're protecting them like treasures. Are your eyes blurry? Do you want me to go down and wipe your eyes?"
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