When Nanny Xiang heard this punishment, she kept twisting her body in protest.
Unfortunately, she was being held down and something was stuffed in her mouth, so she couldn't say anything.
The person holding her down was given to her by Shen Liao last night.
They are all tall and strong, and they are obviously qualified fighters.
Just when Nanny Xiang was pressed on a stool and was about to be executed, Chen Yao arrived.
Her face was pale as she yelled, "Who dares to do this?"
Tu Qingyu ignored her as usual and gave the two thugs a look.
The two men held the man down and beat him with the boards.
“Bang!”
“Ugh! Ugh…”
Chen Yao yelled as she rushed over, "What are you doing?! I said no, do you hear me?!"
Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to her. After she was dragged away after beating Nanny Xiang, another group of people were brought up.
Those were the maids and servants who served Shen Yao and Shen Chen personally.
Tu Qingyu looked at them and said calmly, "Poison was also found on the beds of the eldest lady and the young master yesterday. The eldest lady even developed a high fever because of it. I think it must be that you, the personal servants, have not fulfilled your responsibilities."
She picked up the tea and took a sip. "How could such poisonous things enter a marquis's mansion, and even frighten the master? I am punishing you now. Do you have any objection?"
The group had already been scolded by Shen Liao, and they kowtowed quickly, "Let the madam punish you, the servants dare not object."
"That's good. Considering it's your first time, I won't punish you any more severely. I'll still give you ten lashes each, plus three months' worth of monthly fines."
Chen Yao looked at what was happening in front of her in disbelief.
She glared at Tu Qingyu angrily, "Those are my servants, how dare you punish them!"
Tu Qingyu ignored her and asked someone to stop her while he flipped through the account book in his hand.
Soon the sound of crackling boards could be heard in the yard again.
She didn't let them beat him together, but beat him one by one.
There were more than a dozen people in total, and it took a full quarter of an hour to finish.
When everyone finished beating, several of the people standing below were trembling.
Tu Qingyurang knelt beside her after being beaten. She glanced at Chen Yao and saw that her eyes were full of resentment and humiliation.
She was completely unaffected and continued to ask, "Who is the warehouse manager?"
Three of the men looked at each other and then stood up.
"Madam, we are all managers of the warehouse."
Tu Qingyu threw an account book in front of them and said, "In March of last year, February of this year, May of this month, and this month, there are accounts worth 2,000 to 3,000 taels that don't match. I wonder if the three managers can explain it?"
The three of them knelt down in unison. "Madam, please understand. This account book is in triplicate and must be submitted to the masters for review every year. How could there be a discrepancy?"
"Madam, are you saying that we are corrupt? We have been in the Shen family for generations, working diligently for them. Now, Madam, you want to accuse us of corruption without any evidence?"
Tu Qingyu raised his chin towards them with a smile, "Whether it is slander or not, you can tell me after you read it."
Several people picked up the account book and saw that all the discrepancies were circled in red.
The more they turned the story, the paler their faces became. By the end, their foreheads were covered with sweat.
There are more than three places circled in the account book. The three times mentioned by Tu Qingyu are all because the amounts are too large.
The rest of the time, she didn't mention whether it was ten taels, fifty taels, or a hundred taels.
But they were all approved in red.
They were horrified.
They obviously acted very secretly, and the two ladies and the lady-in-waiting who came before them did not notice.
How come this new lady discovered everything in just two or three days?
And this is the account book for several years.
Could it be that there is an expert around the lady?
Tu Qingyu looked at their expressions and said, "Have you finished reading? Anything else to say?"
Several people put down their account books and began to kowtow. "It was our fault. We were bewildered for a moment. Please forgive us, Madam. Please forgive us, Madam."
Tu Qingyu: "Who did the accounting for you? The accountant in the mansion? Or did you find an accountant outside?"
"Both, both."
"That's really something." Tu Qingyu was almost laughing at this absurd thing. "In just a few years, you have embezzled tens of thousands of taels. What if I report it to the authorities..."
"Madam, please spare us, Madam, please spare us, we won't dare to do it again!"
"As long as Madam forgives us this time, we will be honest and serve the Shen family with all our heart and soul!"
Tu Qingyu lazily fell back and leaned on the back of the chair. "It's really strange. You are servants of the Shen family. Isn't it your duty to devote yourself to the Shen family?"
The people below began to cry and beg again. When she became impatient, she said lazily, "Forget it. Considering that you have been in the Shen family for generations, I will not report it to the police."
"But it's wrong. You should be removed from your positions as steward and accountant, and start from the lowest rank as a servant. When you have paid back all the embezzled money, you can be promoted based on your situation."
"But don't even think about not paying it back. If you don't pay it back within ten years, I will still report it to the police."
"Yes, Madam, thank you for your forgiveness. Madam, thank you for your forgiveness!"
Afterwards, Tu Qingyu assigned several more managers and arranged new staff.
From then on, no one in the mansion dared to act rudely in front of her.
Even Chen Yao was a little scared.
During lunch, Shen Liao asked, "How did you discover the loophole in the account book in such a short time?"
He later looked at those account books. If some parts had not been circled in red ink, he would have had to look at them several times to discover them.
The key point is that he didn't see the other party coming back to find the accountant.
Tu Qingyu turned his head to look at him, "Is it difficult? Can't you tell it at a glance?"
Shen Zhuangyuan, the top scholar in the imperial examination: ...
"You looked at it? You sorted out all those account books? When?"
"I watched it for a while last night and a while this morning."
She said it easily, but Shen Liao was skeptical in his heart.
"My Lord, you don't believe it?"
"It's not that I don't believe it, but there are too many account books. Even an accountant with decades of experience would need half a month to sort them out."
Or when there are only a few people.
As he spoke, he put his hand down and unconsciously touched Tu Qingyu's hand.
[That's because they're stupid. It takes half a month for such a small amount of stuff. It shows there are still many fools in the world.]
Did you really do it yourself?
Tu Qingyu moved his hand away and moved to the side, further away from him.
Shen Liao found it funny. Did they dislike him so much?
After dinner, he took Tu Qingyu to the study.
He casually pulled out a book and handed it to Tu Qingyu, "Maybe you can memorize it in a short time?"
Tu Qingyu took it and touched his fingers together. [Short time? Can't I just flip through it?]
If this wasn't what she really meant, Shen Liao would definitely laugh at her for making such big talk.
Just flip it over?
Even if he had always believed that he had a photographic memory since he was a child, he could not achieve this level.
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