"How much money did this boy take from you today?" Ni Gaofei asked casually.
"Two silver notes of one hundred taels!"
Ni Gaofei lowered his eyes and glanced at a stack of hundred-liang silver notes. The last digit of the top note was forty-three. He flipped through it and found that they were indeed arranged in order.
Ni Gaofei asked with some confusion, "Why do we go to the bank every first day of the month to exchange these serially numbered banknotes?"
"The Prime Minister's Mansion didn't have this custom back then, but the young lady said that new banknotes have serial numbers, which makes it easier to record them in the accounts. If there's any theft, we can just check the serial number and know if it's stolen money!"
"So this habit has been going on for more than a month?"
"yes!"
"Well, take your men to search Aunt Tian's room from top to bottom. Look for the 100 taels of silver! Take whatever you find! Remember, this includes her body!"
Ni Gaofei's order took the butler by surprise. He looked at Ni Gaofei with some confusion, but finally did as he was told.
The housekeeper first took people to Tian You's courtyard and searched it up and down, and then went to the accounting office to look for Tian You.
Tian You saw the housekeeper bringing people in. She rubbed her temples and said, "I didn't call you. What are you doing here?"
"I'm sorry, Aunt Tian!"
Before Tian You understood what was meant, servants rushed over and began searching her body.
Tian You was a little frightened by this scene.
“What are you doing!”
The housekeeper sighed helplessly: "Madam Tian, I am forced to do this because our house has been robbed!"
"Why did you let someone search me when I was robbed?"
Tian You was so furious that he wanted to slap the housekeeper in the face.
The housekeeper sighed helplessly: "This old servant is doing this according to the master's orders!"
After the maid searched, she shook her head at the housekeeper. Tian You didn't have any banknotes on him. The housekeeper said to Tian You with some guilt: "Auntie Tian, please say more. If you want to know what happened, please go to the eldest lady's room yourself!"
Afterwards, the butler left with his men.
Tian You's face darkened. These servants were so bold that they even dared to search her body!
She felt confused and even a little uneasy, and quickly followed the housekeeper.
After arriving at the room, the butler searched Tian You's room and found all the 100 taels of silver notes and presented them to him.
Ni Gaofei closed his eyes and said, "Check if there are any numbers ending in 42 or 41!"
The housekeeper understood and began to flip through the pages one by one.
There were only a dozen or so hundred-dollar bills. After flipping through them, his hand paused.
Tian You walked in from outside and bowed in the direction of Ni Gaofei: "Greetings, Master."
Ni Gaofei raised his eyes and glanced at Tian You calmly: "Come in!"
Tian You walked in slowly and bowed to Miao Yuan again: "Greetings, Madam!"
Miao Yuan looked calm and ignored anyone.
Ni Gaofei, who was standing by, looked at the housekeeper and asked, "Why don't you say anything? What did you find out?"
The butler lowered his head, feeling a little embarrassed, and knelt on the ground.
"Master, I'm scared!"
Upon hearing his words, Ni Gaofei knew there was something wrong and immediately asked, "What is it that you dare not say?"
Tian You knew something was wrong as soon as she heard it, but she still had no idea what Ni Gaofei was doing, and no one had reported anything to her.
"Master, what is going on?"
Tian You asked anxiously, the feeling of uneasiness in his heart becoming stronger.
Ni Gaofei glanced at Tian You coldly: "I'm not talking to you!"
Tian You shut up tactfully, and the housekeeper then spoke tremblingly: "This old servant found a silver note for forty-two!"
Then the butler slowly presented it.
Ni Gaofei reached out to take it and placed it next to number forty-three for comparison. Sure enough, the whole string of numbers was connected in sequence!
Ni Gaofei slammed his palm on the table and yelled at Tian You: "Kneel down!"
Tian You felt uneasy, but he didn't know what had happened. Now that Ni Gaofei was angry, his suspicion was further confirmed.
"Master, what are you doing?"
Ni Gaofei squinted his eyes at her: "What are you doing? Where did you get this banknote?"
He threw the banknotes on the ground, and they hit Tian You in the face. She looked at Ni Gaofei in surprise, still not understanding what was going on.
"Silver notes... Master, isn't it normal for me to have more than a dozen silver notes?"
"Normal? Why did the banknotes that were supposed to be spent by the servant at the pharmacy to buy medicine for the lady appear in your room?"
Tian You's face turned pale instantly, and he quickly said, "Master, I am wronged. I did not embezzle any money!"
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