Chapter 19

In Qi's account book, the first account recorded in it can be traced back to when she first married into the Chen family. At that time, Chen Tingjian was already an official in Capital City.

For more than twenty years, with Chen Tingjian's several promotions, the Qi family has received more and more tributes, and the amount of each tribute has also become higher and higher.

Mrs. Qi is a careful person. At the end of each year, he will deliberately calculate the total income of this year.

Hua Yang was curious about how much the Qi family had been greedy so far, and flipped through the pages very quickly, basically seeing ten lines at a glance, only pausing slightly on large sums of money.

Chen Jingzong remained silent until Hua Yang turned to last year's accounts, and he pressed down on the page.

Hua Yang knew that he had to take a closer look.

No matter how ugly the quarrel between father and son is, he is still the heir of the Chen family. This account has a lot to do with it, and it is impossible for Chen Jingzong not to be serious.

Some of Qi's income came from local officials, and some came from noble gentry merchants, using various excuses.

Hua Yang frowned: "The ones these people most want to bribe are father or your brothers. If they don't come to you directly, they must have been sternly rejected, so they turned a corner to find Qi. But Qi has no power in his hands, and she alsoIf you don’t dare to speak for others, if you can’t get things done, why do those people keep sending money to Mrs. Qi?”

Chen Jingzong: "The Qi family is not stupid. If she asks for immediate action, she dare not accept it, but some people have a long-term vision and just want to form a good relationship with the Chen family first, and then open their mouths when they need others in the future.The Qi family dared to accept it. The person who gave the money, thinking that the money had entered the Chen family, was equivalent to taking advantage of the Chen family. When he opened his mouth in the future, the old man would have to help a little to cover it up, so he dared to keep giving it away."

"There is another situation, that is, after someone gave the money, they went out to show off their power. Others were afraid of the Chen family and were willing to give him convenience. In this way, the money was worth it."

The couple watched and talked, and suddenly, Hua Yang saw a special account.

"On the 10th day of March, Capital City sent two old ginseng. They used shanglugen instead of decoction, and resold it for 3,000 taels."

In his previous life, Hua Yang had only seen the general ledger of Qi's ledger from Jin Yiwei's files, as well as some large and small accounts that clearly involved official corruption, and had never heard of these two old ginseng worth three thousand taels.

Chen Jingzong's breathing behind him was heavy.

Hua Yang tilted his head, and saw Chen Jingzong's gloomy expression, obviously angry.

Hua Yang looked at the line again, and suddenly understood.

The old lady of the Chen family died of illness in the first month of this year, but before she died, she must have had symptoms of illness, and she had even been in bed for many years.The father-in-law is filial, and he couldn't go back to the ancestral home to visit, so he bought two expensive ginseng from Capital City and sent them to the old lady to recuperate her body.However, Chen Tingshi was useless, the entire ancestral house was taken care of by the Qi family, Qi family was a black-hearted person who was greedy for money from outsiders, and even traded Shang Lugen for the ginseng that saved the old lady's life!

If Mrs. Qi hadn't done this, the old lady might have lived a few more years!

"you……"

Just as Hua Yang opened his mouth, Chen Jingzong suddenly pulled her aside. He grabbed the ledger and walked out. The speed was so fast that when Hua Yang chased him out, Chen Jingzong's figure had disappeared!

There was still some muddy water in the yard, Hua Yang stood under the eaves, thinking that the evidence was already in hand, no matter whether Chen Jingzong went to find his father-in-law or did something else, it would only be the Qi family who would suffer.

Chen Jingzong left Chen's house with a sullen face, turned north, and met the Sun family and others who were dozens of feet away.

Chen Jingzong walked over there.

Mrs. Sun thought that the fourth child was here to pick her up, and was gratifying that her son still cared about her mother, when she realized that her son's expression was not quite right.

Mrs. Sun was stunned. The last time her son became so angry was when her husband used family law to force him to give up learning martial arts and concentrate on studying!

"Fourth, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that her son didn't even look at her, and was about to go back fiercely, Mrs. Sun rushed over and grabbed her son's arm vigorously.

Chen Jingzong let go of his mother's hand without looking back. Seeing that his elder brother Chen Bozong was also coming to stop him, Chen Jingzong didn't want to waste time, took out the account book, turned to the page and item of ginseng, and then stuffed the account book into his brother's hand.

"Qi's private account."

He only said these five words, and Chen Bozong understood. Looking at the account again, Chen Bozong's always serious face was also gloomy like rain.

When he looked back, Chen Jingzong walked some distance away.

"what happened?"

Chen Xiaozong couldn't call his younger brother, so he ran to his mother and elder brother and asked suspiciously.

Chen Bozong asked them to look at the account book, and coldly ordered the young man beside him: "Go to the master immediately and come back, and tell me that there is something urgent at home."

The boy hurried to pass the message.

Chen Bozong was not at ease, so he asked the third brother to take care of this side, and he hurried to chase the fourth brother.

The family of five in the east courtyard had just come down from the mountain.

The Qi family also frequently looked up the mountain, feeling lost.

Chen Jizong complained incomprehensibly: "What good thing did you lose? I almost searched the land just now. If you tell us, we can still help you, but you just refuse to tell."

Qi's face was as white as paper.

Chen Tingshi was a little distressed: "Maybe it fell in the shed? Otherwise, I will accompany you up to look for it?"

Qi Shi numbly shook his head.Impossible, when she left the shed, she pressed the bundle, and the ledger was clearly inside.

It was fine all the time, until the fourth bastard suddenly appeared and said that she had a snake on her body...

Suddenly, Qi's pupils shrank, and he stared nervously and resentfully at the figure striding ahead.

But as Chen Jingzong got closer and closer, a pair of dark eyes stared at her, more eerie than that snake, Qi family no longer had the strength to hate, only the chilling fear remained.

Sure enough, the ledger was taken by Chen Jingzong, right?If the matter is revealed, how will Chen Tingjian and the Sun family deal with her?

The Qi family used to look down on her husband Chen Tingshi the most, but now she was the first to think of her husband, and hid behind Chen Tingshi shaking like a sieve, holding his arm tightly with both hands.

"Wait, fourth brother, stop, what are you going to do?"

Seeing that his nephew's speed didn't slow down at all and was about to hit him, Chen Tingshi stretched out his hand to stop him!

Chen Jingzong was still staring at the Qi family behind him, but when Chen Tingshi opened his mouth, he suddenly punched him in the face!

When Chen Tingshi was young, he was farming. Later, his family became more and more prosperous. The Qi family thought he was ashamed of farming, and he was not allowed to work anymore. Chen Tingshi, who had been doing nothing all year round, naturally had no strength, and was directly beaten to the ground by Chen Jingzong's fist..Mrs. Qi wanted to help him, but she was also taken and fell. The couple fell into the muddy puddle together, their clothes were messed up, and mud splashed on their hands and face.

Everything happened so fast, the couple's only son, Chen Jizong, was dumbfounded, his wife screamed in fright, and the only three-year-old son even cried loudly!

"I'm fighting with you!"

Although Chen Jizong is a dandy, he is also a young man with full of vigor. Seeing his parents being humiliated with his own eyes, he regained his senses and yelled, and rushed towards Chen Jingzong with his eyes wide open!

Chen Jingzong avoided his fist, raised his leg, and kicked Chen Jizong straight into another mud pit!

Damn the Qi family, but the second uncle is too cowardly, everything in the family is controlled by the Qi family, not even the grandmother who is sick and takes medicine!

Chen Jingzong didn't bother to hit women, he picked up Chen Tingshi's collar and raised his fist to hit her.

"stop!"

Chen Bozong rushed over and pulled his arm down with all his strength.

When the two brothers were in a stalemate, Chen Tingshi helped Qi to roll and crawl to avoid Zhang Yuan, and glared at his nephew with red eyes: "Fourth, what are you doing! If I and your second aunt have sorry for you, you can tell me firstListen, we are really wrong, can't I kneel down and let you beat me!"

The mud bodhisattva was still angry, no matter how cowardly Chen Tingshi was, he couldn't stand his nephew beating someone involuntarily.

Chen Jingzong sneered: "I punched my grandmother, if you want to kneel, kneel to her!"

Chen Tingshi was stunned.

Chen Bozong stood in front of his fourth brother and looked at the Qi family who was just hiding behind his uncle. He also said coldly: "Second uncle, do you know that the two old ginseng sent by my father last year were sold by the Qi family for a high price, but she tookShanglugen is fooling around with decocting medicine for grandma?"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt rumbling on Chen Tingshi's body!

Those two old ginseng...

Chen Tingshi remembered, remembering that in order to honor his mother, his wife would cook medicine for her every time, saying that she was afraid that the cook would be clumsy and spoil the good things sent by her elder brother.

"Nonsense, what evidence do you have!"

Seeing that his father was shaken and really wanted to doubt his family, Chen Jizong ran over, supported his crumbling mother with one hand, and shouted at the two brothers in Dafang, as if his voice was louder, and their family was more reasonable.

"Whether it's true or not, I'll find out when my father comes back."

Chen Xiaozong walked over with the ledger, stood in a row with his brothers, and glared at everyone in the East Court.

Seeing the familiar ledger, Mrs. Qi lost even the last glimmer of hope, rolled her eyes, and fell limply.

"Mother!" Chen Jizong quickly hugged his mother.

Chen Xiaozong held up the ledger: "Just now she searched and searched, and this is what she was looking for."

Chen Tingshi looked at the account book, and then thought about his wife's previous performance, what else did he not understand?

So, what the nephews said is true, the Qi family actually coveted the elder brother's old ginseng, and delayed the mother's treatment?

The old mother's skinny and sickly face came to mind, absurdity, regret and all kinds of emotions swept over like a flood. Chen Tingshi covered his head in pain, howled twice, then turned around suddenly, snatched the unconscious wife from his son's arms, and held it in his left hand.Qi's collar raised his right hand high, and after a slight stagnation, the "slap" was a slap!

It's okay for his wife to look down on him, and it's okay to bully him for being weak, but she should never bully his mother!

The severe pain on her face made Qi wake up from a coma. She opened her eyes in a daze, and she saw her honest and cowardly husband.

A forty-year-old woman, her appearance is still beautiful, her hair is untied and messy black hair hangs down.

Chen Tingshi, who wanted to slap him again, had a flash of pain in his eyes, suddenly changed direction, and slapped himself hard!

Blame him, blame him for not knowing himself!

Qi fell from his trembling hands and fell to the ground, a stream of blood slowly flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Her face was stained with mud, and the mud mixed with blood, making her miserable and miserable.

"mother!"

Chen Jizong rushed over, stood in front of his mother, and yelled at his father who dared to do anything to his mother: "You will believe it if you say a few words, who is your family? Did they say that I stole the money?Hit me too?"

After finishing speaking, he glared angrily at Da Fang's three brothers.

The three brothers were indifferent.

Who does Chen Tingshi trust more?

Looking over the Qi family who dared not look up, Chen Tingshi fell to the ground, beating his chest and crying: "Mother, my son is sorry for you!"

The crying sound was heart-piercing, and spread far, far away, causing the neighbors near Chen's house to drop their work and run out to look this way.

"Okay, go home first, don't be ashamed outside."

Sun, who had been watching for a long time, finally spoke.

Chen Tingshi was still crying, while Chen Jizong hugged his mother who was about to lose half his life, with tears and snot streaming down his nose, he yelled loudly at his uncle's family for bullying others: "It's unreasonable! You have enjoyed a lot of food and drink in Capital City, and you have been a tribute to our family for so many years."Old lady, as soon as you come back, all stigma will be poured on us!"

Sun looked at him indifferently and howled, the lawsuits under the sun are not won by whoever cheats.

She told her sons: "Boss and third, go help your second uncle up."

"The old four is traveling fast, you go back first and ask the guards to surround the house. Until the matter is found out, no one person or box is allowed to leave the gate of the Chen family."

The Qi family has been greedy so much, even if Chen Tingshi was kept in the dark by her, the gang of servants in the ancestral house must have Qi's accomplices, either to cover up for her, or to sell the stolen goods for her.

As for this matter, she and her sons can find out without her husband's presence!