mtl008 Chapter 336 Send to the officials, let my daughter suffer and I will let you eat jail food
Chapter 336 Send to the officials, let my daughter suffer and I will let you eat jail food
Only then did Zhao Qi endure the pain and answer honestly.
The nanny beside Chen Shuhua replied, "Madam, what he said is exactly the same as what is in the account book, not a single thing is missing."
"I told you I didn't lie, ma'am. Do you believe it now?" Zhao Qi was still complacent, not knowing that a disaster was about to happen.
"You don't know Haitang's daughter Linglong, but she remembers the accounts of more than ten years clearly. Haha, come here! Send them both to the government and let them investigate. Miss Mo's living money and items are worth tens of thousands of taels. You are really bold. These are enough for you to stay in jail for the rest of your life, right?!"
"Madam, you are innocent! You can't arrest us because you have no evidence!" Zhao Qi was still shouting that he was innocent.
"I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. Who can you blame? Unjust? Haitang died a few years ago! Who did you give the silver to? I think you put it in your own pocket!"
Zhao Qi heard this and finally understood why the lady had blocked his uncle's mouth. They had never been to the countryside in these years and had no idea that Haitang was gone, let alone knowing Linglong. When the young lady came back some time ago, they didn't take it to heart at all. Anyway, they had the master to support them. If the master didn't say anything, they had to do what they had to do! Who would have thought that the lady would suddenly call them here today and they were brought here without any time to talk.
"Come on, why don't you continue?" Chen Shuhua looked at the two of them calmly, but they dared not underestimate such a lady anymore.
"Madam! We didn't!" Yuzhu unsealed Lao Qiao's mouth and was finally able to speak. Lao Qiao knelt on the ground and knocked his head loudly.
"You still don't admit it now? Well, go and tell the officials in Jingzhao Prefecture this. You made my daughter suffer in the countryside for more than ten years, so I will make you go to jail for the rest of your life! Come on! Send them to the authorities, and pay back double what you took from me!" She didn't want to listen to the two of them anymore, so she called the servants in the yard to tie them up.
"Madam, please spare me! I didn't embezzle a cent. It was the master who spent all the money on himself. We were just doing things for him and had no choice! Woohoo... I don't want to go to jail. My wife and children are waiting for me at home! They can't live without me! Uncle, please kowtow to the madam and apologize, and tell her everything!" Zhao Qi heard that he was going to be sent to the authorities, and that he would be in jail for life. He didn't want to. He was only in his forties, and good days were still ahead! Besides, he didn't take the money at all. He just followed the instructions of Shen Wenting and his uncle.
"You! Zhao Qi! Look at what you have achieved! Alas!" Old Qiao sighed. The master had been kind to him and he had done a lot for him over the years. Now that he was old, he was ready to retire and return home to enjoy his old age. Unexpectedly, the truth would eventually come out.
"Wait! Zhao Qi, who told you this? I promise you, as long as you tell me everything clearly, I will not pursue your past mistakes. If you dare to tell a lie, I will make you and your family pay a heavy price." Today's Chen Shuhua made them feel strange and scared.
"I'll tell you! Madam, I'll tell you!" Zhao Qi nodded.
"Zhao Qi, you can't say it!" Old Qiao looked at him threateningly. But Zhao Qi was a stubborn person who didn't care about it at all. All he could think about was not going to jail and going home.
"Uncle, now that things have come to this, I can't care so much anymore. We didn't take that silver, and I don't want to go to jail.
Madam, the silver and the things were all embezzled by the master. You are right. I delivered the silver on time only in the first two years. Later, the silver was taken away by the master. I did deliver the things a few times, but later, seeing that Master Shen didn't care about his daughter, we simply stopped sending things and kept them all at home. All the clothes, quilts and daily necessities that could be used were used, and some that could not be used were sold. The master knew all this, but he turned a blind eye to it in order for us to keep this secret for him. As long as we don't tell anyone and don't ruin his good deeds, it's fine.
Fearing that something might happen in the future, my uncle asked me to remember the amount of silver and items in the account book so that we can have a unified account when checking.
More than ten years have passed, and no one has mentioned or cared about this matter, so we didn't take it to heart and almost forgot about it.
Everything I said is true. If I tell a lie, God will punish me with five thunderbolts!" Zhao Qi said, raising his hand and swearing to the sky.
"Old Qiao, is what he said true?" Although Chen Shuhua had been mentally prepared, her heart still ached when she heard that all the money had gone into Shen Wenting's pocket. He...how could he dare? That was his biological daughter.
"No! Everything he said is false! This matter has nothing to do with the master. I was the one who ordered everything! It was me who embezzled the money, and I also falsified the account books. The master had no idea about it at all." Old Qiao was not as scared as Zhao Qi, nor did he cry out for injustice like he did at the beginning. Instead, he took all the responsibility on himself.
"Uncle, why are you doing this? Obviously..."
"Shut up! Zhao Qi! I did all this! Everyone has their own responsibility! Tell my family to leave! Don't come back to the capital." After saying this, Old Qiao knelt on the ground and asked Chen Shuhua to send him to the authorities: "Madam, Zhao Qi is innocent. Please don't embarrass my family because I have worked hard for the Shangshu Mansion for more than ten years. I kowtow to you here."
"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place! Old Qiao, I personally watched you enter the mansion. You've been here for as many years as I've been in the Shangshu Mansion. Tell me, was it Shen Wenting who asked you to do this?!"
Chen Shuhua still softened her heart.
"No, it was all done by me alone." Old Joe said firmly.
"Hehe, actually, even if you didn't say it, I knew that this matter was related to him. But I didn't expect that you were so loyal to him. In that case, I will help you. Tens of thousands of taels of silver, do you think you can handle the matter by yourself? You may have overestimated yourself! You still want your family to stay away from the capital? Don't worry, they will pay the corresponding price for what you did today!" Chen Shuhua turned around and no longer looked at them. She raised her hand and moved her fingers gently. The servant immediately stepped forward and took everyone away.
"Madam! Please, let my family go..." Old Qiao's figure gradually walked away.
Chen Shuhua turned around and looked at the painting hanging on the wall. It was a painting of her when she was young, and it was painted by Shen Wenting himself. It was extremely glaring to look at now.
When Nianran was suffering in the countryside, did they have any sympathy for him? If it weren't for them, Haitang might not have died. Fortunately, Nianran came back safely, otherwise, they would have died without a pity.
Zhao Qi was still kneeling on the ground. Chen Shuhua had him tied up and locked up in the woodshed. She waited for Shen Wenting to come back and confronted him face to face.
Yao Qingnian didn't know what happened in Chen Shuhua's courtyard. She had already taken Shanwei out of the house and went to Chui Liu Lane to watch the show.