klisemfg Chapter 212: Officials come to the storekeeper to block the door
Chapter 212: Officials come to the storekeeper to block the door
When Peng Lu saw that Lord Zheng Tong was asking him, he quickly replied, "Sir, everything was normal in the mansion last night, and I didn't notice anything unusual beforehand.
After nightfall, everyone in the mansion had gone to bed.
What happened after that... no one knows.
As to why no one knows...
I thought that the thieves must have used some drugs or something, otherwise how come no one heard any noise?
It would be fine if the thieves had only taken some gold, silver, jewelry or banknotes, but... as you can see, sir, now even the tables, chairs, beds, chests and other items are all gone!
This... this... how could there not be some movement?
But no one in the mansion heard it, and no one knew it!
Everyone just woke up from their slumber this morning.
No one saw the thieves, and no one saw how the items in the mansion were moved out.
This matter... this matter is really very strange!"
Zheng Tong listened to what Peng Lu said, which was almost the same as what the housekeeper Lu Jie'en, Zhongshun, Liu Da and others had just said. There was nothing new, so he nodded, turned around and left with the two officers.
Peng Lu was stunned for a moment, sighed, and walked towards Zhongshun's cabin.
At this moment, the only people in the room were Leng Xian lying on the bed, and Zhong Shun standing beside the bed serving him.
When they saw that it was Peng Lu who came in, their eyes lit up.
However, after seeing the dejected expression on Peng Lu's face, the light in his eyes disappeared again.
Looking at Peng Lu's expression, Leng Xian didn't want to ask anymore whether he had gained anything from this trip.
It was just a glimmer of hope in his heart that kept his eyes on Peng Lu.
Peng Lu stepped forward and saluted: "I greet you, Lord!"
Leng Xian didn't ask any questions, just looked at Peng Lu straight.
Peng Lu had no choice but to speak up himself: "My Lord, I have been to those shops...but...but...they are all under the watch of the officials."
There is no need to say more about the rest.
Leng Xian lay back on the bed exhausted.
"What should I do? What should I do?" Leng Xian murmured, his brows furrowed, his eyes slowly closed, and he said no more.
Zhongshun and Peng Lu looked at each other, both with helplessness and hopelessness in their eyes.
The master is the one who should make the decision, and they, the servants, should just shut up.
The room was silent for a moment.
But before the silence lasted long, I heard the sound of running footsteps outside.
There are only two possibilities when hearing such footsteps at this time -
One is that there is good news to report.
However, at this moment, the three people in the room did not dare to think that there would be any good news.
Another thing is... there is bad news.
All three people in the room looked towards the door.
Soon, Liu Da ran into the house panting.
Liu Da rushed in, not even bothering to greet Leng Xian, and said directly to Leng Xian: "My Lord...My Lord...something bad has happened!
Outside our house... outside our house..."
"What's going on outside the mansion?" Leng Xian asked impatiently.
Many shop owners have come to the gate of the mansion." Liu Da said.
"Shop owners? What are they doing here?" Leng Xian asked in confusion.
"My lord, they...they all said they came to settle the bill!" Liu Da replied hurriedly.
"Check out? Check out what? It's not even the day to check out the store yet?" Peng Lu on the side said in surprise.
"It's... it's not the day to settle the bill." Liu Da raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his head and said, "It's just... it's just that they heard the news from somewhere... from somewhere, saying... saying that our mansion was robbed last night, not a penny is left!
They were afraid… afraid that we would not have the money to settle the goods we bought from their shop at the end of the month, so… so they all came with their account books… to settle the bills in advance!"
"What? They...how could they do this?" Peng Lu exclaimed.
"That's what they are like!" Liu Da stamped his feet anxiously, "Now...now they are all gathering in front of our...our house, making a lot of noise, and attracting...attracting a lot of...a lot of people who come to watch the fun, blocking the road in front of our house.
Outside...it's chaos outside!
Butler Lu is now explaining to everyone and he can hardly stand it anymore! "
Leng Xian felt his eyes go dark from time to time, and it was as if someone had stuffed ten thousand bees into his brain, buzzing... buzzing...
He can't hold on any longer!
Leng Xian suddenly thought of the eunuch Yu Gonggong who had just left not long ago, and the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, Lord Zheng Tong.
Leng Xian opened his eyes and looked at Liu Da, "Liu Da, just now... just now when Eunuch Yu from the palace went out, what was the situation outside... outside?"
Liu Da thought for a moment and said, "My Lord, when Eunuch Yu left, several shop owners and shop assistants were already blocking the way outside.
They... they were blocking the door, saying that they wanted... they wanted the mansion to settle the previous accounts!
At that time, Eunuch Yu had just come out of the gate.
When the shopkeepers and their assistants saw Eunuch Yu, they quickly retreated to both sides and made way.
Eunuch Yu was not disturbed at all and got on the carriage and returned to the palace.
After Eunuch Yu's carriage had gone far away, the shopkeepers and their employees came up again.