When Su Jinyu got married, the Wei family also sent congratulatory gifts. The next morning, Xu Xiuyi used the pretext of returning the gifts to ask someone to prepare a carriage and go to the Wei Mansion.

A centipede insect is dead but not stiff. Even if the business of Xiuzhuang is gone, with the wealth accumulated over the past few years, the Wei Mansion is still as bright and beautiful as before.

Xu Xiuyi was invited in, and Wei Shufen, the aunt of the Wei family, entertained her. She had not seen her for a few days, but she felt much better. When she saw Xu Xiuyi coming with the gift, she was quite polite.

"Why is Third Grandma still bringing gifts?"

"Yesterday my fourth brother got married, and your house gave you such a big gift. This small gift from me is not respectful, so I hope you can accept it."

With that said, he handed over a box, which contained a new batch of goods from Su Jiang's family's jewelry shop, which were valuable.

Wei Shufen did not shirk the offer. She accepted the gift with a few polite words and asked her servants to prepare tea.

Xu Xiuyi took a sip of the excellent Biluochun and asked, "Isn't Miss Jinniang here?"

"Jin Niang, when Xiuzhuang collapsed, she had no time to go sightseeing."

"Auntie is really chic."

"Haha, she has been tired for half her life. She will not live a happier life for the rest of her life."

Xu Xiuyi nodded. Wei Shufen was a very shrewd and intelligent person. When Xu Xiuyi's probing words came to her lips, she thought about it and stopped talking. She just said: "I came today because I have something else to ask for."

Wei Shufen smiled and said, "Third Grandma, just say it."

"Maybe you have also heard, Mrs. Wei, that I opened an embroidery shop. Originally, your embroidery shop was still there, so I didn't dare to steal the business. Now that I urgently need the goods, I can only make enough food and clothing myself.

But it’s strange, all the silk and satin shops within a hundred miles are short of cloth and thread. I just want to ask, does Mrs. Wei know which big boss has a monopoly on all the goods?"

Wei Shufen's expression remained unchanged and she said: "I don't know very well. When the embroidery shop was still open, I originally planned to check it out, but now that the embroidery shop has collapsed, I don't want to spend energy on checking these things."

Xu Xiuyi smiled slightly.

"I heard that there is Mr. An outside the customs, and he also trades silk and cloth with us in the customs. I am in urgent need of silk and satin. Mrs. Wei, you have been running an embroidery shop for many years, but you know how to find Mr. An. I wonder if he will have more goods."

Wei Shufen's expression changed slightly, but she quickly smiled and said: "Jin Niang is usually in charge of these things, and I am only responsible for running the embroidery shop. I don't know much about it, but I know that Mr. An is extremely mysterious and not many people have seen him.

The true face of Mount Lu."

"According to what Mrs. Wei saw, all the silk and satin in the area of ​​a hundred miles have been sold out. Could it be Mr. An who has such financial strength? Although I am guessing, I always find it strange. In my opinion,

Could it be that Mr. An wanted to expand his business to the capital, so he deliberately sent people to buy all the silk cloth, putting Jinniang Embroidery Village in a desperate situation, and then burned the embroidery village to the ground, completely ending Jinniang Embroidery Village?

make a living?"

"Haha, impossible."

Wei Shufen didn't even think about it and answered very simply.

Xu Xiuyi felt a chill in her heart. If she were an ordinary person and her family's property was burned down, how could she not be held accountable at all? Even she found out about the fire and thought it was arson. How could the Wei family, as the owner of the family, not find out.

If Xu Xiuyi had listened to Su Jinyuan before, it meant that the empress in the palace did it, so the Wei family did not dare to pursue it.

But last night Su Jinyuan also said that if the empress in the palace wanted to take action, she should have taken action long ago. Besides, now that Long En is the holy family, she can still care about a completely forgotten embroidery that was just a romantic marriage with the emperor.

mother?

Both she and Su Jinyuan knew that Concubine Shu was definitely not responsible for this matter. Could the people of the Wei family know better than them?

Therefore, the Wei family does not need to pursue the cause of the house fire. In the final analysis, there is only one person. The Wei family is well aware of the person who set the fire, but it is more likely that they are unable to pursue it or do not want to pursue it - the Wei family already knew that this fire would happen.

.

Thinking of the batch of goods she ordered before, they should have been given to her at the normal speed, but the Wei family kept delaying and delaying, waiting until she said otherwise, they would give her the finished goods first and talk about the rest, so they just came.

A fire.

What a coincidence, it shouldn't be such a coincidence.

To outsiders, everything seemed to be aimed at the Wei family, but now looking at the analysis, it seems to be aimed at her Su family.

Qin Yan's words echoed in his ears again.

Just now, Xu Xiuyi deliberately led Wei Shufen to identify Mr. An as the target of arson, but Wei Shufen denied it without thinking, as if she wanted to shield and excuse him.

For a smart person like Xu Xiuyi, she already understood.

"Haha, I was just guessing. Originally, I wanted to report it to the police for you. I found some oil and firewood at the fire scene, but..."

"No, this fire has cost us money and lives, and we no longer want to pursue the case. Anyway, my family has a huge business and we won't be able to eat it all in a few lifetimes. If the government says this fire is a natural disaster, it is a natural disaster. If it gets bigger, it will inevitably cause trouble."

Wei Shufen interrupted Xu Xiuyi almost hastily.

Xu Xiuyi's heart grew colder and colder.

"Haha, just don't worry, Mrs. Wei. I can't even do my own housework well. How can I have the time to interfere in your family's affairs? Maybe it's a natural disaster. There are still things in my shop. On the day when my embroidery shop opened, Wei

My wife must appreciate it."

"sure."

"Mrs. Wei, I'm taking my leave."

"Walk slowly."

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After coming out of Wei's house, Xu Xiuyi sent the carriage to Qin's house. Qin Yan was at home, and Qin Xu was also there. When they saw Xu Xiuyi, the two siblings had completely different attitudes. Qin Yan had a cold look on his face, while Qin Xu's eyes were filled with excitement.

"Sister, why are you here?"

Qin Yan glared at him: "Go back to the study."

Qin Xu snorted coldly: "You can control me."

He came up to hold Xu Xiuyi's hand, and seeing Qin Yan's dark expression, he knew that the relationship between the two siblings was probably not good.

Xu Xiuyi was led up to the hall by Qin Xu's hand. Qin Yan followed him in, but still shouted to Qin Xu: "Go down if I tell you to. If you don't obey, I will immediately tell your father that you want to go back outside the customs."

Qin Xu seemed to have been stepped on. He looked at Qin Yan angrily, but he couldn't do anything. He snorted bitterly and walked away angrily.

As soon as Qin Xu left, Qin Yan looked at Xu Xiuyi with a sneer: "If I guessed right, you should have come to see me, right? I'm in a good mood today. If you have any questions, I can tell you anything you want to know.

, as long as you are not afraid of what you hear will be harsh and sad.”

"Jinniang Xiuzhuang belongs to Mr. An Cheng, what evidence do you have?"

"I knew you wouldn't believe me, just wait."

Qin Yan stood up and Shaoqing came back with a box in his hand and threw it in front of Xu Xiuyi: "This is the evidence."

Xu Xiuyi opened the box, her hands trembling uncontrollably. She felt that there was a demon in the box, a demon that could destroy her.

Qin Yan sneered: "Don't even have the courage to look."

Xu Xiuyi closed her eyes, calmed her mind, and opened the box. Inside the box was a ledger. She opened it and read a few pages, her face turned pale.

The account book contains the profits and expenses of Jinniang Xiuzhuang over the past few years. The account books all have Wei Jinniang’s seal, and at the end of the month, another seal is stamped on them. There are four characters on the seal, from right to left, from top to

Below, it is clearly An Cheng Shaoyin.

"I know you don't believe it, so I took the risk to steal Mr. Cheng's account books. Did you see that the real big boss of Jinniang Xiuzhuang is Mr. Cheng?"

"What evidence do you have that he set the fire himself?"

"As evidence, look at the next book, which is Master Cheng's account book from a silk and satin shop in Kyoto."

Xu Xiuyi kept her composure. In fact, she already had half of the results in her mind, right?

From the Wei family's intention to tolerate the person who set the fire, she already knew that the person who set the fire must be someone the Wei family did not dare or could not pursue, didn't she?

The next account book is that of the largest silk and satin shop in the city, Huajuan Silk and Satin Shop. The accounts for the past month show that Huajuan Silk and Satin Shop purchased a large amount of silk thread and silk satin.

So, only silk and satin shops with a radius of hundreds of miles are short of short threads, right?

Looking at the final seal of the account book, it is still the seal of An Chengshao.

She sat there blankly. She also knew how to read accounts and knew that these two account books were true and there was no possibility of fraud.

Therefore, all the facts prove that An Chengshao bought out all the silk threads and satins himself, causing Jinniang Embroidery Shop to be out of stock. Then, the fire...

"Master Cheng has been playing with you from the beginning to the end. He started the fire by himself. If you still want evidence, I can tell you clearly that the things you and Jinniang Xiuzhuang ordered are a batch of embroidery products."

You and Wei Shufen said that you and Wei Shufen wanted to give you an embroidered bag produced by Jinniang Embroidery House for the purpose of building up the reputation of your Baoning Hall. As long as you spent enough money to buy medicine, you would give them an embroidered bag produced by Jinniang Embroidery House.

With the reputation of Niangxiuzhuang and the fact that Jinniangxiuzhuang is hard to find, even if everyone doesn’t need the medicinal materials, they will definitely be flocking to the bag. You and Wei Shufen said this is a brand chain effect, right?"

Brand chain effect - this extremely modern term, it took Wei Shufen a long time to explain it, but Qin Yan blurted it out, word for word, even her purpose, her sales techniques, she knew them all, these were just between her and Wei Shufen

secrets between.

Xu Xiuyi's heart was so cold that she fell completely into the ice cellar.

Everything is explained clearly, An Chengshao intends to deal with her, or deal with the Su family.

An Chengshao directed and acted himself before and after. On the one hand, he used the silk and satin shop to buy up all the silk and satin, which gave Jinniang Embroidery Shop a reason to delay. On the other hand, seeing that it could no longer be delayed, he simply burned it to the ground to completely give up the idea.

She just doesn't know, why?

"Why would he do this?"

"I don't know the specific reason. Most likely, he wants to bring down your Su family and monopolize the pharmaceutical business in the entire capital. You should know that he doesn't care about anything. He is only obsessed with making money and expanding his business. Although he is rich now,

We are an enemy country, but our ambitions are even greater. Your Su Family Baoning Hall is famous in the capital, can he not want it?"

"I have one last question."

She raised her head and maintained her last composure, not wanting to look too embarrassed.

"Just ask!"
To be continued...