Chapter 116 Temptation
Mr. Qiu was shocked and smiled awkwardly: "The prince is joking. I am looking forward to the prince and the third wife returning home as soon as possible." He shook his head and sighed: "Say something that should not be said. The prince and the third wife will not come back again. The marquis's mansion will be tossed by Aunt Qiong."
Yang Ning asked: "Mr. Qiu, I heard that you are the son who inherited his father's business, and your father was also the chief manager of the Marquis' Mansion back then."
"Yes, my father and I have been serving in the Marquis' Mansion for two generations." General Manager Qiu sighed: "The old Marquis and the general are as kind as a mountain to our father and son, and it is difficult to repay this life."
Yang Ning smiled and said, "Mr. Qiu, who do you think is more suitable for inheriting the title?"
President Qiu was stunned and immediately said, "How can Qi Yu compare with the prince? The prince is the heir chosen by the general. For the sake of reason, the prince should inherit the title."
"Mr. Qiu, are you not sincere in your words?" Yang Ning smiled and said, "I ask you, do you know Zhao Yuan?"
"Zhao Yuan?" Mr. Qiu was shocked, "Criminal, I...I have never heard of this person."
"Zhao Yuan is the accountant of the old house, and you have always been in contact with the old house. You don't even know the accountant of the old house?" Gu Qinghan finally asked coldly.
When General Manager Qiu heard this, he slapped his head and said, "Yes, when the third lady reminded me, I remembered that there seemed to be such a person. It was me who was negligent and only knew that there was a Mr. Zhao, but I didn't know what his name was."
"Since you know Zhao Yuan, of course you know Qi Cheng," said Yang Ning: "General Manager Qiu, I heard that General Manager Qi Hong had a stroke three years ago and was sent to Jingzhou City for maintenance. Now the person in charge of the old house is the son of General Manager Qi Hong, named Qi Cheng. You shouldn't not know this, right?"
General Manager Qiu frowned and said, "What happened?" and explained, "The prince, the third wife, the other end of the old house sends people to send tax silver every year. I will take stock of it myself, but I have never heard of the general manager having a stroke?"
"How can you know Zhao Yuan if you don't know Qi Cheng?" Yang Ning said lightly: "Do you don't know that Zhao Yuan was hired by Qi Cheng?"
"I really don't know about this. They just sent tax banks and I reconciled them. They mentioned that the accounts of the old house were managed by Mr. Zhao." Mr. Qiu remained calm and said, "Third Lady, there are many things in the Marquis' Mansion, so I neglected the other end of the old house. After all, this is my fault. The third Lady and the prince will punish him."
Yang Ning sneered and suddenly shouted: "Mr. Qiu, are you not honest?"
He was full of energy in his life, and Shi Potian was shocked. General Manager Qiu was shocked and knelt down on the ground, "Criminal, I have been in the mansion for many years, and I am loyal and have no deception about what the prince said." He turned to Gu Qinghan and said, "Three Madam, you know my loyalty to the Marquis' Mansion over the years. If anything is wrong, you can punish me, but...!"
At this moment, Qi Feng came in and said, "The prince, the third lady, the concubine Qiong and the young master are out."
"Are they leaving?" Yang Ning said: "Didn't you go to find the grandma?"
Qi Feng said: "No, they didn't bring anything either. I followed him for a while, and they seemed to be heading to the third old master."
"So I'm going to find a helper." Yang Ning smiled and said, "It's good. I'm about to go find him. If he comes here by himself, I don't have to go there in person." He said, "The person I bring must be taken care of."
Qi Feng was stunned and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, prince, I've already..."
Before Qi Feng finished speaking, Yang Ning waved his hand to signal him to retreat. When Qi Feng left, Yang Ning asked General Manager Qiu: "General Manager Qiu, do you know who I asked Qi Feng to take good care of?"
"No...I don't know!"
Yang Ning smiled and said slowly: "Have you not seen Zhao Yuan before? I brought him this time, you can get to know each other."
Gu Qinghan was stunned, but she was smart and instantly understood Yang Ning's thoughts.
Yang Ning asked Qi Feng to take care of the ugly man with black and black, but he used this to inform General Qiu that he brought Zhao Yuan, which was obviously testing General Qiu.
As expected, General Manager Qiu's face changed slightly, but he still smiled reluctantly: "The prince brought Zhao... Mr. Zhao back?"
"But Zhao Yuan confessed that he knew you." Yang Ning said: "By the way, I forgot to tell you that we encountered something in Jiangling. This prince almost died there. Fortunately, God favored me and made me turn the danger into peace. Do you know who wanted to harm me?"
"No...I don't know." Mr. Qiu's eyes twitched, "The prince is auspicious and heavenly person, and he will not...I won't be able to do anything."
Yang Ning smiled and said, "You don't know that something strange happened in the old house. The boss took charge of that son. By the way, it was Qi Cheng who pretended to be a fake, and Mr. Zhao Yuan, it turned out that he was his commander behind him. I escaped a disaster and mobilized people from the prefect of Jiangling to capture all the gangs of thieves." He leaned forward and said, "After torture, Zhao Yuan confessed a lot of honestly. Do you know that they actually collected 40% of the taxes in the fiefdom without hiding the Marquis' Mansion. However, in order not to make the Marquis' Mansion suspicious, they have paid a lot of taxes to the Marquis' Mansion in recent years."
Mr. Qiu's eyes twitched and said, "Those people...those people are so hateful. They should...those people should be killed."
"That won't be possible. If they are killed, many truths will not be found." Yang Ning smiled and said, "They told me that the tax bank this year has been sent to the capital and handed over to the Qi family, but it has not been handed over to the Marquis' Mansion."
Mr. Qiu said: "Can.........?"
"Is it something?" Yang Ning stared at General Manager Qiu.
Manager Qiu hurriedly said, "It's nothing, prince, where is the tax silver now?"
"Don't worry, I will get back a lot of taxes and silver, but it's just that there is another place for the time being." Yang Ning said: "By the way, Zhao Yuan also mentioned you..."
Chief Qiu suddenly changed his color and said in a lost voice: "Criminal, don't believe his words. He is accusing a good person. I have not... I have never contacted him privately. Prince, such a person should be killed with one knife and must not be kept."
"Falsifying a good person?" Gu Qinghan sneered, "Mr. Qiu, you don't know what he said, so how do you know he will frame you? What do you think he will say?"
Manager Qiu was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, but did not make any sound.
Gu Qinghan sighed lightly and said, "It turns out that it is you. It turns out that Zhao Yuan's spy on the Marquis' Mansion is actually you?" Huo Ran stood up and said angrily, "Qiu Yi, why are you sorry to you in the Marquis' Mansion? Except for me, you are all managed by you. You two generations of father and son serve in the Marquis' Mansion. Whether it is the old marquis or the general, there is no such thing as sorry for you. Why do you still have to be traitors and collude with those people?"
Yang Ning tried it out, although General Manager Qiu had not admitted it yet, Gu Qinghan had confirmed that General Manager Qiu was the traitor who secretly colluded with Zhao Yuan.
This time, the disaster in Jiangling was encountered, and there was a shadow of General Manager Qiu behind it, which made Gu Qinghan very angry.
Manager Qiu hurriedly said, "Mrs. Third Madam, I... I really didn't contact Zhao Yuan privately. I just thought that those people were full of conscience and would... I would definitely maliciously slander me."
Yang Ning sighed, "Master Qiu, do you admit it before you bring Zhao Yuan to you? No matter what, you have been in the Marquis' Mansion for many years, and you have to take care of your father's life for so many years, and you also have to deal with this matter as low as possible. If you admit it now, I promise not to hurt you, but if Zhao Yuan comes to confront you, I will have to hand over you two to the government."
Manager Qiu lowered his head and remained silent. Yang Ning shook his head and said loudly: "Come here, ask Qi Feng to bring that person here..."
"Criminal, Prince, wait!" General Manager Qiu suddenly looked up, looked frightened, and said tremblingly: "I...I dare not hide it. Actually...this is all...this is caused by the third old master behind it. I...I am also forced to helplessly, beg you to spare me this."
"The Third Old Master?" Gu Qinghan's eyes were raised, "Qiu Yi, don't bite people here."
Qiu Yi said: "The third lady is really caused by the third old master." He said anxiously: "The third old master is determined to let Qi Yu inherit the title, so... so he has been targeting the prince. I do know Zhao Yuan and I have known that the old house named Qi Cheng, but I really don't know that they are privately increasing taxes there."
"Why did the third old man ask Qi Yu to replace me?" Yang Ning had already put away his smile and said coldly: "What is the deal behind this?"
"Yes, Qi Yu... Qi Yu and Aunt Qiong agreed to the Third Old Master. As long as he inherits the title, he will take out half of the taxes for the fief and hand over to the Third Old Master." Qiu Yi said: "The third Old Master has only 500 taxes. When Qi Yu inherits the title, it will increase to 1,500 households. In addition, half of the private land in the hundreds of hectares of marquis' mansion in Jiangling will be distributed to the Third Old Master a house."
Gu Qinghan's breathing was rapid at this time, and her breasts were undulating, and she said angrily: "Are you lying?"
"I will never dare to deceive me." Qiu Yi said with a bitter face: "Aunt Qiong also promised to give me two hundred households alone and eight hundred acres of land. I... I was blinded by lard for a while, so I was pulled into the water by them."
"All these were agreed upon after the death of the general?" Gu Qinghan frowned and said, "Otherwise, even if you play tricks, Qi Yu will not be able to inherit the title. But you have been in private for three years on the old house. It is impossible that they have only recently agreed upon it."
Qiu Yi said: "The third wife is a master of the third elder. Three years ago, the Northern Han people fought over and the general went to fight against the enemy. At that time, the third elder elder said that the general was covered in wounds. If he had been recuperated for a few years, he might be able to survive. But if he went to the battle, he would not live long even if he was not killed in the battlefield and worked day and night." After a pause, he wanted to speak but stopped.
"What else, why don't you tell me."
Chapter completed!