Mentioning Aunt Lian, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Fan Guangzu's face, and he said bravely: "Qin Yougui was recommended to me by her. She must have had a hand in the fact that Nishang Embroidery House framed us. I plan to drive her away when I go back."
"Shop Manager Fan, don't be in a hurry to drive people away. Since they can frame us, why can't we fight against them? Don't be in a hurry to deal with Aunt Lian, this person is still useful."
"What's the use?" Fan Guangzu asked. He couldn't understand why a spy like Aunt Lian still needed to stay.
Shen Xiu looked around. Although this was an embroidery workshop, there were many people and there was no guarantee that someone would eavesdrop when she was talking to Fan Guangzu.
"This is not the place to talk. Shopkeeper Fan should come with me!"
When she arrived at the room where Shen Xiu usually embroidered, she whispered: "Has Shopkeeper Fan paid attention to Mrs. Gu today?"
Fan Guangzu's mind was on Shopkeeper Zhang and he didn't pay much attention to Mrs. Gu. He shook his head.
Shen Xiudao: "I heard that this Mrs. Gu has a close relationship with Nishang Embroidery Studio. I'm afraid that when Mrs. Gu ordered the embroidery, the Nishang Embroidery Studio had already laid out the plan. Even if Mrs. Gu was not the mastermind behind the scenes,
At least he is an accomplice."
Mrs. Gu turned out to be an accomplice, and Fan Guangzu's expression suddenly changed.
He said eagerly: "Mrs. Gu is the wife of the prefect. She wants to make things difficult for us at Jinxinxiufang. She will use many tricks in the future, so what should we do?"
Shen Xiu said calmly: "Shopkeeper Fan, there is no need to panic. Although Mrs. Gu is related to the owner of Nishang Embroidery Shop, these relatives only started to interact with each other after Mrs. Gu got married. Mrs. Gu only helped them, probably because of Nishang Embroidery."
The benefits offered by the company are generous enough.”
"But today, I made Nishang Embroidery Shop lose five thousand taels of silver. They will probably have internal strife. At this time, it's time to use Aunt Lian."
Fan Guangzu somewhat understood Shen Xiu's intention, and he cheered up and said, "Are you planning to carry out counterintuitive tactics?"
Shen Xiu nodded and said: "When you go back, don't act strange. Just pretend that you don't know what Aunt Lian did. Not only should you behave as usual, but you should also mention Mrs. Gu and say that Mrs. Gu secretly collected
He gave us a lot of benefits, so he revealed to us the problem with the silk embroidery thread and helped us at the last moment."
"When Aunt Lian spreads this news and creates a rift between Nishang Embroidery Studio and Mrs. Gu, I won't care what you want to do with Aunt Lian in the future."
Shen Xiu's purpose is very simple. She successfully escaped the tricks of Nishang Embroidery House this time. But next time, she may not have such good luck.
As long as Mrs. Gu stands on the side of Nishang Embroidery Workshop, she will help Nishang Embroidery Workshop deal with them sooner or later.
Shen Xiu is not afraid of the Nishang Embroidery Shop, but is afraid of the government power behind Mrs. Gu.
So she wants to separate Mrs. Gu and Nishang Embroidery Studio. As long as Mrs. Gu and Nishang Embroidery Studio break up, there will be nothing to worry about when Nishang Embroidery Studio loses Mrs. Gu's help.
Fan Guangzu followed Shen Xiu's instructions and indeed talked a lot with Aunt Lian after he returned, especially mentioning Mrs. Gu again and again.
Aunt Lian already knew the news about the failure of Nishang Embroidery Workshop. She originally wanted to pack up and leave. But the old master of Nishang Embroidery Workshop wanted to know the truth, so he insisted on letting Aunt Lian stay.
Aunt Lian was afraid that Fan Guangzu would become suspicious. When he first arrived home, she was a little worried. It was not until Fan Guangzu behaved as usual that she breathed a sigh of relief.
After serving Fan Guangzu for a while, Aunt Lian found an opportunity and slipped out quietly. She did not dare to blatantly go to find the old master of Nishang Embroidery Workshop, so she found Qin Yougui who was at the inn and told what she heard from Fan Guangzu. I told the other party five to ten.
In the neon embroidery workshop, the old man was sitting at the table with a livid face, while shopkeeper Zhang didn't even dare to raise his head.
When Qin Yougui brought Aunt Lian's words, shopkeeper Zhang finally said: "I was hesitant at first, but it was Mrs. Gu who nodded to me that made me dare to sign the deed. Brother-in-law, I have no conscience at all at that time. I know that Mrs. Shen already knows that there is something wrong with the silk embroidery thread. She also thought that she could help the embroidery workshop earn back five thousand taels of silver. Who knew that Mrs. Gu would betray us."
The old master couldn't believe it for a moment, "Why would she betray us? We give her such a large sum of money just for dividends every year, not to mention clothes for the four seasons. I don't believe it. This is obviously the other party's conspiracy. Want to drive a wedge between us."
"I know a thing or two about this." Qin Yougui suddenly said: "I heard someone say by chance at the inn that the prefect of Qin admired a student named Wei Yan very much. And Wei Yan's wife was Shen Xiu of Jinxin Embroidery House. Mother.”
"Brother-in-law, I also saw today that Mrs. Gu is indeed very polite to Mrs. Shen. She doesn't treat her like an ordinary embroiderer." Shopkeeper Zhang also said.
Mr. Gu said nothing with a sullen face. If what they said was indeed true, then it was really possible for Mrs. Gu to do it.
After all, she had always regarded Magistrate Qin as her top priority, and she would not dare to offend anyone whom Magistrate Qin valued.
"My niece is really a good cousin!" Master Gu said through gritted teeth, "She didn't dare to offend the people whom Governor Qin valued, so she betrayed us unceremoniously. I really have a white-eyed wolf!"
"Brother-in-law, since Mrs. Gu dares to betray us, we might as well come to her. She takes so much money from us every year. Not only does she not do anything, but she also helps our opponents. No matter what, we have to make her spit out this money."
Shopkeeper Zhang thought very simply. The Nishang Embroidery Workshop lost five thousand taels of silver. This money could not be withdrawn from the counter. If there was no working capital on the counter, the embroidery workshop would not be able to operate.
The only solution is for someone to come up with the money.
The candidate he could think of was Mrs. Gu.
But the ancient master gave him a cold look, "If you think you have a long life, just go to the government office to collect debts by yourself! Don't involve me."
His niece is also the wife of the magistrate after all, and behind her stands Magistrate Qin, a court official. Even if Mrs. Gu takes the money and does nothing, the money has already gone into their pockets. Is there any possibility of getting it back?
Even if Magistrate Qin knew that Mrs. Gu only took money and did nothing, she was his wife, how could he favor outsiders?
They can't get back the money they gave Mrs. Gu.
"Brother-in-law, what should we do?" Shopkeeper Zhang said, "There is not so much cash in the embroidery shop's account."
The old man sighed and said: "I have bought some properties in the past few years. If these properties are mortgaged to the bank, I can collect three to four thousand taels of silver. If I move here and there, I should be able to collect five thousand taels of silver. ." Having said this, he glanced at Shopkeeper Zhang again.
"In the future, you should be smarter when doing things. You should have informed me about such a big thing from the beginning."
Shopkeeper Zhang didn't dare to speak, but what he was thinking was, even if I informed you, I'm afraid you would make the same decision as me. Who would have thought that Madam Shen would have been prepared!
The old man didn't expect him to say anything. He sighed and stood up from his chair, preparing to go to the bank.
At this time, a waiter came over and said, "My boss, the shopkeeper, Mrs. Gu has sent a maid here."
"Tell her to get lost." Mr. Gu didn't want to hear the word "Gu" anymore, and said angrily: "Go tell that maid, go back and tell Mrs. Gu, just say that Gu is of low status and cannot reach her. Please don’t interact with such a noble lady in the future.”
That maid was Mrs. Gu's confidant. She originally wanted to find out the news, but she didn't know that she was told something like this.
After she returned, she told Mrs. Gu exactly what the old man said.
"That's what my cousin really said?" Mrs. Gu's expression changed slightly, as if she didn't expect that the old man would just fall out with her.
The maid was wronged there, so of course she would not speak up for them. She nodded and said, "That's what the man said, and he said it so rudely, as if we had offended them."
Mrs. Gu thought that she was favoring Shen Xiu and angered shopkeeper Zhang, so she filed a complaint against Mr. Fang Gu. She never thought that Shen Xiu's counterintuitive plan had worked.
She felt that Mr. Gu was probably angry. After all, he lost so much money all at once, so he should be angry.
Mrs. Gu plans to find an opportunity to ease the relationship in a few days. First, the other party is angry, and nothing she can say at this time is right. Secondly, she also has a temper, and the other party has said so, so there is no need for her to rush to see her. other side.
As soon as she made this decision, she heard someone outside say: "Madam, Madam Shen is here."
Mrs. Gu knew that she was here to deliver embroidery products, but thinking about the silk embroidery threads Shen Xiu gave her, she couldn't help but guess that Shen Xiu was probably aware of her relationship with Nishang Embroidery Workshop.
It seemed that she had to clear up her relationship with Nishang Embroidery Shop today, otherwise she would not be able to bear the consequences if this matter spread to the Qin Prefect.
When Mrs. Gu thought of this, she quickly put on a smile on her face and said, "Invite people in quickly."