Noble First Daughter-in-law

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the dining room suddenly froze.

Yu Wenyuan was keenly aware of some undercurrents, looked up at Aunt Hui, followed her flickering gaze at Shang Ruyi, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shang Ruyi immediately said: "Father, there is something that my daughter-in-law has not had time to report. Mother's funeral is over today, so I should let you know."

After finishing speaking, she told about the theft of the tea room.

The more Yu Wenyuan listened, the more tightly he frowned.

And Yu Wenye had been in a state of despair for the past few days, not knowing what happened in the waiter, now that he heard Shang Ruyi say it, he also frowned and said, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Shang Ruyi said softly: "Your situation in those days...I don't want you to worry anymore."

Yu Wenye said: "But——"

He didn't finish his sentence, this time it was Yu Wenyuan who interrupted him and asked, "Ruyi, why did you ask someone to lock up Chang Wan? Do you think she stole the things?"

Shang Ruyi shook her head and said: "Sealing Chang Wan is only a stopgap measure. There were so many guests at that time, some came to mourn for their mothers, and some came to congratulate their husbands later, no matter what, it was a decent thing; although the theft of the tea room was a trivial matter, But it’s disrespectful, if it spreads out, the face of our duke’s mansion will be ruined.”

Yu Wenyuan nodded: "You did the right thing."

Aunt Hui on the side smiled and said, "Young Madam is indeed young and mature, and she settled the matter as soon as she came. However, the cup can't be found, so I can only use other cups for Guo Gong today."

Yu Wenyuan glanced down at the white porcelain cup in his hand, and frowned slightly.

Shang Ruyi said: "It may not be impossible to find it."

"...?!"

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the dining hall changed again.

Even Yu Wencheng, who had been eating with his head down, looked up at her at this moment: "Second sister-in-law, how do you know where the cup is?"

Aunt Hui said: "Could it be that the young lady is going to search the house now?"

Shang Ruyi smiled, shook her head and said, "I said in the tea room that day that I wanted to search the house, but so many days have passed, the person who took the cup is not worried about being found out, I'm afraid it will be dealt with long ago. Now, let’s search again at this time, where can I find it?”

Aunt Hui said, "If you don't search, how can you find it?"

Shang Ruyi looked up at the sky outside again, and then said: "It seems that Aunt Hui is also worried, how about this, let's do a search and let everyone doubt it. There is no need to make a big fuss, since I suspected that Chang Wan stole things before." , then go to her house and search."

As she spoke, she raised her head and glanced at Yu Wenyuan: "Father..."

Yu Wenyuan waved his hand calmly: "Let your people go."

"Yes."

Shang Ruyi then turned around and gave instructions to Tu Sheer and Wo Xue, and they immediately turned around and went down, and when they came back after about a meal, Tu Sheer replied: "I have searched Chang Wan's residence carefully, and indeed Not that cup."

Lying Xue said: "The servant has even dug the cracks in the wall, there are no loose bricks."

There will be such house thieves in the big household of the Hou family. When the rumors of stealing things are tight, it is not easy to get rid of them, so they find a hidden place, loosen the bricks and cut off a piece, hide the stolen things in, and seal the bricks back. , seamless, and difficult to find when searching dirty.

Unexpectedly, this girl knew this.

Shang Ruyi glanced at her, nodded with a smile, then turned to Yu Wenyuan and said, "As soon as the incident happened, my daughter-in-law asked someone to lock Chang Wan into the firewood room. It's too late to deal with it, so at least half of her charges can be cleared."

Yu Wenyuan said: "It turns out that you immediately ordered her to be locked up for this reason."

Shang Ruyi said: "Father, please don't worry, my daughter-in-law has not been abused by anyone. Tea and food have still been delivered in the past few days. It's just that the weather is cold, and she still suffers."

Yu Wenyuan waved his hand: "Go and release him in a while."

Aunt Hui sighed: "Although she is innocent, someone else must have done it. It's a pity that after so many days, that person probably disposed of the things long ago. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find the cup."

Shang Ruyi said: "Don't worry, Aunt Hui, since the cup is Daddy's favorite thing, as a junior, I have to try my best to get it back."

Aunt Hui smiled and said, "Really? Then how does the young lady plan to find her?"

Shang Ruyi said, "I'm looking for it."

"Ok?"

Aunt Hui was taken aback, and the people on the table were also stunned. Yu Wenye glanced back at her, and suddenly seemed to think of something, then turned to look outside the dining hall. This time they were all gone.

Yu Wenye's eyes flickered, and he immediately understood.

Aunt Hui said: "Young Madam said, what do you mean I'm looking for it? Is there anyone still searching in this mansion right now?"

Shang Ruyi shook her head and said, "Aunt Hui also said just now that so many days have passed, the person who took away the cup has already disposed of it in order to prevent me from searching the house, so if you want to find it, you can only go outside to find it." of."

"Outside?"

Hearing this, Yu Wenyuan couldn't understand: "The sky and the earth are huge outside, how to find them."

Just as Shang Ruyi was about to say something, suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside, she looked back, and her face lit up immediately: "I found it!"

Everyone turned their heads and looked out, only to see Mu Xian rushing over, walked to the door of the dining hall, and bowed to the people inside: "See you, Duke."

Yu Wenyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at a book page in his hand.

So he asked, "What's in your hand?"

Mu Xian hurriedly put the piece of paper into his hands, Yu Wenyuan took it, squinted his eyes slightly to look at it, it turned out to be a torn bill, with only two simple lines on it, he read: "The South Metropolitan Street As soon as Jia boarded the Fengfeng, on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, he lost a cup in the trash..."

Speaking of this, he pointed at the bill angrily and scolded: "This is nonsense. Why did it become trash?"

Shang Ruyi glanced at the side from a distance, and said with an apologetic smile: "Father, don't be angry with those idlers in the market, that cup is something from Yue Kiln, and the pawnshop's tribute will not be mistaken for it even if it has no eyesight. But, They see that it is a good thing, and they are sure that the person who pawns it will not dare to redeem it, so in order to keep the price down, they deliberately call the thing a rag."

Yu Wenyuan looked up at her from the bill: "Ruyi, do you even know about the pawn shop?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi felt a little embarrassed—after all, he was from a famous family, and a lady from a famous family really shouldn’t know too much about money, especially in this kind of low-level pawn shop, so she could only perfunctoryly say: "Before, I heard that the servants of the family said that .”

Yu Wenye turned back to Yu Wenyuan and said, "I also mentioned this to her."

Shang Ruyi looked up at him, didn't speak, just lowered her head slightly.

Yu Wenyuan didn't care about this undercurrent, and continued to look at the bill, saying: "What a bastard, I just pawned 30 taels of silver!"

At this time, he wasn't angry that things were stolen and pawned. Instead, he was even more angry that his beloved pearl was covered in dust and was abandoned like a shoe. Fortunately, Yu Wenye comforted him and said, "Didn't you just say Ruyi, people just know it's true." Good things are deliberately lowered in price."

Yu Wenyuan got angry for a moment, then looked up at Mu Xian: "Why did you only bring this bill back? Where are the things?"

Mu Xiandao: "Young Madam ordered us to take the money and look at the cup first, and confirmed that it was the Yue Kiln cup lost by the Duke, but we only used the money to buy this bill, and the cup will not be moved for now."

Yu Wenyuan frowned slightly, then turned to look at Shang Ruyi: "What's the meaning?"

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "It's easy to redeem the cup, but if you redeem it, the pawnshop will cancel the account, and you won't be able to find out who actually took the cup."

"Oh?"

Yu Wenyuan seemed to understand something, raised his hand and handed the bill to her, and didn't say anything more, just motioned for her to continue. Shang Ruyi took the bill and glanced at it hastily. In fact, it was just read by Yu Wenyuan. Those are already the most important information, and there is nothing worth looking at.So he raised his head and smiled at Aunt Hui, "Please trouble Aunt Hui, call everyone from the waiter."

Aunt Hui glanced at her, didn't say anything, turned around and called her herself.

After a while, several people serving in the waiter came to the dining hall.

And obviously, one of the noble uncles was already covered in cold sweat, and when he walked in, he tripped over the threshold and almost fell down.

Shang Ruyi looked at them, and then said: "The teahouse was stolen that day, I think everyone still remembers, I said at that time, dig three feet to find the cup, now the whereabouts of the cup is known, It’s just that whoever took it out and gave it to the Dengfeng account on Metropolitan South Street will have to be recognized by someone.”

She paused, but no one spoke.

Shang Ruyi said gently: "Whoever admits it should only surrender himself. Although he is thrown out of the mansion and will not be hired again, it is not easy to punish; but if he refuses to admit it, he is determined to be a thief. Since he is If you are a thief, you will have to be punished."

Those maidservants look at me, and I look at you.

Some people were surprised, some were terrified, but the tallest Uncle Gui wished he could tuck his head into his shoulders at this moment, curling up into a ball.

Scanning them around, Shang Ruyi sighed and said with some disappointment, "Since that's the case, then I'll just call the roll."

Aunt Hui said from the side: "Young Madam, only things and money are recorded on this bill, and no names are recorded. How do you know who it is?"

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "Of course I know."

After finishing speaking, she turned her head and said, "Hu Hua."

As soon as the words fell, the boy standing in the crowd suddenly showed a look of astonishment, he looked at Shang Ruyi in surprise and said: "Young Madam, although I serve in the waiter, I have never had my hands and feet dirty; besides Oh, and there is no young name on the account of the pawn shop, why did the young lady say it was me?"

Shang Ruyi said: "Although your name is not on the account, your name is written between the lines."

Hu Hua was confused when he heard it, and only said: "Young Madam, I haven't read the book, so I don't understand. In short, if there is no evidence, the young one will die here , can't admit it!"