I am cultivating immortality in the Red Mansion

Chapter 46 Ask
Huang Mu is only eight or nine years old. He is very clever and is very familiar with the servants in the house.Following Jia Rong's advice, he took the untraveled path and led the two girls to see the remaining silver on the tray.

The things were placed in Jia Zhen's study in the outer courtyard.

Naturally, Jia He refused to check it alone with Lin Daiyu. It would be really terrible if the silver disappeared inexplicably again.Let Huang Mu take a closer look at the accounting room arranged by Jia Zhen who was guarding next to him.

As soon as the accountant opened the red cloth covering it, he didn't even need to pay attention to it before he said "Oh!" and said, "I see it's missing again!"

"That's impossible." Huang Mu said hesitantly.

The accountant took the money to the scale next to it and measured it.

Huang Mu then shouted: "It's so rare! It's so rare! Is it a ghost?"

When it was delivered just now, there were 53 taels left, and now there are 48 taels left.All that was lost were broken pieces of silver, but all the ten taels of silver were left intact.

Lin Daiyu's face was pale and she tugged on Jia He's sleeves: "Why is it so weird?" Then she asked the accountant: "Are you keeping an eye on it all the time?"

"I was checking the account books over there. I didn't go far." Mr. Accountant sighed helplessly and spread his hands, pointing to the cases in the corner of the room: "I haven't even left the door."

Jia He looked around the room.

The desks with the account books are in the corner on the right front after entering the room, and the table with the tray is in the middle facing the door.When I was sitting behind a few desks looking at the account books, I could see the tray over there when I looked up.

If someone comes in or out, they will definitely know.

But if...

Not human?

Jia He looked at the untouched twelve taels of silver and thought to himself.The most money a silver thief can "take" is only around eight or nine taels.Could it be that when the number reaches twelve, I can’t take it away even if I want to?
She compared them with her little hands, squinted her eyes and looked at the silver coins carefully, and then picked them up one by one and looked at them carefully.

Sure enough, she found gnawing marks on the sides of several dozen taels of silver.

But these marks are not human teeth marks, but side marks.It can be seen that the "thief" tried to pick up the ten taels of silver, but failed.

Jia He went out of the house and walked around the yard. He didn't find anything special, except that the talisman paper taped next to the courtyard door was a bit eye-catching.This thing couldn't help but remind her of the scene of the Feng family in the court, so she pointed and asked casually: "Where did the thing come from?"

A young boy guarding the courtyard gate bowed and replied: "Go back to Fifth Miss, this is what Li Xianren posted."

"Li Xianren? Did he come here just now?" Jia He looked carefully at the sticky marks on the talisman paper that had not yet dried, and asked in confusion: "What does this person do?"

The boy said: "He is the alchemist invited by the master."

After a simple sentence, Jia He understood.

Jia Jing, the master of Ningguo Mansion, is obsessed with alchemy and ignores all the affairs of the family. He is addicted to it every day and cannot extricate himself.Not to mention the ones surnamed Li, there are also warlocks surnamed Zhang and Wang. Ningguo Mansion may be able to find a few of them.

At this time, Mr. Accountant and Lin Daiyu also followed out of the house. Mr. Accountant said from the side: "Li Xianren didn't enter the house just now." The implication is that this person is not a thief.

Jia He felt that he couldn't be so full of words as he was not sure what the truth was.So she didn't answer the accountant's words, but continued to ask the boy: "When Li Xianren came over, did he ask about the situation in the house? Did he spend some effort when pasting this talisman?"

The boy hesitated.

Huang Mu chuckled: "What? You dare not answer Miss He's questions? Carefully, Uncle Rong will smash your mouth!"

The boy quickly bowed to admit his mistake and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't want to answer, but I said to Li Xianren, 'There's someone checking the accounts in the house, so don't bother me.' Then I went to the toilet, and he wasn't there at the time." He blamed him for not being there. Ken said that it turned out that he had not kept his errand and left secretly for a while, fearing that his master would find out and blame him.

Huang Mu stepped forward and kicked him: "You bastard, if you let Uncle Zhen know about it, you will be rewarded!"

The boy smiled and touched his head, not daring to talk back.

Jia He was about to ask something more when someone called her from a distance.After a while, Xia Ye ran over panting, followed by Zicuckoo: "Girl, lunch is about to be served. Grandma Rong wants you to hurry over."

When things have reached this point, if it were normal, Jia He would have stayed a while and asked more questions.But seeing that Lin Daiyu's face was pale, it was obvious that she couldn't bear the rush of running back and forth this morning, so she nodded quickly and said, "We will go there immediately."

Along the way, she was afraid that Lin Daiyu would be uncomfortable, so she tried to slow down her pace to avoid walking in a hurry and causing Lin Daiyu to gasp.

Since it was the Qiao Qiao Festival, the luncheon was held in the hall that had been decorated before and hung with various embroidery.In addition to various dishes on the table, there are also several kinds of sweet fruits.

The girls gathered together and the flowers were blooming, which was very lively.

Qin Keqing was in charge of the reception. Her face was as pink as a peach and she was full of smiles. She swept away all the discomfort and depression after meeting Jiao Da before and became beaming with joy.

Yingchun was surprised and whispered: "When I met Grandma Rong before, she looked aggrieved with tears in her eyes, but now she looks very happy."

Xichun was also there. After hearing this, he sneered and said, "It's probably someone who made her so happy."

Tanchun grabbed a handful of melon seeds and gave them to Lin Daiyu and Jia He, and said, "It seems that Second Sister-in-law Lian helped her and trained the rogue slave. It has been spread throughout the house that our Second Sister-in-law Lian is very powerful."

Xichun curled her lips and remained silent.

Jia He asked Chun Zhi to get a cup of warm water for Lin Daiyu. After she drank it slowly, he said, "Go and lie down for a while after dinner. Don't be so tired."

Lin Daiyu was still thinking about Yinzi: "I always feel that things are about to come to light, but there is always something missing, and I can't grasp the most critical point."

Jia He secretly thought that Thief's helper was not a human being, so naturally he couldn't catch him.It's just that it's difficult for ordinary people to explain things like this, so he said: "Don't worry, with a lucky star like me here, all the monsters and monsters will disperse, and soon there won't be any weird things anymore."

Lin Daiyu tilted her head slightly and looked at her for a while, then smiled and said, "I'll believe you for now." This was her agreement to Jia He's suggestion just now, and she agreed to take a nap after dinner.

Jia He felt a little more relieved.He was also afraid that she would stay up quietly due to being too smart, so he had to personally send her to the guest room to lie down after dinner. He watched her fall asleep before tiptoeing out.

Jia He was thinking about the gnawing marks. When he saw the girls gathering together and talking and laughing, he called Huang Mu who was waiting under the eaves: "Take me to see Xiangzhu."

Xiangzhu was the maid who was beaten and locked up after being called a silver thief.

After receiving Jia Rong's instructions, Huang Mu stayed with Jia He and did not leave.At this moment, he received the order and without asking any questions, he took the fifth girl directly to the place where Xiangzhu was kept.

Unexpectedly, before the two of them reached there, they met the mother-in-law running towards them in a panic.

Huang Mu scolded and stopped her: "What are you doing so arrogantly? We have guests today, so be careful and don't lose the face of the masters."

The mother-in-law's legs were weak after running and she almost knelt down when she was frightened. When she saw Huang Mu next to Uncle Rong, she hurriedly stumbled and said, "No, it's not good."

Huang Mu frowned: "What?"

"Xiangzhu, Xiangzhu...she's dead!" The mother-in-law's features were squeezed into a ball, and she was breathing rapidly in horror: "When I went to see her just now, she was out of breath."

(End of this chapter)