Countryside Romance

Mu Yun rarely said any harsh words to these people because they were all neighbors who had daily interactions with each other. It wasn't good for their relationship to be strained, but after such a terrible thing happened, no matter how much she tried to protect her face, it was just letting these evil spirits run rampant.

When she finished, they looked at each other.

"Muyun, could you have seen wrongly?" the cook asked.

The chef was a girl who did her duty. She had always worked seriously and did not talk too much. This time, when she opened her mouth, it was because she was a bit flustered.

After all, the person who made the account book was definitely not a good person. With her simple and honest personality, she couldn't believe that there was actually someone unsettled hidden within the people she usually interacted with.

It wasn't that she was biased towards the shop assistants, but that Muyun really came too rarely. Her relationship with her was only that of someone who knew her, and the shop assistants were facing her daily, so it was inevitable that they would side with her.

Mu Yun knew what was going on, so she looked at her and said to everyone.

"Don't think that just because I'm a girl from the village I can't read a word. Don't think that I only know how to read and do math, and know nothing about other things. Just based on the fact that I was able to open up this shop, it is clear that I am more capable than you guys.

The others were a bit embarrassed by her words.

Not everyone felt guilty for what they did. It was Mu Yun's undisguised words that made people realize that they were all a few years older than Mu Yun. Most of them were men, but they all felt a bit disappointed working for this little girl.

"Still no one admits it?"

The accountant stood up and said:

"Boss, although I'm in charge of the accounts, I only account the daily accounts and have no participation in it. The ones who participate are the girl He, the head storekeeper and the head storekeeper."

In order to ensure the correctness and openness of the accounts, Mu Yun had made it clear from the start that the staff were only responsible for collecting the money and accounting the accounts. All the data in the accounts were handled by the kitchen maid, the host, Bighead Wang, and Guo Yong.

The serving staff counted the number of customers entering the restaurant; the cook, Miss He, filled in the number of snacks they made three times; the shopkeeper was more responsible for it; he had to remember the amount of customers' expenses, as well as the various snacks and ingredients he bought every day and their prices.

In the end, the bookkeeper would calculate the amount of silver they had received based on the data they had recorded.

Even if he didn't participate in the records, he was still the biggest suspect. After all, if he secretly changed the accounts and the other three didn't check the records then they wouldn't find out that he had tampered with the records.

Actually, Mu Yun already had a suspect in her heart. However, she wanted to give them a chance, but no one seemed to be able to speak up.

The cook was doubtful when she opened her mouth; apparently, she was a good person who could easily cover for others. On the other hand, the bookkeeper's thoughts were not as innocent as they seemed to be when he opened his mouth to stir trouble.

Mu Yun sighed and said,

"I'll give you one more chance. If you don't confess now, you'll feel extremely ashamed standing on the street in the future."

No one answered.

"Since you are all unwilling to confess, then I can only invite the magistrate to help me find out who did this good deed." Mu Yun absent-mindedly paced back and forth, her gaze moving back and forth between the few people. "Moreover, since you three are all suspects, the county magistrate will definitely take you into prison first before questioning you afterwards. Heh, if the people in this town knew that you were all people who had been in prison before, you wouldn't be able to raise your head up for the rest of your lives. "

After Mu Yun finished speaking, she walked out.

They looked at each other.

The accountant first opened his mouth and said:

"Actually, I had something I didn't tell the boss. It's that every afternoon, I go to the toilet, to prevent my key from falling in …" Where I shouldn't have left the key, I placed it in a certain place. There were a few times when I noticed that the key was placed differently than when I left, so I didn't know who used the key? "

The clerk's eyes were sharp. He did not speak because it was indeed his fault. He was afraid that if Mu Yun came close, he would blame it on him, so he was unwilling to speak.

After the kitchen maid heard the waiter's words, she looked at the waiter and said,

Bighead Wang, there were times when you recorded the number of guests, but it didn't match the number of my pastries. As soon as you entered too much, I reduced the number of dim sum and made it count as my failure in making the dim sum. The shopkeeper even deducted my silver coins.

The cook did not finish her sentence, and the waiter began to hop up and down.

"What are you saying!?" How could I remember wrongly? It was clearly you who made the bad snacks, and it was all because of me? You are too vicious. "

When the kitchen maid heard that Wang Bighead was actually going to bite back at her, she was angered to the point of tears, saying that Wang Bighead was a swindler.

The shopkeeper was annoyed by them and said:

"How about this, let's take a look at the account books to see if the previous accounts are different from what we had."

The waiter refused, insisting that it was the kitchen maid who made it. She was the sinner.

The manager couldn't wait and asked the guard to hold him down.

When the guard on the background board saw that there was something he needed to do, he immediately surrounded the receptionist and held her down tightly.

They carefully checked their account books. Although their memory wasn't very good, there was indeed something wrong with the data they had obtained in the past few days.

The most important thing was the writing!

"Just by looking at this handwriting, I can tell that this account book is fake." the cook sobbed.

The accountant also nodded his head and looked at the waiter who was pressed down on the ground.

"No wonder his reaction was so intense. "Previously, he didn't say a word. I thought he was calm, but I didn't expect him to be putting on an act." The cashier looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Since the criminal has been found, then let's hurry and get the boss back. I don't want to go to jail."

The shopkeeper got up and was about to leave when he saw Mu Yun walk back with a smile on her face.

"Have you found the prisoner?"

It turned out that Mu Yun didn't go to find the magistrate. After all, it wasn't good to disturb the magistrate with such a small matter.

The shopkeeper saw Mu Yun's posture and knew that she didn't find a county magistrate. He heaved a sigh of relief and said:

"Mhmm, the boss is smart. We do have spies between us."

Mu Yun looked at the waiters who were pressed down on the ground and dishonest, and said with a frown,

"When I told you to find those hooligans, you were so scared of death. Why did you lie to me instead? It seems like people like to pick on the weak persimmon." After Mu Yun finished smiling, she shook her head, "Unfortunately, your eyes are bright, but not good. I am not a soft persimmon. If you want to pinch me, you have to weigh yourself first. "

As Mu Yun said this, she crouched down and looked at Bighead Wang, who was staring at her, and said,

"I know this sort of thing. You definitely don't have the guts to do it. Someone will definitely force you or bribe you. Speak, who is that person?"

Big Head Wang swallowed his saliva and did not say a word.

Mu Yun could see his fear, but it was clear that she wasn't 'scary' enough.

She smiled and said:

"Do you really think I don't dare to report it? You were also there when I saved the County Magistrate's wife. What do you think of Boss Jia's fate? "

Wang Bighead was somewhat shaken.

"Originally, I thought if I found out who did it. I tied him to the door of the shop and wrote down what he had done and stuck it on her chest so that every customer who came in to buy could see it. Do you think this person will dare to come back to town in the future? "I'm afraid it'll be difficult for even such a person to find a wife in the future."

Wang Datou was extremely shocked and hurriedly said:

"Boss, don't, it was An Jia Village's Chen family's daughter who asked me to do this. She wanted me to help her steal the silver from your place, but I refused. She said that she would sue me, said that I molested her, and even found her mother as a witness!" I was scared for a moment, so I agreed! "

Smoke again.

Mu Yun stood up and took a deep breath. She closed her eyes and suppressed her anger.

"Xue Er, bring Bighead Wang to the county magistrate tomorrow and tell him about Yan Wu." Xue Er, bring Bighead Wang to the county magistrate tomorrow and tell him about Yan Wu.

After saying that, Mu Yun walked away without looking back.

Xue Er was the bookkeeper. Speaking of which, he also had a crime to blame. If he had not taken the key away from him, Wang Datou would not have been able to take away the extra silver. Then, when he counted, he would have discovered the discrepancy in the accounts.

As for the chef, if she had not protected the king's head, she would have been able to discover the problem when the servants were doing the accounting.

Therefore, both of them were responsible. The cleanest person was the shopkeeper.

However, since the shopkeeper was the shop's representative, he shouldn't have let this happen, so he was among those who deserved the punishment.

The three of them sighed in their hearts.

In fact, Lin Ji's pastry was treated very well. Mu Yun definitely wouldn't allow it to stay overnight, so they could bring it home for free for pastries that couldn't be sold.

When Mu Yun opened up the accounts, the few of them knew that they and others' wages were not much different than their monthly allowance. Thus, they couldn't leave Lin Ji's home.

Mu Yun was also well aware of this, so she left the matter to them.

The next morning.

In town.

Mu Yun came to work today at the Gourmet Hall.

Before they had even entered the door, they heard the shop assistant talk about Lin Ji's dessert. It turned out that the magistrate not only punished Yan Wu and the waiter, but also wrote down a statement about their collusion and posted it at the entrance of the yamen. Anyone who passed by would be able to see it.

Lin Xin was furious.

What was even more venting was that the county magistrate had detained Yan Wu and ordered the Chen family to hand over the money before letting them go. The Chen family's people were looking for people to borrow money from. However, after this incident, no one would dare to lend them money.

Mu Yun listened with satisfaction.

There was always retribution!

Ever since this incident, the Chen Clan had been holed up, no longer harassing the Lin Clan.

A few days later.

The first heavy snow fell on the east side of the city.

Along with the snowflakes, a shocking thing happened in the village.

"Aiya, old Meng's father went to the village."

The Huang family left early in the morning.

When they left the house, both Lin Jinyan and Mu Yun didn't wake up. It was only after asking the sleeping Lin Lang that they realized that the Huang Family didn't once again run away, but rather had been called away by the Old Meng Family.

In the evening, she walked through the snow and the wind and snow and returned home, and she opened her mouth to say the same thing.

"Hmm?" Mu Yun didn't react for a moment, and asked in a daze, "Isn't the old Meng family's body very robust?"

"Not sick." Mrs Huang frowned, "Yesterday afternoon, Old Meng's father said that he was going up the mountain to tread the wind, but he didn't come back when it was dark. The Old Meng family went into the mountain to look for him, but they found a cold corpse. "Sigh, I wonder if something unclean happened in the mountains."

"Don't go out in the next few days." Lin Jinyan said.

"That won't do." Mu Yun glanced at him and said in a low voice.

"I'll send you to town every day." Lin Jinyan shook Mu Yun's hand and said.

Mu Yun smiled and nodded.

Mrs Huang had wanted to say something, but seeing that Lin Jinyan supported her, she fell silent.

He originally thought that this was just a coincidence, but after three consecutive days, people in the village were killed in the mountains. The county magistrate was alarmed and requested that they quickly investigate this matter.

Li was looking for a coroner for an autopsy.

The coroner testified that it was the work of a wild animal in the mountains.

Perhaps the number of hunters had increased in recent years. The amount of prey on the mountain had decreased, and with the arrival of winter, the wild beasts could only attack humans since they no longer had food to eat.

Li Zheng summoned his men to deal with the matter.

On the evening of the fifth day.

After Lin Jinyan finished her meal, she looked at Lady Huang and Mu Yun and said:

"We are currently looking for people to capture ferocious beasts. Anyone who attends will receive 10 silver coins. Those who capture or kill fierce beasts will receive an additional 100 silver coins as a reward." Lin Jinyan paused for a moment, then revealed her purpose, "I want to register."