Dressed as the villain's stepmother

"Isn't this medical center always operating normally? What else is going on?"

Agui's wife lowered her head and muttered, obviously not wanting to answer Jiang Lianzhu's question directly.

Xiao Shi looked a little anxious from the side, and he couldn't bear it and urged: "Speak to Miss Jiang properly, and don't give me any sloppy remarks here ."

His words were a little harsh, and Agui's wife immediately spoke hesitantly with a look on her face.

"I...I just run the business the same way I did before. There is nothing different. If you don't believe it, shopkeeper, I will take you to see it tomorrow and you will know."

She was obviously lacking in confidence, and turned her head away after mid-sentence.

Jiang Lianzhu was a little helpless by her guilty attitude: "Sure, I won't talk to you about anything else for the time being. You always have to show me this account book."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand, and Xiao Shi was urging her beside her .

"Yes, dear wife, those account books have been given to you. Don't pretend to be stupid now. It's not shameful. Just take them out and take a look ."

Agui's wife hesitated for a long time and made no move. It was not until she saw that Jiang Lianzhu seemed to want to do it herself that she immediately became alert and went into the house to hand over the account book.

Jiang Lianzhu opened the account book in front of her. When she saw the numbers recorded on it, her expression immediately changed.

The accounts they wrote down were as if they were for fun. Not only were the objects not clearly written, but some even the amounts were written vaguely.

No wonder he felt guilty before and was unwilling to hand over the ledger. There was indeed another mystery behind it.

"It's not that I have to blame you, but do you think you can definitely get rid of this account book?"

Jiang Lianzhu directly slapped the account book on the case, which frightened Agui's wife and took several steps back.

"If I go to the store to check the accounts now, I will definitely check the missing money. You can either explain this matter to me honestly, and I will not hold you responsible."

She then said again , with a hint of temptation in her words.

Agui's wife hesitated for a long time before she spoke as if she had made up her mind.

"I...my account book is indeed missing some accounts. It's just that others forced me to do so. I didn't even think so."

"Who is that person you are talking about ?"

Jiang Lianzhu asked with raised eyebrows.

There are only three of them in the room now, and Xiao Shi is not the kind of manipulator, so there is nothing that should be said.

"That's it, Uncle Agui. He always liked to run into the mountains a few days ago. He knew that I had an extra medical clinic, and then he came to me every now and then to ask for money. They are all from the same family, and I don't have any. The reason for not giving money.”

Agui's wife said in a panic, taking out her purse and stuffing all the copper coins in Jiang Lianzhu's hand.

"I only have so much left in my hand. If you want to cause trouble, don't come to me...I am the one who was deceived."

Xiao Shi was sitting next to him, with an ugly expression on his face.

He always thought it was not a big deal before, but now it seems that he is thinking simply. If Jiang Lianzhu really causes trouble for him, there will be no way to avoid it.

"Where is the Uncle Agui you mentioned now?"

Jiang Lianzhu took a deep breath and tried to sound calmer .

"He is packing things in the backyard and said he plans to go hunting in the back mountains tomorrow morning."

Agui's wife didn't dare to make any mistakes at the moment, so she explained the matter honestly.

Jiang Lianzhu nodded slightly and said nothing, asking Xiao Shi to follow her to the backyard.

Uncle Agui was sharpening his knife in the backyard. When he saw Xiao Shi and a woman approaching, he narrowed his eyes inaudibly, and then stood up slowly.

"Mayor, who is that girl following you? Why have I never seen her in the village before? She looks so strange."

"This is Miss Jiang from the capital city. She wants to take a group of people to explore the Houshan Iron Mine. I heard Agui's wife said that you are going up the mountain tomorrow morning. Why don't you take them along the way ? past?"

Xiao Shi answered evasively, and even mentioned the matter of taking people up the mountain.

Uncle Agui hesitated for a long moment and did not give an answer.

"As soon as the iron ore incident happened, no one in the town seemed willing to run to the mountains. I finally found you, so the money can be considered as reward for the time being."

Jiang Lianzhu immediately started to get close to others, took out some silver from her sleeves, and stuffed it into Uncle Agui's hand.

He weighed the money a little, and the words of rejection were on his lips, but he still swallowed them.

"Okay, then you and your group come to me tomorrow and I will take you up the mountain together."

"Okay, this is perfect . "

Jiang Lianzhu smiled with great satisfaction , said hello to Uncle Agui and left immediately .

The next day.

After Jiang Lianzhu put all the things in her hands away, she first went to find Liao Yunchuan, who had just gotten up not long ago.

"I found the person who took us to the back mountain last night. It was Uncle Agui."

Jiang Lianzhu told the matter directly.

"However, he should be inextricably linked to those who are trying to dig iron ore. We must pay close attention to it to avoid any mistakes."

She was extremely careful and vigilant about this matter. After hearing this , Liao Yunchuan curled his lips inaudibly, and then replied with a "good".

Liao Yunchuan quickly gathered people and found Uncle Agui .

Seeing so many people standing in front of him, Uncle Agui became a little panicked for a moment, and kept looking at the group of people. He slowly came back to his senses after seeing Jiang Lianzhu again.

"Miss Jiang, what on earth are you trying to do? Why are you taking so many people up the mountain?"

He felt something was wrong last night, but he didn't go into it in detail. Now he realized that this matter was indeed not as simple as he thought.

"We are just going to investigate the matter at the Houshan Iron Mine . The people following me are all from the Six Gates in the capital, and they came here to investigate under orders from above."

Jiang Lianzhu said unhurriedly, and Uncle Agui swallowed reluctantly: "Okay, you can follow me."

Yang Fei led a group of people in front, while Jiang Lianzhu and Liao Yunchuan stayed behind for the time being.

"Why do you think this man is related to those who dig iron ore?"

Liao Yunchuan asked in a lowered voice. .