If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

Qin Shu looked at Liu Yinghua timidly, "Second Aunt, maybe there is some misunderstanding here?"

Xiaotao looked at Liu Yinghua eagerly.

Liu Yinghua glared at Xiao Tao fiercely and said in a hateful voice, "We caught the perpetrator red-handed, how could there be any misunderstanding?"

This slut actually stole so many good things behind her back.

When Antai is adopted in the future, all these will be hers!

Moreover, yesterday, this slave girl accepted the silver that I gave her.

You deserve to be beaten to death!

Qin Shu said: "If there is no misunderstanding, Xiao Tao stole the master's money and property, which is very valuable, so she should be sent to the authorities for investigation..."

If we sell it like this, wouldn't it be too cheap for her?

Liu Yinghua was about to speak, but suddenly changed her mind, "Why send her to an official position? Anyway, the things have been found. Tie her up with those people and give each of them twenty lashes of the cane. Madam Qi."

Aunt Qi quickly stepped forward.

Liu Yinghua winked at Xiao Tao and ordered, "Call the human traffickers in and sell them all off."

"and many more!"

Qin Shu quickly raised her voice to stop him.

Liu Yinghua was very impatient, "What else do you want, niece?"

Qin Shu's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and she said, "Second Aunt, according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if a servant steals the master's property, he can be beheaded for 100 taels. If someone instigates..."

"Don't you know, niece, that family disgrace should not be made public?"

Liu Yinghua quickly interrupted Qin Shu and said unhappily, "The servants in the mansion stole because the head of the family didn't discipline them strictly. If this matter gets out, it will ruin the reputation of my elder brother and his wife."

Qin Shu curled her lips slightly and said slowly, "Forgive my niece for being stupid, but I have never heard of a servant stealing in a mansion, which ruined the master's reputation. The servant stole without the master's instigation, so why should she care about the master's reputation?"

She looked coldly at Xiao Tao, who was showing a smug expression, and said, "However, since Second Aunt said so, Xiao Tao should be sent to the authorities."

"Xiao Tao just said that her family is all gone, and she can't wear all these things she stole. Maybe someone is behind it? To steal the property of the host family with outsiders is a serious crime!"

Qin Shu called out, "Dong Shun."

Dong Shun is the son of Manager Chang, and is considered one of the few servants in the East Mansion who can obey Qin Shu's orders.

Dongshun quickly stepped forward and said, "Miss."

Qin Shu ignored Liu Yinghua's sullen face and ordered, "Take a few people with you, take these stolen goods, and send Xiao Tao to the authorities."

"Wait!"

Liu Yinghua stepped forward, stood in front of Qin Shu, and said in a hateful voice: "Since my niece has handed over the household affairs of the East Palace to my second aunt, and dealt with the servants who committed crimes, my niece should not intervene, right?"

Qin Shu raised her lips slightly and said, "Second Aunt may not know that Xiao Tao's indenture contract is in my niece's hands, so she is still a member of my niece's courtyard. My niece has the final say on how to deal with her."

Liu Yinghua was so angry that she choked, but seeing that Qin Shu refused to compromise, she had to persuade her: "Your parents have just passed away. If this matter gets out, it will not look good after all..."

Qin Shu raised her eyebrows, pretended to think for a while, and said suddenly: "Second Aunt is right. In this case, let's drag this traitor away and beat him to death with sticks."

When Xiaotao heard this, she was immediately frightened.

She struggled hard and shouted loudly: "Second Madam, help me! Second Madam, this silver was given to me by you..."

"Shut up!" Liu Yinghua was frightened by Xiao Tao's words. She jumped up and shouted with shaking hands: "Shut her mouth! Drag her out and beat her!"

"Wait!"

Qin Shu hurriedly called the people to stop, and turned to ask Liu Yinghua, "Second Aunt, is what Xiao Tao just said true?"

Liu Yinghua's face turned pale and blue, "Nonsense! I am the wife of the head of the West Palace, why would I give money to a lowly maid?"

Qin Shu sneered, "That's true."

Liu Yinghua raised her brows and shouted, "Why don't you drag him out?!"

"Second Madam, you gave me money to let me tip you off!"

Xiao Tao jumped up like crazy, staring with eyes wide open and shouting desperately: "Second Madam, it was you who said that if I listen to you, I will tell you everything the young lady does, and after you enter the mansion, you will promote me to be the head maid of the main courtyard. Young lady, young lady, please believe me..."

Liu Yinghua pushed Aunt Qi hard.

Nanny Qi suddenly came to her senses, walked over quickly, pulled out a black handkerchief from her waist, and stuffed it into Xiaotao's mouth.

Qin Shu quickly said, "Wait."

What are you doing?!

Liu Yinghua was filled with hatred, and wished she could beat the damn girl to death with a stick.

Qin Shu looked at Liu Yinghua's murderous eyes and said softly, "If Second Aunt likes Xiao Tao and wants to marry her, then your niece is not the one..."

"That never happened!" Liu Yinghua flatly denied.

Qin Shu raised her eyebrows, sighed helplessly, and said, "Okay then."

She turned to look at Nanny Chun and said, "Nanny Chun, call all the servants in the mansion over to watch Xiao Tao being punished!"

Liu Yinghua took a breath of cold air.

Xiao Tao was pinned down on the stool by two burly servants.

Her mouth was blocked, so she couldn't shout or curse. Her face turned red, and there was only despair and fear in her eyes.

With a dull thud, the board fell and hit Xiaotao hard on the back.

Xiao Tao cried out in pain, and her face was instantly covered with snot and tears.

The boards fell down one after another, heavily. In less than ten strokes, blood appeared on her back.

Xiao Tao tried to raise her head and saw that her once gentle and kind master had a cold expression and indifferent eyes, as if he was not looking at a human being.

But a lamb to be slaughtered and abandoned garbage.

She suddenly remembered when she was first sold into the Qin Mansion.

That year, there was a severe flood in her hometown.

Everyone in the family was washed away by the flood, leaving only her and her younger brother, who managed to survive by climbing on a tree.

Later, the victims began to eat each other. In order to survive, Xiao Tao pushed her younger brother out.

To this day, she still clearly remembers the extremely shrill cries of pain when her younger brother was eaten alive.

Just like her today...

Mrs. Qin is a kind and amiable person, and Miss Qin is also gentle and easy-going.

The master is very kind to his servants.

She lived a fairy-like life in the Qin Mansion.

Gradually, she forgot her identity and became more and more out of control...

The onlookers were also silent, with only the dull sound of boards hitting flesh one after another in the open space outside the door.

This was the first time that a maidservant was beaten to death for committing a crime since the Qin Mansion was founded.

The maids and servants who were watching turned pale and trembled with fear. Some timid maids even started crying out of fear.

After being hit countless times, Xiao Tao's cries of pain gradually subsided.

Until silence.

Liu Yinghua ordered people to throw Xiaotao into the mass grave outside the city.

The rest of the maids and women who had committed theft were each given twenty lashes of the cane.

Nanny Qi called the human trafficker into the house and sold the person directly.

Then everyone found the lost dowry under the stove in the kitchen of the mansion.

As Liu Yinghua's flesh was bleeding, Qin Shu handed a jeweled headdress and two oriental pearls to the clan leader.

The lost dowry was re-stored.

Qin Shu crossed out the jeweled headdress and two oriental pearls from the dowry booklet, and handed one of the books to the clan leader in front of everyone.

Liu Yinghua added another lock to the door of the warehouse, and then handed the key to Qin Shu. "This time, you should be relieved, right?"

Qin Shu was filled with gratitude, "Thank you, Second Aunt. From now on, I will have to rely on you and my cousin."

Second Aunt was heartbroken and sobbed, "What cousin? After he was adopted, he is your biological brother. Your elder brother and sister-in-law are gone. Don't be so extravagant in the future. How many families can afford to lose money like this?!"

Qin Shu sighed faintly: "Second Aunt is right."

Looking at the back of Second Aunt as she left with someone, twisting her waist in a menacing manner, Qin Shu's watery eyes gradually froze.

Up to now, the deeds and silver notes of the shop and land owned by mother and daughter in mother's private treasury, the income from father's business over the years, and her own dowry are all in her hands.

The dowry is safe temporarily.

The store’s harvest is being handled by the manager.

The remaining property consisted of things placed in the main courtyard where his parents lived, in his parents' room, and in the storeroom.