No script time travel, the general helped me rise to the top

"Miss, why is your hand so badly scratched?"

Xiao Tao brought some clean water and used a handkerchief to wipe the blood scabs off bit by bit.

"I said I would follow the young lady. If only I or Biluo went, the young lady wouldn't be hurt like this."

"The old lady is really something. She said that the master was impeached and his monthly salary was cut, and asked us to be frugal. She also said that if we have more maids, we will have to pay more for the carriage!"

Xiao Tao didn't stop working while she was talking.

She took some cotton wool and wiped the water stains off Yangyang's palms. "This reed water ointment feels cool when applied. It won't hurt too much. Miss, just bear with it!"

Although Xiaotao was just complaining, Yangyang was still very worried about his father's condition.

Now they are just cutting some of the monthly wages, but who can guarantee that there won’t be new troubles in the future?

The young marquis's behavior that day was enough to make everyone in the Xue family uneasy, not to mention Xue Qingqing's silly sister and her grandmother, who was so arrogant that she would not tolerate anyone's questioning.

Yangyang looked down at Xiaotao who was carefully cleaning her wound.

"Xiao Tao, has the family's expenses been very high recently? Even if father cut the monthly salary, he wouldn't have to think carefully about the expenses of this carriage?"

Yangyang never paid much attention to these things in the past.

After all, before that, my only thought was to just wait for death.

But now it's different. She cares about this father, as if she has never received fatherly love.

Secondly, it was Mrs. Xue Zhang's constant pressure that forced her to find a way to deal with it.

But when Mrs. Xue passed away, a more difficult old lady came.

Every day, they are either urging me to send myself away or to marry me off.

If I continue to sleep soundly, I will really be sold out.

Xiao Tao has a nose for everything, so there is nothing she doesn't know.

Hearing the young lady's question, he immediately perked up, "Miss, ever since you said last time that we should take control of the financial power in our own hands, Xiao Tao has been helping you keep an eye on Mr. Chen in the account office whenever and wherever you want!"

"When Madam Xue was still around, she kept a very close eye on Mr. Chen! She checked the accounts every day and checked every list carefully. Except for the second young lady, the expenses of the mansion were calculated very carefully."

"But now that the old lady is here, I don't know what tricks Mr. Chen used to make her happy. The old lady didn't even look at many of the bills and just handed them over to Mr. Chen."

Xiao Tao said carefully, and finished her work. Yang Yang felt that her hands were cool and comfortable.

I just wondered if this old lady was in charge of so many silk shops, why would she do things this way?

"But Xiaotao, didn't you just say that the old lady asked everyone to save money? Why didn't she think carefully about Mr. Chen's side? Didn't she bother to check how she came up with the idea?"

Xiao Tao picked up the basin, and Biluo, who had been standing silently beside her, immediately took it over.

Xiao Tao then looked at Yang Yang and whispered,

"On the surface, it was the old lady who asked everyone to save money, but in fact, it was Mr. Chen who reported it to the old lady. The second young lady's coming-of-age ceremony and Mrs. Xue's funeral may have been part of the expenses..."

Xiao Tao looked around at the maids in the garden outside, then bent down and approached Yang Yang, "But these two expenses were returned with gifts, so this one back and forth is nothing at all."

"Are you saying that there is something wrong with Mr. Chen? There is also something wrong with the expenses in this mansion?" Yangyang questioned, but because she had not taken these into consideration before, she had no clues yet.

But according to what Xiaotao said, Mr. Chen must be closely related to the old lady. Asking directly would not get you anything, and would instead cause the old lady to target you.

Yangyang coughed lightly, raised his hand and reached out to Biluo who had just brought back the basin, "Biluo, come with me to the accounting office in the evening. You stay outside to keep watch for me, and I'll go in and take a look?"

"Yes! Miss, no problem!" Bi Shi was honest and never asked Yang Yang the reason. She would just do whatever Yang Yang said.

Xiao Tao was sweating again, wondering why the young lady always had to do these dangerous and sneaky things.

Just as he was thinking, Yangyang looked at Xiaotao again, "Just stay in the room and pretend that I'm asleep. No one will suspect anything with you around."

"Miss," Xiao Tao joked, "Whenever you do something like this, you always bring Biluo with you. It's my fault that I don't have as much strength and courage as Biluo."

"If you want to exercise, I will call you next time?" Yangyang retorted.

Xiao Tao, “No, no, no!” Xiao Tao shook her hands to show that she accepted the offer.

At night, Yangyang put on a slightly bent hairpin and watched Biluo unlock the door of the accounting office.

"So simple?" Yangyang gave Biluo a thumbs up, "Great."

Biluo originally thought that this was not a good skill, but she didn't expect that their young lady would praise her. She couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

Yangyang slowly opened the door and said, "Just stand outside and watch. If anyone comes, just meow like a cat!"

Biluo received the instruction and squatted down in a dark corner of the small courtyard, quietly watching the situation around her. Even the sound of wind blowing the leaves could make her alert.

Less than half an incense stick of time passed quickly.

Yangyang slowly pushed open the door of the accounting office and locked it. Biluo in the corner also followed Yangyang out of the courtyard.

Yangyang was afraid that he had a bad memory, so he kept remembering the account he had just looked through.

As soon as he arrived at the courtyard of Fangfei Courtyard, Biluo heard the sound of footsteps coming from the roof. "Who?"

"Miss, please go back to the house quickly!" Biluo reminded Yangyang, and then she followed the voice alone.

Yangyang stood there in a daze for a long time, and was worried that something might happen to Biluo. Just as he was about to go and call the guards in the palace,

Biluo had already tied up a masked man and brought him over.

Yangyang saw something about five or six steps away, "Biluo, this is..."

Biluo kicked the man's legs, and he fell to his knees on the ground.

Then she said anxiously, "Miss, it's very strange. As soon as someone handed over the rope, I retreated from the roof, and then I caught him!" Biluo pointed at the rope behind the man and signaled to Yangyang.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yangyang asked Biluo to tear off the man's mask. A closer look revealed that the man looked in pain. Perhaps he had just been kicked off the roof and was injured, but he didn't look recognizable.

After thinking about it again, I decided to ask in detail tomorrow.

Everyone in the mansion is probably asleep now. If there is a noise, it will be late at night. Besides, people will definitely be suspicious if I am dressed so neatly.

So Yangyang looked at Biluo and said, "Go and lock him up in the woodshed. Ask a few guards in the palace to keep a close eye on him. We will interrogate him tomorrow."

Biluo was nimble and quick. He picked up the man and walked away. The man kept groaning in pain.