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Chapter 2074 Real and Fake Ledgers
how can that be!
How did the account books end up in Ye Ruyan's hands? How did they end up in the hands of the Ye family?
Could it be that the Ye family was indeed involved in the fire case back then, and ultimately obtained the Mu family's account books?
But if you've already obtained it, why show it to others openly decades later?
Did the Ye family fail to unlock the secret after obtaining it?
No, no, my thinking is wrong!
Li Xiangnan could clearly hear his own heartbeat, which pounded heavily against his chest like a drumstick.
Blood rushes to the top of your head, then instantly turns cold!
This is not fear, but extreme shock and the resulting high-speed thinking!
The true account book of the Mu family, the core account book that recorded countless secrets and led to the devastating fire of 1940, is now nowhere to be found!
Whether it was reduced to ashes in the fire, whether it was taken away by other members of the Mu family, or whether it was hidden somewhere by Grandma Mu Huanying, no one knows!
Li Xiangnan's public claim that he had the account books was merely a smokescreen to lure out the real arsonist from back then, to expose the forces behind the account books that coveted them, and also to bring out his aunt Mu Huanrong from Yanjing.
He really wanted to know what the connection was between the recently appeared Master Da, Little Buddha, and Shangguan Wuji and the Mu family fire case from back then!
But now... Ye Ruyan has actually come to our door with an account book!
Is what she has real?
Do not!impossible!
If the real account book had been lost, Grandma would have gone to great lengths to find it back then, and Grandpa would definitely have found out about it too.
And Grandma wouldn't return to Grandpa's side and go back to the battlefield as if nothing had happened after the Mu family fire in 1940!
But Li Xiangnan wasn't sure about this!
Because so much time has passed, it is impossible to find any evidence to prove that one's conjecture is correct and consistent with the facts of that time!
That piece of paper in Ye Ruyan's hand...
Countless thoughts flashed through Li Xiangnan's mind like lightning.
This thing is either a fake that Ye Ruyan got in order to test the Li family's reaction, to see if Mu Huanying was really in the backyard, or to test the authenticity of the account book in Li Xiangnan's hand.
Or... this is bait laid out by Shangguan Wuji, using the Ye family to stir up trouble!
This perfectly matches Shangguan Wuji's temperament of enjoying a good show and never missing out on trouble!
Or, the worst-case scenario!
The document in Ye Ruyan's hand is either the Mu family's account book, or a copy, or a fragment, and the Li and Mu families know nothing about it!
In either case, the situation is extremely dangerous!
Li Xiangnan forced himself to calm down, his eyes fixed on the brown paper document bag on the coffee table.
The red seal on the seal was blurry, but a certain pattern could still be vaguely discerned.
This is not a typical official seal; it looks more like a family seal.
Although these items look antique, they shouldn't be taken as genuine.
You should know that in Liulichang and Panjiayuan in Beijing, there are countless "golden-eyed" experts who can forge antique items, and their ability to make fakes indistinguishable from the real thing is beyond compare.
He took a deep breath, slowly raised his head, and met Ye Ruyan's amber eyes.
“Comrade Ye,” Li Xiangnan began, his voice surprisingly calm, even carrying a hint of doubt, “you’re saying this is the Mu family’s account book?”
"Yes!" Ye Ruyan nodded, her finger still pressed on the file bag.
“But…” Li Xiangnan frowned slightly, looking puzzled, “I already have the Mu family’s account books!”
These words shocked everyone present!
Song Cijiu suddenly turned to look at Li Xiangnan, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
What are you talking about, kid? You have ledgers? How come I've never heard him mention them before?
Li Dequan was also taken aback for a moment, but the old man was a man who had seen a lot of things and he instantly understood his grandson's intention. He immediately picked up his teacup with a normal expression, lowered his head to drink the tea, and did not say a word.
At the entrance, Song Ziming, Wang Defa, Song Yi, Yang Weidong, and others wore expressions of shock and amusement!
They knew that Li Xiangnan had released the smoke bomb!
But everyone knows that the one Xiao Li has is fake.
When Ye Ruyan said she had account books, they were all terrified and secretly worried for Li Xiangnan.
But everyone was extremely excited. It was obvious that Xiao Li had managed to trick them out of the real ledger through his previous maneuvers!
Wow, that's brilliant!
If that book is true!
At this moment, the representatives of the Chen, Wang, Lu, and Han families behind Ye Ruyan changed their expressions drastically, exchanging surprised and uncertain glances.
Only Ye Ruyan herself remained completely unmoved.
She merely raised an eyebrow slightly, a half-smile playing on her lips: "Oh? Doctor Li also has account books?"
"Of course!"
Li Xiangnan spoke with absolute certainty, as if stating a simple fact: "Without a doubt, my grandmother is Mu Huanying, she is a member of the Mu family, and I am also half a member of the Mu family! We have the account books, so it makes perfect sense, right?"
From the perspective of family ties, it points out the blood relation and heritage between Mu Huanying and himself, which is a fact that others cannot question.
That's the most reasonable excuse imaginable!
Ye Ruyan looked at him quietly, her amber eyes seeming to see right through people's hearts.
She stared at him in silence for a full five seconds before slowly saying, "Since Doctor Li said the account book is in your possession, then what is this... that I have?"
She threw the question back at her.
Li Xiangnan sneered inwardly.
As expected, Ye Ruyan was also testing the waters.
“That’s a question for Comrade Ye!” Li Xiangnan stepped forward, his eyes sharp as knives. “The ledger in my hand was given to me by my grandmother! It bears the Mu family crest, the unique accounting format of the Mu Business in those days, and the signatures and seals of the customers who came and went back then! I wonder if Comrade Ye has anything to prove that this one is genuine?”
His words were half true and half false.
The truth is, Li Xiangnan did indeed have a ledger forged as part of a smokescreen to attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.
That fake ledger did indeed contain things he fabricated based on the information he had found about the Mu family, such as the family crest, the Mu family business, and the accounting format from back then.
As for the fake part, it's fake from the start, and it wasn't given to me by my grandmother, Mu Huanying, in fact, I've never even met her. As for the client's signature and stamp, that's completely out of the question.
But he was betting that Ye Ruyan was unaware of this information.
really.
When she heard keywords such as the Mu family crest, Mu's Trading Company's accounting format, and customer signatures and seals, her eyes flickered slightly.
Although it was only a fleeting moment, Li Xiangnan still managed to catch it.
There is a play!
The ledger in Ye Ruyan's hands probably... lacks these key characteristics!
Or rather, she couldn't verify the authenticity of these characteristics on the spot!
“Dr. Li, that’s a good question,” Ye Ruyan said calmly, tapping her fingers lightly on the file folder. “Since we both have our own versions of events and claim that the ledgers we have are genuine, how can we determine the truth?”
She paused, then said meaningfully, "After all, there are probably not many people who have actually seen account books! Comrade Mu Huanying is perhaps the only one who can distinguish between genuine and fake ones!"
She tilted her head and looked at Li Xiangnan: "Dr. Li, since that's the case, why don't we let Old Madam Mu come out and personally identify whose account book is genuine?"