Chapter 219: Li Jun's Astonishment

The reason Li Jun was astonished was that he himself would subconsciously perform such an action when performing mental calculations.

"This..."

He did not know why Duan Rong would also perform this action, but when he looked at Duan Rong's focused face again, a sudden chill ran through his entire body.

Li Jun's expression was grave; he had already cast aside his feelings of contempt and began to carefully note the locations of the account books Huang Qing retrieved from the shelves.

His heart began to sink bit by bit!

When Huang Qing ran back after pulling another account book from the middle of the fourth shelf on the north side, Li Jun could finally no longer hold back and walked toward Duan Rong.

Duan Rong took the account book from Huang Qing's hands; he flipped through it twice and found the record he was looking for.

Duan Rong's left index finger and thumb subconsciously rubbed the fabric of his sleeve. With the aid of his Proficiency-level virtual-grid mental calculation and Proficiency-level counting rod calculation, all relevant numbers instantly merged and interacted, and the result of the mental calculation subsequently emerged in Duan Rong's mind.

He took a look at that entry in the summary account, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

The discrepancy in this entry of over three thousand taels of silver was as high as over five hundred taels, and it was not until the third layer of the set of books that the clues emerged; one item of over two hundred taels and one item of over three hundred taels had each changed their names and been added an extra time through different channels.

Of an entry of over three thousand taels, over five hundred taels had actually been embezzled by someone cleverly borrowing names.

And how enormous was the annual cash flow of the Yuanshun Escort Agency? What if they were exploited like this every year?

The more Duan Rong thought about it, the more alarmed he felt!

Just at this moment, Duan Rong noticed Li Jun slowly pacing to his side.

Duan Rong's gaze shifted slightly, and he looked up.

Li Jun stood at Duan Rong's side, his gaze sweeping toward the twenty or thirty account books opened in front of him. Li Jun had just noticed that these account books came from three different shelves.

This already explained the problem.

At this time, his gaze swept over the positions where the account books in front of Duan Rong were opened, as well as the place where the summary account book in Duan Rong's hand was opened.

The structure of this set of accounts was designed by him personally. Upon one look, Li Jun was instantly terrified; he could conclude! Duan Rong had understood it!

It was also at this moment that Duan Rong looked up at him and smiled brilliantly.

At this time, Duan Rong suddenly flicked his sleeve, and a faint breeze from his sleeve brushed across Li Jun's face.

Li Jun's vision blurred, and he felt a wave of inexplicable dizziness strike him. His footsteps swayed, his vision went black, and with a thud, he collapsed to the ground.

Xiao Yu and Huang Qing were both startled, not knowing what had happened to Li Jun.

Huang Qing immediately stepped forward, helped Li Jun up, and called out to him, but Li Jun's eyes were tightly shut, and there was no reaction at all...

Huang Qing raised his hand to test Li Jun's breath and found it was still quite strong, so his heart finally settled a little.

Duan Rong said, "It's stuffy here, the air isn't circulating, don't suffocate him. Carry him out to the corridor."

Upon hearing this, Huang Qing felt that what Duan Rong said made sense and immediately carried Li Jun to the corridor, laying him flat on the floor. He pinched Li Jun's philtrum, but Li Jun remained unconscious, showing no signs of waking up at all.

Duan Rong immediately ran to the East Yi Room and called Wang Dean over.

When Wang Dean came over and saw Li Jun unconscious on the floor of the west corridor with Huang Qing pinching his philtrum, he roared, "Huang Qing, what happened to Li Jun?"

Huang Qing said with a mournful face, "I don't know! He was fine just a moment ago, then suddenly collapsed in the Document Repository."

Wang Dean tested Li Jun's breath and found it was still quite strong.

In this short while, quite a few people had already gathered around.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from outside the crowd; it was the Chief Accountant Xu Shouxian, who had been alarmed and rushed over.

"Why haven't you sent him to the Medical Hall yet? What are you waiting for?" There was a hint of anger in Xu Shouxian's voice.

Wang Dean immediately grabbed a burly Apprentice Accountant from the crowd, had him carry Li Jun on his back, and followed along toward the Medical Hall on the street.

That burly accountant was quite depressed; he had only come to join the fun and had unexpectedly been pressed into service.

After Wang Dean and the others left, a group of people still gathered in the Main Hall, whispering to each other...

Xu Shouxian suddenly darkened his face and roared, "Nothing to do, is that it?"

Seeing the Chief Accountant lose his temper, those people immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Duan Rong, Xiao Yu, and Huang Qing remained standing at the entrance of the west corridor.

Duan Rong looked at the back of Wang Dean as he walked away outside the door, his expression unmoved.

The bit of Poison Powder he had just sprinkled on Li Jun's face was a type of sedative. This sedative would not harm a person's life, but once drugged, an ordinary physician would absolutely be unable to wake them; they could only wait for the drug's effect to wear off...

After all, this was a sedative concocted by the evil physician Shen Ping; how could it be so easily neutralized?

Moreover, Duan Rong had gauged the dosage, and he could be certain that Li Jun would absolutely not wake up within these five days.

Xu Shouxian slowly walked up to Duan Rong and Xiao Yu and said, "I've let you both be startled! This child Li Jun has never had very good health. The Document Repository is stuffy, so he must have been stifled."

"I think it's like this. I will assign another Assistant to you both to replace Li Jun. Although there has been a bit of a mishap, we cannot delay your auditing."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu was just about to speak, as Li Jun was her assistant after all.

But Duan Rong suddenly said, "There's no need for the trouble. Huang Qing is enough. And I see that everyone is quite busy."

Seeing Duan Rong say this, Xiao Yu gave him a strange look, but she did not refute him.

Xu Shouxian said, "Escort Duan, there is no need to be polite. The Manager has already given instructions to let the Accounting Office fully cooperate with you. Now, your auditing is the most important matter for the Accounting Office; other work can be put aside for a while."

Duan Rong smiled and said, "In this junior's view, this auditing is a matter of Harmonizing Yin and Yang and Harmonizing Light and Dust. Besides, perhaps Mr. Li Jun will be better by the afternoon; changing people back and forth is actually not good!"

Hearing Duan Rong mention Harmonizing Light and Dust, Xu Shouxian's face instantly blossomed into a smile, and he felt Duan Rong becoming more and more pleasing to the eye. He sighed inwardly: This kid's awareness is different from that old stubborn Xiao Zongting. If Xiao Zongting could think this way too, many things would be much simpler to do.

Xu Shouxian smiled and said, "Escort Duan is a young talent with truly outstanding insight. Since that is the case, I will not force it. If you encounter any difficulties during your auditing, just go find Wang Dean. If he cannot resolve them, come directly to me."

"Then many thanks to Chief Accountant Xu." Duan Rong cupped his hands in a salute and turned to walk toward the Document Repository.

Xiao Yu and Huang Qing also turned and followed.

As soon as Huang Qing turned around, Xu Shouxian said, "Huang Qing, come here, I have a few questions for you."

Huang Qing immediately stopped his footsteps and turned back to walk to the entrance of the corridor.

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu walked to the entrance of the Document Repository, and Xiao Yu asked, "What did you mean by what you said just now?"

Duan Rong stood at the entrance, glanced at Xu Shouxian and Huang Qing at the entrance of the corridor, did not answer Xiao Yu, and stepped into the Document Repository on his own.

Xiao Yu's expression shifted, and she chased after him.

At the entrance of the Corridor.

Xu Shouxian looked at Huang Qing and asked, "What is going on with Li Jun? How did he end up unconscious?"

Huang Qing stood before Xu Shouxian, clearly somewhat nervous and reserved, and said, "He was fine at first... it's just... he suddenly fainted..."

"Suddenly fainted?"

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shouxian pondered for a moment and said, "Do you think there was anything unusual about Li Jun today?"

"Nothing unusual," Huang Qing said. "It's just that he must have drunk quite a bit of alcohol at noon, arrived late in the afternoon, and was tipsy."

Hearing this, Xu Shouxian's expression changed.

Seeing Xu Shouxian's expression change, Huang Qing was deeply afraid that he had said the wrong thing.

"You may go," Xu Shouxian said.

Hearing this, as if granted amnesty, Huang Qing turned and headed toward the Document Repository.

From beginning to end, Xu Shouxian did not ask a single word about the matter of auditing the accounts. Because, in his view, this matter did not need to be asked about at all. He had great confidence in the accounts of the Accounting Office; he simply did not believe that Duan Rong and Xiao Yu could find anything.

Compared to the matter of auditing the accounts, he was actually more worried about Li Jun's health.

Li Jun, this Calculation Expert of the World, was equivalent to the sharpest blade in his hand! He was using this blade quite smoothly, so it must not break!

(End of this chapter)