However, Chen Yi's approach cost money and presented a troublesome issue: when the Gong family regularly came to the herb shop to reconcile accounts, a large portion of the money he spent would not add up.
Although the two hundred taels of silver provided by the Gong family were accounted for, the extra two hundred taels Chen Yi spent out of his own pocket would be suspicious.
As a mere servant of the Gong family, where did you get that money?
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