The eldest son of the red mansion

Lin Zhixiao replied: "Don't bother me. The truck has been loaded, and there is nothing missing."

Jia Ke said. "Call Liu Yu in, I have something to ask." Lin Zhixiao went out and brought Liu Yu into the hall.

Jia Ke said to Liu Yuyu: "Leave two corps of people to guard the house. The others will press the vehicle and follow me back to the house."

Liu Yu agreed, and went out to order.

After a while, Lin Zhixiao came in to report and said, "Master, everything is ready. Do you want to leave now?"

Jia Ke said, "Now that you're ready, get ready to go on the road after breakfast, and try to get back to Jia's mansion before dark."

After eating some breakfast, Jia Ke walked out the door and saw five or six cars parked at the door, Jia Ke still got into the first car.Lin Zhixiao sat on the edge of the car with the coachman as usual, and the convoy began to drive towards the official road.

The convoy came to the official road and walked all the way in the direction of the capital.

Because the departure was early and there were no obstacles along the way, we returned to Jia's mansion in the afternoon.

The motorcade stopped in front of the west corner gate, and a servant hurried forward to ask,

Lin Zhixiao stepped forward and explained: "This is the uncle's return. Quickly make way for the convoy to enter."

But how dare the servant let so many strangers go in casually.The two sides were entangled, when Jia Ke got out of the car, the servant immediately went up to salute him.Jia Ke said to him: "I have something to see my father, you open the door and let us in, don't worry about things without you."

After the motorcade entered the west corner gate, Jack said to Lin Zhixiao: "You wait here first, and arrange for everyone to rest first. I will go to see my father and explain the whole story to him first."

Lin Zhixiao said: "Master, just go, I will arrange that nothing will happen here."

Jia Ke said again: "Give me Li An's testimony and the financial statement from Li An's family."

Lin Zhixiao hurriedly took out a stack of papers from his arms and handed them to Jia Ke.

Jia Ke held it in her hand, looked through it, and saw that there was nothing missing, so she put it in her arms.

Seeing that there were no omissions in everything, Jia Ke went to Jia Zheng's outer study---Mengpozhai.When I arrived at the servant outside the small study, I was surprised to see that it was Jia Ke. It was rumored that Jia Ke had been driven to the countryside, why did he appear here?But he still went up to salute and say hello.

Jia Ke asked him, "Is father in the study?"

The servant hurriedly replied: "Master is playing chess with several gentlemen in the study."

Jia Ke said, "Go in and let me know. Just say that I want to see my father."

The boy didn't dare to neglect, so he went in to report immediately.

Not long after, the door curtain was opened, and Jia Zheng walked out quickly, followed by his cleaners.As soon as Jia Ke saw Jia Zheng coming out in person, he immediately stepped forward, knelt down on the ground to salute Jia Zheng, and said: "Unfilial son Jia Ke, please knock on your father and ask him how he is."

Jia Zheng didn't see Jia Ke for several months, and he missed Jia Ke very much. Seeing Jia Ke knelt down to salute, he stepped forward to help Jia Ke up.Said: "My son is in good health. Are you used to it in Xiacaozhuang?"

Jia Ke stood up and replied, "My son is all well and well in Xiacao Village. He practices martial arts and trains his own soldiers every day. He is living a very fulfilling life."

Seeing their father and son talking non-stop outside the study, Qing Ke Zhan Guang stepped forward and said, "Dong Weng, it's not a place to talk in the courtyard, and it's not too late to talk before entering the house."

Only then did Jia Zheng wake up, took Jia Ke's hand, and entered the study.

Seeing that their father and son hadn't seen each other for several days, Jia Zheng's guests from the Four Clean-ups left. They must have something to say now, so they left.

In the study, Jia Zheng took the main seat, and Jia Ke stood beside Jia Zheng.At this time, Jia Zheng calmed down and returned to his original seriousness. He asked Jia Ke with a straight face, "You are not going to Caozhuang to practice martial arts. What are you doing when you come home? Let me tell you, if you are greedy for the prosperity of Beijing, If you can't bear it, I advise you to accept this thought, or you will see me break your leg."

Jia Ke hurriedly said, "Xiwu is the path chosen by the son himself, no matter how difficult it is, the son will go on. I really have something important to come back today, and I will report it to my father."

Hearing what he said, Jia Zheng didn't come back out of greed for glory or fear of hard work, and nodded in satisfaction.He also heard Jia Ke say that he had something important to report, so he said: "You are a young man, if there is anything important, go back and see your aunt if you have nothing to do, she misses you very much these days when you are not here."

Jia Ke hurriedly said, "Father, something is really wrong with my son. I don't know my father, but I remember that a few days ago, my son's Zhuangzi Wangjiatun reported that there was a drought this year."

Jia Zheng thought that Jia Ke was worried about Zhuangzi, so he said, "You don't need to do this, I've already done it for you, you just need to concentrate on practicing, and don't worry about other things."

Jia Ke said to Jia Zheng: "Son, it is because of this incident that my son found out that the stewards of Wangjiatun, Li An and Lai Da, jointly deceived the government. Wangjiatun did not suffer any disaster at all."

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was surprised and said: "How is this possible? Lai Da has been serving our family for many years without making any mistakes. How could it be possible to do such a thing against the Lord."

Jia Ke said to Jia Zheng, "Father and son, how dare you lie to father." He said that he took out the evidence from his bosom to Jia Zheng, and said, "Father, this is Li An's confession, and it is the same as the testimonial from Li An's house. the property of."

Jia Zheng took it over, looked it over carefully, and was furious when he saw only half of it, and said, "This dog slave has no law? See if I don't skin him."

Jia Zheng said to Jia Ke: "You go back to rest and reunite with your aunt. This matter must be explained to the Jia family."

Chapter 38 Choices

Jia Zheng sent Jia Ke away and looked at the evidence carefully.The more I look at it, the angrier I get, these slaves are really lawless.No wonder Jia's income has been decreasing during this time. At first he thought it was a natural disaster, but now he knows the reason. If the master gets full points, they get half points.If it is not rectified, the Jia Mansion will definitely decline in the long run.This matter must be severely punished.Because Nanny Lai is involved, some matters are still decided by Jia's mother.

Jia Zheng took these evidences and went to the back house to look for Jia Mu. There were a few girls in red and green sitting on the steps in Jia Mu's courtyard. gone."

When Jia Zheng entered the room, he saw Mother Jia playing leaf cards with several old mothers, and Mother Lai was among them.Seeing this, Jia Zheng had to stand aside and watch.

When Jia Mu saw Jia Zheng came, she knew that she had something to discuss, so she said to everyone, "Let's come here today." She said that she gave them the rest of the money.

So all the old nuns withdrew, and only Nanny Lai was still serving Mother Jia. Jia Zheng glanced at Nanny Lai and said to her, "If our mother and son have something to say, you should go out first."

Nanny Lai knew that what she said might have something to do with her.Although I really want to know, I still back out.

Mother Jia asked Jia Zheng, "Nurse Lai has been my maid for many years. Except for that matter, there is nothing in our family that we can let her listen to."

Jia Zheng said to Jia's mother: "It's her business. That's why she can't listen."

Jia Mu said, "What can she do?"

So Jia Zheng told Jia Mu again what Jia Ke said.

Jia's mother has been in charge of Jia's family for decades, and she has never experienced anything. Once she heard Jia Zheng's words, she knew what was going on.This is a slave who buys fields and land outside under the guise of the master's name, and detains the tenants.There have been several times before, and she was forced to rectify them.Unexpectedly, this happened to Nanny Lai. Mother Jia didn't believe that Nanny Lai didn't know about it.So his face sank.

Jia Zheng said angrily to Jia's mother: "This matter must be rectified severely. Apart from this matter, there are so many dirty things down here, otherwise our house will be emptied by these slaves in the long run."

Jia's mother said: "Recently, we need to rectify and rectify, but we can't go too far. After all, we are a charitable family, and we respect the elderly most."

Jia Zheng said, "I don't know what mother thinks?"

Jia's mother said: "The Lai family is just greedy in other villages, it shouldn't be done in Jia Ke's Zhuangzi. I gave the Zhuangzi to Jia Ke in front of me, and they made troubles behind my back. You must teach them a lesson, don’t worry about this matter, I have my own way.” After pondering for a while, he regretfully said: “It seems that Lai Da will not be needed anymore.”

Jia Zheng said: "I think this matter should be dealt with seriously. Give Ke Geer an explanation, and we can't let him have a grudge with our Jia family."

Jia Mu said: "Go down, I know, and call Brother Ke in by the way. I have something to ask him to do. I don't bother the second master. Let him do it."

Not long after, Jia Ke came in and kowtowed to Jiamu, who asked him to get up, and Jiamu said to him: "I already know what you said. I have been a housekeeper for decades. Yes, but after being rectified by me many times, I thought they would restrain themselves, but I didn't expect to be deceived by the most trusted person in the end."

Jia Ke comforted Jia Mu and said, "Old lady, you are just being charitable. He just sees you as charitable and won't punish them too much. That's why he deceived you even more."

Mother Jia said to him: "Good grandson, you still know me well, but our charity can't be bullied anymore. I called you here today because I have a few things for you to do."

Jia Ke said, "If you need anything, just tell the old lady."