The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were all trembling with fright.

"Speak up if you have something to say, and throw something." Jia's mother patted her chest to relieve her breath, and then looked at Jia Amnesty as if blaming, "Tell me, how do you want to keep your word?"

Jia She sneered, clapped his hands, and suddenly a young servant presented the account book.

Jia Amnesty didn't even look at it after receiving it, and pushed it directly to Jia Mu.

Jia's mother asked what Jia Amnesty was, but seeing that Jia Amnesty didn't say anything, she had to take the glasses and see for herself.After she opened the account book, she glanced at it, almost every page was marked with a red cinnabar pen.Mother Jia looked at one of them carefully. For example, if you buy a car of three hundred catties of cabbage, the approximate amount used in the kitchen will be indicated on the side. It will be a few days before the next purchase. After each amount is checked, it will say four or five people name.Mother Jia recognized two of them as servants in the kitchen.That is to say, his investigation is not only an estimate, but also evidence from people directly related to him.

Mother Jia turned over a few more pages, and found that every wrong account had a balance of more than [-] catties.Adding all these things together, the amount of money embezzled in this account book must be at least a thousand taels.This is only the account book of partial purchase records within two months. If the account book for the whole year is calculated based on this, the amount must be huge.

Mother Jia put down her glasses, her brows were furrowed, and the way she looked at Mrs. Wang changed.

Mrs. Wang felt nervous when she saw that it was an account book, and complained, "Why is this time?", and when she felt the strange look in Jia Mu's eyes, her heart was beating so fast that it was about to burst.

After all, Jia's mother sank down, saving face for Mrs. Wang, and didn't say anything in public.She turned her head and said to Jia She: "Okay, okay, you are the eldest son of this family's Xijue, from now on, I will let you say what you want."

Jia Zheng was completely unaware of the situation, so he looked at Jia Mu in amazement.

He didn't understand why things changed so quickly.Their second room was forced to move out of Rongxi Hall, so why did they also lose their right to housekeeper!

"Mother! Brother, he—"

"Shut up." Mother Jia glanced coldly at Jia Zheng, turned her gaze to look straight ahead, and said with a sonorous air, "That's the deal, no one has any objections, and don't complain."

Jia Zheng refused to accept it, but his mother said so, as a dutiful son, he should not say more.Jia Zheng turned to look at Mrs. Wang, she should speak up about the back house.Jia Zheng originally thought Mrs. Wang would be more upset than himself, but saw that she just drooped her head honestly and kept silent.

"Let's go." Mother Jia got up, and with the help of the maidservants, she walked towards the gate of Rongxi Hall, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang and others followed behind.

Mother Jia suddenly stopped in her tracks, and glanced sideways at Jia She's direction, "Boss, if you have the guts, do what you should do. If I find out that you are not doing your job properly and spending money all day long, don't blame me for taking the power, and I won't give it to you again." Chance."

After Jiamu finished speaking, surrounded by many maidservants, she staggered away.

Jia Amnesty stood on the spot, watching Jia Mu leave with a cold face.

He once again felt the old lady's eccentricity.If this kind of greedy thing was changed to him, he would have been scolded by her old man in public. If it was the second room, she saved face for them and didn't say anything.Probably the old lady finally felt that the second room could 'rehabilitate', and the first room was 'incorrigible' long ago.

Jia Zheng was still not convinced at the moment, and angrily said to Jia Amnesty, "Are you satisfied?"

He then snorted harshly and took Mrs. Wang away.

Jia Amnesty didn't take Jia Zheng seriously, he turned around indifferently, and told Zhu Mao to go to the old courtyard to move all his things.From now on, Rongxi Hall will be the place where he takes root seriously.

Since everyone is not very friendly to him, Jia She feels that there is no need for him to save face.Everything that happened in the Rongxi Hall tonight about "the first wife took power and the second wife lost power" will definitely reach the ears of the servants.As for the account, although Mother Jia didn't mention it in person, she still couldn't stop the rumors in private.And that night, Jia Amnesty took Wu Xindeng, the chief banker, and punished him for making false accounts. He was hit with [-] boards and sent directly to the government.

The news spread that night, and all the servants in Rongxi Hall knew that the reason why Jia Zheng and his wife lost their housekeeping rights was due to fraudulent accounting.

Therefore, the image of the second master of politics, who is called himself a scholar, has been damaged in everyone's mind.Some people even brought up the previous story, mentioning that Jia Zheng raised that Qing guest named Zhang who harmed the maids in the house, and this time their second wife was greedy for money, and the appearance of Mr. Zheng's usual high-spirited gentleman was instantly in the hearts of everyone. collapse.Just such a hypocrite, he still despises the vulgarity and vulgarity of these servants, and it is clear that he is even more hypocritical in doing things himself.Gradually, everyone began to call Jia Zheng "false prudence" in private.

Mrs. Wang didn't sleep all night, but she didn't know about the rumors yet, it was just that she couldn't sleep because of the blockage in the new place.It was the same with Jia Zheng, he came out of Aunt Zhao with dark eyes early in the morning, and hurried out, not even in the mood for breakfast.

Mrs. Wang was depressed for a while, and tried to comfort herself to regain her strength.She has to settle down now and show the simplicity and honesty of following her time.This way Mother Jia will feel sorry for her when she sees it. If she mentions the matter of renovating the yard, her old man will definitely agree.At that time, she will definitely take the opportunity to spend more money on renovations to make this place better than Rongxi Hall.

Madam Wang was so relieved, after breakfast, she planned to go out to look at the yard.

Mrs. Wang already understood the situation in this house last night. It is a little small, but it is still livable.But Mrs. Wang really didn't look carefully at the yard outside. She had never been to Jia Amnesty Court before. When I came back with Jia Zheng, it was too dark to see clearly.

Mrs. Wang walked out the door with steady steps, went down the stone steps, and looked up at the entire courtyard.

The courtyard was originally a reconstruction of an old garden, and it was a bit shabby, but now the walls on the southwest sides have been demolished in a mess, and it is connected with the dilapidated garden outside, which is neither fish nor fowl, very ugly.

Mrs. Wang held her breath, walked around to the back of the room, and then went to look at the backyard that had just been demolished by Jia She.She only took one look, then her feet trembled and she couldn't stand still. Fortunately, a maid helped her.Mrs. Wang looked at the scene in front of her with trembling arms, and she even wanted to hang herself to death.

Half of the backyard wall was demolished, and the originally flat open space was dug in a mess, and a large stinky pond was dug out in the center. Many mosquitoes, swarms.Weeds grew all around the stinky pond, and the only plant was willows, but they were already dead and fell to the ground in disorder.On the east side, there are still piles of disorganized stones, and the ground is also potholed. In some places, rainwater has accumulated and it is very muddy.

Even if you go out of the city and find any barren hills and fields, the scenery will be ten thousand times better than here.

When Mrs. Wang thought that she could see such an ugly, dirty and messy place when she opened the back window, she felt depressed.Thinking about it again, she and Jia Zheng actually lost face and begged to come to this place, so they were so angry that they wanted to vomit blood.

Suddenly, Mrs. Wang's eyes were dark.

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Jia Amnesty made an appointment with Jiamu early in the morning. When someone reported to Jiamu that Mrs. Wang had fainted, she asked why without waiting for Jiamu to speak.

The old woman said awkwardly: "Second wife got up early in the morning to see the scenery of the courtyard, and suddenly she couldn't hold on after walking around."

Jia She sneered at Mother Jia: "I'm used to living in the golden kennel, and I think my kennel is broken and dirty. You know, my master has lived there for more than [-] years."

Mother Jia stared at Jia Amnesty angrily, knowing that what he said was also complaining to herself.Now this old man's methods are getting more and more powerful. Every time he is angry with chest tightness and shortness of breath, he feels as if he is going to die, but he just can't find a reason to refute him.

At this moment, Mother Jia had no choice but to swallow all the words of concern that came to her lips, and casually dismissed the old woman, "If you faint, please call the doctor. What's the use of asking me, and you don't need to report this kind of thing in the future."

The mother-in-law was shocked and resigned in embarrassment.All the servants in the house could also hear it clearly, and everyone was concerned about it.

Jia Amnesty's expression was the most indifferent, and after completing Dingxing according to the rules, he left gracefully, leaving Jia Mu alone in her place sulking for a long time.

Seeing the master coming back, the black pig immediately came to report: "The man on Tongtai Street begged to thank him. His identity has been verified. He is the wronged cowherd in Gyeonggi Prefecture. He is a very poor man. The author of Family Secrets, he is going to kill himself."

Jia Amnesty met this cowherd named Fang Zhenglu.After receiving his kowtow to thank him, Jia Amnesty asked straight to the point: "I heard that you want to seek death, why is it that you have finally settled your grievances and escaped from death. You should go home and live a good life and cherish your life."

"Family? How can I have a family? Originally, an old mother at home dragged me to college, and finally saved some money to get me engaged to a girl from a neighboring village, but something like this happened. The girl thought I was murdering I broke the marriage contract and married someone else, and my mother died of illness because of my imprisonment. What's the use of living alone, I'd rather die, and it's all over. Thank you benefactor for your consolation, but I've made up my mind, and I'm going on the road today to accompany mother."

After Fang Zhenglu finished speaking, he kowtowed to Jia Amnesty again and wanted to leave.

How can Jia She let him be like this, he bends down to pick up the paper that fell on the ground above the ground, it is the paper on which he knelt on the street yesterday to write his thank you words.

Now the paper is a bit dirty, the characters on it are not elegant, but they are powerful. The first few characters are not stable and the structure is uneven.

"Is this handwritten by you?"

"How did the master find out? I am indeed literate, and my mother taught me. But later, I had no money to go to school, and I heard people say that I am a scholar who is useless. It would be better to herd cattle to make people live a better life."

"If you can read and write, it will be even more useful. If you die, you just want to talk about it and pay it back? From now on, your life will be mine, and you will be ordered by me."

Fang Zhenglu blinked and looked up at Jia Amnesty in puzzlement.

The black pig smiled and said: "The master means that you follow him from now on, don't seek death. Aren't you thanking "Secret of the Neighbor" for saving you, and you can also contribute to "Secret of the Neighbor" in the future. "

Fang Zhenglu opened his eyes wide in surprise, and laughed, "Okay, okay, if you dare to be kind, then I will...not die. The master is right, and besides, I don't want to let down my mother's kindness in nurturing me over the years."

Seeing that he changed so quickly, the black pig felt a little uncomfortable, pretending to complain: "Master, why do I feel that we were all deceived by him."

Jia She smiled lightly, "It doesn't matter, it's a bargain for us to have such a person to help."

Jia Amnesty was short of a reliable person who could write and record, and Fang Zhenglu came just in time.Jia Amnesty then asked Zhu Mao to explain the rules to him and arranged for him to enter the house.

Jia Amnesty was still thinking about the disaster victims in Jin, so he asked about the black pig.

Black Pig: "I asked people to ask carefully last night, and there was not a single victim from Jindi in the city, and the newly added beggars were all from Ludi."

"That's strange. In terms of distance, Jindi is closer to the capital than Ludi." Jia She frowned and muttered.

"It's a bit strange, but master, why do we care about these things? It's just a few disaster victims. It's not a big deal. It's better not to."

"What do you know?" Jia Amnesty's voice was very light.He pondered for a moment, then walked to the window, raised his right arm and leaned against the window frame, looking at the bustling market downstairs, the whole person fell into meditation.