The maid of the red house
Chapter 96 Wang Xifeng knows his fate and is a strong hero
Seeing an official coming with officers and soldiers, Jia Lian was already in front of the three beast-headed gates of Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lian, who had just left the Yimen Gate, suddenly became frightened, his face was pale, and his expression was terrified. The officials and officers and soldiers did not enter the door, but stopped at the door and looked up at the high plaque, nodding and smiling.
Seeing that the official was followed by a dozen or so officers and soldiers, their expressions were very serious, and they didn't seem to come to his own house to cause trouble, Jia Lian calmed down a little, walked forward, cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what orders do you have when you arrive at the door? "
The official looked at Jia Lian, with a puzzled look on his face, and said, "You are?" Although Jia Lian often worked for the mansion, he was only acquainted with family friends who had contacts in the family, and there were many officials in the court that he did not recognize. Others don't recognize him, not to mention the two officials who have been keeping filial piety at home for more than two years, so they asked this question.
Jia Lian hurriedly said, "my father is the hereditary first-class general of the Rongguo Mansion."
The official understood immediately after hearing this, with an inexplicable expression on his face, a hint of hatred, and asked with a smile: "You are the Second Master Lian of Rongguo Mansion? I have heard about you for a long time, why are you standing at the door today? "
Jia Lian laughed and said, "I heard that Ningguo Mansion has been raided. Come and see what it is for."
The official was surprised: "Didn't you hear that?"
Jia Lian's face blushed and she was very ashamed. Although Jia Amnesty was a noble, he was not really lacking. Although Jia Zheng was really lacking, his rank was too low to go to the court to discuss matters. Therefore, if there was any disturbance in the court, they would not It's easy to know, Jia Lian sighed, and then became anxious, even if the family still had the glory of the past, it is useless now, so he had to say: "Because the parents at home have just graduated from the filial piety, they don't know any news outside, dare to ask you two My lord, they are surrounding the Ningguo Mansion today, so they have already been convicted? Confiscated his house?"
Pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, what Jia Lian was most worried about was that his family would be involved in the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion.
The official heard Jia Lian's words, stared at him quietly, and smiled for a long time: "The saint is kind, if he hadn't been convicted, why would he suddenly raid his house? This matter has already spread, but someone impeached the Ningguo Mansion. Violation of the system and deficit, filial piety of the country, family filial piety, gambling, and hanging out with men and women, as well as disregarding human life, champerty lawsuits, profiteering and so on."
In addition to these, there are many crimes, the biggest crimes are deficit and party formation.Although the Ningguo Mansion is not as impressive as the Rongguo Mansion, it is the eldest house of the Jia family after all, and there are many illegal things, which are even more unsightly than the Rongguo Mansion.
After saying this, the official laughed again: "It's not about the family right now, Second Lord Lian can rest assured."
Jia Lian was taken aback when he heard the words, and then smiled shyly. Just as he was relieved, the official reminded him casually: "I heard that not only the Ningguo Mansion did these things, but also the Second Lord Lian did a lot? If the saint knows, I'm afraid the family will not be able to escape."
Jia Lian was taken aback immediately, and hurriedly said, "What did I do? I didn't do anything, so why did I stop here?"
The official sneered and said, "If you want others to not know, you must do nothing yourself."
Jia Lian hurriedly said: "I haven't done it, how dare I admit it? Please tell me clearly, my lord."
The official glanced at him, sneered slightly, his brows and eyes were full of disdain, and said, "I heard that Second Master Lian helped people with many lawsuits, and I don't know how many thousands of taels of silver he can get in a year? Tell us so I know, and I also rely on my power to win lawsuits."
Jia Lian was shocked when he heard it, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I haven't done it before."
The official said: "I'm just an outsider. I'm here to copy the Ningguo Mansion today. I know whether the second master Lian has done it or not."
Jia Lian said, "I'll go and find out who framed me." Then, with a confession, he returned to the Yimen, then turned around and hurried to Jia Amnesty's room to report, and sent a servant to inquire about the news on the way.
Looking at Jia Lian's back, the official silently looked at the plaque on the Rongguo Mansion, and said in his heart, "Mu'er, don't worry, father will eventually let this Rongguo Mansion suffer its own consequences and seek justice for you and your wife. I have found a lot of evidence, and I will avenge you next year, and let the Rongguo Mansion live another good year, and tell them to kill each other."
According to the information he found out, the housewives of the Rongguo Mansion were all involved in lawsuits and exploited profits, but the second wife, Mrs. Wang, never did it again when she was old, but her niece did it for a few years, and his son's lawsuit was one of them. one.Now, he revealed this matter to Jia Lian and knew that after Jia Lian went to investigate, he would definitely turn against his wife. He had already heard that Jia Lian and his wife, Wang Shi, were not on the same temper. status, but when this matter comes out, even if Jia Lian will not divorce her, he will deal with it.
After thinking about it, he turned around and walked towards the Ningguo Mansion, while walking, he ordered: "Be careful, don't tell anyone in the Ningguo Mansion to escape."
All officers and soldiers should bow down.
But when Jia She heard that the Ningguo Mansion had been conscripted, he became very anxious and asked, "Why did you copy it?"
Jia Lian sighed, "I think it's because of what I did before."
Jia She said: "Go and find out who is in charge of the raid of the Dongfu. In addition, you have to find a way to deal with it. You can't ignore the Dongfu."
Jia Lian agreed and said, "I'm not in a hurry right now. I just heard about a big event. Come and ask the master for instructions."
Jia She was restless because he was worried about the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion. Hearing this, he said, "What big event deserves your haste to come in? Could it be that the Dong Mansion was ransacked and implicated us?"
Jia Lian shook his head and said, "It's not about this, but our family is also charged with crimes."
Hearing this, Jia She wondered: "Could it be that someone has impeached our family? If that's the case, let's put aside the matter in the East Mansion first. The crimes you mentioned are all in the East Mansion. I'm afraid our family There are also several charges, the East Mansion has already been defeated, if we are impeached, I am afraid we will not be able to escape the disaster of ransacking our home."
Jia Lian's heart skipped a beat, and he was secretly worried, so he said what the official said at the door.
When Jia Amnesty heard this, he jumped up, picked up the teacup by his skirt, and smashed it to pieces on the ground. Looking at Jia Lian, he shouted sharply, "Tell me honestly, have you ever done these things? Since that man said such things, It must not be groundless, if it was in the past, we would not be afraid, but now the Xue family's royal family and historians have all been defeated, and the Dongfu has also copied, we would rather be more cautious."
Jia Lian cried: "Master, don't worry. Although my son has done one or two things, they are all for the disciples of the family. Which family doesn't have many such things? It's just that my son never received tens of thousands of silver a year for this. "
If he had thought this way, he would never have said that Jia Yucun had killed someone for a few fans and was beaten up by Jia Amnesty.
Jia Amnesty nodded upon hearing this, and fell silent.
Half a day later, when Jia Lian was in a hurry, Jia She said in a cold voice with a gloomy face, "Investigate, investigate quickly, we must find out the truth and let me know who is so courageous to do these things for money. If it was in the past, it’s fine, our family is not afraid, now it’s too late to be a man with our tails between our legs, and we still fall into the hands of others for a few crimes, should we wait for the house to be confiscated? This is already the case in the East Mansion, which shows that our family is also in jeopardy. It cannot be ignored.”
Jia Lian quickly agreed, and then said, "So what if we find out? Everything is left there."
Before Jia Amnesty said anything, the boy who had gone to inquire about the news had already returned, saying that Zhou Yuan had brought officers and soldiers to search Ningguo Mansion.Jia She and Jia Lian immediately remembered that Zhou Yuan was Daiyu's father-in-law, and the two families were considered relatives, so Jia She hurriedly ordered Jia Lian to go there.
However, Sister Feng and others heard the news that Ningguo Mansion was raided at home. Although the two mansions are connected by gardens, after the separation, the Grand View Garden has been sealed off, so they have never been in contact. When these belongings came out, Sister Feng sighed, secretly worried.
Ping'er came over and said: "Just now I heard from the boys at the second gate that the master sent the uncle to investigate the case of champerty litigation and usury in the mansion. He said that an official who raided the East Mansion told the uncle."
Speaking of this, Ping'er said worriedly: "Grandma has to find a way, don't let the master and uncle know."
Sister Feng's heart sank, and she hurriedly asked, "Who did you hear that from?"
Ping'er thought for a while, and said: "I followed the uncle's Xing'er, saying that when I return from the East Mansion, I will ask someone to inquire about this matter, saying that outsiders should not be allowed to ruin the reputation of the mansion, but if it is true, it must be true. punish severely."
Sister Feng only felt the buzzing in her ears, and it took her a long time to hold it back, and said in a low voice, "What are you afraid of? If you did it at the beginning, there is no room for regret. Go out and order Wang'er and his wife to stay away. Beat them too, and if I know what they said, I will sell them to the coal mines even if I don’t peel them off.”
After hearing this, Ping'er hurried out, and Wang'er and his wife understood, so they went out of the city on the pretext of watching the snow disaster in Zhuangzi.
Jia Lian didn't know anything about it, so he went to the gate of Ningguo Mansion and begged to see Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan didn't see him, instead he ordered the officers and soldiers to drive him away, looked back at Jia Zhen and Jia Rong and his son who were lying on the ground, and said: "No idlers are allowed to enter, if they enter, they will be seized in the name of obstructing official duties. "
After finishing the order, he asked the official who had just returned from the gate of Rongguo Mansion: "Master Li, go and take a look, don't break anything."
Li Zhao said with a smile: "These soldiers' hands and feet are not important. Although they are very careful, they can't be perfect. After all, a few things will be damaged. But since the lord has ordered so, I will go over and look at them and seal up all their family books."
Zhou Yuan nodded and said nothing. These must be put into the warehouse, and they would rather be completely sealed.
In the evening, when everything was in order, Zhou Yuan was already at his fingertips, so he ordered someone to escort him out.
Looking at Jia Lian from a distance, he was so anxious that he was furious. He saw countless officers and soldiers escorting Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and his son out like wolves. Wives, concubines, girls and servants, etc., were pulled out of the mansion by the officers and soldiers. Their clothes were messy, their hairpins were crooked and their temples were loose. I am afraid that all the jewelry would be snatched by the officers and soldiers. With few descendants and no garden, even though Jia Zhen has spent extravagantly in these years, there are still countless.
I don't know when, a little snow fell and the cold wind blew, and the Jiazhen people were shivering from the cold. Fortunately, when they came out, the hairpins and accessories were snatched by the soldiers, but the leather clothes were not peeled off, which was enough to keep out the cold.
Jia Lian couldn't bear to watch any more, but couldn't move for some reason. He could only watch helplessly as Jia Zhen and his son were pulled into the prison cart, and Youshi and other female family members were tied up and dragged away in a row. In the future, when Zhou Yuan brought people out, the officials who had reminded Jia Lian earlier were also in there, commanding the soldiers to seal the Ningguo Mansion, and took down the plaque that ordered the Ningguo Mansion to be built.
Li Zhao laughed and said, "The Ningguo Mansion, which is so impressive, has finally come to this day."
Hearing this, Zhou Yuan looked at him with a smile and said, "I don't know why you asked for your order to come here. It stands to reason that you are also a third-rank member now. Wouldn't it be wronged for you to follow me to do these things?"
Li Zhao chuckled and said, "I'm just looking for two words."
Zhou Yuan was startled, and asked which two words it was, but Li Zhao said, "Fairness."
Hearing that Li Zhao was looking for justice, Zhou Yuan was very puzzled. Could it be that Li Zhao and the Jia family had a quarrel?He had never heard of this matter before, but seeing that Li Zhao didn't want to say more, he didn't continue to ask, but got on the sedan chair and went back to the palace to play.
Emperor Changqian was very satisfied with Zhou Yuan's handling of affairs, and after a few questions after the approval, he was released from the palace.
Yu Liansheng brought up hot tea, and Emperor Changgan took a sip and asked, "Did you find out about Li Zhao's family affairs?"
Yu Liansheng said: "It's been many years, and it's hard to find out."
After listening to the ins and outs, Emperor Changqian nodded and said: "Li Zhao has obtained the evidence, and I think I will impeach the Rongguo Mansion in the near future. I am going to implicate the Rongguo Mansion from the Ningguo Mansion case."
Yu Liansheng smiled and said, "Master is wise, these honorable families have committed many evils, and they will always get retribution."
Emperor Changgan smiled, and said: "The word retribution is simple, and it's not easy to say. Although it is said that the cycle of heaven and retribution is not good, but I watched it coldly. How many people who did evil things in the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty got retribution? Li Zhao Since I became an official, I have been conscientious and conscientious, but why have I neglected my duties? But I have to suffer the pain of losing my son."
Yu Liansheng agreed very much and said, "Master is right."
After Zhou Yuan came out from the palace, the night was already dark, and when he returned home, he saw Mrs. Zhou still waiting.
Zhou Yuan took off his cloak and said, "I've been very busy these few days, you just have to eat and rest early at home, don't wait for me."
Mrs. Zhou took the cloak and handed it to the servant girl to shake off the snowflakes and put it on the clothes hanger. After hearing this, she said, "I didn't wait too long, and it's not too late. There are rumors outside that the Ningguo Mansion ransacked the house."
Zhou Yuan took the hand stove handed over by the servant girl, and said, "There are so many crimes, not copying is not enough to anger the common people."
Mrs. Zhou said: "Are you afraid that the Rongguo Mansion will not be able to escape?"
Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Rongguo Mansion is fine for the time being, no one can be sure in the future, the saint has already started to take care of the noble family, Xining Palace has been defeated, Nan'an Palace has no power, and Ningguo Mansion is the head of the Eight Dukes."
Mrs. Zhou said: "Fortunately, Hong's daughter-in-law is out of Beijing, otherwise she would come to the door right now."
One damages all, one prospers. Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion are one family. They can't stand by and watch historians. What's more, Ningguo Mansion, if Daiyu is at home, Rongguo Mansion will definitely have a wife and grandmother come to ask Daiyu to mediate. Yuan is in charge of this matter, even if he will not be selfish, but their life in prison will be easier.
Zhou Yuan sighed and said: "Since we are relatives, we can't avoid them."
Madam Zhou sighed slightly.
Zhou Yuan suddenly said: "Do you know about Li and Li's family? Do you have any suspicions with the Jia family?"
Mrs. Zhou asked, "Which Li family?"
Zhou Yuandao: "It is Mr. Li Zhaoli. He has now been promoted from a third-rank official. It stands to reason that he should not go with me to take care of the affairs of Ningguo Mansion, but he asked for an order to go, saying that he only wanted justice."
Mrs. Zhou thought for a long time, then suddenly clapped her hands and said: "I remembered, there really is such a thing."
Zhou Yuan listened and hurriedly asked what was the matter.
Madam Zhou said: "I've only heard it said once, and I don't quite understand what's going on. When Mr. Li was guarding in Chang'an County, he had a son who got married. The young lady of the family fell in love with some yamen, and the parents of that family wanted to regret the marriage. Mrs. Li didn't want to, so they came to reprimand the family's one daughter and Xu's family. Under the door of the Guofu, he wrote a letter to Chang'an Jiedu envoy Yun Guang. At that time, Mr. Li was out of reach, so he had to swallow his anger and withdraw his marriage. But the young lady knew her shame and hanged herself to death. Mr. Li's son also jumped into the river and died. "
Zhou Yuan said in amazement: "Human life?"
Mrs. Zhou sighed: "Mrs. Li has been seriously ill these years. She has never gone out, and I have never seen her. I have to ask Mr. Li herself what happened."
Zhou Yuandao: "Since Mr. Li said the word "justice", it can be seen that the investigation has been very clear."
Mrs. Zhou thought about the tragedy of the Li family, and said with emotion: "This Rongguo Mansion is really a crime, and Ningguo Mansion is like this, let alone them? I don't know how many such things have happened. Even if they ransacked the house, they would have done it themselves." If it wasn't for fear that they would say Daiyu is cold, and she doesn't want to help the Rongguo Mansion. Fortunately, Daiyu is far away from the capital, otherwise, their family will have to take care of it.
Zhou Yuan didn't speak, but he knew in his heart that if Rongguo Mansion really lost his son, Li Zhao would never spare Rongguo Mansion.
The case of Ningguo Mansion was not in a hurry to be sentenced, but because of the snowstorm reported everywhere the next day, Emperor Changgan ordered Zhou Yuan to be the governor, temporarily put aside the matter of Ningguo Mansion, and only Jia Zhen, father and son, Youshi's mother-in-law, concubine, and concubine, relying on power All those who committed crimes were imprisoned, and the rest were sold together, and the confiscated property was filled into the national treasury for disaster relief, which amounted to about a million.
Because Daiyu received a reward for disaster relief last year, although the snow disaster this year was heavier than last year, it was done in an orderly manner.
By the time this matter is settled, it is already the end of the year.
Jia Lian had just found out what Li Zhao said, and it was Sister Feng who took over the lawsuit. Mrs. Wang had done it before, and she had exploited her profitably. Out of the city did not return, never confirmed.
As soon as Jia Lian got the news, Jia Lian hurriedly invited Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, and went back to the room by herself. Knowing that there is a heart of snakes and scorpions hidden under such a skin, Jia Lian walked over and snatched Brother Kui. He must not let Sister Feng teach his only son badly.
Sister Feng felt a little relieved because Wang'er and his wife had left. Even if Jia Lian found nothing, she couldn't find any evidence. After all, all the evidence of usury had been burned. When you are angry, come here to vent your anger on our mother and daughter?"
Jia Lian held Brother Kui in one hand, pointed at her with the other, and said through gritted teeth, "You still dare to ask me, it's all your fault!"
Sister Feng had already expected Jia Lian's move, but she was not alarmed, and said, "I don't know what you mean by that."
Jia Lian sneered and said, "You made a lot of money out of it. Do you know what it means? I'm going to divorce you today, lest I take the blame for you, and lest you harm my whole family!"
Ping'er sadly persuaded: "Is there anything that I can't talk to grandma about? Grandma has done something wrong, so grandpa taught me a lesson, why bother to say the word divorce? One day husband and wife, one hundred days of kindness, not to mention the husband and wife of uncle and grandma for so many years , and with Sister Qiao and Brother Kui again, is it possible for Brother Kui to be surprised by watching Grandpa and Grandma quarreling?"
Jia Lian heard the sound and looked down, only to see Brother Kui's face pale with fright.
Sister Feng felt great grief, went up to hug Brother Kui, patted him lightly, and said: "Brother Kui is good, mom is here, no one dares to say you, brother Kui is good, mom will give you some snacks later." , we are not afraid."
Brother Kui got into Sister Feng's arms and burst into tears.
Sister Feng was very distressed, and comforted her softly. It took a long time to stop crying, and she only hiccupped in Sister Feng's arms. She heard Jia She in the courtyard say: "Who made my grandson cry?"
Jia Lian hurriedly went out to invite Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng to take their seats, and said tearfully, "I also ask the master and wife to make decisions for me."
Jia She frowned and said, "What the hell? What scared Brother Kui?"
Jia Lian hurriedly brought together the two matters of champering lawsuits and usurious exploitation, glanced at Mrs. Wang, pointed to Sister Feng, who was hiding in the room, and said: "Master and wife clearly see that the house ransacked in the East Mansion is charged with these two crimes." , How can our family afford it? My daughter-in-law is using my name, and I don’t know where to start with the piles of things that have been done.”
Hearing this, Jia She was taken aback immediately. Mrs. Xing looked at Mrs. Wang with a half-smile, and said, "It turns out that the second wife also did these things, so we don't know how she got the money? It must have been paid for by the entrants." It's in its own private treasury."
Mrs. Wang's complexion changed drastically, and without saying a word, Jia Zheng was already trembling with anger, stood up and pointed at her and shouted: "You have done these things? Please explain to me, why do you put our family's reputation and dignity on it?" land?"
After hearing his accusation, Mrs. Wang bowed her head and remained silent.
Sister Feng sneered slightly in the room. Anyway, if this matter came up, Jia Zheng would not divorce his wife for the sake of his reputation. After all, Mrs. Wang is still the mother of Yuanchun, so she herself will not be divorced. She doesn't have any skills, she only knows how to be a prodigal, but for the sake of Brother Kui, Jia Lian will not divorce herself. As long as she can stay, according to her own scheming and ability, she will eventually turn defeat into victory. Madam, Madam Xing doesn't care anymore.
Jia She said with a cold face: "How the second master and the second wife will take care of it, you can go back and solve it yourself. It's our family's business right now, you just know about it."
When Jia Zheng heard this, he was immediately ashamed, and said, "I made my elder brother and Lian'er laugh at me."
Sure enough, he didn't want to turn against Mrs. Wang in front of everyone, so he took Mrs. Wang to leave.
After Jia Amnesty waited for them to leave, he said to Jia Lian, "Lian'er, what are you going to do? Although such a matter is very important, your daughter-in-law didn't kill anyone with her own hands. At first, it was the Zhang family's begging, and afterwards it was the young couple. Suicide yourself, besides, compared to the second wife, your daughter-in-law is much kinder, she never gave us usury."
When Ping'er heard Jia She's words, he couldn't help but glanced at Sister Feng. Fortunately, he stopped quickly, otherwise he was afraid of dying.
Sister Feng was also secretly glad that the matter of interest had been smoothed out.
But Jia Lian said: "How can the family tolerate such a poisonous woman? I should retire. I don't want to bear this charge for nothing. People outside are all staring at our family."
Jia She said: "You also said before, which family like us has not engaged in champerty lawsuits? You said that you divorced your wife, what did you ask Brother Kui to do? I am over 60 years old, and you are three years old. He is in his teens, and our family only has one grandson, who is like a baby, so we must not be negligent."
Mentioning Brother Kui, Jia Lian couldn't help but look embarrassed. Indeed, if Sister Feng divorced, Brother Yu Kui's background would be bad.
Mrs. Xing said: "I have to take out all the money she got from the lawsuit."
After hearing this, Jia She gave her a hard look and said, "You only remember money, you can't think about anything else."
Mrs. Xing curled her lips and said: "What's so good about such a daughter-in-law? Keeping it is just to cause trouble for my husband. Should we wait for the outside to impeach our family? I see, even if we don't let her go, we can't let her go lightly. The money obtained from doing evil can’t be cheap for her, our family is very difficult now, and we are saying that the public has no money, so let’s use these to make up for it.”
Although Jia She and others were worried about this crime, they believed that they were Yuanchun's natal family, and they had done many things. After these things were found out, they were dealt with and passed away. They didn't care. Mrs. Xing said.
Jia Amnesty then told Jia Lian, "Take some silver and go to those houses to get some money."
Jia Lian knew what he heard, as long as he took care of everything and wiped out this matter, there would be nothing in the future. After thinking about it, first of all, the garrison family who had lost his life and the Zhang family who had lost their lives and money needed money for the management. So he took someone into Sister Feng's ear room.
Sister Feng sat on the kang with her brother Kui in her arms and watched coldly as Jia Lian led people to rummage through boxes and cabinets.
Ping'er couldn't stop her a few times, so she stood beside Sister Feng to comfort her, and said in a low voice: "At any rate, grandpa hasn't divorced grandma, money and things are gone, but life and dignity are still there."
Sister Feng smiled coldly and said, "Master doesn't think about the relationship between husband and wife, why should I think about him?" She thought that if Jia Lian missed the old love and protected her, she would hand over all the proceeds from the lawsuit and usury to her. He cooks, but he doesn't. Instead, he wants to divorce and marry another beautiful woman, how can he bear it?Fortunately, many things have already been distributed to everyone, all of which are dowry, and the proceeds from the monopoly lawsuit are let Jia Lian take away. Compared with these, Sister Feng prefers to stay and spend time with her two children.
After Jia Lian took away the silver, although he was worried, he thought that Ningguo Mansion ransacked his home and did not hurt himself, so he threw it away, and took the silver to Chang'an County first, and took care of Zhang's house. He heard that the original Chang'an County was guarded He was promoted, and hurriedly followed the news to the gate of Li Zhao's mansion.
Li Zhao heard that Jia Lian came to worship, and remembered the inquiring news, saying that because of these things, he and Sister Feng had turned against each other, and their relationship became more and more cold. If it was not for Brother Kui, they would have been separated.
Li Zhaodao: "Please come in."
After Jia Lian entered, he was startled when he saw Li Zhao.
Li Zhao smiled slightly and said, "I don't know if the second master Lian is here today, what's the matter?"
Jia Lian panicked and said, "Come here today to plead guilty."
Li Zhao looked at the gifts and money that Jia Lian had brought, and said slowly, "The things and money are unnecessary, Second Lord Lian should take them back, we dare not accept them."
Jia Lian said in shame: "Young Master's incident was done by my wife who pretended to be my name. If I don't know, it's fine. Now that I know, how can I pretend that it didn't happen? Therefore, I can only pray for your forgiveness."
Li Zhao looked at him, and said half a day, "Don't worry, I won't take things, and I won't impeach your family."
Jia Lian came here for this reason, and when he heard Li Zhao's words, he hurriedly thanked him again and again.
Li Zhao ordered someone to send him out, his eyes were as cold as a knife's edge, he said he would not impeach the Rongguo Mansion, but he did not say that he could not impeach Chang'an Jiedu envoy Yun Guang, pulled out the carrot and brought out the mud, he was afraid that they would not be implicated as sons revenge.
Jia Lian didn't know Li Zhao's thoughts at all. After finishing the work, he used the remaining money to spend time and money. When Mrs. Jia Shexing heard that things had been taken care of, she felt relieved, and she got a lot of money out of nothing, and lived a good year. .
Sister Feng devoted herself to taking care of her children, and didn't care that Jia Lian was bright red today and emerald green tomorrow. She was very romantic and happy, and even loved Ping'er. When I went to Sister Feng's courtyard, there was often a shortage of things, and a few times there were some leftovers. Fortunately, Ping'er was a kind person, and every time I went there, no one dared to despise her.
Li Wan heard that Jia Lian and Sister Feng had turned against each other, but he didn't know what happened. He sighed secretly in his heart. He wanted to stand on the sidelines, but when he thought of what Daiyu said when he divided the money, he came to visit Sister Feng. Sister Feng said nonchalantly: "You often say, Seeing that Ping'er is also everyone's grandma, it's time to change things with me, and it will probably be fulfilled now."
Li Wan glanced at Ping'er who came over to bring tea and water, and said, "Ping'er is loyal to you, why should you suspect her."
Sister Feng smiled faintly and said: "What am I now? How dare you suspect her? If the uncle knows, it will be strange if he doesn't expose my skin. Now I'm just trying to survive for Brother Kui, and no one can make decisions for me anyway. "
Li Wan sighed and said, "Who would have thought that we would all end up like this."
Sister Feng pursed her lips and said, "I didn't believe in retribution from the underworld in the past, but now that Feng Da has flashed his tongue, it's funny. By the way, sister-in-law, come here, where is Brother Lan?"
Li Wan said: "I entrusted my uncle to send Brother Lang to study in the academy."
Sister Feng was taken aback, and asked, "Your master and wife are willing?"
Li Wan said: "If you don't want to, you can't do anything. We live in a small place in the east courtyard. We don't have a study room to ask the master to teach Lan'er to read. Lan'er went to ask the master himself, and the master accepted him. The master doesn't care about us now." What's more. Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang are silent now, and they don't care about these things.
Sister Feng asked with a smile, "Aren't your masters and wives not born?"
Li Wan wondered: "Why are you born? But I haven't spoken recently. What happened to you that day? When I went back, the master was furious. Although he didn't blame his wife much, he gave her no face. Now he is resting in Zhao In Auntie's room, let Auntie Zhao play tricks in the yard."
Sister Feng said, "You don't know?"
Li Wan shook his head, only knowing what happened, but not what it was.
Sister Feng thought about it. After all, it was a family ugliness, and the family ugliness should not be publicized. Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian didn't want to talk about it. Besides, Jia Zheng didn't answer Li Wan's question. Good to know. But Brother Lang has reached the age of marriage, what good family do you have?"
Li Wan wept and said: "What good family can I have? Ever since Master Xian Zhu left, why have I ever gone out? Even if I wanted to show Lan Er to see him, I was powerless, and my wife didn't care."
Sister Feng sighed softly: "If I am still the same as before, if you come to ask me, I may be able to help you. Now I can't protect myself, and there is no one in my natal family, so I can't."
Li Wan didn't have much contact with Sister Feng at first, and didn't care much about it. She didn't expect Sister Feng to help her, but she felt very sad when she thought that Jialan had no one for so long. Discussing Jia Lan's marriage, but thinking that Mrs. Wang has been neglected by Jia Zheng recently, and she has to recite scriptures and Buddha in her room, so she has to give up.
In the blink of an eye, in February, Emperor Changqian sentenced Ningguo Mansion for the crime, and Rongguo Mansion was involved that day, and Emperor Changgan ordered people to check.
On the same day, Li Zhao impeached the Chang'an Jiedu envoy for relying on his power and forced his family to withdraw from the marriage, resulting in the death of both his son and daughter-in-law. Changgan Emperor Longyan was furious and ordered the Chang'an Jiedu envoy to be interrogated. Finally, it was concluded that he had received a letter from the Rongguo Mansion. .
Then, another group of people waited to impeach the Rongguo Mansion for being deficient in office.
Hearing that there were no less than dozens of crimes in Rongguo Mansion, Emperor Changgan sent Zhang Xuan to preside over the matter. Once the investigation was true, he would confiscate his home and follow in the footsteps of Ningguo Mansion.Because Zhou Yuan's eldest daughter-in-law, Lin Daiyu, was the granddaughter of the Rongguo Mansion, she could be regarded as a relative after all, so Zhou Yuan avoided it, and Emperor Changqian handed it over to Zhang Xuan for trial.
Hearing such news, although the house was not ransacked, but the crime was true, the people of Rongguo Mansion panicked, and hurriedly went up and down to make arrangements, just thinking of calming down the matter and getting rid of the crime as soon as possible.
Only Jia Baoyu, as always, picked flowers to make rouge, and sighed: "All the sisters used to make rouge in the past, but now no one uses it. The second sister naturally has a second brother-in-law, the third sister married thousands of miles away, and the fourth sister became a monk. Sister Yun has disappeared, and I am the only one left alone, guarding these troubled things."
Ningbi smiled and said, "Second master, can you give me a job? Grandma is keeping her filial piety, but she can't do it."
Baoyu listened and glanced at her. Although Ningbi and Liuzhu were both given by Mrs. Wang, after he saw through the world of mortals, he stopped being close to them, which made Ying'er and the others laugh secretly.
Baochai came over and said, "Baoyu, try to be competitive, our family is not what it used to be." Hearing that the matter of Ningguo Mansion was under investigation, Baochai was very worried. She knew most of what Rongguo Mansion did. The mansion has already been convicted, and I am afraid that my mansion will not be able to escape.
Baoyu said, "So what if it's not as good as before? It's good."
Baochai was startled when he heard this, and said, "You're confused again, how can you say it's not as good as before?"
Baoyu stood up, put all the flowers in the flower basket into the mortar, smashed them with a stone pestle, and said, "It's not as good as before. It's just that I don't have the power of the past. If you don't have power, you won't use power to oppress others. Wouldn’t it be good if you don’t have to do a lot of evil and still get away with it after gaining power? Wouldn’t it be a good thing for the family to do less evil for this?”
After hearing this, Baochai was stunned and asked, "Where did you hear these words?"
Baoyu glanced at her and said, "I'm not a fool. I have ears to hear, eyes to see, and heart to distinguish. I didn't care about it before, but now that I've seen it outside, can I still act like a fool?"
Baochai is speechless, but she also knows that Baoyu is dissatisfied with the mansion, but what can she do?
Suddenly hearing that Mrs. Wang sent someone to call Baoyu, Jin Huan lifted the curtain and came closer. Seeing the rouge on the case and Baoyu's movements, she said with a smile: "Every time my wife asks the second master, he always says that the second master is in the second master's room." Work hard, why does the second master use this kind of work? He also makes rouge, and others are fine. If the master knows, he will beat the second master carefully."
Baoyu asked, "What did my wife ask me to do?"
Jin Huan shook his head and said: "I just got a few good things, I asked Second Master to eat them."
Baoyu followed her and went to Mrs. Wang's room. Mrs. Wang was not tolerated by Jia Zheng because of her deeds.
The mother and the son were very affectionate, Baoyu remembered what Zhen Baoyu said, and finally showed a little bit on his face. Mrs. Wang was about to ask for clarification, but she saw Baochai stumbling in, no longer dignified, and said: "Madam, it's not good." , Baoyu is not good."
Mrs. Wang lowered her face and said, "Baoyu is here with me, what's wrong?"
Baochai shook her head quickly and said, "Someone impeached Baoyu, and Baoyu wrote anti-poetry. Now the officers and soldiers have come to arrest Baoyu."
Seeing that the official was followed by a dozen or so officers and soldiers, their expressions were very serious, and they didn't seem to come to his own house to cause trouble, Jia Lian calmed down a little, walked forward, cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what orders do you have when you arrive at the door? "
The official looked at Jia Lian, with a puzzled look on his face, and said, "You are?" Although Jia Lian often worked for the mansion, he was only acquainted with family friends who had contacts in the family, and there were many officials in the court that he did not recognize. Others don't recognize him, not to mention the two officials who have been keeping filial piety at home for more than two years, so they asked this question.
Jia Lian hurriedly said, "my father is the hereditary first-class general of the Rongguo Mansion."
The official understood immediately after hearing this, with an inexplicable expression on his face, a hint of hatred, and asked with a smile: "You are the Second Master Lian of Rongguo Mansion? I have heard about you for a long time, why are you standing at the door today? "
Jia Lian laughed and said, "I heard that Ningguo Mansion has been raided. Come and see what it is for."
The official was surprised: "Didn't you hear that?"
Jia Lian's face blushed and she was very ashamed. Although Jia Amnesty was a noble, he was not really lacking. Although Jia Zheng was really lacking, his rank was too low to go to the court to discuss matters. Therefore, if there was any disturbance in the court, they would not It's easy to know, Jia Lian sighed, and then became anxious, even if the family still had the glory of the past, it is useless now, so he had to say: "Because the parents at home have just graduated from the filial piety, they don't know any news outside, dare to ask you two My lord, they are surrounding the Ningguo Mansion today, so they have already been convicted? Confiscated his house?"
Pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, what Jia Lian was most worried about was that his family would be involved in the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion.
The official heard Jia Lian's words, stared at him quietly, and smiled for a long time: "The saint is kind, if he hadn't been convicted, why would he suddenly raid his house? This matter has already spread, but someone impeached the Ningguo Mansion. Violation of the system and deficit, filial piety of the country, family filial piety, gambling, and hanging out with men and women, as well as disregarding human life, champerty lawsuits, profiteering and so on."
In addition to these, there are many crimes, the biggest crimes are deficit and party formation.Although the Ningguo Mansion is not as impressive as the Rongguo Mansion, it is the eldest house of the Jia family after all, and there are many illegal things, which are even more unsightly than the Rongguo Mansion.
After saying this, the official laughed again: "It's not about the family right now, Second Lord Lian can rest assured."
Jia Lian was taken aback when he heard the words, and then smiled shyly. Just as he was relieved, the official reminded him casually: "I heard that not only the Ningguo Mansion did these things, but also the Second Lord Lian did a lot? If the saint knows, I'm afraid the family will not be able to escape."
Jia Lian was taken aback immediately, and hurriedly said, "What did I do? I didn't do anything, so why did I stop here?"
The official sneered and said, "If you want others to not know, you must do nothing yourself."
Jia Lian hurriedly said: "I haven't done it, how dare I admit it? Please tell me clearly, my lord."
The official glanced at him, sneered slightly, his brows and eyes were full of disdain, and said, "I heard that Second Master Lian helped people with many lawsuits, and I don't know how many thousands of taels of silver he can get in a year? Tell us so I know, and I also rely on my power to win lawsuits."
Jia Lian was shocked when he heard it, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I haven't done it before."
The official said: "I'm just an outsider. I'm here to copy the Ningguo Mansion today. I know whether the second master Lian has done it or not."
Jia Lian said, "I'll go and find out who framed me." Then, with a confession, he returned to the Yimen, then turned around and hurried to Jia Amnesty's room to report, and sent a servant to inquire about the news on the way.
Looking at Jia Lian's back, the official silently looked at the plaque on the Rongguo Mansion, and said in his heart, "Mu'er, don't worry, father will eventually let this Rongguo Mansion suffer its own consequences and seek justice for you and your wife. I have found a lot of evidence, and I will avenge you next year, and let the Rongguo Mansion live another good year, and tell them to kill each other."
According to the information he found out, the housewives of the Rongguo Mansion were all involved in lawsuits and exploited profits, but the second wife, Mrs. Wang, never did it again when she was old, but her niece did it for a few years, and his son's lawsuit was one of them. one.Now, he revealed this matter to Jia Lian and knew that after Jia Lian went to investigate, he would definitely turn against his wife. He had already heard that Jia Lian and his wife, Wang Shi, were not on the same temper. status, but when this matter comes out, even if Jia Lian will not divorce her, he will deal with it.
After thinking about it, he turned around and walked towards the Ningguo Mansion, while walking, he ordered: "Be careful, don't tell anyone in the Ningguo Mansion to escape."
All officers and soldiers should bow down.
But when Jia She heard that the Ningguo Mansion had been conscripted, he became very anxious and asked, "Why did you copy it?"
Jia Lian sighed, "I think it's because of what I did before."
Jia She said: "Go and find out who is in charge of the raid of the Dongfu. In addition, you have to find a way to deal with it. You can't ignore the Dongfu."
Jia Lian agreed and said, "I'm not in a hurry right now. I just heard about a big event. Come and ask the master for instructions."
Jia She was restless because he was worried about the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion. Hearing this, he said, "What big event deserves your haste to come in? Could it be that the Dong Mansion was ransacked and implicated us?"
Jia Lian shook his head and said, "It's not about this, but our family is also charged with crimes."
Hearing this, Jia She wondered: "Could it be that someone has impeached our family? If that's the case, let's put aside the matter in the East Mansion first. The crimes you mentioned are all in the East Mansion. I'm afraid our family There are also several charges, the East Mansion has already been defeated, if we are impeached, I am afraid we will not be able to escape the disaster of ransacking our home."
Jia Lian's heart skipped a beat, and he was secretly worried, so he said what the official said at the door.
When Jia Amnesty heard this, he jumped up, picked up the teacup by his skirt, and smashed it to pieces on the ground. Looking at Jia Lian, he shouted sharply, "Tell me honestly, have you ever done these things? Since that man said such things, It must not be groundless, if it was in the past, we would not be afraid, but now the Xue family's royal family and historians have all been defeated, and the Dongfu has also copied, we would rather be more cautious."
Jia Lian cried: "Master, don't worry. Although my son has done one or two things, they are all for the disciples of the family. Which family doesn't have many such things? It's just that my son never received tens of thousands of silver a year for this. "
If he had thought this way, he would never have said that Jia Yucun had killed someone for a few fans and was beaten up by Jia Amnesty.
Jia Amnesty nodded upon hearing this, and fell silent.
Half a day later, when Jia Lian was in a hurry, Jia She said in a cold voice with a gloomy face, "Investigate, investigate quickly, we must find out the truth and let me know who is so courageous to do these things for money. If it was in the past, it’s fine, our family is not afraid, now it’s too late to be a man with our tails between our legs, and we still fall into the hands of others for a few crimes, should we wait for the house to be confiscated? This is already the case in the East Mansion, which shows that our family is also in jeopardy. It cannot be ignored.”
Jia Lian quickly agreed, and then said, "So what if we find out? Everything is left there."
Before Jia Amnesty said anything, the boy who had gone to inquire about the news had already returned, saying that Zhou Yuan had brought officers and soldiers to search Ningguo Mansion.Jia She and Jia Lian immediately remembered that Zhou Yuan was Daiyu's father-in-law, and the two families were considered relatives, so Jia She hurriedly ordered Jia Lian to go there.
However, Sister Feng and others heard the news that Ningguo Mansion was raided at home. Although the two mansions are connected by gardens, after the separation, the Grand View Garden has been sealed off, so they have never been in contact. When these belongings came out, Sister Feng sighed, secretly worried.
Ping'er came over and said: "Just now I heard from the boys at the second gate that the master sent the uncle to investigate the case of champerty litigation and usury in the mansion. He said that an official who raided the East Mansion told the uncle."
Speaking of this, Ping'er said worriedly: "Grandma has to find a way, don't let the master and uncle know."
Sister Feng's heart sank, and she hurriedly asked, "Who did you hear that from?"
Ping'er thought for a while, and said: "I followed the uncle's Xing'er, saying that when I return from the East Mansion, I will ask someone to inquire about this matter, saying that outsiders should not be allowed to ruin the reputation of the mansion, but if it is true, it must be true. punish severely."
Sister Feng only felt the buzzing in her ears, and it took her a long time to hold it back, and said in a low voice, "What are you afraid of? If you did it at the beginning, there is no room for regret. Go out and order Wang'er and his wife to stay away. Beat them too, and if I know what they said, I will sell them to the coal mines even if I don’t peel them off.”
After hearing this, Ping'er hurried out, and Wang'er and his wife understood, so they went out of the city on the pretext of watching the snow disaster in Zhuangzi.
Jia Lian didn't know anything about it, so he went to the gate of Ningguo Mansion and begged to see Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan didn't see him, instead he ordered the officers and soldiers to drive him away, looked back at Jia Zhen and Jia Rong and his son who were lying on the ground, and said: "No idlers are allowed to enter, if they enter, they will be seized in the name of obstructing official duties. "
After finishing the order, he asked the official who had just returned from the gate of Rongguo Mansion: "Master Li, go and take a look, don't break anything."
Li Zhao said with a smile: "These soldiers' hands and feet are not important. Although they are very careful, they can't be perfect. After all, a few things will be damaged. But since the lord has ordered so, I will go over and look at them and seal up all their family books."
Zhou Yuan nodded and said nothing. These must be put into the warehouse, and they would rather be completely sealed.
In the evening, when everything was in order, Zhou Yuan was already at his fingertips, so he ordered someone to escort him out.
Looking at Jia Lian from a distance, he was so anxious that he was furious. He saw countless officers and soldiers escorting Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and his son out like wolves. Wives, concubines, girls and servants, etc., were pulled out of the mansion by the officers and soldiers. Their clothes were messy, their hairpins were crooked and their temples were loose. I am afraid that all the jewelry would be snatched by the officers and soldiers. With few descendants and no garden, even though Jia Zhen has spent extravagantly in these years, there are still countless.
I don't know when, a little snow fell and the cold wind blew, and the Jiazhen people were shivering from the cold. Fortunately, when they came out, the hairpins and accessories were snatched by the soldiers, but the leather clothes were not peeled off, which was enough to keep out the cold.
Jia Lian couldn't bear to watch any more, but couldn't move for some reason. He could only watch helplessly as Jia Zhen and his son were pulled into the prison cart, and Youshi and other female family members were tied up and dragged away in a row. In the future, when Zhou Yuan brought people out, the officials who had reminded Jia Lian earlier were also in there, commanding the soldiers to seal the Ningguo Mansion, and took down the plaque that ordered the Ningguo Mansion to be built.
Li Zhao laughed and said, "The Ningguo Mansion, which is so impressive, has finally come to this day."
Hearing this, Zhou Yuan looked at him with a smile and said, "I don't know why you asked for your order to come here. It stands to reason that you are also a third-rank member now. Wouldn't it be wronged for you to follow me to do these things?"
Li Zhao chuckled and said, "I'm just looking for two words."
Zhou Yuan was startled, and asked which two words it was, but Li Zhao said, "Fairness."
Hearing that Li Zhao was looking for justice, Zhou Yuan was very puzzled. Could it be that Li Zhao and the Jia family had a quarrel?He had never heard of this matter before, but seeing that Li Zhao didn't want to say more, he didn't continue to ask, but got on the sedan chair and went back to the palace to play.
Emperor Changqian was very satisfied with Zhou Yuan's handling of affairs, and after a few questions after the approval, he was released from the palace.
Yu Liansheng brought up hot tea, and Emperor Changgan took a sip and asked, "Did you find out about Li Zhao's family affairs?"
Yu Liansheng said: "It's been many years, and it's hard to find out."
After listening to the ins and outs, Emperor Changqian nodded and said: "Li Zhao has obtained the evidence, and I think I will impeach the Rongguo Mansion in the near future. I am going to implicate the Rongguo Mansion from the Ningguo Mansion case."
Yu Liansheng smiled and said, "Master is wise, these honorable families have committed many evils, and they will always get retribution."
Emperor Changgan smiled, and said: "The word retribution is simple, and it's not easy to say. Although it is said that the cycle of heaven and retribution is not good, but I watched it coldly. How many people who did evil things in the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty got retribution? Li Zhao Since I became an official, I have been conscientious and conscientious, but why have I neglected my duties? But I have to suffer the pain of losing my son."
Yu Liansheng agreed very much and said, "Master is right."
After Zhou Yuan came out from the palace, the night was already dark, and when he returned home, he saw Mrs. Zhou still waiting.
Zhou Yuan took off his cloak and said, "I've been very busy these few days, you just have to eat and rest early at home, don't wait for me."
Mrs. Zhou took the cloak and handed it to the servant girl to shake off the snowflakes and put it on the clothes hanger. After hearing this, she said, "I didn't wait too long, and it's not too late. There are rumors outside that the Ningguo Mansion ransacked the house."
Zhou Yuan took the hand stove handed over by the servant girl, and said, "There are so many crimes, not copying is not enough to anger the common people."
Mrs. Zhou said: "Are you afraid that the Rongguo Mansion will not be able to escape?"
Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Rongguo Mansion is fine for the time being, no one can be sure in the future, the saint has already started to take care of the noble family, Xining Palace has been defeated, Nan'an Palace has no power, and Ningguo Mansion is the head of the Eight Dukes."
Mrs. Zhou said: "Fortunately, Hong's daughter-in-law is out of Beijing, otherwise she would come to the door right now."
One damages all, one prospers. Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion are one family. They can't stand by and watch historians. What's more, Ningguo Mansion, if Daiyu is at home, Rongguo Mansion will definitely have a wife and grandmother come to ask Daiyu to mediate. Yuan is in charge of this matter, even if he will not be selfish, but their life in prison will be easier.
Zhou Yuan sighed and said: "Since we are relatives, we can't avoid them."
Madam Zhou sighed slightly.
Zhou Yuan suddenly said: "Do you know about Li and Li's family? Do you have any suspicions with the Jia family?"
Mrs. Zhou asked, "Which Li family?"
Zhou Yuandao: "It is Mr. Li Zhaoli. He has now been promoted from a third-rank official. It stands to reason that he should not go with me to take care of the affairs of Ningguo Mansion, but he asked for an order to go, saying that he only wanted justice."
Mrs. Zhou thought for a long time, then suddenly clapped her hands and said: "I remembered, there really is such a thing."
Zhou Yuan listened and hurriedly asked what was the matter.
Madam Zhou said: "I've only heard it said once, and I don't quite understand what's going on. When Mr. Li was guarding in Chang'an County, he had a son who got married. The young lady of the family fell in love with some yamen, and the parents of that family wanted to regret the marriage. Mrs. Li didn't want to, so they came to reprimand the family's one daughter and Xu's family. Under the door of the Guofu, he wrote a letter to Chang'an Jiedu envoy Yun Guang. At that time, Mr. Li was out of reach, so he had to swallow his anger and withdraw his marriage. But the young lady knew her shame and hanged herself to death. Mr. Li's son also jumped into the river and died. "
Zhou Yuan said in amazement: "Human life?"
Mrs. Zhou sighed: "Mrs. Li has been seriously ill these years. She has never gone out, and I have never seen her. I have to ask Mr. Li herself what happened."
Zhou Yuandao: "Since Mr. Li said the word "justice", it can be seen that the investigation has been very clear."
Mrs. Zhou thought about the tragedy of the Li family, and said with emotion: "This Rongguo Mansion is really a crime, and Ningguo Mansion is like this, let alone them? I don't know how many such things have happened. Even if they ransacked the house, they would have done it themselves." If it wasn't for fear that they would say Daiyu is cold, and she doesn't want to help the Rongguo Mansion. Fortunately, Daiyu is far away from the capital, otherwise, their family will have to take care of it.
Zhou Yuan didn't speak, but he knew in his heart that if Rongguo Mansion really lost his son, Li Zhao would never spare Rongguo Mansion.
The case of Ningguo Mansion was not in a hurry to be sentenced, but because of the snowstorm reported everywhere the next day, Emperor Changgan ordered Zhou Yuan to be the governor, temporarily put aside the matter of Ningguo Mansion, and only Jia Zhen, father and son, Youshi's mother-in-law, concubine, and concubine, relying on power All those who committed crimes were imprisoned, and the rest were sold together, and the confiscated property was filled into the national treasury for disaster relief, which amounted to about a million.
Because Daiyu received a reward for disaster relief last year, although the snow disaster this year was heavier than last year, it was done in an orderly manner.
By the time this matter is settled, it is already the end of the year.
Jia Lian had just found out what Li Zhao said, and it was Sister Feng who took over the lawsuit. Mrs. Wang had done it before, and she had exploited her profitably. Out of the city did not return, never confirmed.
As soon as Jia Lian got the news, Jia Lian hurriedly invited Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, and went back to the room by herself. Knowing that there is a heart of snakes and scorpions hidden under such a skin, Jia Lian walked over and snatched Brother Kui. He must not let Sister Feng teach his only son badly.
Sister Feng felt a little relieved because Wang'er and his wife had left. Even if Jia Lian found nothing, she couldn't find any evidence. After all, all the evidence of usury had been burned. When you are angry, come here to vent your anger on our mother and daughter?"
Jia Lian held Brother Kui in one hand, pointed at her with the other, and said through gritted teeth, "You still dare to ask me, it's all your fault!"
Sister Feng had already expected Jia Lian's move, but she was not alarmed, and said, "I don't know what you mean by that."
Jia Lian sneered and said, "You made a lot of money out of it. Do you know what it means? I'm going to divorce you today, lest I take the blame for you, and lest you harm my whole family!"
Ping'er sadly persuaded: "Is there anything that I can't talk to grandma about? Grandma has done something wrong, so grandpa taught me a lesson, why bother to say the word divorce? One day husband and wife, one hundred days of kindness, not to mention the husband and wife of uncle and grandma for so many years , and with Sister Qiao and Brother Kui again, is it possible for Brother Kui to be surprised by watching Grandpa and Grandma quarreling?"
Jia Lian heard the sound and looked down, only to see Brother Kui's face pale with fright.
Sister Feng felt great grief, went up to hug Brother Kui, patted him lightly, and said: "Brother Kui is good, mom is here, no one dares to say you, brother Kui is good, mom will give you some snacks later." , we are not afraid."
Brother Kui got into Sister Feng's arms and burst into tears.
Sister Feng was very distressed, and comforted her softly. It took a long time to stop crying, and she only hiccupped in Sister Feng's arms. She heard Jia She in the courtyard say: "Who made my grandson cry?"
Jia Lian hurriedly went out to invite Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng to take their seats, and said tearfully, "I also ask the master and wife to make decisions for me."
Jia She frowned and said, "What the hell? What scared Brother Kui?"
Jia Lian hurriedly brought together the two matters of champering lawsuits and usurious exploitation, glanced at Mrs. Wang, pointed to Sister Feng, who was hiding in the room, and said: "Master and wife clearly see that the house ransacked in the East Mansion is charged with these two crimes." , How can our family afford it? My daughter-in-law is using my name, and I don’t know where to start with the piles of things that have been done.”
Hearing this, Jia She was taken aback immediately. Mrs. Xing looked at Mrs. Wang with a half-smile, and said, "It turns out that the second wife also did these things, so we don't know how she got the money? It must have been paid for by the entrants." It's in its own private treasury."
Mrs. Wang's complexion changed drastically, and without saying a word, Jia Zheng was already trembling with anger, stood up and pointed at her and shouted: "You have done these things? Please explain to me, why do you put our family's reputation and dignity on it?" land?"
After hearing his accusation, Mrs. Wang bowed her head and remained silent.
Sister Feng sneered slightly in the room. Anyway, if this matter came up, Jia Zheng would not divorce his wife for the sake of his reputation. After all, Mrs. Wang is still the mother of Yuanchun, so she herself will not be divorced. She doesn't have any skills, she only knows how to be a prodigal, but for the sake of Brother Kui, Jia Lian will not divorce herself. As long as she can stay, according to her own scheming and ability, she will eventually turn defeat into victory. Madam, Madam Xing doesn't care anymore.
Jia She said with a cold face: "How the second master and the second wife will take care of it, you can go back and solve it yourself. It's our family's business right now, you just know about it."
When Jia Zheng heard this, he was immediately ashamed, and said, "I made my elder brother and Lian'er laugh at me."
Sure enough, he didn't want to turn against Mrs. Wang in front of everyone, so he took Mrs. Wang to leave.
After Jia Amnesty waited for them to leave, he said to Jia Lian, "Lian'er, what are you going to do? Although such a matter is very important, your daughter-in-law didn't kill anyone with her own hands. At first, it was the Zhang family's begging, and afterwards it was the young couple. Suicide yourself, besides, compared to the second wife, your daughter-in-law is much kinder, she never gave us usury."
When Ping'er heard Jia She's words, he couldn't help but glanced at Sister Feng. Fortunately, he stopped quickly, otherwise he was afraid of dying.
Sister Feng was also secretly glad that the matter of interest had been smoothed out.
But Jia Lian said: "How can the family tolerate such a poisonous woman? I should retire. I don't want to bear this charge for nothing. People outside are all staring at our family."
Jia She said: "You also said before, which family like us has not engaged in champerty lawsuits? You said that you divorced your wife, what did you ask Brother Kui to do? I am over 60 years old, and you are three years old. He is in his teens, and our family only has one grandson, who is like a baby, so we must not be negligent."
Mentioning Brother Kui, Jia Lian couldn't help but look embarrassed. Indeed, if Sister Feng divorced, Brother Yu Kui's background would be bad.
Mrs. Xing said: "I have to take out all the money she got from the lawsuit."
After hearing this, Jia She gave her a hard look and said, "You only remember money, you can't think about anything else."
Mrs. Xing curled her lips and said: "What's so good about such a daughter-in-law? Keeping it is just to cause trouble for my husband. Should we wait for the outside to impeach our family? I see, even if we don't let her go, we can't let her go lightly. The money obtained from doing evil can’t be cheap for her, our family is very difficult now, and we are saying that the public has no money, so let’s use these to make up for it.”
Although Jia She and others were worried about this crime, they believed that they were Yuanchun's natal family, and they had done many things. After these things were found out, they were dealt with and passed away. They didn't care. Mrs. Xing said.
Jia Amnesty then told Jia Lian, "Take some silver and go to those houses to get some money."
Jia Lian knew what he heard, as long as he took care of everything and wiped out this matter, there would be nothing in the future. After thinking about it, first of all, the garrison family who had lost his life and the Zhang family who had lost their lives and money needed money for the management. So he took someone into Sister Feng's ear room.
Sister Feng sat on the kang with her brother Kui in her arms and watched coldly as Jia Lian led people to rummage through boxes and cabinets.
Ping'er couldn't stop her a few times, so she stood beside Sister Feng to comfort her, and said in a low voice: "At any rate, grandpa hasn't divorced grandma, money and things are gone, but life and dignity are still there."
Sister Feng smiled coldly and said, "Master doesn't think about the relationship between husband and wife, why should I think about him?" She thought that if Jia Lian missed the old love and protected her, she would hand over all the proceeds from the lawsuit and usury to her. He cooks, but he doesn't. Instead, he wants to divorce and marry another beautiful woman, how can he bear it?Fortunately, many things have already been distributed to everyone, all of which are dowry, and the proceeds from the monopoly lawsuit are let Jia Lian take away. Compared with these, Sister Feng prefers to stay and spend time with her two children.
After Jia Lian took away the silver, although he was worried, he thought that Ningguo Mansion ransacked his home and did not hurt himself, so he threw it away, and took the silver to Chang'an County first, and took care of Zhang's house. He heard that the original Chang'an County was guarded He was promoted, and hurriedly followed the news to the gate of Li Zhao's mansion.
Li Zhao heard that Jia Lian came to worship, and remembered the inquiring news, saying that because of these things, he and Sister Feng had turned against each other, and their relationship became more and more cold. If it was not for Brother Kui, they would have been separated.
Li Zhaodao: "Please come in."
After Jia Lian entered, he was startled when he saw Li Zhao.
Li Zhao smiled slightly and said, "I don't know if the second master Lian is here today, what's the matter?"
Jia Lian panicked and said, "Come here today to plead guilty."
Li Zhao looked at the gifts and money that Jia Lian had brought, and said slowly, "The things and money are unnecessary, Second Lord Lian should take them back, we dare not accept them."
Jia Lian said in shame: "Young Master's incident was done by my wife who pretended to be my name. If I don't know, it's fine. Now that I know, how can I pretend that it didn't happen? Therefore, I can only pray for your forgiveness."
Li Zhao looked at him, and said half a day, "Don't worry, I won't take things, and I won't impeach your family."
Jia Lian came here for this reason, and when he heard Li Zhao's words, he hurriedly thanked him again and again.
Li Zhao ordered someone to send him out, his eyes were as cold as a knife's edge, he said he would not impeach the Rongguo Mansion, but he did not say that he could not impeach Chang'an Jiedu envoy Yun Guang, pulled out the carrot and brought out the mud, he was afraid that they would not be implicated as sons revenge.
Jia Lian didn't know Li Zhao's thoughts at all. After finishing the work, he used the remaining money to spend time and money. When Mrs. Jia Shexing heard that things had been taken care of, she felt relieved, and she got a lot of money out of nothing, and lived a good year. .
Sister Feng devoted herself to taking care of her children, and didn't care that Jia Lian was bright red today and emerald green tomorrow. She was very romantic and happy, and even loved Ping'er. When I went to Sister Feng's courtyard, there was often a shortage of things, and a few times there were some leftovers. Fortunately, Ping'er was a kind person, and every time I went there, no one dared to despise her.
Li Wan heard that Jia Lian and Sister Feng had turned against each other, but he didn't know what happened. He sighed secretly in his heart. He wanted to stand on the sidelines, but when he thought of what Daiyu said when he divided the money, he came to visit Sister Feng. Sister Feng said nonchalantly: "You often say, Seeing that Ping'er is also everyone's grandma, it's time to change things with me, and it will probably be fulfilled now."
Li Wan glanced at Ping'er who came over to bring tea and water, and said, "Ping'er is loyal to you, why should you suspect her."
Sister Feng smiled faintly and said: "What am I now? How dare you suspect her? If the uncle knows, it will be strange if he doesn't expose my skin. Now I'm just trying to survive for Brother Kui, and no one can make decisions for me anyway. "
Li Wan sighed and said, "Who would have thought that we would all end up like this."
Sister Feng pursed her lips and said, "I didn't believe in retribution from the underworld in the past, but now that Feng Da has flashed his tongue, it's funny. By the way, sister-in-law, come here, where is Brother Lan?"
Li Wan said: "I entrusted my uncle to send Brother Lang to study in the academy."
Sister Feng was taken aback, and asked, "Your master and wife are willing?"
Li Wan said: "If you don't want to, you can't do anything. We live in a small place in the east courtyard. We don't have a study room to ask the master to teach Lan'er to read. Lan'er went to ask the master himself, and the master accepted him. The master doesn't care about us now." What's more. Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang are silent now, and they don't care about these things.
Sister Feng asked with a smile, "Aren't your masters and wives not born?"
Li Wan wondered: "Why are you born? But I haven't spoken recently. What happened to you that day? When I went back, the master was furious. Although he didn't blame his wife much, he gave her no face. Now he is resting in Zhao In Auntie's room, let Auntie Zhao play tricks in the yard."
Sister Feng said, "You don't know?"
Li Wan shook his head, only knowing what happened, but not what it was.
Sister Feng thought about it. After all, it was a family ugliness, and the family ugliness should not be publicized. Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian didn't want to talk about it. Besides, Jia Zheng didn't answer Li Wan's question. Good to know. But Brother Lang has reached the age of marriage, what good family do you have?"
Li Wan wept and said: "What good family can I have? Ever since Master Xian Zhu left, why have I ever gone out? Even if I wanted to show Lan Er to see him, I was powerless, and my wife didn't care."
Sister Feng sighed softly: "If I am still the same as before, if you come to ask me, I may be able to help you. Now I can't protect myself, and there is no one in my natal family, so I can't."
Li Wan didn't have much contact with Sister Feng at first, and didn't care much about it. She didn't expect Sister Feng to help her, but she felt very sad when she thought that Jialan had no one for so long. Discussing Jia Lan's marriage, but thinking that Mrs. Wang has been neglected by Jia Zheng recently, and she has to recite scriptures and Buddha in her room, so she has to give up.
In the blink of an eye, in February, Emperor Changqian sentenced Ningguo Mansion for the crime, and Rongguo Mansion was involved that day, and Emperor Changgan ordered people to check.
On the same day, Li Zhao impeached the Chang'an Jiedu envoy for relying on his power and forced his family to withdraw from the marriage, resulting in the death of both his son and daughter-in-law. Changgan Emperor Longyan was furious and ordered the Chang'an Jiedu envoy to be interrogated. Finally, it was concluded that he had received a letter from the Rongguo Mansion. .
Then, another group of people waited to impeach the Rongguo Mansion for being deficient in office.
Hearing that there were no less than dozens of crimes in Rongguo Mansion, Emperor Changgan sent Zhang Xuan to preside over the matter. Once the investigation was true, he would confiscate his home and follow in the footsteps of Ningguo Mansion.Because Zhou Yuan's eldest daughter-in-law, Lin Daiyu, was the granddaughter of the Rongguo Mansion, she could be regarded as a relative after all, so Zhou Yuan avoided it, and Emperor Changqian handed it over to Zhang Xuan for trial.
Hearing such news, although the house was not ransacked, but the crime was true, the people of Rongguo Mansion panicked, and hurriedly went up and down to make arrangements, just thinking of calming down the matter and getting rid of the crime as soon as possible.
Only Jia Baoyu, as always, picked flowers to make rouge, and sighed: "All the sisters used to make rouge in the past, but now no one uses it. The second sister naturally has a second brother-in-law, the third sister married thousands of miles away, and the fourth sister became a monk. Sister Yun has disappeared, and I am the only one left alone, guarding these troubled things."
Ningbi smiled and said, "Second master, can you give me a job? Grandma is keeping her filial piety, but she can't do it."
Baoyu listened and glanced at her. Although Ningbi and Liuzhu were both given by Mrs. Wang, after he saw through the world of mortals, he stopped being close to them, which made Ying'er and the others laugh secretly.
Baochai came over and said, "Baoyu, try to be competitive, our family is not what it used to be." Hearing that the matter of Ningguo Mansion was under investigation, Baochai was very worried. She knew most of what Rongguo Mansion did. The mansion has already been convicted, and I am afraid that my mansion will not be able to escape.
Baoyu said, "So what if it's not as good as before? It's good."
Baochai was startled when he heard this, and said, "You're confused again, how can you say it's not as good as before?"
Baoyu stood up, put all the flowers in the flower basket into the mortar, smashed them with a stone pestle, and said, "It's not as good as before. It's just that I don't have the power of the past. If you don't have power, you won't use power to oppress others. Wouldn’t it be good if you don’t have to do a lot of evil and still get away with it after gaining power? Wouldn’t it be a good thing for the family to do less evil for this?”
After hearing this, Baochai was stunned and asked, "Where did you hear these words?"
Baoyu glanced at her and said, "I'm not a fool. I have ears to hear, eyes to see, and heart to distinguish. I didn't care about it before, but now that I've seen it outside, can I still act like a fool?"
Baochai is speechless, but she also knows that Baoyu is dissatisfied with the mansion, but what can she do?
Suddenly hearing that Mrs. Wang sent someone to call Baoyu, Jin Huan lifted the curtain and came closer. Seeing the rouge on the case and Baoyu's movements, she said with a smile: "Every time my wife asks the second master, he always says that the second master is in the second master's room." Work hard, why does the second master use this kind of work? He also makes rouge, and others are fine. If the master knows, he will beat the second master carefully."
Baoyu asked, "What did my wife ask me to do?"
Jin Huan shook his head and said: "I just got a few good things, I asked Second Master to eat them."
Baoyu followed her and went to Mrs. Wang's room. Mrs. Wang was not tolerated by Jia Zheng because of her deeds.
The mother and the son were very affectionate, Baoyu remembered what Zhen Baoyu said, and finally showed a little bit on his face. Mrs. Wang was about to ask for clarification, but she saw Baochai stumbling in, no longer dignified, and said: "Madam, it's not good." , Baoyu is not good."
Mrs. Wang lowered her face and said, "Baoyu is here with me, what's wrong?"
Baochai shook her head quickly and said, "Someone impeached Baoyu, and Baoyu wrote anti-poetry. Now the officers and soldiers have come to arrest Baoyu."
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