The return of Fengxi of the Red Chamber

Although Wang Xifeng's vigorous and resolute conduct has not been seen directly by Jin Cai's family, it is widely spread among the servants.What's more, she also has a daughter who is a celebrity around Jia Shishi, so she is very clear about the stakes in it.

Not to mention that she was just a child of a housekeeper, even her own aunt, Mrs. Wang, was pulled down by Wang Xifeng, and died of depression after living in a Buddhist hall for several years.Even Jia Shishi's darling, Jia Zheng, is now disabled, so he can't get out of Lixiangyuan for half a step, so he surrendered Rongxi Hall.

Therefore, Jin Cai's family not only knew Wang Xifeng, but also knew her methods were fierce and straightforward, so she and Jin Cai began to fill in the holes of these years as soon as they received the letter from Jingzhong.It's a pity that this is the money that her family has corrupted for two or three generations. How can they wipe it off in half a month?

Wang Xifeng ignored her sweating profusely, and only motioned to Xia Zhu: "Take two wives, follow your Aunt Jin to the front, find the accountant, and get the account books of the old house for the past ten years, as well as the entry and exit of the warehouse. Details, move them here for me."

After all, Wang Xifeng closed her eyes and never looked at Jin Cai's family again.

Jin Cai's family was begging for forgiveness and crying, but Xia Zhu, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, covered her mouth, and she and Qiuyue lifted one side of the next door, and framed them out.

"Grandma, I've already taken you away. Drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat." Chunliu took a cup of hot tea and handed it to Wang Xifeng respectfully.

Only then did Wang Xifeng open his eyes, took the teacup and snorted coldly: "Things with insufficient hearts!"

She had known for a long time that the accounts of the Jinling old house were not correct, but she had never found the right time. Before going out this time, she also got in touch with Jia Shishi, and was going to take a firm look at the atmosphere of the Jinling old house.

Apart from the accounts, there are still many problems in Jinling.

The first one is the serious corruption of ink.Jinling is the ancestral land of the Jia family. There are twelve family members of the Jia family living here, and there are more than 3000 mu of land for worshiping heaven, and countless Zhuangzi and shops.Nine out of ten of these things were bought by Ningrong and Rongfu. Apart from supporting these collateral clansmen to study, the rest is to send some rice, flour, cloth and other things to the elders, children, and elderly widows of the clan during the festivals. reputation.

The rest of the things, either sent as gifts or converted into silver taels, had to be sent to Beijing.

However, after Jia Daishan's death, there have been frequent occurrences in Jinling, such as droughts, floods and insect disasters. Accidents have occurred frequently, and the income sent to them is not as good as every year.It has become worse in recent years. Compared with ten years ago, only one-third of the future is left.

But this is just money, Zuo is just something outside the body, the Jia family is not in short supply now.

The second thing is the most important thing, it is the official talisman that has been sung endlessly in Jinling!

"Jia is not false, white jade is the horse for Tang Jin. Efang Palace, three hundred miles away, cannot accommodate a history of Jinling. There is no white jade bed in the East China Sea, and the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling. There is a lot of snow in a good year, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron."

The first time Jia Lian heard this talisman was in Linzhou, hundreds of miles away from Jinling.

It is also strange to say that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng had never heard this song in the Jia family's last life until the house was raided.They only knew that the Jia family members had done many evil deeds, and these evil deeds had to be borne by the direct descendants of their main family. For a crime of lax discipline, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen could not escape.

Jia Lian was busy leading people to blow up rocks at the time, and when he heard someone talking about this at first, he was really shocked.

He sent the servants he needed to go to Jinling overnight to find out the details. The situation was infinitely worse than he had imagined!

There are countless evil deeds such as bullying men and women, occupying fertile land, running amok, exploiting huge profits, and so on.In addition, in the name of Ningrong and Rongfu, they accepted bribes and intervened in the judgment of the government; they condoned the family servants of the Jia family, killed and injured good people, etc. It can be said that they did all kinds of evil and were notorious!

Jia Lian secretly resented him, he trembled every day, as if walking on thin ice, hated the group of blood-sucking insects behind him, clinging on like leeches.In this way, no matter how well-behaved the two prefectures of Rongning and Ningxia in the capital are, they cannot withstand the hindrance of such clansmen, and the Jia family will never be defeated.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened Jia Lian finally understood at this moment why he had made so many contributions and never formed cliques with court officials, but Situ Yao was still so afraid of him.

For what Gein didn't do, the Jia family members helped him make up for it, and it was even worse than those treacherous deeds in history.

Wang Xifeng came here this time, apparently for the sake of distraction, but in fact, he wanted to wipe out this group of scum who caused harm.

On the first day she came to Jinling, Jincai's family was quickly captured by Wang Xifeng, and after she took over the account book, she handed it over to the accountant she brought with her for close inspection.Someone outside asked about the Jin family, and Chunliu and the others said that it was Second Grandma who was worried about Second Master's health and sent them to serve Second Master.

In this way, Wang Xifeng detained the Jin family, and ordered spies to search carefully for the actions of the Jinling people, and confirmed the news obtained before.

It's just that these actions are all carried out in secret. On the surface, Wang Xifeng just takes Daiyu and other girls with her every day, either for sightseeing, to visit ancient temples, or to attend banquets held by relatives in Jinling.

On the night when Wang Xifeng arrived at the Jia family's old house, the Zhen family's invitation card arrived. Early the next morning, after everyone had finished their breakfast, the porter came to announce that the elder girl had arrived.

This big girl is Jia Yuanchun, who married into the Zhen family earlier, and is now the second grandmother of Zhen.

Wang Xifeng was taken aback for a moment, but with a look of surprise on his face, he said with a smile: "Please come in quickly, Sister Lin, Fourth Sister, Qing'er, go outside to meet your eldest sister. Counting from her marriage to It's been quite a while now, and you probably won't even remember what she looks like."

When Jia Yuanchun got married, Xichun was only three years old, so of course he couldn't remember.Daiyu, on the other hand, because Jinling is quite close to Yangzhou, has seen Yuanchun several times at banquets before, and now she still has some impressions.

It's just because of Mrs. Wang's previous actions, Jia Min hated her, and even treated Jia Yuanchun, a niece, only indifferently, only superficially.Jia Yuanchun was also aware of the previous events, and except for necessary circumstances, he did not obstruct Jia Min's eyes. They were a pair of nephew and aunt in the eyes of outsiders, and they were not even familiar with each other, let alone the young Daiyu.

It's just that Jia Yuanchun came here at this moment, representing the Zhen family in Jiangnan, and came to visit his old relative Jia's family.And because she is a girl married off by Jia's family, and she hasn't returned to her natal family since she got married, Wang Xifeng naturally wanted to give her enough face, so she asked Xichun and others to welcome her out.

Yuan Chun didn't come here alone, she also brought a pair of children under her knees.The eldest is her daughter, Sister Shu, who is five years old this year, and the youngest is her son, who has just turned two years old, named Brother Yun.

"Big sister, I haven't seen you for many years. How is everything going now? The old lady always misses you, as well as Sister Shu and Brother Yun. When I came, she was still talking about when I would have the opportunity to meet each other. That's good."

Hearing Wang Xifeng's words, Jia Yuanchun's eyes were slightly red, and he said with tears: "It's because I'm not filial, I can't serve my ancestors, and she's tired, so worry about me."

"After all, it's a long journey, and now you are in charge of the things at home. There are parents-in-law and children, so how can you get away from it?" Wang Xifeng hastily persuaded a few words, and then said with a smile, "This is Sister Shu. Brother He Yun? You have inherited the good looks of your big sister, so come quickly and have a look, I am your second aunt! This is your fourth aunt and Aunt Lin, and this is your cousin Qinger."

The two children looked at Jia Yuanchun, and then came forward to pay respects: "Greetings to my aunt and aunts, and cousin Qing'er."

Wang Xifeng saw that the two behaved well, and they were also handsome and cute. He was so happy that he pulled her into his arms and rubbed him: "It's true that the big sister taught me well. Such a small person has such good manners. In the future Who doesn't boast when you go out. There are still a few cousins ​​at my aunt's house, but I didn't bring them this time. If you have a chance in the future, you brothers and sisters can play together."

After finishing speaking, he took Chun Liubei's meeting gift and hung it on Sister Shu and Brother Yun.

Both of them have a jade pendant, sister Shu's is the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine, and brother Yun's is the toad palace zhegui.

Daiyu and Xichun are the elders, and they also gave gifts to each other, which is nothing more than two pairs of golden pegs for each person.

After seeing each other for a while, Wang Xifeng sent Daiyu and the others to play with sister Shu and her son, and sat in the room talking with Jia Yuanchun.

"I received the news a few days ago that you were going to come with Lian'er, so I was guarded at the pier." Jia Yuanchun calmed down and said with a smile, "I know you are coming this time. , it is estimated that the old relatives from various families will have a visit, so I rushed here early in the morning, and I am here today."

Wang Xifeng was a little surprised: "Big sister sent someone to the pier? Jin Cai's family never said that after our boat arrived, they went back to the house directly. Who would have missed it."

Jia Yuanchun replied: "What's the matter? After you took the boat for those days, it was important to go home and rest. Now that you have come to Jinling, you can't say much. It's just that I came here today, why didn't I see Jincai?" House's?"

"You also know that the second master is now like a madman. He spends all day thinking about surveying the landform and doesn't stay outside. I used to be far away, but now that I'm only near Jinling, I'll send Jincai and his wife there. Well, the husband and wife of the left and right have been in Jinling all year round, and they are familiar with the land, so they can help the second master a little."

Jia Yuanchun nodded and said: "Lian'er is doing well now, and I heard that he is trusted by His Majesty in Jinling. He is also very conscientious in his work for the court. When people talk about him, they often speak of praise. I was very happy to hear that."

"Hey, it's just a matter of being loyal to the emperor. The elder sister doesn't know the second master's temperament. She is the most honest. His majesty has the grace to know him and promote him. He will naturally be loyal to his majesty with all his heart. It doesn't matter. Believe and praise."

Believe it or not, Jia Yuanchun said this, but on the surface he looked proud. After all, the more promising Jia Lian was, the more stable her position in the Zhen family would be.

The two chatted some more gossips and drank two cups of tea, but Wang Xifeng still didn't know Jia Yuanchun's real intention of coming.

She couldn't believe that Jia Yuanchun's sudden visit was just to meet his relatives and say something about parting and missing.