Xing Xiuyan's Life in the Red Mansion

"Be clear, who are you going to send away? Why did the well-behaved Zhen family entrust you, a housewife, to send people away? Doesn't the Jiangnan weaving of the Zhen family have the ability to send away a few people? Tell me clearly, what exactly is going on?" What?" Mother Jia asked immediately when she heard something wrong.

Jia She and Jia Zheng also sensed something was wrong, and immediately glared at Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang murmured: "The year before last, around Baoyu's birthday, the second wife of the Zhen family suddenly sent someone with a generous gift and a letter, saying that there were a few escaped slaves in her family who took the family's money and ran away." Yes, because the Zhen family is in office in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not easy to deal with it, so that the official reputation is not good, so I wondered if we could ask our family to help deal with it. I thought, our family and the Zhen family are family friends It has nothing to do with helping some fugitive slaves, so I agreed." What Mrs. Wang didn't say was that besides the generous gift, the Zhen family also included a full 1 taels of silver bills.How could Mrs. Wang not be tempted.

Jiamu didn't faint, "A fugitive slave? People say it's a fugitive slave or a fugitive slave? Have you checked?"

Mrs. Wang lowered her head and said, "I live in the south of the Yangtze River, so I don't know the details."

"Then how did the second wife do it? Who did you ask for it?" Wang Xifeng couldn't help asking.

"I took the seal of the master, transferred some people from the Zhuangzi in Jinling's hometown, and asked Zhou Rui to borrow some people from the Wang family. Under the fingerprints of the Zhen family, within half a month, I was on the way to Beijing. The people were caught, and the Zhen family took some things from them, and then asked them to dispose of them. After that, they came back." Mrs. Wang said softly.

Jia Mu and the others took a deep breath, and it turned out that this was the case.Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice are currently investigating the case of the Zhen family's embezzlement of disaster relief funds, corruption of the law, and exclusion of dissidents. Zhen Yingjia has been detained, and the rest of the Zhen family have also been detained and sent to Beijing.The Zhen family, who had taken over four times, just fell like this, which made them veterans feel sympathetic.At that time, they were thankful that the Jia family was not involved.Who knew Mrs. Wang would do such a stupid thing.It is obvious that the Zhen family is borrowing a knife to kill someone!Mrs. Wang is so stupid that she became the murderous knife of the Zhen family!

"No wonder Ziying said that our family was involved in the case of Zhen's family, and there was also a life lawsuit. It was related to some ledger. It turned out to be the case. Someone took the ledger of Zhen's corruption and bribery and wanted to go to Beijing to report it. In the end, he was killed by the second wife's people." It's gone." Jia Lian suddenly realized.

"Ignorant stupid woman! You are so brave!" Jia Zheng slapped him angrily, knocked Mrs. Wang to the ground, pointed at Mrs. Wang's nose and cursed, "Do you think you are from the Dali Temple or from the Ministry of Punishment?" Officials, how dare you judge people? When you did these things, did you ever think about the Jia family, or your empress?"

Jia's mother was also very angry, but she was still calm, "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk more, the most important thing is to think about how to deal with the aftermath. You have always been unprofitable. Tell me, what did the Zhen family give you?" Benefits? Also, do you still have the letter from the Zhen family?" If the letter is still there, if it really implicates the Jia family, it can also show that the Jia family is just being deceived and will not be severely punished.

Mrs. Wang knew that the situation was serious, and she also knew that she was not what she used to be now, so she didn't dare to say anything after being slapped by Jia Zheng. After all, as long as the empress is still here, the Jia family would not dare to divorce her. "The letter is still there, I'll go back and get it."

"Hurry up!" Jia Zheng said angrily.

Mrs. Wang covered her face and was helped up by the little maid. After a while, she came over with a letter.

"Bring me to have a look!" Jia Mu said, taking the diorama from Yuanyang's hand.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly handed over the letter. Mother Jia read it hastily and sighed, "This letter was not written by the second wife of the Zhen family, and it has not been signed. Besides, there is no direct evidence to prove that this letter is from the Zhen family. Written. It is difficult to break away from this matter!"

Mrs. Wang also panicked, she snatched the letter and read it carefully, as expected.She slumped on the ground at once. The person who sent the letter was the confidant of Mrs. Zhen's second wife. She also knew the person she often dealt with, so she had no doubts. Madam was in a daze at the time, so she didn't think so much.However, that time when the Zhen family gave gifts, they came and left quietly.Except for myself, no one was alarmed.

"I don't know what the second wife thinks. If such a big thing happened, let's say it sooner. Everyone really wants to solve it, but they want to separate the family first? I don't know when the second wife is so righteous. I think Are you sacrificing yourself to complete the family?" Jia She said sarcastically.

Mrs. Wang raised her head and stared at Jia She.Jia She said with a smile: "You don't think that if the eldest family and the second family split the family, the responsibility for these crimes will be borne by our eldest family? Are you stupid? You said it yourself. You used the second brother's seal. What's the relationship between your Wang family's servants and our first wife? Even if the family is separated, it will be your second wife who is unlucky, and the empresses in the palace will also be affected. Haha!"

Mrs. Wang's eyes widened, "You are the heir to the title. If something goes wrong, shouldn't you be held accountable?"

Jia She was furious and laughed back, Mrs. Wang really had this idea, "Ask me? At most, I am guilty of negligence. After all, I am not the one who directly handled this matter!"

Mrs. Wang wanted to say something more, but the red-faced Jia Zheng kicked her up, "Shut up!"

Then he bowed his hands to Jia She with a face of shame: "Brother, I'm really ashamed. I..."

Jia Amnesty waved his hand, "There is no need to say anything." Then he said to Jia's mother, "Old lady, Ziying can report to our family in advance. I think it is the intention of the superiors. This is a chance for our family to defend ourselves! Although Our family can't argue clearly about this matter. It's just that how our family should deal with it, we should also think of a countermeasure." Obviously, Jia Amnesty handed over the right of choice to Jiamu.

Mother Jia sighed, "According to the fact that Mrs. Wang committed such a thing, she should be dealt with no matter what. It's just for the sake of the empress in the palace, she can't really be pushed out to take the blame. Besides, let a woman go out to take the blame. , Speaking out, others don't know what to think of our Jia family. After all, our family is also deceived by others, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Our family is related to the Yongping Hou Mansion, maybe... It's not as good as..."

Jia She sneered, "Don't talk about it, old lady. This matter has nothing to do with our eldest son. If you want to find someone to go out to take the blame, that's your business. Our eldest son will not interfere. Our eldest son is a good citizen, but we can't do it." Even if you collect money to kill people, you can't do the crime for others. If you really care about the reputation of your empress, you can't bear the second wife. You can find someone from the Jia family to go out to take the blame, as long as you think you can hide it from Dali. Officials from the temple and the Ministry of Punishment will do." This old lady is too much, could it be that the reputation of the second bedroom is a reputation, and the reputation of the first room is not a reputation, and the words are not true, thinking that our first room should come out to take the blame, why?When it’s good, you can’t think of our big room, oh, you think of big room for such a thing?You want me and Lian'er to take the blame for her, Mrs. Wang, you are not confused, old lady!

Jia Mu frowned, "Why are you so anxious? When did I say that you and Lian'er were the ones to take the blame? I mean, I mean..." Jia Mu didn't say why. In fact, she was planning to have Jia Amnesty or Jia Lian come forward to take the blame for this crime.Firstly, it was Dafang who committed the crime, so the concubine would be less implicated. Secondly, Dafang has a nephew and son-in-law who is the Marquis. For the sake of Marquis Yongping, it is estimated that the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple will also be involved. Will take it lightly.However, Jia Amnesty actually expressed his objection on the spot, which made Jia's mother at a loss for what to say.

It seems that Dafang now has a backer, his back is straight, and he is no longer as obedient as before. Unexpectedly, since Jia pardoned Jia Lian, even Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng showed dissatisfaction on their faces.Jia's mother sighed in her heart, the first room was flourishing, but the second room was withered to this point, so she inevitably favored the second room more.But, now, how can the crisis of Erfang be resolved?

Jia Zheng was very ashamed. Not only did the elder family know what the old lady meant, but he also guessed a little bit. I'm afraid even the Wang family guessed a little bit. Didn't the Wang family breathe a sigh of relief?But what face does he have to let his elder brother take the blame for himself?It's just that when the old lady mentioned the empress, Jia Zheng was a little embarrassed. The Wang family had already harmed the empress.

"Can't the slaves come forward to take the blame?" Like Zhou Rui?Jia Zheng asked.

Now even Jia Lian was amazed at Jia Zheng's innocence. Could a servant handle such a big matter?Do you really think that those people in Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice are just eating dry food?

Jia Zheng also seemed to realize that he had said something stupid, so he quickly bowed his head and remained silent.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Old lady, master, you have to think of a way. The empress is already suffering enough. If there are more mothers who pay for murder, then the empress will be laughed at for the rest of her life."

"You still have the face to say, why didn't you think of this when you did these things?" Jia Zheng was about to kick him again angrily.

Mother Jia stopped her and said, "Stop it, our family doesn't have the rule of beating wives!" Then she looked at Jia Amnesty, "I can't write two words of Jia in one stroke. After all, regardless of whether the eldest or second wife is from the Jia family, you can't just sit back and watch." No matter, since you don't agree with my suggestion, tell me, what can you do?"

Jia Amnesty smiled indifferently, "The old lady is just joking. No one in the house knows that I am just a dandy who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun. It is not as good as my second brother who can study and make progress since he was a child. If you ask me now, the fault is not my wife's fault." Yeah, I don't know how to do it."

Mother Jia ignored Jia Amnesty, and asked Madam Xing, "What did uncle and wife say?"

Mrs. Xing was very dissatisfied. When good things happened, she never thought of these people. Now that something difficult happened, she was the first to think of it. "I went to Xing's house today, and told my uncle and wife about it, and she said that I would talk to Xiuyan later."

When Jia Mu heard this, she felt at ease.