[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

Nanny Jiang saluted and thanked her and sat down with her back straight and her buttocks only touching one-third of the stool.

"Mum Jiang must have kept all the ledgers on Zhuangzi in good condition. Let someone take my servant to fetch them."

Nanny Jiang nodded without changing her face, and asked the girl who had been standing behind her to stand up, and said to Jia Lian, "This is the slave girl's granddaughter Jiang Rong, let her take your servant there, young master."

Jia Lian nodded casually, then Hudan'er stretched out his hand and said to Jiang Rong, "Please, Miss Jiang Rong."

Jiang Rong glanced at her grandmother and father, and walked ahead. Hu Dan'er made a gesture with her eyes when she walked out behind, and brought her two brothers to follow.

But Nanny Jiang seemed unaware of all this, and kept her expression calm. Jia Lian shook her head, took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It seems that your mother passed away, and you are doing well..."

Mother Jiang didn't expect that the little master would say such heartbreaking words directly without showing any face, she couldn't help but froze, and then quickly relaxed and said: "Madam passed away, slaves have also been sad for many years, but there is still you, young master. No matter how sad the slaves and servants are, they must cheer up and guard the dowry of the madam."

Regarding this, Jia Lian did not comment on it, and he no longer opened his mouth to gossip with her. For such an old and mature person, he should say a few words less to avoid exposing his disadvantage of lack of momentum.

So Jia Lian picked up the teacup and poured it for himself, and let Mother Jiang sit there, while her son stood in the middle of the hall with his head bowed and sweating profusely.

After a quarter of an hour, Hudan'er and the other two boys brought the ledger over and put it in front of the master, and said: "The slave sees that everything in Mother Jiang's room is not in compliance with the rules, so I want to invite Jiang Rong The girl opened the cabinet for the slave to take a look at, but she kept evading and saying that the key was not with her.”

When Jia Lian heard this, he reprimanded, "Mother Jiang is an old man by my mother's side. How can you disrespect the old man so much?" Don't take offense if I offend you, after all, no matter how wrong I feel, I should come over and let you know, what do you think, Mammy?"

Hu Dan'er immediately apologized in front of Mammy Jiang, "Mama, it's a brat's fault, and every mistake is the brat's fault, but look at this key..."

"Tiger Egg—"

Maybe Jia Lian's pretended anger was really weak. Jiang Nanny glanced at it, and without arguing to evade it, she took out the key from her purse and handed it to Hu Dan'er.

After a while, Hudan'er came in with an angry face, holding a box in one hand, opened it in front of Jia Lian and said, "Look, young master!"

Jia Lian lowered his head and saw that it was full of silver ingots, and he saw some corners of the paper protruding from the edge. He pulled it out and found some large amount of silver bills. The thickness is definitely not a small amount.And another box, Tiger Egg, was also opened, and it was full of gold, silver and jewelry, which was not something that a servant should have.

Throwing it back casually, Jia Lian looked at Mother Jiang and asked softly, "Do you have anything to say?"

Up to this moment, Mother Jiang was still calm, not like Jiang Tao who was already kneeling on the ground and trembling. Even her granddaughter Jiang Rong, although kneeling on the ground, looked calmer than her father.

"I really didn't expect you to come here suddenly today, but I did something wrong and you made a mistake. I should bear the consequences, and I am very pleased that you have grown so well without Madam."

Seeing her looking at him with such gratifying eyes, Jia Lian couldn't say anything in his heart, not to mention whether she was sincere or not, this psychological quality was thick-skinned, he was really willing to bow down and feel ashamed...

I didn't know how to react for a while, so I didn't respond to her, but picked up the ledger and flipped through it twice, and said to Hu Dan'er: "Call the six sons to come and look at the ledger."

After Jia Lian asked Hu Daner to come to be a servant, the group of descendants of old slaves who often hang out with each other basically knew how to do it. There were only six sons, and they were skinny and small, but they had a lot of tricks. When they found out that he could read Afterwards, Jia Lian wondered when he might be able to use it.

No, he was impatient to read the densely packed words on the account book, so he asked others to come and read it.So as soon as the six sons came over, Jia Lian patted the account book like a hill, and said with a smile: "Work hard, I will reward you if you do well, young master."

Hu Dan'er put a stack of ledgers into his arms, Liu Zi's slender arms were pressed by the weight, so as not to make a fool of himself, but he still let himself smile and replied naturally: "The servant will definitely read it day and night."

Playing tricks came before him, and waved his hands in distaste to let the six sons go away quickly, but Jia Lian also remembered that he was the master, and in this era, no matter how powerful or not, the servants had no right to refute the things he had agreed to in this era. No, not to mention that all their contracts of sale are in their own hands.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian looked at Nanny Jiang and said with a smile: "Since you pleaded guilty, Mammy, you probably don't want to harm your children and grandchildren. For the sake of being an old nanny beside my mother, I can give you a chance. And what are you going to exchange for it?"

Originally, Mother Jiang was still a little uneasy because the young master had never been lost, but now when she heard his words, she felt that she was still valuable, and immediately said: "I have a secret that has been kept in my heart for many years..." Said After taking a look around, the intention is self-evident.

Seeing this, Jia Lian kicked out everyone except Tiger Daner, and then said Shi Shiran, "Tell me, what's the secret?"

Jiang Nanny took a look at the tall boy and knew that he was someone the young master trusted, so she continued, "Master Hu's death must have been tampered with, and it also caused Madam to die soon after you were born. I can't afford to be sick and die."

Jia Lian was expressionless and asked, "And then?"

"Madam and Master Hu had an accident. Given the situation in Rongguo Mansion back then, the person who ultimately benefited must be the Second Madam. She will definitely not be able to escape the responsibility!"

Of course, it is impossible for Jia Lian not to have heard of such rumors, but he can say anything without proof, so he asked impatiently: "Where is the evidence? If there is no evidence, why should I believe a servant who is unfaithful to the master and greedy?" ?”

Mother Jiang couldn't help being a little anxious, and looked at the young master earnestly, "This servant girl is absolutely telling the truth. This servant girl has watched Madam grow up, and also watched Master Hu grow up from infancy to hair. There was a little mistake, if it wasn't for some filthy people, how could Master Hu have an accident?!"

"But my grandfather was still alive at that time, regardless of whether my father was favored or not, my eldest brother was the eldest grandson, why did only the servants around my eldest brother get punished in the end and not the one you mentioned?"

"The old Duke was already ill at that time, and he didn't have the energy to take care of the affairs of the mansion..."

Of course, Jia Lian is not defending anyone, but he has eyes and ears. He has been watching and listening for the past six months. From various information, he knows that Mrs. Wang was not punished at all. Of course, it may be because there is no evidence, but later Wasn't the reason why grandfather almost completely disliked Dafang, because they were so incompetent that they couldn't even take care of the eldest grandson of Rongguo Mansion properly?

Whether someone has done something bad, what he needs is substantive evidence, not empty words without evidence.

"It's not just anything, it's about the eldest grandson of the Rongguo Mansion!" Jia Lian said with a bit of interest, "Even if things are really like what you said, why would grandma let her assist the Rongguo Mansion? Are you worried that someone with vicious thoughts will even harm her?"

"This... the old lady always prefers..."

Jia Lian directly interrupted: "I said, I want evidence, not random speculation. If you can only offer such a little thing as an exchange, I really don't have the patience to continue talking to you, come on!"

As soon as Mother Jiang heard this, she immediately slid off the stool and knelt on the ground with a quick movement that didn't match her age, and begged: "Master! Master! This servant has other evidence of corruption in charge! Remember the account book clearly! How do you deal with it?" I don't care about slaves, I beg you to give your granddaughter a chance! She is really innocent!"

"Oh!" Jia Lian gave her a disdainful look, "I hate people like you the most, who rely on the old to sell the old, pretend to be smart, and are greedy!"

"I know I was wrong... This old slave begs the young master for your kindness..."

Looking at her humble appearance, Jia Lian had spent a long time building up his heart when he saw people kneeling down, but now he has no tolerance for Mother Jiang at all, he just thinks that this kind of person deserves it!

So he said coldly: "You are just a servant who has made a mistake. Life and death depend on me. It is kindness for me to give you a chance. If I don't give it...what can you do?"

After Jiang Nanny heard this, she collapsed to the ground in despair, but Jia Lian didn't even look at it, and said to Hu Dan'er, "Let Jiang Nanny take you back with the ledger."

Hu Dan'er nodded, and walked to Jiang Nanny, but the old lady supported her body with her arms and moved a few times, but she still couldn't get up, Jia Lian said: "Go and ask two women to come in and help Jiang Nanny .”

"Yes, sir."

The account book was retrieved by Hu Dan'er, and there were as many as three books!

Jia Lian glanced at Nanny Jiang in disgust, took a book and flipped through it, it clearly recorded who forged the accounts or deleted what transactions in which year, everything on the shop and Zhuangzi, so he couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said: " It seems that I still underestimated your means, and it took a lot of your strength to seize so many handles, right?"

He didn't speak out to get Mother Jiang to answer, so he didn't care about their reaction at all. Instead, he said to Tiger Dan'er: "Tell the big head that they are guarding the Zhuangzi, and no one is allowed to go out. If anyone comes, they will all be given to the little one." Grandpa buckle it!"

After finishing speaking, let the remaining people help the six sons move the ledger to the carriage and head back home.