The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Chapter 42 Two rooms and one litter

Jia Lian asked about the identity of the young servant. His name was Shu'er, and he was a slave bought by Rongfu.Shu'er has been running errands for Jia Zheng since he was a child for more than ten years, and now at the age of 19, he is considered Jia Zheng's confidant.

Jia Lian pondered for a while, leaned against the window, stared at the rice stalks standing in the flower pots in a daze, and suddenly laughed.He decided to change his mind, there was no need to tell Mother Jia about this matter, why should he leave the choice to her.He had to choose by himself, leaving Mother Jia with only one path of 'no choice'.

Jia Lian immediately set off to ask Mrs. Xing for Shu'er's deed of sale.

Mrs. Xing was fiddling with Xing Xiuyan in the room to become a female celebrity. Hearing this, she frowned and said, "I don't have any deeds of prostitution here. All the documents are in your second aunt's hand, and I haven't handed them in yet."

Jia Lian lowered her eyes and fell silent.

Mrs. Xing dropped the things in her hand, and complained casually: "This child got gold thread somewhere, and what to do with the money on the handkerchief, what's the use, it's better to exchange it for silver."

Jia Lian glanced at the handkerchief, the embroidery was very exquisite, "She doesn't have much money, so she is willing to use these things as a female celebrity to give you, of course it is her heart."

"Oh, she is kind. But if I didn't take care of her, where would she find a good person like Miss Lin to be her sister?" Mrs. Xing had a sour expression on her face.

Jia Lian looked at Mrs. Xing with a very strange look, and reminded: "How can you be picky when someone respects you well? Madam, it's better to be calm and calm, and don't make old mistakes."

Mrs. Xing was startled, and smiled embarrassedly at Jia Lian, "You don't know how arrogant she is these days. I asked her to visit his father the other day, but she refused to go back. She only knows how to play with those sisters." I don’t have any other intentions, give me this thing, it’s better to see his father more.”

"After that elder brother of yours left Cousin Xing here, he never cared about her except for begging for money. She is worthy of being a parent if she is born without raising, and raised without teaching? Just don't look at it. It is right to know how to respect you. Good thing. I think she took the trouble to get and save this gold thread from her sister. Knowing that you like gold and silver, she wanted to make something good for you. If you say that she is not filial with such hard work, it will be hard to find in the world. You are filial." Jia Lian looked at Mrs. Xing with a guilty conscience, and continued to ask, "I said earlier that my wife raised her as a daughter, and she must treat you as a mother to be filial. Now that you have such a result, why are you unhappy? Could it be that you still want to hurt this 'mother-daughter' bond?"

Mrs. Xing didn't like to listen to Jia Lian preaching to herself, but every time the child said something very reasonable.She has no children and no one to rely on. She used to only know how to plunder money stingily, which made even the servants in the house sneer at her.Now that I have entrusted him to be the housekeeper, my status has improved, and I have face with the old lady, and I have raised a good daughter like Xing Xiuyan, so I should be content and happy.

Mrs. Xing sighed, convinced Jia Lian, "You are right, this child is suffering too, and now she can only rely on me, and she should be treated more leniently."

Jia Lian nodded and continued to look at Mrs. Xing, showing no intention of leaving.

Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I know what you mean, so let's go about your business!"

"There is something I need to trouble you with." Jia Lian put down the teacup calmly.

Mrs. Xing was stunned, she rolled her eyes and thought about it, and asked Jia Lian in amazement: "Do you want me to go to your second aunt to ask for a contract of sale?"

"That's right, except for her accompanying room, all the deeds of prostitution have been collected. Now that you are the housekeeper, those deeds of prostitution should naturally be in your hands. They should have been given when the stewardship was handed over." Jia Lian road.

Mrs. Xing frowned, a little reluctantly, "It's not that I won't help you, you know how your second aunt is, she was born as a daughter of everyone, and has the entire Wang family as her backing, unlike me, a stepwife, no children I have no status, I am not as knowledgeable as her, and I am not as good as her. If you ask me to go to her like this, I will definitely not be able to beat her, and I will still be ashamed in the end."

Jia Lian had expected that Mrs. Xing would not be useful at the critical moment, and he didn't expect Mrs. Xing to do a lot in this matter, but as a junior, he went directly to ask for no name and no points, so he was easily dismissed by Mrs. Wang.So he needs Mrs. Xing's body to support her. At least Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang are equals, so it is easy for them to talk.

"My wife is too worried. You can go ahead. Just take care of your eldest wife's airs. I want to see why she refuses. If it doesn't work, I will go with you to discuss it. We have the right, so what are we afraid of. "

When Mrs. Xing heard that Jia Lian was going, she immediately felt confident, with a gloating expression on her face, "That's very good, let's go now."

Jia Lian accompanied Mrs. Xing in a soft sedan chair to the east of the mansion, and sent someone to pass it on.

Mrs. Wang used the excuse of being unwell and did not want to see Jia Lian and Mrs. Xing.

Jia Lian snorted softly, "It doesn't matter, go and call Zhou Rui's family."

A moment later, Zhou Rui's family stood bowed in the center of the hall, and after paying their respects to the eldest wife and the second master Lian, the two masters remained silent for a while, and as a servant, she couldn't make a fuss.Second Lord Lian is a well-known "white bread man" in the mansion. He looks handsome with his eyes, and his methods of dealing with servants seem to be gentle, but if he uses one word and one look, these servants can be unlucky for half a year. Those masters who beat and scold directly are even more ruthless!

"Do you keep all the deeds of prostitution in the mansion?" Mrs. Xing asked.

Zhou Rui's family nodded, "Second Wife asks the slave to take care of it."

"Hand it in." Jia Lian interjected coldly, speaking in an orderly tone, leaving no room for doubt.

Zhou Rui's family's heart skipped a beat, and they slowly raised their heads, taking a peek at the black-faced Second Master Lian, and their hearts began to throb and struggle.Looking at this posture, there is going to be another scene today.

"This matter is explained by the second wife, and the slaves dare not make decisions."

"You don't dare to be the master of what your wife told you. It's just that these deeds belong to Rongfu, not your second wife. Now it's out of your wife's control, so you should hand it over! In fact, your wife should have been in the house long ago. When the housekeeper was handed over before, you should have handed over these deeds of sale. Your wife is busy and may have forgotten it for a while, but as a servant who helps her, you should not forget it. You should do your duty to remind her. It will take a while It's been a year, and my eldest wife and I have to come here to ask for it in person. At this time, you are still pushing back and forth, what a big shelf! Do you want us to ask for it three times and come to the thatched cottage three times before you are willing to give us a thin noodle? Woolen cloth?"

At the end of Jia Lian's words, the volume gradually increased, and the sound pierced his heart, causing Zhou Rui's family to tremble with fright, kneeling on the ground involuntarily to apologize, repeatedly saying that he dared not.

"Then go back and hand over all the deeds!" Jia Lian said bluntly.

Zhou Rui's family said yes again and again, but their eyeballs kept rolling. They bowed their waists and hurriedly exited the house, turned around and ran away, and went to the Buddhist hall to call Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang heard that she was not allowed to change her clothes after she passed by, and she hurriedly ran to the main hall to confront Mrs. Jia Lianxing with the Buddhist beads in her hand.

Madam Wang was so angry that her face was red and her eyes were angry, she said to Jia Lian, "You are so courageous, when will it be your turn to reprimand my companion?"

Jia Lian glanced at Mrs. Wang coldly, then turned to look at Mrs. Xing.

Mrs. Xing coughed, and said according to what Jia Lian taught her, "Sisters and sisters, this matter is not Lian'er's fault. The handover of the housekeeping power is not in charge of him, but the old lady. Originally, the deed of sale should have been together long ago. The child was handed over to me for safekeeping. I didn't see you send it at first, but I was considerate of your bad mood, and thought about it later. I thought that when you were in a good mood, with your comprehensive personality from the front, you would definitely send it over. But Why didn't you think of it? It's been a year, and you still don't remember it. But it's not my brother and sister's fault. Too many things happened this year. If my brother and sister forget about it in a hurry, I can understand it, but this is a hateful person. If you don't think about your younger siblings and don't do your duty, you should be punished!"

Mrs. Xing's remarks made Mrs. Wang a forgetful and useless person, and by the way, she also berated Zhou Rui's family.

Mrs. Wang was outraged when she heard it, it was a matter of selling her body, she actually said so many faults and responsibilities deftly, obviously someone taught her to come prepared, otherwise she just came from a stupid and petty family background Man, that might put it that way.

Mrs. Wang projected her hatred on Jia Lian, and glared at him fiercely: "I don't think my sister-in-law thought of asking for these deeds of sale, it's Lian'er who wants it, right?"

Mrs. Xing: "Of course it's me. Lian'er just has nothing to do today, so I asked him to come with me to have a look. By the way, I also asked her to greet you." Mrs. Xing pondered for a while, then turned to ask Jia Lian with a smile , "You haven't seen your second aunt for quite a while, haven't you?"

Jia Lian nodded, "It's been a long time."

Mrs. Wang hated it even more when she heard this. The fake mother and son were obviously making fun of her for falling out of favor and living in a remote place, so she was not qualified to go to the old lady's place to pay her respects.Exasperating, so exasperating!Mrs. Wang was clutching the Buddhist beads in her hand, biting the roots of her cheeks to numb them.

pat!

Hundreds of Buddhist beads broke off and fell off, spilling all over the ground, and some of them bounced and rolled to Jia Lian's feet.

Mrs. Xing looked at the beads rolling on the ground, covered her mouth in surprise, with an exaggerated provocative expression, "Oh, it's unlucky if the beads are broken."

Mrs. Wang hated it even more, and she stopped pretending. She stared at Mrs. Xing and Jia Lian with embarrassing expressions, wishing she could swallow them alive right now.

"I don't know if the second aunt can hold on. Just now, the maid reported that you were unwell. It would have delayed your recovery. We should solve this matter as soon as possible. I didn't intend to disturb you. Follow the rules and let Zhou Rui's family pick it up." That is, but this scumbag is taking advantage of others and doesn't take our words seriously." After the rumors came out, Jia Lian had long been cold-hearted towards the second room, but now he speaks freely and unceremoniously.

Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Lian in surprise, his sarcastic words echoed in her ears, she was so angry that her heart and lungs were about to explode.

Mrs. Wang glared at the two of them and gritted her teeth and sneered: "Why, you are just managing a house now, and you are so arrogant. How big an official do you think you are? It's ridiculous. I just won't hand it in today. Let's see if you can do it." What can I do."

"If you don't pay it, don't pay it. It's nothing. The big deal is to inform the old lady. If it doesn't work, go to the government to report the loss, scrap the previous one, and get another one. The left and right are all registered in the Yamen, and people can't escape. "Jia Lian said.

Mrs. Wang was poked at the weak point in an instant, and felt uncomfortable in her heart.Now she is not pleasing in front of the old lady, and it is not easy to make any troubles, otherwise she will really have no future in front of her old lady.The second is the meaning represented by the deed of sale. After reporting the loss, it can be rebuilt. It just adds some troubles, and it will not affect them at all.

So today, she didn't want to hand in the deed of sale, but she had to hand it in.

Mrs. Wang bitterly ordered Zhou Rui's family to take it, and then handed it over to Jia Lian, and then left with Zhou Rui's family angrily.

Jia Lian singled out Shu'er's deed of sale, and gave the rest to Mrs. Xing.

After Jia Lian went out, he immediately took Shu'er to Rongxi Hall for interrogation.

Shu'er relied on being Jia Zheng's confidant, so he was arrogant and refused to admit it with his neck raised.

Jia Lian chuckled and teased him with raised eyebrows: "Do you think this is all about you? How many of the servants in this mansion have clean hands and feet, you'd better keep yourself clean, I have nothing to do with it, otherwise..."

Jia Lian winks at Xing'er.

Xing'er immediately took people to search Shu'er's residence, found two inkstones from under the bed, and found five pots of strawberry seedlings behind the rear window.

Jia Lian looked down at the few strawberries, and scraped the tree's face up and down with cold eyes, "Where did you get these things?"

Shu'er was so frightened that he lost his soul and kowtowed to Jia Lian, "This is... this is... it was given to me by Nanny Li."

"Nonsense, this thing was only planted in Xiaolingzhuang in the south of the city, but Madam Li went to Xiaozaozhuang. She was only responsible for cleaning the pig house. Sweeping manure can sweep out this thing? Who are you fooling!" Xing'er scolded.

Xiaolingzhuang is the Zhuangzi Jia Lian took over from Prime Minister Jing Yingguang. In addition to planting potatoes from the Netherlands, there is also a special garden for growing Dutch peas and four-season strawberries.Because the strawberry seedlings were transported from the ship with soil and the quantity is limited, Jia Lian has been focusing on breeding and did not let the strawberries bear fruit.Those who manage the yard are also domestic servants, and outsiders are useless.

"It seems that there are unreliable people around me." Jia Lian gave Xing'er a wink and ordered him to go and investigate immediately.

As for Shu'er, Jia Lian didn't bother to interrogate him anymore. If he was so stubborn and vicious in spreading rumors and murdering his innocent daughter's family, there was no need to show mercy to him. He went straight to the board and beat him until he was willing to speak.

"Just 'stealing' the title is enough for me to punish you." Jia Lian said lightly, then turned around and waved her hands casually.

Immediately, someone stepped forward and forcibly dragged Shu'er out, immediately ripped off his pants, and beat him on the spot in the yard.All the maids could not avoid her, while Jia Lian was sitting in the hall drinking tea and reading a book with a calm expression on his face.

The servants who were beating people outside were also vigilant. As soon as Shu'er howled, they immediately blocked his mouth with the soles of his stinky shoes.The place was silent, only the sound of the board falling, and Shu'er's soft moan of pain when he was gagged.

Soon, a young man came in and told Jia Lian that Shu'er was willing to confess.

Jia Lian calmly turned the pages of the book and ordered, "Keep fighting!"

Jia Lian slowly drank a bowl of hot tea before shouting to stop.He stood far away on the rocky rock with his hands behind his back, frowning as he looked at the servant Shu'er who had been thrown to the ground.

Shu'er was in excruciating pain, but after seeing Second Master Lian, he didn't dare to grunt and cry out in pain, trembling his bitten lip, enduring the pain with distorted facial features, and explained everything clearly.

"It was the second wife who ordered the younger one to take advantage of the time when the second master and the second master Jiang were drinking, so she interjected. At that time, the second master went out to pay respects, so he didn't know about it."

Jia Lian sneered and said sarcastically: "That's right, your second master has always used Defang's elegant orchid and bamboo to describe himself, how could he do such obscene things."

Shu'er nodded in pain, the cold sweat on his forehead flowed down his temples to his face.

Jia Lian asked Shu'erhua to be detained, and ordered someone to send him to the government.Shu'er begged for mercy several times, but Jia Lian was unmoved.

Jia Lian: "Oh, how dare I keep someone like you? Don't you want 100 taels of gold to say it? You are so good, you should really go to heaven."

"Second Master, please forgive me, please forgive me, I also suffered from the Second Wife..." Shu'er was gagged again, and dragged out.

Of course, Jia Lian couldn't let this matter end like this. Instead, he put Feng Shu'er's confession and the deed of sale into an envelope, and ordered someone to send it directly to the Prince's Mansion of Lijun.

In fact, this incident was regarded as a family scandal, after all, it was the Second Household of the Rong Mansion who caused the incident and was related to Jia Lian.Now the marriage between Rong Mansion and Lijun Prince's Mansion has been discussed to such an extent that it is short of a marriage certificate.If it was because of this family ugliness that deterred the king of Lijun, Jia Lian would understand, but Jia Lian would never hide this matter because it involved Dao's own use.Marriage is a matter of two people, and it is also a matter of two families. It is about fate.Even if Li Junwang hated Shangrong Mansion, he wouldn't have much hatred for him who reported the news truthfully.Jia Lian also expected all kinds of consequences before making such a decision.

Jia Lian specially reminded Lijun Wang about the matter of Shu'er that there is no need to get blood on his hands, as there will be retribution when the time comes.

And the second room of the Rong Mansion will definitely be hated by the king of Lijun who is eager to protect his daughter.How will the future be better for a family that is hated by the royal family?You can tell if you don't want to.

……

Since Lijun Wang received the letter, there has been no news.Until five days later, the Holy Majesty suddenly decreed that Jia Zheng would be demoted to Fujian as a sixth-rank sesame official for the crime of dereliction of duty.As for Shu'er, Prince Li did not move, waiting to see Jia Lian's so-called "retribution".

Seeing this situation, Jia Lian reckoned that the Prince of Li had followed his own suggestion, and he was very close in his heart, which revealed the Prince of Li's attitude towards this marriage.

As for Mrs. Wang, these days she is still thinking about Jia Lian's private disposal of Shu'er.

Jia Lian didn't leak the news, but said that Shu'er stole his new breed and sent it to the government.Mrs. Wang was afraid that Shu'er would confess what he had done for herself in prison, and sent someone to send money to stop Shu'er's mouth. Said there is still a confession.

Mrs. Wang was so frightened that she lost her soul. She was anxious every day. She was very worried that Jia Lian would report the matter to Jia Mu, which would make her a complete failure, so she ordered Qian to secretly kill Shu'er in prison. , completely cheating.Mrs. Wang even thought up an excuse to refute, and waited for a few days in fear, but she did not see the old lady calling her, let alone Jia Lian complaining, but she unexpectedly received the news of Jia Zheng's demotion.

Mrs. Wang didn't think much about it, she thought it was Jia Zheng's negligence in official duties, she sadly packed her husband's bag and sent him on his way.As a result, on the way home, I heard the news from my sister-in-law that her brother Wang Ziteng was also transferred to the south.Although it's not demotion or promotion, it's a hard job. There's no money to be made.That is to say, from now on, she will have no natal family to rely on in the capital!

This this……

Mrs. Wang's face was pale when she heard the news, her faded thin lips opened and closed, trembling for a long time without humming.The maids were so frightened that they all supported Mrs. Wang and kept calling her "Second Wife, Second Wife".Mrs. Wang didn't hear anything in a trance, her eyelids rolled, and finally she twisted her body, rolled her eyes and passed out completely.

……

King Lijun, who was ready to avenge his revenge, summoned Jia Lian and asked him with a smile how he would deal with it.

"Very good." Jia Lian praised.

Prince Li was a little unwilling, "One more boast."

Jia Lian: "Very good."

"You—" Prince Li pointed at the tip of Jia Lian's nose dissatisfied, "You provoked this matter. If it wasn't for you, my Xin'er family would not be affected. It's just to see that you are calm and handle things well. The loss was recovered in time, and this king will forgive you in front of you."

King Li Jun said this, but in fact he had forgiven Jia Lian in his heart.Through this incident, he was more able to recognize Jia Lian's ability, so he wanted to adopt him as his son-in-law.Besides, if his daughter is willing, he can't refuse, there is no choice.

"I didn't want to keep your second aunt at first. If it wasn't for Jingxin's bravery, she wanted to kill the enemy with her own hands. I would have to kill everyone!"

"In fact, there is still a road that is not blocked, and this road is also blocked, so she can't turn over completely. After the second girl enters the door, she can naturally rub her casually." Jia Lian narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his lips curled up. Unexpectedly, it looks a bit malicious.

Prince Li chuckled, realizing that he was not as ruthless as Jia Lian, "Say it!"

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