The Double Soul of Red Mansions

Wang Xifeng is a smart person, at least he is very familiar with Jiamu's art of speaking when he comes and goes with Jiamu.When Jia's mother said that, Wang Xifeng was smart enough to know what to say.

Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Mu in surprise and said, "Old Ancestor, what you said really poked my heart. Although I don't say how experienced I am, how can I do such a thing. Old Ancestor, others don't know you Don't you know? The daughter of our Wang family can't read at all. Besides, I don't dare to do such a big thing. Aunt Lin and Sister Lin are relatives in our house, how could I cheat my family."

Wang Xifeng sang and cried, and Ping'er on the side also chimed in.This caused the whole room to become chaotic in an instant.Mrs. Wang sat on the chair without saying a word.She couldn't be more aware of this matter. When the man begged her for money, she pushed the man to her niece.At that time, Wang Xifeng was considered to be on the road, and he gave her some silver notes.It's just that she only knew the first time, and she really didn't know anything the following times.Up to now, what is angry in Mrs. Wang's heart is not that Wang Xifeng shouldn't do these things, but that Wang Xifeng is too greedy to ignore her.

"Old ancestor, I am dissatisfied with you. At the beginning, an old woman came to me. I was soft-hearted at the time. Seeing people begging for so much, I just agreed to go to Aunt Lin. Refused, I didn't even meet Aunt Lin. Ancestor, I really swear that I didn't care about this matter after the fact. If you don't believe me, I'll ask Ping'er to find someone, and you, the old man, will personally May I ask?" Wang Xifeng pretended to wipe the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, the grievance in that voice really made people's hearts soften.

Wang Xifeng was crying inside, Jia Baoyu and Jia Lian who came back outside had already listened to it for a long time.Jia Lian knew that her daughter-in-law was stronger, but she also felt that what she said was very reasonable.How can someone who can't even read all the words make such a thing.As Jia Baoyu didn't go to the school yesterday, he only found out about these things with the people in the mansion this morning.At this moment, he also wanted to find out.Hearing Wang Xifeng's words, he opened the curtain without saying a word, and walked inside: "Second sister-in-law said she was the slave, so I'll go and bring her in for you to question."

Wang Xifeng might as well have someone come in, bring him to turn around and see Baoyu and Jia Lian behind him.Wang Xifeng's heart skipped a beat.She really hoped that she could pass the test safely today, otherwise it would be really difficult in the future.

"Baoyu, come to the old ancestor." Jia's mother still regards Baoyu as a child, and when she sees Baoyu coming in, her doting expression is really enviable.Jia Lian, the eldest son, had been resentful of Jia's mother's obvious preference for the second wife since she was a child, and as time went by, this resentment would only increase rather than diminish.

Seeing his daughter-in-law standing in the hall with red eyes while everyone in the second room was sitting, Jia Lian couldn't help it anymore, "Old Ancestor, what does this matter have to do with Feng, I think it's better to leave it to the government to investigate , What is going on, we just wait for the government to come forward."

As soon as Jia Lian's words came out, besides Baoyu, Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang, even Wang Xifeng, who was protected by him, also scolded fools inwardly.Jia Baoyu is eager for the government to intervene so that the house can be cleaned up.

"Ping'er, take the two wives and bring that old nanny here. I want to see what kind of person can do such things in our house." Jia's mother ignored Jia Lian and went straight to her. Follow Ping'er's orders.Mother Jia ignored Jia Lian's confusion, but seeing Baoyu's disapproving eyes, Mother Jia hurriedly explained to him, "Now we have to figure out this matter first, and if it gets out, people will make fun of it." Yes. I can’t figure out what’s going on in my own mansion, so it’s not right for the government to intervene.”

"Old Ancestor, this is no longer a matter in our mansion." Jia Baoyu said disapprovingly, "Yesterday they stopped the aunt of the Lin family on the road, and even the Holy Majesty was alarmed. And today they came to make trouble in our mansion again. This The matter has not been concealed until now.”

What Jia Baoyu said did not attract Jia's mother's attention, but made her firmly believe that Yuanchun in the palace was favored.This mother of Jia's brain circuit is indeed not normal, and what she sees now is not the harm of this incident. I have to say that the people in Jia's mansion are very strange.And when Jia Yuanchun in the palace knew about it, she just passed it over her ears. She didn't think it was a big deal at all.After all, the Holy Majesty didn't punish him for the incident yesterday, so it won't happen today.Yuan Chun believed that her mother and grandmother would definitely handle this matter.

Wang Xifeng saw that Ping'er took two poor women out, and secretly prayed that Ping'er, who was always smart, would not let her down this time.And Ping'er is worthy of being a Linglong follower of Wang Xifeng. The rough envoy of the Jia family usually gives Ping'er some face. When the two saw Ping'er angry, they smiled and said to Ping'er: "Ping'er Girl, if you have anything to do in a while, we promise to take care of it for you. I will never dirty your hands. "

Ping'er smiled, thinking that the two of them were still on the right track, and nodded in satisfaction.And Ping'er didn't talk nonsense, and found the nanny who had been in contact with him, and was tied up without saying a word.This nanny has never been innocent, even Ping'er knows that this old slave has secretly given some money.After Ping'er tied the man up, he said to the two rough envoys behind him: "Please trouble the two nuns to search the house to see if there is any prohibited money."

Ping'er thought well, as long as she can find money that does not belong to her status in this three-thirds of an acre, she can rest easy and let this nun take care of it.And the two rough envoys saw that the person had been tied up by the two of them, and there would be no more problems, so they obediently entered the house to search, and Ping'er won a chance to be alone with the mother as he wished. , Ping'er didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Now that the incident has happened, if you want the family, son and daughter-in-law, and the grandson in the wife's belly to be safe, you will take care of it yourself."

Mammy's mouth was blocked, her eyes were wide open, and her eyes were full of unwillingness and anger.

Seeing this, Ping'er laughed out loud, stepped forward and squeezed the hand of the nanny and said: "Don't be reconciled, your eldest grandson is now seven or eight years old, and I think he can study. If you Know yourselves, our grandma will release your slave status afterward, and let people send your family far away. We will buy you a Zhuangzi, and you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future. Do you think this deal is a good deal?"

The old mammy shook her head like a rattle, the money in her hand was enough for the whole family to eat and drink for a lifetime, so how could she be willing to be at the mercy of Ping'er.

However, Ping'er can be regarded as hitting a snake and hitting seven inches. Knowing what the old nanny is thinking, he bent down and said in the old nanny's ear with a smile, "Do you think that your family can still keep those properties now? I advise you You are still obedient, maybe the limelight is over, and our grandma redeemed you with some money. This is now, what happened to our grandma, do you think you can still be fine? Don't forget, this matter But you came to us first. I don’t need to talk about that, do I?”

At first, the old mama still struggled and was unwilling, but now she was drooping and listless.That's right, I was the one who was in touch from the beginning to the end of this matter, even if I threw myself out, those bribed students would recognize her.By now, the old mother had given up.Wang Xifeng was in charge of the house, how could a servant like her drag her into trouble?Now seeing Ping'er's determined smile, and thinking of her little grandson and the grandson who will be born in a few months, the old mother finally nodded.

"It's good to be here earlier." Ping'er was not afraid that this old thing would turn against Jia's mother. We were all smart people, so we wouldn't do such a foolish thing.This old thing valued his grandson and son the most, so this threat was the most appropriate.

The two women who entered the house quickly found 2000 taels of silver notes from the old woman's house. Ping'er looked at the four 500 taels of silver notes in his hand, smiled and said to the two women: "It's hard work, you two mothers. When this is over, I'll treat you to tea." Ping'er took out two pieces of silver from his cuff, smiled and stuffed them into the hands of the two women. I will also hope that the two mothers will tell the truth in front of their ancestors."

There is no need to lie when you get the money, the two of them are very happy.Smiling, he accepted Ping'er's request, pulled up the old mother who was still gagged on the ground, and followed Ping'er back to Jia Mu's yard.

As soon as Ping'er entered, he presented the 2000 taels of silver bills to Jia Mu and said, "Old lady, you see, this was just found from her temporary house, and there must be some at home."

The mandarin duck next to Jia Mu came down and took the bank note in Ping'er's hand, and after verifying that it was correct, she nodded towards Jia Mu.When Sanchun in the house heard the words, he felt more or less emotional in his heart.The decent girls in their house don't have so much savings.At this time, everyone believed that the ashen-faced old mother was the culprit of this incident.

And Jia Lian was even more straightforward, stepping forward and kicking the old mother to the tunnel, saying: "You old man, you dare to do such things." What Jia Lian was thinking in his heart was that his master had never kicked so much money. With the ticket on him, he was feeling aggrieved. Instead of looking at the old woman who was sweating in pain from being kicked to the bottom of her heart by him, Jia Lian turned to look at Jia Mu and said, "Old Ancestor, I took someone to check it." After checking her home, we know that there are at least 20 people making trouble outside our house, and each person pays 1000 taels, which is tens of thousands of taels!"

"Baoyu went with your Lian's second brother, and registered all the findings." Jiamu looked at Baoyu and said, "Peace the outsiders first, please come into the mansion, and return the money to them when the verification is correct. This old woman will be handed over to the government for investigation."

Baoyu agreed, then got up, and together with Jia Lian and several women and servants, they went to the row of bungalows exclusively for servants in the southwest corner of Jia's mansion.To say that this old woman deserved it, a servant's house was actually able to find tens of thousands of taels, even some precious antiques, many of which were found by Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu.These things are still hidden in secret, a little here, a little there.Some decorated vases can reveal a lot of broken silver.