Naturally, the movements in the outer courtyard cannot be hidden from the people in the inner courtyard.
Mrs. Wang really couldn't figure out which part of the song Jia Lian and his wife were singing. A moment ago, they were showing kindness to everyone, making everyone above and below them grateful. It felt like the whole world was celebrating.
Why did the next moment, his face changed and he started to get angry?
Moreover, the one who beat him was one of the housekeepers!
This made Mrs. Wang suspicious.
You know, apart from Lai Da and Lin Zhixiao, who were promoted by Jia Mu, Shan Daliang and Wu Xindeng were both her people.
As soon as Jia Lian got the title, he attacked Wu Xindeng, which made her start to wonder if Jia Lian was here for her.
Despite her suspicions, Mrs. Wang did not do anything more. Since Jia Lian and his wife had the power of housekeeping, it was not easy for her to interfere if they had done nothing wrong.
Secondly, Jia Lian was beating a slave from the outer court. Even if it was wrong, Jia Zheng should have intervened. At this time, Jia Zheng must be studying in Mengpo Zhai, so she would naturally not disturb him with such a trivial matter. Moreover, maybe Jia Zheng
Zheng also knows now.
"Mrs……!!"
Suddenly, Shan Daliang's family rushed in like a ghost chasing her. As soon as they saw her, they screamed for help.
Mrs. Wang asked what was going on.
"I just went home, cleaned up and was about to come back to serve the master and grandmothers. Who knew that Liu Chun's family over in the East Crossing Courtyard, with a lot of women and young men, came directly to my house,
He said that he was ordered by Mr. Lian to search for dirty evidence.
Then, regardless of the slaves' obstruction, they forced their way into the house and searched...
They weren't looking for any dirty evidence. Whenever they saw something valuable, they would just grab it on the carriage outside, just like bandits.
My boy went up to stop him, but was beaten so hard by one of Mr. Lian's guards that he lay on the ground unable to stand up..."
"What……"
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she couldn't help being frightened and asked quickly: "What on earth did you commit that he wants to do this to you?"
"Mrs. Mingjian, the slaves didn't do anything.
Over the years, we have been working diligently in the government. We never dared to make a mistake, and somehow we offended Mr. Lian.
I heard from the housekeepers and daughters-in-law that my family is still being forced to punch boards in front of the housekeeper's room. I am afraid that I will lose my life now...
Madam, we are all yours. Mr. Lian treats us like this, but he doesn’t take Madam seriously. Please be kind to Madam and save our lives, otherwise we won’t survive..."
Mrs. Wang sighed. Faced with this situation, she didn't know what to do.
I originally thought that Shan Daliang and others were really caught by Jia Lian because of their corruption, so they needed to be taught a lesson.
Although it does not conform to the current family management philosophy of the Jia family, it cannot be wrong.
It’s just that sending people to ransack the slave’s home is too much...!
The Jia family has never done such a disgraceful thing in decades.
Annoyed by the urging from Shan Daliang's family, Mrs. Wang sighed: "Now that he has the title of family and is respected by the saints, I can't control him anymore. Go find the old lady. Maybe he will listen to the old lady."
If you want to say something, go ahead..."
There was a look of despair on the faces of the Shan Daliang family. Seeing that Mrs. Wang was really powerless to take care of this matter, they did not dare to delay. They got up from the ground and immediately ran to Rongqing Hall.
If she delayed any longer, she was afraid that her family would be beaten to death.
Oh my God, who can stand eighty-year-olds?
…
In the courtyard where the steward's room is located, when the leaders of Liu Chun's family carried boxes and boxes of things into the courtyard, even Lai Da and Lin Zhixiao couldn't help but feel chills in their hearts.
But they didn't dare to show anything strange, they just stayed by the side obediently, waiting for changes.
Wang Xifeng was also dumbfounded and thought to herself, could it be that the unscrupulous person got some benefits by copying Jingxu's lair, so he fell in love with this matter?
But this is too exciting. Without saying a word, you just ransack your slave’s home?
Isn't he afraid that others will criticize him and the old lady will blame him later?
But Wang Xifeng just thought about it and immediately became excited.
Having been in charge of the Rongguo Mansion for several years, Wang Xifeng knew how wealthy the housekeepers in the family were, and some of them might even be richer than she was before!
Take the four housekeepers Lai Da and Lin Zhixiao, for example. They all live in separate houses outside the mansion. During the Chinese New Year, they also invite Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang to have wine and watch a show... Although Jia Mu and others
People may not appreciate the glory.
This, the Shan family was ransacked without conscience. How many good things will be copied?
Liu Chun's family came over tremblingly and reported back: "Second Master, according to Second Master's instructions, I went to Shan's house to search for stolen goods. Except for some things that couldn't be moved, I basically brought over everything else.
I don’t have time to count the slaves, so they are all here. Please take a look at them.”
Jia Lian was about to speak when he suddenly saw a woman from Rui's family coming quickly from the corridor.
"Second Master Lian, Second Grandma Lian, the old lady asked you to go in and answer..."
When Wang Xifeng heard that Jia Mu had come to call her, she felt a little worried and couldn't help but glance at Jia Lian.
Look, the old lady is here to ask questions. You can think of how to respond. I can't control it. Who told you not to discuss it with me in advance?
There was no change on Jia Lian's face, as if everything was as he expected.
He only said to Wang Xifeng: "I'll go and answer the old lady's call. Just stay here and ask them to count the things clearly in front of everyone, and then have someone report the specific number."
Wang Xifeng understood what Jia Lian meant as soon as she heard it, and was happy not to see the great-grandmother, so she nodded and agreed.
…
Jia Lian came to Rongqing Hall, and sure enough, Jia Mu had already set up her battle array.
Not in the inner hall either, she was sitting in the main hall outside at the moment, with only one Mrs. Wang and one from the Shan Daliang family sitting on the ground, crying.
"I've seen the old lady, ma'am."
As soon as Jia Lian finished the ceremony, Jia Mu frowned and asked, "Where's Feng Yatou?"
"There are still some unfinished things outside, so I asked her to take care of it for now.
If the old lady has anything to say, just ask me, I know everything."
Seeing Jia Lian's careless attitude, Jia's mother became angry, so she said angrily: "You are becoming more and more prosperous now, and you just ransacked your slave's house for nothing!"
You are also a second-grade general, are you not afraid of embarrassment?"
Jia Lian glanced at Shan Daliang's family on the ground. When the other person met his eyes, he immediately backed away with a guilty conscience.
Jia Lian snorted softly, cupped his hands and replied: "The old lady is responsible for this. If so, I'm afraid the old lady will be deceived by these unscrupulous slaves.
If they themselves do not break the law and do things that are extremely detrimental to the interests of our Jia family, how can our grandson do this?"
Jia's mother was a good person, so she knew what Jia Lian meant even without asking.
"Even if they make a mistake and do something they shouldn't do, you can discipline them and give them warnings. How can you just copy them directly?
As the saying goes, don’t look at the monk’s face but look at the Buddha’s face. Any big family knows how to maintain the dignity of the family.
They have also been servants of the house for several lifetimes. They are the ones in charge of everything in my hands, so they should have some dignity.
You act so willfully and bully your slaves, did you do it just for me to see?"
Jia Mu was indeed a little angry.
After all, the Jia family's philosophy of running the family has always been that when serving in front of the elders, a person who has experience is more dignified than the master.
This is actually the so-called filial piety and managing the family. It can also be said that "when beating a dog, it depends on the owner."
Now that Jia Lian is killing Shan Daliang's family without saying a word, it is obviously a loss of face for both her and Mrs. Wang!
"Old lady, calm down, my grandson has no such intention anymore.
In fact, the grandson doesn't want to do this. Is the grandson really a person who doesn't want to be decent?
They really went too far, otherwise why would their grandson have to do this?
Old lady, think about it, why didn't the grandson punish Lai Da, nor Lin Zhixiao and Wu Xindeng, but the Shan family?"
Jia Lian had already responded to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang's remarks, so he spoke slowly.
Hearing this, Shan Daliang's eyes turned even redder.
Yes, they have never offended Mr. Lian and Mrs. Lian, so why are they singled out for death?
If Jia Mu and others had been involved in the Internet of later generations, they might be able to understand the unreasonable proposition of "Why don't you hit others but just you?"
But they didn't, so they felt that what Jia Lian said made sense, so they gave Shan Daliang's family a hard look, and then sighed: "What on earth did they do to make you so angry?"
"Thanks to the old lady, she was so kind and gave us more than 10,000 taels of silver, so that my father's funeral could be settled satisfactorily. I would like to thank the old lady again here.
In order to use the silver on the steel blade, Feng Yatou and I have been thinking very hard over the past month, lest we waste one or two and a half cents of silver and delay the master's funeral. In case the money is not enough, we will go there again at that time.
Where can I search for it?
Are you going to ask for it from the old lady or madam again? We don’t have the face anymore.
However, the Dan and Daliang couple, relying on their ability to manage affairs and not showing any affection at all, took advantage of everything during the preparations for my father's funeral, made false reports, concealed reports, and took kickbacks. They were greedy for more money every time.
My grandson and Feng Yatou had discovered it a long time ago, but they just kept it secret for the sake of my father's spiritual status.
Does the old lady know how much ink they spent on my father’s funeral alone?”
Jia's mother and others were a little silent. If Jia Lian said this, it would be no wonder that Jia Lian had settled accounts with the Shan family.
"My father's funeral cost a little less than twenty thousand taels in total, but this family alone spent thousands of dollars, accounting for five or six percent of my father's total expenses.
one.
Old lady, madam, do you think you can tolerate such a cowardly and greedy dog slave?"
"No, we don't. Mr. Lian is just slandering others.
Old lady, madam, you have to believe us, we don’t, we really don’t…”
The hearts of Shan Daliang's family gushed out, Jia Lian's words were too exaggerated.
They made false reports, concealed reports, and took some kickbacks...but they didn't go to the bank to rob. How could they have embezzled thousands of taels of silver?
Even if I calculated everything, it would not be more than one thousand taels of silver.
It’s really unjust...
"Humph, of course you won't admit it. If you really admitted it, I wouldn't do this.
Anyway, now that all the dirty evidence has been uncovered, we’ll know whether you are humans or ghosts when Feng Yatou compiles the statistics!”
Seeing Jia Lian's demeanor, Jia Mu and others were actually more willing to believe Jia Lian.
Because the slaves at home are well-oiled, they all know it. But they have a mentality that the more glamorous the slaves around them, the more respectable they will be, so they don't pay much attention to their moderately greedy behavior.
Who knew that it would allow them to become so rampant!
Is it okay to steal a few thousand pieces of silver for nothing? Then in a few years, the entire official treasury will be emptied by them?
Both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang somewhat understood why Jia Lian was so angry and must punish them severely.