"While Liu Chun hasn't come back yet, in this little half hour, shall we continue?"
Seeing that everyone was too quiet, Jia Lian couldn't help but raise his head and asked with a smile.
Seeing this, even Lai Da's eyelids couldn't help but beat violently.
Mr. Lian is really too cruel. He won't stop until he plays them to death.
It's a pity that no matter what they think, the master's will will not change. Jia Lian has picked up the small book like a death register again, his eyes wandering around, as if he is choosing the next person to die.
Many people even had the idea of turning around and fleeing Rongguo Mansion immediately...
"well……"
Jia Lian suddenly let out an inexplicable sigh, then looked at everyone and said, "How about I give you another chance? Do you want to modify the number you reported before?"
Upon hearing Jia Lian's words, those who had already collapsed felt as if they had been granted amnesty. They responded quickly one by one, and then rushed forward to correct their previous wrong reports...
Jia Lian smiled. When life and death are at stake, money is really not that important.
Except for those who are self-sufficient and have a good background...
Jia Lian glanced at Lai Da calmly. Sure enough, he had no intention of modifying it at all. He just stood at the head of the minions, as if he was calm and calm.
Jia Lian only glanced at it, and then ignored it. After all the people who came to modify the number left, he sat silently and enjoyed Xiang Ling's timid but gentle massage techniques for a moment. Liu Chun took the
People come back.
Not surprisingly, a batch of family property of unknown origin was also confiscated.
There is nothing to say, the family property was made into an official position, and I was sent to the south to look at houses.
Compared with Shan Daliang, this is already a better ending. Not only was he not beaten, but his wife, children and children were not affected.
Everyone knew that this was preferential treatment for Wang Xin's choice to cooperate with his master.
After Wang Xin and his wife thanked him profusely, the scene became quiet and terrifying again. Even the light emitted by the lanterns swinging in the wind under the eaves of the corridor suddenly dimmed a lot, making it look sinister and windy in the quiet night.
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Everyone was waiting silently, waiting for Mr. Lian to read out the next person's name.
Finally, Jia Lian stood up, twisted his neck, as if nothing had happened, turned around and asked Lai Da: "What time is it?"
Lai Dashi took out his pocket watch, took a look at it, and replied respectfully: "Replying to the Second Master, it's been two minutes since the second update."
"Is it already so late?"
Jia Lian sighed, and then said: "In this case, let's stop the game here for the time being. If we don't have enough fun, we will continue when we have time in the future.
By the way, those of you who have just reported the number, when you go back, each prepare the corresponding silver coins and ask your respective mothers-in-law to send them to the west wing of our courtyard before this time tomorrow and hand them over to Xiangling... Well, that's it
This well-behaved maid."
Jia Lian touched Xiang Ling's head. Under the gaze of two to three hundred eyes, Xiang Ling's nervous face turned red.
"After you have paid, I will put it all together and help you recharge, so that the master and his wife will not know which of you is a corrupt official and who is an upright official. This is also for your sake.
No one has any opinions, right?"
This was something that everyone expected. Naturally, no one raised any objections to the servants who suddenly relaxed.
So after everyone agreed, they were about to disperse, and saw Jia Lian calling Lin Zhixiao to stop.
Just when they were wondering whether Second Master Lian was going to touch Tangtang's second housekeeper, they heard that Jia Lian just ordered him to personally arrange for people to register the things copied by the Shan family and the Wang family into the warehouse.
Lin Zhixiao was originally in charge of the accounting office and the bank, so this was nothing.
"The amount you reported is too much. When you go back, just ask your mother-in-law to send half of the silver. The remaining half will be regarded as the official reward given to you by the government today. Take it back and repair your house.
Really, look at your Lin family's house. Compared with other big housekeepers, how grand is it?
I feel ashamed for you because you have been managing the bank for twenty years."
Lin Zhixiao, who was originally worried, suddenly broke down when he heard Jia Lian's scolding, and felt like he was crying.
Originally, he had made a lot of determination and wrote down the amount of three thousand taels of silver.
It's not that he can't produce it, but that he knows that once such a "horrifying" amount is reported, his charge of "corruption" will be confirmed.
Report to the government, this is a sufficient number of capital crimes.
But he felt that he should retaliate in this way, because he knew that Mr. Lian might not know about those in charge, but he definitely knew how much money their big housekeepers had!
If he underpaid, he would definitely lose Second Master Lian's trust. Although, like Lai Da, he felt that Second Master Lian would definitely not take advantage of him.
It was a difficult decision, but fortunately he made the right one.
Second Master Lian seems to be ruthless and cruel, but in fact he treats others tolerantly.
His position can be said to be the biggest vacancy in the Jia family! If he is a greedy person, he can compete with Lai Daba for wealth...
Of course, if it weren't for his honesty, Jia Mu and others would not have allowed him to sit in this position for so many years.
Who knows how many times he has had greed in his heart over the years, only to be suppressed by it?
Even so, he couldn't help but get a lot of oil and water...
The oil and water that he dared not reveal was often a kind of torment for him, especially when he saw the deterioration of Jia's family. Of course, his wife liked it very much, even if she only hid the money, she wished that he
How greedy!
In order to make up for the suffering of this "infidelity", he made a lot of amends, but they were all self-deception.
So, today, when Jia Lian asked him to report the amount of money he had spent on corruption, he almost immediately saw that this was his chance to clear his sins...
The only thing he was worried about was that Jia Lian was not considerate of his kindness and instead regarded his loyalty as a wolf's heart.
Fortunately, Mr. Lian did not...
Jia Liancai did not have as many dramas in Lin Zhixiao's mind.
He just knew that Lin Zhixiao was a relatively loyal person.
Not only because of so many years of contact, after all, people's hearts are at odds with each other, and Jia Lian can't guarantee that his judgment of people is 100% accurate.
But, he has clairvoyance.
In the original work, the Jia family is a bunch of ungrateful servants, and few of them are good.
If you really want to find a good one, among the big housekeepers in the two mansions, only Lin Zhixiao can do it!
In the original work, several chapters describe Lin Zhixiao's loyalty, especially the conversation between Lin Zhixiao and Jia Lian in more than seventy chapters, when the Jia family was getting increasingly troubled both internally and externally.
First of all, he advised Jia Lian and others to stay away from jackals, tigers and leopards like Jia Yu Village to avoid being trapped.
Secondly, he advised Jia Lian to let go of some of the slaves who were eating free food at home. On the one hand, it would show the kindness of the master, and on the other hand, it would also save a lot of money for the family...
Finally, when he learned that Wang Xifeng's concubine Laiwang's son wanted to forcefully marry Caixia, he tried his best to dissuade her.
Because Laiwang's son not only has an ugly face, but he also eats, drinks, goes whoring, and gambles, doing whatever he wants. In his words, why waste a good girl?
Unfortunately, due to Wang Xifeng's strength and Jia Lian's cowardice, the good intentions did not work.
The details not only show the loyalty of a feudal servant, but also the kindness of his character.
Putting aside these things, considering Lin Zhixiao's status in Rongguo Mansion, he was willing to arrange all his sons and daughters into Rongguo Mansion to start as third-class slaves, and his daughter was still tortured by Qingwen, Qiu Wen, etc. in Yihong Courtyard.
He remained silent when people bullied him...
This alone is enough to illustrate Lin Zhixiao's loyalty.
In contrast to him, Lai Da arranged for his son's freedom from the moment he was born, and even sought an official position. Not to mention, after the Jia family fell into decline, the Lai family used money to abscond.
Therefore, for a loyal person like Lin Zhixiao, Jia Lian naturally did not mind continuing to appoint him and giving him higher honor.
However, the huge contrast between his attitude towards Lin Zhixiao and Shan Daliang and others dazzled others.
Many people understand in their hearts that it seems that this Butler Lin has fallen into the eyes of the Second Master. From now on, they have to curry favor with Butler Lin...
Lai Da, who had always been very stable, looked at Lin Zhixiao who was kneeling humbly on the ground to thank Jia Lian for his kindness, but a sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart:
Could it be that the second master wants to support Lin Zhixiao and take my position?