Jia Lian lowered his head and walked slowly, with countless thoughts in his mind.
Xue Pan beat someone to death and committed a life-threatening lawsuit. The evidence is overwhelming. No matter where it is mentioned, it is a major matter that requires "killing to pay for life."
What's more, Feng Yuan is not a commoner, he is also a local official in Jinling, and he is related to Feng Ziying's family in the court.
If this matter could really be suppressed, why would the former magistrate of Yingtian Mansion be unable to resolve the matter and delay the case for a year?
Now it has been entrusted to Wang Ziteng, and Wang Ziteng's idea for the Xue family was just to come to Beijing to escape, hoping to wait for the Feng family to calm down before letting it go.
At least what Jia Lian heard and saw is that today's officials and powerful people are still very afraid of censors participating in impeachment. Officials can't do whatever they want and regard human life as nothing.
From this point of view, ancient times were not as dark as the legend.
On the contrary, Xue Pan came to Beijing this time. To put it nicely, he came to Beijing to live temporarily. In fact, he was just a fugitive. Or he had been hiding on the road for several months before coming to the capital.
Over there, Jiayu Village acted for favoritism and captured members of the Xue family and their slaves for torture. Then they deceived the Feng family with the excuse that Xue Pan "died of a sudden illness." In addition, the Xue family and the local government jointly submitted a guarantee letter, which was regarded as a guarantee.
Xue Pan has been completely "socially dead" in Jinling.
As a murderer who had "died of a sudden illness", Xue Pan became a legally dead person.
According to the feudal ethics at this time, Aunt Xue, who was originally a widow, has now become an "outhouse" without a son.
His Xue family has a total of eight rooms, all of which are in Jinling, his native place. As a result, Aunt Xue's property in Jinling will probably be divided up by the rest of the Xue family.
The Xue family actually tried every means to send Xue Pan's sister Xue Baochai into the palace. No matter how good-looking the murderer's sister is, can she pass the "political trial"? The emperor's family is not a fool.
A more sophisticated analysis shows that the Xue family is clearly on the decline.
The ancestor of the Xue family is Mr. Xue from Ziweishe, also known as Zhongshusheren. To put it simply, he is the first civil secretary in charge of edict documents for the emperor. Because he was once responsible for purchasing matters, the Xue family later became
The emperor merchant.
It was naturally easy for the imperial merchants to make money, which is why there is a saying that "there is heavy snow in good years, and pearls are like earth and gold are like iron."
But no matter how rich a businessman is, he still has no position, no power, and no title, just like a big tree without a foundation.
It's okay when there is a backer, but when there is no backer, it's just a tall and strong super giant leek that can be cut as much as you want.
Especially since the death of Xue Pan's father, all the business bureaus, general managers, clerks, etc. in various provinces, seeing that Xue Pan was young and ignorant of the world, took the opportunity to kidnap him, and several businesses in Kyoto were gradually consumed.
As for Xue Pan himself, it was also because he lost his father when he was young and his widowed mother was indulgent and indulgent. He was uneducated and bent on enjoying himself. He only relied on the old family members and old men left behind by his father to support the family business.
It is a miracle that such a family and such children and grandchildren can survive in the end.
Looking back at the current Jia family, there are already signs of decline.
Let’s not talk about Ning Guo Mansion. Jia Jing, the grandson of Ning Guo Gong Jia Yan, was admitted as a Jinshi in the Yi Mao Department. Then, I don’t know if he was fascinated by Xiu Xian Wen and suddenly ignored him and ran to Xuan Zhen.
Guan Shao Dan went to refine the mercury. He left all his fortune to the "ash-picking brother" Jia Zhen, letting him indulge in extravagance and shameless debauchery in the East Mansion.
And here in Rongguo Mansion, things are not much better.
Jia She, the eldest man with a hereditary title, does not do any serious work every day, but is busy messing around with various little sisters.
The second master, Jia Zheng, who has become a leisurely official, is arty. His favorite hobby is chatting with a bunch of people who eat and drink.
Everything in the house should be dealt with directly - don't bother me!
As the eldest son and grandson of the Jia family, the original owner Jia Lian, who took over the body by himself, is a bit clever and half generous and half slippery, but he is also unmotivated at heart and only likes to eat, drink and have fun all day long.
Ever since I married Wang Xifeng, I saw that she was meddlesome and interested in making things happen, so I felt free and easy, so I just "retreated to the second line".
The rest of Baoyu and others are still young and only care about having fun. Those who can avoid causing trouble can be regarded as "outstanding young men in the Jia family".
After just arguing, it became clear that most of the affairs in this mansion were controlled by a pair of aunts and nieces from the Wang family. How could they understand how the Jia family would be affected by this matter? p>
Jia Lian thought about it and felt that he had to start over as the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion.
Now hold on to the bow of the boat and stabilize the hull to prevent the boat from crashing into pieces, and then you can steer the ship later.
He was lost in thought, but was interrupted by the sound of quarreling. He raised his head and saw that he had arrived at the entrance of his courtyard.
The few talented children on duty at the courtyard gate also slipped in to watch the fun, so no one even said hello to Jia Lian.
There is a lot of noise in the yard.
"I treated you like a bitch, how brave you are! My second mistress wants to transfer you here, how dare you disobey me? Are you tired of living?"
"I won't go! I won't go! I have been following the second master, why should I be sent to watch the night at the second gate?
I couldn't sleep the whole night, you guys are so black-hearted bastards for assigning me such a bad job!"
"Hehe! I think you are going to rebel, you little brat! The second grandma will come back as soon as she talks, so just wait for a loud mouth!
In the end, don’t you have to go off to sleep with your tail between your legs? You have to be beaten before you obey your orders. Isn’t that a mean thing?”
"Your mother is a bitch! Your whole family is a bitch!
Zhu'er, if you don't take a piss and look after yourself, why are you acting as a housekeeper! Which of the chicken feathers here is your turn to appoint me?
You are just using the light of the second grandma to bully me as the second master’s person, don’t think that I am afraid of you! At worst, we will give it a try, and you will be fooled by it!”
Suddenly I heard a "pop" sound, which was a slap in the face, crisp and loud.
"Hey! I just bullied you, how about it!"
"You hit people! You bastard Zhu'er, you ate a piece of shit. How dare you hit me! I will fight with you!" Xing'er's voice was obviously crying.
But two more loud and clear slaps came out.
"Xing'er, you little bastard is going to rebel!
When the second grandma comes back, I think you dare to dance like this and seek death! I don’t think I’ll kick your intestines out!
At this moment, I’m going to give you a few words on behalf of Second Mistress, so that you can understand first who has the final say in this yard!”
Jia Lian heard this voice and wondered which of Wang Xifeng's right-hand dogs this was.
Xing'er cried:
"Wang Xin! You little wife raised a wild bastard! You guys used the name of the second mistress to bully me! You are so evil! You will not die well!"
"I bullied you, how can you soar to the sky? Let me tell you, if you don't listen to the Second Mistress, you will be in trouble! If you want to blame, blame yourself for being blind and hugging the wrong thigh! You don't want the ready-made gold and jade, every day
You deserve to be treated like a piece of shit!"
"Who are you calling a scumbag?"
"Everyone can see clearly who is a scumbag! If you can't tell, you deserve to be trampled under everyone's feet!"
"If you push me again, I'll hit my head to death!"
Jia Lian coughed loudly, but the people inside ignored him, and three or four people started shouting together.
"Bump it! Hit it! The wall is right here, hit it now. If you don't hit it, it's your grandson! If you don't hit it, it's your grandson!"