Early in the morning of the next day, Jia Lian went to the Yamen as usual. After working, he sent someone to Daxing County and told the magistrate of Daxing that if there was a case involving Jingxu, a nun from Shuiyue Temple, he must handle it impartially.
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However, when the people sent came back, they said: The family members of the Jia family in Rongguo Prefecture came to the county office early this morning to send the nun Jingxu, who was beaten half to death, to be dealt with.
, the bald donkey who instigated the master's family to break the law was driven out of the Jia family's temple.
Jia Lian couldn't help but sigh: Sister Feng is really nimble in doing things, and she is the material of a middle-level leader.
But Sister Feng is the kind of person who "makes things shine when you give her a little sunshine" and cannot relax supervision for a moment.
She does things neatly, but not thoughtful enough. If she is asked to do big things, she will have to "wipe her butt".
Therefore, we can only let her do some things that have set rules and regulations and only need to be strictly implemented. She cannot be given too much autonomy. The power given to her must be placed in a cage, otherwise she will get into trouble.
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When Jia Lian returned to the mansion, he heard that there was a mess in the mansion.
Early this morning, a group of female relatives came to pay their respects to Jia Mu, and then sat and chatted for a while before they dispersed before lunch.
Jia Mu got up and went to the yard to exercise. She was supported by the girls and went to the porch to watch the birds. Suddenly she felt something strange, and then she realized that a pair of white cranes that often danced in the yard were missing today.
The servants all said that Baihe didn't want to come out because of the hot weather, but Jia Mu ordered people to find him immediately.
After searching for a while, I found the female crane in the rockery cave that was too scared to move. The male crane that was inseparable from the female crane had disappeared.
Mother Jia was shocked and ordered people to go to each house to check carefully. Only then did she discover that all the houses had been stolen.
Even in the Hall of Rongxi, although the three-foot-tall green bronze tripod, gold scorpions, glass boxes and other conspicuous objects were not missing, a number of small items such as Ru kiln beauty goblets and tea bowls were also missing.
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Obviously, there is a thief in Jia's house.
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Jia Lian walked into Jia Mu's room and heard Tan Chun replying:
"...the old mothers who were keeping vigil at night only stole a moment during the night, where three or four people gathered together to play dice or play Pai Gow, just to stay awake.
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I am getting more and more courageous when I come in. There are already several big gambling games in this house. There is a leader and a game owner. The winning or losing in a game has reached thirty, fifty, one hundred.
When they are in a hurry, the old mothers fight and fight with each other, scratching their faces is only minor, and breaking their heads is still a big deal."
Mother Jia turned pale with anger:
"Since you know, why didn't you come back to us earlier?"
Tanchun saw that Jia Mu's expression was not right and said quickly:
"My wife has been feeling uncomfortable for days, and there are many things going on with her, so I didn't come back..."
Jia Lian winked at Yuanyang. Yuanyang understood and immediately said to Jia Mu:
"Second Master Lian is here."
When Jia Mu saw Jia Lian coming in, she said with a stern face:
"Lian Er, you help me take care of all the housework in this mansion. Now the mansion is in such chaos, what do you say?"
Jia Lian's heart sank: There seems to be no trace, why did the old lady attack me so fiercely?
A furtive glance revealed that the mandarin duck behind Jia Mu had a calm expression, and glanced at Mrs. Wang intentionally or unintentionally.
Jia Lian understood most of it in his heart: This old lady is the best of all people, and she wants to use my mouth to say what the old lady wants to say.
So Jia Lian hurriedly knelt down in front of Jia Mu, lowered his head and said:
"My grandson heard about it, and now there is trouble in the house.
In the beginning, it was just the old mothers in the backyard who stayed up late at night and started gambling. Later, they gambled and ate and drank, bought food for the sake of drinking, or invited people to join the game. There was no guarantee that the door would not be unlocked and left at will.
It's a quiet night and there are few people around. Our house is so big that we can hide thieves and attract thieves, or have secret meetings and lead to adultery. What kind of things can't be done?
Moreover, the back house is full of women, and the people who live with them are all maids and daughters-in-law. Some of them are good and some are bad. If they just steal some things, it is still a trivial matter. If bad people come in and out, won't it affect the reputation of the women in the family? How can this be done?
Forgive me!"
When Jia Mu heard this, she nodded repeatedly and glanced majestically. Mrs. Wang's back arched a little more.
As the current mistress of the Jia family, Mrs. Wang is responsible for the security of the house and her niece Baochai, whom she strongly recommends, is responsible for such a big event.
But I heard Jia Lian continue:
"It's all my grandson's fault. He frightened the old lady. I'm here to take the blame."
Jia's mother always knew that Jia Lian was smart and knew how to handle things, so she deliberately asked:
"What crime are you guilty of?"
Jia Lian said dejectedly:
"The sons and grandsons in Touqian are only in charge of things outside the second gate, while the inside of the second gate is left to Sister Feng.
It's all because the grandson failed to live up to expectations and got Sister Feng pregnant. She naturally had nothing to do with her confinement after giving birth to her eldest sister.
Sister Feng doesn't care about things, but something goes wrong in the house. After all, if you don't blame your grandson, who else can you blame?"
Jia Mu couldn't hold it back, smiled, then said with a serious face:
"In that case, you have to accept your crime and make meritorious service. Now you can also take care of the affairs of these two sects."
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The reason why Jia Lian stood still last night was to wait for the old lady to speak.
Although Jia Lian manages the family affairs in Rongguo Mansion, "men are in charge of outside affairs and women are in charge of domestic affairs", and each has its own division of labor.
There is no reason for a queen to go to the previous dynasty to lead the courtiers, and naturally there should be no emperor to go to the harem to deal with the bullshit of quarrels between concubines every day.
This is called "etiquette". To put it simply, it is a person's "face" in the entire society.
Anyway, Jia Lian will not rush to do such "unjust and unjust" things on his own.
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Jia Lian immediately ordered the four daughters-in-law to report the Prime Minister's family affairs. He didn't bother to bother to explain. He only ordered the four of them to go out immediately and immediately checked the leader of the night gambling. Those who revealed the secret would be rewarded, and those who did not report the secret would be punished.
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The four daughters-in-law of the Prime Minister's family are respectively from Lai Jia's family, Lin Zhixiao's family, Wu Xindeng's family, and Shan Daliang's family.
Everyone, Lai, is the most obedient person. When he saw that his boss was really serious about it, he rushed to the garden and gathered everyone to check them one by one.
After a while, they found three people from Datou's family, eight from Xiaotou's family, and a total of more than 20 gamblers. Four daughters-in-law of the Prime Minister's family were brought there, and they knelt in the yard and kept banging their heads to beg for mercy.
Jia Lian listened to the Lai family and told them the names of the bosses and the amount of money in the gambling game. It turned out that the three bosses were one of Lin Zhixiao's two aunts' in-laws, one was the sister of the Liu family's daughter-in-law in the kitchen of the garden, and the other was Yingchun's wet nurse.
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Others paid it back, and Yingchun's face immediately turned red. Baochai saw it, and saw Jia Mu frowning and sighing, so she stood up and stepped forward to apologize to Jia Mu and said with a smile:
"This mother usually doesn't play. I don't know why she was happy last night. Please forgive her this time for the sake of my second sister."
Jia Lian's face sank.
He ordered towards Lin Zhixiao’s family:
"Go over and give Lai ten mouths. If you don't see any blood, take another twenty."