Before he finished speaking, four boys pushed open the door and entered. One of them already had the rope in his hand.
"Tie up this fraudster Shan Ziye."
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The leader of the four boys was Xing'er. After hearing this, he agreed louder than the other three.
Poor Shan Ziye, with his long beard and white hair, and his celestial spirit, gave these four lively boys a hard time and tied them into a big rice dumpling in a few strokes.
Shan Ziye just shouted:
"Why bundle..."
Before he could say the word "I", Xing'er came up to him and gave him a very crisp and clear blow.
The beating made Shan Ziye choke, and he felt his stomach sink in one breath. He choked and coughed, and his old face turned red from holding it in.
But listen to Jia Lian’s instructions to Xing’er:
"Go and get my name card, and immediately send this Shan Ziye to the Wanping County Government Office and hand it over to the magistrate Lu Wuyuan, and let him formally file the case for rigorous investigation. All persons involved in the case must be tried for me without any delay.
This person is extremely cunning. He defrauded my family of a huge sum of money, involving more than one million taels, and the amount he defrauded was money given to the royal family in this province. This is an offense to God's grace and should not be underestimated.
Tell Magistrate Lu that all the results of the trial, confessions and money must be reconciled, and no one involved in the case must be left behind.
In addition, in order to prevent anyone from killing someone and silencing him, Wanping County must strictly guard Shan Ziye. If anything happens to this person while he is in custody, I will talk to him, Lu Wuyuan."
Xing'er loved doing this kind of errand, so he responded loudly, and Pei Dian'er Dian'er led the others and dragged the embarrassed Shan Ziye out of the house.
As soon as he went out, Xing'er happily walked towards Shanzi:
"Hey, old man, you dare to mess with Tai Sui and steal the more than one million taels of silver that will be spent on the emperor's family. This is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. Just wait for the whole family to be cut to pieces.
Now, please, please let me send you to a good place first, so that you can understand what it means to be unable to survive or to die. See if that one million taels of silver is enough to buy your life."
Shan Ziye was greedy for money but timid. He was so frightened that his soul flew away and he shouted loudly:
"It's unjust! You've been wronged to death! I only got one hundred thousand taels!"
His voice made Lai Da, who was still kneeling beside him, tremble all over.
The brothers Wu Xindeng and Wu Xinzhu, who were kneeling behind him with their heads lowered, were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Jia Lian didn't seem to care much, and loudly ordered outside:
"What are you yelling about? Hurry up and shut his mouth.
If he has anything to say, ask him to go to the Wanping County government office and tell him, and he will write it down and sign it.
If he is found to be untruthful in the future, he will be punished for both crimes and will not be lenient."
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Jia Rong and Jia Qiang, who were sitting at the end, glanced at each other quietly.
Jia Rong stretched out her hand, pointed at Jia Lian quietly on the chair, and stretched out her big finger.
Jia Qiang also stretched out her hand, waved her hand quietly on the chair, and stretched out her little finger.
Jia Rong raised her eyebrows quietly, and Jia Qiang curled her lips quietly. The two brothers understood each other tacitly.
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Jia Zhen didn't expect that Jia Lian would come here today and take office. He would immediately make another "shattering" move. He couldn't react for a while and was stunned on the spot.
It wasn't until Shan Ziye was taken out of the second door that Jia Zhen calmed down and asked Jia Lian:
"This...which song is this sung from?"
Jia Lian was picking up the tea bowl on the table and said with a smile:
"Didn't they just sing "The Empty City Strategy"? Isn't it time for me to sing "The Killing of Horses"?"
After that, he took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl, and continued:
"What we are most anxious about now is the lack of money. This is a fatal matter. I am forced to do nothing and just burn the boat."
Jia Zhen coughed lightly, took on the momentum of a clan leader, frowned and lectured:
"Lian Er, why do you still do things so recklessly!
Your young master must have the demeanor of your noble master, be well-educated, know etiquette, and treat others with humility in order to respect yourself.
A person who always resorts to knives and guns is unsteady and indecent. In the eyes of others, how can they respect you?
Isn’t it just a lack of money? Your elder brother Zhen is the clan leader and has been thinking about it.
Didn’t you just get 10,000 taels of silver? You already have the labor for painting the doors and windows, installing the railings, and installing the rocks. We’ll talk about the latter later. It’s important to start the work now.
Now this is the time to use Mr. Shan Ziye’s guidance. You...why did you send him to the official position? Is this ridiculous?"
When Lai Da heard what Jia Zhen said, he was obviously dissatisfied with Jia Lian, so he took the opportunity to say:
"Second Master, I have been following the Master for decades, and I understand best that our Jia family is a family of benevolence and righteousness, and we have always been kind and generous to others.
This kind of careless thing of sending people to the official position at every turn is really unprecedented, and it won’t sound good if word spreads about it.”
Jia Lian picked up the tea bowl again, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile:
"I just rapped "Empty City Strategy" and "Zhan Ma Su", and there was one missing piece of "Lost Street Pavilion". Come on, this time I sang "Lost Kong Zhan" completely."
Putting down the tea bowl, he suddenly sneered at Lai Da:
“Wouldn’t it sound good if it spread out?
If "Missing Kong Zhan" doesn't sound good, why does every troupe that sings Pihuang Opera sing "Missing Kong Zhan"?
There are so many people listening to the play, why don't you see anyone who thinks Ma Di is justified in losing the street pavilion? Why don't you see anyone laugh at Zhuge Liang for being unkind, unmerciful, and unkind?
Hum hum, if someone dares to deliberately lose my street pavilion, I can kill him mercifully and give him a happy life, which means I have given him an advantage."
Hearing this, Lai Da also tightened his back and quickly kowtowed:
"Second Master taught me this lesson."
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Jia Qiang couldn't help it. Seeing that Jia Zhen couldn't see her, she lowered her voice and asked Jia Rong secretly:
"Aren't they talking about money? Why are they always talking about Pihuang drama?"
Jia Rong also looked at Jia Zhen's slanting back to make sure he couldn't see her, and then whispered in Jia Qiang's ear:
"I guess, "Lost Street Pavilion" refers to Lai Da's idea to mortgage several profitable shops. "Empty City Strategy" refers to Lai Da just saying that there is no money in the house. As for "Beheading Ma Su", it may not just be
Just clean up a mountain.
Don't make any noise to invite my father to scold us. We will just stand on the bank and watch. There will be a good show to watch later."
Jia Qiang suddenly realized and hugged Jia Rong:
"Brother Rong is still smarter than me."
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Jia Zhen didn't even notice that behind her, her son was whispering to her godson. At this moment, he felt that Jia Lian was obviously not giving him face, so he lowered his face and said loudly:
"Lian Er, you are arrogant.
The family tradition of our Jia family is that servants who have served their parents in their senior years are more honorable than their younger masters.
This Lai Da has been serving the master for decades. When Baoyu sees him, he will dismount and call out "Uncle Lai", but you are here to get up? Is it ridiculous?