Chapter 387: The Artifact for Beating People is Effective
The weather in Beijing in July is like a child’s face, changing at any time.
Originally, the sky was fine early in the morning, but before noon, a strong wind suddenly came up. Then, the heavy rain hit the green bricks in the courtyard and made a crackling sound. The sky suddenly became as dark as a black pot.
Bottom-like.
Before people had time to clean up the things in the yard, it rained heavily. It was like the Dragon King pouring a bucket of water directly down. After a while, it started to rain so hard that no one could be seen face to face.
The sweltering heat of the past few days immediately dissipated, and it was extremely comfortable to sit on the porch.
The young men of the Jia family are all free and rich, so they are all sitting on the porch, drinking tea, chatting, eating melon seeds, peanuts, and edamame. Anyway, they can't be idle.
In the past two days, Jia Zheng did not come back due to errands in the ministry. There were few things going on outside. The boys had taken the opportunity to cool off for a while and had already sneaked out to play. It also rained heavily, so the outside of Jia's mansion was especially quiet today. p>
Lai Da walked alone along the Chaoshou corridor from Mengpo Zhai in the east to Qixie Zhai in the west, then passed through the hall gate and entered the large courtyard inside Yimen. After a while, he wandered back to Mengpo Zhai.
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Finally, Lai Dayi gritted his teeth and made up his mind:
No more waiting for you, sir! Find your wife!
He turned around and immediately walked back towards Yimen, when he suddenly saw someone walking along the corridor.
When Lai Da saw that he belonged to Zhou Rui's family, he couldn't help but feel happy:
Some things should be said by oneself, it is better to let the Zhou Rui family do it.
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This Zhou Rui's family is Mrs. Wang's companion. When Mrs. Wang married into Jia's house, the Zhou Rui's and Aunt Zhou were both the dowry maids in Mrs. Wang's house.
Aunt Zhou is honest, and the Zhou Rui family is smart. Somehow, after a lot of trouble, the ordinary-looking Zhou Rui family tricked herself into becoming the wife of Aunt Zhou's brother Zhou Rui. And the even more ordinary-looking Aunt Zhou was...
Tin Tin became Jia Zheng’s fictitious aunt.
Zhou Rui and his wife were so trusted by Mrs. Wang that they were freed from slavery at the age of forty. Zhou Rui got a big job in charge of collecting land rent. The Zhou Rui family was the "Ear Reporter" who inquired about news from all directions for Mrs. Wang.
From that moment on, Lai Da saw that Zhou Rui's wife was a naughty person full of evil ideas and must not be messed with.
Not only should she not be offended, but she also had to work hard to flatter her. Lai Da and Lai would give her some visible benefits from time to time. Therefore, the Zhou Rui family was particularly fond of the Lai family and often said good things about the Lai family in front of Mrs. Wang.
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Lai Da quickly walked up to meet him and said with a smile:
"Hello, Sister Zhou. It's a rainy day and your new shoes have been carefully wet."
Zhou Rui's family was thinking about something and didn't pay attention to the person coming across from them. When they saw Lai Da, the dignified housekeeper of Jia's family, rushing up to greet them, they felt proud and hurriedly said with a smile:
"Look at me who is blind and blind. I only care about getting angry. When I saw Brother Lai, I became confused."
Before Lai Da asked, Zhou Rui's family, who was very angry, said in one breath:
"You said that in this beautiful weather, why is it like some people who get convulsed and change their faces at every turn?
My wife asked me to send some clothes to my concubine, so she gave me a box of twelve new-style gauze flowers. She said she wanted me to give two to each of the three girls, two to Miss Lin and two to Lian Er.
Grandma four.
I first gave them to the three girls and Second Grandma Lian on the way, and finally went to the old lady to give them to Miss Lin. Hey, in the end, this little aunt actually gave me a nice saying: 'I knew that others wouldn't
Pick out the rest and don't give it to me.'
Tell me, she picked my gift, what is this?"
Although Lai Da didn't care about such trivial matters, after all, he was an old man who had served Jia's family for almost forty years, and he had good rules. When he heard it, he knew that this matter belonged to Zhou Rui's family:
Miss Lin is a guest of the Jia family, so you must send it to Miss Lin first no matter what. This is the way of hospitality that "puts others before yourself".
However, everyone in the Jia Mansion also knows that the Wang family has poor etiquette and bad rules, and everyone has a disobedient character who relies on the power of the Wang family. Therefore, even though Mrs. Wang has been married to the Jia Mansion for almost thirty years, she has brought
Those minions still often make some jokes.
However, Lai Da would not offend the Zhou Rui family by telling the truth. Seeing that there was no one around, he frowned and agreed:
"This Miss Lin is well-known for her little temper, being picky and difficult to get along with. Fortunately, she is just visiting our house, so Sister Zhou just ignores her."
Zhou Rui's family felt very comfortable saying this to him, so he smiled and said:
"This is absolutely true. She will have to get married sooner or later, right? How can she die in the Jia family?"
Suddenly he asked Lai Da again:
"Brother Lai, where are you going?"
Lai Da hesitated deliberately, then frowned and said:
"Has Sister Zhou heard about Qian Hua?"
"Qian Hua? The one in charge of purchasing?"
Because Jia Zheng was not here these two days, the Zhou Rui family stayed with Mrs. Wang and did not go home to stay last night. When they heard this, they asked urgently:
"He is my brother-in-law, what happened?"
Lai Da lowered his voice and said:
"I heard them say today that they couldn't find anyone else. His wife also came to our house this morning to look for her. She said that Qian Hua had been called out by someone from our house last night and she hadn't come back since.
At home, you can’t see people alive, and you can’t see corpses even when dead.”
"Has he raised a foreign wife outside?"
All Zhou Rui's family can think of is that as long as a man doesn't go home, he will definitely be raising a young wife outside.
Lai Da shook his hands, turned around and saw that no one was around. He leaned over and lowered his voice:
"Sister Zhou, hurry up and ask someone to inquire. Qian Hua has already asked Mr. Lian to get him into the Yamen.
Yesterday, in front of everyone, Mr. Lian sent the two brothers Wu Xindeng, who was in charge of the bank, to the Yamen. Even now, I don’t know whether they are alive or dead."
Zhou Ruijia’s smile was not taken seriously at all:
"What's the big deal! We all have wives.
Depending on which official he is in, can that official be bigger than our uncle?
In the end, it’s just a matter of words from our wife? The officer has to hold the person out for me.”
Lai Dalian shook his head:
"Forget it from other yamen, Wu Xindeng and his two brothers were sent to Mr. Lian's own Shuntian Mansion yamen. Although I don't know if Qian Hua was also arrested there, but if you think about it, you will know that nothing good will happen.<
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Second Master Lian is going to attack the people in the second room."
"What!"
Upon hearing this last sentence, the Zhou Rui family immediately became alert.
"Second Master Lian wants to deal with the people in the second room?"
Aunt Lai had already understood Mrs. Wang's heart problems clearly. When Lai Da arrived, she was naturally not polite and stamped her feet and said:
"Eldest sister, can't you see it? Second Master Lian is going to take action for the eldest master to take back the royal property.
In this mansion, anyone who is close to the second roommate will not be let go by Mr. Lian. To be honest with my eldest sister, even I will be in trouble. All the people in charge in this mansion must be replaced by Mr. Lian.