After entering the gate, there is the outer courtyard of the concierge.
The courtyard is wide, with large blue bricks covering the entire ground. There are two tall and lush pomegranate trees planted on the left and right of the courtyard, which are already bearing numerous fruits.
There are also oleanders and gardenias planted on both sides. There are pairs of flower pots on both sides of the corridor, with rich blooms, and pairs of fish tanks, which have more than enough every year.
After entering the second gate, there is a larger courtyard inside, and the large green bricks on the ground are eye-catching.
Behind are the three main rooms with carved beams and painted beams, the east and west wing rooms, and the side rooms.
The back seat is a place for entertaining guests. With the door open at this time, you can see that everything inside is filled with high-quality rosewood furniture, especially a large table with an astonishing size in front of you.
Just at this glance, Jia Lian couldn't help but be stunned and stopped.
Eh? Why do the pairs of vases on the bill look so familiar?
Jia Lian scratched his head, but couldn't remember it for a moment.
Xing'er, a clever guy, followed Jia Lian's gaze and suddenly realized, he pulled Jia Lian's sleeve:
"Second Master, this...this is our eldest master's house..."
"I remembered!"
Jia Lian immediately remembered—this pair of cloisonné enamel pastel vases with four-season flowers was ordered by Jia's mother to be placed in Jia She's study, and no one was allowed to touch them.
Jia Lian strode over, picked up the vase, turned it over and looked at the signature on the base of the vase.
Damn! It’s actually a gift from the emperor!
It is said that all the things given by the emperor have always been placed in the Jia family ancestral hall for worship, and no one dares to display them in the house.
But only this pair of vases was different, and Jia Mu always ordered Jia She to display them in the study.
.
Are these vases real or imitations?
It seems true, but I’m not sure.
After all, every dynasty has professional fraudsters, and every dynasty has masters of fraud.
Jia Lian thought about it and took it back to talk about it.
If this pair of vases is fake, it means that Lai Da used the gift from the emperor to make a fake. If it is true, then the problem is even more serious. The grandson deliberately found someone to imitate the gift from the emperor in exchange for the authentic one from the Jia family.
, this crime is outrageous.
Jia Lian glanced at Xing'er, and finally pointed at Long'er:
"I leave these two vases to you. Don't drop them."
Seeing Xing'er's unhappy face, Jia Lian shook his head:
"I can't leave such an important thing in the paws of a living monkey like you."
.
There was a small door to the east of the reverse seat that was ajar. Jia Lian opened the door and took a look, and was immediately surprised.
This small gate is a small corner gate of the legendary "Lai Family Garden".
Until now, Jia Lian has only seen the future "Grand View Garden" in Shan Ziye's drawings, but has never seen it with his own eyes.
Although he has been to the Grand View Garden in Beijing, he always felt that it felt "dry".
Maybe it’s because of Beijing’s climate, or maybe it’s because of the serious air pollution in later generations and the heavy wind and sand. Anyway, the trees are not green, the water is unclear, everything is dull, and there is no sense of “beautiful” at all.
But this Lai family garden allowed Jia Lian to see a smaller version of the Grand View Garden in the world of Red Mansions.
The springs, rocks and trees are all green and moving; the pavilions and pavilions are all beautiful and picturesque.
The key is this area!
Each side of the Grand View Garden is about 500 meters long, and the area is calculated as square meters.
The Laijia Garden is half the size of the Grand View Garden, which is square meters.
Think about it, Beijing City, North City, Second Ring Road, covering an area of square meters, built a garden!
You know, a house in the Second Ring Road of Beijing costs hundreds of thousands of square meters.
No! That’s still one square meter in a multi-story or high-rise building. People rely on this square meter to occupy land!
This area is larger than the current Prince Gong’s Mansion in Beijing!
How awesome!
Xing'er beside Jia Lian tutted:
"Second Master, we just said that his house was worth five thousand taels of silver. Now look at it, it's worth even fifty thousand taels of silver."
Jia Lian thought:
Regardless of the tens of thousands, they were all cut off piece by piece from the Jia family.
.
Jia Lian sighed, shook his head, and turned back.
In front of the main house, the policemen have arrested everyone in the Lai family, and the maids and wives are kneeling in a large area.
The one kneeling at the front is Aunt Lai.
Behind Aunt Lai, kneeling were Lai Er and his son Lai Shangning, as well as Lai Da’s wife and Lai Da’s son Lai Shangrong.
Jia Lian was about to speak when he suddenly heard someone screaming:
"Who are you so bold? How dare you break into a private house! Are you trying to become robbers?"
Following the sound, I saw a dozen women and maids surrounding a young woman in gold and silver, who was coming menacingly from the back house:
"I'm telling you, the Lai family's back can bring glory to the country!
My father is the magistrate of Xiong County, Baoding Prefecture, North Zhili Province. My man’s appointment documents as magistrate have been delivered in the past few days. You bullies should open your eyes and see!
Can you guys afford to offend a family like ours?"
"Who is this?"
Jia Lian also gnashed his teeth and said, "Did you see that? You are a brainless shrew, one for each family.
Lai Shangrong naturally knew Jia Lian and did not dare to remain silent, so he could only reply with a trembling voice:
"This is the humble Sui family."
"Bah! You're such a bitch! Lai Shangrong, you worthless thing, now you're so scared that you fell to your knees?"
The young woman in fine clothes did not recognize Jia Lian. She only saw that her eyebrows were upturned and her almond-shaped eyes were wide. She believed that her mother-in-law was an official. She also had a "killing and decisive" temperament since she was a child. Naturally, she was always full of momentum. She was a "low-end version of Wang Xifeng".
”.
At this time, he put his hands on Jia Lian's hips:
"I am his wife! Who do you think you are? You dare to break into our house, you are tired of living!"
Xing'er immediately stepped forward and said loudly:
"This is Mr. Lian of Rongguo Mansion. He is the master of your father-in-law, mother-in-law and the whole family.
Second Master Lian is still the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture. Your father has to kowtow when he sees him.
Your man’s county magistrate document will never arrive. If he has the chance to become a slave again in this life, it will be because of his great fortune.
The Lai family's deception of the master has been exposed, and the master is here to settle the score today!"
.
Sui Shi screamed "Ah" and then burst into tears and howled:
"You've tricked me to death... It's all my fault that my father wanted to cling to the Jia family, so he married me to such a worthless and disgraceful servant... I've been married for more than a year, but I'm just a poor man like this one.
I've suffered... I'm not allowed to buy anything I want to eat... The whole family is afraid of hearing the word 'spending money'..."
Jia Lian’s head hurt from shouting:
"Quick, quick, tie them up and gag them! It's so noisy, it's more noisy than five hundred ducks being slaughtered."
.
As soon as he entered the main room, Jia Lian's headache was instantly cured.
There are eighteen large boxes, neatly packed to the brim, all filled with jewelry, antiques, gold and silver!
Jia Lian turned his head and smiled at Lai Da, who was being held by two policemen:
"Lai Da, you can do it. You said you are an expert at saving money, or are you just a hamster?
You keep saying that your Lai family has served the Jia family loyally for three or four lifetimes, and our Jia family does treat their servants well, but the salary of being a slave is no matter how good it is. In the past few decades, you have been able to save a lot of money.
The second half of the Jia family?"
At this moment, Zhaoer followed up and said with a smile:
"Second Master, they must have packed these things a long time ago. After Lai Er came back, they were busy sorting out the banknotes in the small building on the east side. They were about to burn their account books. Fortunately, we rushed in in time.
."
As he spoke, he made a "please" gesture towards the outside:
"Cai'er and the others have sealed the small building. Please come over and take a look at the silver and banknotes..."