"There's been a thief? Doesn't Second Mistress know?"
Jia Lian stood up in a hurry, making Xing'er tremble with fright.
"Second Grandma...Second Grandma went to Dongfu."
It turned out that early this morning, Jia Zhen, who was leaning on crutches, came to Rongguo Mansion in person. She met Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang and talked about the Qin family's funeral. She was afraid that they would be incompatible with etiquette and would be laughed at. But she was afraid of being laughed at.
Firstly, he was injured due to a fall, and secondly, he was too sad. He suffered from an old illness and was unable to take care of his affairs. He needed someone to help him. Therefore, I wanted to borrow Wang Xifeng to go to Ningguo Mansion to help take care of the family affairs for this month.<
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Mrs. Wang was afraid that Sister Feng would make people laugh if she didn't handle the funeral arrangements before she went through the funeral, so she hesitated to agree.
Sister Feng, on the other hand, had already received the news from Jia Lian last night. She had already made up her mind and made plans for the night. When she saw that Mrs. Wang was interested in doing something, she stepped forward and said:
"Since the eldest brother said it so sincerely, my wife just agreed."
Mrs. Wang quietly asked: "Can you really do it?"
Sister Feng had a sweet mouth and nodded:
"There's nothing I can't do! I just take care of things in the house. If I don't know anything, I can ask my wife and I will know everything."
When Jia Zhen saw it, she immediately handed over the cards from Ningguo Mansion and said:
"Sister, you can do whatever you want. If you want anything, just take this and don't ask me.
I just ask you not to save money for me, as long as you look good; and you must treat people as well as you do in that mansion, and don’t worry about people complaining.
Apart from these two things, I don’t have any worries anymore.”
When Wang Xifeng heard what Jia Zhen said, she secretly praised: I don't know what leverage Lian Er had in his hands to fawn over me so much.
She was so happy that she immediately went to Dongfu to exercise her power.
, Jia Ling, Jia Yun, Jia Qin, Jia Zhen, Jia Ping, Jia Zao, Jia Heng, Jia Fen, Jia Fang, Jia Lan, Jia Jun, Jia Zhi, etc. are all here. As expected, it is quite a scene, and I feel very happy.
Somewhat uneasy.
It's just that she has always been very strong and refused to admit defeat in anything. Now she was even more energetic. The manager of the Ningguo Mansion came to promote her and ordered him to give a lecture to her colleagues and others.
He also ordered Cai Ming to make a book. Immediately, he heard that his daughter-in-law was promoted, and he also asked for a list of family members to check. He also ordered Cai Ming to make a list early tomorrow morning.
I probably ordered a few individual books, asked my wife a few questions, and it was already past lunch time. Sister Feng was a busy person who never felt hungry or tired. It wasn't until the second half of the afternoon that she thought of asking Ping'er to go back to her residence.
Come pick up some clothes.
Ping'er returned to the courtyard, got married, and went back to his room to comb his hair. Suddenly, he found that a pair of red gold hairpins in his jewelry box were missing.
Ping'er was shocked, thinking that he had seen Jin Chai when he got up early in the morning to dress up. Could it be that there was a thief in the courtyard during the most of the day?
She hurriedly opened the box to check and found that the one hundred taels of silver that Jia Lian secretly entrusted him to hide was also missing.
Ping'er was so frightened that she hurriedly ran to the main room to check carefully. Fortunately, she didn't see anything missing from Sister Feng, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Ping'er was attentive and walked around the courtyard again. He found that the door of Jia Lian's study was also ajar. When he entered the room, he saw that it was not messy and he didn't know if anything was missing.
She didn't know what Jia Lian had lost, but it involved Jia Lian's personal money, so she didn't dare to tell Sister Feng first. She hurriedly called Xing'er and asked him to go to the Yamen and ask Jia Lian how to handle the matter.
"You're asking me how to handle it? Let's go back and see what I lost!
You dare to come into my house and be a thief, and you rebelled against him!"
Jia Lian suddenly lost all sleepiness, led Xing'er and ran out in a hurry.
Xing'er caught up with Jia Lian and said smartly:
"I guessed that the second master had to rush back in a hurry. When my servant came running on horseback, he had already prepared the second master's fast horses.
We, father and son, ran all the way back to the house and we will be there in less than a quarter of an hour."
I'm galloping on a fast horse, and I'll be there in less than a quarter of an hour?
Where?
Yama Hall?
Jia Lian turned around and glared fiercely:
"The master has told me that I will not ride horses this year.
Find me a carriage! Go quickly!"
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After getting off the carriage, Jia Lian ran straight into the yard where he lived, plunged into his study, and rummaged through boxes and cabinets.
Sure enough, the mirror is gone!
What's missing is the twenty or so taels of silver in the drawer.
Fortunately, Jia Lian had a habit of hiding the banknotes in his book. I don’t know if the thief didn’t think of it or didn’t have time to look for it, but the banknotes were still there anyway.
Jia Lian shouted "Mirror slave" repeatedly in his heart, but there was no response. It seemed that he was really lost.
It belongs to your grandma! Who dares to steal things in your own yard!
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The Fengyue treasure mirror was stolen, which really made Jia Lian anxious.
But what's even worse is that among the lost things is Jia Lian's own money that he originally hid in Ping'er's house. No matter what, Sister Feng can't let Sister Feng know about it, otherwise there will be another turmoil.
Ping'er wanted to immediately send a message to all the mothers in the house to check carefully, but Jia Lian waved his hand to stop him:
"If you think this news hasn't spread quickly enough and is not innovative enough, just let those old women get involved."
Ping'er was so anxious that he ran out of ideas:
"The pair of red gold hairpins that I lost were given to me by my second grandma. It's almost the Chinese New Year. If I don't wear them, she will definitely look at me. What's wrong with that?"
Jia Lian thought:
Women, nothing is as important as their jewelry.
Wait! I'm sorry that my original owner still had one hundred taels of personal money left with Ping'er, but this damn girl actually narrowed her eyes on this huge sum of money and kept treating me like a pauper and not giving it to me!
Seeing that Jia Lian didn't speak, Ping'er guessed that it was because of his own money:
"I wrapped the one hundred taels of silver in a large handkerchief and kept it in the box. Who knew that it was also lost?
A few days ago, the second master asked for wine money. If I had known that time, I would have given the second master ten taels more, and I would have lost less this time.
Second Master, don’t blame me for being tight-lipped. If you had followed Second Master’s temperament, all this money would have been spent long ago. It would be a big deal if she found out.”
Jia Lian was worried about the whereabouts of the mirror, but he couldn't tell Ping'er clearly, so he only said:
"I asked who has been to this yard today?"
"I've asked about it. Most people in the mansion haven't had time to know about Second Mistress's trip to the East Mansion today, so they still come to this courtyard to look for Second Mistress.
However, the government has been busy celebrating the New Year these past few days, so more and more people came to ask questions. There were at least a dozen or twenty cases coming today, and most of the people who came into the courtyard were in their 30s or 40s.
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When Jia Lian heard this, he suddenly felt dizzy:
"That's all, don't bother yourself, I can find someone to find out.
If you are worried, just recall the style of the pair of red gold hairpins and draw them to me, and I will give you another pair to see if you can get away with it."
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Seeing Ping'er holding her clothes in despair and going out, Xing'er came in again with a sneaky look:
"Second Master, don't worry, I've already asked around, there is a thief."