86_86438 But she said that because of the "Robin Hood" incident in the house, Mrs. Wang did not dare to tell the news about her ex-son Zhou Rui's family right away. She read at midnight and waited for three full days before Wang Xifeng coaxed Jia Mu into laughing for a while.
After he went out, he came forward with tears in his eyes and said: "There is one thing. I got the news the night before yesterday. Because I didn't dare to disturb the old lady's rest, I prepared to come back the next day. It happened that that night the man who killed us was killed in our house.
The evil thief with a thousand swords.”
Jia Mu asked what was going on, and Mrs. Wang glanced at the people in the room. Jia Mu understood and gently waved them all out. When Mrs. Wang saw the door closed, she burst into tears and knelt down on her knees:
"Please ancestors save Yuan'er!"
Jia's mother was shocked: "Why is the little girl so bad in the palace?"
Mrs. Wang cried: "It's not like this before, but..." She leaned down and cried again.
Jia Mu stood up anxiously, pointed at her and shouted in a trembling voice: "Speak quickly!"
Mrs. Wang said: "In order to please Concubine Hui, I had people get in touch with Eunuch Liu who came back to our house. The first few times were fine, but that day..." She lowered her head to wipe her tears again, and then sent Zhou Rui's family home
He repeated the words that came from him. He asked expectantly, "Did the saint remember it wrong? Has our family ever borrowed money from the treasury?"
After hearing this, Mother Jia was as shocked as a thunderbolt. After a long while, she slowly sat back on her chair and closed her eyes tightly. Finally, she sighed: "In those days, every family borrowed money from the treasury. Our family just wanted to live up to the divine grace.
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Mrs. Wang said hurriedly: "Then you still haven't moved it? How about returning it? Folks have always been in debt, let alone borrowing from the national treasury."
Jia Mu hummed, "If we pay back, others won't pay back. If others don't want to pay back, and we pay back, the saint will use us to slap these old relatives in the face. Don't forget, our family is one."
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Mrs. Wang said anxiously: "But Yuan'er is still in the palace!"
Jia Mu thought about it for a long time, and finally waved her hand and said: "The saint may not really let Yuanchun Lao die in the palace, but there is an old saint in the palace. I will go see the Queen Mother tomorrow and try to get the girl out."
Mrs. Wang kowtowed with tears in her eyes: "The saint has even said these words, how can he let Yuan'er out! If he doesn't let her go, the Queen Mother may not be able to let her out. If it's good, that's fine. If it's not good, Yuan'er can't be let out.
My son's life will be sealed in it. Please have mercy on that child, ancestors. My ancestors raised her when she was a child." After saying this, he kowtowed again and again.
Jia Mu also shed tears and said, "It's not that I don't feel sorry for you, big girl. Once we hand over so much money, the family's wealth will be gone. You have been in charge of the family for so many years, so you naturally know it. Secondly, how can you offend these people?"
My dear, we are both prosperous and devastated. I sent the eldest girl in so that she might have a bright future..."
Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "The saint has promised you! Your concubine! What a great future!"
Jia Mu frowned and said, "That's nothing. It's just that she was bought with money. It's not like the saint really likes her."
Mrs. Wang said: "So what if you bought it with money? Isn't donating an official an official? The saint even said such... disgraceful words, which shows that we are really poor and desperate. If our family can win over the saint now,
For the sake of our family's daring loyalty, how could the saint have wronged Yuan'er! If we could give birth to a prince..." Mother Jia suddenly opened her eyes. Mrs. Wang knew that her heart was moved, and advised her: "Come here.
Are you afraid that not much will be given to you? What do these things mean?"
Jia Mu then remained silent.
Mrs. Wang knew that she had to think about it for a while, so she resigned with tears in her eyes.
After waiting for another five days, there was no trace of Robin Hood, and no real news came from the government. Jia Mu knew that the superiors did not take it seriously. She sighed deeply and finally called for Jia She and Jia Zheng.
She said: "When I was here that day, because the old saint sympathized with the heroes, he borrowed 800,000 taels of silver from the treasury. Now that we heard that the court is in difficulty, let's... pay it back."
Jia She immediately jumped up and said, "Why are you paying it back? Everyone has borrowed it, and I haven't heard who is paying it back. The one who returns it is a fool!"
Jia Zheng had already received the news from Mrs. Wang and said hurriedly: "Brother, what you said is wrong. There is no reason in the world not to pay back the money you owe! After all, I and other ministers should be sharing your worries for you."
Jia She snorted: "What's the point of worrying? Have you ever heard that the emperor is short of money? He is infinitely richer than us. My dear, have you never been to the palace and seen what it looks like inside?"
Jia's mother shouted: "Shut up!" She glared at Jia She and said, "The second brother is right. There is no reason in the world not to pay back money."
Jia She hurriedly said: "No one has paid back! We paid back, but they still haven't paid back? Besides, isn't the second daughter-in-law having a hard time every day? Our family is also in trouble now, so we can just borrow it for a while, and everyone else will pay back in the future.
It’s not too late for us.”
These words were originally spoken by Mrs. Jia to Mrs. Wang, how could she not know? But there is no one in the house who can stand up to the challenge. The whole house has been obsessed by bad guys, and there is no explanation for these days. I heard that Qian'er
A dog was lost in Prince Xian's Mansion, but it was found back on the same day. It can be seen that the Rongguo Mansion looks glamorous, but the outside world no longer takes it seriously. It will take some time to wait for Baoyu to come out. Except for the big dogs in the palace,
Girl, there is no other way.
Then he said resolutely: "I have made up my mind. I will open a large warehouse, collect the money, and return it to the treasury."
Jia She wanted to speak, but heard a commotion outside. Just as he cursed "What are you yelling at?", several women in charge rushed in in a panic: "Old lady, Second Mistress Lian fainted!"
Jia Mu hurriedly asked: "Why did you faint?"
"Second Mistress has just led people to take inventory of the large warehouse in the northwest corner. When she opened the door of the warehouse, there was only a pile of empty boxes left inside!"
When Jia Mu heard the news, her eyesight went dark and she almost fainted. Jia Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to help her, but Jia She wanted to go to the warehouse and had a look. He was so anxious that he walked around the room and cursed. It took a long time for Jia Mu to regain her breath.
Come on, use the crutches to remove the ground, and stand up tremblingly: "Help me over!"
Everyone hurried over and saw many people in charge gathered in front. The four warehouse doors were opened at the same time. Sure enough, they were all empty, not even half of the things were left. Jia She had already cursed loudly,
Jia Zheng was in a panic and didn't know what to do; Jia Mu, on the other hand, was calm and asked people to open each room. She looked carefully from beginning to end, and finally picked up a small sign in the third warehouse from the last, with something on it.
A word "cold". He pinched it and asked: "Has anyone seen this?"
Everyone hurriedly came over to take a look, and they all said they didn't know. Only one of the stewards said: "Where have I seen a sign like this before?"
Jia Mu said kindly: "If you think about it carefully, this seems to be for some kind of business."
The steward originally worked in purchasing, so he thought for a long time and said, "It seems to be an antique store, but I can't remember what it's called."
Immediately someone shouted: "Don't Zhou Rui's son-in-law own an antique shop? His surname is Leng."
Another person shook his head and said, "Zhou Rui's own home was also robbed, wasn't it?"
Another one said from the side: "The steward of the whole house is the only one whose house outside his house is safe and sound. There is only such a big place in the house, so how much stuff can be put down. It's just a pretense."
Jia Mu said with a gloomy face: "Take the person first, don't let anyone know about it, and invite people from the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities to come."
Someone immediately responded, splitting up several routes and leading a few tough boys to rush straight to where Zhou Rui's family was. Without any explanation, they took the person away and dragged him to the house while the couple screamed and screamed.
In front of the large warehouse.
Jia's mother was still carefully checking the warehouse at the back. After checking, she came out and stared at the couple for a cup of tea. They both felt cold all over because they took it with her own hands.
He looked at the sign and asked, "Have you seen this?"
How could Zhou Rui not recognize the sign in his son-in-law's shop? But he had already seen the empty warehouse with the open door. He suspected that the sign was related to the thief, so he shook his head and said, "I don't recognize it."
Jia's mother said, "It's okay if you don't recognize them." She then ordered people to lock Zhou Rui and his wife in one place, and their young daughter-in-law in another place. She got up and led them back to the yard.
Back in the house, Jia Mu just sat on the chair in the middle without saying a word, and others did not dare to speak. Not long after, people from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division arrived. Jia Mu could not see him in person, so she asked Jia Zheng to go out and say something.
After finding out the whole story, he handed the lot to them. Someone had already informed Leng Zixing of the location of his antique shop.
When the people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division heard that the Rongguo Mansion was beset by thieves and not wealthy slaves, they immediately nodded and bowed. They first walked around the scene of the crime and couldn't help but smack their lips when they saw the row of empty warehouses, secretly sighing at how big they were.
Appetite. He also asked if Zhou Rui and his wife could be interrogated. He followed the person and said that those were the housekeeper and his wife who were staying with us. The old lady wanted to ask first. The man knew that such rich slaves knew all the secrets of their masters, so he stopped
He forced himself to take the sign and went to Leng Zixing's antique shop.
As the New Year was approaching, Leng Zixing was doing the accounting in the store. Suddenly there was a commotion outside, and he coughed and asked, "What are you doing?" Several government servants barged in and bared their teeth at him: "Uncle Leng, what are you doing?
We've committed a crime." He couldn't help but say, put the lock on it and left.
Leng Zixing shouted "I'm sorry" several times, but no one paid any attention to him. He saw that everyone was already on the street, and countless people came up to watch. He was usually a respectable man, so he suddenly felt ashamed and shouted: "My in-laws are from Rongguo Mansion.
people!"
The yamen servant gave him a heads up: "You are still dreaming! Now the Rongguo Mansion is suing you."
Leng Zixing was stunned for a moment.
The officer asked again: "Did your father-in-law steal the master's property? Did you sell the stolen goods for him?"
Leng Zixing thought that the Dongchuang incident had happened, and was speechless. He didn't say a word. The yamen officer gave a heavy grunt and pulled him away.
Everyone knew it was true when they saw his appearance, and spread the word "coaxing~~".
On the other side, Jia's mother sent the trustworthy Aunt Zhu to interrogate Zhou Rui and his wife. At first they just complained about their aggrievement and swore and expressed their loyalty. When they heard that their son-in-law had been locked away by the government, their faces changed and they still
She refused to say a word. After interrogating her for most of the day, she sighed: "Think about it again, the old lady doesn't want these family matters to alarm the government. Fortunately, it's me now. If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid there would be someone else."
You suffer the consequences. Besides, why don’t you think about your boys?”
Zhou Rui's family was a little shaken, struggled for a while, and finally told a few old things about Mrs. Wang.
Aunt Zhu was not here to ask this question. She frowned and said, "The second wife also asked you to move the big warehouse?"
Zhou Rui smiled bitterly and said: "My daughter-in-law is my wife's companion, and the two of me only help her with things. Everyone in the house knows about it. Although we know something about the big warehouse, how can we dare to think about it? Besides, even if it is
What we did, how could we be so stupid as to bring the sign from our son-in-law's shop? It's obvious that we were framed."
Aunt Zhu asked again: "A few days ago, all the servants in the house were robbed, but you went out after dinner."
Zhou Rui's family was shocked and hurriedly laughed and said: "I can't tell grandma about that matter. It's just that the second wife knows about it. The old lady just asked the second wife to go ahead."
Aunt Zhu nodded. I'm afraid it was something that shouldn't be discussed in the house, and she didn't want to know. Seeing that she couldn't ask anything today, she locked the door and went out, and went back to tell Mrs. Jia in detail.
Jia Mu thought about it for a long time and asked, "In your opinion, they did it?"
Aunt Zhu shook her head and said: "They don't have that ability. My ancestors, even moving is not that easy. I think it is still the outsiders who did it. Ninety percent of it is the same as last time. Zhou Rui and his wife think so too.
Being framed."
Jia Mu frowned and said, "Why would you frame them if you have no grievances?"
Aunt Zhu said quietly: "I'm guilty." Then she explained, "I heard that those strong men only touched the slaves and not the masters. Therefore, the government didn't pay much attention to them. If they keep doing this, they will be able to do this for a long time.
Keep going. But this time they are afraid that they have an insider and are greedy for profit. They are afraid of being arrested by the government, so they find a substitute - the two of them are not always clean. We just don't know who the real insider is."
Jia Mu thought about it for a long time and said, "Let's starve them for a few meals first. The whole house is investigating carefully, even if we want to find a needle in a haystack, we have to fish out this thief." Then she asked, "Who has the key to the warehouse on weekdays?"
Aunt Zhu said: "This matter is a bit suspicious. The key has been in Wang An's hands for many years, but one time two years ago he was drunk and gambling, and he confusedly used the key as copper coins and threw it out as a deposit.
Note that Lai Da was blocked and angrily sent him to watch the night. Later, there was a gardener named Lu Laozhong. He was an honest man. Because he was not in good health, he specially sent the money from the bottom of the box to beg Lai Ma.
Mom, I have been transferred to guard the warehouse. However, this man suddenly fell ill a few months ago and died. Wang An heard about it and went to beg Lai Da to replace him... How many days has it been?"
Jia Mu hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, Wang An must examine it carefully."