86_86438 But she said that Mammy Zhu sent an honest and reliable servant to watch outside the house of Guan Zhourui and his wife, asking him to listen carefully for any movement in the house. While reading at midnight, the couple knew that there was someone outside, so they only spoke.
It's just biting his ears. Although the person heard some noise, he couldn't hear clearly even if he put his ear against the door. He was too tired, so he just let it go.
At the second watch, a boy ran over carrying a bag of snacks and a pot of tea, and said with a smile: "Uncle, the old lady said you have worked hard, and this is a reward for you."
The servant was so happy that he thanked the old lady repeatedly, patted her chest and said, "As long as I'm here, they can't escape." The boy complimented him a few times.
It was extremely cold at the moment, so he drank a pot of hot tea and snacks and immediately felt much better. Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long, but within three-quarters of an hour, he suddenly had a severe stomachache and hurriedly went to the toilet.
However, he had just left a short time ago when he heard a muffled "dong" sound, as if something fell to the ground. Zhou Rui and his wife were cold, hungry, frightened and frightened. How could they sleep? They saw something break through the tall tree.
The window fell in, so they hurried over to grab it. They looked at it under the faint moonlight and saw that it was a bundle, still warm. The two hurriedly opened it - it turned out to be several big warm steamed buns! Poor Zhou Rui and his wife, they have been so arrogant all their lives.
Have you ever been so hungry? Zhou Rui's family hurriedly said: "My wife must have taken pity on us and secretly sent someone to deliver it!" As he spoke, tears fell down, deeply regretting that he should not have betrayed his master before. The two of them also cared about it.
Do not eat with dry hands or without soup. Eat several times in a row before you are full.
The night watchman squatted in the toilet for almost half an hour before he came back. He came back cursing and took a nap for a while. His stomach ached again and he kept fussing for half an hour.
After breakfast the next day, Aunt Zhu came over again to examine the two of them carefully. She opened the door and took a look: their faces were blue and black, foaming at the mouth, and they had been dead for a long time. She was so frightened that her face turned purple, so she hurried
Go back to Jia's mother. Jia's mother became more and more frightened and asked someone to report it to the official. Not long after, Wu Zuo came to check and found that both of them died of arsenic and frost poisoning. They also found a blue cloth bundle and two pieces of chewed food in the house.
After eating most of the steamed buns, arsenic and frost were found in the steamed buns.
Because I called the person who kept watch last night and asked about it, I suddenly felt that the boy who brought tea was very suspicious. It was dark and the man couldn't remember his appearance at all. He only said that he was somewhat fair. Half a day later, he said that he seemed to have seen him in the stable.
After that, Aunt Zhu hurriedly called all the boys in the stable to line up for him to see, but he looked carefully for a long time, and none of them were right. Aunt Zhu gritted her teeth, and took Jia Mu's words to forcefully go up and down the Rongguo Mansion.
Hundreds of boys came calling, and he became even more dizzy.
Aunt Zhu had no choice but to tell her mother Jia that "this slave is incompetent". Mother Jia comforted her a few words, but said nothing, secretly suspecting that Mrs. Wang killed the person and silenced her. She originally wanted to ask Mrs. Wang what "
But the second wife knew what was going on, so she had someone call her over.
Mrs. Wang thought at first she was looking for her to discuss matters, but then she heard Jia Mu ask her what she was doing when Zhou Rui's family left the house that day. How did she know? Of course she said she didn't know. After listening to it for a while, it seemed that something was wrong, and the old lady's words were not true.
As if he was suspicious of her, he was frightened and cried out again and again. He knelt down and said with tears: "Old ancestor! How dare I do such a thing! At first, I heard that many servants in the mansion had their houses robbed, but theirs was the only one.
An Hao is fine. I'm already a little suspicious of him. I guess it must be the culprit. Besides, Zhou Rui's housemate was my roommate. He has been with me for more than ten years and has done many things with me. He is just a dog.
I can’t bear to part with it either…”
Jia Mu said calmly: "So she knows too much, and you are not timid. The man who kept watch at night had laxatives in his tea, and he used my name to deliver medicine to people. Not many people in this house dare to do that."
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Mrs. Wang hurriedly kowtowed: "Even if my daughter-in-law has great courage, she will never dare to take the name of her ancestors..." Looking up, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Jia Mu's gloomy face, and she couldn't help but immediately made several oaths. However, Jia Mu still didn't believe it, she
In a hurry, he just said, "If I do something like this that destroys the laws of heaven, Baoyu will not be able to pass the imperial examination!"
Jia Mu immediately shouted: "Shut up!" He pointed at her and cursed, "You actually swear by Baoyu's future! Baoyu is such a clean person!"
Mrs. Wang cried: "I have already said that five thunders will strike my head and I will never be reincarnated, but my ancestors just don't believe it." She kowtowed again.
After a while, Jia Mu sighed: "That's all, if it's not, then it's not. Why bother to use the jade as a gimmick?" He waved her hand to let her go, but she still couldn't let go.
Originally, Zhou Rui and his wife knew that there were too many things going on in the house and did not dare to hand it over to the government. Now that everyone was gone, there was nothing to guard against. One end of the house took care of all the things belonging to Zhou Rui's family, and the other end of the house was filled with details.
After careful investigation, the whole family was panicked for a while.
Jia Cong didn't know about this until he came back from school. Hearing that he was a "white and clean boy, I saw him in the stable", he looked at Yao'er. Wu Baozi's son, Wu You, was quite fair, and his name was still given to him by Jia She.
Yes, I occasionally go to the stable to play a few times, but I am not from Rongguo Mansion.
The stables were also suspicious of him. But firstly, the people in their stables never got much, and "Robin Hood" never lost anything that day; secondly, Wu Baozi was always generous and very popular, and Wu You was sweet-tongued and loved horses.
He is extremely lovable. Everyone knows that Wu Baozi is Jia She's man. He is usually rewarded a lot by Jia She. The flattery of everyone in the stable is not enough. Who is willing to cause trouble for him? Besides, Zhou Rui and his wife have always been very proud.
After a while, he acted like a master every day. The people in the stable had been secretly unhappy for many years, so no one said anything.
The next day, the soldiers and horses from the five cities found the outer house of Zhou Rui's family and found a lot of property inside, but not many valuables. In fact, because the outer houses of the wealthy slave families were robbed one after another, their families moved all the most valuable items into the house.
They went there, which happened to be an advantage for Jia She. Because the "Robin Hood" case in the Rongguo Mansion had not been solved before, they used a lot of strength this time, and soon they dug out a lot of account books and letters from under a large cabinet.
When Zhao Cheng saw it, his scalp was numb. After thinking for a long time, he ordered someone to get a big box, put it in it, and drove his horse to Rongguo Mansion in person.
After hearing this, Jia's mother thought that the case was credible, so she ordered people to call Jia She and Jia Zheng to the Rongxi Hall. Jia Lian had taken leave for the past few days and stayed at home with her. She herself sat behind the screen and said:
"Commander Zhao is invited."
Zhao Cheng came in and repeatedly handed over his hands, only saying hello but not talking about the matter first.
Jia Zheng hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, you have worked so hard. Our whole family is extremely grateful. Your Majesty came here so quickly. Do you think you have some information about our family's case?"
Zhao Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "I really didn't know what to do, so I had to bring them all." Because he personally put the box of evidence on the case.
Jia She was impatient, so he hurriedly opened it, took out a book and read it. The more he looked at it, the darker his face became. Jia Zheng also took a book and looked at it, and immediately dropped it on the case in anger. He also saw many letters and reached out to open a few.
Look, I'm shocked!
Jia Mu was anxious behind her and called Yuanyang: "Bring some in and let me see."
Yuanyang agreed and came out to salute the two masters. Jia She sneered and said: "Take more and show it to the ancestors for a closer look." Yuanyang hurriedly lowered his head and took out a few letters and several account books and went in. Jia Zheng's face was as dark as a black.
Iron, Jia She said sarcastically: "Your Majesty, you have such great official power."
Jia Mu looked at those things anxiously and shouted in a trembling voice: "Lawlessness!" At this moment, she had already concluded that Mrs. Wang must have killed Zhou Rui and his wife, and because she hated her for not covering up her words, she even took the
Baoyu swears by his fame.
Jia She simply scooped up more and put it into the screen: "Old ancestor, take a slow look and look at it carefully. After looking at it, we can settle the accounts."
It turned out that there was evidence that Mrs. Wang and Zhou Rui were corrupting public accounts, stealing Rongguo Mansion's property, and taking over lawsuits. Zhou Rui was afraid that one day the incident would be revealed and Mrs. Wang would throw him out as a scapegoat, so he secretly prepared these.
Jia's mother had always known something about the matter, but she didn't take it seriously. She just never thought that they were so courageous and had so much corruption. She also hated her for not being thorough, and now that she had sent the evidence into the hands of the government, it was completely impossible to cover it up.
Half a day later, she came back from the screen with a cane and saluted Zhao Cheng in person. Zhao Cheng returned the courtesy without missing a beat, saying "I don't dare."
Jia's mother said: "I'm tired of you, Mr. Zhao. I'm not good at running the house, and the evil slaves have become so greedy, and deceived the superiors and subordinates to do many things. I hope you can help punish this thieves and slaves, and recover the stolen things from our house."
property."
Zhao Cheng understood that this was to put all the blame on Zhou Rui's family. This has been the case since ancient times, and it was not surprising. He said yes and only said, "It's all on the officials." He pointed to the account books and said, "These
I'm afraid I have to take him back, otherwise it won't be easy."
Jia Mu said, "Why don't you leave it where you are for a while so that I can take a look at it?"
Zhao Cheng knew that their house was going to do something to clear out Mrs. Wang's influence, so he smiled and said: "Of course, the old lady has decided when to send someone to tell you, and the official will come and pick it up in person."
He said goodbye and ran away like a hot wheel under his feet.
As soon as he went out, Jia Mu sat down and said, "Bring them all to me." Yuanyang quickly took the box. For a while, the hall was so quiet that no one even dared to cough. I don't know how long it took.
Mother Jia sighed: "The money owed to the treasury will be paid by the second house. Boss, what do you think?"
Jia She sneered in his heart and snorted: "The old lady is too partial. The big warehouse only has so many ideas?"
Jia Mu said, "I still don't know whether Zhou Rui's family stole the big warehouse, but I think the second family had no idea about it." Jia Mu understood that Mrs. Wang didn't have the courage to move it openly.
She has always only tampered with the accounts; secondly, a few days ago she wanted to get the money from the big warehouse to repay the money she owed to the treasury, but she obviously didn't know about it. "Brother Feng said that the inventory was still complete last year, and I don't think the thieves have ever stolen it.
As long as we leave, the officials will be able to recover it for us."
"Take it back? Ancestor, do you believe it?" Jia She said sarcastically: "The sign in that cold shop flew in by itself."
Jia Mu then ordered Yuanyang to "give the box to your eldest master" and said, "See for yourself, it's not even as much as the amount of money you owe."
Jia She glanced at the box, turned around and shouted: "Lian'er, have someone check it carefully. We also brought the public accounts. I'm afraid these may not be complete."
Jia Lian hurriedly agreed, kissed him and hugged the box.
Jia Mu said again: "Just look at the account book. Leave those letters with me."
Jia She sneered: "Lian'er, didn't you hear? Your grandmother wants those letters about your second aunt taking over the lawsuit. Please pick them out and send them to her quickly."
Jia Muyin said: "Boss, please be merciful and merciful. We are all members of the same family. It's not like you have never done anything like taking over a lawsuit."
Jia She was surprised: "Have I done it? How come I don't know it at all? Does the ancestor have any evidence?" Where did Jia Mu get the evidence? Fang wanted to scold him a few words, but suppressed it again. But this time
Zi Jiashe spoke again, "A whole family is here now. How come she wasn't a family when she was in charge of the government?"
Mother Jia knew that he was not happy, and she also hated Mrs. Wang for being too greedy, even wanting to divorce her. She also hated her for being too hasty, and actually killed Zhou Rui and his wife.
People are involved, and their death will cut off the clues. But now there is really no way. Everyone is pointing at Yuanchun and Baoyu, so what can they do if they can't bear her? Besides, the ones she removed have never been seen by her.
It's just for the sake of the children.
Jia Lian didn't care about his face at this moment. He stood beside Jia She and carefully picked out the letters in the box. He picked out one letter and handed it to Yuanyang. He picked out another letter and handed it over again. Jia Zheng's face
It's like opening a silk and satin shop, with all kinds of colors available, which is quite interesting.
When he finally finished picking, he smiled and said to Yuanyang, "Thank you, sister."
Yuanyang was so busy that he returned to Jia's mother holding the letter.
Jia Mu looked at them and sighed: "From now on, Lian's daughter-in-law and Brother Zhu's daughter-in-law will take care of the family affairs."
Fortunately, Gong San had already expected this. Jia She's heart grew colder and he said solemnly: "The public accounts must be carefully investigated again."
Seeing his dark complexion, Mother Jia was about to fall out, and immediately regretted it. She had just forgotten that this eldest son was a gangster, and she should have comforted her more. She hurriedly said: "Brother Zhu's wife has never been in charge of the affairs, so let her help Feng Yatou."
yes."
Jia She nodded: "Of course, it's just that the public account needs to be re-examined."
Jia Mu said with tears in her eyes: "We are from the same family, why bother? They are like black-eyed chickens. I wish you could eat me and I could eat you."
Jia She sneered and said: "The old lady knows me. I have never been afraid of face. Anyone who has touched my money must tell me exactly. Otherwise, don't blame me for not knowing who has the face."
Who is shameless?"
Jia Mu said angrily: "Where do you put the reputation of the house?"
Jia She said lazily: "But here we are again! Since our ancestors thought that the reputation of the house was more important than the money, why not ask the greedy people to spit out the money? Wouldn't the reputation be preserved?"
Jia Mu struck the ground with her crutch twice: "You want to separate the family, but you can't!"
Jia Shepi smiled and said: "Second brother, I can divide the family if I want, but the accounts must be calculated clearly when the family is divided. If I lose a few cents of silver, I am not afraid of going to court. Call everyone in the capital to come.
It works." He shouted again, "Lian'er, take the account book box in your hand. If you don't keep it all, we will file a lawsuit in the future. These are all evidence."
Jia Lian simply responded and said, "Don't worry, dad, my son will definitely not lose one thing."
Jia Mu slumped down on the chair. One of the two men was her son and the other was her grandson. How could she not know? She could fish out the money in the frying pan and spend it. Wherever their money was missing, it was all
What about their lives? It's a pity that the family suffered a great disaster, even the foundation was destroyed. The boss didn't even think that only the whole family could survive this disaster. He only wanted to get the second house. I couldn't help but
Frustrated. After a long time, he finally waved his hand: "That's all." He stood up with a cane. Yuanyang had no time to spare, so he hurriedly motioned to Amber to come forward and help him, and left.
Jia Zhengxian's head almost dropped to the ground. When he saw Jia's mother leaving, he wanted to say something to Jia She, but he couldn't say a word for a long time and finally hid his face and left.
As soon as he left, Jia Cong, who had been peeping outside for a long time, slipped in with a "swipe" sound. He wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh. He only said in a low voice that could be heard in the whole room: "Our second uncle is really... not responsible at all."
.The old lady actually asked the old lady to take care of the second aunt's affairs."
Jia She snorted, put his hands behind his back and stood up: "Let's go and seal the account so that your second aunt can pay back the money."
Jia Cong cheered, and the three men swaggered to the accounting room.