Wang Ning said to Lin Zhixiao: "This steward, even if Li An is wrong, you can only punish him. What's wrong with his son Li Wen? You torture him. Even if he is your slave, it is too much."
After that, the court will also have to take care of it. You must know that the court has laws. If you hurt your own slaves without any reason, you will be exiled."
After listening to his words, Jia Ke was afraid that he would favor Li An's family, so he said angrily: "What is your relationship with them? How dare you ask about the family affairs of my Rongguo Mansion? Do you know what mistake Li Wen has made? You are a little
You dare to meddle in the affairs of our house if you are upright, I think you don’t know the heights of heaven and earth."
Lin Zhixiao stepped forward and said to Jia Ke: "Sir, please calm down. Although this Li Zheng is not a big figure, he still represents the government. Why don't you tell him and see how he enforces the law impartially."
Jia Ke thought for a while, he was still in vain, but he was just taking advantage of Rong Guofu's power. If he had a conflict with him forcefully, it would be unreasonable. It would be better to explain the matter and see what he would do. If he still stopped him without reason, he would
If you fall out with him again, the government will have nothing to say.
So he nodded to Lin Zhixiao. Lin Zhixiao understood and stepped forward to say to Wang Ning: "I don't know something right now. The mistake Li An made was just embezzlement of land rent and disaster relief funds. The crime is not worthy of death. But this is
Li Wen is different. He just wanted to shoot our uncle, and he also started fighting with our uncle. According to the law, the ethical sins are: children murder their parents, younger brothers murder their elders, wives murder their husbands, and slaves murder their masters. They are all late. This is Li Wen.
Wen wants to shoot our uncle, but this is Ling Chi in the government. Our uncle is just hitting him with a stick, which shows our uncle's kindness. I'm afraid these bosses don't know it yet."
Li Zheng was timid just now when he heard that they were from the Rongguo Mansion, but he was just trying to save his face. Now he heard that they were using servants to conspire against their masters, which was one of the ten evil sins. No one would do it.
They couldn't excuse themselves, not to mention his small righteousness, so they might as well just let the matter go and let it go, so they said: "I really didn't know the situation just now, and I was offended. Since Li An and his son are servants of your house, what's the matter?"
Having committed such a crime, it is natural for me to deal with it impartially. Their affairs are your family affairs, so I will not get involved. I have offended you just now, so I will leave now." After saying this, he bowed to Lin Zhixiao.
He bowed, waved to the government officials, and left together.
At this time, Li Wu also wanted to slip away, but was stopped by the soldiers. Li Wu hurriedly shouted: "Grandpa Wang, help me?" He didn't even look at him, let alone save him, and just led him
The government officials walked faster.
When Jia Ke saw Li Zheng leading the team away, he said to Li An: "It's time to recruit now. You also heard what Lin Zhixiao said. It will take Ling Chi for a slave to murder his master. If you tell the truth, I can be lenient.
It cost his life. If you don't tell me, you will know the consequences when I hand him over to the government."
Li An was completely desperate at this time. He did not expect that things would develop to this point, and he no longer wanted to blame Lai Da. Now he just wanted to save his son's life. Yu Shi readily confessed, and he and Lai
Lai Da's conspiracy was revealed in detail.
As soon as Jia Ke heard his confession, he found out that it was Lai Da who was behind the scenes, as he had guessed, so he ordered Lin Zhixiao to record it, and then asked Li An to mark it.
After these matters were dealt with, it was already dark, so Lin Zhixiao suggested to Jia Ke: "It's getting late today, sir. I don't know if I should rest in the village or camp out."
Jia Ke said: "I just went to Li An's house to rest, and ransacked his house by the way."
So everyone carried Li An and his son to Li An's house in the village.
When he arrived at the place, Jia Ke looked up and saw that the house also had a black painted door and looked very grand. It looked like an ordinary squire's house, where a slave should live.
It's even more gorgeous when you walk in. Every house is exquisite, several times better than Jia Ke's residence in Xiacaozhuang.
Jia Ke couldn't help but feel jealous, and said bitterly: "Just looking at this house, Li An will die."
After saying that, he walked into the hall and sat on the main seat, while Lin Zhixiao stood aside, waiting for instructions.
Jia Ke said to Lin Zhixiao: "Be careful tonight. Everyone is resting as soon as they enter the courtyard. Gather all Li An's servants in a few rooms. Li An and his son must be closely guarded. The rest will be discussed tomorrow.
." Jia Ke thought for a while and then said: "That's it for today. You go and prepare dinner. Everyone is tired today. Let's eat and go to bed early. We still have things to do early tomorrow morning."
After a night of silence, Jia Ke got up early the next day and sat down in the living room. Lin Zhixiao and Liu Yu apologized to each other on both sides.
Jia Ke said: "Steward Lin, you have given up your efforts today. I will search Li An's property later to see how much he has been greedy over the years."
Lin Zhixiao bowed and said: Master, we still need to use our own soldiers for this matter."
Jia Ke said: "Feel free to use them. Liu Yu, you lead the team and cooperate with Butler Lin. If he needs someone, just send him. You don't have to answer me for everything."
Later, Lin Zhixiao and Liu Yu went to raid Li An's house without mentioning it.
Jia Ke called Liu Hong again and ordered him to visit the village to see how Li An managed Zhuangzi in the past. Li An always paid the land rent on time, but he built such a magnificent house, and there was nothing wrong with it.
I wouldn't believe it even if I beat him to death.
By the afternoon, the news came back from everywhere.
After Lin Zhixiao checked Li An's property, he found that Li Anguang had more than 5,000 taels of silver in cash, as well as many antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry. Other tables, chairs and furniture were not included.
The most valuable property of Li An's family is this house. This house has been built and decorated by Li An over many years.
After liquidating Li An's family property, Jia Ke was very curious as to how Li An acquired these properties.
But in the evening, the mystery was revealed. After Liu Hong visited the villagers in the village, he came back to report the results to Jia Ke.
Liu Hong said to Jia Ke: "Uncle, this Li An is really nothing. Our family sympathizes with the difficulties of farmers' lives. We all charge 40% of the rent, but do you know how much Liu Hong receives?"
Jia Ke said curiously: "Isn't it because he took 10% more and enriched his own pocket?"
Liu Hong said angrily: "Uncle, you think too well of him. He charges the villagers 60% of the rent and tells the villagers that all the fields belong to him."
When Jia Ke heard what he said, he said seriously: "This slave is so brave. He dares to secretly embezzle his master's property."
At this time, Lin Zhixiao ran in and said to Jia Ke: "Uncle, I'm very happy, I'm very happy."
Seeing that Lin Zhixiao was so happy, Jia Ke forgot the rules and knew that the matter must be serious. He smiled and said to Lin Zhixiao: "Steward Lin, if you have anything to be happy about, please tell me slowly and don't be in a hurry."
Lin Zhixiao calmed down and then said to Jia Ke with a smile on his face: "Li An's steward told him that Li An purchased a large amount of land nearby in the name of Zhuangzi, which should be more than 1,300 yuan."
Now all these lands are in the name of Wangjiatun Zhuangzi." After saying this, he took out some land deeds from his pocket and handed them to Jia Ke.