Jia Ke was sitting in the middle of the hall of Lai's house, thinking about something expressionlessly. There was a cold air exuding from his body.
Soon Grandma Lai and Lai Da came in. When they saw Jia Ke sitting in the middle, they hurried over to salute.
Jia Ke looked at them expressionlessly, and Aunt Lai felt that something was wrong. Aunt Lai and others thought that Jia Ke was here to ask questions. So she got up and stepped forward and said, "Why did you come to our place? Could it be that you have something to do with me?"
Do you have any misunderstanding?"
Jia Ke said: "Aunt Lai has created such a big family business, doesn't she even know what I'm here for?"
Aunt Lai smiled and said: "Brother Ke, isn't it just something about Wangjiatun? Lai Da made a mistake in this matter, and I am here to apologize to you on his behalf." After saying this, Aunt Lai knelt down.
on the ground.
Jia Ke hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said to her: "Mammy has done a lot for my family, but it's just that my children and grandchildren are not living up to expectations. I can't blame grandma for this."
Aunt Lai quickly thanked her and said to Lai Da beside her: "Why don't you come over quickly and kowtow to me to apologize? You are lucky that I can forgive you."
Lai Da cleverly came over and said in front of Jia Ke: "Thank you for your forgiveness, sir. I did such a stupid thing because I was confused."
When Jia Ke saw him kneeling down, he didn't come forward to help him. He just said to Aunt Lai expressionlessly: "There is no rule without rules. If I forgive him now, all the slaves in the future will do according to his ways. Our house
I won’t be able to survive here anymore.”
Jia Ke paused for a moment, then said to Aunt Lai expressionlessly: "I came here to check on the Lai family today on the order of the old lady. If we don't deal with it, I'm afraid the Lai family will already be the masters of our house.
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Aunt Lai was shocked after hearing what he said, and said in disbelief: "Impossible, the old lady can't do this to me. I want to see the old lady." After saying that, she walked out, but as soon as she reached the door of the hall, she was guarded by soldiers.
Stopped.
Jia Ke said to the soldiers: "Please invite Grandma Lai to rest in the room next to her, and arrange for someone to take care of her. Don't neglect her."
Immediately, two soldiers came forward and said respectfully to Aunt Lai: "Auntie, please don't make things difficult for us servants. Please come with us. It won't look good if we take action."
Aunt Lai looked back at Jia Ke expressionlessly and said: "Master, everything has been prepared. It seems that our family is doomed, but master, don't be too happy too early. It's just a small matter.
The uncle is so aggressive that he will have something to say when I see the old lady." After saying that, he followed the soldiers out.
Jia Ke looked at the direction in which Grandma Lai was leaving, smiled contemptuously, and turned back to Liu Yu and said, "Gather all the people in the Lai family, shoot a few people and keep them under strict guard. Others block all roads."
Lai Da was already panicking and stepped forward to stop these soldiers. Jia Ke looked very angry and said, "The people who come here will tie him up first and throw him aside for a while."
As soon as Jia Ke finished speaking, several soldiers came up, tied up Lai Da tightly, and laid him aside.
Jia Ke then ordered Lin Zhixiao: "It's the same as last time. You are in charge of searching the house, and there must be no omissions."
Lin Zhixiao bowed and saluted, and said to Jia Ke: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely handle things properly."
Jia Ke nodded with satisfaction, but then seemed to remember something. He frowned and thought for a while. Then he said to Lin Zhixiao: "I heard that rich people have mezzanines in their houses. Take a closer look at them."
Do you have a home?"
Lin Zhixiao said respectfully: "Please don't worry, sir. The mezzanines in the house are all hollow. If you tap lightly with a hammer, you can find the different sounds they make."
Jia Ke said: "In addition to the mezzanine, you must also pay attention to the secret room set up in the dark. You must also find the location of the bank. Otherwise, you will not be able to explain to the old lady."
Lin Zhixiao responded: "I will not let you down."
Jia Ke said to Lin Zhixiao: "You go and do your work in peace of mind. I will be here to guard you. You go and take the housekeeper of Lai's house and ask him to show you the way. He must know the secret room of Lai's house. Tell him that if he is honest,
Just give him an explanation, otherwise, the whole family will be sold to a black media kiln after it's over."
Lin Zhixiao took the order and went down to do some business.
Lin Zhixiao found the housekeeper of the Lai family among the servants. He was an old man in his fifties, with shrewd eyes.
Lin Zhixiao looked at him and said: "You have understood what happened today. I will give you a way out now. You must cooperate with me to find the secret room of the Lai family's bank vault and other places. I have told you that I will give your family an explanation."
, otherwise the whole family will be sold to a black media kiln. Do you hear me clearly?"
The housekeeper had long realized that something was not going well today. Hearing Lin Zhixiao's words was like grabbing a life-saving straw. He hurriedly swore: "Uncle Lin, don't worry, I will fully cooperate. I know the seller's bank address.
I will take you there right now and make sure to copy it clean."
Lin Zhixiao nodded with satisfaction and said: "You lead the way, let's go to the bank first."
The housekeeper hurriedly led the way. Lin Zhixiao and others followed behind with their soldiers. Soon they came to a rockery in the back garden. In a secluded place, there was a small cave.
The steward said to Lin Zhixiao: "Sir, this may be the entrance to the bank. I once followed Lai Da to send silver coins inside. But there are two doors inside, each with several locks. I don't have the key."
Lin Zhixiao said: "It is said that we can only guard against those thieves. We went to search the house, not to open his locks, but to break something."
The steward continued: "This road is very dark. You need a torch to see the road ahead."
Lin Zhixiao ordered people to light a few torches, and the housekeeper led the way. Lin Zhixiao followed him into the cave. Not long after walking, there was an iron gate in front with four or five locks.
Lin Zhixiao ordered people to come forward and break all the locks, push open the big iron door, and there was still a dark secret passage behind it. Everyone walked forward a little further, and found another iron door in front of them, with four or five guns still hanging on it.
Lin Zhixiao asked someone to break the lock as usual, pushed open the door and entered the bank.
Lin Zhixiao ordered people to use torches to illuminate and look carefully. There were dozens of large black wooden boxes at his fingertips, neatly placed together.
The steward said to Lin Zhixiao: "Sir, these black wooden boxes contain silver."
Lin Zhixiao was dumbfounded as he looked at it, thinking that the money might not be more than a hundred thousand taels.
Lin Zhixiao did not dare to delay, so he immediately asked someone to calm down. He stood aside to supervise. At the same time, he ordered a soldier to report to Jia Ke and ask him to come and take a look.
Not long after, Jia Ke arrived at the bank. Lin Zhixiao came forward to greet him. Jia Ke waved to him and looked at the opened boxes on the ground. They were all filled with white silver, and even a few boxes were filled with bright yellow gold. Almost
Jia Ke couldn't open his eyes as he was shaking.
When the housekeeper saw Jia Ke coming, he flattered Jia Ke and said, "Sir, the money is not big. The Lai family still has tens of thousands of acres of land outside. I don't know where the land deed is hidden."
Seeing how knowledgeable the housekeeper was, Jia Ke happily said to him, "Don't worry, this time it's over. You and your family will be fine."
Jia Ke said to Lin Zhixiao again: "Don't worry about it here for now. You and the housekeeper will check other places. I will watch here personally."
Lin Zhixiao agreed and left with the housekeeper.
Jia Ke was here in person, watching them finish the work. By the time the sky was getting brighter, the final count counted a total of 180,000 taels of silver and more than 15,000 taels of gold. All added up, there were about more than 30 taels of silver.
Ten thousand taels.
Jia Ke was surprised how he had saved so much money, which was probably more than the money in the Jia family's treasury.
Jia Ke ordered the two doors to be locked again and sent soldiers to guard the door. Then he returned to the front hall to wait for news about Lin Zhixiao.