Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

When Jia Lian said this, the men and women in the room were shocked.

Although the woman returns home, her husband's family is not to be feared, but she was taken by the old master of the Qin family and wanted to marry her back and become the tenth concubine. Wan Mou is giving her a cuckold.

The head of the evening shift suddenly became angry from his heart and turned to the gallbladder. He jumped out with a big knife and slashed at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian reached out and touched Bantou Wan's knife-holding arm, his arm went numb and the knife fell to the ground with a bang.

As soon as Jia Lian made a move, Wan knew that he was no match.He is a smart person, so he stopped struggling: "I can talk to you and meet your requirements, as long as I can do it, but I hope this matter can only be resolved between the two of us, don't make it difficult for Chunfang ?”

Jia Lian nodded: "No problem, as long as you help me, I will make your husband and wife reunite!"

Chunfang rushed out at this moment, knelt down and kowtowed to Jia Lian, saying: "Brother please, I'm not a lowly person. Brother Hua and I are childhood sweethearts. Back then, when my brother was discussing marriage, when he came to the door, my sister-in-law's family asked for twelve taels." Dowry money, otherwise I regret the marriage, the family has no choice but to marry me to others to be happy, but my husband still went. My mother-in-law said I was a broom star and kicked me out. Brother Hua didn't dislike me and took pity on me, so he rented this little house for me Yard, please raise your hand high..." Chun Fang kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy.

Jia Lian raised his hand: "Don't be afraid, I have a grudge against that Qin, I want to punish him!"

Bantou Wan came to his senses when he heard the words, he stopped Chunfang behind him: "I am willing to help you."

Jia Lian nodded: "I'll wait for you over there!" Then he cupped his fists at Chunfang: "This sister-in-law offended you, today I disturbed you all night, and I will give you back a groom in the future!"

Chunfang lowered her head, hurriedly turned to Jia Lian, and went home.

Jia Lian said, "Is there a quiet place to talk?"

Bantou Wan stretched out his hand and said, "Come with me, my house is on the next street."

For a while, the two of them arrived at Wan's house, but they were in the dark.

Wan Bantou said: "Five years ago we had a plague here, and my parents died of illness one after another. Because of this, I couldn't afford the gift money."

Jia Lian nodded: "I understand!"

Bantou Wan bowed and said, "I also invite the guest officer to sit down."

The man surnamed Wan has been walking in the officialdom for a long time, seeing Jia Lian's skill and elegant manner, he knows that he has an extraordinary background, so he is so respectful.

Jia Lian also stretched out his hand, "Sit down and talk too."

Bantou Wan sat down as promised.

Jia Lian asked: "I know that the Qin family and the Wang family have intermarried for generations, and they run rampant in the countryside. It's just that I know that the Wang family has been pawns for generations, but I don't know what the origin of the Qin family is, and how can they be related to the Wang family?"

Wan Bantou replied: "I don't know about that. I only know that the Qin family is very rich. Some people say that his ancestors were good at doing business, so they saved a lot of money. Some people say that his uncle served saints in the palace. In short, Their Qin family has settled here for three generations, they only know that their family has an extraordinary background, and no one knows their footsteps."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know the Qin family's heel. You have been working in the Yamen for many years. I don't think the Qin family and the Wang family have any violations of law and discipline that you can't hide from you, right?"

Bantou Wan immediately got up and saluted: "Could it be that the county magistrate is in person?"

Jia Lian waved his hand: "Although it's not, it's not far away. A certain family is his relative. You can trust me."

Bantou Wan immediately relaxed his body, sat down and said: "Of course there are things that violate laws and regulations, but ordinary people can't beat them. I don't know the surname Wang, but this surname Qin has a lot of background. They The son of the Qin family, who is now the old master Qin, returned home from Beijing 40 years ago and brought back a large amount of money. In addition, the ancestors of the Qin family were yamen clerks. Since then, they have gradually ruled the roost here. There are relatives who are officials in Kyoto, and a large amount of property is transported from Kyoto every year."

In Jia Lian's heart, he weighed all the Beijing officials who were originally from Fujian and Zhejiang in the capital, and there was no one who matched the relatives of the Qin family.Yin asked, "Are you still sending property?"

Banban Wan shook his head: "It's strange to say, since five years ago, there have been no gift givers in Kyoto, and it seems that they disappeared overnight."

Jia Lian's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, as if something passed through his mind, but it passed without a trace.

Jia Lian was thinking silently, it doesn't matter if he doesn't know now, when he sent troops to raid the Qin family, the truth would naturally come to light.

Jia Lian said: "I heard you said that the new county magistrate can't take over the post of pawn if he brings the pawns. Also, there is a problem with the official land allocated to the tenants by the county magistrate. How do you explain this?"

Bantou Wan was startled, he said this in a hundred days, and he said it vaguely, not so straightforward?Yin asked: "Big Brother knows Feng Xiucai?"

Jia Lian smiled: "I don't know, don't guess, the scholar didn't betray you, I happened to be next door to you, so I happened to hear it.

Bantou Wan recalled the scene at that time, and he was sure that there was no such person near them.Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. He understood what was wrong with this person. This person's appearance did not match his voice and tone.

He had some guesses in his mind, but he remained calm: "Yes, after the Qin and Wang families learned that the new magistrate intended to replace the pawns, they quietly stole the fish scale book from the county government. The new magistrate asked him several times He just procrastinated about the handover. Although a new pawn has taken office, he doesn’t know how many official lands, civilian fields, and hillsides there are in his county. Do you think that the pawn’s appointment is equivalent to being in vain? Many of the wasteland and sandy land that the county magistrate plans to divide have already been sold, but the buyers have not had time to cultivate them due to years of war. What do you think is the magistrate's reputation when someone picks the fruit?" Jia Lian heard this and knew that Jia Yun was careless.Fortunately, it is still early April, and the land reclamation has just begun.

Jia Lian got up and asked, "Brother Wan, please tell me about the Qin family's illegal activities in detail."

Bantou Wan said: "Brother must know that many families have suffered in these years, especially those wealthy households, who are the most concerned by Japanese pirates. I don't know how these Japanese pirates are so clear. , often a few young and middle-aged people are captured, and the elderly and children are killed on the spot. Those who were captured have never come back, and they must not be better. Naturally, the floating wealth of these people was robbed by Japanese pirates, but their land cannot be taken away. .However, countless people have died here, but we have not seen any increase in official land. You should know where they all went, right?"

Jia Lian frowned: "Swallowed by the Qin family?"

It is logical that these lands that have lost their owners should be converted into official land.

Wan Ban shook his head: "It should be said that it was bought by the Wang family of the Qin family with very cheap money."

Jia Lian suddenly thought of Du Peiwen: "It was the magistrate of Du County back then, so he didn't take care of it? Or did he join forces?"

Bantou Wan waved his hands: "At the beginning, Du Zhixian, like this new Jiazhi County, brought his own book of officials and scribes, but when he came here, he encountered a big outbreak of Japanese pirates, so he didn't have time to sort out these trivial matters in the county, so he devoted himself to it. Putting himself into disaster relief and anti-corruption, the trivial matters of the yamen had to be handled by the Qin family."

Jia Lian frowned: "It's been more than ten years, don't they miss a single shot?"

Bantou Wan said: "Of course there have been troubles. The Qin family and the Wang family were intermarried in the era. The Wang family is a local celebrity. They are kind and generous. Every year, they donate a sum of money and grain to help their neighbors and those who lost their land. Therefore, Once someone makes trouble, the Wang family will always come forward to rectify it, and everyone will be happy afterwards. In addition, the Qin family and the Wang family have taken advantage of the large number of people fleeing famine in recent years, hiring people to open up wasteland and cultivate land, alfalfa land in the city, city land, livestock The land was also reclaimed by them privately. It was leased to tenants and cultivated, and these lands were not listed on the scales, so there was no need to pay taxes, and a large amount of rent was embezzled by them every year."

Alfalfa land, city land, and livestock land, these are lands that cannot be reclaimed privately.

"This group of moths are really bold!"

"The Qin family's old beast is not only greedy for money, but also lustful. He is already in his seventies and eighties. He often asks his daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law's family to trick other people's young daughter-in-law into the house by hiring someone to sew for him. He doesn't know about these things. , Brother, do you think it’s illegal?” Jia Lian suppressed his anger and asked, “Could it be that your former county magistrate just watched and let it go?”

Jia Lian suddenly suspected Du Peiwen, could it be that this person is a beast in clothes who is a slave to a tiger?

Wan Bantou shook his head: "Nowadays Japanese pirates are rampant, and those who are willing to help will not go down to help. Although this old bastard is promiscuous, he is not stingy with money, and he always pays a lot of money afterwards. Those people The parents-in-law and the husband had no choice but to swallow their anger for the sake of keeping the family alive, and some even made a living by doing so. In this way, the original coercion became consensual. Whoever comes to the lawsuit will not be able to say such a thing. Nice to hear."

This is the people who do not raise officials but do not investigate!

Jia Lian did not give up: "Is there no one who dares to sue?"

Bantou Wan nodded: "There is a young man whose sister suddenly jumped into the sea and died. He once smashed into Qin's house, saying that his sister went to Qin's house to deliver fish, and jumped out of shame and anger because of being ruined by the old beast. It’s over. But he has no evidence, false accusation and wants to sit back, Master Du pityed him for losing his only relative, lost his mind for a while, beat him ten boards, and let him live.”

Jia Lian suddenly became interested: "Where is this person now? Can you find him?"

Bantou Wan nodded: "I can find it. He is grateful to Du Zhixian and stayed in the yamen kitchen to help cook. I know where his family lives. Why don't I take your lord there?"

Hearing that his lord also called out, Jia Lian didn't stop him: "You go and call him, I'll go for fear of revealing his whereabouts."

About a quarter of an hour later, the leader of Wan Ban came to see a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy named Haisheng.

As soon as Haisheng came, he stared at Jia Lian with black eyes, "Wan Tou said, can you avenge my sister?"

Jia Lian nodded: "As long as your sister is wronged and you are brave enough, you can avenge your sister."

Haisheng knelt down to Jia Lian with a thud: "As long as my lord can avenge my sister, I dare to break into mountains of swords and seas of fire. Your lord, please tell me."

Jia Lian raised her hand: "Tell me about your sister's situation carefully. I don't think your sister will go to the Qin family to deliver fish for no reason. Someone will take her in, right? Or, after your sister enters the mansion, someone will always see her. Your sister Did I tell you, do you have any memory?"

Haisheng nodded: "Yes, it's the fresh fish that their chef ordered from my family, saying that their young mistress needs to use it for her milk. My sister sent it to them the next day, and she cried and cried when she came back. The next day, The cook also came to my house and gave my sister clothes, shoes and socks, and my sister threw them out. On the third day, my sister and I went to catch the sea. I went fishing with others, and my sister was picking scallops on the beach. When I came back in the evening, I found out that my sister jumped into the sea and died."

Jia Lian asked: "Your sister didn't tell you, right? How do you know that she was harmed by the Qin family's beasts?" Haisheng said, "After my sister died, I buried my sister on the back mountain. Sister, I fell asleep one day, and I heard the cook burning paper for my sister as a sacrifice, saying, "I didn't intend to harm you. If you have the spirit to find that old Qin family beast, I will hate you if you scold me." I admit it, but don’t get me wrong that I joined forces with the Qin family’s old bastard to harm you. I really didn’t. In short, I shouldn’t ask you to buy fish. She told me the truth after holding her collar, and told me not to go to Qin's house, otherwise, I would not be well off. "

Jia Lian hurriedly asked, "Where is this cook?"

Haisheng said: "Still in the Qin family, but because of that incident, the Qin family felt that she had betrayed the master's family, so they drove her to clean the bathroom."

Jia Lian got up: "I remember that your county magistrate will summon the famous gentry and township officials in the jurisdiction in a few days to discuss the matter of planting the dry fields in two seasons. At that time, Haisheng, you go to beat the drums and cry for grievances, and I promise you will be avenged. "

After Haisheng left, Jia Lian asked Bantou Wang, "How far is the Qin family from here?"

Wan Bantou said: "In this county, apart from the county government, the Qin family's house is the most magnificent.

"Thank you!"

Bantou Wan wanted to return the gift, but Jia Lian was nowhere to be seen.

Jia Lian sneaked away in the direction directed by Wan Bantou, he wanted to touch the place where the Qin family hid the fish scale book.

Jia Lian went to the Qin family's backyard, good guy, he really is a wealthy family, occupying no less land than the county government.In addition to the entrance guards, there is no magistrate style, and the inner courtyard is full of stars, probably to confuse outsiders and conceal their huge number of houses. The east and west roads are separated by flower walls, and only small doors are opened on the walls. Open the small door for emergency. These three big houses become one big mansion.

Jia Lian also came this day by coincidence, just in time for the Qin family's old beast to accept his aunt and grandma, and the banquet was called a luxury.

Jia Lian had never seen such a scene.Not to mention that the servants of the Qin family were dressed in silk and satin, not to mention that the beautiful singers at the banquet cheered up the fun, not to mention that the old beast had 36 dishes at a table for one person, but that all the tableware on the chairman of the old beast of the Qin family was unexpectedly All made of gold.Looking at the eight tables of guests, everyone uses silver rice bowls.

Jia Lian counted, and there were eighteen dishes on the guest table.

To put it bluntly, I'm afraid it won't be able to handle these nine tables of tableware for ten thousand taels of silver.And the Qin family only has these nine tables of tableware?

Looking at the dishes, from the mare's milk in the grassland, to the bear's paw in the forest, and even the fish in the sea, there are everything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, and swims in the sea.

The most ridiculous thing is that such a dry old man who was half buried in the ground changed his clothes eight times in one meal, and every time he changed, he was more beautiful than the previous one.A coffin is actually thinking about love and beauty.No wonder the team leader surnamed Wan said that the Qin family hired tailors all year round and bought high-end silk and satin.Look at that aunt and grandma again, her hair is full of pearls and emeralds.According to Jia Lian's visual inspection, this head doesn't cost thousands of taels of silver to dress up.

The Qin family is just a generation of pawns, where did they get so much money?

Jia Lian spread out his consciousness, and soon he found two places with dense guards, one in the backyard of the East Road and the other in the backyard of the West Road.

Jia Lian observed for a while, and found that the two courtyards were very ordinary, but they were heavily guarded.

There must be something strange in these two places!

Jia Lian decided to try it out.Jia Lian set fire to the Qin family's ancestral hall on the East Road. As a result, when the fire started, many people ran to fight the fire, but the guards in these two places were as steady as Mount Tai and turned a deaf ear.

Jia Lian concluded that one of these two places must be the fish scale book that the Qin family stole from the county government.

Jia Lian flew on the ridge of the roof in chaos, and went straight to the courtyard on the east side. While the guards were watching the fire, Jia Lian sneaked into the courtyard.

The three upper rooms were all locked, Jia Lian removed the door panel, and sneaked into the room, good guy, the three upper rooms are not partitioned, there is a box with a brass lock on the back, and a sign is written on the box, The names of the ten villages and towns of the county government are written on five of the boxes, which should be fish scale books recording the land quantity of these villages and towns.

Jia Lian was really surprised that Jia Yun didn't notice the ten boxes were brought out?

It can be seen that the servants of the county government are also rotten.

No wonder Bantou Wan said that it was useless for the pawns to take office. Without these fish scale books, Jia Yun, the county magistrate, would have a dark eye.Jia Yun is still too young.

Just as Jia Lian was about to leave the Qin family, he suddenly saw the old master Qin leading people to the main hall of the house on the middle road.

Jia Lian couldn't help but wonder, what is this old man doing in the main hall instead of visiting his ancestors when the ancestral hall is on fire?

With a thought, Jia Lian quietly fell behind the old thief.But I saw that the old thief entered the main hall of the upper room, pressed behind the portrait of the ancestor in the main hall, and opened a door.The old thief stepped in, and Jia Lian turned into a gust of wind and followed the door before it closed.

As soon as he entered, Jia Lian found that he had actually entered a small Buddhist hall.

Jia Lian looked up at the spiritual tablet of golden nanmu, and was startled, but saw that it said, the spiritual tablet of Dai Quan, the fourth grandson of the Dashun Dynasty!Jia Lian immediately understood everything.

The surnames of the former royal family are Yang and Dai Quan, which makes it more clear.

It's no wonder that the Qin family is so rich and prosperous. It turned out that, apart from playing with concubines and officials in the palace, the rest of Dai Quan's money was sent to the Qin family.

The Qin family?The Qin family?

Aren't many eunuchs in the palace all surnamed Qin?

No wonder the Hong family, Dai Quan's nanny, could not be found in the past when the emperor searched all over the world, but turned out to be the Qin family incognito.

This old Qin thief escaped from Kyoto more than 40 years ago. He gave up his son in exchange for Dai Quan's life, and Dai Quan also repaid the Qin family with wealth.

I'm afraid that the local Qin family is also a chess piece buried early in the morning.

Jia Lian quickly thought about the countermeasures. If it had been a year ago, Jia Lian would have killed the Qin family under the guise of Japanese pirates.

Now, it is impossible to do so.

To play the imperial court?

The rebels from the previous dynasty hid in Fujian and Zhejiang. Perhaps they also colluded with Japanese pirates.No wonder Bantou Wan said that those Japanese pirates who came to rob rich households were completely familiar with the way.There must be collusion with the Qin family.

Jia Lian decided to use Haisheng as an introduction, then punished him for several crimes, and finally investigated the Qin family for the crime of colluding with Japanese pirates.In this way, neither Wang Ziteng nor Du Peiwen will be implicated.

That night, Jia Lian hurried back to the inspection office to meet Wang Ziteng, and the two conspired and discussed.

The next day, Jia Lian led the supervisor under the account to Wenzhou to inspect the farming.Entering Shuntai County, Jia Lian left the little leopard to lurk in the Guandi Temple outside the city. Jia Lian made an agreement with the little leopard to let him enter the city at every hour to surround the Qin and Wang families.

As for the evidence, Wang Ziteng should be able to find it.

Jia Lian himself went straight to the Yuelai Inn in a blue shirt, and brought a kite to the Shuntai county government office.

Jia Yun, the new county magistrate, is summoning all the celebrities and gentry in Shuntai County in the lobby of the county government office.

The door guards are masters brought by Jia Yun from the Imperial Forest Army, and Jia Lian sent them to escort Jia Yun.The two were surprised when they saw Jia Lian, and they were about to salute, but Jia Lian waved his hand to stop them, signaling them not to reveal their identities.

Jia Lian mingled with the celebrities in Shuntai County.

Looking up, the old bastard from the Qin family was present.And the position is at the front, because this guy will donate silver for disaster relief every year, and his family has been a pawn for generations.

I only heard that Jia Yun was mobilizing in a systematic and orderly manner, calling on everyone to support the two seasons of dry fields and plant sweet potatoes.

Subsequently, the three elders of the county government gave a speech.At this moment, suddenly heard the drums of grievances outside like shaking the sky.

"Sounding the Drum of Injustice?"

The crowd was shocked.

Jia Yun couldn't help frowning.

However, Jia Yun quickly ordered someone to check: "Bring in the person who complained."

When Haisheng was brought to court, Jia Yun was taken aback: "Haisheng? Why are you?"

Haisheng knelt down and kowtowed: "My lord, the villain has been wronged for nothing, please Lord Qingtian make the decision for the little people."

Jia Yun asked in amazement: "What is wrong with you, do you have a pleadings?"

Haisheng said: "The villain is illiterate and has no pleadings, because the enemy is powerful, no one in the county dares to write the pleadings for the villain."

Jia Yun was furious: "Who is so arrogant, you sued in court?"

Haisheng shouted loudly: "The villain sued Qin Deshun, the old man of the Qin family, for forcibly robbing women and forcing them to death!"