Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

These days, Jia She is most welcoming to the people in the Xuancaotang. Now he saw Jia Lian, he was very happy, but when he saw Jia Lian with empty hands, he was very disappointed: "Why did you come and didn't bring me something to eat today? Then What are you doing here?"

Jia Lian had no choice but to bow to this dandy father: "There will be no lack of food for the master, the son has already arranged a banquet for the master, Zhao Liangdong will bring it later, please move to the study now , son has something to say!"

Jia Amnesty was upset, and squinted his eyes: "Is there really something wrong? If you need something, look for your uncle, or your father-in-law, Wang Ziteng. It's useless to look for me!"

Jia Lian almost knelt down to his father when he heard the words, it was so delicious and delicious that it made people useless.

That was the spiritual water soup that Jia Lian had painstakingly prepared for the old man, but it was a pity that Jia She's body was getting better and better, and his mind didn't improve at all.

"Master, the health-preserving soup will be here in a while. Let's find a quiet place for a while, so we guys can have a chat, okay?"

Jia Amnesty was very impatient: "Okay, okay, what's the matter now, the Wang family is not abolished, your second uncle is not jumping around anymore, I am not telling you, if you have something to do, you are in charge, as long as you don't interfere with my eating, drinking and having fun , do whatever you want, but you want to bother me?"

Jia Lian had no choice but to do it himself, accompanied by a smiling face, half-holding, half-carrying, half-dragging, finally getting his father into the study, and then listening from left to right, beware that the walls have ears.

Jia She sneered, "Don't worry, I've already run away!"

Jia Lian rewarded him with a heartwarming meal, and all the slaves in the East Courtyard have learned well.

After Jia Lian confirmed it, he took out the red sandalwood box, opened it and pushed it in front of Jia Amnesty: "Master, take a look, do you recognize it?"

Jia Amnesty looked at Jia Lian's seriousness, and he also put on his reading glasses, looked at the documents carefully, and was suddenly surprised: "Yeah, this is your grandfather's signature, and your grandmother? Ouch." , this is, this is, eighty, twenty, forty, ouch, this is 140?"

Jia She's eyes widened: "Our family borrowed it? Why so much? Your grandmother once said that she borrowed 20 yuan from the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Jia Lian's face was dark and silent, looking at his father, he really wanted to cry three times, what the hell are you doing, being bullied like this, everything in the treasury was stolen, and he was full of debts to pay back his pride, and sold his daughter in his last life , In the end, he didn't even sleep in a high-quality coffin. Once he died, he was afraid that he would never be able to rest in the ground for the rest of his life!

Jia Lian felt dizzy, held his forehead for a while, and simply put away the IOU: "This is our debt certificate at the Ministry of Households. Grandfather signed 80, and the remaining 40 was signed by grandmother. The remaining 20, I don't know who fished in troubled waters." , deceived the old lady, according to my guess, it was either Lai Da or the second wife. Now the second wife is stupid and can't find her. Let's catch Lai Da Lai Sheng by surprise and let them swallow all these years Spit it out for us again, otherwise, our men should be confiscated and sent to prison to eat!"

Jia She was so frightened that his mouth opened into a black hole, and he came back to his senses after a while: "Ah? Lai's family, his family has money, so there is no 140 million? He is your grandfather's long-term follower, copy him..."

Jia Lian's face darkened immediately: "He is a slave, and his family has 1000 taels, which is already rich, but now he has millions of assets. Where did this come from? A slave has no private wealth. It is all the property of our Jia family. Do I Shouldn't you copy him?"

"One million? Seriously?" Jia She's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Of course, of course we have to copy!"

Jia Lian sighed: "So, master, you want to take a concubine today, you want to treat guests, just like last time, invite Brother Zhen, all the brothers and brothers who are close to you in the back street, the most important thing is, Invite the two brothers Lai Dalaisheng, and then you can lock them up, play cards and gamble, or get drunk. In short, you have to keep them until tomorrow morning, and your son will go home after duty. What's the matter with you, can you make it?"

Jia Amnesty licked his mouth, his eyes gleamed brightly: "Where's the money?"

Jia Lian had no choice but to raise his hands and said, "I don't want any of the things Lai found out from the house except for paying off the debts. I'll give it all to you!"

Jia She suddenly laughed, and patted Jia Lian on the shoulder: "Just do it!"

Only then did Jia Lian let go of his heart and leave.

Jia Amnesty immediately took action: "Come here, hang up those ribbons and lanterns for me last time. Master, I want to take a concubine. Hurry up and go to Dongfu to invite you, Master Zhen..."

Jia Lian was so exhausted that she leaned against the carriage and sighed. Fortunately, she only had one father, otherwise, she would really have lost her life.

Suddenly, Jia Lian realized that this was wrong, and couldn't help but quietly spit out a few mouthfuls of "peh bah", only annoyed that he was led into the ditch by his father, hey, those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black, it is true!

Jia Lian went back to his study, sitting alone in meditation, waiting for the return of people from all walks of life.Half an hour later, Xing'er came to report: "Thirty young men in the mansion have been handed over to Master Yun, and thirty healthy women have also been handed over to Master Ling. The younger ones have already told them, Be sure to cooperate with the two masters, and promise that after the work is done, there will be rewards."

Xing'er likes to make promises, and Jia Lian doesn't object. Horses don't get fat without night grass, and people can't stand without faith. Now that the promise has been made, Jia Lian can only support it with all his strength: "You can figure it out. If you don't have enough money, discuss it with Zhao Liangdong. But the reward goes to you." Rewards. Ugly words must be kept in mind, and anyone who sneaks into things will be punished severely! You must keep an eye on this, and we don’t need to rely on others in our house anymore!"

Xing'er agreed, and said again: "Just now, I have seen several uncles and old ladies from the back street coming. I asked the door, and they said that Madam Lai has not arrived yet."

Nanny Lai has her own garden and courtyard, so she has not lived in the back street for a long time, so of course she came slowly.Furthermore, the boys have to wait for Brother Lai Da Lai Sheng to go out before they can come to pick him up, it must be too early.

"You have people keep an eye on you. When Lai Da goes to the east courtyard, if he doesn't come again, then send someone to remind him. Be sure to bring him in."

Jia Lian thought for a moment and then said: "To ransack the house at night, first call the Lai family's wife, grandma, and other female relatives together and lock them together, assign reliable and healthy women to take care of them, and don't allow them to wander around. Body search, not to mention beating, scolding and insulting, we are arresting house thieves, not robbers and bandits, remember!"

Xing'er all agreed: "Second Master, don't worry, I understand!"

Jia Lian waited for another two minutes, and Xing'er kept reporting various information: the banquet is ready for the old man.

The theater troupe has entered the mansion.

Uncle Zhen came with Uncle Xiaoqiang.

Uncle Huang from the back street also came.

Jia Lian twitched at the corners of her mouth, Jia Zhen was really busy, and before she was forty, she was living a life of eating and waiting to die.But that's okay, today's scene really needs his support to make it appear real.

Hearing that Jia Zhen had passed the mansion, Jia Lian told Xing'er: "Go to the Ning Mansion and tell the disciples to ask Uncle Xiaorong to come quickly after he is on duty."

Xing'er took the order and went away again.

Jia Lian continued to wait until the time was right when the scouts monitoring the East Mansion reported back that Lai Da Lai Sheng went to Rong Mansion and Ning Mansion to be on duty, and was immediately invited into the East Mansion by the old man. Now he is on the poker table. play.

Jia Lian felt a little relieved. If the two brothers were entangled, Jia Yun's errand would be half successful. The rest would be up to Jia Yun and Pan Youan. Can they find out the contract between the jade field and the black bank in Lai's mansion, and then send it to him? Find out all the wealth in Lai Dafu.

Pan You'an's ancestors have been in the antique jade business for several generations, and the tricks in Lai's mansion should not be hidden from his eyes.

Another half an hour later, the servants who went to pick up Nanny Lai finally came back, but they had been waiting at the entrance of the alley, waiting for Lai Dalai to go out before they dared to enter the door. Delayed.

When it was time for lunch, Jia Lian went back to Liancao Hall as scheduled, had dinner with Sister Feng, and then went for a walk together.

Now Sister Feng has a big belly, moves slowly, hugs her belly all day long, lazily just wants to lie down, if no one is watching, she will eat and sleep, wake up and eat, her face is round, and she has ten hands The pink and tender meat nest is really a baby pig.

Fortunately, Sister Feng's complexion is fair and supple, and she is originally tall. Everyone who sees her praises her for her grace and wealth.

But Jia Lian thought she was a bright and bright ball.

It's just that he didn't dare to say that.

At this moment, Jia Lian was staring at Sister Feng's meal. Sister Feng had already eaten two bowls of rice and wanted to add more. Jia Lian stopped her, but Sister Feng yelled that she was only half full. Drooling.

Jia Lian had no choice but to promise to peel the pomegranate for her, and only then did she coax Sister Feng out of her job.

Then, the husband and wife sat opposite each other, Jia Lian peeled one, and Sister Feng stared at him, and when she peeled one, she opened her mouth to take one, and after eating dozens of them, she began to mutter: "Oh, Lian'er!" , your hands are so clumsy, you can’t peel it as well as Ping’er, and Ping’er’s peeling is refreshing, you ruined all the juice.”

After eating a few more pomegranates, the very gluttonous Sister Feng shut up with disgust on her face: "Ping'er, Ping'er, hurry up and teach your second master to peel pomegranates. He doesn't know how to peel pomegranates at all. What a waste of things!"

Ping'er came here with a smile, but it turns out that peeling pomegranates is really skillful, you can't pick them one by one, you have to peel the skin first, and then peel off the whole grid, so that you can peel it neatly and refreshingly without breaking the skin and dripping juice !

Jia Lian was taught and peeled three big pomegranates. Sister Feng was still looking forward to it, which really frightened Jia Lian and asked Ping'er, "Your grandma eats this every day?"

Ping'er nodded: "Yeah, three bowls of rice, two bowls of chicken soup for each meal, and after that, dried fruits should be kept in your mouth."

Seeing that Sister Feng didn't pay attention, Ping'er imitated Sister Feng's stalker again, with her hips crossed, her chin raised, and her eyes squinting: "I don't eat walnuts for myself, but for the sake of the children's intelligence, and this carp is too." For the children's eyes to be beautiful and bright, and this pomegranate is a great tonic, this is what the doctor said."

Jia Lian was very happy when he heard this. Because he was staring at the national debt, he didn't pay much attention to Sister Feng for several days. Unexpectedly, Sister Feng became a glutton and asked with a smile: "What did the imperial doctor say, eating so much? Are they all fat?"

Ping'er said: "The imperial doctor told me that when the child is eight months old, you should stop talking. Now that the child is growing, you must not lack nutrition. Besides, I will look at grandma every time, and I will only eat eight months. Divide your fill, and top the rest with dried fruit, the imperial doctor said, so that the adults will be in good spirits, and they will be able to bear the burden when the time comes."

Jia Lian kept it in mind, thinking that waiting for the debt matter to be resolved, he must ask the imperial physician in person, so as not to be in a hurry when something happens.However, Jia Lian was quite confident in his heart. You must know that he possessed unique skills.

After lunch, news came from the east courtyard that Lai Da and Lai Sheng had already drunk too much. They didn't know what Jia's mother meant, but they even brought Lai Sheng's wife in to play cards with Lai Sheng. There are only two masters left in the mansion, Lai Da's wife and Lai Shangrong's daughter-in-law, and the rest are young ladies and young masters in the mansion, so there is nothing to fear.

At the end of the day, Jia Rong arrived at the Rong Mansion, and when she saw Jia Lian, her eyes lit up: "Second Uncle, what did you inquire about yesterday?"

Jia Lian nodded: "It's okay, I've called you here to do something. You can go to the gate of the Imperial College to pick up your second uncle Bao, and then you can go to Jinshan Academy to invite Lai Shangrong to play tea circles. Let's go to Wufenglou , where Qingyaju has been contracted for a month, what I want is to order by myself, the main purpose is to drag Lai Shangrong, and it would be best to drag him all night, if it doesn't work, I can't let him get away before midnight, can it be done?"

Jia Rong blinked her eyes and asked mysteriously, "Second Uncle, you want to clean up him, ah no, are you going to clean up Lai's family?"

Jia Lian poked Jia Rong's forehead: "A child can be taught!"

Jia Rong frowned: "What's the matter, just take it all together!"

Jia Lian shook his head: "If Lai Da loses his last hope, he will fight us to the death. Besides, he is a man sent out by his grandfather. Although his heart is crooked and dark-hearted now, we cannot deny his original contribution. Although he Damn it, the crime doesn’t end with death, we have to leave him a way out, he will cooperate with us only if he has hope and expectation, I arrested him to solve the problem, it’s not worth it, and it’s not worth it.”

Jia Rong's eyes widened: "This hope is Lai Shangrong, right? Hey, why do I think he is a hostage?"

Jia Lian smiled: "Smart!"

Jia Rong was praised and smiled brightly: "Second Uncle, don't worry, look at me!" After walking a few steps, Jia Rong came back again, grabbed Jia Lian's arm, and winked: "Second Uncle, when this matter is over, Second Uncle went to tell my father, let me live with you, okay?"

Jia Lian smiled and tore him off his body: "Please take advantage of the work before you do it, let's talk about it when you are done!"

Although Jia Lian only started his shift at the fifth hour, the gates of the palace will be closed every hour, so Jia Lian will go out before the fifth hour, and the inspection of the Lai family tonight depends entirely on Jia Yun, Jia Rong, Jia Ling, these nephews, and Guan Shan. The new confidantes, Xing'er, Zhao'er, and Pan You'an, all contributed.

Although a little worried, Jia Lian still believed in their abilities.

Furthermore, he alone cannot revitalize the family. Therefore, he must start from now on and slowly hone these talented younger generations of the family. Hope to achieve.

If under such a surefire situation, a few nephews still can't catch Lai Da's family, then Jia Lian will have to beat the gongs and drums and start another business.

Lai Shangrong is not an ordinary person. This man is smart and brainy, full of poetry and books, and has a good understanding of the world. In his previous life, he was an official better than Jia Zheng.

In this life, Jia Lian will cut off his official career. Jia Lian's biggest concession is to make the Lai family a small landlord with a surplus of money.Don't think about anything else, Jia Lian will never be so stupid as to find a job for Lai Shangrong in his life.

No matter how full of poems and books Lai Shangrong had, he could not become an official through the imperial examination within three generations without any recommendation from his master.

Of course, if Lai Shangrong was able to achieve great military exploits and become an official in the army, it would be his good fortune.

At the exact moment of Shen Shi, Jia Lian summoned Zhao Liangdong again, and told him to close the Hemerodiaca Hall at the exact moment of You Shi, and he was not allowed to open the door even if the old lady and grand master came before he returned home.

Regarding the matter of the Rong family's heirs, Jia Lian was very cautious, he paused after speaking, and finally bowed: "I'll leave everything to you, grandma!"

Zhao Liangdong sensed a dignified aura from Jia Lian, and immediately made a solemn promise: "Second Master, just feel free to enter the palace, and the young one will do his best to guard Xuancao Tang, so that Second Mistress will not be frightened in the slightest!"

Later, Jia Lian called Jia Ling again: "In addition to letting healthy women guard the Rongqing Hall, you have to guard the Chuihua Gate yourself. From You hour, close the Chuihua Gate, the Yimen, and the gate of the Rongqing Hall. No one is allowed to enter or leave. The old lady must not be allowed to be hurt." A little bit of harassment and scaring."

At the end of the Shen Dynasty, Jia Lian had to enter the palace. At the time of Youzheng, the key was placed at the palace gate, and Jia Lian had to rush into the palace before Youzheng.

That night, Jia Lian was sleepless again.

At the moment of Yinshi, the palace gate opened. Jia Lian was the first to appear at the palace gate. After leaving the palace gate, he led his horse in the stable by the east wall and ran all the way back to the mansion. Jia Lian only took three quarters for the half-hour journey on weekdays. .

Today Rongguo Mansion's entrance is strictly guarded, but Zhao'er and twenty boys are waiting in line at the entrance.

Just as Jia Lian was about to enter the mansion, he saw Jia Rong coming on a galloping horse. Jia Lian hurriedly stopped, and waited until Jia Rong caught up with him, and entered the mansion side by side: "How is it?"

Jia Rong's face was full of darkness: "Hey, I almost screwed up, I don't have the face to see my second uncle."

If it almost crashed, it didn't crash, and if it didn't crash, it was fine.

Of course Jia Lian knew that Lai Shangrong was not easy to fool, otherwise he would not let the two serious masters persuade him.

Jia Lian raised her eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

Jia Rong said: "This guy is really a thief. He was very happy to see me and Uncle Bao at the beginning. Later, when he heard that he was going to Qingyaju, he started to be vague, and he didn't say anything. He just used words to test me. I killed him and said that I was bored and didn't want to go home, so I asked him to accompany me to relax, otherwise I would break up with him, and we would not have any contact with him in the future.

"Before I lied to Uncle Bao like this, I feel ashamed to say that Uncle Bao believed in me very much, sympathized with me, and helped me persuade Lai Shangrong, so he reluctantly went.

"In the end, that guy only talked and ate food with Uncle Bao, but he didn't drink. I was so anxious that I couldn't help it, so he tried to persuade him to force him. I had no choice but to leave just after the eve of the hour, saying that he was afraid of the curfew. I really had no choice but to drink for the last round. I took the opportunity to add hundred-day drunkenness to the wine, and Uncle Bao replaced it for him. No, no, Uncle Bao has also been recruited, and he is still asleep in Qingyaju!"

Jia Lian was taken aback, but drunk for a hundred days would not really be drunk for a hundred days, it was just a day and a night, so he patted Jia Rong: "It's okay, just stop him, I'll take care of your second uncle Bao!"

The uncles and nephews entered the mansion gate, passed the Yi gate, and turned to the signing room in the front yard, only to see boxes full of people on the floor.

Jia Yun, Jia Ling, Xing'er, Zhao'er, Pan You'an and the others were all there, looking at Jia Lian together and saluting together.

Jia Lian raised both hands: "Forget it, let's talk about it!"

Zhao'er said: "There are 120 people in Lai's family. Except Lai Nanny, Lai Da, Lai Sheng, Lai Shangrong, Lai Sheng's family, and Lai Shangrong's book boy. There is a little girl next to Lai Madam, and the other 120 people are arrested. Living."

Jia Lian nodded: "Where is the man?"

Xing'er said: "The women's family members are locked in the back house of Lai's house. Now my wife and twenty healthy women are in charge, and the men are tied up in the hall of their house, and Lao Tzu Long'er will lead people to guard them."

Jia Lian looked at Pan You'an: "Have you made it clear?"

Pan You'an took out a booklet and spread it out for Jia Lian to read. Jia Lian read the dense records and felt dizzy. She shook her head: "Just say how much worse the number I said is?"

Pan You'an took out a big abacus with a slap in the palm of his hand, pulled one on the top, and pushed one on the bottom, saying: "It's just a rough estimate, it's about this number!" Then, Pan You'an removed the bottom one again: "The small one There are even cash and silver belts in stock that can have this amount!"

Jia Lian shook his head: "You don't move there temporarily, you can't break the deal!"

Jia Lian must make up this number, and he must draw out the pledged pair of cards to make it!

Jia Lian looked at Pan Youan: "According to your observation, how much more can the Lai family squeeze out?"

Pan You'an shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, to be honest, I really didn't expect the Lai family to have such a large amount of money. According to my deduction, if there is anything else, it is gold bricks. This time I found it in the backyard of the Lai family." One silver cellar, two silver jars, but no pot of gold, which is not in line with the rules of hiding money for rich people."

"Generally speaking, 30% or [-]% should be exchanged for gold and reserved for children and grandchildren as the foundation of family heirlooms. Generally speaking, this money will not be used easily unless the family is alive or dead. It is generally inferred that the Lai family should be able to squeeze out about [-] silver, but they have not found it."

Jia Lian laughed when she heard the words: "That's good!"

After thinking for a moment, Jia Lian told Pan You'an: "Pawn all the antiques, farms, and shops that have been copied here, and exchange them into official silver. The sooner the better."