The Fenghua Years of the Red Chamber

Chapter 12 Punish the Slave

Seeing Jia Lian coming in angrily, Wang Xifeng thought that he had been angered by the elder, and hurried up to meet him and said, "Master, the second younger sister heard that you are back, so she brought Sister Qiao to see you."

When the maids went down and Ping'er was left to wait in the house, Jia Lian finally broke out, pinching the letter in his hand, looking at Wang Xifeng, not hearing what she said before, and yelling directly at Wang Xifeng: "See what you did? "After speaking, he threw the things in his hand on the table, scattered them all over the floor, and then picked up the tea on the table and drank it fiercely.

"Brother" Yingchun was playing with Qiaojie in the room just now, when she heard the movement outside, she hurriedly brought Qiaojie to greet her brother, but she didn't expect to see her brother getting angry at his sister-in-law, she shrank back in fright, Nuonuo shouted .

"Daddy..." Sister Qiao yelled loudly when she saw Jia Lian after all she was young.

With his back to them, Jia Lian, who was about to get angry when he heard his daughter's voice, suppressed his anger, and turned to look at the two of them, "Second sister, daughter." The kind Yingchun said: "Sister, it has nothing to do with you, brother is not angry at you."

Yingchun didn't know how to reply, so after handing sister Qiao to Jia Lian, she, Wang Xifeng and Ping'er picked up the scattered papers on the ground.Unexpectedly, by coincidence, the piece of paper Yingchun picked up was written on the deeds of her nanny, and she immediately saluted Jia Lian with red eyes and said, "Brother, don't blame sister-in-law, it's all because I don't live up to expectations."

Wang Xifeng looked at the contents of the paper and wanted to faint. She was most afraid that what Jia Lian knew about lending money and gaining power was clearly written on it. Jia Lian was very surprised when he heard Yingchun's words, took a look at the paper in Yingchun's hand and said "This has nothing to do with you. It's because your sister-in-law is not good at housekeeping, so the slaves can bully the master." Jia Lian glanced at Wang Xifeng's master and servant and said, secretly rejoicing that Yingchun didn't see anything else, otherwise his brother He also had to lose face in front of his sister.

"This is what the master asked people to investigate. Because of this, my brother was scolded by the master just now. In the future, you will learn more from your wife and your sister-in-law. You can't be so soft-tempered." Jia Lian took advantage of the situation to appease the tearful Yingchun. The Qiaojie in the house was about to be brought to cry, so she quickly stuffed her into Yingchun's arms and said, "You take Qiaojie out, and I will talk to your sister-in-law, come here, and send the girl back." coaxed out.

Yingchun hugged Qiaojie and was taken out by the slaves, during which time she kept turning her head to plead for Wang Xifeng.

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is interested. When Wang Xifeng heard that it was Jia Amnesty who asked people to investigate, she suddenly felt that a catastrophe was imminent, and the sky was about to fall. She was confident that she could handle Jia Lian. Jia Amnesty, the master of the Eight Classics, if he commits a crime, the old lady will not be able to stop him, let alone her in the younger generation.But she didn't know that the one who proposed to divorce her was Jia Lian, who thought she could handle it well.

"Just to save face for you guys, tell me, what's going on? Our Jia family is short of your food and clothing, and we want you to lend money outside." Compared with the rage just now, Jia Lian has become much calmer. As for Why do you say it is you, Ping'er is Wang Xifeng's confidant, Wang Xifeng's big and small matters must go through her, and Wang Xifeng's lending must go through her hands.

"Second Master, grandma is not for the sake of the family, otherwise, with grandma's dowry, grandma will never be able to use it up in this lifetime." Seeing that Wang Xifeng was not as aggressive as usual, Ping'er retorted for Wang Xifeng.But Ping'er's words also indirectly admitted the fact that Wang Xifeng sent people to lend money outside, whether it was intentional or not.

"For the sake of the mansion, I think it is for the Wang family, for your good aunt, if you look down on the Jia family and think my family is poor, I will send you back to the Wang family." After hearing Ping'er's words, Jia Lian calmed down a little. The anger welled up in his heart again, and he directly threw out the words hidden in his heart.

It's not that Jia Lian has no feelings for Wang Xifeng, it's just that after marriage, Wang Xifeng is always top-notch and overwhelms him in everything, which has already made him dissatisfied. In addition to this incident, the Wang family, the second bedroom, and the Dongfu did all the house raids without telling their father and son. The extermination of the genocide burdened their father and son, making them vulnerable day and night, and they were always afraid of the knife on their necks falling.The escape route that my father finally came up with was blocked by papers full of evil deeds. These are all related to the Wang family. For the sake of future, Jia Lian suppressed his anger and couldn't vent his emotions. Full of resentment, Wang Xifeng became an outlet.

"Second Master, since I married into the Rongguo Mansion, I will bear children for you, housekeeper for you, support my parents-in-law, and manage the servants of the whole mansion. I will let you down and send me back to the Wang family." Wang Xifeng simply played tricks. Lazy, use the trick of messing around to deal with Jia Lian.

"Give birth to a child, where is the son? Let you manage the house, look at how you manage the house, those slaves, all of them are more decent outside than my master, and the master is still groveling outside, these slaves are in the house The famous people here are domineering, and our Rongguo Mansion is a noble family. The family has a big business. Do you need to lend money outside to make money? This is how you manage the family. If you let you manage it, your father will I have to send you to the guillotine." Jia Lian said angrily, this sentence made Wang Xifeng speechless, this was the end of Jia Lian in her previous life.

Jia Lian brought a knife every sentence, which made Wang Xifeng's heart bleed. I didn't expect her to come back to life. Just seeing this enemy, she actually wanted to divorce her and go home. The previous aggressiveness also came, and she pulled Jia Lian's clothes and said: "Coincidentally. Isn’t your son your flesh and blood? Isn’t it because I, Wang Xifeng, didn’t give birth to a son for you? Why are you involved so much? Is it up to me to have children? Is it my lack of discipline that those slaves went to hell? Your second master Lian is not in charge of the outer court, why don’t you take good care of the slaves in the outer court, now something happened, you can’t afford to offend the old lady, the master and the wife, it’s all on me, let’s go, let’s go to the old lady to separate .”

When Wang Xifeng was pissing, Ping'er slipped out quietly and asked the old lady for help.

"Go up to the old lady to make a decision, let the old lady decide for you, can the old lady die for you? And your good uncle, good aunt and Dongfu will join forces to conspire." Jia Lian stopped talking here, and picked up the table angrily. His teapot fell to the ground, and he took another sip of herbal tea to suppress his anger.

"Second Lord, what are the Second Household and the Dongfu doing together?" Wang Xifeng knew that Jia Lian must have known something, so she hurriedly asked.

"Don't ask, the master said, for your father's sake, let me spare you once, and get rid of your things quickly. Anyone who knows about this matter will tell me that you don't need to worry about things outside, the master said Take care of the aftermath for you, but if you commit another crime in the future, not only you, but I will also be kicked out of the house." Under Wang Xifeng's questioning, Jia Lian completely calmed down and hurriedly ordered.

"Could it be that they really did some serious matter of ransacking the family and exterminating the family?" Wang Xifeng asked anxiously.

"You don't need to know about the affairs outside. Take care of the affairs in the mansion. Those slaves will be dealt with if they are disobedient. You don't need to save face for anyone. In the future, stay away from the old lady and the second room. Give birth to a son for the master as soon as possible. The master will go out to do business. The matter is so important that it is impossible for Jia Lian to tell Wang Xifeng.

"The old lady invited the second master and the second grandma to go there, and also invited the master and wife to go there together." A timid little girl came in slowly, and the maid woman in the yard was afraid of being implicated, so she ordered a young girl who had just cut her hair to enter the house. sue.

"Where's Ping'er? It's getting more and more unruly. Come back and punish you." Wang Xifeng swept his eyes, and the little girl almost cried out of fright. Fortunately, she still remembered the rule of not crying in front of her master, so she didn't cry out.

"She is sincere." Jia Lian sneered, and sent Ping'er the death penalty in her heart, because Ping'er knew too much. "Grandpa, go change your clothes, and deal with those bills quickly."

In the old lady's room, Yuanyang dragged Ping'er to the next room to wipe away her tears. The old lady ordered in private: "Go and ask why Lian'er drove Sister Feng back to Wang's house."

The old lady was well-informed, and after a while the old lady knew the reason for the quarrel between the two of them. Just quarreled over these little things.

After a while, Jia She and his wife, Jia Lian and his wife, and the second wife all came to the old lady's room. The old lady asked, "Lian'er, Sister Feng has married into our family since she was a housekeeper and had children. I love you, why did you drive Sister Feng back to Wang's house, what did she do wrong? And how did your second sister get involved?" The old lady's words were obviously biased towards Wang Xifeng, and she felt that the boss was just worrying. Having a son is even more worrying.

"Old lady, you have to make the decision for me. The second master was angry outside, so he came back and used me as a raft to vent his anger." Wang Xifeng wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and even gave Jia Lian a hard look when she took the time.Jia Lian watched Wang Xifeng turn black and white, his face turned red with anger, and he was speechless.

"The old lady is well-informed. Didn't she know why they were arguing? If you ask me, such a daughter-in-law should have been sent back to the Wang family." Seeing Jia Lian's disappointment, Jia She said.

"You bastard, you can't see a good person. You don't persuade the young couple to quarrel, but you are still adding fuel to the scene. Tell me, what's wrong with Sister Feng?" The crutches made a gesture to hit Jia Amnesty.

"Old lady, this granddaughter-in-law is the old lady who you have chosen. You forced me to agree to let Lian'er marry in. Naturally, I think she is very kind, but look, since she came in, she has greeted my wife and me several times. After many years in the house, she gave birth to a little girl, not to mention that she couldn't have a son, but she held Lian'er to prevent others from having children, such an unfilial and unvirtuous daughter-in-law, tell me, how can she satisfy me." Jia She said slowly.

He already knew the result of the quarrel between the two in the room. He thought that Jia Lian would be able to suppress Sister Feng by taking advantage of this opportunity. Who knew that Jia Lian was worthless, and Wang Xifeng passed away after messing around. For the sake of the future, he had to teach his son a lesson. Sister Feng had a meal.

"Sister Feng lives in the second room and helps the housekeeper. How do I greet you? As for the children, it depends on fate. Don't mess with me, Lian'er, tell me why you want to divorce your wife this time, tell me, you Why are the second master and the second grandma arguing?" The old lady simply refused to talk to the eldest son who was so angry, she looked at the blushing and silent grandson, and pointed at Ping'er.

"The second master heard that the second girl's nanny was gambling outside and stealing the girl's things for sale. He disliked the grandmother for not taking good care of the house, and wronged the second girl." Ping'er said evasively, the master behind those slaves running rampant outside is the old lady Ma'am, madam, she must not be offended. Of course she won't tell about Wang Xifeng's money lending. All she can talk about is the soft-natured second girl who is easy to bully.

"Since the second girl's nanny is not good, it's fine to just kick her out. Is there a need to go to war for such a small matter? Is it a divorce?" The old lady said and kicked the whole family out.

"Of course it's more than that. You girl hides traitors inside. The Wang family doesn't know how to hand over their daughters. They are greedy for money and lend money outside in the name of the Rongguo Mansion. Who doesn't know that this is a matter of cutting off children and grandchildren. No wonder Lian'er has no children so far. " Jia Amnesty didn't want to give up, so he just let it go, thinking of taking this opportunity to solve Wang Xifeng's loan issue by the way.

"Is this really true? Feng girl, can you lend money outside?" The old lady felt a little bit in her heart when she heard this, and secretly scolded Wang Xifeng for being so careless and letting the boss find out.The old lady is mature and has been in business for many years. There is nothing in the house that she doesn't know, only she doesn't want to know.

"Old lady, grandson's daughter-in-law was wronged. With my dowry, I can't use it up in my next life. There's no need to lend money." Wang Xifeng burst into tears immediately, pleading.

"Yes, old lady, Sister Feng's dowry is generous enough to last her ten lifetimes. Why does she need to lend money outside?" Mrs. Wang secretly hated Wang Xifeng. The bastard boss found out, this matter may not be easily passed, it will take a lot of trouble.

Now is the moment of great joy for the empress, and the boss must find fault at this time, and it must be because of embarrassment to the empress.At this critical juncture, Mrs. Wang is still counting on Wang Xifeng to assist in the construction of the family-friendly villa. Moreover, if Wang Xifeng is divorced and returned to her natal family because of lending money, she will be beaten in the face of the empress and the Wang family. A few servants must not be implicated in Wang Xifeng.

The old lady's thinking was exactly the same as Mrs. Wang's, "It's reasonable, boss, you can't just slander Sister Feng for nothing."

"I slandered her. If you want people to know, you have to do nothing. Look at this, this case has been handed over to the gate of the yamen. If Mr. Ying Tianfu is not familiar with me, our Rongguo Mansion has become a joke in the whole capital. "Of course this pleading was not stopped by the yamen. Now that the Rongguo Mansion is in full swing, who dares to sue the Jia family at this time? This pleading was written by Jia Amnesty after he knew about the money lending, and was used to suppress the old lady. .

"Sister Feng, how do you explain this?" the old lady looked at the pleadings and asked.

"Old lady, grandson's daughter-in-law was wronged. I don't know about it. Please look into it clearly."

"Old lady, I think it's absolutely impossible for Feng'er to do such a thing." Mrs. Wang understood that she must protect Wang Xifeng today, otherwise the Wang family and the empress would become a joke.

"You don't need to investigate, the master has already been investigated. The moneylenders are the Laiwang couple next to Lian's daughter-in-law. Don't tell me you don't know." Jia Amnesty's purpose is to deal with the Laiwang couple. .

"Old lady, master, I am wronged, second master, I am wronged, I really don't know about this, if you don't believe me, the old lady can send someone to search my house." Wang Xifeng said while hugging Jia Lian's thigh. All bills are cleaned up, not afraid to check.

Seeing Wang Xifeng crying, Jia Lian wanted to say a few words for Wang Xifeng, but after being stared at by Jia She, she had to sit in a daze, quietly holding Wang Xifeng's hand, giving support.

As a result, nothing was copied out. In order to save Wang Xifeng, the old lady and Mrs. Wang pushed Laiwang and his wife to take the blame. Later, Wang and his wife were beaten with [-] sticks and sold out.Of course, Jia Amnesty had already made arrangements for where to sell them.

"The old lady is getting old, and I can't care about welcoming the girl, so I took her back. You slaves really have no eyesight, and you still haven't brought the girl's luggage back." A voice that can be heard said, "You are lucky, don't let me catch you again, hum." Jia She snorted, and without saluting the old lady, he took Mrs. Xing away, and the old lady almost fainted in anger.