The Lin family has a female named Qingyun [Red Mansion]

The Wang family's funeral had just ended, and the inside and outside of the mansion was completely deserted. Suddenly, many officers and soldiers came one day and surrounded the Wang family into an iron bucket.The servants in front of the gate of the Wang family were paralyzed with fright, especially when they saw the person walking down from the sedan chair, their complexions were even more ashen - Lord Zhongshun!

In the past, Prince Zhongshun had a bad reputation outside, mostly because he supported small actors and often used his status as a prince to do some romantic things, but this year, Prince Zhongshun's name became even more famous.In the past, the Nan'an Palace ransacked the house and the historians ransacked the house. The leading officials who ran the errands were Prince Zhongshun. These were the mansions of dukes and princes, and only the identity of Prince Zhongshun and the living conditions in the town of Temperament were the only ones. Therefore, the four words "Prince Zhongshun" are now copying the house. synonymous with.

Prince Zhongshun saw the mournful faces of the servants of the Wang family, their faces were stern and stern, but their eyes gleamed with glee.King Zhongshun, who loves to raise young actors, likes to go to theatres, not only the plays on the stage, but also the big and small plays with real people, that's the most interesting.

When King Zhongshun entered the Wang family, the men of the Wang family were already kneeling in the main hall waiting for the order.

In the back house, Dow heard the movement ahead, and secretly rejoiced that he had transferred the finances earlier. Even if his home was raided, he would be able to regain his vitality with capital in the future.Little did she know that the several large boxes she sent her confidants to hide overnight at Jia's house did not even enter the gate of Jia's house. Now these confidants were guarded by others, and the things were brought back by Jia Lian herself.

Prince Zhongshun glanced at things, then glanced at Jia Lian, with a faint smile but not a smile: "Second Master Lian is so disregarding relatives, I remember that the Wang family and your Jia family are very close."

Facing King Zhongshun, Jia Lian could only smile and be humble: "It is also a serious crime to hide the property of an offender. The law of the country is currently in place. As an official ordered by the court, how can I disregard the law and secretly favor personal interests."

At the beginning of the marriage, King Zhongshun and Jia Lian walked all the way, knowing that Jia Lian had been very tactful in Honglu Temple, so he didn't chat with him, waved his hands and said: "This king is on a mission, and Jia Shaoqing will leave if there is nothing to do. The king accepted it." At the end, I didn't know why and said: "You have returned the ones here, but you can't get rid of the other ones."

Jia Lian was puzzled for a moment and wanted to ask, but Prince Zhongshun turned and left.

The more Jia Lian thought about it on the way back, the more wrong he became, and he went to ask Wang Xifeng as soon as he returned to the mansion.Before I saw the courtyard, I saw a few little girls gathered together chattering and croaking, and ran away when they saw him coming.When I entered the yard, I could hear Sister Feng and Ping'er talking inside through the door curtain.

But I heard Wang Xifeng said: "The second wife is planning to mess around. She insisted that the two households have been separated, and she refused to pay the money for life or death. The eldest master is not convinced, and refuses to count all the debts on the eldest household. Now, my son is arguing with the second master. I don't think there will be any results. Don't look at the second master ignoring common affairs, what is unclear in his mind? When the family was not separated, the second master's study cost a lot, and It’s Qing Ke Xianggong, calligraphy and painting brush and ink, at least three or four hundred taels a month, the second master just said something, and the second wife directly took the official account. At that time, the elder master saw it in his eyes, and he felt dissatisfied with the second wife’s flamboyance Money, so it was only collected by a little wife for a while. According to him, if he didn’t spend it, he would spend it on the second wife. Now, the treasury owes several 400 taels of silver. It must be going to the old lady."

Since Wang Ziteng was gone, for some reason, the Elder Master remembered that one of the crimes of raiding the house was deficit.

Ping'er said: "Didn't the imperial doctor say that the old lady can't stand stimulation, this matter..."

"What can I do?" Wang Xifeng sighed: "I don't want to disturb the old lady, but this matter is very serious, and it's a fight between the old master and the second master. How can I stop and persuade the old lady? Just don't get too angry."

Ping'er said again: "Because of this, I almost forgot to congratulate Miss Lin."

"I'll go, you stay and take care of Brother Kui, and then look at the mansion. If the old lady gets angry, she will go to me immediately." He said: "Be generous to Sister Lin. This time Having two sons in one fell swoop, it's rare that all three of the mother and son are safe..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jia Lian had lifted the curtain and came in.

There were only Wang Xifeng and Ping'er in the room, so Jia Lian didn't shy away from it, and asked directly: "Today I went to return the Wang family's things, but Prince Zhongshun said something inexplicable to me. The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable it becomes. Our house Did you take something from someone else?"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly said: "Second master is suspicious of me? I don't even dare to take things from my natal family, so how can I collect things from other houses? Besides, the second master and I were outside for the past three years. If anyone in the house took things It must be quietly, how would I know."

Jia Lian waved his hand and said, "Of course I know it's not you. Think about it for me, who can take things?"

Wang Xifeng also learned some laws from Jia Lian, but now that accidents happen again and again, Wang Xifeng is very cautious.This time when the incident happened in Wang's house, the second aunt sent someone to deliver something, but it was not for Mrs. Wang, but she hoped that Wang Xifeng would help to keep it.Jia Lian had also told her that criminal officials' belongings could not be hidden before, and her natal family lost power again, so she asked Jia Lian, and Jia Lian hurriedly returned the things in person.No matter how much she wants to help her natal family, she is married to her husband after all, let alone she has sons and daughters, so how dare she take risks for her natal family.If things are gone, they will be gone, and her natal family will not be able to survive in the future, so she just needs to help.

She has been carefully observing Jia Lian's attitude, but fortunately, although Jia Lian is a bit more rigid, she treats her well, so she feels relieved.

Seeing Jia Lian asking her now, she almost said without thinking: "If it was really sent to hide like my natal family, it would definitely not be given to the old men, but the women in the inner house must keep it. The old lady doesn't care about things now, the government The housewife takes care of everything from the arrival of the family to the answering of the guests, our house has already been separated, if there is something to send, it will either be kept by the first wife or the second wife."

"I'll go and tell the master."

"Second Master, wait." Wang Xifeng called him: "Second Master, you have to find out who sent the things, otherwise you won't be able to say anything. Who would spit out those belongings that were swallowed for nothing?"

Jia Lian frowned and said: "If you can entrust our family to store things, you must be an old friend. An accident happened to the historian not long ago. Maybe it belongs to the historian."

"It's not like that." Wang Xifeng thought for a while, then shook his head: "Now the two wives of the historian are still living in that small house, and they don't usually come to our door. If there is really something in our house, why not come to pick it up? If you don’t want to take it, you shouldn’t be silent at all, otherwise you won’t be afraid of changes after a long time in the future? Anyway, if it’s me, I don’t worry about it.”

Jia Lian said casually, "If it's not a historian, could it be the Zhen family?"

As soon as the words were finished, the husband and wife looked at each other and thought of going to one place.

"Second Master, it might really be the Zhen family. In the past, for convenience, our family put a sum of money in the Zhen family, and the Zhen family also had money in our house. Later, part of the money was withdrawn when the mother was visiting relatives, and the other part The Eldest Master also took it back after the separation. The Zhen family’s money has not been touched, a total of 10 taels is reserved for the two girls of the Zhen family in Beijing for urgent use.”

Of these two girls from the Zhen family, one is Zhen Shun's concubine in the palace, and the other is the first concubine of Prince Ding. After the original wife passed away, the daughter of the Zhen family was remarried, so the other party is naturally qualified to use this money.Back then, the Zhen family was very close to the Jia family. Although it was not obvious from the outside, Jia's mother helped the girl of the Zhen family a lot in secret. Although Wang Xifeng didn't know it, but when Jia Yuanchun was able to become a concubine, concubine Zhen Shun also contributed. .

Jia Lian shook his head: "That sum of money was put on hold in the early years, but all the family members have such a habit, so it is not on the list of investigations. King Zhongshun is not referring to this."

"Second Master is confused. My understanding is that since the Zhen family's money was confiscated, and no one came to withdraw the money from the palace or the county prince's mansion, then the money is still in the hands of the old lady, which means that the Zhen family has always kept Jia's money. The home is the way out. If it is really like this, if the Zhen family commits a crime and wants to hide property, it will naturally be sent to our house, and it must be handed over to the old lady, but this thing may not be in the hands of the old lady!"

The more Jia Lian listened, the more confused she became: "Second Grandma, please speak clearly."

Wang Xifeng said: "Our two households have been separated in recent years. In the past, the second wife was the housekeeper in our house, and when we went out to socialize, the second wife went out to entertain guests. The Zhen family and us are old relatives. We must know a lot about our affairs, and the eldest wife must also know a little bit about her personality. Knowing this, can someone from the Zhen family want to see the old lady, can they pass through the eldest lady's hand? I am afraid that the bottom of the box will be scraped clean. The Zhen family If someone comes, it is very likely to call the second wife by name, after all, it is usually the second wife who communicates with the Zhen family, and the Zhen family hopes to hand over things to the old lady through the second wife."

There is another point that Wang Xifeng didn't mention, because Mrs. Wang came from the Wang family, and her natal family's background is here. At that time, Wang Ziteng was still a high-ranking and powerful person, so the Zhen family naturally trusted her more.Now that the Wang family has lost, it's not easy to mention the past.

When Jia Lian heard this, he immediately went to Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty was worrying about paying back the money owed to the state treasury, and when he saw Jia Lian coming, he didn't look good. After hearing what Jia Lian said, his eyes lit up, and he immediately went to Jia Zheng.

"Brother, I am also willing to share the burden for elder brother, but Mrs. Wang said that the second house has no money, so I have nothing to do." Jia Zheng thought that Jia Amnesty was here to press for money again, and complained first with a sad brow, expressing his helplessness.

Jia She interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said with a cold snort, "Second Master, I'm not talking about money, but about what your daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang, my good brother and sister did."

When Jia Zheng heard the tone, he felt bad: "What do you mean by brother?"

"Today, Lian'er returned the big boxes sent by the Wang family. Do you know the second brother? Lian'er and his wife did this in accordance with the law of the country. After all, the law of the country is strict, and hiding the belongings of criminal officials is also a crime. Our family is not like that. When father was around, it was a troubled time recently, so it is natural to be cautious. But I heard that your daughter-in-law secretly took things from the Zhen family, do you dare to say that you don't know?"

"Where did this start? I have never heard of it, Mrs. Wang, she..." Jia Zheng thought about it, Mrs. Wang really did it, and suddenly became angry, and immediately ran to Mrs. Wang to question.

Mrs. Wang was not in the room, but was in the room with Jia Mu, who was talking about Baoyu's marriage with Jia Mu.

"Old lady, Baoyu is seventeen years old, and other sons have become fathers at the age of 17, but Baoyu has no marriage. Recently, there are many things in Beijing, but I have been worried about Baoyu. I just want to see Baoyu get married early. The old lady loves I have been with Baoyu for so many years, don't you want Baoyu to make an appointment earlier and give the old lady a great-grandson in the future?"

"You still want to settle down with the Xue family?" Mother Jia looked very old after repeated blows, and her spirit was not as good as before. She was tired after not talking much every day.

"The daughter-in-law sees that Baochai is virtuous and generous, so she is very suitable to be Baoyu's daughter-in-law." Mrs. Wang said.

Jia Mu looked at her for a while, and finally sighed: "It's up to you. You are Baoyu's parents, and you are the ones who make the decisions. Since you are the daughter-in-law you chose, you can take care of everything yourself, and I don't care about it."

Mrs. Wang paused her finger holding the Buddha beads, and her chest heaved several times before suppressing the evil breath.

The old lady had said repeatedly before that she would take care of Baoyu's marriage in the future, but now she has completely changed her mind. After all, she does not want Baochai to be Baoyu's daughter-in-law.Forget it, it's just a dowry. She only has Baoyu's son, and it's not that she can't afford it. The old lady's things will always belong to Baoyu in the future.

Mrs. Wang stood up and was about to leave when Jia Zheng came in like a gust of wind. No matter what the occasion was, he didn't salute Jia's mother. He pointed at Mrs. Wang and asked, "Mrs. Did you take something from the Zhen family?"

"Second child!" Mother Jia shouted when she heard this, and ordered Yuanyang to go down and guard the door.

However, Jia Zheng said to Jia Mu with a look of indignation: "Old lady, this ignorant and stupid woman, Mrs. Wang, actually accepted a few boxes from the Zhen family. If the censor finds out about this, she must be punished." Seeing that our house hides the belongings of criminal officials, the black veil on my son's head is actually not wanted."

In the final analysis, Jia Zheng was most concerned about his officials.

Mrs. Wang naturally would not plead guilty in vain, and replied: "Where is it as serious as what the master said? I took things from the Zhen family, but our family friends often give gifts to each other, and it is the old lady. He also received one hundred thousand silver from the Zhen family."

"Ms. Wang! Why are you involving the old lady!" Jia Zheng shouted.

Mrs. Wang felt suffocated, and she replied calmly: "Isn't the master still talking about the money last night, and the master wants to transfer the money to pay back the deficit of the national treasury?"

"To shut up!"

"Okay!" Jia Mu stopped the two of them, rubbing her temples with a headache, and sighed tiredly: "You think I don't know what's going on in the mansion? Boss has a good idea this time, and the debt owed by the treasury has to be paid back." The money was not counted when the family was divided, but now I am in charge, you will pay [-] for each house, and I will pay the remaining [-]!"

"Old lady..." Mrs. Wang was willing to spit out a hundred thousand, she opened her mouth to complain.

Mother Jia glanced at her coldly: "Mr. Wang, I still have the dowry list when you married in."

Mrs. Wang was taken aback for a moment, then her face turned red, but she didn't say anything.Now her dowry is naturally different from when she married in. After all, she has saved a lot of things and money in the housekeeper of the Jia family for 20 years. If the old lady wants to check the dowry list...

The old lady made the decision, and Jia Shen acted proactively. It took only half a month to get 30 taels of silver, and Jia Shen, Jia Lian and his son sent it to the household department in person.The Minister of the Household Department is Lin Ruhai, so it is natural to avoid suspicion about this matter, and the whole process is handled by the subordinates led by two servants.

When Jia Amnesty saw Yin Zi was finally carried away, for the first time he was not distressed, but heaved a sigh of relief.He asked Lin Ruhai again: "Brother-in-law, the treasury owes money now..."

Lin Ruhai knew what he wanted to ask, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old man. You are not the first to pay back the money, and naturally you will not be the last. Although the Holy Majesty did not issue a decree, there has been a lot of movement in Beijing recently, and the old man is smart." People should know the meaning of the Holy One."

Of course I know that anyone who ransacks their home and commits crimes is charged with defaulting on the treasury. The old dandy sensed that something was wrong, so he quickly collected the money.

Mrs. Wang was reluctant to part with the money, but the old lady had spoken out, so she had no choice but to hand over the money.Since then, he has been busy with Baoyu's marriage.

It wasn't a day or two since the two families decided to invite an official media to go through the motions. After one month, the two families settled down.

Xiao Ding chose 24, although there were not many guests, it was still considered lively.

Tanchun, Xichun, Xiangyun, and Baoqin were all in the room, and Yingchun was here. Because Daiyu was in confinement, she only sent Zijuan over for a visit.Baochai is nineteen years old this year, and she has changed out of her half-new and old clothes, and put on bright and delicate dresses, her plain makeup has also been newly applied, it is bright and dazzling, just like a peony flower in full bloom.

The family knew their own family affairs, and Baochai had wasted a lot of good time because of this golden and jade marriage. Now that the marriage is finally settled, the sisters are naturally happy for her.Inside they were joking and joking, admiring Baochai's rare shyness, but suddenly they heard noise outside, which seemed to be mixed with Xia Jingui's shouting and crying.

Xue Baochai's face turned pale, thinking that Xia Jingui was making a fuss on such a day because he didn't show her face.

Tan Chunli listened by the window and felt that the sound was not right, so he ordered his servant to ask.

The servant went out for a while, and when he came back, he was full of astonishment: "A group of officers and soldiers came outside, and they couldn't help saying that they took away the lock of Mr. Xue. Mrs. Xue passed out, and the grandma of the Xue family was making a fuss. Because of the panic, I forgot Let us know inside."

The girls were startled.

Xue Baochai's face turned even paler, and she hurriedly went to see Aunt Xue without asking any other questions.

Aunt Xue has been carried back to the room, and Mrs. Wang is beside the bed. Aunt Xue was finally woken up, and she was crying to Mrs. Wang: "His sister's life is good, but he is a brother, but he got into a lawsuit somewhere. I was taken away by an official today, and I am really going to be pissed to death by this evil person."

As soon as Xue Baochai arrived at the door, a person behind her rushed up and pushed her away, and entered like a gust of wind.Xue Baochai almost fell down, but Yinger Xiangling reacted quickly and supported her left and right.

I only heard Xia Jingui and Aunt Xue say: "The uncle was taken away by the officials, but the wife should think of a way quickly. How can the uncle suffer from being in prison?"

Before Aunt Xue could speak, Mrs. Wang said displeasedly: "Which family's daughter-in-law is this? The mother-in-law is sick in bed, and the daughter-in-law doesn't come to serve her, but stands there yelling, what a disgrace!"

In Xia Jingui's rush, she forgot that Mrs. Wang was here.Although Xia Jingui is hot-tempered, he is not ignorant of current affairs. He knows that the Jia family cannot be provoked, and the second wife is not easy to get along with, so he laughed and said: "It was our uncle who had an accident that scared me, and he forgot the etiquette. I hope my wife and my in-laws will forgive me."

Aunt Xue didn't know Xia Jingui was a human being, so she didn't bother to pay attention at this time, she waved her hand and said, "You are also worried about Pan'er, that's all. You have to find out why you took the uncle away."

Mrs. Wang said at the right time: "Sister, don't worry. If there is a misunderstanding, I will ask Lian'er to find out."

"Please trouble sister." Aunt Xue instructed Tong Xi to take out 500 taels of silver from the small box and handed it to Mrs. Wang: "The answer to inquiring about the news made it impossible for my sister to pay the fee. Let Pan'er out."

"Don't worry." Mrs. Wang comforted her again before leaving.

Xia Jingui stood aside and witnessed the whole process, curled her lips, although she was dissatisfied, she didn't dare to say it in front of Mrs. Wang.It wasn't until Mrs. Wang left that Xia Jingui said in a strange way: "This is still a sister. Now that my nephew has an accident, it is my duty to help inquire about the news, but I still have the face to take the money. That's true, you are eager for Jia The relatives of the family did not pile up money, and now that their wish has finally come true, the eldest girl has finally married into the Duke's mansion, and the 5 taels of vain money is finally worthless."

"You!" Aunt Xue had never been able to speak out against Xia Jingui, and her mother-in-law's money could not restrain Xia Jingui, so there was nothing she could do, and she was so angry that she could not speak.

"Mom." At this time Xue Baochai came in, looked at Aunt Xue's situation first, and then said to Xia Jingui: "I know that my sister-in-law is worried about my brother, but my mother is sick because my brother is sick, and my sister-in-law is not waiting on the bed as a daughter-in-law." , but you shouldn’t use your guns and sticks in every sentence. Don’t say that my sister-in-law regrets marrying my brother. Although my brother was determined to marry at the beginning, my sister-in-law’s family was very willing. Then I know that my brother is a man, since he is willing to agree to the marriage, he must have taken a fancy to some of my brother's advantages, and now he should not regret it. A woman marries and obeys her husband, and she should stay with her husband for the rest of her life. The door of the family, life and death will be the people of the Xue family."

Xia Jingui didn't know which sentence to answer, and she couldn't refute it every time in the past, so she didn't bother to distinguish with her, she just laughed and said: "It's all about whose family I am, but the eldest girl asks whose family I am from? I haven’t even started the small order today, and I don’t know if I can count on it, after all, I’ve never heard of a re-doing small order.”

Xue Baochai bit her lip and let the other party walk away.

Aunt Xue also thought of this episode, and was sad for a moment: "What the hell did you do?" After crying for a while, she thought that her daughter's life was at stake, so she said to her, "Don't be afraid, my son. Discuss it with your aunt, if it doesn't sound good after all, you can only wrong my son, let's treat it as a small deal."

What can Xue Baochai do?Let the mother call the shots.