[Red Mansions] The big maid struggles daily

Jia Zheng knelt aside and heard it, almost out of his wits.Even the king of Beijing County was taken aback, and they all looked at the battle.

The Fanyituan started, and continued: "It's absolutely true, there are prohibited items in the Zhen family's private possession."

The official of the Jinyi Mansion said: "What is forbidden?"

The King of Beijing County also said: "Is it used by the original Banjin and the noble concubine?" As for the so-called exploitation of profiteering, the King of Beijing County didn't know the reason, and it was difficult for Jia Zheng to excuse it.

Fan Yi circled his thumb and index finger, and gestured: "I report to the lord, that's not the case. There are such a big oriental pearl in it, which is held in a gold box, and there are twenty pieces! The humble officials dare not move it, even a box It's sealed together, just wait for the adults to send a registrar to check and check with us."

"Dongzhu!"

The King of Beijing saw a circle circled by two fingers in that battle, such a big Dongzhu, I am afraid it is nearly twice as heavy.Let alone a noble concubine, even the Queen of the Central Palace cannot match such a specification of Dongzhu.

Because Dongzhu is produced in the cold northern region, it is not easy to harvest, so Daqing still follows the old rules of the previous dynasty: Dongzhu is used exclusively by the royal family, princes, nobles, etc., and is ranked according to size and number.There are very strict rules on the number of grades of Dongzhu used in each grade.Only emperors, empress dowagers, and empresses can wear Dongzhu Chaozhu. Even if the rest are as valuable as princes and princes, it is a serious crime to dare to use Dongzhu Chaozhu without authorization.This time, the Jia family actually copied out the Dongzhu they had privately kept, and the crime of arrogance and contempt cannot be escaped.

The magistrate of the Jinyi Mansion hurriedly appointed an honest and seasoned official, and five trustworthy confidantes, and ordered him to go to the register together.It was common for the leaders of the Jinyi Mansion to confiscate their homes, and there were rules of rewards and punishments. One of them was related to the amount of furniture confiscated by each team. The more confiscated the team was, the more rewards they would get.This service came spontaneously to ask important people for instructions, and seeing that the Shangguan ordered five more, there was no dissatisfaction on his face, which was enough to show that there was a lot of property hidden in the secret room, so this service was not worried about dividing the reward.

King Beijing rested his hands on his knees and sighed, unable to speak for Jia Zheng any more.

The officer looked at Jia Zheng, who was sweating profusely, and said with a sneer, "What a clean man, but his family is not rich? I'm afraid this is just one of them, maybe there is still a dark room!" Then he ordered another five cities to be transferred. Soldiers, digging around Rongfu.

Just after giving the order, two servants pressed Jia Baoyu to the hall.The officer said with a smile: "I said who is missing, this is all."

It turned out that during the chaos just now, because of Jia Baoyu's habit of avoiding Jia Zheng's stick all the year round, his first reaction was to flee to Jia's mother's courtyard when something happened, but he ran out from behind in a hurry.He ran to Rongqing Hall stiffly, only then did he realize what had happened, but there were tigers and wolves all over the outside, he didn't dare to go out, so he had to sit in his own room in Dongkua courtyard.

"When Xiaozhi found this person, he was sitting in the inner room and weeping. When we took him, we never refused to escape, but we were even more dumbfounded, like a fool. Please learn from me, we never beat him."

Wang Shuirong of Beijing had a very good relationship with Baoyu. When he saw that his hair was disheveled, his face was haggard, and he was as dumb as a wooden chicken, he was very different from what he used to be. , I have never cared about family affairs. These things have nothing to do with him, so why make it difficult for him."

Although the official from Jinyi Mansion is not the highest-ranking official, he has a lot of authority. Moreover, he is also from a clan, and he has always been at odds with Shui Rong, so he looks down on such a bloodless man.Hearing this, he said: "The lord ordered the prince to have a general overview, but it is the responsibility of Jinyi Mansion to confiscate the house and imprison the prisoner. We are deeply favored by the king, and we dare not act favoritism and negligence. The prince ordered to treat the female family members leniently, and the lower officials dare not refuse." From now on, this Jia Baoyu is Ding Nan, and he should be imprisoned, so there is no reason for embarrassment."

Shui Rong couldn't solve it, so he had to order all the male members of the Jia family who were kneeling on their heads to be moved to another room to guard them.

The official said: "It's okay for others, but Jia Zheng needs to be here and needs to be questioned."

The secret room where the stolen property was hidden was dug out from his main room, it was justified to keep him in front of the hall, Shui Rong pondered for a while, then nodded in agreement with the officer's words.Yin said to Jia Zheng: "Now that the property of Zhen's family has been copied out and borrowed coupons at high interest, I wonder if there is something inappropriate elsewhere? Mr. Zheng must not have any hidden words. Say it as soon as possible, so as not to add guilt to himself."

Jia Zheng's face was full of tears, and he met and agreed: "The prisoner dare not again. Although these things were copied in the prisoner's room, the prisoner really didn't know about it. Please learn from me, my lord."

The officer sneered and said, "Since you know it was copied from your house, how dare you say you don't know?"

Little did they know that at this moment, Jia Zheng's deep hatred and regret were far greater than others.He remembered that in the past, when he spent a lot of money to buy elegant calligraphy and paintings, he always asked the merchants to take the silver from the house. Because he didn't want his elder brother Jia She to criticize him, he ordered his long follower to tell the shopkeeper, and only asked his wife in their second room. Can.Every few hundred or thousands of silver, his wife never shirks hesitation, Jia Zheng is very grateful for this, and when he thinks about it occasionally, he also says that the Wang family's escort is generous.From the bottom of his heart, he thought that his wife was in charge of the house, and there was some oil and water, which was also a natural law, and he never looked into it.But who would have expected that the Wang family would be so bold that they would exploit and usury, and dare to hide the property of criminals.

Jia Zheng dared to be guilty and felt wronged, so he didn't dare to express his grievances in court.

The king of Beijing Jing had a look of impatience on his face. He wanted to take Jia Zhengzhi as a man, but he really didn't know it.It's just that I failed to intercede many times before, and it's really hard to say it now.

It wasn't until the sun was setting and the soldiers of Jinyi Mansion and Wucheng soldiers lit the torches that the belongings of the whole mansion were moved and registered.The family assets of the Rong Mansion and the possessions of Mrs. Wang's secret room were registered in separate volumes, and the property deed papers, family documents, etc. were checked repeatedly before they were inherited one by one.

When King Beijing and the official of the Jinyi Mansion looked at it, they saw that the Rong Mansion's family wealth book was not much thicker than the secret room record book, and both of them were somewhat surprised.

The official in charge of registration reported back: "The account books of the Charong Mansion have been empty for a long time. There are only 100 silver in the treasury, 4000 taels of gold, and [-] taels of money. The valuables in the public treasury There are also very few, and a few antiques are still fakes. There are still many short positions in the account, and according to calculations, we owe [-] taels."

The officer frowned, not believing it, but the account book was very detailed, and besides the deficit in the general ledger and the public treasury, each house had a lot of good things, which were converted into silver, which was considered a rich family.Yin Xiang Beijing smiled and said: "Their family is very different from ordinary mansions. They all benefit from public wealth and private interests, and the property in the official house is not as good as that owned by a house. This official has little knowledge. I have been walking in Jinyi Mansion for many years, but I really saw it for the first time. This kind of situation."

After a sneer, he picked up the book of the secret room to look at it again, even though the officer had ransacked the house several times, his eyes widened in shock.The property recorded in this book includes 500 liang of pure gold alone, [-] silver ingots, [-] pieces of jade and jewelry, and even a two-foot coral tree, which is really shocking.

"The property of the entire family is less than a tenth of the property that the Jia Wang family has hidden. Fortunately, this woman is not a man, otherwise she will be a huge moth to the country. Not to mention the crime of hiding stolen goods and exploiting her, it is already a crime of the people. Scourge!"

Shui Rong looked at the account book and remained silent.

When Jia Zheng heard it, it was like another thunderbolt. At this time, he didn't care about his face, and hurriedly begged: "Your Majesty, I am worthy of the ancestors of the world. I never dared to think of being greedy for money. Because of official affairs, all The family affairs are entrusted to the lowly family and the servants are in charge. The prince knows that my family has treated the servants the most leniently since the ancestors. It is really unexpected that the servants are bluffing and defrauding, bullying and lending money. The family is unfortunate. The crime should be accepted, but it is definitely not what I ordered it to do, this crime is too serious, the offender can't bear it! I also ask the prince to report to His Majesty on behalf of the guilty minister."

Seeing that he was avoiding important matters and neglecting important matters, the officer only talked about slaves and seldom talked about Mrs. Wang, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "As far as you are concerned, you don't even know what's going on in your own house, let alone what's going on in your house. You're confused. At this point, why cry for injustice!"

He shook the account book again, and said with a sneer: "In your study and concubine's house, there are precious calligraphy, paintings and antiques all over the place. You can calculate how much you put them together. It can be seen that although you didn't notice it, you didn't delay enjoying it. You have already enjoyed it. This blessing, then you should bear it. Push it all on the female relatives, but you are still a seven-foot man, it really shames my generation!"

Jia Zheng's face turned pale with embarrassment.The officer suddenly seemed to remember something after speaking, ignored him, just looked through the account book, and after a long while, suddenly laughed: "I was almost negligent, and asked this old lady to cheat me, it really is Chen Jiang!"

The king of Beijing Jing was called the manager, and his duties were, so he should inquire, because he said, "What else?"

The official of the Jinyi Mansion turned over the account book to Rongqing Hall, asked Shui Rong to read it, and said with a smile, "Did the lord see it?"

Shui Rong looked at the registration entries, the Jade Shou Buddha, the engraved gold eight-treasure screen, the gloomy wooden crutches, the jade bowl and the gold teaspoon, etc. were all carefully entered, and he wondered: "The old Fengjun is the wife of the country, these things are not too much. .”

The officer laughed and said, "It's not just an exaggeration, it's really not enough for the poor and widowed! The prince naturally thinks it's quite rich just looking at the list, as if a grandmother in a family should have it, but think about it. The mistress of the house when Tang Jin was a horse, and she was born in the Hou Mansion of "Efang Palace, three hundred miles away, can't live in a history of Jinling". It can be said that she has experienced several of the most glorious times. What about the old lady in the mansion? I heard earlier that this old man offered a reward of 1 taels to his grandson to beg an expert in the downtown area, what a waste of money, which is very inconsistent with the recorded private wealth!"

"It can be seen that this old man is very scheming, and he may have hidden it."

Shui Rongqi said: "The old matriarch is not responsible for any crimes, and besides, she is old, so you can just confiscate them all, don't you dare to be disrespectful, and you will not be able to interrogate the old man!"

The officer said solemnly: "I don't dare to interrogate. It's just that I'm afraid there may be something wrong with the hidden property. I still need to find it out." of.

Jia Zheng was terrified, and only then did he realize that the raid on the house was premeditated, and that the Jin Yi Mansion even got to know the details of his own house.

Lai everyone was weeping and crying, but she just said that she didn't know, she said: "My mother-in-law used to be the old lady's companion, and it's been a long time since I told the old lady to settle the matter. I just remember the kindness of the old master, so I'm still helping in the mansion. The women's family has nothing to do with these things, so I ask the officials to check clearly and let us go out."

The servants of Jinyi Mansion hurriedly checked the family documents of Rong Mansion, and it turned out that there were no deeds from Lai Da, Lai everyone and his daughter-in-law, but Lai Nanny's deeds were still there.This is because Nanny Lai knew that Mother Jia had too many secrets, so Mother Jia kept her body deed alone, and did not put it together with other servants.When Lai Da stole the deed, he failed to find out his mother's, so he could only steal his own house, took Jia Zheng's note, and quietly went to the yamen to cancel his registration.

Mother Jia just woke up in the small room. When she heard about this, she was so out of breath that she rolled her eyes and passed out again.

Just listen to the old man of Jinyi Mansion outside saying: "If it's not a slave, then it's an accomplice! Lock it up and bring it back to the mansion for interrogation!"

Lai Da's family kowtowed and begged for mercy, crying into a ball.

Sister Feng heard it from inside, and took a quick look at Feng'er, Yuanyang, Hu Po, etc., thinking that at this time, she couldn't mention that these good girls were all released civilians, and she felt great hatred.

Soldiers from the five cities dug up the land of Rongguo Mansion, but did not find the second secret room.The officer thought to himself that the Jinyi Mansion has the responsibility to supervise all officials, if the property is secretly transported out, such a large amount of gold and silver treasures, how could it not attract the attention of the servants stationed everywhere, I am afraid that the morning newspaper will come up.But the mansion didn't make such a notification, so it must still be hidden in the mansion.Although these nobles have gone down the road, they have prospered in the end, if there are a few secret rooms hidden somewhere, it is not certain.

"Really checked everything in detail?"

The leader of the five city soldiers sent an official to reply: "My lord, I have checked everything carefully. Even the room where the female relatives are now, our mothers have used a shovel to explore."

The officer pondered for a long time, and then asked: "Have you also investigated the provincial family courtyard named Daguanyuan in this mansion?"

The official was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "That's not true, it's just that it's a place for the nobles to enjoy themselves, and the lower officials dare not rush and destroy it."

The officer said angrily: "Idiot! Idiot! You don't dare to rush, why don't you report to me? I know, I will naturally go inside to ask for orders! You know, if you didn't investigate but didn't report, we really let it go, and the incident will happen tomorrow. , everyone today will be punished for dereliction of duty!"

After finishing speaking, he asked Shui Rong, and said: "My lord, we should also return the order to the Lord, if there is any delay, the palace gate will be locked."

Shui Rong didn't say anything else, and asked Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang to be guarded separately, and the rest were still enclosed in each house, and then they got on the sedan chair and went out.

Jia Zheng was so limp that he couldn't even kneel down to see him off.

When the lights were on that day, Zhan's mansion also welcomed two "uninvited guests", but it was Xiaohong who came to vote quietly alone with her baby in her arms.

When Zhu Xiu found out, the carriage that sent them had left for half a minute.

Xiaohong tied her head with a cloth scarf, without any makeup on her body, knelt down in the hall and said: "The Duke's mansion has been raided, and the second master and second grandmother are trapped inside. It's a bad omen. The second grandmother felt something bad earlier, Thousands of words, 'If there is any emergency, I will entrust my brother to you'. I also ask my wife to take me in!"

Even though Zhu Xiu had a big heart, she couldn't help but get angry, and said sullenly: "You guys have the idea of ​​'cutting first and playing later', and considering the matter to this point, I can't refuse it!"

The carriage was going so fast, Zhu Xiu couldn't believe that only Xiaohong came all the way from the suburbs with Wang Xifeng's son in her arms, there must be a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who pressed the carriage.I was just afraid that my family would not take them in, so I left this hot potato and ran away in a hurry, afraid that my family would let them come back as they were.

Xiaohong also knew that Sister Feng was not kind in this matter, so she cried: "Our grandma said that she was indeed plotting to cheat you. But if there is no other way, grandma will not come up with such a plan. You know, Rongfu ransacked the house, we are Hiding on the other farm, but there is no reliance, and it is not safe there. Even if the tenants are honest, everyone knows that it is our grandma’s dowry. , I can only rely on your family's protection. I just wait until the upper and lower levels are settled over there. No matter whether the second master and grandma are busy or not, they will not be imprisoned like this. Even if we are sentenced to exile, we can still follow grandma In the future, the whole family will live in one place. Only during this time, please leave us alone, as long as the hair is down, we will leave immediately!"

"Brother is less than a hundred days old, no amount of guilt can be blamed on him. Grandma also released me. We came here secretly, and the people who sent them are safe. When they go back, they will be scattered everywhere as good citizens. It won't bring trouble to your family."

Speaking of this, how can Zhu Xiu refuse, besides seeing the small ball in Xiaohong's arms, thinking of Brother Ji inside, she can't help but feel soft-hearted, which makes Xiaohong up.

Asked Brother Gui to come and see, because he asked, "Have you already named it? Jia Gui?"

Xiaohong hurriedly replied: "Yes, grandma once dreamed of a very lush osmanthus tree, so she wanted to name my brother 'Gui', the second master couldn't help it, and he also thought the word osmanthus was good, so he named it. Then he whispered: "Brother Gui is too young, the second master deliberately suppressed him, and he hasn't entered the genealogy yet."

Thinking of her elder sister, Zhu Xiu hurriedly asked: "You brought Brother Gui to vote here, what about your eldest sister, is it still in the village, and Ping'er is looking after her?"

Xiaohong smiled wryly: "Sister Ping is the second master's housemate, even if she let go of the deed, she can't get away from her. Besides, when the second grandma goes back, sister Ping doesn't follow, wouldn't it be suspicious, sister Ping is also arrested in that mansion now It looks like it. Don't worry about your annoyance, our grandma has resorted to two tricks, one for you and one for the aunt. The eldest sister was sent to the side of the aunt. She is a niece, and she followed what her aunt said. "

Zhu Xiu didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, this sister Wang Feng, for the sake of her daughter and son, also tried her best.

I had to call a nanny, two nuns and two maids to take care of Brother Gu Gui with Xiaohong.

After more than half an hour, Yingchun sent a close nanny to speak, and the nanny apologized in every possible way, because she said: "It has nothing to do with your family, and our grandma didn't expect Second Mistress Lian to act like this. You here It's inconvenient, our grandma told Brother Gui to take it over, and she will take care of it."

Zhu Xiu asked her to have tea, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Second Grandma Lian's actions are unexpected, but she is still careful, and besides, those things have nothing to do with Brother Gui, please rest assured your grandma. The nanny and mother here are both It's ready-made, if you take it back, how will you raise your brother, it doesn't have to attract attention."

The nanny was very grateful, and Zhu Xiuyin said: "Nowadays, the government is clear and bright, and you can't pretend to be guilty or innocent. Like the Zhen family, the innocent women and children were finally released. I want to come to Lian's second master and Lian's second mistress It should be the same, so your grandma can rest assured." When the Zhen family members were released, all their property was confiscated, and those women and children lived in high esteem for many years, and once they had to live in poverty, it was a hundred times more difficult than the poor families who had always been impoverished. Not so good.But Sister Feng is different from them, Zhu Xiu believes that she must be cunning, even if her family is confiscated and dismissed, as long as she is safe, they can live a prosperous life.

"I just found out that not only the Ningrong and Rongfu were raided today, but the family of the ruling stallion was also reprimanded. If you don’t want to cause turmoil, you must deal with it as soon as possible, and I’m afraid the matter will be resolved in a few days. Tell your grandma what I said, and we’ll just wait behind closed doors.”