Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

After hearing Jia Lian's words, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and his son were a little shocked. They thought they knew Jia Lian very well, but they didn't expect him to reject such a beauty directly.

After persuading her several times and explaining the many benefits, Jia Lian was still unwilling to marry Second Sister You, so Jia Zhen and Jia Rong had no choice but to let it go.

Let Sister Feng know about this matter.

Jia Lian resolutely rejected the request of Jia Zhen and Jia Rong's father and son. How could Jia Lian's confidant boy not go to Sister Feng to please?He told Sister Feng in a hurry, so as to show Jia Lian's wholeheartedness to Sister Feng.Sure enough, after hearing this, Sister Feng scolded Jia Zhen and Jia Rong and his son, ordered Xiaohong to reward Zhaoer and others, and flattered Jia Lian very much that night.

Sister Feng is not a person who doesn't know what is good or bad. In the past, Jia Lian was a romantic person. She didn't want to be used in her heart. See a joke?

Therefore, facing Jia Lian's flattery, Sister Feng smiled instead.

Heng Jialian glanced at Sister Feng's eyes, and said: "I already know what's going on today. The second master has done a good job. He took the time to stay away from the father and son in that mansion. There are such people in the world who have become prostitutes by themselves. I still want to be a bustard, and find clients for that bastard, Hu Meizi! Fortunately, my eldest sister and younger sister have a lively relationship on weekdays, and secretly hurt me like this!"

Jia Lian bullied her in front of her, monkeying on her, and said with a smile, "Grandma understands my heart? If I didn't wholeheartedly want to change my past, why send Ping'er out?"

Sister Feng became more and more joyful, and she turned upside down overnight, needless to say.

The next day, after Jia Lian had greeted Jia's mother, he went to the east courtyard to greet his parents.

Now that he has a grandson, Jia Amnesty has reduced his drinking time with his young wife, but since he is a husband and lives in the east courtyard, there is no reason for him to go to the courtyard of his son and daughter-in-law. It was the last time when he was in Jia's mother's room. The grandson who came out hadn't seen him recently, so he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. As soon as Jia Lian came in, he would yell at him.

Jia Lian said helplessly: "My son would like to move here to live with the master and his wife, but the house here is narrow, and the garden has been merged into the Grand View Garden long ago. How can my son's family of four and thirty or forty children be accommodated?"

Mrs. Xing also persuaded: "Lian'er also has a son. Master, don't be like before, at least give your grandson some face."

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty calmed down a bit, recalling the important things Jia Lian said on the road last time, and said: "You are not at home to see my grandson, what are you doing here?"

Jia Lian was busy saying that there was something important to keep in mind. After hearing this, Madam Xing got up and left, taking all the servants with her.Now that Jia Lian and Sister Feng are filial and caring, they will not be helpless in old age. Although Jia Amnesty is still in a coma, Mrs. Xing has long since ignored it. Therefore, she has no intention of inquiring about the confidential matters Jia Lian wanted to talk about.

Jia Amnesty was worried, so he took Jia Lian to the study. After sitting down, he waited for the servant to bring tea and leave.

Jia Lian glanced at Jia She, and said carefully: "When a son has a son, he thinks more about things. When he was just born, the son joked with his mother, saying that this title is not as good as the previous generation. It's his turn. I don’t know how many grades I have to lower, but it’s better to imitate Master Jing and come from the imperial examination in a serious way, maybe I will honor my ancestors and add luster to my master.”

Jia Amnesty smiled when he heard this, nodded and said: "Don't look at you usually have no skills, but you can speak a few words. My grandson was born well and is as smart as Xue Tuan'er. He will definitely be better than his father in the future. !"

Jia Lian changed the subject and said, "But after checking some things, my son suddenly became disheartened."

Jia Amnesty was overjoyed, and was startled when he heard the sound. He frowned and said, "Why did you say that? What did you find out? It actually affected my grandson's examination? Hurry up and solve it. It will be too late to solve it."

Jia Lian took out a few pieces of paper from the boot tube, put them in front of Jia Amnesty, and said, "My son worshiped a gentleman, the one that Uncle Lin left for him. He is very good at these things. The gentleman said, if these things are not correct, Solving it will definitely affect the future of the grandpa and grandson, unless you can get Ron in the future, you don't have to taboo about these things, but Ron is not easy to get."

Jia Amnesty was puzzled, and flipped through it in his hands for a while, then jumped up, dropped the teacup on the table, smashed it to pieces in an instant, and said in a loud voice: "With such power in our family, are you afraid of this?" A little thing?"

Jia Lian said in a low voice: "What power does our family have? The second master's official position is humble. I don't know why. The master has always only had a title but no real shortage. Don't mention the empress in the palace. The empress has always been partial to the second master's family. She doesn't even have the ceremony. Wife, what kind of benefits are there for the Second Master's family? Instead, they will take care of our family's money and take extra care of our eldest son? If so, our elder brother will not be desolate and indifferent these days. The situation is over."

What is listed on that paper is nothing else but all kinds of bad deeds done by the people in the mansion, from Jia Amnesty to servants, or bullying men and women, or plundering, or usurping, or It's champerty lawsuits. Most of these crimes were not done by Jia Amnesty, but they will all fall on him. No matter how bad it is, it is also a fault of lax family management.

Jia Lian carefully stated behind these things what crime should be punished according to the current court regulations. Although the crime is not death, it is obvious to dismiss the noble and search the house.

Jia Lian said with a sad face again: "Three generations of ancestors were innocent before they could take the imperial examination. I'm afraid the master's grandson will be hopeless."

Jia Amnesty stared at Jia Lian with his eyes wide open, panting heavily through his mouth and nose, before he said for a long time, "Are you using this to mock your father? Accusing you of incompetence?"

Jia Lian shook his head hastily, and comforting him, he said, "If my son has such intentions, there will be a thunderbolt! My son is only looking forward to the master's well-being, so how can he dare to ridicule the master and criticize him? He just told the master what he found out. , so that the master can prevent problems before they happen. Although our family is cooking oil and flowers in full bloom, as the saying goes, when the moon is full, it will lose, and when the water is full, it will overflow. We have to leave room for retreat first."

Jia Amnesty sat back in the chair, calmed down after a long while, and said, "Nothing else is a problem. Lack of family management is not a serious crime. The only thing that matters is borrowing money. Do you think I have a good way to solve it?"

Afterwards, he said bitterly: "Nine out of ten things were not done by me, why are they all my faults?"

Jia Lian smiled wryly and said, "Who says the master is the head of the family in our mansion? Why don't you just use the name of the master when you go out with the post? Don't worry about how the second master occupies the Rongxi Hall and how he pretends to be the master. He can't be killed." As for the facts about Pinguaner, if you don’t share the post in the mansion, who would know who he is?”

Jia Amnesty heard this, and said angrily, "I knew he was a dignified person! Let him get all the good things, and you and my father and son will bear all the bad things!"

Jia Lian said softly: "My son was really shocked when he realized this. He is restless day and night."

He really didn't expect that the situation of his father and son has reached such a point. Fortunately, although he is not doing his job properly, he is not accused of dereliction of duty because of his vain job. .

Even when he was young, Jia Lian had already sent someone to smooth over the cases of taking over lawsuits.However, these few lawsuits can't be blamed on him. The yamen is really deceiving people too much. The person who litigates the lawsuit has no power to rely on, and the party who has done nothing wrong will inevitably lose his family.When someone asked for it, he ordered someone to take the post to deal with it, which happened to help the right party, and did not cover up the criminal.

In this way, there is nothing wrong with him, but Jia Amnesty is charged with crimes all over. Even though the relationship between father and son has become weaker and weaker these years, it is his old father, who is in his fifties, how can he stand by and watch him be convicted?

Removal from the world position and confiscation of the family's property is fine, and it is considered that the crime deserves it. I am afraid that Jia Amnesty will be sentenced to exile, beheading and other severe punishments.

These days, the more Jia Lian thinks about it, the more he feels that he has no ability to restore the declining trend of the building. His only wish is that the family is safe and sound. Just guarding the belongings that are going to be placed with Daiyu is enough for them to live. It's just that there is no glory and wealth. When the time comes, with Daiyu's blessing, she probably won't suffer much.

Who doesn't want to be rich and prosperous?Jia Lian also wanted to live in prosperity and honor for the rest of his life, inherit the title, and then pass it on to his son, but he thought these things in the mansion were impossible. He only thought about how to save his life without exile or beheading.

Jia Lian's main purpose is to persuade Jia Amnesty to settle the previous matter and not continue to do evil.

Jia Amnesty looked at the papers that seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and finally withdrew his anger, showing a lot of worry, and said, "How do you solve these things? Those servants are easy to handle, and then they will be sent to the yamen. Lai's family I also have a way to get the greedy property, turn it into silver and return it to the national treasury, but this idea is just a drop in the bucket, not enough to pay back. As for asking the government to pay back the money, don't think about it. If you can afford it, I can pay it back. Don’t say? It’s okay to go bankrupt, not to mention others, even I don’t want to go bankrupt, let alone the old lady and the others? Besides, they may not have so many ladders in their hands to build a garden.”

In the end, Jia Amnesty showed the grief of a strong man breaking his wrist again, and said: "I knew that the matter of the stone nerd must be blamed on me. Although I really wanted his fan, I didn't do it. I wanted to buy it with money." It turned out that Jia Yucun speculated on my intentions and made the decision without authorization. Tomorrow, I thought of a way to return the fan to the Shi family, so as to make amends, and said that I didn't know Jia Yucun would do this. "Anyway, Jia Yucun is not good, and Jia Amnesty has no guilt for putting the blame on him.

Jia Lian was secretly amused, and knew that with Jia She's character, he would indeed do these things. Fortunately, he had saved the life of the stone nerd earlier, so it was easy to solve, so he asked, "That's all. Why did the master get it from the Lai family? Get back those belongings? The master said earlier that the properties of the Lai family are all under the name of Lai Shangrong, and Lai Shangrong has long since left his native place and donated his official son to become Xinrong's family."

Jia She gave him a squinting look, and said, "If you can't do such a trivial matter, what kind of old man am I? Just wait, the time has not come yet, and when the time comes, I will take care of them in my own way. Cut off the old lady's arm."

Jia Lian asked, "Master, never thought of telling the old lady to pay off the debt together?"

Jia She sneered and said: "The old lady wants to leave things to Baoyu, how can she agree to repay the debt? Needless to say, I am afraid that all the things in the house are calculated to be given to Baoyu. I went, just asking for trouble. I I wanted to pay off the debt first, and asked the officials of the household department to go to the warehouse of our house and move it out, but think about it, what else is in the warehouse? The gold and silver accumulated over the years are long gone. Can't change 20 taels? No! When the old lady accuses me of a crime of unfilial piety, it will be a bigger crime than not paying back the money, and that is a heinous crime."

Jia Lian sighed unceasingly, he knew that Jia Amnesty was actually reluctant to use his own ladder to repay the shortfall and money owed, but when the time comes to pay back some of the money with the Lai family's property, it can be regarded as a mitigation of the crime.

According to what he found, the Lai family said that there are two or three million taels of silver in the family property, some are corrupted from the mansion, some are used to do things for others under the guise of Jia's affairs, and some are filial to the Jia family. There are so many ways to make money.Jia Lian's eyes were red with envy. He and Sister Feng's family property was only 30 to 8 taels of silver.

After more than two months, Jia Amnesty suddenly sent Mrs. Lai and Mrs. Lai and Nanny Lai to see the official, and sued Lai Shangrong together with Lai Shangrong for the crime of stealing the property of the master's family and using the power of the master's family to commit crimes. Waiting for things to prove it, it is plausible to say that based on their status as domestic slaves for several generations, how can they earn a family business of several 10 taels of silver?

Even though everyone Lai is well-known in the Rongguo Mansion, it is easy for Jia She to punish them, especially Jia She has been paying attention to them for a long time.

He acted very quickly. When suing Lai Shangrong, seeing off Mr. and Mrs. Lai, and Mrs. Lai to meet the official, he wrote a script quickly, pleaded guilty to Emperor Changtai in tears, and sincerely handed over the Lai family's property that belonged to his own family. The treasury is used to cover the deficit and silver owed by the ancestors.

According to the status of Nanny Lai and Mrs. Lai as domestic slaves of the Jia family, even though Lai Shangrong and a group of children have lost their citizenship, the origin of many properties is unknown, and it is true that a lot of money was stolen during the construction of the family-friendly villa to have the big garden today. The theft of property from the owner's house is also true, so except for the owner, [-]% of the property of the Lai family should belong to the Jia family.

Jia Lian heard that the charges against the Lai family had been settled, and he watched with amazement as officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice came to seal up the Lai family. When it is sold at the official price, Jia's family owes a total of 28 taels and 64 taels of silver, but these are things to come.

Jia amnesty didn't care about these things. When the Ministry of Criminal Justice came to seal Lai's house, he planned to go out and hide for a while to avoid the wrath of Jia's mother. After all, Lai was Jia's confidant, and Lai was also Jia's arm. He would be outraged to hear this.Before leaving, Jia Amnesty told Jia Lian that he had already written a letter and asked him to go to the Jiedushi of Pingan Prefecture, relying on the friendship between their family and the Jiedushi of Pingan Prefecture, and use his influence to do something, so as to overwhelm him. Jia Zheng.

Jia Lian was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped him: "My lord, do you still think that there are not enough crimes? Making friends with foreign officials is something we can do? Don't let us get the crimes, but there is no benefit. We have already Now that we are in such a situation, it is important to live in peace and stability, so what are you doing with these things?"

Even though Jia Lian is ignorant, he still knows what the emperor and courtiers say, how many years can the Supreme Emperor live?When the Supreme Emperor dies, the world will be the world today, so why be intimate with the Supreme Emperor's confidants?

Jia Lian is really scared, the matter before him has not been resolved, and if he mixes these matters again, is he looking for his own death?

After hearing Jia Lian's words, Jia Amnesty thought for a moment, and said indignantly, "Are you willing to be oppressed by the second child for the rest of your life? There is an old lady who is partial, and you may not be able to get her wife in the future." A penny and a half."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "So what if you are not reconciled? Our family has already been like this, and we can't redeem it. We can only lighten our own crimes quietly. Let's just wait and see, sir. We realized that the future is not good, and secretly plotted, and we have already paid back a sum of money. After all, the sage knows that the master can't be the master at home. The second master and the second wife don't know anything about it, and blindly indulge in the glory brought by the empress. When that day comes, the crime may not be lighter than us .”

Jia She clapped her hands and said: "Then I'll just wait! I've made a plan. When the old lady is gone, I won't divide the family. If the family is divided, I will be charged with the crimes of being short and owed money. Why? If you want to be convicted, pull them together!"

Before he could say a word, he heard the young man say that Jia Mu had got the news, and Jia Amnesty hurriedly packed up and set off.

Jia Amnesty had a title on him, so he couldn't leave Beijing without purpose, so he just left Jia's house and hid in the home of an old friend in the capital who had a similar taste.

Jia Lian also didn't want to face Jia Mu, so he rode out of the city for a while, and suddenly saw a group of miserable people coming from that side. The master and servant who supported each other were none other than Xue Pan, who went out to do business after being beaten last year, and his servants.

Jia Lian jumped off his horse, stepped forward and said, "Brother Xue, what's the matter with you?"

Seeing him, Xue Pan burst into tears, took his hand and said, "My dear brother, I finally met my relatives. You don't know how much I have endured all this way. I thought I would never go back to the capital to see my relatives again." .”

After Jia Lian inquired carefully, he learned that Xue Pan set off from Jiangnan in the early spring of this year, intending to return to the capital. They had sold a lot of goods, such as paper stick incense fans, etc., and did not want to go to the border of Ping'an Prefecture, but they encountered a group of robbers. Xue Pan lost a large amount of property and injured them, Xue Pan had never suffered such a kind of suffering, it was extremely miserable.

Jia Lian couldn't help but laugh, and said: "Your family has businesses all over the world. You were robbed and you just came back like this? Didn't you think that you would go to your shops to ask for help? Why bother to travel across mountains and rivers? It's not decent."

Xue Pan patted his thigh and said angrily, "Take a picture, why didn't I think of it?"

His servants and servants curled their lips. They had proposed such an idea, but Xue Pan was born stupid, and felt that he lost face. Under the rage, he couldn't listen to a word, and no one mentioned it after the scolding, but he didn't know that Going back to Beijing is even more shameless.Therefore, these people relied on Xue Pan and each of them to pawn a few accessories on their bodies, and returned to the capital with the caravan from the capital, but they separated at the fork in the road, and the caravan returned home first and did not enter the city.

Jia Lian sent him into the city, Xue Pan didn't go back to Rongguo Mansion first, but went to the shop, each of them tidied up, then begged Jia Lian to help cover up, asked him to borrow money, and spent a few days buying paper-tied incense fans from other places and selling them. Nanhuo and other things, pretending to go home in a hurry.