Just after the funeral of the Wang family, there was a lot of silence inside and outside the house, and suddenly a lot of officers and soldiers came one day to surround the Wang family up and down into an iron bucket. The little servants in front of the gate of the Wang family were paralyzed with fright when they saw this, especially when they saw the person walking down from the sedan chair, their faces were even more gray - loyal to the prince!

In the past, the reputation of the prince of Zhongshun was not good, mostly because he raised small dramas, and often relied on the identity of the prince to do some wandering things, but in this year, the name of the prince of Zhongshun was even louder. In the past, the Nan'an Wangfu copied the house, the historian copied the house, and the officials who led the errand were all loyal to the prince, these are the prince's mansions, and only the identity of the loyal prince and the living scene of the town, so now the four words "Zhongshun Wangye" are synonymous with copying the family.

The prince of Zhongshun saw the faces of the people of the royal family who were like mourning, the appearance was stern and cold, but his eyes flashed with schadenfreude. King Zhongshun, who loves to raise small dramas, likes to watch dramas very much, not only referring to the plays on the stage, but also loving the big and small dramas played by real people, which is interesting.

When the king entered the king's house, the men of the king's house were already kneeling in the main hall waiting for the decree.

In the back house, Tao heard the movement in front of him, and secretly rejoiced that he had transferred his finances earlier, even if his home was copied, he would be able to regain his vitality with capital in the future. As everyone knows, she sent her henchmen to send a few large boxes to Jia's house overnight, but she couldn't enter the door of Jia's house at all.

Prince Zhongshun glanced at things, glanced at Jia Lian, and seemed to smile: "Second Master Lian is so disregarding relatives, I remember that the Wang family and your Jia family are very close." ”

In the face of the loyal and obedient king, Jia Lian could only smile and be humble: "Hiding the property of the offender is also a big crime, and at the moment of national law, as an official of the imperial court, how can the subordinate officials ignore the law and secretly favor their personal feelings." ”

At the beginning, King Zhongshun and Jia Lian walked all the way, knowing that this Jia Lian had been trained very tactfully in Honglu Temple, so he didn't gossip with him, waved his hand and said: "This king is ordered to do an errand, Jia Shaoqing left without anything, and the king of the east and west accepted it." At the end, somehow he said, "You have returned what you have here, but you can't understand what you have here." ”

Jia Lian was puzzled for a moment and wanted to ask, but the prince of Zhongshun had turned around and left.

The more Jia Lian thought about it on the way back, the more wrong it became, and as soon as he returned home, he went to ask Wang Xifeng. Before I saw the yard, I saw a few little girls chattering in one place, and they all ran away when they saw him coming. When I entered the courtyard, I listened to Sister Feng and Ping'er talking through the curtain.

But I heard Wang Xifeng say: "The second wife is planning to mess around, insisting that the two rooms have been separated, and she refuses to give out the money whether she lives or dies, and the eldest lord is not convinced, and he refuses to count all the arrears on the head of the big house, this will make the son quarrel with the second master." I don't think it's going to come to any effect. Don't look at the second master ignoring the chores, what is not clear in his heart? In the past, when there was no separation, the expenses of the second master's study were very large, and it was a clear guest, and it was calligraphy, painting, brush and ink, and a month was less than three or four hundred taels, and the second master was just a mouth, and the second wife went directly to the public account. At that time, the eldest man saw it in his eyes, and his heart was not so expensive for the second room, so it was only a little wife's collection for a while, according to his statement, he didn't spend it and the second room was spent. Nowadays, the treasury owes hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and if it has to be sold in a big house, isn't the old man in pain? I think I'm going to get the old lady into trouble for a while. ”

Since Wang Ziteng was gone, somehow the eldest lord remembered that there was a deficit in several crimes of raiding the house, and his heart was very unsteady, so he made a fuss about paying off the treasury debt.

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

"What's the solution?" Wang Xifeng sighed: "I don't want to alarm the old lady, but this matter is very big, and it is the fighting method of the eldest master and the second master, how can I stop and persuade it." I hope the old lady doesn't get too angry. ”

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

"I'll go for a trip, you stay and take care of Brother Kui'er, and then look at the house, if the old lady is angry, go to me immediately." He also said, "The courtesy for Sister Lin is thicker." This time, I got two sons in one fell swoop, and it's rare that the three mothers and sons are safe......"

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

There were only two Wang Xifeng and Ping'er in the house, Jia Lian didn't shy away from it, and asked directly: "Today, I went to return the things of the Wang family, and the prince of Zhongshun said something inexplicable to me, and the more I thought about it, the more unpleasant it became." Have we received anything from anyone else in our house? ”

Wang Xifeng hurriedly said: "Second master, is this suspicious of me?" I don't even dare to accept my mother's things, how can I accept other people's things? Besides, the second master and I were outside for the past three years, and if anyone in the house received something, it must be quiet, and how would I know. ”

Jia Lian waved his hand and said, "I naturally know it's not you." You help me think, who can take things? ”

Wang Xifeng also learned some laws with Jia Lian, but now that there are accidents one after another, Wang Xifeng is very cautious. This time the incident happened to the Wang family, and the second aunt sent someone to send something, but it was not for Mrs. Wang, but hoped that Wang Xifeng would help collect it. Jia Lian had also told her that the offender's property could not be hidden, and her mother's family had lost her power again, so she asked Jia Lian, and Jia Lian hurriedly returned the things in person. She has the heart to help her mother's family, but in the end, she is married to her husband, and she has children and daughters, how dare she take risks for her mother's family. If the things are gone, they will be gone, and her mother's family will not be able to live in the future, so she will just help some.

She has been carefully observing Jia Lian's attitude, but fortunately, although Jia Lian is a little stiffer, she is relieved when she is fine.

Seeing Jia Lian ask her at this time, she said almost without thinking: "If it is really like my mother's family to send something to hide, it will definitely not be given to the masters, it must be collected by the ladies of the house." The old lady doesn't care about things now, and the people in the house come to the guest to reply and other things are handled by the wife in charge, our house has already been divided, if there is really something to send, either the eldest lady will receive it or the second wife. ”

"I'll go tell the master."

"Second master, wait." Wang Xifeng called him: "Second master, you must find out whose things are sent, otherwise you can't say anything, swallow those belongings for nothing, who is willing to spit them out lightly?" ”

Jia Lian frowned and said: "If you can entrust it to our family to collect things, it must be an old friend, not long ago the Shi family had an accident, maybe it is the Shi family's things." ”

"Not really." Wang Xifeng thought for a while and shook his head: "Now the two wives of the Shi family still live in that small mansion, and they usually don't come to our door, if there is really something in our house, how can they not come to pick it up?" Even if you don't take it, you shouldn't have no movement at all, otherwise you won't be afraid of changes after a long time in the future? Anyway, if it were me, I wouldn't be at ease. ”

Jia Lian said casually: "If it's not the Shi family, could it be the Zhen family?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the husband and wife looked at each other and thought of one place.

"Second master, it may really be the Zhen family. In the past, for convenience, our family put a sum of silver in the Zhen family, and the Zhen family also had silver in our family, and later our family's silver was withdrawn when the mother was in the province, and the other part of the eldest man was also taken back after the separation. The Zhen family's silver has not been touched, a full 100,000 taels, which is reserved for the two Zhen family girls in Beijing for urgent use. ”

These two Zhen family girls, one is Zhen Shun's concubine in the palace, and the other is the original wife of the king of Dingjun. The Zhen family and the Jia family were very close back then, although they couldn't see it on the surface, but Jia's mother secretly helped the Zhen family girl, although Wang Xifeng didn't know, but Jia Yuanchun was able to seal the concubine back then, and Zhen Shun Concubine also helped.

Jia Lian shook his head: "That amount of silver was put aside in the early years, but if some big families have such a habit, they are not investigated." This is not what the king of Zhongshun is referring to. ”

"The second master is confused, my consciousness is that since the Zhen family's silver has not been confiscated, and no one has even come to the palace or the county palace to withdraw the silver, then this silver is still in the hands of the old lady, which shows that the Zhen family has always regarded the Jia family as a back road. If this is the case, if the Zhen family makes a mistake and wants to hide their property, it will naturally be sent to our house, and it will be handed over to the old lady, but this thing may not reach the old lady! ”

The more Jia Lian listened, the more confused he became: "Second grandma, you said it clearly." ”

Wang Xifeng said: "Our two-room separation is a matter of recent years, in the past, our house was the second wife's housekeeper, going out to socialize, and the second wife went out to entertain everyone who came to visit, and the Zhen family and we are old relatives, so we must know a lot about our affairs, and the eldest wife's temperament must also know a little." Since you know this, someone from the Zhen family wants to see the old lady, can you get through the hand of the eldest lady? I'm afraid that the bottom of the box will have to be scraped clean. If someone from the Zhen family comes, it is very likely that they will see the second wife by name, after all, it is usually the second wife who communicates with the Zhen family, and the Zhen family hopes that the second wife will hand over the things to the old lady. ”

There is another point that Wang Xifeng did not mention, because Mrs. Wang is from the Wang family, and her mother's family background is here, and Wang Ziteng was still a high and powerful person at that time, and the Zhen family naturally trusted him more. Now that the royal family has been defeated, it is not good to mention the situation of the old days.

When Jia Lian got this, he immediately went to find Jia Yu.

Jia Yu was worried about repaying the treasury debt, and he didn't have a good face when he saw Jia Lian coming, but after listening to what Jia Lian said, his eyes lit up, and he immediately went to find Jia Zheng.

"Big brother, I am also willing to share for the eldest brother, but the Wang family said that there is no silver in the second room, and I am helpless." Jia Zheng thought that Jia Yu was here to urge the silver again, so he sighed and complained first, saying that he couldn't help.

Jia Yu interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and snorted coldly: "Second master, I'm not talking about silver, but about your daughter-in-law Wang, my good brother and sister did." ”

Jia Zheng felt bad when he heard this tone: "What does the eldest brother mean by this?" ”

"Today, Lian'er returned a few big boxes sent by the Wang family, second brother, do you know? 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 it is also a crime to hide the property of the offender. Our family is not like when my father was here, and it has been an eventful time recently, so we should naturally be cautious. But I heard that your daughter-in-law secretly received things from the Zhen family, do you dare to say that you don't know? ”

"W-Where does this begin? I haven't heard of it, Wang's she, she ......" Jia Zheng thought about it, Wang really did it, and his heart suddenly became angry, and he immediately ran to Wang to question.

Mrs. Wang was not in the room, but in the room of Jia's mother, and was talking to Jia's mother about Baoyu's family affairs.

"Old lady, Baoyu is seventeen years old, and other sons have become fathers at the age of seventeen, but Baoyu has no family affairs. Recently, there have been a lot of things in Beijing, but I have been worried about Baoyu, and I just want to see Baoyu get married as soon as possible. The old lady has been hurting Baoyu for so many years, doesn't she want Baoyu to talk about her family earlier and give the old lady a great-grandson in the future? ”

"You still want to settle on the Xue family?" Jia Mu looked very old under the repeated blows, and she was not as energetic as before, and she was tired after not saying much every day.

"The daughter-in-law looks at Baochai as virtuous and generous, which is very suitable for Baoyu's daughter-in-law." Mrs. Wang said.

Mother Jia looked at her for a while, and finally sighed: "Whatever you want, you are Baoyu's parents, and you are in charge." Since you are the daughter-in-law you chose, you should take care of everything yourself, and I don't care about it. ”

Mrs. Wang slammed her fingers, and her chest rose and fell several times before she suppressed the evil breath.

The old lady had repeatedly said that she would pay for Baoyu's marriage in the future, but now she has completely changed her words, in the end, she doesn't want Baochai to be Baoyu's daughter-in-law. It's just a dowry, she is just a son of Baoyu, and she can't afford it, the old lady's things will always be Baoyu's in the future.

Mrs. Wang stood up and just wanted to leave, when Jia Zheng came in like a gust of wind, and no matter what the occasion, he didn't salute Jia's mother, and pointed at Mrs. Wang and asked: "Wang, let me ask you, did the Zhen family send you something?" Did you accept something from the Zhen family? ”

"Dick!" When Jia Mu heard that this was such a thing, she shouted loudly and ordered the mandarin duck to go down and guard the door.

Jia Zheng said to Jia's mother with an indignant face: "Old lady, the ignorant stupid woman of the Wang family actually received a few boxes sent by the Zhen family. ”

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

Mrs. Wang naturally would not admit the accusation in vain, and replied: "Where is there such a strict zhòng as the old man said? I received things from the Zhen family, but our two families have made friends in the world, and there are many times to give gifts to each other, that is, the old lady still receives 100,000 silver from the Zhen family. ”

"Wang! What are you doing with the old lady! Jia Zheng shouted.

Mrs. Wang felt breathless, and replied lightly: "Didn't the lord still talk about this money last night, didn't the lord want to transfer the money to pay off the deficit in the treasury?" ”

"Shut up!"

"That's it!" Jia Mu stopped the two, rubbed her sideburns with a headache, and sighed tiredly: "You think I don't know about the things in the house?" The boss's idea this time is good, and the treasury has to pay back the debt. I didn't count this amount of money when I split up the family, but now it's up to me to decide, you will pay 100,000 yuan for one room, and I will pay for the remaining 100,000 yuan! ”

"Old lady...... "Where is Mrs. Wang willing to spit out 100,000 yuan, she wants to complain when she opens her mouth."

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

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red, and she didn't say anything after all. Now her dowry is naturally different from when she married in, in the end, she has been in the Jia family's housekeeper for one or two decades, and she has saved a lot of money, if the old lady wants to make a dowry list......

The old lady made the decision, and Jia Yu acted actively, and it only took half a month to make up 300,000 taels of silver, which was personally sent to the household by Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian's father and son. The head of the household is Lin Ruhai, and this matter naturally has to avoid suspicion, and this matter is handled by the two waiters leading the subordinates.

Jia Yu saw that the silver was finally carried away, and for the first time he was not distressed, but relieved. He asked Lin Ruhai again: "Brother-in-law, now this treasury owes ...... silver."

Lin Ruhai knew what he wanted to ask, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old man, you are not the first to repay the silver, and naturally you are not the last." Although the saint has not made a clear decree, there has been a lot of movement in Beijing recently, and the eldest master is a smart person, so he should know what the saint means. ”

Of course I know, but all those who rob their homes and commit crimes are accused of defaulting on the treasury silver, which is a clear wake-up call to those who do not pay back the money owed by each family, so that even Jia Yu, an old gentleman who never goes to court and eats and waits for death, smells that something is wrong, and quickly makes up the silver.

Mrs. Wang was reluctant to give up the silver, but the old lady had said everything, how dare she disobey, so she had to give the silver out. Since then, he has been busy with Baoyu's family affairs.

The two families did not intend to do it for a day or two, so they invited an official media to go through the motions, and the two families made a small decision after a month.

The small selection is at the twenty-fourth, although there are not many guests, it is still lively.

Tanchun, Xichun, Xiangyun and Baoqin were all accompanied in the room, Yingchun also came, and Daiyu only sent Zijuan over for a trip because she was in confinement. Baochai is nineteen years old this year, and has changed out of the half-new clothes of the past, wearing a bright and delicate dress, and the plain makeup has also made new dots, bright and dazzling, like a blooming peony flower.

Her family knows her own affairs, and Baochai has wasted many good times for this golden and jade relationship, and now that the family affairs are finally done, the sisters are naturally happy for her. Inside was joking lively, admiring Baochai's rare shyness, but suddenly heard a noise outside, as if mixed with Xia Jingui's shouting and crying.

Xue Baochai's face turned pale, thinking that Xia Jingui didn't give her face like this, and he made a fuss on such a day.

Tanchun stood by the window and listened, and felt that the sound was wrong, so he ordered the servant to ask.

The waiter went out for a while, and when he came back, he was full of surprise: "A group of officers and soldiers came outside, and they couldn't help but say that they took Uncle Xue's lock away, Mrs. Xue fainted, and the grandmother of the Xue family was making trouble." In a moment's panic, I forgot to inform us. ”

The girls were shocked.

Xue Baochai's face turned even paler, and he didn't care about asking anything else, so he hurriedly went to see Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue has been carried back to the room, Mrs. Wang is beside the bed, Aunt Xue was easily woken up, and is crying with Mrs. Wang: "His sister's good life, but he is the elder brother but somewhere to get into a lawsuit, and he was taken away by the official on this day, I am really going to be angry with this obstacle." ”

As soon as Xue Baochai arrived at the door, a person behind her suddenly came up and squeezed her away, and went in like a gust of wind. Xue Baochai almost fell, but fortunately, Ying'er Xiangling reacted quickly and held on to her left and right.

I only heard that Xia Jingui and Aunt Xue said: "Uncle was taken away by the official, but Mrs. should think of a way, where can Uncle suffer from imprisonment." ”

Without waiting for Aunt Xue to speak, Mrs. Wang on the side said unhappily: "Which daughter-in-law is this?" The mother-in-law is still sick in bed, and the daughter-in-law does not come to serve, but stands there shouting, what a system! ”

Xia Jingui was in a hurry, but forgot that Mrs. Wang was here. Although Xia Jingui is spicy, he is not ignorant of current affairs, and he knows that the Jia family can't afford to mess with him, and this second wife is not a good person to get along with, so he laughed and said: "It was our uncle who had an accident and scared me, and I forgot the etiquette, I hope my wife and my in-laws will forgive me." ”

Aunt Xue didn't know that Xia Jingui was a person, so she didn't bother to pay attention to it at this time, waved her hand and said, "You're also worried about Pan'er." I have to ask why I took the uncle away. ”

Mrs. Wang said in a timely manner: "Sister, don't worry, if you think there is any misunderstanding, I'll find Lian'er to investigate." ”

"I'm tired of my sister." Aunt Xue instructed Tongxi to take out five hundred taels of silver from the small box and handed it to Mrs. Wang: "If you inquire about the news, you can't let my sister pay for it, I just ask my sister to find out earlier and release Pan'er." ”

"Don't worry." Mrs. Wang comforted her again, and then left.

Xia Jingui stood aside and witnessed the whole process, pouting, although he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to say it in front of Mrs. Wang. It wasn't until Mrs. Wang left that Xia Jingui said in a weird manner: "This is still a sister, now that my nephew has an accident, it is appropriate to help inquire about the news, but I still have the face to take the silver." It's the same, you are a relative of the Jia family, but you didn't pile up the silver, and now you finally got your wish, the eldest girl finally married into the Guogong Mansion, and the 50,000 taels of white silver were finally not in vain. ”

"You!" Aunt Xue has always said that she can't talk about Xia Jingui, and her mother-in-law's money can't stop Xia Jingui, so she has nothing to do, and she is so angry that she can't speak.

"Mom." At this time, Xue Baochai came in, first looked at Aunt Xue's situation, and then said to Xia Jingui: "I know that my sister-in-law is worried about my brother, but my mother is sick for my brother, and my sister-in-law is not serving in front of the bed as a daughter-in-law, but she shouldn't carry a gun and a stick every sentence." Sister-in-law don't say that she regrets marrying her brother, although my brother was going to marry, but it was also my sister-in-law's family who was very willing, my sister-in-law was born with good looks and good poetry, and I knew that my brother was a person before I got married. A woman marries and obeys her husband, and she should start from the beginning, and her sister-in-law has entered the door of our Xue family, and she will be a member of the Xue family in life and death in the future. ”

Xia Jingui didn't know which sentence to reply, and he couldn't refute it every time in the past, so he didn't bother to distinguish it from her, so he only snorted and said: "Whose family am I, but the eldest girl asks who she is?" I haven't started yet, and I don't know if I can do it or not, after all, I've never heard of making up for it. ”

Xue Baochai bit his lip and let the other party go.

Aunt Xue also thought of this section, and was sad for a while: "This, what kind of sin have you done?" After crying for a while, thinking that it was about her daughter's life, she said to her: "Don't be afraid, my son, I will discuss this matter with your aunt, and if it doesn't sound good to make up for it, I can only wronged my son, and I should be a child." ”

What can Xue Baochai do? It's just up to my mother.