said that Lin Hai guessed that Hu Zhong's silver ticket was more on his son, and scared him with words, thinking that this person would have to think for three days and five days; I don't want him to really love his son like an idiot, I heard that the child was afraid that it was not safe, so I couldn't hold my breath, and immediately asked to see Lin Hai the next morning, and it was obvious that he had not slept all night.

Lin Hai was having breakfast accompanied by Daiyu, and when he heard the news, he couldn't help but sigh: "People live for a lifetime, and even if they are about to die, they only think about their children." ”

Daiyu also felt a little regretful: "It's a pity that this person has gone astray." ”

Lin Hai glanced at her with a smile and asked hypocritically, "Yu'er thinks that his feelings are pitiful, and I am fine, can I spare him this time?" ”

Daiyu hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I can't do it." If he is deceived, or if he is not guilty, it is fine. Now that he has thought it through himself, he still wants to assassinate his father, but he is sincere and deliberate, although his feelings are pitiful and excusable, but he can't bear the law. ”

Lin Hai nodded happily: "Don't abolish the law because of love, my Yu'er is really a good one." I secretly regretted in my heart that if my daughter was a man, I was afraid that there would really be Xiao He's talent.

Then he came outside and ordered Hu Zhong to be brought up.

It turned out that Hu Zhong's 10,000 taels of silver, in addition to the money for the whole family and the 500 taels secretly left to his parents, was exchanged for a mere 100 taels on his daughter-in-law, and the rest was divided equally among his three sons. He didn't say where he was now, and Lin Hai didn't bother to ask.

I only heard him say that the silver tickets belonged to the four money banks, each one thousand taels, a total of ten, and he pondered them carefully for a long time, and remembered them very clearly. Last night, Situ Pan sent a painter to wait here, and prepared a lot of silver tickets to make a look, Hu Zhong carefully described what the silver tickets left for his children looked like, with patterns, marks, and words. After the painter finished painting, he showed it to Hu Zhong and revised it repeatedly, and finally he nodded with satisfaction: "That's it." ”

So he sent people to the Xianwang Mansion with paintings, and Situ Pan sent people to the capital Sitong Qianzhuang to inquire about the news. Not long after, news came back from the other end, this stack of silver tickets were issued by the capital, and the shopkeeper who handled it now returned to his hometown for the New Year, so he had to wait for him to come back. Situ Pan was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he immediately sent someone to his hometown to look for him. Lin Hai left it alone for the time being.

On this day, Jia Zhengzheng was discussing with Qing Ke about the next year, and suddenly someone went back and forth: "There is a big carriage in the Xianwang Mansion and a few people want to see the master." ”

Jia Zheng was puzzled, in the old years, he had heard that the two nephews of the big house had a relationship with King Xian, but the house did not deal with him. While thinking, the other side ordered "Please". When he hurriedly came out to see, it was the chief historian of the Xianwang Mansion, who was busy receiving tea in the hall.

The chief historian smiled and said: "Your Majesty is here to thank your son for his chivalrous courage, wisdom and bravery, and to save our prince's friend." ”

Jia Zheng was apprehensive at first, and was overjoyed when he heard this: "There is such a thing!" "Busy" call Baoyu out! Before the words came out, he thought that something was wrong, and hesitated, "It's just that the child is weak, but it's wrong?" ”

The chief historian said: "Ling Lang was playing with friends yesterday, and it happened that a gentleman was in distress, and his escort was temporarily away from his side, thanks to Ling Lang's rescue." That gentleman is a friend of our prince, and now he lives in our house. The prince is very grateful to Ling Lang and has come to thank him. ”

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is going to be celebrated, and the clan studies are also on vacation, Jia Zheng only thinks that Baoyu goes out for a stroll again, or how he saved people by mistake, and he is busy and humble.

After a while, Baoyu came slowly, Jia Zheng looked at him and said with a smile: "Come and meet the chief historian of the Xianwang Mansion." ”

The chief historian said that he didn't dare, but he came up and made a bow to him first: "Presumably this is the third master of Huan, and he is really extraordinary." ”

The house suddenly became dumb like a harrier in a finch forest.

After a long time, Baoyu replied: "Are you here to find Huan'er?" Why don't I call him? ”

Jia Zheng then remembered that there were two possibilities for "Ling Lang" that people said, and he hurriedly ordered "Hurry up and call Huan'er." ”

Jia Huan brought a lot of food and play from the Lin Mansion yesterday back to the yard to offer treasure to Aunt Zhao, this time she was coaxing her to laugh, and suddenly a useful kid next to Jia Zheng ran in and kowtowed with joy on his face: "Congratulations to the third master!" An official came up to the Xianwang Mansion to thank the third master, this time he is outside, the master asked you to come over quickly. ”

Aunt Zhao was suddenly overjoyed: "The people in the Xianwang Mansion thank you?" ”

Jia Huan smiled: "It's just a little thing. He hurriedly changed the clothes of the visitor and hurried over. That kid couldn't flatter all the way.

When he arrived in the hall, Jia Huan saluted Jia Zheng first. Jia Zheng smiled and said: "Huan'er, come quickly, this is the chief historian of the Xianwang Chitose Mansion." Seeing that the material of his clothes was a little bad, he frowned, and secretly thought that there were people in the house who treated him slowly.

The long historian bowed to Jia Huan again: "I came to thank Jia Gongzi for saving people yesterday for our prince." ”

Jia Huan returned the courtesy, and waved his hand again and again: "Don't do my business, my brother has always been fighting with those people, and I only blocked it with walnut cake." I don't have much credit for it. ”

The chief historian smiled: "Jia Gongzi is too modest. Then he sent a long gift list, and everyone smacked their tongues - what a big gift.

When they went, Jia Zheng hurriedly asked what was going on.

Jia Huan said: "It's just that I went out for a walk with Cong'er last afternoon, and I met someone fighting, and it was not right to fight, and both sides of the fight rushed to an irrelevant passer-by at the same time." We wanted to hide...... In fact, it was all Brother Qi'er who was helping those guards fight, and Cong'er and I were just watching from the sidelines. I didn't want anyone to come here and do it suddenly, so I just carried the walnut cake I bought outside, but I just raised my hand casually to block it, and then the other guards grabbed it. "He really wasn't lying.

Jia Zheng twisted his beard and smiled: "This is naturally your blessing." He didn't like Mi'er very much, and thought that the Xianwang Mansion thanked the wrong person, so he simply made the mistake, and became more and more happy. For a while, I wanted him to have less contact with Jia Cong, and I thought that that kid would be really blessed, and he would not be able to get some benefits with him in the future, so he just did. In fact, people still have a gift to Jia Cong, which is no less than Jia Huan's, and no one dares to sue him.

This matter immediately reached Mrs. Wang's ears, and she was so hated that she bit off the roots of her teeth: "Little scumbag, that's the credit of others, he was shameless and greedy for the past!" I heard that Aunt Zhao was so happy that she was all over the house, and when she saw people, she preached it, and she became more and more depressed.

On the other hand, Situ Pan really entered the palace and told him that someone on the occasion advised him not to lend money to a miser at will, and the sage laughed and said, "You didn't ask him when he would repay the money?" ”

Situ Pan said: "Why ask, after checking the accounts of their second room, there must be one." ”

The saint nodded.

Who knew that three days later, he received an excerpt from Rongguofu, returning 800,000 taels of silver owed to the treasury!

It turned out that Jia Huan could save King Xian's friend even when he wandered on the street, and Mrs. Wang suddenly felt that life was difficult. She is used to flattery, and she is not used to such a cold life. But she knows how much silver she is greedy for, not to mention 800,000 taels. On the same day, Jia's mother said that the second room was returned to the arrears, and a purchase and sale was made next to it. Although Jia Yu did not agree, he could ask Jia's mother to call the shots. Now that the big house in this house is dominant, how can Mother Jia sit still? Therefore, she gritted her teeth and took some silver from the private treasury, borrowed some from Aunt Xue, collected 800,000 yuan, and handed it over to Jia Zheng with tears.

Although Jia Zheng was annoyed that she was greedy for ink and let people catch her, it was for Yuanchun's concubine, and he was not reluctant. Besides, he is also used to being a rich idler, and he doesn't care about money, so he immediately wrote a letter of recital and signed his name. He thought that this money was from his own house, and it had nothing to do with the big house. If he pays the money in a dignified manner, he is afraid that he will alarm the big house and have to share the credit, and secondly, he doesn't want to provoke the eyes of his old relatives too much, so he wrote that he asked the household department to send someone to the house to get it.

Two days later, the household department first sent a fast horse to Rongguofu to inform them that they were coming; asked again how many silver ingots and how many silver tickets they were going to bring, and Jia Zheng answered them one by one. Taking advantage of this time, Jia Yu went to the Taiping Dart Bureau, and Jia Zheng had already prepared the silver and waited in Rongxi Hall. I heard that it was Lao Shangshu who came to pick it up in person, so he tidied up his clothes and prepared tea and snacks. After waiting for a while, I only heard someone coming and going outside: "Master, the head of the household department is still the secretary of the household department and the lord has led the people of the household department into Ningrong Street." ”

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "I'll go to the door to greet you!" Then he straightened his clothes again, shook his sleeves, coughed, and hurried to the main entrance. It happened that the people from the household department had arrived, and they hurriedly opened the door and went out with upright steps. Seeing many officials from the household department outside and people who came to move things, Shang Shulaofu and the people who were standing in the middle of the group, then bowed to the ground and said: "The government has been ignorant for many years, but I don't know that I am guilty of a loss to the country, a capital crime, a capital crime!" ”

Lao Fuhe hurriedly helped him up and sighed: "Lord Jia, you are loyal! ”

Jia Zheng stood up with tears in his eyes before he was about to speak, and was suddenly stunned: he saw his nephew Jia Lian wearing a robe of the same level as him as a member of the Wupin Household Department, looking at him and grinning, and came over to salute: "Second uncle, we have prepared it yesterday, so please go in and get the silver." Jia Zheng stared at him for a long time.

It turned out that Jia Zheng's official position was too low to enter the palace, and the matter could only be handed over to the fold. He was afraid that the old relatives would be resentful, so he didn't say much when he handed it over, so the "repayment discount" was also among the folds. The sage's desk is full of colorful folds all year round, and it wasn't my turn to see it yesterday. Until today, the sage took it casually, glanced at it a few times, and grasped the words "800,000 taels of silver owed by Rongguo Mansion to the treasury will be returned immediately", and was overjoyed! I didn't even look at the loyal flattery at the back, where did I pay attention to whose name was written underneath? When he arrived, he ordered someone to call the head of the household department to come in and ask him to lead someone to get the money.

At first, Lao Shangshu thought that he would ask for money again, so he went into the temple with a sad face; Hearing that it was raining silver in the sky, I was so excited that my legs and stomach trembled, and I even shouted, "Long live, long live!" ”

The saint suddenly remembered, he thought that Jia Yu would wait for their accounts to be checked before repaying the money, but he never thought that he would pay it back in such a hurry? Could it be that he wants to ask for credit for Jia Lian before the year? But how can I make it too obvious? Let's give a hint first. Therefore, he instructed Lao Shangshu: "Let your outsider Jia Lian go with him, it is their family who wants to repay the silver." ”

A flash of understanding flashed in Lao Fuhe's eyes, and he bowed down and responded: "The minister understands!" ”

Because he rushed back to the household department to call out to everyone, Xi Yingying said loudly: "Colleagues! Just now the sage announced that I would go to Daming Palace, which was a great happy event. Everyone was busy asking what was the matter, and he made a special gesture to Jia Lian, which frightened Jia Lian and hurriedly returned the salute, saying that he didn't dare.

Lao Fuhe said: "As we all know, the imperial court has had a difficult life in the past few years. In the early years, when the old sage was in the court, the treasury was quite full, so the old sage opened the grace of heaven and promised the courtiers that they could temporarily borrow the treasury silver and return it later. But after all these years, the treasury is empty, and no one has paid back. He snorted, "In fact, many families who owe money can afford to pay it back, but there are many other families who don't want to pay it back, and they simply don't offend people and don't come out of it." He arched his hand towards the sky, "Only the court and the saint have suffered." ”

When Jia Lian heard it, he had already guessed that it was a matter of returning the silver owed. It's just that last night he also discussed with Jia Yu, and after the New Year, he settled the accounts and found a second room to pay back the silver that was greedy for ink.

Lao Fuhe then said: "Rongguo Mansion understands righteousness, loyalty and patriotism, and has just given the saint an excerpt," and when he said this, his voice trembled, and he shouted, "Return the 800,000 taels of silver owed by the former Rongguo Gong immediately!" ”

"Wow~~" exclaimed in the lobby of the household department. Over the years, the household department has suffered from no money in its hands, and I am afraid that it is the deepest of the six, and at first glance, I heard so many silver taels, how can I not be ecstatic? Jia Lian was surrounded by his boss Liu Fan, the left attendant, and he was so surprised that he held Jia Lian's shoulder and shook it again and again and shouted: "Lord Jia, thank you so much!" ”

Jia Lian was swayed back and forth by him, but his heart was clear: it must be Jia Zheng who carried his old son on the fold and wanted to monopolize this work! didn't know that this matter was originally the sage who gave the words to Jia Yu, and secretly glad that he was here from the household. Hurriedly pretending to be humble, he arched his hand and said: "It is natural to repay debts." My father and I didn't know anything about it, and after all these years, it was my uncle who took the lead in bringing it up, and my father was shocked. Now even the excerpts are from my second uncle, and my father and I don't dare to be greedy. ”

Everyone coaxed: "Lord Jia is too humble, Ling Zun is the family-"

Lao Fu and Yin said: "The sage has a will, Lord Jia, you will go to your mansion with me to get silver." ”

Jia Lian smiled and said: "The excerpts are all on it, and the sage is still afraid that our family will not be able to give the silver?" The audience burst into laughter.

Jia Lian smiled and said goodbye to his colleagues, and followed Lao Fuhe to lead people back to Rongguo Mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the door, before he reported it, he first asked the porter about Jia Yu: Sure enough, his son was not in the house! Hurriedly approached Lao Fuhe and said: "My father heard the urgent report from the children in front of him that they saw me in the household department, so he found an excuse to slip out from the corner gate on the south side, and now he has invited my second uncle to preside. In order to avoid suspicion, otherwise, Lao Tzu will not pay back the money to his son! ”

Lao Fuhe is an old Confucian, and when he heard the words, he sighed "oops", and praised again and again: "Originally, Lord Jia was on behalf of the imperial court, so there is no need for this." The pardon is so cautious and courteous! Rare, rare! He sighed again, "The market also said that Ling Zun was vulgar, and sure enough, everyone was making money and accumulating and destroying bones." ”

Jia Lian laughed in a low voice: "Actually, my father is really a bit vulgar. ”

Lao Fuhe glared at him: "Bold! He spoke ill of his father. ”

Jia Lian hurriedly gave up his hand with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "My lord, I am angry, and the lower officials don't dare anymore." ”

Lao Fu and this person are really in a good mood, where would they really be angry, twisting their beards and standing at the door waiting for Jia Zheng to come out to greet them.

When Jia Zheng came out to see Jia Lian, he understood that he had forgotten about his service in the household department, but it was a pity that he regretted it too late. I had no choice but to lead them in with a smile on my face. When everyone in the household department arrived at Rongxi Hall, there were indeed more than a dozen boxes of silver ingots with white flowers, and a large stack of silver tickets.

Lao Fuhe was so happy that he couldn't see his eyebrows, so he and Jia Zheng issued a document in court, and the silver borrowed by Rongguo Mansion in the past was 800,000 taels of silver, and it was returned!

Jia Lian also smiled from ear to ear, beckoned the brothers to drink tea and eat snacks, wiped his mouth at the end, carried the silver and carried the silver ticket, and went back to the household department vigorously against the flattery of his colleagues.

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