Chapter 15 Clever Words and Clever Tongues
The mandarin duck pressed the plain hand that pinched Jia's mother's shoulders and softened down, staring at Jia Cong with eye level, this eight-year-old master, is he prepared? She can feel the emotions of the old lady, and she is not shocked from beginning to end, like a person watching the play under the stage, laughing at others acting, but the life plot outside the play, why is it not in the play, Mandarin Duck is a fair person, but she can understand the hardships and difficulties of Wang Xifeng's house, Grandma Lian has the support of the old lady, is the evidence of Master Cong strong enough? Not worried about anyone, she was nervous about the tension of the atmosphere in front of her.
"If you have any evidence, I will deal with it impartially, Cong'er, you have been a lot clever recently, but you know, if you frame your sister-in-law for no reason, I will not follow it!" Mother Jia moved, leaned on the soft couch and pillow, stared at her, and her words became a little harsh.
"My grandson understands that there are human and physical evidence here, but I don't know if Sister-in-law Lian dares to testify in court?" Jia Cong had already stood up, his tone was not much aggressive, and he said eloquently: "Old lady, my grandson has been buying books from time to time in the bookstore recently, and I accidentally met three people, who often wandered at the door outside the house, and talked several times, saying that they were forced by Grandma Lian's money, and they went bankrupt, and they were afraid of the power of the Wang family, and there was no way to ask for help. The grandson did this, not only not resentful of Lian's sister-in-law's deduction and misappropriation, but also the reputation of our house. β
That's what I said, no matter how much I fought in Jia's mansion and how dirty it was, Jia Lian and Jia Yu's little wife flirted with each other, and Jia Zhen and Jia Rong father and son Second Sister You and Third Sister You...... In front of the clansmen and outsiders, they all want to be faced, which is the so-called "clear reputation".
What a high-sounding word! Wang Xifeng's eyebrows rippled to his eyelids, holding half of Jia's mother's body, her face was full of spring, and her lips were not smiling, as if joking: "I am doing right, sitting upright, the clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are self-turbid, so the old ancestor asked me to help my aunt run the house, Brother Cong said so, but said that the old ancestor had no vision, and chose a person like me who didn't know the etiquette?" β
Taking Jia Mu to block it was also expected by Jia Cong.
"Hahaha!" Mother Jia just likes Wang Xifeng's pleasing to her and mobilizing the atmosphere, this is really clever words, and she laughed slanderously, Mother Jia said: "Okay, since you understand the consequences and have evidence, Feng Yatou said that she acted right and sat up straight, then she will show me the evidence, and I will also come to the 'Bao Gong Judgment Case'." β
Mrs. Wang wanted to say something, stopped her mouth, pinched the sandalwood Buddha beads in her hand, Mrs. Xing was Jia Cong's mother-in-law, and naturally prevaricated and said a few words, "If Cong'er is framed for no reason, I will discipline her", Mother Jia took everything in her eyes.
Jia Cong had already prepared everything, and when Jia's mother nodded, she turned around and went outside the door, asking Sun Fu to bring Luo Gaocai, Chen Baifu, and Tian Youfu's Wenqi over, and the three of them hesitated outside the back door of Rongguo Mansion and did not come in.
Dragged up three documents with both hands and handed them to Jia's mother, Jia's mother looked at it, and the signature behind the document really had "Laiwang", as well as handprints. At this moment, the old lady's face was not good-looking: "Feng girl, Cong'er is right, the deed states that there are five points of interest, and the profit is nearly a thousand taels, and it is unknown how much you will receive...... There is a shop above that is doing mediation. β
Mrs. Xing sneered.
Madame Wang's hand stirring the sandalwood beads was still.
Jia Cong watched and acted quietly, she knew that Wang Xifeng would never admit it, she was going to play across the river and demolish the bridge, and use the Wang couple as a shield, Jia Cong knew Wang Xifeng's temperament and scheming too well, it didn't matter, he had countless back-ups.
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Usury, in the historical records of the Ming and Qing dynasties, harmed people a lot, and there are countless real cases, and it is quite light to harm a family into a beggar. Although it is said that lending and borrowing are your willing, and no one forces you, once usury exceeds the legal regulations, it will affect economic circulation, and the money spent in vain will be shelved by the wealthy, and even affect social stability, as long as it is not a stupid government, there will be legal provisions and explicit restrictions on usury. Jia Cong has read this aspect of the history books in his previous life, miserable, if you have a shallow understanding, Mr. Huang Renyu's "Wanli Fifteenth Year", Liu Heping's "Ming Dynasty 1566" is considerable.
However, many laws in the feudal era are actually binding and have a very low degree of implementation, which is tantamount to a dead letter, Wang Xifeng can borrow the power of his uncle Wang Ziteng, even if it is written as five points, forcing Luo Gaocai and the three of them to pay seven points of silver, do they dare to sue the official? Can't!
Don't you see that Wang Xifeng, in the name of Wang Ziteng, conspired with the old nun of Shuiyue Nunnery, and a letter was sent to Chang'an County, forcing the son of a certain garrison and Zhang Jinge to death, and Wang Xifeng got 3,000 taels?
Don't you see Wang Xifeng instigating Zhang Hua to file a complaint, and in the name of Wang Ziteng, a letter and silver were sent to the Xicheng Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the officials did everything according to her wishes?
After using Zhang Hua, Wang Xifeng immediately rushed to kill him, Zhang Hua didn't have his fiancΓ©e Second Sister You, not to mention, and he was still worried about his life, how innocent was it? ! What a crime?!
This kind of homicide case, either beheaded or hanged, Xue Pan killed Feng Yuan, got away with it, relying on the forces of the four major families to protect each other, and it was even more bullshit for Jia Yucun, the prefect of Tianfu, to judge the case.
Bending the law for personal gain and disregarding people's lives is talking about people like Wang Xifeng, Xue Pan, and Jia Yucun, this kind of poisonous woman, evil few, corrupt official, one less, one less justice and tranquility in the world.
Wang Xifeng has only done two good deeds in his life, one is to be kind to Grandma Liu, and the other is to be kind to Xing Xiuyan. She is black, there is no need to wash it white, because it is already black and cannot be erased. White, there is no need to smear. However, Wang Xifeng is far more evil than good, and black is far more black than white.
It is said that no matter how vicious others are, it is none of Jia Cong's business, and there are no more wicked people in the world, but Wang Xifeng bullied him, so he didn't have to say it, kill him!
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"The old lady, the eldest lady, the second wife." Wang Xifeng kept looking at the three deeds, and when Jia's mother said it, she couldn't help but be worried, and her mind was racing, so she had a countermeasure to distinguish and shirk.
This kind of stealthily collected seven-cent interest is that the borrower borrows one tael of silver, and collects seven cents of interest in one month, and one tael of seven cents in the second month, and collects seven-tenths of it...... The bigger the principal, the longer it lasts, and the more you earn.
If it is reasonable and legal to obtain wealth, Jia's mother will not say anything, which big family will not rely on power to accumulate wealth? But Jiafu attaches the most importance to face and feathers, if the misappropriation of official silver and seven cents of silver harming people is confirmed, Wang Xifeng's housekeeping power will be shaken, and she will naturally not admit it.
At this time, she was already hating her brother-in-law Jia Cong, gritting her teeth, Wang Xifeng knelt down with tears in her eyes: "Old lady, the painting and signature on the deed are from Laiwang, this is one of them." Second, Laiwang and Laiwang's daughter-in-law will do things with me, and it is inevitable that there will be evil acts under my banner, how can Brother Cong conclude that I did it? I don't know what kind of grudge I have with Brother Cong, why did Brother Cong frame me like this? β
"Third, the people in the house are difficult to manage, the old lady and the second wife know better than me, such as Jiao Da of the East Mansion, who saved the master (Jia Daihua), and even the master dared to scold, and the subordinates of the West Mansion were in charge of the treasury, the doorkeeper, the night patrol, and the kitchen...... There are all kinds of people, and there are also people who take advantage of loopholes and can't manage them, and they have a relationship with this master and that master, so I always have something to miss. Could this not be the Laiwang couple's own initiative? Why does Brother Cong think that I am the only one? β
Mrs. Wang and Jia's mother were relieved one after another, Wang Xifeng was favored by Jia's mother, and Jia's mother said: "Cong'er, you have misunderstood your sister-in-law, why don't you quickly make amends and receive punishment?" Yinziqian's matter is disgraceful, just kick out the Laiwang couple, and strictly order the subordinates not to do this again. Speaking of which, Cong'er is also for the sake of the reputation of the house, and I will not punish you heavily. β
knew that Wang Xifeng would play this trick, and it was not Jia Cong's purpose to bring away Laiwang and his wife, his purpose was to remove Wang Xifeng's housekeeping power, did Jia's mother not see clearly or deliberately? In any case, Jia Cong was not willing to let go, so Wang Xifeng would fight back against him, he said: "Old lady, my grandson thinks that this move is unfair, Laiwang and his wife are Lian's sister-in-law's cronies, since my sister-in-law thinks that my words are one-sided, sister-in-law's words, why not one-sided?" β
Jia Cong's voice fell, it is true, even if Wang Xifeng is reasonable, no one can determine whether it is true or false, there was silence for a while, and Jia Mu said: "Then what do you think is the judgment?" β
"Back to the old lady's words, Laiwang and his wife are Lian's sister-in-law's cronies, and everyone in the house knows that Lian's sister-in-law is harsh, so they are not suspected of interoperability? Many subordinates, under the eyes of Sister-in-law Lian, did not dare to tell the truth, for fear of being punished afterwards. The old lady wants to see the truth, the most simple thing is to ask a few mothers-in-law, girls, and little girls at random in private, and can only ask secretly, so that they don't have to be afraid of punishment, whether Lian's sister-in-law embezzled the money in the official, isn't it clear at a glance? β
After Jia Cong finished speaking word by word, he stepped aside and stood silently, extremely calm.
Seeing that the time had come, Mrs. Xing smiled and said, "Aunt Zhao dares to tell the truth, why don't you ask the old lady?" If Aunt Zhao and Grandma are also messing around, isn't there still Aunt Zhou? If the girl really embezzles and does illegal things, the old lady, I, as a mother-in-law, will also be derelict in my responsibility. β
Under Jia Cong's step-by-step pressing, Mrs. Xing's divine mending knife and divine assistance, Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Wang changed color!
Mother Jia looked at Jia Cong, and then at Mrs. Xing, undecided.