On this day, Jia Daishan listened to the old servant Liu Dazhuang beside him, who was Dongmei's father, and said: Dongmei found that Qiu Ju's hands and feet in the girl's room were not clean, and she even dared to steal the things she entered. Liu Dazhuang felt that if a maid dared to steal the master's things, it would be damned, not to mention the things that entered, in case it was discovered, wouldn't the grandfather of the country be implicated, you must know that stealing and buying and selling the things given by the emperor is a big crime.

Jia Daishan rewarded Liu Dazhuang with ten taels of silver, then let him go down and told him not to speak out yet.

After Liu Dazhuang left, Jia Daishan called the housekeeper Lai Da to check on Qiuju's family. Half a day later, Lai Da came back, and the news he brought back surprised Jia Daishan.

"Are you saying that she has a hundred-acre Zhuangzi in her house, lives in a three-entry courtyard, and has a group of servant women in the house?"

Lai bowed and said, "It's true." The slave saw it with her own eyes, she was called Cheng Dazui outside, and she talked nonsense after eating, and told everything in our house and even in the girl's house. Her mother wears gold and silver all day long to show off outside, and it has not ruined the reputation of our house. ”

Jia Daishan was furious when he heard this, "Bastard, I ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall, and bullied Lao Tzu!" See if I don't break them! ”

Lai Da looked at the good piece of inkstone that was broken by Grandpa Guo, and pouted in distress.

"Is this family a child?"

"If you go back to the master, this family is the wife's companion room. This Qiu Ju was given to the girl by his wife five years ago, and there are two maids together, a Chunlan and a Xia He, both of whom are born in the family, and their old sons and mothers are also on errands in the house, and they are the people who are used to being around their wives. ”

Jia Daishan squinted his eyes and pondered for a long time, and was about to have a seizure, when the little girl outside announced, "Dongmei next to the third girl is here." Jia Daishan called Dongmei in, only to see Dongmei walk in with a food box, first saluted Jia Daishan and said, "Master, the girl asked the slave to bring you bird's nest porridge." ”

Jia Daishan looked at Dongmei, and was about to ask about the situation in the Ripple Garden, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong. "You girls are good, why didn't you send them in person today?"

Dongmei lowered her head and hesitated for a while before saying, "The girl is reading in the house." ”

Jia Daishan knew that something must be wrong, so he simply stood up and walked out. "I haven't seen Min'er write for a few days, so I have nothing to do to see today."

Lai Da followed Jia Daishan out, and when he was about to leave, he pulled Dongmei, who was in a daze, "Don't follow yet!" ”

Dongmei came back to her senses and hurriedly followed, muttering in her mouth, "The girl is really accurate!" ”

When the group came to Ripple Garden, the janitor at the door didn't know where to go, and there was no one in the yard. Jia Daishan frowned, thinking: These minions are really useless!

Jia Daishan's footsteps did not stop, and walked straight to the front hall, and as soon as he walked to the door, he saw that the maids and women were standing inside, and there were two people kneeling in the front. Jia Daishan stopped at the door and didn't go in, signaling Lai Da and Dongmei not to make a sound

"Girl, the slave knows that she is wrong, please look at the love that has served you for so many years, the slave and maid will never dare again!" Qiu Ju kowtowed while talking, although she was begging for mercy, she was a little unscrupulous.

Jia Daishan's brows furrowed even tighter, where did these people get the confidence?

"If it's just one or two inconsequential things, and you like to take them, I won't say anything, and I'm not that stingy person, and I don't have enough to reward you on weekdays? But you just took so many good things, half of which were given by the emperor or entered, this is a big crime, let people outside know, and the imperial history can kill everyone with a single fold! I said, you have always been cautious, how did you do such a foolish thing? Jia Min looked like he hated iron but not steel, with a little unbearability on his face.

Qiu Ju and Xia He had already lost their three souls and seven souls in fright, Xia He was timid, and his whole body couldn't help trembling, "What should I do, what should I do...... Girl, find a way to save the slave and maid, the slave and maid were blinded by lard for a while, so they did something sorry for the girl. The slave and maid took back all the jewelry they had taken privately over the years, but most of it was dissolved......"

"Good! You are more daring, many of those jewels are rewarded by the palace, they are given by the emperor, and you dare to move the things given by the emperor, even if you have a hundred heads, it is not enough to cut off! Jia Min said angrily, and the person also stood up in anger. At this time, she saw Jia Daishan and others standing outside the door.

Jia Min hurriedly put away his anger, walked in front of Jia Daishan, and saluted Jia Daishan, "Greetings to my father!" Why did the father come over at this time, and the bird's nest porridge that his daughter boiled for you is available? ”

Jia Daishan looked at his little daughter lovingly, reached out and touched Jia Min's head, sighed and entered the main hall with his hands behind his back. When the servants saw the posture of the grandfather, they knew that they were going to suffer today. Qiu Ju and Xia He, who were kneeling on the ground, were already frightened and didn't dare to come out, and they were trembling on the ground. Chunlan in the crowd glanced at Jia Daishan in fear, and with a roll of her eyes, she quietly moved to the back, bowed her head, and didn't dare to make a sound.

Jia Daishan sat down with his hands on his hands, and glanced at the maid below, "Lai Da, you go and invite your wife!" ”

Lai Da took the order and left, after a cup of tea, Jia Mu hurriedly arrived, and was stunned when she saw such a scene, and Jia Min hurriedly stepped forward to help Jia Mu sit next to Jia Daishan.

"Master, what's the matter? But the maids didn't serve well, and the master told me that I would punish them! Jia Mu had a gentle smile on her face, but Jia Min had dissatisfaction in her eyes.

"You are the head of the house, I never ask about this backyard thing, if it weren't for my whim to come to see Min'er practice calligraphy today, I didn't know that Min'er had such a big thing here, four big girls, two of them were guarded and stolen, and they had the audacity to move the royal gift."

"What? What are you missing? Who did it? Jia Mu was also furious when she heard this, and dared to touch her things under her nose, did she not want to live?

Jia Min glanced at her mother, and said to the two people on the ground: "It's Qiu Ju and Xia He, one of them is in charge of the small warehouse and the other is in charge of my makeup." After speaking, he took a few account books to Jia Mu.

When Jia Mu saw that it was her own person, she was immediately even more annoyed. A group of useless dared to hide their own actions, making her lose face in front of the master. "What a daring! What do you do on weekdays, let these minions be so rampant! ”

When Jia Daishan heard Jia's mother complaining about Jia Min, he slapped the table with one hand: "You, who are a mother, have not chosen a good subordinate for your daughter, and you rely on your people to be powerful in this Ripple Garden on weekdays." Now, it is clear that your daughter has been wronged, but you have come to blame your daughter, what is the reason? ”

Mother Jia saw that Jia Daishan was angry, although she was unwilling, she didn't dare to say anything, but she blamed Jia Min even more in her heart. If she has to make trouble in front of the master, it is not better to return to herself, so that she will be blamed by the master in front of so many subordinates.

Jia Daishan didn't pay attention to Jia Mu anymore, looked at the two people on the ground and said, "Come on, give these two dead minions to Lao Tzu fifty boards, and then drag them out and throw them away." All of their families were betrayed! ”

The two people who were originally pretending to be dead on the ground suddenly got up at this time, kowtowing to Jia Dai and begging for mercy, Lai Da took a group of powerful mothers-in-law to pull the two, at this time Qiu Ju broke free from the hands of the mother-in-law and ran to Jia's mother and knelt down and shouted: "Mrs. just me, save the slave!" "I'm going to kowtow as I say that.

At this time, the mother-in-law came forward to pull her again, and seeing that she was about to be dragged out of the room, Qiu Ju gritted her teeth and shouted, "Madam, slave maid...... The slave already has the second master's child in her belly! ”

With this shout, the mother-in-law who was pulling Qiu Ju stopped, and Jia Daishan and Jia Min were shocked. Jia Mu reacted in time and reprimanded angrily: "Nonsense! You shameless bitch, you dare to pour dirty water on Zheng'er when you die, don't you hurry up and block her stinky mouth, drag it down and torture it! ”

The mother-in-law got the order, no longer hesitated, took a rag and gambled on Qiu Ju's mouth, and quickly dragged it out. The rest of the maids were all frightened, and none of them stood up to intercede for Qiu Ju and Xia He.

Jia Min glanced at Chunlan, who was hidden behind her, and smiled meaningfully.