Ning Ruyan drank tea while waiting for everyone to digest the news, after all, the imperial court has a clear rule that although the subordinates who have signed the deed of sale cannot be killed at will, they are also equivalent to the owner's private property and can be bought and sold freely, so few masters will be willing to let go of the deed to the subordinate.

Therefore, basically the subordinates who sell themselves will be subordinates for generations, and if they want to change their fate, they need to achieve a class jump, such as a woman marrying a master or marrying a man with good status, and a man marries a woman with good status or participates in the imperial examination and has a reputation.

Of course, sometimes even if the master is willing to let go of the deed, many subordinates may not be willing to leave, after all, it was sold because of the bad situation at home, and at least they don't have to worry about food and clothing to stay, and if they really leave, it is not easy for the people at the bottom to survive.

In short, Ning Ruyan's behavior will really surprise everyone.

Mama Zhong frowned even more and glanced at Ning Ruyan above, and then hurriedly lowered her head again.

Soon, someone really tentatively walked out, wanting to redeem himself and leave, although life may not be easy after leaving, but the current situation of the General's Mansion, if they are really convicted, then they can't run away, so it's better to leave.

Ning Ruyan glanced at the other party, then nodded.

Bai Zhi found out the other party's identity deed, found the other party's redemption amount against the account book, and then returned the identity deed to the other party after the other party paid enough money.

And the man departed rejoicing.

Then two more men paid the money and left.

Although the rest of the people also wanted to leave, they had no choice but not enough money to redeem themselves, so they had to give up.

"The opportunity is today, after today, there will be no release in the future." Ning Ruyan explained.

When a man who had been watching heard this, he hurriedly stood up: "Big lady, I will redeem myself too." ”

Ning Ruyan's eyes flashed slightly, and then nodded.

It's just that when the other party handed over the ransom and wanted to get the deed, he was stopped by Ning Ruyan.

"What's wrong?" The man looked puzzled.

Ning Ruyan picked up the silver ticket and glanced at it: "Twenty taels of silver tickets, Baolong Qianzhuang." Then he looked at the other person, "Is this really your money?" ”

"Yes...... Oh, yes. The man swallowed subconsciously, then nodded.

"Huh." Ning Ruyan smiled, "Everyone knows the rules of Baolong Qianzhuang, if you don't collect loose money, you must deposit at least one hundred taels of silver every time, and you are just a third-class person working in the gatehouse, the monthly money is four hundred wen per month, so the monthly payment for a year is less than five taels, even if you add various rewards, the income is almost a dozen taels a year, this is still in the case that you don't spend a penny, and your deed of sale was signed three years ago, it is normal to make up twenty taels of redemption silver in three years, but, with the silver ticket of Baolong Qianzhuang... … But it's not normal. ”

The man immediately fell into a cold sweat, and his legs fell to his knees, knowing in his heart that he was finished.

The other person who was also watching hurriedly shrunk his neck and hid the silver ticket in his sleeve tightly, glad that he was not impulsive just now.

"Where did you get your money?" Ning Ruyan looked at the kneeling man.

"The eldest lady spares her life." The man kowtowed, "The slave doesn't dare anymore,"

Ning Ruyan frowned.

"The eldest lady asked you something, and she answered truthfully, maybe she could spare the dog's life." Banxia took a step forward and looked at the other party condescendingly, "If you have a fluke in mind, then it is better to send it to the official now, anyway, Yu Linwei is outside, and they will also accept such a case." ”

Said the minion. The man hurriedly kowtowed, "This is really the silver held by the minions, but it is just a partnership with a friend to exist in the Baolong." ”

Ning Ruyan smiled: "What friend?" "It's so dishonest when it's time to die.

But the man was silent.

"Since you don't say it, then there is no evidence to prove that you are innocent, so you can only send it to the official." Ning Ruyan glanced at Banxia, "Go outside the door and invite the official to come in, just say ......"

Said the minion. The man was finally scared, and hurriedly kowtowed, "It's Mama Zhong, she is a fellow villager with the slave, and the slave borrowed silver from her." ”

"Mama Zhong." Ning Ruyan nodded suddenly, "Mama Zhong has been with her mother for most of her life, and it is normal to have a little silver, but I still have to ask her to ask one or two." He gestured for a while.

Banxia quickly invited Mama Zhong over.

Mama Zhong glanced at the man, and then asked Ning Ruyan to say goodbye: "Big lady, I don't know if there is something wrong with letting the slave come?" ”

"Mama Zhong, are you familiar with this person?"

"Agen is a fellow slave, so he is naturally familiar."

"He said you gave him the silver, and you kept the silver in the Baolong Bank, so how much silver did you give him? Is there a stub? ”

"I gave him silver, and at that time he didn't have enough silver, and the old slave happened to have silver to save, so he saved it together, but the old slave's stub was lost."

Ning Ruyan smiled: "Lost?" Are you sure you lost it? ”

Mama Zhong paused: "It's really lost." ”

"Okay." Ning Ruyan nodded, "Bai Zhi, if you go and ask Lord Jiang, you will say that you will go to Baolong Qianzhuang to check the bottom of the silver ticket." ”

"Yes." Bai Zhi answered, turned around and walked out.

Mama Zhong's face couldn't help but change, why did she forget that other people's money banks have stubs? If I really went to check it...... I couldn't help but kneel down: "Big lady, don't check, it's the slave who is lying." ”

"Huh?"

"Agen, you say." Mama Zhong glared at the man, and this eye contained a strong warning.

"It was the silver ticket that the minions stole it." Agen saw that he was completely finished, and he could only bear all the consequences.

The silver ticket was taken advantage of the panic in the house to take the sheep in the account room, because he was afraid of being discovered, so he stole a twenty-tael one.

"Big lady, he is a fellow slave, he has been an orphan since he was a child, when he asked the slave for help, the slave was confused for a while......"

"You are your mother-in-law's person, and you are also an old man in the house, and some rules should be clearer than my junior."

"The old slave is ashamed." Mama Zhong kowtowed.

"Since that's the case......" Ning Ruyan paused, "Then Mama Zhong, what is the crime of stealing according to the family rules of the General's Mansion?" ”

"Thirty rods, drive them out." Mama Zhong didn't dare to say that she didn't know.

"Jiang Cheng, just follow this rule." Ning Ruyan ordered, "Also, let everyone come back and watch."

Jiang Cheng hurriedly responded, and then beckoned two family members to come over, held down Agen and dragged him out, and soon, there was a crackling sound outside and Agen's begging for mercy.