Because You Shi and Qin Keqing from Dongfu came over, Jia's mother stayed for dinner. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After lunch, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, Wang Xifeng, Li Kun and others gradually dispersed.

The servants of Lin Zhixiao's family, Aunt Shan, and Wu Xingdeng's family, who gathered at Jia's mother's place, also dispersed. Lai Da was dismissed from the post of chief steward, which had a great influence among the servants of Jiafu. The aftermath of this news will take days to digest.

Li Kun walked easily with Su Yun and Biyue to her residence. Happy in my heart: Brother Huan is amazing, and he won another game! If he can be familiar with and grasp the old lady's mind, what can't he do in the house?

Baoyu took the attacker and chased Daiyu to her room. But Daiyu still ignored him. I haven't gotten angry yet. Zijuan shook his head, the status of the third master is getting higher and higher, and they are all masters who talk outside. And Bao Er Ye is still a child.

Attacking the supple helped Zijuan pour tea and sighed softly. If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place? What are you messing with the third master?

Baochai did not go to Mrs. Wang's East Cross Courtyard with Aunt Xue to sit down, but took Ying'er to the Spring House to talk. Yingchun and Xichun went back to the house in the hugging hall behind the east courtyard.

The afternoon is quiet. Baochai and Tanchun sat in front of the window. The waiter served tea. Outside the window, ginkgo, camphor, crape myrtle, metasequoia, peach tree, osmanthus, and magnolia stretch along the road, lush. It's twilight again in the blink of an eye!

Baochai asked, "Third sister, there should be a connection between Brother Huan and the house, right?" I see that he will keep his long entourage in the house. ”

Tanchun's beautiful eyes looked forward to it, pursed her lips and chuckled. Daiyu can see the problem, how can she not see it? Sister Bao is a little nervous about her brother. She's happy to see it happen. "Well, there are two of his classmates over there, who go through the channel of Xianheng Commercial Bank."

Tanchun smiled, and Baochai noticed that a light red appeared on her plump white and greasy face. However, she didn't explain anything to Tanchun. Brother Huan is an eleven-year-old boy, she just has a good feeling, not a love. But her mother was anxious to marry her off.

Thinking of this, a bright smile appeared on the corner of Baochai's mouth. Her mother was worried that Brother Huan would anger the old lady. Looking at the situation, that's not the case at all. She believed in him in her heart.

Baochai said: "Brother Huan joined forces with the eldest master this time to depose the big housekeeper Lai. Third sister, do you think you will commit the taboo of the old lady? ”

Tanchun said with a smile: "So, the third brother went to the academy to avoid suspicion." ”

Baochai shook his head slightly, "I'm afraid it's covering my ears and stealing the bell." She was actually a little worried. Everyone can see that the Huan brothers must have joined forces with the eldest master. The old lady may not have had any thoughts about him.

Tanchun smiled lightly and said, "The third brother said that this is called taking the form seriously. If you don't even go through the form, it's a big problem. Sister Bao, don't worry, he's measured. ”

Baochai smiled. A bright and elegant girl.

…

The afternoon sun shone on Jia's mother's bedroom. Jia Mu did not take a lunch break, but sat on the collapsed chair, stepped on the stool, and pondered slightly.

The mandarin duck held a teacup and waited quietly on the side. He is tall and pretty. There is a gentle charm.

She actually knew what the old lady was thinking. Because of the third master's continuous chalai housekeeper, this made the old lady very dissatisfied. Obviously, he was fined 6,000 taels before, which means that it will end here. But today I checked again with the big man. This is a taboo for an old lady. The old lady had to think deeply about what he was thinking, what were his intentions?

Jia Mu pondered for a long time and asked, "Mandarin duck, what do you mean by raising Brother Huan'er today?" ”

The mandarin duck followed Jia's mother's side, and she reminded Jia's mother about everything, and she knew the old lady's mind very well, and said with relief: "Ancestor, if you want me to say, the third master is still dissatisfied with Lai Da Butler who offended him before." The third master is a young man, and he can stand this anger. ”

Jia Mu nodded lightly, "Yes." He smiled again: "You still understand it." ”

The mandarin duck helped Jia's mother pinch her shoulders and said, "I heard that the third master went to Dongzhuang Town, and I am afraid that he also has the intention of avoiding suspicion." After all, he didn't even bring a long entourage. And if the eldest lord consults with him, he will definitely have to say something. ”

Jia Mu was a little strange, "Oh? How to say this. ”

Mandarin duck said: "I heard from the outside that the eldest master went to talk to the third master for a while. Moreover, the third master went to Dongzhuang Town, and his three long-term followers stayed in the house. only brought one Hu Xiaosi to drive the carriage. Communication with the government should not be smooth. ”

What Mandarin Duck said was her speculation, which was exactly what Jia Huan wanted others to see. No one will believe that the third master of the ring did not pay attention to the information in the house, but it is certain that the news is not real-time. Dongzhuang Town is 40 miles away from the capital.

And Tanchun knew that Jia Huan was using the channels of Xianheng Commercial Bank to maintain real-time attention to Jiafu, which was hidden news.

The pimple in Jia's mother's heart disappeared a little. As long as the cooperation between the two is not initiated by Jia Huan, this is acceptable. As for power, the decision on the selection of the steward is always in her hands. That's it.

The mandarin duck breathed a sigh of relief, she knew that the old lady's guard had almost let go. From her point of view, she didn't want the old lady to fall out with the third master.

…

Jia Huan didn't know that Jin Yuanyang helped him eliminate a turmoil, but in fact, he was ready to call Jia Mu back for inquiry in Dongzhuang Town. The rhetoric he prepared was similar to that of the mandarin duck.

Confucius said that a gentleman has three precepts: he is old, his blood is declining, and the precepts are obtained. Jia Huan is familiar with the Analects, and he can still understand a little bit of Jia's mother's thoughts. Shi Lao Taijun's sensitivity in terms of power, Jia Huan will definitely take it into account when making a plan.

Do you really think that Jia's mother will retire after being raised? The dispute between Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang over the dominance of Jia's mansion has never stopped. In the end, it extended to the dispute between Jia Baoyu and Qingwen in the attack, and the dispute between Baoyu's marriage.

Jia Huan did not wait for the recall news in Jiafu, and still lived in Dongzhuang Town. Next, there is a "killer move" to deal with the Lai family. Jia Yu is willing to be a villain and a pioneer, and there is no need for him to go back so early to ruin his reputation.

In the afternoon of the same day, Lai Da handed over the power of the chief steward to the original third butler, the newly promoted chief butler, Shan Daliang, at the steward near the east corner gate of Jiafu. The concrete symbols of these powers are keys, ledgers, and seals.

Five days later, six shops outside Lai's house were converted into six thousand taels of silver. There are two pharmacies, three north and south goods shops outside Chongwen Gate, and one pawnshop. The five houses outside the capital were converted into four thousand taels of silver. He paid another 4,000 taels of silver, which was regarded as making up for the deficit in Shangjia Mansion Gongzhong.

Shan Daliang and Lin Zhixiao were not embarrassed, and the industry was converted according to the market price. Of course, it is impossible to make profits. The eldest master sent the second master Lian to keep an eye on.

Jia Lian sat in the Jia Mansion Steward for several days. He actually had some doubts in his heart. Because, his father told him that he was going to copy the Lai family. The family is estimated to be 50,000 taels. And only then did 20,000 taels be squeezed out.

Of course, giving money can also be regarded as another form of copying. Lai Da took silver from the Duke of Jiafu and called it greedy. His father's withdrawal of money was called "use," as long as there was a justifiable reason. Master Zheng will not argue with his father about anything because of this kind of mundane affairs. However, this is still far from the expected goal.

Jia Lian's doubts only lasted for half a day.

On March 26, Qian Hua, a procurement manager of the Jia family's treasury, came forward to confirm that Lai Da had been sitting on the procurement of rice and noodles in Jiafu for a long time, and designated a rice shop affiliated with the Lai family to be responsible for the matter. Jia Yu immediately ordered someone to go to Lai's house to sneak Lai Dati, who had been "honorably raised", to Jia's mansion and imprisoned him. The crime is not to be greedy - to pollute the silver in the public, but to eat kickbacks, suspected of buying rice and noodles at a high price, harming the interests of Jiafu.

In private, Jia Yu sent Zhang Cai, a henchman who was promoted to the fourth housekeeper, to Lai's house to persuade him, and if he didn't want Lai to eat fried meat, he would take the money.

Mama Lai was not convinced, and went to Jia's mother to plead. Jia Mu called Jia Yu in and reprimanded her, and let Lai Da go.

The next day, Li Hua, the chief housekeeper of the East Mansion, took the lead in reporting that Lai Sheng, the former head of the capital, was tired of playing with the maids in the mansion, and selected the good maids to the Lai family first, and then gave the rest to the mansion, and Lai Da was involved in the case. Jia Yu and Jia Rong detained Lai Da and Lai Sheng to Jia's mansion together. This time, of course, the crime is still not greed--pollution.

This time, Mama Lai confessed. gave Jia Yu and Jia Rong a total of 2,000 taels of silver, and revealed the matter.

But all the slaves in Jiafu saw that Master Yu regarded the Lai family as a piece of fat. Because the old lady once spoke, 20,000 taels of silver will expose the matter of corruption - dirt in the public money, and the next crime, the pattern of renovation, has nothing to do with greed - dirt. Now many people believe that Jia Yu once received hundreds of black materials from Lai Da.

The next day, March 28, Jia pardoned Lai's eldest son, Lai Shangrong, outside to bully men and women under the banner of Jiafu, and the human and material evidence were all in Jiafu, and Lai Shangrong was detained. Send Zhang Cai over again to ask for money. This time, the price was five thousand taels.

Mama Lai was dissatisfied again and went to Jia's mother to intercede. Jia Mu asked a few more words and ordered Jia to pardon and release him. However, this time Jia Yu was not called in to scold.

Mama Lai had already felt the subtle change in Jia's mother's attitude.

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At the beginning of April, it was already early summer. During the night, there was a light rain.

In Sister Feng's courtyard, Jia Lian came back from eating and drinking outside, and Wang Xifeng took a hot towel to cover his face and serve. Ping'er untied Jia Lian's robe.

Jia Lian said curiously: "Sister Feng, you have changed a little recently!" ”

Wang Xifeng said angrily: "Grandma is scared." Brother Huan'er hasn't returned home yet? He's a really good tool. Poor Lai family, this back and forth to toss. Yesterday, I was driven out because of everyone's business. I see that the old lady is tired of it. ”

The eldest lord Jia Yu tossed the Lai family enough for various crimes during this time. I don't know how much silver I squeezed out. And Mama Lai is always looking for the old lady to intercede, and her favor and face have been used.

If Jia Huan used this method on her. She couldn't take it either. This line of thinking is unheard of. turned out to be using the identity of the eldest man as his son, grinding hard in front of the old lady, and canceling out Mama Lai's favors.

The foundation of her body is her husband Jia Lian, and she has naturally been a lot gentler recently.

Jia Lian laughed and said: "The Lai family died by themselves, who is to blame?" ”

Wang Xifeng wrung a towel in the basin and said puzzledly: "How many people are informing?" Lai's big fart -- the stock is too unclean. Why are there so many hidden things to shake out? ”

Jia Lian smiled mysteriously: "Actually, it's not much. Most of them were said by Shan Daliang and Lin Zhixiao. ”

Wang Xifeng and Ping'er were both stunned when they heard this. This..., words such as "deceitful self", "wall falling down, everyone pushing", "falling into the well" and so on can be used here.

…

Lai asked Zhang Cai to drink in a restaurant in the Four Seasons Square. I haven't seen him for more than half a month, and Master Lai has completely aged down, his face is full of wrinkles, and he seems to be ten years old.

After serving the wine and food, Lai Da toasted Zhang Cai, sealed a letter of silver and handed it over, and said, "Brother Zhang, you give the little brother a secret, what does the eldest master plan to do with the Lai family?" ”

Zhang Caili accepted the silver, looked at Lai Da, and said with a smile: "The eldest master only needs silver." Brother Lai should ask the third master what he plans to do with you. As far as I know, the third master likes to send people to the Zhuangzi on the other side of Jinling to farm. It's called 'labor reform'. ”

Lai Da was silent for a while, then sighed, "I understand." "In my heart, the bitterness is indescribable.

The boy's face came to mind. How did he, the Lai family, get to the opposite side of that young man? Now, there is no regret. (To be continued.) )