Lai Sheng stood stiffly at the door of the side hall. The reddish bluish on his cheeks and forehead and the smell www.biquge.info of wine on his cheeks and forehead all showed that he had just drunk wine. And as a servant of Ning Guofu, drinking alcohol during Jia Zhen's funeral was a big mistake.

Jia Huan looked at Lai Sheng with a smile.

The side hall is decorated with round tables and stools, and tea and snacks are displayed. It is for the side branches, stewards, and servants of the Ningguo Mansion to rest. At this time, there were seven or eight stewards and servants gathered in the side hall. The three housekeepers of Ning Guofu, Li Hua and Jia Qiong, and Jia Chen are all there.

Cold sweat broke out on Lai Sheng's forehead, this posture was wrong, and he hurriedly bowed his head and saluted: "Lai Sheng has seen the third master." There is something today, and it is late, please punish the third master. ”

The corners of Jia Huan's mouth curled. Mr. Lai is very slippery! For the big housekeeper of Ning Guofu, what is wrong with being late for work? Jia Huan drank tea and said casually: "Have you drunk?" ”

Lai Shengqiang argued: "No. It's just, it's just..."Lai Sheng's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking of a reason.

Jia Huan was not interested in being verbose with Lai Sheng, and said lightly: "Take him down." ”

Although there is no alcohol detector in this era, you can't "blow up" to test. But this is an era of free mind: if you say you drink, you drink, and if you don't drink, you drink. What's more, Jia Huan did not wronged Lai Sheng.

Hu Xiaosi, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, slapped Lai Sheng, who was still thinking of a reason, into a daze and kicked him down. Then he and Qian Huai tied Lai Sheng with a rope. Kneeling on the ground.

It took Lai Sheng a while to react, holding his head high, struggling and shouting, "Third Master, you can't take me." I am the chief steward of Ning Guofu. I am an old man from Ning Guofu. I want to see Brother Rong. I want to see Brother Rong. Over the years, I have no credit, and I have worked hard..."

Jia Huan ignored Lai Sheng's call at all, and asked the steward gathered in the side hall, "Have you gone to see if he is drinking?" ”

None of the seven stewards stepped forward to inspect, and it was obvious that Mr. Lai was drinking, and they all said respectfully: "The chief steward must have been drinking." "Even if they have the heart to argue a few words for the manager, they can't make sense. The master of the house, Uncle Zhen, has only passed the first seven years. Drink in private. Don't get caught, even if you drink it openly.

Jia Huan nodded and asked Li Hua, "Dongfuli, how to deal with this?" ”

Li Hua has been flattering Jia Huan these days, but when he saw Lai Sheng, the majestic and arrogant housekeeper of Ningguo Mansion in the past, take it down so easily, he was suddenly a little frightened in his heart, and said with a flattering smile: "Such a big crime as disrespecting the master, it is considered light to beat forty or fifty boards." Tell me to say, follow the third master's heart. ”

Jia Huan said: "Oh, then hit twenty boards first and sober him up." ”

Li Hua went out to make arrangements. Lai Sheng scolded, "The surname is Li, Grandpa Lai and you have no grudges in the past, and there is no enmity in the near future, why did you frame me?" ”

He asked Jia Huan again, "Brother Huan, don't stand up with me here." The house is full of good wine and good food every day. Do you dare to say you haven't drunk in the past few days? ”

Jia Huan laughed and said indifferently: "Of course I dare." Mr. Lai, I'm only ten years old, and it's not normal not to drink. ”

Lai Sheng originally scolded quite fiercely, and he was speechless when he gave Jia Huan a word. Tears in my heart: You remember that you are only ten years old! Do you do things like a 10-year-old?

Two servants came in, dragged Lai Sheng to the open space outside the side hall, stripped him in the sun, and whipped him with a board.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Listening to Lai Sheng's screams outside, Jia Qiong and Jia Chen glanced at each other, unable to hide their surprise. The two of them came to see the excitement today. Jia Qiang had an opinion about Jia Huan and refused to come.

However, the scene in front of me was really shocking. These side branches, including Jia Qiang, have to call Lai Da and Lai Sheng "Grandpa Lai" to show respect on weekdays, but at this moment, "Grandpa Lai" is calling Jia Huan a whoa!

This... Let them feel something akin to pride, family pride. Because, their surname is Jia, and the Lai family is the slave of the Jia family for generations. When did the Lai family climb to the head of the surname Jia?

Jia Qiong and Jia Chen got up together and saluted Jia Huan, "Third Master Huan, our brother has been neglecting a lot in the past few days, please forgive me." ”

Jia Qiong, Jia Chen is similar in age to Jia Rong, much older than Jia Huan. In this way, it seems to be soft, but in fact, it is moving closer to Jia Huan. It's just that the words are beautiful, so as not to hold grudges against Lai Sheng in the future.

Jia Huan received a salute from the two. I somewhat understand Jia Qiong and Jia Chen's thoughts. But Lai Sheng will not have a chance to turn over again. smiled and said, "The two brothers are polite." You two are here to take care of it. I took Mr. Lai to the outer study.

Brother Zhen assigned Mr. Lai to send people to Dongzhuang Town to operate brick kilns and grain stores. But he put his hands up and down, and filled his own pockets. Steward He who went to Dongzhuang Town had already been recruited, and he sent 200 taels of silver to Manager Lai.

That's just a no-brainer. I've asked my uncle to come forward and check the accounts. He had to spit out as much as he greeded. ”

In the side hall, everyone gasped. Jia Huan's uncle is Jia Yu, the eldest lord of Xifu. Jia Yu checked the accounts in Xifu in the winter of the previous year, but it made people turn upside down. Many housekeepers and stewards scraped the ground for him.

Moreover, they are no more than the masters of the house, and they do not know anything. The accounts of the brick kiln in Dongzhuang Town are not up to you, and the third master of Huan has the final say? In other words, how much Mr. Lai is greedy in the matter of the brick kiln is up to the third master.

It's dark!

Jia Qiong, Jia Chen hasn't had time to speak. Lai Sheng, who had already finished beating the 20th board and was dragged in again, heard Jia Huan's words, and immediately felt that his eyes were dark and he passed out.

The last thought in his mind was the conversation between him and his eldest brother Lai Da: There is really something, there is still a master in the two mansions. Now, Jia Huan directly dragged the eldest master Jia Yu in! How does this not make him despair?

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Jia Huan took Li Hua, Qian Huai, Hu Xiaosi and others to escort Lai Sheng to the outer study and handed him over to Jia Yu for "concoction".

Jia Qiong and Jia Chen walked out of the side hall and turned to the small hall in the mourning hall, where Jia Rong and Jia Qiang were drinking tea and talking.

Jia Qiong, Jia Chen will explain the situation. Jia Qiang snorted in her nose and said dissatisfiedly: "Grandpa Lai is a lot older, and he is still tossing like this?" It can be seen that the heart and temperament are cold and dark. At first glance, he is not a good person. ”

Jia Qiong, Jia Chen said in his heart: "What kind of nonsense is this? Do you still have the surname Jia? ”

A helpless look appeared on Jia Rong's handsome face, and said, "Good brother, I know about this." We don't need to have so many grandpas on our heads! The inside story of his father's death involves a lot of secrets and ugly things, and he doesn't dare to tell Jia Qiang. It's his own family affair. Every time I heard Jia Qiang ridiculing Jia Huan, I felt a little frightened.

Jia Qiang was stunned. He is a very smart person, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that Jia Rong had joined forces with Jia Huan and Jia Amnesty. Immediately, he sighed softly in his heart. Jia Rong said that Jia Huan would sit in the middle in two days, and he believed it now.

He knew the inside story of Uncle (Jia Zhen)'s death, and still stubbornly believed that Jia Huan was responsible. Now that you can't punish Jia Huan, stay away from Jia Huan. But Brother Rong actually "cooperated" with Jia Huan. It made him feel a little sad in his heart.

Jia Rong patted Jia Qiang on the shoulder, and said to the three of them with a little confidence: "When I grasp the power in the house, the benefits of a few brothers are indispensable." ”

Jia Qiong and Jia Chen both laughed. The atmosphere became light and harmonious. Immediately, he talked about inviting Jia Huan to eat and drink when he left two days later.

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On the afternoon of the 11th, Jia Huan led people to hand over Lai Sheng to Jia Yu, who was waiting in the outer study. At noon on the 12th, he received an intermediary fee from Jia Yu's little servant Hong'er: 2,000 taels of silver. The silver ticket of the Jin Shang Rishengchang ticket number. One hundred and twenty sheets, a total of twenty sheets. Redeem the ticket at sight.

plus the down payment of 3,000 taels that Jia Lian paid him two days ago. Jia Huan's net worth soared in an instant.

After receiving the silver ticket, Jia Huan prepared to leave Ning Guofu.

Jia Yu's persistence in collecting and scraping money is not fake. The action is fast and ruthless. How much silver Lai Sheng was squeezed by him, Jia Huan didn't know. I only knew that Lai Sheng was removed from the position of the chief housekeeper of Ningguo Mansion and was driven to Rongguo Mansion to hang up a steward position.

But judging from the fact that Jia Amnesty's intermediary fee is paid so quickly, it must be a lot. As for the reputation of mistreating subordinates, Jia Yu has long since wanted this reputation. And how Jia Yu and Mama Lai fought in front of Jia's mother, Jia Huan didn't know.

The summer is long and the climate is hot. Jia Huan lived in the small courtyard of Ning Guofu, and there were ice cubes sent by Qin Keqing in the room, which was cool.

Jia Huan sat at the Nanmu half table in the room and wrote a reply to the third sister Tanchun, and there was iced tea left in the precious reborn white bowl at hand, which was fragrant. The little girl Ruyi lay on his side on his bed and took a nap. Take a long breath. Qingwen was sent by him to see Qin Keqing and explained his plan to leave at four o'clock in the afternoon.

Jia Huan carried a wolf pen and stopped writing on the exquisite white paper. Since he offended Jia's mother, Mrs. Wang, and Jia Zheng that day, the news of Jia's mansion has been cut off. Only Qingwen came back from Tanchun and quietly brought Tanchun's letter.

He wrote a letter, one was concerned about the situation of Tanchun. Aunt Zhao was implicated by him, which made him a little worried. The second is to ask Tanchun to take care of Aunt Zhao within the scope of his ability.

The relationship between Tanchun and Aunt Zhao is as bad as ever. Qingwen also told him when she was sleeping some time ago that Aunt Zhao often showed off in front of Tanchun that she had given birth to a good son, and scolded Tanchun a few more words by the way.

Jia Huan wanted to take Aunt Zhao out of Jiafu. But Aunt Zhao refused: there was no reason to leave her husband and son to live. Jia Huan had no choice but to give up and teach her a way to protect herself: scold him in front of Jia Zheng and grasp the scale by herself. In short, don't praise him in front of Jia Zheng.

To put it bluntly, Aunt Zhao's foundation in Jia's mansion is Jia Zheng's favor. Although Jia Zheng is a mud bodhisattva, there will be no reaction to begging him. But as long as the relationship between Aunt Zhao and Jia Zheng is good, things will naturally calm down slowly. In addition, with him supporting her outside, there will not be too many maids and mothers-in-law in the house who dare to be disrespectful to her.

Jia Huan also left another 100 taels of silver for Xiaoque, which was enough for Aunt Zhao to live and enjoy in Jia's mansion.

At the end of the letter, Jia Huan hesitated, but after all, he didn't ask Baochai about the current situation in the letter. He took Xue Pan's affairs and Mrs. Wang's hard top, and Sister Bao probably knew about it. This incident may cause some estrangement between him and Sister Bao. But he doesn't regret it. Because, that day, he had no more choice.

Jia Huan wrote down the payment, put down the pen, and sighed softly. There are some thoughts wandering like looking at the beautiful white clouds in the sky. (To be continued.) )