The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Coming out of Meng Po Zhai, to the main gate compound, Lin Zhixiao had been waiting here long ago?

"Has everything been counted?"

"Don't worry, the second master, I have already weighed and packaged it, 8 taels, just a little more, there will be no mistakes."

Jia Lian nodded and waved his hand. Dozens of servants in the arena immediately lifted up the heavy boxes and followed Jia Lian's carriage to Ningguo Mansion.

You Shi had already led a group of people, waiting outside the main gate, saw Jia Lian's carriage approaching, hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and gave Lai Sheng a look, Lai Sheng hurried to the west corner gate, guiding Lin Zhixiao and others, The silver was moved to the warehouse of Ningguo Mansion.

Here, You led Jia Lian to enter through the main entrance, "I said I would invite my second uncle to come over for dinner, but why did my second uncle deliver the silver himself? For such a trivial matter, just arrange the servants."

You Shi said it easily, as if [-] silver is insignificant.However, in fact, even for Ningguo Mansion, the [-] silver accounted for half of the existing silver in the warehouse.Not to mention, what Youshi told Mrs. Wang at the time was to move out all the savings...

Jia Lian glanced at her, and said to herself that Sister Feng was suspicious like this, if she didn't do something serious and just ran over to eat, she didn't know what that girl would think.

"This [-] silver has solved our urgent need. It is not a trivial matter. Before coming, the master and wife told me that they must thank you well and ask you to take care of them. Now you are also responsible for the situation on our side. I know, I am really ashamed to borrow so much money without paying interest."

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's getting more and more out of touch, as if the two sides are not a family, and if you talk about benefits and disadvantages, I dare not go there to greet the old ladies and wives in the future..."

His actions and words, not to mention the slaves and servants around him, even Jia Lian and Youshi were stunned.

The uncle and sister-in-law were in the guest suite when they suddenly saw Lai Sheng rushing from behind.

As he spoke, Jia Lian's voice was obviously cold.He has already treated the Lai family lightly for Jia Mu's sake, if they still don't know what is good or bad, he doesn't mind and will remove the Lai family from the Jia family as a whole.

When Lai Sheng heard that Jia Lian said that he didn't want to get involved, he knew that he had made the right bet, and he felt a little happy.

"I don't care whether the lard is deceived or greedy. But you, although you have committed the crime of refusing to report, since Lai Da is your elder brother, you also have difficulties, and the two of you have already separated. , I don't want to get involved too much.

In the end, Jia Lian reacted quickly, tilting his head and asked: "Can I understand that Mr. Lai is calling me to beat you with sixty sticks, and then demote you and your brother to the north to guard the farm?"

"Second uncle also knows that our master is not at home, and my concubine is a girl, so I don't know how to deal with this matter.

Seeing this, Jia Lian became more interested, but he was not in a hurry to ask questions.

Lai Sheng's face suddenly became anxious, and he didn't dare to let him say a few more words. He immediately turned his head and shouted: "Shut up! The second master is here, why are you crying and crying? You still don't back down!"

"Why, don't say that you can't even get five thousand silver. If that's the case, then I have to reflect on it. Is it really wrong to blame you?"

Lai Sheng dared to stop him here, and Jia Lian appreciated it very much.You can also see some of his thoughts and calculations.

Lai Sheng's bony figure trembled slightly, but then kowtowed and said: "Sin slave, I am willing to accept any punishment."

Jia Lian was a little surprised, "Oh, so what are you?"

Lai Sheng was about to reply, but he saw that Lai Sheng's family was also chasing him. Seeing him like this, he obviously knew what he was going to do. He shook his head and cried and persuaded: "He is in charge, you..."

Because of his stern voice, he really stopped Lai Sheng's family. He stayed where he was and didn't dare to say anything, and he didn't dare to go forward, but his expression was very panic and fearful.

Lai Sheng's heart trembled, and he quickly kowtowed and said: "Slave, thank you for your generosity and kindness, I wish to respect your life, thank you grandma..."

"The slave is guilty, and he will never dare to lie to the second master."

But this Marquis has always rewarded you for your merits, and punished you for your mistakes. Since you pleaded guilty, you will be fined five thousand silver for atonement, and you will hand it over to your treasury and record the accounts truthfully. "

Otherwise, if he wanted to plead guilty, he would not invite him sooner or later, but he would wait until Jia Lian came and invite him in front of Jia Lian?

Therefore, the slave knew that the crime was serious, and boldly begged the second master and grandma to punish the slave severely, and sent soldiers or servants to search the house of the slave to redeem the sin of the slave!Sin slave Lai Sheng, thank the master for his grace. "

Five thousand silver coins may not seem like much, but among ordinary slaves, it is a mountain-like number.With such a sum clearly recorded in the public account, the family will punish him in the future, and there is no need to find another reason...

"You really admit that you are guilty, and you are really willing to let me deal with it?"

Although the slave and the elder brother are in charge of the East Mansion and the West Mansion, they are both mothers and compatriots. If the brother and sister-in-law commit crimes, the slave will not escape the responsibility.I also dare not lie to deceive my master, and I don't know anything about what my brother and sister-in-law did.

You Shi was thoughtful, because Jia Lian was present, she was not in a hurry to express her opinion.

Then Lai Sheng turned his head, glanced at Jia Lian and the two of them, knocked his head heavily on the ground again, and said sadly: "Brother betrayed the kindness and teaching of the master, and committed infidelity and injustice, you deserve it.

You Shi also laughed, she could tell that Lai Sheng was not afraid of her at all, but Jia Lian.

After all, she is her own woman, and Jia Lian didn't stand outside of her. Hearing this, he nodded, then turned around and walked in front of Lai Sheng.

With a look of death on his face, he walked around in front of Jia Lian and the two of them, knelt down with a plop, as if throwing himself on the ground.

"I'm ashamed, my brother. My brother was blinded by lard for a while, and failed to understand the painstaking efforts of the second master, which led to today..."

It happened that the second uncle was the generation head of the clan, and our master entrusted the second uncle to raise Wu'er, so I had the audacity to ask the second uncle to handle this matter on my behalf, and also asked the concubine to learn how to manage the house, so that I could teach Wu'er the principles in the future . "

Glancing at Lai Sheng's family, who was sitting paralyzed on the ground in the distance, terrified and helpless, and then at Lai Sheng who was lying on the ground, but motionless, Jia Lian felt emotionally, this Nanny Lai is also capable, and the two children born Both sons have some skills.

But when I heard the end, I was a little hesitant.It's not difficult to fine him five thousand silver, it can even be said to be too light!The only thing is to ask him to hand over to the treasury and keep the accounts truthfully, which makes him a little suspicious.

Lai Sheng knows how to be a slave, and in this case, he didn't forget to give You Shi a head.

"Second Master and Grandma Mingjian, this servant has no such intentions. Brother and sister-in-law are confused and committed a capital crime. They can be forgiven by Second Master and save their lives. The whole family of this slave is grateful to Second Master. How dare he think otherwise." Lai Sheng raised his head, his eyes were sad and sincere, with faint tears.

Youshi's words were considered thoughtful, taking care of all respects and not leaving any criticism.

Jia Lian shook his head and smiled, then sighed: "If Lai Da had you, I would not do anything to him, even if it was because Lai Nanny served the old lady for the rest of her life."

It was clearly what happened in the West Mansion last night that frightened him, fearing that Jia Lian would not let him go, so he broke the boat and offered to plead guilty, asking for leniency, at least to protect his family and life.

Seeing Weinu, Youshi wanted to reprimand him, but Jia Lian raised his hand to stop him, and then he heard Jia Lian curiously ask: "What does Mr. Lai mean by this? Could it be that he came to intercede for your brother and sister-in-law?"

Jia Lian shook his head and laughed, and looked back at Youshi, "My sister-in-law has also seen the situation. He is a servant of my sister-in-law's house, but I don't want to do it for me. Let my sister-in-law decide."

Lai Sheng's words were prostrate on the ground all the time, until the last sentence, he raised his head and kowtowed again, and then lay down on the ground, as if he had finished his statement and respectfully begged for forgiveness.

Jia Lian looked at You Shi, and You Shi also looked at him, Jia Lian looked away and looked down at Lai Sheng: "As a servant of my Jia family, you should put loyalty first. Remember, whenever you Lai Sheng If you don't forget this point, the family will never treat you poorly, go down."

"Yes, this servant follows the teachings of the second master. From now on, I will change my mind and work faithfully for my master..."

Lai Sheng was still kowtowing to show his loyalty, but unfortunately Jia Lian had already greeted Youshi and left in the hallway.He stood up just now, and glanced at the servants who were looking at each other in dismay, feeling a sense of pleasure for the rest of his life in his heart.

He didn't say anything, walked over to help his wife who was already looking happy, gave a few instructions in a low voice, and rushed to the warehouse.

Although he had explained the matter over there before coming here, but with such a large amount of money, he, the manager who managed to keep his seat, naturally dared not be careless, so he had to count and store it himself, so as to be at ease.