Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 105 [105] Jia Chen outwits Mrs. Wang
When Jia Mu heard the words, her eyes widened in fright, and her face turned pale.

Dai Quan lost his voice and asked:

"I ordered Suzaku, the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei, to lead [-] people to hunt down the bandits. How could he not be able to stop him?"

Lin Daiyu explained:

"The number of bandits is huge, at least ten times that of Jin Yiwei. Jin Yiwei can't stop them at all."

Dai Quan was terrified and tremblingly said:
"Then let's run away!"

Mother Jia looked terrified, trembling all over, and asked:

"Yu'er, can we still escape?"

Yuanyang, the big maid beside her, was also trembling with fright, staring at Lin Daiyu closely.

Under the panicked eyes of everyone, Lin Daiyu gritted her teeth and said:

"I'm not sure, I can only try it!"

On the other side, in Jinling City.

Jia Chen began to think of ways to deal with Mrs. Wang.

Only by depriving Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang of their power over the family can Mrs. Wang's threat to Lin Daiyu be eliminated.

Jia Chen sent someone to check the accounts of all the Jia family's shops in Jinling.

As a result, the problem was really found.

There was a lot of money missing in the public shop, and it was found that the shop assistants and shopkeepers had colluded with outsiders to buy some useless things at high prices to extract the public money.

Jia Chen is still an imperial envoy, so he called Jia Yucun and asked him to send government servants to arrest all the storekeepers involved.

Jia Chen personally interrogated.

A shopkeeper was timid, so he recruited quickly. He said that the second wife bought the private property behind the back of the people in the mansion, and then sold the useless things in the private property shop to the shop in Rongguo Mansion at a high price, and profited from it. .

Jia Chen was overjoyed, now he found evidence that Mrs. Wang violated the French law!

Without further ado, Jia Chen immediately reported the matter to Jia Amnesty.

How could Jia Amnesty let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and immediately called Jia Zheng, and asked Jia Zheng face to face, why did he and Mrs. Wang harm the public and enrich himself, and enrich his own pockets?

Jia Zheng was shocked when he heard the words, and lost his voice: "This is absolutely impossible, there is absolutely no such thing!"

Seeing Jia Zheng's seriousness, his words are convincing.

Jia She couldn't help panting, because he lost a large amount of treasure, he wanted to extort money from Mrs. Wang even more.
Having made up his mind, Jia She rolled his eyes and said harshly:
"I've already cleared all the accounts of the Jia family in Jinling. How much has that woman cheated me, I'll return it as soon as possible. Otherwise, don't blame me for not being sympathetic!"

Hearing this, Jia Zheng's face turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Lian'er, come out, I have something to ask you, and tell your father to rest first."

Jia Zheng led Jia Lian out of the room, and happened to see Mrs. Wang coming, so he said to Mrs. Wang:
"Just now the old man said some very ridiculous things, let me ask you, did you buy private property in Jinling behind my back?"

When Madam Wang heard the words, her face showed panic, and she denied it flatly:
"It's absolutely not, there is no reason, what is the master asking this for?"

Although her words were convincing, her heart was beating like a drum.

Jia Zheng was dubious, and sighed: "If there is no one, it will be the best."

Jia Lian didn't know the truth and said with a smile:
"Exactly, if not, it must be an outsider who stole no less than one hundred thousand taels of silver from our house. The second uncle sent a letter to Jia Zhifu in Yingtian Mansion, asking him to handle the case impartially, and the insider who stole the silver must be brought to justice." Thief, caught in one fell swoop."

Hearing what Jia Lian said, Jia Zheng hesitated, and smiled wryly:

"Lian'er, don't show your family ugliness to the outside world. If others know that our house has been stolen, our face will not look good."

Jia Lian frowned and sighed:

"Second Uncle is too kind. Brother Chen checked all the shops in Jinling and found that there was a deficit of more than one hundred thousand taels. If the hundreds of thousands of taels of snowflake silver are not recovered, who will make up for the shortfall in the public? Anyway, it will be Liangjiang The governor and governor of Jiangsu are watching, so we don’t have to worry too much about it.”

As he said that, he looked at Mrs. Wang, and saw that she looked like an honest and honest person, with a very kind face. He couldn't help but wonder if Jia Chen had made a mistake when he said that Mrs. Wang was pocketing her own money.
Jia Zheng frowned. He didn't expect that the Jia family's shop in Jinling would lose so much money. How would he explain this to Mother Jia?
Seeing Jia Zheng's ugly face, Jia Lian knew that he was a bookworm who didn't care about world affairs and didn't understand world affairs.
"Tomorrow a doctor will come to check my father's pulse. When that time comes, I will ask the second master to help me with the prescription. Now, my nephew respectfully sends the second master and second wife back to rest."

Jia Lian didn't bother to waste any more words, sent Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang out, went back to the room, and said to Jia Amnesty who was lying on the bed:

"Master, rest easy, don't worry, my son will get all the money back."

As soon as he heard about the money, he hit Jia She's sore spot. He sighed and patted Jia Lian's hand:

"The treasures we lost have not been recovered yet, and the second couple embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the father. You have to help Weifu keep an eye on them, and you must not let the second couple go!"

"Don't worry, father, I will definitely keep an eye on this matter."

Jia Lian tucked the quilt for Jia She, got up and went out, and said to Uncle Xing:
"Uncle kindly persuaded the wife to stay in the room honestly, so as not to make the old man angry again and tell the second room to watch the joke."

Uncle Xing is Mrs. Xing's elder brother, and this time he followed Mrs. Xing to Jinling.

"Hey." Uncle Xing responded readily.

The Xing family is not a famous family, but an ordinary wealthy family, and they need to rely on the support of the Jia family. Uncle Xing naturally obeys the Jia family's advice.

When Jia Lian heard the words, he went out again, with his hands in his jacket sleeves, thinking that Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang would definitely ask Jia Yucun about things, so he stayed at home and took care of Jia She and Yingchun. , don't care about anything else.

At this time, Jia Chen came.

Jia Lian took him to a secluded room and persuaded him:
"Why are you so confused? I heard that you ordered the Yamen to seal up your shop?"

Jia Chen smiled lightly and said, "A few rooms have been sealed up."

His tone was calm and seemingly casual, but in fact he would make the case bigger next time.

Jia Lian smiled bitterly and said:
"Your brother is really confused, and provoked the government to come to the door. In the future, no one will dare to come to the door except for the seal. This is not the reason for doing business. Quickly ask those yamen servants to release him and tear off the seal."

Jia Chen said:
"Business is not in a hurry these days. This time, I got the evidence that the second aunt was pocketing her own money. Doesn't the second brother Lian want to take this opportunity to help the eldest uncle regain the power of the housekeeper?"

Jia Lian's eyes lit up, and he said pleasantly:
"My virtuous brother has really helped me a lot! If our eldest room can regain the power of housekeeper, in the future, virtuous brother will never refuse any orders from you, brother Yu!"

"They're all my brothers, Second Brother Lian, you're being polite!" Jia Chen raised his lips slightly. In fact, he had already found out that Mrs. Wang gave part of the money she embezzled privately to Mother Jia, but Mrs. Wang definitely did not dare to confess to Mother Jia.

But what Jia Chen doesn't know is that the Rongguo Mansion in Shenjing City has been captured by tens of thousands of bandits, and both Lin Daiyu and Jia's mother are in a life-and-death situation.

On the other side, under the escort of Chen Daguang and Hu Shouren, Jia Yuanchun rode his horse around the battlefield and fled to Shanhaiguan.

But Dorgon and a dozen cavalrymen with white flags under him chased closer and closer.

Dorgon ordered:

"All officers and men listen to the order! Make sure to capture the female general in front alive, and don't hurt her at all!"

(End of this chapter)