Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 215

Shuiyue nunnery has been built for nearly a hundred years after three generations since the first generation of Ningrong Ergong funded and built it.

The aunts who are serious or not in the temple are no more than Jingxu, Zhizhier, and Zhishan, and the rest are just three or five servant girls.

The big nunnery looks like an elegant place on the surface, but the secretive activities behind it are almost the same as the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, which makes people sick.

Shuntian Mansion also knew that Shuiyue Nunnery was the family temple of Ningrong Jia's family, so naturally they would not just send yamen servants here.

After seeing Jia Cong's attitude, Qin E, the accompanying official of Shuntian Mansion, breathed a sigh of relief.Fortunately, it was Master Yumao who came, the Second Master Bao of Rongguo Mansion is a bit too stupid.

Didn't it mean that the Second Master Bao of Rongguo Mansion was born intelligent?
"Xiaguan Shuntian Mansion pushes Qin E, and pays homage to Lord Yumao."

The Tuiguan in Shuntian Mansion is one level higher than the Tuiguan in ordinary prefectures. They are Cong Liupin, in charge of criminal names and praise plans.

Judging from his appearance, Qin E is only in his twenties.To be able to become the second official of the capital government office at this age, one must either have a formal background in the imperial examination or come from a wealthy family.

Jia Cong did not underestimate this young official, and bowed back as a Confucian scholar: "Master Qin is too polite, my cousin is pure and kind, and his aggressive behavior has caused Lord Qin trouble, and I hope Haihan."

"Where is it? It's because the lower official didn't explain clearly, which caused the second master Bao to misunderstand. It should be the lower official who made an apology."

Qin E smiled wryly and said: "Master Yumao, to be honest, the case of Shuiyuean is well-documented, and I have no choice but to come..."

It turns out that Shuntian Mansion has received a lot of cases related to Buddhist temples these days, most of which are crimes such as encroaching on people's land, raising money and debts, and champering lawsuits.

And Shuiyuean is one of the "outstanding ones", how outstanding is it?

In the name of Wang Xifeng, Shuiyuean raised money and debts all over the prefectures and counties of Gyeonggi Province, and the profit from the pledge was much higher than the five-point profit set by the imperial court.

After one year of rolling interest, the debt borrowed has more than doubled.All the land and houses of those who borrowed money were turned into silver taels and were collected by Shuiyuean.What's more, pawning wives and selling girls is nothing but commonplace.

The brothels in the capital have almost become the major customers of Shuiyuean. From the second year of Yuanyou to the present, in just three or four years, there were more than ten women who were sold to brothels by Shuiyuean Jingxu alone. people.

But Jingxu had already made plans, and these crimes could not fall on her head.All her actions were done in the name of Rongguo Mansion, specifically in the name of Lian's second grandmother, Wang Xifeng.

After all, Shuiyue Temple is the family temple of the Jia family, and Wang Xifeng is the nominal housekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Cong listened to Qin E's narration quietly, and looked at the plaque hanging on the gate of Shuiyue Temple with cold eyes.

This plaque was inscribed by the first Duke Rong himself. The old Duke killed too many enemies on the battlefield. In order to eliminate karma, he built a nunnery to collect blessings and eliminate disasters for the Jia family.

Who would have thought that Jia's family temple would do such unreasonable things decades later.

"Master Qin, is there any evidence for the case involved in Shuiyuean?"

Jia Cong's indifferent question made Qin E happy in his heart, but his face was full of regret: "Master Fuyin is very concerned about the case involved in Shuiyuean, so he ordered the government to investigate with all his strength. In just one day, only Daxing, Wanwan The two counties of Ping have already investigated the crime of Shuiyuean, and the evidence is solid!"

Ah……

"Water moon is the moon in the water; what is the moon in the water? Emptiness."

Jia Cong suddenly thought of this sentence, and asked with a sigh: "Master Qin, my ancestor built this nunnery just to keep a clean place, why did it become so dirty?"

Qin E asked back: "Master Yumao, you have a good look. Rongguo's original intention was to keep a clean place, but has this Buddhism ever been clean?"

"Master Qin is wise, Cong has been taught!"

Jia Cong bowed to him and thanked him, he changed his indifferent expression again, looked at Jingxu who was leaning on the porch in cold sweat, and reprimanded: "Lending money and debts, soliciting lawsuits, disregarding human lives, abducting people, secretly accepting love affairs, harboring evil intentions, this way The filthy Shuiyue Nunnery is actually the family temple of Ningrong Jia's family. Master Qin, if you need to investigate, you should investigate, and if you need to be arrested..."

"Master Cong, no!"

Jingxu finally saw Jia Cong's determination. She originally thought that Jia's family would suppress this matter for the sake of reputation, but unexpectedly Jia Cong would let Shuntian Mansion into a nunnery without any scruples.

Under the ground of the nunnery, are there still tens of thousands of taels of silver buried?Those ledgers are all kept in a dark compartment in her house.

There was a gleam of light in Qin E's eyes, no wonder the Second Sage doted on this Master Yumao so much, his situation... Tsk tsk, the response of the Liguo Duke's Mansion was several Zhengyangmen Streets worse than that of Master Yumao.

The Yamen servants in Shuntian Mansion acted quickly, and Qin E personally led the team and began to search carefully from room to room.

Nothing was found in the main hall and side hall where gods, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas are worshiped, but in Jingxu's room, several boxes of various account books and letters were found, and the piles were almost larger than the Buddhist scriptures in her room. many.

Jia Cong flipped through a few pages at random, and when he looked horizontally and vertically, he saw two words: Cannibalism!

It's ironic that Buddhist disciples actually engage in cannibalism.

Snapped!
Jia Cong turned around and slapped Jingxu on the face.Jingxu, who was tied up, lost the fear just now, and said with a sneer instead: "Master Cong is really stern and selfless, but after the news of Master Cong's righteous extermination spread to Jiangnan, what will Second Master Lian think?"

Snapped!
Jia Cong slapped Jia Cong again, and Jingxu's pretty face, which was still charming, instantly turned red and swollen.

"Do you think that by doing these evil things in the name of the young master and the second sister-in-law, you can blame the crime on the second sister-in-law? You underestimate the young master too much."

Jingxu seemed to have fallen into madness, and looked at Jia Cong with a big smile, her lips trembling, and she said viciously: "Mr. Cong, where do you think the poor nun got the capital to put loan sharks? Third master Cong thinks that the poor nun The usury has been kept for so long, why no one dares to make a fuss? Can Third Master Cong think of where the money he got has gone? The poor nun has been imprisoned in the Shuntian Mansion, and neither Lian’s Second Mistress nor the Rongguo Mansion can escape the guilt .”

"Brother Cong, Master Jingxu... This old thief actually sent the silver into the mansion and handed it over to Sister Feng!"

Jia Baoyu, who had been sluggish and taciturn, turned over the ledger suddenly exclaimed, and handed the ledger in front of Jia Cong.

I saw that this account book clearly recorded the flow of gold and silver in Yuanyou's three and four years. Among them, nearly 8000 taels of silver were sent to the Rongguo Mansion when the account was reimbursed at the end of the year.

And the person who knows how to housekeeper is Jia Lian's daughter-in-law, Wang Xifeng, the head of the Rongguo Mansion.

There is also a simple reply letter from Wang Xifeng at the end of the third year of Yuanyou, saying that since the incense in the nunnery is good, more incense candles and other things should be prepared for pilgrims to worship the Buddha.

As for the name seal that Jingxu asked for, Wang Xifeng actually sent a post with a first-class general and his own private seal in order to make it easier for Shuiyuean to perform rituals.

It seems that Jingxu has left all kinds of back roads for herself, and turned Jia's family temple into a nunnery with a lot of incense. incense.

Then, in the name of incense money, the dirty silver obtained was sent to Wang Xifeng's hands, and by the way, the Rongguo Mansion and Wang Xifeng's posts were cheated.

If Wang Xifeng found out that the post she sent had become Jing Xu's confidence to do these dirty things, he would probably vomit to death.

The shrewd Wang Xifeng was tricked by the seemingly honest Jingxu, and Jia Cong could imagine Wang Xifeng's situation when he learned about it.

Jia Cong took a cold look at the crazy Jingxu, and said with a sneer, "You think you can force the Rongguo Mansion to deal with your aftermath? Heh..."

"It doesn't matter whether the poor nun lives or dies, the reputation of Ningrong Jia's family, the reputation of Lian's Second Mistress, isn't Third Master Cong worried?"

Jingxu seems to feel that she has settled for Jia's family, and she thinks about her successors with pride.

It's a pity that Jia Cong just sneered, took the account book and walked towards Qin E who directed the search.

"Master Qin, look at this..."

Qin E took the account book in doubt and looked through it carefully. When he saw something about Wang Xifeng, his face became serious.

However, after reading the letters and greetings sandwiched inside, I feel relieved.

"The numbers don't match up, it's far behind."

It's not just that the numbers don't match up, there is a place in the account book that makes him terrified: Du Taiwei controls the Wang family of the county uncle's mansion.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It seems that there is something hidden behind this case. Fortunately, the official came today. If it is delayed for another year or two, it will be a crime if it is not a crime."

Jia Cong raised his brows, cupped his hands and said, "Master Qin has a keen eye. This case needs to be investigated in depth by Mr. Qin to clear my family's innocence. The cooperation of the Jia family is needed, but please order!"

"Master Yumao is joking, this case is open to the sky, how can the lower officials decide."

Jia Cong's words are beautiful, and Qin E will not shirk.However, as Qin E said, this case is no longer up to him, a sixth-rank judge, and it might be another shocking case involving three judges.

"My lord, there is a secret room underneath, and there are nearly 7 taels of silver hidden in it."

Qin E smiled bitterly. He closed the account book with a snap, cupped his hands and said, "This official has checked three Buddhist temples in the past two days, which is considered an eye-opener. Does Master Yumao know how much money the official has confiscated in the past two days? "

"More than ten thousand?"

Jia Cong guessed that the amount was off by a hundred and eight thousand miles. Qin E stretched out five fingers, shook his head and said: "Including the silver here, the total is 53 taels. This is not counting the property of the Jiming Temple. At that time, Xiaguan felt that his life was not as good as the monks and nuns in the monastery, at least they were much richer than me!"

……

People from Shuntian Mansion came and went in a hurry.

The carriages lined up in a long line, pulling the account books, letters, gold and silver found in Shuiyue Nunnery, and left quickly.

Qin E got Jia Cong's hint, and quietly sent someone to Ningguo Mansion to find the old patriarch of the Jia family, Mr. Jing.

Shuiyuean presided over Jingxu and went to the handy maids, all of them were tied up and taken away by the people of Shuntian Mansion.

Baoyu sat slumped on the dirty ground with a sluggish expression.

The little servant Mingyan wanted to say some words of comfort, but shrank away timidly, took a peek at the indifferent Jia Cong, and opened his mouth without daring to speak.

Jia Shiyi stepped forward and whispered, "Little Third Master, Grandma Rong is here."

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(End of this chapter)