The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 73 The Unexpected Incident

Lixiang Garden in Rongguo Mansion, where Aunt Xue's family settled down after entering the mansion.Although Xue Pan seemed to have been beaten badly, it was actually a skin wound, and there was no muscle or bone injury. After bandaging, there was nothing serious about it, but the smell of rotten eggs on his body could not be completely eliminated after taking a few baths. He was so angry that he cursed: "Obviously it was the Jia family's immoral thing, but I got beaten up and caused this stench."

Aunt Xue scolded: "I'm not to blame you for coming forward, let's see if you still dare to join in the fun in the future, and if it weren't for the help of your uncle's family, you would have escaped the life lawsuit so easily? Even the place where you live now is provided by the Jia family, you still have the face to scold!"

Xue Pan rolled his eyes and said, "Mother, why are you bringing this up again? One yard is worth one yard. Well, we owe others favors in the lawsuit, but we have been troubled by this matter today, and it's not that we don't have a place to live in the capital. You insist on living here. According to me, we have more than one house in the capital. We can move in after cleaning, so as not to bother others and make us feel uncomfortable."

Aunt Xue said angrily: "You have to be at ease, you can move out by yourself, your sister and I will live here, we won't go anywhere."

Xue Baochai frowned and said, "My mother was frightened, brother, why bother to be angry with her?"

Although Xue Pan is an idiot, he is the only one who really loves his sister. Hearing the words, he softened and said: "All right, all right, I don't say anything, it's all up to you."

After Xue Pan finished speaking, he went back to the room to hide the corpse. He was beaten like a pig's head, and he was embarrassed to wander around for fear of being laughed at.

Aunt Xue sighed and said: "It's true that I did something wrong in my previous life, and I have encountered such unlucky things. Your cousin Feng is a smart person, and she doesn't lack clothes or clothes. Why did she think of putting loan sharks outside? Now that things have become big, I'm afraid it won't end well."

Xue Baochai said lightly: "People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants. This is human nature. People in the world read and understand, so it's not for the sake of preserving good and eliminating evil. But mother, you should ignore other people's housework."

Aunt Xue nodded and said: "That's natural, and I'm not a nosy person as a mother."

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Jia Zheng rushed to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, posted a letter of worship, was invited in about half a minute later, and met Yin Lubing of Shuntian Mansion.

Although the prestige of the Jia family is not as good as it used to be, at least it is after the founding of the country, and the prince Teng of the Wang family is now in a high position and has a lot of weight in the court, so Yin Lubing of Shuntian Mansion still wants to give Jia Zheng some face.

"Brother Cun Zhou came just in time. I have some important things here, but I have to show Brother Cun Zhou to identify them." Lu Bing smiled and handed a wooden box to Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng's face was full of doubts, he took the wooden box and opened it, and found that there was a box of borrowing tickets inside, his face sank immediately.

It turned out that the borrowed notes in this box were the usury notes that Laiwang carried with him. It clearly stated the name of the borrower, the amount and date of the loan, and the agreed interest, etc., and the name of the lender was Laiwang.

"It's unreasonable, this scumbag really put loan sharks outside, but I don't know if Lian's brother and daughter-in-law are involved, I'm afraid it's inseparable." Jia Zheng was startled and angry, and bowed to Lu Bing: "Where did Master Lu get this thing?"

Lu Bing stroked his beard and said: "Someone secretly put it at the gate of the government office, and the officer picked it up and reported it to the official." After speaking, he said in a low voice: "Did brother Cun Zhou offend someone?"

Jia Zheng frowned and said, "I have always been kind to others, and I don't seem to have offended anyone."

Lu Bing said oh and stopped talking. He had already sold the favor to Jia Zheng, and he didn't want to meddle in other trivial matters.

Just at this time, there were bursts of drumming outside, obviously someone complained of grievances.

Jia Zheng hastily said: "I am not good at discipline, and I am ashamed that the slaves in the house have done such evil things. Today's incident is thanks to Mr. Lu's noble hand. I will prepare a glass of wine to thank you in the future. Now Mr. Lu is busy with business, so I won't disturb you for now."

"Brother Cun Zhou, you're being polite, it's a small matter!" Lu Bing sent Jia Zheng out after a few polite words.

However, at this time a small official rushed in and said: "My lord, several groups of people have come outside to sue Jia's family for usury, violent collection, intentional injury, and robbery of women!"

Jia Zheng's eyes darkened, and he almost fell down.

Lu Bingruo glanced at Jia Zheng meaningfully, and hurried forward to go to the trial court.

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In the afternoon, Jia Zheng returned to Rongguo Mansion with a heavy heart. Jia's mother and others were waiting anxiously, but Wang Xifeng stood up at this moment, timidly hiding behind Mrs. Wang and pretending to be pitiful.

Jia Mu asked, "Has the matter subsided?"

Jia Zheng shook his head and said, "It's such a big deal, it spreads all over the city, how can it be so easy to calm down? Lian's daughter-in-law, these things belong to you?"

Jia Zheng put the wooden box containing the borrowed tickets on the coffee table with a snap. Wang Xifeng hurriedly stepped forward to open the wooden box, and found that it was full of borrowed tickets. She couldn't help but trembled in fright, and stammeringly denied, "Master, these...these are not mine."

Mother Jia picked up some borrowed notes and looked at them, and found that the name of the lender was Lai Wang's name. She couldn't help saying angrily: "Wang'er, this tricky slave, actually put loan sharks outside. Where did the master get these borrowed notes?"

"Someone secretly put it at the gate of Shuntian Mansion Yamen. Fortunately, Hai'er has a little personal relationship with Mr. Fu Yin, so I handed it over to Hai'er, otherwise it will be troublesome." Jia Zheng said in a deep voice.

Mother Jia was startled and angry, she stared at Wang Xifeng and said, "Girl Feng, tell me the truth, did you instigate Laiwang to put loan sharks outside?"

Where did Wang Xifeng dare to admit it, tried her best to deny it, and secretly thanked herself for being careful at the beginning, and all loan loans for loan sharks should be signed in Laiwang's name, otherwise she would not be able to deny it at this moment.

Jia Zheng yelled sharply: "Bring in Laiwang, a slave, and I will interrogate him myself."

Soon, Laiwang was escorted in. The smell of rotten eggs from his body made people sick, and all the maids covered their noses and backed away.

Jia Zheng suppressed the stench and slapped the coffee table, shouting sharply, "Laiwang, who ordered you to put loan sharks outside?" After speaking, he threw the box of loan notes in front of Laiwang.

Seeing this, Laiwang knew that there was no need to deny it, and looked at Wang Xifeng in awe. Seeing that the latter was staring at him coldly, he gritted his teeth and said, "No one ordered it. It was the slave lard who deceived him. He used the Rongguo Mansion to release usury outside. The slave deserves death!"

Wang Xifeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded towards Laiwang subtly. It turned out that she had already taken the opportunity to communicate with Laiwang in secret earlier today, and promised that as long as Laiwang was responsible for all the crimes, she would protect his life and compensate him heavily afterwards.

Jia Zheng yelled angrily: "Damn it, you dare to use the name of my Jia family to do evil outside. Not only did you give loan sharks, but you also violated the law, beat people's lives, and robbed people's daughters. Now a large number of suffering masters have sued Shuntian Mansion. Come, come, let this slave be taken to the government office, and let the governor decide, who should be beaten, who should be imprisoned, and who should be killed!"

Laiwang almost freaked out. Over the years, he helped Wang Xifeng with loan sharks. He did many bad things, and he was sued by others, but in the end he settled the lawsuit with the help of Jia and Wang's family's wealth, so he became more and more unscrupulous, and the methods he used became more and more cruel and outrageous. He only thought that everything would be fine in the end.

It's no wonder that most of the sufferers used to be afraid of the power of the Jia family and the Wang family and did not dare to report to the officials, but now that the city is full of turmoil, those sufferers can't help but feel courageous, and they all ran out to take advantage of the wind of public opinion.

When Jia Zheng gave an order, two strong servants rushed forward and dragged Laiwang out. The latter realized that he might be imprisoned this time, or even lose his life, so he couldn't help being terrified and shouted in horror: "Second Mistress, save me, Second Mistress, save me!"

Wang Xifeng didn't dare to come forward to intercede, but just turned his head and ignored it. Seeing this, Laiwang was very disappointed and said ruthlessly, "Second Mistress, this slave is going through life and death for you, and takes the blame for your crimes. Now that something happened, Second Mistress refuses to say a good word for this slave. If that's the case, let's break it up. When we arrive at the government office, this slave will tell all the truth. Second Mistress, you instigated the slave to release the loan sharks. Second Mistress, you let me do all the bad things."

Wang Xifeng's complexion changed drastically, and he shouted sharply: "You son of a bitch, how dare you spout blood and slander your master, beat this slave to death!"

Laiwang said miserably: "Grandma you really feel ruthless, the slave is the accompanying room for you to marry the Jia family. He has always been loyal to you. What a dirty and dirty work? As a result? The four girls who accompanied them at the beginning, died, even Ping'er was driven away by you. Lying on the bed, now it's my turn, anyway, the horizontal and vertical is dead, and the slaves will not live! "

As he said that, Laiwang suddenly broke free and slammed his head against the corner of the wall. His head was bleeding and he fell down dead on the spot.

There was a scream, and the maids and women ran away in fright, and Jia Zheng, Jia Mu and others also stood up in shock.

Wang Xifeng's legs went limp, and she fell to the ground with a plop, and "fainted" to death.

"Second Grandma!" Feng'er and others cried and rushed forward to help.

"Master, Laiwang is out of breath!" Lai Da stepped forward to check Laiwang's breath, and found that he was dead, he couldn't help trembling.

Jia Zheng seemed petrified. He didn't expect things to develop to such an extent. He committed a crime on his own. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Send the body to the government office, and say that this slave committed suicide in fear of crime."

Obviously, Jia Zheng wanted to place all the charges on Laiwang in order to preserve the Jia family's reputation.

Mother Jia sighed secretly, but this is undoubtedly the best way to deal with it, she said calmly: "Zheng's daughter-in-law, the monthly money of Laiwang's daughter-in-law will be distributed as usual in the future. Also, it is not suitable for Feng girl to take care of the affairs of the back house. Let Lin Zhixiao's family and Zhu'er's wife take care of it for now."

Mother Jia's light words are equivalent to depriving Wang Xifeng of the right to manage the back house. Wang Xifeng, who is in a "coma", has blood dripping from her heart, but she can only continue to pretend to be unconscious.

(End of this chapter)