Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 58 Punishment
When Wang Xifeng came to Jia Mu, Jia Mu was finishing her lunch, and Grandma Lai was waiting on her attentively.

Grandma Lai's eyes were so sharp. When she saw Wang Xifeng coming, she thought her grandson had been brought back, so she immediately stepped forward with a smile on her face.

"Second Mistress has worked hard, this matter is over, I invite Second Mistress to my garden for a drink."

Normally, Wang Xifeng would have said a few perfunctory words to her with a smile, but now Wang Xifeng stared at her with a serious face, and then came to Jia Mu's side without saying a word.

"Old lady, you are not in Shuntian Mansion."

Jia Mu, who was originally lazy, suddenly became alert when she heard Wang Xifeng's words.

"What's going on? Tell me carefully."

"Old lady, I was ordered by you to send people to Shuntian Mansion to lead people with the post from the Elder Master, but the Yin of Shuntian Mansion said that Lai Shangrong was not arrested."

After listening to Wang Xifeng's words, Jia's mother immediately understood the meaning contained in it.

Mother Jia's smile was gone now. She looked at it with a sullen face, while Lai Momo stood below, feeling a little uneasy.

"What the hell did that bastard in your family do?"

Jia Mu is no longer polite to Aunt Lai.

Mammy Lai is also very anxious now. He heard what Wang Xifeng told Jia Mu just now, and he was very scared.

"Old lady, you know my grandson, he follows the rules, is good at reading, and never provokes disputes. The people in the yamen must have made a mistake."

Mother Jia gave her a hard look, closed her eyes and thought for a while, then turned her head and said to Wang Xifeng:
"Tell Brother Zhen about this, let him go out of his way, and find out what's going on."

Jia Mu is now also preparing to use some official connections in Ning Rong's second house to find out the whole story.

However, she still kept an eye on it and asked Jia Zhen to handle the matter instead of using her connections in the Rongguo Mansion.

Wang Xifeng nodded after listening, and then I left in a hurry.

Not to mention, Rongguo Mansion is jumping up and down here, let's talk about Jia Rui.

In the morning, he accompanied the Supreme Emperor to relieve boredom in the Longshou Palace. After lunch, he left the palace and returned to the yamen outside.

As soon as he entered the yamen, he saw Ma Tao approaching furtively.

"My lord, the man has been captured."

Jia Rui was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that Lai Shangrong should have been arrested.

"Let's go meet this young master."

Ma Tao immediately led the way and brought Jia Rui to the cell in the yamen.

The prison cells in Long Jinwei's yamen are located underground because they involve some intelligence, and water often seeps out, making the environment very harsh.

And Lai Shangrong, the young master of the Lai family, is now locked in an even worse prison cell.

Not a single piece of the cell was dry, and even the weeds on the bed were wet.

In such an environment, even a good person may lose his body and bones over time.

Just last night, this young master Lai Shangrong felt that he had been in hell for a year.

Although he was born in Jia's family, he was let go when he was just born. In addition, his father and grandmother can run the business, and the family is also well-clothed and well-fed, with servants and maidservants.

Although it can't be compared to Jia Baoyu, the phoenix egg of Jia Mansion, it is not any worse than ordinary ladies.

How could a man like him endure the pain of prison?

What's worse, he thought about it all night, didn't he feel that he had committed any crime?

Why did the people in this yamen arrest him for no reason, so he still shouted injustice in the first half of the night, but no one paid attention to him in the second half of the night, and his voice was hoarse, so he could only curl up in a relatively high place and make do with it one night.

In the morning, the government servant only gave him a piece of cornbread and half a bowl of water, and nothing else.

If it was before, he wouldn't have even glanced at this thing, but after he was arrested yesterday, he didn't drink a drop of water or eat a grain of rice, and now he sees this piece of steamed bun that smells delicious.

After staying up like this for a while, Jia Rui and others finally arrived.

Lai Shangrong was an old man in Rongguo Mansion and was very familiar with the Jia family. He recognized Jia Rui as soon as he came in.

"Is it Master Rui?"

Jia Rui walked over with a smile.

"Isn't this Master Lai? Why are you here?"

"Uncle Rui, I don't know what happened, but I was arrested by the Yamen by mistake. You are a respectable person. Please say something to me."

"Hahaha, you were arrested by the Yamen by mistake? Has the Yamen arrested anyone by mistake since ancient times?"

Ma Tao also hurriedly said jokingly beside him: "Nonsense, you can be arrested if you haven't committed a crime."

"Master Rui, I really didn't make any mistakes. Your lord has a lot, just let me go, and I will be grateful when I go back."

Jia Rui's face changed instantly, and he said to Ma Tao beside him, "This prisoner dared to bribe me openly. It seems that he committed a serious crime, so he needs to investigate it carefully."

"Sir, I see that he is very tough-talking. Does he want to be punished?"

"Nonsense, can you pry his mouth open without punishment?"

After listening to Jia Rui's words, Ma Tao immediately understood that the master wanted to deal with this guy.

So he immediately ordered to the people below: "Quickly tie up the prisoner, give me twenty lashes first, and see if he recruits."

Upon hearing this, the officer below immediately opened the cell door and went directly to tie Lai Shangrong to a pillar.

Then he picked up the whip he carried with him and gave him a severe beating.

Lai Shangrong is also a delicate and expensive person, how can he bear this?Before he whipped a few whips, he started howling loudly?
But no one here sympathized with him, no matter how much he wailed and cried, the yamen servant didn't stop, he just smoked a hundred and twenty times, and then retreated to the side.

Looking at Lai Shangrong's embarrassment, Jia Rui smiled, and then winked at Ma Tao.

Ma Tao immediately stepped forward, lifted Lai Shangrong's chin with his hand, and asked viciously: "Do you want to do this?"

Lai Shangrong was desperate now. He looked at Ma Tao with helpless eyes, "Sir, what do you want me to do?"

Before Ma Tao could speak, Jia Rui behind him spoke.

"Looks like I'm still dishonest. I'll give you twenty more blows."

Upon hearing Jia Rui's words, the yamen servant next to him ran over like a wolf, untied Lai Shangrong directly, and then pressed him on a stool. The yamen servant next to him picked up a big stick and pointed at his buttocks and back, giving him a good meal Mad pumping.

This time Lai Shangrong was even more miserable than last time, and his voice was hoarse from screaming.

What was even more terrible was that there were streaks of bloodstains on his back and buttocks, which would break if touched lightly, and then the blood seeped through the entire clothes.

Now Lai Shangrong wished to die immediately.

However, after this beating, he became a little smarter, and said to Jia Rui in a weak voice: "Uncle Rui, just ask if you have anything, I will tell you everything I know."

"Haha, it seems that it is really not a weapon."

Then, Jia Rui asked: "Tell me what your father has done during this time?"

Lai Shangrong was considered a central figure in the family, and when he heard Jia Rui's question, he immediately realized something.

Did Jia Rui know about that?
If this is the case, then there will be big troubles.

"Uncle Rui, my family has always followed the rules and dare not do anything that violates etiquette and law. Is there something wrong?"

Jia Rui's expression changed when he heard that he dared not to attack, and even made excuses, and said sternly, "Put on the stick."

When Lai Shangrong, who was lying on the stool, heard the stick, his heart sank to the bottom of the water.

This pinching stick is not easy to bear, whether it is pinching hands or legs, once it is used by someone, it will be useless.

And I will be an official in the future. If I become a cripple or can't write with my hands, then what kind of official will I be?

Just don't suffer from flesh and blood, just recruit.

(End of this chapter)