The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 67 Killing two birds with one stone

Taking advantage of the opportunity to speak, Mei Hanlin told the story about the Jinling Palace, and guessed that all this might be the work of Jia Jing, the newly appointed academic administrator of Jinling.

This move not only failed to win Jia Dai's favor,
Instead, Mei Hanlin and his family were killed.

"Master Mei, I have wronged you!"

Jia Dai said softly, jumped away, pointed at the confused Mei Hanlin and shouted angrily:
"What a wonderful Mei Shimei. When a subordinate meets a superior, no matter where he is, he must kneel down and bow down."

"This is the court etiquette, how can you be allowed to mess around?"

Before Mei Hanlin could react, Jia Dai swung out the scabbard and slapped him hard on the face. With a sound, Mei Shimei flew away far away.

He still didn't understand why Jia Dai changed his face so quickly.

"Lu Da, just tell him that Wei is a country of etiquette. If a low-level official meets a high-level official and fails to greet him according to the rules, what crime should he be punished for?"

Lu Da Nai was Jia Dai's newly recruited leader of the soldiers in Guining Village. He was very strong and good at using a sword. He had been loyal to Ningguo Mansion for generations. There was no one in his family anymore, so Jia Dai was quite relieved to use it.

"According to the "Laws of the Wei Dynasty", the stick is fifteen!" Lu Da said coldly, with no emotion on his face, like a robot.

"Drag her down and execute her!" Jia Dai turned his back and waved his hand. Several armed slaves immediately cut Mei Shimei from behind and dragged her down with sticks.

"Who dares?!"

"I am an official of the imperial court. Even if you are a first-class general, you have no right to torture me!"

"I want to report to the court and see the Supreme Emperor. No, I want to go back to the palace to see the Dowager Empress..."

Seeing that Jia Dailai was genuine and not a fake, Mei Hanlin suddenly panicked and started struggling immediately. However, how could Haonu listen to him and start talking directly?
In full view of everyone, he was dragged down.

After a while, the screams came into the private room, frightening Mrs. Mei and the second young master Mei, and they suddenly lost their composure.

You were all fine just now, chatting and laughing, but why did you turn around and turn into an enemy, a life-and-death enemy who wants to kill you?
"Brother Dai, this..."

Xue Maocai also couldn't figure it out. However, the room was full of officers and soldiers, and he, a powerless businessman, felt a little scared at this moment.

I deeply regretted that I had just bullied Jia Dai when he was young. I didn't expect that the man who led the army could be so cruel and ruthless at such a young age, no less cruel than his "father" - Jia Jing.

Sure enough, the children of the aristocratic family regard human life as nothing but grass and do not treat people as human beings.

At this moment, Xue Maocai was even more determined. He was determined to marry Xue Baoqin into an official family and pave the way for Xue Biao to leave the merchant business as soon as possible and revive his ancestral business.

After fifteen spankings, Mei Hanlin's butt was beaten to a pulp. His head was tilted to one side, with more air coming out and less air coming in. It was hard to live a good life.

"Has the confession been recorded?"

"Sign and stamp it for him!"

Lu Da responded, and quickly took the prewritten confession, grabbed Mei Hanlin's right thumb, touched some ink pad, and stamped it directly on the blank space of the confession, leaving a bright red fingerprint.

Jia Dai picked up the confession and took a look at it, and saw clearly written on it how Mei Shimei colluded with Zhen Yingjia and conspired with the Japanese pirates to assassinate the Supreme Emperor and conspire to rebel.

"Uncle, you saw it too,"

"Mei Shimei's family colluded with the Japanese pirates to assassinate Shengjia in the front, and planned an ambush for Ben, who was behind,"

"How can we get married in such an unfaithful and unfilial family?"

"Isn't it harming the Xue family?"

"It's a small thing to miss my cousin's lifelong happiness, but it's a big thing to ruin the ancestor's century-old legacy!"

While handing the confession to Xue Maocai, Jia Dai was heartbroken, walked up to Mrs. Li, looked at Xue Baoqin, and said seriously:
"I think my cousin is destined to be rich and wealthy, so I can't make an appointment early!"

Jia Dai's statement was so true that if he had not known who he was just now, Xue Maocai would have almost believed it.

Is Zhuzi attracted to the little girl?
The more he thought about it, the more Xue Maocai thought it was possible. However, Jia Dai is getting married today and already has a wife. Does he want Qin'er to be his concubine?
Absolutely not!

Mrs. Xue (Jia Dai’s biological mother) is the pain of the Xue family.

He originally wanted to hook up with the Ningguo Mansion, but Jia Jing's heart belonged to someone else. Seeing that the Xue family couldn't afford it, he hooked up with an innocent girl for nothing and spent millions of his family's wealth.
It was also from Jia Jing that he didn't get any benefit at all.

Nowadays, the Xue brothers are still merchants, so they have the blessing of the imperial merchants, and they are also free to serve as human beings.

Previously, Xue Taigong's investment failed, which left a psychological shadow on Xue Maocai. He was somewhat resistant to marrying his daughter to a wealthy family, but it was better to be a well-matched match.

However, Mr. Li didn’t think so.

Fifteen years, exactly fifteen years, she has had enough of this life of being powerless and at the mercy of others. Instead of being a commoner's wife, how can she be a heroic concubine?
Li's eyes were sparkling and she was happy to see the success.

Anyway, Xue Maocai is already very ill and will not live well for a few days. In the future, Mr. Li will have to live on his two children.
She feels that her Baoqin is no worse than her niece (Li Wan), so why can't she become the daughter-in-law of the Duke's palace?
It all depends on people!
Who knows what will happen in the future.

Since the nephew said that Baoqin should not have decided to get married early, then he should not have decided to get married early.

Mrs. Li had already made up her mind. After Xue Maocai left, she took her children to Shenjing.

Although businessmen make a lot of money, it is too dangerous to go out, and Tao'er will not make the same mistake again.

After reading the confession in a hurry, Xue Maocai felt cold in his heart, his mouth was trembling, and he couldn't say anything.

"Brother-in-law, my nephew is getting married today, and there will be a big banquet in the house for three days."

"Many old relatives are here in Jiangning. Why don't you tell me to sit down for a while and help my nephew?"

"Now, I am meeting a thief. If others find out, I don't know how many jokes will be made."

Jia Dai approached Xue Maocai and whispered:
"Recently, the superiors have been checking very hard."

"His Majesty has made it clear that he wants to personally account for Zhen Yingjia's party,"

"Mei Shimei is Zhen Yingjia's favorite disciple,"

"Brother-in-law, even if you don't think about your children, you should still think about the Xue family!"

"If this news reaches His Majesty's ears, he will be punished as an accomplice of the Xue family. When the time comes..."

Xue Maocai's face turned pale, "Brother Dai, I..."

Xue Maocai was so frightened that he was seriously ill and didn't have much time left to live. He was most worried about his children.

Now, I almost got married to a traitor...

It's too late to regret!

"Uncle, I understand!"

Jia Dai was ecstatic, but his face was heavy. He held Xue Maocai's hand and said sincerely, "As long as I'm here, my cousin will never suffer any injustice."

"It's late today. I've been delayed for a long time. I'm afraid I've missed the auspicious time. Let's go back to the house with my nephew and have more wedding wine later."

After saying that, Jia Dai looked at Mrs. Li and begged: "Besides, there is only one sister in the inner courtyard. I am afraid that I will neglect my relatives. I also ask my aunt and cousin Baoqin to help take care of it..."

After all the hard talk, Xue Maocai and his family were finally lured back to their old house in Ningguo Mansion without mentioning it.

As for the Mei Shimei family, they were handed over to the Jiangning County Government, and Ren Fushi found an excuse at random and sent them to Guyuan Town for military confinement.

Jia Dai took advantage of this and secretly told Liu Changfeng the inside story of the Jinling Palace through Tuomei Erlang.
This caused Guyuan Town to stand still and watch as Yulin Town soldiers and Mingjiao bandits slaughtered each other indiscriminately, destroying the vitality of Guanzhong in vain and becoming hostile to the Taikang party.

(End of this chapter)