After coming out of Mengpozhai and arriving at the main entrance courtyard, Lin Zhixiao had been waiting here for a long time?

"Have you counted everything?"

"Second Master, don't worry, we have weighed and packaged it a long time ago. It's 80,000 taels, just a little more, there will be no mistake. "

Jia Lian nodded and waved his hand, and dozens of boys in the field immediately lifted up the heavy boxes and followed Jia Lian's carriage to Ningguo Mansion.

Mr. You had already led a group of people waiting outside the main gate. When he saw Jia Lian's carriage approaching, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and gave Lai Sheng a look. Lai Sheng hurried to the west corner gate. , guiding Lin Zhixiao and others to move the silver to the Ningguo Mansion warehouse.

Here, You led Jia Lian in from the front door, "I told you to invite your second uncle to come over for dinner, but why did your second uncle bring the money over in person? How could you arrange such a small matter for the servants? ”

You said it easily, as if eighty thousand silver was insignificant. However, in fact, even for Ningguo Mansion, 80,000 silver accounts for half of the existing treasury silver. Not to mention, what Mrs. You told Mrs. Wang at that time was to move out all the savings...

Jia Lian glanced at her and said to herself that Sister Feng would be suspicious if this was the case. I don’t know what Nizi would think if she just came over to eat without doing anything else.

"This 80,000 silver has solved our urgent need, which is not a small matter. Before coming, the master and the wife told me that they must thank you properly and ask you to bear with me. Now you know the situation over there. It’s really embarrassing to borrow so much money without paying interest.” We are like a family, no matter what the pros and cons are, I will not dare to go over there to say hello to the old lady and the ladies..."

The uncle and sister-in-law were in the guest suite when they suddenly saw Lai Sheng hurriedly came from behind.

With a look of death on his face, he walked around to Jia Lian and the other two, knelt down with a thud, and made a gesture of throwing himself on the ground.

When You saw Weinu, he wanted to reprimand him, but Jia Lian raised his hand to stop him. Then he heard Jia Lian ask curiously: "What does Mr. Lai mean by this? Could it be because of your brother?" Is your sister-in-law here to plead for mercy?"

As he spoke, there was an obvious coldness in Jia Lian's voice. He had already dealt with the Lai family lightly for Jia Mu's sake. If they didn't know what was good for them, he wouldn't mind and exterminated the Lai family from Jia's house as a whole.

"The second master and the eldest grandma know clearly that this servant has no such intention. My brother and sister-in-law are stupid and committed a capital crime. They can be forgiven by the second master and save their lives. The slave's family is grateful to the second master. How dare you think about him again." Lai Sheng raised his head, his eyes looked sad and sincere, with tears in them.

　Jia Lian was a little surprised, "Oh, what are you?"

Lai Sheng was about to reply, but saw that Lai Sheng's family had also caught up with him. Seeing him like this, he obviously knew what he was going to do. He shook his head and cried to persuade: "His boss, you..."

Lai Sheng's face suddenly became anxious, and he did not dare to let him say a few more words. He immediately turned his head and shouted: "Shut up! Second Master How unbecoming are you to cry and cry here and not back down!"

Because of his stern voice, he really made the Lai Sheng family drink up. They stayed where they were, not daring to say anything or say anything anymore. He stepped forward, but his expression was very panic and fear.

Seeing this, Jia Lian became more interested, but was not in a hurry to ask questions.

Youshi was thoughtful, because Jia Lian was present, she was not in a hurry to express her position.

Lai Sheng turned around, glanced at Jia Lian and the other two, knocked his head heavily on the ground again, and said sadly: "Brother betrayed his master's kindness and teachings and did something unfaithful and unjust." , in fact, he deserves his punishment.

Although one of the slave and his brother is in charge of the East Palace and the other is in charge of the West Palace, after all, they are the same mother and brother. If the brother and sister-in-law commit crimes, the slave cannot escape the responsibility. He also dare not lie and deceive. The master knows nothing about what his brother and sister-in-law have done.

Therefore, the slave knows that his sin is serious, and boldly begs the second master and the eldest grandma to punish the slave severely, and send soldiers or servants to punish the slave. The house was searched together to atone for the sins of the slave! The sinful slave Lai Sheng thanked the master for his grace."

Lai Sheng said these words while lying on the ground, and only raised his head at the last sentence. He kowtowed hard again, then lay down on the ground, as if he had finished his statement and respectfully asked for punishment.

His actions and words, not to mention the servants and women around him, even Jia Lian and Youshi were stunned.

After all, Jia Lian reacted quickly, tilted his head and asked: "Can I understand that Mr. Lai is asking me to give you sixty sticks, and then take you and your brother together? Demoted to the north to guard the farm?"

Lai Sheng's somewhat rugged figure trembled slightly, but then he thanked him and said: "Slave of sin, I am willing to accept any punishment."

Jia Lian shook his head and laughed, then looked back at Youshi, "My sister-in-law has also seen the situation. He is a slave in her house, but I am not in a position to overstep her authority. It is my sister-in-law who makes the final decision."

Youshi also smiled. She could see that Lai Sheng was not afraid of her at all, but was afraid of Jia Lian.

Otherwise, if he wanted to plead guilty, he would not do it sooner or later, but he would wait until Jia Lian came and do it in front of Jia Lian?

It was clearly what happened in Xifu last night that frightened him, and he was afraid that Jia Lian would not let him go, so he just broke the boat and took the initiative to plead guilty. All he wanted was leniency.At least I can keep my life and property safe.

"Second uncle also knows that our master is not at home and I am a female, and I don’t know how to deal with this matter.

It happens that second uncle is the acting patriarch, Our master also entrusted my second uncle to educate Wu'er, so I shamelessly asked my second uncle to handle this matter for me, and also asked me to learn how to manage the house, so that I can teach Wu'er the principles in the future."
< br />You's words can be considered comprehensive, taking into account all aspects of dignity and leaving no room for criticism.

After all, she was his own woman, so Jia Lian did not want to see her outside. He nodded when he heard the words, then turned around and walked to Lai Sheng.

Glancing at Lai Sheng’s family who was slumped on the ground in the distance, terrified and helpless, and then looking at Lai Sheng who was lying on the ground but motionless in front of him, Jia Lian sighed in his heart, this Aunt Lai He is considered capable, and the two sons he gave birth to are both capable.

Jia Lian admired Lai Sheng's courage to stop him here. We can also see some of his thoughts and calculations.

“You seriously admit that you are guilty, and are you really willing to let me do whatever I want?”

“This slave knows your guilt and will never dare to deceive the second master in the slightest.”

Jia Lian shook his head and smiled, and then sighed: "If Lai Lai doesn't know how to advance or retreat at all like you, I won't do anything to him even for the sake of Lai Lai serving the old lady her whole life."

"I am ashamed, my brother was blinded by lard for a while, and failed to understand the second master's painstaking efforts, which led to today..."

"I was blinded by lard. Okay, whether it's greed or not, I don't care. But you, although you are guilty of not repaying the knowledge, because Laida is your brother, you are also in trouble, and the two of you have already separated, so I don't want to do anything more. Implicated.

But I have always rewarded meritorious deeds and punished delinquents. Since you have pleaded guilty, I will fine you five thousand atonement silver and hand it over to your treasury myself, and record the accounts truthfully."< br />
When Lai Sheng heard that Jia Lian said that he didn’t want to be involved anymore, he knew that he had made the right bet and felt a little happy.

But after hearing the end, I felt a little hesitant. It is not difficult to fine him five thousand silver. It can even be said to be too light! He was only asked to turn it over to the bank and keep the accounts truthfully, which made him somewhat doubtful.

Five thousand silver may not seem like much, but among ordinary slaves, it would be a mountain-sized amount. Such a sum is clearly recorded in the public account. If the government wants to deal with him in the future, there will be no need to find another reason...

"Why, don't say you can't even get five thousand silver. Come out, if this is really the case, then I would like to reflect on whether I really blamed you wrongly."

Lai Sheng felt a chill in his heart.He kowtowed quickly and said: "Slave, thank you Second Master for your generosity and kindness. I would like to respect Second Master's order and thank you Grandma..."

Lai Sheng knows how to be a slave. In this situation, it's time to I also didn’t forget to add a head patch to Youshi’s head.

Jia Lian looked at You, and You looked at him. Jia Lian looked away and looked down at Lai Sheng: "As a slave of my Jia family, loyalty should be your first priority. Remember, as long as you don’t forget this, the government will never treat you poorly, so go down.”

“Yes, I will obey the Second Master’s teachings and From now on, I will definitely change my mind and work for my master loyally..."

Lai Sheng was still kowtowing to show his loyalty, but unfortunately Jia Lian had already greeted You and stepped into the hall and left. He just stood up, glanced at the servants around him who were looking at each other, and felt a sense of pleasure in surviving a disaster.

Without saying anything, he walked over to help his wife, who was already looking happy, up, whispered a few instructions, and rushed to the warehouse.

Although he had explained what happened there before coming here, with such a large amount of money, he, the manager who had managed to keep his position, naturally did not dare to be careless. He had to count and store it himself in order to feel at ease.