Chapter 206: There are Diao Nuos

Not only Jia Zheng, Jia Mu and others in Rongqing are also paying attention to the affairs of the outer courtyard.

When she heard that Jia Lian was still unwilling to let go after dealing with Shan Daliang's family and had to deal with other slaves, Jia Mu felt uneasy.

Just hearing from Lai’s daughter-in-law that Jia Lian had adopted a milder approach and allowed them to collect the amount of money they needed, Jia’s mother was both angry and amused.

Because Aunt Xue came to talk to her sister, Mrs. Wang, and stopped by to say hello to her, so she was also in the hall at this time. Mother Jia half complained and half ridiculed her: "Let my aunt see it. It’s a joke. This kid in our family always thinks like this.

I don’t know where I heard the trick this time. It’s funny when I hear it. Regardless of his status, he openly used it to discipline his slaves.

Fortunately, it was in his own home. If he had done this in the Bingma Si Yamen, I don’t know how many people would have laughed at him.

I don’t know what he was thinking. Once he figured it out, if he wanted to make progress as an official, he wanted everyone to be like him, to be an honest and good official.< br />
"It's a pity that most of these unsatisfactory servants in our family will not be as he wants."

Aunt Xue could hear the dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction with Jia Lian in Jia's mother's tone. Ridicule, indeed, among the slaves who have been greedy and daring since ancient times, who is not cunning and cunning, and who is willing to honestly confess his crime?

This is like the emperor issuing a decree, asking the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to take the initiative to explain who is an upright official and who is a corrupt official...

It’s just that Aunt Xue is one level better than Jia Mu Different feelings.

Even though what Jia Lian did may not be effective, it still made her envious, so she smiled and said:

"The old lady is joking, if anyone can live like the old lady's house In the same way, if children and grandchildren are filial and capable, they will be so happy that they can’t close their mouths from ear to ear, so how can they talk about jokes?

Take my family as an example, I just hate that there is no one in the family who can take care of things. "If there could be a man like Lian Ge'er who is capable of being an official outside and taking care of the house at home, I'm afraid our family would not be what it is now..."

Aunt Xue As he spoke, he could not help but show a sad and tired look.

She is accustomed to eliciting sympathy from others, so she is not shy about expressing her family's downfall to Jia Mu.

Besides, what she said was not completely nonsense. She had always hoped that one day Xue Pan would suddenly become sensible. If nothing else, he could discipline and suppress the servants and clerks at home, and she would feel at ease. .

She is the only female class, There is really nothing we can do against those old slaves, sly old shopkeepers, and clerks who have been slaves for several lifetimes.

Jia Mu glanced at Aunt Xue and secretly sighed for the Xue family.

Poor family without a son, what’s the use of guarding so much wealth...

By comparison, the Jia family can be considered a prosperous family.

Any of the children and grandchildren in my family who are in charge of things are ten times better than Xue Pan in her family!

Jia Mu and others were talking above, while the Sanchun sisters, Jia Baoyu, Daiyu and others below also formed a circle of their own.

"Sister Lin, what do you think of Brother Lian's method? Do those housekeepers and deacons really obediently repay their greedy money to Brother Lian, you know?"

Tan Chun tugged on Daiyu's sleeve, trying to find out Daiyu's opinion.

Daiyu pouted slightly, closed her sleeves and ignored it. Smelly girl, you just stepped on my foot. It hurts so much that I ignored you.

Tanchun turned around and asked Baochai.

Baochai replied: "Learning from the past, everyone has lingering fears and will not dare to respond.

However, it is still difficult to tell the truth if you are afraid."

Baochai followed her mother to manage the family business, and she knew how difficult the people below her were. Even if they really caught their faults, they would have all kinds of excuses to evade and quibble.

So it is very difficult to completely convince them, but I don’t know what brother Lian has in mind.

"No, no, I think Brother Lian just used the wrong move this time.

"The slaves in the house are all extremely cunning, and they are full of words. To tell the truth, it would be as difficult as going to heaven to get them to recruit them."

Jia Baoyu saw that Baochai's words won everyone's approval, and he hurriedly expressed his different opinions.

But he didn’t pay attention. With just one word, he offended all the servants in the family. The corners of Lai's mouth and others who were replying to Jia's mother were twitching, but they didn't dare to speak.

Lin Daiyu also glanced at Jia Baoyu, snorted and turned her head.

Jia Baoyu was a little embarrassed and called out to please: Sister Lin

A few days had passed since the incident in Shuiyue An, and the Sanchun sisters had basically "forgotten". She was also willing to talk to him, but Daiyu still ignored him.

The little girl is too difficult to coax, not as cute as the third sister.

…

In front of the steward’s room, the atmosphere was serious.

Because the housekeepers and deacons are all like going to the execution groundLikewise, they walked up to Jia Lian one after another to report their numbers, and even the other slaves watching the show did not dare to move.

A deacon tremblingly wrote a number, glanced at Jia Lian's face, and wanted to say something.

"You don't need to explain to me, I said, you decide how much to write.

Do you want to change it? If you don't want to change it, go ahead, don't waste time."

The deacon’s expression changed very much. He gritted his teeth and said that his hands were shaking and he wrote wrongly. Then he quickly picked up a pen on the white paper, crossed out the number he had written before, and wrote it again.

Jia Lian glanced at it, indifferently made a note on the book in front of him, and then waved it off.

When the turn was over, everyone retreated to the side, all looking at Jia Lian sitting in the middle with bright eyes, not knowing what Mr. Lian was going to do next.

But Jia Lian seemed to be counting the items in the book, then raised his head and said to everyone: "Yes, all the servants in charge of our family are here. As for the remaining ten or so Those who are left outside and those who have errands to go out will not be counted today.

Let’s invite them to participate in a similar game next time.”

Everyone chatted and didn’t know how to respond.

Mr. Lian didn’t seem to have any intention of letting them answer, so he immediately pulled out the previous booklet, and in full view of the crowd, he began to compare them carefully. Apparently he was seriously checking who was who. The numbers filled in are reasonable, and who filled in the numbers unreasonably...

All of a sudden, the hearts of the twenty or thirty housekeepers and deacons were in their throats, regardless of whether they were honest or dishonest, their character Good or bad.

　"Hehehe..."

Just when many people with bad temperament could not help but tremble in their legs, they suddenly heard Jia Lian's laughter.

"It seems that many people in our family still take my words to heart, and know in their hearts that it is good to fear the master."

Following Jia Lian's laughter, only Jia Lian picked up the brush and quickly drew several strokes on the terrifying booklet.

Everyone speculated that the people crossed out by the second master should be those who filled in the numbers that the second master thought was appropriate, that is, people who had passed the customs safely.

I don’t know if I am included in it, or whether I have been on it from the beginning...

Too many uncertain things always make people feel sad. Awesome.

What’s even more daunting is yet to come.

I saw Jia Lian quickly closing the booklet, and then his face turned cold, "The opportunity has been given to you, can youWhat I have grasped has been grasped, and there is nothing more to say.

Next, we move on to the second round of the game - continuing to investigate Tan Mo.

…Where is Wang Xin, the deacon in charge of all rents and shops in the capital? "

As Jia Lian's words fell, a middle-aged male servant immediately knelt down in front of Jia Lian like a dog, looking panicked.

"Second Master, spare your life, Second Master Spare me, this slave has been wronged, this slave has been wronged for all these years..."

A series of explanations without any new ideas, with a panicked tone, making it easy to see his worry and fear at the moment.

>Perhaps, he is really finished...

As expected, Jia Lian calmly waited for him to finish talking nonsense, and then said: "Since it is a game, there are always people who pass the level and advance, and there are people who fail and are kicked off.

Unfortunately, you belong to the latter.

Don’t be in a hurry to speak. Now I’ll give you two choices. Just listen.

First, from now on, don’t speak, not a word, and let me have my way. I promise, I won’t hit you with a stick.

Second, you can choose to be like Shan Daliang and let me lay out your greedy things one by one. You can also explain, whether it is to argue with reason or to delay and quibble. also.

However, no matter whether you convince me in the end or not, starting from the first word you explain, I will convert every word into a cane punishment for you.

For example, if you can convince me with ten words, you will only get ten sticks and no other punishment. But if you need to use two hundred words or more to convince me, then you are in misfortune and need to bear the punishment of two hundred or more rods.

The worst result is that you have said a lot but still failed to convince me in the end. Then, not only will you be punished, but you may also be even worse off than the Shan family. What's going on? Can you hear me clearly? ”

Jia Lian’s words made everyone tremble with fear.

It is impossible for a Yamen trial to be clear in just a few sentences, not to mention that now Mr. Lian has determined that Wang Xin Tanmo, let alone dozens or hundreds, he may not be able to explain it clearly in a few thousand words.

Unless he is a god, who can withstand thousands of sticks?
< br /> In other words, no matter whether the explanation is clear or unclear, choosing this path will lead to a dead end.

Wang Xin naturally also saw the danger in it and Jia Lian’s murderous intention towards him. , was so frightened that he immediately begged for mercy: "Please forgive me, Second Master. I am really unjust. Even if I have had improper income over the years, I have just reported it truthfully..."

Jia Lian nodded, He smiled and asked, "So, are you choosing the second path and want to tell the difference with me? Very good, very backbone..."

Wang Xin's tone was stagnant, and Jia Lian didn't even want to say another word to him, obviously convinced that he was greedy.

Sophistry? The second master obviously didn’t listen to a word.

Waiting for the master and the old lady to say something to save him...

Stop dreaming, we haven’t talked for so long, the master and the wife They didn't even see them, so they just said Housekeeper Shan, who had been an old man in the house for decades. Didn't the Second Master just beat him half to death, then ransack the house and drive him to Zhuangzi in the north to die!

It was a matter of his own life and death. Wang Xin seized the last moment and responded dejectedly: "Slave, I choose the first path... let the second master fall... I only ask the second master for the sake of my many years." Come and serve the government faithfully, and be punished lightly..."

Jia Lian nodded, and then without looking at Wang Xin who was lying on the ground, he turned around and said to Liu Chun behind him: "Mr. Liu, here you go. You have two quarters of an hour, maybe you can make it? "

Liu Chun calmed down and said: "Go back to the second master, Wang Xin's family lives in Shuijing Lane in front, two quarters of an hour is enough..."

　“Then go. "

At this moment, Liu Chun could not bear to rejoice at his wise choice to join the army early. He did not dare to delay, hurriedly greeted a group of people, and went outside.

See you Not only was Wang Xin paralyzed on the ground, but several people among the deacons were unable to stand firm and almost sat down on the ground.

It seems that Steward Wang is determined to make the same mistake as Shan Daliang It's the same mistake! There is no time to sympathize with him, because they don't know whether Wang Xin will be the last unlucky guy tonight.

Looking at the murderous intent of the second master now, it is obviously not...