Jia Lian, who dismissed Mrs. Xing with a few words, did not take this matter to heart.

In today’s Jia family, even Jia’s mother and Mrs. Wang have to think twice before speaking to him, let alone Mrs. Xing.

It’s just that she is stupid and unscrupulous, and she is his nominal aunt, so I want to give her some dignity and maintain a name of filial piety and benevolence.

While walking home, Jia Lian suddenly stopped, turned around and called behind: "Come out, what are you doing sneakily?"

Following As soon as he finished speaking, a pretty, flower-like girl emerged from behind the narrow wall.

She clasped her hands behind her back and stood on her toes, looking shy yet generous as she walked over, "How did the second master find me?"

"How else could he find me? Yours, you have been following me from the old lady’s house, and you still want me to not see you?”

Jia Lian gave Qingwen a bang on the head, and she skillfully covered her head and stared. While looking at him, Jia Lian suddenly smiled again.

A girl of Qingwen’s age really looks the same every day, but we haven’t seen her for more than three months, and I feel like this girl has become prettier again.

Slender arms and slender legs, a face like lotus and willows like eyebrows.

With a slim waist and slim shoulders, she is the most standard beauty.

"What are you looking at, Second Master!"

Because Qingwen was born in Jia's mother's house, she has been raised by Jia Lian in recent years, allowing her to wander around all day long. Moreover, everyone in the room looked down upon the people behind her, causing her to almost become the boss of Rongguo Mansion.

Even if it’s Jia Mu’s house, she can come at any time. Therefore, she had calculated that after Jia Lian went to see Jia Zheng, she would most likely come to see Jia's mother, so she went here in advance to set up an outpost, hoping to find a chance to talk to Jia Lian in person.

Finally, her calculation was right.

But when she really faced Jia Lian alone, especially when Jia Lian stared at her so directly, she became shy again, fearing that Jia Lian would do something shameful to her in public. .

She was afraid of everything. As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Jia Lian bending down to hug her. She was so frightened that she immediately dodge, but she couldn't catch up with the premeditated Jia Lian and fell into Jia Lian's hands easily. Inside, his body was lifted off the ground and he was held in Jia Lian's arms with one hand.

"What are you doing? It's clear and sunny, someone saw..."

Qingwen pushed Jia Lian a few times and protested.

"What are you afraid of? Who in the house doesn't know that you are my little wife? It is a natural thing for men to hug their own little wives. Even if someone sees you, it is nothing.”

Jia Lian just makes nonsense, but in fact he is also worried about being seen. Ordinary maids and wives are just fine, but if Sanchun and others see it, it will always have a bad impact.

It’s just that He hadn't seen this girl for a long time, and he felt strange in his heart. He also remembered that he had brought this girl back to his yard in the same way at the beginning of the year, and he had such thoughts in his heart.

It was only a few steps away anyway. , so Jia Lian looked around and walked directly to his courtyard with his precious girl in his arms.

Seeing this, Qingwen knew that resistance was useless, so she could only accept her fate and let Jia Lian hold her.
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But in her heart, she was just like Jia Lian, and she was not afraid of being seen. She even felt that it would be better to be seen by other maids and women, so that they would know her status in the eyes of the second master.

Ever since Jia Mu’s questioning and others finding out that she had been with Jia Lian for several years and was still innocent, her “old face” was completely lost and she was even a little jealous of her. People secretly gossip and arrange her words a lot.

Why does her character not please Jia Lian? What’s more, they arranged that she has a physical defect, so she is disliked by Jia Lian!!
< br />It’s really intolerable, my aunt can’t bear it.

If they knew that the second master was like this, holding her and walking with dignity, they would be so envious and jealous that they would never be able to say those words again. Come.

Because in the whole house, except for her, there is no other woman who has this honor. Well, the little eldest sister does not count.

So, Qingwen is half Shyly and half-happily, she hugged Jia Lian's neck, leaned into his ear while walking, and spoke private words.

It was just some children's feelings and parents' shortcomings, plus a little complaint and Tell the truth. For example, is Jia Lian tired of the old, because she went to Lixiangyuan to see those "music teachers" in person on Wang Xifeng's order, and it turns out that they are all first-class beauties.

For the little beauties Jia Lian listened to these words with amusement.

When he got to the courtyard, he put her down. As soon as he approached the main room, he heard Sister Feng's voice coming from the hall.
< br />"Ping'er, what on earth are in these boxes? They're so heavy that I can't even move them..."

"Your second master is becoming more and more mysterious. It was also specially locked with a lock. "

"How about you go find a hammer and we can pick the lock open and have a look? "

"No, that's not good... Second Grandma, just wait a little longer. You'll know when the Second Master comes back. "

When Jia Lian heard this, he smiled slightly, then opened the door curtain and went in.

Sure enough, Sister FengHe was standing in the middle of the pile of boxes, bending over and resting his chin on one hand, frowning as if he was overflowing with curiosity.

When I saw him coming in, I hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "You're back. Why do you want me to see you?"

"It's just some things outside and in the garden. ."

As he spoke, Jia Lian squinted at her and said with a smile: "I just heard in a daze that someone was trying to pick my lock. Why, I haven't cleaned it up for a few months, and my skin is itchy again. "

"Go, go, go, what a great treasure, and you are afraid of people seeing it. Just don't want me to see it, no one cares about it!"

Wang Xifeng's face suddenly lost its expression. , glared at Jia Lian.

Ping'er in the room and Qingwen who followed him all snickered when they saw this.

Just because they all witnessed with their own eyes what the second master said about cleaning up. Hahaha, the domineering and lawless Second Mistress Lian was pinned on the legs and spanked by the Second Master. It was really funny and very satisfying.

Jia Lian sat on the nanmu chair in the hall and waved to Ping'er.

Ping'er didn't know why, but walked over anyway. Jia Lian opened the hem of his robe, revealing three medium-sized keys tied inside.

"Third one, take it off and give it to her. If you don't let her see it, she might be scratching it like a cat's paw."

Ping'er laughed when he heard this. Standing up, Yingying bent down, stretched out a pair of white hands, took off the key from Jia Lian's waist and gave it to Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows, "Just one key?"

"How many more do you want?"

Wang Xifeng didn't say anything. Well, she had already discovered that those copper locks were brand new and of a unified standard, but she didn't expect that there was really only one key. From this point of view, they should be pretending to be the same thing. What exactly is it?

He happily turned around to open the box, and heard Jia Lian order Qingwen to close the door.

"Do you need to be so mysterious?"

After muttering, Wang Xifeng became even more curious. She squatted on the spot and opened a box.

"Ah!"

"Ah!!"

Just as Jia Lian expected, there were successive sounds of surprise.

Accompanied by this surprised voice, there was also the gorgeous light shining on Wang Xifeng’s beautiful face from the box.

Wang Xifeng’s hands shook, and her pupils shrank. After being stunned for a second, she couldn’t wait to reach out and check.

Don’t talk about her, even Qingwen, who had just closed the door and turned around, ran over at a fast pace.

Ping'er also wanted to go over, but Jia Lian held his hand and sat in Jia Lian's arms without noticing.

　"Master..."

　"Why are you in a hurry? The thing won't run away. We'll go and see it later. Let me kiss you first."
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Jia Lian had already been moved by the figure of his beautiful concubine when Ping'er took the key from his waist. Therefore, regardless of Ping'er's coercion, he turned around and hugged her for a kiss. His arms also hugged her body tightly.

"It's actually true!"

On the other side, Wang Xifeng didn't pay attention to the person Jia Lian was bullying her at all. She was focused on the box in front of her.

It’s just that this box is all of the same color and contains the same exquisite trapezoidal gold bricks!

She picked up a piece almost instinctively, put it to her mouth, and bit it with her front teeth.

The familiar hardness made her immediately sure that Jia Lian was not teasing her. It was real gold, more real than gold!

She turned around and glanced at Jia Lian. Although she immediately spotted Ping'er "struggling" in Jia Lian's arms, she had no time to care. Opening Qingwen's "dirty" hand, she picked up a piece and bit it, then immediately turned her head and lowered her voice, as if she were a thief and asked: "Where did you get so much gold? What's left? Are those boxes the same?"

Jia Lian seemed to be able to hear Wang Xifeng's beating heartbeat from several distances away.

"Is that so? You'll know if you open it and take a look."

Jia Lian still looked so calm and indifferent, as if the whole box would be appreciated by everyone who saw it. The crazy location of the gold brick was nothing more than trivial in his eyes.

Sister Feng no longer cared about Jia Lian's attitude. She immediately walked to the door of the room, first closed the latch that Qingwen had not firmly inserted, and then took a look outside through the crack of the window. Eyes, then walked back again.

Glancing at Qingwen, she took a deep breath, walked to a box next to her, and unlocked it.

Perhaps he was a little too excited, and it took him twice as long as before to reluctantly open the second box.

Ding...

Although it was silent, the three women in the room seemed to hear the sound of the collision of gold and stone.

Qingwen was stunned, and Ping'er also sat motionless in Jia Lian's arms. Only Wang Xifeng, with a flushed face, glanced at the box that was almost exactly the same as before, and immediately rushed to the side to continue enjoying the opening. The thrill of the box.

Opening all the boxes in succession, Wang Xifeng couldn’t bear it anymore. She sat down on the ground and murmured: "It’s all gold..."

At this time How can she still have the majesty of Second Mistress Lian, and where can she still have the dignity of Madam Marquis? It's like a beggar who is about to starve to death and sees hot meat buns.

But among the three people present, Jia Lian was the only one who laughed at her silently. The other two maids, Ping'er and Qingwen, did not pay any attention to Sister Feng.

One of them covered her little cherry mouth, and the other opened her bright eyes, both looking very shocked.

Seeing that they were all subdued, Jia Lian smiled inwardly, turned Ping'er's face, kissed her red lips.

Ping'er no longer pretended to be reserved at this time, she responded enthusiastically. After noticing Jia Lian's deep kiss, he also extended his sweet tongue in response.

Because she knows Wang Xifeng so well, she won’t care too much about whatever Jia Lian does at this time.

Wang Xifeng turned to look at them and frowned, but she didn’t say anything. Instead, she stood up and checked box after box. After confirming that all the gold should be genuine, she Then he took out two pieces of gold and held them in his hands, then closed all the boxes and walked to Jia Lian.

After Jia Lian had taken enough advantage and let go of Ping'er, she compared the gold bricks in her hand and asked with a shocked face: "Where did all this gold come from? Could it be that it was rumored It's true, you're true..."

Wang Xifeng's eyes, which were already bright and bright, were constantly shining with dazzling brilliance.

Although he knew that Wang Xifeng was a money addict, seeing her acting like this, Jia Lian couldn't help but shook his head, pulled her to sit on his lap on the other side, and said with a smile: "Oh, listen. What rumors did you hear?"

"That is, some people said that you took advantage of doing errands for the imperial court to take advantage of the opportunity to corrupt officials in Yangzhou, blackmail the salt merchants, and even kill people..."

Wang Xifeng’s voice was low, as if she was afraid that others would hear her.

Jia Lian was a little surprised. He didn't expect that even Sister Feng would receive the news. It seemed that Emperor Ning Kang did not lie to him. The courtiers must have started to take action against him while he was still in Yangzhou.

"Then do you believe those words? Do you think I am a cruel person?" Jia Lian raised Sister Feng's face with one hand and asked jokingly.

Sister Feng shook her head subconsciously. She knew that Jia Lian was a person who was "indifferent to fame and wealth." She had complained in the past that Jia Lian spent money lavishly and was blindly generous to irrelevant people.

But the factsIn front of you. If Jia Lian was not greedy, where did all this gold come from?

She checked carefully and found that one box contained at least two to three thousand taels of gold... ten boxes in total!

How much does this cost?

Wang Xifeng felt like she was going to faint. She was born into the Wang family, one of the four major families, and was the eldest daughter. She was confident that she had extraordinary knowledge, but she had never seen so much gold!

The most money she has ever seen was the silver deposited in the treasury of Rongguo Mansion.

But those dark silver nuggets sealed in big and heavy black boxes are nowhere compared to these shiny, brand-new gold bricks.

It’s not even comparable to the number.

She calculated in her mind that with so much gold, the value must be at least 300,000 silver.

God, the contents of these ten or so small wooden boxes in front of me are several times more than what she and Jia Lian have earned through their concerted efforts over the years. ! !

This, nothing will happen...

Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Lian with some worry.

She originally thought that she was brave, and felt that there was nothing she dared not do in the world. If it weren't for Jia Lian's control over her, she would definitely not be as "honest" as she is now.

But at this moment, she once again deeply understood that she was still weak compared to her own man.

No matter how conceited she is, she also knows that even if you give her a hundred years, she may not be able to get so much gold!

Jia Lian was immediately lifted in front of her.

She was even afraid. The next moment, the emperor's royal guards came to check on her husband.

Jia Lian still thinks Sister Feng’s reaction is relatively normal and satisfactory.

However, he still shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't you know that the Lin family's property is now in my hands?"

"So, All this gold belongs to Girl Lin and her family?"

Wang Xifeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It's not that she doesn't know about the Lin family's property, it's just that in her opinion, even if the Lin family has a lot of property, it will only be assets such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and real estate title deeds.

How could it be such neat bricks of gold!

That’s why she guessed that Jia Lian got it because of his greed for money. Because she has also heard people say that the salt merchants in Yangzhou are extremely rich.

I have heard this from other officials before., some courtiers talked about his man's extortion of salt merchants, and salt merchants came to the capital to report.

She was quite taken aback at the time, but she showed complete disbelief on her face, and even scolded the gossip. She always had doubts in her heart, so when she saw this huge amount of gold, she became suspicious.

"Then, what do you plan to do with this gold...?"

Wang Xifeng looked up at Jia Lian with stars in her eyes, her expectant eyes were really funny and cute. .

From Sister Feng’s point of view, no matter how the Lin family accumulated so much gold, but now that it was delivered to her...

Her mind was already in full swing, thinking How can I keep this gold in my own hands?

Jia Lian saw through her thoughts at a glance, slapped her on the butt angrily, and scolded: "Don't think about those frivolous things. Since I gave you the keys, I naturally let you keep them." .

But remember, these golds were given to you by Sister Lin. From now on, if you treat her badly, how can you live with your conscience?"

Naturally, these golds do not belong to the Lin family.

All the property of the Lin family that he brought with him to Beijing has been sealed up in the Lin family courtyard.

The gold was part of what was originally moved out of the secret room of the Zhao family.

As for how Jia Lian secretly mixed them into the Lin family's property, there is no need to elaborate.

In short, in Yangzhou, it was not difficult to extract the more than 100,000 taels of gold bricks from the secret room of the Zhao family out of the massive wealth totaling 12 to 3 million. .

As for those who followed him into the secret room and knew about the existence of the gold brick, for one thing, they were humble and had no idea how Jia Lian's accounts were done.

Secondly, they each received enough benefits. It is not difficult at all to bribe a few people who are already loyal to you.

In other words, even if they report him, Jia Lian is not afraid at all. This was the confidence that gave him the courage to openly carry these boxes containing gold home.

Even if someone inspects it midway and says it is the property of the Lin family, who would dare to question him? Detain him?

This batch of gold was originally hidden privately by the Zhao family.

As for why he gave this part to Sister Feng, one thing is as he said, it was to make Sister Feng think that she had received great benefits from Daiyu's family, so that she could treat Daiyu well in the future.

The second is to tell this stinky bitch to shut up and establish the throne of the family.

For FengMy sister Jia Lian knows this very well.

This is why he brought these golden things to her eyes for her to see instead of giving her the banknote directly.

Firstly, most of the silver notes in his hand were given to Princess Zhaoyang, and secondly, Wang Xifeng, a woman who is a typical money lover, likes yellow and white things the most.

He held a stack of paper and dangled it in front of her. Although she was excited, how could it be so dazzling and dazzling with real money?