Chapter 207: There is a loyal servant

"While Liu Chun hasn't come back yet, in this little half hour, shall we continue?"

Seeing that everyone was too quiet, Jia Lian couldn't help but raise his head and asked with a smile.

Seeing this, even Lai Da’s eyelids couldn’t help but beat violently.

Mr. Lian is really too cruel. He won’t stop until he plays them to death.

Unfortunately, no matter what they think, the master’s will will not change. Jia Lian has picked up the booklet that looks like a death register again, his eyes wandering around, as if he is choosing the next person to die.

Many people even had the idea of ​​​​turning around and fleeing Rongguo Mansion immediately...

"Alas..."

Jia Lian suddenly made an inexplicable cry He sighed, then looked at everyone and said, "How about I give you another chance? Do you want to modify the number you reported before?"

Upon hearing Jia Lian's words, those moods have already changed Devastated, he immediately felt as if he had received an amnesty. One by one, he responded hurriedly, and then rushed forward to correct his previous wrong report...

Jia Lian smiled. When life and death were at stake, in fact, money , it’s really not that important.

Except for those who are self-sufficient and have a good background...

Jia Lian glanced at Lai Da calmly. As expected, he had no intention of coming up at all. The meaning of the modification is standing at the head of the slaves, as if there is a trace of calmness.

Jia Lian only glanced at it, and then ignored it. After all the people who came to modify the number left, he sat silently and enjoyed Xiangling's timid but gentle massage for a moment. After the technique, Liu Chun brought the people back.

No surprise, a batch of family property of unknown origin was also confiscated.

There is nothing to describe, the family property was made an official, and I was sent to the south to look at houses.

Compared to Shan Daliang, this was already a better ending. Not only was he not beaten, but his wife, children and children were not affected.

Everyone knows that this is preferential treatment for Wang Xin’s choice to cooperate with his master.

After Wang Xin and his wife thanked him profusely, the scene became quiet and scary again. Even the light from the lanterns swinging in the wind under the eaves of the corridor suddenly dimmed a lot. It seems windy on a quiet night.

Everyone was waiting silently, waiting for Mr. Lian to read out the next person’s name.

Finally, Jia Lian stood up, twisted his neck, as if nothing had happened, turned around and asked Lai Da:"What time is it?"

Lai Dashi took out his pocket watch, took a look at it, and replied respectfully: "Reporting to the second master, it's already been two minutes since the second update."

"It's already so late."

Jia Lian sighed, and then said: "In that case, let's stop the game tonight. If we don't have enough fun, we will continue when we have time in the future. .

By the way, those of you who have just reported the number, when you go back, each prepare the corresponding silver coins and ask your respective mothers-in-law to deliver them to the west wing of our courtyard before this time tomorrow, and hand them over with your own hands. Leave it to Xiang Ling... Well, this is this cute maid."

Jia Lian touched Xiang Ling's head. Under the gaze of two to three hundred eyes, Xiang Ling's nervous face turned red. .

"After you have finished paying, I will put it all together and help you recharge, so that the master and his wife will not know which of you is a corrupt official and who is an upright official. This is also for your sake.
< br /> "No one has any objections, right?"

This was something that everyone expected. Naturally, no one raised any objections among the slaves who suddenly relaxed.

So after everyone agreed, they were about to disperse, and saw Jia Lian calling Lin Zhixiao to stop.

Just when they were wondering whether Mr. Lian wanted to touch the second housekeeper Tangtang, they heard that Jia Lian just ordered him to personally arrange for people to register the things copied by the Shan family and the Wang family into the warehouse.

Lin Zhixiao was originally in charge of the accounting office and the bank, so this was nothing.

"The amount you quoted is too much. After you go back, just ask your mother-in-law to send half of the silver. The remaining half will be regarded as the official reward given to you by the government today. Take it back and make a good use of it. Repair your house.

Really, look at your Lin family’s house. Compared with other big housekeepers, how grand is it?

Thank you I feel ashamed for you that you have been managing the bank for twenty years."

Lin Zhixiao, who was originally worried, broke his guard in an instant when he heard Jia Lian's scolding. I feel like I am crying.

Originally, he had made a lot of determination, so he wrote down the amount of three thousand taels of silver.

It’s not that he can’t produce it, but that he knows that once such a “horrifying” amount is reported, his charge of “corruption” will be confirmed.

Report to the government, this is a sufficient number of capital crimes.

But he felt that he should retaliate in this way, because he knew that Mr. Lian might not know about those in charge, but Mr. Lian was sure about the wealth of their several big housekeepers. Clearly!

If you underreport, you will definitely lose the trust of Mr. Lian. Although, like Lai Da, he felt that Mr. Lian would definitely not attack him.

It was a difficult decision, but fortunately he made the right one.

Mr. Lian may seem ruthless and cruel, but in fact he treats others with tolerance.

His position can be said to be the biggest vacancy in the Jia family! If he is a greedy person, he can definitely compete with Lai Daba for his wealth...

Of course, if it weren't for his honesty, Jia Mu and others would not let him be in this position. Sitting there for so many years.

Who knows how many times he has had greed in his heart over the years, only to be suppressed by it?

Even so, he could not help but get a lot of oil and water...

These oil and water that he dared not reveal were often a kind of torture for him. , especially when seeing the deterioration of Jia's family, the suffering was even worse. Of course, his wife likes it very much, even if she only hides the money, she wishes he could be so greedy!

In order to make up for the suffering of this "infidelity", he made a lot of amends, but they were all self-deception.

So, today, when Jia Lian asked him to report the amount of money he had spent on corruption, he saw almost immediately that this was his chance to wash away his sins...

The only thing he was worried about was, However, Jia Lian was not considerate of his feelings, but regarded his loyalty as a wolf's heart.

Fortunately, Mr. Lian didn’t...

Jia Lian didn’t have as many dramas in Lin Zhixiao’s mind.

He just knew that Lin Zhixiao was a relatively loyal person.

Not only because of so many years of contact, after all, people’s hearts are at a distance, and Jia Lian cannot guarantee that he can judge people 100% accurately.

But, he has clairvoyance.

In the original work, the Jia family is a litter of wolf-hearted slaves, but few are good.

If you really want to find a good one, among the great housekeepers in the two mansions, only Lin Zhixiao can do it!

In the original work, several chapters describe Lin Zhixiao's loyalty, especially the dialogue between Lin Zhixiao and Jia Lian in the more than seventy chapters, when the Jia family was getting increasingly troubled both internally and externally.

First of all, he advised Jia Lian and others to stay away from jackals, tigers and leopards like Jia Yu Village to avoid being trapped.

Secondly, he advised Jia Lian to let out some of the slaves who were eating free food at home. On the one hand, it would show the kindness of the master, and on the other hand, it would also save a lot of money for the family...

Finally, when he learned that Wang Xifeng’s concubine Laiwang’s son wanted to forcefully marry Caixia, he tried his best to dissuade her.

Because Laiwang’s son not only has an ugly face, but he also goes out to eat, drink, whore, and gamble, doing anything he wants. In his words, why waste a good girl?

Unfortunately, due to Wang Xifeng’s strength and Jia Lian’s cowardice, the good intentions did not work.

The details not only show the loyalty of a feudal servant, but also the kindness of his character.

Putting all this aside, considering Lin Zhixiao’s status in Rongguo Mansion, he was willing to arrange all his sons and daughters into Rongguo Mansion to start as third-class slaves, and his daughter was still in Yihong Courtyard. Even after being bullied by Qingwen, Qiu Wen and others, he remained silent...

This alone is enough to show Lin Zhixiao's loyalty.

In contrast to him, Lai Da arranged for his son's freedom from the moment he was born, and also sought an official position, not to mention, after the Jia family fell into decline, the Lai family collected money Absconding from these wolf-hearted things...

Therefore, for a loyal person like Lin Zhixiao, Jia Lian naturally did not mind continuing to appoint him and giving him higher honor.

However, the huge contrast between his attitude towards Lin Zhixiao and Shan Daliang and others dazzled others.

Many people understand in their hearts that it seems that this Butler Lin has fallen into the eyes of the Second Master. From now on, they have to curry favor with Butler Lin...

They have always been very stable. Lai Da, looking at Lin Zhixiao who was kneeling humbly on the ground to thank Jia Lian for his kindness, suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart:

Could it be that the second master wants to support Lin Zhixiao and take away my position?