Chapter 570 Copying the Lai Family

"Master, Master, it's not good..."

"Why are you panicking."

Mengpo Zhai Xiao In the study, Jia Zheng was talking about classics with Ersanqingke. Suddenly, he saw the boy next to him hurried in, and he was very unhappy.

"Master, Second Master Lian, Second Master Lian is interrogating Mr. Lai in the courtyard!"

"Is this happening?"

Jia Zheng looked slightly moved.

Lai is greater than Jia Zheng, just like Zhao'er is to Jia Lian. If it were not Jia Lian who was on trial, but the government office, Jia Zheng would probably have his spirit trembled.

"What is the reason for interrogating him?"

"Yes, it is said that Lai Da and Lai Auntie are greedy...by nature..."

1 When he heard the word "covetous", Jia Zheng frowned slightly, but then he felt relieved. He had already stood up from his chair, waved his hand to Zhan Guang and others and said, "Sir, please sit here for a while, I will go and take a look."

said and walked out quickly.

When we arrived at the compound, we saw people gathered here. In the corridor of the accounting room, Jia Lian stood upright. Seven or eight steps in front of him, Lai and his wife were crouched down, with frightened expressions on their faces.

"These are the documents written by the shopkeepers and bosses of various shops in Beijing. They record the year and month of Lai Da, when and where, what goods you negotiated with them to purchase, and what kind of goods you purchased. How to get a lot of kickbacks, and even how to use the power of the Jia family to suppress the market price.

There are seven copies in total, including more than 40 things that you have handled or others have handled, involving corruption. The total number is more than thirty-eight thousand three hundred taels."

As soon as Jia Lian said this, all the slaves in the courtyard were in an uproar.

Three... more than thirty thousand taels of silver? How much does this cost? How dare Lai Da?

There were also people who had known some of Lai Da’s background for a long time. At this time, they sneered and mentioned to everyone around them the fact that they had seen and suspected Lai Da’s corruption. In the past, because of the power of the Lai family, they did not dare to offend them. Now that Mr. Lian has taken action to deal with them personally, the Lai family will have to shed their skin even if they are not dead, so there is no need to be afraid of him!

Lai Da looked at the "papers" thrown by Jia Lian at the foot of the stairs, resisted the urge to wipe his sweat, knelt down and picked them up to look at.

But he already knew it, but he was shocked that Jia Lian had even collected all the evidence for him, and collected so much evidence, so he only glanced at one or two copies, raised his head, kowtowed, and chanted Unjustly accused.

He kowtowed to the west again, because he had already seen one of his backers coming over.

Jia Lian naturally also saw Jia Zheng, but since he did not come on stage, Jia Lian pretended not to see him and continued to question Lai Da in a cold voice: "Unjust? The black and white writing on the paper is clear. Do you want me to find all the people?" Confronting you face to face?

“There’s no need to go to such trouble, Lin Zhixiao.”

Lin Zhixiao, who didn’t know when he would return to his post, immediately waved to the back after hearing the sound, and was immediately very excited. A servant from the Rongguo Mansion came and took five stewards of the Rongguo Mansion with gray-faced faces and threw them into the courtyard.

When Lai Da saw this, his heart continued to sink into the abyss. These people, Gein, are all the people he has promoted and trusted the most over the years he has been the general manager. Each one of them knows more or less some inside story about him.

Mr. Lian even arrested them, which shows his determination to deal with him.

He couldn’t help it anymore and wiped a small amount of sweat from his forehead. But he hasn't given up yet, and he doesn't want to plead guilty, because his two biggest backers haven't spoken yet.

As long as those two don’t give up on him, he will be fine.

For Mr. Hou Men’s government, the so-called criminal evidence is sometimes not worth much. As long as Jia Mu and Jia Zheng insist on protecting him, even if Second Master Lian tries to deal with him, they may not be able to do anything. In the end, they will have to compromise and give him small punishments and big warnings.

So Lai Da stopped talking and just looked at Jia Zheng beside him with pleading eyes.

Jia Zheng sighed secretly and walked towards Jia Lian.

"Why are you here, Master?"

"I heard that you are reviewing Mr. Lai, so I came here to have a look."

Jia Zheng looked sad. , Yang Zuo asked in confusion: "I don't know, what crime did he commit to make you so angry?

He is just a slave. Your status is not ordinary now, why do you need to know him in the same way? , you should take more care of him."

Jia Zheng's words seemed to care about Jia Lian, but he clearly showed his desire to protect Jia Lian.

If the facts are as Lai Da thought, for people like Jia Zheng, the people below are greedy. It is absolutely impossible to say that they don't know at all.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just look at the life of the Lai family, which is so prosperous and prosperous. The family is more impressive than the ordinary wealthy businessmen. Is it possible that Jia Zheng is a fool and can’t see it? What is the root cause?

Of course he can understand, just like the emperor who has no shortage of hungry soldiers. Lai Da can do so many things for him, how can he not let him get some benefits?

Now Jia Lian wants to seize the fact that Lai Da is corrupt and launch a war. Naturally, Jia Zheng wants to reduce major issues to minor ones and appease Jia Lian's anger.

"As for Lai Da, after all, he has been with me for so many years, even if he made mistakes, for my sake, how about a little punishment and a lesson for him next time? "

Sure enough, with just one sentence, Jia Zheng directly interceded for Lai Da.

Many people were very jealous. As the head of Rongguo Mansion for more than ten years, Jia Zheng was so... He cares about his own dignity, and now he is willing to plead for mercy in public for a servant. In the entire Jia family, Lai Da is probably the only one who has this honor.

Lai Da's confidence has greatly increased, and he is the best at judging the situation. He immediately kowtowed and said loudly: "Please forgive me, Second Master, I know I was wrong. The slave is willing to accept the punishment of the second master, and promises to change his mind from now on, and will not dare to have any greed. If he violates this oath, he will be beaten to death in public by the second master, and the slave is willing! ”

What Lai Da said was a step down for Jia Lian.

But can Jia Lian do it?

He is so well prepared this time , if the Lai family cannot be eradicated, he should not say anything, and even his prestige will be greatly damaged.

He also understands why Jia Zheng protects the Lai family. After all, if If someone wants to touch Zhao'er at this time, he will try his best to protect it.

A boss who can't even protect the person he trusts most is doomed to fail.

Jia Zheng Perhaps he was not good at political maneuvering, but as the head of the government, he naturally realized that he could not let others deal with Lai Da easily.

So Jia Lian raised his hands to Jia Zhengyi and said: "Lai Da is more than my Jia family, and he has contributed to the master. I know this. If it was not absolutely necessary, my nephew would not take such a violent action.

Let me tell you the truth, my nephew has been staying at home for two or three years. I have always given them opportunities, thinking that as long as Lai Da can remember a little bit of Grandma Lai's loyalty to the old lady, remember a little bit of her duty as a slave, and step back from the cliff in time, for the sake of the old lady and the master, I may not be able to turn a blind eye. One eye, one eye closed.

But!

This dog slave obviously regarded his nephew’s patience as giving in and being weak. In the past two years, my nephew had hinted and warned this slave several times to keep his peace and order, but he didn't take it seriously. He still went his own way and took whatever he wanted.

I should have heard it just now. My nephew alone found out that Lai Da alone had embezzled more than 38,000 taels of silver from the official bank of Rongguo Mansion!

What a shocking figure this is. Master, do you know that the total amount of silver in the official treasury of our Rongguo Mansion is less than this amount?

Sir, you know that this is only what I asked people to find out, and it is almost the amount that Lai Da embezzled during the year when he was building the Grand View Garden in my Jia Mansion.

If we were to retrace the more than ten years he spent as the general manager, how should this slave dog be?Do you understand how much you have been greedy for ink?

If these dog slaves are not eliminated in time as a warning to others, I am afraid that my huge Rongguo Mansion will be emptied of all the wealth by these slaves, and it will only be a matter of time! "

Jia Lian's words were so angry and loud that Jia Zheng was shocked. He couldn't help but wonder: "Is what Lian'er said true? Is he really so bold? "

Jia Lian snorted coldly and asked someone to pick up the "paper" he threw down the steps and handed it to Jia Zheng to watch.

Jia Zheng just doesn't like secular affairs. , In fact, he is quite smart. After looking at these well-founded testimonies, he knew that they were probably true, so he couldn't help but feel a little angry at Lai Daye, and shouted loudly: "You are so brave! "

Lai Da saw that the situation was not good and quickly defended: "Master, please calm down, I am really unjust. As mentioned above, it is true that the slave has lowered the market price, but the slave is also doing this for the sake of the house. The slave also knows that the house has been in a tight situation in recent years, and the cost of building a provincial garden for the empress is too huge, so he Thinking of purchasing enough materials for the house at the lowest price possible. But don’t worry, sir, all the things purchased through the slave’s hands have been personally inspected by the slave, and there is absolutely no shoddy stuff.

As for those shopkeepers who said that the slaves were demanding kickbacks, it was pure slander. They probably resented the slaves for buying their materials at low prices, so they bitten the slaves maliciously. Please tell me... …”

“Hahaha, so you embezzled so much money from the master’s family, or did you do it for the sake of the master’s family? ”

Jia Lian couldn’t help laughing, it was too hard for Lai. Under such circumstances, he could still find some excuse.

Hearing Jia Lian’s ridicule, Lai Jia Zheng was afraid to speak anymore. Jia Zheng was also shocked by the evidence collected by Jia Lian. He didn't know what to say for a while, and Jia Lian didn't say anything either. The scene was quiet for a while, as if they were all waiting for something.

......

The Lai family had already made a mess.

When Jia Lian’s soldiers cleared the way and Lin Zhixiao’s family led a large group of servants and women into the Lai family, There were more than 20 people in Lai's family, all of whom were panic-stricken.

As for searching homes, Jia Lian's soldiers had the experience of Jiangnan and were already familiar with the roads. , pushed aside and taken into custody.

As for the Lin Zhixiao family, they have been oppressed by the Lai family for so many years, and they have always been jealous of the Lai family. Now that they have the opportunity, they will naturally not be polite. Those who have won her The women who had given orders and promised benefits ran rampant through Lai's house one by one, rummaging through all the places they could find.

Soon Lai's house was occupied turned overBottom up.

"Aunt Lin, all the houses have been searched, and only Grandma Lai's main house is left. Look..."

A servant girl walked to Lin Said in front of the Zhixiao family. As the maid brought by Jia's mother from the Shi family, Aunt Lai has a high status and is second to none in the entire Jia family's servant world. Who wouldn't give her a little favor?

If they hadn’t known that Lin Zhixiao’s family was backed by Jia Lian, how could they have dared to come and raid Lai’s family.

Lin Zhixiao’s family also hesitated for a moment, but then his expression became stern and he said coldly: “The Lai family is greedy, and the second master must be punished severely. The second master has explained that this time Every plant, tree, brick, and tile in Lai's house cannot be spared. Copy it!"

"Okay, I have long disliked the Lai family."
< br /> As soon as the old ladies rolled up their sleeves, they rushed into the courtyard of Grandma Lai.

"Slow down."

A clear and sweet voice sounded from behind. Everyone looked back and immediately gathered around, fawning and smiling: "Why did Miss Ping come in? Now, you can just give instructions outside. You don’t have to come in. You can’t do all the dirty work of rummaging through boxes and cabinets yourself.”

Lin Zhixiao’s family thought that Jia Lian specially asked Ping’er to work with her They came together to ransack her house to supervise her, fearing that she would enrich herself. But she had already received repeated instructions from her husband, and she also wanted to be the wife of the first housekeeper in the inner house, so even when she saw the huge amount of property found from the Lai family, she did not dare to think about it, so she was not afraid. No matter what, I just maintain superficial respect.

Ping'er saw all the thoughts of Lin Zhixiao's family, shook his head and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Aunt Lin. My second master has great trust in Aunt Lin's loyalty and ability.< br />
However, after all, Grandma Lai belongs to the old lady, and she is also old. If you are rushing into her like this, if something happens to her, even the second master will not be able to explain to the old lady. Here."

"That's what Miss Yi Ping means."

Ping'er smiled and walked forward without explaining.

With such a noise outside, it was impossible for Grandma Lai not to know that the people in her courtyard had already panicked. Even Grandma Lai huddled at the door to watch the situation.

I also saw the ferocity of Lin Zhixiao’s family and others just now, and now I saw the innocent and peaceful Ping’er, and I suddenly felt like I was seeing a savior.

"Miss Ping, my Miss Ping, what the hell is going on? Why did it happen so well that it ended up like this..."

Aunt Lai was standing between the two With the help of a maid, he rushed out of the courtyard and shouted to Ping'er.

The shadow of a person’s famous tree is even based on the shadow of his mother-in-lawI have never cared much about Ping'er, the "deputy general manager" of Rongguo Mansion, but I have heard many praises from others and know that Ping'er is a good person.

When people are in danger, they always hope for good people to help.

Ping'er helped up Mother Lai and said, "Mother Lai, don't panic. Nothing serious happened. Someone just reported Manager Lai, saying that he embezzled the official's money. The second master didn't believe it, so let him I'll check and confirm. Don't worry, Mama Lai, we're just here to check, we won't hurt anyone..."

Mama Lai may be old, but she's not stupid either. What kind of verification proves that this is clearly a house raid?

She also saw that the people who rushed into her home with fire, knives and armor were obviously Jia Lian's personal soldiers, and she knew very well that this was Jia Lian's intention, otherwise she would lend it to her. Even the one hundred and twenty brave Lin Zhixiao family would not dare to mess around in her Lai family.

I knew it in my heart, but I didn’t dare to climb down the ladder given by Ping’er.

"Miss Ping, my good girl, but something happened to Lai Da?" Aunt Lai knew that since the government took action against her Lai family, it must be because of Lai Da.

Ping'er sighed, looking at Aunt Lai's noble appearance but senile appearance, which was a bit pitiful, so she explained: "Don't worry, Mama Lai, Manager Lai is fine, he...Second Master is now We're interrogating him."

Aunt Lai suddenly cried out in sadness, and a huge feeling of regret came to her heart.

When it comes to his son Lai Da, no matter how good he is, he cannot withstand interrogation. What's more, she doesn't know what her son has done in these years.

"Old lady, does she know?"

Faced with Grandma Lai's hopeful look, Ping'er was silent for a moment, "Maybe she knows, Second Master There was no hiding from anyone, the trial was conducted openly in the courtyard."

Grandma Lai collapsed on the ground.