"Master, Master, it's not good..."
"Why panic?"
In the small study room of Mengpozhai, 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 Lai Da 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 interrogating, but the government office, Jia Zheng would probably have his spirit trembled.
"What is the reason for interrogating him?"
"Say yes, say Lai Da and Lai Auntie are greedy... by nature..."
As soon as he heard the word "greedy in ink", Jia Zheng frowned slightly, and then he felt relieved. He had already stood up from his chair, waved his hand to Zhan Guang and others, and said, "Sir, sit here for a while, I will go and take a look."
Saying that, he 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, month, time, and place of your arrival, what goods you negotiated with them to purchase, how you received large amounts of kickbacks, and even how Relying on the power of Jia's family to suppress the market price.
There are seven copies in total, covering more than 40 things that you have handled or have others handle, involving a total of more than 38,300 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 them.
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 of them, raised his head, kowtowed, and shouted that he was wronged.
He kowtows to the west again, because he has seen one of his backers coming over.
Naturally, Jia Lian 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 coldly: "Unjustly? The black and white words on the paper are clearly written one by one. Could it be that you still want to Should I call all the people and confront 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 position, immediately waved to the back after hearing the sound. Immediately, a dozen Rongguo Mansion servants escorted five Rongguo Mansion stewards with gray-faced faces and threw them into the courtyard.
When Lai Da saw it, 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.
Second Master 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'll be fine.
For Duke Hou Men, 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 it. In the end, they will have to compromise and give him a small punishment but a big punishment.
Therefore, 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 were reviewing Laida, so I came over to take a look."
Jia Zheng looked sad and asked in confusion: "I don't know, what crime did he commit to make you so angry?
He is just a minion. Your status is extraordinary now. Why should you be familiar with him? You should take more care of yourself. "
Jia Zheng's words seemed to care about Jia Lian, but they clearly revealed his desire to protect Lai Da.
If the fact is what Lai Da thinks, for people like Jia Zheng, it is absolutely impossible to say that the people below are greedy and have no idea.
Not to mention anything else, just look at the life of the Lai family, which is so prosperous and prosperous, and the family is more impressive than ordinary wealthy businessmen. Is it possible that Jia Zheng is a fool and cannot see the root cause?
Of course he can understand, just like the emperor who is not short 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 trivial matters and appease Jia Lian's anger.
"As for Lai Da, after all, he has been with me for so many years. Even if he makes a mistake, for my sake, how about you punish him a little and teach him a lesson next time?"
Sure enough, with just one sentence, Jia Zheng directly interceded for Lai Da.
Many people were very jealous. As the head of the Rongguo Mansion for more than ten years, Jia Zheng cared so much about his own dignity that he was now 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.
As expected, Lai Da's confidence greatly increased. He knew how to judge the situation best. He immediately kowtowed and said loudly: "Please forgive me, Second Master. I know that I was wrong. I am willing to accept the punishment of Second Master and promise to change my mind from now on. I will not dare to do anything again." Greedy, if you violate this oath, I will ask the second master to beat him to death in public, and I will be willing to do so!"
When Lai Da said this, he gave Jia Lian a step down.
But can Jia Lian do it?
He was so well prepared this time. If he could not eradicate the Lai family, he would not say anything, and even his prestige would be greatly damaged.
He also understood why Jia Zheng kept his reputation. After all, if someone wanted to touch Zhao'er at this time, he would protect him.
A boss who cannot even protect the people he trusts most is doomed to fail.
Jia Zheng may not be 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 cupped his hands in front of Jia Zhengyi and said: "I know that Lai is greater than my Jia family and has contributed to the master. If it was not necessary, my nephew would not take such a big step.
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 brink 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 took his nephew's patience as concession and weakness. 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.
The master should have heard it just now. It was discovered by his nephew alone that Lai Da alone had embezzled more than 38,000 taels of silver from the official inventory of the 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?
Master, I 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 Jia Mansion.
If the more than ten years he spent as the general manager were reversed, how greedy would this slave slave be? Does the master understand?
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 happen in a matter of days! "
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 hand it to Jia Zheng for viewing.
Jia Zheng just didn't like worldly affairs. In fact, he was quite smart. When he saw these well-founded testimonies, he knew that they were probably true. Therefore, he couldn't help but feel a little angry at Lai Da, and shouted loudly: "Hello, hello." How brave!”
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lai Da quickly defended: "Master, please calm down, I am really unjust. As mentioned above, it is true that the minion has lowered the market price, but I am doing this for the sake of the house. I also know that in the past few years, I have I was a little short of money, and the cost of building a wedding garden for my empress was too high, so I thought of purchasing enough materials for the house at the lowest possible price. But don’t worry, the master, all the things purchased by the slaves will be purchased by the slaves. I have personally tested it and there is absolutely no shoddy quality.
As for those shopkeepers who said that the slave demanded kickbacks, it was pure slander. They probably resented the slave for buying their materials at a low price, so they maliciously bit the slave. 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 but laugh. It was too embarrassing for Lai Da. Under such circumstances, he could still find some excuse.
Hearing Jia Lian's ridicule, Lai Da didn't dare 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 a little quiet for a while, as if they were all waiting for something.
…
Thanks to everyone, we have 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, more than 20 people in the Lai family were all panicked.
Regarding the confiscation of homes, Jia Lian's soldiers had the experience of Jiangnan and were already familiar with the roads. They pushed all the important road leaders and all irrelevant personnel aside and took custody.
As for the Lin Zhixiao family, they had been oppressed by the Lai family for so many years, and they were already jealous of the Lai family. Now that they had the opportunity, they would naturally not be polite. The women who had received her orders and promised benefits ran rampant through Lai's house one by one, as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood, and searched all the places they could find.
Soon the Lai family was turned upside down.
"Ms. Lin, all the houses have been searched, and only Grandma Lai's main house is left. Look..."
A servant girl walked up to Lin Zhixiao's house and said. As the maid brought by Jia Mu 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 didn't know that Lin Zhixiao's family was backed by Jia Lian, how could they dare to come and raid Lai's family.
Lin Zhixiao's family also hesitated for a moment, but then his face turned serious and he said coldly: "The Lai family is greedy, and the second master must be severely punished. The second master has told us that every plant and tree in the Lai family will be destroyed this time." , Brick by brick, don’t let go of them all, copy them!”
"Okay, I've long disliked the Lai family."
As soon as the old ladies rolled up their sleeves, they rushed into the courtyard of Aunt Lai.
"slow."
A clear and sweet voice sounded from behind. Everyone looked back and immediately gathered around. They said with a flattering smile: "Why did Miss Ping come in? You can just give instructions from outside. There is no need to come in. All this dirty work of rummaging through boxes and cabinets." , how can I ask you to do it yourself."
Lin Zhixiao's family thought that Jia Lian specially asked Ping'er to come with her to ransack the 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. The second master has great trust in Aunt Lin's loyalty and ability.
However, after all, Aunt 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. "
"That's what Miss Yiping 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.
He also saw the ferocity of Lin Zhixiao's family and others just now. Now when he saw the innocent and peaceful Ping'er, he suddenly felt like seeing a savior.
"Miss Ping, my Miss Ping, what the hell is going on? Why did you do it so well that it ended up like this..."
With the support of two maids, Grandma Lai ran out of the courtyard and shouted to Ping'er.
The shadow of a famous tree. Even as Aunt Lai, she had never paid much attention to Ping'er, the "deputy general manager" of Rongguo Mansion. However, after hearing many praises from others, she knew that Ping'er was a good person.
When people are in crisis, they always hope for good people to help.
Ping'er helped Mammy Lai up and said, "Mama Lai, don't panic. Nothing serious happened. Someone just reported Manager Lai and said that he embezzled the official's money. The second master didn't believe it, so he asked me to wait and verify it. Mother Lai Don’t worry, we’re just here for verification, we won’t hurt anyone…”
Grandma Lai is old, but she is 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 soldiers. She also understood in her heart that this was Jia Lian's intention, otherwise she would have lent the one hundred and twenty to Lin Zhixiao's family. I don't have the guts 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 let out a long sigh, seeing that Aunt Lai looked a little pitiful despite her noble appearance, so she explained: "Don't worry, Mama Lai, Manager Lai is fine, he... the second master is interrogating him now."
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 can't 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, "You probably know that the second master did not avoid people and was interrogated openly in the courtyard."
Aunt Lai collapsed on the ground.
