Seeing the suffering of Lai Da's family, which used to be aloof, most people in the Jia family secretly cheered. Lan
Except for Lai Sheng and his wife from Ningguo Mansion. Lai Sheng could still hold his own, but Lai Sheng's family had already hurried home after hearing that their uncle's place had been raided.
I also saw the soldiers guarding the door of my uncle's house. I heard the sound of shaking in the courtyard, but they didn't dare to stay.
"Mother, you are back..."
As soon as I approached my alley, I found that my two sons, along with my daughter-in-law and others, were all crowded here, looking like they wanted to go over to check the situation but didn't dare. They couldn't hide their fear on their faces, and when they saw her coming, they started asking questions.
"What should I do, mother? I heard that Second Master Lian sent people to search uncle's house. There has been a commotion for a while. Will it be our turn later?"
Both of Lai Sheng's sons were incompetent, at least far inferior to the outstanding Lai Shangrong. This is actually an important reason why Lai's family is much more prosperous than Lai Sheng's family, because Grandma Lai is also more willing to invest in big houses with "potential", and she has always lived in her eldest son's house.
"Mom, my uncle's family is in doom. Before they come, let's give away some of the valuable things at home. This way, even if there is an emergency, there will still be a chance to turn around in the future..." Lai Sheng's little The son pulled Lai Sheng's family and whispered anxious suggestions. Lan
The Lai Sheng family was actually panicked and afraid, but after hearing this, she instinctively knew that this was a way to bring disaster.
The two families are brothers and they are so close. Since Jia Lian sent people to surround and search that side, who can guarantee that no one will specially look at their side? If Mr. Lian had no intention of taking action against them, wouldn't he be inviting trouble by running away?
But they didn't dare to move things out in a big way, because it would be impossible to wait for nothing to be done, so the Lai Sheng family ran back to the house and hid some valuable items here and there. Even though she knew that a search was really going to be carried out, this was probably a futile effort. At least it could provide some psychological comfort. Seeing her like this, her sons and daughters-in-law were all busy trying to imitate her...
As for Lai's mansion, thanks to the efforts of Lin Zhixiao's family, Grandma Lai's house was quickly vacated.
"Miss Ping, everything that can be moved in this courtyard has been found. The second master is still waiting for Xin'er. How about you go back and revive the second master first?"
Lin Zhixiao's family was shocked by the luxury in Grandma Lai's room. Now that she had looted it, they felt unusually happy.
However, Ping'er was not in a hurry to claim credit from Jia Lian. Instead, he ordered people to open more than ten boxes of goods that were found, and asked someone to bring in another empty box. Then he said to Aunt Lai beside him: "This time, the Second Master Just let me check Lai Da's belongings. Mom Lai, you have served the old lady for so many years. There must be many things here that she has given to you. You can pick them out and let the people around the old lady confirm them later. I must return it to you, Mama Lai." Lan
Lin Zhixiao's family was not impressed by Ping'er's politeness to Aunt Lai. After all, Ping'er was a person that both Jia Lian and Sister Feng trusted, so it was not easy to go against Ping'er on such a trivial matter, so he waved. I took others to check for leaks and fill in the gaps.
Here, Aunt Lai no longer had the initial panic. She glanced at Ping'er with a grateful face, then sighed and shook her head and said, "Well, Lai Da has committed such a heinous crime this time, and I still have to pay him back." What’s the point of leaving the old lady’s rewards? Miss Ping, take them all down and show them to the Second Master. No matter what the Second Master does to us this time, our Lai family is willing to accept them..."
After all, Grandma Lai has been following Jia Mu for fifty or sixty years, and has experienced some storms. But in such a situation, she sobered up.
Now that things have come to this, how can she still think about retaining these extraneous things? This time, as long as she can save her family's wealth and life, this is her greatest luxury. If these things could be used, it would be worth the money in exchange for a lenient treatment from Mr. Lian.
So, Aunt Lai hurriedly knelt down and said, "I am already a guilty person. I didn't dare to make any demands at first, but others said that Miss Ping has a true heart of a Bodhisattva. Therefore, I dare to ask Miss Ping because I am already seven years old." For the sake of being ten, let me see the old lady again.
After this incident, I don’t know if I will have another chance to kowtow to her again. "
Facing Aunt Lai's plea, Ping'er sighed and quickly helped Aunt Lai up, "Don't worry, Mum Lai, the old lady is a nostalgic person, and Mr. Lian is also a tolerant person. You, old man, will definitely not do this this time." Whatever happens, the old lady will need your service in the future." Lan
Aunt Lai became more and more grateful, "I don't want to serve you anymore. As long as the old lady doesn't dislike me and is willing to see me, I will be satisfied and die without any regrets."
He comforted Aunt Lai and invited her into the carriage she came in. Then Ping'er ordered someone to escort Lai Shangrong and other members of the Lai family, as well as dozens of boxes of belongings, to Rongguo Mansion.
In the Rongguo Mansion compound, the scene remained the same.
After being squeezed by Jia Lian's words, Jia Mu actually just stood there and watched without saying a word.
But in her heart, she had already thought of many ways and words to make a comeback. For example, most of the property that Jia Lian copied from the Lai family was said to be a reward from her, so even if Jia Lian had doubts, he could not refute it.
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Is it possible that she, the dignified Miss Shihou, the wife of the Rongguo Mansion, and the ancestor of the Jia family, is not capable of fattening a slave?
But this idea was shaken after seeing the boxes after boxes carried in by the boys. Lan
She had a question: Are all these things really copied from the Lai family? Could it be that Jia Lian had someone rob a wealthy businessman outside?
Those boxes are filled to the brim with gold, silver, pearls, emeralds, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. There are about thirty or forty of them. They are not finished yet, are they still being moved in?
Not to mention Jia's mother, even Jia Zheng became suspicious and went down to check it out in person...
Jia Lian looked at the things that were constantly being transported in, with a smile and a bit of chill in his eyes.
"Mr. Zhan, Mr. Shan, I would like to trouble you all to work with Butler Lin and others to help estimate the price of these things."
Gold and silver are naturally easy to calculate, just use a scale to weigh them, but for jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, etc., someone with some knowledge is needed to estimate the price as quickly as possible. At this time, these Qingke supported by Jia Zheng were not used in vain.
Zhan Guang, Shan Ren and others were also shocked by the "richness" of the Lai family. They were worried that they were outsiders and would not be able to come forward to observe. When they got their lives, they all held up their hands and smiled and said they were happy to serve, and then they were all pissed off. I went to help Lin Zhixiao do statistics. Lan
"Old lady, this old slave is here to apologize to the old lady..."
As soon as Grandma Lai entered the courtyard and saw Jia Mu, she immediately got out of the carriage and ran desperately in the direction of Jia Mu.
It didn't matter how old or weak she was, or whether the carriage was high or low.
When Jia Mu saw this, she was so shocked that she shouted to everyone around her: "Quick, hold her up, don't fall!"
But in my heart, my resentment towards Jia Lian suddenly became smaller. Because she saw that Aunt Lai came in in a carriage.
One of the main reasons why Jia Mu insisted on protecting the family was to protect her own dignity.
And her relationship with the Lai family is just that of Aunt Lai. In this situation, Jia Lian's kindness to Aunt Lai meant treating her decently, and Jia's mother was naturally a little pleased. Lan
I won’t go into details about how Aunt Lai made a tearful apology and petition when she came to Jia Mu, but let’s talk about Lin Zhixiao, with the help of many assistants, he quickly compiled the general results.
"Reporting to the Second Master, so far, a total of 18 pieces of calligraphy and painting have been found from the Lai family, with an estimated silver of more than 3,700 taels, 97 rare antiques, an estimated silver of more than 25,000 taels, and house title deeds... …”
Lin Zhixiao read out two sentences according to the script, and Jia Lian interrupted impatiently: "Just tell the general story, no need to elaborate."
"yes……"
Lin Zhixiao directly turned to the last page of the temporary account book, even his expression became more solemn, and read aloud: "The gold and silver items total 3,624 and a half kilograms, with a net discount of more than 98,300 kilograms." 2. Other belongings are estimated to be more than 65,480 taels of silver.
The total amount is 163,780 taels of silver. "
Lin Zhixiao closed the book with trembling hands, handed it to Jia Lian with both hands, and then added: "This does not include the house where everyone lives, and other properties that are not suitable for moving." Lan
Although I had known for a long time that the Lai family was rich, I never expected that it would be so rich as to be such an incredible land!
This is true for Lin Zhixiao, the second housekeeper, let alone the other servants. Many people stared at the Lai family on the field with red eyes, and the jealousy in their eyes seemed to have turned into reality.
One hundred and sixty-three thousand, seven hundred and eighty taels...
Don't talk so much, just give yourself a small change, it will be enough for a lifetime. They are both slaves. Why is my family so poor, while others are so rich?
Fortunately, the second master checked it!
Jia Lian was a little surprised by this result, but it was also expected.
He briefly checked the account books, then put them down and focused his attention on Lai and Da again: "You guys, what else can you say?" Lan
Lai Da's face looked ashen and he bowed his head in silence.
