After coming out of Mengpozhai and arriving at the main entrance courtyard, Lin Zhixiao had been waiting here for a long time?
"Have everything been counted?"
"Second Master, don't worry. It has been weighed and sealed a long time ago. It's 80,000 taels, just a little more. There will be no mistake."
Jia Lian nodded and waved his hand, and dozens of boys in the field immediately lifted up the heavy boxes and followed Jia Lian's carriage to Ningguo Mansion.
You had already led a group of people waiting outside the main gate. When he saw Jia Lian's carriage coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and gave Lai Sheng a look. Lai Sheng hurried to the west corner gate and directed Lin Zhixiao and others to The silver was moved to the Ningguo Mansion's warehouse.
Here, You led Jia Lian in from the front door, "I told you to invite your second uncle to come over for dinner, but why did your second uncle send you the money himself? It's just a matter of arranging for the slaves for such a small matter."
Youshi said it easily, as if eighty thousand silver was insignificant. However, in fact, even for Ningguo Mansion, 80,000 silver accounts for half of the existing treasury silver. Not to mention, what You told Mrs. Wang at that time was to move out all the savings...
Jia Lian glanced at her and thought to herself that Sister Feng was so suspicious. If she just came over to eat without doing anything serious, I don't know what Nizi would think.
"This 80,000 silver has solved our urgent need, which is no small matter. Before coming, the master and his wife told me to thank you properly and ask you to bear with me. Now the situation on our side is too You know, it’s really embarrassing to borrow so much money without paying interest.”
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I'm getting more and more outrageous. I'm talking as if we are not a family. No matter what the pros and cons are, I won't dare to go over there to greet the old lady and the ladies again..."
The uncle and sister-in-law were in the guest suite when they suddenly saw Lai Sheng hurriedly coming from behind.
With a look of death on his face, he walked around Jia Lian and the two of them, knelt down with a thud, and made a gesture of throwing himself on the ground.
Seeing this, Youshi wanted to reprimand Wei Nu, but Jia Lian raised his hand to stop him. Then he heard Jia Lian ask curiously: "What does Mr. Lai mean by this? Could it be that he is here to intercede for your brother and sister-in-law?"
As he spoke, there was an obvious coldness in Jia Lian's voice. He had already dealt with the Lai family lightly for Jia Mu's sake. If they didn't know what was good for them, he wouldn't mind and exterminated the Lai family from Jia's house as a whole.
"The second master and the eldest grandma know clearly that this servant has no such intention. My brother and sister-in-law Hu Tu have committed a capital crime, but they can be forgiven by the second master and save their lives. The slave and his family are all grateful to the second master and dare not think of him again. "Lai Sheng raised his head, his eyes looked sad and sincere, with tears in them.
Jia Lian was a little surprised, "Oh, what are you doing?"
Lai Sheng was about to reply when he saw members of the Lai Sheng family catching up with him. Seeing him like this, they obviously knew what he was going to do. He shook his head and cried to persuade: "His boss, you..."
Lai Sheng's face suddenly became anxious, and he didn't dare to let him say a few more words. He immediately turned his head and shouted: "Shut up! The second master is here, how can you cry and cry in such a dignified manner, why don't you back down!"
Because of his stern voice, Lai Sheng's family was really silenced. They stayed where they were, not daring to say anything or move forward. They just looked very panicked and frightened.
Seeing this, Jia Lian became more interested, but was not in a hurry to ask questions.
Youshi was thoughtful, but because Jia Lian was present, she was not in a hurry to express her position.
Then Lai Sheng turned around, glanced at Jia Lian and the two, knocked his head heavily on the ground again, and said sadly: "Brother betrayed his master's kindness and teachings and did something unfaithful and unjust. He really deserves it.
Although one of the slave and his elder brother is in charge of affairs in the East Mansion and the other in charge of affairs in the West Mansion, they are still of the same mother and brother. If the brother and sister-in-law commit crimes, the slave cannot escape the responsibility. He also dared not lie to deceive his master, and knew nothing about what his brother and sister-in-law were doing.
Therefore, the slave knows that his sin is serious, and he boldly begs the second master and the eldest grandma to punish the slave severely, and send soldiers or servants to search the slave's house to atone for the slave's sin! The sinful slave Lai Sheng thanked his master for his grace. "
Lai Sheng said these words while lying on the ground. At the last sentence, he raised his head and kowtowed heavily again, and then lay on the ground, as if he had finished his statement and respectfully asked for a punishment.
His actions and words, not to mention the servants and women around him, even Jia Lian and Youshi were stunned.
After all, Jia Lian reacted quickly, tilted his head and asked: "Can I understand that Mr. Lai is asking me to give you sixty sticks, and then demote you and your brother to the north to guard the farm?"
Lai Sheng's somewhat rugged figure trembled slightly, but then he thanked him and said, "Sin slave, I am willing to accept any punishment."
Jia Lian shook his head and laughed, then looked back at Youshi, "My sister-in-law has also seen the situation. He is a slave in her house, but I am not good at overstepping my bounds. It is my sister-in-law who makes the final decision."
Youshi also smiled, she could tell that Lai Sheng was not afraid of her at all, but was afraid of Jia Lian.
Otherwise, if he wanted to plead guilty, he would not do it sooner or later, but he would wait until Jia Lian came and do it in front of Jia Lian?
It was clearly what happened in Xifu last night that frightened him. He was afraid that Jia Lian would not let him go, so he decided to go all out and plead guilty. All he wanted was leniency, which would at least save his life and property.
"Second uncle also knows that our master is not at home and I am a female, so I don't know how to deal with this matter.
It just so happens that my second uncle is the acting head of the clan, and our master has entrusted my second uncle to educate Wu'er, so I shamelessly asked my second uncle to handle this matter for me, and also asked me to learn how to manage the family house, so that I can teach Wu'er the principles in the future. . "
What You said was considered thorough, taking into account all aspects of dignity and leaving no room for criticism.
After all, she was his woman, and Jia Lian did not want to see her outside. He nodded when he heard this, then turned around and walked to Lai Sheng.
Glancing at Lai Sheng's family who was slumped on the ground in the distance, terrified and helpless, and then looking at Lai Sheng who was lying on the ground but motionless in front of him, Jia Lian sighed in his heart, this Aunt Lai can be considered capable, and she has two children. Both sons have some abilities.
Jia Lian admired Lai Sheng's courage to stop him here. We can also see some of his thoughts and calculations.
"Do you really admit that you are guilty, and are you really willing to let me do whatever you want?"
"This slave knows his crime and will never dare to deceive the Second Master in the slightest."
Jia Lian shook his head and smiled, and then sighed: "If Lai Da doesn't know how to advance or retreat at all like you, I won't do anything to him even for the sake of Lai Lao who has served the old lady her whole life."
"I am ashamed, my brother. My brother was temporarily blinded by lard and failed to understand the second master's painstaking efforts, which led to today..."
"Whether the lard has deceived the heart or whether it is greed, I don't care. But you, although you are guilty of not repaying the knowledge, because Laida is your brother, you are also in trouble, and the two of you have been separated for a long time. , I don’t want to get involved too much.
However, I have always been rewarded for meritorious deeds and punished for delinquency. Since you have pleaded guilty, I will fine you five thousand atonement silver and hand it over to your treasury myself, and record the accounts truthfully. "
When Lai Sheng heard that Jia Lian said that he didn't want to be involved anymore, he knew that he had made the right bet and felt a little happy.
But when I heard the end, I felt a little hesitant. It is not difficult to fine him five thousand silver. It can even be said to be too light! He was only asked to turn it over to the bank and keep the accounts truthfully, which made him somewhat doubtful.
Five thousand silver may not seem like much, but among ordinary slaves, it would be a mountain-sized figure. Such a sum is clearly recorded in the public accounts. If the government wants to deal with him in the future, there will be no need to find another reason...
"Why, don't say you can't even get out five thousand silver. If that's really the case, then I'd like to reflect on whether I really blamed you wrongly."
Lai Sheng's heart trembled, and he kowtowed quickly: "Slave, thank you Second Master for your magnanimity and kindness. I would like to respect Second Master's order and thank Grandma..."
Lai Sheng knew how to be a slave. Under such circumstances, he did not forget to patch up Youshi's head.
Jia Lian looked at Youshi, who also looked at him. Jia Lian looked away and looked down at Lai Sheng: "As a slave of my Jia family, loyalty should be your first priority. Remember, whenever you Lai Sheng If you don't forget this, I will never treat you poorly, so go down."
"Yes, I will obey the Second Master's teachings. From now on, I will change my mind and work faithfully for my master..."
Lai Sheng was still kowtowing to show his loyalty, but unfortunately Jia Lian had already greeted You, stepped into the hall and left. He just stood up, glanced at the servants around him who were looking at each other, and felt a sense of pleasure in surviving a disaster.
Without saying anything, he walked over and helped his wife, who was already looking happy, up, whispered a few instructions, and rushed to the warehouse.
Although he had explained the matter there before coming here, with such a large amount of money, he, the manager who had managed to keep his position, naturally did not dare to be careless. He had to count and store it himself in order to feel at ease.
