The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 71
In Jia Lian's courtyard, Wang Xifeng had just heard the steward's report on the big and small things in the mansion today, when she saw Jia Lian coming back from the outside angrily, picked up the cold tea on the coffee table and poured it down.

Waving to let the steward go, Wang Xifeng hurriedly asked: "What's the matter today? Didn't you get called by brother Jing just now? Why, your good brother made you angry?"

"boom!"

The white porcelain scattered and the tea splashed!
It was Jia Lian who suddenly smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground.

Everyone in the room was shocked!
Seeing this, Wang Xifeng also changed color suddenly, but when she saw her willow brows standing on end, her almond eyes wide open, she pointed at Jia Lian and said angrily: "You are angry in your own heart, just go to your room and smash it, and run to my room to throw something." Splash! Who are you showing this gesture to?!"

"It's for you to see! What's the matter?!" Jia Lian shouted angrily, startling the maids next to her again.

Jia Lian glanced at the maids and said, "Go out first!"

How dare Ping'er and others go out like this?They all looked at Wang Xifeng on one side.

"Don't be afraid, is it possible that your second master Lian can still fight with me?" Wang Xifeng comforted a few people, and then ordered: "You guys go out first!"

Seeing that all the maids had gone out, Jia Lian frowned, "Let me ask you, did you post in my name?"

"So what? Why not?" Wang Xifeng glanced at Jia Lian, "Could it be that your second master Lian's name is so precious that I, Wang Xifeng, can't use it?"

"Who wants to mess with you! I'm talking to you seriously! Did you use my name to send a post to Yun Guang, the Jiedu envoy of Chang'an County?"

Wang Xifeng was startled for a moment, then asked in confusion, "How did you know about this?"

"Is it really you who did it?" Jia Lian pointed at Wang Xifeng, "Do you know how much wrong you have done!"

"Isn't it just that you got divorced, what's the matter?" Wang Xifeng didn't care, "Besides, the Zhang family also favors Young Master Li, but the former Chang'an's defense is bullying, I can't see it, so I just became a moon old. What's wrong with adult beauty?"

"What's the matter?" Jia Lian said angrily, "Do you know that the Zhang family climbed up the pole to get married to Pang Shoubei's family? The so-called preference for Young Master Li is to see that the Zhang family has lost power and wants to hug him." Go to the golden thigh of the prefect of Chang'an!

But your so-called adult beauty almost caused the second son of the Pang family and Miss Zhang's family to die in love!If it really comes to such a situation, the Pang family will be in trouble, not only the Chang'an Jiedu envoy who used tricks will be unlucky, even you and I will have to face a lawsuit because of taking the lawsuit! "

"So the Pang family has such abilities?"

Wang Xifeng didn't believe it.

Seeing this, Jia Lian said helplessly: "The eldest son of the Pang family was a member of a hundred households under the hands of the next door Hou's mansion when he was in Liaodong! This is a fateful friendship!
But the second son of the Pang family was almost killed by you, and now the sufferer has come to you!

If things get serious, how can we do well? "

Seeing that things have come to such a situation, Wang Xifeng also feels a little regretful in her heart, but she has always been aggressive, even if she intends to admit her mistake at this time, she still refuses to bow her head stubbornly.

"I'm a woman, and I don't know a lot of Chinese characters, let alone any great principles! The old nun of Mantou'an, Jingxu, bullied me with little knowledge, and just tricked me like this. This is what I did wrong!"

Fortunately, Jia Lian knew her temperament, and seeing that she could admit her mistake, she already felt great.

"The Jingxu of Mantou Temple?"

Jia Lian heard Wang Xifeng's words, thought for a while, and then remembered who Jingxu was, and couldn't help saying bitterly: "This old nun is planning on us so much, he must make her look good!"

……

Just as he was talking, Ping'er said outside: "Second Master, Third Master Jing ordered Lai Fu to come and look for you, saying that he has something for you?"

"Is there something for me?" Jia Lian was puzzled, so she asked Wang Xifeng to avoid it at the back, and then said, "Let him in!"

"Yes!"

……

The curtain of the door was lifted again, and Lai Fu came in from the outside.

"Second Master Lian, Lord Hou asked me to take this opportunity to send you this brochure!"

After all, Laifu handed Jia Lian an account book that recorded the money and transactions, and said: "Master Hou also asked me to tell the second master Lian that such usury and exploitation as usury are illegal and damaging to morality, but It is absolutely unacceptable!"

"Shark money?"

Jia Lian just felt confused, and sat down on the chair.

Behind the screen, there was also a "clang" sound.

Seeing this, Lai Fu felt a little clearer in his heart, and immediately said goodbye: "Second Master Lian, if there is nothing else, the villain will go back and return to Master Hou!"

Jia Lian held his forehead, and waved his hands weakly, "Go back first!"

……

As soon as Laifu left, Wang Xifeng turned out from behind the screen.

"How did your younger brother know these things?" Wang Xifeng's face was full of surprise, "Could it be that he planted eyeliner in our courtyard?"

Jia Lian didn't say a word, but just opened the account book in his hand. It was full of records of Wang Xifeng's collection and release of money and debts, so detailed that the address of each borrower was recorded by the guarantor.

"How many things do you still hide from me? Could it be that you really want to send me to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice before you give up?!"

Jia Lian looked at the handsome man in front of him who was brilliantly embroidered and looked like a concubine or fairy, and felt that this face that he got along day and night was so strange.

…………

Zhaowuhou Mansion.

"Changshui, I will let Laifu go back with you. You don't have to worry about the matter of Yunguang, just leave it to Laifu to solve it! Besides, when you go back and bring a message to Pang Shengrong, just say that the Marquis asked him if you would like to come back now." Willing to come to Beijing to do things for me!"

Originally, Na Changshui found Jia Jing's assistance and didn't even think about staying any longer, and immediately had to rush back to Chang'an County overnight.

But it was getting late and the city gate was closed, so he had no choice but to go to rest first as Jia Jing ordered.

Jia Jing called Future Fortune again, told him carefully, and ordered him to go to Chang'an County on his behalf tomorrow morning, and he must handle the matter of the Pang family properly.

……

By the time Jia Jing finished dealing with the Pang family's affairs, it was already the middle of the month.

Another servant at the door reported that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng had come.

Hearing this, Jia Jing was not surprised.

Since I asked Laifu to give Jia Lian the detailed account books of Wang Xifeng's usury, I expected that the two of them would definitely come to find me.

Ordering the servant girl to serve hot tea, Jia Jing looked at the two people who came in a hurry, and said, "Come here now, do you think things have been sorted out?"

Wang Xifeng got up and said: "Brother Jing, it's my sister-in-law who has done a bad job and shamed our family! But, your brother has nothing to do with this matter. If you want to arrest someone, just arrest me." , don’t implicate your second brother!”

Preempting Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng confessed the matter, but begged Jia Jing not to implicate Jia Lian.

Jia Lian looked at Wang Xifeng with a complicated face.

Although this wife has a hot temper, she is too decent between husband and wife, and she is still an old vinegar vat, always controlling her own spending time, but she is really good to herself, that is really beyond reproach.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Jia Lian grabbed Wang Xifeng, "We are a husband and wife, if we really want to investigate, who can escape?"

After finishing speaking, he said earnestly to Jia Jing: "Third brother Jing, the cause of these two incidents is your sister-in-law's love of money, but in the final analysis, it's my brother's negligence in management!

We also know that we have made a big mistake this time, so no matter how we deal with it, your sister-in-law and I also agree...

However, if possible, I also hope that third brother Jing will look at his brother's face, don't make trouble, and give your sister-in-law a chance to make up for it..."

(End of this chapter)