The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 207 There are loyal servants
"Because Liu Chun hasn't come back yet, in half an hour, shall we continue?"

Seeing how quiet the crowd was, Jia Lian couldn't help but raised his head and asked with a smile.

Seeing this, even Lai Da's eyelids couldn't help beating violently.

Second Master Lian is really too ruthless, if you don't play them to death, don't you give up?

Unfortunately, no matter what they think, the will of the master will not be transferred.Jia Lian has already picked up the booklet that looks like a death register, looking around, as if picking the next person to die.

Many people even had the idea of ​​turning around and fleeing Rongguo Mansion immediately...

"Ugh……"

Jia Lian suddenly let out an inexplicable sigh, then looked at the crowd, and said, "Why don't I give you another chance, is there anyone who wants to revise the amount quoted before?"

Upon hearing Jia Lian's words, those whose mood had already collapsed immediately felt like they had been pardoned, and one by one hurriedly responded, and then scrambled to go forward and correct their previous wrong reports...

Jia Lian smiled. When life and death are at stake, money is really not very important.

Except for those who are self-sufficient and have a background...

Jia Lian glanced at Lai Da calmly, sure enough, he didn't have any intention to come up and modify it at all, and stood at the head of the slaves, as if there was such a slight calmness.

Jia Lian only glanced at it, and then ignored it. After all the people who came forward to modify the number left, he sat silently, and after enjoying Xiangling's timid but gentle massage technique for a while, Liu Chun took people come back.

No surprises, a batch of family assets of unknown origin were also confiscated.

There is nothing to describe, the family resources are full of officials, and I am sent to the south to look at the house.

Compared with Shan Daliang, it was already a very happy ending, not only did he not get beaten, but also he didn't have to affect his wife and children.

Everyone knows that this is preferential treatment for Wang Xin's choice to cooperate with his master.

After Wang Xin and his daughter-in-law went down with gratitude, the scene became quiet and terrifying again. Even the lights from the lanterns swinging in the wind under the eaves of the corridor suddenly dimmed a lot, and it looked gloomy and windy in the quiet night. .

Everyone was waiting silently, waiting for Second Master Lian to read the name of the next person.

Finally, Jia Lian stood up, twisted his neck, as if nothing had happened, turned around and asked Lai Da: "What time is it?"

Lai Damang took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, then replied respectfully: "Reporting to Second Lord, it has been two quarters past the second watch."

"Is it this late already?"

Jia Lian sighed, and then said: "Since this is the case, let's stop here for tonight's game, if you don't have fun, we will continue when we have time in the future.

By the way, those who reported the count just now, after you go back, each prepare the corresponding silver taels, and ask your respective wives to send them to the west wing of my courtyard before this time tomorrow, and hand them over to Xiangling... Well, that's right. This well-behaved maid. "

Jia Lian touched Xiangling's head, and under the gaze of two or three hundred eyes, Xiangling's nervous face turned red.

"After you have paid, I will gather together to fill you up as officials, so that the master and wife will not know which of you is a corrupt official and who is an honest official, this is also for your sake.

Everyone has no opinion, right? "

This was what everyone expected, and the servants who suddenly relaxed, naturally no one raised any objections.

So after everyone agreed, they each wanted to leave, and Jia Lian called Lin Zhixiao to stop.

Just when they wondered whether Second Master Lian was going to touch the dignified second housekeeper, they heard that Jia Lian just ordered him to personally arrange for someone to register the copied things from the Shan family and the Wang family into the warehouse.

Lin Zhixiao was originally in charge of the account room and the bank, so it was nothing.

"You reported too much. After you go back, just ask your mother-in-law to send half of the silver. The remaining half will be regarded as the official reward from the mansion today. Take it back and repair your house.

Really, look at your Lin family's mansion. Compared with the other big housekeepers, how grand is it?
Thanks to the fact that you have managed the bank treasury in the mansion for 20 years, I feel ashamed for you. "

Lin Zhixiao, who was worried in his heart, broke down in an instant when he heard Jia Lian's scolding, feeling a little tearful.

Originally, he had made up his mind so much that he wrote down the amount of 3000 taels of silver.

It's not that he can't get it out, but he knows that once such a "shocking" amount is reported, he will be convicted of being a "corrupt official".

Reporting to the government, this amount is a death penalty.

But he felt that he should report it like this, because he knew that Second Master Lian might not know about those in charge, but Second Master Lian must be clear about their big housekeepers and how much money they have!
If there are too few reports, he will definitely lose the trust of Lian Erye.Although, like Lai Da, he felt that the second master Lian would definitely not attack him.

It was a difficult decision, but fortunately he made the right one.

The second master Lian seems to be ruthless and greedy, but in fact he treats others with forgiveness.

His position can be said to be the biggest vacancy in the Jia family's two houses!If he is a greedy person, he can completely compare his wealth with Lai Da...

Of course, if it weren't for his honesty, Mother Jia and the others wouldn't let him sit in this position for so many years.

Who would know how many times he had greedy thoughts in his heart over the years and was suppressed?
Even so, he couldn't help but get a lot of grease...

These fats and waters that he dare not reveal are often a kind of torment for him, especially when he sees Jia's mansion going from bad to worse, the torment is even worse.Of course, his wife likes it very much, even if she only hides money, she can't wait for him to be greedy!

In order to make up for this suffering of "disloyalty", he made a lot of compensations, but all of them were self-deception.

Therefore, today, when Jia Lian asked him to report the number and report the silver taels of corruption, he saw almost immediately that this was his chance to clear his sins...

The only thing to worry about is that Jia Lian is inconsiderate, and instead regards his loyalty as the heart of a jackal.

Fortunately, Second Master Lian didn't...

Jia Lian didn't have as many dramas in Lin Zhixiao's mind.

He just knew that Lin Zhixiao was a relatively loyal person.

It's not just the contact for so many years, after all, Jia Lian can't guarantee that he is 100% accurate in seeing people.

However, he has eyes.

In the original book, the Jia family has a bunch of wolf-hearted servants, not many good ones.

I really want to find a good one, among the big stewards of the two houses, only one Lin Zhixiao can do it!

In the original book, there are several chapters that describe Lin Zhixiao's loyalty, especially the dialogue between Lin Zhixiao and Jia Lian when Jia's mansion is going west and internal and external turmoil in more than 70 chapters.

First of all, he advised Jia Lian and others that they should stay away from wolves like Jia Yucun, so as to avoid being trapped.

Secondly, he persuaded Jia Lian to let go of some servants who were idlers at home. Firstly, he would show the master's kindness, and secondly, he would also save a lot of expenses for the family...

In the end, when he learned that Wang Xifeng's son, Laiwang, wanted to marry Caixia by force, he also tried his best to dissuade him.

Because Laiwang's son not only has an ugly face, but also goes out to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, doing everything.In his words, why bother to ruin a good girl?

Unfortunately, under Wang Xifeng's strength and Jia Lian's cowardice, his good intentions did not work.

The details show not only the loyalty of a feudal servant, but also the kindness of his character.

Leaving aside these things, just considering Lin Zhixiao's status in Rongguo Mansion, he is willing to arrange all his sons and daughters into Rongguo Mansion to start as a third-class slave, and his daughter is still suffering from Qingwen, Qiuwen, etc. in Yihong Courtyard. He didn't make a sound when he was bullied by others...

This alone is enough to explain Lin Zhixiao's loyalty.

In contrast to him, Lai Da planned for his son to be free from the moment he was born, and even sought out an official position, not to mention, after the Jia family fell into disrepair, the Lai family took money and absconded with these heartless things...

Therefore, for a loyal person like Lin Zhixiao, Jia Lian naturally didn't mind continuing to appoint him and gave him higher honor.

However, the huge contrast between his attitude towards Lin Zhixiao and Shan Daliang and others, naturally dazzled others.

Many people understand in their hearts, it seems that this Butler Lin has fallen into the eyes of the second master, and they must curry favor with Butler Lin in the future...

Lai Da, who had always been very stable, looked at Lin Zhixiao who was kneeling on the ground humbly to thank Jia Lian for his kindness, but suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart:

Could it be that the second master wants to support Lin Zhixiao and take my seat?

(End of this chapter)