Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 521: Diverting trouble to the east
Jia Zheng saw his elder brother's greed from the side and felt a little disgusted. This elder brother is really ignorant and dares to make any money. Isn't he afraid of losing his head because of this money?
"We can't take mother's money." Jia Zheng hurriedly persuaded Jia Mu, fearing that she would destroy the entire Rongguo Mansion because of her momentary greed.

As a result, before Jia's mother could speak, Jia She yelled next to her, "Why can't you make money? This is our savings for decades. If we have this money, the father-in-law can be more comfortable."

Jia She's words made Jia Zheng angry. He said quarrelsomely: "Is your family still short of money? Don't think that I don't know. The money earned by Lian's second daughter-in-law every year is several times more than that of Gongzhong. How can it be that there is so much money?" Isn’t that enough for your family?”

"My daughter-in-law earns money based on her own skills, and she doesn't have the capital to spend money with the public. Why do you say that?"

In Jia She's heart, all the money Wang Xifeng earned would be given to his eldest grandson in the future. No matter how much he earned, it would never be too much. If it could be added to the public savings, then his eldest grandson would be safe in the future.

Sitting there, Mother Jia was annoyed when she saw her two sons quarreling. She patted her bed and said loudly, "Do you still have a mother like me who dares to talk nonsense in front of me?"

To say that brothers Jia Zheng and Jia She were indeed filial, when they heard their mother getting angry, they immediately shut up and stood up to bow and apologize to their mother.

Seeing that her two sons were silent, Mother Jia finally calmed down a little. She sat down and thought about it, and felt that what the two sons said made sense.

If Princess Gongshun and her second son were left in Rongguo Mansion, they would not end well in Rongguo Mansion if Jia Rui pursued them.

But if these two people were handed over and she thought about the millions of taels of silver, Jia Mu would feel distressed. You know, this is money that Rongguo Mansion has not earned since its establishment.

After all, Jia Mu had lived for so many years and had been wallowing in power for decades. She immediately found a solution as soon as she turned her eyes.

Their Rongguo Mansion couldn't protect the respectful princess, but someone could. As long as this person came forward, Jia Rui could only hold his nose and admit it.

"Second brother, go to Wu Guofu and invite their old man over."

Jia Zheng and Jia She looked at each other and understood what their mother meant.

The mother wanted to ask Jia Dairu, the old man of Wu Guofu, to come forward and protect the obedient princess and the second prince.

Jia Rui may have looked down upon others, but for an old man like him, Jia Rui did not dare to disobey him.

Jia She naturally agreed with his mother's method, so that his family would not have to return the money.

However, Jia Zheng disagrees. This matter seems to be able to temporarily prevent Jia Rui from pursuing it, but it will also leave a thorn in Jia Rui's heart. Once it happens later, Rongguo Mansion will not end well.

Therefore, Jia Zheng decided to persuade his mother not to lose the rice instead of stealing the chicken.

"Old lady, there is something wrong with this matter. If Rui Geer knows that we are working behind the scenes, our family will not be able to escape the relationship in the future."

Jia's mother looked at Jia Zheng, then sighed and said, "Let me tell you the truth, our family was able to avoid that disaster back then because of the good words King Chong gave us in front of the Supreme Emperor."

When she said this, Jia Mu stood up, walked to the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said to herself: "If you receive a drop of kindness from someone, you must repay it with a spring of water, let alone a life-saving kindness." ?”

After hearing what Jia Mu said, Jia Zheng lowered his head and stopped trying to persuade her.

Jia Zheng is considered a gentleman. In his opinion, since he has received such great favors from others, he cannot stand by and watch when others are in danger.

Mother Jia took a peek and saw that Jia Zheng was silent, and she was relieved.

To be honest, Jia Mu's control over Rongguo Mansion is not as tight as before. After all, Jia Zheng is now the Minister of Rites, and there are rumors that he will soon join the cabinet. For such a big shot, as his mother, he cannot get involved in many things.

Therefore, Jia's mother used the idea of ​​repaying her kindness to make Jia Zheng speechless.

This move is based on Jia Zheng's character.

Seeing that Jia Zheng was silent, Jia's mother nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Jia Zheng: "Hurry up to Wu Guofu, invite their old man, and say that it is inconvenient for me to pass the house at night, and invite him to come over to discuss matters. "

Jia Zheng nodded, then turned and left Rongqing Hall.

Jia She watched Jia Zheng leave, and then he came to Jia Mu's side and asked with a smile on his face: "Old lady, how should we save this money?"

Jia Mu could see Jia She's little thoughts at a glance. He was afraid that Jia Mu would regard the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver as private money and store them in his own warehouse.

Fortunately, Jia Mu did not tell the truth to Jia Zheng and Jia She just now, and turned the millions of taels of silver into hundreds of thousands of taels.

"Of course it will be deposited in the public house. There are so many rich people in our house, and our lives have always been difficult. With this money, we can finally live a relaxed life."

Jia She smiled widely after hearing Jia Mu's words.

If the money goes into the palace, doesn't it just go into the pocket of their eldest brother? Who is in charge of Rongguo Mansion now? It's his daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng. Will Wang Xifeng still be the shopkeeper for the second house now?

Jia Mu turned her head away, not looking at Jia She's fake smile, and sat back on her chair, thinking about how to talk to Jia Dairu next.

Besides, Jia Zheng left Rongguo Mansion and soon came to the side door of Wu Guo Mansion, and then ordered his personal servant to knock on the door.

A head soon popped out of the door. He looked around and quickly spotted Jia Zheng, and quickly stepped forward to salute.

"Young man, I've met Mr. Zheng."

Jia Zheng raised his hand to ask the young man to stand up, and then asked: "Does your old man have any skills now?"

"Back to the second master, our old master should have gone to bed by now. Do you have anything to do with him?" the boy asked strangely.

Jia Zheng nodded, and then said: "There are some urgent matters that I need to discuss with the old man. Send someone in to inform me."

The boy hesitated for a moment, but when he thought about Jia Zheng's identity, he quickly asked Jia Zheng to rest for a while in the concierge while he went in to report.

At this time, Mr. Jia Dairu had already fallen asleep, and the old man might have been a little tired from talking about poetry and music with his husbands during the day, so he slept relatively deeply.

In a daze, Jia Dairu felt someone pushing him, which made Jia Dairu very unhappy.

The elderly generally sleep lightly, not to mention that at Jia Dairu's age, he could sleep comfortably, but it was not easy. He didn't expect anyone to dare to disturb him.

He opened his eyes unhappily and saw his wife, Mrs. Wang, pushing him there under the candlelight.

(End of this chapter)