Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 63 Perseverance
Not to mention Jia Mu's side, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai returned to Lixiangyuan.

After entering the inner hall, Aunt Xue couldn't wait to ask: "Why don't you let me take the money, your family is not rich, and having this money just fills your shortfall."

Aunt Xue always thought that Xue Baochai took 2 taels of silver from home behind Jia Rui's back to fill a hole for her brother.

Although Aunt Xue cares most about Xue Pan, she also has a lot of love for this daughter.

"Don't worry, mother. My uncle knows about this. It was he who asked me to raise the money to pay off the debt."

Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief.

"But, then our family can't pay 2 taels for free. After receiving the money, shouldn't we also reduce our losses?"

"Haha, mother, their family set up such a big trap for our family, causing our family to lose nearly 5000 taels of silver. Now they just want to settle the matter with 2 taels. How can there be such a good thing in the world? ?”

"Grandpa, do you have any other ideas?"

Naturally, Xue Baochai couldn't tell her mother that her husband was eyeing someone else's house. "I don't know about this, but the uncle has made it clear that I don't have to ask anymore."

Aunt Xue knew that her uncle was a capable person. Since he said not to interfere, she could just wait at home peacefully.

Besides, after Jia Rui came out of the palace, he came to Long Jinwei's Yamen again, and went to the dungeon to see Lai Shangrong.

Although he was tortured yesterday, a doctor treated him that night, so he seems to be in good spirits now.

But when he saw Jia Rui, his expression changed, his whole body was shaking, and he knelt there without daring to raise his head.

"How? Have you figured it out, whether to recruit or not."

"Lord Jia, our family is a servant of the Rongguo Mansion. If there is any serious crime, you just let me go this time for the sake of the Rongguo Mansion. I will definitely be grateful when I go back."

"It seems that you are still dishonest!"

Jia Rui gave him a cold look, turned around and left.

As soon as I returned to the Yamen, someone came from below to report to the chief official of Prince Zhongshun's palace for an audience.

Regarding the Zhongshun Palace, Jia Rui did not dare to be negligent, with his current strength, he could not beat Zhongshun Wang.

Although relying on the favor of the Supreme Emperor, Lord Zhongshun could not do anything against him, but if King Zhongshun really started messing around and slapped or kicked Jia Rui a few times, Jia Rui really had no way to fight back.

Therefore, he hurriedly ordered Chang Shi to be invited to the main hall.

Chang Shi was just sitting in the main hall for a while, and Jia Rui hurried over.

When the chief envoy saw Jia Rui coming in, he quickly stood up and saluted.

If it was an ordinary person, Chang Shi would naturally sit as firmly as Mount Tai relying on the face of King Zhongshun, but Jia Rui was the emperor's favorite, and he was a third-rank official, so he didn't dare to be rude.

Jia Rui was not rude either, he quickly returned the salute, and invited Chang Shi to sit down.

"I don't know what instructions Lord Zhongshun has."

Chang Shi smiled and took out a few banknotes from his arms, and then handed them to Jia Rui.

"A few days ago, one of his subordinates did something foolish and didn't know that Xue Pan was the lord's in-law, so they clashed. After the prince knew about this, he punished the subordinates and ordered him to send the money back. "

Jia Rui's eyes lit up as he looked at the banknotes in front of him.

Afterwards, he stood up, cupped his hands towards the door and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhongshun, for your love. After Changshi returns, please express your gratitude to Lord Zhongshun. I will personally thank you when I have the opportunity."

Chang Shi saw Jia Rui's good attitude and was very satisfied.

After that, each of them said a few gossips, and the long history left.

Jia Rui personally sent Chang Shi out of the yamen, returned to the main hall, looked at the silver on the table and let out a long sigh.

It seems that King Zhongshun also knew about his affairs with the Lai family and sent the money back in order to appease Jia Rui's anger.

And Jia Rui took the money, which was considered a reconciliation between the two parties.

However, on the side of King Zhongshun, he was able to reconcile due to the opponent's strength, but the Lai family could not escape from his grasp so easily.

This time I moved by myself.

Another day later, Jia Rui couldn't wait to ask the master torturers in Jinyi Army to torture Lai Shangrong.

To say that these two are professionals after all, this practice opened Jia Rui's eyes.

They didn't use any drastic measures, they just applied honey on Lai Shangrong's body and sealed Lai Shangrong's seven orifices with a damp cloth.

Then I watched from the side.

After a while, Jia Rui saw countless ants crawling densely into the prison cell, all scrambling to climb onto Lai Shangrong's body, nibbling the honey on his body.

Lai Shangrong, who was lying there, only felt itching and pain all over his body, which was indescribably uncomfortable.

At the beginning, he could barely hold on, but after a quarter of an hour, Lai Shangrong couldn't hold on anymore, and began to twist and twist on the ground.

If it wasn't for his mouth being gagged, he might have screamed by now.

After about an hour like this, the operation expert waved his hand, and the yamen servant below who had been prepared immediately took a bucket and washed Lai Shangrong away.

After more than a dozen buckets of water, all the ants and honey on Lai Shangrong's body were washed away. At this time, the master torturer signaled to Jia Rui that he could start asking questions.

That's it?Jia Rui still couldn't believe it.

But seeing the other party's confident expression, Jia Rui decided to give it a try.

So they ordered someone to take out the stuff that was stuffed in Lai Shangrong's mouth.

After the thing in Lai Shangrong's mouth was removed, he immediately began to gasp for air and wailed at the same time.

The wailing this time sounds very intrusive, even more shocking than yesterday's dozens of boards.

"Tell me, what did your father do in Rongguo Mansion these years? Is there any illegal business outside?"

You must know that the house the Lai family lives in now is worth more than [-] taels, and with their rich clothing and food, the declining Rongguo Mansion alone cannot support such a huge undertaking.

"Lord Jia, my father is in charge of the land income of Rongguo Mansion. He has privately increased the rent of the fourth floor to [-]%, and also falsely reported the accounts of the shop below. The annual profit handed over is only half."

Jia Rui lowered his head and played with his fingers, "Is that all? I can't stop looking at it?"

This report is simply fooling people, how can they support the huge expenditure of the Lai family?

Moreover, the Rongguo Mansion has suffered a severe decline in recent years, and their land output and shops are not much, and they pay up to [-] silver to Gongzhong a year.

Even the Lai family's desperate corruption can extract thousands of taels of silver at most.

But how can this small amount of money support his family to build a big house and have good food and clothing?

Lai Shangrong lay there, looking at Jia Rui standing there, and finally gritted his teeth, "Sir, this is really the only source of information in our family. If you don't believe it, go check it out."

Jia Rui's face darkened, "I didn't expect you to have such a hard mouth. It seems that you won't cry when you see the coffin."

After finishing speaking, Jia Rui winked at the Jinyijun torture expert next to him, which meant that he would continue the torture.

The man nodded slightly, and then gestured to his companion, who immediately walked over with a leather bag.

Jia Rui looked at the bag and saw that there seemed to be some living things running around. He was a little curious and stepped forward to take a look after the other party opened the bag.

It turned out that there were ordinary mice in the bag.

However, twenty or thirty mice are piled up here, making people's scalp numb.

The man from the Jinyi Army took a step forward, looked at Lai Shangrong lying there, and said, "Did you see that leather bag? There are dozens of mice in it. I will dump all the mice in your crotch later, and then put them in your pants." Tighten up and down."

Lai Shangrong, who was lying there, was ashen-colored and shaking like chaff after hearing this.

(End of this chapter)