swear not to be concubine

Chapter 10

Siyue is young and smart, she is used to coaxing people with her mouth, so most people would not guard against her, and sometimes they would accidentally reveal a few words to her.

So within two days, Jian Yan knew that Mrs. Jian's preparation to go to Beijing was set in the spring of next year, and because there were many maids, servants and servants in Jian's house, she didn't plan to bring all of them to Beijing, so she decided to Going to sell some of it.

It was Mr. Jane's aunts who first asked the matchmaker to lead out the house.

Although Mr. Jian hangs around the place of fireworks all the year round and doesn't often stay at home, there are still a few young and charming aunts at home.In the past, Mrs. Jane was in charge of the house, and these aunts had already suffered a lot under her hands. They were strict with food and food, and their lives were worse than that of a servant. Sold.

After hearing this, Jian Yan felt a chill in her heart, and this also strengthened her determination not to be a concubine.

What my aunt said nicely is that she is a half-master, but it is just a bed warming tool for men at night, and they are just obscene and playful with you without the slightest respect. During the day, she is no different from a maid. Now, look at the mistress eating, what's so good about such a day?It's better to be a maid, at least there is a hope of getting out of the book.

As for Zhou Lin, a more important news came after a few days.

It turned out that Mrs. Jian had made up her mind that she would take her son to live in the capital wholeheartedly, and she would never set foot here again, so she thought about selling the house they lived in now.

It's just that this house is not an ordinary house, but the ancestral house of the Jian family.

The ancestral house of Jian's family has been expanded and repaired by generations of Jian's ancestors, but it has also been built richly.There are about 6000 houses in total, not to mention the rockery pavilions, flowers and trees, which are worth at least [-] taels of silver.It's just that Mrs. Jane is eager to sell it now, so the price has been pushed down a lot.

Who wouldn't be willing to pick such a ready-made cheap one?So as soon as the news was released, Fang Yazi immediately brought someone to the door to negotiate, and in the end everything was settled. The seller was willing to pay 300 taels of silver, and both parties signed the purchase and sale documents. It will only wait for the spring of next year. The day Mrs. Jane's family went to Beijing, the buyer came to take over the house.

It's just that the second master of Jian's family, who lives in the next wall, was a little unhappy when he heard about this.

Master Jian's generation was originally two brothers, but after they became relatives, the sisters-in-law often quarreled over trivial matters, and even later the brothers became discordant.At the time when Mrs. Jane was still alive, everyone could only reluctantly live under the same roof looking at each other with disgust. But when Mrs. Jane passed away, the coffin was still at home and the two brothers went to see each other. Discussed the splitting of households.

Because they each felt unfair, the two brothers had already fought a few times during the process of discussing the separation of the family.Later, a middleman was invited to estimate the value of all the properties of the Jian family, how much silver taels they were worth, and put it on the bright side, adding two to one to five, and the two brothers divided equally, and that was the end of the matter. .

At that time, the weather was good and the farm had a good harvest every year, so the second master of Jian's family asked for a lot of fertile land, and waited to collect rent every year to make a living.On the other hand, the elders of the Jian family took over the ancestral house and some shops.It's just that in the next few years, there were droughts and floods, and the harvest in the fields became worse and worse. No one would want those good fields even if they were sold at a low price.But the second master is a dandy, his wife and his sons only know how to eat, drink and have fun. They have almost defeated the huge family business when they separated the family over the years. The stuff lived.Although the old man's side is full of extravagance and drinking, the shop still has money coming in every day, and Mrs. Jian's life at home is tight, so life is more prosperous than when the family was separated.

The second master has been jealous for a long time, and wanted to come here for a few times with a shy face, but Mrs. Jian slapped him mercilessly on the spot, and finally let the boy take a broom to sweep him out.The second master felt ashamed, and said harshly that he would never visit their house again, so when the elder master Jian died, he, a brother, did not come to pay respects.

It's just that now that Mrs. Jian wants to sell the ancestral house, he is not happy.

His reason is also simple, this is the ancestral house of Jian's family, and he also bears the surname of Jian, so he should also have a share in this house.It doesn't make sense that as soon as his elder brother died, Mrs. Jian sold the house, and all the money fell into her hands.So he simply brought three sons who looked like wolves to the door and quarreled all afternoon.

The second master originally wanted to get a lot of money from Mrs. Jian, so he used this excuse to make a fuss. In fact, he didn't care at all whether Mrs. Jian sold the ancestral house or not.

But Mrs. Jian was trembling with anger at that time, saying that the second master saw that the elder master was dead, so he came to bully their orphans and widows.She immediately asked someone to write a letter and submit it to the county government, saying that Mr. Jian Er and his son trespassed on the houses during the day, meaning that the county master would issue tickets to take the four of them to the county government and use them. Beat the bamboo board to death, and then stay in prison for a period of time to see how arrogant they are.

The second master was also annoyed at that time, he was so angry that he couldn't stop jumping around on the spot, he also wrote a letter and submitted it to the county government, only saying that Mrs. Jian, a woman with a foreign surname, had made up her mind to sell their Jian family's ancestors Maybe there was some wild man outside, sold the ancestral house, took the money to support the wild man, and begged the county lord for a ticket to get Mrs. Jane.Before leaving, he said harsh words, saying that the county magistrate had the best relationship with him on weekdays, and if he presented this paper, the county magistrate would definitely send a yamen servant to fetch Mrs. Jian immediately.

The second master was a student, and when he was not down, he kept in touch with the county master and other gentry in the county, so Mrs. Jian felt a little uneasy when she heard what he said.

At that time, Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Zhao were both on the sidelines, and Mrs. Shen came up with an idea, saying that since ancient times, money can be magical, and Mrs. Mo Ruojian took some money and went to the county government to handle it. Big cases can also be solved. It's over, what are you afraid of?
Mrs. Jian was also happy, and immediately said fiercely that she would rather spend all the money from selling the ancestral house on managing the county government than give the second master a penny.It's just that the problem came again, but who was sent to take the money to manage the county government?The Jian family has never had any friendship with the people in the county government.

At this time, Mother Zhao volunteered to stand up, saying that her son Sun Wangcai was very familiar with a book office in the county government, so she could let her son handle the matter.So Mrs. Jian took out 1000 taels of silver and asked Sun Wangcai to do it.Unexpectedly, this Sun Wangcai is a bold and careful person.He had known from his mother early in the morning that Mrs. Jian's concubine sister had married into the Xianghe Xu family, and the Xianghe Xu family was amazing, not to mention the rich family of the old family, and now there is even a third-rank left servant of the Ministry of Rites.

So Sun Wangcai wrote a post, talking about the matter between Mrs. Jian and the second master Jian, and finally mentioned that Mrs. Jian was a relative of Xu Shilang, the Ministry of Rites of the dynasty, and begged the elder to show his respect, and then passed through that The book office presented it to the county master.

The county lord saw that Mrs. Jian was actually a relative of Xu Shilang from the Ministry of Rites, and if this matter was serious, it would have been the second master Jian's fault—the property of both parties had been clearly divided when the family was separated. What are you looking for?So he simply made a favor, and sentenced Mrs. Jane to win the lawsuit.Another subpoena was issued for the two yamen servants to take Erye Jian and his three sons, saying that they trespassed on the houses in broad daylight, and went to the county government to beat each of them with [-] boards, and only Erye Jian was beaten. The four of them, father and son, screamed like they were killing pigs.After dealing with this matter, he immediately revised a letter and sent it to Xu Shilang. In the letter, he was vague about the whole story of the lawsuit, and only said how he contributed to this matter. .After a period of time, he received Xu Shilang's reply letter, but it was sent in the form of an official document. There were only four words on the paper, which were even, round and beautiful, and it was handled impartially.

The county lord was caught off guard at the time. What did Shi Lang mean by praising him for handling this matter impartially, or letting him handle this matter impartially?

And here, although Sun Wangcai did this for Mrs. Jian, he never mentioned that he didn't spend any money at all. After everything was said and done, the county master finally sentenced Mrs. Jian to win.As soon as Mrs. Jian said that, she was overjoyed immediately, so she rewarded him another ten taels of silver, saying that it was a reward for his hard work these days, but she didn't know that he had already deposited the 1000 taels of silver without anyone knowing it.

I don't want Zhou Lin to be involved in this whole thing.

Because of Jian Yan's advice earlier, Zhou Lin flattered Sun Wangcai very much on weekdays, and Sun Wangcai regarded him as a confidant, and would not avoid him in many things, and even let him do it.So Zhou Lin had a free time, and told Bai Wei about the matter in detail, and she relayed it to Jian Yan.

As soon as Jian Yan heard it, a few traces of smiles appeared on her face.

"Bai Wei," she held Bai Wei's hand, her cheeks flushed with excitement, "We can finally let Mother Zhao leave our side."

And it is very likely that from now on, there will be no Mrs. Jane by her side, who will install a stake to monitor her every move in daily life.

Bai Wei was also very happy when she heard this, and asked, "What is the girl planning to do? Now go to the wife to expose the 1000 taels of silver that Shen's mother and son were ignorant of and the fact that they cheated and cheated so much money in the past? "

But Jian Yan shook her head: "No, we don't need to come forward, and you don't need Brother Zhou to come forward. You just need to ask Brother Zhou to quietly disclose a little about what Sun Wangcai did to Qian Laibao, and then we will talk about it with Mother Zhao and Cui Let Liu Jian add fuel to the flames, and then the two of them will naturally bite each other, and shake off all these things, and we will just watch the fire from the other side."

(End of this chapter)