armyinform Chapter 146 There's Heng, Don't Say Jane
Chapter 146 There's Heng, Don't Say Jane
Chapter 146 There's Heng, Don't Say Jane
After finishing the meal, Jia Heng took the golden basin handed over by Yuanyang, cleaned his hands, and dried them with a towel.
Just like when Lin Daiyu first entered the Rongguo Mansion, the tea she rinsed her mouth after meals was not the tea she drank.
Then, some servants removed the food and brought tea.
At this time, everyone was seated again, and this was the time for the official speech.
Jia's mother smiled and said, "Brother Heng, you succeeded in suppressing the bandits this time, and you have been in many dangers, right?"
Jia Heng said: "Although there is a shock, there is no danger. It is not as good as the two Dukes of Ningrong and Rong. They are hardworking and conscientious. Only then can we wait for this family of bells and lanterns, a family of poems and books and hairpin tassels. In fact, those who think about its tree, those who drink its water cherish its source, and the virtues of Ning Rong and Ergong will be remembered by future generations all the time."
When Jia Mu heard this, the smile on her face froze for a while, and when she came across this opening, it was Ning Rong Er Gong, who was always in trouble, and also had some headaches.
Majestic and solemn, not easy to get close to...
People who are not close to each other are often not easy to deal with.
Daiyu looked at the young man in Yuanting and Yuezhi, and wondered if she was careless, she always felt that this big brother Heng seemed to be deliberately talking about her grandmother.
Jia Heng glanced at Jia's mother, he deliberately ended the "warm" atmosphere and made the atmosphere of the conversation a little more serious.
Otherwise, Mother Jia thought that he could entertain his relatives with colorful clothes like Baoyu, so she made a wrong calculation.
The so-called, close is not inferior.
Mother Jia continued to look kindly, smiled and said: "Brother Heng, you came back from your meritorious service this time and went to face the saint. Did the palace say anything? You won such a big prize, but the saint didn't say anything?"
As soon as these words came out, all eyes in Rongqing hall turned to Jia Heng.
Mrs. Wang's eyes were shining, and she pricked up her ears to listen.
This young man is now a fourth-rank official, how many levels can he go up if he comes back this time?
Third grade, second grade?
Even so, he was no match for his uncle Baoyu.
As for the title, Mrs. Wang never thought about it at all.
"The Holy Majesty gave a few words of encouragement, but he didn't say anything else. Let me come back to listen to the decree." Jia Heng thought for a while, and felt that the decree had not come down, so it was best not to spread it.
This will be in later generations. It is foolish for you to spread the word everywhere after you have just talked about it.
However, this remark made Jia Mu feel a little disappointed. She thought...
Also, how can it be so easy to be knighted?
Back then, her husband was not seriously injured when he came back, but looking at Brother Heng, Pi'er didn't seem to bump into him.
A look of relief appeared on Mrs. Wang's fair face, she looked at the young man in brocade clothes, then looked at Baoyu at the side, and thought: "Baoyu waits for another two years, and he will practice with his uncle, and he may not be able to get an official. Half-time."
Jia Zheng twirled his beard with his hands, and his elegant face was thoughtful, but he couldn't figure out the joints.
"How much credit is this? Go to the Ministry of Industry tomorrow to find colleagues and ask."
Jia's mother suppressed the matter for the time being, with a smile on her face, she said: "Brother Heng, there is something I want to talk to you about, don't be annoyed, it's just the time you've been away. Some rumors started at home for some reason, and they all spread to my house, if you go back to the East Mansion and hear some gossip, don't take it too seriously, I've already let Feng girl deal with it."
A smile appeared on Sister Feng's pretty and bright face, and she said, "Brother Heng, the rumors are all about the woman who got drunk with the screwdriver at Huqin. I have asked Ping'er and Zhou Rui's family to bring After the hair has fallen, there are a lot of brothers and lords, so don't worry about it, as for the rumors, I won't talk about it, and I don't have to say it to scare people."
Jia Heng said indifferently: "Actually, I don't say anything, I can guess a thing or two. The left and right are just the words of the villain who viciously cursed me. I know who passed it on! Brainless people can only do it." In the dark like an old bustard making vicious curses, it's just a sneaky trick that can't be put on the stage, it just makes people laugh!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in Rongqing Hall had different expressions.
Mrs. Wang glanced at the young man, and frowned. She really couldn't understand the young man's frenzied appearance. How could he be as precious as her precious jade...
Looking over Baoyu, he saw that Baoyu was holding the hand of a maidservant, as if she was looking at some rouge on her nails.
He doesn't seem to have much interest in the gossip between the boy and his grandmother.
Mrs. Wang rubbed the center of her eyebrows, picked up the teacup on the side, took a sip, and suppressed the unknown fire in her heart.
Sister Feng pursed her cherry lips, looking at the young man who was scolding her father-in-law, a playfulness flashed in the depths of Dan Feng's eyes under the curved willow-leaf eyebrows.
Mostly... There is no fluctuation in my heart, and I even want to laugh.
Daiyu blinked her bright eyes, but only glanced at Tanchun.
Tanchun didn't notice anything, just stared at the boy and listened to his words.
Jia Zheng sighed, and continued, "Mother, some servants in the mansion are really outrageous."
Mother Jia regained her composure, nodded her head, and said with feigned anger, "Girl Feng, you should be more disciplined in the future, and you can't let this screwdriver drink too much and gossip and make trouble out of nothing."
Sister Feng: "..."
After going around in a circle, can it still go around her head?
However, there was a smile on the jade face of the young woman Huaxin, and she said: "Old Ancestor, just watch it, this kind of thing will never happen again in the manor."
At this moment, Jia Heng said: "As for the servants, there are some servants in my Jia family. The evil servants have been deceiving the master for more than a day. They are as small as making rumors about the master, as big as bullying men and women, and murdering relatives. Such a lawless bastard, how can he still look like a servant? The old lady has always been used to being tolerant, but she has become more and more indulgent to some servants who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, their desires are hard to satisfy, and they don't have a master in their eyes."
Mother Jia was startled when she heard the words, her old face showed hesitation, and she said, "Where did Brother Heng come from?"
Not only Jia's mother, Li Wan and Tanchun in Rongqing hall also looked at Jia Heng.
Tan Chun stared at the young man in brocade clothes with bright eyes, she faintly felt that the young man meant something else.
Jia Heng's face was serious, and he said: "Before I took the emperor's order to go to Cuihua Mountain to suppress the bandits, I checked the account books of the East Mansion and found many problems. There are a lot of silver taels in the family, and I heard that the dignity of his servant is bigger than that of the masters in the east and west, how can this evil slave not show his arrogance to others!"
As soon as these words came out, Mother Jia frowned and her heart moved slightly.
But Sister Feng's Danfeng narrowed her eyes, looked closely at the boy, and suddenly remembered what the boy had said to her before leaving.
"Could it be that... you want to check Lai's house?" Sister Feng looked at the young man as if a ray of light flashed across her heart, but at this moment, she caught a glimpse of the calm and abyss-like eyes, which seemed to be as sharp as a knife. deep meaning.
Sister Feng's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly lowered her eyes, but she was "winked" in front of so many people in Rongqingtang, and she felt her heart beating and out of breath.
"Why am I panicking? It's not Te Niang's eye contact, but this Jia Heng wants to touch the Lai family. His family is very decent. In the past few days when Lai Er went in, Nanny Lai also begged for it several times. , was dismissed by the old lady with kind words, and now you want to pull out the carrot and bring out the mud?"
Sister Feng's beautiful eyes were lowered, and she quickly calculated the outcome.
With Jia Heng's "ruthless" temperament, let alone really accomplish this.
Yes, the current Sister Feng's evaluation of Jia Heng has evolved from "stubborn" to "ruthless".
"I don't know how many people were killed by the bandits, and the momentum is in full swing at this moment." Thinking of this, Sister Feng rolled Danfeng's eyes, glanced at the young man in brocade, and thought about it.
Jia Heng picked up the teacup on the side, took a sip, and said lightly: "Lai Sheng and other evil slaves have been imprisoned for colluding with thieves before, and the evil they have done is also known to the public, such as helping Jia Zhen to occupy women's wives. A concubine who instigated Jia Zhen to gamble with other dukes' sons, her deeds are too many to write down... and the above has its own national law to punish severely, but Lai Sheng's greed for the silver of our Duke of Ning must be pursued by the Jia clan himself!"
Now that he came back with a big victory, he was invincible. In front of Jia's mother, he was about to use the pretext of checking Lai's promotion to investigate Lai's family.
"Lai Sheng, it's really shameful." Jia's mother was silent for a moment, then said softly.
"I'm about to invite the old lady. Tomorrow, in the name of the patriarch, I will strictly investigate the Lai family's embezzlement in the east and west of the two provinces in the past few years!" Jia Heng said in a deep voice.
Mother Jia's heart was shocked when she heard the words, she looked at the young man opposite with embarrassment, and said in a cang voice: "Brother Heng, you don't know, Nanny Lai is an old man in the mansion, and she also served the Xianrong Kingdom. It is reasonable for you to move Lai Sheng, if you implicate the Lai family, wouldn't it mean that my Jia family bullied the old servant?"
Nanny Lai had served the wife of Rong Guogong Jia Yuan, who was the mother-in-law of Jia, so she was more respectable in Jia's mansion than some young masters.
Even Jia Qiang, an upright great-great-grandson of Ningguo, would call out Grandpa Lai when he saw Lai Da.
When Nanny Lai came to see Mother Jia, Sister Feng could only sit beside her.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Old lady, if it is said that only Lai Sheng was guilty and the Lai family was not involved in it at all, who would believe it? Just pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, and punish this evil slave severely! Otherwise, these evil slaves are like blood-sucking locusts It usually parasitizes my Jia clan, Jia clan, ask Sister-in-Law Feng, what is the current situation of the money in and out of the public in the West Mansion?"
"You can't make ends meet!" Jia Heng looked aggressively at Sister Feng.
Sister Feng's heart trembled violently, she nodded to meet the eyes of Jia Mu and the others, and said, "The public's money is expensive, and it has been short since years ago."
If it wasn't for her to keep loan sharks outside, how could such a big family maintain such a dignified appearance.
Of course, this sentence suppresses the bottom of my heart, and it is not suitable to say it in front of everyone.
When Jia Mu heard this, she sighed heavily.
As for Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang also looked at each other in blank dismay.
I can't make ends meet...how did I get to this point?
Looking at this scene, Jia Heng settled down.
He just wanted to mentally prepare Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and the others in advance, otherwise, relying on his patriarch's name alone, the Chaxi Mansion's account would be suspected of being overstepped.
As the patriarch, he can rectify this three-acre land in Dongfu, which is only right and proper, as it should be!
But the West Mansion's own family affairs that are not involved in clan affairs, if he forcibly purges them, it will be a bit unfair.
That's why he vaccinated Sister Feng... Well, he informed her in advance.
Even if he doesn't get the support of Jia's mother, he must get the acquiescence, no support, no objection, so that he can check the matter of Lai Sheng and look at the account books in the West Mansion.
By the way, let's see if we can try to catch Wu Xindeng, Shan Daliang and others all at once!
In fact, after he entered the Ningguo Mansion, the situation has changed unknowingly.
The means to deal with Xifu naturally need to be more flexible, and some strategies of both hard and soft tactics need to be paid attention to.
Give Jiamu a breath in advance, so that she can be mentally prepared.
When the imperial decree is issued tomorrow, he will be able to investigate and rectify Lai's family with a majestic momentum.
This is the same as what he said to Emperor Chongping at the beginning, using the huge external victory to gain momentum for internal innovation.
As for dealing with Niu Jizong, Qiu Liang and others, both internal purges and external struggles can be done without delay and without conflict.
Jia Heng was thinking about it, and Sister Feng on the side also suppressed her smile. It was rare to see her, and she answered the words seriously: "The old ancestor has always treated me with kindness, and I am afraid that if I fall into the eyes of some people, I will feel weak and deceitful. It seems that Lai Sheng in the East Mansion is not a good person. If he hadn't instigated it, Brother Zhen wouldn't have... By the way, the old ancestors have heard that the last time Nanny Lai came, she said to go after she left. Do something about the Jingzhao Yamen, and you want to get her son out?"
When Jia's mother heard this, her expression froze for a moment, and she asked in surprise, "Brother Zhen... how did she get it?"
After all, considering that Jia Heng was here, Jia's mother changed her words in a hurry.
Apparently, with Heng around, not to say anything precious, has gradually become a kind of tacit agreement in Jia's house.
Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng looked at each other, and also looked at Sister Feng in unison. They were also puzzled, how to make money for the big case appointed by the court?
Tan Chunying's bright eyes under Xiumei's brows were fixed, she listened to the side, only felt a thrilling feeling, is this going to check Lai's house?
Thinking of this, he looked at Daiyu who was covering up with a handkerchief.
Daiyu met Tanchun's gaze and shook her head lightly, meaning, don't ask me, I don't know either.
Sister Feng said: "Well, I heard from a boy who often went to Lai's house that Nanny Lai had prepared 10 taels of silver and was going to do it up and down. I don't know what she's doing."
Jia Heng narrowed his eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Don't deal with the jailers, what kind of tricks, feigning death to escape, if you think about it, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor. I am directing things for Jinyi, how can I tolerate such small things?" Acting in this way, old lady, the Lai family has a nest of snakes and rats, and the laws of the country cannot tolerate it!"
Everyone in Rongqing Hall: "..."
Mother Jia was also surprised when she heard the words, and said in amazement: "Girl Feng, there is some basis for such rumors. How could her family have 10 taels... so much money?"
Even if you don't care about common affairs, you know how much money 10 taels of silver is.
Jia Heng said calmly: "The brothers of the Lai family are in charge of the stewardship of the houses in the eastern and western mansions, and the money they handle goes to the sea. Whenever the two brothers spend a little at their own houses, their mouths are full of greasy food."
When Jia Mu heard the words, she was silent.
Jia Heng said: "The old lady has a kind heart, remembers the old love, and has nothing to blame. It's just that these evil servants don't know the order of the world, and their desires are hard to fill. If things go on like this, Lai Sheng's deception may not happen again in the West Mansion!"
In fact, it did happen again.
In the original book of the Red Chamber, Jia Zheng once prayed to the Lai family because of the shortage of traveling expenses, but the Lai family only gave 50 taels of silver.
(End of this chapter)