armyinform Chapter 150 Interrogating Lai Da
Chapter 150 Interrogating Lai Da
Chapter 150 Interrogating Lai Da
The next day, early in the morning, Jia Heng woke up from a light sleep.
He turned his eyes and glanced at Qin Keqing who was lying on the side.
At this moment, the beauty's temples are slightly messed up, scattered like waterfalls of blue hair, a white and ruddy cheek, bright and charming like a stamen, white and red, long eyelashes drooping slightly, her sleeping posture is soft and gentle, like a sleeping crabapple .
Jia Heng lowered his head lightly, and kissed Qin Keqing's bright and jade-like forehead.
"En." Qin Keqing let out a moan from the wings of her nose, in a soft and melodious voice, uttered from sleep, with a bit of lazy style, turned over and continued to sleep, the mandarin duck brocade was slipped, and the round and smooth Fragrant shoulders appeared.
Jia Heng paused for a moment, suppressing the change in his heart.
The husband and wife reunited last night and didn't go to bed until three or four in the morning, but after all, Qing was still a young girl, just at the age of snoozing, and now she was sleeping soundly.
Jia Heng lifted the quilt and stood up, tucked Qin Keqing in the quilt, then lightly picked up the loose robe on the hanger and put it on, then walked out of the wing.
As soon as I arrived at the courtyard, I saw Baozhu, a maidservant in outer clothes, who seemed to have relieved her hand, rubbed her sleepy eyes, covered her mouth with her hands and yawned, saw Jia Heng, and said, "Master, you just came back. How did you get up so early?"
"I can't sleep, so I get up and do boxing." Jia Heng smiled and said, looking at Baozhu who was a little bit cute.
Although the two maids, Baozhu and Ruizhu, seemed to have been telling stories about him and Keqing's marriage at the beginning, in the final analysis, it was the little girl who was a companion maid who was a little worried.
Looking at the young man with calm eyes, Baozhu felt less drowsy from the cold wind, and said softly, "Master, should I call Qingwen, or should I help you wash?"
Just as Jia Heng was about to say something, he heard a delicate and clear voice from a distant room, saying: "Go back to sleep, wrap your clothes on carefully, and catch a cold again."
But it was Qingwen who tied the hair rope, and while buttoning the brocade buckle, she came out and said softly, "Master, let me get you a basin of water first."
Jia Heng nodded, looked at Qingwen, smiled nonchalantly, "Why do you wake up so early?"
Qingwen's eyes fell on the boy's face, without thinking, she said, "I can't sleep."
Then, her snowy and fair cheeks flushed red.
She didn't sleep until the middle of the night last night, and she had a dream that made her face blush when she thought about it.
Jia Heng said: "Then when I punch you, you will memorize the thousand-character prose. Before eating, I will check whether you have missed your homework."
Qingwen: "..."
Jia Heng looked at the little girl who seemed astonished and angry, as if she had an expression of "Are you a devil", and felt a little happy in her heart.
Sometimes Qingwen, who is so hot and funny, seems to be more interesting than eating Qingwen's jelly.
The interaction with this kind of little girl is not about lust, but about being able to experience the youth and beauty overflowing every inch.
Baozhu on the side looked at the master and servant who smiled and said nothing, with envy in the depths of their eyes.
Uncle Heng's getting along with the maid beside him always gave her a strange feeling, as if she was more like a family member.
Moreover, this family does not seem to be of the same generation as brothers and sisters...
At this time, the autumn wind blew, bringing a bit of chill, interrupting Baozhu's wild thoughts, and hurriedly tightened her clothes, said goodbye to Jia Heng, and went into the house.
Last night, she also went to bed very late. Someone was like a cat, making people scratch their hearts.
Qingwen was holding a basin of water, and a neatly folded towel was placed on the copper basin. She pouted her bright red lips and placed it on the stone platform. The bright eyes under the brows gradually became a little idiotic.
She never realized before that the young master is so heroic even in boxing.
Jia Heng was dressed in a loose bunt warrior uniform. He opened his posture and waved his fists vigorously. After a set of punches, he stood upright, sweating slightly on his temples unconsciously, and feeling at ease.
Then, she raised her eyes to look at Qingwen, and said with a smile: "I asked you to endorse, what are you doing standing here?"
When Qingwen heard this, her cheeks blushed, she came over with a towel in her hand, she curled her lips and said, "I'm not here, who will take care of the young master's washing?"
Jia Heng reached out to take the towel, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said softly: "Don't tell me, I was in Chang'an County before, and I'm really not used to being away from you."
Qingwen heard the words, her heart was happy and sweet, but the corners of her mouth turned up, twisting a towel in the clear water of the washbasin and said: "That is, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. My son is used to me serving you. You must not be used to being served by others."
Jia Heng was stunned for a moment, looked at Qingwen, and said with a smile: "From frugality to extravagance... Where do you read your words, it's really three days away, you should look at it with admiration."
Xindao, Xiangling learns poetry, Qingwen learns characters, as expected of Zhong Lingyuxiu's daughter of the Red Mansion, they learn things very quickly.
Qingwen chuckled and said: "Following the young master every day, you have to influence some."
Jia Heng took the towel and said with a smile, "Not bad."
Since the two of them... kissed yesterday, he could clearly feel the girl's attachment to him. Qingwen, the Twelve Beauties of Jinling and the number one hibiscus flower god in the sub-book, also began to bloom her own unique beauty. The beauty and beauty of the Nobile in the Red Chamber.
The two masters and servants talked and laughed, washed up, and then Aunt Cai asked the mother-in-law to call for dinner.
Jia Heng greeted Qingwen, and went to have breakfast, telling Qin Keqing not to call, but to let her sleep for a while.
After breakfast, it is already Tatsumi's acquaintance.
A servant from the front yard came to report that Qu Lang, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, had asked to see him outside the mansion, and had already been welcomed into the front hall.
Jia Heng changed into a brocade-clothed official uniform, and came to the front hall. Seeing Qu Lang, he smiled and greeted him, and then walked to the eaves of the corridor, and his eyes fell on the ten brocade-clothed guards and two silk shirts under the eaves. , on the accountant wearing a felt hat, and behind him are four young men in gray robes who look like apprentices, holding abacus in their hands.
"My lord, these are the capable hands of my subordinates. They have clean hands and feet, and they are strict with their mouths. They are all used to copying their homes from humble positions." Qu Lang got up, walked up to Jia Heng, lowered his voice, and introduced: "These two The masters are all master accountants in the guard, and any fake accounts can be seen at a glance, this time they each brought two apprentices to help adults check the accounts."
Qu Lang is one of the hundred households in the Jinyi Mansion, and has capable manpower under his command. As for the two minor officials who ransacked the house and checked the accounts, they were transferred from the Jinyiwei Mansion to borrow Jia Heng's face.
Jia Heng nodded, satisfied, looked at Qu Lang, and said: "There are hundreds of families in Qu Lang, let the brothers be careful, I want to interrogate a few people."
Although this Qu Baihu was taciturn, his execution ability was actually higher than that of Zhao Yi.
Qu Lang said: "My lord, you are welcome."
Then he understood and waved his hand. The eight Jinyi guards stood in two rows, lined up from under the eaves of the corridor, and stood with knives in their hands. An awe-inspiring majesty emanated silently.
Jia Heng said: "Come here, bring over the account book."
Immediately, several servants came to the flower hall carrying a wooden box.
Jia Heng rushed to the two middle-aged men wearing felt hats and said, "Thank you gentlemen, when the matter is completed, Cheng Yi will definitely send it to you."
He has always believed that professional things should be done by professionals.
Although he can also see some accounting problems, it is not easy to calculate the amount in detail.
The old man, a middle-aged accountant, heard the words, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is so small."
After all, the two are talents who are proficient in finance, and they have their own confidence. Even if they meet Jia Heng, a young upstart, they talk and laugh happily, without much flattery.
Afterwards, they each divided into two boxes, and began to browse and search for them.
Account books can be said to be the core secrets of a government, and many things can be seen from some financial records.
And these four boxes of account books are all the account books in the past ten years.
The two accountants took out the account books and recorded them on paper for the two accountants to calculate the money and food expenditure. After a while, the abacus was crackling.
At this moment, a woman hurried over and said, "Master Heng, Second Mistress Lian is here."
Jia Heng pondered for a while, looked at the room full of outsiders behind him, and said loudly: "Just say that I am seeing a guest, and let Second Mistress Lian come over from the back hall."
Although Sister Feng has a hot temper and is a married woman who often shows her face in public, she is a female family member of the Jia family after all, so he still tries to keep a decent face.
The old woman responded and was going to stop Sister Feng.
In the end, I saw that at the corridor of the Yimen Gate, Sister Feng brought Ping'er, Feng'er, Zhou Rui's family and other maids and mothers, and they had already arrived in a hurry. , took the shortest way, seeing Jia Heng from a distance, he put on a smile on his face, and said: "Brother Heng... Yo... Why is this such a big battle?"
Sister Feng stared at the Jinyiwei standing under the eaves of the corridor, wearing a flying fish suit and holding a knife, she paused slightly, and said in surprise.
Jia Heng's expression was indifferent. Standing under the eaves of the veranda, frowning, he strode forward to meet her. His calm eyes fell on Sister Feng, and he said, "Sister-in-law Feng."
"Brother Heng." Sister Feng looked at the handsome young man dressed in brocade clothes, with a heroic and cold demeanor, and suppressed a certain strange emotion in her heart. Danfeng's eyes flashed, a smile hung on her face, and she said, "Strange way, brother Heng said yesterday To check the accounts, this battle posture, even if it is an old account, it will be turned over."
Jia Heng frowned, did not answer this question, but said: "Sister-in-law Feng, there are many foreigners in the room, sister-in-law Feng can pass the side hall from the side, and I will interrogate Lai Da later."
Sister Feng smiled, blinked her red phoenix eyes, and said: "Brother Heng, I am a yellow-faced woman. I have to see Zhuangzi and the shop's nephew every year. It's not three or five hundred, but one or two hundred. It's okay."
I thought, the flying fish suit, the embroidered spring knife, the guards around... the majesty of the official family, I have grown up so much, I haven't shaken it yet, and I will sit aside and listen to the mighty sound of being promoted later.
Seeing her refusal, Jia Heng took a look at Sister Feng and said in his heart, your charming young woman's face like a flower dimple, and your charming red phoenix eyes can only affect people's concentration on doing things.
But he also vaguely guessed that Sister Feng's "vanity" mentality of showing off in front of others, and said silently, "Then sister-in-law Feng, please."
The smile on Sister Feng's face couldn't help but became more and more prosperous, looking at the young man in brocade clothes, for some reason, she felt a little funny, and stretched out her hand to invite: "Master Jia, please."
Jia Heng's face paused, but he didn't say anything, walked to the corridor, and shouted: "Come on, bring Lai Da here!"
This deep and cold voice sounded like thunder, which made Sister Feng startled. She turned her eyes and glanced at Jia Heng, and said to herself, she really deserves to have led soldiers. The voice is more majestic than those officials on the stage. .
The young servant standing in the courtyard answered his orders and turned around to look for Jiao Da.
Not long after, the two young servants ran out in a hurry.
It is worth mentioning that there were hundreds of servants and wives in the Ningguo Mansion, and their composition was complex. Some of them were the sons of the Ningguo Mansion's family, the sons of servants, and their wives.
Some are in-laws or cousins and daughters-in-law of the Pangzhi people of the Jia clan, and some are brothers and sisters of Jia Zhen's previous concubines.
On the first day Jia Heng arrived at Ningguo Mansion, he only did three things in Ningguo Mansion.
First, all of Jia Zhen's concubines were sent away by Jia Lian with silver. For this, about 3000 taels of silver were paid from the public. As for whether Jia Lian "accepted the offer", Jia Heng did not know.
This step will preliminarily eliminate hidden dangers in the inner courtyard.
The second is to let Jiao Da lead the obedient servants and servants to restrain the homeless women and maids in the two courtyards, and prevent them from entering or leaving without authorization, so as to further ensure the safety of Qin Keqing's inner courtyard.
Third, except for a team of servants and servants led by Jiao Da who are on duty to guard against fire and theft, no servants or servants are allowed to stay overnight in the front yard of the mansion, and all homeless people must go home. .
In fact, except for a small number of Ningguo servants and maidservants, they all have residences on Ningrong Street, and they only come here during the day.
It was precisely because of Jia Heng's new look, that when Jia pardoned the rumors, those women followed and fueled the flames, and the rumors spread.
Apparently, in his heart, he hoped that Jia Heng would suffer an accident and never return.
"The next step is to formulate family rules and send out some maids and mother-in-law who are fussy and talkative, so as to save public expenses and completely eliminate Jia Zhen's residual poison."
Jia Heng looked at the servants standing there and thought.
As for throwing them all away?But it is actually not a wise choice, because if you really buy a servant girl again, you may not have these wealth and lives, and the servants who are all in the hands of the patriarch are "loyal".
"After checking Lai everyone, we can take advantage of the trend to carry out the first round of education and rectification in the eastern and western prefectures...learn from past mistakes to save lives."
Jia Heng thought about it, and went back to the hall, flipping up his official robe and sitting down.
And Sister Feng also took her seat, and behind her were Ping'er, Feng'er, Zhou Rui's wives and maids.
The ten royal guards had obviously seen too many family members of offenders, and they didn't look sideways at Sister Feng, who was surrounded by a group of maids and women.
As for the two accountants, they are closer to seeing the account books than to seeing their parents. They concentrate and have nothing else to do.
Jia Heng took a look and nodded secretly.
After a while, Jiao Da came with a few servants, escorting Lai Da, who was ashen-faced.
"Master, Lai Da is here." Jiao Da's cheeks were flushed and his eyes were piercing. This stubborn old man has recently become proud, and he can even walk like a tiger. Seeing Jia Heng, the head of the Jia family, nodding at him, he felt more and more happy. Seeing Lai Da standing, he shouted: "You are so talented, you still don't kneel in front of the master!"
As he said that, he kicked Lai Da's thigh, and Lai Da, who cut his hands behind his back, immediately knelt down.
Jia Heng picked up the teacup on the side, took a sip, and because he was distracted last night, he avoided the sweet and greasy fragrance of Sister Feng, sat sideways, and inadvertently got a bit of a fancy sitting posture, and asked: "Lai Da, tell me , since you and your brothers have been the governors of the two governments, how much money have you embezzled from my Jia clan?"
Lai Da poked his neck up and yelled, "I'm wronged, I didn't! You're spitting blood!"
(End of this chapter)