save the bachelors

Chapter 4724 [Xue Pan is in trouble]

Taking the opportunity of the renovation, Rongguo Mansion not only eliminated a large number of pests, making the atmosphere in the mansion completely new, but also eliminated many hidden dangers.

People like Lai Da, Dai Liang, Zhou Rui, Wu Xindeng, Shan Daliang, etc. are all people who embezzle public resources for personal gain, embezzle from public servants, curry favor with the powerful, and bully others by taking advantage of their power.

It is precisely because these adults do not behave properly that the servants in the Jia family all have a pair of eyes for wealth and status, and they all learn to be thieving, to change their attitude according to the situation, and to serve people according to their preferences.

In addition, this action also helped the Jia family recover more than 100,000 taels of silver.

Although Rongguo Mansion is not short of money now, the treasures that Xiang Nan gave to Wang Xifeng alone are worth tens of millions of taels of silver.

But no matter how small a fly is, it is still meat. Moreover, the meat originally belonged to the Jia family.

"Now the servants have been disciplined, but the masters must also be disciplined in the same way." Jia Zheng looked at Xiang Nan and said, "Bring your parchment, and I, Lian'er, you, Huan'er and others will also sign it as a constraint."

"Second Brother Lian has already signed." Xiang Nan nodded, then took out the parchment and left his name and handprint on it. "Master, you don't have to sign it, right?"

"Humph, if you don't set an example yourself, how can you be a role model for others?" Jia Zheng said, and left his name and handprints. Then he called Jia Huan and also left his name and handprints on the parchment.

"As for the master..." Xiang Nan reminded.

"Don't worry about it." Jia Zheng glared at him and then handed the parchment to Jia's mother.

Grandmother Jia then ordered Jia She to sign his name and fingerprints, which made Jia She very embarrassed for a while.

He already knew that as long as he signed and sealed on the sheepskin, he would never be able to engage in prostitution, gambling, keeping mistresses, or raising male prostitutes, let alone taking on lawsuits or committing corruption and abuse of power.

In fact, Jia She, like Jia Lian, also focuses on women. Even at his old age, he is still shameless and looks for beautiful women everywhere. So naturally, he doesn't want to sign the contract.

However, he could not contend with the majesty of Lady Jia. Not to mention disobeying one's parents, which was a serious crime in ancient times. Just because Lady Jia was a concubine and he was only a duke of the first rank, he had to obey her orders.

Therefore, he finally signed the parchment. From now on, he had to start learning to cultivate his character. Otherwise, he was really afraid that something would be engraved on his forehead, which would be extremely embarrassing.

……

"You should do the same in the East Palace," Grandmother Jia then suggested to Youshi.

Although the Ning and Rong families had the same ancestor, they had been separated since the generation of Jia Yan and Jia Yuan. Although the two families were very close and worshipped their ancestors together every year, they still managed their own affairs.

Therefore, the family rules drawn up by Xiang Nan were only implemented in Rongguo Mansion and had nothing to do with Ningguo Mansion.

However, this time, Ningguo Mansion also dealt with the chief steward Lai Sheng and recovered 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver. But since Rongguo Mansion had already uncovered a lot of corrupt officials, it was likely that Ningguo Mansion was not much different.

Therefore, Grandmother Jia also hoped that everyone in Ningguo Mansion would be cleaned up.

"Of course I want to, but how can I make the decision without the master's order?" Yu said in embarrassment.

Although she was the wife of Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion, she was a second wife, and her family was just a small family that could not support her. Of course, if she came from a wealthy family, she would not be someone's second wife.

Therefore, Jia Zhen was the overlord in Ningguo Mansion, and his words were final. The family rules drawn up by Xiang Nan were half to restrain the servants and half to restrain the masters.

Among them, it was strictly forbidden for the master to visit prostitutes, gamble, keep concubines, and keep male children. However, Jia Zhen was a man of wine, sex, money and anger, so all these things were inevitable.

Therefore, how could he be willing to bring the family rules back home? That would be the same as putting a tight ring on himself.

Grandmother Jia knew her difficulties, but it was not appropriate for her to interfere in the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion, so she could only sigh.

… “It’s so tragic. I heard that Lai Da and Lai Sheng’s family were sold into slavery. They stood in the market with straw tags on their heads, shivering in the cold wind~” Qingwen said to Bihen with emotion, “I can’t believe they would end up like this.”

She was a maid bought by Lai Ma, and because she was charming, clever, eloquent, and good at sewing, she was presented to Jia Mu. Jia Mu also thought Qingwen was good, so she gave her to her favorite grandson, Jia Baoyu.

Because of this past relationship, Qingwen naturally felt a little reluctant to see Lai Da's family being sold out.

"This is called evil is punished, good is rewarded." Xiang Nan said after hearing this, "If we let these rats continue to do this, believe it or not, our Jia family will also be confiscated one day.

By then, no matter whether we are young masters or young ladies, or servants or maids, we will all be sold as slaves by the government. By then, it will be you and me standing in the human market with straw tags on our heads for people to choose from.”

Hearing him say this, Xiren, Bihen, Qiu Wen, Sheyue and others were all shocked.

"Don't get me wrong, Second Master. I'm not feeling sorry for them. I'm just expressing my feelings." Upon hearing Xiang Nan say this, Qingwen hurriedly explained.

"Don't worry, you did the right thing, I won't misunderstand." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "When they were the housekeepers in the mansion, I don't know how many people flattered them, more enthusiastically than they were to honor their own parents.

Now they are all in bad shape, and people avoid them as much as possible. You are the only one who feels sorry for them, which shows that you value friendship and loyalty. "

"Thank you, Second Master." Qingwen breathed a sigh of relief.

……

At this time, Wang Furen's maid Jinchuan came over and said, "Second Master, Madam wants you to come over. She has something important to discuss with you."

"What's the important matter?" Xiang Nan asked puzzledly.

"I'm not sure. It's a letter from Concubine Jinling." Jin Chuan explained.

Xiang Nan understood what was going on and knew that something must have happened to Xue Pan.

He hurried to Mrs. Wang's room and saw Wang Xifeng was also there, both with sad faces.

As soon as she saw him, Mrs. Wang handed him the letter and said, "Pan'er is such a jerk. My son, what do you think we should do?"

Xiang Nan took the letter and read it, and he was immediately relieved, "Don't worry, Madam, this matter is easy to handle."

The letter indeed mentioned that Xue Pan had beaten someone to death, but fortunately Feng Yuan had just died not long ago, so there was still room for redemption.

"Is it really that easy?" Mrs. Wang asked quickly.

The family rules had just been drawn up, strictly prohibiting monopolizing lawsuits, corruption and abuse of power, and even the master had signed the parchment. But who would have thought that Xue Pan would actually beat someone to death.

If I leave it alone, there will be no kinship. But if I take care of it, even the master will have to carve words on his forehead, which is so humiliating.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I'll go to Jinling now." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "Leave this to me."

"Good brother, what are you going to do?" Wang Xifeng asked with concern.

"I have the skill to bring the dead back to life. Feng Yuan just died, and his body hasn't yet turned into ashes. It won't be difficult to bring him back." Xiang Nan said, "Since he's not dead, then he's naturally fine."

"My son, I feel relieved that you have such a method." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang was immediately happy and said, "Then I will order people to prepare carriages and horses immediately."

"There's no need for all that." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, then he turned around and disappeared out of thin air, scaring both Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng.