Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 193 Retribution is coming
If you really want to discuss crimes, Lai Er can't escape exile, and Jia's family is also responsible for their lack of control.

But if the censors and speech officials persisted, Jia Zheng might have to write a letter to plead guilty, or even sue the old man.

This hit the Jia family hard.

So Xia Shouzhong didn't care about Jia's family at all. Even though Yuan Chun was appointed concubine, no one in the palace knew that Yuan Chun was not liked by the emperor.

But Shi Zhongkui said this, so it is different.

If you offend him, it will be Xia Shouzhong who will be unlucky.

If there is no crime, hey, the censors will make trouble for Xiu Yiwei and himself.

So Xia Shouzhong was as depressed as he wanted right now.

Shi Zhongkui let Lai Er go, not because he was kind, but because he couldn't really beat him to death.

At least you can't die under your own orders.

Otherwise, there will inevitably be a reputation for bloodthirsty on his head.

From ancient times to the present, bad reputations such as unfilial piety, disloyalty, unrighteousness, and bloodthirsty cannot be washed away.

So pushing it on Xia Shouzhong and Xiuyiwei's head was perfect.

Xia Shouzhong thought about it, and finally understood that if he offended the censor, the emperor would not do anything to him.

He waved his hand at a thousand households in Xiuyiwei, "Since Liu Yuangong said so, let's put him in the imperial prison first."

Hearing that he was going to be imprisoned, Lai Er was so scared that he couldn't care less about the wounds on his mouth and face.

Some babbled and shouted something, Shi Zhongkui and others listened carefully, only to realize what Lai Er meant, he and others had no right to put him in the imperial prison.

Before Shi Zhongkui could laugh, Xia Shouzhong squinted his eyes and said with a sneer, "You are quite knowledgeable. In this case, it is definitely right to go to the prison of Fusi in Beizhen."

To put it bluntly, the Imperial Prison is to detain people who are personally ordered by the emperor to be arrested, and the place of detention can only be in Beizhen Fusi Prison.

Otherwise, let alone the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, the cabinet and ministers might reject the emperor's intention to arrest people.

That's why the world is used to replacing Beizhen Fusi's prison with imperial prison.

Of course, what Lai Er said was correct, Xia Shouzhong really had no right to put him in prison.

But Xia Shouzhong changed his name to Guan Jin Beizhen Fusi, and no one could refute it.

The crime of disrespect must be the matter of Xiu Yiwei.

At this moment, Lai Da wished he could slap his brother to death. He really thought that he was the chief steward of the Ningguo Mansion, and Xia Shouzhong had to give the Jia family face?

Then I couldn't help thinking that my mother was at home, and often reminded my brothers and nephews at home to be cautious and fearful, let alone stealing and playing tricks.

In the past, my brothers heard too much, and they just ignored it.

But Lai Dajue never imagined that his brother could be so stupid.

I forgot the rules before, but I can still explain it with impatience.

Then I said "wronged" and I was frightened, my mind went blank, and I just said the wrong thing out of nowhere.

But if he still dares to refute Xia Shouzhong at this time, then it really cannot be explained by stupidity.

Seeing Lai Er being dragged away by the wolf-like embroidered guards, Lai Da only felt regret and fear in his heart.

And if you think about it deeply, if Lai Er said something that shouldn't be said in Beizhen Fusi, Jia Zheng might not think of silence, but Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen would not be able to say it.

And in the inner house, Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng are not soft-hearted people either.

Not to mention that there is an extremely intelligent and hard-hearted son-in-law of the Jia family.

Shi Zhongkui said to Xia Shouzhong with a smile, "Elder-in-law, I heard that the imperial prison doesn't even allow visits, so I don't know if it's true."

Xia Shouzhong rolled his eyes and thought to himself, if you have a chance, go and see for yourself.

But he didn't dare to say those words to death.

He laughed and said, "Duke Liu Yuan is one of the best scholars in the world, and he cares about the people's livelihood at home. If our family and the Xiuyiwei still need you to distract us from those matters of punishment and prison, then our family is a sinner."

Shi Zhongkui smiled slightly, since he didn't need to be distracted, it meant that there would be no follow-up troubles.

Then he took the opportunity to say, "This morning, I suspected the steward of Ningguo Mansion, Lai Er, and ordered Cui Hezhong, a hundred households, to investigate him secretly as an imperial envoy.

Now it seems that it should be unnecessary. "

These words were obviously meant for Xia Shouzhong, but when Shi Zhongkui spoke, his eyes were on Jia Zheng, Jia She and Jia Zhen.

Of course, the three uncles and nephews also heard what Shi Zhongkui meant, their faces blushed slightly, they were worried that there was something wrong with Lai Er, and hoped that he was fine.

Later, he became more and more dissatisfied with Lai Er.

The slave made a mistake, the master was ashamed, and it was in front of the grandson-in-law and the eunuch in the palace. Even before, Jia Zhen was still thinking about Lai Er's past achievements.

At this moment, I can't wait to beat Lai Er again, not to mention that he is already in danger.

As for Jia She, the old dude, he was reminded by the words, and secretly wondered if Lai Er would talk nonsense in the prison in order to save his life.

The idea of ​​killing Lai Er suddenly came to mind.

But just as he was about to say 'this kind of dog slave, just beat him to death', he suddenly reacted.

The Lai family is not only Lai Da who knows some secrets of the Jia family.

Fortunately, Lai Da said that the Rongguo Mansion can still restrain him.

The key is that Nanny Lai is immortal, she was just like the big girl Yuanyang next to the old lady and the butler Wang Xifeng back then.

Together with the old lady, he served Jia's great-grandmother.

Also because of this status, the old lady will let Lai Da be the butler of the Rongguo Mansion and Lai Er be the butler of the Ningguo Mansion after the old lady takes charge of the house.

It can be said that this family is a real confidant.

It's a pity that people's hearts will change, and the Jia family doesn't have the power it had when the Second Duke Ning Rong was still there, so that they are faintly restrained by the servants.

Then Jia Amnesty thought that Lai Da and Lai Er had served their family for so many years, and they were doing business outside under the banner of Jia's family. No matter what, the family wealth was tens of thousands of taels.

If it is in the name of helping him get rid of crimes, he can earn thousands, or even 20,000 taels of silver.

While leading Shi Zhongkui and Xia Shouzhong into the middle gate, Jia Amnesty pulled him and asked in a low voice, "Son-in-law, if the embroidered clothes guard finds out that there is something wrong with Lai Er, please let me know first?"

Shi Zhongkui knew what the old guy was thinking as soon as he heard it, and he was really speechless towards him.

Don't even think about it, just thinking about the reputation of the slave's family wealth can make the Jia family stink.

Although in name the Lai family is all servants of the Jia family except for Lai Shangrong.

But slaves are not the same as slaves like cattle.

Otherwise, why do you have to give monthly money to the family and the servants?
Why do you still need to be kind and reward your servants from time to time?
Just because someone has worked hard for you and served you for generations, it doesn't mean that the master's family can arbitrarily steal the wealth of the servants.

It can be said that money is more important than life in the hearts of the vast majority of people at the bottom.

If the Patriarch finds a suitable reason and kills one or two servants, the other servants will not say anything.

But if the master is staring at the money of the subordinates, then people's hearts will really be scattered, and they may even fight you desperately.

Shi Zhongkui shook his head at Jia Amnesty a little tiredly, "Master Yuezhang, brother Zhen is a lesson from the past, my son-in-law advises you to take it easy, so as not to be like him."

Jia She was taken aback for a moment, and then became angry.

But looking at Shi Zhongkui's fourth-rank official uniform, the imperial gold medal tied around his waist, and his youthful face, his aura immediately dropped several levels.

If you annoy him, who knows if your son-in-law, who is rumored to be extraordinary and ruthless, will really force him to bid to become a Taoist priest?

And the most important thing is that if there is a dispute between himself and him, the custody of the old lady, second brother and Rong'er who is about to inherit the Ningguo Mansion will stand on his side.

Jia Amnesty sighed heavily in his heart, and saw Shi Zhongkui walking up to his old lady with a smile.

Before the old lady asked about Lai Da and Lai Er, Shi Zhongkui first opened his mouth to talk about Ningguo Mansion.

I heard that the Ningguo Mansion was not only inherited by Jia Rong, but Jia Rong could also serve in the Tuntian Division.

Once he has meritorious service, he can inherit the title of General Wei Lie of the third rank without being downgraded. Jia Mu couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

In an instant, Lai Da and Lai Er were forgotten.

He even felt that this was a good thing, and it was equivalent to giving the Ningguo Mansion decades of wealth.

Jia Mu held Shi Zhongkui's hand and kept saying, "That's fine, that's fine."

Xing, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and others thought about it for a while, and realized that apart from Jia Zhen's bad luck, the whole family could actually benefit.

No more worries and worries.

Xia Shouzhong saw that Jia's family was safe and sound, and that Jia Rong followed Shi Zhongkui's servants back to Jia's house, so he stepped forward with a smile to announce the decree.

Hearing what the imperial decree said was no different from what Shi Zhongkui said, except that Jia Zhen's face was ashen again, and Jia Amnesty had lingering fears in his heart, the others not only didn't have much sad expression, but they were also faintly happy.

And Jia Rong, who was kneeling on the ground, hurriedly lay on the ground and dared not speak.In order not to let people hear the uncontrollable ecstasy in his tone when he opened his mouth.

At the same time, I am grateful to Shi Zhongkui.

If it wasn't for everyone still kneeling, he would even have wanted to throw himself in front of his uncle, Shi Zhongkui, and bow down to him to show his loyalty.

Regarding the matter of Qin Keqing back then, it is impossible to say that Jia Rong never hated Jia Zhen in her heart.

But in this filial society, Jia Rong really didn't dare to resist, and even if she resisted, she might be beaten to death by Jia Zhen, who was already obsessed with ghosts.

This is really not Jia Rong's imagination.

Since Jia Zhen can do things that are inferior to animals, why would she care about her own son.

If Qin Keqing was pregnant, she might think of killing Jia Rong instead.

Jia Rong was so excited at this moment, so it made sense.

After the decree was read, Xia Shouzhong waited for a while with a smile.

Seeing Jia Rong, who was kneeling in front of him, knelt on the ground without moving, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Brother Rong, are you still not accepting the order?"

It wasn't that Jia Rong didn't want to accept the order, it was that he didn't dare to raise his head at this moment.

And it's not enough to really raise your head and keep a blank face, you have to cry bitterly.

But right now he couldn't cry.

Rationally, I kept reminding myself that I was going to cry, but I just couldn't cry and didn't say anything, and I almost laughed out several times.

Laughing at myself, I finally keep the clouds open to see the moonlight.

Laughing Jia Zhen finally suffered retribution.

And not only to laugh, but also to laugh, in order to vent the grievances I have suffered for so many years.

Seeing this, Shi Zhongkui probably guessed what Jia Rong was thinking.

Stepped forward and stepped on Jia Rong's hand, then reached out and pressed Jia Rong's shoulder with a little force.

But he said, "Brother Rong, this is His Majesty's grace. No matter how filial you are, there is no way to change it. On the contrary, not accepting the imperial decree will not only violate the word of loyalty and filial piety, but also harm the Ningguo Mansion.

Even Big Brother Zhen and your grandfather would scold you for being unfilial. "

Jia Rong didn't have anything on his mind to listen to these words at this time, the pain in his fingers and shoulders was so painful that he almost burst into tears.

And Jia Rong knew that Shi Zhongkui was helping her, so she could only grit her teeth and dare not make any sound.

When the pain was unbearable, there was a sudden cry, and tears flowed out naturally.

Seeing this, the Jia family members, eunuchs, big and small generals, secretly thought that Jia Rong was really filial, and at the same time felt sympathy for Jia Zhen.

Shi Zhongkui smiled at the corner of his mouth, let go of Jia Rong's shoulders, turned around and took two steps and said to Xia Shouzhong, "Elder-in-law, please be considerate of Brother Rong, just put the imperial edict in his hands.

I believe that Brother Rong is a person who knows the general situation. "

Xia Shouzhong had no choice but to bend down and put the imperial decree on the ground with his forehead on the ground, but his hands were already above Jia Rong's.

He also persuaded, "Brother Rong, don't be too sad, this matter is already a favor from His Majesty. In addition, Liu Yuangong has said a lot of good things for your Jia family, otherwise, exile or even ransacking the house would be considered light .”

When the members of the Jia family heard this, they became even more grateful to Shi Zhongkui.

Even after Jia Zhen accepted the reality, she secretly rejoiced thinking that although she was forced to become a Taoist priest, she still had the job of assisting the Taichang Temple after all.

It can be regarded as a bit of power, so that in the future, it will not become a waste that no one pays attention to and silently waits to die.
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The Jia family thought that the matter was over like this, but they didn't expect Xia Shouzhong to come up with an imperial decree again.

But before reading it again, of course Lin Daiyu had to be called out.

Smiling, she said to Jia Mu, "Old lady, before our family reads out the second edict, I would like to congratulate you first."

Mother Jia and the others were taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously looked at Shi Zhongkui.

Shi Zhongkui looked at Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng, "Second Brother Lian and Second Sister-in-law should invite Miss Lin over first. This second letter of decree is related to my adopted sister, and it is a very good thing."

Hearing that Shi Zhongkui directly said that Daiyu was his righteous sister, and hearing that it was a good thing, everyone in the Jia family became curious.

And at this time, I can't care about the rules of girls who haven't left the court and can't meet outsiders.

Not long after, a little girl about 1.2 meters or 1.3 meters followed Jia Lian and came out with the support of Wang Xifeng.

However, it is different from imagination.

Probably because he drank the spiritual wine given by Shi Zhongkui before, which cured his frailty since he was a child. Although he looks a little thinner now, his complexion and spirit are very good.

Shi Zhongkui took a closer look and found that Daiyu was indeed beautiful, but unfortunately she was too small.

After careful calculation, she was only 12 years old at this time.

Wang Xifeng pointed at Shi Zhongkui with a smile on his face, and said to Lin Daiyu, "Sister, this is Shi Boqian, the husband-in-law of your second elder sister that my sister-in-law told me about, please greet her quickly.

If your sworn brother doesn't give you a meeting gift, the second sister-in-law will make the decision for you and go to Yingchun and Miss Bao to file a complaint. "

Everyone could tell that Wang Xifeng's words were a joke, but Shi Zhongkui couldn't really spare that meeting ceremony.

After thinking for a while, he reached into his sleeve and took out a piece of thunder charm jade pendant from the space warehouse.

(End of this chapter)