Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 160
"You bastard with a rotten tongue, talking nonsense, why don't you kick him out!" Aunt Xue yelled angrily after hearing her servant's yelling.

The young man begged with a mournful face, "Ma'am, I'm not talking nonsense, it's really the second master Lian who brought the gentleman here, and he'll be at the door soon."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they didn't know what kind of trouble this was, how could it involve the Yamen?
"It's fine, what's wrong with Lian'er?" Mrs. Wang also wondered.

"What kind of trouble did this evil person cause again!" Aunt Xue also cried out.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Lian Er leading a group of yamen servants to come in, and everyone looked at him in unison. The yamen servants stopped at the door when they saw that there were female relatives in the courtyard. Even if they were given ten guts, they wouldn't dare to come to Rong Mansion to take people. Look at their garden, can a bunch of rough guys come in?This is still the alley of Ning Rong, and the Pear Fragrance Court alone makes them feel a little lost. If they go to the main hall of Rong Mansion, let alone take people, I'm afraid they won't be able to find them anywhere.

Facing the questioning eyes of the crowd, Lian Er couldn't help but smile coyly, and then greeted Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue and said, "So that my wife and aunt would know that a few days ago there was a sloth in Huibin Building. Pushed by Brother Pan, he rolled down the stairs, and after returning home, he disappeared within a few days, and his family went to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion to file a complaint, and now Brother Pan is about to go to the court to confront him."

"I knew it, I knew it, he must have caused trouble again. If it weren't for that, he would have been beaten into this appearance. How could he be involved in a life lawsuit again, what a shame!" Aunt Xue wailed loudly. began to cry.

"Pan'er was beaten, why did he get involved in a life lawsuit, Lian'er, please speak clearly!" Mrs. Wang asked Jia Lian while comforting her sister.

Lian Er glanced at Jia Ying, shared the general story aside, and then said: "I discussed with Brother Ying Er what to do, and Brother Ying Er said that this matter cannot be delayed, and my nephew thinks it is reasonable. So I invited Lou Fu Yin to open a court to hear the case."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Ying with a surprised expression and said, "Ying'er, how could you be like this? Your Brother Pan got into a lawsuit, not to mention asking someone to help settle it, but why did you push him out? He was so hurt like that. , went to the yamen, how can you get well, you... what are you going to do?"

Aunt Xue also looked at Jia Ying, and cried, "Brother Ying, I am just such a son, you must not send him away, how can I live without him, and your sister Baochai. He No matter how unsatisfactory he is, he is always the master of this family. Our family, orphans and widows, all rely on him to live, brother Ying, you can't send him out."

After hearing what the two said, Jia Ying couldn't help feeling a little irritable.

What's the point of trying to calm things down without understanding things?

Even petting, there is no such way of petting!

"Second Brother Ying, are you really going to send my brother away?" Baochai also looked at Jia Ying with tears in her eyes, her expression was full of loss and pain.

"Sister Bao, Madam, Auntie, since Erge Ying said 'this matter cannot be delayed', then he doesn't really want to send brother Xue to the yamen, I think there are other considerations, let's listen to what Elder Ying said." Daiyu Seeing everyone vaguely accusing Jia Ying, she felt quite unhappy. In her heart, Brother Ying was never the kind of unreasonable person, let alone a relative of the family.

Jia Ying took a look at her future daughter-in-law, and secretly gave her a thumbs up. After all, she belonged to her family.

"Ma'am, Auntie, Sister Baochai, the cause of the matter has not been clarified yet, how do you know that people must die because of Brother Pan? Besides, you can't always ask someone to help you settle things when you encounter problems. Today someone You can entrust this situation, tomorrow if it is not Brother Pan who will be in trouble, but our family? Who will entrust this situation?

Furthermore, don't always indulge him. This is not the first time. Last year, Jia Yucun wrote to me about the case of Feng Yuan in Jinling. A life lawsuit.Let's not talk about the right and wrong of this matter, just say that if he is not allowed to remember well, will he not be able to cause trouble again in the future?Don't think too much about this matter, I have my own cares here. "

Aunt Xue was still worried: "But Lian'er has already said it. If someone proves it, can he be exonerated?"

Jia Ying shook her head and said, "I brought him there not to exonerate him, but to clarify the matter. As long as the pawn's death has nothing to do with him, I will bring him back."

"Just in case"

Jia Ying wanted to let them have a long memory, so he pretended to snort coldly and said: "If it is true that he killed someone, then follow the law of Dagan!"

After all, he ignored the crowd, looked at the guards standing still at the gate of the garden, and said, "What are you still looking at? Why don't you take them away?"

"How can this be done, how can this be done, Lian'er hasn't thrown them all out yet!" After hearing Jia Ying's words, Madam Wang thought that he really wanted to be impartial, but she didn't follow her way.

Lian Eryi was in a dilemma. He looked at Jia Ying, then at Mrs. Wang, and lowered his head, as if he hadn't heard anything.

"Ma'am, if you beat people out, if things get serious, there is really no room for maneuver. Our family is not a place outside the law." Jia Ying said leisurely, then looked at the crowd again. Yacha shouted: "What are you still doing?"

Several servants looked at each other, and under everyone's gaze, carefully carried Xue Pan out, followed by Jia Ying, and walked out of the gate of Lixiangyuan.

After the guards had left, Lian Er said to the mother and daughter of the Xue family who were crying together, and Mrs. Wang who was comforting: "Madam, aunt, sister Baochai, please relax. , how could it be possible to ignore the situation, he has his own way, but just now all the yamen servants are here, what do you tell him to say? Just wait at home with peace of mind."

"Is what you said true?" Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Lian and asked.

Lian Er sighed softly: "This matter has nothing to do with him at all. If he really doesn't care, why bother to follow?"

When everyone heard the words, their hearts were gradually relieved, and Mrs. Wang ordered Jia Lian again: "You also go with me, and watch out. If you have a letter, send someone back to the house to report. "

Lian Er responded, then turned and walked out.

Daiyu took Baochai's arm and comforted her softly: "Sister Bao, you should rest assured now, we should trust him."

Tanchun and the others also nodded, and stepped forward to comfort them together.

On the other side, Lian Er caught up with Jia Ying, and asked in a low voice, "Second brother, you can't really hand Xue Pan over?"

Jia Ying glanced at Lian Er, sneered and said, "What do you think?"

Lian Er's eyes widened when he heard the words, he dragged Jia Ying and said suspiciously: "Second brother, don't make fun of me, I just promised my wife and the others for you."

Jia Ying shook her head, but didn't answer directly, she just said: "Go to Shuntian Mansion to have a look first, then we can talk about it."

For a moment, Jia Lian was a little confused about Jia Ying's whereabouts, so he could only sigh softly and followed together.

Shuntian government office, Lou Wenguang is also worried at the moment.

It's hard to be the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, especially in the past year, Lou Wenguang is really unlucky. First, some kind of Sanyang sect suddenly appeared in Beijing and committed a major assassination case in the palace. Naturally, the court was the first to be held accountable It was him, the governor of the Shuntian government, but fortunately, Lou Wenguang was robbed by a sinful edict.Before calm down for a few days, there was another rumor quarrel in the capital, and another month passed with fear, but fortunately, God still took care of him, and there were incidents about Chu King Yang Huang and the Xu family one after another. If he is a rafter in his early years, the imperial court will naturally ignore him, a little Shuntian Fu Yin.

Finally, after a few days of cleansing, it was no trouble and came to the door again.

Originally, he couldn't afford to offend the honorable family, what's more, the Jia family today is even more different from the past. Jia's family has produced a noble concubine. , He can be seen in several major court cases.

Ordinarily speaking, Lou Wenguang, a government official of the third grade, has absolutely no need to think too highly of a noble son who has just entered an official position. In the past, it was not that there were no sons of noble families who entered the imperial examination, but most of them disappeared in the end. .

At first, Lou Wenguang also thought that Jia Ying was just a flash in the pan, and he really noticed Jia Ying after the Xu Fu case was interrogated by the three divisions.At that time, Lou Wenguang suddenly discovered that from the assassination case of the palace, to the rebellion case of the king of Chu, to the downfall of the Xu family, this person was actually involved in the case, and he was appointed by the emperor as the supervisor of the Xu case.

Let's see who is the other supervisor?Yang Yu, a member of the Right Clan, is an elder of the royal family who is the same generation as His Majesty today.Think carefully!

So Lou Wenguang sent someone to inquire about Jia Ying's experience, and this inquiry was even more remarkable. The Heng Shigong who turned Huguang upside down was his teacher, and it is said that Donglai Gong's family rarely received foreigners. doors are open to him.

You know, the nobles are the allies of Mr. Li Ge, and even a fool can see that Donglai's official business is against Mr. Li Ge.However, this Jia Ying can actually step on two boats, and he is like a fish in water.

There is a noble concubine in the palace, and a remarkable junior in the family. No matter how you look at it, the lintel of Jia's mansion is showing signs of revival!
Seeing that someone came to sue Jia's in-laws, Lou Wenguang was thinking whether to push the case to the Third Division?It's better to take the pleading paper by yourself, and then order someone to notify the Jia family, so that they can find a way to understand the matter.

Before he could figure it out, an officer came to report that Jia She, the first-class supernatural general of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian, the son of Jia She, the Tongzhi of Ping'an Prefecture, had come to pay homage.

For a moment, Lou Wenguang no longer had the idea of ​​prevaricating. After learning about Jia Lian's intentions, Lou Wenguang was very happy and agreed to suppress the case, allowing him to go home and discuss it.

According to Lou Wenguang's original intention, it is best to pay some money and settle the matter privately.

But I don't know what happened to Jia's family, and they suddenly came back and changed their words, saying that they would go to court with the plaintiff.

Is this still what a noble should do?
It's just that it's hard for Lou Wenguang to get out of it now, so he had to bite the bullet and agree.

At this moment, Lou Wenguang was wearing a crimson official robe and Wusha on his head. He was sitting upright in the main hall. Kneeling in the hall were the plaintiff Song Wang, the wife of the deceased, and Song Zhao, the mother of the deceased.

Lou Wenguang finally took a picture of the gavel helplessly, and said, "Bring the defendant Xue Pan to court!"

Immediately afterwards, Xue Pan was carried up by a group of guards, accompanied by Jia Lian and Jia Ying.

Lou Wenguang had seen Jia Ying before, and even recognized him, he ordered someone to watch the seat, and Jia Ying gave a salute at the bottom of the hall before taking his seat.

Lou Wenguang nodded kindly to Jia Ying, then looked at Xue Pan who was lying on the stretcher under the hall, with a slight frown between his eyebrows.

Are you sure it was the defendant who killed someone, not the plaintiff who maimed the defendant?

Lou Wenguang pointed to Xue Pan, looked at the two women kneeling in the hall and asked: "You two can see clearly, this is the person you are suing?"

The two women had never seen Xue Pan before, and when they looked at the injuries on this man's body, they felt a little uncertain for a moment, and replied honestly: "Returning to the words of the elder, the women have never seen Xue Pan, but just listened to him. The shopkeeper and the buddy of Huibin Building said."

"Bring the shopkeeper and fellows of Huibin Building." Lou Wenguangfu issued an order to the yamen servants under the hall.

Not long after the words were finished, a yamen servant led the two of them in and identified this person, but it was undoubtedly Xue Pan.

However, Lou Wenguang asked again: "The plaintiff said that her husband, Song Si'er, went home straight after being pushed down the stairs by Xue Pan. Could you two testify about this?"

But the shopkeeper of the Huibin Building replied first: "Master, Xiaomin was not in the Huibin Building at the time, so I don't know what happened."

"Huh?" Lou Wenguang looked at the two women kneeling in the hall with a fierce look on his face.

But I heard Mrs. Song pointing to another clerk and saying: "Master, it was this clerk who told the woman himself."

Lou Wenguang looked at the other guy again.

The clerk hurriedly replied: "Back to the words of the elder, Song Si'er and the younger one were in the waiting hall of the Huibin Building. On that day, Song Si'er personally told the younger one that he felt unwell and asked the younger one to take care of him. , and he went home."

Hearing this, Lou Wenguang asked Xue Pan again, but seeing Xue Pan's mouth opening and closing with difficulty, but unable to make a sound, Lou Wenguang looked at Jia Ying with a troubled expression.

Jia Yingfu just stood up, bowed to Lou Wenguang and said, "My lord, may I ask the lower officials to ask Xue Pan a few words?"

"Yes." Lou Wenguang nodded lightly.

Jia Ying first looked at Song Wang and asked, "Song Wang, let me ask you, your husband was pushed down the stairs by Xue Pan, but he told you himself?"

Song Wang shook her head and said, "It was the people from the Huibin Tower who informed the women."

"Let me ask you again, when did your husband Song Sier come home?"

"It was that afternoon, around Shen time."

"Do you remember clearly?"

"The woman remembers it clearly, because my husband always comes back late on weekdays, but he returned home early on that day, and the woman was going to help Aunt Li's house next door at that time, and just happened to meet him back before leaving the house. "

(End of this chapter)