Red Mansion, Second Master Lian is too despicable

Chapter 44 44 Farce
But Jia Lian didn't wait for him to recover.There was a commotion outside the side door of the Secretary's Office.Jia Lian opened the side door and prepared to go out and take a look.

I saw that the woman who showed her face was actually having sex with a slave from Honglu Temple outside the door.

It turned out that Zaoli, the errand boy, owed tea money that he had not paid for many days, causing the boss's wife to yell at the door with her children.

"A bunch of poor people have nothing to eat if they can't afford tea. Why waste our family's livelihood? Because you people from the yamen take it for nothing, my family can't continue to do good business."

As he spoke, he sat on the ground and started crying.

"Everyone, come and see us. This is a bunch of corrupt officials who have been punished by thousands of dollars. You spend all day eating and taking cards at my house. If you don't pay me, I'll lock you in outside the afternoon gate in the morning and evening!"

Her wailing voice made the surrounding vendors come to watch. The Zaoliu who was arguing with her was grabbed by her sleeves and could not run away. At this moment, she was being pointed at, and her face turned red with embarrassment.

"Relax, speak well if you have something to say, how decent it is in the public!"

Seeing him like this, the woman became even more presumptuous. She even unbuttoned a button of her coat and cried even louder.

You have a lot of things to say. Didn't you tell me how decent I am? Then I'll let you know exactly what it means to be inappropriate.

"You officials are free to take advantage of my family's business. Are you still reasonable?"

Saying this, he greeted the people around him.

"Come and see, officials won't be paid for their purchases!"

There were merchants who were owed money by Honglu Temple. They didn't know the virtue of this yamen yet, so one by one they helped the woman and started pointing at Zaoli.

That Zaoli was a cautious person. He was so frustrated that he couldn't get off the stage. He couldn't even run away. He didn't have the money to pay all the yamen's debts.

Don't know what to do at all.

The sound of pointing around also became louder.

This made Jia Lian, who thought he was also a member of Honglu Temple, ashamed.

When I was a broker in my previous life, I had never been scolded like this.Now, because someone else owed money, he was being criticized as well.

It's a joke.

In this way, Jia Lian couldn't stand it anymore, walked towards the woman with a smile, and asked politely.

"Sister-in-law, what's going on? Could it be that the officials here took your family's money? Tell me and I will make the decision for you!"

When the woman saw that Jia Lian spoke politely and was not like other poor people in Honglu Temple, she got angry and scolded her for being an insult to her gentleness, and stopped crying.

Seeing that Jia Lian was dressed gorgeously and the jade pendant around his waist was of great value, he thought he was the one who could make the decision.

After all, the poverty in Honglu Temple is not so grand.

The woman put away her expression of mourning and sobbed.

"Sir, these officials from Honglu Temple are not human beings!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Zaoli with one hand and pointed at Zaoli's nose fiercely with the other hand.

"It's this group of guys who coaxed our boss to open a tea and snack stall outside the door. We agreed on the monthly settlement, but my family has to wait on us every month when we come and drop off, but the tea money has never been paid."

The finger was so excited that it almost poked into the clerk's nostril, causing the clerk to dodge in all directions and was very embarrassed.

But the woman didn't want to let the little official go. She grabbed him in front of Jia Lian and said as if she was suing his parents.

"Now that life is getting hard, you have to make the decision for me!"

What he said seemed to be making the decision, but in fact he was asking Jia Lian for the money he owed.

Jia Lian shook the banknote in his hand and regretted coming forward.

He has only been in office for less than a day. Do you have to pay for the entrance of this yamen?This is not a good sign.

"Is there such a thing?"

Jia Lian came to a place and asked questions knowingly.I don’t want to pay for the entire Honglu Temple behavior.If you start this thing, it will not end well in the future.

So, seeing the woman raising those two fingers tremblingly, Jia Lian secretly thought it was not good.

But he didn't want the woman to speak.

"Two taels and five cents of silver. I owe a total of two taels and five cents! How can anyone withstand such a waste!"

That trembling hand seemed not to be talking about two taels of silver, but her life.

"Sir, you must make the decision for me! These corrupt officials must be punished!"

Good guy, the joys and sorrows of human beings are really different, this excited appearance can make Jia Lian's heart feel like riding a roller coaster, thinking that he is about to bleed, and there is no such thing as a small 200 taels.

But he didn't expect that just because of a mere two taels of silver, someone would block the door of his house.

This Honglu Temple is embarrassing enough.

Even the little official who sent Jia Lian here blushed.

In half a year, the entire yamen only owed people a total of two or two and five yuan and yet they were treated like this.It would be a joke if such a government office could produce corrupt officials.

Thinking about the vendors outside the civil service department who were shouting "Qingtian", it turns out that the reputation of an official has nothing to do with his or her integrity.

Those who do not owe money to the people are good officials, and those who are greedy for money from the people should die.

What a simple thought.

Jia Lian shook his head helplessly, took out a fifty-tael banknote, handed it to the naughty woman and said.

"Sister-in-law, you keep the money. In the future, people from Honglu Temple will come to drink tea. You can pay the bill, and I will settle it together!"

The woman was naturally happy when she got the money, and no longer worried about whether there were corrupt officials in Honglu Temple, so she asked.

"You are a sensible adult, unlike those poor people;"

As he spoke, he jumped up and started pointing at Honglu Temple and cursing, which seemed to mean cheering for Jia Lian.

"You still have to pretend to be elegant when you don't have money. What kind of tea are you going to drink? Learn more from this gentleman in the future! Do you dare to be greedy for ordinary people's money? A group of people who have suffered a thousand knives."

After scolding, he said to Jia Lian with a smile on his face.

"I don't know who your lord is? I should look for you there from now on!"

He has a general attitude of showing off his merits, but he is actually a philistine smart person.

Jia Lian also raised his hand and greeted all the vendors around him.

"My name is Jia Lian, and I will be on duty with the secretariat next to me! From now on, if you have any big or small business in Honglu Temple, you can come to me. I can take care of everything!"

As he spoke, he waved to the surrounding people.

"I hope you will take care of me in the future!"

This caused the surrounding vendors who had been taken advantage of for many years to cheer and shout, "Sir, be honest!"

Jia Lian also turned around and returned to Honglu Temple amidst the cheers.

(End of this chapter)