Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 296 The Prime Minister of the Inner House

Jia Cong looked at Sister Feng coldly and said: "In the past, I only knew that you made some usury loans and collected some interest, but that's all. Unexpectedly, so many lives have been involved in the lawsuit! Do you like money so much? These bloody silver dollars , do you feel at ease?"

Sister Feng had come to her senses at this time, and she immediately realized that since Brother Cong came to find him in private, it meant that things could turn around. When she thought of this, she felt reassured.

He cried and said, "Brother Cong, please listen to me carefully. If you feel that my sister-in-law's crime is unpardonable, I don't need you to worry about it. I will just go to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen and surrender."

"explain."

"Pingcai Ping'er also said just now that I stay in the back yard all day long and am too busy with things at home, so I don't know what's going on outside.

I am a woman, but I just want to earn some money, and unlike you who have the recipe for fine wine, I just let Wang'er use the money to lend money or help people with lawsuits. How could I have thought that I would force people to death? The people below I never repay these things, this is one thing. "

"Both of them, I have already told them that the interest rate for lending should not be too high, and the monthly interest rate is no more than two cents. Interest rates of four to five cents are everywhere on the market. Why am I the one forcing people to death?

And I also told them to only take on minor or serious lawsuits, and not to do anything unscrupulous. Who knew they were so bold and dared to take on life lawsuits? Come to think of it, it must be that bastard slave who is doing all kinds of things in private, raising interest rates without authorization, exonerating big business owners, and profiting for himself. "

This is also reasonable. Jia Cong's eyes flashed. According to the virtues of the Jia family servants, it was not surprising that they would mess around behind their master's back.

For example, if Wang Xifeng sets a two-cent profit, the subordinate dares to collect five points, and after handing in, he can still get a three-cent profit.

Wang Xifeng looked at him, her face softened slightly, she bit her handkerchief, and burst into tears: "Three of them, everyone else thinks that I am a good-looking second grandmother, and I am in charge of such a big family business, who knows the pain inside.

You know how many ways I have tried to save money in the past few years, and everyone in my family probably hates me secretly. Many people go out and few come in: everything big and small still follows the rules in the hands of the ancestors, but the wealth brought in in a year is not as good as before. "

"I am so frugal, but outsiders laugh at me, old ladies and wives are wronged, and my family members complain and are mean.

If I am not frugal, the money and food in the official position cannot support me, and I do not have the ability to turn stone into gold like my third brother, so I can only think of some stupid ways to bring in more money. Even so, it is only a drop in the bucket.

I had no choice but to exchange my dowry for money to support my official expenses. In the past few years, my dowry has been almost completely depleted. Third brother asked me why I like money so much, woo hoo...

What did I do with the money? I even lost all my belongings. Ping'er took out the pawn tickets and showed them to the third master. "The more Sister Feng cried, the more aggrieved she became, and she almost broke down in tears.

Ping'er hurriedly took out a thick stack of pawn tickets from the box and handed them to Jia Cong.

Jia Cong looked a little embarrassed. He was familiar with this stuff.

After flipping through it briefly, I found that the items for sale were all gold bracelets, gold headscarves, gold necklaces, gold and jade utensils, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., ranging from three to five hundred taels, eight to nine hundred taels, and there were hundreds of them.

"You..." Jia Cong opened his mouth, but was blocked by Sister Feng.

"Calculate how much money was spent on the imperial concubine's wedding last year. Although the garden was barely built, the silk candles, fireworks, craftsmen and servants, tea, rice, and wine alone for the Lantern Festival alone were all spent. Seventy or eighty thousand silver.

The officials can't even get out half of the silver, and they still point to me, the second wife of the housekeeper, as a god to find ways to make some money out. All my tricks are in your hands, woo woo woo..."

Jia Cong sighed: "Why didn't you tell me that you were short of money?"

"You are far away in Liaodong, and you don't get any letters back on weekdays. How can I write to you? Besides, the old lady has said that your money is just money. Who dares to open your mouth to your third master? You are not a housekeeper. .

I can't say it, I'm the only one who has a hard life, and everyone is trying to squeeze me out. "Sister Feng cried, like a cuckoo crying for blood, the sound made people cry.

Jia Cong smiled bitterly: "Get up first and then talk. If you look like this, people will say that I bullied you." He quickly winked and asked Ping'er to help him up.

Sister Feng struggled a little, but still knelt on the ground, saying with red eyes: "I know, now I have violated the king's law, and you are a high official of Jinyiwei, so it is difficult for you to have personal feelings. If you let me go, the imperial censor in the court will say The officials are definitely looking for trouble in you.

My sister-in-law is not an unreasonable person. In this case, let me go and kowtow to the old ladies and ladies first, and then I will follow you to the Yamen to surrender. If you want to kill or behead me, it is up to you. "

Jia Cong couldn't help but feel weak when he heard her miserable words.

Sighing, it is really hard for an upright official to handle household affairs. According to the charges in the file, Sister Feng's death ten times would not be enough, but hearing what she said was very aggrieved, not to mention she was still the second sister-in-law, so she could only be blamed. The Jia family has a bad family tradition and has raised a group of stupid masters and unruly slaves!

Sister Feng took a peek and saw that he was quite sympathetic, and her heart dropped.

He bit his lip and sobbed: "Brother Cong, you don't have to be embarrassed. My sister-in-law doesn't dare to ask you to bend the law and ruin your future. You can just make a decision justly, but don't let the old lady know that she is already old. Listen to me." No such thing is allowed.

I'm gone, please marry Bao Yatou as soon as possible. I can't manage this family well, but she is better than me and knows poetry and books, so she can definitely manage it well. I just hope that because I have helped Qingwen girl, you can burn incense sticks for me during New Years and holidays from now on, woo woo..."

"Grandma..." After listening to Wang Xifeng's explanation of the funeral, Ping'er couldn't help but hold her and cry.

Jia Cong shook his head, closed the file, pointed at Wang Xifeng and said bitterly: "Fuck, human life is at stake, there are so many human lives, if it weren't for the fact that you are Wang Xifeng, I would... ugh... stand up!"

After hearing his scolding, Sister Feng quickly stood up and lowered her head to listen to the instruction.

"If you dare to interfere in outside affairs or commit crimes, I will kill you with my own hands! Do you hear me?" Jia Cong shouted.

"Yes, yes, brother Cong, I don't dare anymore." Sister Feng said hurriedly.

"Follow me to Rongqing Hall."

"You go outside and wait for me."

"What are you doing again?" Jia Cong said impatiently.

"You were so cruel just now that you scared me to tears. Let me wash my face and change clothes first." Sister Feng rolled her eyes at him, not showing the same sadness as before. You idiot, you still want to fight with me.

"You..." Jia Cong knew he had been fooled, but he had no choice but to do it. Did he really capture Sister Feng and kill her?

Even if he is selfless, he may not get a good deal in the court battle, and he has completely offended the Wang family, so the gain outweighs the loss.

Seeing Jia Cong's tired face, Ping'er hurriedly opened the curtain and sent him out, served him tea and fruits, and said softly: "Master, don't be so angry that your body is broken, and grandma's heart is also suffering. It's all because of the screwdriver down there." The bastard used the house's name to do all kinds of mischief. Grandma didn't make much money, but she got a lot of infamy."

Jia Cong shook his head and sighed: "I know that there is gold and jade on the outside, but failure on the inside. She does have her own difficulties, but it is not that simple. I know Sister Feng's temperament. She is strong and competitive, likes to wield power, and has no power. Awe.

You tell her, this time I took care of things for her. Forget about the cause and effect of the past life and this life. If there is a next time, don't blame me for being ruthless. I killed Yingye in Liaodong, could it be that I really couldn't kill her? "

Seeing his stern expression, Ping'er didn't dare to say more, so he could only nod in agreement.

Sister Feng followed Jia Cong out, walked around the large pink screen wall, passed through the wide north-south corridor, passed through the east-west hall, and walked towards Rongqing Hall.

Seeing Jia Cong's cold face, he said nothing.

Sister Feng couldn't help but tugged on his sleeve and said, "Brother Cong, are you really angry?"

Jia Cong snorted coldly: "What do you think?"

Sister Feng said angrily: "I've told you that I don't know anything about it. You definitely don't believe me. Do you really need my sister-in-law to reveal her heart to you to believe it?"

Jia Cong looked at the tall and straight breasts on her chest and was stunned for a moment. They all said that she has big breasts and no brains. How come Sister Feng is as seductive as a monkey.

"Where are you looking, you bad guy?" said Sister Feng, feigning anger.

Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, okay, I can't fight you. Do you know what you should say later?"

Sister Feng rolled her eyes at him and said: "Who doesn't understand that once the emperor is the same as the ministers? Now that you are in charge of the family, you naturally have to promote your own people. You certainly don't like the old people."

"You... bastard. I am a first-rate slut, but you call me so... so mean."

"Then what do you want me to say? Do you want me to intercede for that screwdriver?" Sister Feng said with a smile.

"..." Jia Cong said helplessly: "Just treat yourself as an emperor and a courtier. This is all you understand."

Bah, pretending to be noble, Sister Feng secretly spat, twisted her peach hips and walked away.

Jia Cong looked at her back and gritted his teeth, "Damn it, I will be unlucky to be your brother, Wang Xifeng."

At this time, there was laughter in Rongqing Hall.

Everyone was congratulating Grandma Lai.

Just listen to Grandma Lai say: "I am happy too, and the masters are also happy. If it were not for the grace of the masters, where would our happiness come from? Yesterday, grandma sent Brother Cai to reward me with something, and my grandson was knocking on the door. It's over. Hey, why don't you see the second grandma? I'm here to express my gratitude to her today."

"Feng'er called her just now, saying that Third Brother was looking for her for something." Tan Chun said with a smile.

Aunt Lai smiled and said: "It goes without saying that the third master is really a good boy raised by the old lady. He earned an earl's hat for the family at a young age, and was loved by the emperor and empress. He will be a glorious figure in the future. That goes without saying.

It's a pity that those bastards in our family only know how to eat, drink and have fun, but don't do anything serious. They lose their own future and lose the face of their masters. That is unfaithful and unfilial. "

Mother Jia smiled and said: "Brother Cong is just relying on the shadow of his ancestors and the emperor's love. What's it worth? Your boy is not bad. He became the Marquis of Baili at a young age. Where should he choose?"

"Thanks to my masters, I chose Jiangyin County in Southern Province." Aunt Lai said with a smile.

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Well, Jiangyin is good, it's a first-class county."

Li Wan smiled and said, "How early and late will Ren leave?"

Aunt Lai sighed: "I don't care about them, let them do it! Qian'er was kowtowing to me at home, but I had nothing nice to say. I said: 'Brother, don't say you are an official, you are so tyrannical!'

You have lived to be thirty years old this year. Although you are a slave of others, as soon as you were born from your mother's womb, your master's grace allowed you to be released. You are supported by the master's great blessing, and you are supported by your mother. You are also able to read and read like a young master. The girl, wife, and nanny are holding phoenixes in their arms, they have grown so big.

How do you know how to write the word 'slave'! You, a slave, have broken your fortune carefully! Now that I have been enjoying myself for ten years, I don’t know how to confuse the gods and ghosts. I begged my master and chose him again.

Although the state and county officials are small, their affairs are big. Being the state official of that state is the parent of that party. You can't stand your ground, serve your country with all your loyalty, and honor your master. I'm afraid that God won't let you do it. "

Li Wan smiled and said: "You are too worried. We just think he is fine. You should be happy that he has won the official position, but instead you are worried about this! He is not good, and there are his parents. You just have to use you. That's it.

Come in in a sedan chair when you are free, play cards with the old lady for a day, and chat for a day, who has the nerve to wrong you. When you go home, you usually go to a building. Anyone who disrespects you will naturally act like an old feudal lord. "

"Humph!"

There was only a cold snort, and everyone saw Jia Cong coming in from behind, followed by Sister Feng.

(End of this chapter)