Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Lin Zhixiao's family was startled and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "The old lady clearly knows that I really don't know anything about this, and I dare not get involved in such things. I am the steward of the inner house, and I am ignorant. It is really hard to escape the blame. I am absolutely responsible for it." Don’t dare to shirk it, please punish me.”

Jia Mu snorted and said, "In memory of your hard work in the past, I will write it down for now and deal with it together next time."

"Thank you, old lady, for your kindness." Lin Zhixiao breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and slowly retreated.

When Baochai and Daiyu saw that Yingchun wet nurse was also guilty, thinking that Jia Cong was very fond of their second sister, they smiled and begged for mercy.

Jia Mu was furious and determined to kill this evil trend, because she said: "You don't know.

Probably these wet nurses, each of them relied on their milk to nurse their brothers and sisters. They were originally more respectable than others, but they caused trouble and were more hateful than others. They specialized in instigating their masters and protecting their shortcomings. I've been through it all.

Besides, I had to find a way to do it, and I happened to meet one. Don't worry about it, I have my own reasons. "

When Baochai and others heard about it, they had no choice but to let it go.

"Well, I finally got to see the old lady make a decisive killing move." Suddenly I heard someone outside the door laughing.

Jia Mu also laughed and spat: "What a dirty seed. Come to my place and listen to the wall, but you won't come in."

Jia Cong came in with a smile and said, "What a big deal, old lady, don't get so angry over a few minions."

Jia Mu glared at him and said, "You were afraid that I would be so angry that you gave Feng Yatou back to me. Without her taking care of it, the house would be in such chaos.

Zhu'er's wife has never taken care of the house, Tan Yatou is young and ignorant, the second girl is soft-tempered, and you, Sister-in-law You, don't want to offend anyone.

I have all the housekeepers here, and I asked you to plunder them for me. How can I not be angry? "

After hearing her roll call, Li Wan and others hurriedly stood up and raised their hands to listen.

"You all sit down, the three feet of ice is not frozen in a day, and I don't blame you." Jia Mu waved her hands, and everyone dared to sit down.

Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said: "Why does it involve Sister Feng again? Now that Sister Feng has to take care of the child, I also need someone to watch over me. Isn't this too busy?
What's more, no one is born to be a housekeeper. Sister-in-law Zhu, second sister, and third sister have also studied, so wouldn't it be possible with more experience?
Cong heard that the old lady was so angry that she came over to share your worries without even having a full meal. You still blame me. "

Everyone laughed when they heard what he said was pitiful.

Jia Mu smiled and scolded: "Okay, I have wrongly blamed you. I have alarmed you, the Duke of the country, for this matter. How are you going to deal with it?"

Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "The old lady has just given instructions, so let's do it. In addition, I have told you that gambling will be banned in the house from now on. Those who violate the rules will go to the village to farm, and those who accuse will be innocent." And a secret reward of a hundred gold."

All the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law hurriedly agreed in unison.

"Old lady, those who like gambling will be greedy for small profits. Cong has offered a heavy reward. I think gambling can be banned in the future."

Jia Mu smiled and nodded: "That's right, it's settled once and for all."

Jia Cong said: "Cong has one more thing that he needs to ask about here."

"What's the matter?"

"I heard that someone jumped over the wall from the garden last night?" Jia Cong asked.

"That's what happened." Jia Mu said.

Jia Cong frowned. Ever since he took up the position of Jin Yiwei, he has attached great importance to the security of the mansion. How could the Jin Yiwei, personal soldiers and other lines of defense allow people to invade the Grand View Garden silently without noticing? Doesn't this mean that there are serious loopholes in the defense line? ?

Everyone didn't expect him to be so serious about it. They thought it was a trivial matter. Seeing his serious expression, they didn't dare to talk or laugh.

Baochai said, "Cong'er, what's the obstacle?"

Jia Cong shook his head and said, "Who is the witness?"

Yingchun said hurriedly: "I, sister Xiuyan, and the accompanying mother-in-law and girls all saw it."

"when and where?"

"Last night, around the turn of Xuhai, I was walking on the Shiziyong Road after discussing Taoist classics with several masters at the Jade Emperor Temple.

Suddenly I heard a sound in the forest behind me. I looked back and saw a vague figure walking over the wall. I hurriedly called the woman on guard to investigate. " Yingchun said.

Jia Cong thought about the layout of the gardens of the two mansions. The place where the thief jumped was the wall at the junction of the Grand View Garden and the Huifang Garden. He sneered and said, "So it turns out that the strange way can enter the garden silently. It is really difficult to prevent domestic thieves!"

Jia Mu hurriedly said: "Brother Cong, you mean..."

Jia Cong nodded and said: "My slave over there has a problem and frightened all the sisters. I'm really sorry."

The girls asked why.

Jia Cong said: "The only way to cross the wall from there is to reach Huifang Garden. But my side is heavily guarded. I dare not say it is a dragon's pond or a tiger's den. At least it is an iron wall. It is not easy to come in and out without anyone noticing.

So the only explanation is that someone among my slaves sneaked into the garden, locked the garden door, and escaped over the wall. "

Tanchun nodded and said, "Third brother has thought carefully, as it should be."

Jia Cong sneered and said: "Come here, go to the East Mansion and pass on my message. Tomorrow, with the prosperity of wealth, I will interrogate the slaves in the mansion one by one as to where and what they were doing at the turn of Xuhai last night. If there is no witness, they will all be locked up."

The one who comes out first will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins. Those who surrender will be given a lighter sentence. If it is found out by me, all the culprits and those who knew but failed to report will be executed! "

Lin Zhixiao's family hurriedly took orders.

Jia Mu nodded and praised: "Finally, our family has a man who is upright and upright."

The girls smiled and said yes, and they all looked at Jia Cong with admiration, admiration or admiration.

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "It would be a blessing if the old lady didn't scold me for being incompetent." After saying that, he glanced at the girls and said, "This matter is over. You all go and have a rest. I'll talk to the old lady." "

The girls hurriedly stood up, blessed and left.

After everyone left, Jia Mu hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Old lady, are you ready to tell me about the new law?"

Jia Mu said hurriedly: "I followed Lin Zhixiao's instructions. The stewards of each farm took the initiative to report to the Yamen."

Jia Cong said: "Okay, this matter is of great significance. It is not just a matter of a few dollars. The old lady will naturally understand in the future. Nowadays, the wind and waves in the court are strong. Our family should hide our capabilities and bide our time, be wise and upright, and must not commit crimes in the face of the wind. "

Jia Mu nodded in agreement and said, "You have to be careful yourself."

"Don't worry, old lady. In a few days, I may go out quietly to run an errand. Please keep an eye on the old lady at home. If you have any questions, please consult Mr. Pang." Jia Cong whispered.

Mother Jia knew that there were many secrets in Jinyiwei, so she didn't dare to ask in detail. She said with a hint of worry: "Take care of yourself and be careful. If you don't handle the errand well, you will lose your hair at most. We don't rely on that for our family."

Jia Cong didn't explain, but smiled and nodded in agreement, but the old lady didn't understand. Without Wusha, it was nothing.

After a rare chat with the old lady for a while, Jia Cong got up and went to the Champs Elysees. Just now he saw something wrong with Yingchun's expression and wanted to see her again.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard quarrels coming from inside the house. Jia Cong hurriedly raised his hand to stop several women who were paying tribute, and listened attentively.

"Ransoming a phoenix is ​​one thing, and interceding is another thing. Don't talk about it in the same place. Don't you mean that if the girl doesn't intercede, you won't redeem it? Sister-in-law, let's get the golden phoenix and talk about it later." "Girl, don't be too much. You are relying on your power. Do the math in your family. Whose mother and nanny won't benefit more from the master's brother and sister? But we are like this, "Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao", you can only sneak around. of coaxing."

"Come on, come on, come on! You can't bring the golden phoenix, there's no need to make fuss and make noises. I don't want that phoenix anymore. Even when the ladies asked, I just said it was lost, and it wouldn't hinder you. You go out and rest. It’s good to rest.”

"Although the girl is not afraid, what are we doing? So many people have lost the girl's things. If my wife asks, does it belong to us? This is not a big deal!"

……

"Third brother..."

"I've met the Duke."

When the girls saw Jia Cong coming in with a gloomy face, they hurriedly knelt down.

Jia Cong nodded to Yingchun and said: "I saw that my second sister looked wrong, so I came to take a look. Sure enough, there is a ghost, hum! Xiuju, you are so articulate, what happened, what a golden phoenix and silver phoenix."

Xiuju hurriedly said: "When my father-in-law returned home, the girl's wet nurse, the old lady, secretly stole the girl's gold phoenix hairpin, which was made of beads and silk, and kept it in the bank. She never returned it.

Now that the incident has happened and she is about to be kicked out, her daughter-in-law Wang Zhuer's family bullies the girl for being weak and comes to pester the girl to intercede. Jinfeng refuses to return the favor. "

Jia Cong nodded, looked at Wang Zhuer's house, and sneered: "Is Xiuju telling the truth?"

Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law was so frightened by his sharp gaze that she fell to the ground. She didn't dare to argue, she just cried for mercy.

Xiuju glared at her with gloating, her retribution had arrived.

Jia Cong sighed: "Second sister, you are too kind. You should know that good people will be bullied by others, and good people will be ridiculed. Cong can still protect you at home. In the future, you will also go out and become the housekeeper, grandma, and housewife." , but what should we do?”

Yingchun lowered her head and said: "Ask me, I don't have anything I can do. Their faults are their own fault. I can't ask for mercy, so I just won't criticize them harshly.

As for things taken privately, if they are sent to me, I will accept them; if they are not sent, I will not want them. "

"Absurd!" Jia Cong couldn't help but feel angry and slapped the table and shouted: "Isn't this allowing thieves to do evil?"

When Yingchun heard that he was angry, he quickly stood up and stood aside, bowing his head to listen to the instruction.

"Second sister, if you are an ordinary woman and are willing to suffer losses, that's fine. But you will be a housekeeper in the future, and you are going to manage hundreds of people like this?"

Jia Cong said angrily: "You don't care about anything, you look kind-hearted, how can you manage the family? If you go out, won't you ruin other people's family traditions? What will others say about our Jia family?"

Yingchun was scolded by him, and she felt ashamed and ashamed. She couldn't help but shed tears. She twisted the handkerchief tightly in her hands and bit her lip without saying a word.

All the girls and women knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.

"You! Alas..." Jia Cong didn't want to blame him too much. He sighed and waved his hand: "Someone, pull Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law out and kill her with her mother-in-law. The rest of their family went to Zhuangzi, Liaodong. Go to the fields."

"My lord, please spare my life..." Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law was so frightened that she screamed at the top of her lungs when she heard the word "kill with a stick."

Several women had already come over to gag her, and pulled her down with all their hands.

Yingchun had a look of intolerance on her face and wanted to plead, but held back.

Jia Cong sneered: "Second sister, do you still have compassion for things that are worse than animals? Don't you know what I did to my nanny back then?"

Yingchun murmured: "My third brother is a hero, how can I compare to him?"

Jia Cong looked at the Inspiration of the Supreme Being on the table and sighed: "You like to read this thing, and the fourth sister also likes to read Buddhist scriptures. Do we really want two female Bodhisattvas in our family?"

Yingchun hurriedly explained: "I just read it casually. This is a book that encourages people to do good."

Jia Cong said: "It is great for my second sister to be kind, but do you know how to punish evil people? If persuasion works, what is the use of swords and sticks?
Yingchun had nothing to say, so he just lowered his head.

"Don't watch this naughty boy in the future. Show me "Han Feizi" and learn some ideas about running a family from it," Jia Cong said.

"Oh." Yingchun agreed reluctantly.

Jia Cong glared at her and said, "Second sister, I was really too relaxed with you in the past.

I thought you would be wiser when you get older, but now it seems I was naive. Don't think you can be lazy because I'm busy and don't have time to come over.

From now on, I will write four articles every month about governing the family by law and give them to Sister Bao for review. She will only count them if she agrees. "

"Ah? Four articles...isn't that too much?" Yingchun said with a bitter face: "Third brother, you know that my writing is rough, so I can't write any articles."

Jia Cong snorted coldly: "The quality of an article does not depend on the words, but on the meaning. If you really understand the truth, even if you write in village dialect, it is still a good article.

Okay, I'm too lazy to say any more. When you can manage your family, you don't need to write anymore. "

"Okay, I'll do whatever you want." Yingchun didn't dare to argue, so she had to agree.

"You guys, since you serve the girl, you should let me know if she can't make the decision on anything. Why don't you let the girl suffer for nothing?" Jia Cong looked at Siqi, Xiuju and others.

The girls were so frightened that they peeed and hurriedly kowtowed, confessed and begged for mercy, fearing that Jia Cong would pull them out again and kill them with a cane.

"Next time, I won't be lenient."

"Yes, thank you, Lord Guo, for your kindness."

Jia Cong left with a puff of sleeves and returned to Dongfu still full of energy. A country is easy to change, but a temperament is hard to change. Yingchun's temperament has long been set, and it may be difficult to change it.

"Hey, who dares to offend the Duke?" Seeing his hesitant expression, Sister Feng came up to him and said with a smile.

Jia Cong sighed, told what happened today, and said with a wry smile: "As long as the second sister is one-tenth as capable as you, I won't worry about it."

Sister Feng sneered and said, "You think the nickname 'Er Mu' came for nothing? Okay, I'm so angry."

The second girl is a girl who stays close to home. She is born with a Bodhisattva heart. She doesn't understand the sinister nature of people's hearts. I will talk to her more in the future, and she will understand. "

Jia Cong nodded with a smile and said, "Hey, you used to be a girl who stayed close to home. How do you know that people's hearts are sinister?"

Sister Feng spat at him and said, "I am born with a black heart, so that's all. The dog bit Lu Dongbin, but he made fun of me."

Jia Cong said teasingly: "I remember that my sister is pink and tender, but somewhere is dark. Come, I will check you again."

Sister Feng blushed, slapped him away, and spat: "Go find your wife, don't make trouble with me."

Jia Cong wondered: "Why is my sister so humble today?"

Sister Feng rolled her eyes at him: "You know how to pick the right time for dirty things. Here comes my mother."

"It turns out that God is not good at it, so I said that nature is hard to change." Jia Cong laughed.

"Get lost." (End of chapter)