Honglou: This bastard is too persuasive.

Chapter 237: Jia Baoyu stands up again and again, Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu confront each other (2.5)

It's just that compared to the eldest master, the second master really lacks some humanity and sophistication.

As soon as he arrived at the Yamen, he arrogantly asked the Yamen to send someone to help investigate the theft of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Jia's house.

When the people in the yamen heard this, they were all shocked.

You asked us to investigate the theft of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Isn't this a trap for us?
You are the Duke's residence.

The Duke's Mansion lost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but you couldn't find it yourself, and you came to find us.

If we search for you, we will get no credit for finding you. If we cannot find you, we will be accused of being incompetent.

We are even going to be punished. We must be crazy to help you find it.

So as soon as the people from the yamen announced it inside, the people above them said it directly.

"Let's just say that we have to deal with other important matters. There is no way for them to go to Wuchang Bingma Division and Zhongren Mansion to find other people to solve it for the time being."

Besides, even if she wanted to add more, she didn't have the money.

However, the old lady still didn't want to take her money, so she thought for a moment and then continued.

"So please forgive me, mother. I really have no choice about the money problem in this big warehouse. Mother, if you are able, please come up with some money to maintain the operation of the Jia family."

"If you're not willing to take it out, then I can't help it. My little money is really not enough, so I'd better keep my wedding candy thing going."

A group of ladies and gentlemen of the Jia family investigated and determined that this matter really had nothing to do with Mrs. Wang.

Mother Jia didn't originally want to threaten Mrs. Wang, but as time passed, it became clear that the Jia family might not be able to find the money.

"If it doesn't work, let them go to the Jinyiwei. After all, they are also imperial nobles. If possible, they can ask the Jinyiwei for help."

The reason why he became the ancestor of the Jia family is entirely because he now controls everything in the Jia family.

But Jia Mu really doesn’t want to take out her money.

This raises a question, where was the money transported?

"So you want me to take out the money, but I can't do it. Although I have the responsibility for poor care, the loss of this money is not just my responsibility. I am only responsible for managing the warehouse, but I am not responsible for it." The safety of the warehouse."

Only then did Jia Mu say to Mrs. Wang.

Neither of them wanted to talk to him, so they waved their hands and let him leave.

After Jia Qi left, they asked others to withdraw.

At this moment, Jia Mu finally understood where Mrs. Wang's confidence lay.

"I'm not saying that you, mother, should be responsible for this matter. I just want to explain to you that the money in the warehouse is gone. No matter who does it, it has nothing to do with me."

The result was that the silver was shipped out in the past two days, but no one in the mansion saw the silver being shipped out.

If everyone in the house is allowed to mind their own affairs, then his ancestor will have no meaning in existence.

If it is true as Mrs. Wang said, everyone in the house is in charge of their own business, then what use is he, an old lady?

Originally, he thought of using the issue of title to influence Mrs. Wang, but unexpectedly, she was manipulated by Mrs. Wang in the opposite direction.

"The person who protects the warehouse has always been mother, and you are in charge."

"This Rongguo Mansion does not belong to our family in the first place, and I have never had any extravagant hopes for this Rongguo Mansion before."

"I'm not responsible for the security of the warehouse. As long as I didn't take the money, I shouldn't be held responsible."

However, Qiu Liang, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses in East City, could only accept this drudgery and began to investigate with all his strength.

Therefore, I can only say with a wry smile.

"Mother, it seems you still don't believe me. Let me tell you the truth. I really don't have much money left. It's good that the money I have left can support the expenses of Rongxi Hall."

It's a pity that Mrs. Wang is not prepared to add money to Jia's family at all.

The elders of the Jia family, and even his eldest son and second son, all looked at him.

Who did it? They found no clues at all.

So he set his sights on Mrs. Wang.

"It's good to take advantage of this opportunity and let everyone mind their own business."

Mrs. Wang was already prepared. After listening to Jia Mu's words, she just smiled and continued.

"I also know why you want that boy to leave the city. If you can get back the hostages in the house, or replace them, then I will personally come forward to transfer the title to Baoyu."

After struggling until the next morning, Jia Qi came to talk to Mrs. Jia Muwang before leaving the city.

Jia Zheng finally took no one back.

"Anyway, you are in charge of the silver items in the warehouse. Now that the silver is gone, you have to find a way to make compensation."

Mother Jia didn't expect that Mrs. Wang would be so decisive.

"Ms. Wang, you have to understand that no matter what, the second son is the second son of Rongguo Mansion. If Welfare is separated, then Rongguo Mansion should belong to the eldest son. At that time, you will even give up Yongxi Hall. You Are you sure you really want to do this?”

Because everyone knows that he, the old lady, is rich. Now that the Jia family has no money, they can only count on him, the old lady.

"It's just that the old lady can't let go of my master, so I will help the old lady manage this huge Rongguo Mansion."

"But now, the master's son has become more successful. He doesn't even want his title. He wants to give it to Baoyu. When Baoyu inherits the title, it's okay for our family to move to the Viscount Mansion."

This is a way out, so I don't take myself as an old woman seriously.

It's just that she oversimplified things.

"Ms. Wang, do you think that what I just told you about personally coming out to help Baoyu obtain the title was just casual talk? Or do you think that you only need a word from you to decide who will inherit the title of this empire. "

"I'm telling you, if I don't come forward to help you with this matter, you won't be able to do it no matter who you go to."

Mrs. Wang's face changed a little. What she had thought before was that Jia Qi had agreed to give up her title.

Therefore, it is certain that Baoyu will get the title. Although it may be a little troublesome, it should be easy to do with the help of his second brother.

Therefore, he no longer has to look at other people's faces in this Rongguo Mansion.

That’s why I attributed the loss of winning money to the big warehouse.

The purpose is to completely wipe out his greed for money.

Now that the old lady said it, she realized that the inheritance of this title was not that simple. Even though his second brother was the governor of the Beijing camp, he could not control the affairs of the nobles.

If you want Baoyu to inherit the title, it still depends on the old lady.

If there was no such thing, the old lady would definitely be willing to help Baoyu.

However, now that the house has no money, and the old lady doesn't want to take out the money, she can only let herself pay.

He even threatened himself with Baoyu's title.

If I really can't do this, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it without getting money.

At this moment, she regretted it a little.

You shouldn't have gotten carried away just now.

Mrs. Wang quickly made amends.

"Mother, you will naturally need to resolve the issue of Baoyu's title."

"But my daughter-in-law really can't do this with money to fill the vacancies in the big warehouse."

"If I can get the silver back, then everyone will be happy. If I can't get it back, I still have several thousand taels of silver in my warehouse. I am willing to contribute it. I really have nothing else."

For Baoyu's title, if he had money, he would really be willing to spend it, but he really has no money now.

However, Jia Mu didn't believe it.

"It may be true that you have no money in your hands. I also looked in your warehouse and there is indeed nothing left."

"You should have heard what I just said. You want me to help Baoyu determine the title. The warehouse must be filled in, at least to maintain the life of my Jia family, and wait until the next autumn grain is delivered to the store to make profits. After that it’s no problem.”

"I don't need you to take more. Leave it to me to take out the one hundred thousand taels of jade."

Mrs. Wang smiled bitterly, knowing that this was the condition proposed by the old lady, but he really had no choice.

"Mother, I really have no money. Baoyu is the closest to you. You can't joke with me about Baoyu's future."

Jia Mu shook her head and said.

"I'm not joking with you, and I don't have any intention of joking. Can I get back the money I lost now? Or two? If you really care about Baoyu, then you will listen to me and take out one hundred thousand first. Two. Keep the Jia family running. If the money is found, I will definitely return it to you." Mrs. Wang was also a little impatient at this time.

If he had money now, would he still care about this little money? He could only continue with a wry smile.

"Mom, I told you, I have no money."

"It doesn't matter if you don't have money, but isn't the Wang family behind you rich?"

After Jia Mu finished speaking indifferently, Mrs. Wang also fell silent.

After a while, Mrs. Wang nodded with difficulty and said.

"Okay, I'll find a way to go back and ask my second brother for one hundred thousand taels."

After all, the money he had given to the Wang family was more than one hundred thousand taels, not to mention the amount of money he earned with these one hundred thousand taels, which was countless. Therefore, Mrs. Wang still had the confidence to ask for one hundred thousand taels when she returned.

After hearing Mrs. Wang's words, Jia Mu also laughed.

"I knew you were good."

However, just when the two reached an agreement, there was a rapid knock on the door outside.

Jia Mu said angrily.

"Come in, what are you so anxious about?"

The person who came in was none other than Mrs. Wang's daughter-in-law, from Zhou Rui's family.

As soon as she came in, she knelt on the ground and said loudly.

"Old madam, Madam, something happened. Something happened with Madam's natal Wang family."

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang both felt a thump in their hearts, and Mrs. Wang couldn't help but stand up and say.

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me what happened."

Zhou Rui's family knelt on the ground, raised his head, and said with a sad look on his face.

"If you want to reply to Madam, just send someone to the Wang family to send the news."

"The second master, Prince Teng, was arrested for secretly mobilizing soldiers from the capital camp and using the soldiers as private soldiers."

"Originally, the Wang family wanted to take care of things as quickly as possible. However, the second master mobilized management personnel just to guard several secret warehouses of the Wang family. As a result, the people have been arrested, not to mention all the gold and silver in the secret warehouses. Disappear."

"The Wang family has no choice but to ask Madam. I hope Madam can give tens of thousands of taels of silver to the Wang family to take care of and rescue the second master as soon as possible."

Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang suddenly felt as if they were struck by lightning.

My mother didn't expect that even though she had used Baoyu's affairs to threaten her, something she had finally accomplished would lead to such an accident.

If the Wang family's money is gone, what will happen to him? Mrs. Wang went back to get the money.

Mrs. Wang can't get the money, so if she wants to keep the Jia family running, shouldn't she still have to cut her flesh from his old wife?

As for what the prince has done, that's not what Jia Mu wants to care about.

But just because Mother Jia doesn't care doesn't mean that Mrs. Wang doesn't care.

After Mrs. Wang confirmed the authenticity of the news, her eyes became a little dark.

I finally managed to control my emotions, but suddenly I burst into tears.

Originally, his plan was quite good. He would push out all the blame and let the old lady use the money to make up for the shortfall. Finally, he would use his own hands to make back what he lost.

And it also forces the old lady to get Baoyu's title back.

It can be said that everything has developed according to his vision.

Unfortunately, the only thing he didn't expect was that something happened to the Wang family.

Not only was his second brother arrested, but even the Wang family's money was lost.

He thought he had just lost his money, but he didn't expect that he had also lost the Wang family's money.

It seems that this is a conspiracy specifically targeting the Wang family.

Moreover, he was able to investigate clearly that most of the people who stole his own money and the Wang family's money were a group of people, and this group of people was really not simple.

But there is a saying that goes well, if you don’t do it for yourself, heaven and earth will destroy you.

Something happened to the Wang family. Although it affected him, the situation now is completely different from before.

In the past, the reason why he was able to maintain his position in the Jia family was inevitably related to the positions of the Wang family and Wang Ziteng.

But now, the most important thing for you is Baoyu's title.

As long as Baoyu can become a viscount, he doesn't need to raise anyone else from now on, he only needs to raise his own son.

Therefore, it is better for the Wang family to get out of trouble, so as not to go back and ask for money from them, and still have to come out.

Since the Wang family has no money now, I don't think the old lady will let me go back to ask for money again.

Mrs. Wang said directly to Jia Mu.

"Mother, what's going on? It's useless for me to go back to the Wang family now, and I'd rather think about it carefully. This time, not only was our Jia family's money stolen, but the Wang family's money was also stolen. Something happened to my second brother.”

"I suspect that someone is deliberately targeting our four major families."

"Mother, it would be the best thing for us if Baoyu can become a viscount, so I ask for your forgiveness regarding the money. I hope my mother will put the overall situation first and help Baoyu inherit the title first."

Jia's mother didn't know, but he didn't believe it, so she ordered Yuanyang to inquire. After she confirmed from the Wang family that everything was true, her mother relaxed.

"Something happened to the Wang family today, so it's really unreasonable for you to ask them for money."

"You don't need to worry about the money for now. I'll figure it out. But the most important thing now is to confirm Baoyu's title."

When Jia Mu said this, she sighed, she had to bleed.

In this case, Baoyu needs to know who did it for him to get this title.

So he said to Zhou Rui's family again.

"I will discuss and resolve the matter with the Wang family. Now you have someone call Baoyu and tell him that his mother and I have something to say to him."

Zhou Rui's family quickly agreed respectfully and turned to leave.

After Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were the only ones left in the room, Jia Mu snorted coldly.

"What you just said is correct. Our family and the Wang family were stolen at the same time. It seems that someone has been preparing to target the four major families for a long time. It must be investigated carefully."

"But this matter has something to do with you after all. The thousands of taels of silver and other things in your warehouse can also be worth eighteen thousand taels. It is important to maintain the operation of the entire Jia Mansion. I am missing Come and solve it, then you won’t refuse, right?”

Mrs. Wang did not express her position, but asked.

"What about Baoyu inheriting the title?"

"Of course I'll take care of it. After I hand the money over to the treasury, if it's not enough, tell me that you still need to maintain the running of the house. For welfare matters, you are responsible for Baoyu's title issue, and I will take care of it."

Hearing what Jia Mu said, Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief and then said with a smile.

"Just follow mother's orders in everything."

The two of them had a chat this time, how to manage the Rongguo Mansion in the future, and how to solve the problem of Baoyu's title?
After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, Jia Baoyu finally rushed in under the leadership of Zhou Ruijia.

"Ancestor, madam, I don't know why you asked me to come here."

Jia Mu said directly with a smile.

"I asked you to come first to prepare you. Your second brother Qin wants to practice immortality and alchemy in the future, so he has too little time in the city, and there are too many restrictions as a viscount of the empire, so he has agreed to pass on the title to is you."

"But if you want this thing to be done, you still need an old lady. I'll do some work first. After some things are settled, you will be a real noble."

"When you are a noble, you should behave like a noble. In the future, you must learn the etiquette of the nobles."

"After I finish everything, I hope you can live up to my title."

After Jia Baoyu heard this, he felt so happy. After becoming a noble, would he be able to play with his sisters? Will I be able to get to know more sisters?
However, thinking that he had always said that he did not want to be promoted to a higher position, he still said it with a straight face.

"Ancestor, if you want to tell me these things, then don't say it. It's up to you to decide how to arrange for me. Anyway, these things are not decided by me. It's useless even if I don't want to be. "

"But I can tell you, even if I become a viscount, I will still be like this."

"Besides, once you become a noble, don't expect me to join in with those stupid people."

(End of this chapter)