The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 77 Stealing a Home
On the third day after the wedding, the newlyweds returned home to visit their relatives.

Wang Zisheng had high hopes for the marriage between the Jia and Wang families and attached great importance to it.

The day before, the Wang family had cleaned the entire mansion. The pavilions and buildings were completely new, and the vermilion paint on the door was repainted, exuding a faint fragrance of ink.

After careful consideration, Jia Dai must have underestimated the Wang family and felt that their family was too high.

Having enough face and the attention of her mother-in-law gave Wang Xifeng the greatest confidence.

On that day, the main door of the Wang family was wide open and red lanterns were hung high. Prince Sheng ordered a group of family members to wait at the side and look forward to it.

Suddenly there was a sound of claps, and a young boy flew up to report, "My aunt, my lady is here."

As he said this, a strong young man in a python robe, boasting a sword at his waist, rode a tall, tall horse.

Behind him was an eight-treasure carriage with a green cover and Zhu Ying. There were hundreds of servants and women around, as well as two or three hundred servants and guards. They followed every step and followed carefully.

The outermost layer is a group of fully armed armored soldiers, their weapons sharp and shining with a faint cold light against the sun.

After a while, they arrived in front of the main entrance of the Wang family.

Wang Zisheng just glanced at it, feeling bitter in his heart.

Since the death of Wang Taigong, the Wang family has quickly declined, and it is getting worse day by day.

Every year he could not make ends meet, and it was easy to sell everything to get enough money for Wang Xifeng's Erli Hongzhuang.

When I saw them today, many people came to the Ningguo Mansion to visit their relatives, at least three to four hundred people. I am afraid that the house in the courtyard where the fifth Wang family entered could not accommodate them, nor could they entertain them, and they did not have enough spare money to reward Wang Xifeng.

Jia Dai raised his hand and the team stopped neatly. Wang Zisheng stepped forward with a smile on his face, as if he had seen his biological father, and greeted him eagerly: "A good son-in-law."

"Old Taishan!"

Jia Dai immediately held up his hand as a courtesy, then flew off his horse, holding his knife and quickly came to the Babao carriage. Wang Xifeng couldn't wait, held his arm, and jumped out of the carriage.

He glanced at Wang Zisheng, his eyes filled with tears, as if he had endless grievances and wanted to talk to his old father, so he stumbled forward.
Stepmother Zhang stopped her and said, "Girl, don't act like this on your big day. It's a joke."

After saying that, he held Wang Xifeng's little hand and, surrounded by the maids and wives, went to the inner house to have a drink and joke.

Naturally, the man stayed in the front yard, where a banquet and theater troupe had already been prepared.

On the table at the top, there were only two sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Wang Zisheng led the way with a smile. Jia Dai was not polite at all and took a seat directly on the left. The people in the hall were all uncles and brothers from the Wang family, with strange expressions on their faces. It was funny to see how Wang Zisheng would deal with it.

"Old Taishan, we are all members of our family, there is no need to be formal, please come and take a seat."

Jia Dai smiled, as if he was the master here, and invited Prince Sheng to the table with a smile.

The Wang family is accustomed to being a white-eyed wolf. It can be seen from Mrs. Wang and Wang Ziteng that the more polite you are to them, the more you will slap your nose in their faces.

Wang Xifeng was like this. Before he took charge of the family, he wanted to install his cronies. He even sent Lai Wang to the prison in Jiangning County to plan for Jia Zhen's death.

Today, it is better to say that the married daughter is going home to visit her relatives. It is better to say that Jia Dai is here to raise an army and question the crime.

Otherwise, the Ningguo Mansion would have been eaten up by the Wang family before long, and he would still be kept in the dark.

Marrying the daughter of the Wang family is like this. You have to be on guard at all times and don't dare to let down.

With a look on his face, Wang Zisheng glanced at the neatly arranged Jia Dai soldiers around the hall. Feeling envious and uncomfortable at the same time, he sat down angrily.

"Come, come, come, Lao Taishan, just drink this glass of wine to calm down your shock, the show will start soon."

Jia Dai filled a glass of water and wine for Wang Zisheng and pushed it in front of him, smiling. Immediately, with a snap of his fingers, two soldiers dragged Lai Wangsheng in.

I saw Lai Wang, an unkempt man with a bloodless face, wearing tattered prison clothes. His eyes were full of fear. When he saw Jia Dai, he kept kowtowing and begging for his life.

The whole table in the underground room was full of Wang family members, all of whom were confused.

Isn't he Lai Wang, Feng Yatou's roommate? Twos and threes gathered together in one place, talking a lot.

Wang Zisheng's face trembled and turned dark immediately.

Wang Zisheng knew about the matter of Lai Wang going to Da Lao in Jiangning County to establish connections and was ordered to poison Jia Zhen, or in other words, it was his idea and instigation.

Prince Sheng was also puzzled in his heart.

The second brother (Wang Ziteng) sent his eldest sister (Mrs. Wang) to marry Jia Zheng, which almost emptied the Rongguo Mansion. The men of the Jia family did not dare to do anything, and still devoted themselves to helping Wang Ziteng ascend to a high position.

When it comes to yourself, everything is different.

Wang Zisheng still hoped that Wang Xifeng would take charge of the Ningguo Mansion, help his only son Wang Ren enter an official career, and use Jia Dai's power to revive the Wang family's ancestral business.

It makes no sense that what Wang Ziteng can do, Wang Zisheng cannot do.

For the first time, he actually smashed his own foot. Jia Dai came to find him and asked him to accuse him. The men in the Jia family were all lustful and useless. What happened today that the sun came out in the west?
For a time, countless thoughts flashed through Wang Zisheng's mind, making him somewhat confused.

"Xian son-in-law, what does this mean?"

Now, Lai Wang was arrested and was sent to his door by Jia Dai himself. No matter how useless Wang Zisheng was, he knew that Jia Dai was not a good person, so he came to investigate.

He deliberately pretended to be stupid, betting that Jia Dai wouldn't dare to break up with him.

"What do you mean? Haha... Lao Taishan will know later."

With that said, Jia Dai raised his hand, and the soldiers responded to the order and stepped forward to take out the rag stuffed in Lai Wang's mouth.

Laiwang was able to speak freely. Without waiting for Jia Dai to ask questions, he kowtowed and begged for mercy, and at the same time explained the plots of Wang Zisheng and Wang Xifeng without missing a word.

The Wang family is getting worse every day, and the benefits that the clan members get are getting even less. They are all just looking at the excitement and not taking it too seriously.

Immediately, everyone started talking. Some took the opportunity to accuse Wang Zisheng of not being a good steward, ruining the reputation of the Wang family and bringing the family into trouble. They secretly thought that Jia Dai would take action and remove Wang Zisheng from the position of clan leader and replace him with him.

In the past few days, there has been no news about Lai Wang's man in Wang's house. His heart dropped. After settling Wang Xifeng, he came to the front yard to find his acquaintance sisters and inquire about Lai Wang's news.

No, it doesn't matter. My man was arrested and taken to the front hall. I don't know whether he is alive or dead.

Suddenly, the people who came to Wang's house panicked. They sent someone to invite Wang Xifeng and came towards the front hall. When they heard what Lai Wang said, they suddenly felt despair and said to themselves:
He rushed over and lay on Lai Wang, crying and begging for mercy.

Wang Xifeng heard this in the backyard. It was too late to hide. How dare she come to intercede for Lai Wang. She only thought in her heart that Lai Wang was loyal and would never betray her.

It’s just that you are afraid of whatever comes next.

Suddenly, the maid came to report that something happened in the front yard. The master asked grandma to go back to the house. On the way, Wang Xifeng looked through the car curtain and saw the two brothers Lai Wang and Lai Xi. They were both beaten half to death and were carried by several servants.

But Jia Dai's face was full of spring breeze.

When I came to the door, I didn’t take anything. When I came home, there were countless large and small cars loaded with them, including grandpa’s favorite glass screen with dragon and phoenix patterns.

Okay, my aunt has not yet spent all the money in the Ningguo Mansion to subsidize her parents' family, but you want to clear out the Wang family first. What's the point?

(End of this chapter)