By Jia Xiuzhen

Sister Feng came to ask Mrs. Wang about the arrangements for the August Festival, and she also asked about her plans outside. When she was at home, she asked Jia Lian, and she only said that Jia Zheng was the master, so she had to ask Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang agreed and waited for Jia Zheng to come back.

Jia Zheng came back early that day, Mrs. Wang asked the maids to serve tea, and before she could speak, Jia Zheng put down the tea bowl and said: "A major event happened in the court, I didn't pay attention to it two days ago, and I only found out now. "

Mrs. Wang hurriedly asked what she was talking about, and Jia Zheng said, "The Zhen family has been ransacked."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "Master is also listening to those silly words? How long ago have we heard the wind here? Feng girl was afraid that the old lady and I would be worried, so I sent someone to ask and tell, where is it?" What is it? It turned out that they wanted to check something important at home, and it was misleading outside."

Jia Zheng frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? It's the book on the imperial censor's platform. The sage ordered people from the inner six departments to investigate it carefully. They reported various crimes to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple for joint interrogation. They were convicted the day before yesterday. Lü ransacked the house, and I’m afraid they have been escorted to Beijing for the past two days, and how to deal with the crimes of the people here will have to be discussed after seeing Beijing.”

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a long time, before she murmured with her trembling lips: "How come you ransacked the house so well?"

Jia Zheng quickly stopped him and said, "Shut up! What nonsense! Since the Holy Majesty has issued a decree, the evidence of the crime is clear. Could it be that they have been wronged!"

Mrs. Wang came back to her senses, and hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that! It's just good... I was surprised when I got the news suddenly. After all, our two families are somewhat related."

Jia Zheng stroked his beard and said, "It's just the old relatives we made before, so they can't be considered close. They also have too much heart. They always want to seek long-term wealth and wealth. Alas! Greedy life is evil, and being a man and family is always content and quiet. It’s the truth. Fortunately, we usually don’t get involved in any major events, and some old friendships between relatives and friends are all human nature, and it’s not a big deal.”

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "How do you explain this? I'll send someone to ask in the palace? Also, the master came back from his post. He has been in the original post for a long time, and there is no answer. Earlier, he only said that there should be a big event in the court. , just let me be safe and don't be impatient. Now that I think about it, it should be about the Zhen family. Now that the conclusion has been made, it's time to ask others. What does the master mean?"

Jia Zheng said slowly: "Fame and profit, why do you think so? Let me take it easy. The matter of the Zhen family just broke out, and it will be deliberated later. Let's catch up at this time." It’s not nice to talk about it after planning this.”

Mrs. Wang hesitated and said, "Why don't you ask the old lady? Let's hear what the old lady says."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "In a blink of an eye, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's a big festival. The old lady doesn't like to listen to what to do if you talk about it. But how are the preparations for the ceremony going to the palace?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Young girl Feng has been busy with the old lady's birthday a month earlier, and now there are only two or three small things missing, and they will all be ready in two days."

Mrs. Wang asked Jia Zheng about his plans for the August Festival. Jia Zheng said, "I'll talk to Lian'er later, don't bother you. On that day, you can arrange it closely with the old lady."

Mrs. Wang agreed, and the husband and wife chatted about housework again. Jia Zhen still went out to play chess with the Qing guests.

At that moment, Aunt Zhou and Aunt Bai came in to serve her. Mrs. Wang suddenly remembered and asked Aunt Zhou, "Master likes to drink tea at Aunt Zhou's place the most. I heard that you are very good at this, why didn't I see Master go to your place?" Have you had tea?"

Little Aunt Zhou smiled and said: "When Aunt Zhou was here, she was as quiet as if there was no such person in the house. When the master went, he wanted to have a quiet meeting. Tea didn't necessarily matter. Now I'm there There is also this little devil, Xu'er, who makes a fuss whenever he sees the master, neither the nanny nor I can hold him down. How can the master be quiet? Even if I make two mugs of tea, I can't handle it."

Mrs. Wang laughed and said: "During the most troubled time in the past two years, he didn't understand half of what he said, so it's not hard to persuade him."

Just as he was talking, Wang Shanbao's family came outside.Mrs. Wang was puzzled, so she asked the two aunts to go separately, and asked Wang Shanbao's family to come in.Wang Shanbao's family saluted and said hello, Mrs. Wang nodded slightly and asked, "Why do you have time to visit my place today? But what's your wife's urgent business?"

Wang Shanbao's family looked around at the people. Seeing this, Mrs. Wang thought that Mrs. Xing had something to ask and she didn't want to speak up, so she asked everyone to go down, leaving only the jade bracelet.

Wang Shanbao's family kowtowed and said: "It's just a coincidence that our wife happened to come across it. At that time, our wife was so scared. But at that time, there were some little girls around me, so they were not easy to be dispatched. Later, I worked with Grandma Zhen. After walking all the way, I didn’t dare to act anymore. It’s hard to find a quiet time before handing over the matter to the servants. Don’t get too angry when the wife sees you for a while.”

Mrs. Wang heard what she said solemnly, and said puzzledly: "It's all the same, it's a big deal."

Wang Shanbao's family took out the embroidered spring pouch from his sleeve, hesitating and dare not hand it over to Yu Chuan'er, when Mrs. Wang saw it, she simply reached out to take it by herself, glanced at it, her hand trembled immediately, and asked sharply: " Where did this come from?!"

Wang Shanbao's family hurriedly leaned down and said: "It was our wife who saw the silly eldest sister in the old lady's house playing with it when she was strolling in the garden. It was meant to amuse her. When she saw this thing, she was anxious at the time. Ask The silly elder sister, she said she picked it up from the rocks in the garden, she didn't understand these things, she just thought it was a fight between monsters, she said she didn't understand and she wanted to ask the old lady."

Mrs. Wang was already in a cold sweat when she heard this, and Wang Shanbao's family took the opportunity to say: "Our wife thought that girls who have not been out of the cabinet and who are not familiar with human affairs will naturally not have this thing, and if it is, it should be something for young daughters-in-law. I was afraid that I would release it carelessly without knowing what to do, and if there were any rumors about it, it would be really... that's why I hurriedly sent it to my wife, so that my wife can quickly make up her mind on what to do."

Mrs. Wang closed her eyes, nodded and said: "Go back and tell your wives, I understand, I will give her an explanation, just let her rest assured."

Wang Shanbao's family kowtowed again, seeing that Mrs. Wang didn't intend to reward her, and felt very depressed.It's not easy to delay, so I just came out and went to Mrs. Xing.

Here Mrs. Wang told Yu Chuan'er: "Send someone to take a look and see if Second Mistress is at home, and come back and tell me."

After a while, Yu Chuan'er said back and forth: "Second Mistress just talked to Er Ye about something, now Er Ye has just left, and Second Mistress is at home."

Mrs. Wang stood up and said, "Follow me there."

Yu Chuan'er hurriedly waited on Mrs. Wang to change her shoes for going out. Mrs. Wang didn't let anyone else go with her, so she took Yu Chuan'er and another woman and went to Sister Feng's yard.

When she got there, when Sister Feng heard that her wife was coming, she hurriedly got up to greet her. Mrs. Wang didn't speak, and let Lian Ping'er and the others go out first, and then closed the door to talk to Sister Feng in detail.

At that moment, Sister Feng came out and asked Ping'er to invite the daughters-in-law who were in charge of the house to come. Ping'er saw that Sister Feng's eyes were red, and she seemed to have cried. It was not the time to ask.Seeing her hesitation, Sister Feng gave her a wink, but Ping'er couldn't help it, so she had to send someone to call for her.

Wang Shanbao's family went back to Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Xing immediately felt that her status was two points higher when she heard Mrs. Wang say "give her an explanation".He even praised Wang Shanbao's family for their clever ideas, and asked her to come and watch to see how Mrs. Wang would behave.

It just so happened that Mrs. Wang didn't have anything to scratch here—she wanted to take advantage of Jiamu's dismissal of the group of people who gathered to gamble and leave a lot of loopholes, and put her relatives and confidantes to investigate carefully, but there were not enough manpower. See Wang Shanbao's house When they came, they called together by the way.It's just that Wang Shanbao's family came here to stir up trouble and show power. When Madam Wang called her, he immediately came up with another idea.Only let Mrs. Wang search from house to house when the gate of the garden is closed that night.I just need to figure out those girls one by one.

If it was changed from the beginning, Sister Feng would naturally have something to say to stop this matter.It's just that she is no longer careful in the past, and after what happened to You Shi last time, she also knows that Mrs. Wang is easy to be provoked by others, and she cannot be relied on, not to mention that Wang Shanbao's family is Mrs. Xing's companion , this matter was made by the other side again, who knows what other people's plans are?I stood in the way and offended Mrs. Xing. Mrs. Wang may not be thinking of her own kindness here, so why bother?After all, this Jia's mansion is not their own.Why should I be troubled by the ideas of the wives in front of me?Even if she said it one day, Mother Jia couldn't blame herself.

So he didn't speak, and only let Mrs. Wang listen to the nonsense of Wang Shanbao's family.The family of Wang Shanbao first said that if he hesitated, he might let the culprit escape, and then he said that there were some difficult girls in the garden, especially the Fang officials from Baoyu, which were extremely shameful.Is Mrs. Wang not angry when she hears this?

And now that such a shameless thing happened, Mrs. Wang has a serious nature, and she hates these seductive and enchanting things the most, not to mention the filthy things like embroidered spring pouches.In my heart, I wish I could find the real master and come out immediately, so that I can play a good show of killing chickens and monkeys.Hearing a few instigations from Wang Shanbao's family, he thought it would be better to take this opportunity to get rid of all the scourges inside who were acting dishonestly and mischievously.

In this way, the few people agreed to search the garden after dinner that day, which made everyone tighten their mouths, and if they dared to reveal anything, they would only be punished as accomplices.

Because these families were originally married by the Wang family, and they were all Mrs. Wang's confidantes. Naturally, they would not respond to Mrs. Wang's orders.Wang Shanbao's family only wanted to enter the garden to show off their prestige, to increase their momentum, and they just wanted to kick the sun down the mountain with one kick.

Here, after Mrs. Wang took someone away, Ping'er came in and talked to Sister Feng in detail. After listening to it, she couldn't help touching her chest and said, "Fortunately, fortunately, fortunately, the things that person brought are still rough things. If they are really good I really can’t explain the palace system. Hey, who would have thought that such a thing would happen here?! It’s really scary.”

Sister Feng said: "These many people are managed by just a few of us, and there are layers of slaves. How can we see it? Not to mention that this group of people is good at bullying and concealing , and blinded us even more. Something went wrong now, otherwise, let’s just mess around, and I don’t know how far we can get mixed up.”

Ping'er continued: "It's just that the idea of ​​Wang Shanbao's family is not correct. The man left his things here, how can he be sure that there must be others around him? With such a big fanfare, who do you want to hide? Or hide it? It's easy to pass the old lady, but it's hard to hide it from the outside. Grandma forgot about Zhen's house? Now I heard that she really ransacked the house, and it makes people laugh, "I have already copied my own house first, and I dare to feel that there is still another copy of the house." It's a drill! It's not an auspicious thing, why did my wife just believe her words."

Sister Feng sighed: "It's difficult for my wife. This thing was picked up over there, and this is the idea of ​​someone over there. If you want to refute it, you have to have another decent argument. My wife is not that quick-witted, and I am afraid that I am also anxious and angry, wishing to quickly grab that shameless hoof, and go to the doctor in a hurry, but I will listen to everything. Alas, think about it, the wife acts It has always been like this, and it hasn’t changed much over the years. Wasn’t it like that when Jin Chuan’er was kicked out that day? There’s also the matter of Qingwen, who was obviously an old lady, so she let her out according to her temper. I’m afraid it will change in the future Nothing."

Ping'er also sighed: "Grandma, let's rest for a while, there will be trouble at night. What are these things called? What was originally nothing has become a big thing, and what was originally a trivial matter has become a big one. But we can't stop it." , Sheng looks really depressed."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Okay, I'll get it for you. If you're a fairy Lafayette, no one cares. Even I don't care, why are you so anxious."

Ping'er wanted to pass a message to the sisters in the garden, but the reason for the inspection was there, and he just went to remind someone, not saying you were kind, but as if you were suspicious of her, which is not beautiful, so he had to keep silent Sound, the right should not know.