By Jia Xiuzhen

The affairs of the Jia family have gradually become clear, except for the crime of the Zhen family's property. The emperor decreed that Jia should be pardoned first.The people at the bottom realized the holy will, which meant to separate Jia Zheng from Jia Amnesty, so they followed the trend and only talked about Jia Amnesty's guilt.Jia Amnesty made friends with foreign officials and said many disobedient words in private. It is really an unforgivable crime. Jia Lian was already implicated as his son. Everyone is sentenced to death.Both his wife and his son traveled three thousand miles.

Those who were involved in Jia She's case, such as Shi Nai and Shi Ding brothers, were killed or exiled or demoted or banished depending on the severity of the circumstances.There is also a person from Jia Yucun who, although he has been charged with several crimes, has made a name for himself in this case. How to make a decision still needs to be considered again.

There are also all the servants in Jia's mansion, and those who bully others by taking advantage of their power and forcing people to death are all sentenced according to the law.

Therefore, there were as many as forty officials involved in the case. After the third department sorted out the files, they submitted them to the imperial court.The emperor looked at it carefully and approved a few changes, and the third secretary read it and argued again. Only after going back and forth like this several times can it be settled.

The case of Jia Amnesty is over, Mrs. Xing and others were convicted, they were all escorted aside, changed their clothes, and moved to another prison.When Brother Su saw that he was going to be separated from Brother Xun, he burst into tears, but all the grown-ups were dumbfounded, unable to see any sadness or joy.

The investigators below, inquiring about the crimes committed by Jia Amnesty, thought that this time the Jia family must be wiped clean. As for the hiding of the Zhen family's criminal property, even the two aunts of the Zhen family have denied it, but they can't find it. The servants who sent the things should be able to settle the case if they want to settle it, so they didn't put in much effort.

But when he sees that the wind direction is wrong, he doesn't need to be urged by anyone, and he immediately tightens up.But in a few days, I found two of them in a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing and brought them back.Those two heard that they were asking about the delivery of goods to Jia's family back then, and they didn't know what to hide.He only said that it was something that Zhen's family hastily collected in their house in central Beijing. The two aunts negotiated to send them to Jia's house, and begged the second wife of Jia's house to do their best to deal with it.

However, this statement did not match the previous confessions of the two aunts of the Zhen family, so they had to pass it on again. When the two heard that they had found their former servants to obtain the confession, they knew that they could not hide it, so they recognized the two old servants. What the servant said.It turned out that when they saw that Jia's house had also been copied, they were afraid of implicating themselves, so they wanted to be ignorant and wait to get rid of it.Another one, that day they wanted to beg Mrs. Wang to go the way of the noble concubine of Jia's mansion to intercede for the Zhen family, but they didn't expect to see no mercy after that, and they still killed and murdered, and let the Jia family get it for nothing A bet on windfall.Therefore, I was not angry. When I asked about it in the previous round, I saw that there was no witness, so I didn't know the crime of Yujiajia.

Seeing the truth of the matter, Mrs. Wang in the prison has passed away. The former pampered wife of the Duke's Mansion is now so thin that she is out of shape, with little gray hair left, her eyes are cloudy, sad face.At this moment, half leaning on Baochai's arms, he is exhaling more and inhaling less.

After the death of her mother and elder brother, Baochai was heartbroken. During those days, she lived with Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang loved her very much. Sometimes her words and expressions made Baochai think of Aunt Xue. .Seeing that Mrs. Wang's life is not long now, Baochai feels that her heart is burning and it hurts.

She called softly: "Madam..."

Mrs. Wang's eyes gathered a little bit of light, she smacked her dry mouth, and murmured: "In the past... I only suspected that someone's life was bad... Suspected that the old man misjudged the person... Otherwise, Why did my Pearl just disappear just like that... I thought, maybe it was your sister-in-law who got in the way... The reason...

But now... I, but I suspect, or, or it is because of me... that it is like this, the son is gone, the daughter is gone... there is one, one precious jade, and I, still suffer from me, I am implicated as a mother..."

At this point, Baochai was out of breath, and Baochai burst into tears, and persuaded: "Madam, don't think wildly. This is the case in the house, and it is also the victim of a traitor. The law is clear. There will always be a day of justice. Madam must not think like this... ..."

Mrs. Wang shook her head with difficulty and said: "Baoyu, Baoyu has grown up...it's better to kiss when I was a child...I know that he always blames me. I shouldn't take advantage of it. He was angry, and drove Qingwen away... let alone dragged Liu Wu'er, who was seriously ill... Actually, I did it, and it was for his own good... This woman is thinking, thinking hard, he That kind of heart, where, where can I see clearly? Those who are too clever, I dare not keep them..."

Baochai hurriedly said: "Baoyu must have known his wife's painstaking efforts. Now she should cheer up even more, even for Baoyu's sake, and take care of herself."

Sure enough, Mrs. Wang twitched the corner of her mouth: "You... are wrong... It's really for his own good that I, I should have left this world earlier. In this way, I won't be able to defeat him... and I won't implicate you ...All the faults are mine alone, you, you don't know at all...As long as I am dead, naturally, naturally, the death penalty will be eliminated... Only, everything will be considered... Good luck..."

Later, it gradually became impossible to make sentences.Baochai suppressed her grief, and finally began to sob. Rui'er couldn't help wiping away her tears when she watched from the side, but Jin Chuan'er didn't even turn her face, she didn't know what she was looking at outside.

Mrs. Wang's voice became lower and lower, and she could only vaguely hear that she was calling Yuan Chun and Jia Zhu, and then talking about Baoyu's study, etc., gradually became vague, and then there was only a desperate sound.

After staying up in the middle of the night, I finally swallowed my breath.Baochai called the jailer to change into Mrs. Wang's clean clothes. When the jailer heard about this, he hurried out to report to the prison supervisor.The prison guard casually pulled a bundle from the side and said: "Give it to them, let them be quick, and quickly carry it out to finish." At the same time, he ordered people to inform Jia's relatives to come and collect the corpse.

Li Wan changed into mourning clothes, took the coffin, and his family came by car, buried Mrs. Wang in a hurry, and wanted to go to the family temple to stop the coffin, but he heard that Jia's family temple was also raided, and there were many filthy things in it.Helpless, he had no choice but to rely on Xichun's affection to park Mrs. Wang's coffin in Tianning Temple.Because Mrs. Wang is still wearing a sinful body and can't do any funerals, I have to ask the monks and nuns in the temple to recite the scriptures for a few more days to redeem.

Mrs. Wang's death in prison was reported to the imperial court, and the emperor hugged the seventh prince for a long time without saying a word.

On the second day, the third department sorted out the files and reported the investigation results of Jia Zheng's lineage.However, it is mostly the deceitful actions of the slaves at the bottom, and Jia Zheng, Baoyu and others are not at fault.When the case was about to be concluded, an official from the Ministry of Household came out to make a statement, but it was said that Jia's family still owed 30 taels of silver in the Ministry of Household.

There was a moment of silence.

The emperor tightened his grip on the armrest of the dragon chair, and then gradually loosened it. After that, he ordered the Ministry of Accounts to list the accounts owed to the treasury in detail, and handed them over to the imperial account within three days.

On the same day, the Internal Household Department began to count the family assets of Jia's family, and recorded the property that was supposed to be returned to Jia Zheng's first house in a separate book, so as to prepare for the repayment of the debt owed to the treasury.The Ministry of Household Affairs also dispatched officials to help, and the Ministry of Internal Accounting only took care of counting and registering, but the amount of discount was based on the calculation of the Ministry of Accounting.The king of Beijing also classified the assets of the Jia family's officials as Jia Zheng's first house, which will be discounted.

Due to the large amount of silver owed and the fact that Jia's house has almost no silver in its account, all the goods need to be discounted, so all the servants of the house, except those who have committed crimes and are waiting to be punished, are sold at the official price.On the grounds that Jia Zheng's family did not make any serious mistakes and needed to retain a little manpower, King Bei Jing recorded those who had served Baoyu and Jia Zheng in a separate book, and they were not included in the sale.

The day when the servants of Jia's mansion were sold was the severe cold season, and a group of people waited in the manor's prison and had worn out to the point of exhaustion. Now, they were strung together into strings and brought to Zhushikou, where they knelt in the snow and waited for someone to redeem them.Because all the slaves were sold this time, and those who were accused and convicted before were not among them, so there was a lot less novelty.In the past, if there were people who sold official family members, Yanhualiuxiang would like to enter at this time. The identity of the former lady and now the criminal slave is just a gimmick, and usually several brothels compete for bids later.

As soon as the person knelt down, a few women who looked very imposing surrounded the steward, and they didn't take any guards. They only let the steward bring the roster, read it directly, and took it away in one breath. There are more than thirty people.As soon as these women gave up their seats, a few other housekeepers came, and they followed the same route and took some away.Those who are waiting to buy and sell people know that these are all related to this family, and depending on the handwriting of others, they are not something they can compete for. They just wait for them to buy enough, and then pick up the rest.

The master has always only looked at people on the surface, and those relatives and friends who are willing to make a move are mostly those who are served by girls and princes, and they are all former incense lovers.People with shallow foundations generally dare not buy these people. They don't know how many entanglements they have, and they are easy to cause trouble if they make a move.What they are most willing to want are the cooks, as well as those from the florist, the pharmacy, and the teahouse, so they can sell them, especially those from the big families in Beijing, which will be worth a lot of money if they are transported to the south.

It's a pity that they made a wrong calculation this time. After an old family member who looked unattractive went to the official's side, an octagonal red lantern was hung in the pavilion for handling documents. It was sold out. mean!Well, come to suffer this cold for nothing!

The first one to sell was Prince Cheng's Mansion. The people who bought it were all the servants from the former Jiamu's yard and several girls' yards.After being brought into the palace, someone arranged to take a bath, wash and change clothes, and invited a doctor to come and look at them one by one. Most of them were suffering from some losses, so they prescribed prescriptions and prescribed medicines to recuperate them.The nanny in charge sent a message to tell them that when their bodies are well, whether they want to leave or stay depends on their personal plans.

When everyone knew that the palace bought them, they knew that Qingwen was thinking about their old love, and they were all grateful.

When the nanny finished, she went to report to the concubine. Qingwen nodded slightly, but said nothing, so the nanny asked, "Did the concubine see them?"

Qingwen smiled and shook her head slowly: "What's so good about it, can't we still reminisce about the past? But it only adds to the sadness."

Daiyu knew that the housekeeper had bought someone, so she discussed with the manager Rong about how to deal with it, and the manager Rong said: "Our house is special, let alone so many people. The girl is just kind-hearted for a while, and she gave them a body. Qi, let them fend for themselves."

Daiyu nodded, and said: "I also want to come here, but just send it out like this, they have no money left, or they inevitably have diseases, so they can find a place to stay right away."

Master Rong sighed: "Miss was in that mansion that day, she heard so many sarcastic remarks, now she stretches out her hand to prevent them from being separated, it is considered good, and let them live forever. At worst, give each of them a few taels of silver."

Seeing that Daiyu couldn't bear it, Mother Xin sighed, and said, "I just heard from the butler that the rest of the family will buy it. I think it must be from Grandma. Since she bought so many people, there are always It's a decent way, the girl can send someone to inquire about it. Let's give them the deeds and let the grandma handle it."

As soon as Daiyu heard that this was reasonable, she sent someone to ask Li Wan.Then I asked Mother Xin to pick out Chunxian's family and a few other honest-hearted people who had served in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion before, and asked about those who had served Jia's mother before, and found out that some girls were first sent to the hospital. The prince's mansion bought it, so he said with a smile: "Princess Cheng is used to a knife-mouthed bean curd heart." Xu Momo also laughed when she heard this.