Chapter 109: Master, the angel in the palace is here again
It is already dusk on Ningrong Street, and the afterglow of the setting sun is falling down, covering Ningguo Mansion as if it were covered with a thin layer of golden gauze.
In the main hall of Ning Guo Mansion, Jia She stood in the flower hall, surrounded by servants from the East and West Mansion, walking in a hurry and with panic on their faces.
Or work in groups of two, carrying heavy agarwood-red paint boxes.
Or holding a vase from the Xuande official kiln of the Ming dynasty and carefully stepping across the threshold.
Or three or five people work together to carry a glass screen made of rosewood.
Or holding in his arms more than a dozen rolled calligraphy and paintings tied with red strings.
The servants and maids were in a hurry and busy.
Jia She was now standing in the courtyard. Jia Rong and Jia Qiang led Wu Xindeng, the bank manager of Xifu, Shan Daliang, the warehouse manager, and other accountants.
Wu Xindeng and Shan Daliang each held an account book in their hands. Following each servant, the maid brought some things and put them in the atrium, and then wrote down something in the account book.
Jia She's face was green and gloomy, and he said: "We must record everything. Whether it is cash in the warehouse, large or small antique calligraphy and paintings, or furniture and furnishings, there must be records to check. This is the family business in Dongfu. Who dares to mess with it?"
Reach out, I will never tolerate him!"
Previously, Jia's mother thought that if she moved all the things from the East Mansion to the West Mansion and mixed them together, it would be inconvenient and make people laugh in the future, so she specifically told Jia She to make a register and register it, and she would have it checked afterwards.
He also sent Sister Feng, Li Wan, and Yuanyang to accompany You and look after you. They said they were looking after him, but in fact they were keeping an eye on Jia She.
This made Jia She very unhappy. Who was he guarding against?
As a first-class general of the imperial court, he would covet the gold and silver belongings of Brother Zhen of Dongfu?
The left and right are just a few calligraphy and paintings by Tang Yin of the former Ming Dynasty in Brother Zhen's study. He only used them for appreciation, so what's the value? Brother Zhen and Brother Rong don't know how to calligraphy and painting curios, so putting them around in the house is just for show.
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When Jia She thought about this, he couldn't help but glance at a servant holding five or six scrolls. Suddenly his expression changed. He held a folding fan in his hand and scolded: "Slow down, you slave. It's wrinkled. Pay attention to your work."
Skin!"
At this moment, Mrs. Xing handed over a cup of fragrant tea, frowned and said: "Master, if you want to transfer the land deeds of Tianzhai and Zhuangpu to Xifu, you need to find the government office in Jingzhao."
"Brother Rong, what's going on?" Jia She asked Jia Rong at the side.
Jia Rong looked troubled and said: "The Jingzhao Yamen said that there are so many farms and shops that it is difficult to deliver at the moment."
"I think it's Xu Lu who is deliberately causing trouble!" Jia She said coldly, and then looked towards Jia Lian in the distance, who was greeting his servants to gently lift a kang and a screen.
"come over!"
"Sir." Jia Lian was called, and a look of panic appeared on his handsome, powdered face. He stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Sir, please call me."
Because Jia She did not allow Jia Lian to call him father, Jia Lian often addressed him as master.
Later generations also called Jia Zheng and Jia She as the eldest master and the second master.
Jia She held a folding fan in his hand and said: "Go to the second master and ask Fu Shi, the general judge of Jingzhao Yamen, to bring a few clerks over. First, transfer the land deeds to the farm, house, village, etc. to Xifu. This matter cannot be done again."
Procrastination leads to long nights and many dreams.”
Jia Lian responded quickly, turned around and went to Xifu.
Because Father Zheng really couldn't bear to see this, as soon as the ancestral hall was over, he accompanied Jia Mu back to Xifu.
Jia She looked at Jia Rong again and said: "Brother Rong, I will wrong you for a while. When that person moves into Ningguo Mansion, you will first live in Lixiang Courtyard of Rong Mansion. That was the place where your great-grandfather Rong Guo lived in his later years."
A place to raise."'
When Jia Rong heard this, he stepped forward and said with a wry smile: "I'm worried, I'm sorry."
"It should be." Jia She patted Jia Rong on the shoulder, then raised his eyes to look at Youshi, Sister Feng, Li Wan, and Yuanyang who were drinking tea in the flower hall.
His eyes fell on Yuanyang's pretty duck-oval face with a few freckles on the cheeks. Jia She had a thought in his mind, as Yuanyang's yellow-haired girl grew longer, she became more and more beautiful.
Yuanyang has slim waist and slim shoulders, and is of medium height. She is currently wearing a emerald-colored narrow-sleeved pinch-tooth vest and a plain plum-colored skirt underneath. Her dark hair is combed into two thin braids and falls on her front. At the moment, she is talking to Sister Feng.
Talk.
You sighed quietly, looked at Sister Feng aside, and said with a wry smile: "When the master's house is emptied, I can only go back to my parents' house."
Sister Feng took Youshi's hand and said, "When I go back to my parents' home, I'll clean up a yard in Dongfu first and leave it for you to live in."
Youshi shook his head slightly and said: "There is no such reason. Besides, the master is still suffering in prison, where can I go?"
She was originally from a small family, but now she has become an unknown person. Is she going to Xifu to make people gossip?
Sister Feng seemed to see the worries in Youshi's heart, her eyes were a bit angry, she took Youshi's jade hand and said: "You are such a careless person, Brother Zhen, are you letting Jia Heng be tricked?"
He was in jail for a short time before he came back."
You's pale face, which I felt pity for, was still full of worry, and she said faintly: "I hope so. At this time, I feel very confused and want to go back to my parents' house to stay for a few days."
"It's okay to stay here for a few days, but the house is in a mess now." Seeing Youshi's gloomy expression, Sister Feng knew that she was unhappy, so she stopped trying to persuade her and said in a clear voice to Ping'er beside her: "Ping'er, wait a minute.
I'll have my carriage brought here in a moment, and I'll take Sister-in-law You back later."
Ping'er's face, as pink as a pear, showed a soft smile, and she responded: "Grandma, I'll go there in person later."
At this time, the maid from You family's house ran over and said: "Grandma, Grandma Wu said that the things in Grandma's house need to be moved as well."
There was a gloomy look between Youshi's beautiful eyebrows. She waved her hands and said, "Just put a few things there. They are not valuable things."
Sister Feng said in a clear voice: "Pack up some dowry, jewelry, clothes and shoes and bring them to your grandma."
Li Wan's elegant face without makeup showed a look of contemplation, and he said softly: "Uncle Heng hasn't moved here yet, so he is not in a hurry. Besides, Uncle Heng had previously done this in front of the angels in the palace.
I said that I would resign from the title, just in case the Holy One allows it..."
"Sister-in-law, do you believe what he said?" Sister Feng's sharp eyes flashed with sarcasm under her willow eyebrows, and she said: "The eldest master just said it, the imperial edict was clearly announced at home and abroad, and it was sent to other places along with the report.
The province, maybe even the people back home in Jinling Province know about it now, so where can he refuse to resign? If you ask me, this person just gets an advantage and behaves well, but he also kills people with heartache."
She didn't believe in the idea of renouncing the title. Such a huge piece of furniture in the East Mansion, even if it was an empty Ningguo Mansion, it was the first decent amount in such a house in the divine capital.
Just now, Jia Heng seemed to be ambitious, but she always looked like she was hiding an adulterer in her heart.
Just as Sister Feng was thinking like this, Jia She also walked into the flower hall from the outer courtyard. Looking at the empty flower hall, there were only a few table decorations. He said to Sister Feng: "Wait a moment, put the paintings in the middle hall with people."
Come to my room, this is what the old prince did with the help of the palace masters with the grace of the great ancestor."
Sister Feng bowed to Jia She from the side of the room. An inexplicable meaning flashed through her phoenix eyes under Liu Ye's slender eyebrows. She curled her lips and said with a smile: "That's good, Zhao'er, Wang'er, please be more careful later.
Send it to the great master."
At this time, Yuanyang said: "Sir, this painting is a painting in the middle hall. The old lady specifically told me before she left that it will be delivered to the house later."
When Jia She heard this, he chuckled and said: "The old lady is old, how can she see this painting?"
The mandarin ducks are about to argue with each other.
While everyone in the hall was talking, suddenly an old man cursed from the corridor in the courtyard, "You prodigal sons, you have lost the good Duke's mansion. The furniture that I worked so hard to accumulate has been moved empty.
You are a bunch of losers, I want to go to the ancestral hall to cry."
"Who is yelling?" Jia She asked with anger on his thin face.
"It's Jiao Da. He's been cursing after eating too much wine." At this time, a servant from Dongfu came in from under the eaves and replied.
"What kind of slave do you think you are? You dare to behave badly after eating too much wine." Jia She shouted coldly.
Youshi was about to say something about Jiao Da, but Sister Feng tugged on her sleeve and signaled with her eyes not to pay attention.
Youshi's jade face was faint, and she sighed softly in her heart.
Her husband had lost his title due to his crime, and soon she would not be able to live in this mansion anymore. At this time, the Ni Bodhisattva was crossing the river, and how could he care about others.
"Brother Rong, hurry up and tie up this slave and drive him away." Jia She was irritable and waved his hand, calling Jia Rong.
Immediately, Jia Rong led several servants and went to the courtyard to hold down Jiao Da in the doorway and tied him up with a rope.
Jiao Da, who was red from drinking, cursed: "A bunch of bastards and prodigal sons! Your ancestors' family fortune has been ruined! Brother Rong, don't act like a master in front of Jiao Da. Don't say you are like this. That's right."
Your father and grandfather don't dare to stand up to Jiao Da. Now you and Jiao Da are here to pay for the master's expense. Let's go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife!"
Old Jiao burst into tears and cried: "I'm going to the ancestral hall to cry for the great master. Now, Chengwang has given birth to these beasts. They steal dogs and play chickens every day. The patriarch looks for thieves to snatch the wives of the side clan's children who have not passed the family marriage, and loses his title."
Yeah, what don’t I know?”
Jia Rong tied up Jiao Da and felt very anxious when he heard Jiao Da yelling.
Here, Jia She also left the flower hall and said angrily: "Stop your mouth, don't let him yell blindly!"
Several boys quickly took the rags, stuffed them into Jiao Da's mouth, and pushed them out.
When Jiao Da was tied up and pushed out, Jia She's face became increasingly angry and he snorted: "Lawless bastard!"
He flicked his sleeves and was about to return to the flower hall.
Wu Xingdeng on the side held the account book and said with a smile: "Sir, all the gold, silver, jewelry, and jade jewelry have been summarized in the book."
Shan Daliang also stepped forward and said, "Sir, the furniture, furnishings, antique calligraphy and paintings, and cloth and silk have also been registered in a register for inspection."
Jia She took the account book and looked through it.
Suddenly, Jia Lian from Yueyue'er Gate in the distance also came quickly, walked to the eaves of the corridor, and said: "Sir, Master Fu Tong has come with his clerk. Later, we can inspect the farm, shop the field deed, and cut it to the west.
When I leave, Fu Tongpan has said that if people of the same clan in the mansion are transferred, there will be no need to pay taxes."
Jia She nodded to Jia Lian and said: "Hurry up and clear out the place overnight. Don't wait until tomorrow. Someone will come to the palace tomorrow without warning."
Jia Lian hesitated and said: "The old lady, I said before that I would leave 20 to 30% for the clan leader..."
"You bastard, what are you keeping? There's nothing in this Duke's palace that wasn't saved by my Ningguo ancestors and Brother Zhen! Can't he, Jia Heng, do it? I want to see how he, the clan leader, can occupy it.
How can we turn around the empty Duke's Mansion!" Jia She's face was ashen as he scolded Jia Lian. Suddenly he saw the potted flowers and plants under the verandah from the corner of his eye and shouted: "Find someone to move these flowers and plants too!"
Jia Lian responded quickly and walked to the corridor. He saw a young man who was helping to carry the chi wood case. He looked familiar, so he said: "Yun'er, find two people to move these flowers and trees to our courtyard in Dongfu."
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"And the thrushes and magpie birds in the gallery all carried their cages to the West Mansion? They gave them to Baoyu, Huan'er, and Lan'er to play with!" Jia She suddenly saw several birdcages hanging on the corridor and sneered.
With a voice, he ordered.
At that time, Jia Qiang, who was beside Jia Rong, stepped forward and said softly: "Master, let me do it. These are precious varieties. Please be careful not to kill them."
At this time, Li Wan, who came out with Youshi and Sister Feng, listened to Jia She's words, frowned, and said to Jia Qiang: "Brother Qiang, don't let Lan'er play with him. He is young."
You are still young, and you are at the age to go to school."
Jia She: "..."
He snorted lightly but didn't say anything.
However, at this moment, several servants came out of the Yimen with panic-stricken expressions and shouted: "Sir, the angel in the palace is here again..."
