Chapter 4721 4724 [Smoothing Things Over]

Sichun and Daiyu were talking to Xiang Nan, when Jinchuan came to invite Xiang Nan on the orders of Madam Wang.

"It must be about the servants." Xiangnan knew it as soon as he heard it.

"Second Master Bao is really smart." Jinchuan laughed as soon as she heard it, "Madam was furious when she knew about this, and she specially called Second Madam Lian to give her a lecture, and now she asked me to invite Second Master again."

Xiangnan nodded and looked at Sichun and Daiyu, "You sit down first, I'll go first."

After that, he followed Jinchuan to Madam Wang.

Sure enough, Madam Wang invited Xiangnan to deal with the servants.

"Madam, since the family rules have been drawn up, we should naturally follow them. Otherwise, what's the point of drawing up the family rules?" Xiangnan said as soon as he heard it.

He hated people who were muddy the most. Because such people can only reconcile conflicts, but cannot really solve them, so the conflicts will continue to exist and will have to be solved sooner or later.

The problem of the Jia family's servants had to be solved sooner or later, and it was better to suffer a short pain than a long pain, so he firmly disagreed with letting them off the hook, but hoped to solve the problem once and for all and kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

"But Lai Da, Wu Xindeng, and Wu Xindeng's family are all old people in the family." Mrs. Wang explained, "Lai Da's mother, Lai Ma, was still the old lady's maid. Now you want to send him to the government for investigation according to the family law. Isn't it a bit inhumane?"

Lai Da was the housekeeper of the Jia family. The reason he was caught was because he accepted the filial piety of the comprador Dai Liang.

Dai Liang was responsible for purchasing the daily necessities of the Jia family, including daily necessities, cloth and jewelry, medicine and supplements, pens, ink, paper, etc.

When he hosted a banquet for guests at the Jia family this time, he was responsible for purchasing the delicacies needed for the banquet, and he made a fortune by selling inferior goods as good ones. He gave part of it to Lai Da, and Lai Da was caught.

Wu Xindeng was in charge of the silver vault. He secretly took away three thousand taels of silver from the silver vault by falsifying accounts. He was so bold.

"Because they are all old people in the family, the family trusts them very much and gives them the important task of stewardship." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "But not only do they not think about giving back, but they also use their power to embezzle our family's property.

Such black-hearted servants, if they are not punished, they may come to our house to rob openly one day."

"Madam, what Brother Bao said makes sense." Wang Xifeng agreed.

She hoped that Lai Da, Wu Xindeng and other old people would step down.

Because Lai Da was the chief steward, relying on the power of Jia Mu. His mother Lai Ma was Jia Mu's dowry maid. Wu Xindeng was almost the same.

One of them was the chief steward and the other was the steward of the silver vault. It can be said that they were in power, and even Wang Xifeng might not take it seriously.

If Lai Da and Wu Xindeng were removed from office, her power would be greater.

…

"What does the old lady think?" Mrs. Wang said worriedly, afraid that Grandmother Jia would not be able to get through.

"Don't worry, Madam, Grandmother will only be happy, how could she object?" Xiang Nan waved his hand and said.

Grandmother Jia is the most politically wise person in the Ning and Rong mansions, far more powerful than Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng.

Although she usually looks like a Maitreya Buddha, playing around with her grandchildren, she can actually resolve many things with ease while chatting and laughing.

For example, regarding Jia Baoyu's marriage, the phrase "The child is not destined to marry early" has silenced countless mouths; she also criticized the storyteller who lied on the Lantern Festival and really beat up those with ulterior motives...

She also knew that the Jia family was declining day by day, and wanted to save the house from collapse, so she worked hard to cultivate the next generation, arranged for Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu to take the imperial examinations, arranged for her daughter Jia Min to marry Lin Ruhai, the third place winner, and arranged for her eldest granddaughter Yuanchun (born on the first day of the first lunar month) who was very lucky to enter the palace...

But unfortunately, Jia Zhu died young, Jia Min also died early, and Yuanchun had no news for several years after entering the palace, so the old lady's heart had no choice but to slow down.

But the old lady was not confused, and knew what was a big deal and what was a small deal.

In the book, when she heard that there were women gambling at night, she immediately got angry and immediately told Tanchun to investigate strictly.

Because gambling is close to theft, and adultery is close to murder, playing with money is inevitable to drink, and drinking is inevitable to make mistakes. Moreover, if everyone gets together to play with money and drink, the door will naturally not be strictly guarded, which easily leaves a gap for thieves.

Not to mention that because of losing money, they have the desire to steal, secretly take things out of the mansion and sell them, etc. Therefore, she immediately ordered the arrest of people, not only burned the gambling tools, but also beat the leader with forty boards, drove him out of the mansion, and never hired him again.

Even Yingchun's wet nurse was caught in the middle, and she was not exempted. Instead, she severely reprimanded her, "It seems that these wet nurses, relying on the fact that they have nursed brothers and sisters, are more respectable than others, so they make trouble, and are more hateful than others, specializing in instigating the master to protect the shortcomings and be biased. I have experienced it all."

Therefore, Xiang Nan is sure that the old lady will not only not oppose, but will strongly support it.

...

"Happy?!" Mrs. Wang was a little confused.

At this time, Yuchuan came in and said that Jia Zheng asked Xiang Nan to come over.

Xiang Nan immediately came to the study.

He saw Lai Da, Lin Zhixiao, Wu Xindeng, Shan Daliang, Zhou Rui, Dai Liang and other housekeepers kneeling on the ground.

Among them, Lai Da, Wu Xindeng, and Dai Liang all had words carved on their foreheads. Lai Da and Dai Liang were accused of "embezzlement" and Wu Xindeng was accused of "embezzlement".

"Master, it's really unfair. I really didn't embezzle." Lai Da and Dai Liang both knelt down and pleaded, crying and looking extremely aggrieved.

Wu Xindeng also called for justice for himself, "Master, I have never been jailed. Please observe clearly, and the master."

"Baoyu, tell me, what's going on?" Jia Zheng looked at Xiang Nan and asked.

"Master, I am on the parchment paper and I will be punished if I violate family laws. This is called "the net of heaven is vast and unlimited," and there will be no mistakes." Xiang Nan nodded, "As for why they are Not admitting your mistakes is nothing more than having a lucky mentality.”

"Master Bao Er, I have never lie, I am wronged."

"Master Bao Er, I am really wronged. Please observe clearly!"

"Master Bao Er, if a slave really gets his own pocket, he is willing to hit him here and die."

Lai Da, Wu Xindeng and Dai Liang all cried.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan didn't talk nonsense. He just let out a loud voice, took out a sword, pressed it against Lai Da's throat, and then asked with a smile, "Butler Lai, how many have you been in the Jia Mansion over the years? benefit?"

When Lai Da saw that the tip of the sword was pressed against his throat, he was immediately frightened to death. When he heard Xiang Nan’s question, he was even more shocked and quickly denied, “The specific benefits are not counted, but there are always 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver.”

"Fourty or fifty thousand taels?!" Jia Zheng was shocked when he heard this.

Jia Lian's eyes were even wide open.

Forty or 50,000 taels of silver were not a small amount at that time. The Jia family's annual income is only 10,000 taels of silver. He actually owed 40,000 to 50,000 taels, which is equivalent to the income of the Jia family for three or four years. It is really cruel!