"No…it's this Jia Lian again!"
After feeling heartbroken for a long time, Madam Wang suddenly grasped the main point of Wang Ziteng's words. The main point was not that Xue Pan, his nephew, was going to be arrested and imprisoned, but that Jia Lian was investigating the corruption case in the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Jia Lian's involvement in this matter had led to the Xue family being punished, which made Madam Wang's hatred for Jia Lian deepen by another level.
"Yes, this matter was secretly investigated by Jia Lian and Liu Wen.”
Wang Ziteng confirmed with Madam Wang when he heard Jia Lian's name.
However, Wang Ziteng did not know what Madam Wang was thinking.
Similarly, Wang Ziteng did not know that Jia Zhen and the others were secretly preparing to deal with Jia Lian.
Only the Wang Clan had never borrowed money from the Imperial Court because of the silver debt.
That was because the Wang Clan was not qualified to receive him back then.
"Then what about the Xue family? Pan 'er can't be captured. Besides, as far as I know, our sister doesn't have the guts to do such a heinous thing.”
"This matter must have been wronged by Jia Lian.”
Madam Wang reacted and hurriedly said to Wang Ziteng.
She didn't know the details, but since Jia Lian was involved, she felt that Jia Lian must have slandered the Xue family.
"I've always been puzzled about this matter. Although the imperial grain that the Xue clan provides to the Internal Affairs Bureau is a little higher than the market price, it's absolutely impossible for an egg to be sold for thirty-five taels of silver.”
"This matter is too confusing. If we want to know the truth, we have to investigate.”
Wang Ziteng expressed his doubts to Madam Wang in agreement.
In his knowledge, his sister who married into the Xue family had been timid and had no opinions since she was young. It was impossible for her to have the courage to do such a bold thing.
However, he did not know what Madam Wang was thinking.
He had mistakenly thought that Madam Wang was worried about the Xue family as much as he was.
…
"Master Zhen, our master said that if you're too anxious, you should hire a Green Forest expert.
Hire those who are good at martial arts.
Moreover, even if we hire them, they won't be traced back to us after the incident.”
At the same time, Ningguo Manor…
Half of Jia Zhen's face was swollen as she received the steward and servants of the Duke's estate.
The servant approached Jia Zhen and whispered to her.
"I don't care who it is, I just want Jia Lian dead!”
Hearing the steward's words, Jia Zhen couldn't care less, he only wanted Jia Lian dead now.
Only Jia Lian's death could reduce the hatred in his heart.
As long as Jia Lian didn't die, he wouldn't be able to live comfortably.
"Uh…in that case, I'll go back and report first.”
Hearing this, the servant of the Duke's estate paused for a moment. Looking at Jia Zhen's appearance, his throat rolled and his heart struggled for a moment before he bid farewell to Jia Zhen and left.
He had come to find Jia Zhen today because Niu Jizong had sent him over to tell Jia Zhen that if she was in a hurry, she could hire a killer from the Green Forest.
As for the 50,000 taels that Jia Zhen had sent over, they were also returned to Jia Zhen.
Because the money that each family had gathered was not enough, the fifty thousand taels of silver that Jia Zhen had given was really too much.
But now, seeing Jia Zhen's appearance, the steward couldn't stand the temptation of fifty thousand silver notes, so he didn't tell Jia Zhen nor return it to her.
He swallowed the money himself.
…
"I'm hungry…"
At a corner outside the Rong Mansion, Granny Liu was holding onto her grandson tightly. Her grandson was so hungry that he was drooling as he smelled the aroma of meat coming out of the Rong Mansion.
"Pa pa pa…"
"What are you hungry for? Stop fooling around. There's plenty of food for us to eat when we get help.”
Granny Liu was also starving. She was also very hungry.
However, she was afraid that she would be thrown back if she offended the noble.
If he went back, a few people at home might starve to death.
However, it was obvious that the first one to starve to death would be this old and useless woman.
Therefore, in her shock and anger, Granny Liu slapped her grandson's butt a few times to stop him from causing trouble.
"Don't…Waaah…"
Granny Liu's grandson was too hungry. After being hit by Granny Liu twice, he struggled to get up and cried loudly.
"Hey…whose child is this?”
Just as Granny Liu was about to strike, her grandson, who couldn't stop her, bumped into Jia Lian.
Jia Lian, who had been hit, immediately cried out in surprise.
Then, she squatted down and looked at the crying child.
"Old woman, how did you raise your child? What kind of big shot can you offend?”
The servant beside Jia Lian was shocked when he saw Jia Lian being knocked down. He pointed at Granny Liu and questioned her.
"Master…Master, please spare my life, Master! My…my grandson has been starving for a day. He was so hungry that he couldn't take it anymore, so he made a fuss with this old woman. I hope Master can forgive him!”
Granny Liu was so frightened that she immediately knelt down with both hands on the ground and apologized to Jia Lian in a trembling voice.
"It's fine. I gave them two taels of silver to buy food.”
Jia Lian looked at the child's appearance and saw that he was not injured. He was just very hungry, so he sent a servant to buy some food for Granny Liu.
"Yes, sir!"
When Jia Lian spoke, the servants did not dare to disobey or have any opinions.
After replying to Jia Lian, he took out money from his sleeve and took out two pieces of silver. He came to Granny Liu and said,
"Our Second Master is kind enough to take the money to buy food for the children.”
The servant handed the money to Granny Liu and impatiently chased her away like a beggar.
"Thank you, Master. Master is blessed with a long life. Master is blessed with endless longevity.”
Granny Liu was very excited as she took the two pieces of silver.
Two pieces of silver were equivalent to two hundred copper coins.
Two hundred wen was enough for their entire family to live on for a long time.
Even if she couldn't enter the Rong Mansion today, she didn't come here in vain.
With the money, the huge stone in his heart was completely lifted.
"Alright, hurry up and bring the child to buy food.”
Jia Lian looked at the embroidered clothes on his trouser legs that had been dirtied by Granny Liu and couldn't help but wave to her.
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards Rong Mansion.
"I am the master of Rong Mansion!”
Watching Jia Lian walk step by step towards Rong Guo Manor, the servants guarding the door did not dare to be negligent and stood straight on both sides.
Seeing this, Granny Liu mustered her courage and asked Jia Lian loudly from behind.
Hearing Granny Liu's words, Jia Lian stopped in his tracks…
"Why? Do you still have something to do?"
Jia Lian turned around and asked Granny Liu with a slight frown.
Jia Lian felt that Granny Liu was very likely to be greedy.
If that was the case, he would have to get the two silvers back.
It wasn't that Jia Lian was reluctant to part with the two silver coins and didn't want to reward the money to greedy people.
"Old Master, the ancestor of this old woman's son-in-law's family was originally an official in the capital who was fortunate enough to be related to the father of the old woman's wife. However, this old woman's son-in-law's family declined early…"
"Now…"
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