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  Chapter 690 E-character Scroll Sword Roaring West Wind Fights Outsiders First Settles Inside

   With a plop, Jia Baoyu couldn't hold on anymore, and fell on his head, which scared Xi Ren and Jia Lian enough.

   Xiren hurriedly cried and pinched Baoyu among the crowd, calling out to the maids outside to come in quickly and help Baoyu to bed.

"Baoyu, you are a smart man. I will stop here. Brother Lian and Xiren have heard what I said. I believe that uncles and aunts can also know what I have said to you. Don't think that the eldest girl Once you enter the palace, you will think that everything will be fine. You still have to rely on yourself after all. If you figure it out, come to me. If you still don’t understand it, I will only say this time, and you can do it yourself.”

Feng Ziying stood up, glanced at Baoyu who was carried onto the bed with her eyes closed, and shook her head, "Let's go, Brother Lian, I think what Baoyu needs right now is not to rest, but to think carefully. He's still arrogant."

   Stepping out of the door, Jia Lian couldn't help but said: "Ziying, what you said is too much. Has Baoyu ever been stimulated like this before?"

"Second brother Lian, I have already said that you can go to Ping'an Prefecture when you are sixteen or seventeen. He is fifteen or sixteen years old, and he still hangs around the theater all day long, doing some romantic affairs with some actors. If you go outside Now that you have done something, who will support the affairs in the mansion? If you can’t study, you have to do something, and if you can’t do something, you have to squat at home as a Bodhisattva, right? Is it okay to hang around like this for a lifetime?”

Feng Ziying spoke very lightly, "If I hadn't married Sister Lin, I would have been related to the Jia family, and Sister Lin would have to live in your house for two years. Son?"

   "But the master, wife and ancestors may hear what you said immediately. The people in Baoyu's house are all good people..." Jia Lian hesitated.

Originally, I wanted them to hear that the temple in Jia's mansion is very windy, and the water is shallow. Jia Baoyu is one of them. To take care of it, it's better to use the medicine of tiger and wolf to sting this guy once and for all, and see if this guy can still be saved.

"Then how do you think Uncle Zheng Shi and Aunt Zheng will treat me? What will the old lady think of me? Throw me out and not let me go? Or forbid me to marry Sister Lin?" Feng Ziying laughed, "Don't worry, There are still people in your house who understand, Uncle Zheng Shi will not say anything, if the wife is unhappy, I think the old matriarch understands, and so do the concubines and empresses in the palace."

  Feng Ziying also thought that if she wants to marry Baochai and Daiyu, she will always be in constant contact with the Jia family, so she needs to seriously consider how to deal with the relationship with the Jia family.

The book "Dream of Red Mansions" does not clearly mention how the Jia family's death led to the real reason for the decline of Jia's family, such as Jia Amnesty forcing stone nerds and mandarin ducks to death, Jia's external bullying, such as Wang Xifeng lending usury and intervening in judicial proceedings to help the Zhen family Concealment of property, Qin Keqing's coffin overrun after death, etc., in Feng Ziying's view, these are nothing.

  In this era, which rich and noble family doesn't have such a mess?

  Even my father received a lot of gifts from Mongolians outside the Great Wall every time he came back from office? Her father is not a pure and kind person. Feng Ziying would not believe it if he said that he did not eat a free salary, did not accept gifts from businessmen, and did not play borderline affairs.

  If these things are really going to be put on the table, they will all be impeached by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Could it be that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Long Jinwei don't know about it?

  The key lies in your own position and the court's attitude towards you.

In Feng Ziying's view, the main reason why Jia's family eventually fell into disrepute and was confiscated may be that it was too deeply involved in the concubine. The book "Dream of Red Mansions" is only faintly visible, making readers see flowers in a fog, but as myself, I have already deeply felt it. This kind of chilly air.

The fight between the Taishanghuang and the emperor was unbreakable, and Prince Yizhong was trying to profit from it. Wu Xun and merchants who were closely related to Emperor Yuanxi, a large vested interest group, were still addicted to the privileged fantasy of Emperor Yuanxi. This makes this wrestling game still see the light of day.

  Take a wrong step, maybe it will be wiped out. There is no doubt that the Jia Mansion is undoubtedly on the wrong team, and the seemingly beautiful and virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun died early, which will lead to the complete end of the Jia Mansion.

However, given the current state of decline of the Jia Mansion, Feng Ziying felt that the Jia Mansion should not have much strength to participate in this high-end game. Copying and chopping is the right thing.

   Judging from the current situation in the Jia Mansion, Feng Ziying thinks there are several points in the direction of risk.

  One is Jia Yuanchun's status as a noble concubine. Logically, she is now the concubine of Emperor Yonglong, but she was arranged by the concubine. Feng Ziying is not sure what is tricky here.

  The second is the Jiangnan Zhen family.

The Zhen family in Jiangnan is the head of the new four great families in Jinling. It is the most favored Jiangnan family of the Supreme Emperor. It has a close relationship with the Jia family, and is related to King Beijing, and even has ties to Prince Yizhong. The possibility of being involved is relatively high.

  The book "A Dream of Red Mansions" also said that the Zhen family hid some things in the Jia family. Didn't Xiangyun also tell himself that Zhen Baoyu was rumored to want to marry her? This shows that the fourth eldest family in Jinling seems to have something to do with the Zhen family.

   The third is the activities of Jia Amnesty and Pingan Prefecture.

The frontier affairs itself is hard to say. Once someone wants to take this opportunity to deal with you, it will be a tipping point. But now that Jia Lian has been brought out by himself, I don’t know if there is any connection between Jia Amnesty and Ping’an Prefecture. No, if it's still unclear with that side, I'm afraid it's hard to say.

  As for the others, Feng Ziying didn't think it was a problem, at most it was just adding insult to injury.

  Feng Ziying and Jia Lian had just walked a few steps when they saw Wang Xifeng and Ping'er guarding the intersection.

   Jia Lian was expressionless, and Feng Ziying was also a little surprised.

   Could it be that this Wang Xifeng dared to come to block the way and block the door face to face, and wanted to tear himself apart? The things in the past were settled sooner, and as for the thing, it was kept in the bottom of the box. Could it be that he had to return it to her?

"Is the second sister-in-law waiting for Lian's second brother?" Feng Ziying smiled, and continued to walk, "I just dragged Lian's second brother and Yiyi to talk to Baoyu for a while, so it's not like this is the second sister-in-law. Don't you even want to part with Lian's second brother?"

   "Brother Keng, I want to talk to you about something." Wang Xifeng's face was not very good-looking, but it was still normal.

   "Sister Feng, what do you and Ziying have to talk about? Don't bother Ziying with family affairs." Jia Lian's face sank like water.

"Jia Lian, why didn't I have anything to say to him? What are you doing outside day and night all day long? I can't ask you? Do you still want this family?" Wang Xifeng said nothing. Shaking his head angrily, his face was full of anger, "Brother Keng, you comment on this reason. After coming back for so long, which day did you stay in the house for an hour? When you wake up and open your eyes, you can't see anyone. It's going to fall at night. I just saw someone at the door,..."

  Feng Ziying knew that Jia Lian was busy during this time, but she didn't expect him to be so sleepless.

Glancing at the embarrassed Jia Lian, Feng Ziying thought for a while before saying, "Second sister-in-law, Lian's second elder brother is indeed helping me, um, regarding the matter of Haitong Yinzhuang, my cousin can't come back from Yangzhou for the time being. There are not many trustworthy people here in the capital city, so only the second brother Lian can help me, and there are many turnovers from the household department crowded here, so I can only work hard for the second brother Lian and get through this period Time will be better,…”

  Wang Xifeng knew a little bit about it, but Jia Lian still refused to talk to her, which made her most dissatisfied.

Without knowing what to do, it is difficult to figure out how much leeway Jia Lian can have outside. Wang Xifeng also knows that Jia Lian is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and men are not allowed to smell fishy. Look at Feng Ziying, who can actually put Youshi's two The younger sister was raised by the outside room, which made Wang Xifeng even more vigilant.

  Hearing what Feng Ziying said, Wang Xifeng was also determined.

   It seems that Jia Lian is really busy these days. When he asked Pinger, Pinger also said that even seeing Pinger, this guy was no longer as anxious as he used to be. This really made Wang Xifeng look at Jia Lian with admiration.

"Brother Keng, your second brother Lian doesn't even care about building his own garden, he only cares about doing things for you, and you can't treat your second brother Lian badly when that thing is done." Wang Xifeng's eyes widened A little fiery, "I heard that your Haitong Yinzhuang has a huge capital, and most of the imperial clans in the capital have invested in shares. I don't know if there is any chance..."

"Second sister-in-law, the account has been settled a long time ago, and Yinzhuang does not accept shares for the time being, but if the second sister-in-law has spare money to deposit in Yinzhuang, she can get a considerable amount of interest every year..." Feng Ziying seemed A smile is not a smile.

   "Brother Keng, is this going to work?" Wang Xifeng didn't seem to believe it.

"Second sister-in-law, you can ask Lian's second brother when you go back. The prince Zhongshun and the Shanshan businessman are sent to supervise such things as shareholding, and they can't do it fakely..." Feng Ziying didn't bother to talk to the other party. She is full of self-confidence and feels that everyone should give her some points.

Seeing Feng Ziying's expression was indifferent, while Jia Lian's expression on the side was flat, Wang Xifeng gritted his teeth with hatred, but he couldn't attack, so he could only stare at the two of them with hatred, and said after a long time: "That means I have to thank you all, ..."

  Feng Ziying spread out her hands, with a secretive expression, "Second sister-in-law, that's unnecessary. Of course, if second sister-in-law really wants to thank me, she can naturally find a way to thank me, so there's no need to say it."

  Being speechless by Feng Ziying's words, and thinking of the scene in the private room of Daguanlou, Wang Xifeng became more and more uncomfortable, so she could only snort, turn her head and leave.

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  After hearing Xiren's introduction, both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang's expressions changed, but they didn't know what to say for a while.

   After a long time, Mother Jia put her hand on her forehead, leaned on the kang, and muttered to herself, not knowing what she was talking about.

  Mrs. Wang's expression turned gloomy in the end, "Even if he married Miss Lin, Baoyu wouldn't be able to teach her a lesson! Do you really think that their Feng family can surpass the Jia family?"

   Both Li Wan and Wang Xifeng sat at the bottom without saying a word.

  To be honest, Feng Ziying's words really hit Li Wan's heart.

Li Wan, who was born in a scholarly family, looked down on this little uncle's performance, but his mother-in-law was too spoiled, and she was a widow without a husband, so she had to be cautious in her words and deeds in this family, so naturally she didn't dare to say anything, but Feng Ziying's so-called harsh words today really took Jia Baoyu's skin off completely, and she was very happy from the bottom of her heart.

It was Jia Mu who finally shook her head, "That's not what you said. Brother Keng's words are not wrong, and they can even be regarded as unfaithful words. It's just that Baoyu has never received such words in these years, and it's hard to accept. What does his father say? ?”

   "Master said..." Xiren hesitated to speak.

   "Speak, there is nothing shameful."

"The master said that it was the people in the mansion who were too arrogant and indulgent, which caused the second master to become like this. The words of Uncle Feng are the real bitter medicine. It is time for the second master to wake up and bring these words into the palace. Here, let the imperial concubine listen to it too,..."

   Xiren brought Jia Zheng's words intact, leaving Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang as well as Li Wan and Wang Xifeng stunned.

   "Master said so?" Mrs. Wang hesitated. It would be unusual for her husband to let this word be brought into the palace. It had already raised Feng Ziying's status to an unbelievable level, even surpassing anyone in the mansion.

   "How dare a servant lie about such things?" Xiren hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

   "Get up, no one will say that you are lying." Jiamu said with a sullen face.

   "How is Baoyu now?" This is what the group cares most about.

   "Second Master just lay on the bed and didn't talk, didn't drink or eat, and the rest was fine..." Xiren also had a bit of bitterness on his face.

   "Poor Baoyu..." Mother Jia was full of pity, and just thumped the kang next to her. "He has a strong self-esteem since he was a child. How has he ever been wronged like this? But Brother Keng, hey..."

Wang Xifeng glanced at her aunt who remained silent with a sullen face, and then boldly interjected: "Old ancestor, madam, although Brother Keng's words are a bit exaggerated and overstepped, as the old ancestor said, there is still some truth. I also asked the second master, Haitong Yinzhuang is going to build an account in the capital, and it is said that it is more than a million yuan. Brother Keng has no trustworthy people around him, so he asked the second master to help. I am afraid that there will not be many in the future. The energy came to ask about the affairs of the mansion, and the two masters are getting older, and others can't afford it. If Baoyu doesn't like reading, you might as well let him learn to do something to influence the affairs of the mansion. I have to learn to ask questions, but..."

   "Just what?" Mrs. Wang hurriedly asked.

"It's just that the person who tied the bell has to be untied. If Baoyu doesn't understand it, it won't work. Baoyu has to figure it out in his own heart. I've heard it from Xiren before, brother Keng. The words are a bit vicious, but serious illness needs strong medicine, which may make Baoyu's heart suddenly clear. Now I think we should not ask more questions, and wait for Baoyu to realize it slowly. The pain will hurt once, and the injury will hurt Once, when he has figured it out and the scar is healed, maybe this hurdle will be over."

  Wang Xifeng's words made both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang fall into deep thought.

  (end of this chapter)