Red Chamber Fellows: You Are Not Guilty

After getting off the Yamen, Jia Lian got into the carriage of King Pingjun who was waiting in front of the Yamen.After ordering someone to go directly to Jia's mansion, the two sat down to talk.

"How much did you pay for that garden?" This is Jia Lian.

"80 taels." It was Prince Ping who answered honestly.

"The price is not expensive." Jia Lian commented.He was very clear about the prices of houses and shops in central Beijing: "But that piece of land is not theirs, which means that what you buy is only the things on the ground, and you still lose money."

If you talk about things like this, how embarrassing is it for Prince Ping, who has lost money.

"Did you clean up after you bought it?" Jia Lian asked again.

King Pingjun replied: "It's been cleaned up. My sister and the others can live in it now. I also asked someone to clean up a place for sister Qiao to play alone. When my sister-in-law's nephew is born, she can also..."

Who told you to say this, the focus of the two people's attention is different, okay? Jia Lian asked impatiently, "How much did it cost to clean up?"

Pingjun Wang Xin said how do you know money, money, money?Why don't you think about it, on the bank of the green water, his girl gently holding the lotus, holding the lotus and smiling, what a beautiful picture it will be.But this cheap brother is now tending to evolve into his father, and his temper is getting worse and worse. Prince Ping dared not answer: "It was the fourth uncle who opened his own internal warehouse, supervised by the Ministry of Industry. I didn't spend any money."

Jia Lian really sighed, even if you have an emperor's uncle, to say it so bluntly is to provoke hatred, you know?He only asked: "Don't worry about whether you spend it or not, just say how much is the market price according to the law revised by the Ministry of Industry?"

Prince Ping estimated in his heart that he participated in the whole process, and he also had a rough figure: "There must be 30."

Jia Lian didn't point at how detailed he could speak, just said, "That's fine, we'll ask for 40 in a while."

My heart is blackened!Prince Ping wanted to ask him, if you talk like this, you must talk about money. Did your grandfather and Master Zhang know that?But Jia Lian is still not at ease with him: "I'll just say for a while, you are not allowed to interrupt. Once they disagree, you just say that you don't want to buy this garden. Ask them to refund the money!!"

Prince Ping thought that after following Jia She, he would be free enough to let himself go, but he didn't expect Jia Lian and Jia She to be his own children. With such a dark heart and thick skin, the two of them are [-]% like each other.King Ping, who found his own shortcomings, decided to strengthen self-cultivation in the future.As for today, anyway, I have no idea, listen to my brother, that's right.

Hearing that not only Jia Lian, but also King Pingjun were here, Jia Zheng naturally opened the door to welcome him.Seeing that the faces of the two of them were not good, they didn't dare to ask for news on the road, so they had to let the two of them into the study while beating a drum in their hearts.

Facing Jia Zheng, Jia Lian had something to say directly, if you were a little more tactful, they might be able to distort your meaning to the sky: "Second Master, I heard that you sold the Grand View Garden where your mother was visiting relatives?"

Jia Zheng was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he was furious: "Nonsense! Who taught you to slander your elders like this? That's the luck of the imperial concubine. How can there be any reason to buy and sell without permission?"

Seeing that Jia Zheng didn't act like a play, Jia Lian admired Mrs. Wang's courage even more. The courage of each of the Wang's daughters can cover the sky, fortunately, fortunately.The person next to me is no longer surnamed Wang, or maybe I will have to be sold someday.

He glanced at Jia Zheng sympathetically, and motioned to Prince Ping.

Prince Ping took out the house deed and handed it to Jia Zheng: "My brother didn't slander the elders. This is the house deed of the garden. Fortunately, I heard about it, so I bought it by myself after a few twists and turns. Not to mention that this place belonged to the general's mansion. Even if the empress is lucky enough to have one, it would be disrespectful for the family to sell it privately!"

Seeing the deed, Jia Amnesty's mind went blank.He has never cared much about the inner house, so of course he didn't keep the house deed. In whose hands and who sold the garden, it's like a lice on a bald man's head—it's obvious!

"Ignorant woman, ignorant woman! I want to divorce her, I want to divorce her. She is causing trouble for the whole family, and she is going to kill my Jia family!" The angry Jia Zheng and the second master Jia had reached the point where they could not choose anything. the point.

Under Jia Lian's signal, King Ping gently withdrew the house deed from Jia Zheng. It was 40 taels of silver.

"Second Master, what's the matter now?" Jia Lian asked gloomyly, "How do you want to deal with it?"

Jia Zheng couldn't keep up with the rhythm anymore. In his opinion, since Prince Ping admitted that he bought the garden, he went to his home to explain, isn't it just to cover up the matter for himself?At most, I would accept his kindness and get as close to him as possible from now on.So he asked a little confused: "What should I do?" He raised his hand and found that the deed was no longer in his hands.

Even if he didn't know the strange theory in Jia Zheng's mind, Jia Lian could still guess with his usual demeanor. Without giving him time to comfort himself, Jia Lian went straight to the point: "My father didn't agree to build the garden that day. , this Second Master has always been clear about it." Seeing that Jia Zheng did not refute, he continued: "But in order to let the ladies, old ladies and Second Master in the palace fulfill their wishes, my father gave way again and again, and gave you the place to build a garden. But that place still belongs to the General’s Mansion.”

Jia Zheng deliberately said that the garden was built with his own money, and the two houses were divided for this reason, but Jia Lian was talking about the place, so there was no such thing as a garden.If someone can tell the difference, he can still argue with Jia Lian, but facing Jia Lian is the second political master who has always been not good at words, so where should he start?

"It's just such a piece of land that I lent you for a second time. Second master, you didn't even say hello to our general's mansion, so you sold it yourself. It's unreasonable, right?" Pass.

Jia Zheng, who couldn't answer, just murmured: "I don't know about this matter, it's that woman of the Wang family who acted recklessly, I don't know about it."

I know you don't know, that's why I waste so much talk with you, or there is a way to let you know.Jia Lian, who was overjoyed in his heart, became even more serious: "Since the second master doesn't know, shouldn't he ask the second wife to find out, and if some bold slave did it, he should pay the second wife back." Innocent." Before you even asked, you condemned your own wife, and with such a bedside person, Jia Lian sincerely sympathized with Mrs. Wang for three seconds.

"That's right, that's right." Jia Zheng came back to his senses a little: "It might be some bold slave." Even Jia Zheng himself knew that the possibility of this was almost zero, but he had to take over the ladder first, or he would not get off the stage. The only one is himself.

Thinking of his mother's uncompromising attitude at home, Jia Zheng extended an invitation to the two: "The left and right are not outsiders. The old lady has always been clear about the affairs of this family. Why don't we go to the old lady's place to see what her rules are."

As for the second master who still thought he could use the old lady to control him, Jia Lian wondered why he hoped that this person was his father?As long as the inner house is not allowed to worry about family affairs, my father has already dumped this person for several streets.But since he thinks so, so what if his wish is fulfilled!Now Jia Lian is so confident!

Seeing King Pingjun and Jia Lian came to visit her with Jia Zheng, Mother Jia thought it was Mrs. Xing who said yesterday that she came to discuss with the second child how to celebrate her birthday. brilliant?So at the beginning, the old lady was very happy: "Why are your uncles and nephews coming together today? Isn't Lian'er's office busy?"

Jia Lian only thought that the old lady hadn't seen him for a few days, so she might be very compassionate, and said cooperatively: "I have something to ask the second master and second wife, so I came here."

Jia's mother became more determined in her mind, with a smile on her face, but her mouth pushed: "What a big event, it is worth mobilizing teachers."

Not only Jia Lian, but even Jia Zheng didn't know. Did the old lady hear about this, or did she miss it?The two only pretended to drink tea and didn't answer the conversation.Jia's mother also thought that they wanted to give herself a surprise like last year's Jia Amnesty, so she didn't ask further questions.

It's better to ask a few more questions just now.This was the only thought of Mother Jia when Mrs. Wang came in and Prince Ping took out the house deed again.That day Mrs. Wang said she wanted to sell the garden, but Mother Jia didn't agree. How could she come from Rongguo Mansion when it was in its heyday?

But there is no way to disagree, the imperial concubine in the palace is connected with the mother and daughter of the Wang family, and the two became the masters of the garden, so when Mother Jia knew that they had sold the garden, she was not even interested in entering the palace. There are many, and she is not disappointed with Yuan Chun, the granddaughter she raised with her own hands.

"Mother." Such an affectionate cry was only heard when she was asked for something, and Jia Mu couldn't help but feel puzzled, why didn't she realize that this second child was so useless before.But she still lives with someone after all, so what can he do?Isn't there another gem?Thinking of Yuan Chun's proposal when she entered the palace, Jia's mother felt that her granddaughter was not too alienated from her.

"Ms. Wang." Mother Jia, who had figured it out consciously, said, "I never said that day, you are not allowed to sell the garden, you are not allowed to sell the garden, why did you still secretly sell the garden?" I knew, but at the beginning I Not agreeing, Mother Jia put herself out of the matter first.

Jia Zheng also found an outlet: "Stupid woman, why don't you kneel down and thank King Pingjun?"

Regarding Mrs. Wang who knelt in front of him, King Pingjun said that he didn't see what kind of magical development this was, shouldn't he give him money?Just kneel down and want to pay 40 taels of silver?no way!

Jia Lian could roughly guess the tricks of Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, but seeing the stunned look of Ping Jun Wang, he felt very touched. If Jia Amnesty was there, he might be able to teach him a word on the spot, that is silly.But now Jia Amnesty is not present, so Jia Lian can only go into battle by himself: "Old lady, second master, now is not the time to thank Prince Pingjun for suppressing this matter, should we talk about our affairs?"