The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Prince Zhongshun was thinking about it when he heard that Hu Jingzhi had gone and returned, so he relaxed his expression and asked someone to invite Hu Jingzhi in.

Prince Zhongshun was standing by the window, and when he saw Hu Jingzhi walking in vigorously, he said with a smile, "Are there any scriptures left?"

Hu Jingzhi shook his head, walked in and asked, "My lord, is Jia Lian unwilling to win over Liu Xianglian?"

"He said Liu Xianglian was reckless and would do bad things."

"My lord, don't trust him." Hu Jingzhi said seriously, "Your lord, Jia Lian is really tactful. It is said that the king of Dong'an County wanted to drag him to rebel with him, but unexpectedly let him go on the road to Xiaoci County. It can be seen that this man Scheming."

Prince Zhongshun tightly pursed his lips, because just now Jia Lian sent the letter from the King of Dong'an, and he had never slandered Hu Jingzhi. At this time, he had no doubts about Jia Lian. Hearing what Hu Jingzhi said, he asked back: " Then why doesn't he want me to win over Liu Xianglian?"

Hu Jingzhi said: "My lord, Jia Lian is so close to Xue Pan, Xue Pan is so close to Feng Ziying, and Liu Xianglian is inextricably linked to Jia Lian. Jia Lian has always refused to call Xue Pan and Feng Ziying to visit the prince. , His Sima Zhao's heart, the prince still doesn't understand? Xue Pan has money, Feng Ziying has soldiers and horses, Liu Xianglian has also shown her prowess in Feng's army now, and Jia Lian is alone in the prince's entertainment, never bringing money and soldiers. Caomin put it a bit more vulgarly, that is, Jia Lian wanted nothing but a white wolf."

"What do you think?" Prince Zhongshun asked with a smile, secretly thinking that this person really had bad intentions, which provoked him and his cronies.

Hu Jingzhi said: "My lord, why not take advantage of Liu Xianglian and Xiaohe's prominence, so as to promote him."

Prince Zhongshun pondered and said: "If you offend Jia Lian for a person who only shows sharp corners, it is really not worth it; besides, it is said that Liu Xianglian has enmity with some of the sons of the king's sect."

Hu Jingzhi hurriedly said: "My lord really believes that Liu Xianglian even let go of her chance to be successful because of a dead woman? My lord asked some men in the house to apologize to him, and then find him a woman who is as beautiful as a flower. All the hatred and hatred are over."

"...Since that's the case, then I'll let you do it." Prince Zhongshun said with a smile.

Hu Jingzhi hurriedly clapped his hands and agreed, but seeing that Prince Zhongshun was exhausted, he took his leave and went out. He asked his servant Jiang Yuhan outside the door where he was, and when he learned that Jiang Yuhan had gone to Red Sandalwood Castle, he rode his horse to the west city, and arrived at a second place in the west city. He entered the small courtyard, got off the horse, threw the reins to a casual-looking man, and went inward again.

"Master is back." A woman about seven or eight years older than Hu Jingzhi came up to greet her affectionately, "Master, let's eat leek dumplings tonight." As he spoke, he raised his sleeves that had been stained with flour to wipe his face.

Hu Jingzhi coughed, and said to the little girl who was only eight or nine years old, "Go out and buy some food and drink."

"Hey." The little girl agreed and went.

The woman waited for the little girl to leave, and then said: "Brother said you went to Zhongshun Palace again? My lord is amazing, you can go to any palace." After finishing speaking, she smiled honestly and was about to slap Hu Jingzhi on the sleeve. Sticky tidbits.

Hu Jingzhi said with a cold face: "I told you again and again, why don't you repent? The little girl is still here, what are you doing here?"

The woman said aggrievedly: "Although we have divorced, I will belong to the Lord for life and death, and besides, there is no one else."

Hu Jingzhi stomped his feet, "You and your brother promised to be cooks and servants honestly, so I brought you by my side! If you contradict your promises, I will send you back home to farm!" After saying that, he entered After entering the room, he saw the calligraphy and paintings he gave to the princess of the Nan'an Palace on the table in the middle of the room, and asked: "The Nan'an Palace returned the things again?"

The woman nodded, and said in a low voice, "Not only have the things been returned, but the woman surnamed Meng and her child have also been returned."

"Where is he?" Hu Jingzhi's scalp tingled, secretly thinking that Nan'an Palace sent Meng Shi's mother and son back, but he completely lost the heart to recruit him as his son-in-law.

The woman pointed to the east room, Hu Jingzhi walked over, opened the door curtain, and sure enough, she saw Meng Shimu sitting beside the bed with the child in his arms.

Meng Shi listened to what the woman and Hu Jingzhi had said, looked at the woman with her head bowed, and then still hugged the child without saying a word, as if resigned to fate.

Hu Jingzhi put down the curtain heavily, and said to the woman, "After I enter the Rongguo Mansion in the future, you can take care of the children."

The woman eagerly agreed.

The Meng family in the room suddenly said, "You want to enter the Rongguo Mansion? I'm afraid it will not be easy."

Hu Jingzhi sneered and said, "Then what Liu Xianglian did, I can't do it? He Jia Lian thought he could hide it from the world, but I have piercing eyes. I heard that the mandarin duck sword is in the hands of Miss Yingda. I thought something was wrong and guessed it must be Jia Lian and Liu Xianglian are inseparable, and they are acting for the Prince Zhongshun. Wait and see, after I coax Liu Xianglian to say that the marriage can be facilitated, and then force Jia Lian to speak and refuse to let Liu Xianglian make it happen, I will ask the prince to make the decision and let me follow. big girl."

"Master really has a clever plan." The woman praised honestly.

"Where are the dumplings?" Hu Jingzhi asked urgently.

The woman slapped her hand on her thigh and said, "Don't overcook it!" and rushed to the kitchen.

Even though it was the first time the father and son met, Hu Jingzhi didn't go to the room to look after the child, and when the little girl bought food and wine, he ate dumplings and drank wine, chatting homely with the woman with his tongue.

Meng's stomach was hungry, and smelling the aroma of the wine and vegetables, her stomach rang like thunder. She hugged the child tightly, and couldn't help but regretted it. Is it such a character?He also heard that when Hu Jingzhi talked to that woman, she was arrogant and unreasonable, but the woman was tolerant in every possible way. They were not like a husband and wife, not like a master and a servant, but like a mother and child. I also thought that the woman was probably the child bride of Hu Jingzhi's family.

Just thinking about it, I heard Hu Jingzhi, who was full of food and drink outside, went to take a nap contentedly. After a long time, the curtain was torn open, and the woman came in with a bowl of dumplings with a cold face, and threw the bowl away with a bang. On the table, a dumpling jumped out of the bowl and fell on the table.

"Hurry up and eat. After eating, go wash the pot and wash the dishes." The woman rolled up her sleeves, saw Meng Shi slowly coming over with the child, glanced at the child, and said with a sneer, "If I didn't see you, a slut , Lord won’t divorce me either. Don’t be complacent, it’s not your people, but your money that Lord’s looking for. But you don’t have such a good life, and the princess will come later.” As he said, thinking of Meng’s current situation I had nothing, so I gloated.

Mrs. Meng was tired of this woman, and felt sorry for her, so she fed the child with dumplings and asked, "What's your surname?"

"My surname is Hu." The woman said.

"Sister Hu, are you a child bride?" Meng asked tentatively again.

Hu curled her lips and said, "I entered Hu's house when I was six years old. I raised him with shit and pee. He can't live without me!"

Her heart trembled even more when she heard this, and she thought to herself that she was a widow at home, how could she be targeted by that black-hearted short-lived ghost!

"Mother, I'm not full," said the child in Meng's arms.

Mrs. Meng saw that the bowl had bottomed out, so she went to see Mrs. Hu, but Mrs. Hu said, "I haven't had a bite of food yet, so I rushed here to deliver food to your mother. Now you want me Hungry to cook for you?" After that, he took the bowls and chopsticks away and went outside.

Holding the child in her arms, Meng thought that staying here was not an option, so she secretly looked out and saw that Hu Jingzhi had not bought any other servants, so while the woman was going to the kitchen for dinner, she secretly came out with the child in her arms, and arrived In the front yard, I heard a cough suddenly, and my hands and feet became stiff with fright. Turning around, I saw that it was the older brother of Hu Jingzhi's original spouse, so I looked at him with tears in my eyes.

The man didn't make things difficult for Ms. Meng, and gave her a handful of money without saying a word, and then turned around silently to feed the horses.

Meng took the child out of the house without thanking him. After a walk, he saw a donkey cart delivering goods, so he assumed that he was going to visit relatives in the countryside, and gave the donkey cart driver a handful of money, so he took the donkey cart. The child got into the donkey cart.Sitting in the cart full of hay smell, Meng hugged the child with ups and downs in her heart. After walking for about a cup of tea, she suddenly saw Hu Jingzhi chasing after the donkey cart, and hurriedly hugged the child and lay down under the carriage. It wasn't until Hu Jingzhi rode away that he came out.

The man driving the donkey cart originally saw her as a handsome and gentle woman going out with a child alone, and felt strange, and then noticed her strange behavior, and thought that the woman probably eloped with the child, lest she would be contaminated. Troublesome, he drove the donkey cart to chase Hu Jingzhi's horse calmly, thinking in his heart that if he caught up, it would be enough to hand over the women and children.

Unexpectedly, the horse was lost after chasing it halfway, so the driver of the donkey cart said to Mrs. Meng: "I still have to go to my relative's house, you can get off here."

Mrs. Meng didn't dare to tell the difference, so she hurriedly hugged the child and got out of the carriage. Seeing the carriage going farther and farther, and seeing that the place was deserted, she immediately became flustered.

Suddenly, he saw another person riding a horse coming from a distance, and hurriedly hid in the grass on the side of the road. When he saw that the person was not Hu Jingzhi, he let out a long breath and was sighing when he heard someone call "Sister Meng" and shivered. Just saw a carriage stopped on the side of the road.

After the carriage stopped, Baoyu jumped down first, and then he helped Mrs. Wang down.

"It really is you." After bouncing around in the carriage for a long time, Mrs. Wang put her hands on her waist, glanced at the child, and then at Mrs. Meng.

Meng Shi also recognized Mrs. Wang, and her lips turned white with fright.

"Where are you going? I saw you hiding in the grass just now." Mrs. Wang led the child to her side with a smile, "Have you not given a name yet?"

"...I was waiting for his father to give me a name." Meng said coyly, Hu Jingzhi was originally a promising person who was unwilling to be poor and humble, but he turned out to be a liar who specializes in deceiving women.

"Do you know who your father is?" Mrs. Wang touched the child's head with her hand, saw him shaking his head, and said, "Your father is the second master Lian of Rongguo Mansion."

The child had never heard of who his father was. Hearing Mrs. Wang's words, his eyes immediately brightened.

"Madam." Baoyu frowned, disapproving of Mrs. Wang's actions.

Meng said ashamedly: "Madam, he is not..."

"I said yes, since you have no place to go, why not just follow us, son, tell our master and Baoyu to teach you to study well, and you will go home to find your father in a dignified way." Mrs. Wang glanced at Meng Meng again. Shi, Xin Daogui took her home and cleaned the yard.

Mrs. Meng was ashamed and didn't know what to do, when she heard the sound of horse's hooves, she caught a glimpse of Hu Jingzhi from a distance, and hurriedly followed Mrs. Wang into the carriage.

"What is your wife doing?" Baoyu asked hastily.

Mrs. Wang sneered and said: "You men are sapped by trivial things, but we women are different from you. You think Xiangyun will suffer if he remarries a rogue? If she didn't know that the rogue was going to be the guard of Chang'an County, She is still willing? Now you father and son just spend your days in a lifeless life, and leave the rest to me." After a few words, Baoyu couldn't argue, so he drove Baoyu into the carriage with her.

As soon as the carriage left here, Hu Jingzhi chased after him. Hu Jingzhi glanced at the carriage that had stopped here just now suspiciously, and when he was about to chase after him, his foot on the pedal did not move.

"Let's tell her to go away, so as not to cause trouble for him." Hu Jingzhi thought in his heart, then turned his horse's head again, still a little reluctant to bear the child in his heart, hesitatingly thinking that if he could give birth to a child, he would leave him a queen , is also considered good.But even though he was reluctant, he didn't chase him after all, he just rushed to the city again, and when he entered the city, he was completely different from the hesitant appearance outside the city, with a slight smile on his face, it was not too late He went to General Shenwu's mansion without hesitation, and when he reached the door, he asked the young man in front of the door: "Is Second Master Liu at the mansion?"

The people in the mansion replied: "Second Master Liu went to Rongguo Mansion to visit Miss Lin."

"I don't know when Liu Erye will come back?"

Seeing his elegant appearance, the people in the family did not dare to underestimate him, so they replied: "Second Master Liu still has to go to worship in front of Master Lin's tomb. I'm afraid he will come back after dark."

"Thank you, little brother." Hu Jingzhi said with a smile. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that Liu Xianglian would come back from the east gate, so he rode on a horse and waited on the teahouse within a hundred miles of the east gate. Xiang Lian came back riding a horse in white clothes, and hurriedly poked her head out from upstairs and called, "Brother Liu?"

Liu Xianglian raised her head suspiciously and saw that it was Hu Jingzhi who had been with Hu Jing before, so she dismounted and saw Hu Jingzhi coming downstairs to greet her, she smiled and said, "It's so late, Brother Hu hasn't gone home yet?"

Hu Jingzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "There are some civilian friends who live in the east gate, and I just sat and talked with them."

"Brother Hu is really different. If someone else is there, he must disdain to associate with poor and lowly friends in the past. Today is late, and we will have a drink with Brother Hu another day." Liu Xianglian was about to get on the horse and leave after speaking.

Hu Jingzhi hurriedly stopped him, and whispered: "I have something to tell you about the eldest daughter of the Jia family."

When Liu Xianglian heard that it was about welcoming the spring, she stopped immediately, turned her head and said with a smile, "I don't know which thing Brother Hu said?"

Hu Jingzhi opened the mouth and said: "Do you know that Prince Zhongshun has long been suspicious of Xin Lian's second brother?"

"His business has nothing to do with me." Liu Xianglian snorted coldly and wanted to leave.

Hu Jingzhi stretched out his hand and grabbed Liu Xianglian's arm, saying that he was like a bright mirror in his heart, and Liu Xianglian was still pretending in front of him, so he said: "Second Brother Lian has nothing to do with you, so is Miss Yingchun also has nothing to do with you? It is said that your The sword is in someone else's hands."

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Xianglian turned around and asked.

Hu Jingzhi smiled and said: "Just to remind you, in order to completely subdue the second elder brother Zhulian, Prince Zhongshun had already made up his mind to personally choose a husband-in-law for Miss Yingchun, but the one in front was unlucky and was killed when he walked around the corner. The can was smashed to death."

"What do you mean by telling me?" Liu Xianglian hugged her arms.

Hu Jingzhi smiled calmly: "When it comes to this point, you still pretend to be confused, so I have nothing to say. I only have pity on that big girl Yingchun." After finishing speaking, he lifted his feet and went up to the teahouse.

Liu Xianglian had been wandering outside for a long time, seeing his posture, she didn't know that he was playing tricks, secretly thought that he just wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in Hu Jingzhi's gourd, so he said, "Wait a minute, brother Hu!" After calling Hu Jingzhi, he asked : "Whose brother is the prince showing the eldest girl?"

"Isn't he one of the adopted sons of the Wangfu family?"

After hearing this, Liu Xianglian pretended to be angry and said, "It's unreasonable! Which one are you talking about? I'll see if he has that fate!"

Hu Jingzhi hurriedly booed, and then said to Liu Xianglian: "Now I have a way to make Brother Liu and the eldest girl have a lover and get married. I wonder if Brother Liu is willing?"

"What way?"

"Brother Liu, why don't you follow me and greet Prince Zhongshun, and say a few nice words to make Prince Zhongsun complete."

"To Prince Zhongshun's Mansion?" Liu Xianglian suddenly raised her voice, smiled disdainfully, got on her horse and rode to General Shenwu's mansion.

Hu Jingzhi secretly thought with his hands behind his back that Liu Xianglian would definitely send a letter to Jia Lian, and the two of them would probably sing a double-reed opera in front of Prince Zhongshun, and then push the boat along to get the marriage done. He shook his head looking up at the sky and sighed, and then rode home Go, entered the house, saw Mrs. Hu sitting in the room mending clothes in front of the oil lamp, and said: "The clothes are all torn like that, what are you doing with them?"

Hu said with a smile: "I owed a lot of usurious debts to buy that yard, so save as much as I can." Seeing Hu Jingzhi sitting opposite her, he said, "Why did you have to buy that house? It is said that the villain who was found with the needle was spooky and frightening."

"What do you know? The courtyard is a bit small, but the most important thing is that it is on Ningrong Street. As long as you live in that courtyard, when others ask where your home is, just say it is in Rongguo Mansion." Hu Jingzhi said thoughtfully.

Seeing that he yawned, the original partner hurriedly went to the kitchen to fetch hot water, and heard that Hu Jingzhi asked her to buy a girl, so she asked, "Where can I buy a girl?"

Hu Jingzhi said: "It's the girl who sells Master Jia Er. If you can buy as many as you can, you can buy as many as you can." As soon as he took off his boots, he saw that the socks inside were torn, so he took off the socks without saying a word and asked Hu to take them. I went to mend it, washed it and went to bed.

In the early morning of the next day, Hu Jingzhi waited outside the gate of Prince Zhongshun's mansion before the gate opened, and reported his name when the gate opened. Prince Zhongshun was wearing an official robe, so he said with a smile: "My lord is much more airy in python robes than Taoist robes."

Prince Zhongshun smiled lightly, "If someone hadn't invited the Lord to stand up today, I wouldn't have gone."

Hu Jingzhi smiled and said, "I don't know whether to establish Wu Guifei or Zhou Guifei?"

Prince Zhongshun said with a smile: "Maybe it's Empress Xue?"

Hu Jingzhi was taken aback.

Prince Zhongshun said to test him: "Since ancient times, emperors and empresses have been husband and wife as well as monarchs and ministers. In the past, there was the matter of empress Ming and the king of Dong'an County. I was afraid that the lord's defense would gradually fall, and he would establish a queen with little foundation. The girl from the Xue family has been in the palace for a long time. , It is said that the Lord often plays chess with her and talks, and I am afraid that this second position is reserved for her."

Hu Jingzhi nodded calmly, and then whispered to Prince Zhongshun: "My lord, Caomin met Liu Xianglian yesterday and tried a few words on him. I don't know if Caomin is careless. Caomin thinks that Liu Xianglian is not cut off from Jia Lian." The robe is used to judge righteousness, maybe it is to deceive people's eyes and ears."

"Why do you want to hide your eyes and ears?"

Hu Jingzhi wanted to say that it was for revenge, but there was no evidence, so he said: "It is the most suspicious that people can't figure out why they want to cover up people's eyes and ears."

Prince Zhongshun heard that Hu Jingzhi wanted to use "unfounded" accusations to separate him from Jia Lian, so he frowned and said, "There is no basis for what you say."

Hu Jingzhi hurriedly said: "It's easy for the lord to argue the truth. After the lord came down from the court, the grass-roots brought Liu Xianglian back home. The lord also invited Jia Lian to speak for an excuse. Regarding the girl's marriage, if they sang together and quarreled in all kinds of ways and refused to speak in a friendly manner, after the prince persuaded them, they agreed to it, then there is something wrong with it."