The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

With the news of Lin Ruhai's promotion, Jia's mother, Jia Zheng and others, who were originally gloomy, were all honored.

It's just that after entering the table, Jia's mother saw that Jia Zhen and Jia Rong in the East Mansion were beaten because of Lai Er, and Jia Zhen's mother and You Shi did not come; please.Looking at the past, there are only a few people here and there. Although the stoves, vases, bonsai, and screens on the table are a bit better than those of previous years, it makes people feel sore when they look at them, so they said to Mrs. Wang: "Ask someone to remove the high tables and bring up the round table. Let's sit around together."

Mrs. Wang immediately went to see Yingchun, and Yingchun asked Siqi to tell the steward and the wives to change tables.

But in a short while, the high tables and small tables on the banquet were removed, and a large square table was placed in the hall. Mrs. Wang was still standing beside Jiamu serving dishes and pouring wine for Jiamu, who was still sitting. On the couch, on the left is Ge Kui's wife, Lou Shi, and on the right are Ge Kui's daughters, Ge Huizhong, Yuanchun, Yingchun, and Tanchun; another Li Wan stands behind Ge Huizhong and Sanchun to serve them.

Because the big house is still in the filial piety, there is no stage, and only two girls are called to tell jokes on the side.

Jia's mother listened attentively to the fact that Jia Zhu was teaching Jia Lian homework at the men's table outside. She lamented that Jia Zhu was too kind, and felt that if Jinling didn't have such bad things, wouldn't it be nice for brothers to be harmonious now?Suddenly hearing Baoyu crying outside, he frowned slightly.

"Baoyu is clamoring to find the old ancestor." Yuanyang said.

Mrs. Wang gave Lou's hand a pause while pouring wine, and hurriedly looked at Jia Mu's face.

When Jia Mu wanted Baoyu to be brought over, she was afraid that Mrs. Wang would be safe, so she said with a smile, "Tell him to go with his father. If he is tired, ask the nanny to take him back to sleep." Ge Huizhong cloth vegetables.

Yuanyang knew that there was only one thing Jia Min was proud of about Jia's mother. After serving Ge Huizhong's dishes, she deliberately smiled and said: "My aunt has been married for more than ten years. I am young and have never seen her. I only heard about her. He is like a celestial being, and this time my aunt returns to Beijing, and I can follow suit to open my eyes."

These words really won Jiamu's heart. Jiamu said with a smile: "Among the three brothers and sisters, your aunt and wife are the most like me."

Mrs. Wang changed her mind, put the jug on the tray held by amber, and took silver three-inlaid red sandalwood chopsticks to serve Jiamu's dishes. After putting down the chopsticks, she smiled and said: "The back office of Lantai Temple is very narrow. My aunt and aunt are wronged to live there. Why don’t you invite them to live at home? It’s not cheaper than renting another house.” Although Jia Zhu can’t live in Rongxi Hall, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai can come and live there. It can also suppress Jia Lian's arrogant and frivolous energy.

Mother Jia didn't know that Mrs. Wang was angry, but Jia Lian refused to let Jia Zhu live behind Rongxi Hall. First, she felt sorry for Jia Min, and second, she also wanted to use Lin Ruhai to suppress Jia Lian, so she immediately said, "Second Lord Lian is invited." Come in and talk."

Yuanyang agreed, and asked the little girl Glass to call.

When they saw Jia Lian coming in, Lou Shi, Ge Huizhong and Yingchun hurriedly left the table and stood up.

Jia's mother hurriedly asked Mrs. Wang to invite Lou and Ge Huizhong to go back and sit down. Then she said to Jia Lian, "Lian'er, your uncle and aunt are going to Beijing. Is there an empty yard at home? I heard that you have asked someone to clean up Lixiang. hospital?"

Jia Lian thought that Lin Ruhai might not be willing to come to Jia's house, and said with a smile, "The Pear Fragrance Courtyard has been cleaned up, but the courtyard is not spacious enough. It's good to keep it as a private school for the children of the clan to study. It's not worthy for uncles and aunts to live there. Grandson I saw that our house is next to the yamen gate of Nalantai Temple, and there is a big courtyard with five entrances, so I just told the stewards and told them to clean it up when they are fifteen."

Mrs. Wang was surprised, and Jia's mother was also stunned, thinking that Jia Lian had ordered someone to go there not long after she knew the news of Lin Ruhai's entry into Beijing?Before I could say more, I heard Jia Lian say, "I know that the old lady loves my aunt and sister Yu, and she also asked Yingchun to clean up the yard next to her."

Yingchun only heard about it, but since Jia Lian had said it, she had to agree: "I don't know what my aunt likes, but I have to listen to what the old lady said tomorrow, so I dare to go to the storeroom to pick things."

Jia's mother had nothing to say, so she smiled at Jia Lian and said, "Go out and talk to Mr. Ge."

Jia Lian agreed, and went out to the porch. After being seated, he saw Jia Zhu and Ge Kui talking about punctuation marks. "Small tricks" are insulting to gentlemen, and secretly sighed that any new creation is not easy and capable. At the meeting, Jia She and Jia Zheng praised Lin Ruhai a lot. Jia Zheng, who was sitting at the same place, also led Jia Zhu back.

Jia Lian also sent Ge Kui out, chatting with Ge Kui on the way.

Ge Kui put his hands behind his back and said, "Since you are Mr. Second Master, why not tell me frankly why you are studying. Then, I can also think about what to teach Second Master."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "To tell the truth, I don't want to waste more than ten years studying on a hanging beam. I just go out and meet people. If my stomach is empty, I will be ashamed as soon as I open my mouth. I will be treated as a straw bag, and I will lose face. .”

Ge Kui nodded, and said with a smile: "Since the second master is not for the imperial examination, it is easy to say, the second master only learned the important things such as the Four Books and Five Classics, and then learned those uncommon articles for embellishment, serious It is enough to learn about shooting, drinking orders, and riding and archery."

Jia Lian thought Ge Kui was a pedantic scholar, now seeing how knowledgeable and interesting he is, he hurriedly said: "Then I'll leave it to you, sir. I'm ashamed to say that the student doesn't have much ink in his belly, and he has to intercede for his second uncle when he's [-] years old. Please write the notebook for me when you have been away for fifteen days."

Ge Kui hastily agreed, but it was not easy to comment on the affairs of Jia's family. When he was outside Jia Lian's study, he asked Jia Lian to stop, and saw two sedan chairs coming out of the corner gate. Knowing that it was his wife and daughter, he led the sedan chair. went.

Jia Lian turned back to Jinghuanzhai, washed up, wrote two large characters, and said to Quanlu: "After fifteenth, ask someone to buy a house near Lantai Temple. No matter whether Uncle Lin can't live in it, I will prepare it first. .” After explaining this, he fell asleep.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year's Day, on behalf of the eldest house, Yingchun set up a few tables of plain banquets in the east courtyard of Rongxi Hall, and invited Jia's mother, Jia Zheng's first room, and Ge Kui's family over; In the garden on the east side, I had a banquet, because no one was invited to sing, so it was very lonely; in the third year of the junior high school, it was the turn of the banquet in the West Mansion, but Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, and Jia Lian did not go there. Yingchun followed Jia's mother and came back to tell Jia Lian Said: "The lady over there is very strange. She only said that she was sick, but she was not allowed to visit her."

Jia Lian thought to himself that Mrs. Xifu is Jia Zhen's mother, so could she have the same "disease" as Mrs. Xing?Because it was someone else's business, I didn't care about it. When I saw that the Li family, Yuan family, and Xu family had sent someone over, I quickly asked Lin Zhixiao to reward the visitor with a high-end seal. On the twelfth, Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng came over and talked with them They joked around for a day; the next two days had nothing to do, and the brothers of the Cao family compiled a booklet of the Jia family's population from other provinces and showed it to him.

Jia Lian held the booklet and studied it non-stop for two days. Before the Lantern Festival on the 15th, he asked someone to take some high-quality fur, silk, medicinal materials and some money from the warehouse and quietly sent them to the fifth house of the Rongguo family in the Jia family. , Sixth Household, and Seventh Household, and asked the servants to send messages to the seemingly enterprising children in the three houses, saying that they would do errands for them after the year and gradually win people over.

On the 15th Lantern Festival, the East Mansion is brightly lit, the shengxiao is constantly playing, and it is very lively; the West Mansion is deserted, and everyone is thinking about what will happen after the [-]th.

On the sixteenth day, before Jia Lian got up, he heard that Ge Kui, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhu were waiting in the front hall. Zhezi, seeing the three of them quoting the scriptures there, listened from the sidelines. He listened and saw many classics piled up. He just said that Jiamu was too old to bear the white-haired people sending black people.

At noon, in order to see Jia Zheng's jokes, Jia Amnesty asked someone to carry it to watch.

In the afternoon, I saw the servants of the second room coming to report tremblingly: "Several lords, the Wang family and the historian sent letters, saying that many people impeached the second lord this morning. The second master was arrested and interrogated."

Jia Zheng turned pale with bluff, Jia Amnesty only felt relieved.

Jia Lian scolded: "What nonsense, the old man is safe and sound now, even if there is no record in the law how to try the case of attempted murder."

Jia Zheng's face softened a little. Although Jia Lian was responsible for the incident, now it seems that Jia Lian is the only one in the family who can hold his ground. He didn't care to polish the book, so he hurriedly asked someone to show it to Jia Mu. , After Jia Mu nodded, she also disliked Jia Lian's unsightly handwriting, so she ordered Jia Zhu to copy it again, and presented it with Jia Lian's name.

This brochure was submitted, because it contained some routines that everyone expected, and I was not surprised when I read it today. After I approved it, because there were many things in the new year, I ordered Jia Zheng and Jia Lian to go to thank you in early March.

On the day of Xie En, Jia Zheng reluctantly put on the official robe that he had not worn twice, and after entering the palace with Jia Lian, he kept turning his head to look at Jia Lian, "Lian'er, you signed and painted it. This official must be given to Pearl."

"I know." Jia Lian said, following closely behind Jia Zheng.

The two uncles and nephews waited in the cabinet for a while, and after being summoned, they followed the eunuch to the hall. Because it was not a grand meeting, there were a few elders standing in the hall, and everyone looked at Jia Zheng with their eyes.

Jia Zheng's face was burning badly. After knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, he wished he could find a crack in the ground and slip in.

"If it weren't for the old Duke's many meritorious deeds, the old lady in the house is old, and your brother and nephew are filial, benevolent and righteous people, I would never have spared you so easily."

Jia Zheng couldn't express his hardships, and he didn't dare to overturn the case in court, so he had to kowtow obsequiously to thank him.

"Master, if this kind of person who disregards human ethics and laws becomes an official, he will definitely endanger the country and make the world dissatisfied. I beg the saint to remove him from his official position." An old man knelt down and said.

The other veterans knelt down in agreement.

Another person said: "Although Jia Zheng's nephew has a noble, this son is a rare man of pure filial piety. It's okay to ask him to be an official."

The other veterans agreed after hearing this.

Fearing that Jia Lian would repent, Jia Zheng went to see him again and again.

"That's why, after all, the official position was originally promised to the old Duke before he died." Shui Mu sat on the dragon chair high, and said without exception.

Jia Lian hurriedly kowtowed and said, "My lord, knowing his mistakes can make things better. My second uncle has already repented, and my father has forgiven him. I implore the lord and all the elders to let the past go. Although I don't read much, I can Some self-knowledge, dare not accept the imperial salary in vain. The minister has made a wish, no matter whether he succeeds or not, he will study hard for three years, and after the filial piety period, go to the examination room to try his skills. Received the decree of the Lord's grace, so as not to disappoint the Lord's painstaking efforts. And although the second uncle is not good, but my cousin Jia Zhu has read poetry and books since he was a child, and he is upright, humble and kind. I implore the Lord, cousin Xu Enter the Ministry of Industry to study, so as to take on the important task of revitalizing the Jia family."

Jia Zheng hurriedly kowtowed with Jia Lian, fearing that he might dislike Jia Zhu in the future.

Shui Mu smiled lightly and said, "He's ambitious." After a little thought, he knew that Jia Lian's remarks were the result of Jia's family's discussion, and he was also happy to call out the emperor's grace, which was absolutely necessary Draw up the decree and call Jia Zheng and Jia Lian to retreat with a wave of hands.

After leaving the palace, Jia Zheng wiped his forehead with a handkerchief, and said: "After all, the saint is benevolent."

Jia Lian's sage has no time to worry about which of the Jia family's Ministry of Industry and Engineering should be a small head, "Second Uncle will follow me to the cabinet."

"I'm still going to sit there, hurry home and tell my ancestors." Jia Zheng frowned, but seeing that Jia Lian had already gone to the cabinet, he had to go with him for fear that he would cause trouble.

After entering the cabinet, Jia Zheng feared that Jia Lian would not know it and said: "The edicts and proclamations in the cabinet can be read by the officials who come here."

Jia Lian thought that if he didn't know about this, he wouldn't come here, so he went to look through the edicts, proclamations, and mansion newspapers. When he saw the proclamation of Lin Ruhai's promotion, he read it carefully and wrote down the words praising Lin Ruhai in it. Looking at the previous proclamation, it was the former doctor of Lantai Temple retiring, and the latter proclamation was another censor, Ding You, who immediately felt ominous, and when he wanted to read the previous proclamation again, he listened to Jia Zheng. Urging: "Lian'er, get out of trouble soon, and you will retreat." Although he thinks he is innocent, his words are terrible. If he sees those old men and listens to their gossip, he might as well kill him head-on. It's on this wall.