The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Jia Lian felt rather regretful, for those who married blindly and dumbly, they had to step into the bridal chamber when they met for the first time, it was really a bit reluctant for him.

The breeze is coming, and the fragrance of lotus root is permeating.

Jia Lian stopped entangled in this matter for a while, and returned to the original place to stand, listening to Xu Zhian explain "The Doctrine of the Mean" for a while, and listening to Li Bizhou and Yuan Jingfeng explain stereotyped articles, and then finished talking about the business, and watched Xu Yuyu mocking the sisters at home If you want to publish a book beyond your means.

"Those were made by the boudoir's daughter, printed out, and circulated. How decent is that? Regardless of whether the article is good or bad, it's not good to make people think that this daughter is too pushy. A few punctuation points by cousin Wanting spread It's fine to go out, poetry must not be like this." Xu Yuyu looked at Xu Zhian old-fashionedly with one hand behind his back, as if waiting for Xu Zhian to agree.

Jia Lian kept silent, and when Xu Zhi'an looked at him, he seemed to be criticizing him for printing out the "Tea Classic" as a very reckless thing, and said with a smile: "You can't generalize, there were women in the previous dynasty." Poems spread."

"But few of those women are decent people." Xu Yujue sneered, Li Bizhou and Yuan Jingfeng nodded, seeming to agree very much.

Only Xu Yuheng vaguely understood that Xu Zhian wanted to recruit Jia Lian as his son-in-law, so he secretly tugged at the skirt of his clothes and told him not to say a few words.

Jia Lian refused to shut up at this moment. After all, since he knew that all the daughters of the Xu family wanted to publish books and biographies, if he agreed with Xu Yuju, wouldn't it be like picking on Xu's daughters for their restlessness?So he shook the paper fan lightly and said, "Your words are a waste of food because of choking. Although I am also a man, now I have to risk offending the old man and all brothers to say a word. Today's men are not as good as one generation after another. I see The men in the annals of history even knew how to take charge of the housework, but today’s men only know how to eat and drink outside, fight cocks and run dogs, and when they come home, they even forget how to sweep the world if they don’t sweep a house. Housework and children are all left to women , I only ask two or three questions in a year. Even if there is a so-called "promising" person, he just concentrates on studying and studying his official career. If you ask him how much savings, how much, how much, and how many people are in his family, he will definitely shake his head three times. If this is the case, if the sons and daughters are not breathless, they will say something that is better than a woman's hands. On the one hand, they let go of their children to the woman, but on the other hand, they restrain the woman from making progress. In this way, the children and grandchildren under the knee can be compared It is really God's blessing to have a future generation. It is a few who clamor to marry a wife as a virtuous man, so what about the virtuous ones? Three obediences and four virtues are guarding needlework female reds, this is the so-called virtuous, But this is just teaching the next generation of 'virtuous' daughters, what about men? If you think my words are not pleasant, think about it carefully, how many generations ago have there been no saints?"

"Second brother Lian..." Xu Yuyu was taken aback by the shocking words, and retorted: "Our family is not like that."

Jia Lian respectfully said: "Is this the case with the Xu family? You should ask the old man." After finishing speaking, he bowed to Xu Zhi'an. No matter how obscene and shameless Ximen Qing is, he is also the one who meddles in family affairs. It is Shi Shi's turn. The men in the book from top to bottom, from officials to businessmen, are all hands-off shopkeepers. The joy of the court.It can be seen that from Ming to Qing, this change is not insignificant.And if you look closely, it can be deduced to the customs of the Manchus and the Central Plains people. The Manchus, the Jurchens, have continued to fight in the north and south for centuries. In the long run, men are only responsible for fighting to the death on the battlefield, and women are responsible for giving birth and taking care of housework and children. After entering the customs, although there was no war, men followed the customs of their ancestors and regarded all housework as a woman's duty, and still entrusted women to women, disdain to interfere; while people in the Central Plains had occasional wars, but most of them lived in peace, and were influenced by Confucianism. Indoctrination, the emphasis is on "regulating the family" and governing the country and the world, not like Manchu men who don't care about family affairs.

Xu Yuyu immediately went to shake Xu Zhian's sleeve, waiting for Xu Zhian to refute.

Xu Zhi'an felt that Jia Lian's words were too deviant, as if he was standing on the woman's side and making an enemy of the men of the world, but the words of "there have been no saints in several generations" made him feel sad again, and sighed for a long time: "Lian What brother said is not bad, I am also approaching the old age, and there are no more trivial things, so I can get together and joke with my children and grandchildren. If you ask me about those trivial housework, I will just shake my head and don't know." After that, he could not help telling Jia Lian: "You can just talk about these things at home, and don't talk nonsense when you go out."

Jia Lian quickly and respectfully agreed: "I didn't say this outside, so as not to quarrel with others. Now I feel that the sisters of the Xu family are all outstanding, and I can't bear to hear Fifth Brother belittle them."

Li Bizhou, Yuan Jingfeng, Xu Yuheng and Xu Yujue all bowed their heads in thought, and couldn't help feeling that Jia Lian's words made sense.

The more Xu Zhi'an looked at him, the more he felt that he was a rare candidate for a grandson-in-law. He didn't talk about others, but his daughters. When they were in their mother's house, they went to their husband's house. It's inevitable that the mother-in-law and the mother-in-law suspected that they were "not doing business properly", and they all changed their claims. I can't read a few words anymore, and I don't dare to compose poems and couplets as I like at home. Even if I take my sister-in-law to play, I don't dare to steal the limelight from my sister-in-law. , is a matter of urgency. Otherwise, everyone will stand still, how can there be any saints?"

"The old man is right." Everyone said in unison.

Xu Zhi'an sighed, and silently read the words "Sages can't be born in a few generations", then suddenly pointed at Jia Lian, and said angrily, "I just talked about you, and you throw out these words again. If you spoil my girl, I will find you." Settle the accounts." It was necessary to tell Li Bizhou and others not to tell the sisters at home what Jia Lian had said, and then they were tired of talking about "The Doctrine of the Mean" and told everyone to disperse.

Xu Yuheng personally sent Jia Lian out, put his arms around his shoulders, and said shamelessly: "I only think of myself as someone who cares about the world, and I don't want to be inferior to you in the end."

Jia Lian hurriedly declined, wondering if Xu Yuheng would agree to deliver the letter to his sisters for him?Before he came to a conclusion, he and Liu Xianglian got into the sedan chair together.

After entering the sedan chair, Liu Xianglian sat in a corner with her sleeves rolled up and said, "You guys really have nothing to do, you don't even worry about whether there will be saints in the world."

"The sound of the wind and the rain, the sound of reading, the sound is in my ears; family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, and everything is concerned." Jia Lian leaned against the sedan chair with her eyes closed, deliberately pretending to be concerned about the country and the people, and noticed that Liu Xianglian's eyes had been falling on her. On his face, he asked, "Is there something on my face?"

Liu Xianglian and Jia Lian sat in the same sedan chair, and felt uncomfortable about not suing Wang Ren, but after suing, she felt that Jia Lian was in trouble, and it took a long time to tell Wang Ren that Jia Lian was not good at women. exit.

Jia Lian sneered, "Just wait, sooner or later the Wang family will make trouble. Sometimes there will be a good show, but you should be careful, don't go out normally, and bring a few more people with you when you go out."

Liu Xianglian nodded, and reminded Jia Lian: "Then Wang Ren believes that you have an affair with his sister. This matter should be made clear as soon as possible, otherwise it will be impossible to push it away." Determined to go out less in the future, and practice martial arts with Ge Kui with peace of mind .

Suddenly outside the sedan chair, Zhao Tianliang came over and said in a low voice, "Second Master, Master Lin is waiting for Second Master to speak in the teahouse ahead."

Jia Lian opened the curtain and took a look, "Master Lin, please go to the teahouse to talk." When the sedan chair stopped, he and Liu Xianglian got out of the sedan chair, followed Zhao Tianliang to the elegant room of the teahouse, and saw that he was dressed in commoner clothes, which looked more refined and extraordinary. Lin Ruhai leaned against the window and looked at the sunset light outside the window, Jia Lian stepped forward and said with a smile, "Uncle looking for me?"

Lin Ruhai nodded with a sinking face, and after Zhao Tianliang closed the door, he sat down on the beech chair opposite Jia Lian, meditated for a long time, and said, "Today is my birthday, and Prince Yizhong personally came to celebrate my birthday."

Liu Xianglian brought a cup of tea to Lin Ruhai, and asked doubtfully, "Master Lin has a relationship with Prince Yizhong?"

"Where is there any relationship? In today's world, it's like people go to cool the tea. If there is any relationship with the ancestors, once the person leaves, everything fades away." Lin Ruhai said worriedly, picked up the tea cup and looked at it. After a glance, he didn't like the tea, so he put down the cup again.

Seeing that Jia Lian was silent, Liu Xianglian knew that Jia Lian must know something.

Jia Lian originally thought that Lin Ruhai knew about it, but now it seems that he didn't know the meaning of the sage calling him to the capital. Bian said: "Uncle, there is no need to worry. After a few days, the sage will see that Uncle is not someone who is easily bought by Prince Yizhong, and he will entrust Uncle with a heavy responsibility."

"What important task?" Lin Ruhai asked quickly, and then said in a daze: "There are several families in the capital, big and small, and none of them dare to say that they are clean, let alone a prince? Could it be that the sage is going to touch Prince Yizhong?"

Seeing that Lin Ruhai had a shadow in his heart, Jia Lian knew that he just wanted to find someone to verify, so he asked in a low voice: "Uncle, why do the saints only use Yizhong's palace to operate?"

Lin Ruhai pursed his lips slightly, although he guessed something, but before he made up his mind, how could he tell Jia Lian about it?If Jia Lian heard about it, he would have to do everything possible to disrupt his plan, so he said perfunctorily, "I haven't been in Beijing for a long time, how do I know this? But, have you ever heard anything in Xu's house?"

Hearing that he didn't answer the question, Jia Lian felt that an official like him should have a shadow in his heart even if he hadn't heard anything, so he sneered and said: "Uncle is too shrewd in calculating this account, he refuses to say a word, but wants Take the words out of my mouth. Since this is the case, there is no need to say the rest, and I will leave, nephew." After standing up, he took two steps outside, then turned back with a sneer and said, "Uncle had better make a plan for the future. Who will Auntie and Sister Yu entrust, otherwise, when things come to an end, our Jia family will be kept in the dark, it would be unkind not to take over the orphans and widowed mothers, and it would be unwise to take over.”

"Second Master Lian..." Liu Xianglian suddenly became angry when he refused to accept Jia Lian, and hurriedly got up to follow him, trying to stop him.

Lin Ruhai was stunned by Jia Lian's words, and seemed to understand something in Jia Lian's words, so he hurriedly called "Brother Lian" twice to call him back, and when Jia Lian was asked to sit down opposite him again, he felt so orphaned and widowed. Mother, entrustment, etc., the mood is restless, just brewing and hesitating again and again, still reasoning that the days of going to Beijing are still short, and I don't know what is going on in Beijing.

"Listen to uncle, uncle is determined to serve the saint." Jia Lian pursed her lips and smiled lightly. Although Jia's family is estranged from Prince Yizhong's mansion at the moment, none of the relatives in the past had ties to Prince Yizhong's mansion. Lin Ruhai refused to talk about the relationship, because he was afraid that the Jia family would persuade him not to be an enemy of Prince Yizhong, just like Prince Teng and Jia Zhen.But there are not so many fools in the world. Lin Ruhai won the Sacred Heart and was promoted to Jialu alone, and the Jia family followed the white sinner and wanted to adopt his daughter in the future.

Liu Xianglian didn't know what was going on, so she hurriedly tried to persuade her: "Second Master Lian, the big guy just speaks in a friendly manner, but Master Lin didn't say anything, why are you so angry?"

Jia Lian sneered and said, "It's just because you didn't say anything that you're so angry. When you find someone to talk to, but you refuse to explain the inside story, it's treating everyone as a low-ranking person who flatters him. go."

Liu Xianglian was startled, nodded, and went to wait for Lin Ruhai to speak again.

Lin Ruhai's face was slightly flushed. Earlier, he made up his mind to stay away from Jia's house, and now he took the initiative to call Jia Lian to inquire, and it was because he refused to be honest, but listened to Jia Lian's words, knowing that he was also an understanding The man thought that it would be okay to talk to him, so he dipped his finger in the tea, first wrote four princes and eight princes on the table, and then wrote Zhongshun Wangfu, and then wrote the word Yizhong. Seeing that the palace of Zhongshun was connected with the other four kings and eight princes through the palace of Yizhong, "In any relationship, there is a close relationship. For example, the four families of King Jia Shixue, the historians used the Jia family to get close to the Wang family and the Xue family. If there is no The Jia family, the historian will cut off contact with the Wang family and the Xue family in a short time."

Jia Lian nodded, "In the future, historians will definitely marry the Wang family."

Lin Ruhai wiped off the word Yizhong with his hand, and sighed: "Without Prince Yizhong's mansion, the people on both sides will have no contact with each other."

"It's not necessarily about turning against each other." Jia Lian whispered, knowing many things, the Zhongshun Palace may not be willing to discuss with the four princes and eight princes in person, after all, it is difficult to do it with only the word "secrecy".

Lin Ruhai frowned and nodded, and looked at Jia Lian again and again. In the past, he heard that Jia Lian was a young man who only knew how to play around with flowers, but now it seems that the rumors were wrong.

Jia Lian wanted to persuade Lin Ruhai, so he said in a low voice, "The sage really played a good game of chess. The Supreme Emperor has been protecting those royal families for a day, and the sage dare not let go to clean them up. But the Supreme Emperor is still strong, and he I couldn't wait any longer, so I decided to play a game with the Supreme Emperor first, except for Prince Yizhong—after all, only one was moved. At this level, the Supreme Emperor felt uncomfortable, and he would not turn against the saint for the sake of his family. Prince Yizhong did not One, the arm of Prince Zhongshun was broken, making it difficult for him to hold his hand alone, and it would be difficult to become a climate; the second, how could Prince Zhongshun swallow this breath? Uncle, who is also the son-in-law of the Jia family, is blood. Thicker than water, even if my aunt is estranged from the Jia family at this time, and the old lady will grow old in the future, my aunt will have more contacts with the Jia family under her filial piety. This time I am serving the saint, and the saint wants others to know that he has made great contributions People, I have to use my uncle to give my uncle an important fat job. With that fat job as a bait, I am so shallow in the eyes of saints, how can I restrain myself from flattering my uncle. At that time, Prince Zhongshun will only feel that The Jia family and the Lin family are in the same group. After destroying the Lin family, we are about to eradicate our Jia family. To eradicate us all is also a matter of Zhongshun Wangfu, which has nothing to do with saints. Saint's head."

Liu Xianglian frowned. He understood none of Jia Lian's two big speeches today.I didn't bother to think about it, I just went to see Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai's face was pale, and he clenched his fist to cover his mouth and coughed again. He was nearly half a hundred years old, and he had only one daughter under his knees, so he didn't have much to worry about. He will definitely protect their mother and daughter well, so he feels that he has no worries, so he has the meaning to win the Sacred Heart by going all out; but now that Jia Lianming said that he will not interfere with Jia Min and Daiyu's mother and daughter anyway, he can't help hesitating When I got up, it was difficult to make a decisive decision because I was worried, frowned, and shook my head for a long time, "...Since I have entered Beijing, I am afraid that the saint will not allow me to retreat." I am afraid that my wife and daughter will be affected, and I am afraid that my official career will be ruined. , is really a dilemma.

Jia Lian watched Lin Ruhai be in trouble for a long time, and sighed in his heart that the saying that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers is true, now that the Supreme Emperor and the present two emperors are here, how can the subordinates not be in trouble; and knowing that if Lin Ruhai can be moved, his official career must be the first Then he said in a soft voice: "Since the sage wants to kill the prince with a borrowed sword to eradicate the prince who shared the glory and loss, we might as well use a 'straw boat borrowed arrows' to deal with him."