The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Jia Lian didn't ask what Feng Ziying's method was, but guessed that he had a wide range of contacts and acquaintances, and it would be easy to punish Jia Rong. In the evening, Feng's family came to remind him, and Feng Ziying went home.

Jia Lian remembered that Li Bizhou's mother and Xu Yuheng's mother would return to Jiangsu tomorrow, so he asked Zhao Tianliang to go to Xu's house and explained why he couldn't see him off.

Unexpectedly, at dusk on the second day, Li Bizhou, Yuan Jingfeng, Xu Yuheng, and Xu Yujue rode to the door together to visit.

Li Bizhou is quite famous, Yuan Jingfeng has studied in the Imperial Academy for more than a year, Xu Yuheng is a young student, and Xu Yujue is also a leader among the imperial students of the Imperial College.

When these four people came, Li Shouzhong didn't seem to be as alienated from Jia's family and others. When he heard his son said that there was a distinguished guest, he immediately sat in the outer study with a smile on his face and waited for others to come to see him. He saw that Li Bizhou was gentle and approachable; The brothers in my family were even more powerful, so they asked with a slight smile, "How do you guys have the time to come here?"

Everyone more or less had studied in the Imperial College for two days. When they met Li Shouzhong, they all called him teacher. After Li Shouzhong asked them to sit down, Li Bizhou laughed and said, "I heard that the elder brother of our sworn brother, the fourth brother, fell ill. The brothers came together to visit and visit."

Li Shouzhong asked in surprise: "Then Jia Lian is your sworn brother?"

Xu Yuheng propped his hands on his knees and said: "The teacher must think that our fourth brother is not good enough to be sworn brothers with us. The teacher doesn't know, but the fourth brother is very intelligent."

Li Shouzhong remained silent. According to his opinion, he would have preferred to marry Li Wan to any one of these four people in the past. After all, these four families are also from a scholarly family, and the two families are well-matched; but at that time, he really liked Jia Zhu. , was confused by Jia Zheng again, and decided to get married in a moment of confusion, then pondered for a while, and said: "I have also heard that Jia Jialian's brother wants to study seriously, but their family behaves like that. Although I have heard of it, I have never heard of it Seeing it, I don’t want to believe it.” So he asked Yuan Jingfeng what he was doing in the Hanlin Academy, urged Li Bizhou to take the scientific examination earlier, and urged Xu Yuheng and Xu Yujue brothers to quickly participate in the quick selection of officials in Qiu Wei, half a day later, see They were going to see Jia Lian and Jia Zhu, and they asked Li Cheng and Li Jin brothers to accompany them.

The four of Li Bizhou resigned from Li Shouzhong, and asked Li Cheng about Jia Zhu's condition. When they heard that Jia Lian had gone out and asked someone to pour ice salt water on Jia Zhu, Yuan Jingfeng, Xu Yuheng, and Xu Yujue repeatedly praised Jia Lian for his love and righteousness. As I said, I also feel that Jia Lian is tactful and the city is very deep. Now, when I hear such a thing, I want to know how tactful he is.

When I arrived outside the east wing, I saw a simple bed in the warm pavilion under the corridor outside the wing. Looking at the bedding and pillow mat on it, I knew that Jia Lian was guarding here at night.

"Fourth brother doesn't love himself too much." Xu Yuheng disagreed.

"Exactly, and that ice salt water... It's too risky. If it doesn't work, wouldn't it be harming yourself?" Yuan Jingfeng reprimanded.

Jia Lian hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "You guys, please teach me a lesson two days later. No matter what, Big Brother Zhu is safe and sound." Hearing that Xu Yuheng and Li Wanting were engaged, he congratulated him repeatedly, and sighed that those jade hands didn't know what to do. We can't see each other again, seeing that Xu Yuheng is neither embarrassed nor embarrassed, and understands the reason, he asks someone to talk to Li Wan in the room, and leads Li Bizhou, Yuan Jingfeng, Xu Yuheng, and Xu Yujue into the room to meet him.

In the room, Li Wan hid behind the screen and met Li Bizhou and the others through the screen.

On the bed, Jia Zhu's face was so pale that there was no trace of blood. She lay quietly on the bed like a beautiful woman. When she saw everyone coming, she had to force herself to get up. After being pushed back by Jia Lian, she said with a bleak smile, "I'm sorry."

"It's been a while, what etiquette do you care about? How do you feel about yourself?" Li Bizhou was the oldest, and he should be the first to speak when he came in to greet Jia Zhu.

Jia Zhu hesitated for a while, and said slowly: "... Lian'er doesn't understand this, please help him write a note for me, and resign from the job in the Ministry of Industry..."

A low sound of "Ah—" came from behind the screen, and Jia Lian knew that Li Wan couldn't hold back when he heard Jia Zhu say that he was going to resign, so he leaned over and said to Jia Zhu, "Brother Zhu, why do you make things difficult for me? Let me decide?" Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were eager to stab his villain at home, if he took the lead in this matter, the couple would like to put medicine in his meal.

Although Jia Zhu was ill, she also heard Li Wan's movement behind the screen, and said with a wry smile, "I don't know how many years I can survive with this body...why bother? After all, there is something about the second master, the future is limited...it's better to stay My next life is to teach and educate people in a family school at home, if I teach one or two people who are hopeful in my family and in the country, that will be my life's fortune." After these words, I was slightly out of breath, and I couldn't say anything else up.

Behind the screen, Li Wan heard Jia Zhu's mournful voice, sobbed silently. Originally, she had a heart to hope that her husband would become a dragon. In the past two days, she almost watched Jia Zhu die in front of her. There is no need to beg at all, just to be a widow a few years later in this life, this is her destiny.

Li Bizhou, Yuan Jingfeng and the others felt sorry for him after hearing this.

"Well, let's send a message first and see what the second uncle and second aunt will do." Jia Lian thought that asking Jia Zhu to be an official now would be no less than forcing him to death. Although the ice water saved his life for a while, it would also kill him The internal organs in his body were frozen.

Jia Zhu blinked weakly, then called Li Wan again and again.

Li Wan didn't want to come out, but at this moment he also wiped away his tears, stepped out from behind the screen, knelt on the footsteps in front of the bed, and asked softly, "Master, are you thirsty?"

Jia Zhu shook her head, pointed at Li Wan and said to Jia Lian and the other five: "If I don't survive these few days, please take care of your sister-in-law. I thank you in advance."

As soon as Li Wan heard this, tears immediately rolled down, and she lay down beside the bed and cried bitterly.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Brother, don't say such despondent words. If you are discouraged, you can kill people without illness or disaster. I don't want to listen to such an entrustment. If the elder brother really loves the sister-in-law, he will hold his breath. Get well. Otherwise, if auntie blames her, who can save sister-in-law?"

Li Wan cried more and more, and seeing this, Jia Zhu couldn't bear to cry anymore.

Jia Lian pulled Li Bizhou and the four out carefully.

"Your eldest brother is a righteous person, but it's a pity..." Yuan Jingfeng didn't have much contact with Jia Zhu, so he couldn't help but sigh for him at this time.

Jia Lian said softly: "Now, I still hope that the second uncle and aunt at home can understand what brother Zhu wants." Seeing that the sky was getting darker, he was afraid of violating the night ban, so he hurriedly sent Li Bizhou and others out, and sent someone again Go back to Rongguo Mansion and pass on Jia Zhu's determination to dismiss from office.

When this word spread to the Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia pondered for a long time. Although she felt sorry for her grandson, Jia Zhu was the only "promising" one in the Second Household at the moment, and she didn't dare to make up her mind for the Second Household, so she called Yuanyang, who was in charge now, to come and tell Yuanyang to go. Tell Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang about it.

It was getting late, and Yuanyang didn't go to Mrs. Wang's place through the gate, but went through the hallway and asked two little maids to take the lantern to see him take a shortcut. When he entered the garden on the east side, he saw that there was a mess here.

The young Jia Huan burst into tears, and Aunt Zhao scolded the nanny impatiently for not being diligent. Seeing Tanchun in front of her, she scolded Tanchun for not making progress. .

The place is narrow, and Yuanyang didn't want to listen to these gossips, but listened to them verbatim. Seeing Jin Chuan come out, he asked softly, "What's wrong with Aunt Zhao?"

Jin Chuan said: "What can she do? I heard that the old man is not good, and I wish I could burn incense to fulfill my wish. Now the old man doesn't talk to the guests in the outer courtyard every day like before. Seeing her like that, he has to scold her. She Feeling uneasy, and thinking that the master lives in the study outside tonight, naturally he will take the opportunity to complain and complain."

"Madam doesn't care?" Yuanyang frowned.

"The one who scolded was not born by my wife, so my wife doesn't bother to ask." Jin Chuan said, leading the mandarin ducks to Mrs. Wang's door, then stretched out his hand to open the red lacquered bamboo curtain, and invited the mandarin ducks in.

The mandarin ducks went in, and saw that it was so late, Mrs. Wang was still sitting on the kang with Yuan Chun and her daughter doing needlework and talking, seeing that Yuan Chun was no longer the beauty of the country two years ago, and now it seemed to be tainted with incense. , so tired that she doesn't look like a daughter in a boudoir, but like a young woman who does housework.Thinking about it, he said what the Li family had brought.

"...What does the old lady mean?" Mrs. Wang asked hurriedly.

Yuanyang thought to herself, could it be that Jia Mu told Jia Zhu not to resign from office, so Mrs. Wang told Jia Zhu to die to become an official with peace of mind? "The old lady said that she is only a grandmother after all, how to decide this matter depends on what the second master and second wife want."

Yuan Chun saw that the mandarin duck was more calm and capable after leaving Jia Mu, and saw that she was wearing a pink-blue satin jacket with a cross collar and a silver-gray pleated skirt, which was pretty and neat. Brother Nai, would someone like her be willing to be willing?He said with a smile, "I'm sorry to bother you to come here at night, and take the piano to see off your sister Yuanyang." Smiling, she watched Yuanyang go out, and sighed: "If I asked this mandarin duck to follow my elder brother in the past, it would be easier now. Woolen cloth."

Mrs. Wang folded her hands and didn't answer the words. Although Jia Lian didn't accept the mandarin ducks, the mandarin ducks were also from Jia Lian's side now, so they couldn't move easily, so she hurriedly sent someone to invite Jia Zheng to discuss it.

Seeing this, Yuan Chun also got up and retreated.

"Why is Brother Huan crying again?" Before Jia Zhengren came in, his impatient voice had already drifted in. Before the maid could open the curtain, he threw the curtain and came in, and sat heavily on the kang of the warm pavilion.

The courtyard where he lived in the past was spacious, and Jia Zheng's inner and outer study rooms were both far away from the backyard, so he couldn't hear those trivial sounds, but now he lives in a crowded place, listening to the movements in Aunt Zhao's room every now and then, which is not like it was before. I generally feel that she is "duty".

Mrs. Wang said: "Brother Huan has caught a cold." He hurriedly told Jia Zheng that Jia Zhu was going to resign.

Jia Zheng was stunned, he was all counting on Jia Zhu to get ahead, let him do it for him, now Jia Zhu refuses to be an official!He hurriedly said, "You are so sick?" Thinking of Jia Lian's methods, he said again, "Could it be that brother Lian created something out of nothing?" He also suspected that Jia Lian had calculated that Jia Zhu was weak, so he was willing to give up the office to Jia Zhu.

"Why don't you go and see tomorrow?" Mrs. Wang tentatively asked. Since Jia Zheng had an accident in Jinling, he has never been out of the house. He took advantage of this incident to try to see the attitude of outsiders.

Jia Zheng was afraid of being underestimated by Li Shouzhong, so he hurriedly said, "Where can I get out?"

"...But if we don't go out, we can only let Brother Lian decide. Maybe Zhu'er is in good shape, but Brother Lian deliberately spread rumors?"

Both husband and wife knew Jia Zhu's body well, and after this setback, how could they be well-behaved.It's just that when the family was separated, it was promised that they could no longer go out in the name of the Rongguo Mansion. Not long ago, they cut off contact with the Wang family, and even Wang Rendaxi couldn't go there. Now he has bet everything on Jia Zhu's official position, so how can he be willing to call him? Dismiss from office and go home.

Jia Zheng thought over and over again, gritted his teeth and nodded. Because he could hear Aunt Zhao's crying in this room, he couldn't bear to spend the night here, so he got up and went back to the study in the front yard.

Early the next morning, Jia Zheng went over to Mrs. Wang's side to discuss the gifts to bring to the Li family, and saw Yingchun's maid, Siqi and Yuanyang, coming over.

Siqi smiled and said: "Our girl misses Miss San, and wants to take Miss San to live there for a few days."

Mrs. Wang glanced at Yuanyang and knew that it must be Yuanyang who heard that Tanchun was wronged by Aunt Zhao last night and told Yingchun that Yingchun was going to pick him up.I can't take care of these trivial matters right now, so I nod and ask Siqi and Yuanyang to invite Tanchun to live in Rongxi Hall.

After a while, Tanchun came over neatly in an orange dress and a gold collar. When he saw Jia Zheng and his wife after entering the door, he knelt straight on the ground and said childishly: "Master, madam," after thinking about the lesson for a while. Yinmao gave her instructions, and then said clearly, "Now we have a lot of things at home. Although I can't share the worries of the old lady and the elder sister, I can feel at ease staying here. If I pass by, I must be afraid of the old lady over there." Worrying, hiding the news from top to bottom, my daughter is gone, and I don’t know about my big brother, so I will worry more about my big brother.”

Jia Zheng was taken aback.

Mrs. Wang burst into tears and said: "Three girls are still sensible, that's all, if you don't go, don't go, and play with your elder sister." Calling Tanchun to come to her, she said with emotion: "Three girls are better than Baoyu Some."

Jia Zheng nodded, and also felt that Tanchun was not like those shallow-sighted people vying to go to the big room to follow others, and seeing that she was more than ten times more sophisticated than Baoyu in conversation at such a young age, he also praised her. He said to her, "If you have a strong character, don't eat food that comes from you", rewarded her with two high-quality inkstones, and asked Mrs. Wang to send Siqi and Yuanyang back to the west.

Yuanyang and Siqi felt very boring, so they went back to Rongxi hall in frustration.It's just that Amber and Pearl had already excitedly told Jia Mu that Tanchun would come to live. Seeing that she didn't come, they went to ask the reason for the mandarin ducks. "Don't eat the food that comes from you", so I also gave up the idea of ​​bringing Tanchun to my side to raise with Yingchun and Xiangyun.