The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Zhao Tianliang is also doing important things now, so he was very graciously holding the bag in the red silk with elastic ink flowers and silk, and handed the big cloak with ermine red feather gauze inside to Jia Yucun in front of the pawnshop, be sure to ask Jia Yucun to accept it.

Jia Yucun was puzzled and wondered why Jia Lian was so polite to him now that Jia Amnesty kicked him out?He thought for a moment that perhaps Jia She's going his own way to drive people away, and Jia Lian didn't dare to go against Jia She's intention.Thinking about it, he bowed to Jia Lian again to thank him.

Jia Lian smiled sympathetically towards Jia Yucun, and when Zhao Tianliang came back, he led his team forward again. Riding on the horse, he still glanced at Jia Yucun, who was standing in front of the pawnshop with his bundle in his arms, waiting for Jia Yucun. Yucun entered the pawn shop, and then retracted his eyes, and suddenly heard a fragrant wind blowing from the restaurant on the street, and then a charming woman showed her face in the restaurant.

"Second Master Lian, I haven't seen you for a long time, can you come up for a drink?" When the woman spoke, the gilt pendant on her ear kept shaking, making her restless and charming even more.

Jia Lian looked up to see if she knew this woman, and thought about it carefully, in today's world, even prostitutes and women are divided into three or six grades, and the best ones can joke with others at the banquet, but they definitely won't be so careless In the street, I saw that woman also had a red golden phoenix hairpin on her head, and she was wearing a golden multicolored printed satin close-fitting narrow jacket. When he was drinking and teasing prostitutes and girls, he raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Pan'er, come down."

Sure enough, after saying a word, Xue Pan poked his head out of the window and said with a playful smile, "How does Second Brother Lian know it's me?" Where is the second brother going?"

"Go to Xu's house and talk to the old lady. You don't do serious things, what are you doing here?" Jia Lian raised his head slightly, and sure enough, seeing that no one was instigating him at this time, the prostitute also closed the window carefully.

Xue Pan rolled up the red sleeves on both arms for the sake of cheapness. At this moment, a layer of goose skin was blown on his arms by the cold wind. He quickly pulled down the sleeves and said with a smile to Jia Lian: "I'm done with my serious business. Come loose loose."

"Your brother-in-law is in Jinling, he took advantage of you, right?" Jia Lian turned over and got off his horse. If Wang Ren dared to surround him in Jinling, he had to avenge his revenge.

Xue Pan stomped his feet angrily and said, "Does it need to be said? Even my second uncle took a lot of money from him. But we are not in Jinling, and the guys over there are afraid of offending him. We can only give him money first and then write to us."

Jia Lian said: "You are too honest. He used it in Jinling. You just make the general ledger and show it to your uncle. It doesn't matter if your uncle uses it. It doesn't cost much. But your elder brother likes to bring outsiders to your shop to get money and things, which makes it difficult for your family to do business in Jinling."

Xue Pan first wanted to say that Jia Lian's words were two points out of thin air, then he slapped his head and said again and again: "Second brother Lian said well, let me find out the accounts and find uncle to make the decision." After finishing speaking, he pulled again. Take Jia Lian's hand and ask him to go upstairs.

Jia Lian declined, and persuaded Xue Pan to go home as well. Not knowing whether Xue Pan had listened to him, he still got on his horse and drove to Xu's house.

Along the way, seeing the cold weather and many officials doing bad things, there were not many people walking on the road. On the empty street, there was a burst of crying and mourning from time to time.

It is expected that this is the cry of a big funeral in Prince Yizhong's mansion, because the Xu family and Prince Yizhong's mansion are in the same corner of the capital, so this mourning sound becomes more and more familiar.

After entering the gate of Xu's house, Xu Yuheng came out to pick him up in person.

Seeing Xu Yuheng wearing a pink and purple shirt, Jia Lian also looked thinner, and laughed at himself, "I lost weight after chasing monks and priests to eat fast, why are you so thin?"

Xu Yuheng sighed again and again: "Isn't it for marriage?"

"Sister Wanting of the Li family wants to retire, isn't that just in line with your wishes?"

Xu Yuheng was startled, he refused to mention the family matter to Jia Lian, and after a while he felt that he was not an outsider, put his hands behind his back, lowered his head slightly and muttered: "Wanting also sent me a letter... I didn't notice her before." Why, now that she is unwilling to get married because of Suqin, I feel that she is different from other women; but now, grandmother and mother see her like this, but they don't like her anymore, so this marriage... ..." Frowning left and right, I can't figure out what is wrong with this matter?

Jia Lian smiled modestly, noncommittal about the Xu family's affairs, and then wondered if the Xu family never liked Li Wanting at the same time?Following Xu Yuheng across the corner gate, through a one or two hundred-foot-long alley, and into Mrs. Xu's yard, before she could pass through the front hall, she heard two ding dings from the sidewalk, and when she looked over, it was Xu Qingheng. Hide behind the pillar and poke your head out secretly.

"Er Heng, what are you doing?" Xu Yuheng kept his face straight, disapproving of his sister's behavior that did not conform to the norms of being a lady.

Jia Lian looked at Xu Qingheng who was still combing her buns, and was wearing a satin cloak with dark green folded rose branches, with a corner exposed under the cloak, but she was only wearing a pipa collar, a moon white two-color gold trim, and a beige embroidered green calyx plum. The silk pleated skirt, I haven't seen her for more than half a year, and I have grown a lot taller, only the face and two hands are still immature, and I don't see any changes.

Xu Qingheng was not afraid of Xu Yuheng. When he saw Jia Lian looking over, the golden bells on his white and tender wrists jingled and pulled the two skirts of his cloak, he raised his head and said to Jia Lian: "Fourth brother, the old lady wants to mention the matter of engagement, you Don't promise, no matter what, you must ask brother and sister Wanting to get married this year. We can't give in!"

"You damn girl, your skin is getting thicker, what nonsense are you talking about! Get out!" Xu Yuheng was dumbfounded, although after Li Wanting's letter came, he was quite guilty and cheap, but he realized Li Wanting's sincere love, and then Seeing that Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Yuan are unwilling to ask Li Wanting to use airs before entering the house to deliberately push the boat to postpone the wedding date, it is even more counterproductive. When he mentioned this matter to his face, he couldn't help but get angry, and even said a few words out of his mouth.

"If you tell me to get out, I'll get out?" Xu Qingheng sneered, "Brother, don't look down on me too much, anyway, I'm also the head of a company with twenty or thirty sisters."

"Oh, what kind of club is it?" Jia Lian looked at the brothers and sisters of the Xu family with a funny look, wishing she could get engaged to Xu Qingheng later, thinking about it, she took out a psychic gem from the blue sachet on her waist and handed it to Xu Qingheng , "Worship sooner or later, please bless Fairy Jinghuan, and keep your wishes come true."

Xu Qingheng was taken aback, recently Xu Yuheng and Xu Yujue had the most books of all kinds of stories, even she had read two of them, and at this time she saw Jia Lian handing over a beautiful jade that was as bright as a bright glow, as smooth as a crisp, and surrounded by five-color patterns. , I couldn't help but think about the handkerchiefs, hairpins and other things used in the storybook to express my feelings, my face blushed with shame, but I didn't pick up the bright and beautiful jade, and muttered: "Who is this police fantasy fairy?" The god of the door?"

"It's about getting promoted and getting rich." Jia Lian shook the jade in his hand, seeing Xu Qingheng shy, couldn't help trembling with fear, he felt that Xu Qingheng's love had just begun; and if Xu Qingheng's love had just opened, it was the beginning of his day of suffering , and could no longer coax her like a child, so without waiting for Xu Qingheng to pick her up, she stuffed the psychic jade back.

Unexpectedly, he was a step too late, Xu Yuheng snatched the jade from his hand first, then stuffed it into Xu Qingheng's hand, and said impatiently: "She has a daughter who has never left the court, and she has set up a Qianhong Club, From donating old clothes, shoes, socks and books to the Yangshengtang, up to the sisters’ housework, there is nothing they don’t intervene in. It’s called Qianhong Club, but it’s like a much ado about nothing club.” After finishing speaking, he dragged Jia Lian forward.

Holding the psychic gem, Xu Qingheng couldn't give it back to Jia Lian, and couldn't accept it. He stomped his feet and followed two steps up, and called fourth brother repeatedly, "fourth brother, you must not give in to the old lady. I think Sister Wanting did nothing wrong, the old lady and the wife are too unreasonable to make trouble." Seeing that Meiyu was in front of Mrs. Xu's house, fearing that Meiyu would be seen by Mrs. Xu, she quickly wrapped it in a handkerchief and handed it to the five. Holding it, he followed Jia Lian and Xu Yuheng into the room a little shyly.

In the room, Mrs. Xu accepted Jia Lian's gift with a slight smile, and asked Jia Lian to follow Xu Yuheng to see Xu Zhi'an. When she saw that Xu Qingheng was going with her, she immediately stopped her, and when Jia Lian and Xu Yuheng had left, she immediately said: : "Where is the ruler?"

After saying a word, a maid handed over a very old ruler that was one foot long.

"Are you still coming?" Mrs. Xu said coldly.

Xu Qingheng walked forward slowly, seeing that the old lady Xu was getting more and more angry, so she had to stretch out both hands, and still refused to admit defeat and said: "Old lady, wife is really unreasonable. I forced my brother to marry me earlier, and I said that I am not wronged." Sister Wanting; now Sister Wanting refuses to marry, brother wants to marry after thinking about it, and the old lady and wife dislike Sister Wanting taking Joe—hiss—" After a sound, the ruler fell down, and the back of both hands Immediately it became red and swollen.

"You're full of nonsense!" the old lady Xu said angrily, and slapped four or five times in succession, and then stopped, "Did you know that you were wrong? How dare you stop brother Lian from saying that."

Xu Qingheng gritted his teeth tightly, looked at the old lady Xu wrongedly with tears in his eyes, and murmured: "It's the old lady, the lady has nothing to do with brother and sister Wanting, hiss—" After being hit again, Fang She shut her mouth, and seeing that Mrs. Xu refused to give in, she also stubbornly refused to bow her head.

"Go out, I'll feel bad when I see you!" Mrs. Xu pointed at Xu Qingheng with a ruler angrily, "If you tell me that you are encouraging people to donate money to the school in the Yangshengtang at other people's gatherings, I will send you Go to your mother in Jiangsu and see how your mother treats you!"

Xu Qingheng backed out with his head lowered while rubbing his hands. When he reached the door, he felt the north wind howling, blowing his hands so hot that he said, "Let's go to grandfather's yard."

"Girl, let the old lady know, and I will punish you again. Let's go back to the room." The duck-faced Wu'er secretly glanced into the old lady's room.

"I won't go back." Xu Qingheng murmured angrily, carrying his cloak and heading towards Xu Zhi'an's courtyard. Halfway through, he remembered the psychic treasure jade, so he took the treasure jade from Wu'er to play with, and remembered Jia Lian's nonsense warning phantasm Fairy, immediately thought that if there really was that police fairy fairy, even if that fairy didn't bless her to get promoted and get rich, she should bless Li Wanting, at least let a few people in the Xu family think that Li Wanting was causing trouble, and met Xu Yuheng's maidservant Su on the way. Qin, I saw that Suqin was wearing a light-colored skirt with simple and elegant patterns in winter, which made the weak willows support the wind more and more, and her figure was slim.

Xu Qingheng knew something about the intimate relationship between Suqin and Xu Yuhang, and knew that the old lady Xu wanted to drive Suqin away because she saw how close they were to Xu Yuheng; now the old lady wanted to drive Suqin away because she saw Li Wanting Instead, she wanted to keep Suqin, because she said with a smile, "Are you going to greet the old lady?"

Su Qin Fushen agreed yes, seeing Xu Qingheng being beaten again, thinking about why this master who had been beaten so hard offended Mrs. Xu at this moment?

Xu Qingheng disapproved of Suqin's gaze on the back of her hand, and when she was about to leave, she took Suqin's hand and went down to the eaves on the other side, "We were in harmony in the past, but now don't blame me for being troublesome. Wanting Sister must marry in, even if you please the old lady now, when Sister Wanting enters the door, the old lady will dismiss you, and change someone else to serve brother."

In the past, Xu Qingheng never interfered with the affairs of Xu Yuheng's room. Now, hearing what Xu Qingheng said, Su Qin's face couldn't help but flush, because she thought that Xu Qingheng had been with Mrs. Xu since she was a child. Mrs., since she said so, it is probably the same; even so, if she is asked to marry a servant, she is not willing, so she has to take a gamble, just bowed her head and said: "I just listen to us. Uncle, girl, stop talking about this, hurry up and put medicine on your hands, if you get cold, you will have frostbite scars on your hands."

Seeing that Suqin was obsessed with obsession, Xu Qingheng couldn't help being angry and said: "You have a rich dowry now, and when the old lady asks someone to replace you, it will be too late for you to regret it!" Unavoidably there was a bit of anger on his face, and he didn't understand why Suqin Insisting on self-deprecating and self-deprecating and suffering to the end, wrapped in a cloak, he walked straight into the back garden, passed through the yard full of withered flowers and plants, entered the small yard built next to the plantain tree, and went straight to the main house in the yard Outside the door, I stood by the door and listened, and saw that not only Jia Lian and Xu Yuheng were inside, but Li Bizhou and Fang Shi were also there. Because Fang Shi was there, I became bolder and opened the bamboo curtain of Concubine Xiang to go in. Sure enough, I saw the warmth and warmth. In his room, facing the books on a desk, Xu Zhian was talking to several young people.

After Xu Qingheng went in, he sat down next to Fang Shi.

Seeing Xu Qingheng's hand, Mrs. Fang was terrified, and worried that Xu Qingheng would lose face in front of Jia Lian if he said that he would take her to apply medicine at this time, so he held her hands and rubbed her.

"And why were you beaten?" Xu Zhian looked at his granddaughter with a half-smile.

Xu Qingheng's face flushed slightly, and he said with confidence: "The old lady is really unreasonable. Why should brother and Suqin..."

"Cough, you go out and get some medicine." Xu Yuheng interrupted Xu Qingheng without embarrassment, expecting that Xu Qingheng had the confidence to talk about things in his room so loudly because of Jia Lian's "cleanness".

Mrs. Fang hurriedly pulled Xu Qingheng out, but Xu Qingheng held Mrs. Fang's hand instead, and asked Mrs. Fang instead: "Sister-in-law, you say it's ridiculous. Yuan Zhen, who was once perilous in the sea, may not be really infatuated; a self-proclaimed gentleman and you There are also two concubines in the room of Big Brother Bi Zhou who is in love with each other..."

"You crazy girl, what are you messing around with? Why is it your turn to fight against injustices?" Seeing Xu Qingheng talking nonsense here, Xu Zhian couldn't help but slapped the table and scolded her angrily.

Xu Qingheng went on to say: "Fourth brother, you come to judge. It's not good for brother and Suqin to do it well, and sister Wanting cares about this is making trouble for no reason? If it really isn't good, why..."

"Fundamentally speaking, this matter stems from the word slavery - after all, most of the concubines are slaves. Because of slavery, it is self-deprecating to be as humble as a slave. Therefore, if the third brother is with a good family The woman flirts with each other, and in the eyes of others, sister Wanting makes a fuss, which is justifiable; if the third brother kisses me with a maidservant, in the eyes of others, the maidservant is just a plaything, and sister Wanting makes trouble again. It's just making trouble for no reason." Jia Lian propped his cheek with one hand, and said very calmly, he knew better than anyone else that what happened with Xu Qingheng and Li Wanting at the moment was actually a matter of Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai's jealousy.

Because Jia Lian opened his mouth, in the eyes of everyone, Xu Qingheng will return to Jia Lian's management sooner or later, so they are not in a hurry to send Xu Qingheng out. Only Xu Yuheng didn't realize that there was something wrong with having a Suqin, so he muttered: Who hooked up and kissed me?"

"Is that really the case?" Xu Qingheng looked at Jia Lian with admiration, walked up to Jia Lian, and asked admiringly: "Then as long as the slave status is abolished and the servants in the mansion are only servants who have signed contracts with the mansion, there will be no So many messy things?"

"That's not necessarily the case. Instead of the word slavery, there is also the word money and power. However, if there is no so-called 'slave', the servants in the house are just servants, and the master doesn't have the guts to take over whoever he likes—— Even if you have the guts, you have to be afraid, so these things will naturally be less." Jia Lian glanced at Xu Qingheng's two fat hands on the desk, and thought that the old lady Xu was so ruthless, why didn't she hit a lady , if a lady from a great family comes, the burden on his shoulders will be much easier.

Xu Qingheng's eyeballs rolled around, and he murmured: "In the past, I just noticed that the behavior of men was not pleasing to the eye, but I didn't know why, but now the fourth brother can wake up the dreamer with a single word." He smiled and moved closer , "Would the fourth brother release the slaves of the servants in the mansion and ask them to sign contracts and become servants?"

Xu Yuheng felt that Xu Qingheng was getting closer, and stretched out his hand to pull the thin braids at the back of her head to tell her to stay away.

"I don't want to."

Xu Qingheng couldn't help feeling disappointed, and asked again and again: "Why?" Fortunately, she thought that Jia Lian was a gentleman among gentlemen, different from Xu Yuheng and Li Bizhou, who were hypocrites who kept people in the house.

"This is unrealistic. The servants in our family are counted according to the family. Since it is counted according to the family, there are really talented people in the family, and there are also fake ones. If it is changed to a servant, naturally only the talented ones will be used. , those without talents should be sent out. Since they are sent out, and there are few errands to be found outside in this world, those without talents will have a full meal and a hungry meal, and they must have resentment towards their original masters. There is no idea to break things. Now that they are released, those who have no talent will naturally not be afraid of their masters. They can just spread rumors and make troubles outside. It is unknown if they will betray their original masters. If they want to completely release slavery, at least We have to wait until the business outside grows, and there are so many jobs that everyone can find a job when they leave the master’s house.” In short, the economic base determines the superstructure, and only when the economy develops can there be room to liberate the labor force.

Jia Lian spoke quietly, seeing clearly that Xu Qingheng's almond eyes were slightly wide open, full of admiration for him, he couldn't help regretting what he said.

Sure enough, Xu Qingheng's admiration for Jia Lian, who had just begun to fall in love, grew quickly and quickly grew into a girlish feeling that was hard to hide in Jia Lian's few words. With girlish feelings, she immediately loses her courage, looks at Jia Lian shyly and youthfully, and feels that he can shake other people's minds with just one glance, mutters in a low voice, "Fourth brother is still better" and strides towards Jia Lian almost in despair. went out.

"...Thanks to your patience, you would have answered her nonsense seriously. If it were me, I would have already typed it out." Xu Zhian coughed and had to admit to his very sensible granddaughter in the past , today this is very headache for him, even very embarrassing for him.

Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng were scolded by Xu Qingheng for roll call, and at this moment they resentfully.In particular, there was a Fang family standing beside Li Bizhou who seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Fang said with a smile: "Brother Lian has always been convincing with virtue, and the words in his mouth are convincing." He glanced at Li Bizhou, although he didn't know what to say, but his expression seemed to say that Jia Lian was more a gentleman than Li Bizhou.

Li Bizhou became inexplicably ashamed of being stared at by Mrs. Fang, coughed, and put his hand on Jia Lian's shoulder, "I don't know how you made up such a big truth. How can you get involved in business and industry from a little unreasonable little idea of ​​your daughter's family?" go up."

"Husband, you can also invent one." Fang Shi waited for Li Bizhou's words to fall, and immediately took the words to him, obviously defending Jia Lian very much.

Li Bizhou is a good man who doesn't fight with women and ignores Fang.

Xu Zhi'an pointed at Jia Lian with his finger, and said with a sneer, "Forget it, compared to pleasing women, no one can beat his mouth. The most rare thing is that he is so smooth-tongued, and what he says is not sweet words, but he is the most attractive to women! Angrily recalling Xu Qingheng's chaotic appearance just now, he gritted his teeth even more, and decided that Jia Lian was a scourge.

Because of Xu Zhian's words, Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng pushed Jia Lian's shoulder angrily and laughed.

The two of them didn't know that Jia Lian was also worrying about how to deal with the yellow-haired girl Xu Qingheng who suddenly admired him.

Just as he was distressed, he suddenly saw Xu Yuju's youngest son running in and knelt down and said, "What a disaster, there is a fight in the Imperial College! My master asked me to invite some masters to the Imperial College to help out!"

When Li Bizhou, Xu Yuheng, and Jia Lian saw that the youngest had spoken out in front of Xu Zhian, they couldn't help but all had headaches, and they all geared up for a fight in the Imperial Prison.

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