"Holy Father" Jia She of the Red Chamber

Jia Amnesty looked the guard up and down, nodded with a smile, "Since he is a guest of the library, Jia must of course meet him." After saying that, he walked in through the open door.

Inside the door, a man with a serious face and a majestic and ruthless aura was sitting there. When he saw Jia Amnesty coming in, he didn't get up.

Jia She took a look at the man, and quickly knelt on the ground to salute: "First-class general, Jia She, see the Prince of Yongjun."

It turned out that the person sitting there was the prince of Yongjun, the current fourth prince, Situ Zhen.

Situ Zhen looked at Jia She's kneeling on the ground, but didn't cry out, but said, "You know me."

"I used to see the prince from a distance when I was in the court meeting."

Situ Zhen understands that Jia Shegui is a first-class general, even if he has no real power in his hands, he still has the right to go to the court, and he may or may not go to the court at ordinary times, presumably he has seen himself in the court occasionally before.

Situ Zhen's frowning brows relaxed a bit: "Get up."

"Thank you, my lord." Jia Amnesty got up and saw an open copy of "The Essentials of Mathematics" placed in front of Situ Zhen's desk.

Situ Zhen followed Jia She's gaze and said, "Your book here is really interesting."

"My lord congratulates me. This book was originally sold to me by a foreign businessman. I thought it was a book anyway, so I put it in the library, but it doesn't seem to be very popular, and no one has read it." Jia Amnesty replied graciously.

Situ Zhen's eyes froze, and he shot at Jia She with a cold air: "Marquis Jia En, you can be convicted."

Jia Amnesty knelt on the ground with a 'plop': "Enhou I don't know."

"The Daqing Code stipulates that the public sale and sale of strange and obscene objects is not allowed. You can be convicted of this crime."

Upon hearing this, Jia Amnesty laughed, "My lord, Enhou didn't sell it."

Situ Zhen looked at Jia She's smiling face, without feeling afraid of himself, and frowned, "What are you going to do with that scholar just now?"

"Here," Jia She paused for a moment, "Enhou has never done business before, so Zhao Tiaoshu is the shopkeeper hired by Enhou, and the predecessor of this library is also his shop. disposal."

Situ Zhen glanced at Jia She: "You trust him."

"For the prince's people, Enhou naturally trusts them."

Situ Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly, and this time, a real chill came out: "Marquis Jia En, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Enhou is just telling the truth." Jia Amnesty was unmoved at all, and the smile on his face never changed: "Zhao Tianshu's shop is not on the street next door, but on the two busiest streets." In the meantime, without any background, but being able to stay in the capital for many years without incident, selling a shop, regardless of the name of Rongguo Mansion, directly asking for 10 taels, isn’t that, can it explain a lot of things?”

Situ Zhen took a deep look at Jia She: "You are a sensible person, so tell me, how do you know that he is mine."

"Enhou didn't know, but now, I know," Jia She raised his head and looked at Situ Zhen with a gentle and polite smile on his face: "Besides, that scholar is also the prince's man, Enhou thought, Zhao Tianshu would definitely put this Take things lightly."

Situ Zhen's complexion was a bit ugly, no one would be happy if someone saw so many flaws in his subordinates: "Get up."

"Thank you, Lord."

After a while, a notification came from the door, saying that shopkeeper Zhao wanted the owner to report the situation.

Jia Amnesty glanced at Situ Zhen: "My lord."

Situ Zhen nodded.

Jia Amnesty said, "Come in."

Zhao Jianshu entered the door, bowed to Jia Amnesty, and then looked at Situ Zhen who was sitting in the room: "Master."

"It's okay, my own, what do you do with that scholar?"

Situ Zhen raised his eyebrows, but he would climb along the pole.

"Yes," Zhao Jianshu nodded to express his understanding: "I saw that the scholar was really struggling, so I decided to make him pay twenty copper coins, and then I thought, didn't the master find some lonely copies for someone to copy? Giving this job to him is considered an atonement."

Jia Amnesty turned his head and glanced at Situ Zhen: "Sure enough, handle it with care."

Zhao Tianshu looked at Jia Amnesty suspiciously.

Situ Zhen waved his hand in dissatisfaction: "Go down first."

Zhao Tianshu shook his legs and lowered his head.

"Since the prince asked you to go out, you can go out." Jia She smiled and looked at Zhao Tianshu.

At this moment, Zhao Tianshu finally realized what cold is from Jia She's gentle smile.

Zhao Tianshu went down tremblingly.

Situ Zhen looked at Jia She: "Tell me, how did you know?"

"Foot bag." Although the smile on Jia She's face remained unchanged, his movements were very respectful: "Although the scholar's clothes are shabby, he is clean and tidy. He looks like a poor scholar, but Enhou saw that the scholar's foot bag was made of Made of finely woven cotton.”

"Only one foot bag." Situ Zhen raised his eyebrows, expressing his disbelief: "No matter how poor they are, scholars still have the backbone of scholars, and there will always be something on their bodies that can reflect their backbone."

"But the prince doesn't know that the integrity of a scholar will always be placed on the surface. If the scholar can really wear a fine-woven cotton foot bag, even if it is not too much to make clothes, he will make the fine-woven cotton into a crown. Putting the silk towel in the most conspicuous position is the backbone of a scholar."

Situ Zhen lowered his eyes: "Go on."

"Since the book was stolen and put back, it means that the book was lost a few days ago. Why was it not reported before it was released? Enhou read it. It is a lonely copy. Even a manuscript copy is very expensive, but Zhao Filling in the book but did not report it to me, and Enhou was already suspicious of Zhao Filling, so he naturally understood that this scholar and Zhao Filling were in the same group," Jia Amnesty's smile slowly faded, looking at Situ Zhen, He opened his mouth and said, "To make such a trivial matter so troublesome that even I heard it on the second floor, if Zhao Tiaoshu didn't do it on purpose, then he would pretend that he had been in the capital for so long before."

"You are alert."

"Enhou just doesn't understand."

"Say."

"What's in Enhou's body that can make the prince try so hard?" Jia She stared at Situ Zhen with blazing eyes.

Situ Zhen raised his head, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and his expression was serious: "Marquis Jia En, I ask you, how much is the food price in Xuzhou?"

"The top-grade round-grained rice costs 85 cash per stone, the middle-grade round-grained rice costs [-] coins per stone, and the low-grade round-grained rice costs [-] cash per stone."

"How much is the salt price in Yangzhou?"

"The imperial court approved the price from one tael to two taels per stone, and the salt merchants sold it from ten taels to 50 taels per stone."

"How is the capital?"

Jia She paused for a moment, then looked up at Situ Zhen: "My lord."

"Marquis Jia En, this king never knew that he was rumored to be the head of the Rongguo Mansion who was greedy, lustful and ignorant, and he still cared about this." Situ Zhen looked Jia She up and down: "Of course, the current reputation is A humble and courteous Mr. Yu, even though he doesn’t have much knowledge,” Situ Zhen stood up, walked in front of Jia She, and stared into Jia She’s eyes: “Why on earth did you want to open this library?”

Jia Amnesty looked directly: "It's just that I want to do something for the people. The people want to live a good life. How to live a good life. Rich knowledge is the key point. Farmers who cultivate the land can have a better harvest by reading some farming books. It’s enough for the apprentices here to read some numerology books and have a good future.”

"Isn't it just to gain a good reputation among scholars?"

"Can a good reputation be eaten? Your lord," Jia She raised his eyebrows and did not dodge: "If you only think about those scholars, then Enhou doesn't have to keep these strange and obscene books here. A hundred families are enough, but in this world, most of them are just ordinary people who want to live a good life."

Situ Zhen nodded, took a step back and sat back on the chair: "Marquis Jia En, you are fine."

"My lord has won the prize."

"But your Rongguo Mansion is not good."

"My lord has won the prize."

Situ Zhen looked up at Jia She, "Go down."

"Enhou retreats."

Situ Zhen looked at Jia She who went out, and said with a smile, "Enhou, Enhou, it's really easy to call."

Jia Amnesty told Lin Daiyu and Jia Yingchun, and also told the good man to wait for the two ladies to finish the book and send it back. Then he went back to Rongguo Mansion first. He had to think about it, what happened to Situ Zhen, the fourth prince of Yong County? thing.He knew that there was someone behind Zhao Jianshu, but he didn't know who it was. Now that the person behind him was Situ Zhen, he had to think carefully about how he would treat Situ Zhen next.

"My lord." A clever young man was guarding the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion, and when he saw Jia She get off the carriage, he immediately came up to him.

Jia Amnesty raised his eyes and glanced at the boy, seeing that it belonged to Shi Taijun, so he didn't say anything, raised his eyebrows and said, "Speak."

The boy who delivered the message was stunned for a moment, then he hurriedly said with a smile: "The old matriarch asked the elder to go to Rongqing Hall."

Jia Amnesty looked up at the sky and asked, "Is Second Master back?"

"I'm already waiting in Rongqingtang."

"That's good, that's good." Jia She said a few words to himself inexplicably, and walked towards Rongqing Hall.

"Mother." As soon as Jia She came in, he bowed and saluted first. This is the gesture he would do every time he saw Shi Taijun. It turned out that Shi Taijun was surprised, and then he accepted it naturally, but now it seems that Shi Taijun always feels When Jia Amnesty made this gesture, it was very sarcastic.

"Forgive me." Shi Taijun said quietly.

Jia She raised his eyebrows, and he called Shang She'er.

"I heard that your 'library' is a place for those who have no money to read books, isn't it?" Shi Taijun's expression can be described as pleasant, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Jia Zheng beside him: "In that case, Aren't you at a disadvantage? That's a book, how expensive it is, how can you afford it by yourself. "

Jia She smiled with a calm attitude: "My son still has some family background, so he can support it."

Shi Taijun's face froze for a moment: "That's too hard for you, why don't you ask my mother to help you and pay some money from the public, so you don't have to work so hard, second child," Shi Taijun turned to look at Jia. Zheng: "It's better for your second wife to also sell some, so I can help your elder brother."

Jia Zheng nodded, "Yes, the son listens to his mother."

Shi Taijun looked at Jia She again: "Shee'er, you have to thank Zheng'er, he is the one who knew you did this kind of thing and decided to help you out of brotherhood. That library can be set up."

Jia She smiled and watched the mother and son singing together, and soon they were going to put their hands into the library he opened, and they kept saying that it was for him, to let him thank him, Jia She sneered in his heart.

He didn't promise Shi Taijun anything directly, but looked at Jia Zheng who was chatting with Shi Taijun while looking at himself: "Second brother, elder brother's library, what do outsiders say."

Jia Zheng blinked, not knowing why Jia Amnesty asked such a question, but thinking about this kind of thing, he told the truth: "Everyone said that brother did a good thing."

"The people in the Ministry of Industry say the same."

"This..." Jia Zheng paused, and did not answer further.

"That's right. Most of the people in the Ministry of Industry are literati. Naturally, they praise my brother's actions very much. Even if they feel that my brother is trying to gain fame, they will praise him for the sake of face. You say, right?" Jia She said as if He looked at Jia Zheng with a smile that wasn't a smile, as if Jia Zheng's refusal to answer was the best proof.

Jia Zheng naturally felt that Jia She's move was to buy himself a reputation, but Jia She's reputation could not be bought well. Now when people from the Ministry of Industry talk about it, they say that Jia She has backbone and is a gentleman, so they just Even himself was called 'General Jia Shejia's younger brother', how unbearable it was.

Jia Zheng blushed, not knowing how to answer.

Jia Amnesty didn't need him to answer, so he said to himself: "Second brother, do you know how much your brother and I spent to buy this shop?" He stretched out his hands and gestured: "10 yuan. Two, this does not include the cost of books and decoration, you say you want to help brother, why don't you pay 8 to [-] taels."

When Jia Zheng heard this, his eyes widened. Seventy to eighty thousand taels, which is too expensive. Why does a mere library cost so much money? Jia Zheng's face turned even redder. A little bit or a little more regret: "Brother, why is this shop worth so much money, are you being cheated by someone?"

"That can't be helped. Your brother and I were a dude in the past. I didn't know how to do business. If I was cheated, I could only admit it. Fortunately, I originally wanted to do something good, but now I don't have good intentions to do bad things." Jia She spread out his hands and looked at Jia Zheng earnestly: "Second brother, how much do you plan to give?"

"This..." Jia Zheng hesitated, and looked at Shi Taijun in embarrassment.

Shi Taijun couldn't see his youngest son being wronged the most, so he quickly said: "Don't even talk about it, the second child just wants to help you. Since your shop is expensive, I'm just because of your kindness." I don’t care too much about it, so if you give 5 taels from the public and ask your brother to pay 1 taels, it can be regarded as helping you.”

That's really cheap.

Jia She sneered, looked at Shi Taijun, sat down on a chair beside him, raised his hand to ask a maid to make a cup of hot tea for him, played with the rim of the cup, and did not speak.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

Shi Taijun couldn't bear this kind of attitude the most, and his face immediately became tense: "Boss, you speak up, Zheng'er is kind enough to help you, what is your attitude?"

"What kind of attitude does mother want from me?" Jia She raised his eyes and looked at Shi Taijun with a half-smile: "It wasn't my mother who said it myself before, and the affairs of the library are all my own, and the house won't pay a penny. Why are you so generous at this time?"

Shi Taijun choked with anger: "It's not because your second brother kindly wants to help you, otherwise I won't bother to care about you."

"That's right, if I didn't have my second brother, my mother wouldn't care about my life." Jia She accepted the smile, and the smiling face was pulled down, but it looked particularly pervasive: "When did my mother care about me? If I If I lose my title and money one day, maybe my mother will be the first one to drive me out of the house."

"You are presumptuous." Shi Taijun yelled, pointing at Jia She.

"That's not as disgusting as this sanctimonious prudence." Jia She threw the teacup on the ground, spilling the hot tea all over the floor: "When I opened the library, you, Jia Zheng, didn't know. Why didn't you Said to help brother, this library has been open for more than 20 days, and has gained a reputation among literati, but you Jia Zheng remembered, what is 1 taels, and the rest is from the public, I bah, from the public Doesn’t the ejaculation come from me, I am the head of the Rongguo Mansion, and all the money in the Rongguo Mansion belongs to me,” Jia She’s eyes widened, and he raised his head, it’s clear that he’s the same asshole from before. Reluctant: "Since I didn't ask for the money from the Rongguo Mansion back then, no one is allowed to touch the money now. If you, Jia Zheng, want to be famous, you can build a library yourself, and I will convince you, even if you don't have that much money. It can't be done," said Jia She, flicking his sleeves and stood up: "It's true that whenever I have a good thing, you miss it, and you say that you are a scholar, and you read this book into the stomach of a dog, saying yes Prudence is all about praising you, and you are completely shameless and sloppy."

"You, you, you..." Shi Taijun pointed at Jia She's body and trembled, thinking that it would be better not to have this son.

Then he heard a 'plop' and looked to the side. Jia Zheng had rolled his eyes and passed out.

Jia She sneered: "To be stunned by someone's scolding, I have learned a lot today."

Shi Taijun just patted his thigh and howled: "What evil did I do to give birth to such an unfilial son like you, I'm going to knock on the door drum, and I'm going to sue you for being unfilial and unfraternal."

"Mother is in charge to sue." Jia She curled up his mouth and turned into a gentle gentleman again: "Mother thinks that if you charge me with this kind of crime now, there are still a few people outside who believe that I am not filial and fraternal. Didn't you yell many times back then?"

In other words, Jia She was slandered too much back then, and now that Jia She has been vindicated, no one will believe Shi Taijun's words.

Shi Taijun stared blankly at Jia She, as if all the energy in his body had been sucked away.Even if a mandarin duck came forward to comfort her, she couldn't recover for a long time.

"Of course, the imperial physician is still needed." Jia Amnesty looked at Jia Zheng, who was lying on the ground, and suddenly felt relieved, and said loudly, "Go quickly, and invite the imperial physician Wang from the imperial hospital to come over and say yes, The old ancestor's health is not good again, this time, it is in front of Jia Zheng."