After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

After finishing his job description, Lin Ruhai has no official duties in the capital, and he just needs to wait for the appointment letter from the Ministry of Officials to be done.

During this period of time, his biggest and most frequent thing was drinking practice wine everywhere.

Because there are more people returning to Beijing to report their work this year, many of his former classmates and the same year are among them.

Although they haven't really met each other for a long time, when Lin Ruhai was in Taiyuan, he often wrote letters to others, and incidentally sent a picture of Taiyuan's scenic spots.

And when these people accepted his paintings, they would more or less write a beautiful article to praise them, and they would inevitably say something when they got together with friends on weekdays.

Based on this, Lin Ruhai attracted many wealthy and idle people to visit Taiyuan, and increased a lot of extra income for the people of Taiyuan.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to practice, Lin Ruhai was going to discuss with them, and compile their articles about our famous places in Taiyuan into a book, print them out, and hand them down to future generations.

No literati can resist this kind of temptation of invitation, and Lin Ruhai is very confident about it.

But before that, he had one more important thing to do.

That is - to see Jia Jing.

After Jia Zhen went back, the more Lin Ruhai thought about it, the more strange she felt.

Think about the time when he went to visit a doctor, he had already walked outside Taorang Pavilion, and suddenly a young man ran out from inside and stopped him, not allowing him to enter.

Then, Jia Zhen, who was pleasantly surprised at his arrival when she was going to receive him, suddenly changed her attitude, and tried her best to hope that he would stop visiting and leave as soon as possible.

He didn't think much about it at the time, but thinking about it now, Jia Jing's actions at that time were clearly trying to avoid suspicion for him.

So why?Why don't you want him to avoid suspicion now?

Lin Ruhai thought about it, but there was only one reason that made sense.

That is, Jia Jing offended the saint and had to pretend to be ill to avoid disaster.

Before his report, Jia Jing didn't see him, probably because he was afraid of affecting his good impression in front of the saint.

But if it is inferred like this, Jia Jing should come to him after his appointment is officially issued.And Jia Zhen couldn't wait to invite him to go yesterday, which can only show that Jia Jing can't hold on anymore.

In this way, Lin Ruhai became more certain about his previous guess.

Otherwise, he really couldn't figure out what kind of disease Jia Jing was at such a young age that could make him run out of life so quickly?

Therefore, Lin Ruhai didn't dare to delay at all, and took Jia Min to Ningguo Mansion early the next morning.

The concierge of the Ningguo Mansion obviously had already received the master's order, and opened the Yimen gate early in the morning to wait. When he saw the Lin family's carriage from a distance, he asked people to go in and report.

When Lin Ruhai helped Jia Min get out of the car, there was a soft sedan waiting.

The couple were directly carried into the inner courtyard, and Jia Zhen and his wife, Min Shi, received them.

This Min family is the niece of Jia Zhen's teacher, Mr. Rong, who also liked legal matters since she was a child.Mr. Rong is not a pedantic and inflexible person. Seeing that she likes it, he will teach her some things when he has time.

Jia Zhen and his wife like to be united, but they are also affectionate.

"Greetings to aunt and uncle." With red eyes, Jia Zhen bowed to the two, and said apologetically, "My father can't live without anyone, and my mother is watching over there. I can't come to welcome uncle and aunt."

Looking at his appearance, Lin Ruhai guessed that the situation was not good, and looked at Jia Min, who was equally astonished, and hurriedly said: "The whole family, why bother to see others? Take us in quickly."

Jia Zhen didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly led the two into the inner room.

As soon as he entered the room, Lin Ruhai felt a strong smell of medicine, mixed with an irresistible smell of decay.

He is very familiar with this smell. When he sent his parents away when he was young, and when he sent his wife away in two lifetimes, their room was always filled with this smell.

His heart sank all of a sudden.

——In this calamity, Jia Jing is afraid that he will really be unable to survive.

Jia Jing's wife, Mrs. Wu, was sitting on the bedside wiping her tears. When she heard the movement, she hurriedly wiped her face and came to see her.Lin Ruhai and his wife hurriedly returned the gift, and when they got up, they immediately saw Jia Jing lying on the bed.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lin Ruhai wouldn't have believed that the bony man with prominent cheekbones and sunken cheeks, who looked like half a centenarian, was actually the handsome Jia Jing!

"Brother Jing, you...how did you become so thin?"

Hearing Lin Ruhai's voice, Jia Jing, who had kept his eyes closed, opened them and smiled at him.It's just that he was thin and out of shape a long time ago, and this smile was like a flower that he had three years ago.

"Ma'am," Jia Jing said to Mrs. Wu, "you can lead sister Min out, and let me talk to brother-in-law Lin for a while."

Wu Shi nodded, tears streaming down again.

Sick people are the most taboo about this. Jia Min looked ugly, gave Min a wink, and took the initiative to step forward, and the two coaxed her out.

Jia Jing let out a long sigh of relief.

Now that he has taken this step, he has put life and death aside.

But his wife couldn't understand him, and he didn't even dare to hope that after he left, his wife could help his son stabilize the family, let alone count on her to support the sky and give Jia Zhen a few more years to breathe.

Fortunately, the daughter-in-law he chose for his son, the Min family, was able to stand on his feet. With the support of the young couple, it was better than Zhen'er fighting alone.

"Brother-in-law Lin is so lucky!" Jia Jing couldn't help but envy Lin Ruhai.

He knew that although his cousin Jia Min was not in good health, she had a very tenacious temper. Compared to Wu, whose stomach was full of flowers, she didn't know how stronger she was.

Lin Ruhai frowned: "When is this, and you still say this?"

But Jia Jing laughed: "People always have such a day. Besides, this is the path I chose myself. I have no complaints or regrets. Brother-in-law Lin, don't worry about me. I take the liberty to invite you here at this time, is it true? I can't hold it anymore, I'm looking for you to ask Gu."

After such a long passage, Jia Jing couldn't help panting.

Lin Ruhai was taken aback, and hurried forward to give him some relief.

"You...why are you doing this?"

"Hehe," Jia Jing just caught his breath, and couldn't help showing a smug smile, "You say that, because you don't know what I did."

Although his voice was not high, at this moment, he deliberately lowered it a bit: "The reason why the saint turned against the old saint is due to me."

There were also the former Third Prince and Seventh Prince, one dead and one disabled, all of them were written by him.

It's just that the situation was chaotic at that time, and Jia Jing didn't know whether the saint knew that he did it.

However, just the previous incident prevented Jia Jing from living too long, and he had to die before the death of the old saint.

If the old sage was allowed to go first, the sage would definitely think of the goodness of the old sage, and then blame him, the chief culprit who caused their father and son to turn against each other.

Because, no matter how bad a person was during his lifetime, once he dies, the living will subconsciously ignore or even forget all his bad things, and all he can remember are his good things.

As for the fact that it is the sage himself who does not turn against each other, Jia Jing does not want to bet on which of the sage's reason and emotion will prevail.

It can be said that from the moment he stabbed the saint who was still the prince with heavy medicine, Jia Jing was ready for this day.

He did all this not so much for the sake of the saint, but rather for the Jia family and Ningguo Mansion.

Now, his goal has been achieved, not only to preserve the Ningguo Mansion, but also to allow his son to seize the title without being downgraded.

It can be said that his return has exceeded expectations.

Therefore, when the saint is in a state of desperation, he is willing to be the minion of the saint, rather than retire early.

Now, the court has been almost rectified by the saint, and he no longer needs to catch and bite anyone, and he has also consciously faded out of the court, and will never give the officials an excuse to attack the saint.

He thought that he could live a leisurely life for another two years.

It's a pity that there are no holidays.

——He heard that the old sage's health was failing.

To be honest, in the entire capital, Jia Jing is probably looking forward to the old sage's long life.

Because, he had already thought about it: if he wanted to be safe, he had to go one step ahead of the old saint.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that the old sage was not in good health, Jia Jing immediately fell ill.

What's more, the sicker became more and more serious, and within two or three months, the whole body had completely collapsed.

At this time, the weakness of his wife Wu's temperament became more obvious.

If it weren't for Jia Zhen's wife, the Min family, who is strong, even the clan's wife's rights would be taken away by the Shi family of the West Mansion.

But also because of the strength of the Min family, Shi's face was greatly refuted, which caused a rift in the relationship between the two governments.

It was better when Jia She was still in the capital, because Jia She didn't listen to Shi Shi's mercy at all.

Jia Amnesty was not stupid, he still had the idea of ​​letting Ningguo Mansion pull his two sons a hand after playing in Rongguo Mansion, so how could he alienate Jia Jing?

Just this time, Jia Amnesty suddenly changed his temper and started to make progress. Even Mrs. Song thought it was due to her natal brother's persuasion, but she didn't know that the real credit should be attributed to Jia Jing.

If the words of Song's natal brothers are so effective, Jia Amnesty has been married for so many years, and they have said it not once or twice, so why did it work this time?

Jia She, this man, will never suffer in his life.

It was like this when he was young, but now that he is getting old, he suddenly forges ahead. Naturally, it can't be because of some epiphany, and he doesn't have that awareness himself.

The reason why he was willing to fight with the army was because Jia Jing made his situation serious and told him: If I die young, the saint will be grateful.If at this time, you have made meritorious service on the battlefield, the saint will definitely give you a guarantee because of me.

In this way, Jia Jing first threatened, then lured, and finally got Jia Amnesty to the battlefield.

As for Jia Amnesty going to the battlefield and regretting it?

Hehe, how could Jia Jing not know his virtue?

Long before the army set off, Jia Jing wrote several letters, just to make people watch over Jia Amnesty, the first thing is not to let him be a demon; the second is to ensure his safety.

He also doesn't need Jia She to work so hard on the battlefield, he just needs Jia She to come back alive.

At that time, Jia She's name will naturally be included in the report of credit.

Seeing how much Jia Daishan took care of him after Jia Daihua left, Jia Jing couldn't really ignore Rongguo Mansion.

However, Shi Shi and Jia Zheng really made him lose his appetite, so he could only return all the kindness to Jia She.

But his abilities are limited after all, and there are only so many who can help Jia Amnesty.

As for the Shi family after his death, Jia Zhen and the Min family are the patriarchs and clan wives, and they can help check and balance.

But if Jia Amnesty couldn't be more ruthless and let Shi Shi and Jia Zheng act like monsters, even a god would not be able to bring him back to Rongguo Mansion.

However, at that time, he, Jia Jing, had already passed away. Under Jiuquan, could he still worry about them?