After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

After confessing all his plans to Lin Ruhai, Jia Jing showed a relieved smile, and said very easily, "In the future, the dog will ask brother-in-law Lin to take care of him."

"Brother Jing, don't worry. Zhen'er is a good boy, and he will definitely not disappoint Brother Jing's painstaking efforts." Lin Ruhai's eyes were a little red, and he bowed solemnly, expressing his respect for Jia Jing.

——In this world, there are many people who can see through the world.But like Jia Jing, there are very few people who have the courage to give up the honor and disgrace of life and death for the family.

Based on this, even if Jia Jing never helped him, he would not let Jia Jing's last wish come to nothing.

"So, I can go with peace of mind."

As soon as he let go of this breath, Jia Jing's spirit immediately weakened even more.

Jia Zhen on the side burst into tears.

Jia Jing scolded with a smile: "You scoundrel, it's a happy event to seek benevolence for your father. What do you have to cry about?"

Jia Zhen quickly wiped away her tears, sniffed her nose, and said with a forced smile, "My son isn't crying, because the sand is blinding his eyes."

Jia Jing didn't expose him, but only told him: "After the death of my father, the saint will definitely extend his favor to you and give you an official position. Don't care about others, just do errands for the saint wholeheartedly, that is loyalty and respect." Wang, it’s also best to keep your contacts to a minimum. If there’s anything you can’t decide, write to Uncle Lin. He’s had many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, and he knows many things in his heart.”

"Yes, my son remembers." Jia Zhen took a deep breath and suppressed the surge of grief, but she couldn't help her nose sore and her chest congested.

"Okay, okay, as long as you don't be stupid, I will rest in peace." Jia Jing took a few breaths and said to Jia Zhen, "Okay, Zhen'er, go and invite the people from the West Mansion and the clan elders here Well, I'm... I really can't hold it anymore!"

"Yes, my son will go right away." Jia Zhen didn't dare to delay, and ran out in a hurry, asking the head steward to send someone to invite the clan elders, and he went to the West Mansion to invite someone himself.

The elders of the clan arrived one after another, gathered around Jia Jing's hospital bed, and watched the patriarch who made Jia's clan look good again dying of terminal illness, and they all sighed.

At this moment, a clan elder looked around but did not see Jia Zhen, and couldn't help being a little annoyed: "Where is Master Zhen?"

——Dad is so sick, and the son is not by his side, which is really chilling.

Mrs. Wu was just crying, Mrs. Min's downcast eyes flickered, and said with a sob: "Uncle went to Xifu to invite the old lady and Uncle Zheng early in the morning, but for some reason, until now, no one has been seen."

Several elders in the clan frowned at that time, and one of them said: "Brother Zhen is not ignorant, maybe there is something stuck."

As for what was going on, everyone present was tacitly aware of it.

There is a small gate connecting the two residences of Ningrong, so it is very convenient to enter and exit.Now that the situation is urgent, no need to ask, Jia Zhen just passed through the small gate.

Which of these clan elders lived no farther than Rongguo Mansion?

But they have been here for a long time, and Jia Zhen who went to Rongguo Mansion and the masters of Rongguo Mansion were nowhere to be seen, so what else could they do except they got stuck in Rongguo Mansion?

But, what is there that is more important than your own father?

While everyone was wondering, Jia Zhen came back angrily.

Lin Ruhai who was standing at the door saw it at a glance, and hurriedly said: "Zhen'er, your father and all the elders are waiting for you."

Jia Zhen paused, wiped her face, suppressed the anger on her face, came in with red eyes, and greeted everyone.

Seeing that he was the only one coming back, the clan elder who spoke just now frowned even tighter, and asked directly, "Where is Mrs. Rong Guogong?"

On weekdays, these clan elders would call Shi Shi the old lady of the Xifu, but now that he has changed to such an official name, one can imagine how dissatisfied he is.

Of course, this is also related to the decline of Rongguo Mansion and the rise of Ningguo Mansion.The benefits they can get from Rongguo Mansion are getting less and less, and the dissatisfaction in their hearts will naturally accumulate.

Moreover, just looking at Jia Zhen's expression, one could tell that his trip to the West Mansion was not going well.The patriarch expressed his dissatisfaction with the Shi family so clearly, so why not show his favor to Jia Zhen, the future patriarch, in a disguised form?

Jia Zhen said as if nothing had happened: "The old lady is not feeling well. Uncle Zheng and his wife are taking care of the sick. Aunt Amnesty has come. However, all the elders are here, so she avoided the side hall." He turned his head and said Wu said, "Mother, my aunt is here, please go and take care of me first."

Jia Jing was already like this, and it was obvious that she was going to say her last words next, but Jia Zhen let her go at this time, so Wu naturally didn't want to.

But although Jia Jing didn't say a word, he didn't object. Wu was used to being weak, and his relationship with Jia Jing was not very close, so he had to go out.

After Mrs. Wu went out, Jia Jing said, "Since Auntie Xifu is not comfortable, I am a junior, so it's not easy to work for her. The elders of the Xing clan are all here, and I will tell you that it is the same."

Then, Jia Jing handed over the position of patriarch to Jia Zhen in front of the clan elders.He also said that during his reign, he added a lot of land for sacrifice to the family, and how these productions were allocated and used, etc., were clearly explained.

Finally, in front of everyone, he made Jia Zhen swear that he would rectify the family studies and benefit the Jia family.

This is to establish prestige for Jia Zhen.

After all, Jia Zhen is young and her seniority is low. It is inevitable that there will be those in the clan who rely on the old and sell the old and refuse to obey his control.If Jia Jing hadn't spoken, Jia Zhen would be at a loss to do anything.

But now, Jia Jing left his last wish, asking him to rectify the ethnology, no matter how much he tosses, it is all filial piety.Even if he was a little ill-considered and overly aggressive, the clansmen couldn't be too harsh.

And as long as Jia Zhen rectifies the family studies, his prestige will be established. In the future, no matter who he is, he can no longer say that he has no hair on his mouth and can't do things well.

The elders present couldn't react to these twists and turns, but Lin Ruhai and Jia Zhen understood it all at once.

Seeing that his father was planning for him when he was about to die, Jia Zhen felt even more sad, knelt down on both knees, and solemnly kowtowed in response: "Although my son is not sensitive, dare you not try your best?"

Then, he bowed his hands to the elders of the clan again: "I also hope that the elders will help me and rejuvenate the Jia clan with me!"

At a time like this, no one would sing a naysayer ignorantly, and several clan elders agreed one after another.

Seeing that everything was explained, Jia Jing relaxed, and his eyes became blurred until he was completely submerged in darkness.

"Master, master?" Jia Zhen yelled twice, but there was no response, she stretched out her hand tremblingly, and probed Jia Jing's breath.Then, he burst into tears, "Father—"

The clan elders on the side also realized what had happened. The one who spoke first saw Jia Zhen crying so hard that she had to stand up and preside over the overall situation: "Hurry up, fetch water, and scrub the patriarch's body. Zhen's daughter-in-law, the patriarch's As for the shroud, take it out quickly, and we will help you put it back on."

Over there, Mrs. Min went out to ask someone to carry the hot water that had been boiled earlier, and then took the servants to clean up the mourning hall.

Everything was prepared in advance, and when Jia Jing changed into his shroud, the Min family also cleaned up.Everyone carried Jia Jing to the mourning hall, and Jia Zhen also changed into the clothes of a filial son, knelt down in front of the spirit and wept.

At this time, it was supposed to be Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, the two close clan brothers, who helped greet the clansmen who had received the news.But Jia Amnesty had already gone to the battlefield, and Jia Zheng didn't come, so several clan elders had to help support them.

After almost all the respectable people in the clan had come for a round, Mother Jia came late with the support of Jia Zheng and his wife.

Seeing them, Jia Zhen's expression changed slightly, but considering that they were in his father's mourning hall, he suppressed his anger and pretended not to see them. paper money.

But Jia Zhen could pretend not to see it, but the Min family had to greet them.

Shi Shi was also quite blunt, and immediately asked, "Is everything that should be prepared ready?"

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the mourning hall, and even Wu Shi, who had always been weak-tempered, couldn't help feeling angry.

——I asked you not to come early, but now I came up halfway, but I looked like I wanted to be the master of the house, clearly not paying attention to the two clan wives, Wu and Min.

Seeing her mother-in-law's face flushed with anger, Mrs. Min couldn't say a word, so she went up to her and said with a sad face, "The old lady is here. My wife thought we were young. I just wanted to ask the old lady for advice. But when our uncle went to the West Mansion, Second Uncle Zheng said that the old lady was ill, so why do we dare to bother? We had to ask the elders of the clan, and we barely made a mistake."

These words were dismissed and slapped, blocking back all Shi Shi's reasons for meddling.Shi choked for a moment, feeling uneasy, feeling that Min didn't know what was good and what was wrong.

But she has been the wife of Rong Guogong for so many years, and there are still some in the city. When she rolled her eyes, she covered her face with a handkerchief, and said with a sigh: "Jing'er is so young, why... who would have thought of it?" ?”

Mrs. Min played around with her for a while, but when she saw that she couldn't gain the upper hand, she reasoned that she was too old and couldn't bear it, so she asked Mrs. Wang to support her and went to the side hall to rest.

Because Jia Jing is the head of the clan and the figure who led the whole clan to re-emerge, the clan members were very grateful and gave him a water and land dojo for 49 days on July [-]th. Then he stayed in Tiekan Temple and waited for Jia Zhen After Xijue's decree came down, he helped Ling return to his hometown.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It was not until this time that the clan elders knew why Jia Zhen was so angry when she came back from Rongguo Mansion that day.

It turned out that after he arrived at Rongguo Mansion that day, someone from his servants invited him into Jia Zheng's study.But he waited for a cup of tea, but did not wait for a master.In fact, except at the beginning, when a maid gave him a cup of tea, no one paid him any attention at all.

When he kept it in his heart, he was very anxious, and he didn't have the heart to drink tea.After waiting for no one to arrive for a long time, he couldn't help walking back and forth in the room.

When he wanted to drink tea to calm his anger, he accidentally spilled half a cup on the hem of his clothes.

This time, he was even more annoyed, and knocked the tea bowl on the table with a "thump".

Perhaps it was this sound that finally attracted a maid.

The maid thought she glanced at the teacup indiscriminately, but she didn't know that her little movements were invisible to Jia Zhen, who had studied with Mr. Rong for so many years.

In an instant, Jia Zhen's professional instinct possessed him, and he patiently chatted with the maid for a while, until the maid began to seduce him vaguely, and he suddenly realized: This is for him. Next time!