The Jade of the Red Chamber

Today, the superior ordered people to raid Rongning's second mansion and convicted the members of Jia's family. Now it's the twelfth lunar month, and the new year is coming, and the late emperor's filial piety period has passed.

The Rongning Second Mansion was stripped of the first plaque, the Grand View Garden, the villa where the imperial concubine visited her relatives, was also nationalized, and the other large and small courtyard gardens of the two mansions were also taken back by the Ministry of Households to offset the debt owed to the treasury.Previously, some people in Jia's mansion were dissatisfied. Although Jia's family had already been living without food, the confiscated property and Mrs. Wang's private house in the secret treasury were more than enough to repay the money owed to the state treasury. Why did the house title deed be confiscated.

The small official of the household department curled his lips and said mercilessly: "Are you still looking at the private treasury of your criminal wife and second wife? It's really a stupid thing that can't get out of the eyes of money. Don't! How did the criminal woman get her private treasury? It was obtained by hiding the property of the Zhen family who was confiscated and by lending money! How dare you speak nonsense here? If it weren't for the great grace of heaven, the Holy One Ren, for this encounter, your whole family, young and old, will be punished accordingly!"

This is very true, when the people in the side branch who saw the wind and waves had calmed down and wanted to get some benefits heard it, they didn't dare to say more, and went back in despair.

After confiscating the deed of the house and the land, only the upper house where Jia's mother lived and the two small courtyards next to it were left untouched, and the rest were separated by walls, and they no longer belonged to the Jia family, even the big house was no exception.Although there are not many servants left, only the closest ones are left, but it is tight to live with so many masters, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Ning Mansion are also here. Do you want to live on the street?But now only Jiamu's private house is still there, and everyone is pointing at Jiamu's life, so they dare not complain for the time being.

Seeing that all the big houses have been preserved, Jia's mother couldn't help but feel more pity for Baoyu, whose parents were planted in it. Wen, Sheyue, Qiuwen, and Bihen are all there, not to mention Zijuan, who is half an aunt.

Jia Baoyu and Jia's mother eat a normal meal every day, and Jia's mother is afraid that it will be bad for Baoyu if she is too conspicuous, so she asks him to come and eat with her every day, but most of the dishes on the table are Baoyu's favorite dishes. Tang, everyone saw it, but who didn't know it.After this incident, Jia Baoyu's expression was often a bit sleepy. Jia's mother tried to persuade him to study hard for the imperial examinations, but Jia Baoyu didn't listen to it as usual. The larger part of the two courtyards was set aside for Baoyu to marry.

After the new year, when the early spring is expected, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen, Mrs. Wang, etc. who have been imprisoned for several months will be dealt with. Earlier, because the new year was approaching, the king of Beijing had sympathized with others and begged for the release of the guilty members of the Jia family after the new year. Today, I read that the old lady of Jia's family is more than [-] years old.

Jia Zheng and the others were exiled and traveled thousands of miles. These people were rich and well-clothed and had never suffered a little bit. If they didn't take care of it, they might die halfway.Even when you go to a place where the poor mountains and rivers are poor, you also need some privately hidden money to stay with you.Fortunately, Jia's mother's opening on the Internet today has not been confiscated. Although Jia's mother was angry with what the second son said and did, but after all these years, she was paralyzed on the couch and ordered Yuanyang to take out 5000 taels of silver to order Jia Lian. He went to deal with the officials, took out 5000 taels of silver notes and distributed them into small purses stuffed into the blue cloth, and ordered Jia Lian to avoid people and tell them to hide the expenses close to their bodies.

Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Xing and Jia Lianfeng's husband and wife went to the big courtyard above and the eldest sister Yingchun, which would have been enough, but Jia's mother said yesterday that they should move into the small courtyard. The big place should be reserved for Sanchun and You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, because Jia's mother said: "Girls should be pampered. Although our family was ruined, these children are not married. If they are so crowded together, Didn't they just make people look down on them?" Jia She and others couldn't refute this, but Yingchun didn't want to leave her parents, brother and sister-in-law, because she had already made an appointment with Ding Xiucai, and she just said she was staying in the room and waiting to get married. Competing with my sisters for space, but moving into the small courtyard with the big house.

Jia Amnesty was full of anger and said to Jia Lian: "The girl is going to marry, who else lives in this yard? It's just that the old lady wants to book that yard for Baoyu by coincidence!" Then she burst into tears: " Our furniture has been stolen, but we can only swallow our anger. I feel sorry for Yinger, eldest sister and brother Fu! Your sister will marry the Ding family in half a year. Although the Ding family is benevolent, but the dowry is thin Who can look down on me..." Jia Lian's son was named Jia Fu, and Fu also read "Fu", which is a good name.

Jia Lian swallowed, wondering if he should tell his father that before the raid, he and Sister Feng followed cousin Lin's suggestion and hid nine cents of the family property in a treasure house, either in the land or in banknotes.Thinking again and again that my father has indeed kept a lot of security in the past few years, because he revealed some comfort: "Father, don't worry, my sister's boudoir has not been confiscated, and those ornaments and her newly embroidered clothes and quilts are all good things." , but it can be used as part of the dowry. In addition, don’t be angry if the son says it, father, we saw that the situation was not good earlier, and my eldest sister and my mother secretly bought some land and Zhuangzi, as well as my shop, because Hanging in someone else's name, the child's mother is alert, the house deed and land deed have not been confiscated, and there is no need to worry about money for the time being. My sister's dowry, as a brother, will naturally plan properly, and I will not teach my sister to be wronged. Cong'er, he is doing very well in the school now, and we will be in charge of scientific examinations in the future. The eldest sister and brother Fu are still young, so they will naturally have their good fortune in the future. Don't worry, father."

When Jia Amnesty heard about it, he was both surprised and happy. He didn't look angry at all, and he praised and sighed at Sister Feng. In the past, he always felt that Sister Feng took care of Jia Lian, and he didn't want to see her. She gave birth to a child when they lived together. Brother is better, now Sister Feng is a good daughter-in-law in his heart!

The father and son talked for a long while, and decided that they should tell the old lady to divide the family when they see the opportunity in the future. The old lady has been partial to the second room and Baoyu for a long time. The whole family is suffocating in the place where the chicken intestines are, so hurry up and find a courtyard to live in.At that time, if the old lady is willing to follow them, the eldest house will also be willing to give filial piety to the old lady for the elderly. If the second room cannot be let go, the eldest house will not ignore the old man, and naturally visit him frequently.

Sneaking in to talk to his father all afternoon, Jia Lian was told by Jia's mother, who was half paralyzed and spoke more fluently than before, because she scolded: "I don't want to ask you, you are fine now, Hurry up and inquire about your uncle's affairs and your big brother Zhen's affairs!"

Jia Lian was so wronged that she didn't come back tired until after dinner in the evening. She went to the old lady's place to reply, and she leaned her head on the kang. Eat before going to sleep, and I will bring water to warm your feet to relieve fatigue later."

After Jia Lian wolfed down his meal, he said to Sister Feng with a cold heart: "I have looked at the old lady these days, and it seems that because the second master and the second wife were convicted, our family is fine and a little resentful?"

Sister Feng was surprised and said: "This? The old lady doesn't want to do this? The second master and the second wife said something bad, it's just retribution, we also ransacked the house, how could it be ours?"

Jia Lian shook his head and sighed: "Isn't that the reason? But these two days, the old lady's nose is not her nose and her eyes are not her eyes, which really makes people panic. Come on, come on! Let's find a way to move out quickly!"

Jia Lian was ordered to go around all day long. The day Mrs. Wang and her maidservant were sold was exactly the day when Jia Zheng was exiled and set off. where it is already late.

Speaking of which, Mrs. Wang has always been misbehaving, and some "good things" happened today when Jia Lian didn't catch up.

In fact, the Jia family was not the only ones who were dealt with during this period, but the rest were small fish and shrimps that didn't attract attention. Now the people who sell them at Caishikou are only aware of it, because there are not only criminal women and maidservants here, but also many I don't know whose family is the boy who is more than ten years old.

The fact that the wife of the second room of the Rongguo Mansion released the cannibalistic loan without telling her husband, Weng Gu, has been spreading among the people for a long time. Many people curse unscrupulous people, and now the vegetable market is full of people.

These people have been cleaned up because they are going to be sold, and they look clean.Mrs. Wang is at the back. After all, she has been a wife in power for decades, and her description is still very different from ordinary servants. When she was guarded, someone would point and curse and spit on the ground. Well, I'm afraid someone has already thrown vegetable leaves and eggs on her body.

The young boys and maidservants in front were quickly sold out. These people were much cheaper than those bought from Renyazi, and some people who were not very particular and not rich were willing to buy them back and use them.

When it was almost Madam Wang's turn, the soldiers let in more than two dozen people who wanted to buy and paid fifty copper coins.This buyer is not just bought casually, you have to check outside with paperwork and pay fifty copper coins before you can come in to pick someone.

Wang's head was lowered, and the people on the left and right were tied by the wrists with ropes and lined up in a row. They looked back and forth in front of them like picking animals. She felt ashamed and angry, but she was greedy for life and afraid of death. Back home, relying on his son Xu is the desire to live comfortably, but now his face turns red with embarrassment and he can bear it.

Suddenly, a pair of embroidered shoes embroidered with mandarin ducks and peonies in red script stopped in front of her, and a pair of big gray feet beside her stepped forward and pinched Mrs. Wang's chin and lifted her face up.

The woman covered her mouth and smiled coquettishly: "Hey, isn't this our second wife? The slave girl Jin Chuan'er saluted the second wife and said hello!"

Isn't this very gorgeously dressed woman with a pink and enchanting body just Mrs. Wang's original big girl, Jin Chuan'er!

Mrs. Wang was so humiliated that her body was trembling, her eyes were drooping, her teeth were clenched so that she could not make a sound.

Jin Chuaner was slapped by Mrs. Wang that day and sold to a local rich man in his 50s with seven or eight children as his sixth concubine. Let her go, because she deliberately looked around, and said loudly: "The second wife is waiting for the second master Bao to buy you back? Let me tell you, don't be so stubborn, I will help you see it once." , I didn’t even see a shadow of a person! Tsk tsk, what a plucking phoenix, I want to buy someone who doesn’t make you suffer, why are you still showing your wife’s image in front of me? It’s really not good No wonder you can do such insidious things that hurt the peace of the world!"

The spectators outside flocked here one after another, pointing at Mrs. Wang, and some people recounted the vicious things she did because of her unkindness, filial piety, viciousness and meanness.If you look carefully, you will find that these people are all familiar faces - Mrs. Wang sold all the children who had served her for several lifetimes, and a few lucky ones were sold to people in the capital. Now Mrs. Wang In this way, how can they who are resentful not watch the joke.

In fact, Jia Lian sent two boys over to watch the situation first, and if he couldn't make it in time, he asked the boys to buy the second wife back first.But Jin Chuan'er has been in the mansion for many years, and she has never seen any of Jia Lian's needs, she has already given a lot of money, and asked the people who came with her to take them aside.

One of the boys originally liked the little girl from Erfang, and she was sent by Mrs. Wang to sell it to merchants all over the world. She had long been dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang, and now she directly dragged the other boy. After receiving the money, he moved aside and said, "What are you afraid of? It turns out that the second wife is vicious and has offended many people. We wanted to go up and buy someone, but the son of the family who was sold by the second wife came up and pushed our brother away. Well, there is nothing we can do!"

Jin Chuan'er is also afraid that the night will be long and dreamy. She has just asked Lian Ye's servant about it, and Lian Ye is going to see the second master off, and she is afraid that she will come at some time.Then he taunted Mrs. Wang a few more words, and made the tall and big woman around her come forward and hand over the money to the soldiers.

A soldier came over with the written body deed, cut the rope around Wang's wrist, and said fiercely, "Press your fingerprint!" How could Wang want to, eagerly looking up to find Baoyu, Jia Lian or any servant in charge of the mansion? Hurrah.The soldier impatiently pulled Wang's finger, poked the ink pad, pressed hard on the body deed, waved his hand and said coldly: "Take this criminal woman away!"

Mrs. Wang had tears and snot running down her nose, her face was pale and dirty, Jin Chuan'er turned her head in disgust, and said, "Let's go, get this sinful woman to follow behind the sedan chair."

As he spoke, he twisted and swayed out to get on a small blue woolen sedan chair, with that figure and face, all the men watching the excitement around him stared their eyes straight.Jin Chuan'er didn't dare to delay too long. Although she is young and enchanting and is being favored, the rest of the wives and aunts have children, and they all dislike her. Come and buy a mother-in-law to go back.

Waiting for the sedan chair to turn the corner and disappear, Zhenyu smiled and said on the second floor of a teahouse opposite the entrance of the vegetable market, "Okay, the excitement is over, this second wife is really out of luck. Chuan'er's appearance is probably worse than that in prison."

Shui Yang smiled lightly and said nothing, patted his boy's head, he and Zhenyu have been getting better and better recently, and he has always been in a good mood, so naturally his daughter-in-law will do whatever she wants now.

Zhou Bing glared at his nephew with hatred, forced himself not to look at the obtrusive smile on King Jing's face, and said angrily: "Go to the elegant room and invite your mother and younger sisters, and order the carriage. Or go to Zhuangzi for an outing! What's so interesting about it? Baba dragged me and your mother here."

Zhenyu grinned and agreed, now both mother and uncle know the relationship between Shuiyang and him, fortunately there is a father in the middle of the agreement, otherwise this test will not be easy.

After a while, Lin Zhenyu asked her mother and sisters, who were wearing tight clothes and veiled hats, to go to the green cloth carriage in the clean backyard. Both Daiyu and Yan Hui's cousin were married, and Zhou Hui was afraid that the girl would stay in the boudoir all the time. Embroidered flowers are waiting to be married, and I specially ordered to take them to another village to relax.But it's better to avoid this matter, as it won't be good for the girl's reputation if it's spread out, so Zhenyu and Shuiyang will bring their relatives to protect them.

In the car, Daiyu and Yan Hui were whispering and laughing at the girls' private conversations on one side, while on the other side Zhou Hui looked at the two little girls with a smile from time to time, while talking to the people around her.Beside her is Chuncao with a woman's hair bun. Chunfeng Chuncao was taken care of by Zhenyu and Zhou Hui and each found a good family. Zhou Hui freed them from slavery. Now she is married to a real merchant. A gentry married into a well-to-do family is always the grandma who heads the house.

Chuncao smiled narrowly, and whispered in Zhou Hui's ear, "Ma'am, I don't know. The business of Chunfeng's family has become bigger and bigger in the past few years. It just so happens that the master of Jin Chuan'er's family is rushing to negotiate business with her family. This little hoof I just saw that Jin Chuaner bought the Wang family, so I went there in a hurry, presumably to ridicule and laugh."

Gazing at Chuncao, Zhou Hui was a little helpless: "No wonder, you said you wanted to talk to me, but you left in such a hurry. I was thinking of asking Zhenyu to ask what happened."

Chuncao covered her mouth and laughed straight: "Ma'am, don't worry about her, her family is an honest person, and life is going well now..."

Jin Chuan'er's sedan chair over there was halfway through, and a thick and tall carriage came from another street corner. Jin Chuan'er met the little maid beside the sedan chair and hurriedly said, "Auntie, it looks like Mrs. Xie's family." carriage."

Jin Chuan'er had seen this Mrs. Xie's family long ago, and knew that it was Aunt Zhou's maid, Chunfeng, and she could guess about Aunt Zhou's disappearance. I think this was one of the reasons why Mrs. Wang insisted on selling her. one.

Xie's family is not a small business owner, Madam Xie usually requires Madam to entertain her graciously, even if Jin Chuan'er is very jealous, she does not dare to be disrespectful, on the contrary, if she is well-intentioned, she will have a suitable position in her family.

This time Jin Chuan'er thought of Mrs. Wang following behind the sedan chair, her eyes lit up. In the early days, Aunt Zhou suffered a lot from Mrs. Wang. Isn't this an opportunity for the Wang family to please the spring breeze?

I personally lifted the sedan chair curtain and saw that I was in a small alley with few people. I was even more satisfied, so I said delicately: "Mrs. Xie stay."

The carriage stopped, the curtain was raised, and a well-dressed lady leaned out and said, "This lady is...?"

Jin Chuan'er was quickly helped out by the maid, and said with a smile: "The slave's family is the sixth mother of Mr. Sun's family. I met Mrs. Xie before, so I took the liberty to stop the car."

The mother-in-law frowned, she naturally knew about Mr. Sun's family, and she was planning to discuss business with her own master recently, but the master thought his family was treacherous and dishonest, so he was unwilling.Hey, if you say that your wife is Master Sun's original spouse, you have to respect her, this sixth aunt is so arrogant, so she will stop your wife's car on the street!

Inside Chunfeng said: "So it's the sixth aunt, I know this, mother let her come and talk."

When Jin Chuaner heard this, he quickly smiled and said, "Ma'am, it's a coincidence that we met this time. I stopped the car, not for anything else, but because of a person my wife had met before. At first, she used to bully me because of her status and family status. Others, now that I have received retribution, my sister wants my sister to see it too, okay?" Seeing that Chunfeng was interested, Jin Chuan'er immediately hit the snake on the stick and called out to her sisters and sisters.

The women and girls on the spring car all frowned.On the other hand, Chunfeng ordered the girl to prop up one side of the car window, and said, "Oh? Who is it? Call me to have a look."

With a smile on her face, Jin Chuaner hurriedly asked the woman beside her to push Mrs. Wang.When Chunfeng saw him, he frowned, looked him over, and said, "So it's the second wife of Rongguo Mansion. I've heard about it, but it's just a cycle of cause and effect." He talked casually with Jin Chuan'er, and ordered the coachman He drove to the Biezhuang of Zhou's family in the suburbs of Beijing.

Jin Chuaner watched the carriages and horses go away, and said in his mouth: "I will invite my sister to come to the mansion later, and please give me some face. It might as well be funny."

The spring breeze in the car shrugged, so she wouldn't go, just take a look at it and let it go.

Sitting in the sedan chair again, Jin Chuan'er was even more proud of thinking about the reaction the master and the family would have.After thinking for a while, he lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, asked Wang Shi to slip in, and said with a malicious smile: "Compared to the second wife, you are not dim-sighted yet? I think that lady just now looks familiar."

Mrs. Wang did feel familiar, but she had already come to her senses, and she also remembered that the guard said that today is the day of the master's exile, and Baoyu and others were going to send the master off first, so that bitch Jin Chuan took advantage of the loophole Right now, she just pretended to be deaf and dumb, hoping that her son would come and save her soon.

Seeing this, Jin Chuan'er stretched out his hand and slapped her, and said with a sneer, "Who will show this look?" He blew his hands, envious and jealous: "That's Chunfeng, the girl who used to be with Aunt Zhou! Now she is the grandma of a big merchant, she has both children and her husband doesn’t have a concubine, so she is happy, even when you were the second wife! Let me think about it, oh, it seems that the second master has not slept for several years Is your wife coming to your room?"

Hearing that it was by Aunt Zhou's side, and that heartbreaking words, Mrs. Wang suddenly raised her head, her face turned pale, these bitches!Even though her teeth were itching with hatred, but in this situation, she couldn't do anything, she closed her eyes with hatred, and all kinds of grievances and resentment came flooding up.

At this time, Jia Lian was sweating profusely, and finally inquired about the whereabouts of the second wife, but Jin Chuan'er would let her go so easily? ...Well, let's listen to the next chapter.