Jia Zheng through the Red Mansions

"Pearl? Come in, what's the matter?" Jia Zheng quickly put the empty box back on the table, calmed down, and called Jia Zhu in.

After Jia Zhu came in, he told Jia Zheng about the matter, and Jia Zheng was also taken aback. He had never had any rumors that Jia Amnesty had something to do with Ba Age's house!It's normal for him not to know about the East Mansion, but for Jia She's side, Mrs. Wang used to be in charge of the Rongguo Mansion's accounts. With her personality, it's impossible to give Jia She some money for no reason. They are all bottomless pits!

Jia Zheng thought of this and looked at Jia Zhu: "What do you think?"

Although Jia Zhu's face was still very pale at this time, the initial panic was gone in his eyes. It seemed that he could calm down quickly just by staying in a place with his father.

"My son wants to ask his mother about something." Jia Zhu's expression became more and more serious, and he had an unbelievable thought in his heart.

Jia Zheng was slightly surprised, and finally nodded: "Let's go together."

The tense and depressing atmosphere made the father and son ignore the physical pain. When they arrived at the Buddhist hall where Mrs. Wang was, it was already midnight, and the oil lamps in the Buddhist hall had been extinguished. Looking from the outside, there were three small rooms filled with darkness. Hidden in a corner, it looks eerie and extraordinarily alluring.

Jia Zheng knocked on the door, and there was only one servant girl in the Buddhist hall who was keeping watch at night. Hearing the sound of footsteps outside and the light of a lantern, the girl woke up Mrs. Wang. There was a knock on the door.

"Light up the lamp." Mrs. Wang ordered the servant girl, although her voice was calm, she could still hear surprise.

The room gradually became brighter with the light of the oil lamp, Mrs. Wang put on her coat under the service of the maid, and then let Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu in.

Jia Zheng didn't speak, but just glanced at Jia Zhu. Since Jia Zhu insisted on coming, he also wanted to hear why Jia Zhu had to see Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang looked at the expressions of the father and son, and she tried her best to show a smile as usual, and said in the same tone: "I heard the commotion in the mansion yesterday, and I vaguely heard someone say that the house was raided. Why? gone?"

Jia Zhu was silent for a long while, and then said: "Brother Zhen formed a clique for personal gain and was ransacked by the emperor, and now the East Mansion has been sealed by Prince Cheng. All of them were imprisoned and left to be sent by the emperor."

"Really?" After hearing this, Mrs. Wang's face changed slightly, and she quickly returned to her original calm, but her tightly clenched fists were trembling slightly.

Something flashed in Jia Zhu's eyes, and she looked at Mrs. Wang and continued: "Does mother know what ransacking a home is? All the property confiscated by ransacking is not just the gold, silver, pearls and jade, even people are the same. 'Things' to be confiscated, not people anymore."

Mrs. Wang was taken aback for a moment, her expression turned cold, but her eyes became flustered, and she looked at Jia Zhu: "What do you mean by saying this to me?"

Jia Zhu smiled: "What I mean is very clear. Brother Zhen and Rong'er cannot escape the fate of being punished. There are more than 300 female relatives, maidservants, and boys in the East Mansion, including sister-in-law Zhen. Either they will be punished by the emperor." If you reward Prince Cheng as a servant, you will either be dragged to the market to be sold, if it is not for the emperor's kindness, even the fourth sister will be dragged out and locked up to be sold."

Mrs. Wang's eyes flickered, and she looked at Jia Zhu's face forcefully again: "I said it just now, what do you mean by saying this to me? What does the Dongfu matter have to do with me?"

"Brother Zhen's matter has nothing to do with my mother, but my son wants to know that my uncle and aunt will go to have a relationship with Babeile, is it my mother's instigation?" Jia Zhu didn't go around and asked directly.

As soon as these words were said, Jia Zheng was also stunned, and quickly raised his head to see the surprise on Mrs. Wang's face, and everyone's eyes fell on Jia Zhu's face.

"What are you talking about? Instigation? Has anyone ever talked to your mother like this? After studying for so many years, don't you even know the word filial piety?" Mrs. Wang's voice suddenly became fierce, and her expression also changed. It started to turn red, with a bit of a stern taste, but this sternness did not shock Jia Zhu at all.

"The son has always respected his mother, but the mother kept letting him down." Jia Zhu showed a wry smile: "Does mother really think that what she does is perfect? ​​But mother is wrong. Uncle, he likes the days of debauchery and debauchery the most." I can't wait to get drunk and die in the wine and women every day, and as for the eldest aunt, the family knows that she is not from an official family, so they don't understand these things at all, so why do they suddenly become enthusiastic about the Babeile Mansion?"

Mrs. Wang also seemed to realize her gaffe, and gradually calmed down. Hearing Jia Zhu's aggressive question, Mrs. Wang suddenly smiled: "As expected of my son, yes, it is true that I asked my sister-in-law to tell Babeile Now that the virtuous name is outside, the position of the crown prince is not the second choice except him. If he climbs into the Babeile family, it will be no problem to be crowned king and minister in the future. Ha, she is really stupid. Even the private money she has saved for so many years has started to be taken out, I really can't tell, she really has a lot of money on her."

The expected facts failed to stir up waves in Jia Zhu's heart, but Mrs. Wang's bitter words made Jia Zhu's heart churn.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of her husband and son, Madam Wang smiled coldly: "If you two were not so cowardly, would I have done this? I’m sorry for you Jia’s family? Yes, I’m lending money, but it’s also forced by you. Apart from making a name for yourself, what else have you done for this family? And you Zhu’er, I’m you Mother, you crawled out of my stomach. I married a wife for you and promoted you to become an official. After that, you will be like your father. I am not reconciled, my hard-working housekeeper is so After many years, in the end, one day when the family is divided, half of the property will be distributed to that stupid woman, or even more, why?"

"So you instigated elder brother and sister-in-law to do such a thing, just to get a handle on them?" Jia Zheng looked at the crazy and flustered woman in front of him, his heart was icy cold.

"That's right, this home belongs to me. I've put in everything I put into it, and it's all mine!" Mrs. Wang calmly acted as if the crazy woman just now wasn't her, "You are my husband and son, but Still speaking for others, you are really ridiculous."

"Stop talking about mother, you let me down too much." Jia Zhu stood up, with unstoppable sadness in her eyes, and left the Buddhist hall after speaking.

Jia Zheng chased after them, the door was slammed shut, and the two door panels collided with each other and separated violently. Mrs. Wang stared at their leaving backs and muttered to herself.

"Disappointed? I'm the one who's disappointed in you. You've ruined everything I've done. They'll die right away. This family will belong to us!" Mrs. Wang suddenly began to chuckle: "Let me see what you would do."

She knows her husband too well, whether it is the pedantic scholar who can be seen through at a glance in the past, or the lofty guy who is so soft-hearted that he can be despised now.

The small doubts in my heart were subconsciously suppressed by Mrs. Wang, it doesn't matter, I am the second room, Jia Amnesty and the others are the eldest room, even if something happens to the first room, the second room will not be affected, although both are in the Rongguo Mansion, but the emperor It's not the most wise, it will definitely be fine, even if it gets involved, there is still the Wang family, the elder brother will not sit idly by, by the way, there is also the historian of the old lady, and the Xue family of the younger sister, the Wang family and the historian There are people in the court, and my sister's family is rich, what else is she afraid of?

The more Mrs. Wang thought about it, the more she took it for granted, and a relaxed smile gradually appeared on her face. This time is the best chance for her to leave the Buddhist hall and regain control of the Jia family. She must go out from here.

Jia Zheng rushed to chase Jia Zhu. There was silence outside the Buddhist hall. The servants carrying the sedan chairs were all waiting outside the courtyard. The little maid serving Mrs. Wang was also standing far away at the door with a look of fear on her face. Jia Zheng When they chased him out, Jia Zhu was no longer in sight.

"Have you seen Zhu'er?" Jia Zheng tried his best to slow down his facial expression and tone, but the little maid was already too panicked to speak, and only pointed to the dark place in the southeast corner with trembling fingers.

When Jia Zheng walked over, Jia Zhu squatted there facing a towering ancient tree, like an abandoned child, Jia Zheng slowly squatted down, and saw that Jia Zhu's eyes were full of tears. tears.

"Father, you were the strictest father when I was young. No matter what I did, it was always wrong. When I saw you at that time, it was like a mouse seeing a cat. At that time, it was my mother and the old lady who protected me. When you wanted to hit me, my mother hugged me and begged for mercy. At that time, father, you would sigh and call 'a loving mother is a loser', but I really wanted to talk back, saying that mother always told me that you are young I also liked reading the most when I was a child. Although my temperament is a bit pedantic, I am the most progressive. It is your greatest regret not to pass the imperial examination and enter the court to become an official. That’s why you always urge me to be motivated, and say never Let me live up to your expectations."

"Pearl..." Jia Zheng looked at Jia Zhu who was crying and talking in front of him, and felt uncomfortable for a while. He was not that Jia Zheng anymore. He listened to Zhu'er recalling him, and the guilt in his heart kept rising.

"At that time, I still wanted to study hard in the future and come back as the number one scholar, so that my father would praise me and make my mother happy. Later, you changed, since the old lady made Aunt Zhao a maid for you, you rarely went to In Mother's room, I know all the gossips passed by the servants. At that time, Mother was still pregnant with Baoyu. Later, I had a younger brother, and Aunt Zhao also gave birth to a second sister. But I knew that Mother was even more miserable. See Dad, you treat Baoyu the same as you did to me back then, but you are becoming more and more indifferent to your mother. At that time, when my mother was with the old lady, Baoyu was the one who loved me the most. I was a little jealous of him at that time. Baby, even the name is different from ours."

Jia Zhu said with bitterness on his face, tears slid down his cheeks and wet his skirt.

"Later, dad, you changed, you became different from before, not the dad who made people daunting, but the dad who made people want to rely on, but mother also changed, becoming more and more unfamiliar , I will never forget my mother’s embrace when I was a child, and I also know that neither my father nor the old lady did anything wrong, and indeed my mother is to blame, but why, why I can’t stop being sad, I don’t even know what I’m sad about now!” After Jia Zhu finished speaking, she wiped her tears with her sleeves, her eyes were red.

"Pearl, it's not your fault. I'm at fault. The old lady is at fault. Your mother is at fault. You are the only one who is at fault. Don't force yourself." Looking at Jia Zhu like this, Jia Zheng hugged Jia Zhu in his heart. In her arms, she patted his shoulder lightly.

"Father, what should we do?" Jia Zhu looked up at Jia Zheng's face in confusion.

"Don't tell the old lady yet, I'll figure out a way." Jia Zheng looked at Jia Zhu with panic and anticipation in his confused eyes, and nodded heavily.

Wiping away the tears on Jia Zhu's face, Jia Zhu, who gradually regained her mood, blushed, secretly annoyed in her heart that she was already a father, why would she still cry like a woman? Xiao Lan'er looked at it, and she would definitely laugh at herself to death in the future.

After sending Jia Zhu back, Jia Zheng went back to the study and felt a sharp pain in his knees. When he took off his pants, he found that the wound had already opened and oozes blood. On the leg, this pulling moved the scab that had just formed, and tore off a piece of flesh abruptly, making Jia Zheng moan uncontrollably.

The bloody knees, the empty box on the table, Mrs. Wang's words in the Buddhist hall just now, Jia Zhu's tears, and how to say goodbye to Jia Mu tomorrow, all of these came to mind at the same time .

What should he do?Jia Zheng stared at the wound that started to bleed again, suddenly raised his head, looked out of the window, his eyes gradually showed a thoughtful expression.

He has always underestimated Mrs. Wang, and has been misled by a concept. He has always thought that Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang are in charge of all the trivial matters in the Jia family's house, and the gate of the house separates the two The world, the outside is a man's world, but the inside is a woman's world.

However, what Mrs. Wang said just now made him understand his mistake. The boundary between the two worlds does not exist. She is a young lady from an official family, and is the court's imperial wife. She knows everything about politics and family affairs.

That being the case, things are not so bad.Jia Zheng's brows slowly relaxed. If Mrs. Wang would do such a thing, she must have her reasons and goals, and she must even have thought of a solution. What would she want?

Before Jia Zheng's eyes, three lonely courtyards appeared in that remote corner, which seemed to be isolated from the prosperous Rongguo Mansion.

Not only is she not crazy, but she is very clear about what can be used and what can be used to get what she wants.

That being the case, he just waited and watched her get better, to see what kind of medicine was sold in her gourd.

But... Jia Zheng stared at the empty box, the bright moonlight outside the window was once again covered by dark clouds.

At this time, in Jiu Beizi's house, Lao Jiu showed an extremely dangerous smile on his beautiful face, staring at the embarrassing Lao Shi in front of him, he said through gritted teeth: "What did you say, tell me again!"

"Ninth brother, I don't know what's going on. Didn't you ask me to check that thing? My people reported that it was in the study when they found it, but when I sent someone to get it, the thing was gone. It's over." Old Ten knew that he had screwed up again this time, and his tone was nonchalant, seeing Brother Nine's sinister smile, his neck shrank.

"Do you have a brain, and you went in for the second time and disappeared?! It's the second time!!" Lao Jiu almost wanted to remove Lao Ten's head to see what was inside!

"Brother Jiu, maybe they changed places? Or, I'll let my people go..."

Before Old Ten could finish his sentence, Lao Jiu interrupted him with a slap in the face: "What are you going to do, just stay with me honestly!"

"Then, things..." Old Ten was stunned, what does Brother Nine mean, you don't want things?

"You use your brain to think about it for me, and change the place! I think you should change your brain, it must be someone else, who would it be, who can know this matter..." Lao Jiu was confused at first. He was scolding Lao Shi, but in the end, Lao Jiu also thought about it. He would know that the existence of that thing was a coincidence, and at that time he and Hongxi were both in Jinling. Could it be that there were other people in Jinling who also watched it? What's wrong?

But that's not right, if it was someone else, why would they not do it sooner or later, and want to get in the way when they are doing it themselves, it's obviously a mess for him!

Could it be that there is something tricky about Hong Xi?Lao Jiu's eyes froze, if it was true that Hongxi took the things one step ahead of time, then he really underestimated his nephew!

The thing that made Lao Jiu and Jia Zheng sleepless, was quietly lying on the desk of someone who no one expected.