Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

In mid-July, Hu Wen left and went to Lianghuai Salt Administration to be Zhang Hao's master bookkeeper. Jia Yucun was the only one who accompanied Jia Lian in Jinling for the exam.

Jia Yucun was so happy that he could not control himself since he got the official reply document. He thought that his life would be wasted like this... but he gave himself a chance to make a difference.Lin Hai has already assumed the position of Minister of Rites in Beijing, and he has obtained the sixth-rank censor. As long as he follows Lin Hai in the future, he will not be afraid of making mistakes in his official career.Jia Yucun repeatedly looked at the documents of the Ministry of Officials, and the time to return to Beijing to take office is at the end of September.He calculated the date, Lin Ruhai remarried on September [-]th, he had to arrange a boat first, and after Qiu Wei came out on the list, he had to travel day and night to the capital.After planning silently, I found that I had nothing to give Lin Hai as a wedding gift.

Jia Yucun was worried for a while, and suddenly thought that if Jia Lian passed the test, it would be the best gift ready-made for Lin Hai's remarriage.

So Jia Yucun urged Jia Lian to pay more attention to his homework, two small policy theories a day, each with about a hundred words, and three days a five-hundred-word long policy theory, explaining thoroughly to Jia Lian word by word.Jia Lian was also a bit of a smart person. Seeing Jia Yucun's dedication, he worked harder.

However, Jia Yucun also understood that this was just doing his best and obeying God's will. If Jia Lian could win the election on his own, other scholars would have to throw themselves against the wall, including himself and Lin Hai.

Even so, when Jia Yucun heard that Gu An, the chief examiner of Jinling Qiuwei, had arrived in Jinling that night, he still couldn't help but secretly moved his mind.He picked out a few excellent essays written by Jia Lian, all of which he revised, and Jia Lian re-transcribed them neatly. He took a companion who went out, and went to the Xingyuan where the chief examiner stayed.

There are too many people who want to see the chief examiner before Qiu Wei, those who are in ink scrolls-let the examiner recognize the style of writing; there are countless people who give gifts and money, make connections, and flirt.For those who have suffered so much in the Imperial Academy until they come out to be examiners, this is the time for them to earn money and money.After clicking on the candidates who can win the Jinshi in a few days, they will have more contacts in the officialdom.As for wealth, it is even more indescribable. As long as it can not lead to the remarks of Qiu Wei's fraud and provoke a mutiny, you can pass the test.

Jia Yucun handed over his censor name to stab in. The chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner were shocked. Since the examiner was appointed, the three of them had to accept some local favors along the way. Could it be that the censor followed them to monitor them.But looking closely at the famous thorns, Gu An, a Hanlin scholar and chief examiner, slowly felt relieved. If he remembered correctly, this Jia Hua Jia Shifei should be the one who went to Huzhou to be the chief examiner. room division.Although he was shocked, he still thought that Jia Hua had already been dismissed from office, and he hadn't heard about his reinstatement, but Jia Hua dared not do the thing of pretending to be the censor.Others could not see the examiner, but Jia Hua dared to hand over the imperial censor's name card, no matter what, he always wanted to see him.

When Jia Yucun went in with Xingyuan's servants, he had no idea in his heart, but he just had a ten-thousandth hope that Gu An, the chief examiner, would remember him.Seeing Gu An, who was no stranger to him, sitting in the main seat, he was overjoyed and bowed down, saying, "Student Jia Hua pays homage to Master Fang".

The assistant examiners who were sitting with him also relaxed, and Jia Hua came in with such a respectful look towards Master Fang that everything was negotiable.

Gu An hurriedly helped Jia Hua, led him to sit down, and asked Jia Yucun about his experience and recovery after his dismissal.

Jia Yucun did not hide the past, and told Gu An in detail one by one, talking about offending his colleagues because of his narrow-mindedness, and being involved in the corruption case of his superiors and colleagues. In fact, he offended others, was pushed into it and was dismissed .

"Mr. Gu, the student retired to the countryside after being dismissed from office, but he was unwilling to live in a slumber. When he traveled to Yangzhou, he fell ill and his inner pockets were empty. At that time, he was really sad." Jia Yucun laughed at himself. "It just so happened that Censor Lin Hai recruited Mr. Enlightenment for his daughter-in-law. The students didn't care much, so they went to teach."

"Shi Fei, do you mean that you once taught at Master Lin Hailin's residence?" Gu An cut in and asked.

"That's right, I became a teacher with Mr. Lin's daughter-in-law first, and then I taught his nephew to study with Mr. Lin. This time, I accompanied Mr. Lin's nephew to Jinling Qiuwei."

"Master Lin's nephew?" Lin Hai went to Beijing to become the minister of the Ministry of Rites, which is the competent department of the Imperial Academy.

"Master Lin's nephew, Jia Lian, is the grandson of Mrs. Zhang, the nephew of Mr. Zhang, the imperial censor, and the grandson of Duke Rong Jia Daishan. Because Mr. Lin Hailin married the daughter of Mr. Daishan, this Jia Lian is not only His nephew is still his disciple." Jia Yucun saw that the two assistant examiners were a little unclear, so he quickly explained a few words.

Speaking of Mrs. Zhang, the chief and deputy chief examiners present were all in awe.At the beginning, the former prince taught by the old matriarch treated the imperial court very politely, which aroused the complaints of Xungui who valued literature over martial arts.Seeing Jia Yucun repeatedly mentioning the matter of taking the exam, they all looked at each other tacitly.

"Did Shi Fei bring Jia Lian's paper?"

Jia Yucun took out the prepared article from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Gu An with both hands.Gu An was very satisfied with Jia Yucun's attitude, so he read Jia Lian's article carefully, and shared it with the two assistant examiners.

"Shi Fei, if Jia Lian can write such splendid articles, [-]% of Qiu Wei will be able to write them. This will not make the old lady Fu and Mr. Zhang famous."

After hearing this, Jia Yucun quickly stood up and bowed again, "In this way, the students will have the best gift for Mr. Lin's remarriage."

Hearing what Jia Yucun said, Gu An hurriedly asked what happened.

"Master Lin lost his wife and son last spring, and now he has only one young daughter under his knees. It is scheduled to marry the head of Annan County, who was adopted by Mr. Li, the head of the Imperial Academy, on the [-]th of next month. If Qiuwei Jia Lian can win the election, it will not be the best Gift, double happiness!"

When the three of them came out of Beijing, they saw Mrs. Li beaming with joy and smiling all over his face. Their relationship with their immediate boss, Mrs. Li, was not close to the level of personal knowledge, but they had heard about Annan The marriage of the county lord has already been completed after six ceremonies and three ceremonies. I only thought that Mrs. Li would send invitations to invite colleagues from the Imperial Academy when the day came, and I didn't ask much. I didn't expect to marry Lin Ruhai.

The three laughed together, "Isn't it the best remarriage gift for Mr. Lin?"

Several people commented on Jia Lian's article again, and the three of them each expressed their views. Jia Yucun listened with respect and respect, and dared not omit a word.Finally, Gu An asked about Jia Yucun's censor.

"The student received the official document from the Ministry of Officials at the beginning of last month, allowing the students to return to their hometown for a three-month holiday to pay respects and to report to the Ministry of Officials before the end of September. Because they want to accompany Jia Lian to participate in the Enke Qiuxiu, they don't care about returning home. Yes. Well, let’s talk about it later.”

The three of them congratulated Jia Hua on his recovery, said that Mr. Lin had been at Yushitai for many years, and talked about the customs of Jinling and Yangzhou, Jia Yucun said goodbye and went back.

When Jia Yucun returned to the small courtyard arranged by Lin Ruhai, he recorded the chapters and sentences of the scriptures involved in the conversation with the examiners just now, and after finishing writing, he thought about it carefully. Someone called Jia Lian over.

"Yong Lian," Jia Yucun handed him the few pages he had just written, "you have figured out the source and meaning of these sentences tonight, and I will explain them to you tomorrow morning."

Such things happen almost every day for Jia Lian.After Jia Yucun often explained in the morning, he would arrange big and small policy discussions for him to write in the afternoon, explain after dinner, and then let him copy the written articles before going to rest.So Jia Lian took a few pages from Jia Yucun, thanked Mr. Jia, and went back to his room to study hard.

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Let's talk about everyone, when Jia She ordered the young lady to drag him to the east courtyard, his heart jumped out of fear.In the past 20 years, she has done a lot of things like stepping on big houses and currying favor with Mrs. Wang.Thinking that my mother-in-law is the old lady's dowry, and she has a deep relationship with the old lady, and the person who is in charge of the house is the big housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion, so I have never been afraid.

How could he have imagined that before Jia Amnesty met the old lady, he would have put himself in it.At this time, it is impossible to say that I don’t regret it. Why am I so overwhelmed? If I go to Jiangnan to get my cousin girl, it’s my aunt who won’t let me go. It’s okay to be scolded by the old lady, why push it on Jia Lian.

On the one hand, Lai was glad that no more people in the mansion saw his distressed appearance after being locked up, and on the other hand, he was worried that no one saw his crisis and was able to report to his family.When she was forked into Jia She's study in the east courtyard by two women and got used to it in the middle of the ground, she knew the ruthlessness of Jia She, the head of the Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Amnesty had no expression on her face, and said to her when she came up: "If you dare to tell a lie, the master will depose Lai Shangrong. Don't think that he has already been released to be a good citizen."

Everyone in Lai was scared to death, with the old lady protecting them, the Lai family and Lai Shangrong were considered characters, once Jia She was ruthless, Jia Mu would not wait to see Jia She, that would be her own eldest son.Can she still kill her son Jia She for Lai Shangrong?At most, Mother Jia scolded Jia Amnesty for "disobedience". Besides, what could Mother Jia do to pardon Jia?

Lai everyone hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "My lord, I dare not tell a single lie."

"Tell me, who lured Hu'er away from the old man back then?"

When everyone Lai heard Jia She's words, they were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground, unable to say a word.Seeing everyone's behavior, Jia Amnesty didn't understand anything.

Jia Amnesty clenched his fists and snapped his fingers, "Say, who asked you to do it?"

Jia Lian entered Qiuwei's examination room, while Jia She asked the truth about his eldest son's death.

Jia Amnesty didn't sleep all night, he thought and thought, but couldn't figure out how his own mother could be so stupid, how she would agree with that poisonous woman Wang's use of Hu'er to restrain Zhang, and finally achieved her goal of restraining himself.

Just before dawn, Jia Amnesty sent people to the Ministry of War to ask for leave. The Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and there was really no other department except the Ministry of Rites, so they were busy with something.Because of Enke's affairs, the Ministry of Rites has not been free for a year, and the saint did not hold a banquet in the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. Everyone has a three-day holiday in peace.Yuanwailang like Jia She, even if he didn't go to the Ministry of War for three months, no one would think about looking for him, let alone ask for leave seriously.

With red eyes, Jia She poured breakfast into his mouth, ordered someone to call Wu Xindeng, and asked him to bring a few wives to watch over Mr. Lai. If something happened to Mr. Lai, he, Wu Xindeng, would wait for the whole family The dozen or so little ones went to see Hades together.Wu Xindeng was so frightened that he quickly picked up a few strong women who were usually reliable in his work, and called his own wife, and told her Jia Amnesty's instructions. Strong, I saw it in the ear room of Jia Shen's study.

Lai Da saw that his wife hadn't returned all night, and it was called by Jia's mansion. He thought that something happened in the inner courtyard, but he didn't expect that the mansion could not find his wife the next day.Asked about the concierge, he said that he did enter the inner courtyard last night. Lai Da asked again in Jiamu's yard. The amber and glass that guarded Jiamu's night last night went to rest. Let's ask Jiamu, the people in Jiamu's yard Said, the old lady didn't sleep all night last night, and it was almost dawn before she closed her eyes.Lai Da anxiously turned around.In the evening, Lai Dadu saw the mandarin ducks coming out of Jiamu's house.

"Yuanyang, did you see your aunt Lai last night?"

"Yes, I went to take care of the old lady to sleep, and Aunt Lai was sent to kneel in the yard by the old lady."

Lai Da's heart skipped a beat, who is his mother-in-law, and what kind of family is his Lai family in Jia's mansion? How could the old lady throw him into kneeling in the yard? What's wrong with this?

Lai Da still smiled, "Yuanyang, do you know where your Madam Lai is now?"

"Housekeeper Lai, I just left the old lady's house today, and I haven't seen Aunt Lai since morning."

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything from Yuanyang, Lai Da had to let Yuanyang go.

Out of Lai Da's sight, the little girl who followed Yuanyang asked, "Sister Yuanyang, why didn't you tell..."

"Hush", the mandarin duck's index finger stood up in front of his mouth, "Good boy, Yue'er, this mansion is going to survive, you can't say what you see."

When there was no one around, Yuanyang took the little girl's hand, "Don't you think others don't know where Lai is? Why can't Mr. Lai ask, because no one wants to offend the old man for Mr. Lai. This matter Son, pretend you didn't see it, it's rotten in your stomach, save your life."

Early in the morning, Jia She took people to the Zhuangzi that his grandmother had left for him. He ordered a hundred and ten people who could resist knives and fight, and brought them back to the courtyard near Jia's mansion. Then Jia She took people to the Ministry of Rites to find Lin Hai. .

After returning home from Yue's family and his father's death, Jia She was trapped in the Rongguo Mansion for 20 years. He felt that he had no one to talk to when something happened.Fortunately, when Lin Hai came back, most of the two could still chat together.

Lin Hai was very surprised that Jia She came to look for him in the Ministry of Rites. Fortunately, the assistant minister had his own office room, so he withdrew his entourage and brought tea for Jia She, before asking softly, "Brother, did you not sleep well last night?"

Jia Amnesty took a few sips of tea, and Lin Hai refilled the water.Jia She looked at Lin Hai and said slowly: "Brother-in-law, you never imagined that it was the old lady who acquiesced to that poisonous woman of the Wang family to drown my Hu'er."

After Jia She said this, his eyes were red, his teeth were clenched, and after a while, he collapsed on the chair as if his spine had been pulled.

"Why? Why did the old lady do that?"

Jia Amnesty was like a dead fish, slumped on the chair with his mouth open, unable to make a sound.

Lin Hai waited for a long time before continuing to ask: "Brother did not dare to investigate the truth for 20 years. I am afraid that he has already estimated in his heart that he cannot do without those people in the mansion. Don't dare to investigate! Enhou, you now What are you going to do?"

Jia She said in a hoarse voice: "Father, Mrs. Zhang, and Hu'er, three lives, how can I still treat her as my own mother!"

"It's better for my uncle to discuss with the historians. I think the brothers of the historians are also sensible people. I should be able to discuss with them and come up with a proper solution."

Jia Amnesty nodded after thinking about it, "The old lady knows about Min'er's miscarriage, and my elder brother didn't ask about it last night."

"Let the Shijia brothers ask." Lin Hai said leisurely. "One more thing. I heard from my old colleague at Yushitai that Wang's envoys are lending loan sharks. Maybe the old lady has also touched her hand. Uncle might as well investigate and find out, and tell the Shijia brothers together."

"These scourges, the family lacked them to eat, or lacked them to wear. The Wang family sold the Jia family's sacrifice land in Jinling for ten times. The buyer turned out to be the Xue family of Jinling." Jia She was furious. To add fuel to the fire, if the sale of sacrificial fields is said to be a disaster for future generations, then once the court finds out the loan sharks, it is rare for the man in charge to lose his title and official position.If human life is involved, I am afraid that he will be charged with exile together with the woman.The men of Jia's family, I really don't know what evil they did to marry such a woman.

"The Xue family and the Jia family are also in-laws, why buy the Jia family's land for sacrifice?"

Jia She also shook his head. Ever since he knew that the Jinling sacrificial fields were being sold, he had been holding back his anger, "I really don't understand how the Wang family has the guts to sell the sacrificial fields secretly. The woman who is in charge of internal affairs does this. If I tell my husband's family to ask her to go out, my mother's family will not be able to say anything else."

Jia Amnesty pondered while drinking tea, "Ru Hai, what do you think I should take Mrs. Wang home?"

Lin Hai smiled, "I'm afraid that Wang Ziteng will not be willing to be a woman of the Wang family; the old lady will not agree to it for the sake of her grandson and granddaughter. It is Wang's good fortune to really go back. Maybe my brother-in-law will be in the Ministry of War in the future. It's hard to do; moreover, if she kills her to pay her debts and pays her debts, it's so cheap to just let her go back to her mother's house."

Hearing what Lin Hai said, Jia Amnesty nodded in agreement after thinking about it. "These scourges, I can't keep them in the mansion anymore, and get a home. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll have to bear the burden for them when the usury broke out that day."

"Brother wants to separate the family, don't forget to set aside the money owed to the court first. I heard that when the country was founded, each family borrowed a lot, and the Jia family took over the imperial family, there is only more and no less."

Jia Amnesty knew about the Jia family borrowing money.Before his father passed away, he also explained the use of the money left in the old treasury, and asked him to pay it back when he saw the right opportunity, and not to leave debts to his children and grandchildren.

"Brother-in-law Xie reminded me. Does your Lin family owe any money?"

"Yes, not much. The ancestor borrowed less than ten thousand taels from the crowd. When the time is right, I will pay it back."

"Less than [-] taels?" Jia Amnesty sneered, "You literati just have too many eyes."

Lin Hai smiled, "Brother was an all-rounder in civil and military affairs back then."

Jia She sneered, "My father is the first-class celebrity around the Taishang, and I was the prince's companion to study, even if I have five points of talent, I will be praised as a heavenly man."

"Brother, don't underestimate yourself. Could it be that Mrs. Zhang's vision is wrong?"

Jia Amnesty lowered his head when he heard that Lin Hai was ahead of the old master.

"How is the Zhang family doing now?"

"Fortunately, I entrusted my father's old department to take care of it."

"If possible, send Lian'er to Zhang's family to study next year. I'm afraid of the situation in Beijing..."

The old matriarch Fu committed suicide in prison. The father-in-law who was once the champion of imperial history, was honest and honest all his life, but fell on the way home.Although Jia Amnesty has not been in direct contact with the Zhang family these years, he still has a general idea of ​​the Zhang family's situation.

"It's fine to send it over, the Zhang family are all scholars. I don't know what will happen to Lian'er's Qiu Wei?"

"Brother, don't think about it. Lian'er has only been studying for a few days. If Qiu Wei can succeed, we scholars who have been studying honestly for more than ten or twenty years should all throw themselves into the wall."

The two smiled at each other.

Jia Amnesty was in a good mood after chatting with Lin Hai, and returned home in high spirits.

When I returned home, I heard that Lai Da was looking for his wife in Manfu.Jia Amnesty ignored the incident and called Lin Zhixiao.

"Lin Zhixiao, I heard that the Wang family of the second room is lending usury?" Jia Amnesty squinted at Lin Zhixiao.

Lin Zhixiao has followed Jia She for decades, and whenever Jia She is like this, Lin Zhixiao knows that Jia She is extremely dangerous and should not be provoked.If you don't tell the truth, when he finds out, at least it's twenty boards.

"Back to the master, I have heard a little bit that Zhou Rui and his wife are playing it. But because it is a matter of speculation, the younger one dare not talk about it with the master."

Jia Amnesty smiled at Lin Zhi's filial piety, "Tell me, what else do you know about pretentious things?"

"Zhou Rui's son-in-law opened an antique shop. I heard that there are a lot of real goods in it. I heard that some of them were leaked from our house."

"anything else?"

"No more. Master, you also know that Lai Da is mostly in charge of this mansion. The important matters inside and outside, because the younger one is accompanied by the master, it is not the younger one's turn to intervene."

"Go and find out about Zhou Rui and his wife. It's a little wrong..."

Lin Zhixiao nodded again and again, and walked out quickly.

Jia She was idly waiting for the result in the study. Lin Zhixiao's ability was not weaker than Lin Hai's housekeeper Lin Cheng in his opinion.But no, within two hours, Lin Zhixiao stepped on the moonlight, tied up Zhou Rui's couple, and then came in carrying two boxes and some antiques with Jia's imprint on them.

"My lord, Zhou Rui's son-in-law resells the gifts from the imperial court, and the servants tied him up in the shop. The servants gathered all the ledgers and IOUs for loan sharks."

The faces of Zhou Rui and his wife were ashamed. If such a matter fell into the hands of the elder, they would be dead or alive, so even their children would have to fill it in.

"Tell me, who paid for the capital? Where did the interest go? Master, I'm not in the mood to ask twice. If I don't tell you, I will send your daughter and boy to the north of the city immediately."

Zhou Rui's family collapsed on the ground, the couple looked at each other, Zhou Rui said, "Can the Eldest Master spare my child?"

"See what you said."

"The capital belonged to the second wife at first, and then the monthly regulations of the house were added. Those antiques were also consigned by the second wife."

"What else?" Jia Amnesty didn't believe that Zhou Rui's family was the second wife's confidant, so he knew such a discerning thing.

"Jinling's sacrificial fields,"

"I know this master."

"The shops in the capital, those that make money, have been transferred to the second wife's name. The Zhuangzi with good income has also been replaced to the second wife's name."

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When Jia Amnesty clears up all these things, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th.