The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

This year's new year is more difficult than any other year.

Jia Rong didn't care about things, Jia Zhen was exiled, and Jia Qiang was not there. The Ning Mansion was already deserted. On the first day of the lunar new year, news came from the Taoist temple that Jia Jing had died.

Jia Rong was still ignorant, so You Shi immediately asked his family to keep a few Taoist priests in check and not allow them to run away, and sent people to change all the decorative patterns inside and outside the house, all the family members changed into filial piety clothes, and then reported everywhere. At that time, Jia Rongfang woke up like a dream, fell down and cried, kept calling "Master", and rode out of the city all the way to meet Jia Jing.

After Jia She was dismissed, he just drank and had fun every day. Hearing the news, he also came out drunk, changed his clothes and went out to meet guests. Jia Zheng saw that he didn't look like him, so he asked his family to help him inside. , then turned around and disappeared Jia Lian, and called Xing'er to ask, "Where's Lian'er?"

Xing'er faltered and refused to answer, Jia Zhengwei drank and wanted to hit him, so he kowtowed in fright and said: "Our second master just went out, and he hasn't come back yet."

Jia Zheng said angrily, "Where is he going on the first day of the new year? Does he think the mansion is not chaotic enough?"

Xing'er didn't dare to answer, Jia Zheng was so angry that he was so angry that he wanted someone to beat him immediately, but because he was separated from the family, he didn't want to touch the slaves in the mansion, so he ordered Xing'er to be forked against the wall and kneel , When Jia Amnesty wakes up, he will be the District Office.

The mansion was busy from noon to dusk, only to see Jia Lian coming from outside in a hurry. When he saw Jia Zheng, he just knelt down and didn't dare to speak. A servant had brought clothes long ago, and Jia Lian put them on with shaking hands. He fell to the ground and cried loudly.

Seeing that he was still mourning, Jia Zheng didn't rush to scold him, but Jia She woke up, and when he saw Jia Lian, he stared and shouted, "You bastard, your uncle is such a big deal, where did you fool around? He raised his leg and kicked, Jia Zheng quickly stopped him and said, "It's important to deal with Brother Jing first."

In the end, Jia Amnesty kicked Jia Lian, and went to see Jia's mother in the back. Because Jia Jing died on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the omen was not good, and it was Yuanchun's birthday again. When she got sick, the second wife of Xing Wang, Li Wan, Baoyu, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Baochai, Daiyu, etc. were there to take care of her.

Jia Amnesty entered the inner house, and after a few steps, he suddenly saw all the juniors withdrawing, so he stopped Yingchun for questioning. My sister was talking there and told us to go back first."

Jia She then said: "Now that the family is in trouble, don't just wander around the garden with those sisters all day, go home and do some work when you have time."

Yingchun obediently agreed, and Jia She thought that since Jia Mu had left Baoyu and Daiyu behind, she would go by herself, and it might not be interesting, so she went back by herself, and then rested in the study for a while, when suddenly there was another commotion outside the door. He wanted to ask someone to ask, but he heard the servant outside shouting in a panic: "Master."

Jia She scolded through the window: "One or two, don't you know how to behave? What do you look like in a panic? Roll in slowly, so you can talk!"

A young servant from outside came in trembling, knelt on the ground and said, "Master, someone came to see Second Master, saying... that he has defiled his daughter, and he wants to settle accounts with us!"

Jia She said angrily, "Who has the guts to come to our house and make trouble?"

The young servant fell down on the ground, not daring to speak out, so Jia Amnesty put on his clothes again and went to the front, only to see a few healthy servants outside fighting and scolding the servants of Jia's mansion at the door, making such a commotion that people came out to look around, Jia Amnesty Seeing that the trouble is not going well, Xie Ming will call in the leader.

Dozens of male servants from outside stepped forward together and dragged the strong man in front, Jia She said coldly: "Whose servants are you, you actually came to our Jia's house?"

The man said loudly: "The second master of your mansion broke into my house, looked at our lady, ruined our lady's reputation, she hanged herself in a rage, and now her life is dying, my wife ordered us to come and get yours. Why is the second master going to fight for his life!"

Jia She said angrily: "Nonsense! No matter how bad my Lian'er is, he is also your son. How could he break into your house indiscriminately?"

The man said: "My neighbors and neighbors have seen it. If you don't believe me, tell the second master to come out. Let's just ask the official!" A few people who looked like ordinary people, when he was making trouble, those people said one after another: "I have seen it all, a noble young man in red came out of his house in a hurry, we followed all the way, and we arrived Here." After seeing Wang'er, another human said: "Isn't this one of that man's servants? I saw him whipping a horse behind that man with my own eyes."

When Jia She saw that they were convincing, and that Jia Lian had indeed gone out for half a day, he felt startled and uncertain. Most of the people who looked around were the servants of the various mansions. Hearing this, they all gathered more and more together. The neighboring mansions all sent people to ask what was the matter, but Jia Amnesty had no choice but to order the servants to be invited into the mansion first, then endured the embarrassment and sent people to invite Jia Rong, hoping to use Jia Rong's official power to coerce people. .

When the strong man saw an official coming, although his face softened earlier, he just said: "Although our family is not an official, it is not a family with no reliance. No one in the capital does not know us." Osmanthus Xia’s family’? Master, please don’t use your rank to suppress us. If you are in a hurry, we will also report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Anyway, our lady is gone, and the family is hopeless. It’s better for everyone to die and clean up!”

Jia Rong hurriedly said: "There has never been such a thing in my family. My uncle has always followed the etiquette.

The brawny man sneered and said: "If your family strictly restrains your children, how can there be such things as killing people and taking prostitutes into the house to seize the title!"

He said something else about You Ke, and when he said this, Jia She was so angry that his face turned red, and said with a raised face: "Don't worry, there is no reason in our family to indulge children, what you say, I will treat you Check carefully, if it is true, I will definitely give you an explanation."

The strong man said: "Since the lord official has spoken, let's just believe you and wait for a few days. If there is no explanation, we will come to the mansion to ask for an explanation."

Jia She was so angry that he was so angry that he reluctantly dismissed this person, and ordered Jia Lian to be called back in the mourning hall. Jia Lian only said that it was because of him sneaking out during the day, and he was still thinking of saying something in his stomach. Beat, beat and said: "You are getting more and more excited! Tell me, where did you go today?"

Jia Lian's face turned pale from the beating, and she didn't dare to shout, so she knelt down and said, "I...I'll go outside to find Wang Ren and ask how Sister Feng is doing."

Jia She sneered and said, "Oh, so you went to look for Wang Ren, so why did someone from the Osmanthus Xia family come to the door and say that you saw their lady?"

Hearing what Jia She said, Jia Lian knew that he couldn't hide it, so he kowtowed repeatedly: "I didn't mean it, but I entered the wrong door at that time..." Before he finished speaking, Jia She kicked him to the ground and asked, "You If you entered the wrong door, where did you originally enter?"

In the afternoon, Jia Lian had heard from Wang Ren that he had hired an excellent husband-in-law in a certain street, and asked him to have fun with him, so he slipped out while Jia Amnesty was drunk and the family affairs were over.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the place Wang Ren said, he saw that the door outside was ajar, and a servant was missing. When he went inside again, he saw a girl changing clothes inside. Who knew that she was a daughter of a good family, she was hugged by him, and she was about to hang herself on the spot. Seeing that there was a catastrophe, he casually promised to welcome her relatives, and when the family was in a hurry, she slipped out. Finding the mansion—he didn't dare to tell Jia She about all kinds of things, so he could only murmur a few words while thinking about the reasons. Come on, let him kneel down and beat his head and face, Jia Rong hurriedly persuaded him from the side, but the more he persuaded, the more fuel was added to the fire. Jia Amnesty waited until Jia Lian was beaten so hard that he dropped the board. Rong hurriedly said, "We still have to find a way."

Jia She snorted, threw down the board, ordered someone to fork Jia Lian out, and sat there by himself, saying, "What else can I do? It's just a loss of money. The family is already tight, and this bastard only cares about spending money outside!"

Jia Rong shook her head and said: "Since his family is an imperial merchant, I'm afraid he will not be short of money. This matter may not be settled with money."

Jia She said: "I have my own idea." After thinking about it for a while, I made up my mind and ordered someone to meet the mistress of the Xia family. Sue the officer.

Jia Amnesty was ordered to seize the title only last year, how dare he go to the government again?After discussing and discussing, and then entrusting them to the people in the House of Internal Affairs to make peace, the Xia family gave in and asked Jia Lian to marry him.How can Jia Amnesty respond!He spent a lot of effort entrusting several families with family acquaintances. Who would have thought that although the Xia family was an imperial merchant, because of their great fortune, they also entrusted several officials. The two families were at a stalemate. Jia Amnesty said he was going to pay a visit.