The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

As soon as Jia Zheng left, Daiyu couldn't stop staring at Baochai.Baochai looked uncomfortable to her, and asked her, "What is it?"

Daiyu said: "I asked you a while ago. The Jia family has collapsed. My father will definitely not let me marry Baoyu. You said it's okay, but you thought they would come to ask you?"

Baochai laughed and said, "How can I be so accurate? It's just that my aunt got the news that my uncle has contacted a few friends to protect this place, so I know it's nothing serious."

Daiyu said, "Are you so sure?"

Baochai nodded and said, "Uncle is going to leave town in Ping'an Prefecture soon, so such a big official, isn't this even a crime?"

Daiyu frowned and said, "I'm afraid that if I keep it for a while, it will become a crime in the future."

Baochai said with a smile: "Even if the emperor wants to pay people, he must pay attention to the crimes. The crimes have never been serious, and the few serious ones have been punished. If you don't commit serious crimes in the future, at most you just don't want this crown and belt—— Baoyu should not commit any serious crimes again. Second brother Lian and the others must have the ability to commit crimes again. Before I did this, I asked someone to inquire about all the cases of criminals committed by officials since the founding of the dynasty. Repeatedly, if they are guilty of such crimes, the least is to be demoted, and the most serious is to confiscate the family and go into exile. Otherwise, you will think I am so reckless and expose all these things at once. What if it ended like the previous life?"

When Daiyu heard that she was doing it again without telling her, she couldn't help pinching her a little. Baochai hurriedly said, "I've told you everything I need to tell you, and there's nothing else to do."

Daiyu glanced at her, and said, "You are not sure what to say, who knows if you are true or false?"

Baochai was still waiting to explain, but Daiyu ignored her, and asked Zijuan to hug a quilt, so that Baochai moved to the outer bed, and she was in it. After all, they slept separately all night, Baochai could only smile wryly.

Before Jia Zheng went to see Baochai, he had some thoughts in his mind. After seeing Baochai, he became more determined. Because he wrote a confession with great care, he didn't mention the lady in the palace, and he didn't even have a word of pleading. Instead, he was humble and earnest in every way, and persuaded Jia She to confess his guilt.Jia She sneered and said: "My crime, if you say it is serious, there are also exiles, but if you say it is small, but the fine is done, and the proportion is all determined by the holy order. I don't rely on my old face to beg for mercy. Why don't you just sit and wait for someone to fall into trouble?" He didn't listen.Not only did he not listen, but he thought that Jia Zheng was concerned about his title and deliberately asked him to write a letter to admit his mistakes, and he felt jealous.

Jia Zheng couldn't persuade him, so he left with a sigh.

The next day, Jia She, Jia Zhen, and Jia Lian submitted four copies of the pleading papers. Jia Amnesty, Jia Zhen, and Jia Lian either argued in every possible way or begged for mercy. Today I saw that the evidence was conclusive, but the three of them either denied it or begged for their grandfather's affection. Jia Amnesty even begged him to see that Yuan Chun's face was extrajudicial. After reading Jia Zheng's words, Fang Long's face was joyful, and he smiled a little: "People say that the dragon has nine sons, and the sons are different. I saw you today. This Jia Zheng and Jia amnesty one mother and compatriots, but he is a upright and honest man, and a barbarian." Deceit, the world is different." Keep Jia Zheng in the middle school, and the other three people's papers will be handed out, and the crimes of the four people will be handed over to the court for discussion.

Jia Zheng's charges are far-fetched, and the intention is not to pursue Jia Zheng. Thirdly, Lin Hai and Wang Ziteng have secretly contributed, and Jia Zheng has always been friendly with Qingliu, so everyone let Jia go They talked about Jia Amnesty and others one after another—the loyal ministers who came to the court to discuss crimes always wanted to make the crimes more serious. Let it go, that's also from grace.The guilty officials who were to be punished, seeing that the emperor dealt with it lightly, did not dare to think about it other than being grateful, and this court meeting is also the same.It was discussed that Jia Zhen should die, Jia amnesty should be exiled, Jia Lian and Jia Zheng should be demoted to the people, and the two mansions of Ning and Rong should take over the world forever. I see you today. The noble was exiled, his son Jia Rong inherited the noble, Jia amnesty took the noble for the people, Jia Lian was demoted, Jia Zheng was reprimanded, Rong Guogong succeeded Jia Zheng as the second-class general, Aunt Zhao was hanged—the impeachment in mid-July In the next court meeting in August, the decree came down before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Jia Zheng asked to resign from the title several times-he did not do those vain gifts, but sincerely declined, but today he also sincerely wanted him to inherit the title. Jue, comforted him again and again, and ordered Concubine Jia to tell his grandmother and parents. Finally, Jia Zheng accepted the decree with great sincerity and trepidation, and took the title, and the panic in the mansion gradually subsided—it was already the beginning of September. up.

Jia Zhen was sentenced to exile, and everyone in the mansion, including Youshi and Jia Rong, shed tears several times. Even Jia Jing had to call Jia Zhen over and give some words of reassurance.After the whole family bid farewell, You Shifang packed his luggage and sent a dozen capable family members, Jia Qiang to accompany Jia Zhen to set off.

Jia Rong was only slightly hurt at first, but when he saw that Jia Qiang was gone, he felt lost, and his father was convicted, Yuan Chun specially ordered the internal officials to reprimand him, ordered him to study hard, not allowed to travel abroad, and ordered him to clean up. He wiped out the plaques and plaques at home, and cleaned up all the places that were beyond the control. He didn't dare to gather people to drink at night, and he didn't dare to gamble and play tricks. In the room, he gradually imitated his grandfather, praying to God and asking questions.

As long as Youshi doesn't go out to cause trouble, he will only rectify in the mansion every day-Jia Zhen is exiled, and he has to bring money to manage. The family has sold a lot of things, and the family has been demoted, and the income is getting less and less. Live frugally.

Although Jia Zhen was in exile, after all, the job was passed on to her son, and the family still had a solid foundation. Although Jia She was in Beijing, both father and son lost their positions. live?Seeing that Jia Zheng took advantage of the cheap and won the title, Jia She became more and more annoyed. He could only say a few acid words in the open, and secretly cursed "this damn second child" countless times.Besides, he is used to being extravagant, now that he has no title, and has an old mother on his head, his actions are constrained everywhere, and the resentment accumulates. At first, he made excuses and beat Jia Lian until he couldn't get out of bed for more than ten days , and then started drinking again, wandering around the house with his concubine Ji day and night, Jia Zheng saw that he was out of order, so he tried to persuade him politely, but it was like adding fuel to the fire, which made Jia She even more agitated. It's not a climate anymore.

Jia Zheng originally thought that he was the eldest brother, so he had a lot of patience. Later, when he saw that something happened to him in the mansion, he refused to repent. Instead, he blamed himself for taking his title. When Xie spoke, it was inevitable that he was a bit stiff.

Mrs. Wang also pointed out that Jia She is now a commoner, and those concubines should be relegated to be maids, and the rules can be changed in secret, and the name must not be changed. She disposes of his concubines.

Jia Amnesty saw that as soon as he won the title, he immediately took care of things and forced himself to let go of his concubine. There is no need to explain in detail that kind of angry attitude.

Jia's mother disagreed at first, but later she couldn't make trouble with him, so she called Jia Jing and several clan elders to figure out the family's wealth, built a wall in the Rong Mansion, and opened a small door in the middle, just as if it was a separation of the family. Although there are many instructions to the servants in the family, after all, there are many people and miscellaneous mouths, and it was not long before the news spread that the mother was there to separate the family, and it was necessary to ask the official to say a few words. Parents ordered analysts to listen to "this one, otherwise Jia Zheng will suffer another impeachment.

The turmoil in Jia's mansion has nothing to do with Daiyu and Baochai.Since Lin Hai ordered the pardon of Jia and the others to be discussed by the court, he did not care about the face of his relatives, so he ordered Daiyu to be taken home, and because Daiyu spoke, Baochai, Yingchun and the others came to take her away. Live for a while.Jia's mother was worried that if something happened, the granddaughters would have nowhere to go, so she hurriedly sent a few people out, and with an extra shy face, she asked Baoyu and Jialan to live in Lin's mansion, euphemistically called "studying".

The Lin family had a small population and were frugal. The mansion in central Beijing was not big, and five girls lived in it all at once. Baoyu, Jialan and Xue Pan live together outside.

Baoyu experienced great changes in her family, even Liu Xianglian was temporarily put aside, panicked every day, and sent her servants home four or five times a day to inquire about news.After staying in front of Lin Hai for so long, Xue Pan boasted that he had made some progress, so he had to laugh a few words. On that day, he said in front of Baoyu that he was not able to handle things. Suddenly, Jialan said beside him: "Uncle Xue, don't talk about my uncle. If something like this happened in your family, let me see how calm you can be!"

Xue Pan was so angry that he jumped up and said: "Don't talk nonsense, children, how could such a thing happen in my family?"

Jia Lan sneered and said, "When you beat someone to death before, didn't your aunt beg our family to let my grandfather help me deal with it? Now this matter hasn't come out. If it does, I think you'll still laugh at me." Uncle!"

He spoke childishly, but Xue Pan was taken aback by what he said—he used to do ridiculous things, but after following Lin Hai, although he was strictly disciplined, he went smoothly, so he never thought about his own shortcomings, just like ordinary people The so-called 'darkness under the lamp' is true. At this moment, he was suddenly touched by someone, and he was startled. After thinking about it again, he suddenly felt cold sweat, and he froze on the spot, speechless for a long time.

Seeing his appearance, Baoyu was startled, and hurriedly beckoned, "Brother Xue? Brother Xue?"

Xue Pan suddenly came back to his senses, and ran out in a panic without answering.Seeing this, Baoyu showed a rare temper and glared at Jia Lan. Jia Lan stuck out her tongue and walked away.