[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

The Zhen family in Jiangnan was ransacked, and Jia Zheng... took in the Zhen family's subordinates, and there was still a box of things.

Bao Cong entered Jia Zheng's study and saw him admiring a Tang Yin painting with a smile on his face.

"Master, where did you get this painting?" Bao Cong glanced at Jia Zheng with mixed feelings in his heart.

He clenched his fists, trying to suppress the powerlessness in his heart.

When Jia Zheng saw Bao Cong come in, he put on a serious face. He put away the painting, avoided answering, and asked Bao Cong, "Why didn't you even make a sound when you came in? It's too impolite."

"It's because the master is too absorbed in appreciating the paintings, so he didn't hear the knock on the door." Bao Cong looked straight at Jia Zheng with a blank expression, and asked again: "This painting by Tang Yin can no longer be found outside. Where did the master get it?" here?"

Inexplicably being stared at by Bao Cong like this, Jia Zheng felt a little guilty, pretending to be casual and said: "It was a gift from an old friend." Then his eyes wandered, and he changed the subject: "What are you doing here today?"

What can Baocong do?

It is for this "old friend" of Jia Zheng that he came here.

Bao Cong was silent for a while, and said calmly: "I heard that the Zhen family in Jiangnan committed a serious crime and their home was confiscated. The master took in the members of the Zhen family yesterday, is it because they bribed the master with this painting?"

"You!" Jia Zheng was furious when he heard this, and immediately went up against the case. His face flushed, and he pointed at Bao Cong, trembling with anger, "You villain! The Zhen family made friends for our family, and his family was in trouble. It is the righteousness of human beings to take in his family members!"

"His family didn't dare to eat and live at home for nothing for fear of hurting us, so they used this painting as board and lodging. How can it be said that I took bribes! Absurd! Absurd!"

"Where have you been reading all your books! It's ridiculous! Hurry up and go back to your studies!"

Jia Zheng lost his temper and cursed so much that almost all his saliva sprayed on Bao Cong's face.

Bao Cong wiped his face calmly, and said indifferently: "My son is just reminding the master that if we talk about the word 'righteousness', it is natural that the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers come first."

"No matter what the Zhen family sent, it's better for the master to present it to the Holy One as soon as possible."

He bowed to Jia Zheng expressionlessly and went out.

When Bao Cong went out, Jia Zheng slumped on the chair in an instant, his back covered in cold sweat.

To present something to the Holy One?

Are those gold and silver, antique calligraphy and paintings, and that... small box all presented?

Jia Zheng let out a breath, stopped his trembling hands, and shook his head.

If it was presented to the Holy Majesty, wouldn't it be too deliberate to draw a line with the Zhen family?After doing such unrighteous actions, if the Jia family has troubles in the future, which relatives and friends will dare to lend a helping hand?

Not right, not right!

When Bao Cong returned to his yard, he heard that Dong Ming was waiting for him.

"Third Master, Mr. She ate wine and gambled, and it seems that he bought two new girls, and they spent a lot of money!" Dongming said with a worried face: "I found out that Mr. She asked many people to borrow money, but I don't know. What is the specific figure? If he owes money outside like this, he may have a big accident in the future!"

It is still the period of national mourning, and Jia Amnesty even ate wine and gambled at will, and even bought girls. This was known by the censor, and it was another handle that Jia's family could be caught.

"Is there someone named Sun Shaozu among them?" Bao Cong asked with a sigh.

Dongming nodded hurriedly, and replied: "There is a man named Sun Shaozu. This man used to be very poor. Because he had some relationship with Mr. She's classmates, he came to the capital to join Mr. She. Mr. She made him an official under his staff. Years later, now that the family has a big business, Mr. She asked him to borrow some money instead."

As Bao Cong listened, he gradually lost his mind.

Even if it wasn't Sun Shaozu, there were others.

As long as Jia Amnesty doesn't stop borrowing money from outsiders, one day, this debt will be pushed to Yingchun's head.

Dongming said again: "There is one more thing. I heard about it by accident yesterday. I heard that the second master Lian secretly set up an outer room. It was introduced by Uncle Zhen from the Dongfu."

"...Second Mistress Lian suppressed prices last year and bought several shops, as well as Zhuangzi fields in the suburbs. I also heard that Mrs. Xing took Master Xi's name card and asked someone to go back to Jinling to take the lawsuit. I don't know why. true or false......"

Bao Cong: "..."

Sure enough, this family is a family, doing everything one by one, for fear that they themselves will not die fast enough.

The more things were found out, Bao Cong felt that he was getting calmer and calmer.

His mind became less and less disturbed, as if he had already seen that the boat of Jia's family had been hewed to pieces and was leaking everywhere, waiting to be completely overturned by a big wave.

Sometimes he wonders, if he could remember everything in the original book, could these things be avoided?

To prevent Jia Zheng from taking in the people of the Zhen family in advance, and accepting the things from the Zhen family?

Advise Jia Amnesty not to drink, gamble and buy girls?

Stop Mrs. Xing every time she takes on a lawsuit?

Or stop Jia Lian and tell him not to flirt outside?

Or, like Wang Xifeng, give her money to make her give up interest, and unknowingly lower the price to buy someone else's shop and farm?

Even if these things are successfully avoided in advance, won't other things happen to the Jia family?

Bao Cong sighed heavily, he finally understood.The reason why the entire Jia family was destined to overthrow was not because of these things, but because of... these people.

He froze and sat in his small study for an entire afternoon in a daze. It was not until night fell that Qingwen came in to light candles that he came back to his senses.

"It's time for dinner?" Bao Cong asked hoarsely.

"Third Lord...the food has been warming outside for a long time." Qingwen replied softly.

Seeing Bao Cong sitting motionless in the small study like this, she has been restless all afternoon.Normally, she would have gone into the study early to urge Baocong to eat, but today she dared not.

It wasn't because Qingshuang stopped her, but because the atmosphere in the small study was solemn and dignified, she felt frightened when she walked to the door, and she dared not reach out to push the door to disturb Baocong.

Baocong smiled slightly, stood up, stretched, and said softly to Qingwen: "I won't eat, I'm going to see my ancestors." After saying that, he walked out quickly.

Although it was a smiling face, Qingwen felt weird.She didn't dare to persuade her, so she followed out, and saw Qingshuang opened the courtyard door, watching Baocong go out.

"Qingshuang, why did the third master go alone? Where is Wu Hui? Why didn't you tell him to follow?" Qingwen walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, and at a glance, under the pitch-black darkness, there was no sign of Bao Cong.

Qingshuang shook her head, pulled Qingwen back, closed the courtyard door gently, and said, "The third master has something to do, so there is no need for Wu Hui to follow."

Qingwen looked puzzled, looked at Qingshuang, then at the courtyard gate, and finally, she only sighed.

The third master, the older he grows up, the deeper his thoughts become. She doesn't understand what he is thinking anymore.

When Baocong arrived in Jiamu's yard, he saw her resting on the bed, and Yuanyang was serving her medicine.

Bao Cong frowned, and hurriedly asked Yuanyang: "What kind of medicine did the ancestor drink? Is she sick again?"

A smiling flower bloomed on Jiamu's wrinkled face, she panted and said, "It's just that I didn't sleep well last night and coughed twice, Yuanyang became nervous and insisted that I stay in bed and take medicine. No in the way."

Yuanyang shook her head with a smile, and said angrily to Mother Jia, "Why do you only cough twice? The old lady is too careless about her body!"

She took a candied fruit and stuffed it into Jiamu's mouth, then turned around and complained to Baocong: "Tell me about the old lady, she slept a lot at night, and she didn't know what to think last night. She tossed and turned all night without sleeping. When I got up and coughed, I insisted on holding back. If I hadn't noticed it with sharp eyes, the old lady would still want to hide it!"

After hearing this, Bao Cong looked at Mother Jia again, only to see Mother Jia lying sickly on the bed, obviously very listless, and teasing Yuanyang forcefully, saying: "You girl has sharp eyes, I just didn't sleep well all night. , is it necessary to invite a doctor and drink medicine like this?"

As he spoke, he was about to fall asleep in a daze.

Yuanyang stopped talking, put her finger on her lips, gave Baocong a soft "shh", tucked Jiamu's quilt skillfully, and covered the outside bed curtain.

She led Bao Cong to the outside room, smiled and whispered: "The old lady didn't sleep last night, and she also stayed up all day during the day, now she drank medicine, fortunately she felt sleepy."

Then he asked Baocong: "You are here now, have you eaten yet?"

She thought that Bao Cong just came to pay his respects to Jiamu every day.

Bao Cong glanced inside, recalling Jia Mu's haggard and sickly appearance, finally suppressed his full stomach, and said with a smile: "I've eaten, since the ancestor is asleep, I'll come and talk to her tomorrow."

As he spoke, he thought about things and walked slowly.

Yuanyang took Bao Cong out of the house with a few little girls, and went to the gate of the yard. Seeing Bao Cong leaving alone, he asked, "Where is the third master following?"

The little girls shook their heads one after another: "I don't know, maybe they are waiting outside."

After leaving Jiamu's yard, Bao Cong was full of worries and didn't want to go back to his own yard. After walking, he arrived at the side gate of Grand View Garden.

The side door has been closed and locked, no one outside can get in, and no one inside can get out.

But Bao Cong was still reluctant to leave, and sat down on the ground by the doorway, staring blankly at the moon.

It was very late, and Qingwen hadn't seen Bao Cong come back, so she finally couldn't bear to take someone to visit Jiamu's place. Knowing that Baocong had left Jiamu's place a long time ago, she became anxious and searched for someone with a lantern.

Fortunately, Qingwen was familiar with Bao Cong's habits, so she found Bao Cong at the side gate of the Grand View Garden after searching two or three places, and did not make a big fuss.

"Third Master, it's late at night, let's go back!" Qingwen stepped forward and pulled Baozheng to get up.

Bao Cong responded, patted the dust off his body casually, glanced back at the Grand View Garden, and left in a muffled voice.

Qingwen followed behind, and also looked back at the Grand View Garden, thinking: The third master is sitting here, is he missing Miss Lin?

So, he secretly planned to go to Lin Daiyu tomorrow and tell her that Baocong missed her.

The next day, there was a class in the study room outside. Before the class started, Bao Cong first asked Zhou Ji a question.

"Mr. Zhou, if there is a large boat that is leaking everywhere and cannot be repaired, what should I do if I want to save the boat?"

Zhou Ji listened, stroked his long beard, and asked Bao Cong: "Are you going to save the boat, or the people on board? If you want to save people, why save the boat? Just get an escape boat and save the people. "

Bao Cong paused, looked at Zhou Ji, and said hesitantly: "Sir, I want to save people. But if these people refuse to abandon the big boat, what should we do?"

Zhou Ji smiled and said: "People don't want to abandon the big boat, it's just that the big boat is strong and spacious, and it's more luxurious and comfortable than the small boat. If you have a bigger and better boat, how can those people not be willing to part with the old boat and reject the new one?" Woolen cloth?"

After hearing this, Bao Cong was silent for a while.

When he dealt with Wang Xifeng's affairs, didn't he just give Wang Xifeng a bigger and better boat?

But Wang Xifeng still hacked through the new boat...

So Bao Cong sighed deeply, bowed deeply to Zhou Ji, and asked for advice: "Sir, if the people on this boat are all shipbuilders, I changed to a new big boat, and they still dig holes everywhere. How to save?"

Hearing this, Zhou Ji's eyes flashed, he pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Since you want to die with all your heart, how can you save it? Why don't you just save those who want to live?"

Only save those who survive?

Bao Cong straightened up, frowned and asked, "Abandoning relatives and friends on the boat, how can you be a human being?"

But Zhou Ji shook his head and said, "We are both relatives and friends. You are a person who wants to die, and you abandon people who want to live. Why are you a human being?"

"..." After another long silence, Bao Cong sighed again, and said, "It seems that we can only put him to death and live."

Only then did Zhou Ji nod his head, and asked him again: "If you want to die and live later, you will have to bear countless infamy, can you bear it?"

This time, Bao Cong shook his head expressionlessly, lowered his eyes to cover his expression, and said in a low voice: "It's just reputation, what's the point?"

Zhou Ji smiled, but said nothing.

After the morning class, Zhou Ji assigned Bao Cong homework as usual, and then hurried out of Jia's residence.

After returning home, Zhou Ji quickly wrote a letter, didn't even eat any food, went out directly, went to General Shenwu's mansion, and entered quietly through the corner gate.

In the study of General Shenwu's mansion, Zhou Ji took out the letter he had just written at home and handed it to Feng Tang.

"General Feng, has the letter from the day before yesterday been submitted?" Zhou Ji asked.

Feng Tang took the letter, took a brocade box from the corner of the bookshelf, carefully put it in, and said: "It has already been submitted, but I didn't expect you to come here in a hurry today."

Zhou Ji nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Today's matter was ordered to be paid attention to by the Holy One, so I wrote another letter to report it."

Feng Tang listened, but didn't answer, and asked Zhou Ji if he had eaten?

After hearing this, Zhou Ji said, "The general doesn't need to leave food. There are important things at home, so I can't stay any longer." So he left and went home.

Qingwen went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and told Lin Daiyu that Bao Cong was in a bad mood and sat at the gate of the Grand View Garden for several hours last night.

Lin Daiyu became worried when she heard this.

She lives in the Grand View Garden and has not seen Bao Cong for a long time.Usually it is Qingwen who conveys the words on her behalf, and Baocong only sees things or articles coming in.

Bao Cong reported good news but not bad news, and never revealed any troubles to her.

She didn't even know why he was so bored.

"I don't know what the third master is worrying about. Qingshuang Wuhui and the others seem to be unable to persuade him, so I ask Miss Lin to find a way to persuade the third master!" Qingwen said distressed.

Lin Daiyu listened, rubbed the handkerchief with her fingertips a few times, pursed her lips, her complexion was solemn and worried for a while, and said, "Let me find a way to ask him."

She walked up and down the room, wandering around to the bookshelf and desk, and suddenly had an idea.

So, she asked Zijuan to grind the ink, and she took the flower paper herself, picked up a pen on several pieces of flower paper, and wrote several groups of characters respectively.

After writing the flower note, Lin Daiyu whispered some instructions to Qingwen.

Qingwen nodded again and again, and went back with a smile and a bowl of ginseng soup.