The Return of Lord Qiang of the Red Mansion System

Seeing Jia Zhen's anxious look, Jia Qiang, who didn't want to talk to him, couldn't help but stabbed: "You are really busy."

If it was in the past, Jia Zhen must be unhappy when she heard this.But after what happened tonight, he had a new understanding of Jia Qiang's ability, and he only said that this nephew was tempered after going out to live for a while.Not to mention admiration, at least I feel that his future is limitless.Looking at the younger generations of Jia's family, they are all underappreciated.I only regret that when my eyelids were shallow and I lost my head for a while, I lied about the ten thousand taels of silver left by my brother, and even had a relationship with my nephew. I really regret it.

Just when he wanted to get closer to Jia Qiang, when he heard Jia Qiang say this, he quickly said: "Good nephew, I'm doing it for business. You don't know, there was a kid who ate too much wine a while ago." The family went crazy and beat his wife half to death by mistake. Now some brothers-in-law of his father-in-law's family came to argue with him, and he was terrified. Because I have some friendship with his family, I went to talk about it for them It's also that kid who has a heart, specially booked a good table in Changzui Building, and promised to honor me. Otherwise, who will be patient in this cold day." He said and shook his five fingers.

Jia Qiang also experienced this kind of mediation in her previous life, and she couldn't help being slightly curious: "The restaurant I went to? Isn't it in Wanxianglou?"

Wanxianglou is a long-established brothel in Beijing, quite famous.And because the environment of his home is elegant, and the snacks and tea are all first-class, generally men with spare money on hand always like to go there whenever they need to discuss matters.

Jia Zhen didn't expect her nephew to know this kind of place even at such a young age. Thinking about it, it must be the tone of those servants who often follow her in and out, but it is a bit embarrassing: "This...it's a serious matter, why not?" Can I go to that place?"

"Oh?" His unintentional words touched Jia Qiang's mind, and she couldn't help raising her eyebrows, slightly lost in thought.She didn't pay attention to what Jia Zhen said, and went back to Dongfu while thinking.

Half an hour later, after he had finished his bath, and when he undressed and lay down, an idea had already formed in his mind, and he decided to discuss it with Uncle Sheng tomorrow.

On this side, Jia Zheng's private savings for many years were almost wiped out, and he was in such a bad mood that he didn't even want to go to Aunt Zhao's place.

He casually used some snacks, and was about to take a rest, when he suddenly made a plan: this matter is the first and last of Mrs. Wang's birth, and she should pay for this sum of money.She is so unvirtuous, she deserves to be abandoned, but the dowry from the dowry back then should have filled this hole first, and made up for the money that was scraped away from the public, before the rest can be handed over to her to take back to her natal family.

On the surface, Jia Zheng is upright and upright, but in reality he is the most selfish person, and he can be ruthless in critical moments.Otherwise, when it came to Jiang Yuhan's case, he wouldn't be the first to beat Baoyu half to death because he was afraid of being loyal to the prince's mansion, so as to show that he was deceived by the evil son, so as to stop everyone's mouth.Not to mention kicking Xiren to death in public, and then smashing Jia Qiang to death.

He made up his mind at the moment, and he didn't want to delay for a moment, so he immediately called for a clearer in the mansion who was good at accounting, gave such orders, and hurried straight to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang fainted for a while in the Rongxi Hall. After waking up, she cried for a long time. After nightfall, she was extremely tired, but because she was worried about being divorced, she still refused to sleep. She ordered the guards outside to hurry up. Go and invite Jia Zheng.I want to persuade my husband to change his mind and forgive myself with the love of husband and wife.

But the person guarding the door is someone Jia Zheng can use. He knows that the first in Jia Zheng's heart is the official title, followed by Jia's mother, and then his wife and children.Seeing that Jia's mother was so angry that she was half dead today and she was sick and bedridden, it was expected that Jia Zheng would not let Mrs. Wang go easily. If she had sex at this time, she would be punished later.No matter how Mrs. Wang ordered or even yelled at her, she just laughed along with her: "My wife fainted first, the master told my wife to rest well. If you get sick again when you go out, the little people can't bear it."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help being furious when she saw that she didn't move. She was slapping the door panel and cursing hoarsely, when she heard someone report that the master had come.He thought that Jia Zheng came to see her because of the love between husband and wife, and he was overjoyed, thinking that he really couldn't bear to part with him.He was startled to realize that he had been crying for a long time, and his appearance was unbearably rubbed, so he hurriedly adjusted his clothes and swept his hair, and ran to the mirror to wipe off the remaining make-up that had been covered with tears.

Before everything was done properly, people outside had already removed the big lock on the door, and Jia Zheng strode into the house.

Seeing her husband in the mirror, Mrs. Wang turned around quickly and was about to speak, but she heard him say first: "I heard they said that you were noisy and refused to rest, so that's okay. I have ordered someone to look at the account book to know what happened to you. How many things did you take from the public house. Since you are unwilling to sleep, you should count the things and return them one by one when the details come out. If you have already spent it, you will pay money to make up for it.”

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang's expectation suddenly froze on her face.One was distracted, and the handkerchief in his hand immediately wiped his eyes, and the tears flowed out again, and he didn't know whether it was because of sadness, or because of the red and white chaotic pimples: "Master, you...you only want to be with me." Say this?"

"Otherwise, what else is there?" Jia Zheng gave her a disgusted look, "What a disaster you have caused our Jia family. If Nan'an County King refuses to let go, we don't know how to deal with our family! Besides, what else is there to do?" I have never heard of a housewife who steals things from the mansion as a private house! You are such an unvirtuous and evil woman, you are not worthy of being my wife! Once the matter of Nan'an County King is over, I will call your mother's house Someone came to take you back. During this period of time, you just stay in the yard obediently, not allowed to go anywhere, and return all the things you swallowed all these years!"

Mrs. Wang also knew that what she had done was disgraceful.Originally, he hoped that Jia Zheng would be able to pardon the death and protect the family because of the relationship between husband and wife these years, but he didn't expect Jia Zheng to be so heartless.The tears that I thought had dried up, fell down again without realizing it.

She was crying out of breath, but when she saw Jia Zheng reach out to flip through her jewelry box, she was shocked: "Master, these are my dowry."

"In order to wipe out the good deeds you have done, I just paid 5 taels of silver. You should pay for this money!" Jia Zheng felt that he, a noble man who always regarded money as dung, had personally intervened in money matters. It's a big drop in value.Moreover, she hated the Wang family, so she didn't bother to explain.Just rummaged through the box, and asked again: "I saw that you used to put the bank notes in it, why are you missing them now?"

Mrs. Wang didn't know what to do, she only thought that Jia Zheng was looking for an excuse to strangle herself.Seeing that the official divorce letter hadn't been written, the husband impatiently came to suck his own blood, and couldn't help feeling sad.

Thinking about what he has done all these years, the purpose is nothing more than to save more money to manage the palace for his daughter, earn a good seat, and then teach his family to benefit.After all, it was actually for the future of her husband and son.I have worked so hard, but in exchange for such a fickle treatment, the more I think about it, the more tasteless it becomes, so I can't help but get angry, open Jia Zheng's hand, grab the jewelry box and hold it tightly in his arms: "My dowry, you alone Don't even try to touch it with your fingers!"

Jia Zheng always believed in husbands as the guides for wives, and when he saw that Wang dared to do something to him, he was furious and pushed her hard, knocked her to the ground, and kicked her hard several times.

I didn't want Mrs. Wang to hold the box even though she couldn't stand up from the fall, which happened to block Jia Zheng's sympathetic feet.The anti-religious Jia Zheng had a pain in his toe, hissed and gasped as he limped around, yelling, "What a poisonous woman! She attacked me one after another, trying to kill my husband! Come on, take the family law!" Come!"

There was a commotion and there was no intersection. Suddenly someone came to report that Mother Jia was awake and was in a hurry to find the second master.When Jia Zheng heard this, he had no choice but to say a few harsh words for the time being, and asked the boy to take him over in a soft sedan chair.

Candles are shining brightly in Rongxi Hall, and the warm candlelight dyes the already exquisite furnishings with a faint halo, making them even more beautiful, like a fairy palace.But Jia Mu, the master, has a face that looks like a dominatrix in a picture book, which is out of place.The maids who came and went held their breaths and held their voices cautiously, for fear that they would be vented if they made a mistake.

Jia Zheng rushed over and saw his mother leaning against the bedside, taking the medicine spoonful by spoonful with drooping eyelids, and hurried forward to take the medicine bowl.

But Mother Jia didn't have time to cooperate with his mother's kindness and son's filial piety today, so she sent the servants out, motioned him to put down the medicine bowl, and pointed to a letter just opened by the bedside: "This letter was just delivered by the servants of the Xue family. , it was originally written for Mrs. Wang, so it was sent to me because of his cleverness."

Jia Zheng knew that it was because Jia's mother asked him to come here.After reading Zhanxin hastily, he was stunned for a while, and exclaimed in surprise: "Uncle Xue is gone?!"

After finishing speaking, I remembered that I had decided to divorce the Wang family, so the Xue family had nothing to do with me, so I threw the letter back on the table: "Although the Xue family is rich, except for a Ziwei family from the ancestors, none of the descendants He is a student, and has never received an official position. In the past, because the two families were related by marriage, our family still took care of him. This letter to report the funeral also means asking for help. But they don't know that the mansion has changed. From now on, they just go to the Wang family, and I won't interfere."

Before she finished speaking, she heard Jia Mu say: "You are too impatient. I am willing to call you here in the middle of the night just to alienate Xue's family?"

Hearing this, Jia Zheng was stunned for a moment, confused for a while: "What does mother mean... After all, relatives are involved, should I help them?"

Hate that iron cannot be made into steel, Jia's mother sighed greatly.Outsiders all know that Jia She and Jia Zheng are not like two brothers, one is a fool and ignorant, but only loves women, and the other is a gentleman, and he can't let go of the book.But Zhier Mo Ruomu, maybe she is the only one who knows that although Jia Zheng has some talent in reading, he doesn't know anything about human emotions.

She had no choice but to patiently explain: "Master Xue died of a sudden illness when he came to Beijing. Although he died, he still had a single-pass son, and the family he earned would not fall into the hands of a few brothers." The child is only two or three years older than Baoyu this year, and he is just the age to be taught. His mother must be worried day and night, lest her son be seduced by some uncles and ruin it. Our family happens to have a tutor, you can write Once I invite you, are you still afraid that his mother will send the child here?"

Faintly grasping what his mother meant, Jia Zheng couldn't help taking a deep breath: "You always say, use this child to trap the Xue family?"

Jia's mother spat: "What is a set? We are kind enough to take care of his orphans and widows. Xue's family has several properties in Beijing. If the master goes away, if there is no competent person to stop him, the shopkeepers under him will have two hearts. We have helped their mother and child once, how can we not help the second? It’s just that this business is not as good as homeschooling, it’s just about adding sets of tables and chairs, and setting up pens and inks. His family is also an imperial merchant, so it should be managed There are more than ordinary merchants. Naturally, we must ask them for some money."

"This..." Jia Zheng never thought that his uncle's death would bring such benefits to the Jia family.Thinking of Xue Jiafeng's words of heavy snow in a good year, pearls like earth and gold like iron, he couldn't help being moved: "The Xue family's two generations of imperial merchants have earned several times more property than our Jia family. It's just... will this cause trouble? Criticism by others, ruining my son's official voice?"

Mother Jia snorted coldly, and said, "Criticism? If someone else got such a piece of fat, he must have swallowed it down to the bone. We just earn a little money from him, and still keep his family's glory and wealth. Praise our family is good, how can you talk nonsense?"

Seeing that Jia Zheng was still hesitating, knowing that he was concerned about his reputation, Jia's mother tried to persuade her again: "You don't manage the house, so you don't know what's going on in the mansion. Just woke up, so I called a few old people to ask questions, and then I found out what's going on in the mansion. In fact, there is a lot of output and little input. In addition to being exploited a lot by the Wang family, there is only 10,000+ silver left in the public. If you don’t think of a way, you will be irreversible in less than 20 years. Let it go now A rare opportunity, what are you worried about?"

Jia Zheng thought about it carefully, and it really wasn't bad, but he had new concerns: "My sister-in-law is a widow, how can she leave her brother-in-law behind and take her son to join her brother-in-law instead?"

This stopped Jia's mother.Just now when she got the news of Master Xue's death, it was as if she had obtained a treasure. She planned how much money she could get from this in-law's family, but she did not expect this level.

After thinking for a while, she suddenly came across something, and she immediately came up with an idea: "Min'er is also a newcomer. A while ago, your brother-in-law sent a letter, which meant that he was afraid that his daughter would be wronged, and he didn't plan to continue the marriage. If you take the child as well Come, let me say that because I love Min'er very much, I miss my granddaughter very much, and there are many girls in our house, and the children come with companions. There is this precedent first, and then Mrs. Wang will write a few more letters to her sister, Tell me more about those orphan children who were lured by their uncles and ruined their property, and their family property was taken away. She was scared, and asked their mother and daughter to take care of the business in Beijing, but we took care of it. She is a widow, how could she not allow it? of?"

This idea is so perfect, Jia Zheng immediately beamed with joy: "Very good, very good, it really is my mother's thoughtful thinking!"

But suddenly I remembered a problem: "If I divorce Wang, how will her sister come to our house? But if I don't, I really can't swallow it."

"Although I hate Mrs. Wang deeply, I would like to forgive her in the face of those 10 taels of snowflake silver. Can't you?" Jia Mu said, "Besides, this matter also needs her help. Let her Take credit for the crime, and write a letter to the girl quickly. With this handle in hand, I am not afraid that she will not be obedient."

Seeing that Jia's mother had made up her mind, Jia Zheng moved his still sore toes, and said reluctantly: "In order to smooth out the good deeds she has done, my son paid 5 taels today. I have to pay the bills again by then." The Xue family took it back."

"5 taels?!" Upon hearing the amount, Jia's mother almost jumped up from the couch: "What did you do with the money?"

Jia Zhengsui told the whole story, and Jia's mother was anxious and angry: "How can you get so much! You were cheated by those two little bastards! Jia's family is ranked eighth. No matter how powerful the king of Nan'an County is, how can he kill us all with a few rumors? You will go to them tomorrow morning and order them to return the money! ——No, Jia Zhen has always been the most slippery, you may not say so Zhongyong, I'll go!"

"What? How dare they lie to me!"

After listening to the first half, Jia Zheng was still gnashing his teeth, and suddenly he heard Jia Mu's plan, and hurriedly persuaded: "Mother listen to me first: not only this, but Qiang'er first said that if she doesn't follow him, he will go to Jinling to find someone there." The elder of the twelve-room family came to Beijing to comment. Regardless of whether he is invited or not, as long as our family is in trouble and the news spreads outside, it will be confirmed, which will greatly damage our son's official reputation! If you blackmail him a fortune, it's right to save money and avoid disaster!"

Jia Zheng still felt sorry for the money before, but once he was sure that he could get it back from the Xue family, he felt at ease again.What he cares most about is a good reputation, and he can't tolerate any mistakes.Although he knew Jia Qiang hated him so much after being cheated, he still didn't want to take the risk of being ridiculed for stealing his nephew's family property to get back the money.

Mother Jia also knew what was on her son's mind. Although she was annoyed, there was nothing she could do: "It's up to you. But you have to rely on me for the Xue family's affairs. Immediately ask Mrs. Wang to write a letter. After you have seen it, send someone to Xue's house. I also I will write to the Lin family as soon as possible."