Old things in the Red Chamber

The unlucky Mr. Jia suddenly became the talk of everyone in Jinling City. The young people envied him for having a confidante, while the old people shook their beards and said disdainfully to others, "It's embarrassing to the ancestors. Their Jia family My ancestors started off with military exploits, but now they are thrown down by the Huai Niang of the Qinhuai River, which shows that they have long since lost their ancestors' ability to eat."

After experiencing such a thing, the group of hidden guards turned their noses up instead. This is what Jia Xuan said. After all, when everyone passed on the news, they especially found some places where others would not be easy to detect. Now they dare to Came to the door in a big way.

Seeing that the time of Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer, Jia Xuan has nothing to do, practicing archery, setting an arrow on the target, Xia Zhi came in from the door, "Master, the girl of the flower is here again!" .”

He stopped talking after he finished speaking.

"Come on, come on, I've broken the jar, can't you let it go?"

"No, it's just that this time it's the old bustard who took a little girl and swaggered all the way, saying that it's Miss Hua'er's younger sister, and he wants to give it to you."

Jia Xuan looked at Xia Zhi speechlessly, "It seems that this is a dark guard who has just arrived in the south of the Yangtze River. He was sent here to protect me in name. Do they think that I can't even protect myself?"

"Master, no matter what, we can't accept this person. If we accept her, sooner or later the emperor will know about our family's family background. Besides, what if this person follows us back to the capital and stays at our house?"

Jia Xun drew an arrow, drew the bow fully, and said to Xia Zhi, "The arrow is on the string and I have to shoot it. This is not someone else's girl who stays in our house, but someone who was placed in our house by the emperor. If there is no accident, he will sit still in the capital." Diaoyutai didn't take the rebellion to heart, but instead took the princes' struggles to heart."

"You mean, he is laying the groundwork."

"That's what it means. I'm worried that I won't be able to control his son's fight in the end. First, I will bury nails in the princes' iron houses. You go and order our people to hide their tails. If there is a next time, it is best that we behave flawlessly, otherwise, the emperor will kill us sooner or later."

"We didn't do anything rebellious."

"You have to watch this matter yourself. We are not rebellious, but we are not loyal, especially our generals in the North, who have long forgotten about loyalty to the emperor. You said that so many people, once let The emperor knows, and sooner or later we will be cleaned up, and when the time comes, people will be killed, and we will rebel if we are forced to."

Xia Zhi was indignant, "We are disloyal, but it's also their family's injustice. How many brothers died and how many brothers were injured, the food and grass are not enough every year, and the food and grass are not enough, and there is no armor and weapons. The most pitiful thing is those who died and disabled. The dead brother, the dead family has no one to take care of, and the disabled can only wait for death. Every year you win a big victory, and you die every year, except for the few words of reward from the imperial edict every time you win a big victory, there is no benefit."

"You haven't finished yet, have you? Hurry up. I'll change my clothes and go meet those hidden guards."

"Master, that silly girl Hua'er is pretty good, why don't we make this and let Hua'er come?"

"Some of the hidden guards are so stupid, maybe they just make you think she is stupid. Go, it's not good to make them wait too long."

After Jia Xing changed his clothes, the two hidden guards had already drank two pots of tea. The old lady stood up, doing the standard old lady's pie, and waved her handkerchief all the way, "Master, you are here."

The corner of Jia Huan's mouth twitched again.

"You sit too, I don't know what news you are passing this time?"

"Master, this time it's not because of news. This is Hua'er's younger sister, Cao'er, who is also one of our commanders. From now until the end of the matter, I will be by your side. Whether it's serving tea or blocking a knife, you just have to pay me." Just give it to her."

"How embarrassing is this, after all, the higher-ups sent people, and after all, they are also colleagues, Xia Zhi, where did you die, Xia Zhi?"

Xia Zhi wiped the corner of her mouth and came out from behind the screen, "Master, you call me little one."

"Take this girl to resettle, let the people in the family highlight the recruiting, and don't collide."

"Girl, come with the little one."

The newcomer Cao'er was unmoved, "Lord Jia, this subordinate is ordered to protect you..."

"Girl, this mansion is still safe. When I go out, I will definitely take you there. What does that saying say, there is only one who can be a thief for a thousand days, but not one who can guard against a thief for a thousand days. You should recharge your batteries, and everything will depend on you when the time comes. "

Cao'er just lowered her head and thought for a while, "Well, I will rely on the adults to take care of me these few days."

After Cao'er left, the old lady also wanted to leave, Jia Xun called her back, "I don't know Hua'er recently... Is it because I broke the rules and shouldn't ask her whereabouts?"

"Shouldn't you ask her whereabouts? I'm just letting you know my lord's concern for Hua'er. If there is any news, my subordinates will come to visit. Farewell."

Jia Xun looked at the back of the old lady and walked out of the yard. Another servant of his came with tea on the equinox of spring, "Master, the letter from Lord Hou in the capital has arrived. What's more, I found someone haunting outside our house today. He sneaked in, was discovered by us, failed to catch anyone, and slipped away by him."

"Letter to me, send more people, you can't control those few families, the big thing is to kill me, in this mansion, apart from my life, there is no one who can't forget it."

After Jia Huan received the letter, first several children greeted him about his body, and then his wife wrote about the younger son's appearance every day. He looks fat and white, and he was very happy. In the end, it was my father who mentioned it unintentionally, "Do you still remember your childhood playmates, who are now working as guerrilla generals in the south of the Yangtze River, and you can chat with each other when you meet them?"

The whole letter focuses on this sentence, which means that the entire interest group has stuffed people of the younger generation into the army to suppress the rebellion. When they receive credit in the future, they will naturally favor their own people. Besides, there are also things about suppression Their credit is not considered favoritism.

Half a month later, the borders of the south of the Yangtze River began to become lively. The dowry of the Rongguo Mansion in the capital city arrived, and the people watching the pier came back to report that the boat had a deep draft, and it seemed that they had brought a lot of good things.

In terms of the scale of the dowry, this event was really spectacular. The dowry boats lined up and meandered for a long time on the Qinhuai River. Many people stood on the river bank and stared at this huge boat. The wedding sending team had various imaginations about the prosperity of the Rongguo Mansion in the capital.

The one who came to give the dowry was none other than Jia Baoyu.Other members of the offshoot of the Jia family came with them, as well as Jia Baoyu's eldest brother-in-law Xue Pan.

Xue Pan didn't dare to stay in the capital anymore, married a tigress, not to mention his concubine Xiangling, just looked at his mother more, the tigress would make trouble at home, and no one could stand her up .

Mrs. Xue was bedridden a few times because of this. Xue Pan was also a dutiful son. Seeing that his mother was ill, he grabbed the door bolt and wanted to beat his wife. With blood on his face, he howled and ran to Mrs. Xue's room, plunged into Mrs. Xue's arms, and shouted, "Your family will look down on our family if you have good relatives." "Let your son put me to death!" Come on, if you put me to death, your family can still marry a lady from an official family." "It took me a few lifetimes of bad luck to marry into such a family."

To be honest, Mrs. Xue pretended to be sick at first, but later she was really sick and was scared to get sick.The most important thing is that Xia Jingui is shameless. At first, she frightened Mrs. Xue with blood all over her face, but then she stopped doing this and ran directly to the street. The Xue family couldn't afford to lose this man, and now Mrs. Xue can only hide in her room .She didn't even dare to go out, and if her daughter-in-law was beaten at home, she didn't dare to say anything.

Xia Jingui took care of her mother-in-law, but also made Xue Pan lose his temper.So when he heard that Jia Baoyu was going to the south of the Yangtze River, Xue Pan must follow him, and said to everyone in the Rongguo Mansion brazenly, "My cousin has never been to the south, and I don't know the way. Cousin recommended."

Mrs. Wang trusted her nephew more than she trusted the Jia family's offshoots, and immediately sent them to the south.

After Jia Baoyu sent the dowry to Zhen's house, he sent someone to send a post to meet Jia Xuan.

Jia Xun didn't want to cause extra problems at this critical moment, so she refused, "Now it's the end of the new year, and everything is complicated. I will invite Second Master Bao to drink after the new year."

Jia Baoyu and Jia Xun didn't have anything to say, they were not the same people at all, but before coming, Shi Taijun took Jia Baoyu's hand and repeatedly told him to visit Jia Xun, and he also cleaned up many old grandpas who used to use it back then. Let Jia Baoyu take the things that have passed as a souvenir.

There was no other way, Jia Baoyu had to send someone to deliver the post again.

The meaning of Jia Baoyu's arrival is different to the members of the Jia family in Jinling. He is the legitimate son of the Rongguo Mansion and the next head of the clan.People from Jinling also came to see him, and when they learned that Jia Baoyu was rejected last time, they got together and scolded Jia Xun with vulgar words. When Jia Baoyu heard this, he found an excuse and turned away. Instead, Xue Pan had the same smell as them. .

Xue Pan also lived in Jinling in the early years, and he also knew some members of Jia's family, and now they have reunited after a long absence. A group of people eat wine every day, Xue Pan's hands are loose, he is generous, and there are many people coaxing him.

Seeing that he was frowning, I asked him what was wrong,

"It's not my cousin and brother-in-law who went to see Jia Xun again and again, but the guy just disappeared, which made my brother-in-law feel unhappy. When I came, my sister repeatedly asked me to take care of my brother-in-law. Seeing him frowning makes me worry too."

"It's easy to handle. Don't look at Jia Yu's appearance as a gentleman, but in fact, he is also a dirty person." The speaker sat down where Xue Pan was, and said mysteriously, "You don't know, there is a river on the Qinhuai River. This flower girl is his best friend, and the two of them have been disconnected all the time. It's easier to go her way than to meet us dryly, but..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that that bitch thinks very highly of herself, so she won't meet people easily. She even said that she still has the idea of ​​entering the Marquis's mansion, so naturally she won't show her face. If she has wealth that can impress her, it's easy to meet her."

"Hey, I thought it was so difficult. Bustards love banknotes, sisters love beauty. I am also here to sell goods this time, with a total of more than 300 kinds of high-quality silk, satin and gauze, each of which is exquisitely crafted. , just pick a few horses and give them to her, and give the old bustard some silver, so you don’t have to worry about missing her.”

"It's the best. When the time comes, bring my brother and see what kind of beauty she is, which makes Jia Xuan never forget it."