Old things in the Red Chamber

Jia Baoyu returned to the capital, and the most restless person among them was Shi Taijun.

When she heard that Jia Baoyu was back, she called Jia She to her, "Go and ask your brother, now that Baoyu is back, when will he bring him back?"

Jia She felt that the old lady was being unreasonable, "Baoyu just came back, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice has not yet gone to court, how can he bring him up, and in a few days, the emperor will issue an order to make him the Duke of the state, at this juncture Come on, you let him get a death row prisoner out of the prison, this..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the old lady rolled her eyes, "I stained my black gauze with my brother's blood, and I'm still complacent. It's hard to find another one with such a bad conscience and thick skin."

"Your old man is right. Those who step on their own brother's own future have never had a good end. Not to mention, if the second child hadn't forged the old man's suicide note back then, the title of title would still be firmly in my possession." .”

After listening to the old lady, she muttered unnaturally, "Nonsense, it was obviously left by the old man." After finishing speaking, she didn't have time to speak to Jia She, "I called you here to remind him, don't Forget what he promised me."

Jia Amnesty only replied, "Got it."

On the 26th day of the first lunar month, a decree was issued in the palace to promote Jia Gu as the Duke of Wei.All of a sudden, the whole family was beaming, and Jia Amnesty took his son Jia Lian to help.After sending all the guests away in the dead of night, Jia Gu and Jia Amnesty took Jia Xuan and Jia Lian to have dinner together.

Jia She is a bit sentimental at this moment, "If my father is still here, I will be gratified to see you have achieved this. Come and have a drink with us brothers."

After the two of them finished drinking, Jia Lian who was next to him hurriedly filled them up.

Speaking of the old man in front, he couldn't help but think of the old lady, and Jia She took advantage of the wine to repeat what the old lady had ordered.

"In the past few days, she has been urging me to come to you every day and ask you when you will bring Baoyu up. If you want me to tell you, don't do it anymore. Whoever does it is disgusting."

Jia Lian was also talking at the same time, "Uncle still needs to be wise and protect himself. This is the time when all eyes are on him. If he does something wrong, it is necessary for someone to read a copy of uncle in front of the emperor. At that time, even if he is full of mouths, he will not be able to explain clearly." .”

Jia Gu shook his head, "Although the emperor has taken back the title, but after all, our ancestors have made great contributions to the royal family, and the emperor will not let the blood of the old Duke be cut off. I want to keep the sexual name of one person from their family. I thought about it and let Baoyu mention it. Besides, Baoyu never intervened in this matter. Although he sent some things to Jiangnan, Xue Pan was the only one who came forward. The evidence on the paper is also signed by Xue Pan, and has nothing to do with Baoyu."

The actual situation is that the emperor promised that if Jia Zheng dragged four kings with different surnames into the water, no matter if it was anyone in the Jia family, as long as Jia Zheng nodded, he would save this person's life and pardon his crimes. people.

The emperor's promise cannot be made public, especially when the power of the four kings with different surnames has not been completely eradicated, this kind of shady deal cannot be brought up.Jia Gu also only vaguely said that the merits of his ancestors made the emperor go online.

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty felt relieved, "If the emperor knows about this matter, he will not be afraid of the emperor's punishment if the incident happens in the future. The old lady said, let the old lady feel relieved as soon as possible, and prepare a yard for them by the way, and take care of them first in the past few years."

Unexpectedly, there would be such a change in the middle, Jia Lian thought for a while holding the jug, but couldn't come up with any ideas, and became more and more absent-minded as time went on.The job of pouring wine for him fell on Jia Xuan.Jia Lian's trance was noticed by Jia She, and compared with the mature and steady Jia Xuan next to him, Jia She gave up on this son and turned to discuss with Jia Gu, "You know my grandson, studying is good. But he can't ride a horse and can't draw a bow, so I plan to have someone send him to you, and you send a guard to teach him, so that he can at least learn how to get on and off a horse."

This kind of thing, not to mention Jia Gu, even Jia Xuan would agree to it. "Uncle, don't worry, it just so happens that Nan'er is also learning bow horse riding and archery recently. Let the two brothers learn together, encourage each other, and get closer to each other. It couldn't be better."

On the way back from Jia Gu's place, Jia She inevitably scolded Jia Lian. Jia She returned home with a head full of spitting stars, and Wang Xifeng and Heinger were still waiting for him.

"How much wine did you drink today? Is it lively over there?"

Jia Lian nodded, "Why isn't it lively? The old rich and the new rich have come here countless times. Brother Xun has never been idle from morning to night, and the water and rice have never stuck to his teeth for a day. After all the guests have left, they get a bowl of noodles. Let's fill it up. abdomen."

Just a few short words made Wang Xifeng feel infinite yearning, and she still complained about Jia She, "Master is really, I said to help, but he still won't let me go, he insists on serving the old lady at home, such a lively scene If things don't help, how can my aunt, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cope with it."

Jia Lian lay on the couch, staring blankly at the window. Wang Xifeng didn't get a response after she finished speaking, so she turned her head and couldn't help pushing her husband, "What are you thinking?"

Jia Lian irritatedly asked Ping'er to go out and guard, "I had dinner with my master and uncle at night, and then I realized that it was not easy for Baoyu to come out. I heard that it was approved by the emperor. You said that Baoyu's coming out is certain. Then This money?"

A few days ago, Yuanyang's lost nephew finally returned home. Yuanyang followed his promise and took Jia Lian to a place outside the city, and dug out a box from the ground, which happened to be 1 taels of silver.

"When Baoyu comes out, if the old lady asks someone to fetch the silver, what do you say next when the silver is gone?"

Wang Xifeng just curled her lips when she heard Jia Lian's words, and didn't take it seriously, "This matter has nothing to do with us. It's mandarin ducks who look at the money, and mandarin ducks who lose the money. The big deal is that the old lady will take her own girl Let it out, it has nothing to do with us, so don't think about it, so as not to show your feet and let the old lady see it."

"What would Yuanyang's cheap hoof say in front of the old lady?"

Wang Xifeng thought about it, and there was this possibility, "We don't have as much face as Yuanyang in front of the old lady. If Yuanyang sincerely puts this matter on us, we won't be able to tell when the time comes."

What Jia Lian admired most about Wang Xifeng was that he was able to turn the dead into a living. Originally, his family was greedy for the money, but when it came to Wang Xifeng's mouth, he turned into a mandarin duck and lost the money.

Wang Xifeng thought for a while, "It is said that people will always get sick if they eat whole grains. If they make Yuanyang sick... what do you think?"

"If you're sick, you'll have to get better. Besides, she's a slave. If the old lady wants to ask her something, even if she's too sick to get up, she must promise her something."

"What should I do?"

There is really no way, this batch of money is blamed for being too anxious to do it.

Wang Xifeng thought for a while, then slapped her hands, "Let me say that we should just tell the old lady that the mandarin duck is getting old, and it's time to pull it out to match the kid..."

Jia Lian herself would not be happy to match such a delicate beauty with a boy, "Don't come up with random ideas, the old lady kept her to look at the money, most likely she wanted to leave her to Baoyu, you She is married to a boy, and the old lady doesn't agree."

"Then what should we do? The one on the left won't work, the one on the right won't work, and we can still let a servant handle it?"

It is true that there is no perfect solution, Jia Lian walked up and down restlessly on the ground, still complaining, "Why do you think the old lady is so smart? People say that an old lady at her age is either stupid It’s not clear, or my memory is not clear, but our old lady is not confused but understands.”

Jia Lian only said these two sentences, but Wang Xifeng thought about it again, "Otherwise, when Baoyu comes back, we will deny it, and say that the old lady is confused, and she thinks there are things that don't happen, so she is noisy at home."

At first, Jia Lian thought this method was good, but after thinking about it, he thought it was not good. Tell me again and again not to make money, we are not only hiding the old lady but also the master, if the master finds out, he will definitely break my leg."

Breaking a leg is a trivial matter, and the money may have to be spit out again.

Sure enough, some things are done at the wrong time, and there will be endless troubles.

The couple tried all kinds of methods in the house, but they couldn't achieve perfection.

"Otherwise, only Yuanyang knows the whereabouts of this money. If the old lady can't let Yuanyang take out all the money in one go when spending money, when the old lady asks Yuanyang to take the money, we will give the money to you." Yuanyang, think about it, if the old lady eats ours, and if she uses ours, she still needs to bring another precious jade, and when she doesn’t spend a lot of money, she can take 100 taels, 200 taels, 300 taels and 500 taels at a time. How much do they want? How much is given, as long as it does not exceed a large number, we will deal with these few times first, what do you think?"

This method can indeed solve the imminent matter. As for whether the matter can be completely resolved in the end, it can only be found later.

"Just do as you said, and that's the only way to go. Let Yuanyang come out in two days and tell her about this idea. The old lady didn't come out empty-handed, she must have something soft..."