Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian nodded: "This jade ruyi is an imperial product. At the beginning, the marriage between my mother and father was decided by the emperor, and the empress dowager bestowed the marriage. This jade ruyi was sent to Zhang's mansion along with Yizhi. Later, my mother brought it to Jia's mansion. , when I was young, every time my brother’s birthday or my birthday, my mother would invite Yu Ruyi out to worship for a day, let us watch and play, the intention is to let our brothers be blessed, but it’s a pity, "

Jia Lian choked up and couldn't speak.

Sister Feng handed over the tea: "Let's moisturize!"

Jia Lian took a sip to moisten his throat, and continued: "That winter, my mother was busy with the New Year's affairs, and the house was very busy with guests coming and going. She couldn't take care of our brothers for a while. For some reason, my brother suddenly went to race a horse. , the horse was startled suddenly, the elder brother was a small man, and he flew out of the horse's head, and his neck was broken. It is said that the blood flowed all over the ground, and a group of imperial doctors were helpless.

The elder brother fell into a coma, and the mother held him and cried for three full days, but the elder brother did not wake up after all, and the mother became ill and was bedridden, and died within a year. "

Jia Lian was full of tears, but wiped Yu Ruyi with his clothes and tears: "My brother was only six years old when he passed away, and I was only five years old when my mother passed away. I haven't seen this jade Ruyi in 15 years."

Jia Lian cried very sadly, very depressed, his eyes and nose were red from suffocation, and tears rolled down like strings of beads. It was obvious that his brother died young and his mother died of grief, which cast a heavy shadow in his heart.

Sister Feng knew that Jia Lian had an older brother who died young, and the adults in the family kept taboo about exactly how Jia Lian died. Sister Feng has never heard anyone explain it carefully.

Hearing Jia Lian's narration at this moment, he couldn't help feeling puzzled: "My little brother, as the eldest son of the Hou family, must always be accompanied by a young servant, why didn't anyone persuade him beforehand, and no one rescued him afterwards? This matter It’s very unusual, isn’t there anyone who doubts it? According to me, as long as the people who were serving at the scene were arrested and hit the boards with sticks one by one, they would definitely be able to find clues.”

Jia Lian choked with sobs and shook his head: "I was only four years old when something happened to my brother, and I only vaguely heard about it. After my brother had an accident that day, all the people who followed and served my brother were shot by their grandfathers and grandmothers, but there was no explanation for my brother. Later, my father woke up from his grief and investigated the frightened horse incident, but it turned out that there was nothing wrong with him, and there was no trace to be found. How my brother suddenly ran the horse and how he frightened the horse has become a secret that will never be solved.”

Sister Feng panicked in her heart: "I heard that my father-in-law went crazy in the early years and killed many slaves, could it be..."

Jia Lian nodded: "The man who waited on my elder brother died, but my father wanted to take revenge, but there was nothing to avenge, because my elder brother died of frightened horses, my father hated those slaves who raised horses very much, thinking that they must be the ones who made trouble, so he put the horses in the stable. The horse feeders, the sweepers, whatever they did, they all touched the side of the stable, and they were all caught by the father and tortured. Because they gritted their teeth and refused to tell the truth, the father rode them all to death in a rage. Not to mention, I tortured and killed the white horse that caused the accident in front of the whole family, and then skinned and cramped, and that's all."

Sister Feng clenched her fists nervously, her eyes were full of horror: "That year, the censors' melodies were like snowflakes, and they participated in the grand master of Rongguo Mansion all over the world, and it was because of this?"

Jia Lian nodded: "Mother died, and my uncle's family turned against my father. My father has changed since then. Everyone said he was cruel and vicious. The military department also kicked my father out of the center of power. If he is no longer reused, he also abandons himself and spends his days drinking. My mother's filial piety period has not been completed for one year, and my father married his stepmother again, and my grandfather's family will no longer associate with Jia's family, even I will not be seen."

Sister Feng's heart was full of turmoil. She knew that the Wang family secretly captured the elder Jia She, and just now helped the Wang family seize the right to manage the Rongguo Mansion. life!

Sister Feng's limbs felt cold, and she bit her lips tightly, fearing that if she opened her mouth, she would reveal the secret and cause an earth-shattering disaster.

Sister Feng didn't dare to think that if the Wang family was also involved in the death of Jia Lian's brother, Sister Feng didn't know how to deal with herself.

After Jia Lian finished speaking, she looked up and saw that Sister Feng was also crying and her eyes were red. She was immediately moved. She felt that Sister Feng was caring, and her heart felt warm. What used to make you sad."

Sister Feng also stretched out her hand to wipe away Jia Lian's tears. The husband and wife met each other with tears in their eyes. They wanted to smile, but wept hard.

Ping'er was so frightened that Huarong turned pale, he didn't know what happened, and was afraid of alarming others, so he closed the door tightly, knelt down in front of the couple and persuaded him: "Second Grandpa, please shut up quickly, even if there is something big If you are wronged, you can't cry like this, if the second master finds out, you will definitely go online to scold the second master, and the old lady in the house is also getting old, but you can't be disturbed."

When Sister Feng cried, most of the fear in her heart dissipated, and she turned to persuade Jia Lian: "I know that the second master is sad, but the second master should also cherish himself. Only when the second master is well, the mother-in-law can feel at ease underground. The second master has a big brother." Promising, maybe there will be a day in the future, I will open my eyes for the uncle and avenge him."

Jia Lian's heart skipped a beat: "You also think this is strange?"

Sister Feng covered Jia Lian's mouth with her jade hand: "Second Master, hurry up and shut up. There is a lot of movement today. I'm afraid the old lady will pursue the news. We have to talk to each other just in case."

Jia Lian gritted his teeth and beat the kang with hatred: "I'm in my own home, so I can't cry or laugh!"

Sister Feng sighed and twisted the handkerchief for Jia Lian silently. Seeing that Jia Lian's cuffs were wet, she found clothes for him to wear. She had just dressed Jia Lian when she heard Ping'er talking loudly outside: "Sister Yuanyang, what are you doing?" Come? The weather is not very hot right now, look at your sweat?"

Yuanyang pulled Ping'er back behind the colonnade, and poked Ping'er's forehead with his hand: "You still have the face to ask me, seeing that you do things safely on weekdays, why didn't you persuade your grandma today, why are you so reckless? Got up? The old lady is lying on her side, and she heard people say that you are crying so much here, she was so frightened that she hurriedly kicked me out to ask what happened to you?"

Ping'er didn't know what happened, she was guarding the door at that time, Jia Lianfeng lowered her voice when she spoke, she didn't hear clearly at all, even if she heard clearly, she couldn't tell anyone without the permission of her master.

Ping'er pretended to be aggrieved, and said: "What can be the matter, but the second master was anxious about his heirs, and asked casually, grandma became nervous, quarreled, and cried again for no reason. Just after persuasion, my sister came here before I asked carefully, why don't we ask together?"

The mandarin ducks can't come here in vain, the old lady is not easy to fool, she let out her mournful voice for no reason, no matter what she has to talk about, she nodded her head and said: "That's the only way, the old lady is waiting for an answer."

Yuanyang entered the door here, and saw Jia Lian sitting alone with a straight face, annoyed and angry. Seeing Yuanyang coming in, he pretended to be surprised and stood up and said, "Why is Sister Yuanyang here, please sit down!"

At this moment, Sister Feng came out from behind the screen. Except for her red eyes, her whole body was tidied up. When she saw the mandarin duck, she smiled and said, "The old lady is looking for me? I'll let you go!"