Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian glanced at Xing'er, and Xing'er quickly waved his hands: "The little one never talks about this!"

"That's good, you have to always think about it, you are not an ordinary person, you have to think twice before speaking every word."

"Little one, remember!"

Jia Lian nodded: "Well, where are Wu Dengxin and Dai Liang?"

One of the two was the head of the treasury, but the silver was emptied, and the other was the head of the treasury, but all the things in the treasury were also stolen.

But Jia She, the head of the family, and Jia Lian, the young master, who had the right to know, knew nothing about it.Logically, such a neglectful slave should be beaten to death with a stick.

Xing'er said: "Wu Dengxin's family is very rich. A total of [-] snowflake silver was copied out. Like Zhou Rui's family, they were all hidden in the cellar. His younger brother's family also found [-] silver. His younger brother Wu Dengnian was Zhou Rui's death. Well, the little steward of the cash drawer promoted by the old lady is in charge of rent collection in the spring and autumn seasons. He is greedy enough, but if he is put in charge for half a year, he becomes greedy.

The other one is Qianhua, who is a buyer in the mansion, and his family also has tens of thousands of silver. He also said that the second master rewarded his mother and Lao Tzu. His parents can farm land, and now manage Changping's farm for the old lady. "

Qian Hua and Jia Lian knew that he was Aunt Zhao's cousin, and Jia Zheng thought of him as a relative in a daze.Otherwise, how dare Qian Hua talk about the second master, Jia Zheng?

Xing'er went on to say: "There is also a grain depot account manager named Zhang Shu, whose hands are not very clean, and they were all dismissed by the old man. They were going to sell together, but the old lady stopped him. Now I’m at home, receiving rice every month to live.”

Jia Lian frowned: "Where's Dai Liang who is in charge of the warehouse? The warehouse has been robbed, what did he say?"

Xing'er said: "He is also the servant of the old lady. The elder is about to question him and dismiss him. The old lady sends a message that she is her servant and takes care of herself, so the elder let him go." , but the old lady asked him to continue managing the treasury. This house thief really took advantage of him, which one of the treasury matters is missing him?"

Jia Lian smiled: "Forget it, oh, you just mentioned the Lai family, how did the servants of the Lai family deal with them?"

Xing'er said: "If you say that Lai Da is really greedy, all the servants in his family are actually contracted by the Rongguo Mansion. This is obviously buying servants for him with the money from the master's house. It is more enjoyable than the master. Thirteen masters, More than 100 people are required to wait on him, all of which are money from the master of the flower, this kind of person is lucky that the old lady trusts him so much."

When Xing'er mentioned the old lady, she became angrily.

But Jia Lian couldn't let his servants run on his elders in front of him, so his face sank: "Speak to the point!"

Xing'er hurriedly stopped, and smiled coyly: "I'm so carried away."

Jia Lian said, "Be more careful in the future and talk about it!"

Only then did Xing'er go on to say: "The elder dislikes his family's servants, so I don't want to take them back to Jia's mansion, so I sold them to the tooth shop together. There are also those who work in the bank and grain depot. Anyone who commits a crime Those who made mistakes were all sold off by the old lady. The old lady told someone to spread the word, saying that people like us only buy people and don’t sell them. Angry, she simply bought the man to the black coal mine. The old lady was so angry that she yelled at the old man and scolded him, saying that the old man was forcing her and disobeying her. The slave is right, so the old lady will stop now."

Jia Lian smiled, his father finally learned to be good.

"What is the second master doing these days?"

Xing'er said: "Second master goes to court every day, and he rarely spends time at home."

Zhao'er was in charge of foreign affairs, and hurriedly reported back: "The reason why the second master stays away from home is because he is angry with the elder master."

Jia Lian suddenly became interested: "Oh, why?"

Zhao'er smiled: "It's funny to say, that time when the old lady interfered with the Elder Master to buy someone, the Elder Master was very annoyed, he felt that he had lived half his life, and he didn't even have the qualifications to sell a servant?"

"When the old man went home, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. That afternoon, the old man didn't stop doing anything. He simply kicked out Zhan Guang, Cheng Rixing, Bu Guxiu, Shan Pinren, and Bu Shiren, saying that the masters in the house were hungry. I'm thin, how can I have money to support idlers? As a result, the second master found out, and ran to quarrel with the elder, saying that he belonged to him, so he could not let the elder be the master, and said that the elder was insulting to the gentlemen, for the sake of a few taels a month. Silver, actually treats the literati as nothing."

Xing'er said with a chirping smile: "Usually the second master lectures the elder master, but who knows, the elder master couldn't bear it this time, so he scolded back with furious eyebrows."

Jia Lian coughed, but didn't stop him. He also wanted to hear how his father scolded people.

Xing'er had been taught a lesson by Jia Lian for burying the old lady before, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense at this moment. After waiting for a while and seeing that Jia Lian didn't scold him, he boldly continued to repeat.

But when Jia She heard that Jia Zheng said it was his work, he didn't allow himself to intervene, he sneered, pointed at Jia Zheng's face and scolded: "Your nephew owes a lot of debts, and the whole family depends on his wife for support, you second uncle Do you still have the face to raise ordinary idlers to eat, drink and have fun at home? You really don’t know how to be ashamed. Since you say that you are yours, then support yourself. Eat and drink in the house."

The second master, Jia Zheng, was so angry that he walked away, and he never ate at home in a fit of anger.

It's just that the Wang family is half dead now, and Aunt Zhao is relying on Sister Feng to eat, and she doesn't open fire alone. Jia Zheng eats in restaurants every day, and sometimes he thinks it's expensive, so he eats in the Ministry of Industry.

Xing'er told Jia Lian: "For this reason, the old lady scolded the old man again, saying that the old man didn't love his brothers, and that his six relatives didn't recognize him. The old man didn't reply when he was scolded. When the old lady finished scolding, he turned around and ran to the second old man again. Scold him, say he is shameless, and sue like a urchin at such an age, tell him not to go to the Ministry of Industry, and go back to private school with the sixth old man!"

Jia Zheng opened his mouth and shut up and scolded people for being wicked and ignorant. Unexpectedly, when he was old, he was pointed at his nose and told him that he was ignorant. He was so angry that he almost fainted!

Long'er interjected: "The little ones have heard about it. It is said that the old lady wants to ask the elder to scold her, but the second master tried his best to stop it, so the old lady is fine."

Jia Lian was stunned: "Do you have a meal in the Ministry of Industry?"

He had eaten the Yamen food before, the rice was scooped up as soon as he stretched his waist, and his teeth were so hard, even the cabbage was half-cooked, and the salt was either too much or not salted, it was really hard to swallow.

Jia Zheng was well-clothed and well-fed all his life, but fortunately he could afford it, it seemed that he was really angry.

Xing'er chuckled again: "I couldn't hold on anymore since yesterday. I came back to have dinner with the old lady, and drove all the girls to Chunhui Garden. Fortunately, Miss Zhen went back to the palace a few days ago, otherwise, this joke would not have happened. Pass it to the palace!"

Jia Lian had a general understanding of the situation in the mansion, and reached out his hand to tap Xing'er: "Stop gloating, go and find Zhao Tianliang and Zhang Shunfeng, I have something to say."

For a while Zhao Tianliang came first, and like Zhao Liangdong, he was a bit stupid in his mouth, but he was real. When he saw Jia Lian, he hurriedly kowtowed: "Greetings to the second master!"

Jia Lian waved: "Forget it, you are my baby brother, next time you will be called by your peers!"

Zhao Tianliang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Second Lord!"

Since Zhao Liangdong took over as the manager of the Daylily Hall, because Jia Lian was on the night shift and Sister Feng was pregnant, he has been sitting in the Daylily Hall.At home, Mother Zhao was completely taken care of by Zhao Tianliang and his wife.

Jia Lian then asked, "Is Mammy okay? I brought her some tea to eat a while ago?"

Zhao Tianliang was busy clapping his hands: "Thank you Second Master, everything is fine, I have been very happy these few days, I went to see Second Mistress and Young Master and Miss every day, and woke up laughing several times at night!"

Jia Lian smiled: "Thank you Mammy for your concern. I am busy, and the time when Big Brother helps me go to my house is seldom. You should take care of Mammy."

Zhao Tianliang was so moved that he wanted to cry: "This is what it should be, thank you, Second Lord, for your concern!"

Only then did Jia Lian get down to business: "How much money is there on the cabinet?"

Zhao Tianliang said: "Originally there was only 13 silver coins left on the cabinet, and 500 silver coins were copied from the Wu family, the Qian family, the Zhang family, and the Dai family. Give the second grandma 24 yuan first, as her dowry, lest the Wang family talk about it, the remaining 1000 taels were used to build warehouses with three depths, a total of [-] warehouses, and [-] taels were used. Fees, and additional expenses, the walls and the ground are all made of fine iron mesh for fingers according to the order of the second master, and the air windows are also made of fine iron. All the door panels and silver cabinets in the warehouse are also made of fine iron. The cost is relatively high, plus [-] camphor wood boxes with brass locks and [-] large brass locks, all of which can be checked with the seller's receipt."

Jia Lian turned over the ledger while listening, what Zhao Tianliang said was exactly the same as the bill ledger.

Just as Jia Lian was about to speak, he heard Long'er pass the message outside: "Second Master, Zhang Shunfeng and Manager Zhang are here!"

Jia Lian simply closed the account book and handed it to Zhao Tianliang: "Good job, you go!"

Suddenly Zhang Shunfeng entered the house and kowtowed to salute. Jia Lian raised his hand after receiving the salute: "Come on, you take over the granary. Do you know how much stock is left?"

Zhang Shunfeng replied: "Reporting to Second Lord, the granary is basically empty!"

Jia Lian was taken aback: "How could that be? Our family's habit is to store at least two years' worth of rations for the entire family. As far as I know, our family stores two to three times as much, at least fifteen hundred stones, right?"

Zhang Shunfeng handed over the account book: "Second master, please look, this is the result of accounting together with the elder master and the housekeeper Lin. At present, there are only [-] shi of grain left, which is old grain from the year before last. Most servants will not eat this , Most of them are sold to make wine."

Jia Lian gritted his teeth angrily: "Have you asked Dai Liang, where did the food go?"

Zhang Shunfeng reported: "It is said that the second wife ordered to exchange the old grain for the new one, but the old grain was gone out, and the new grain was not replenished."

Jia Lian resented secretly, but fortunately there was no famine year, otherwise the whole family would be hungry.

I really don't know if I don't check it. After checking it, I am shocked that the government affairs have been corrupted to such a degree.

Jia Lian waved Zhang Shunfeng back, feeling sulking, the old lady's house is really well taken care of, making her children and grandchildren beg for food!

All this is because of Yuan Chun's persistence!

Previously, Jia Lian thought that the Yuanchun Mansion would still be a concubine for a few years, so she was not in a hurry, but now Jia Lian felt that the incentive of Yuanchun must be eliminated for her as soon as possible, otherwise this bottomless pit would drag down the entire Jia Mansion.

Jia Lian was knocking on the case table, thinking in her heart, she must immediately think of a way to get Yuan Chun out of the palace to marry.

This matter is quite difficult, because Wang Ziteng does not side with Jia Lian, he strongly supports Yuan Chun's concubine, so Jia Lian has to persuade the royal family and Yuan Chun, and at the same time hide it from Wang Ziteng's eyes and ears, in order to operate this matter.

How to do it, Jia Lian has no charter at all at the moment, after all, if he wants to persuade Yuan Chun, he must have a chance to meet.Can't meet, everything is empty talk.

Jia Lian was thinking hard about how to handle this matter when he saw Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Jia Yun, and Jia Ling coming together.

The same sky-blue blue robes and the same jade crown, standing in a row of four, neat and refreshing, instantly lit up the room.

It is pleasing to watch.

The four of them bowed together and saluted: "Greetings to Second Uncle Lian!"

Jia Lian's eyes were full of smiles, but he was very surprised: "Which one of you are singing this? You have arranged it like this, and each one looks like a handsome son-in-law. Is this a blind date?"

Jia Rong laughed: "Let me tell you, Second Uncle only cares about his younger cousins ​​now, and he will never take the matter of grabbing the rankings to heart. If you still don't believe me, look, Second Uncle has completely forgotten!"

Jia Rong smiled and reached out to Jia Qiang, Jia Yun, and Jia Ling: "Bring it from the host, ten taels of silver each."

Jia Qiang, Jia Yun, and Jia Ling are all scheduled every December or December, and Jia Rong is very important.

Jia Lian smiled and pointed at Jia Rong's forehead, "You have a few hundred silver per month and dozens of taels of salary. How can you be ashamed to ask for money from your younger brothers?"

After saying that, Jia Lian's eyes rolled: "Who said I forgot? It's not yet noon, and it's still evening to grab the list. If you don't believe me, ask Zhaoer if you have booked a banquet at Liansheng Building?"

Jia Yun and Jia Ling lost their hosts and were discouraged. When they heard this, they stared at Zhao'er one by one, lest Zhao'er would say no. In the end, Zhao'er lived up to everyone's expectations and said with a smile: "How can such an important event be forgotten?"

Jia Yun, Jia Qiang, and Jia Ling rushed forward immediately, and surrounded Jia Rong to search for money: "Bring it, bring it!"

Jia Rong laughed and danced around: "Don't touch it, don't touch it, it's so itchy, it's all there, it's all there!"

30 taels of silver is really drizzle for Jia Rong today.

Although Jia Qiang has a monthly allowance of ten taels of silver in the Ning Mansion, he does not have the treatment of Jia Rong, and he gets a dividend at the end of each year.So, he lost ten taels of silver, and he couldn't explain it to his wife when he went back.

Although Qin Keqing kept letting Jia Qiang go, and took good care of him like his younger brother, Jia Qiang was a little afraid of seeing Qin Keqing, and even a little ashamed of herself, so she didn't dare to look at her wife directly.

Qin Keqing's face in front of Jia Zhen and his wife is much greater than Jia Qiang.

He now understands why Jia Rong is unwilling to marry Qin Keqing. This wife is so perfect that her husband feels ashamed.It doesn't matter if you are unsuccessful outside, but when you go home, your life is so stressful, it's really boring.

Therefore, he would rather hang out with Jia Rong than go back and keep his wife tenderly.

Jia Qiang sometimes thought that among the men in this mansion, only Second Uncle Lian could hold Qin Keqing down.

Sister Feng can't make noise during her confinement, and she doesn't go out until the afternoon to grab the list. These nephews obviously came to the house to make out with Jia Lian.Jia Lian ordered the lunch to be served in the martial arts hall, where uncles and nephews competed in martial arts, loosely.

Jia Ling was in charge of the Martial Arts Hall, and everything was arranged by him. Uncles and nephews raced horses and shot arrows, and took turns making gestures with knives, guns, swords and halberds. No one could beat Jia Lian.

The four of Jia Rong were not depressed, but instead drank and laughed, having a good time.

The happy time is easy to pass, and it will be the right moment in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Liangdong came to inform that the horses were ready, and he respectfully invited a few people to set off, but Jia Rong and the others were still unsatisfied, so they had no choice but to leave.

Jia Lian smiled: "There will be dinner tonight, and you will have fun!"

After hearing this, several people became happy again.

The four of them smiled brightly, and Jia Lian only envied him. When he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he might not have been so happy.

Jia Lian and his four nephews straddled their horses, all tall horses, and walked leisurely from Rongning Street. These five people were handsome and tall, and they rode by on horses, kicking and kicking past, forming a beautiful scene.

Suddenly, the noise of the whole street stopped at this moment.All eyes were on the uncles and nephews.

Undoubtedly, Jia Lian and the others reaped the admiration and envy of the whole street.

Tonight, there will be a few more older girls and younger wives who can't sleep.

All of a sudden, the four of them arrived at the Gongyuan. Opposite the Gongyuan was the Liansheng Building. This street was already overcrowded.

The five of them reined in their horses in the street together.Jia Lian saw that pedestrians blocked the road.

Somehow it passed.

Zhao'er had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw Jia Lian, she rushed over, panting, "Second Master, these spectators and vendors are all blocking the road, so riding a horse is impossible, but luckily I'm already outside I have rented a stable, you guys go over, I will tie the horse!"

Jia Lian looked up with a smile, and saw three handsome men, Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, and Liu Xianglian, leaning on the carved railing with arms folded, staring at Jia Lian with staring eyes, full of joking, as if to see how Jia Lian would get out of this friction. Squeeze through the crowd shoulder-to-shoulder.

Jia Lian looked at her moon-white robe embroidered with golden osmanthus. If it squeezed past, it might turn into a gray robe.

However, the joy in Jia Lian's heart overwhelmed the embarrassment, he didn't expect Feng Ziying's brothers to care about him so much.In contrast, it doesn't matter if the robe is dry or not.

Jia Lian cupped his fists at the three elder brothers: "Brother Feng, Brother Wei, Brother Liu!"

The three handsome guys clasped their fists together: "Congratulations Brother Jia!"

The three handsome guys upstairs were handsome, and the five handsome guys downstairs were sitting on horses, majestic and heroic. This was a rare occasion in a century, and everyone was stunned in an instant.

Everyone stared blankly.

Immediately, everyone whispered again.

"Whose family does this belong to? There are so many sons, and they all look so handsome?"

"From this point of view, they are big family members. Look at their clothes and horses. You can afford them without a thousand taels of silver?"

"I know, I know, this is from Jia's house on Rongning Street, and I did business on that street!"

"The one in front is the Young Lord of Rongguo Mansion, and the second one is the Young Lord of Ningguo Mansion."

"Yeah, I know it too. The young master of Rongguo Mansion has already married a beautiful wife, and recently he has a baby with twin sticks!"

"What about the young master of Ningguo Mansion?"

This question was asked by a delicate girl.

"He, I heard that he is not engaged yet!"

This is what the aunt who stopped the sedan chair and sold silk flowers to the girl said.

"Are all the young masters from their family behind? He looks so handsome!"

This was asked by the girl reading the scholar hiding in the sedan chair.

The aunt who bought silk flowers nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, they are all young masters surnamed Jia! Their daughters are beautiful, and their men are handsome. They are well-known in this capital. Back then, their husband was also well-known for being both civil and military. , what a talent!"

The young lady in the sedan chair nodded in satisfaction: "Meier, reward auntie with a golden lock!"

Whether it was the scholars who came to see the list, the peddlers doing business, or the helpers who came to grab the list, they all looked up, smiled and commented.

Jia Lian and the others voluntarily made way for them.

Jia Lian and the others were perched high on the horses, and they passed by slowly, clasping their fists together to express their gratitude: "Thank you, my dear friends!"

These people who gave way only realized at this time, this is thanking themselves, when did I give way?Why did I get out of the way?

Jia Rong, Jia Yun, Jia Ling, and Jia Qiang were even more triumphant. Hey, I didn't expect that being handsome could be used as a signboard!

For a while, Jia Lian went upstairs and started a fight with Feng Ziying, but it was Jia Rong and Feng Ziying who made an appointment to help Jia Lian.

Jia Lian thanked her for a while, then looked back at Feng Ziying with a smile: "Aren't you on night duty, have you changed to the day shift?"

Feng Ziying said: "That's not true, my father begged the emperor, saying that the war is about to break out now, let me go to Xishan to practice!"

Jia Lian couldn't part with Feng Ziying, a good partner. The Feng family was very popular in the palace. Following him, Jia Lian got a lot of inside information, and he was often able to predict the enemy's opportunity, and avoided several provocations from the third prince's men in advance.

Jia Lian frowned: "Brother Feng left, I feel that the palace is meaningless, why don't you tell Uncle, let me go too, and I will go to practice and practice?"

Feng Ziying waved her hand: "You are hand-picked by the emperor, whoever dares to poach the emperor's corner, die!"

Jia Lian's eyes darkened suddenly, this is really a troublesome matter.If the emperor doesn't open his mouth, he won't dare to ask Jia Lian if idlers like him!

Feng Ziying patted Jia Lian: "We may all go to the front line, and it will be good for you to follow the emperor, at least your life will be safe!"

Jia Lian also thumped Feng Ziying: "Stop talking nonsense, you will live a long life!"

There are still seven or eight years before the Feng family's accident. Before that, the Feng family was peaceful and the holy family was rich.Even if the Feng family fell, Feng Ziying lived well. I have to say that Feng Ziying's blessings are profound.

Jia Lian looked at Feng Ziying and Wei Ruolan, what a talent, what a pity!

We are brothers in need in the palace who pull each other out, if there is a chance to save them, it would be great, these people don't have accidents, even if there is an accident in their own family, some people will pull themselves out and speak for themselves.

Jia Lian thought to himself, after the matter of Yuanchun is settled, he will try to get close to the emperor. He must try to fool the emperor and send himself to the army to practice. I'm afraid I won't be able to get ahead in 20 years!

It is not Jia Lian's character to eat and wait to die.

A group of people were all young people, and the unpleasant things went away with the wind, and soon everyone was eating, drinking, talking and laughing.

When it was time for Haishi, the downstairs started to harass again.

Gongyuan began to lose the list.

Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Jia Yun, and Jia Ling felt as if they had been beaten like chicken blood. Before Jia Lian could give orders, they went downstairs to join the rank-and-file army.

Jia Lian co-authored Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, and Liu Xianglian, watching the fun with a wine glass in one hand and a folding fan in the other.

The weather in August, even at night, was still hot and dry. Jia Rong and the others soon couldn't stand the smell of sweat and retreated.

This time, the brothers were really just joining in the fun and having fun, and didn't seriously grab the rankings at all. Except for Jia Qiang who was more delicate, Jia Rong, Jia Yun, and Jia Ling were all able to do their job with ease.

When it was midnight, the downstairs suddenly boiled, and there were bursts of laughter, which meant that someone had hit it.

This time, Jia Lian didn't hear his name until the end of the ugly hour. Master Jia Lian and Jia of Jinling Jia's mansion won the eighteenth place in the Zhongxiang Examination, and the No. [-] Juren!

No. 18 is not far from Jia Lian's prediction. Jia Lian thought he could be around ten.However, there is no big difference between eighteen and twelve or thirteen.

Jia Rong immediately cheered and jumped up.

Feng Ziying also looked at Jia Lian with admiration. Although he came, he was not as optimistic about Jia Lian as Wei Ruolan was. I didn't expect Jia Lian to win, and the ranking was so high.

It should be known that Kyoto is a big family of scientific examinations. There are so many honorable and noble children. The imperial examination room is no different from the Shura field. It is really rare for Jia Lian to break out of the siege and win the eighteenth place.

Feng Ziying cupped her hands in congratulations, without concealing her own meaning: "Second brother Lian, you really impress me. I was surprised by your performance last winter hunting. This time, you actually passed the exam again. Brother, you are an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. Ah, brother admires, I have decided, from now on, I will play with you!"

Hearing this, Wei Ruolan's eyes flickered upwards.