Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian calmed down, and said solemnly, "Brother Luo is also here to inquire about the news, right? I'm very responsible to tell you the truth. The sentence I just said about raiding the house was not just a lie. According to my observation, the emperor really has this intention." , Your Majesty still has something to say and I didn’t say it, do you know how the emperor cursed when he got angry?”

But on that day, Emperor Qianyuan was in a hurry. He smashed things and cursed angrily: "The wolf-hearted thing eats and drinks with the money from the treasury. I, the emperor, made a patch and spent hundreds of taels of silver. The country is in crisis, and your father is in trouble. You would rather bury your money in the ground to cause mold, than take it out to solve my problems. Whenever I talk about raiding my house, I use Mingjun to talk about it. This is bullying me for nothing. Human patience There is a limit, and if you offend me, this Ming Junzhen is not right."

When Luo Shicheng heard this, he was terrified: "Could it be that this time the house is really going to be ransacked?"

Jia Lian sighed straight away: "You didn't see that when His Majesty said this, he was gnashing his teeth, and his eyes were fierce and hateful, like a beast that chooses people to eat!"

Hearing the words, Luo Shicheng was so frightened that his heart trembled: "Didn't the Ministry of War already have enough food and grass? Isn't the matter of debt collection over?"

Jia Lian sneered: "In the past, you went outside the Nine Gates to have a look. The emperor wanted to be a wise emperor, but the heavens were not beautiful. The floods in the south of the Yangtze River were concealed and not reported. All the Beijing police were excellent. Now when winter comes, the victims flock After going to Beijing, the emperor found out that he had been deceived, so who wouldn’t be angry?”

Jia Lian approached Luo Shicheng: "Let me tell you the truth, if there is a relative, friend or close friend in your family who owes a debt, try to pay it off quickly, and if there is an official in the south of the Yangtze River, try to remedy it quickly. Look in the door to find a way, you should ask for help, you have to make things right, if the disaster victims make a big fuss, the emperor can't make it up, maybe tomorrow the Imperial Forest Army will surround someone's house."

"These people are the same, why can't they think about it, if they don't pay back their debts, they will have their homes ransacked one day to pay off their debts. At that time, it's not as simple as breaking the money and avoiding disasters, but it will implicate the whole family, the man will be allotted, the woman will be sold by the government, and the family will be ruined!"

Thinking of the past, Jia Lian's face was full of pain: "Why bother!"

Luo Shicheng's face changed color with fright: "Is it really this serious?"

Jia Lian nodded: "The emperor's eyes are red and murderous. If you don't see it, you don't know it. If you see it, you will know it!"

Luo Shiben came to prepare to send Jia Lian home affectionately, and get along with Jia Lian, but he didn't expect to hear such a shocking thing.

The emperor was so angry that his blood flowed like a river. This is no small matter!

Luo Shicheng couldn't sit still any longer, so he quickly took out a purse of [-] silver and handed it to Jia Lian: "This is some compensation from our ministry. Last time you mortgaged the land property, you really asked for more discounts, but your land property It’s all internally digested by the Ministry, and those who bought it will appreciate it. It’s just that the money received is only [-], and these are leaked, so don’t be too small, and brother will try to make up for you when you have a chance in the future.”

Jia Lian smiled: "I am satisfied with your words, and I don't need the money. After all, you have indeed provided me with convenience, and I am also very grateful. I never ask for help, and I can't just talk empty words, don't you think so?"

Luo Shicheng smiled, took 1000 taels out of it, and handed the remaining 7000 taels to Jia Lian: "Since you said so, we will follow the rules. I will take the 1000 taels and distribute them to the brothers who contributed last time. I will tell them, This is the water and wine money from your brother Jia."

However, Jia Lian took another thousand out of the seven thousand silver and handed it to Luo Shicheng: "I was going to have a drink in my spare time, thank you Brother Luo, but since I met you today, it will save me a trip. I heard that Brother Luo is still there Crowding together with brothers, living in the Kuayuan, the family does not have a family, although the money is not enough to buy a house, renting a small courtyard near the Nine Gates can still live for a year or two, don't wrong your sister-in-law and children."

Luo Shicheng was very moved when he saw that Jia Lian knew his plight.

Before, Luo Shicheng did not regard Jia Lian as a friend, but Jia Lian was able to care about his situation and offer a helping hand, which was treating himself as a friend.

A person who has always been generous and generous will never murder his friends. Luo Shicheng thinks that Jia Lian is worthy of deep friendship.

From then on, Luo Shicheng sincerely regarded Jia Lian as a bosom friend.

Luo Shicheng was not the eldest son at home, and he failed the imperial examination, so he was not valued at home.

His elder brother passed the imperial examination, and now he is released to the county magistrate, but his sister-in-law stays in the capital to support her parents-in-law, and all the family property is in the hands of his sister-in-law. In the future, the parents will follow the eldest son for the elderly, and they will not favor him, the second son of the second house. There are younger siblings To take care of, he was caught in the middle, life was not happy.

If he hadn't bravely married the Feng family's daughter after being admitted as a scholar, he might be squeezed out of the house by his sister-in-law at this moment.

Now it's not easy to be crowded at home, a lot of money is paid, a lot of talk is received, and my wife and children are bullied.

His sister-in-law wanted to squeeze him out so that she could occupy his small courtyard and marry her son.

Luo Shicheng had wanted to move out a long time ago, but he was not financially well off, so he was powerless.

He only has a salary of more than 100 taels a year, plus fifty shilumi. Although the ministry has extra cash dividends every year, he is a clerk in the ministry and belongs to the lowest level. There will be a thousand taels of surplus, filial piety to the elders, and human relations, the children have to go to school, the superiors have to manage, the remaining money is only enough to feed the family, and there is not much money left.

Therefore, the one thousand silver that Jia Lian gave can be called timely rain.

Luo Shicheng accepted Jia Lian's banknote, and cupped his hands to thank him: "Brother is really tight, and Brother Jia is sincere, so I accept it. From now on, Brother Jia can just speak up if he has something to do."

Jia Lian clasped her fists with a smile: "If that's the case, I'll thank Brother Luo in advance!"

But it was said that Jia Lian and Luo Shicheng separated, and Luo Shicheng hurried back to the ministry to deal with business, and then hurriedly notified several relatives and friends who owed debts, and received a circle of thanks. The daughter-in-law is discussing about moving after the new year, and the couple are very busy.

But Jia Lian turned around and went to Shuntian Mansion.

Yin Yinfeng of Shuntian Mansion tried the public case all morning. He happened to go to the yamen, and before a sip of water entered his throat, he heard a report from his door saying that Jia Lian from Rongguo Mansion had cast a famous assassin for him.

Rongguo Mansion Jia Lian?

Yin Feng immediately remembered, isn't it the imperial guard who sued Fu Qing last time?

This is the emperor's new favorite!

Yin Feng hurriedly said: "Please!"

When Jia Lian came in, Yin Feng hurriedly got up to meet him.

Shuntian Mansion is the third-rank official and the official of parents. When Jia Lian saw it, he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "I have seen Mr. Futai!"

Yin Feng stretched out his hand to support him: "Master Jia is very polite, the honored guests are coming, and the plants are flourishing, please talk in the study!"

Shuntian Mansion was so polite, but Jia Lian did not expect that, logically, Jia Lian should be grateful to him.However, thinking that I came here today to repay the favor, my heart was at ease.

The two entered the study, and sat down as guests and hosts, and served fragrant tea for a while, after a round of tasting, the host and guest were in harmony.

Yin Feng smiled and cupped his hands: "I don't know that Mr. Jia is here to visit the humble house, but do you have something to order?"

Jia Lian cupped his hands and said, "I don't dare to obey the order, but I heard that something happened to be related to the master of the Futai, so I took the liberty to come to the door. Please don't blame me."

Yin Feng was taken aback: "Is it related to me?"

Jia Lian heard about it, who did he listen to?Yin Feng's heart jumped, it must be the emperor?

Yin Feng stood up: "Dare you have an order from the Holy Spirit?"

Jia Lian quickly waved his hands: "The emperor never mentioned your lordship, but I saw a memorial of the censor, which was a plain meal in the corpse of the lord of the Futai, and was thrown to the ground by the emperor, and finally left unpublished."

Yin Feng was shocked: "My corpse is a vegetarian meal? What is the proof?"

Jia Lian asked, "Master Futai has been out of the nine gates in the past few days?"

Yin Feng frowned: "Not today. A few days ago, I heard that there were disaster victims gathering, so I went to see them, but the admirals of the Nine Gates did not allow the disaster victims to enter the city. There is nothing you can do with your heart!"

Jia Lian sighed: "Your Excellency, you are confused. Shuntian Mansion is not outside the city? Now the victims have not had any accidents, so of course it can be said that it has nothing to do with your Excellency, but what happened in one day? Have you ever heard that there were beggars who were hungry in the previous dynasty?" Terrible, cooked the county magistrate who prevented them from entering the city?"

Yin Feng was stunned: "Is there such a thing?"

Jia Lian nodded: "Later generations do not complain for this county magistrate, and the masters of the government who ordered him to close the city and refuse to accept him did not defend him. , from now on, he will be stigmatized for thousands of years, do you think he was wronged or not?"

Yin Feng's face turned pale immediately: "But, without official documents from the imperial court, I dare not open the city gates to release people, nor open granaries to release grain. Besides, the granary in the government office is not enough for the victims to feed for a day and a half. I sold my I can't afford to support these tens of thousands of disaster victims, can I?"

Jia Lian smiled mysteriously: "Why don't you ask me, where is the money?"

Yin Feng immediately left his seat upon hearing the words, and bowed in a big salute: "Brother Jia, please teach me!"

But Jia Lian said: "My lord saved me, and I delivered the news for my lord. Is this even?"

Hearing this, Yin Feng knew that Jia Lian would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and he probably had his eyes on something in his house, so he said: "As long as Brother Jia helps me through the current difficulties, no matter what is on Yin, at home, or in the yamen, as long as it is You can see it, take it yourself!"

Jia Lian laughed: "My lord's words made me very ashamed. I have asked you for something, so let's just say it today. When your lord gets through this time, I want four places from the government school. Can you?"

Yin Feng originally thought that Jia Lian would open his mouth like a lion, but it turned out to be this matter, Yin Feng immediately expressed his opinion: "As long as I, Yin, is in power for a day, let alone four, I will accept as many as you have, how about this?"

Jia Lian was overjoyed when he heard the words: "So, thank you for your kindness!"

Yin Feng said: "You're welcome, please teach me how to avoid disaster!"

Jia Lian said: "Actually, my lord was anxious about the darkness under the lights for a while. My lord, this is not a remote village under your jurisdiction. As the old saying goes, if everyone gathers firewood, the flame is high. Once the victims of the disaster mutiny, the whole capital will be implicated." , no matter those rich households who open shops and do business, or wealthy and noble families, will be affected."

Yin Feng nodded: "It's natural, there are no eggs in a nest!"

Jia Lian clapped his hands: "These people are the source of wealth for the masters of Futai?"

Yin Feng thought for a while, then smiled: "You mean fundraising?"

Jia Lian waved his hand: "Not only that, the masters of Futai can also complain about their difficulties to various yamen, and then get the support of various departments, and then call the rich and powerful households in the west and east cities. You don't need to collect money, just ask them to come out." People work hard to pay for food, you, the master of the government, are responsible for registering and reporting to the higher authorities, and the rewards should be reprimanded by the rich and unkind emperor, do you think it is reasonable?"

"Brother Jia is benevolent and righteous!"

Yin Feng shrank his eyes when he heard the words, knowing that it must not be Jia Lian's private words, so he bowed and said, "Thank you Brother Jia for your guidance and helping this official escape this disaster. I don't want to thank you for your great kindness. I will repay it later!"

Jia Lian smiled, and took out a purse from his cuff: "I have five thousand silver with me, first I will give it to the master of Futai to buy food for emergency, and in the future, the master of Futai will call the old people to brainstorm, and Jia will definitely throw bricks and stones for him, in order to repay his past Grace for helping!"

Hearing this, Yin Feng felt hot all over his body, and his blood was rising. He clasped his fists and saluted again, saying: "Shuntian Prefecture has a family like Rongguo Prefecture who is compassionate, compassionate, compassionate, and righteous. .”

Shuntian Mansion personally sent Jia Lian out of the government office, and when he turned around, he summoned his subordinates to buy food everywhere. He cleaned up his clothes and went to various yamen in Shuntian Mansion to cry for help.

Jia Lian fooled around, and finally went home with eight thousand silver notes in his arms, which was really pleasant.

The first thing Jia Lian did when he came home was to go to the Daylily Hall to see his two children. These two little guys grew up with the wind. Not only did they grow fast, but they were also round like balls.

Jia Lian hugged his son, kissed his pink face, and looked at Sister Feng with a smile: "You don't need to call him baby anymore, you can call him Qiuqiu from now on. First, it fits his shape well. Second, it also means that he is coming." It’s not easy, so I come here with all kinds of prayers. If you ask for the same pronunciation as Qiuqi, let’s call it brother.”

When Sister Feng thought of how many tears she shed, how many soups and medicines she ate, how many Bodhisattvas she worshiped, and how many wishes she made when she learned that she was drugged, she silently agreed with the name of Brother Bu.

Because she was nervous about the child, Sister Feng decided not to name the child until it was listed in the genealogy, so that Lord Yan would not remember the child's name early.So she refused Jia Lian to name the child before, and only called her son Baobao and her daughter Qiaojie.

This time, the eldest son also had an elegant baby name, and he was called Brother Pu from then on.

After playing with his son and daughter for a while, Jia Lian was going to study at Shuijingfang to prepare for the Chunwei Palace Examination in March next year. When he remembered that this was the critical moment to change the image of Rong Mansion and repair the reputation of Rong Guo Mansion, he changed his mind and went for a stroll. East Court, came to find his father, Jia She, and discussed assisting Shuntian Mansion to donate for disaster relief.

In view of Jia She's enthusiasm for money, Jia Lian had to do his father Jia She's work in advance, so as not to improvise and break the trust of Shuntian Mansion.

Jia Amnesty is living a very comfortable life now. A few days ago, he finally straightened up in front of Jia's mother.Jia Amnesty finds out that his brother Jia Zheng is just a paper tiger, and if he is fierce, Jia Zheng will stay away.Jia Amnesty is very clear, he knows all this is because of Jia Lian's plan and existence.

Jia She finally found out that having a good son is as important as having a good father. His father gave him a title, and his son won the approval of the people in the mansion for him. Now the old lady does not dare to scold Jia She casually, and she will sue for disobedience every now and then. .

This kind of recognition also includes those above the court, and now when Jia She goes to the court, some people will catch up with him from afar to greet him, instead of avoiding him from afar.Jia She immediately discovered that besides swearing, these literati would also say nice things. Of course, Jia She avoided those who made trouble after he lost his eldest son. For example, Wang Ziteng, for example Du Jiuyuan Well, Fu Yuheng, these two Prince Teng's dog legs, he spits on seeing them.

Jia Amnesty also found that as long as he did not have hope for Jia's mother, there would be no disappointment or resentment.

Therefore, these days, under the care of Sister Feng, Jia Amnesty lived a very leisurely life.

This time, Jia Amnesty didn't show off his dignity anymore. He was eating lunch with the girls and servants. When he saw Jia Lian, he waved warmly: "Come and sit down, and try the West Lake vinegar fish. catch."

Jia Lian vomited when he heard it: "Master, throw it out quickly, it makes me sick to hear it."

Jia Amnesty stared: "I ate a fish, why don't you feel disgusted?"

Seeing that the fish was half eaten, Jia Lian couldn't say anything more, so he frowned and refused to eat it: "I just used it outside."

Jia Amnesty still had good eyesight, and he stared in disbelief: "No, please explain clearly, why is it disgusting?"

Jia Lian had no choice but to say: "The master knows that there are many secret doors on the seaside of Nashicha. In these places, young girls who are captured are often tortured to death. Because they are afraid of being discovered by the government, they dig ice in the middle of the night and throw them away. Feed the fish in the ice hole. It is said that this happened because a girl suddenly disappeared in the middle of the night. Later, her father bought a fish, but found her daughter's gemstone ring and undigested finger in the belly of the fish. "

This is what happened in Shichahai in the previous life. At first, some nobles in Kyoto just played with the family members of criminals, but later they went crazy, and kidnapped the daughters of common people in Kyoto to play with.

Before Jia Lian could finish speaking, Jia Amnesty vomited with a 'vomit' sound. After vomiting, he was so angry that he ran back and kicked Jia Lian, and then vomited again. He vomited for only half an hour, even vomited gall water. Lie down and gasp for breath, and can't hit anyone anymore.

Jia Lian received more than ten or twenty kicks back and forth, and his legs were kicked black and purple, which was really scary.The distressed Sister Feng hurriedly paid a lot of money to ask someone to buy Bairui Huoxuehuayu ointment for the palace worship, but the plaster was bought home the next day.

Jia Lian also tricked Sister Feng into saying that what she looked like yesterday was a disguise made of deliberately applied dog skin plaster, in order to win Sister Feng's sympathy.

But Sister Feng didn't believe it. She touched Jia Lian's injury yesterday, and it was a real scar.

She always felt that Jia Lian had something to hide, and she found that not only was she getting younger and younger, her whole body was tight and well-proportioned, her skin was delicate, and her complexion was ruddy.

And this year, I have never been to her for serious or minor illnesses. Sister Feng compared carefully with the Linghua mirror, and found that her skin looks the same as when she was married at the age of 15. Her body is better than before, and she is full of energy. , many times let Sister Feng think that she entered thirty early like a tiger.

What's more, the twins in the family grow faster than other children. A few days ago, when she went to visit relatives in the Shi family, she found that the eldest grandson of the Shi family was not much older than her three- to four-month-old twins. Made doubts, but did not think deeply.

This time, Sister Feng thought about that incident again, and pondered over the people in the house for a while. She found that not only the masters of the Daylilies Hall were younger than those in other places, but even the trees in the Daylilies Hall were younger than those in the Rongxi Hall. Rongqing hall and even the east courtyard grew lushly.

Sister Feng couldn't help but recall what Jia Lian had done in the past six months.The master and servants of Hemerocallis Hall have separate water supplies. For example, Zhao Liangdong and Ping'er can follow Jia Lian and his wife to use the well water behind the small kitchen, and the rest are drawn from the well behind the big kitchen.

The most special thing is that after the nanny came into the mansion, Jialian told Sister Feng to let the nanny use the small kitchen for her drinking water in the future.There is also the soup of father-in-law Jia She, who obviously did not add any seasoning to it, so the taste is better than the soup simmered in the East Courtyard.As a result, Xing was scolded a lot and cried to Sister Feng several times.

Sister Feng thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized.I have a problem with the well in my kitchenette.After thinking so clearly, she went to observe the well, and found that the jujube trees near the well had produced jujubes this year, which was very sweet.Sister Feng pursed her lips and smiled, no wonder Jia Lian specially explained that the jujubes on these jujube trees are used for making wine, not for pedaling.

When Sister Feng remembered that she had been obedient and obedient, she picked some small jujubes and put them in the place where Dingdong was located. She could not help but secretly scold herself for being a waste of everything.

Sister Feng immediately realized that this well has the effect of beautifying and beautifying, and also has the effect of curing diseases and nourishing, including the general effect of the fruits nearby.Sister Feng immediately smiled triumphantly. Jia Ershe is mysterious and has a conscience. If she knows something good, she will take it home to honor her wife.

Suddenly, Sister Feng suddenly remembered that she had sent soup to Mrs. Wang, and she felt bad.

Wang's family was punished by his uncle for endangering the family. If she often gave her nourishment, wouldn't Wang's wake up one day?How did Uncle San see himself at that time?

No wonder Jia Lian never objected to delivering soup to Jia She Jia's mother, and when she learned that she had also given it to Wang Shi, she immediately turned her face and said that she was too good to be a bad person.

Sister Feng's hair stood on end?

She just wanted to gain a virtuous reputation by not caring about the dead, but she almost saved her enemy.

From then on, Sister Feng still brought soup to Mrs. Wang, but she ordered it to be boiled in the big kitchen.

After that, Sister Feng often sent some fruit wine and rice wine to her parents and uncles, as well as some dates, pears, melons, fruits and vegetables grown in her yard.

For melons and fruits, after Sister Feng discovered the special use of the well, Tete ordered the flowers and plants in the small flower bed behind the kitchen to be pulled out and planted with vegetables.

Sister Feng is very cautious, for fear that outsiders will find it tricky. Sister Feng usually does this vegetable field by herself, or orders Ping'er to do it herself. In order to restrain the growth of vegetables as much as possible, Sister Feng often asks Feng'er to fetch water from the big kitchen. Just beware of running out of water in the kitchenette.

The vegetable garden is not big, and carrying water is not tiring. In order to make Sister Feng happy, Feng'er and the others often compete for this job.

You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law laughed at her once when they found out that Sister Feng was growing vegetables by herself, but Sister Feng said: "These two children are the ones I begged for four years. I have to be more careful. The children are still young, and the vegetables outside are not suitable for me." worried."

The vegetable garden was said to be specially planted for the children, which made Youshi respectful, and even laughed at Keqing: "Learn from your second aunt Lian."

Jia Lian has been busy, and it took a long time before he realized that the vegetables he ate were quite different from those eaten by his son and daughter. He took the time to check the vegetable garden, and found that there was a faint spiritual energy escaping from the soil. He was amused: This brother Feng is really If you want to become a master, you must be smart!