The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that when Heizi was buried, Jia Cong refused to leave, so Jia Huan returned home by himself.When he arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, he caught a glimpse of Hu Po guarding him, secretly surprised, and jumped off the horse.

Sure enough, Hu Po ran up to meet him: "Third Master! Go quickly! The old ancestor is angry!"

Jia Huan handed over the reins to the kid next to him and asked, "Who dares to make her old man angry?"

Hu Po said in a low voice: "The second wife sent someone to Shi Jia today to say that she wanted to marry their family, and they were choked back. She said she didn't like our second master Bao."

Jia Huan frowned: "Impossible. They were the ones who sent Sister Yun to our house for so long. If they didn't think so, they would be sick."

Amber lowered her head and said, "The old lady was so angry that she didn't even eat her lunch."

Jia Huan nodded, "I see." Then he hurried to Jiamu's courtyard.

When I got inside, I saw Jia Mu crooked on the kang, her face covered with dark clouds, and several maids standing beside her were afraid to speak, only Yuanyang was still softly persuading her to eat a few bites.Jia Huannai stepped forward and said, "Sister Yuanyang, please go and heat up some porridge for the old lady. Since you are not feeling well, don't eat something that can't be overcome."

Jia Mu waved her hand and said, "No need, I can't eat."

Jia Huan said: "Don't worry about the old ancestor, let's think about the reason. This is abnormal, there must be a reason."

Jia Mu raised her eyes and glanced at him: "Tell me what you said."

"The historian must have intended to marry Sister Yun into our family for many years, and Sister Yun and the second elder brother must also have a friendship. These two events are definitely not wrong. With the current chaos in the court, it is not the time to talk about marriage at all. They suddenly mentioned the important matter of Sister Yun, and this was the first abnormality. The two characters basically match each other in family background and temperament, and the historian sent Sister Yun to our house to be educated for so many years, and outsiders know what it is Interesting! To actually refuse at this moment is the second abnormality."

After hearing this, Jia's mother sat up: "Yes, it's really abnormal."

Jia Huan said: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. I don't know whether the historian has been coaxed, threatened, or plotted against; who is coaxing and forcing the plot, whether it is the Jia family or the historian or the plotter." It is King Xue of Jiashi."

Jiamu's eyes lit up immediately.

Jia Huan breathed a sigh of relief.Mother Jia is angry at this moment because she has lost face, and her natal family looks down on her beloved Baoyu.First hit her on the head to try to divert her attention, and the depression will naturally disappear.Nai Dao: "We are young and don't know what to do. I also hope that our ancestors will take care of their bodies and help their children and grandchildren think about it. People are iron rice and steel, and old birthday stars must first fill their stomachs."

Jia Mu couldn't help laughing and said, "You're getting more and more talkative, kid." Sure enough, she felt much more relieved.

Soon after Yuanyang came over with porridge, Jia Huan pretended to go to see Jia Zheng and slipped away.Naturally, he would not discuss this matter with Jia Zheng, so he had to rush back to the Escort Bureau again.

Gong San also heard about it, and frowned and said: "Why is it that at this juncture, the girl from the Xue family will be married soon, and your second master Jiabao's marriage will be gone later?"

Jia Huan sighed: "Isn't it? If our family and Xue's family hadn't had a serious grievance back then, the two of them would be a good match."

Then when Jia Cong came back to talk about this matter, Jia Cong said "ah": "No! Sister Shijia was taught by my sister with so much effort, so I can't send it to someone else's house." But after thinking about it, "Gong What the gentleman said is, how come their marriage has always been good, but now it has gone wrong when it should not have gone wrong?"

Yao'er said from the side: "It's not surprising. All the old princes and young princes are packing up and preparing to leave Beijing for fiefdoms. They all want to get more money and talents before leaving. The three families of Jia, Wang and Xue are connected together, and the historians have obviously been left behind. gone."

Jia Cong said: "It's true to say that. The most appropriate thing right now is to remain unchanged and respond to all changes." He said to Jia Huan, "The old ancestor is better. You have to grasp the second uncle's side. Don't let People coaxed them away."

Jia Huan covered his face for a while, and said helplessly, "I know, I know! And where is the second wife?"

Jia Cong said: "Don't bother, she is not as useful as Sister-in-law Zhu."

Jia Huan muttered a few words, rubbed his eyes and said, "I'm tired today." So he simply sent someone to Yihong Courtyard, and told Luo Tainiang again.After a while the man rushed back and said, "Aunt Luo said, third master don't worry, she knows what to tell Hui Niang how to speak." Jia Huan said "Yes".

Because the girls of the Jia family had all gone to the south, and there were no girls available at the moment, I had to ask Xue Baochai to go to the historian's house to find out what Shi Xiangyun said.

Baochai didn't come back until near dinner time.It turned out that since historians knew that Jia Yingchun was teaching Xiangyun, they believed that the Rongguo Mansion had taken a fancy to her, and Xiangyun himself knew it.However, in the past few days, I suddenly heard that many people came to propose marriage. Her aunt said that "the threshold has been broken", and all of them are excellent marriages.Compared with Jia Baoyu, a scholar, those people may be rich or noble, or have already achieved fame.Shi Xiangyun didn't want it in his heart, but her words were useless, and no one paid any attention to her when she cried and made trouble.She was so anxious that she even planned to escape from the mansion privately and go to Ping'an Prefecture to find Yingchun!Baochai had told her that "the Rongguo mansion is already investigating the cause", and comforted her for half a day before she settled down.

Jia Huan clapped his hands and said, "You don't need to ask, brother Baoyu is also being targeted. Speaking of which, he is the only one left in our family who can count on marriage, so it's no wonder others are counting on him."

They discussed on this side for a long time but had no clue, and when Jia Huan finished dinner and went back, they were surprised again.Amber waited at the gate of the mansion again.

Jia Huan jumped off the horse and asked, "Who will mess with the old ancestor?"

Amber's face was completely white, she nodded and shook her head twice.

Jia Huan wondered, "What happened?"

Amber said in a low voice: "The second master, the second wife and the old lady have been arguing for a long time."

Jia Huan glanced at her: "What are you arguing about?"

Hu Po whispered more and more: "Someone came to see the second wife today, saying that it was some kind of princess who fell in love with the second master because she saw a poem written by the second master Bao, and wanted to recruit the second master as her son-in-law. The second wife happily led the people I went to see the old lady, but the old lady immediately turned her down, she turned her face and refuted without showing any sympathy."

Jia Huan was stunned for a long time, clapped his hands and shouted: "Good job! The ancestor's sword is not old!"

Hu Po's face looked better now, and she continued: "Later, I didn't know what the second wife said to the second master, so the two of them went to the ancestor's yard to make trouble."

When Jia Cong heard the words, he said hurriedly, "I'm afraid they are making too much trouble. You go slowly, and I will go quickly." Then he left her and ran to Jiamu's courtyard.

Before entering the house, I heard Jia Zheng talking loudly, I don't know what to say, and then Jia's mother shouted, "You're a crime!" He hurriedly opened the curtain and barged in: "Old lady, master, madam! Calm down!"

I saw Jia's mother standing up tremblingly with a cane and crutches, pointing at Jia Zheng; Yuanyang was beside her struggling to support her.Jia Zheng knelt on the ground with his neck held high; Mrs. Wang also knelt, her face only sullen.Jia Baoyu bowed his head and knelt aside, weeping.Jia Huan roared in his heart: Who is the second room!He didn't dare to shout it out seriously, so he endured it and knelt down: "Ancestor, grandson came back too late, and the ancestor was wronged."

Jia Zheng sneered and said, "Third Master Huan is getting more and more angry, but you are the only one protecting your grandmother."

Jia Huan bowed his head and said: "My son doesn't know who is bewitching what in the master's ear, my son only knows that none of my son-in-law has ever gained real power."

Jia Zheng was stunned for a moment.

Jia Huan also said: "Whether it's the princess' consort or the eldest princess' consort. Since Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty wanted to usurp the throne, the consorts have always been servants of the princess. They are good-looking, can write poems, paint, cook tea and play the piano. That's all."

Jia Zheng was silent for a moment, then sighed: "In your opinion, can your second elder brother be in charge of the government? Wouldn't it be nice to have a princess to protect him?"

Jia Huan said: "I don't know which princess that princess is, but if there are brothers from the same mother, if there are no brothers from the same mother, can there be brothers who are more brotherly? Has her mother had a good relationship with any prince's mother in the palace?"

Jia Zheng was stunned again.

Jia Huan sighed softly: "My lord, no one can offend the emperor's house at this moment! The saint is not dead yet, and the [-] Imperial Forest Army is in Tianjin! Tianjin is so close to Beijing, who knows when they will return to Beijing!" Come? The princess may not be safe and sound, and the saplings on the grave of Prince Yizhong are only a few feet high. I only hope that something will happen in the East Mansion and bring our mansion down, so why don't we get involved by ourselves?"

Jia Zheng hesitated again.

"If they say that the princess is terrified day and night, it is safer to find someone to marry at random, I will believe it. But now the statement is obviously false. Master, think about it, the princess and her father were taken away by the rebels. There has been no news for a long time. One of her elder brothers was captured by the rebels and set up in Qingzhou. One of her younger brothers disappeared and the other was supported. Her uncle and uncle just divided up her father's land. Now she What poetry do you still have time to read? Master, do you believe it? If she is telling the truth, how dare you dare such an unfaithful and unfilial daughter-in-law?"

Jia Zheng suddenly lost his arrogance, and his whole body softened.

Jia Huan went on to say: "Furthermore, people, one moment and another moment. The second elder brother is not very old, and I heard that the master was quite naughty when he was young. How can it be said that the second elder brother has no ambition and will not be big after a few years?" Ambition? Why do you need to bind him as a son-in-law?" After speaking, he looked at Jia Mu and said, "Master, ginger is still hot when old, thanks to the old ancestor who pushed it firmly."

Jia's mother sat down peacefully in the morning, Yuanyang and her were holding tea and drinking, when she heard this, she snorted, raised her eyebrows and eyes, and did not look at the group of children and grandchildren underground.

Jia Huan said: "I'm afraid our ancestors will suffer some losses."

After waiting for a while, seeing that Jia Zheng and others didn't answer, Yuanyang boldly asked with a smile: "Why did the ancestor suffer, but he just spoke a little tougher."

Jia Mu sighed loudly: "Anyway, it's to offend people. Why don't I, an old woman, go to offend people?"

Jia Huan hurriedly said: "It's not just about offending people. If the grandson's guess is correct, even if the ancestor didn't say it clearly, he might have implied that he intended to tell the elder sister of the Shi family to the second elder brother. That is the grandnephew of the ancestor's natal family. If this word spreads, smart people will naturally know that our family is unwilling to take advantage of other people's tricks and stand in line randomly; those who are not smart will act like the ancestors rely on the old to sell the old, force their grandson to marry a wife from their natal family, and even the princess is not allowed. I want it. I am afraid that the reputation of our ancestors will be ruined by people with good intentions."

As soon as these words came out, several maids and daughter-in-laws in the room, together with Jia Zheng, all looked at Mrs. Wang.Jia Huan couldn't help laughing secretly.He had intentionally brought Shi Xiangyun into it, but he didn't want to hit Mrs. Wang in the wrong way!Nai went on to say: "Today, my grandson entrusted someone to investigate and found that something is really wrong. The historian has suddenly had countless matchmakers come to the door in the past few days, and they all acted as if the historian's only sister Yun was a girl waiting to be married. The girl and the others ignored it, and they all only sought out matchmakers for Sister Yun. And those who made a match were all good. It's a pity that Sister Yun is the only one in their family who is smart. She saw that there was something wrong here, I almost wanted to become a monk and escape.”

He just stayed with Jia Cong for a long time and learned to talk nonsense, but he startled Jia's mother: "Nonsense! Did she tell anyone?"

Jia Huan said: "I've heard that it hasn't happened yet, but I'm afraid I'm being watched by someone, I'm so anxious."

Jia Mu nodded: "This girl is clever."

Jia Huan said: "It's obvious that some people heard that our two houses might have a marriage intention, so they broke up this relationship first, and then plotted against the second brother."

Jia Mu thought for a moment and asked, "Huan'er, what do you think we should do now?"

Jia Huan said: "It's inconvenient for us to settle the marriage seriously after they make trouble. I'm afraid they will become angry when they see that their plan has been exposed, and it would be bad to take revenge on our family. Suner thinks that before Beijing and China are settled, let's not do it for the time being." Discuss marriage with our brothers. What if the discussion is wrong?" Although he said that he is not engaged for the time being, he has already given everyone present the idea that "the two of them will get married sooner or later". I will no longer just discuss others for Baoyu.

Jia Mu originally wanted to use his mouth to settle the matter with Baoyu and Shi Xiangyun, but she was a little unhappy to hear what he said, so she said after a long time, "That's all, let's do it for now." Looking at Jia Zheng's face full of shame Knowing that he had lost face in front of his two sons and all his servants, he was a little annoyed and a little distressed, so he said, "Second brother, since Baoyu was born, how can my wife treat him? There was never a single cent Not good for him?"

Jia Zheng's face was on fire, and he kowtowed and said, "How can I, as a son, bear what mother says?"

Jia Mu glanced at him again, and waved her hand: "I'm very tired right now, you all go. Boy Huan stay and beat my legs with me."

It was obvious that he had something to discuss with Jia Huan.Jia Zheng felt more and more humiliated, and lowered his head wearily.

Seeing that everyone else had retreated, Jia Huan hurriedly stepped forward and gave a thumbs up: "Old ancestor! High, really high!"

Jia Mu laughed and said, "That's all, don't flatter me."

Jia Huan said: "The old ancestor was so courageous that he even refused the princess's marriage proposal."

Jia Mu hummed: "The princess is the daughter of a sage, your elder sister's generation..." She suddenly stopped talking.

Jia Huan was taken aback: "Huh? What happened to Big Sister?"

Jia's mother looked at him as if she really didn't know anything, and she immediately thought that Jia Cong wanted to marry Yuan Chun's mother to the world, even Jia Huan didn't tell him, and naturally she wouldn't tell him. , His daughter fell from the princess position sooner or later, and hurriedly covered up and said, "It's nothing, I just don't know what happened to your eldest sister in the south."

Jia Huan said with a smile, "there are uncle Lian, elder brother Lian, and Lord Wang."

Jia Munai told him: "This time, the one who said he fell in love with your second brother is the sixth prince's sister, Princess Jian'an."

Jia Huan let out an "oh", and complained more and more about the sixth prince in his heart.

At this time, Jia Huan, Jia Mu and others didn't know about it. Although today's event was not a big deal, after all these troubles, the servants of the whole family put Jia Huan above Jia Zheng in their hearts.