The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But when Jia Mu received Jia Amnesty's letter, she was very angry and called Jia Huan to come over.However, Jia Huan is not in the mansion at this moment, and went to accompany Lin Hai to relieve boredom.After he coaxed the old man out, there was a boy from Rongguo Mansion who had been waiting at the gate of Lin Mansion for a long time.

The boy came up and said back and forth: "Third Master, Miss Yuanyang said that the old lady smashed the teacup angrily when she received a letter from the elder from the south, and scolded the elder for being a jerk, saying, 'Why should he send Yuan girl to you? Many people'."

Jia Huan then knew that Jia Amnesty had made an engagement for Yuanchun, probably Jia's mother was not satisfied.He only thought that he was chosen by the south, but he didn't expect Gong Kun's head to go up for a while, so he went back to the house blindfolded.

As soon as she entered Jia Mu's yard, a little girl came up and whispered back: "The old lady was so angry that she didn't even eat her lunch."

Jia Huan sighed helplessly, and read in a low voice, "I'm so tired!"

Then I went inside to see Jia Mu, who would not allow him to open his mouth and point to a letter on the desk: "Look! It was written by your good uncle!"

Jia Huan picked it up and unfolded it for a look, and couldn't help laughing "haha" twice.

When Jia Mu saw it, she scolded: "Are you so happy? Your sister may let him use it to please someone, and you can still laugh!"

In fact, many people in the Rongguo Mansion knew Gong Kun, but they all regarded him as an outside clerk, so they didn't pay much attention, and no one told Jia Mu.Jia Huan said: "This gentleman is really talented, he looks good and has a good temperament, and his family status is not low, so he won't wrong big sister."

Jia Mu said angrily: "What kind of thing is he, how can he be worthy of your sister! Your sister is blessed!"

Jia Huan blinked: "It's just that my sister is in her 20s, and she was the concubine of the prince of Nan'an for a few years. What kind of good family do the ancestors think she can marry into?"

Jia's mother shouted: "Cong'er clearly told me that she can have great fortune! Aren't you on good terms with him? Don't you know?"

Jia Huan said: "Old ancestor! With the age and past of the eldest sister, is it considered good luck to marry Mr. Xiao Gong? I never thought about my grandson."

Mother Jia was so angry that she raised her hand to give him a slap in the face.Jia Huan raised his arm and grabbed her wrist: "According to your old opinion, who should eldest sister marry? Your lord? She is several years older than King Lu, who is already the eldest son of the Supreme Emperor." .”

Mother Jia didn't care about twitching her wrist, and said anxiously, "Where is the virtuous king?"

Jia Huan said inexplicably: "The eldest wife and the younger wife of the Xian Wang have four or five children in the yard. The eldest sister has long said that she would not be a concubine. If she was thinking about some prince or noble person, why did she come out of Nan'an Palace back then."

Jia's mother opened her mouth, but she couldn't say what she thought the virtuous king would divorce his wife. Seeing Jia Huan's strange expression, she was suddenly dumbfounded.

Seeing that she let go of her hand, Jia Huan didn't know how to take it back, so she put her arm back on the case for the old man and said: "The old ancestor is a sensible person. The big sister's current situation, really, can have a clean, reliable and promising future." It is already very good for someone to marry her. Grandson never dreamed of Mr. Xiaogong, he can't marry anyone."

Jia Mu was like a clay sculpture, sitting motionless.

Jia Huan just felt strange, and really didn't know where the idea of ​​her old man came from.After sitting with him for half a day, he asked, "Old Ancestor, who dragged Eldest Sister and King Xian into one place? Could it be that someone told you to gossip?"

Mother Jia still didn't move.

Jia Huan had no choice but to wait for a while, and ordered the mandarin duck, Amber, to come forward to serve her, and then she withdrew to find Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng's two fresh aunts are serving him to write poems, which can be said to be red.Jia Huan stepped forward to salute, and then praised Jia Zheng's poems with his eyes closed. Fang said: "The old ancestor just received a letter from the old man in the south, saying that he had arranged a marriage for the eldest sister. The man is from Lingnan." Ren's..."

Before he finished speaking, Jia Zheng slammed the brush in his hand: "What did you say?! He told the big girl about marriage? Lingnan people?"

Jia Huan nodded, thinking that it was a coincidence that Mr. Xiao Gong was from Lingnan, so he said: "A few years older than Big Sister, and his appearance is also upright..."

Jia Zheng shouted, "No way!"

Jia Huan saw that his posture was exactly the same as Jia's mother, and asked: "Since this is the case, does the master have a very good candidate in his heart?"

Jia Zheng said: "Your elder sister is a great fortune, how can she be assigned to a mediocre man."

Jia Huan said: "Then who does the master think the eldest sister should marry?"

Jia Zheng said: "Earlier Cong'er hinted vaguely..." He suddenly stopped, coughed, and ordered the two aunts to go down.That Bai Jinchuan was clever, and when he went out, he closed the door and was still guarding outside.Jia Zhengfang went on to say, "In the early years, Cong'er vaguely hinted that your eldest sister would get a noble son-in-law."

As soon as Jia Huan heard it, he knew there was a misunderstanding.Jia Cong was rebellious by nature, and "gui" was nothing to him, so he asked, "Did he really say the word 'gui son-in-law'?"

Jia Zheng stroked his beard and said, "Although it's not these two characters, it has this meaning. He said, our family has to choose the surname Huang slowly."

Jia Huan rolled his eyes: "Master, when did he say that? Was he joking?"

Jia Zheng said: "That's what he said when the old concubine Nan'an came to our house."

Jia Huan let out a sigh of relief: "That's obviously nonsense to suppress the aura of the old concubine Nan'an, don't you believe it all the time?"

Jia Zheng said: "Based on the reputation of your brothers today, your sister can really choose if she wants to enter the prince's mansion."

Jia Huan said: "Master, my sister doesn't want to be a kid."

Jia Zheng said: "It is not uncommon to change queens throughout the ages."

Jia Huan grinned and wanted to smile but couldn't, and said with embarrassment: "Let's not talk about which prince can really win the world; even if he wins, his wife and family are not fuel-efficient lamps, so why change? If you want to change, you will naturally choose someone. The exchange of military power. Our family can give others a few advisers at most, how can we change our family members?"

Jia Zheng was stunned.

Jia Huan went on to say: "Furthermore, at this moment, from King Xian to King Wu and King Shu, there is no sign that something will happen. If you bet casually, what if you lose? That would be a case of copying and beheading."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said, "It's better to wait a few years and see."

Jia Huan said: "You can't see it for a few years, at least it will take more than ten years. The eldest sister is more than 20 years old, and after more than ten years, she will be 40 years old. Even if our family is really lucky to help Zhenlong ascend the throne Well, the Tian family is going to give our family a queen, probably not the eldest sister, but Fuer."

Jia Zheng was tongue-tied and said "this, this, this" several times, and suddenly his face turned pale: "So, Yuan'er can't be a queen?"

Jia Huan said: "Why do you think of the Queen's head? It is obvious that the old princes all have wives, and the young ones are younger than her."

Jia Zheng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly slumped on the chair, his face ashen, as if he had been cramped.

Jia Huan went on to say: "Mr. Xiao Gong is really a character. I really don't know what tricks and benefits the Elder Master has used to force him to agree. If this relationship can be made, our family will really take advantage of it."

Jia Zheng didn't move.

Jia Huan had no choice but to say "Mr. Xiao Gong is amazingly talented" to comfort him, not thinking it would be useless.Jia Zheng still seemed to have lost his soul.

That night, Jia's mother, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were all ill, especially Jia Zheng.Jia Huan ordered someone to invite the imperial doctor, but at the same time he was blinded by the light and couldn't figure it out.He didn't know that although Jia Zheng was addicted to drinking and sex, he hoped that one day he would still be able to regain power.Now it is obvious that Baoyu can't become a great weapon, and Jia Huan doesn't listen to him, so he can only hope that Yuanchun's mother will honor the world and become the head of the country.Today, once the dream is broken, the whole person has no hope.

Rongguo Mansion fell ill with three important masters at once, and everyone was busy asking doctors and medicines.However, Xue Pan returned to Beijing at this moment, and sent a respectable servant to see Jia Huan, saying that he must have a drink.

Jia Huan had no choice but to order his servants to take care of Jia Mu Jia Zheng, changed his clothes and went to Xue's house.I saw Xue Pan and Liu Aiyun greeted each other, both of them were happy.

After sitting down and having a banquet, I heard that Xue Baochai was going to get married.When Jia Huan asked, Baochai's son-in-law was named Jiang Zirong, so he thought the name was familiar.Xue Pan said happily: "In terms of speaking, the prince of Nan'an is a middleman, and your family has also contributed a lot. The way of luck was originally from the east of the river in the 30th year and the west of the river in the 30th year. My brother-in-law is the grandson of the prince of Pingyuan. Son, separate your family and stand on your own. In the early years, he was one of the most famous dandies in Beijing, but one day he suddenly changed, and since then he has focused on the righteous way, just like me!"

Jia Huan suddenly recalled the past and smiled "puchi".Isn't this Jiang Zirong the one who hired their "Avengers" to avenge his younger brother?Hearing that after the death of his enemy, he no longer hangs out in the Hualou gambling house, and concentrates on taking care of the family property, not wanting to make a detour and get connected with Xue Baochai.That day, it was Jia Cong and the others who were afraid that he would be tracked down by the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and they were very annoyed that Huo Sheng knew him and pretended to be a backer at first sight.So he hurriedly congratulated Xue Pan, and then asked: "Why is Huo Sheng and our family a middleman?"

Xue Pan nodded at him and said, "Don't interrupt. Since Zirong turned back from being a prodigal son, his luck has also improved. Once, he ran into the Prince of Nan'an on the street, and they hit it off and became friends. The Queen went to the south to fight. There is no man, so I entrusted Zirong to take care of them. Their family’s property, which is on the surface, has been emptied long ago, leaving some empty shells to fool the emperor; the important thing is those who have contacts with us in private. Because of Zirong He was entrusted by a good man of righteousness. Therefore, Zirong often came to communicate with our family on Huo Sheng's behalf. During the chaos in central Beijing, Aiyun and my mother and sister lived in your bodyguard bureau. Zirong came to find Aiyun to do business , bumped into my sister."

Happy Jia Huan!He clapped his hands and said: "Good fate!" Thinking about Xue Baochai's appearance, plus the demeanor of being in charge of the Xue family's property in the future, and her own talents, any man who ran into him would probably be shocked to heaven.

Xue Panxi said: "Isn't it? Later he often found excuses to communicate with our family. Ai Yun had already seen it, and he just kept silent to test him; Ai Yun said let's see how long he can hold back." But that day Fang Xiong copied Pingyuanhou's mansion and exiled Jiang Zining to the northwest. Now that Jiang Zining has been rehabilitated and Jiang Zining has returned to Beijing, Fang Xiong has moved all of their family property to Jiannan. Naturally, they can't get it back. Yes. Although some property was returned later, it is no longer as good as it was back then. Zirong’s own business has become more and more prosperous. During the chaos in Beijing, I got some advice from my sister, so I can rest assured that I received a lot of good things. The price was extremely high at that time Low, now that the world is gradually leveling off, if you turn around and sell it, you can get five times the profit at least. Jiang Zining can do it because of his loss, and he heard that his family business has risen, so he came to ask him to help some Pingyuanhoufu."

Jia Huan happened to be drinking, and when he heard the words, he spat out with a "pop", coughed for a long time and said, "There are such brazen people in the world!"

Xue Pan patted the table and said: "No! Now that the family is separated, he never helped Zirong before, and he didn't persuade Zirong when he failed to live up to expectations. Now he has the face to seek his money! Besides, their family is not If there is no rice to cook, it is nothing compared to the extravagance of the past."

Jia Huan shook his head and said: "It's not because of that..." When Jiang Zirong's younger brother was killed by Niu Jiyao of the Zhen Guo Mansion, it was this Jiang Zining who didn't care about his cousin's unjust death, and helped the Zhen Guo Mansion suppress Jiang Zirong and prevent him from going to court.Jiang Zirong's mother and son refused, and he even said "expelled from the clan".The relationship between the two cousins ​​has long been clean, and even the resentment has been settled.Later, Jiang Zirong paid 20 taels of silver to hire the "Avengers" to avenge him.He sighed, "I've heard about the Jiang family brothers. Although the court rehabilitated their family, I'm afraid they won't spend money from the treasury to pay for them. Silver rice. Lord Jiang Hou doesn’t even have such an idea of ​​backbone, he doesn’t even want such an idea of ​​face, even…” He suddenly shook his head and laughed, “I don’t know what to say. This person can be treated as if he doesn’t exist, Ping Yuan The Hou Mansion only treats them as ordinary shabby households."

Although Xue Pan was a romantic figure in his early years, he had never heard of this matter, so he hurriedly asked, "What happened to their brothers?"

Jia Huan then told the old story of Jiang's family, and Xue Pan shouted angrily, "It's unreasonable!" With a sound of "dong", he kicked away the first embroidered plinth under the table.Liu Aiyun glared at him, which made him shrink back in fright, and smiled along with him.

Jia Huan said: "Your fortune is reincarnated, but I see that it is done by human power. If Jiang Zirong is not at ease in managing the family business, how can he have the wealth he has today? If Jiang Zining is capable and confident, why would he help outsiders to be wronged?" My brother."

Xue Pan nodded again and again: "Brother Huan is talking about it. After all, it is because he has no ability and Zirong has ability."

Jia Huan laughed and said, "I think he's got a bad nose at Jiang Zirong."

Xue Pan also laughed and said, "Of course! Zirong doesn't bother to talk to him! He doesn't give up, he just wants Zirong to marry his sister-in-law on the patriarch's pretensions!"

Jia Huan laughed when he heard the words: "This person is not only incompetent, but also a fool!"

Xue Pan also laughed for a while, and said: "He was in a hurry, and he just spread the word out on his own. Half of the women's family members in the capital knew about it, and wanted to threaten Zirong. Zirong just turned a deaf ear to it. So the matter fell to the Old Concubine Nan'an's ears." He winked and said, "Didn't Huo Sheng still have a little aunt who hasn't married yet?"

Jia Huan was stunned: "Huh? No way! That old woman still has such an idea?" This Jiang Zirong became a favorite.

Xue Pan snorted and said, "Your appearance, family status, and temperament are all good. The family has money and has helped their family for these years. That old woman has already made up his mind. She thought that a word would be enough. But Zirong rejected it straight away." He said triumphantly, "The princess heard that he is arrogant and domineering, how could Zirong like it!"

Jia Huan couldn't help laughing.See what this means, Jiang Zirong has taken his brother-in-law An'an securely. "I guess he didn't want to cause any more messy luck, so he proposed to Sister Xue?"

Xue Pan clapped his hands with a "slap", shook his head and said, "He came to propose marriage because these people made him want to get married."

Jia Huan nodded, came down from the table and poured wine for Xue Pan, Liu Aiyun and himself, raised his glass earnestly and said: "Brother Xue! I congratulate Sister Xue on this one. You can drink it for her."

Both Xue Pan and Liu Aiyun raised their lamps: "Thank you Brother Huan!"

The three drank in one go.

Xue Pan thought of Baochai's early life, and said with emotion: "My sister is not easy." He also filled three glasses of wine at the banquet, and said to Jia Huan, "This one, we two thank Cong'er for mentioning Baoyu back then. Brother Huan, you drank it for him."

Jia Huan also raised the lamp: "Good!"

The three drank it all in one gulp.