The Fenghua Years of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian went to war in the south of the Yangtze River, and the second wife of the old lady was far away in the capital. When she received the distress letter from Jinling, it was too late to recover, so Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and other people were gathered together to discuss the matter.

"Lian'er is bold, good at opening the ancestral hall, expelling Sanfang and Bafang from the family, Sanfang and Bafang take care of the family business for my Jia family, protect the foundation of my Jia family's survival, and have made great achievements, but now they are abandoned by the clan and sent to the government. Let the tribe see our Rongning Second Mansion, how to convince the public, how to let the world think of the Jia family. Boss, tell me, what's going on?" Mother Jia hit the ground with her crutch angrily.

"Old lady, this letter is just a family statement. Lian'er grew up by your side since she was a child. Although she has a bit of a naughty temper, she is clear about major matters. She will not get along with her clansmen for no reason. Besides, Jia Qiang from the East Mansion is also there. , what is said in the letter is true or not, and I will ask Lian'er in detail when he comes back." Jia She did not want to entangle the old lady, but he had actually received the news from Jia Lian, but the specific details were not very clear.

"Brother, it's a big mistake for Lian'er to open the ancestral hall without the consent of the patriarch and the elders, and expel the clansmen. Now that the expelled clansmen ask for help, you ignore it. What do you mean?" Jia Zheng blamed himself.

"Second brother, what do you really want? Lian'er went to the south of the Yangtze River to buy it for the purpose of building a family's villa. Now she is still on the boat and has not returned. Now you are so anxious to convict Lian'er with a letter of unknown origin. What do you mean?" Jia She got angry and threw the teacup in front of Jia Zheng, the whole group of people in the room were stunned by Jia She's sudden outburst of temper.

"Ten thousand steps back, even if it is true, how about you? Let Lian'er bow down to these people and apologize. Jia Lian is my only son, the upright heir to the title, and the upright master of the Rongguo Mansion. Expel the scum of a few clans, why mobilize the crowd, if you are not convinced, go and ask Brother Jing to come down the mountain to speak. Come and throw the messenger out, not everyone in Rongguo Mansion can come and go at will." Jia She was in the old man for the first time How could Jia Amnesty tolerate the fact that the wife was so strong in front of her, and the second room was so disrespectful, pouring dirty water on Jia Lian's head, and killing the donkey?At the same time, it also shows that even if Jia Lian is punished, Jia Zheng is not qualified.Warn the second room, even if there is a concubine, the Rongguo Mansion will always want Jia Lian to inherit.

"You bastard, who are you acting for? If you don't like my old lady, I'll leave for Jinling right away." The old lady saw that Jia She was playing tricks, and used the usual method to deal with Jia She.

However, the methods that have always been useful did not work today. Jia She stared at the old lady for a long time and said: "Old lady, this dynasty governs the country with filial piety. Old lady, I never deserved your request in the past. Everything in the house is decided by the old lady. But today's matter will be discussed after Lian'er comes back, if the old lady disagrees, the son will have no choice but to be unfilial." After speaking, he kowtowed to the old lady and quit.

"Old lady, as the saying goes, a woman obeys her father before she is married, her husband after she is married, and her son after her husband dies." Jia Amnesty said to the old lady behind his back, "The law of the country is greater than the law of the family, and women are not allowed to participate in politics." The old lady can hear it, and she can also tell Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Wang to hear it.

Jia Amnesty's words were to warn all the mistresses in the mansion, and to warn Mother Jia that enough is enough. Her current dignity can control the wind and rain in the mansion. Jia Lian, warn Mrs. Wang not to have other thoughts. Her identity comes from Jia Zheng and his son. Even if she gave birth to a concubine, that broken stone is not as honorable as his Lian'er. At the same time, let these three bold women keep their roots. point.

As for the audience's reaction, whether they understood his words, he didn't pay attention.Seeing that Jia Amnesty had left, Jia Zhen took Jia Rong to leave, and they couldn't afford to participate in the affairs of Rongguo Mansion.

The old lady was sick for a few days because of these few words, Madam Wang wished that everyone in the big house would die, and only Wang Xifeng was the one who really thought about these words. The retreat was not because of reverence for the two of them, but because of guilt, and what Jia She said today really made her understand the reality.

Married and followed her father, when a woman is not married, the status of her father determines the status of her children. She was born in the royal family, and her father was Wang Zisheng, the eldest son of the Wang family. She is an orphan girl, and if she really cares about her status, she might not be worthy of Jia Lian. The most fundamental reason why she can marry Jia Lian is her brother Wang Ren, the only male in the Wang family.

Marriage follows husband, woman marries, husband's status determines wife's status, she is able to manage the Rongguo Mansion of Nuoda not only because she is shrewd and capable, both kind and powerful, but mainly because of Jia Lian's existence, no matter how arrogant the servants in the mansion are, Then he flattered the second wife, but he knew in his heart that when the old lady left, Jia Lian would be the master of the house, and Wang Xifeng, the future mistress, would control their future life and death.

The son is the foundation of a woman's foothold. In the temple, she is used to seeing women who come to ask for a son, and she has seen many difficulties of a childless woman.Li Wan in the mansion is a real example. Without Jia Lan, she would have been tortured to death long ago. Now that Li Wan is living a difficult life, if Jia Lan succeeds in the future, her situation will be turned upside down.

After some thinking, Wang Xifeng really paid attention to Jia She and Jia Lian from the bottom of her heart. At the same time, it also changed her attitude towards Wang Ren. She betrayed her Qiaojie, but never thought of Wang Ren's kindness to her.

Jia Lian hadn't returned yet, and his actions in the south of the Yangtze River had caused many conflicts among the people in the mansion. Although Wang Xifeng was in charge of the house, but the younger generation, the old lady and the second room were cold for several days, and their faces were watched for several days.Ping'er complained about Jia pardoning Jia Lian many times in front of him, but she dismissed them lightly.

When Jia Lian returned to Beijing, he was immediately invited to the old lady for interrogation. "Second Master Lian, the old lady, the eldest master, the eldest wife, the second master, the second wife, as well as Master Zhen and Master Rong from the East Mansion are all waiting for you at the old lady's place." A Xiaosi who came to pick up Jia Lian at the pier said Jia Lian thought about it, smiled and said to Jia Qiang, "Brother Qiang, don't go back to the mansion, come with me."

"Lian'er, why did you expel the clansmen and send them to officials." The old lady asked seriously.

"Returning to the old lady, the grandson is about to report this matter. It is not the grandson who wronged them. It is really the Jinling people who are too disrespectful. They ruin other people's families and rob people's daughters in the street, killing people. The family is notorious, Brother Qiang checked it out, please old ladies, masters, and wives to take a look." Jia Lian said.

"It's absurd, the descendants are unworthy, the ancestors are ashamed, and death is not a pity." Jia Zheng said directly when he saw the Jinling people doing such evil.

"It's not counting that the third house and the eighth house oppressed outsiders, but they didn't even let the clansmen off, not to mention the greed for the clan property, but they actually bullied the clansmen because of personal enmity. Our Jia family actually had people who were forced to death. It's really hateful." Jia Qiang added .

"Is this true?" The old lady looked at the brochure and secretly scolded the three and eight for being stupid.

"Don't dare to lie to the old lady. There are real evidences for these things. Speaking of which, this trip to the south of the Yangtze River made my grandson lose face. My grandson went to visit the prefect of Jinling. I really have no face to protect the clansmen, so I asked Qiang'er to investigate. I didn't expect to find out these dirty things. I have lived in the capital for a long time in Rongning and Ningfu, and I seldom return to the south. We." Jia Lian also explained his difficulties to everyone.

"Lian'er did the right thing. Such an unworthy descendant is not worthy of being a member of my Jia family." Before anyone else could speak, the upright Jia Zheng would definitely arrive.

"Good boy, I was confused and blamed you." The old lady said with a smile, to save the boss from making trouble again.

"Old lady, now that the matter has been clarified, Lian'er and the others are not at fault, they have been exhausted all the way, if there is nothing else, let the two of them go back to rest." Jia She said.

"Wait a minute, it's recorded that 30 million taels of silver was confiscated from the house. Why is there no record of where to go? Can I bring it back?" Mrs. Wang looked at the ledger and said, now that she is building a family-saving villa. The silver is available, and now there is another sum, why doesn't she ask where it is going.

"My wife doesn't mention this, but I also want to say that the two or three hundred thousand taels of silver have already gone. One is to compensate the sufferer, a total of 30 taels of silver is used, and the other is to buy Hui family property, which costs 10 taels Two taels of silver, and a family property. I asked someone to set aside 8000 taels of silver to buy it back. Speaking of this, I even sent someone to invite Aunt Xue." Jia Lian said with a smile, "Sanfang is so bold that he secretly embezzled the family. The public property is not counted, and the sacrifice land bought by the great-grandfather was sold. I checked, and now it is under the name of the Xue family. Aunt Xue was invited to come and buy it back with money. They are all relatives, and Aunt Xue must be willing. Yes." Jia Lian's words slapped the ladies of the Wang family present in the face. "The third is to give the Lin family 5 taels of silver."

"The Lin family, which Lin family?" the old lady asked in surprise.

"Of course it's Uncle Lin's Lin family. Although Uncle has gone, the Lin family is our relatives. We can't covet things from the relatives' family, so I asked someone to make up 20 taels of silver." Jia Lian deliberately concealed , Mrs. Wang knew the incident, and felt uneasy.

"Why do you need to supply the Lin family?" Jia's mother asked. Last time Jia Lian brought back more than 100 million taels of silver, did the Lin family know about it?

Jia Lian carefully glanced at Mrs. Wang and said: "Before I took care of my uncle's family property, I made a document promising to return the Lin family's family property to the Lin family. Later, the family was pressed hard, so I asked Zhou Rui to take someone to do it. When I went to visit the prefect of Jinling, the magistrate mentioned this matter, and only then did I know that the Lin family had pooled up 20 taels of silver to buy back the family property. The transaction certificates were all in place, and the grandson went to the Lin family to verify that there was indeed such a thing, so he acted on his own initiative. 20 taels of silver was given to the Lin family, and people said that our family embezzled the property of relatives for no reason, and the money we brought was useful, so I moved the 10 taels of silver that I confiscated from the house, and took 5 taels from the Zhen family. I also borrowed another 5 taels of silver from the Zhen family, and then sent it to the Lin family. These are the account books and proofs, please check the old ladies and gentlemen." Although Jia Lian did not explicitly say that the second wife ordered Zhou Run to embezzle , but this meaning is revealed inside and outside the words.

"Old lady, Zhou Rui was so bold this week that he dared to embezzle 20 taels of silver by deceiving others. I just don't know if it was his own audacity or someone instructed him." Mrs. Xing said pointingly. Zheng said his face was flushed, and he gave Mrs. Wang a hard look.Mrs. Wang didn't notice, she hated Zhou Rui in her heart, this dog slave only gave her 10 taels of silver as a filial piety when he came back from Jiangnan, and he embezzled half of it.

"Let Zhou Rui come in for questioning." Jia Amnesty ordered.

"Boss, Zhou Rui cheated and embezzled money. The evidence is convincing. Just kick the whole family out." The old lady said immediately, unable to get to the bottom of it, knowing in her heart that it was the second daughter-in-law's idea again.

"Old lady, the shortfall of the 20 taels of silver?" Jia Lian asked, he would not bear the debt of 20 taels of silver.

"You take someone to search Zhou Rui's house right now, and tell me when you come back, Zhen'er, Rong'er, Qiang'er, I showed you a joke today, the slaves are daring, you go back and check it out." Jia Lian, Jia Zhen, father and son, and Wang Xifeng were all sent away.

"You and I know what happened to the old lady, the second child, and the Lin family. For the sake of the empress, I won't pursue it, but you must make up for the 20 taels of silver, otherwise I don't mind sending Zhou Rui away." Official, let Ying Tianfu know all about it." Jia Amnesty said firmly.

As soon as Jia Lian arrived in the capital, he didn't take a rest, and even led people to work for a whole day. They searched Zhou Rui's house, which was very fruitful. They found 5 taels of silver notes, four fields, five shops, and the most important thing was that they were found in a secret room. Several boxes, including treasures sealed in the treasury, Jia Lian's mother's dowry, and Mrs. Wang's dowry, slapped Mrs. Wang in the face.

Jia Lian naturally collected some of these things that were found, and the items were all returned to the treasury. The rest amounted to less than 8 taels of silver, and the remaining 12 taels needed to be made up by the second wife.

After the others withdrew, the old lady ordered the second lady to kneel down, "You stupid woman, you don't want to embarrass your mother, but you always bring trouble to your mother. Tell me, what are you doing? Let the boss If you have caught the evidence, if you hadn't given birth to a concubine, the old woman will definitely ask the second child to divorce you and go back, and within three days, you will make up 12 taels of silver."

"Old lady, the daughter-in-law made a mistake, but the daughter-in-law really can't afford it. Although the empress is a concubine, the cost is also high. The day before yesterday, I had someone send 5 taels of silver to the empress, plus the flowers for the family's villa. The daughter-in-law's size is running out, and the daughter-in-law has to plan for Baoyu." Madam Wang cried.

"Forget it, first take 10 taels of silver from Miss Lin's dowry, and make up for the remaining 2 taels of silver yourself." The old lady looked at Mrs. Wang for a long time and said.

The reason why the old lady said this was not that she had no silver in her hand, but that she reminded Madam Wang of Daiyu's benefits in a disguised form.The second daughter-in-law now has the support of her mother, if she firmly disagrees, she can't force it.

Let’s say that Zhou Rui’s house was ransacked, he was beaten forty times and thrown to Zhuangzi, and soon he died of illness. Without the support of the Rongguo Mansion, Leng Zixing’s antique shop could not survive. All the culprits were attributed to Zhou Rui's daughter, who was tortured to death not long after.