Wang Xifeng's Rebirth [Red Mansion]

Walking out of Jia She's study, out of the black oil gate of the east courtyard, and into his own courtyard, Wang Xifeng finally felt a long-lost sense of relief.

Since she was reborn and returned, although she tried her best to live her life well, there was always a big rock in her heart.The Rongguo Mansion was afraid that they would not be able to escape the day when the family would be ransacked and exterminated, but she wanted to take her husband, children, and even those she wanted to save to escape.Bisheng, with her ability, it is impossible to be perfect.But now, the problem is finally thrown to Jia She, and she can finally have a good night's sleep.

Having said that, Wang Xifeng is not so big-hearted that he really puts everything aside and goes to sleep.Maybe Jia Amnesty was able to get Dafang out of Rongguo Mansion safely under such stimulation, but what about after that?

When staying in the Rongguo Mansion, there may be many inconveniences, the future may be gloomy, and there may even be the possibility of being assassinated anytime and anywhere, but there is one benefit that even Wang Xifeng cannot deny.

save money.

Daily eating, drinking, chewing, monthly silver, seasonal clothes, daily house maintenance, human relations, as well as various rewards during festivals and festivals, as well as the expenses of the servants, are all from the public. out.Don't underestimate this sum of expenditure. It may be considered that each sum is very small, but together it is really not a small sum.Wang Xifeng made a rough estimate. It would take at least 500 yuan a year for her small courtyard alone, with two big, two small, four masters, four big maids, two nurses, and a dozen or so little maids. two silver.

It is estimated that the cost of the east courtyard is only a lot more.Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Xing, plus two girls, and Cong'er, have more servants than her yard. Because the yard is bigger and there is a small garden, the maintenance cost is more. I'm afraid it will cost thousands of taels of silver.

However, if the big house really moved out, there would be no need to spend so much money.

Wang Xifeng called Zijuan to set up a pen and paper, stayed alone on the kang in the inner room, and began to calculate the accounts.

My own family does not need so much ostentation to live, and the servants must also be reduced by at least half.At that time, it would be affordable to buy a courtyard house with a garden in Beijing.Let the men do business in the front, and the main courtyard gave Jia an amnesty, so it should be the current Eastern courtyard.The courtyard at the back is naturally her territory, and a small garden, where sister Qiao and brother Rong can have fun in their free time.

The problem of the house is both easy and difficult to deal with. It is said that as long as you have money, it is not difficult to buy a suitable house.But sometimes, it is really not possible to buy a house that suits your heart with money, especially the small houses that Wang Xifeng bought secretly before are all the kind of small houses that are only suitable for her small family.

Therefore, the top priority now is to order someone to look at a good house with the right size and location.

In addition to the house, such as a reliable family nursing home, it is also very important.On her side, there are quite a few maids and women, but there are not many young servants, and most of them were taken away by Jia Lian.On the other side of the east courtyard, there are more servants than here, but if they really move out, the number of servants who will serve them can be reduced a lot, but the number of guards outside will increase a lot.

There is also the re-establishment of public account rooms, warehouses, large kitchens, sewing rooms, washing places, sweeping and so on.You know, whether it is Wang Xifeng's courtyard or the east courtyard, they seem to have all internal organs, but in fact they still rely on Rongguo Mansion everywhere.Once you leave, you have to start all over again.

Simply, even if everything was overturned and started anew, Wang Xifeng would still enjoy it.

After being busy for a long time, Wang Xifeng finally figured out a clue.Then he called Feng'er to her, gave her a letter of silver, and said, "There's nothing to do now, just go out and see your relatives outside, and then make a detour to Ping'er. Give her this letter of silver, and tell her to look after a house for me."

At that moment, Wang Xifeng explained her requirements for the house in detail.This so-called visit abroad was an excuse. Feng Er knew that it must be an important matter for Wang Xifeng to let her go out, so she just listened carefully and memorized it. After Wang Xifeng finished speaking, she repeated it again, see? Even if I missed it, I took the money and prepared to go out early in the morning.

After Feng'er was sent away, Wang Xifeng called Zijuan to him again, but asked Zijuan to bring all the gift slips sent by the previous families, and carefully checked the daily accounts of Rongguo Mansion for any omissions and where Chu couldn't remember clearly, but he looked determined to make a fortune before he left.

However, as the year approached, the affairs of the Rongguo Mansion were really complicated. Even if Wang Xifeng wanted to make money, he had to devote all his energy to managing the house.

When Wang Xifeng was busy spinning around, the maidservant in front of Mrs. Xing came to her to say a word.

'Make a list of the Zhuangzi and profitable shops in Rongguo Mansion according to the harvest and income, and only those in Beijing. '

When she first heard these words, Wang Xifeng was stunned for a while and couldn't recover.It's not that she looks down on Mrs. Xing, it's because of Mrs. Xing's ability... Even if she writes it, can she understand it?However, soon Wang Xifeng came to his senses, although it was Madam Xing's servant girl who came to deliver the message, it may not be that Madam Xing really ordered the words.At that moment, Wang Xifeng fully agreed, and after staying up for two days and one night, he listed all the Rongguo Mansion's properties in Beijing, according to their value and income, and listed in detail a long list.He also ordered Zicuckoo to take some supplements and send them to the east courtyard on the grounds of visiting a sick person.

Wang Xifeng thought that Jia She asked her to ask for the list of Zhuangzi and shops only to verify the income of various places over the years, but she couldn't see that Jia She was quite cautious, even if she was as convincing as she said before, she never Believe it all.For this, Wang Xifeng didn't feel annoyed at all, on the contrary, she became more relieved.It doesn't matter if you are wary, at least Jia She seems to be much more reliable than Jia Lian.

However, Wang Xifeng miscalculated one thing.She thought that Jia She would be like her, with the goal of leading everyone in the big house to escape, but in fact, Jia She had to do more than that.

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In the study room of the east courtyard, Jia She looked at the accounts and supplements that had just been delivered, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and said, "Send the supplements to Mrs. Xing. Also, tell Mrs. Xing that I will limit her to recover within five days. In addition, give her one more day to sell all the Yingying and Yanyan in the room."

Mrs. Xing fell ill that night after she was startled into a cold sweat by Wang Xifeng a few days ago, and then threatened and threatened by Jia She.Because Jia She was busy with various affairs, he really didn't bother to take care of her, but then he thought that if things were really done, then everything would need to be taken care of.On the other hand, Jia Amnesty didn't have many people who could use him, and he couldn't let his confidants do things about the backyard.Wang Xifeng is capable, but after all, she and the first two children are both young, and it was Jia's mother who valued Wang Xifeng before, so she let her be the housekeeper, but in Jia She's opinion, regardless of how useless Mrs. Things should be done by Mrs. Xing.

Therefore, there are Jia She's words now.As for the common rooms in the sale house, it was entirely because there were too many things to do next. Jia She felt that he should simply sell them all, so as to save a bunch of people from huddling in there. Also makes.

This word quickly reached Mrs. Xing's ears. Although it was said that it would be good within five days, it sounded a little unreliable, but Mrs. Xing did not dare to question it, so she called the doctor in again on the same day and prescribed a new prescription , took two doses, and sweated fiercely in the room.After only two days, Mrs. Xing recovered. It took another day to call Ren Yazi to the east courtyard, and sold all the concubines in Jia She's house.

With such a big commotion in the east courtyard, the Rongguo Mansion naturally got the news.Mother Jia first called Wang Xifeng over to ask questions, but when she saw that she didn't know what to ask, and then heard that Mrs. Xing had recovered from her illness, she simply called Mrs. Xing to her and asked her carefully.

Madam Xing naturally couldn't ask questions like Wang Xifeng, but since Jia She ordered her to do this matter, even if she was the one who actually sold it, she still had the confidence to tell it.

"Old lady, it's the old man. He's tired of those housemaids, and it's almost the Chinese New Year, so he simply sold them all and bought new ones after the Chinese New Year."

This reason is quite far-fetched, but the problem is, Mrs. Xing said so confidently, Jiamu is also very helpless.Vaguely, Mother Jia always felt that the atmosphere in the house was a bit strange recently, and Mrs. Xing's sudden display of femininity in the east courtyard could only be regarded as one of the strange things.But in the final analysis, it was just a trivial matter. Jia Amnesty himself never objected, and Jia's mother at most advised him to be tolerant and not jealous, and there was nothing else he could do.

But after Mrs. Xing left, Mother Jia felt more and more weird as she thought about it, as if something big was about to happen.After thinking about it, Jia Mu couldn't help but said to Yuanyang: "Yuanyang, how peaceful is our house recently?"

"If you meet the old lady, everything is fine in our house, we just wait for Second Master Lian and Miss Lin to come back, so that we can have a reunion year together."

Before Qin Keqing's funeral, Zhao'er, Jia Lian's servant, came back once.He only said that Lin Ruhai was gone, and that Jia Lian took Lin Daiyu to Suzhou, the ancestral home of the Lin family, for the funeral, and said that he would be back by the end of the year.It is now the end of November, and it will take a few days for Jia Lian to bring Lin Daiyu back to Beijing.

"Well, it's good to be back." Mother Jia nodded absent-mindedly, and then asked as if thinking of something, "Did you hear that there is something wrong with She'er recently?"

Yuanyang shook her head and said, "Aside from the eldest wife selling maids, there is no other business."

"Never... Oh, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have told Xi'er about it. I didn't want to vent my anger for me. Instead, it made me nervous. Xi'er's child was spoiled by my mother-in-law since he was a child. He just looks like he hasn’t been on the house for three days. When he grows up, I thought he would be more sensible, but the result is getting worse. Now that he is over half a century old, I am always worried that he will do nothing. Something went wrong."

However, Yuanyang couldn't answer these words.

Jia's mother had only two sons and one daughter in her life. The daughter died young, but the two sons were very troubled.Jia Amnesty didn't need to say more, as soon as Mother Jia remembered what happened that night, she felt that she must have been confused at that time, and she planned to ask Jia Amnesty to help her vent her anger.In the end, he didn't get angry, but he was so frightened that three souls lost two and a half souls.Fortunately, nothing happened afterwards, otherwise Jia's mother would definitely regret it and wish she could strangle herself to death.As for Jia Zheng, he looked good at first, but now he is focused on his own future. Knowing that Mrs. Wang is disrespectful to her, she just turns a deaf ear to it, which makes Jia's mother feel extremely chilling more than once.

"That's all, it's life!"

Seeing that it was not too early, Mother Jia ordered to wash up, intending to take an early rest.As for the greeting at night, it's okay to skip it.But before Yuanyang gave her orders, a little maid hurried in from outside and said, "The Eldest Master is here."

Yuanyang was taken aback for a moment, and immediately informed Mother Jia.Although Jia's mother planned to take a rest earlier, she was not really tired. After hearing this, she was afraid that Jia Amnesty would do something wrong again, so she hurriedly called someone in.

"Son pays respects to mother. I wonder if mother has had dinner?"

"Yes." Seeing that he didn't seem to know about Mrs. Xing's departure, Jia Mu asked, "Where did you come from?"

"I just came back from outside, and I came here in a hurry because I was thinking about my mother." Jia She replied.

"Is there something wrong?"

Naturally there was something to do, or in other words, Jia Amnesty was a typical example of not going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Once he took the initiative to visit, he would not only be able to take it with him if he had something to do, but he was going to make a big move.But Jia She stood up straight and looked at the mandarin duck again.Seeing this, Yuanyang hurriedly looked at Jiamu, then bowed and retreated.

As soon as the mandarin ducks left, only Jia Mu and Jia She's mother and son were left in the inner room. Jia Mu said, "Shei'er, if you have something to say, talk about it. There is nothing we can't talk about between mother and son. Sit down first." "

"Mother, what you said is very true." Jia She forced a smile, and sat down on the lower chair according to Jia Mu's wishes, and said, "My son came here specially, besides paying respects to mother, there is also a The matter is unclear, and I hope that you, mother, can clear up the confusion for your son."

"What's the matter?"

"It has been more than a hundred years since our grandfather started in our house. In the past hundred years, the house has experienced a lot of big and small things. Take the incident in Yangzhou, Gusu as an example. I remember that we My family was lucky enough to pick me up."

Mother Jia came here to look for her because of Jia Amnesty, because she really had something important to do, but when she heard this, she was confused and couldn't figure it out for a while.Therefore, Jia's mother just nodded slightly, confirming that this was indeed the case.

"At that time, I was still young, and I don't remember many things very clearly. But I still remember one thing. At that time, our family was spending money like running water in order to pick up the driver. I guess Come on, let’s say there are millions of taels, right?” Jia She stroked his goatee with a hint of a half-smile.

In fact, at this moment, Mother Jia had vaguely guessed that Jia She was coming from a bad person, but Jia She hadn't made it clear, and after a while, Mother Jia really couldn't figure out what was going on in Jia She's heart. , so he simply pulled his face down and asked: "Xie'er, what exactly do you want to say? How many years ago did the old Huangli pick up the car? Why mention it?" He said in his heart, could it be Jia She Heard the rumors outside, but don't plan to revise the Provincial Hospital?If that's the case, maybe she, an old woman, would have to try to persuade her.Although Yuan Chun is the girl of the second room, the matter of visiting relatives is the glory of the entire Rongguo Mansion, and it must not be sloppy.

"Mother, my son just wants to remind you that our family still owes the Ministry of Households 100 million taels of silver."

"W-what?!" Jia Mu almost jumped up from the heated kang she was sitting on, and immediately put aside all the thoughts in her mind just now, and asked in a repeated voice, "Xie Er, what nonsense are you talking about?" ? When will our family owe..."

"Mom, did you remember?" Seeing Jia Mu talking, she stopped her mouth, and Jia Amnesty knew that Jia Mu had come to her senses.In fact, it's not a secret that the Rongguo Mansion owes money, but it's just because the time is too long, and at that time, it was specially approved by the Supreme Emperor, and it was still used for pick-up.Therefore, I am afraid that even the late Rong Guo Gong Jia Daishan did not realize that the debt owed should be repaid by his children and grandchildren.

Jia Mu didn't realize it before, but now she heard what Jia She said, but she slammed in her heart, and said: "The money owed is for a purpose, and the Supreme Emperor is the most holy, how can we let our family come?" Pay back this money? This is obviously..." It was used by the Supreme Emperor, but now this world belongs to today.

Gradually, Mother Jia also gradually understood, but her complexion became more and more ugly.

The reason here is really simple.Take the Rongguo Mansion as an example. For example, Jia Daishan had a good friend who borrowed a large sum of money from the Rongguo Mansion.But now, Jia Daishan is gone, and it's Jia Shen's turn to be the master.If Jia She insisted firmly and forced that person to immediately pay out the money to settle the debt, it would be both reasonable and moral.

It is a matter of course to kill people and pay debts. If the interest can be waived, people outside will say that the creditor is generous and merciful.As for where the money was spent, how could it be clear after so many years?

"Mother, what do you think about this matter?" Seeing that Jia's mother hadn't spoken for a long time, Jia Amnesty asked forcefully.

"The matter of owed money is true, but it is an old thing after all. Since the Supreme Emperor has not pursued it for many years, it is likely that he will not demand it now?" Jia Mu looked at Jia Amnesty with a look of hesitation on her face. , the tone was also full of uncertainty, "Xie'er, what do you mean?"

"The son just wants to tell his mother that there is definitely something about owed money, and the repayment of the money is also a certainty, but when and how to repay it has not yet been determined." I asked someone to go to the household department to check.Of course, he was not stupid enough to directly mention the Rongguo Mansion, but turned around and said that the four major families and the Jiangnan Zhen family.Fortunately, this matter was not a secret in the first place, and now nothing is known, it can only be said that it has been going on for too long, and everything will be clear after looking through the files.

Jia Daishan, Duke of Rongguo, owed 100 million taels of silver.

Hearing this, Jia Amnesty almost didn't let go of his anger directly.The only fortunate thing is that the Jiangnan Zhen family owes 180 million taels of silver.As for the other three families, the Wang family and the Shi family also owe money, but the Xue family's accounts are clean.

But even so, Jia Amnesty didn't feel much better.Just think about it, if only the Rongguo Mansion owes money, then they can share some money with the other families.As a result, all the troubled brothers and sisters owed a whole lot of debt, and the Xue family, the only one that didn't owe any money, was targeted by Mrs. Wang again. Jia Amnesty thought for a long time, and finally gave up his dream of making money in the Xue family's pocket.

"Xie'er, what do you mean?" At this moment, if Jia's mother can't figure out what Jia She is thinking, she has lived her life in vain, and said coldly, "You want money again. Is it? This time, are you targeting Gongzhong? You have to understand that this Rongguo Mansion will be yours sooner or later, why bother to stick to the family property right now?"

Jia She laughed, but it took a while before he said: "Mother, let's not mention the debt, the left and right household departments have not pressed for it, and our family does not need to rush to pay back the money. There are other things. , the son wants to have a good talk with his mother."

This time, Jia Amnesty didn't wait for Mother Jia to open her mouth again, and said all the news she had found in the past few days, like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

Speaking of it, it was also thanks to Wang Xifeng's reminder, otherwise Jia Amnesty would not have noticed that Rongguo Mansion had already become an empty shell.In fact, the income of Rongguo Mansion is still quite large, not to mention the ancestral property of Jinling, but only in this capital, there are many Zhuangzi and shops, and the annual income is at least 1 taels.It's a pity, when Jia Amnesty checked it carefully, he was shocked to find that no matter how much money he received, the Rongguo Mansion didn't have a half of the balance.

Mrs. Wang's chaperone Zhou Rui was in charge of renting the house in Spring and Autumn, while Jia Mu's chaperone Lai Da was in charge of the income from the shop in Jingli.These two items should be the largest and most stable income, but the former's harvest is often [-] to [-]% less than that of the same Zhuangzi in Beijing, while the latter is even more powerful, often four or five prosperous shops are not as good as Jia She I have a profit from my own shop on hand.

If there is no problem here, Jia Amnesty would dare to wring his own head off!

In addition, the relationship between people in the mansion is also very problematic.Of course, Mrs. Wang's methods are good, and the rituals and annual gifts sent to the various prefectures over the years are also unmistakable.The problem here refers to communication.

The so-called human relations, of course, there are "going" and "coming".It is also indecent to come and not to go, unless it is given to Shangfeng, otherwise the other party will definitely return a similar gift.As for birthday celebrations, congratulations, etc., other people's homes have them, and their Rongguo Mansion also has them. Even if there are slight differences, in general, they should be the same.

However, the real situation is that all the gifts given to other people's families come from the public warehouse.However, the other party's return gifts were all intercepted by Erfang.

The reasons are so diverse that it is jaw-dropping.

For example, Wang's family is Mrs. Wang's natal family, so all the annual rituals belong to Mrs. Wang.Li Ji Restaurant is Li Wan's natal family, but Li Wan has never been in charge of the family and is young, so the annual rituals still belong to Mrs. Wang's custody.There are also historians, because Jia Mu is old and ignores everything, so Mrs. Wang still keeps it.As for Jia Zheng's classmates, colleagues, friends, disciples, etc., in short, those who went out all went from the public, and those who came back all went into the second room's pocket.

That's not to mention, Jia Amnesty only found out after a careful investigation that the family had presented Jia Zheng's Shangfeng with great gifts every year.Of course, it is still from the public.Another example is Jia Zheng’s purchase of various ancient books every year, famous inkstones and famous inks, and even the expenses of the supporters...

The fuck is all going to Gongzhong! ! !

Jia She felt that now he was able to stand in front of Jia's mother completely naked, and break up with her in a good voice, which has proved how well-bred he is.God knows, just after he knew these details, he wished he could rush to Rongxi Hall and strangle his bastard brother to death!

What kind of brothers and sisters, his younger brother has become like that, why are he still living in this world? !

"...Mom, what do you think?"

Resisting the strong killing intent, Jia Amnesty told Mother Jia everything he had found out these days.Not only did he never hide anything, but he also added fuel and vinegar.Of course, this was not his original intention. He really couldn't help it when he remembered that the money that should have belonged to him was all spent by that bastard brother Jia Zheng in those inexplicable places!

"What do I think? Shei'er, what are you talking about? We are a family, and our parents don't separate families, and as long as we don't separate families, it is of course the account of the public. You are the eldest brother, so naturally you have to cherish it." Brother." Jia Mu was so confused by Jia She's words that she couldn't recover for a while.In fact, she can't be blamed for this, it's because Jia Daishan has no biological brothers, and Jia's mother has been in charge of the family for decades, but she has never had such a personal experience.In her opinion, both of them are sons, who is it not flowers for?Why bother to distinguish so clearly?

Hehe, of course it's okay to give flowers to the sons, but flowers to the bastard brother...

Jia Amnesty said that his heart was about to shatter into powder.In the end, not only did his mother not understand him at all, but she felt that he was making trouble for no reason and didn't care about brotherhood?At this moment, Jia Amnesty didn't know whether to cry or laugh out loud.Thanks to his daughter-in-law, he has lived most of his life, and now he finally understands his importance in Jiamu's heart.

"Mother, I won't say much about the rest, let's separate."

"What did you say? You unfilial son, how dare you say such treasonous words? I'm not dead yet, how dare you clamor to divide the family? Just because your brother's family spent the money from the public? You, you, you ..." Jia Mu was so angry that she could hardly sit still.

"Mother, don't be angry, at least listen to what I have to say." Jia She said with a sneer, "It's a separation, but it's not letting the second brother go, but me!"

Mother Jia stopped trembling, but stared at Jia Amnesty as if she had seen a ghost, with an expression of disbelief all over her face, and she was in a daze for a long time without finding something to say.

For a while, Jia Amnesty only had a sneer on his face, while Jia Mu sat on the heated kang with straight eyes, and the room was silent.

After a long time, finally, Jia Mu couldn't bear it any longer, full of uncertainty, Jia Mu asked, "Xie Er, what you just said is...you go?" Immediately, Jia Mu's complexion darkened, He shouted angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about again? Since ancient times, the heir to the family business has always been the eldest son of the eldest son. Even if I dote on Zheng'er more on weekdays, it is the parents who love the youngest son. Your nature, the person who inherits the family business, is you from the beginning to the end!"

"Yes, I am the one who inherits the family business from beginning to end." Jia Amnesty looked at Jia's mother coldly, not only was there no emotion in his eyes, but also revealed a biting coldness, "Son, dare you?" Ask mother, who will belong to mother's dowry and years of wealth in the future?"

"Presumptuous! Where is the son who is always thinking about his mother's dowry and caring for himself?" Jia's mother was furious, but unfortunately, Jia She was even more angry than her.

"Yes, no son would do such a thing. But let me ask, which mother would be so cruel? Even if you don't ask for the money owed by your ancestors, sooner or later, you will come to ask for it. At that time, even if it's not me Also, my sons and grandchildren will come to pay back. The ancestral property of the family, the corrupt and the greedy, the annual income is not enough for the people of our family to eat, drink and chew. It's worthless scraps of metal, and the accounts are all shortfalls." The more Jia She said, the angrier he became, his eyes began to turn red, and he said bitterly, "To put it bluntly, when the time comes, mother, your legs will be full. With a kick, I went to the sky comfortably. What about me? I have a title of first-class general, an empty Rongguo Mansion, a pile of deficits, and a million taels of silver owed to the Ministry of Households! I'm looking for Who is going to make sense? Find someone!!"

"You, you, you..." Jia's mother never thought that Jia She could even say something like kicking her legs. For a moment, she only felt a buzzing in her head and a tightness in her chest, so she couldn't be direct. Get over it.

"Mother, I don't want to quarrel with you, and I don't want to argue about whether you are biased. Just a word, do you divide this family? Give me an accurate sentence."

"What do you want?" Mother Jia supported the heating kang with one hand and covered her chest with the other, but she still struggled to speak.

Jia She sneered, and said: "The Rongguo Mansion belongs to my second brother, and all the messy things, including you, my mother, belong to him. But the land, village, and shop in our mansion don't matter whether they are gaining or losing money. I'm going to take [-]% of it."

Seeing Jia Mu's eyes widening in disbelief, Jia Amnesty added: "Mother, don't refuse in a hurry, let alone mentioning brotherhood to me. I'm stupid, and I don't have any I have read so many books, I just say a word, I want to separate, if you agree, everything is easy to talk about. If you don’t agree, I will go to the outside of the palace tomorrow, and I will report to the imperial court! Let the present judge and judge. There is no mansion where someone who inherited the title lives in the side courtyard, but let a fifth-rank official sit in the main courtyard as the uncle!!"

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One more.

Wang Xifeng: I thought my father-in-law would find a way to get Dafang out, but..._(:зゝ∠)_

Jia Amnesty: I'm dead!You all die with me! ! (╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻

Jia Mu: Is this a long time to see you or a ghost? QQ