Enemies in the Red Chamber

With Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's departure, the Rongguo Mansion felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured into a pot of boiling water, and it felt instantly calm.

It was in this peaceful environment that Jia Amnesty suddenly showed his power.Before Jia Lian left, he already had an idea and had been preparing for it.Anyway, in Jia She's heart, apart from Jia Lian, who still has some status, the rest of Yingchun Jia Cong and Mrs. Xing are all objects, not as expensive as the stones in the room, and they have never thought about their future in the mansion. how to live.

First, I found the old department that used to follow the old man. These people have been aggrieved since the death of the old man, and even their children and grandchildren have followed suit.From the old lady down to Wang Xifeng, who were in charge of the inner house, none of them could see them. Jia Amnesty was confused, Jia Zheng only talked about the ancients with some Qing people and never paid any attention to them. Jia Lian didn't take them seriously at all.Now that Jia She is going to use these people, they only give a little sweetness and they all follow Jia She's lead.Then I took my own posts to the yamen, looked through the files and searched for private property. Originally, Jia Amnesty just wanted to break the arms of the Wang family and the old lady. Killing people also ransacked their homes to make a fortune, so they worked harder.

Finally, everything was ready, and Jia Amnesty made a bold move.He ordered the old men who had been on the battlefield to guard the gates of the mansion with their sons and grandsons, and he led a group of people to copy the homes of the slaves. Those slaves who had lost face in the past were tied up with hemp rope one by one and thrown to Jia Amnesty. At the door of the outer study room, he was tied to a bench and beat until he was killed.Standing at the door of the newly opened black oil gate are the soldiers of the old country with big sticks and big knives. In the eyes of the servants on this day, they are more terrifying than the Palace of Hades.

Baoyu, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Jia Huan, Jia Cong and Jia Lan of the younger generation were all detained in the dome by the old lady and looked after by Li Wan.Tanchun couldn't sit still, and kept walking up and down, "People outside have not copied it, but my family has copied it."Baoyu said for a while, "I knew those women were not good, and they deserved to be copied", and at the same time, he said, "Isn't it good to live a good life and be beautiful, what's the point of being so frivolous?"The rest of the people did not speak.On the other hand, Yingchun, although he hadn't seen Jia Cong many times in the past, now he sat down next to him, and comforted him softly when he saw that he was scared.Seeing this, Jia Huan unconsciously showed envy in his eyes. He glanced at Tanchun and then at Baoyu resentfully.Jia Lan leaned against Li Wan, comforting Li Wan silently. Seeing his son like this, Li Wan's tense heart relaxed a little.Let's make a fuss, as long as it's not a major crime of treason, even if you make a fuss in the Golden Luan Hall, it doesn't have much to do with yourself and Lan'er, it's fine without the uncle.

Madam Xing was already paralyzed with fright, and when she was carried to the old lady's place, she couldn't speak well. The old lady wanted to ask her if she knew about it, but when she saw her like that, she just put her aside.You don't even know what your own man wants to do, trash!

Mrs. Wang kept asking the old lady what to do, but the old lady was upset and she didn't know what to do.The boss is thick-skinned and not afraid of embarrassment, but they are afraid of hitting a mouse and hurting the jade bottle.The old lady also understands that on weekdays it looks like the old Feng Jun is saying the same thing, but in fact it is the sons and grandchildren who give face, and now the boss does not give face, then she is nothing, and she has to help the boss cover it up.At this moment, both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law regret letting Jia Lian and his wife go away, and the old man still has scruples about keeping them in the mansion.

"Where is your second master, why haven't you come back? Yuanyang, you go to remind me again!"

Yuanyang replied in a tearful tone: "Old lady, the elder has placed someone at the gate of our courtyard, and he cannot get out."

The old lady was so angry that she scolded the wicked, and walked out holding the hands of Mrs. Wang and Yuanyang, "I want to see who dares to stop me!"

Watching at the gate of the old lady's courtyard were the old man's two elders in the army and their sons and grandchildren. After the two came back from the war, they were squeezed into a corner by the Lai family. It's a little better than Jiaoda's situation in Dongfu.The old lady still recognized them, shed tears on the spot, and accused: "You are all old people who used to follow the old man, how can you mess around with the old man and ruin the family business that the old man has worked so hard to build? So, after a hundred years, there will still be more people." Face to face with the old master?"

The old man hadn't spoken yet, but the juniors following him had already sneered. Although they didn't overstep and contradict their master, their dissatisfaction was clearly expressed.Yuanyang blurted out "Bold!" The boy behind him sneered and said: "This sister is so decent! After all, my sister is just a girl from the door family, and my grandfather and father are just guarding the house. Compared with the hard work of blocking the knife? Why is my sister wearing gold and silver is more noble than the young lady, but my sister has to clean the toilet all day long? Why is your father like a master in Jinling, even the magistrate? I have to give him three points of sympathy. My uncle's illness is not good. Can he die? Your brother and sister-in-law lead a good job, and our family will have to work for nothing and be bullied? Am I bold? We have a chance to survive, why am I not bold? The old man is gone, the eldest son is the eldest son, and it is justifiable to inherit the family business, and now I am doing things according to the order of the elder, why should I not be bold?!" Yuanyang was blocked by a single sentence Live, can no longer speak.

Mrs. Wang said: "It turns out that I think the master has treated you badly, and the rebellion is coming!"

The two old men knelt down and kowtowed three times to the old lady, sighed and said: "That is the second wife, I usually heard that the second wife is charitable and worthy of being the mother of a noble concubine, but now I see that the name is not worthy of the name. The old lady should not blame us , There is really no way, we people are old and useless, we thought it would be like this for the rest of our lives, but it is hard for the old man to remember to use it. Since there is an opportunity, we must always fight for our children and grandchildren, earn a future, Don't let them starve to death. Besides, what the old man does is not necessarily ruining the family business. According to the old slaves, this is the act of building a family. After all, this family belongs to the old man, but it is just signed by a few people. A bonded servant, the old lady just does what the old lady wants!"

The old lady fell on her back in anger, pointed at them tremblingly for a long time, and finally uttered a sentence: "That's all, let him go!" Turned back.

Mrs. Wang stared anxiously and had no choice but to hope that Jia Zheng would come back quickly to stop Jia from pardoning that lunatic.

Over there, Jia Amnesty copied Zhou Rui, Wang Xin, Wang Shanbao, Yu Xin, Wu Xindeng, and several other very prominent families, regardless of their relatives, and copied the Bai family (Yu Chuan'er's family), Ye family (Ming Yan's family) and so on. , Li's family (Bao*'s mother's family) and other well-connected families, the rest are temporarily ignored.In the end, he led a mighty group of people and went straight to Lai Shangrong's mansion.Lai Shangrong is an official, and when he heard the head of the family came to welcome him, who knew that Jia Amnesty didn't talk nonsense with him at all, so he was pushed aside, and then a group of rough envoys went to the inner house to bring the serious daughter-in-law to a courtyard Go, the concubine's room and the house are no longer in charge, and like a hungry wolf rushing to eat, they rolled up their sleeves and copied everything from the inside to the outside.In the end, she also tied up Nanny Lai, Lai Da, and Lai Da's daughter-in-law, and told Lai Shangrong, "A slave who has no master in his eyes, today, my lord, I took away your parents and grandma in the name of being greedy for the property of Mo's master." , if you have the guts to go to the Yamen and sue your family’s old master” and walk away.

Lai Shangrong didn't have the guts, so he hurriedly went to Jia Zheng for an explanation, but he couldn't find it for a while.I wanted to ask to see the old lady, but the person I sent was beaten up and came back, saying that the old man had sent people to guard all the doors, and there were people standing under the lower courtyard wall, and they couldn't get in or out at all.

In the end, when Jia Zheng came slowly, the scene had come to an end.All the men whose homes were ransacked were beaten to death, and the women were beaten half to death. Even Lai Da and Lai Da's wife were not spared.The only one who was better was Mammy Lai, who was not beaten, but it was a pity that she only breathed out but not breathed in.Seeing my son and daughter-in-law being beaten, I was terrified.

Jia Zheng looked at the Rongguo Mansion being so disturbed by Jia Amnesty, his face was blue and purple, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.When I saw the old lady, the tears I hadn't seen for many years came to light again.

The old lady asked Jia Amnesty in a deadpan voice, "Are you satisfied with the trouble?"

Jia Amnesty still looked foolish, squinting his eyes and replied, "Is there any dissatisfaction with this? My son and daughter-in-law have been run over by others, so what are you afraid of? What's there to be afraid of?" He got up and wanted to leave.Anyway, it's okay here, it's better to go back and count the money and share the spoils.

Yingchun didn't know where the courage came from, and dragged the little transparent Jia Cong out of the seat, her legs and hands were trembling, and she called Jia She "Father" in a trembling voice.

Yingchun knew in her heart that she was the daughter of the elder after all, and after today's disturbance, the old lady had completely lost her place here.The eldest wife is stupid and can't talk in the inner house. After Sister Feng left, there will be no many people. The second wife has the final say in the inner house. If you want to live a good life, only the elder can rely on you.Even if being with the old man and the others might hinder their reputation, how much reputation can the three girls in this mansion have outside?Now that I have reached my age, I know it. I have never heard of anyone coming to propose marriage.Go and see for a while.So I dared to call my father, thinking about taking a gamble, it would be best if the old man took care of it, and if not, I would accept my fate.

Fortunately, Yingchun made a bet.Maybe Jia She was in a good mood at the moment, heard it, and turned around.Looking at Yingchun and Jia Cong suspiciously, Yingchun dragged Jia Cong to look at Jia Amnesty expectantly.

Jia Shen seems to have just realized that there is a daughter and a son, "Oh! You two also follow me back to the garden behind our horse shed. I can still take care of your food. I don't have to stand here to watch other people's faces. .” He waved his hands and led his son and daughter away, leaving Mrs. Xing to accept the anger of the old lady and Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Xing thought that her companion was also beaten to death and injured by the elder, and she wanted to die.

Jia Amnesty walked to the door, turned around and left a sentence to Jia Zheng: "There are so many people who died today, if the second master is fine, you can go to the yamen to report the head count and pay the money. You can spend whatever you want in the treasury. It doesn't matter if you take my post. "

Jia Zheng almost didn't come up in one breath.The person you killed me still asked me to sweep your tail for you?It's so deceiving!

At this point, after Jia Amnesty pulled out the bottom line, the big pot of boiling water in Rongguo Mansion was truly calmed down.Even Yuan Chun's successive rewards did not cause much splash.