The eldest son of the red mansion

Taoist Zhang said: "Are you sure?"

Jia's mother was not as optimistic as Jia Zheng, and asked Taoist Zhang, "Is there any change?"

Daoist Zhang said: "Don't worry, the eldest son is a potential dragon in the abyss now, just wait and see the changes, and when the Daolong Qi bursts out, the world will surely be determined by a single battle."

How did Daoist Zhang have such confidence?It should be because he compared Jia Ke's situation with the records of the ancestors of Qingxu Temple that he had seen, and found that Jia Ke's luck was unprecedented, and he must be foolproof.

When Daoist Zhang was smiling and thinking about the future with Jia Zheng, he suddenly felt a palpitation. For no reason, he remembered that the ancestors of the past dynasties mentioned in their notes many times that if they leaked the secrets, they would be sent by heaven, and they must be people with great luck. You can avoid it only by protecting each other.Without hesitation, he rushed towards Jia Zheng who was next to him. As soon as he threw Jia Zheng to the ground, he heard a thunder. I had to chop it a little crookedly to cut a hole in the ground next to it.

Looking at the hole in the ground, Jia's mother was dumbfounded, not knowing why.Only then did Taoist Zhang and Jia Zheng get up separately.

Mother Jia said eagerly, "What's going on? Why is there thunder in the house?"

Taoist Zhang got up and bowed to Jia Zheng to thank him: "Thank you, Mr. Zheng, for your protection." Then he turned to Mother Jia and said, "Today, too many secrets were revealed, so I was sent by heaven. Thankfully, Mr. Zheng is the elder brother's father, so I got his protection." Just escaped this disaster."

Jia's mother and Jia Zheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion, saying that it is true that heaven cannot be bullied.

Daoist Zhang was also lucky to have escaped, and Jia Mu and Jia Zheng wanted to say goodbye after talking for a while.Jia's mother asked Jia Zheng to send him back to the temple.As soon as Jia Zheng and Taoist Zhang came out of Jia Mu's room, they saw a puff of gray air flying from the sky, and this gray air penetrated into Taoist Zhang's body in an instant. Taoist Zhang yelled and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Jia Zheng hurriedly helped him into the room. Seeing this, Jia's mother dared to ask Taoist Zhang what was going on.

Jia Zheng let a puff of gray air into Zhang Daoshi's body just now, and Zhang Daoshi fell unconscious on the ground and told Jia's mother.

Daoist Zhang woke up after a while, only to feel that the source of cultivation in his body had all disappeared, decades of hard work had been destroyed, and he looked decades older than before.I couldn't help crying loudly and weeping bitterly.

Jia's mother and Jia Zheng saw Taoist Zhang's situation and knew that he still hadn't escaped the catastrophe.

Jia's mother stepped forward and said to Taoist Zhang: "You have suffered so much for the Jia family. My Jia family is a charitable and trustworthy family. I promise you three things, and I will never regret it."

Hearing what Jia Mu said, Taoist Zhang looked at Jia Mu as if grasping at straws and said, "The old lady's words are true, take it seriously." You must know that now he has lost all his mana, and there is nothing he can do if Jia Mu repents.

Jia's mother replied solemnly, "Really."

Only then did Taoist Zhang rest assured that with Jia's mother's words, there might not be a positive result in the future.

Jia's mother asked Jia Zheng to send Taoist Zhang Haosheng back to Qingxu Temple, and come back after settling down.

Jia Zheng personally helped Taoist priest Zhang go out. When he reached the second gate, he got into the car or walked through the west corner gate to leave Rongguo mansion.After a while, he returned to the view of the pure and empty.When they arrived at the temple, Taoist priests in Guannei panicked when they saw that Taoist priest Zhang was fine when he left, but he looked like this when he came back.Daoist Zhang, whose disciples were at a loss, was placed in the residence of the abbot (the abbot came from Taoism and was borrowed by Buddhism). In the end, only three disciples of Daoist Zhang remained.

Taoist Zhang pointed to these three people and said to Jia Zheng: "They have been learning Taoism with me for two to thirty years. If there is something to do in the future, let them do it." Then he said to the three people: "From now on, Master Jia's words will be mine. , be sure to obey his orders.”

Jia Zheng saw that Taoist Zhang had been settled, so he hurried back to the mansion to see Jia's mother for discussion, and then left.

After Jia Zheng left, Taoist Zhang's three disciples hurriedly asked the master what happened, and they became like this.

Taoist Zhang didn't answer, but just said to them: "From now on, you will be very close to the Jia family, so don't neglect it. In the future, when Jia Zheng wants to find you, he must do his best, and there must be no delay. Don't ask anything else. "After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes and stopped talking.After a while, I fell asleep.

Besides, Jia Zheng returned to Jia's mansion in a hurry, and then went to Jia's mother's courtyard. After a while, the window frame was restored to its original state.But there was still no one in the room, presumably she was sent away again by Mother Jia.

Grandma Lai was still guarding the door, and Jia Zheng went straight into Jia's mother's room without notifying her.

At this time, Jia Mu was lying crookedly on the soft couch. Jia Zheng came forward to say hello. Jia Mu opened her eyes and said to Jia Zheng, "Did Taoist Zhang send it back?"

Jia Zhenghui said: "It has been sent back to the temple. Nothing happened."

After Jia Zheng finished speaking, he asked Jia's mother eagerly: "Does my mother think Taoist Zhang is trustworthy?"

Jia's mother said calmly: "Daoist Zhang is your father's substitute, and my Jia family is as honorable and as honorable as my Jia family. I will not lie to us. Besides, you don't see how much backlash Taoist Zhang has suffered today. Thinking that this is God’s punishment to Taoist Zhang, He Chang is not God’s reminder to us. It seems that real dragons are about to emerge in our family.”

Jia Zheng was overjoyed, but he said doubtfully, "It's less than a hundred years since the founding of this dynasty, and the country is prosperous and the people are safe. At this time, a real dragon will appear, and my son is still worried."

Jia Mu said: "What's the big deal? From now on, you will treat your eldest brother the same as before, but don't control him too much. It depends on his own ability and what he can do."

Jia Zheng agreed to say yes.

Jia's mother said to him again: "Didn't the eldest brother say that he is good at martial arts? You go to Caozhuang in a few days and call your father's old soldiers and their outstanding children. Let them try it." One is to see if the big brother has some martial arts skills as he said. The second is to make him famous. Isn’t the one who has achieved great things famous? That is, he can’t achieve great things. You can have a good future, right?"

Jia Zheng promised to leave one by one.He doesn't have a moment of leisure today, and now he has to go to the Yamen.

As soon as Jia Zheng arrived at the door, he was called back by Jia's mother, who told him again: "We, mother and son, know about this matter, so we should keep quiet. In the future, be nicer to Aunt Zhou, so that people can see that you dote on Aunt Zhou. It makes people think that the care of the elder brother is because of Aunt Zhou."

Jia Zheng quickly thanked him and said, "If my mother hadn't reminded me, I would have missed a big deal."

After Jia Zheng finished speaking, he saluted again, and then went out.When Jia Mu saw that Jia Zheng had left, she sat alone in the dark, not knowing what to think.

Chapter 15

On the outskirts of the capital, there is a hill called Caoshan, and at the foot of the hill there is a small village called Xiacaozhuang because it is at the foot of the mountain.Now Caozhuang is one of the best Zhuangzi in Jia's mansion near the capital.

The householders in Xiacao Village were all soldiers of two generations of Rong Guogong, but Jia Daishan, the previous Rong Guogong, was arranged to live in this small village after he lost his armor when he was old.People have passed away over the years, and there are only a few veterans left.On this day, these old people were playing chess and chatting under the big tree at the entrance of the village as usual.The content of the chat was nothing more than nostalgia for the glory of the previous two generations of Duke Rong.

"Back then, my master and I were surrounded by barbarians from the grassland on a small hill outside Yanmen Pass. We ate everything we could eat for five days. In the end, the Duke killed his own BMW. As soon as everyone fought against the barbarians, then thought it was Mr. Shi who brought troops to rescue us? It was so miserable at that time. At the end, there were only a thousand soldiers left after five thousand soldiers and three hundred soldiers. Even Grandpa Guo also has three scars on his body. See if the scar on my face is gone, it is from that time." The talking old man showed off the scar on his face.

Another old man couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Old Liu, you can pull it down. You have been talking about this shitty thing for decades. Look at the old people sitting here, which one is not covered with injuries, and you There is a scar on the face all over the body, which has made you blow for decades."

Old Liu didn't want to, and said, "I'm not injured, that's because I'm good at it, unlike you, Xiaoqian, who was injured every time he fought. I don't know how he got into the army back then." He also looked at him disdainfully.

When the old money heard what he said, he quit, and said, "I can't, you forgot who trained you when you first joined the guards."

As soon as Lao Liu heard his words, his scars had been uncovered, and he stood up and stared like a bull's eye: "At that time, if you hadn't cheated on me, you old boy, would I have fallen into your hands?"

Lao Qian does not show weakness, and stands up to fight.

At this time, the old man with white beard and hair sitting in the middle of the big tree said: "Stop it all, you are still like a child after a lot of age. What are you doing? Sit down."

As soon as they heard the old man speak, they both stopped and sat down again.While sitting, Old Liu muttered: "Is it because he always pokes people's lungs?" The old man gave him a look, and Old Liu shut up immediately.

This old man with white beard and hair is also surnamed Liu, he is the uncle of the old Liu just now, and he is also the only surviving member of the old Rong Guogong's soldiers, so he has the highest prestige in the village, and everyone else listens to him.

Just as the old man was talking and joking, a carriage came in the distance.The carriage came to a stop, and Lin Zhixiao, the steward of the outer courtyard, got out of the carriage.

Lin Zhixiao walked up to the old men, and immediately saluted and said, "The old men are all well, and I greet the old men."

Seeing that it was Lin Zhixiao, the old man Liu who was sitting in the middle said, "I said, Xiao Lin, it's not a festival, and it's not the time to collect rent. What kind of wind brought you here."

Lin Zhixiao didn't dare to put on airs in front of these old people, and said respectfully: "It's not that there is something wrong in the house, and I want some old people to take care of me."

That old Liu didn't look at Lin Zhixiao, but just lowered his head and said: "We old people, now we only have to eat, sleep, kick our legs and close our eyes. What's the use, I'm afraid Manager Lin has found the wrong person. "

Lin Zhixiao is very familiar with the several old people present. Every year, Lin Zhixiao comes to collect the rent from his sons in Xiacao Village. In fact, it is said that the rent collection is actually to represent the Rongguo Mansion to visit these old people who have been born and died for the two generations of Rongguo. For the soldiers, the rent collected every year is returned to the family in the village in the name of pensions and pensions.This is to avoid the jealousy of other Zhuangzi and cause trouble, and also to make other big landlords who own land nearby have nothing to say.And there are other rewards during festivals, so Xiacaozhuang is a well-known wealthy village in the nearby four miles and eight townships.The villagers in the nearby villages are all proud of being married to Xiacaozhuang. Although they have to sign a contract with the Rongguo Mansion once they marry in Xiacaozhuang, the nearby villagers still flock to it.One is that there are no taxes and corvees in Xiacaozhuang, and the other is that renting children is equivalent to nothing?Life is several times better than in nearby villages.In the past three years, the annual rewards have been harvested for half a year.

What made Old Liu and the others dissatisfied was that all the men in the Rongguo Mansion now wanted to take the imperial examination to establish their careers, and those who did not join the army never recruited guards in Xia Caozhuang.Let their children learn martial arts but can only be a farmer.

Lin Zhixiao came here several times a year, and heard them complain a lot. Of course he knew what they were thinking, so he said: "This time, I am afraid that some old people really need to come forward. Aunt Zhou's son is going to join the army now, but he just learned some martial arts, and I don't know how deep he is, so I want the old people to give me some pointers."

The old man Liu thought for a while and said, "Aunt Zhou is the granddaughter of the old Zhou Tou in the west of the village?"

Lin Zhixiao replied, "It's his family."