Honglouchun

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Chapter No.17 Ancestral Rage

The barbecue lunch was not over until the end of Shenshi.

Satisfied, Xue Pan and Feng Ziying left together, but Baoyu said that there was something else to stay, and Qi Guan was with him.

After the two left, Baoyu walked out and said in a warm voice: "Brother Qiang, the wife of the former son called me, saying that she heard about you, and she was thinking about it, and wanted to invite you to sit in the mansion. Ask Are you free tomorrow night?"

Jia Qiang raised her eyebrows lightly when she heard the words, and said: "My wife called me over, so I can do it anytime. I just don't know if my wife called me, a junior, do you have any important orders?"

Along with Baoyu, Jia Qiang called Mrs. Wang "Madam", not because she regarded herself as a peer, but because "Madam" was the official name for Mrs. Wang in Jia's mansion, and Mrs. Wang was a five-rank and pleasant order.

Baoyu laughed and said, "Can you give me any important orders? Don't prepare anything, just go and sit at home tomorrow afternoon."

Baoyu naturally knew why his mother, Mrs. Wang, invited Jia Qiang to sit at home. Presumably, it was because she knew that because of Jia Qiang, he had been studying in the ethnology for several days in a row, hoping that Jia Qiang would continue to work hard...

But he might disappoint his mother, because he won't come to school again from tomorrow, wouldn't it be more carefree to play with Sister Lin and other sisters at home?

After Jia Qiang answered, Baoyu asked Qiguan again with a smile, "What are you doing here? Are you waiting for me?"

Even though Jia Qiang's appearance is more outstanding than Qi Guan's, in these two days Jia Baoyu felt that Qi Guan was more amiable and approachable, and he was a fellow-goer.

And Jia Qiang...

How should I put it, it seems a bit vain.

It looks like a girl's character, but it's nothing more than studying stereotyped official careers, but now she is still keen on economics, which makes Baoyu a little disappointed.

Unexpectedly, Qiguan laughed and said, "I'm staying here to talk to Erye Qiang..." He didn't pretend to be a joke, he looked at Jia Qiang with a pair of peach blossom eyes and said, "Second Master Qiang would like to share the roast meat with today's smoothie. Selling some shady things?"

Jia Qiang was curious: "What's the shame?"

Qiguan smiled and said: "For example, Qinlou Chu Pavilion, or Liyuan Theater, for example, I can help."

Before Jia Qiang opened her mouth, Baoyu immediately became displeased, and said, "What's this called? It's all right to say that the brothel is a shameful place. How come the Liyuan Theater has become a shameful place?"

Qiguan didn't answer, but only took a pair of peach blossom eyes to complain to Baoyu, but almost melted Baoyu's bones...

Jia Qiang saw that the corners of her mouth twitched secretly, and she declined with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, but how can such a fishy food like barbecue be able to enter the beautiful place of the Pear Garden?" She smiled and said: "Anyway, I can't imagine that a famous actor on stage My son is singing an opera, and a group of people in the audience are holding a bunch of barbecue meat, their mouths are full of oil, and they applaud indistinctly."

As soon as this remark came out, both Qiguan and Baoyu, who were a little disappointed, laughed out loud.

But Qiguan also saw that Jia Qiang seemed to want to keep a distance from him.

She would rather associate with the stupid Xue Pan than him, or even get too close to Feng Ziying.

In addition to regret in my heart, I also have puzzlement:

Could it be that Jia Qiang knew their respective identities behind them...

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Ningguofu West Road Courtyard.

There are five gates in the black oil fence, with a plaque hanging on it, which reads "Jia's ancestral hall" and "Yansheng Gong Kong Jizong Book" next to it.

There is a long couplet on both sides, which reads:

The heart is full of blood, Zhao's surname is Lai Baoyu's kindness,

Famous and famous, Baidai Yang steamed and tasted the prosperous.

It is also written by Shenggong.

However, half of the long couplet on the right was burned last night.

The atmosphere in Ningguo Mansion is solemn today, and it took a long time to restore this long couplet.

Then Jia Zhen invited Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, two masters of the West Mansion, to make an inspection tour.

Even though Ning was the elder brother among Rong Ning's two princes at the beginning.

But in the second generation, Rongguo still inherited the Duke, while Ningguo was only a first-class general, and the gap widened.

In the third generation, Rongguo inherited the title of first-class general, while Ningguo Jia Jing first took over the second-rank general. As a result, An Sheng was not appointed as an official for two days, and the title was passed on to the fourth generation Jia Zhen, who only became a third-rank general.

In this way, the gap between Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion is getting wider and wider.

Not to mention that Rongguo Mansion also has a Mrs. Grand Duke and Grand Lady sitting in charge. That is the order of a serious first-rank Mrs. Guo. She can go straight to the Central Palace with the Phoenix Treasure Book and ask the empress to decide her transcendent status.

Not counting the clan of the Tian family, there are only a handful of women in the world who are more noble than her.

Therefore, even though Jia Zhen is still the head of the clan, even if Ningguo is the head of the clan, his weight in the clan is still inferior to that of the Rongguo Mansion.

Such a major event as the flooding of the ancestral hall cannot be justified in a few words.

"From last night until now, my nephew has been kneeling in the ancestral hall to plead guilty to the ancestors and ancestors. The ancestral hall is flooded, and all the crimes are on my nephew."

With a sad face, Jia Zhen knelt down to plead guilty to the two half-old men.

The older man was dressed in luxury, looked at the fire in the gatehouse and asked in a drawn-out tone: "Brother Zhen got up, don't be in a hurry to apologize. It's just that this good gatehouse, how can it be for nothing? Check it out. I found out, but someone has bad intentions and deliberately made trouble?"

This person is the successor of the Rongguo Mansion, the hereditary first-class general Jia She.

The other person is of course Jia Zheng, the head of the Duke's Mansion who now lives with Mrs. Rong Guotai in the Rongguo Zhengtang. He asked in a deep voice: "The ancestral hall is an important place, and there are people guarding it day and night. Who dares to have evil intentions? Who can do it?" Deliberately playing tricks?"

As soon as this remark came out, Jia Zhen's face twitched heavily. Naturally, he couldn't tell Jia Zheng and Jia She that he was the one who dismissed all the servants nearby in order to wantonly pursue taboo pleasure in the Tianxiang Tower not far away.

Even Jiao Da was secretly lured out to drink by someone.

Coughing dryly, Jia Zhen said sadly: "My nephew repeatedly asked the four servants on duty at night, and they all said that everything was normal last night, and the water disappeared without warning. Not only them, my nephew was in Tianxiang Tower last night. Dealing with some family affairs, I passed by here before."

When Jia She heard this, his expression changed immediately, and he said in awe: "If so, this person who walked away will be famous."

Jia Zheng frowned when he heard the words, but he didn't say the words "Silent words are strange and confusing".

Jia Zhen nodded and said: "Who said it wasn't, so my nephew sent Brother Rong to Qingxu Temple to ask Old Immortal Zhang for divination before dawn..."

Jia Amnesty hurriedly asked, "What did Master Zhang say?"

The Zhang Zhenren that Jia She said was originally the substitute of the Duke of the Rongguo Mansion back then. He was once called the "Illusion Immortal" by the emperor himself, and now he holds the seal of "Daolu Division", and he is now named "End of Reality". Today, the princes and feudal towns all call him "immortal", so Jia Amnesty believes in him quite a lot.

Jia Zhen said with embarrassment and grief: "Shenxian Zhang said that this must be an unworthy child in the clan who did rebellious things that destroyed the foundation of our prosperity, and that caused the wrath of the ancestors in the sky. He sent down his anger to wake up future generations."

As soon as this remark came out, both Jia She and Jia Zheng panicked.