The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Outside the carriage, Baoyu called out to Sister Yun over and over again. Seeing that the carriage was getting farther and farther away, she sat up slowly and wiped the dust on her face with her sleeve. Jia Lian, who was picked up from the prison, chased after him on horseback, and choked up, "Second brother Lian, why did she leave with that rude man?"

"It's like drinking water, knowing whether it's warm or not." Jia Lian said.

Baoyu cried again and said, "At least she will wait for me to speak clearly."

Jia Lian laughed and said, "Why don't you go to the second wife and explain clearly."

Baoyu was so frightened that his mouth was tongue-tied, and he said for a while, "Although my wife is doing it for me, she shouldn't be so anxious to get rid of Xiangyun. Now that Xiangyun is gone, so is Cui Ling, Jin Chuan, Yu Chuan..." Suddenly thinking When he got up, he hurriedly asked Jia Lian, "Second Brother Lian, are Jin Chuan and Yu Chuan coming back?"

Jia Lian said: "Don't mention it, let them go. They are sold to other people as a family, and they are always reunited as a family. If you buy them back and don't have money to buy their parents, wouldn't you break up the family? "

Baoyu burst into tears, and said bitterly, "It's all Huan'er's fault." Yin asked again, "What's going on with Huan'er now?"

"Him? He's a good man. Because he is biting the fifth prince, he has to go to court for interrogation every day." Jia Lian said with a sneer, and when Zhao Tianliang brought the sedan chair over, he asked Baoyu to get on the sedan chair, "Go in quickly, even if you are old My wife doesn't ask, but I have to report to the old lady that she is safe."

Baoyu wiped away his tears and nodded, still worried about Shi Xiangyun's hasty remarriage to a rascal, he staggered into the sedan chair, followed Jia Lian to Rongguo Mansion, and when he arrived at Ningrong Avenue East Street, his tears couldn't stop The place of residence went down, and when he entered the east corner gate of Rongguo Mansion, and in front of the Chuihua Gate of Rongqing Hall, he saw Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were already waiting for him.

"Why didn't eldest sister and elder brother-in-law come?" Baoyu asked.

Madam Wang said embarrassingly, "Your elder brother-in-law is recuperating."

Looking at Mrs. Wang's expression, Baoyu guessed that Chen Yejun would not like the fact that he and Jia Zheng were involved in a rebellion lawsuit, so he reluctantly said, "In that case, let's go in with Brother Lian." At a glance, seeing that Li Wan did not show his face and Jia Lan disappeared, he became more and more sad.

"Let's go." Jia Lian said, and led Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, and Baoyu inward. When they arrived outside the big flower hall at the back, they heard the crackling of the abacus beads inside. wanton laughter.

"Old lady, the second master, Baoyu, is here to kowtow to you." Hu Po said by the door, and raised her hand to open the curtain.

Then Jia Lian led the three of them in again. When they arrived in the flower hall, they saw Jia's mother lying on the couch pointing twelve little actors to settle accounts.

"Old lady—" Baoyu choked with sobs, and knelt down with Jia Zheng.

Jia Mu slightly raised her head to look at him, and said calmly and coldly, "It's good to be safe, let's go back."

Baoyu's choked sobs stuck in her throat, because she asked again: "What is the old lady leading them to play?"

Before Jia's mother could say anything, Fangguan laughed and said, "Back to Second Master Bao, Miss Lin is going to Qianxiang Country with Grandma Xue. The old lady told us to learn to calculate accounts. If we learn well, we will go with Miss Lin .”

After hearing this, Baoyu thought that Sister Lin was probably leaving because she knew that Concubine Beijing didn't like the Lin family's extinct family and intended to divorce her, so she decided to leave; at the same time, she thought that the capital city is a troubled place, so he was released from prison. The difficult part is also good, besides, the queen of Qianxiang Kingdom is said to be extremely beautiful, if she can go to her imperial city for a while, this life will not be in vain, so she said with a smile: "If that's the case, I'll follow along."

Fangguan wanted to joke a little bit, but suddenly heard Jiamu cough, and hurriedly went back to settle the accounts honestly.

Jia Mu leaned over and said, "People's words are terrible. It's all right for your sister Feng to take your sister Lin. I tell you to go with her. Others don't know what to say."

Baoyu was startled, lowered his head and sighed, "Sister Yun is gone, and Sister Lin is leaving too."

"That's all, let's go out." Seeing that Baoyu would make her sad when he opened his mouth, Jia Mu chased away impatiently.

Baoyu hurriedly helped Jia Zheng get up, and the father and son went out with Mrs. Wang and Jia Lian, out of the Hanging Flower Gate of Rongqing Hall. Baoyu was thinking about Shi Xiangyun, when Mrs. Wang suddenly asked, "Lian'er, how much of the stolen property is there?" The courtyard on the east side..."

Jia Lian said: "If a person can come out, he will be blessed by the ancestors. The stolen things will never be found. As for the yard, he will be back in a few days."

Mrs. Wang nodded her head, and was about to speak again when she suddenly saw Jin Cai hurrying over.

Jin Cai strode over and said, "Second Master, I got news from the Ministry of Household Affairs that someone has settled the garden on the east side of our house."

"What do you mean it's settled?" Jia Lian frowned.

The East Garden is just at the east corner of Rongguo Mansion. Although it is another door opened on the street, everyone knows that it is also considered as Rongguo Mansion. How can it be decided by others?

Jin Cai hurriedly said: "The news was sent by the Xu family. It only said that Prince Zhongshun was involved. The Xu family asked you to go to the Palace of Zhongshun and ask what Prince Zhongshun means."

Jia Lian nodded, and said to Jin Cai, "Send the second master, the second wife, and the second master Bao to Xiaohuazhi Lane."

Mrs. Wang's complexion changed, and Jia Zheng coughed unwillingly. The couple both winked at Baoyu and asked Baoyu to speak.

Biansheng Baoyu is still in a trance about Shi Xiangyun's remarriage.As a last resort, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to laugh and said, "Lian'er, there are more than [-] houses in Xiaohuazhi Lane, and their family has a large population. Besides, the old lady needs someone to take care of her."

Jia Lian heard the implication, and said with a smile, "It's just a temporary stay for two days. I'll ask for it from the garden in the east. I still invite my second uncle and aunt to come back to live."

Mrs. Wang's face was ashen, and she suddenly saw Jia Lan coming out of the Jinghuan Zhai's gate through the wall, and asked Jia Lan, "Is Huier okay? Is your mother okay?"

Jia Lan was supposed to have gone to Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, so he dared to show up, but they were still there, and immediately said awkwardly: "Thank you grandma for your concern, mother and Huier are well."

Mrs. Wang burst into tears and said: "To this day, I haven't seen Huier much. It is said that Huier looks exactly like Zhuer? Master, let's go and see Huier." Li Wan went to the courtyard.

Jia Lan's face turned pale with fright, but he didn't dare to move.

Jia Lian frowned.

But Baoyu didn't wait for him to say anything, Baoyu said first: "My wife has harmed one daughter-in-law, and she is going to harm another? This is Lian's second brother's house. If you want to make trouble, go to the other side."

Mrs. Wang's face flushed immediately, and she said in a low voice, "Baoyu, what are you talking about?"

Baoyu choked up and said, "Sister Yun was forced by his wife to remarry such a person, thinking that she is a famous daughter full of poems and books...does my wife still have no regrets? Besides, my sister-in-law was originally forced to come here by my wife. Now that the wife has surrounded her again, is she trying to force sister-in-law Zhu to remarry a vulgar person?"

Jia Lan secretly breathed a sigh of relief when Baoyu opened his mouth.

"Let's go, let's go." Jia Zheng reached out and pulled Mrs. Wang outside.

Mrs. Wang blushed, she was unreconciled, and she said to Baoyu softly: "Baoyu, go and beg your ancestors to kowtow more to your ancestors. We are penniless and our son-in-law has a bad temper. He is willing to tell us to go." ? Let's stay and live in the same yard with your sister-in-law Zhu..."

"Why bother, madam? We are penniless, and our sister-in-law has to take the money for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Where can she get money for a widow?" Baoyu saw that Mrs. Wang was very persistent. After saying this, she turned her head and looked out. go.

"Hey!" Mrs. Wang sighed heavily, and seeing that Jia Zheng was absolutely unwilling to ask Jia Mu, she had no choice but to go out.

The family of three got into the sedan chair and followed the horse-riding Jincai to Xiaohuazhi Lane. Unexpectedly, they knocked on the door repeatedly, but no one answered. After knocking on the door for a long time, they heard Jia Dairu's old wife Said: "Don't knock, Mr. Chen said that the second master and the second wife have nephews, so they don't need to live with his son-in-law."

In the presence of a large audience, Jia Zheng and his wife and Baoyu felt ashamed again.

Mrs. Wang stared at Jin Cai from the corner of her eyes and choked with sobs, "My son-in-law won't let me in, and we are penniless, what should we do now?"

Jin Cai tightly pursed her lips and said nothing, suddenly saw Lin Zhixiao approaching with a tattered calico bag, and asked him, "Why are you here?"

Lin Zhixiao came up and said: "My lady was tidying up the flower garden, and suddenly saw a blue cloth package buried under the flower garden. The servant said that it was about the day when the house was raided by the government. Someone threw it over the wall and asked the dog to pick it up and buried it. It's in the field. My wife, look, but it belongs to my wife?"

"It's mine." Mrs. Wang quickly admitted it without waiting to see the burden clearly.

Baoyu choked up and said, "This is Sister Yun's burden. I saw her before she came through the door." Lin Zhixiao handed the burden to Baoyu because he heard Baoyu say this.

Baoyu took the bag and opened it, and saw a brilliant golden unicorn rolling out of it. Remembering that the two of them were talking and laughing when Xiangyun was there, he became sentimental again. Looking at the bag again, besides the golden unicorn, there was still value. All kinds of gold jewelry.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly snatched the burden, clutching the mouth of the burden tightly, looking at Lin Zhixiao vigilantly, "Young girl Yun has already left, this thing..."

Lin Zhixiao thought that if Shi Xiangyun was still thinking about these things, he would have sent someone to ask for them, so he said: "If my wife wants to keep it, then I can keep it, but if there are things that Miss Yun wears, I still send them to others." good."

"The golden unicorn is something that Sister Yun has had since she was a child," Baoyu said.

Mrs. Wang sneered and said: "She doesn't obey women's ways, but she was sent home for a month and rushed to get married. You think of her, but she never thinks of you. According to me, she owes you these things , I’m counting on these to marry you in the future.”

Baoyu thought to himself that the two daughters-in-law asked Mrs. Wang to grind them like that, so why bother to spoil others, so he muttered: "It's better to use these, buy a few acres of fields and a few houses in the countryside, and let's go to the countryside to live in peace."

Mrs. Wang opened her eyes wide and asked in astonishment: "You are no longer working for the Beijing Palace?"

Baoyu smiled bitterly and said, "Ma'am, when I ransacked the house, I copied those strange and chaotic things from the house. Brother Lian didn't pursue them. Does the lady think that no one else talks about it?"

Jia Zheng suffered a lot in the prison, and now he has no other thoughts. Hearing what Baoyu said, he said, "Listen to Baoyu. It's better for us to go to the countryside to farm men and women to weave than to stay here to fight each other."

Mrs. Wang hated Jia Zheng and Baoyu for being discouraged, and she couldn't say enough about them, so she thought she should go to the countryside to try her luck.So I asked Lin Zhixiao where there were fields and houses for sale. I heard that there was a land in Red Sandalwood Fort that Jia Mu bought for Fang Guan and others, so the family of three hired a car and went straight to Wisteria Fort.

Let's say that Jia Zheng's family took Shi Xiangyun's things and went to the countryside to buy land. On the other side, Jia Lian heard that a corner of Rongguo Mansion was going to be sold to others, so he went to Zhongshun Palace without stopping.

Jia Lian got off his horse in front of the palace gate, and saw Jiang Yuhan coming out, so he exchanged greetings with him.

When Jiang Yuhan cupped her hands, she secretly winked at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian was puzzled and didn't want to ask too many questions, so he waited a while in the large hall of Sanjian, and then followed the people to the small retreat where Prince Zhongshun often lives.

When I got to the retreat door, I heard the loud talk inside. Listen carefully, it seems to be Taoist speech again.

Because of his loyalty to the prince and his practice of Taoism in recent years, Jia Lian often went to find the real person to ask questions, so after hearing a few words, he felt that the high-spirited person had something to say, so he listened outside the door.

After a while, by the small window, someone raised his voice and said, "But Lian's second brother? I've been looking forward to it for a long time."

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "Excuse me, I was fascinated by it for a while." As he spoke, he opened the curtain and went in. Then he saw a young man in common clothes sitting beside Prince Zhongshun. When not talking, there are six points like a Qi official, and when talking and laughing, another five points are like a Kou official.

Prince Zhongshun sat on the kang, pointed at the young man and said with a smile: "This is the son-in-law of Nan'an Prince's Mansion, even you are fascinated by it, it can be seen that he is good at it."

"I don't dare to be, it's all because of the prince's flattery." The young man smiled, and said to Jia Lian, "I have been inextricably related to Lian's second brother, and I'm afraid that Lian's second brother still doesn't know my name. Hu Jingzhi .”

Jia Lian laughed and said, "Your Excellency, do you know Hu Jingcun? Is he from Hu Jingcun's clan?"

Hu Jingzhi smiled and said: "To be honest, although they have the same surname Hu, they are real two families. They only joined the Hu family a month ago."

Jia Lian smelled a familiar smell from Hu Jingzhi, looking at Hu Jingzhi, it was like looking at his own shadow. He had a good heart, was able to speak well, married the powerful, and made friends with the nobles. Isn't Hu Jingzhi following his path? ?The only difference is that he was able to control it and didn't cause something like Meng's.So he smiled and said, "I see."

"Jingzhi, you go first, I'll have a few words with Jia Lian." Prince Zhongshun said with a smile.

When Hu Jingzhi was about to leave, he said again: "I came from a poor family, and I have only saved a little money after I have been in Beijing for many years. It happened that the government sold a criminal's house. Seeing that the house did not need much money, I hurriedly asked the prince to do it for me. I bought it, but who knows it's in the east corner of the house. If you offend me, I hope Lian's second brother won't blame you."

"No wonder, it would be Jia Lian's blessing to be accompanied by a noble neighbor like you." Jia Lian said with a smile, thinking that Hu Jingzhi was married to Nan'an Prince's Mansion first, and then entered Zhongshun Prince's Mansion after befriending King Beijing. Talented people must study hard.

Hu Jingzhi was a little surprised, but he covered up the surprise with a smile, cupped his hands with a smile, and retreated.

Prince Zhongshun watched Hu Jingzhi go out slowly, the smile on his face disappeared, and asked Jia Lian seriously: "What do you think of this man?"

"He is a rare person with real talent and learning." Jia Lian said in a mysterious way.

"Oh?" Prince Zhongshun sneered, as if he didn't agree, "The Hu family is noble, and it's hard to get into the Hu family's eyes without a bit of character; the Nan'an palace wants a son-in-law to support the facade, and he doesn't have the ability to get a gold medal, so how can he enter the Nan'an palace Vision? As for the young and playful King of Beijing Jing, what he values ​​is some inexplicable chivalry and courage. This king, of course, sees the real talent and hard work. Besides, this little widow who was fascinated by Hu Jingzhi before would rather die than kill him. The betrayal also shows that he is very cunning in women's sex; and the little widow has a child, he does not care about it, and he is far superior to ordinary people in ruthlessness and decisiveness."

Jia Lian said in amazement: "My lord is right. I have never seen such a person who has the right and wrong. Since my lord is suspicious of him, why do you keep him by my side?" Sitting down on the low stool, he pondered and said: "Furthermore, it is unimaginable to buy the corner of the official mansion instead of buying a decent house."

Prince Zhongshun came down from the kang, saw Jia Lian stand up with him, and waved Jia Lian to sit down, walked to the bed with his hands behind his back, looked at the bright purples and reds outside the window, and said with a sad face: "You talked about Hong He in the last meeting." Long is not dead, I know it is not good. Unexpectedly, I bumped into Dong'an County King's rebellion, and seven out of ten of my people were implicated. There is not enough manpower, and everything has to start from scratch. Although Hu Jingzhi is suspicious Some, but after all, he has some talents, and although I suspect him, I don’t know what is suspicious about him after all, like a chicken rib, let him stay by your side and have a look.”

Although Jia Lian had expected it, he quickly stood up, thought for a while, and said to Lord Zhongshun, "Does your lord know that before his death, the king of Dong'an only talked to his subordinates?"

Prince Zhongshun nodded hesitantly. He had suspected this matter before, but his subordinates suddenly lost a lot, so he couldn't care less about asking for a moment.

"My lord would like to know what the King of Dong'an told Jia Lian?"

Prince Zhongshun sighed, "If you have something to say, just say it."

"My lord, please take a look." Jia Lian said, and handed the letter taken out of the small clothes of the king of Dong'an to Prince Zhongshun, "Because the party of the king of Dong'an was destroyed too quickly, many members of the party have not had time to follow the king of Dong'an. Rebellion. In the past month, the lower officials have checked carefully, and there are still a large number of people available."

Prince Zhongshun snatched the letter with his hands, he was suddenly overjoyed, and then he thought about how Jia Lian knew that he had the intention of rebellion?So she looked at him suspiciously.

"Doesn't your lord look at it?" Jia Lian asked.

Prince Zhongshun smiled cunningly and said: "This letter is written to the Lord, why did you send it to me?"

Jia Lian said: "The seniority and the inferiority are orderly. How can my minister, He De, present it to the Lord in person? If the prince wants to present this letter to the Lord, he will send it; otherwise, he will leave it, and all the officials will follow him." Lord."

Prince Zhongshun felt relieved and secretly thought that Jia Lian was very reliable, otherwise taking this letter to the emperor to seek glory and wealth at this time, wouldn't it be better than staying with such a humble person like him?So while reading this letter, he was impressed by the fact that the father-in-law and uncle of the country had such power, and said: "The queen has committed suicide, and the harem has no owner. The Zhou and Wu families are scrambling to lobby people everywhere to beg the lord to canonize their mother-in-law as the queen. "

"Concubine Zhou and Concubine Wu are good, but if you are a queen, it seems a little..." Jia Lian frowned, and then asked Prince Zhongshun: "I don't know who is the candidate in the prince's mind?"

"What do you think?" Prince Zhongshun asked back.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "If possible, I would rather call Miss Xue's family the queen, but she is from a lower family background."

Prince Zhongshun said with a smile: "The king would rather not have a queen, so that there will be no drama. After the queen committed suicide, the queen mother was supposed to be in charge of the harem with the second noble concubine Zhou and Wu. Who knew that two tigers could not be accommodated in one mountain. The two noble concubines fought against each other, making the palace ladies and eunuchs miserable. It was unspeakable and full of complaints. So the Empress Dowager ordered Concubine Ji Hui and Concubine Fang to jointly take charge of the harem.

Jia Lian hurriedly asked: "Then the sixth prince wants to marry Miss Zhen's family?"

Prince Zhongshun frowned, shook his head, sighed and said, "The Lord must have insisted on asking the girl from the Zhen family to enter the door before he would take care of the Zhen family." So he put the letter in his bosom with great care, and said to Jia Lian, "That's Hu Jingzhi. , you can’t believe him immediately. Wait until the king finds out his details.”

"Yes."

"...Who is Liu Xianglian? Hu Jingzhi said that Liu Xianglian is very familiar with you?" Prince Zhongshun suddenly asked again. Seeing that Jia Lian was puzzled, he said, "Liu Xianglian followed Feng Ziying to Beijing to rescue him, because he is brave and good at fighting." , this time together with Xue Pan, if we can make a big splash with me, we will be counted among the Feng family's army."

Jia Lian said: "The prince is afraid that the nobleman forgets too much, so he has forgotten Liu Xianglian. When Liu Xianglian was young, he was coaxed and sold to the south of the Yangtze River by the eldest son Lai of my family. Afterwards, he was rescued by me and Uncle Lin and married him. One year on the Double Ninth Festival, he took his wife to offer incense. Unexpectedly, his wife was molested to death by several adopted sons of the prince, so Liu Xianglian broke up with her again because she was also a loyal person to the palace. Come and talk. Speaking of it, the prince must not hit him, that person is very reckless and does not know how to turn around, and he had some nasty words with my sister before, if the prince wins over him, he will want to eat swan meat and beat up my sister idea……"

"Don't worry, this king has his own measure." Prince Zhongshun sent Jia Lian away after speaking, and when he was the only one left in the room, he took out the letter from the king of Dong'an and read it carefully, secretly saying that the king of Dong'an was elected in Taizhou. After the concubine's death, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the families of the princes joined forces with outsiders, and actually accomplished what he had planned before.After this incident, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be like an iron barrel. It is expected that people will break into the Ministry of Internal Affairs again, just like going to the sky.It's time for him to change his mind, and it's the best policy to choose an opportunity to leave the capital.