The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

On September [-], the Double Ninth Festival, the imperial concubine Jia died.

The emperor reasoned that it was inappropriate to perform funeral ceremonies for concubines during the national mourning period, and that the Jia family had nothing to do, but the posthumous title was "virtuous and noble concubine", and the funeral ceremonies were all very brief.

Speaking of the family of officials outside the palace, they can't help but be speechless - this ritual system is not the pomp of a noble concubine, it can't even catch up with a nobleman.

The whole Rongguo Mansion was naturally in pain.

Jia's mother was also on the sick bed, and she was ill for half a month.

This day, Sister Feng was serving by her side, telling some jokes to explain to Jia Mu. Jia Mu suddenly thought of her precious grandson, and asked in doubt, "I haven't seen Baoyu for a long time."

Sister Feng understood in her heart, but she just smiled and said: "Brother Bao is sad for your mother. I heard that it is not very good. He is taking medicine every day."

Mother Jia couldn't help crying when she heard the words. After crying for a while, Yuanchun was worried about Baoyu, so she struggled and said, "Feng girl, come with me to see Baoyu."

Sister Feng was startled: "The old lady is still sick, and she will stop working soon."

Then he winked at Ping'er next to him, and Ping'er ran out quickly.

The master and the servant had a lawsuit over eyebrows and eyebrows. Mother Jia didn't understand what was going on, so she frowned and said, "Feng girl, don't you want to play tricks in front of me? Why don't you tell me what happened!"

Sister Feng knelt down in front of Jia Mu and said, "Don't be angry, old lady. It's Brother Bao who lost his jade."

Jiamu's eyes darkened, and she said sharply after a while: "You are so confused, you can hide this kind of thing from me!"

After a while, Ping'er invited Mrs. Wang to come.

The Wang family suddenly lost the daughter of a noble concubine. These days, her heart and liver have been broken, and her gray hair is blooming.This time, the whole person is more than ten years old.

She also knelt in front of Jiamu's bed and cried: "Old lady, for the past half month, the whole family has been busy with the affairs of the imperial concubine and empress. No one knows when Baoyu's jade was lost."

"At first the little hooves in his house wanted to hide it, but it was Zhu'er-in-law who returned to me.

The old lady also knows that Baoyu has always been good to those girls!He also lied to me that he dropped it while riding a horse outside. "

Seeing that Mrs. Wang said this, Jia's mother just cried bitterly, stopped talking, and patted the edge of the bed anxiously.

In fact, five days after the imperial concubine passed away, Baoyu's jade was lost.

The first to be discovered was of course the attacker.

Because of the death of the noble concubine, Jia's family was in chaos.

Even though the rituals in the palace were simpler, many relatives and friends came to comfort the Jia family as the concubine's mother's family.

As the younger brother of the imperial concubine, Baoyu naturally followed her father to meet relatives and friends, and had to change into big clothes several times a day.

This day Xiren saw that there was no jade hanging on Baoyu's chest, and he looked through the coat he had changed, but he didn't see it either.

I couldn't help being a little anxious, and called all the maids in Baoyu's house, from older to younger, to ask them, and everyone said they had never seen each other.

Ever since Qingwen and others were kicked out by Mrs. Wang, the maids in Baoyu's room were always respectful to the attackers but fearful behind their backs.

Who didn't know that Qing Wenfang was kicked out by Mrs. Wang's indiscretion just because she attracted the attention of the attacker.

That's why everyone asks three questions: Didn't your attackers ensnare the second master firmly, the iron barrel in the house is like an iron bucket?Who should I turn to if something goes wrong?

Xiren has nothing to do but worry.

Just because Baoyu's room is always noisy, the little maids from every house love to come: who doesn't know that Second Master Bao has a lot of money, there is a lot of food in the house, and the maids around him spend about the same as the young lady at home.

So everyone loves to run here.

It's not that he never lost things, but Baoyu doesn't care about the general things.

In his opinion, these things are not worth anything if they can make beautiful girls smile.

It's useless to persuade the attacker for a long time, so I have to.

But this time it wasn't a bowl, it was his jade!

The attacker cried and told Li Wan, and then the Grand View Garden was turned upside down again, but he was still missing.Li Wan never dared to take responsibility, so he had to go back and forth with Mrs. Wang.

Baoyu himself didn't care at first, saying that it didn't matter if the Lao Shizi was lost, but Mrs. Wang was worried.

It's just that Mrs. Wang has lost her elder brother who is a senior official and her daughter who is a noble concubine, and all her arrogance has disappeared for a while.

Because Jia's mother was ill and Jia Zheng was out socializing, Mrs. Wang really didn't dare to speak about it for a while.

I had to secretly order my family to search everywhere and post a notice.

Who knows that after a few days, Baoyu gradually developed a dementia, just smiling.

Even if someone asked him what he said, Xiren would teach him something, and what he said was that it was very different from usual, he was simply lacking in soul.

Wang became even more panicked, and quietly asked the doctor to come and see.

I don't care about the old discord with Sister Feng, but I just ask Sister Feng not to tell Jia Mu: Mrs. Wang understands Jia Mu's love for Baoyu too well, and also knows Jia Zheng's stupid filial piety.

In Jia Zheng's eyes, it doesn't matter if Baoyu dies, but the old lady should not be shocked by this evil son.

Mother Jia was already ill. If something happened to Baoyu, Mrs. Wang was afraid that Jia Zheng would really divorce her!

Sister Feng doesn't care, no one knows the details of this matter better than her.

It is rare to see Mrs. Wang, who has been invincible in recent years, come to her door, and Sister Feng readily agreed.

Anyway, it's not my son who is demented. You mother is willing to delay, so why not do it.

So Sister Feng has been serving Jiamu these days, and she has never complained.

But when Mother Jia asked herself, Wang Xifeng would not take the blame for Mrs. Wang, so she ordered Ping'er to invite Mrs. Wang here.

At this moment, seeing Jia's mother asking, Wang could only cry.

When Jia Mu saw her, she could only cry, and was terribly annoyed. She pulled Mrs. Wang away with an agarwood crutch, let Sister Feng help her hand, and tremblingly went to Rongxi Hall to see Baoyu.

At this time, Baoyu no longer lived in the Grand View Garden, but was taken care of by Mrs. Wang in Rongxi Hall.

When Jia's mother saw Baoyu who only knew how to giggle, she couldn't help being in great pain, and almost passed out.

Fortunately, Yuanyang and Wang Xifeng helped her up quickly, so the old lady didn't fall to the ground on the spot.

Jia Mu coughed twice and said, "Confused woman, point to a few people in our family, when can we find them?!

Go, call Lian'er, write a reward, and all over the capital will post it for me!

He said that if someone picks up this jade in our family and sends it to him, he is willing to give 1 taels of silver; if someone knows someone who can pick it up and send it to him, he will give him 5000 taels of silver! "

Sister Feng was taken aback, and quickly persuaded: "Old lady, the national funeral is less than a hundred days old, and the imperial concubine and empress have just gone, so it's not good for our family to make such a big show..."

Unexpectedly, Mother Jia shook off Sister Feng's hand.

"Feng girl! I also thought you were a good person, but it turned out that you also harbored a traitor in your heart!

Now that you see Baoyu like this, how dare you play tricks to stop him?

I just hope that Baoyu is not good, so no one can argue with Lian'er and your son?

I'll tell you clearly, I'm not dead yet, I'm the one who has the final say in this family, why don't you call me Lian'er! "

These words covered her head and her face, Rao Sister Feng, couldn't help but gritted her teeth and wept for a while.

It became clearer in my heart: everyone said that Jia Mu loved her most except Baoyu among her children and grandchildren, but it was only after things happened that Jia Mu always had only Baoyu in her heart.Don't mention her, the whole big house is probably picked up!

When Mrs. Wang saw Jia Mu like this, although she was also scolded, she felt more at ease.

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man.I hope that Baoyu will find this jade soon.

Sister Feng, who was also scolded, covered her face with a handkerchief and walked all the way back to the house.

Jia Lian had a rare holiday and was drinking tea and reading a book at home, when his wife came back crying, she was so frightened that she dropped the book on the floor: His wife is none other than Wang Xifeng.

It was normal for her to come back murderous, but it was not normal for her to come back crying.

Jia Lian quickly came up and asked, "Brother Feng, didn't you go to serve the old lady?" Then his face changed: "Is there something wrong with the old lady?"

Sister Feng wiped her tears and spat: "The old lady is very good, and she wants you to reward you!"

Jia Lian believed it was true, and said silly and sweetly: "Really? The old lady must see you for being diligent and filial. I am also busy with the affairs of the house outside, so she wants to reward me."

Wang Xifeng: ...

Jia Lian continued to ask: "What does the old lady want to reward me?"

Sister Feng said angrily, "I want to reward you with 1 taels of silver!"

Jia Lian was delighted: "A lot. It really is the old lady who is generous."

Seeing that the second master Lian was really happy to lift the curtain and was about to go out, Sister Feng said coldly: "If you return the piece of jade that you took from Baoyu, the old lady will reward you with 1 taels."

Jia Lian's face suddenly changed.

At this time, Shang Chanchan was eating and drinking in the east courtyard again.

Daiyu served her a bowl of soup with her own hands, and said with a smile: "Today there is very fresh crucian carp in the kitchen. I remembered a soup I ate in the south of the Yangtze River when I was young, so I asked the chef to try it. Your brother still You didn't eat, you just happened to be in time."

Shang Chanchan looked at her elder brother and said: Why are you here again.I can't help but feel that the wattage of my light bulb is a bit bright.

So he hurriedly took the spoon from Daiyu's hand, filled a bowl for his elder brother and sister-in-law, and then sat back to drink his own.

Shang Chanchan lowered her head, and saw that this Tang Yingjie had no trace of oily foam, she took a sip, and the taste was mellow, so she raised her eyebrows and smiled, "It's delicious."

Shang Chi scooped up a spoonful: "It is said in the book that the fish soup is clear, 'the soup can be injected with inkstone, as if it is similar'. Yu'er's soup is like this."

Daiyu smiled, and her voice was slightly annoyed: "I told them to do it according to this method, but you know it again."

Shang Chanchan spread her hands: "My brother and sister-in-law always have a good understanding."

Because Daiyu thought of her childhood, she couldn't help but think of her father: "I don't know where my father is now, I have never been to Shu."

After the Double Ninth Festival, the emperor appointed Lin Ruhai as an imperial envoy, and specially dispatched a team of people from the Shenwu Camp to send him to various provinces for inspection.

Shang Chi comforted: "My father-in-law will order the post station to report safety to the middle of the capital whenever he goes. And now that the sage is in charge, no one dares not look forward to embarrassing the imperial envoys sent by the emperor."

Just as she was talking, pomegranate came in to present a letter.

Shang Chanchan smiled and said, "Here we are."

Shang Chi took a look and couldn't help but smile: "It's not from my father-in-law, but from the Xie family."

Shang Chanchan hastily stretched out her hand: "Really? That is something new in the Rongguo Mansion. Since Second Master Lian took that piece of jade and handed it to the Holy One, there has been no other news for several days. I still miss it." of."

"By the way, isn't Jia Baoyu Shi Taijun's eyeball? Why haven't you seen the Jia family beating gongs and drums looking for jade?"

Jia Baoyu's psychic gem was taken away by Jia Lian.

The imperial concubine in the palace passed away suddenly, and the funeral ceremony was simple.The Jia family only knew grief, but Jia Lian and his wife were even more frightened.

Originally they still had hope, but Shang Chanchan and Daiyu told Sister Feng that the disaster of the Jia family was alarmist.

However, the death of the noble concubine shattered their last illusion.

Hearing that Lin Ruhai was appointed as an imperial envoy, and that he would go out of Beijing to inspect various provinces, and it would take at least a year before he came back, Jia Lian became even more panicked.

Before Lin Ruhai left, Jia Lian quietly came to ask to see him, and when he saw Lin Ruhai, he fell to the ground and knelt down, begging his uncle for help.

Lin Ruhai only said, don't even think about the title, it's the best ending to keep Dafang and his family safe from criminal officials.

Just let Jia Lian go back and make up for the omissions of Dafang if he can, and try his best to deal with the aftermath if he can't, and show the saint that Dafang's loyalty is the most important thing.

Jia Lian has also been an official for several years now, so he doesn't understand that there is no way out for the children of criminal officials.

Go home and think hard: Now the crimes of champering lawsuits and usury are all on Erfang, and have nothing to do with Dafang.

At the very least, he and Wang Xifeng stayed in other places for three years, so that he could say that those who don't know are not guilty.

On the contrary, Rongguo Mansion still owes money to the treasury, which is more troublesome. This is owed by the ancestors, and none of the descendants can escape.

But Jia Lian has no money to pay back!He is not the two masters of the historian family, so let it go.

It's useless for him to talk in Jia's house. If he ran to Jia's mother and said: "Old lady, tidy up your body and let's hand it over to the treasury."The custodian was kidnapped and beaten out by Jia Mu.

So Jia Lian was at a loss: how to show this loyalty?

After thinking about it, I suddenly thought of Jia Baoyu's psychic gem!

I heard that the sage was very dissatisfied with this auspicious thing engraved with immortal longevity and prosperity.

Then persuade Jia Mu to dedicate this object to the saint, and let the ruling be just to express her loyalty.

Jia Lian discussed the matter with Sister Feng, and Sister Feng said, "If you dare to touch Baoyu's jade, you might as well go and kill the old lady."If you want to take it, you can only take it secretly.

Seeing Jia Lian's hesitation, Sister Feng said: "People say that non-toxic is not a husband, but you look forward and backward. If you dare not do this, I will do it.

When the time comes, you go and hand over the jade to the Holy Majesty, confess the grievances of our first room, and push all the troubles to the second room!

It is only said that even this piece of jade was stolen by you, the eldest son, who risked his life, but the second wife refused - just to show your loyalty. "

Jia Lian stared: "Isn't this using Baoyu as our stepping stone?"

Sister Feng sneered: "My aunt has used me as a knife for all these years, and she won't allow me to use her son as a stepping stone?

To put it bluntly, Second Lord, even if the husband and wife are in trouble, they will fly separately.What's more, our two families have long been enemies. "

"You don't have the heart for the second room right now, so why don't you just have the heart for our sons and daughters to become sinners along with the sins of the mansion?"

Sister Feng's words moved Jia Lian, and finally agreed to the matter.

Therefore, Jia Lian carried the entire Rongguo Mansion on his back, and five days after the imperial concubine passed away, he privately presented the psychic gem to the current emperor.

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