"Holy Father" Jia She of the Red Chamber

The house that Situ Zhen sold to Jia She was on the east side. As the saying goes, the east is rich, the west is rich, the north is poor, and the south is cheap. Most of the officials or powerful families in the capital live in the east.

This house was originally the residence of a third-rank Beijing official, but Situ Zhen bought it because he committed a crime, and when he became an official in Beijing, the third-rank is a watershed, and those who become third-rank officials usually get promoted, even Become a prime minister and become a prime minister, but if you can't cross this hurdle, then you may never be able to leave the cabinet for the rest of your life.

Therefore, the position of this house on the east side is quite delicate, and it can be contacted not only with the small officials of the fourth and fifth ranks, but also with the senior officials of the first and second ranks.

After seeing the geographical location of this house, Jia Amnesty immediately understood that Situ Zhen had high expectations of him.

But now Jia She is just a well-known Yipin Li Shangshu, with no real power, and even the emperor didn't ask Jia She to report to the department of the sixth department, or to manage something.

Since the emperor didn't open his mouth, Jia She was also happy to take care of his own library. Because he got a lot of money from the division, Jia She also bought the shops on both sides of the library and expanded it. Immediately, it doubled in size, and on the red list at the door, the book donation by the Holy Majesty was also written, which aroused the follow-up of those dignitaries in the court or the powerful and royal relatives. For a while, many people donated to Jia She Books, Jia Amnesty asked people to register the names of these people and posted red lists, and at the same time asked people to sort out the books. If someone donated a rare or rare copy, Jia Amnesty would personally visit the door with the book to express his gratitude At the same time, he returned the book and explained that only the manuscript copy would be fine.

Those who were returned by him include Prince Teng, the head of the royal family, and the third prince Situ Zhi and the fifth prince Situ Yu, who have recently become famous in the court.

This is how Jia Amnesty saw Wang Ziteng.

"Long time no see, Mr. Wang." Jia She had a smile on his face, and there was nothing wrong with the two of them.

Wang Ziteng looked Jia Amnesty up and down, hummed softly, and then said, "Brother, what's the matter here?"

"Actually, it's nothing." Jia She smiled and sat down. Even though Wang Ziteng didn't ask him to sit, he sat very calmly: "It's just that I learned that Mr. Wang donated money to the library in the past few days. I have a few good books, so I just came here."

"It's just a few books, so you don't have to come here to thank me." Wang Ziteng's tone was not very good, but he was not sure what position Jia She had in the emperor's heart, so he asked him to do something rude, But it is absolutely impossible.

"I'm really here to thank Mr. Wang for your support to that library. At the same time," he paused, and asked A Ping beside him to hand over the few lonely copies, and then said: "I'm here to return the books. of."

Wang Ziteng looked at the few books that A Ping was holding in both hands, his face turned livid, he slapped the table, and said angrily: "Jianhou, do you look down on me, I donate a book, and even ask you to withdraw it?" reason to come back."

But Jia Amnesty was not affected by Wang Ziteng's anger in the slightest. He signaled A Ping to put the book on the table with his eyes, and then continued: "My lord, it's your fault, Mr. Wang can donate books to my library. It is still such a priceless copy, I am naturally very grateful, but I am grateful, this matter must be made clear," he sighed slightly, with a little helplessness on his face: "You know, Mr. Wang, Most of the people who come to borrow from my library are poor people. Master Wang’s book is a lonely book, and it is also a book on military affairs. This must be a person who respects martial arts. I am afraid that the person has no importance in his hands. Your book has been damaged," said Jia Amnesty, stood up, and cupped his hands for the prince: "If there is anything wrong with me, please forgive me, Mr. Wang."

Wang Ziteng was speechless now, not only could not speak, but also his expression became weird, he looked Jia She up and down again, he was still the same person, but the temperament around him became different , But if you want to talk about how powerful Jia She has become, it’s not true, except that it seems like a sudden connection, starting to admire scholars, starting to run a library to do good deeds, and starting to stop being greedy and lustful, other things have not changed much. He didn't suddenly become full of economics, nor did he suddenly become brilliant. Otherwise, Shi Taijun and Jia Zheng would not have partnered to create the Rongguo Mansion, and he would have been beaten up by the prince. If this person changes, It's just as if he suddenly understood what kindness is, and then he started to treat others with kindness.

Wang Ziteng suppressed the confusion in his heart, and smiled: "Brother, what is this? It's because I'm reckless. I just wanted to do more for this scholar, but I didn't expect this. My brother-in-law has some considerations in mind," said Wang Ziteng, but accepted the books, and said, "I will find someone to copy these books and send them over."

Jia Amnesty cupped his hands again: "Then thank you, Mr. Wang."

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, but did not mention anything about Mrs. Wang's private sale of Jinling sacrifice fields.

Jia Amnesty also went to the residence of the third prince Situ Zhi.

Situ Zhi didn't see him immediately, but he was the housekeeper. Jia She took him to the front hall, offered him a cup of tea, and asked Jia She to wait.

Jia Amnesty waited for more than an hour.

Only then did Situ Zhi enter the room.

"Lord Jia, I've been waiting for a long time." Situ Zhi nodded, sat on the upper seat, looked at Jia Amnesty, and said with a smile, "I have some important matters to deal with before, so I kept you waiting for a long time."

Jia Amnesty stood there all the time, and after saying hello, he smiled and said, "My lord is currently walking in the military department, so he is naturally much busier than the lower officials."

Situ Zhi smiled, but did not refute.

Seeing Situ Zhi's performance, Jia Amnesty didn't procrastinate, and went straight to the topic: "Your official's visit today is only because of the few books that the prince donated to his library."

"Oh, those few books." Situ Zhi raised his eyebrows, just in time to see the servant behind Jia Amnesty holding the books in both hands: "Master Jia, the books donated by this king are all out of love for the people. Your Excellency is so blatantly withdrawn." Come back, do you mean that this official should not have such a heart of loving the people?"

Jia She smiled, with a calm attitude: "My lord has it in my eyes, my lord is the king of Chengjun, and I have a heart for all people, and I admire it, but the book of my lord is too precious, and my official is afraid that those scholars will be careless and damage it. Please forgive me for hurting the kindness of the prince."

Situ Zhi curled the corners of his lips slightly, and sighed: "Master Jia is too respectful and cautious."

"The prince's book is too precious, I dare not be negligent." Jia Amnesty looked at Situ Zhi with sincerity.

Situ Zhi stared at Jia She for a long time, raised his hand to let someone take the book in A Ping's hand, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Jia said so, the king took back the book, which is a pity for the king. Love the people."

Jia She smiled and cupped his hands to express his apology, and then said: "The prince can have these books copied down and donated to the library. At that time, those students will still know how much the prince loves the people. .”

Situ Zhi nodded after listening, "That's very good."

And when Jia Amnesty arrived at the residence of the Fifth Prince Situ Yu, the scene was like this.

Jia She followed the housekeeper all the way to the front hall, and saw the well-known Prince Lian sitting in the room.

Seeing Jia Amnesty coming in, Situ Hu stood up immediately, and helped Jia Amnesty up with his own hands, so that Jia Amnesty could not finish the ceremony.

"Your Majesty Jia doesn't need to be like this, just sit down. I have always been easy-going, so please relax my lord Jia." When Situ Yu said these words, the expression on his face was just right, which made people feel good.

Jia Amnesty followed the trend and sat on a chair beside him, facing the smiling face of his superior Situ, he cut straight to the point: "My lord, the books you donated to Xiaguan's library a few days ago are too valuable, and I can't bear them. So send it back specially."

Situ Yu didn't expect Jia She to speak so bluntly, and then looked at Jia She's expression and the book in the hands of the servant behind Jia She, and chuckled lightly: "So that's what happened, and it's also my king's negligence. I sent someone to transcribe that lonely copy, and the handwritten copy was sent, but this king sent this lonely copy, it really shouldn't be done," Situ Yu was not hypocritical, so he asked someone to take the book back, and said it in front of him. Jia She told him to make a copy of these books and send them to the library. After everything was done, he looked at Jia She with a smile: "Master Jia, you think this is good."

Jia Amnesty quickly stood up and bowed to thank him: "My lord is wise."

As soon as the words fell, hearty laughter came from the door.

The sixth prince, Situ Yu, walked in. Because of his love of yellow and white things, this Situ Yu had always made the emperor very helpless, so he was the only one among the several adult princes who had not been crowned king.

"Of course my fifth brother is wise, but from my prince's point of view, you, Mr. Jia, are also very wise."

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty knelt down to pay his respects.

Situ Yu laughed and walked past Jia She, and sat down on the chair next to Situ Yu.

Situ Yu looked at his younger brother amusedly, and then said: "Master Jia, get up quickly, my sixth younger brother here always likes to joke, Master Jia, don't worry about it."

Jia Amnesty stood up, smiled and shook his head: "I dare not."

"Don't dare, I think you are very brave." Situ Yu glanced at Jia She, and said with a smile, "You even dare to provoke the prince's elder brother, what else would you Jia Enhou not do?"

Situ Yu glared at Situ Yu: "Sixth brother, speak carefully."

Situ Reng has already been paid, so how can the prince say anything.

Situ Yu glanced back at Situ Hu, laughed loudly, and looked at Jia She: "Jia She, I heard that your library is very famous."

Jia She has a calm attitude and calm expression: "It's just a place to study."

"That's right, people read books for free. If you don't steal or damage them, you don't care. It's okay to let those people copy the books and take them away." Situ Yu shook his head while commenting on Jia She's library: " It's really a loss." After finishing speaking, he raised his eyes and stared at Jia She: "Marquis Jia En, otherwise, how about this prince partnering with you?"

Jia She smiled and said, "Sixth Prince, the library of Xiaguan does not make money."

"This way of making money is also thought up by people," Situ Yu smiled triumphantly: "We can sell the whole street. Your library doesn't make money, but this ink, paper and inkstone can also make money. We open it there. Go to a few shops that sell the four treasures of the study, and open a few teahouses, it doesn’t have to be high-end, as long as those poor scholars can afford it, in this way, can’t you still make money?”

Jia Amnesty arched his hands: "The sixth prince has a high opinion, and I feel ashamed to be an inferior official."

"Then you agree."

Jia She smiled: "The sixth prince can sell other shops on the street and open the shop you mentioned. Wouldn't it be more profitable to do so."

Situ Huan laughed, looked at Situ Huan, and was not embarrassed: "Master Jia is right."

Situ Yu hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "Sixth brother, you have always liked those yellow and white things. Master Jia's shop doesn't make any money at all. Maybe you will be angry after reading the account books for a month. Why is that?"

Situ Xuan raised his head and laughed loudly: "Yes, yes."

Situ Yu looked at Jia She again: "Master Jia is laughing, my sixth younger brother is a straightforward person."

"The sixth prince has the utmost affection and nature, and the lower officials admire him."

Later, when Jia She met Situ Zhen, he commented on several people for Situ Zhen: "Prince Teng is a restless man, he tends to betray and change hands, so it's better to give up. The third prince seems to be shrewd, but he is relying on the favor of Concubine Zhen in the palace. But he is arrogant and arrogant. The fifth prince is modest and skillful, and he is a formidable enemy. The sixth prince is thoughtful but has no ambitions, so he doesn't need to be the number one opponent."

Jia Amnesty returned to the mansion after a busy day.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xing came up to welcome the others before they went inside: "Master, there are people coming from the house."

"But the people over there?"

The "over there" that Jia Amnesty referred to is naturally the people from the first room of Jia Zheng in the Rongguo Mansion. Ever since they moved out that day and Jia Baoyu passed out from crying, Shi Taijun sent people over every day to take Lin Daiyu back. Jia Baoyu really didn't wake up, Shi Taijun was worried, the old lady might come to the mansion to pick him up in person.

Mrs. Xing shook her head: "There are people coming over there again today, but they were dismissed by my concubine, but the people who came this time are very strange."

"It's a monk with a skinny head and a crippled Taoist."

Scarlet monk and lame Taoist?What kind of strange combination is this? When Buddhism and Taoism get married, Sakyamuni and Hongjun Patriarch will cry.

"Those two people were dressed in rags, and they appeared in the mansion for no reason. The concierge didn't know how they got in. Once they came in, they said they wanted Yu'er to go back to Rongguo Mansion. Those servants stopped her. I can't help it, but when these two people saw Yu'er, they suddenly fell silent, and now they are waiting in the front hall, saying that they want to see the master," Mrs. Xing said the matter again, with a worried expression on her face : "Master, those two people are very weird, otherwise, let's report to the police."

Jia She shook his head: "My lord, I'll go and have a look first. You stay by Yu'er's side first. You can't let those two take Yu'er away."

Mrs. Xing nodded, turned her head and went down.

Jia Amnesty entered the front hall, and sure enough, he saw two men in shabby clothes sitting there. Now the servants in the mansion are all chosen by Madam Xing herself. Naturally, this rule is very good, even if the scarlet monk He couldn't bear to look directly at the lame Taoist, so he served tea in a respectful manner and stood quietly aside.

Looking at this scene, Jia Amnesty first praised Mrs. Xing in his heart.Then he went to the upper seat and sat down with a smile: "I think that I have never seen the two masters before, so I dare to ask what the two masters are called."

"Master Boundless."

"Miaomiao real person."

Upon hearing this, Jia She said with a smile: "After hearing the titles of the two, I feel that I have never seen the two masters."

The Master Boundless and Master Miaomiao looked at each other, and Master Miaomiao said, "It's normal that Mr. Jia has never met us. After all, we are all outsiders and rarely walk around in this world. I want to ask Mr. Jia about it." , Where did Master Jia come from?"

Jia She smiled and said, "The two masters are able to come to this mansion. Haven't you investigated that this official is from the Jia family in Rongguo Mansion?"

"You fart," Master Mang Mang jumped up first, "You say you are that unforgiving Jia She, who are you kidding?"

Jia Amnesty was slightly stunned when he heard what the monk said, and then he laughed, the laughter was soft, but it sounded like he was extremely happy, but it was the laughter that stunned Master Boundless and Daoist Miao Miao.

After a while, Jia Amnesty stopped laughing and looked at the vast masters: "Master thinks that this official is not the original self, but there is evidence, whether this official suddenly has superpowers, or suddenly has the talent of a general. It’s because he suddenly wanted to be kind and tried to do some good deeds, so why did the master call him a monster? Could it be that the master thinks that this kindness is wrong.”

Master Boundless was dumb, he had a bad temper, and his mouth was not sharp, now that Jia She said this, he said that he was wrong, he held his breath and looked at the real Miao Miao, they had discussed it before Well, let's see who this Jia Amnesty is, and then see if we should do it.

Master Miao Miao was more stable, seeing Jia She's expression, smiled and said: "Your Excellency, you can see that the two of us can see a person's past and present lives."

Jia She raised his eyebrows and didn't answer, Master Miaomiao had no choice but to speak: "My lord, would you like to know about your past life?"

I need you two to tell me about my past life, I can remember it clearly.

"How does the master plan to tell me, is it to open the altar, or something?" Jia Amnesty kept smiling, but the topic changed: "Or is it that the master thinks that the official is easy to deceive, and wants to tell the official from the official?" Some money is extorted here."

"You fart." Master Mang Mang raised his hand as if Jia She had slapped him, but Jia She didn't react at all when he hit Jia She, but the palm hit the transparent layer. It was the same on the barrier, and it bounced back, but it knocked Master Boundless to the ground.

All this happened so fast, before everyone realized what was going on, they saw the sloppy monk wave to Jia Amnesty, and then fell to the ground.

Jia Amnesty opened his eyes wide, and said with a smile, "Could it be that the master found out that he couldn't deceive me, so he planned to self-mutilate, frame me, and ask me to pay for it?"

Reverend Miao Miao squinted his eyes, and his expression became serious. He and Master Boundless looked at each other. Those ordinary people didn't see what happened just now, but they saw it clearly. A thin layer of golden light covered his body, and bounced back the palm of Master Boundless.

This golden light can only be possessed by people with great merit. Could it be that this lonely ghost is still a powerful person with merit.

All of a sudden, Daoist Miaomiao and Master Boundless felt that the matter was tricky. They were not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the world. Just now they thought that Jia She was just a ghost occupying his body, so they wanted to restrain him, and then If everything is back on track, they can only stop now.

The two lowered their heads and thought for a while, then turned around and disappeared without a trace.

This disappearance stunned the servants guarding the hall. Jia Amnesty looked at the expressions of the servants and said with a smile: "It's just a trick of the eye, you should do whatever you want."

Then, Jia Amnesty's face also became serious. He could feel the palm of the big man just now. If he hadn't been blessed with the light attribute, he might have been hurt by that monk. It seems that the two Individuals are not kind, so we should be more careful in the future.