The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

The book said that he had fun during the funeral, visited Baixianglou and Heiyaozi, and even got the first letter of the flower names of the girls he had slept with, such as Chunmou, Mumou and so on.

The book also clearly describes how he got acquainted with the boss of a certain printing shop in Baixianglou, and how he came up with ideas to teach him how to make pirated copies. The content really seemed to replay the scene before his eyes.

Sun Shaozu didn't understand why the author of the book knew so clearly. The only one who knew his situation was Huang Hongtai. He clearly found out that Huang Hongtai from Moxiangfang had escaped, so how could the author find out about him.

Also, the author of the book is clearly hating him. All the names in the article are concealed, including Hu Laosan, who was arrested and paraded in the streets, is called Hu Mou.Huang Hongtai is even more so, he doesn't even have a source surname, he only calls him the boss of a certain printing workshop.

Only he is full name, real name.

Sun Shaozu suddenly suspected that Huang Hongtai might have betrayed him, that's why his name was hidden in this book.

"Where is the idiot who dares to steal my book?"

The person who was robbed of the book reacted, grabbed Sun Shaozu's neck when he came up, called the thief, and asked everyone to help him to send him to the official.

Sun Shaozu glanced roughly, then hurriedly dropped the book, broke free from the other party's shackles, and ran home.He heard someone yelling from behind and footsteps chasing him. He didn't dare to turn back, so he took the path he was familiar with and ran as hard as he could, until he finally left the people behind him without a trace.

Sun Shaozu breathed a sigh of relief and walked home.When he arrived at the door of his house, he saw more than a dozen people blocking the door of his house, throwing all kinds of things in, and his neighbors came over and told these people how he made a mess during his father's funeral. of.

Everyone scolded him for having fun during the funeral, but the crime was that he instigated people to forge "Secrets of Neighbors" and wrote irresponsible articles to frame good officials of the court.

Some people even shouted that he should be arrested by the government like Hu Laosan.

Sun Shaozu hid in the alley far away and patted his chest, heaving a sigh of relief.Fortunately, he was more cautious just now and did not rush out directly, otherwise he would be tortured to death by these people.

Sun Shaozu saw straw piled up at the door of a family member in the alley, so he hurriedly picked up a bundle, covered his face, and walked around towards the back door of his house.As a result, when I reached the back door, I found that there were also several people waiting there.These people seem to be servants from some mansion, discussing in twos and threes how their master loves "Secrets of the Neighbor" and how angry they are about the pirated version, so they are sent to teach Sun Shaozu a lesson.

Sun Shaozu looked at the scene and realized that he had a family and could not return.He hurriedly turned around to leave, but the servants looked straight at him and asked who he was.

Sun Shaozu threw the straw at them and ran away.

A few servants came to their senses and immediately shouted: "Sun Shaozu is back!"

Let's chase together.

Sun Shaozu ran like a girl, his legs were almost flying.

After finally avoiding the group of people, he got into the bustling Tongtai Street.Sun Shaozu patted the straw off his body and breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately someone shouted: "It's Sun Shaozu, I recognize him!"

Sun Shaozu panicked, and looking back, the person who pointed at him was his deadly enemy when he was studying in school.

Sun Shaozu hurriedly continued to escape.

Some called for servants and used sticks to deal with Sun Shaozu.There are also people who love Liu Zhongliang and want to avenge his lord.

"Don't be impulsive, it's against the law to hit someone. It's also said on the last page of the book that the whole thing is just to warn the public to avoid imitation and embezzlement. As for those involved, they will be punished by their own laws. Let us not fight violence with violence."

Someone suddenly shouted to stop.Afterwards, more literati came out to stop them, to keep everyone rational.

At the same time, someone at the door of Sun Shaozu's house also came to persuade him.

"Everyone throws a vegetable leaf, throws an egg, and spreads ant feces because of anger. Don't do something illegal with a stick and a knife because of anger. You don't deserve to pay for this kind of person. !"

"We gentlemen use our mouths but not our hands!" Someone said.

Everyone joined in.

……

Because of the lessons of his predecessors, Sun Shaozu knew very well what would happen to him if he was written about the secrets of his neighbor and was shouted and beaten by everyone.

He ran to a remote place, smeared his face with black ash, messed up his hair, put on his clothes inside out, and pretended to be a shabby household, then staggered out of the city with his head down.

Seeing that he was about to leave the city, Sun Shaozu realized that he had no money on him.He had just paid [-] Wen for prostitution, and he only had less than three taels of silver with him.He needs money for food, clothing, housing and transportation outside the city, and he doesn't know where he is going, and there is no one around him to serve him.

Sun Shaozu didn't dare to go out, thinking about going home to dispose of the only things left at home and the land, and then leave with the money.

So he endured until late at night, and Sun Shaozu quietly went home to pack his things.Early the next day, he went to pawn valuable objects and land deeds.

Sun Shaozu walked away deliberately, and went to an unfamiliar pawn shop.

When the owner of the pawnshop saw that the name on the land deed was Sun Shaozu, he shook his head, saying that he would not do his business and drove him away.

Sun Shaozu found two more in desperation, and it was the same.He didn't take the land deed, but pawned the things first, but the pawnshop's pawned things were badly damaged, and besides, the original things in his house had been pawned by him, and there was not much left, so he paid a total of three taels of silver.

This little money was not enough for him to leave Beijing, even if he lived frugally, he still sold the land.

Sun Shaozu had no choice but to find an acquaintance with the land deed.

"If you don't have business, why are you doing this? I know that my reputation is not very good now, but I am your regular customer. You take my things, and outsiders don't know." Sun Shaozu said anxiously.

"This land deed has your name on it. If the person in question is required to go through the formalities at the Yamen, how can I hide it? People will definitely not want to buy it when they see that it is your name." The shopkeeper of the pawn shop said, "Besides, the rumors are so tight now, if I help you with this favor , I don’t have to do any business that has been implicated, I am not wronged. I don’t dare to take this risk, I want to find you and find someone else.”

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he coaxed people to leave.

Sun Shaozu found two more places, but was coaxed out of both.

When Sun Shaozu thought about it, he felt that he was unlucky and unlucky. How could he have a bad brain at the beginning, and provoked such a difficult master in "Secrets of the Neighbors".In the past, he heard others say that the book writers have all-hands and eyes, and there is no secret that he can't dig out. Sun Shaozu still felt that it was a bragging and unbelievable.Now that it has come true to him, he really feels that this "Secret of the Neighbor" is too evil and cannot be offended.

Sun Shaozu doesn't expect to live a comfortable life now. He can have food, clothing and a place to live. It is enough to give him a tael of silver pocket money a month to escape this disaster safely.

One tael of silver a month...

Sun Shaozu was stunned suddenly, he almost forgot that he still had a way out.

Sun Shaozu bought a straw hat, put it on, and went straight to Rongguo Mansion.

After knocking on the door, he explained his purpose and asked the servant to help pass the message.When the boy heard that it was Sun Shaozu, he refused and sent him away.

Sun Shaozu hurriedly stuffed a hundred coins into the hands of the janitor, and said with a smile: "I was confused before, but today I came here to make amends to your master, and please send a message for me, little brother."

The boy hesitated, took the money, and asked Sun Shaozu to wait outside.When their master comes back, he will take a look.

After Sun Shaozu thanked him a thousand times, he shrugged his shoulders and wandered around the corner gate of Jia's mansion.After waiting for a long time, his legs felt numb, so he walked back.Coincidentally, I saw a carriage driving into the corner gate of Rongfu, and Sun Shaozu hurriedly followed it. Looking forward, I saw a thin middle-aged man get out of the carriage. This man was wearing a third-rank official robe. .Sun Shaozu took advantage of the lack of attention of the servant beside him, hurriedly walked two steps in, and greeted him.

Seeing this, the young servant hurriedly shouted and stopped Sun Shaozu.

Lin Ruhai looked at the young man who broke in, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and waved his hand to signal the boy not to embarrass him.

Sun Shaozu stepped forward and explained that he was a descendant of a family friend of the Rong Mansion. A few days ago, because of his inappropriate words, he came to the Elder She to make an apology.

Seeing that he was quite polite, Lin Ruhai asked with a smile, "Since you are a family friend of the Rong Mansion, I should also know him. What's your name?"

Sun Shaozu hesitated while guessing the identity of the master in front of him.

"This is Mrs. Lin from our house." The boy said.

Sun Shaozu suddenly realized, saluted again and again, and then revealed his identity.Seeing that Lin Ruhai's face changed immediately when he heard his name, he hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency, don't believe the nonsense spread by outsiders, because this junior was framed, he came here to ask Master Jia for help. "

After Sun Shaozu finished speaking, he wept very aggrieved.

Lin Ruhai looked at him as a kid of fourteen or fifteen years old. If he was really wronged and criticized and excluded by everyone, it would be really pitiful.But as far as he knew, the things described in the original "Secrets of the Neighbor" will eventually be proved to be true.Therefore, whether the child's experience is worthy of sympathy is still open to question.

Lin Ruhai then took precautions.But he is a well-educated person, at this moment he can't say anything to drive him away, and he doesn't want to have too much involvement with Sun Shaozu, so he said to Sun Shaozu: "Since I came to see Mr. Jia, I will trouble you to wait for a while. .”

After Lin Ruhai finished speaking, he turned around and left.Sun Shaozu hurriedly asked if he could have a sip of tea, he was really thirsty.Lin Ruhai also pretended not to hear, and when he entered the Lixiangyuan, he asked people to close the door tightly and not let that guy in.

……

It was near dusk when Jia Amnesty's carriage drove into Rongfu.

Seeing this, the janitor who had received Sun Shaozu's money before hurried forward to lead the horse, seeing their master getting off the car calmly, he strode past the Eryi Gate in a very dignified manner.

The doorman stretched his neck dryly to watch, lent him ten guts, but he didn't dare to speak directly to his elder.He stopped Zhu Mao and told him about Sun Shaozu.

Zhu Mao raised his eyebrows in surprise, and stared at him: "I told you earlier, this person will come to the door in the future and call him out. Why do you still have the guts to speak up for him? How much money did you charge?"

"Blame me for talking too much, just pretend it's nothing." The doorman slapped himself, turned around to find Sun Shaozu, threw the money to him, and told him to leave as soon as possible.

"How can you be so rude. You accepted my money before and promised to send me a message. You should do what you say. How can you go back on your word? Your master really promised me before that he would help me find a job in Zhuangzi. I'm on an errand today for this purpose. I've missed your master's good name of helping the poor later, can you afford it?" Sun Shaozu said.

The little guy guards the door every day, and the news is not good, and he doesn't know about Sun Shaozu.At this moment, Sun Shaozu was a little confused by what Sun Shaozu said, and thinking about Zhu Mao's words just now, he didn't know who to believe.

Zhu Mao knew that Sun Shaozu was not easy to deal with, so he turned around and followed him to have a look, as expected.He scolded Sun Shaozu: "Go away, our Rongfu cannot afford to support your big Buddha. The last time the master took pity on you and gave you a job to make a living, why did you call it shameless and insulting?" , resolutely refused. Now that you are notorious and have nowhere to go, come to your door? No way! Get out of here! Disgusting people!"

"You asked me to meet your master, and I will explain clearly." Sun Shaozu blushed from the humiliation, showing an unyielding and indignant look.

People who don't know, seeing him filled with righteous indignation and grievances at the moment, really think that he has a lot of grievances.

"Lord Song's carriage is here, open the door!" Someone shouted.

Upon hearing this, the gatekeeper hurried to open the gate.

Sun Shaozu also followed, and knelt at the gate of Rongfu, facing the direction of the big stone lion in Rongfu, kowtowed and cried, begging for mercy from the elder.

The servants saw that Sun Shaozu was playing such a fool in front of the distinguished guests, so they drove him away with sticks.Sun Shaozu fell down and hugged his head, screaming in pain.

The boys didn't really beat them with sticks at all. After their master became a high-ranking official, he was most afraid of any bad rumors. Therefore, these guard boys knew how to measure after several reminders.

Now that Sun Shaozu is making a fuss, it seems that they are really bullying others.People on the street heard the sound and looked sideways, and gathered around to watch.Most of the people didn't know the truth, and when they saw Sun Shaozu was young and dressed in ordinary clothes, they directly sympathized with him, and whispered that it was the Rongguo Mansion who bullied people.

But when Song Xi, who was wearing a noble purple robe, got out of the car, the eyes of the surrounding audience were all straightened, and then they naturally stopped talking, swallowed their saliva, and stared eagerly at the demeanor of this lord.

"Master Song, Master Song, it must be Master Song."

"Good luck today!"

"Yes, yes, it's an auspicious day to go out."

Several women hid behind the crowd excitedly, shouting excitedly in a low voice.They blushed and half bowed their heads, but their eyes were flexible.I want to bow my head and be shy, but I don't want to miss watching Mr. Song's handsome appearance.

Seeing Song Xi approaching, Sun Shaozu hurriedly turned around in Song Xi's direction, raised his arms, bowed his head again, and kowtowed heavily.

Sun Shaozu heard footsteps getting closer and closer, thinking that Mr. Song would ask what happened when he saw this. There is no evidence for the description about him in "Secret Stories Next Door", so it all depends on how he defends himself.Mr. Song is also the governor of Gyeonggi Prefecture. If he can confidently shout that he is innocent in front of Mr. Song, those surrounding people will believe him.

Unexpectedly, the sound of footsteps changed from large to small, followed by the crisp sound of closing the door.Sun Shaozu looked up at the closed gate of Rong Mansion in bewilderment, he was ignored by Mr. Song?Such a big official, when the people say he is pitiful, doesn't he show a little bit of an attitude of understanding the people's sentiments?

Suddenly a shadow came over.

Sun Shaozu looked up, and saw a young man in a brocade robe looking at him coldly.

"Sun Shaozu, you'd better get out!" Hengshu shouted his name loudly on purpose, "Otherwise I will be accused of causing chaos for no reason and breaking into the official residence of the imperial court. Please go to Gyeonggi Prefecture."

When everyone heard that this person was Sun Shaozu, they all surrounded him, scolded him for nothing, and even had the face to cry for grievances, almost making them think that Master Song is a cold and ruthless treacherous minister.

I just hate that Ningrong Street is too clean, there is not even a stone on the ground, otherwise I will kill him!

"This person wrote to "Secrets of Neighbors" and secretly reported you ten times. Now that he is suffering, he still has the face to ask you for help. You just shut him out, isn't it too kind?" Song Xi put down his hands the teacup in his pocket, and asked Jia Amnesty in a calm tone.

"I haven't caught my eye yet, so I'm too lazy to get to know him as well." Jia Amnesty handed this issue of "Secrets of the Neighbor" to Song Xi, "Now that I directly mention the name in the book, the readers' reaction is not as strong as before. There are fewer thick ones, which is a good sign.”

"It turns out that he is just a pawn you used to test."

Song Xi didn't pick up the book, he had read it as early as the first time.

Jia Amnesty: "He is a child after all, he is only 14 years old. Besides, his manuscripts have been burned by Huang Hongsheng, and there is no evidence to deal with him. But he is considered a family member after all. I have recorded his drinking and having fun during his filial piety in the Imperial Palace. Shitai's archives, and send a copy to the Ministry of Officials."

Sometimes the imperial court fills in vacancies and selects talents from the descendants of noble families.The grandson of the Sun family had received grace and was regarded as an honorable descendant, but now Jia's move of amnesty directly cut off the possibility of Sun Shaozu being an official in his life.Even if he passed the imperial examination, he would be removed because of his filial piety and lack of virtue.

"An unfaithful and unfilial person like him has been ruined from the root, inhumane, you did a good job." Song Xi agreed.

Jia Amnesty was also quite satisfied.From now on, Sun Shaozu will no longer be able to get ahead as an official, and there will no longer be any "waiting for the Ministry of War".

Jia She didn't want to care about how he would live in the future, how he died and how he lived.As long as he stays far away from Rongfu and Yingchun, it's fine.

Song Xi didn't speak in advance, and asked about Yuan Chun's marriage, and said that he brought a box of jewelry as Yuan Chun's engagement gift.

If someone else gave a gift, Jia She must wait until the person left to see it because of the etiquette of the ancients.But Song Xi didn't hold back, and opened the box directly to have a look. They were all high-quality jade hairpin jade bracelets, and there were a few pairs of walkers, all decorated with pearls and gemstones, and they were very precious at first glance.

"Where did you get so much money?" Jia Sheming clearly held the keys to Song Xi's warehouse, and he held all the keys to ten locks.

"Now that I'm poor, I can give you more." Song Xi said with a smile.

Jia She looked at him, "I wanted to give it to you a long time ago, but I always forgot." Jia She greeted Zhu Mao, and handed Song Xi a small sandalwood box that he had prepared earlier.

Song Xi opened it and saw that there was a bunch of keys inside, a total of ten keys, which were the keys to the ten locks that Jia Amnesty got in his storeroom.

"Don't touch the official bank, you can still spend my money as you like." Jia She said generously.

Song Xi was stunned for a moment, thinking that apart from the 10 taels of official silver given to Jia She by the emperor in the treasury, the rest was money he gave to Jia She.But now it's all belonged to Jia Amnesty, and he has been generous to him in turn.

"It's still you who love me dearly." Song Xi agreed with a faint smile, received the key, and showed a satisfied expression in a cooperative manner.

Jia She turned around and asked Song Xi what he wanted for dinner.

Song Xi looked at Jia Amnesty, "What do I want to eat? If I tell you, I can eat it?"

"Wontons." Jia Amnesty ignored Song Xi's affectionate gaze and sent the kitchen to prepare meals.

Song Xi smiled wryly, it's fine if he can't eat here, even the food is so simple.

When it was time for the food to be served, Song Xi saw the delicate dishes on the table, except for Jia She, who had a bowl of wontons in front of him, and an indescribable sweetness spread from the bottom of his heart.It seems that Jia Amnesty still cares about him and has a desire to take care of him.

Song Xi was very happy, finally he didn't have to follow Jia She to eat the coriander on the wonton.The stuff tasted like ginger, and he couldn't stand it.

"As for you, you are a typical example of fine clothing and jade food, and you are too particular about your food. I specially invited the chef from the Zhuangyuan Building to cook this meal for you." Jia She scooped up a mess with a spoon, put it in a small bowl, and sprinkled it. Order mature vinegar, and then stuff the whole thing into your mouth and eat it.

Song Xishi didn't say a word, and when he moved his chopsticks, he was very elegant and refined.Jia Amnesty quickly finished eating a bowl of wontons, turned his head to look at Song Xi like that, and tsk-tsk in his heart.It's really shameless to make the girls in the house blush even for a meal.

After a while, Song Xi also put down his chopsticks.

Jia Amnesty looked at the dishes on the table without moving a few mouthfuls, and gave him a thumbs up, "Luxury and waste come first."

"It won't be wasted. We use the leftovers, and the servants will use them. Even if the servants don't use them, they can also feed them to dogs and pigs. After all, they will be used to the best of their ability." Song Xiwen explained.

Jia Amnesty nodded, and gave Song Xi thumbs up with both hands, "You are the number one, you can tell black and white with a clever tongue."

"Jia Enhou, you seem to dislike me today, huh?"

"No, no." Jia Amnesty shook his head hurriedly, rubbed his stomach, and told Song Xi to stay in the room by himself for a while, and he was going to ask Mother Jia to greet him, and eat by the way.

Song Xi insisted on going with Jia Amnesty.

As soon as Song Xi went to Jia Mu's flower hall, all the daughters-in-law and girls in the room had to avoid and retreat for the time being.

When Jia's mother saw Song Xi, she had a smile on her face, and she was happy in her heart, but she was also a little worried.

In fact, when she heard the news about Song Xi these days, she couldn't help thinking about the relationship between Jia She and him.Jia's mother always felt that it was impossible for these two big men to talk about love and to be a couple.But one is the uncle of the country with a super-noble status, and the other is the eldest son who has broken free from the rein and became a first-rank official who is running wild in the court. Jiamu can't stop it no matter how much she wants.

Jia's mother now only hoped that Song Xi would be more stable, that he would be as good-natured as Jia She said, and that he wouldn't suddenly become ruthless one day, because he hated Jia She, and ruined their entire Rongfu.

Jia's mother was hoping that his relationship would last for a long time.

Anyway, the long house has a successor, so as long as the son is up-to-date in the officialdom, he will be chic with a man for the rest of his life, and Mother Jia doesn't think so.And Song Xi's identity is of great help to Rongfu.If he can support Jia Amnesty all the time, the Rongguo Mansion will surely be revived and even more prosperous.

After Jiamu exchanged pleasantries with the two of them, she ordered refreshments and observed secretly.

At this moment, seeing Song Xi's attitude towards Jia She is very caring, he seems to be the only one in his eyes.But her son was very casual with Song Xi.This made Jia's mother suddenly admire the power of her son. It seems that she was worried about Song Xi's ruthlessness before.

After Jia's mother settled down, she treated Song Xi with a good attitude. After greeting Song Xi carefully, she took out all the good things she had here.

"It's better to accept your gift. It is reasonable to say that I am older than you, and I can be considered your elder. I have met so many times, but I have never given you a meeting gift. It is rude. Today you have to choose from here. If you go back with one thing, or you take it all away, it will be more face for me." Jia Mu stood up with a smile, and asked the maids to open the treasure box and let Song Xi see it.

After Song Xi thanked him lightly, he casually took out a pair of jade pendants and asked Jia She if he could take them.

Jia Amnesty looked at Song Xi coldly, but didn't answer, obviously intending to refuse.

But Jia's mother saw that she was out of the way, and hurriedly said: "Okay, this jade pendant is called 'Phoenix Qiuhuang'. It was the dowry given to me by Mrs. Hou Ye when I got married. It's a pity that Xier and his father can't hang this. , have never used it, you just keep it. I see that both of your children like to hang jade pendants, one for each. Boss, hold it for me!"

Song Xi handed the "Huang" piece of jade to Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty looked at Jia's mother, the old lady was very powerful in front of him today.In the days before, everything she said to herself was in a negotiating tone.Now that Song Xiyi is here, it seems that someone is supporting her, and Song Xi is the same, as if someone is supporting him.In short, the two supported each other and bullied him.

"Who is your son?"

Jia She sighed helplessly, but reached out to take the jade pendant from Song Xi.

Jia's mother pretended not to hear Jia She's muttering, and happily smiled and asked the two of them to hang it up for herself to see.

Seeing that Song Xi hung up obediently, Jia She had no choice but to obey.

Mother Jia tucked her chin in, and looked at the two handsome men standing in the middle of the room with a smile. Both of them were tall and imposing.Although Song Xi's appearance and temperament were better, her son's temperament was not bad either, with good-looking features, good skin, and a calm temper.Compared with Song Xi's aloofness and indifference, Jia She's personality is a little more kind.

The mutton fat jade pendants hang on each other's waists, reflecting each other's radiance, they are truly a pair of lovers.

"It's beautiful, don't pick it off, just hang it like this." Jia Mu looked at Song Xi, and then instructed Jia She.

Song Xi knew Jia's mother's kindness very well, and nodded slightly to thank her.

Jia She raised his eyebrows coldly, noncommittal.

When Jia Zheng heard the wind, he hurried to Jiamu's room.Jia Lian was also urged to come by Wang Xifeng.What's more, Baoyu was also brought here specially.Lin Ruhai got the news, and politely sent someone to ask if he wanted to see her.

Jia Amnesty then sent the servant to tell Lin Ruhai that you don't have to be polite, "He often comes and walks, and there will be more opportunities in the future. Let your master take the medicine and rest earlier."

The boy agreed and went.

Song Xi then remembered how Gao Boming treated Lin Ruhai's daughter, and asked Jia Amnesty how he was doing.

When Jia Mu heard this, she was surprised and said, "So you came up with this idea? Amitabha, thank you for your carefulness. The bodies of their father and daughter have been recuperated for half a year, and they are really strong and energetic. Lin girl used to Even the smile was light and without strength, but now it is crisp and full of confidence."

Seeing Baoyu standing close to the servant girl, Jia Amnesty wanted to hide behind her.So I asked him how he was going to school today, and whether he had read the article he had written before.

Baoyu hurriedly said that everything was fine, and then nervously said that he could not comment on the article because it was too difficult to understand.

Just as Jia Amnesty was about to speak, Jia Zheng first reprimanded his son for being useless and told him to fetch the article so that he could read it for himself and teach Baoyu a lesson.

The atmosphere in the room was suddenly a little awkward.

Mother Jia looked at Jia Zheng bitterly, complaining that her second son was too stubborn and disrespectful in front of others.

Jia Zheng also realized that he was reckless, so he immediately bowed his hands to Song Xi and apologized tactfully.

Song Xi responded with a polite smile, saying it was okay.

Jia Zheng really thought it was okay, and after Baoyu took the article, he took it over and looked at the content carefully.He stroked his beard for a while and nodded, and frowned for a while, expressing his disagreement with the above point of view.

Jia She gave Song Xi an embarrassed look, and glanced at the door.

Song Xi hooked his lips and drank tea slowly.

Seeing that he didn't want to leave, Jia Amnesty also drank tea.

Jia's mother wanted to find an excuse to leave, so she listened to Jia Zheng's judgment on the article.

"Most of the content is very well written, quoting from many sources, and not annoying, but there are also two redundant sentences that are taken out of context. But in general, this article is wonderful. If you answer the paper this spring, you will definitely be in high school. Jinshi. Brother, I don’t know where you got this article? But which candidate wrote it?”

"The dog's clumsy work, I'm laughing at you." Song Xi said lightly.

Jia Zheng was stunned, and then, taking advantage of Jia's mother talking to Song Xi, he asked Jia Amnesty tactfully. The "dog son" Song Xi referred to was the eight-year-old concubine who came from his house.Seeing Jia Amnesty nodding, Jia Zheng was horrified, and after a long pause, he hastily praised Song Xi's son for his extraordinary talent, and he could be called a child prodigy.

Song Xi said flatly again: "It's ridiculous."

Seeing Song Xi's cold response to him, Jia Zheng knew that he didn't like his compliment very much, so he shut up and kept silent.But his eyes glanced at Baoyu from time to time, gouging out fiercely, always feeling that he was ashamed of him.

His eight-year-old son can write such insightful articles, and his son is also eight years old. No, he will be nine years old in a few years. Let alone writing articles, he can't even understand the articles written by others.

Don't lose face, lose face!

The more Jia Zheng thought about it, the angrier he became.

Baoyu felt the malice in his father's eyes, and his heart trembled in fear, with tears in his eyes, and he wanted to cry.

Seeing Baoyu's appearance, Jia's mother hurriedly sent Baoyu and Jia Zheng to wait.Instead, he smiled and apologized to Song Xi, making him laugh.

Song Xi shook his head, saying it was nothing.

Jia Amnesty only felt that Jia's mother was too polite to Song Xi, as if she wanted to hold him on top of her head as an offering, "Second brother thinks his child's essays are excellent, and being a high school Jinshi is a good evaluation. Why do you keep apologizing."

Jia Amnesty turned his head and asked Song Xi if that was the case.

Song Xi nodded.

Seeing this, Jia's mother was very happy, so she said to Song Xi: "Don't leave tonight, why bother, just stay here."

……

Besides, after Jia Zheng was sent out by Jia's mother, he was not reconciled to it, and couldn't bear it.At this moment, it's not good to be in Jia Mu's courtyard, how to treat Baoyu in front of the guests, so he takes Baoyu back to his courtyard, so as to reprimand him.

Mrs. Wang had just received a letter from the Zhen family, and she was worried about what was in the letter.Suddenly hearing Jia Zheng reprimanding Baoyu again, Mrs. Wang was even more annoyed, and she brought people to persuade her.

Baoyu was so frightened that she cried badly.Seeing that he was unteachable, Jia Zheng became even angrier, and wanted to take off his trousers and beat him.

Mrs. Wang was upset and irritable because of the content of the letter. Seeing that Jia Zheng treated her only son like this again, she was so angry that she hugged Baoyu and burst into tears.

"If you keep protecting him, I'll beat you too!" Jia Zheng raised his hands high, his face angry.

"Let's fight, let's fight, you will kill me like Fang Qin, and you will be able to marry another one!"

When Jia Zheng heard that Mrs. Wang had compared himself with a hypocrite, his face turned blue with anger.In a flash of enthusiasm, he grabbed Mrs. Wang's bun and asked her to repeat her words in a sharp voice.

"Okay, this is what you asked me to say. Don't blame me when the time comes." Mrs. Wang only felt her face was cold, and when she touched it with her hand, it was full of tears.

"Say it, say it if you have the guts!" Jia Zheng said fiercely.

"Just like Fang Qin, you are a hypocrite and a villain! You only care about yourself and your own face in everything, you are unkind to us women, you have never worried about this family, and you have never been kind to us.

As a father, you have not fulfilled your responsibility to teach Baoyu; as a husband, you have not given me the respect that a regular wife should have.People don't like their main wife, so they know how to sleep in the main wife's room on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, how about you?That's all, you are a man, the pillar of the second room, you have never done your part or taken care of this family matter.

In the past, when my elder brother was powerful, you relied on him. Now that your elder brother is powerful, you can only live in his shadow.You can't earn money, you can't earn official titles, and you don't care about the big and small things in the family, and you always ask the family to pour out money to repair your holes.Stretch out your mouth to ask for something, if you don’t like it, come and beat your son—”

Snapped!

Jia Zheng blushed, and slapped him hard, and Madam Wang's face immediately had a red slap mark.

Jia Zheng's eyes were so wide that they almost burst.

"Damn whore, what nonsense are you talking about? How dare you frame and accuse your husband like this? I don't think you want to let it go! See if I won't beat you to death!" Jia Zheng kicked Mrs. Wang's head. abdomen.

Mrs. Wang fell to the ground, knocked her head on the stool, and immediately her skin was cut and bleeding came down.Mrs. Wang was still staring, and she didn't complain of pain. Her eyes were empty and weeping, and she smiled coldly.

"Okay, you can kill me, so that I don't have to suffer alive. I used to fight and plot for the second wife, and I deserved it in the end when I ended up in ruins. I have survived until now, but for you and for my son. Now even this I've lost all my heart, so it's better to die."

After Madam Wang finished speaking, she closed her eyes, straightened her neck, and gave it all to Jia Zheng, as if she was dying.

"Father, don't hit mother. Hit me. Hit me. I won't cry. Hit me." Baoyu threw herself down in front of Mrs. Wang, took off her trousers, and let Jia Zheng hit her.

Just as Jia Zheng raised his foot, seeing the two of them like this, he was comforted by his mother-in-law, and he just stomped his foot and put it down.

After Zhou Rui's family rushed over, they knelt down and kowtowed to Jia Zheng: "Second Master, don't blame the slaves for talking too much. The second wife is really in a difficult situation. Today, the Zhen family sent a letter asking the second wife to help move around. The uncle is looking for an errand in Beijing, and said that if this is the case, the tens of thousands of silver deposited here before will not be used. If not, the second wife will have to return the silver to others.

But in order to save face for the second wife, the second wife embezzled the Zhen family's money and sold the dowry, and only then did she make up enough 13 taels to return to Gongzhong.Now there is nothing left of Zhuangzi's shop, and there is only a set of precious jewelry left, if they have to keep it for when they go out to meet people, I'm afraid they will all be cheated. "