Infrastructure masters in the red building

From the beginning to the end, Jia Amnesty knew nothing about the content of the "surgery" performed by his wife during childbirth.

Although he inquired in every possible way, Mrs. Shi didn't mention a word to him.The maids and mother-in-law who were serving in Zhang's room at that time were all sent to Rongfu's Zhuangzi outside the city the day after the operation.

The servants of the entire family were discussing, saying that the women brought by the third master were using black magic in the delivery room of the grandmother.Otherwise, why don't you teach people to know?

But when those maids and mothers-in-law were sent away, they were all beaming, as if they had made great contributions.Someone left a message, saying that the temporary refuge at Zhuangzi was only temporary, and that they were already people who had seen the world.The whole family felt itchy, but they couldn't find out the truth.

So the servants of the Rong Mansion changed their words unanimously, saying that Master Jia brought the fairies and saved the lives of the grandma and the young master with fairy arts.

But these gossips were not heard by Jia Fang, Zhang Youshi and the midwives.They went back to Taoyuanzhai the next day, leaving only the youngest midwife in Rongfu to take care of Mrs. Zhang's "postoperative recovery".

So this midwife became a veritable "little fairy" - she was born to love all kinds of accessories she brought with her, and she didn't wear the ones that Mrs. Smith gave her, and she wore a huge silver lock all day long , wearing colorful dresses, singing and working in Zhang's yard.The whole Jia family was full of curiosity about this little girl, but they couldn't get close to her easily.

Now there are only four people left in Zhang's courtyard, Mrs. Shi's personal maid, Zhang's personal maid, Shuangwen and the little midwife.The whole courtyard is like an iron bucket, and idlers cannot get in at all.Others naturally have no way to approach the midwife.

Shuangwen is very close to this little midwife.She has some talent in dialect, and she is the first person in the Rong Mansion who can fully understand the little midwife's speech. She can even imitate her and act as a "interpreter" for the little midwife, explaining all the details of taking care of Mrs. Zhang. service.

Soon Shuangwen discovered that this "little fairy" was purely an innocent child. When others were extremely curious about her, this girl was also full of curiosity and novelty about everything in the Rong Mansion, and she always liked to ask questions about this and that.Shuangwen acted as an interpreter for her, and occasionally inquired about what kind of boundary "over there".

The two immediately became very good friends.

On the contrary, the maidservants around Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Zhang were strictly ordered by their respective masters not to talk casually with the little midwife. They could only occasionally listen to Shuangwen talking with the "little fairy" in the southern dialect, and they were so curious that they felt like a little bird in their hearts. The cat was scratching its claws anxiously, but it never dared to ask another word.

Seven days later, Jia Fang brought Zhang Youshi and other midwives for a follow-up visit.After the midwives checked, they officially announced that Mrs. Zhang was all right. In the future, she only needs to finish the "shuangyuezi" well, and she will be like an ordinary person.

The second child of Jia She's family, Jia Hu, was born at full term and is very strong.This kid seemed to know that he was shouldering the task of making his father "Lianhu", and when his eldest brother Jia Lian came to visit him, he would often stop crying.The two brothers seem to be very friendly and understanding.

Seeing that Zhang's mother and child are both safe, the doctors are naturally comforted.The group of people bid farewell to Jia Daishan, Jia She and others, went back the same way, and disappeared in the Grand View Garden.

On Jia Amnesty's side, Lao Xia's mother was captured by Jia Daishan's men and locked up in an empty room behind the Rong Mansion.Jia Amnesty didn't go directly to interrogate her, but first went to uncover the bottom of the gambling house that Lao Xia's mother's son often went to. He interrogated the key witnesses he caught first, and made sure that he did not miss any evidence. , and then all the brains were given to Shuntian Mansion.

After all the causes and consequences were clarified, Jia She ordered someone to pass the message on to Lao Xia's mother.

"Uncle..." Lao Xia lay on the ground, staring at Jia She, wanting to see what kind of attitude this guy has towards her.

That day she covered the sky with one hand in Zhang's courtyard, and Zhang ordered her to go to the front yard to call Jia Amnesty, but she just pretended to pass on the message, but in fact she never sent anyone to Jia Amnesty's courtyard.At the midwife and doctor who were originally booked in the mansion, she also didn't let anyone go to deliver a message-although she was busy back and forth in front of her, and she seemed busier than anyone else.

Later, Mrs. Shi came over by accident and took over Zhang's yard.Lao Xia's mother knew that the Dongchuang incident was approaching, so she hurriedly used an excuse to deliver a letter to the Zhang family, got into a small car and rushed out of the city.

It's just that the car had already left the city, but in a hurry it turned back to the mansion.Old Xia's mother wanted to jump out of the car but didn't jump out, she was gagged and tied up, and she was thrown into the empty room in the backyard in Rongfu, leaving her alone to slowly fear.

At this time, Old Xia's mother could only wish from the bottom of her heart that nothing would happen to the young lady she brought up and her flesh and blood.If something happened to Mrs. Zhang, based on Jia She's character, it is possible to cut her alive.

But as time went by, Lao Xia's mother looked at the mansion as if it didn't look like it was starting to hold a funeral, and knew that at least your lord was fine.She suddenly became alive again, thinking about how to find a way out for herself.

At this moment, she looked at Jia She, seeing that the other party didn't seem to be determined to put her to death, she felt a little relieved.

——Miss can’t do without herself.Old Xia's mother thought to herself, she would fret over this matter and beg, as long as she could find a chance to see Mrs. Zhang, she should be fine.

"You know what you did, don't you?" Jia She asked Lao Xia's mother, even with a little smile in his eyes.

This smile frightened Lao Xia's mother. She had heard from Mrs. Zhang that this uncle's temper was a little bit strange.Others are all fierce when they are angry, but the more angry the uncle is, the more he smiles.

Old Xia's mother immediately knew that she couldn't get away with it, and answered honestly on her knees: "Please forgive me, my old lady is really deceived by lard, and she even thought of killing Miss..." She began to cry as she spoke.

"But the old woman really can't do anything about it. If she doesn't do it, her son will lose his life in a blink of an eye. He is also an innocent person..."

With a calm face, Jia She asked softly, "So, when your son went to the casino that day, did he go in by himself, or was he tied up, hand and foot bound, and thrown on the gambling table for him to learn how to gamble?"

Old Xia's mother rolled her eyes and said: "Naturally, it's because other people know that his mother is working next to Mrs. Rongfu Shizi. After all, it's my mother who made him tired..."

Jia Amnesty laughed out of anger for a moment, flipped through the album in front of him and asked, "Your patriarch's son entered a gambling shop when he was 12 years old and owed hundreds of taels of debt. The reward given to you is to pay off his debt—your young lady was only eight years old back then, and she had no marriage contract with me. Where in the world are there gods who can be counted as later events?"

"It's really boring to break up with you," Jia She said, "Let's put it this way, I hate what you did this time, even if your lady wants to protect you, I will stop her...in private Li dealt with you, just don't let her have a chance to see you..."

Old Xia's mother's eyes darkened, and she thought she was done.

Unexpectedly, Jia She changed the subject and said: "But this time, I not only owed favors, but also owed a merit to God. If you are willing to tell how others found you that day, how did you let you design my wife's plan?" After the whole process, I told you everything, and I promise you, I will spare your life... and spare your son's life."

This was a request that Old Xia's mother could not refuse. Right now, she followed Jia Amnesty's request and told the story of how others came to her and threatened her after her son's accident.

Jia She heard from Lao Xia's mother that the other party once relayed the evaluation from his superiors, saying that Jia She "has no scruples in acting, and has always vacillated between good and evil."Jia She immediately sighed in his heart, the other party had indeed seen through himself - based on this alone, the other party was an unfathomable opponent.

Old Xia's mother didn't know what was going on in Jia She's mind at all, and she just kept telling the other person's original words: "...This time, what happened this time was to make him blame everyone and everyone while he was angry and remorseful, and let the evil thoughts in his heart take a breath away." The child is no longer bound..."

Jia Shen suddenly felt like a basin of cold water poured over his head, and his heart suddenly came to his senses—speaking of those evil thoughts in his heart, he knew very well who planted them for him.

What the other party said was correct, if he really hurt his wife and children this time, he might be really disappointed in this world.Recently, he had nightmares every day, every time he dreamed that his wife passed away and his youngest son died.

He also dreamed that after his father passed away, his mother hated him in every possible way, and even after he assumed the title, he still refused to let him live in Rongxi Hall, and instead let Jia Zheng and his wife live in Rongxi Hall—he was naturally more resentful , Intensified indulgence... Finally, I saw Jia's family suffer a crushing defeat.

At this time, Jia Amnesty would wake up drenched in sweat, his heart still beating wildly, and when he collected himself, he remembered that his wife and children were safe, and that all the accidents that caused all these changes did not happen.

But such a vivid dream was so real that Jia She could not help being terrified.

He remembered what his father Jia Daishan said: But his own heart must be guarded - if he can't keep it, how can he tell whether others' hearts are good or evil, open or dark?

At this point, he finally understands, fully understands, and from then on he knows how to cut off the evil thoughts in his heart, how to behave in the future, how to guard relatives, friends, loved ones, and family members.

"Well said!" Jia Amnesty praised Lao Xia very calmly.

Lao Xia's mother immediately felt happy, thinking that there was hope of getting rid of the crime.

Unexpectedly, Jia She asked another question: "Mom Xia, my daughter-in-law is the girl you personally nursed, and you watched her grow up, how can you be willing...how can you look at her like this..."

Old Xia's mother held back for a long time before she could say: "Although she is the daughter of her own mother, how can there be a biological son to kiss her?"

Jia She nodded: "Understood, I will help you."

Three days later, Lao Xia's mother was sent out of the city, and lived in the Zhuangzi of Rongfu for a few days. After a round with her precious son, the two of them went on the road together - this road was not going to other places, but to follow Beijing. The prisoners who were sentenced to exile were sent to the bitter cold places in the north.

Only then did she understand what Jia She said: Sparing her life means that the death penalty can be avoided and the living penalty cannot be escaped.

Once Lao Xia's mother realized that she was coaxed by her uncle, she tried every means along the way to ask someone to deliver a letter to Mrs. Zhang.The belongings on her body were quickly scattered, and the banknotes hidden in her hair and shoes and sewn in the interlayer of her clothes were all sent out one by one, and she asked someone to send a message to the prince of the Rongguo Mansion in Beijing. lady.

She watched herself and her son go farther and farther north, and the weather was getting colder and colder, but she couldn't even afford a piece of clothing to keep out the cold.There is no news at all from the south.

When she got to the bottom of the field, Lao Xia accidentally complained about it to the jailer in charge of her, and the jailer laughed and asked her how much she spent.Lao Xia's mother answered honestly: more than 300 taels.

The jailer was startled: "More than 300 taels? For more than 300 taels, you can buy a small yard here, dredge up and down, and close the door to live by yourself. As long as you don't leave, no one will take care of you - three years of imprisonment Man, if you sell the yard again, you can still save some spare money. But you gave it all to others to deliver letters for you?"

Old Xia's mother really didn't expect this, so she could only bite the bullet and say: "My young lady was brought up by me personally, and I am her half-mother...she won't just sit and watch me suffer."

"300 taels... tsk tsk," the jailer lamented her generosity, but he didn't know that she couldn't split the money to spend due to the denomination of the bank notes. "Since the more than 300 taels have been spent, there must be some people in this world who are loyal to personnel and affairs, and can deliver the letter for you, right?"

This is indeed the case. Two months later, when Lao Xia’s mother served in the howling wind with other exiled prisoners, Zhang’s letter was indeed delivered. There was no unnecessary gossip on it, only one line saying yes "Although she is the daughter of my own mother, how can there be a biological son to kiss her?"

Lao Xia's mother was illiterate, and only after begging did she realize that she had gotten such a reply for 300 taels of silver.The story of Lao Xia's mother immediately became a joke among the exiled prisoners and the jailer, especially after the jailer used clichés to tell the story of Lao Xia's mother from beginning to end.

"Is there such a shameless person in the world?" People commented like this.

Jia Amnesty took advantage of Jia Fang's opportunity to pick up Zhang Youshi and the midwife, and told Jia Fang exactly what he had found out.

Originally, the people who contacted Lao Xia's mother were all from the gambling house. When Jia She found out about the gambling house, all the remaining clues were cut off.But Jia Amnesty had a target of suspicion because of the original words of the victim passed by the other party, and told Jia Fang about this target.

"You think it's him?" Jia Fang asked in surprise.

Jia Amnesty withdrew his right hand that was spread out in front of Jia Fang, clenched his fist, and nodded: "Although I don't have much evidence, my intuition should be this person."

He was really embarrassed to repeat the original words of the man who persuaded him after drinking that day in front of Jia Fang, but in order to win Jia Fang's trust, no matter how ashamed and ashamed he was, Jia Amnesty continued to repeat what he remembered intermittently. again.

Jia Fang was surprised: "Top the vat? To cheat you? Brother, it's really not like this!"

Jia She said in shame: "Now I understand it too... The only regret is that I didn't do anything about Zhao Cheng as soon as possible, so that the thread was broken. Now there are only speculations here, big brother, and there is no evidence."

But Jia Fang cupped his hands at Jia She and said, "Brother, it's a great help to get a reminder." Jia She even said all the evil thoughts in his heart that he was ashamed of in the past, which shows that he is now full of fists against Jia Fang. The meaning of caring.

"One more word, little brother--Brother, I have heard a word that says that centipedes are dead but not stiff. If a rich family like ours is killed from outside, it cannot be killed for a while. You must commit suicide at home first." Only when it is destroyed can it be completely defeated.①”

Jia She thought, isn't that the case?In recent days, the Ning Rong Second Mansion has had so many foreign aggressions, all relying on the family's unity of heart, what should be taken care of, what should be carried, they have all passed in this way.Unfortunately, this time, on the one hand, there were internal thieves, and on the other hand, the external thieves almost succeeded by taking advantage of the suspicion in Jia's family.

From now on, cleaning up the servants, cleaning up the pedigree of the servants, and cleaning up the evils have been his first priority after taking over the Rongfu.

Thinking of this, Jia Amnesty quickly bowed to Jia Fang, thanking my brother for reminding me.

"Third brother, brother, I have another matter and I want to ask you for advice. It's about two businesses that came to me recently." Seeing that Jia Fang still had some free time, Jia Amnesty seized the time to discuss with his brother. One white, two different."

"One black and one white?" Jia put it down and became interested, thinking it couldn't be Oreo, right?

"The black one is charcoal, and the white one is snowflake sugar."

Jia Fang: "Oh!" He knew it.

Coal was called "carbon charcoal" in ancient times, which is opposite to charcoal.It sounds like Shui Xian found Jia Amnesty for this black and white business.

"As you know, people don't like to use charcoal because it's too difficult to burn. In the early years, the fourth prince presided over disaster relief and helped the refugees from the north. At that time, there was really no charcoal, so the refugee camps used it. Charcoal. At that time, De'an and other counties complained, saying that the charcoal was extremely difficult, and when it was ignited, there was a lot of smoke. De'an County saw black smoke billowing all day long..."

Jia Fang thought about it: He had actually seen this scene before.

That day he went to the refugee camps to meet Jia Daishan. He had been to the refugee camps on both the east and west roads, and he had seen the refugees there make fire and cook with black coals.Indeed, it is quite difficult to point.

He thought it was charcoal at the time, but now that he has a better understanding of the market, he knows that the refugees absolutely cannot afford charcoal.Charcoal, especially those with better quality, such as silver silk charcoal and red Luo charcoal, are all monopolized by rich and powerful families like Gongzhong and Rongfu.Ordinary people generally use firewood to burn stoves and kangs for cooking and heating, and the efficiency of energy utilization is relatively low.

As for the charcoal used in the refugee camp back then, Jia Fang guessed that it should be the disaster relief fuel donated by Shui Xian to help the fourth prince.

"...But now, the charcoal is said to be very, very easy to use. It ignites at one point, the firepower is strong, and the burning time is also long. Although the smoke is slightly larger than charcoal, it is much better than the original charcoal."

Jia Fang laughed while listening, Jia Amnesty quit: "Third brother, what are you laughing at?"

Jia Fang said, "Did the merchant who sold it to you tell you what this charcoal is called?"

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Yes, it's called briquettes."