[Red House Chai Dai] Salted Pork Knuckle, Crab Rice Wine

Because of Yuan Chun's sudden death in Jia's mansion, it was as if the sky had collapsed all of a sudden, and they felt depressed and uncomfortable all day long.It's just that now, apart from eating vegetarian food, praying to the Buddha, and praying for the blessings of the ancestors, so that they can get through the difficulties safely, there is no other way to think about.Then Jia Mu ordered all the people in the house to be cautious in their words and deeds, so as not to cause any trouble.

Therefore, the number of visits from Jia's family dropped sharply for a while. Usually, there were relatives such as historians of the Wang family, noble ladies from the capital such as the Princess of Nan'an County, Princess of Beijing, etc., and now they all knew that Jia's family had lost power. contacts.Everyone in Jia's family became more and more anxious, but Aunt Xue didn't know what to do. She was an old widow, and she used to come to Mrs. Wang's side. Tears and complaints.Before the matter of Yuanchun came out, Mrs. Wang was thinking about the sake of the sisters, and she was willing to perfuse her a few words, but now she has no thoughts.

However, Aunt Xue never noticed.She and Mrs. Wang's sisters also secretly had a feeling of comparison, secretly thinking that the two sisters have a son and a daughter, and outsiders say Xue Pan is a jerk, but according to her observation, Baoyu's mischievousness is even more naughty than Xue Pan's. It is not easy to worry about the difference, so this is considered even. Originally, Yuan Chun was the empress in the palace, so she was much better than Baochai, an unfilial daughter. Now Yuan Chun is gone all of a sudden, although there are many strange things in it. It's weird, but Mrs. Wang can't beat Aunt Xue with this anymore.Comparing the two now, Mrs. Wang has more men than Aunt Xue, Jia Zheng, but she often stays with Aunt Xue every day, and it is only passable to Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang has to serve Mrs. Jia every day and take care of the general affairs However, it is not as smooth as she, the headed mistress of the Xue family.Therefore, after such a secret comparison, Aunt Xue prefers to sit here with Mrs. Wang more than usual.

This day Aunt Xue cried to Madam Wang about how fierce Xia Jingui was and how Xue Pan let go of the shopkeeper and ignored things. Madam Wang was very agitated when she heard this, so she suddenly stabbed her and said: "This is a very eventful time, the court is busy comforting refugees, Every family is busy mourning. Those families who used to be at odds have no time to quarrel over trivial matters after this incident. Why is the newly married grandma so ignorant, girl Bao She was so young and went so badly, yet she still intentionally bullied you for these things? According to me, you don't have to complain all the time, just go to the yamen with a complaint, accusing her of being unfilial, wouldn't you have everything? "

When Aunt Xue was complaining, Mrs. Wang unexpectedly said this, her face turned purple, and she faltered and said: "People like us always want to talk about something decent. Could it be possible to make a scene outside and make everyone in the city know about it?" What's more, Bao girl is unfilial, she kindly planned the road to wealth and honor for her, but she refused to go. I thought about the mother-daughter relationship and went to see her, but she didn't see her. What's the use of giving birth to a daughter like this? God has eyes, so he should take her in and let your eldest girl go, the mansion will be happy."

Seeing Aunt Xue's nondescript words, Mrs. Wang sneered, and when she was about to speak, she saw Caiyun Yuchuan'er, who was serving beside her, all looked at Aunt Xue with puzzled faces.Mrs. Wang saw the reason for this, and asked Caiyun, "Why are there no rules at all! What are you doing looking at my aunt like this?"

Caiyun has always been smart and well-behaved, but she is more valued by Mrs. Wang than Yuchai'er. At this moment, she said: "The servant listened to the meaning of the concubine's words, and it seems that she doesn't know about Miss Bao..."

After being reminded by her, Mrs. Wang came to her senses and stared at Aunt Xue.Aunt Xue looked puzzled, and said: "What good news can there be for an unfilial girl. It would be better to lose her early, and my heart will be pure!"

Since Baochai broke up with Xue's family, although Mrs. Wang didn't say anything, she privately felt that Aunt Xue was incapable of handling things and couldn't distinguish the seriousness. She forced a good-looking girl into such a state, and she was also troubled by You. Shi and the others laughed behind their backs.A few days ago, when I heard the sad news about Baochai from Wang Xifeng, I also sighed a few words.Now Mrs. Wang is getting more and more impatient when she hears Aunt Xue's words like this, and she said in a toneless way: "Now I just took advantage of your wish. Maybe God heard you, a mother, praying behind your back. .It's just that, why don't you see that your heart is pure, and you still complain about your daughter-in-law every day?"

Aunt Xue was stunned when she heard what Madam Wang said.Mrs. Wang just took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "A few days ago, girl Feng came to report to me, and we found out that after marrying that surnamed Feng, girl Bao actually lived outside the city. On that day, the rebels of Tianli Sect raised troops from outside the city, passed by her house, killed more than a dozen people, and burned the house to the ground. When I heard the news, I was so sad that I didn’t even eat that night. I wonder why you, a mother, didn't even disclose the news, but you didn't know! Bao girl has been gone for half a month, and you still don't know about it, it's strange."

Aunt Xue heard that it was like being struck by lightning.Although she hated and complained about Baochai in every possible way, she didn't expect Baochai to be so ill-fated, so she went like this!Immediately could not help but burst into tears.Mrs. Wang only thought she was sad, thinking that this is the heart of a mother in the world, and when she was about to persuade her, she heard Aunt Xue crying and saying: "How can there be such a reason in the world? I haven't heard of it yet." Go, she will go first. I still hope that she will contribute to the family! This unfilial daughter who is waiting for the sky to be struck by lightning..."

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Wang felt more and more dislike for her in her heart, her temper rose for a while, she backed away, scolded Aunt Xue and sent her back to the yard.

Aunt Xue's eyes were red and she was sent back to the yard by Madam Wang. When she saw Xia Jingui with her arms akimbo staring and cursing, she suddenly felt sad from the bottom of her heart.She originally thought that her daughter would be filial and considerate, and that her son would have a bright future, and she would love to play with her grandchildren and enjoy the family happiness, but she never thought that things in the world were not as she wished, and she ended up in this situation!

Aunt Xue was not in the mood to eat well at the moment, she just watched Xia Jingui mobilize the crowd over there, slaughtering many chickens and ducks, and only fried the necks of the chickens and ducks to eat, and rewarded people with large pieces of good meat at will. His heart ached so much, but he didn't dare to stop him face to face, for fear that Xia Jingui would say something nasty.Who would have thought that if she didn't come to provoke Xia Jingui, Xia Jingui would have the guts to provoke her instead. Standing outside the window and shouting at her dowry girl Baochan, she was actually insinuating, accusing Sang and Huai of saying that Aunt Xue was incompetent and that she might as well lie on the bed and hold up the corpse.Aunt Xue heard clearly in the room, trembling with anger, she said to herself: If Baochai was here, how could you allow others to do this?After swallowing her anger for a while, she finally couldn't take it anymore, opened the door and shouted: "Where in the world is there any reason for a daughter-in-law to yell and scold loudly in front of her mother-in-law's door?"

Xia Jingui retorted loudly: "There is no reason in this world for a mother to force her well-behaved daughter to order his wife not to do it, but to send her to Prince Zhongshun's mansion as a concubine for others to play with! Who doesn't know that your old man is hard-hearted , used to torment people, your daughter is filial like that, and you tried to force her to leave by accusing her of being unfilial, let alone a daughter-in-law like me? I deserve to be tossed by your old man!"

Aunt Xue was so angry that she was trembling all over, and she called for Xia Jingui to be sent to the official, and then ordered to prepare a sedan chair, and went to the Yamen to beat drums in person to accuse her daughter-in-law of being unfilial.Most of the servants of the Xue family were subdued by Xia Jingui, and they knew that Aunt Xue was incompetent, so who would take her words seriously, still sweeping the floor and making tea, they were all busy serving Grandma Xue Xia Jingui Who would really take Aunt Xue's words to heart.

Aunt Xue never imagined that such a fate would happen to her in her later years. She was ashamed and angry at the moment, but she didn't know what to do. She decided to wait for her son Xue Pan to come back, and sue Xia Jingui, telling him to revive her husband.Unexpectedly, before it was night, a long follower who often followed Xue Pan rushed to report that Xue Pan was arrested by the yamen outside. At first, Aunt Xue thought that Xue Pan had committed another old problem and started fighting He was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet, but the long follower shook his head and said no, saying that the crime proposed by the official was treason.

Aunt Xue turned pale with shock, she couldn't figure out how people like Xue Pan could be connected with rebellion.Where did she come up with any ideas? When she cheekily asked Xia Jingui what to do, Xia Jingui was very sharp when she was fighting in the house, but when encountering such a big event, she immediately returned to her boudoir daughter's cowardly and timid nature, crying louder than Aunt Xue, just saying I have a hard life, marrying into Xue's family is bad luck for eight lifetimes, and I ordered someone to deliver a letter to her natal family, and asked someone to pick her up, and she wanted to live in her natal family.For a while, the Xue family's hearts fluttered and they were in a mess.

Aunt Xue had no choice but to run to Jia's house for help.The Jia family was upset about their own affairs, and they didn't care about her at all, but because of the favor of their relatives, Madam Wang sent Wang Xifeng over. However, when Aunt Xue was going to Jia's mansion to rescue soldiers, she took Baochai, her close maid, and a few natal confidants to pack up the gold and silver in the house and ran away.Wang Xifeng didn't have time to take care of this at the moment, only a few disobedient servants who took the lead in making trouble broke out, and urged Jia Lian to go out to inquire about the situation.

Jia Lian went away for several days, and Fang came back and said hesitantly that this matter dates back to a few years ago.It is said that a few years ago, the shopkeeper of Xue's shop was a rebel from Tianli Sect. Now he has been arrested and confessed to Xue Pan.Aunt Xue almost fainted from fright, and kept saying how could such a thing happen.She was completely unfamiliar with the business in the shop, and when she was anxious to find an old man to ask, she realized that it was Xue Pan who liked the trouble caused by Long Yang, saying that when the traitor was working in Xue's shop, Xue Pan deliberately forced The son of the rebel, who caused enmity because of this, and now the rebel was caught, unexpectedly bit Xue Panpan in.

Aunt Xue complained repeatedly when she heard the words, she just regarded it as an innocent disaster, and asked Jia Lian to clear it up for her again and again.Jia Lian's face was troubled.I really couldn't evade it, so I backed away, and secretly explained the reason to Aunt Xue, it turned out that being bitten by the rebels of Tianli Sect was only an obvious thing.It's Xue Pan who hangs out with Jia Zhen, Feng Ziying and others on weekdays, plotting to recover from the forces of the old Qiansui, Prince Yizhong, who has done bad things.Originally, the emperor was well aware of this matter, but because the two old saints, the empress dowager and the empress dowager, were still around, it would not be easy to have a seizure, so he turned a blind eye to it.Everyone expected that even if they were liquidated, it would be after the death of the two saints. They didn't want the rebels from the Tianli Sect to rebel and the royal family's face would be greatly lost. I'm afraid that the current emperor would also have the heart to use heavy codes in troubled times.The people at the bottom understand, and follow suit, trying to use the name of Tianli Sect rebels to uproot this gangster.Therefore, the rest of the people who were bitten by the Tianli Sect were only released with some money and some connections, but the superiors still pointed to Xue Pan's confession of his accomplices, where would they let them go.

Aunt Xue was dumbfounded when she heard what Jia Lian said.Her thoughts turned sharply, and she remembered that Xue Pan followed Jia Zhen, Feng Ziying and others back then. Pearls were like earth and gold was like iron. It's a pity that Aunt Xue really believed it at that time, but the Xue family spent more than half of their money, but in the end they expected the ending of being imprisoned!

Aunt Xue's eyes turned black and she fainted to the ground.Jia Lian hurriedly asked someone to take her back.As far as Jia Lian was concerned, Xue Pan's life and death was still a trivial matter, but it was a major matter involving the Ningguo Mansion and Jia's family friend Feng Ziying and others.Therefore, Jia Lian sent Aunt Xue away, busy Bingming Jia Zheng, Jia Amnesty, and all the men went to Ningguo Mansion to discuss countermeasures.Who knows that Jia Zhen is so courageous that she never took this matter to heart. When Jia Zheng came to ask, she was calm and composed, and said that he and Feng Ziying were loyal to the emperor and patriotic. It doesn't matter, and he said that he has entrusted his friends, so Xue Pan will be released in a few days, and told them to wait for the result quietly, so that they don't have to be surprised, but they frightened themselves.Jia Zheng and the others were helpless when they heard the words. Although he was an elder in terms of seniority, the position of the patriarch of the Jia family was now passed on to Jia Zhen by Jia Zhen's disillusioned father Jia Jing. Even Jia Zheng couldn't suppress him.

In desperation, the Jias of Rongguo Mansion had no choice but to send someone to inform Jia Jing, who was still hanging out with the Taoists in the temple to practice alchemy and immortality, and then went back to Rongguo Mansion to discuss countermeasures behind closed doors.When Jia She was at home, she was not liked by Jia's mother. The well-behaved eldest son inherited the title, but Jia's mother asked her younger son Jia Zheng to live with her in the main house, while Jia She lived in the eastern side courtyard.The residence is still like this, the rest of the things can be seen, the partiality is clearly on the surface.For this reason, Jia Amnesty became more and more mediocre and self-defeating. He was only greedy for money and lustful, collecting some strange jewels, jade and literary toys, and enjoying some young and charming women.At this time, Jia Zheng was anxious like an ant on a hot pot. He was restless all day long, but his talents were limited, and none of the officials he made friends with was very capable, so he couldn't think of any way. However, Jia Amnesty believed Jia Zhen's words and thought that Jia Zheng was too alarmist, even though Yuanchun died and the Ningguo government conspired against him, but the old friendship still exists after all. He said: "Now that the Wang family's family members are in prosperity, Wang Ziteng is ordered to investigate the border, and he will return to Beijing immediately. Since he is constantly worried, why not ask the Wang family to test it out on his behalf, and say a few kind words from the sidelines?"

The prince Teng Wang's family is a serious in-law of the Jia family.In the single-character generation and the jade-character generation, Jia Zheng married Mrs. Wang, and Jia Lian married Wang Xifeng.The two have a close relationship and often walk around.Although Jia Zheng is favored by Jia's mother, he is a hypocritical Taoist who only knows how to study hard. When encountering things, he is anxious and doesn't know how to change.That night, he didn't even go to Aunt Zhao's room, and stayed in Mrs. Wang's room. She really flattered Mrs. Wang who had been neglected for a long time.Although outsiders don't know whether the old man who is nearly fifty years old can stand up for his remaining courage, he has done his best.Mrs. Wang was pleasantly surprised, and Jia Zheng hurriedly edited and edited a book, and sent Jia Lian and his capable family, prepared presents, and went all the way south to meet Wang Ziteng on his way back to Beijing.No one knows if the Jia family is dying, or if someone has revived the allusion of the cunning rabbit and dead running dog. Jia Lian has not yet received Wang Ziteng, but Jia Zheng has already heard the bad news, saying that Wang Ziteng was walking on the waterway. He was robbed by a group of water bandits who came out of nowhere, and died honorably in the line of duty.