[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Even in modern times, if there is such a bastard who committed incest with his mother's sister on the day of his grandfather's death, his relatives and friends will be pissed off.

But the two men in Ningguo Mansion are all like this.

Lin Ruhai originally felt that he was about to attack the four major families, and he felt a little guilty, but after seeing Jia Rong's behavior, he felt that it would be better for such a family to disappear sooner.

So someone went to talk to Jia Min, then turned around and went to Rongguo Mansion to wait for her.

As soon as Jia Min arrived, he took people back to Lin's house.

When the news of Jia Jing's death came, Jia's mother never thought that Lin Ruhai and Jia Min would come to Jia's house, but they still came.

Although Jia Min and his wife have been told not to go to Ningguo Mansion, Mother Jia is very happy that they can come.But she never expected that Lin Ruhai had just gone to Ningguo Mansion, and returned to Rongguo Mansion with anger on his face before it was even a stick of incense, and asked someone to call Jia Min away as well.

When Lin Ruhai and his wife left, Jia's mother was still in a daze, completely unaware of what happened.

But Lin Ruhai was so angry that it was impossible to hide what happened to Jia Rong in Mrs. You's room.So soon, the old lady knew why Lin Ruhai had just gone to Ningguo Mansion, but immediately changed her mind and left with Jia Min.

After listening, Jia's mother remained expressionless.

Then people directly called Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang back, and the girls who had not left the cabinet were not allowed to set foot in Ningguo Mansion.

Hurrying all the way, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng brought their three children and finally returned to the capital after more than a month.

Both of them are warm-hearted people. When Jia Jing had an accident, he naturally wanted to go to help, and then the old lady directly suppressed them and completely forbade them to go to Ningguo Mansion.

The two didn't know what happened, and the others were reluctant to tell them.

But the two of them were not stupid. Seeing that everyone was so secretive, they also knew that it was not because of any good deeds, so they obediently obeyed and refused to go to Ningguo Mansion except to kowtow to the funeral.

In this way, it really avoided the bad relationship with Second Sister You.

After Jia Jing's funeral was over, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng were worried about the business in the south of the Yangtze River, and hurriedly prepared to leave.

Before leaving, the two of them handed greeting cards to the Lin family to say hello, and said goodbye by the way.

After greeting each other, Jia Lian followed Lin Ruhai to the study, while Wang Xifeng sat and chatted with Jia Min, Lin Liu, and Daiyu in the main room.

While chatting, Wang Xifeng talked about his business in Jiangnan: "In recent years, business has not been very good. Jia Lian and I managed it well, so we barely managed to keep from closing down like other grain merchants. Recently, business has been good. After getting better, we can’t leave people more and more, after we attended the funeral of Uncle Jing, we will go back to Jinling someday, and we can’t leave people even for a moment.”

Lin Liu listened, and couldn't help asking: "The old lady knows that you are in Jinling, and you are doing business, and is the business doing well?"

Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, and smiled embarrassedly: "Although we have made some money in business, which is barely enough for our family of five, it is still nothing compared to Rongguo Mansion. Old lady, isn’t it a little fussy?”

The old lady knew that the two of them were doing business in Jinling, otherwise they would not have let them leave the capital so easily after returning several times.

But whether the business is profitable or not, the old lady doesn't know.

Of course, the old lady might think that the husband and wife have lost money in business so far——

With Wang Xifeng's temperament of showing off in everything, if she made money in business, how could she resist telling her family so that people would praise her for her ability?

Lin Liu didn't expect that Wang Xifeng could hold back after making money, so he asked, "Did Jia Lian tell you not to tell your family?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and nodded: "In my opinion, it's not that we lost money in business. Telling the family would make people laugh. We made money, so naturally we have to tell the old lady to make her happy. It's just the second master Lian. It is always said that we only earned some living expenses, which is still far from real money, and I don’t want me to tell my family.”

In this life, Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian didn't have housekeepers, and they didn't know the situation of the Rongguo Mansion, so naturally they didn't exist to prevent their family members from begging for money from them.

But Jia Lian was still unwilling to tell the Rongguo Mansion that he would make money by doing business...

Lin Liu thought for a while, and asked curiously, "In whose name are all your businesses recorded?"

Wang Xifeng didn't expect Lin Liu to guess it right away, and immediately laughed: "You are so smart, you guessed right away that our business is not in your name." She paused, then smiled, "It's in Ping'er's name. Oh, you probably don't know her. Ping'er is one of my dowry maids, and she has always been the most loyal. Now that Ping'er has married the servant girl next to Jia Lian, we have released both of them." , is no longer a slave, and can live a normal life outside."

"I actually don't know what Erye Lian is thinking. If you want me to say, this servant girl still has to hold their contract of sale to be truly loyal. Besides, we have a lot of business in Jinling. I don’t make a lot of money, and there are hundreds of taels of income, so I’m always worried about putting it in someone else’s name. But since he has asked for it, I can’t refuse it.”

Wang Xifeng smiled, although she had a strong temper, she wanted to be single-minded.Jia Lian treats her well, so she naturally doesn't want to make him unhappy.

It was only a few hundred taels of silver, which was nothing compared to her dowry. Jia Lian wanted to put it under Ping'er's name, so she let it go, so she wouldn't be angry about it.

Anyway, Ping'er is her confidant, and she always waits by her side, and all her whereabouts are under her control.

Lin Liu was originally worried that Jia Lian would be affected by the rebellion of the four kings and eight princes, but judging from his current arrangement, it is obvious that he has already guessed the situation of his own family. This is arranging a way out for his small family.

So she laughed: "You listen to Jia Lian, he has his own reasons for doing this, and you will have to thank him for doing this in the future."

Jia Lian also picks people, but Ping'er is quite loyal to Wang Xifeng.

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng felt something was wrong: "Why do I feel that your words are hidden in a clever way, making people feel a little frightened?"

Lin Liu smiled: "Now you are helping Jia Lian earn money and taking care of the family. Don't worry too much about these things. Jia Lian knows it well and won't harm your mother and son."

After hearing this, Jia Min also made fun of her: "You husband and wife have a good relationship, which is admirable. If I were 20 years younger, I'm afraid I would be jealous of your good luck."

Wang Xifeng burst out laughing immediately: "Aunt Min, don't want to look at Shu. I know that Uncle Lin has been in love with you for decades, and the relationship is still very good now. On the contrary, Jia Lian and I have a strong relationship now, but we don't know where it will go in the future. Which step?"

The three talked and laughed, but it was soon time for lunch.

Jia Min left Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng for dinner, talked for a while after eating, and then let them go.

On the way, Wang Xifeng told Jia Lian about the conversation with Lin Liu today.

Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Uncle Lin also mentioned that he asked me to tell the old lady about Jinling's business, saying that there would be unexpected results. Cousin Lin actually said the same thing, it seems that we really have to find the old lady before we leave. My wife told me about what happened in Jinling."

Wang Xifeng nodded: "Then do you think I said it, or you said it?"

Jia Lian thought for a while: "Let me talk about it. Although Uncle Lin and Cousin Lin asked us to tell the old lady about the business, they didn't tell anyone else. It's not good for you and the old lady to talk alone, so as not to make people suspicious ; on the contrary, I am easy to get along with the old lady alone."

Wang Xifeng thought for a moment: "That's right, the second wife is always there when I'm here."

In the past few years of marriage, Jia Lian has really put a lot of effort into teaching Wang Xifeng, so now Wang Xifeng is quite clear about Mrs. Wang's tricks, and naturally knows that the first thing about her small family that needs to be guarded against is her. good aunt.

The two discussed a few more words, and then stopped talking.

After returning to Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian resolutely went to find the old lady.

The others also knew that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng were leaving soon, and they thought they had something to tell the old lady before they left, so they didn't think much about it.

So Jia Lian told her that he had made some money by doing business in Jinling.

Unexpectedly, the first thing the old lady said after hearing this was to tell him to quickly transfer the business to other trustworthy people, and she called Yuanyang directly, and asked her to go to the private warehouse to get a box. He took out a lot of banknotes and handed them to him.

"Since you have the ability to do business, take the money, open a few more shops, spend the money, and put it in someone else's name, so you can have a way out in the future."

Jia Lian didn't expect that he would have such an unexpected joy, and he didn't know whether to accept it or not.But after hesitating, he reached out and took the box.

The old lady smiled: "It's just some small money, don't take it to heart."

Jia Lian was in a complicated mood for a while, he didn't know what to say, he could only nod his head, and then knelt down and kowtowed to the old lady.

The old lady was also tired, so she raised her hand to let him back down.

When she went back with the box, Wang Xifeng was still surprised, and stretched out her hand to open the box: "Oh, where did you get so many bank notes? The denominations are all above one hundred taels. There are at least tens of thousands of taels of silver in it."

Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "The old lady gave it to us. Let us go to Jinling to buy some real estate for shops and put them under someone else's name. I'm afraid it's my family. It's not good."

Even the old lady began to pave the way for the future, and she didn't know how long the plaque of Rongguo Mansion would last.

Wang Xifeng was taken aback, and she realized that the Rongguo Mansion was not as good as before: "I just said, this time I came back, I always feel that the mansion is a bit more depressed, not as lively as before, and the expressions on the faces of the maids are not as vivid as before. , So, so it turned out to be like this?"

Jia Lian laughed: "Those servants are not aware that the situation of the mansion is not as good as before, but probably because the mansion is short of money and the monthly silver payment is delayed."

He just walked away from the mansion once, and he heard complaints from many servants.

Obviously, Rongguo Mansion is indeed not as good as before.

The two looked at each other, and they didn't want to stay in the capital for a long time, so naturally they wanted to leave the capital even more urgently.

So within two days, the husband and wife took their children and belongings and left the capital by boat.

Not long after they left, Jia Zhu came back.

After Jia Jing's accident, Jia Zhu immediately wanted to come back——

In the officialdom, he got much more news than other people in Jia's mansion, and he also got a glimpse of the situation of Rongguo Mansion from the annual mansion newspaper.It's just that other people's words are light, and every time he writes and communicates with Jia Zheng, what he says is not valued.

He also wrote to Jia Zhen. Jia Zhen knew a lot about the affairs of the court, but the content of his reply made Jia Zhu terrified. He only communicated once and never wrote to him again.

Jia Zhen seemed to have sensed what Jia Zhu meant, and wrote another letter, scolding him for being as cowardly as a mouse like Jia Jing, and never wrote to him again.

Jia Zhu saw that the family's situation was getting worse day by day, and the danger was getting closer day by day, but the whole family didn't realize it at all, and they still thought that their own status was as detached as before, and they were really flustered.

He had no other choice but to do his best, and then return to Beijing as soon as possible, trying to separate the Rongguo Mansion from the Ningguo Mansion.

It's a pity that his luck is not so good. Not long after arriving in the capital, before he had time to do anything, he heard the news that the old concubine of the Zhen family was ill, and the emperor issued an urgent order to let the Zhen family go to the capital.

Not long after Jia Zhu took office, he heard the news that Concubine Zhen had passed away.

Concubine Zhen's status has always been valued by the Emperor, so she recovered from her illness, not only the entire Zhen family was shocked, but even the people of the four kings and eight princes were in a bad mood.

The successive deaths of Jia Jing and Concubine Zhen really caught the four princes by surprise.

Fortunately, Jia Jing had already withdrawn from the power struggle. Although he knew many of their secrets, it was of no benefit to the court situation. His death had little impact on Rongguo Mansion except for Ningguo Mansion.

But Concubine Zhen is too important, because all these years, the four kings and eight princes have been able to get news from the palace, and Yuan Chun was able to be named a virtuous concubine, because of Concubine Zhen's efforts.

As for Concubine Zhen's death, a virtuous concubine who was not favored at all could bring very limited news to the four kings and eight princes. They could not be sure what the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor's attitude towards them was.

What happened afterwards challenged the nerves of the forces of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes——

Not long after Concubine Zhen died, the people arranged by the emperor in Jinling immediately sent evidence of the Zhen family's domineering and despising of the king's law in Jinling for these years.

The emperor was furious after seeing it, and ordered someone to raid the Zhen family's house on the spot.

From the beginning to the end, he did not discuss with the Supreme Emperor.

Now that the imperial decree has been issued, even if the Supreme Emperor has objections to the emperor's handling, there is nothing else he can do——

Unless the Taishanghuang wants to tear his face directly with the emperor.

The most taboo of being an emperor is to change the order from day to day. If this happens, the emperor will definitely lose his majesty.The relationship between the emperor and the overlord will naturally drop below freezing point.

So even though the Supreme Emperor was angry, he could only watch helplessly as the Emperor copied Dowager Zhen's natal family shortly after her death.

The four princes and eight princes were terrified by this, because their people in Jinling soon spread the news that although the emperor ordered the house raid in the court after receiving the evidence, in fact, all the people in the Zhen family While the evidence of illegal crimes was still on the way, the people arranged by the emperor in Jinling directly led the soldiers to ransack Zhen's house completely.

The decree from the court is just a blindfold.

Or, an explanation to the Supreme Emperor and other veterans.

The four princes and eight princes were terrified by the emperor's swift and decisive way of handling things. Even the king of Beijing County, who didn't think much of the emperor before, began to behave like a man with his tail between his legs, not daring to confront the emperor for the time being.

The biggest relationship between this matter and the Lin family is that before the incident happened, the Zhen family tried to ask Guiling to help the Zhen family hide their property, but was rejected; and after Zhen Yingjia was arrested, the emperor ordered Guiling to replace him. Zhen Yingjia's position.

Because the Zhen family once tried to let Guiling hide the stolen goods, Lin Ruhai deliberately made people stare at the Rongguo Mansion——

The Zhen family has a good relationship with the Jia family, but the Lin family is on the contrary, but the Zhen family dared to send things to the Lin family, so how could they let the Jia family go?

He didn't have to be watched for long. One night not long after the emperor ordered the house to be raided, his subordinates saw someone carrying many things into the Rongguo Mansion.

As for who it was carried to, the servants could not find out.

That's enough.

Lin Ruhai thought, now that the old lady is blindly teasing her grandson, she doesn't care about the outside world, but the big house wants to take care of it but is suppressed by Mrs. Wang.If the Zhen family wanted to send things to the Rongguo Mansion, they must have sent them to the second room.

I heard that the daughter of the Wang family has always been bold, so she sent her to the Wang family if she couldn't keep it.

The Jia family took over the property transferred by the Zhen family, no matter if they didn't return it in the future, if the emperor knew about it, it would be a crime.

Lin Ruhai hesitated, whether to tell the old lady.

But after thinking about it, I decided to have someone notify the old lady.It doesn't matter what the Wang family does, even if the Rongguo Mansion is charged with an additional crime, it has nothing to do with the Lin family. The only worry is that the old lady will be implicated in this matter.

After all, the old lady is old, and she is Jia Daishan's widow. Even if something happens to the Rongguo Mansion, she should not be too implicated. But if Mrs. Wang blames the old lady on this matter, will the old lady be able to take care of herself by then? But I can't tell.

So he quickly called Lin Da and asked him to go to Rongguo Mansion.

Mother Jia always valued Lin Ruhai, and when she learned that Lin Ruhai had sent someone to her door, she immediately invited her to Rongqing Hall.

Lin Da was also unambiguous, and after the old lady waved her back, she went straight to the point: "Master asked me to come here. There is no other major matter, but I just want the little one to remind the old lady. No matter whether the old lady already knows it or not, just say it." , is also the filial piety of our master."

"The master asked me to tell the old lady that the Zhen family Xu had already predicted something bad a few months ago, and tried to ask my uncle Song to help hide the property. Maybe someone will come over to disturb the Jia family."

"The master was watched for a few days, and sure enough, last night, he saw someone carrying several boxes of belongings into the Rongguo Mansion. The master himself was not sure whether those belongings belonged to the Zhen family, but after hesitating, he decided to remind him .”

After Jiamu finished listening, her face darkened instantly: "Is there anything else?"

Lin Da bowed and saluted: "Just for this matter, the little one has finished speaking, so I will take my leave and leave. I hope the old lady will take care of her health, she is thinking of you."

So turned to leave.

At this moment, Mother Jia had calmed down and understood what Lin Ruhai meant——

The matter of Wang's hiding the property of the Zhen family has been completed, and even if she finds out now, there is no way to change the outcome of the matter.What I have to do now is not to return the belongings, but to find a way to remove myself from this matter.

She was innocent and alone, and she couldn't take the blame for others.

It just so happened that some time ago Mrs. Wang's copy of the Grand View Garden caused a lot of uproar. She thought about it, and she simply said that the house was too noisy and disturbed her quietness, so she decisively took a few maids and left the Rongguo Mansion. Stay outside the temple.

After that, the situation remained calm for a while, until a letter came from the coast, saying that the soldiers were not good at water, and if the imperial court did not send support, the battle would be lost.

Lin Ruhai took this opportunity to have someone directly tell the emperor about the hidden weapons in Xianping Nanbo's mansion and the secret passage leading to the outside of the capital.

After the accident in Ping Nanbo's mansion, the mansion was abandoned.

The emperor never thought that when he heard about this place again, it was because of a major rebellion.

Lin Ruhai's people reported it quietly, and the emperor naturally also secretly investigated.

After finding out that what the informer said was true, the emperor was furious and almost wanted to arrest all four princes and eight princes.

But he soon realized that the king of Nan'an County, among the four princes and eight princes, is now fighting along the coast.

As Lin Ruhai expected before, after thinking about this, the emperor really began to doubt whether the king of Nan'an County deliberately lost the battle to a small country on the sea, so as to reduce the court's troops and make it easier to rebel in the future.

So he did not make a statement, but instead increased the speed of mobilizing food and conscription from across the country.

At the same time, he did not forget to ask people to ask that there are other people who can be used by the king of Nan'an County. He does not want to be better than the king of Nan'an County by arranging troops, but only needs to be able to stabilize the current situation and prevent the defeat from expanding.

Ji Song can obviously meet the emperor's request.

What's more, when he was in charge of grain and grass, he never made a mistake except whether he asked the court to send more grain to the border.He heard from the soldiers in the barracks that he had a good personality and could get along well with the barracks.

The most important thing is that his martial arts and military skills are quite outstanding. Although he may not be able to return with a big victory when he leads troops occasionally, he can always save the lives of the soldiers under his command. son.

It's not that there are other more suitable generals, but those are all confidantes who have been with the King of Nan'an for many years, and the emperor is completely worried about using them.

Soon after, the emperor issued an order to directly transfer the king of Nan'an County back to the capital from the front line, and instead appointed Feng Zifeng, a young general, as the commander-in-chief.

Of course, he also knew that this was just a temporary measure, and he ordered to ask the court on the same day which general was more appropriate to send to the front to lead the troops.

But the generals of North Korea and China are basically only good at fighting on land, and have never fought at sea.

Look at the king of Nan'an County, he was famous in the wars before, didn't he also lose this time?The generals didn't want to fight this inevitable battle, and they didn't want to take the blame for the king of Nan'an County, so they kept silent in the court hall and had no intention of answering the question at all.

The emperor was very angry by the performance of these generals, and threw a stack of memorials on the spot.

But for the generals, compared with being scolded by the emperor or even being demoted, it is naturally the former to fight a battle that they are not sure about, so that they tie their heads to their belts and worry all day long. cheaper.

So no one stood up.

The emperor laughed angrily, but there was nothing he could do with these generals.

Lin Ruhai stood up and suggested: "Before the emperor chooses a suitable commander, in order to appease the army, it is better to send more food to the front line, so that the frontline soldiers know that the imperial court has not given up on them. I'm afraid there will be a mutiny."

As soon as these words came out, those generals who resisted going to the coast to fight all lowered their heads with shame on their faces.

They have all personally led troops to fight, and they know best how panicked the soldiers will be if there is no commander on the battlefield for a long time, and how likely they are to mutiny.

So not long after, these generals also spoke up, helping Lin Ruhai persuade the emperor.

The emperor was about to shake his head, but one of the generals suddenly said, "Your Majesty, please be considerate of Mr. Lin's fatherly heart. The young general of the Feng family who is temporarily in charge of the post is Mr. Lin's future son-in-law. He even decreed marriages for them before."

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, and immediately remembered this matter.

Thinking that he didn't discuss with the courtiers, he directly recalled Nan'an County King, and casually appointed a young general as the coach, putting him in danger...

The emperor was also worried that if he said nothing at all, it would chill Lin Ruhai's heart, so he nodded in response to Lin Ruhai's previous suggestion——

Isn't it just adding more food?Anyway, it's not for Feng Zifeng to eat alone, he really doesn't need to search for it.

So not long after, the imperial court once again called for food from all over the country, and then sent it to the border.

After this call for food, governments all over the country have written letters, saying that there is not much food in the granary, and there will be no next time.

But as an official, the first thing to learn is to cry poor.

In the past, these officials often gave discounts to the court, saying how poor they were under their jurisdiction, they couldn't even make up much food, and the people were suffering and starving. Therefore, even though the emperor received several memorials, he did not regard them as thing.

So everything went well, the Lin family was very relieved.

On this day, Lin Liu was discussing the details of the food matter with Lin Ruhai, hoping to find out the loopholes in the plan early and make up for them.

Unexpectedly, Lin Da came and knocked on the door, saying that Rongguo Mansion sent a message, saying that the marriage of the second girl of Rongguo Mansion had been settled, and they were going to get married someday.

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment: "When did you get engaged?"