After the Gu of the Red Chamber

Ordinarily, Wang Ziteng shouldn't have discovered that the two had exactly the same birth at this time, but he has been in the Northeast for a long time, and he seldom returns to Beijing, and Baoyu has always been quite afraid of him for some reason, and rarely visits the Wang family.

Although he is his uncle and nephew, he only saw Baoyu during the New Year and holidays, and he only said a few words casually. The impression was not deep, and it was only now that he discovered that the Beirong priest was exactly the same as Baoyu's birth .

Wang Ziteng thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Not to mention the true and false birth of jade, although Baoyu's temper has been raised by Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang to be a bit feminine, but her appearance is really good. Just like Jia Zheng, he can be born with a beautiful face. The child who came out of Baoyu can be regarded as a good bamboo shoot from a bad bamboo.

It's not just the appearance, but when you think about it, the two children's temperaments are very similar, and the names are even more the same. If it wasn't for the fact that Mrs. Wang was pregnant, Zhen Yingjia was still far away in the south of the Yangtze River, so Wang Ziteng would have been a little suspicious of Jia Zheng. The color of the hat on the head.

Wang Ziteng was really puzzled, and in the end he had no choice but to let it go. Although he had no confidence in his sister's character, he had confidence in Zhen Yingjia's taste. Given Zhen Yingjia's status at the time, it was impossible for him to look at a milf The old Mrs. Wang.

Not to mention studying why the two children were born exactly the same, in short, Zhen Baoyu must not return to the capital alive.

If people found out that Zhen Baoyu and Jia Baoyu were born exactly the same, not to mention the taint of their royal daughter's name, I'm afraid that even the status he had won so hard would be destroyed in one fell swoop.

But to get rid of Zhen Baoyu is really not an easy task.

There is no other reason, because Wang Ziteng reported the capture of the Beirong priest to the police, and also said that he was Zhen Baoyu, the escaped Zhen Baoyu.

How can I say that Zhen Baoyu also has the name of a Beirong priest on his body, and he can be regarded as a more capable prisoner in this battle.

Whether it is Zhen Baoyu or the status of the priest of Beirong, the Holy Majesty will definitely worry about him. If he dies suddenly, not to mention that Wang Ziteng is difficult to explain, if there is no sacrifice of prisoners, the big victory this time will be less. , with the temperament of the current emperor, I am afraid that he will be somewhat displeased.

Wang Ziteng was in a dilemma and had a headache for a while. If he had known this, he might as well have desperately left the eldest prince of Beirong. How can this prince of Beirong be much more important than a mere priest of Beirong.

Just when Wang Ziteng was feeling sorry, someone from below came to report that the whereabouts of Beirong people had been found in a nearby village.

"Oh!" Wang Ziteng raised his eyebrows slightly, "At this time, there are still people from Beirong who dare to come!?"

The elite of the eight Beirong tribes were all lost, and the vitality of the Beirong was seriously injured. If he didn't rest for decades, he might not be able to recover.

"I think it's hard to survive." Wang Er has caught many Beirong people in the past, and he knows a little bit about it.

He laughed and said: "This time, Bei Rong committed suicide by attacking the city in autumn. Bei Rong lived on cattle and sheep. This time, when the city was attacked, no one cared for the cattle and sheep. Many cattle and sheep died. The Bei Rong people The master also knows about the problems, if they don’t come to Dajin to fight Caogu, they have no other way to make a living.”

Speaking of it, it is also because of the bitter cold in Beirong. There are ten months of winter all year round, and nothing can be grown. They can only graze some cattle and sheep to make a living. Now this time Beirong was defeated. Not only did many people die, but even A lot of cattle and sheep also starved to death. Apart from biting the bullet to grab the Great Jin, these Beirong people had no other means of making a living.

I heard that there is Russia in the north, but Russia is more sturdy than the Beirong people. In addition, Russia's fire is fierce. Unless the Beirong people don't want to live, they will attack Russia.

Wang Ziteng narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly he had a plan in his mind. He pondered for a while and said: "Go! Let people get ready, I'm afraid this battle is not over yet."

Just a big victory in the Northeast is enough, or... plus the Great Beirong! ?

First delay for a while, delay the day of returning to Beijing to offer prisoners for a while, and then...

Wang Ziteng narrowed his eyes slightly, this Beirong priest is not easy to deal with for a while, but the one in the capital is fine, as long as Baoyu is taken away, there is nothing wrong with death, even if someone suspects that the two Baoyu are very similar , It's not easy to say anything.

Wang Ziteng smiled cruelly. If he didn't know the good deeds Mrs. Wang did before, he might still be a little bit unbearable, but right now...

He smiled slightly, pondered for a long time, and finally replied a letter, not to Mrs. Wang, but to Wang Heshi. This is what Wang owed them, and he has a clear conscience!

The prince asked someone to settle an account. Jia Zheng repaid it earlier, plus the later repayment, there is still about 4 taels of silver owed. When Jia Zheng was alive, Jia Zheng would naturally repay the money. However, once Jia Zheng passed away, the money owed would be transferred to Jia Zheng's third son.

Since Jia Lan is the eldest son and grandson, he has to bear [-]% of the silver owed by Jia Zheng after his death, [-]% of Baoyu, and [-]% of Jia Huan.

Originally Mrs. Wang was still dissatisfied, thinking that Jia Huan's proportion was too small, and at least [-]% should be. To bear [-]% of the debt is.

But as soon as Mrs. Wang said this, she was immediately slapped in the face by the prince.

At this time, there are quite a few families who have not paid the debts to the national treasury, and there are quite a few families who have left their children and grandchildren. Tu Mingyu has also given up a lot of thought, so he set this ratio. Given to the concubine's children, when will Da Jin be able to recover the debt?

Of course, the situation of the second house of the Jia family is different from others. In ordinary families, the eldest son and grandson are the most valued, accounting for [-]% of the debt. Egg, but Jia Lan, the grandson, has never been taken seriously.

If Mrs. Wang has any objections, the prince might as well raise his hand and directly exchange the shares of Baoyu and Jialan.

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang stopped talking immediately. At worst, she dragged her old face to ask for help with her elder brother and her younger sister who married into Xue's family. She could help her son get it together, but if it was a full 1 taels It's hard to say, after all, the money of Wang Xue's family was not blown by the wind, so it is impossible to give her so much money for no reason.

Ever since, Mrs. Wang silently swallowed the [-]% of the debt that fell on Baoyu's head.

The only ones who are dissatisfied are Aunt Zhao and Li Wan, but one of the two is light-hearted, and the other cannot refute the decision of her in-laws because of her seniority, so she can only be bored in her heart, hoping that the prince will be strong enough to save them from the fire. among.

Originally, based on Mrs. Wang's idea, as long as she wrote a letter to cry with her second brother, if she didn't believe that the second brother would not help her, a mere 4 taels of silver was really a lot of money for the current Jia family's second room, but for Wang Ziteng , it’s really nothing, I can help them pay it back casually.

Besides, this is what Wang Ziteng owed them. If it wasn't for Wang He's asking Jia She to charge the previous deficit to the Erfang, the Erfang would not be poor overnight, and they would hardly be able to survive.Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang's teeth itched with hatred, and she sued Wang He's heavily in the letter.

But you know that Mrs. Wang's letters are like disappearing into the sea. No matter how many letters you write to the northeast, you can't see half of Wang Ziteng's reply. It can be seen that Wang Ziteng didn't care about Wang He's stabbing Jia's second room at all.

Prince Teng did not reply to the letter for a long time, and as time went on, Jia Zheng became more and more impatient with Mrs. Wang. Speaking of which, most of Jia Zheng's misfortunes today were thanks to Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang supported her, and since the Wang family was so powerful, Jia Zheng couldn't control Wang Ziteng's thoughts. Maybe Jia Zheng had divorced Mrs. Wang long ago.

Originally, when Chu Chu was driven away, the entire Jia family's second house was supported by Li Wan's dowry money, but Li Wan's dowry was not abundant, so it was a helpless move to take out the dowry to settle the second house. After coming down, knowing that Lang Geer had to repay Jia Zheng's [-]% of the debt, he hurriedly handed over the housekeeper right because of his illness, and refused to take care of anything.

She knew in her heart that since Jia's family had separated, coupled with the unclear and inexplicable past between the first room and the second room, Lang Ge'er would not be able to count on the Rongguo Mansion in the future.

As for Jia Zheng... To put it bluntly, Jia Zheng is a useless person. All the little things in his hand have been used to fill the debts of the national treasury, and even left a large amount of debts to Lang Geer. It's impossible for Jia Zheng to help Lang Ge'er in the future. He can keep his position and keep himself safe. It would be good if he doesn't cause Lang Ge'er any trouble. As for the others... just don't count on it.

As for Mrs. Wang, let alone Mrs. Wang's own dowry was stolen and sold by Jia Zheng. Even if there is still left at 01:30, it will definitely be kept by Baoyu. How could it be possible to take care of Brother Lang? Here it is.

Apart from her mother, Lang Ge'er has no one to rely on. She only has such a little money right now, if she doesn't keep it for Lang Ge'er, what will happen to Lang Ge'er in the future?You can't ask Lan Geer to live on the woman's dowry money from now on, can you?

Even if he had to live off the woman's dowry money, in the current situation of the Jia family, who would dare to marry Lange?If you want money but you don't have money, you want power but you don't have power, and there's a grandma like Mrs. Wang on top of her, how can a girl marry her without thinking about it?

Thinking of this, Li Wan held on to the money even more, even if Mrs. Wang asked her to set the rules every day, and Jia Zhengming's sarcasm in secret, Li Wan still held on to the little dowry left by her, and said nothing. I don't want to take it out to supplement my household.

Although Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were displeased, but Li Wan had made up his mind, they were not good at robbing, and they could do nothing but torment Li Wan more and more. Do, Mrs. Wang treats her like a maid and servant, worse than Aunt Zhao.

Every time Li Wan returned to his room, his feet were so swollen that he could hardly stand upright. When he returned to his room at night, the kitchen turned off the fire, and he could only drink water when he was hungry. Mrs. Wang, the grandparents.

On this day, as soon as Li Wan came back after setting the rules, he slumped on the chair and didn't even want to move. Suyun hurriedly asked someone to mix hot water to wash Li Wan's feet, and Biyue also quickly heated it with a small stove. While eating the leftover porridge, Jia Lan even took the egg he had left behind and said to Li Wan, "Mother will use some first, so as to pad my stomach."

"How good is this!" Li Wan knew at a glance that the egg was left for her by Lang Geertete.

This egg is rare. Right now, only Baoyu and her parents-in-law can still eat eggs every day in the whole family. Even Lan Geer has an egg every two days. Yes, if she uses it, Lang Geer will be useless.

She quickly stuffed the egg back into Lange'er's arms, and said softly: "Mother doesn't need these, but you are still young and still growing, so you need to use some good things to replenish your body."

Besides, she is a widow, so it is only natural that she is poor.

Jia Lan wept, "How can my son just watch his wife suffer and eat alone?"

With his temper, he said coldly: "If the wife doesn't use it, then my son won't eat eggs anymore!"

"You silly child..." Li Wan couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. The life in Rongguo Mansion used to be difficult, but after the separation, it became even more difficult. Several times she had the thought of not wanting to live through it, but fortunately, she There is a good son, for the sake of the child, she will endure no matter how difficult it is.

Li Wan couldn't help but hugged Jia Lan and wept silently, and even the waiters couldn't help but secretly wiped their tears sadly. How long ago, they would be reduced to the point where even an egg would be meek?

Thinking about the fine clothes and fine food in the Rongguo Mansion, and thinking about the life after the separation of the family, even someone as calm as Li Wan might not be able to hold on, let alone them.

I don't know if sadness is contagious, but while Li Wan was weeping silently in the room, there were also faint cries from the next room.

Li Wan was taken aback, "What's the matter?"

If she heard correctly, it seemed to be the direction of the wife's house.

Suyun sighed: "It's Lianhua'er... Madam has sold someone out again." She paused and said: "Grandma, servant... I'm really worried."

Mrs. Wang's dowry has been sold off by Jia Zheng, and the private house that was brought to the family temple was also spent a lot in that year, so I really don't have much money in hand.

Even if Jia She raised his hand a little bit, it would allow the people in the second room to take away the private room and decorations in their own house when they moved out of Rongguo Mansion, but those things can only last for a while, and cannot be maintained. how long.

I don't know how Mrs. Wang came up with the idea of ​​selling the servants in the house directly, and then collected the money that the servants had saved all their lives. By confiscating the property of the servants, Mrs. Wang was able to barely save the money. The second room should live.

After careful calculation, it has been less than half a month since they separated, and one-third of the servants assigned to the second room have been sold, and the rest are at risk. I don't know when the wife will think of pulling them out for sale.

Li Wan sighed helplessly, she also despised her mother-in-law's actions, but the current situation was stronger than others, if they didn't do this, wouldn't it be possible for their whole family to live on the little salary of their father-in-law?

It's just a small amount of money, and half of it has to be returned to the treasury. The rest is not enough to support the father-in-law alone, let alone support such a large family.

Besides, who would have imagined that those people have been slaves and handmaids in the Rongguo Mansion all their lives, but they have rich private houses, and each of them has a small property, or a shop, or a field. Money is barely enough to get by.

Li Wan said in a low voice: "You and Bi Yue are both my dowry, as long as I don't allow it, no one can touch you."

Suyun smiled reassuringly, flattened her mouth in disdain, and said in a low voice: "It's not the servant who said, why should the wife sell it or not?"

She pouted her mouth outside and said: "I don't know how many times that girl Xiren has slipped into the second master Bao's house, and even followed the people in front of and behind her. She forgot that she was the servant of that room, and she got angry when she saw it." people."

Li Wan said indifferently: "Don't bother with her, Madam can't tolerate sand in her eyes, and she will be attractive in the future."

It's not that she doesn't know Xiren's thoughts, it's just that it concerns Jia Baoyu, the most precious person in the entire Jia family, and she can't care too much about it, besides, it's too early for Jia Baoyu to grow up and take in the house maids. She was too lazy to argue with a maid, so she turned a blind eye and let her go.

Li Wan reluctantly used the eggs, and took a few sips of porridge in Biyue's hands, but still felt very tired, and after explaining a few words to Lan Geer, he waved his hand and sent Suyun and Biyue away.

Jia Lan and the two daughters also knew that Li Wan was very tired, so they retreated carefully to let Li Wan rest.

As soon as the heavy man left, Li Wan quietly reached under the pillow and took out a dilapidated men's purse, subconsciously wanting to open the purse to look at the poem sticks inside.

Whenever she felt that she was going to be overwhelmed, she could only look at the poems and tell herself that she was not alone.

Li Wan hesitated for a moment, but in the end it was all right. These days, because of Lan Geer's hard study, the candles were used a little too much. My wife has already said a little bit about it. If I light candles again, I might be slandered by my wife again. .

If the wife just talks about her, that's all. If the wife is afraid that in order to save money, she will severely deduct Lange's candle, then it will be troublesome.

After thinking about it, Li Wan thought it was all right after all, but subconsciously leaned her face against the purse and rubbed it lightly, "Cousin..."

Why, a woman's marriage can never be decided by herself?

Cousin always thought that she would be blessed by marrying into the Rongguo Mansion, but he didn't know that she had been living a life that would have been worse than death.

The life in Rongguo Mansion was really too difficult, too difficult.

Mrs. Wang tightly held the poem stick in her hand, carefully reading every word on it.

Others only thought that the daughter of the Wang family was illiterate, but in fact the Wang family was a big family after all, so how could the daughter who came out be illiterate?It's just that she doesn't know how to recite poems, she has learned the simple three hundred thousand.

Madam Wang looked at the words on the poem, and her heart became colder and colder. Her eyes were cold, and there was a faint anger in her eyes. She thought Li Wan was a good person, but she turned out to be a lewd and restless person.

And Brother Lan, I don't know if it's Brother Zhu's flesh and blood, thinking that her family might be helping others raise their children, Madam Wang can't wait to scratch Li Wan's face.

Although she was annoyed, she remained calm and praised Xi Ren: "Well done!"

"Madam!" Xi Ren's eyes lit up, and he asked expectantly, "Then can I go back to Second Master Bao's room?"

Mrs. Wang said softly, "Of course."

She winked at the nanny at the side, and the nanny understood, smiled and led Xiren away.

Mammy smiled and said: "Don't worry, girl, this old slave knows a better place than the room of Second Master Bao..."

As soon as Xiren's face changed, he subconsciously wanted to escape, but it was too late.

No one thought that Mrs. Wang would sell Xiren as soon as Xiren delivered something.

What she hated the most in her life was the maid who betrayed the master. Xiren could betray Li Wan, and naturally he could also betray Baoyu. How could she allow such a person to stay by Baoyu's side.

So as soon as she got the evidence sent by Xiren, she immediately sold Xiren, so that she would not waste Baoyu in the future.

Xiren is just a maid, who can be sold casually, but Li Wan is always the daughter-in-law brought in by their Rongguo Mansion, so it is not easy to deal with them easily.

Mrs. Wang held the letter, sometimes annoyed, sometimes murderous. In the past, she would never tolerate Lang Geer, a bastard, but now she needs Lang Geer to live and live well. If Lang Geer is gone, Jia Zheng's five Wouldn't the debt fall on Baoyu?

Even if their Wang family has money, but it's not blown by the wind, why should Jia Zheng be cheap for nothing, and help Jia Zheng pay off his debts.

"Hmph!" Mrs. Wang's eyes were slightly cold, "Let her be proud for a while, and then..."