The Zhen Family Brothers in the Red Chamber

When Zhen Yingjia received the letter, his eyes dimmed and he got up and went to the courtyard of Zhenshe to look for someone. Along the way, he saw the waiters saluting one after another, and when he arrived at the place, he couldn't find his elder brother. He waited for a while and asked his nephew who was waiting beside him: "Where's your father?"

Zhen Hu is already nine years old. On weekdays, because her father is useless, she consciously takes care of the big and small things in the yard and takes care of her younger brother. She has become much more mature than before. When her second uncle asked her a question, she responded politely: "Master I went out early in the morning, and I heard that someone in the south was following the antiques from the previous dynasty and invited the master to appreciate them."

"Since that's the case, Tong Fu, tell someone to go find the old man and come back, and tell me that I have something important to discuss." Zhen Yingjia thought about the envelope in his sleeve, and finally opened his mouth. The key to this matter depends on how Zhen She is. I can't forget Zhang Shi, so naturally I can't kill Zhang Shi's natal family.

Seeing Tong Fu go out, Zhen Hu asked in a low voice: "Second Uncle looking for Master, is there something important?"

Zhen Yingjia took a look at Zhen Hu, thought for a while about the relationship with Zhen Hu, and replied: "Your mother's natal family is now in the capital, and she has sued you and my family for murdering people. The holy order has been ordered to go and resolve the matter."

Zhen Hu was in a bad mood, he stared blankly at Zhen Yingjia, as if he didn't hear what his uncle said just now, he approached in disbelief and asked, "Is it my grandfather's house?"

Zhen Yingjia nodded. Looking at Zhen Hu, he felt that although nine years old is not too old, he is not too young. He also thought that he should be more precocious when he lost his mother in his early years, so he said: "Your grandfather went there by himself. Your grandmother and uncle should not know."

Zhen Hu immediately grasped the point: "Just why, if it wasn't for my mother..." Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly stopped, and cautiously raised his head to look at Zhen Yingjia, Zhen Yingjia frowned slightly, he thought about it For a moment, then sighed.

He reached out and touched his nephew's head: "Back then I promised your father that I would never tell you. Now, let your father tell you after your father comes. In a word, you are a descendant of my Zhen family, so naturally you won't To harm you, if there is something wrong about your mother, she is dead now, and death is the most important thing, so I won't mention it any more."

Zhen Yingjia felt that she was protecting her children, so she stopped thinking about it, thinking that others would not be able to explain the family affairs clearly, and many of them would have to wait until they got older and experienced before they could see it.

Zhen Sheyuan was drinking to his heart's content, but was called out by the people in the mansion. He frowned and asked, "What's the matter with coming here in a hurry to find Master?"

Tong Fu bowed his head and replied: "Master didn't say it clearly, but he just vaguely heard that it seems to be related to the elder master's wife and uncle."

When Zhen She heard that it was Zhang's natal family, she immediately shook her sleeves and said, "Whatever those villains do." He had some affection for Zhang, so he couldn't vent his anger towards Zhang, but he had a lot of contempt for Zhang's natal family, he I feel that the Zhang family did not fulfill their responsibilities as a mother's family, and did not persuade the Zhang family well. As a result, the Zhang family went to a dead end, and because the Zhang family died when she gave birth to Zhen Lian, she didn't care about her youngest son. , only Zhen Hu can invite his old man.

"It seems to be related to the capital city. If the Eldest Master is free, I'd better go back with the younger one to make it clear." Tong Fu said something in a soft voice, and Zhen She nodded helplessly when he heard it, and went back to Zhen's house together. .

When Zhen She saw Zhen Yingjia, she cupped her hands, and Zhen Yingjia hurriedly saluted back: "Brother, what are you doing?"

"Tong Fu came to look for me today, did the Zhang family do something?" Zhen She really didn't understand, if she was young, there would still be things that Zhen Yingjia couldn't solve in the land of Jiangning?

Zhen Yingjia crossed her fingers on her knees, looked back at the gate and said indifferently: "It is said that the old master of the Zhang family thought of his sister-in-law. I heard that the maid who served the sister-in-law back then escaped from death and came to his place to beg the old master to give Mrs. Zhang justice. It was our Zhen family who treated sister-in-law badly, and killed the original wife because of you, big brother, who wanted to change."

Zhen She picked up the teacup on the table with one hand and smashed it on the ground with a 'bump' sound, then kicked the coffee table next to her flying: "Fuck off! I didn't bother them, but now I'm messing with you!" It's coming up."

Zhen She's attitude didn't affect Zhen Yingjia at all, he just stretched out his hands to gather the hem of his clothes, then got up and said: "The letter written by the old lady of the Zhang family to the sister-in-law is still kept now, as long as the face is holy, nothing will happen, just The younger brother really couldn't swallow this breath, besides, Zhu'er had written a letter before, talking about the current situation in the capital, the younger brother thought it would be better to move to the capital with the family, and Jiang Ning let it go first, anyway, after being an official for so many years, the younger brother also I'm tired, big brother is just messing around now, and I don't want to think about it, Jiang Ning's affairs are too complicated, it's better to put it to death this time, and let the future and the past be cleaned up, so as to save the future when the new emperor ascends the throne and then come to liquidate."

Zhen She was stunned: "Has it reached this point?"

Zhen Yingjia shook her head: "No, it's just that my younger brother wants to fight now. Although the elder brother was registered in the Zhen family, he is a descendant of the Ying family. This time, the younger brother went to Beijing to suffer. If the elder brother is not willing..."

Zhen She didn't blink, and slapped Zhen Yingjia on the back: "In your heart, elder brother is this kind of person, who has the same blessings and the same difficulties. Let alone, if the second brother really squatted in the cell, Naturally, I, the eldest brother, will take care of it, so it’s no problem, since the second younger brother has already made plans, he ordered the servants to clean up together, so we can leave early.”

In fact, there are not many things in the mansion. Anyway, almost all the servants have been dismissed, and it is enough to keep a few honest housekeepers. On the contrary, Zhen Yingjia's weaving mansion is more troublesome, but he also trains a few people on weekdays. There is also Suzhou Weaving to take care of him, and he will make the rules for a while, but he is not afraid. Anyway, when he enters the capital, the Holy One will naturally order someone to take over.

Zhen Yingjia was ruthless, he sold everything in Jiangning, Mrs. Li came to find her when she heard about it, now the young lady is five years old, she is very lively on weekdays, so she followed Mrs Li to Zhen Yingjia's study.

Seeing Mrs. Li, Zhen Yingjia got up quickly, and Mrs. Li walked up to her husband-in-law, with a somewhat anxious face on her face: "It sounds like I sold all the land in the mansion. Didn't it mean that there is nothing wrong? It's such a big mess."

Zhen Yingjia sold all the valuable things in the mansion. Anyway, the old lady's things were moved to the capital at the beginning. Zhang's dowry was also kept by the old lady, and the dowry list was given to Zhen Hu. Now Li's is removed from the mansion. Things, the other guys are actually half-empty.

"Before, there was a censor who participated in the 50 taels of silver owed by the Zhen family to the household department. Since it is a debt, it must be paid back." Zhen Yingjia smiled and took Li Shi's hand, and took Li to sit down again. On the chair, he called the young lady to come to his side and patted his daughter's head.

"Those were originally owed because of the coming of the sage. Not to mention the Zhen family, even the Li family owed money to the Ministry of Households. Since it was used by the sage, let us pay it back?" However, she has more sources of information, so she doesn't ask questions like the women and children next to her.

Zhen Yingjia lowered her head and touched the hairpin on the young lady's head, then nodded: "Of course the Holy Majesty knows it well, otherwise he wouldn't have let me serve as the inspector of salt and censor. You also know that this is an errand for making money, so now I'm doing everything I can." There is also 40 taels of silver, and when the time comes, it will be returned to the household department, and there will only be a shortfall of 10,000+ taels. As for what to do with those, it is up to the Holy Majesty to decide."

Li Shi bit her lip and lowered her head to think for a while, her willow eyebrows were slightly frowned, she was very worried, she bit her lip and twisted it, and finally made up her mind: "It's better to fill in my dowry, anyway, there are seven 8 Ten thousand taels of silver, there are some shops in hand, but if these shops are sold in a hurry, I am afraid they will not be worth some money."

Zhen Yingjia's fingers stopped, he was slightly taken aback, and then reached out to caress Li Shi's face, Li looked up and saw Zhen Yingjia looking at him seriously, a little embarrassed, but she was very firm: "Husband and wife are one. , how can a husband be in trouble, but let me keep the money instead."

Zhen Yingjia lightly tapped Li's forehead with her fingers, and then smiled at the other party's puzzled eyes: "How can I use you, if the whole family pays off the debt, the old lady still has several 10 taels in her hand. Don't talk about the silver left by Gu's back then, it's just that those are all children's, even if the Holy Majesty knew it, he wouldn't take it. Now I'm just making a gesture. As for what the Majesty wants to do, it's up to the Majesty. Now Zhen Seeing that Zhuyan is getting older, and Shengshang's age is coming soon, we have to think more about it, if it wasn't for the Zhang family, I wouldn't have been able to find the opportunity, and to say, it's all thanks to the Zhang family."

Zhen Yingjia originally didn't want to tell Mrs. Li the details, but when he saw Mrs. Li facing him like this, he also expressed his sincerity. The story of Zhen Yingjia's family going to Beijing has been spread all over Jiang Ning, and he also knows about the sale of the house and land by the Zhen family. There were rumors that the Zhen family was about to collapse, and Ying Mansion sent someone to ask about it, and Zhen She sent her away. As a result, Mrs. Li was called away by the old lady of Ying Mansion the next day, and she came back with 2 taels. Silver, just say that there will be less contact in the future.

Zhen She originally had some contacts with the people in Ying's mansion, and when he heard about it, he called the door, but the guards at the gate didn't let Zhen She in, Zhen Yingjia hadn't left yet, so he just left for tea Putting on the posture, Zhen She said: "Everyone who stands on a high place and sits next to him looks like a dog. Once he lands on the ground and steps on the ground, he will find out what the hell it is!"

When Zhen Yingjia heard what Zhen She said, she smiled, and then ordered Mrs. Li to keep the silver, and then followed the merchant ship to the capital.

When Zhen Yingjia arrived in the capital, before Zhen Zhu saw anyone, she heard that the Zhen family had returned 42 taels of silver to the household department, and now they still owed the household department 10 taels. Waiting for Zhen Yingjia to enter the South Study Room, The news had already reached the Imperial Palace, and when he entered the door, he kowtowed to the Holy Majesty in a proper manner, and then knelt down and did not move.

The prime minister in the South Study Room had retired, and Wen Da and Zhang Yushu, whom the Holy Majesty had always relied on, were promoted. Later, Ma Qi was mentioned as a bachelor of the Academy of Internal History, and Chen Tingjing and Li Guangdi were promoted to the Academy of Neihong Arts.

Zhen Yingjia entered the door, and all the senior scholars in the cabinet were there, and all the books in hand of the Holy Master were pushed aside. Li Guangdi habitually pretended to be dead, so he didn't speak, but Zhang Yushu had some affection with Zhen Yingjia, so he said to the Holy Master: " I don't know if the Holy Majesty has other important matters, if there is nothing else, the minister will step down."

The Holy Majesty nodded and ordered them to retreat.

The people in the south study retreated completely, and the Holy One got up and walked in front of Zhen Yingjia, and stretched out his hand to support Zhen Yingjia: "What are you doing? I heard that you just entered Beijing today, and you must be tired along the way."

"Your Majesty is concerned, and the offender is fine." Zhen Yingjia lowered her head and still saluted.

"Okay, okay, I don't know your temper yet, what's going on in the end." The Holy Majesty patted Zhen Yingjia's hand. The reason why he asked Zhen Yingjia to return to Beijing for this trivial matter was not because it involved The size of human life is so rigorous, but now that the crown prince has been abolished, the Holy Majesty found out that Zhen Yingjia was not careful about everything, so he became suspicious.

Zhen Yingjia also knew what His Majesty was thinking, otherwise he wouldn't have been His Majesty's confidant for so many years. He took out the intercepted letter from his sleeve, handed it to the eunuch who was serving, and then whispered: "Now If the matter hadn't been brought up by the Zhang family this time, I'm afraid the guilty minister would have almost forgotten it."

The serving eunuch opened the letter, checked it carefully, laid it flat and put it in front of the case.The Holy Majesty stretched out his hand to take it and looked up and down: "There is such a vicious woman. Now that you have come, please tell me the cause and effect in detail."

Zhen Yingjia responded and then talked about the events of that year.

Back then when Mrs. Zhang failed in her plan, she was exposed. Although the matter was over because she was pregnant, it was just because she was afraid that she would make more troubles, so it seemed to people that there were eight or nine months before and after her pregnancy. When she was raised for seven months, her stomach was already very firm. When everyone thought it was all right, a strange letter was stopped by the concierge. Go to Zhang's yard to make clothes for the child who is about to be born.

The Sun family is old and sophisticated, so the care in the mansion is naturally different from when the Zhang family was the housekeeper. In fact, the Zhang family has been using the mansion to sell this line to the Zhang family, but only the old lady of the Zhang family can talk to her. connect.

Inside the envelope were Zhang's mother's words of persuasion to Zhang, saying that it is not easy to have a child and that it should not harm the law of nature, but after that, the people below did not know what method they used to find the letter that Zhang originally sent.

Zhen Yingjia only said that Mrs. Zhang wanted to use the child in her womb as a bet for her own sake, but was found out by the mansion. Mrs. Zhang was excited for a while, so she gave birth prematurely, and finally died.

"It's just that the elder brother of the guilty minister, Nianzai, and his nephews in the mansion are all from the Zhang family. For the sake of the children, he didn't find out about the Zhang family. If you want to say that the criminal minister's first sister-in-law just didn't think about it for a while, but Zhang's natal family never advised him. Not to mention, let her be scolded several times..." Zhen Yingjia said with a face of helplessness, and then had no choice but to kneel down to the Holy One.