Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

Not only the gentleman understands the truth that later comes change, and the night is long and the dream is more. The villain understands it even more.

Du Zhong discovered that Sun Shaozu, who came to Beijing from Datong Mansion to wait for the heir apparent, had not only failed to calm down after being rejected many times, but also used his brains.

According to the system of separation of military and civilian status implemented by the Taizu of this dynasty, Sun Shaozu should inherit the position of commander from his ancestors. Although only Lutian has no real power, he still needs to submit a name card to the Ministry of War to wait for a vacancy. The first official position is the third rank, which naturally overwhelms Du Zhong in terms of rank.

However, the two ancestors of Du Zhong and Song Chen were not military households. They joined the army under the system of recruiting soldiers, and they were promoted step by step to the fourth-rank command. The foundation is also a little bit solid.For Sun Shaozu, Eucommia is not false.

On the one hand, Du Zhong supervised his actions, and on the other hand, he asked friends who entrusted the military department to inquire about Sun Shaozu's attack on officials.

This official is not as simple as father's death and son's succession. Children who attack officials need to participate in the competition held by the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. , Eat half salary. Try again in two years, those who win will be given full salary, and those who still fail will be sent to the army. (Note) "Sun Shaozu is nearly a year old. It depends on the competition objects and projects arranged by the department, there is a lot of room for manipulation.What's more, when the emperor was in power, he could be bribed, but now the military is not allowed to be redundant, so even if he manages it, he needs some real skills. Sun Shaozu spent more than half a year in the capital, and that's what he did.Asking to marry Yingchun is also a matter of valuing the foundation of the Rongguo Mansion's connections in the army.

It was also because of the bad luck of Sun Shaozu. If he had just spent some money a year earlier, he would have won the prize, but it would have fallen into the hands of the pragmatic and realistic today. Arrange him to enter this year's 'Yourong' competition.All the preferential tests are specially arranged for the subjects and items of the competition to be relatively simple-as long as this kind of exploiting loopholes is not too much, it is not theoretical even today, after all, the emperor also has objects that need preferential treatment.

In the latest excellent examination, just this month, there were [-] places. Among them were more than a dozen children of military officers who died in the suppression of the rebellion in the previous year, and there were also several relatives of the guards who came from Qiandi. Most of these people had their origins , Even today, there are inquiries about this competition.Therefore, all those who take up the job want to squeeze into it. If you don't mention the excellent test, just rushing to the network of the same testees will make people flock to it.Sun Shaozu sent money, and Wai Lang, a member of the Wuxuan Department, selected Sun Shaozu's name among a group of people waiting for the test.

When Du Zhong heard about this, he didn't act rashly to hinder his future, but just waited for the next move, and made a decision before proceeding. ——It's about a woman's reputation, so he can't help but be careful.

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Three days later.

"Is this how you see that Old She has fallen into someone else's trap?" Chen Ziwei asked with a big smile.

Du Zhong nodded, Jia Amnesty himself was blinded by lust and greedy for money, he was caught by the fairy trick and owed a large amount of money, it was his own fault.Du Zhong also wanted to prevent him from falling into the trap, but when the gentleman saw through the purpose of Sun Shaozu and the gang of scammers, he stood by and watched.Sun Shaozu's calculation is not innocuous, but for Du Zhong, it is a move of the wind and a helping hand.

"The fake staff and the fake lady's family are veterans who have been cheating for a long time. They specialize in deceiving people like Mr. Jia. For example, Mr. Jia who loves gold and stone antiques first uses antiques to attract people, and then beautiful After he got into the urn and caught the handle, he played the tricks of his parents catching rape and losing antiques, and forced him to lose money with the crime of raping the daughter of a good family and bullying the weak. When Mr. Jia got back the handle and wanted to settle the final score , this rather wealthy family has disappeared without a trace." This group of scammers are very knowledgeable, this is the case for Jia Amnesty, and for those young and old who are fond of gambling, hunting, hunting, and so on. Playboy is another way.

"Has it been detained?"

Du Zhong said with a smile: "There are many of them. This group of people is treacherous. Although they conspired with Sun Shaozu, they had the idea of ​​defrauding others. Once the money is in hand, they immediately ran away with their tails cut off." They are just children and grandchildren of other families who have been abducted and bought to take care of for several years. Such children, Eucommia, have found seven or eight of them from the liar's lair, and they are all ready to be killed as a follower who can be discarded at any time.

Lin Ruhai, who was playing chess with Chen Ziwei, stroked his beard and smiled: "Boy, as your master said, he has grown up!"

Chen Ziwei was curious about the reason why Jia She was caught. Who doesn't know that Mr. She is the most unscrupulous person. It's not a small sum, how did you force him to take out the money?

"It's a letter from the general. The liar used Mr. Youjun's "Second Thank You Post" to lure him, and showed many gold and stone objects to Mr. Jia, tricking him into appreciating the official seal. The large amount of money was written by Mr. Jia. Before, I used the official seal and Mr. Jia's favorite ancient fan as collateral for credit in the bank. The so-called IOU is just an excuse to stabilize Mr. Jia." Du Zhong laughed again: "When the liar said that he would The daughter married Mr. Jia as a concubine, and the second took an IOU of [-] silver in hand, and the third respectfully asked Mr. Jia to go home and prepare to pick up someone, and told Mr. Jia that his girl would be in the capital. We treat each other at home, and the monastic house is the place where the family borrowed and rewarded the letter... When Mr. Jia sent people to look for it, he found that the house was also leased, and the only thing left to Mr. Jia was the bank note."

When Jia Amnesty was caught by his parents, he was really embarrassed, and the incident happened suddenly. He wrote down the IOU in a panic and only wanted to escape later, but he didn't know that he got the money and everything, so he just slipped away before he got it.Otherwise, why bother to trick him to a private meeting in a remote village outside the city?But the timing was right, when Jia She returned to the mansion and saw someone from the bank, it would be too late to look for him.

Too stupid to fall into this kind of trap, even Lin Ruhai can't say a word for the elder brother, besides, Jia She has no affection for Daiyu, the Lin family feeds the white-eyed wolf with generous gifts every year, how? Counting on Lin Ruhai to lend a helping hand now?

In fact, Jia She is being cornered at this moment.The bank that the gang used his official seal and ancient fan to swindle on credit was not something that Jia She could deny, but a bank with official background.Furthermore, using the official seal as a mortgage is a crime of disrespect. Jia Amnesty not only has to pay back the money, but also needs to redeem the official seal as soon as possible. Otherwise, a book in the imperial history is not a small crime.

Pitiful to this absurd and overbearing old dandy who has spent most of his life, while urgently ordering Jia Lian to raise money, he also put on a smiley face and flirted with the shopkeeper of the bank: "It turns out that I didn't get along for a while, so I hope to wait for a day."

The second-rank shopkeeper of the bank busily smiled and cupped his hands: "Don't be anxious, Mr. She. I also know that today is the first day of the city god's temple opening this year, and it should be the place where all the rare and ancient relics in the world gather. Zhou Ding and Qin Jian are not uncommon, even There are all the secret treasures of the former palace. To tell you the truth, our bank has also benefited from the temple market, and there are many distinguished guests..."

Although nearly 5 taels of silver is a lot, it is not enough for him, the second shopkeeper, to come to the door in person. In fact, there has never been a customer who used an official seal as a mortgage, but the servant who was entrusted by Mr. Jia for the loan was really anxious and said: Their master is competing with someone for an extremely precious antique in the temple market, and it is extremely urgent. Because of the huge amount, they use this seal to bet for a while, and when the master returns to the mansion, he will come to redeem it as soon as he is free.There are a lot of things like this today. The bank didn't want to offend people in vain, so they released the money, but the official seal is on the bank and it burns hands.The bank didn't want to cause more trouble, so it hurriedly sent the shopkeeper to send the hot potato back as soon as possible.

Jia She's smile was uglier than crying, but he could only suppress his anger, and he had to thank the cracker and liar for finding a good excuse for him - Jia She only wanted to catch the liar in his heart, and he had to cramp!

It's not a big deal for Mr. Xi to be sitting on pins and needles here. His own son Jia Lian will feel miserable after having such a father.Tens of thousands of cash, where can he find it?

Jia Lianbai had been busy for a long time, but he couldn't get through a few thousand silver. He was really helpless, so someone whispered in Jia She's ear. Jia She was so angry that his face was ashen, and he squeezed out a sentence: "The master doesn't care about him. Whether it's cheating, stealing or robbing, in short, if it's not ready before noon tomorrow, I'll just ask him!"

The front foot almost killed his son, but the back foot had to set up a banquet for the shopkeeper of the bank.

Jia Lian lost his mind and pondered over and over again, so he had to ask Jia's mother for help, but Sister Feng called someone to stop her.When she got home, Sister Feng saw that his lips were dry, and knew that it was because he was so anxious that he couldn't even drink his saliva. , What's the use of forcing you! I don't believe that you are so honest, you really want to stand up and plug this hole! You have to block yourself, don't drag us girls, you are acting like a filial son and grandson, and you have lost everything. Will the master miss your filial piety afterwards!"

Xifeng wiped away her tears angrily, and Jia Lian's heart softened, so she hurried up to persuade her.The two couples knew very well that Jia Amnesty pushed the whole matter to Jia Lian. In fact, half of the beatings were Jia Lian Feng's family who had accumulated in the past few years, while the other half was for Jia Lian to beg for Jia's mother's private house. .Otherwise, Jia Amnesty could at least collect tens of thousands of silver in his own private treasury?The Elder Master did this, but by frying his son's old lady's oil and water first.

Jia Amnesty did indeed intend to do so. He sent out all the available people under his command, and took a post to invite the grandson of a family friend who was an official in Wucheng Bingmasi to help him. , wouldn't it be in vain that he would get a huge sum of money to fill in his private treasury.

It was not enough to tell the master's plan in one sentence, Sister Feng slammed into Jia Lian's arms, crying and cursing: "The master's mind is to squeeze out the son first, and then sell the daughter! There is also a brother Cong, Mrs. It doesn't matter if he lives like a disheveled ghost, even brother Huan here has books to read, but brother Cong didn't even touch the family school... This intention is to kill off the life of the descendants! I will marry you and serve the old mother-in-law , mother-in-law, senior, housekeeper, director, and child-rearing, no matter how busy or tired she is, she never dares to complain about being lazy, but now she is trying to take over her daughter-in-law's dowry private house. Not only does she want to kill me, but she also stands by me A slap on the head of my natal family! Good second master, leave me soon, I can't afford to be your daughter-in-law!"

The words became more and more ruthless, and Jia Lian hurriedly covered her mouth. Standing outside, Ping'er, Shun'er and the confidantes of Sister Feng all looked embarrassed. Shun'er turned around and lifted the curtain. Ping'er hurriedly stopped: "What are you doing?" go?"

Shun'er wiped her tears and said: "What else can I do, I'll go to the warehouse at the back to guard! Anyone who wants to copy grandma's box, kill me first!" After finishing speaking, he threw the curtain and went out.

Ping'er couldn't hold her back, but after chasing her out, she saw a girl named Bihe, whom Sister Feng bought for Jia Lian for 300 taels of silver, poking her head in the porch.

Bi He knew that he was going to be Aunt Feng in the future, so he didn't take Ping'er seriously, and asked with a smile: "I heard the commotion, so I just came to take a look." Then he pouted: "What's wrong inside? ?”

Ping'er sneered: "There is no place for you to inquire about the master's affairs, I advise the girl to go back to your own room!" Then he raised his voice to call the girl serving Bihe, Cao'er, and reprimanded: "Choose you to serve Bihe Miss He, it was because of your diligence, why are you slacking off now! It’s not good to serve me any more, I’ll tell grandma to bring someone else in!”

The bluffing Cao'er hurriedly begged for mercy, and hastily half pulled and half supported the angry Bihe back to the house.

When Sister Feng heard it inside, she became even more jealous and cried bitterly.

When things were going badly, Ping'er heard heavy footsteps outside, and someone asked outside, "Is Second Mistress at home?" Another little girl called from a distance: "Mother Hua is here."

Ping'er hurriedly agreed to welcome her out, and it was the very useful woman of the Du family who came.

"Is Mama Hua okay?" Ping'er asked with a smile.

Sister Feng wiped her tears in the room, straightened her clothes, and ordered: "Please come in."

Jia Lian had no choice but to run to the west ear room to hide.

Seeing that Sister Feng's eyes were red and swollen, and the tears on her face were still wet, Mrs. Hua knew the reason. It's just that the uncle and the girl were a little nervous about what they had to say, and it was not easy to leave and come back, and it was not easy to pretend not to see, so she could only ask with a smile. : "Why is grandma sad?"

Xifeng has always been a strong person, but she didn't hide it from Mrs. Hua, because she said: "It doesn't matter if I think of the old things by chance. Mammy is not an outsider, so I won't make up, please forgive me." Asked again : "I know Mammy must have something to do, please speak up."

Hua Pozi laughed: "So there is a happy event. An official matchmaker will come to the door tomorrow. It's just that Second Mistress should know about this matter in advance. Our girl sent me to tell."

Official matchmaker?Everyone in the room was taken aback, even Jia Lian, who was hiding behind the curtain in the west ear room, listened, only to hear Mrs. Hua say again: "It's about our uncle begging to marry the girl in your house. The master's master, Mr. Chen To be the master, the sixth day of tomorrow is an auspicious day, so I will come to the door to apply for employment."

Sister Feng was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses. She didn't know what to say at the moment, she just clapped her hands and laughed, "It's really a happy event! If I like it, I'm at a loss for words!"

Xifeng first thought about the scenery of the Du family's medicinal wine, and then thought that Uncle Du is the nephew of his aunt, the only remaining grandson of the salt merchant Li's family. The grandma also knows about the master's temperament, I don't know if Mrs. Chen knows about the hiring money that day?"

Mrs. Hua smiled and said, "Our elders agree with Miss Ying's character and character, so just rest assured, grandma."

I was so happy that Sister Feng held Mrs. Hua and talked for a long time. Jia Lian's legs were stiff when he was hiding in the west ear room, so Sister Feng sent him all the way out of the gate of Dangui Garden.

When he returned to the room, Jia Lian was already leaning on the kang, and while picking up Sister Feng's beauty and beating herself and her legs, she couldn't stop laughing: "It's really a Bodhisattva who appeared, and the pillow came to me after sleepiness, and it really relieved my sleepiness! "

Sister Feng also smiled, leaning against the door and leaning on Jia Lian, said: "Second Master is so ruthless, not only to solve your troubles, but also to save a good man's life! In the future, this Uncle Du will really become the brother-in-law of Second Master. Tell me about it." , This going around and around, could it be that there is a reason of God's will, and they got married. My aunt's nephew married my sister-in-law, what a coincidence."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "It's not just this one. You know that Mr. Chen became the Minister of the Household Department as soon as he entered the court. He said that he was an old man, but he was only about 40 years old. Mr. Xia, Minister of the Household Department, was already sixty years old. Xu, today's love envoys are young and strong ministers. This Lord Xia is already considered the highest leader in the court. The Ministry is different, most of them are promoted by the Minister of the Ministry. Isn’t Mr. Chen, the left servant, more likely than the right servant? If you think about it, the minister who is less than 50 years old is still in the Ministry of household affairs. Isn’t it a step into the threshold of the cabinet? It’s amazing! "

"With such a master, my future brother-in-law will have a great future."

Sister Feng snorted when she heard the words: "Uncle Du is a military officer. No matter how great Mr. Chen is, he can help him a lot. After all, my uncle is more reliable!"

Jia Lian laughed and hurriedly flattered her: "Of course it's better to be an uncle!"

"..."

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The young couple in Rongfu fought and laughed, but Wang Ziteng, who had just won the letter, really couldn't laugh.

The letter was written by Chen Ziwei, and the whole article is full of "my apprentice has learned from experience, so much I can do", "I will be a teacher for a day and a father for the rest of my life, and the disciple's marriage will be wrapped in me as the master" and so on. If so, it is the daughter-in-law candidate here—Jia Amnesty's daughter who makes the prince soar like falling into an ice cave.

You need to know that "changing relatives" is shameless. Jia She's eldest son married Wang Ziteng's niece and daughter, so according to the rules, the sons of the Wang family can no longer hire girls from the similar branches of the Jia family, let alone ask for Jia's marriage. She's daughter.Eucommia's courtship means that he will not be able to recognize his ancestors in the future.

Du Zhong once again expressed his firmness in refusing to admit it with practical actions. How can such a neat and unhesitating attitude not make Wang Ziteng feel uncomfortable.

The old friend's invitation was also rejected. After burning Chen Ziwei's letter with trembling hands, Wang Ziteng just stared at the ashes in a daze.

On the contrary, Mrs. Li, who had received a letter from the brothers and sisters of the Du family, hurried back from the temple market. As soon as she entered the door, she said to the prince, "[-] dowry money! How much does the master plan to pay? When the child is in trouble, the master will not care about it." ?”

Wang Ziteng smiled wryly: "Madam knows my intentions, I am willing to take one hundred and twenty thousand, but who can I give it to?"

Mrs. Li really looked down on Wang Ziteng who seemed to have been wronged so much, she sneered and said: "Master, there is no need to show such a face, the child has shown that he does not recognize you from the very beginning, such a quick behavior is no more considerate than that blunt knife. No! I don’t blame the master for making me ashamed to recognize my niece and niece, why are you throwing cold water on me when I’m happy!”

The woman's mouth sharpened, able to poke soft flesh.

Wang Ziteng, who choked on these words, lost all his fatigue and frustration, but he knew he was wrong, so he could only swallow it.

Mrs. Li is quite good at controlling, she is not blindly unforgiving, she smiled and said: "Brother Zhong doesn't recognize me, anyway, I still have Sister An as my daughter. In this case, I also recognize Mrs. Jia's family How about being a daughter to my daughter, master, do you think it's good?" According to Mrs. Li's thinking, if Sister Feng and other people who know that Brother Zhong is the grandson of the Li family see that they have not recognized him for a long time, they may not believe that Brother Zhong is unwilling. If you recognize the Li family, you will think that the Li family hates it.If she recognizes Miss Jia Er as her daughter this time, not only will the desire of her husband and wife be relieved, but also people who know half of Brother Zhong's life will not dare to underestimate him, showing that it is only because of some old things. It's not easy to recognize each other, but this nephew has no appearance but has a real heart.

Wang Ziteng was planning to help Brother Zhong take care of his future troubles, and his heart was filled with enthusiasm. This powerful Mr. Wang really wanted to turn around. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his wife's idea was very good.

"Ma'am is really my lucky star, and she can also be called Zhuge in the female middle school..." Mr. Wang was not pretentious, and stood up to bow to Madam.

Mrs. Li didn't know Du Zhong's action of "praying mantis catching the cicada, the oriole is behind", especially she still remembered the 20 taels of engagement money: "It doesn't need [-] taels, the master will take out the [-] taels first, and I will press the box for the new daughter." Son." Then she looked at Wang Ziteng and smiled: "Now we have three girls."

Wang Ziteng reacted very quickly: "It's the same when Sister An and Sister Yang go out, and it's the same."

Mrs. Li was satisfied with this.

The couple never thought about the problem of their new daughter being unrecognizable. Gain, Jia She and Xing are both "rich and powerful" people who are attracted to influence, and now they are doing the same thing as prostitution, as long as it is beneficial But, they can also do it by giving their daughter to another family.

What's more, Mrs. Li and Wang Ziteng's actions also have the meaning of restoring Yingchun's reputation.First, there was a man with a good future who proposed to marry him with silver, and then there was a couple of ministers who had already entered the cabinet and rushed to recognize her as a daughter—so that the world would know how rare this girl is for how stupid this old man is.