Jia Rong, the smiling tiger of the Red Chamber

When Jia Rong got off the boat, she ran into the fourth prince again on the pier, but this time the two of them did not disclose each other's identities, but tacitly used their identities as ordinary people. Each dispersed.

"Brother, is that the fourth prince, Si Jingxuan?" Although Jia Rong didn't tell Jia Qiang about some things, based on what happened and what he knew, he can probably guess a lot. Things come, just like now.

Jia Rong nodded without any concealment about this: "It's not him. Besides him, who else can be lucky enough to experience the battle like last night." His tone paused, and he added: "It's an extremely Difficult person, strong candidate for the next emperor."

When Jia Qiang heard Jia Rong's previous sentence, she didn't have any special reaction, but when she heard the latter sentence, she raised her beautiful eyebrows, and her tone was somewhat surprised, even Julien himself stopped: "Brother, do you like him?"

"After considering the character, scheming, and other reasons of the old man's many sons, I think the fourth young master is the most likely. However, the world is unpredictable, and it is not without accidents." Because he had already got off the pier, There are people coming and going here and there, some things are naturally inconvenient to say, so Jia Rong changed the name of Si Jingxuan in a timely manner.

Jia Qiang is smart, so she naturally understood what Jia Rong meant, and said, "What elder brother said is true. I also think that the fourth young master is more likely." Leaving aside other things, the fourth prince just dumped him. The third prince and the sixth prince, the two most popular princes at the moment, are far away from each other, that is because his heart is cruel enough.

Today's His Majesty is not a kind person, don't look at his kind face now, he is easy to be soft-hearted towards his son who has made mistakes, and he is reluctant to do cruel things, such as abolishing the prince.Although his crown prince was abolished, he was also named Prince Shan.But when he was the prince back then, his cruelty was shocking.It is not too much to say that he stepped on the bloody corpses of his half-brothers.Looking at the former emperor's princes, there are only a handful of them who survived, only four.It's also because of being born late, young, and not catching up with the tragic battle to win the heir.

And although he had never dealt with the fourth prince before, he even met him unilaterally once when he happened to be out on the street.The time was short, but it was enough for him to see a lot of things.This Fourth Prince, he dared to pat his chest to assure that he was definitely the one most similar to His Majesty today.

"Yes!" Although Jia Qiang didn't say what she said, Jia Rong already understood.Just like the assassination last night, even if he went out on patrol in casual clothes and there were not many people around him, but he was able to clean up so neatly, he could get a glimpse of the fourth prince's character to some extent.

Soon, after arriving in Yangzhou City, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang also ended this topic.

Gradually, he was attracted by the bustling city of Yangzhou, and even before he even started looking for a place to live, he started to stroll around the city first.

This Yangzhou is worthy of being a member of the "Jiangnan water town", although it is not as good as Jiaxing, it is a town penetrated by water.But in the southern part of the city where ordinary people live, you can see houses with small bridges and flowing water everywhere, and the streets are also extremely lively and prosperous, especially a snack street along a small river, which is extremely lively.

Special Yangzhou snacks can be seen everywhere, and the aroma lingers in people's noses, making people move their index fingers.

"Brother, let's stay near here. I like it here. It's very interesting." Jia Qiang pointed to the flag with the four characters of "Welcome Inn" not far away, and said with a little excitement in her tone.

Jia Rong nodded: "Well, I'll listen to you this time." To be honest, it was the first time he saw such a scene. In his previous life, he was born in the world of cultivating immortals. It was a crueler scene than here. A hundred times as many places, although there are towns, but there is definitely no such lively scene.As for the secular world, I heard that there is such a place, but it is a pity that he has never been there once until his death.

Jia Rong and Jia Qiang lived in this welcome inn. There are four rooms in total. Jia Rong and Jia Qiang have one room each. Zhidong is a woman, so naturally they have one room to themselves. The rest is boundless. There are two people in one room.The four rooms are all next to each other to prevent things from happening, and they can know each other immediately.

In a blink of an eye, half a month passed in a flash.

The itinerary of Jia Rong and Jia Qiang in Yangzhou City has also come to an end, and they are about to go to the next place.

During this half month, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang were not together.Jia Rong was busy inquiring about Lin Ruhai's big and small things with Wu Ya during the past half month. She almost left early and returned late, and never had a moment of leisure.Of course, although it was a bit of hard work, it is undeniable that the harvest was relatively rich. I really knew a lot about the Lin family and Lin Ruhai.

Knowing these things, Jia Rong felt that it not only gave people the capital to negotiate with Lin Ruhai in the future, but also let him know more about the current situation of the court.

As for Jia Qiang, he really came here for a study tour. Every day, he would go to some famous places in Yangzhou where some students gathered to talk with people and exchange knowledge.It can be seen that Jia Qiang has become more cheerful these days than when she was in the mansion.

In this regard, Jia Rong said that this trip to Yangzhou was quite pleasant.

As for the four princes, since the farewell on the boat, although they are all in Yangzhou City, they have never met each other.But Jia Rong was very satisfied with this.The fourth prince is like a refined fox, and his status is much higher than him. There is still no chance of winning against him, but it is best not to meet him.

After leaving Yangzhou City, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang followed the route of Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Jiaxing, and stayed in Jiaxing for a relatively long time, almost a month.It's not that there are more young talents here in Jiaxing, but that Jiaxing is a famous scenic spot, which makes the two of them feel nostalgic for it.

What Jia Rong didn't know was that when he and Jia Qiang were immersed in the beautiful scenery of Jiaxing, another moth appeared in the capital, but this time the moth was not caused by Jia Zhen.

Speaking of this, it still goes back to Jia Jing who has become a monk.

It is said that when Jia Jing was not a monk, he once had a good friend named Qin Bangye, who is now a doctor of camp repair.

Although Yingshu Langzhong has the word "Langzhong" behind it, his official rank is nothing more than the eighth rank, and he is a veritable small official with the size of sesame and mung beans.

It can be regarded as an origin.

This Qin Bangye and Jia Jing are Jinshi in the same discipline and ranking, because of their similar temperament and temperament, the two are quite friendly and have always been in contact.Back then, the two even agreed that they would marry their sons and daughters.

At that time, Jia Zhen was not yet one year old, and Qin Bangye had only gotten married not long ago.

It's just that people didn't expect that the fate of Qin Bangye's heirs was so difficult that until Jia Zhen reached the age of marriage, he didn't have a son or a half under his knees.

That being the case, Jia Zhen cannot be delayed.Therefore, within two years, Jia Zhen married the Feng family, and Jia Rong was born only one year later.

However, Qin Bangye still has no children here. Seeing that he is about to age, Qin Bangye has no choice but to adopt two children, a boy and a girl, in the health care hall.But the boy he brought back failed to feed him, and died when he was three years old.This girl, whose baby name was Keqing, was lucky. When she was five years old, Qin Bangye's old wife was pregnant with a pearl, and gave birth to a son for Qin Bangye, named Qin Zhong.

Although Qin Bangye has his own son, his love for his adopted daughter is unabated.

This Qin Keqing was born with the appearance of a beauty embryo at a young age, and became even more beautiful when she grew up. She has a graceful and slender figure, a romantic personality, gentle and peaceful behavior, and is most loved by Qin Bangye's old wife.Now that Qin Keqing has reached the age of marriage, Qin Bangye's old wife thinks about Qin Keqing's character and appearance. If she is married to an ordinary small family, it will inevitably bury a talent like her.

Qin Bangye's old wife somehow remembered what Qin Bangye had told her a long time ago that he had an agreement with Jia Jing of Ningguo Mansion for children, although the agreement was canceled because Qin Bangye had no children for a long time.In recent years, due to various reasons, she has become somewhat estranged from Ningguo Mansion.

But now that I think about it, is this the right time for the agreed son and daughter in-laws?Although Jia Zhen is old, she has already married a wife and had children, needless to say, but his son, Brother Rong, the next heir of the Ningguo Mansion, doesn't happen to be the same age as Keqing?

With good birth, outstanding talent and learning, and good family background, isn't He Keqing a match made in heaven?

Thinking about it like this, Qin Bangye's old wife moved her mind, and after searching for a day, she told Qin Bangye her own thoughts.Qin Bangye disagreed earlier.It is true that he and Jia Jing have this agreement, but they are talking about their children. Although Keqing is his daughter, she is excellent in both character and talent, but there is only one point, Keqing was adopted by him from the Yangshengtang The matter of coming back is a well-known secret.

How could this wealthy family in the Ningguo Mansion let his eldest son marry such a girl of unknown background.

So he flatly rejected his wife's request.

However, Qin Bangye's old wife didn't give up, and she whispered in Qin Bangye's ear when she had free time. After a long time, Qin Bangye was also moved.

The old wife was right.But it would be a pity for Qingsheng to marry into a small family with such a talent and appearance.

Brother Rong from the Ningguo Mansion, although he was born in the Duke's Mansion and a wealthy family, but in his generation, the title is gone. To put it bluntly, if he doesn't get a good name in the future, then he is just an ordinary man. people.Although Ke Qing is his adopted daughter, but on his family tree, she is the eldest daughter of Qin Bangye, who is the official lady.What's more, Ke Qing has a good nature, a good temper, is versatile, and is also a leader in housekeeping, so how can he not be worthy of Brother Rong?

Thinking of this, Qin Bangye also thought about it.

In one day, he deliberately went to the Taoist temple that Jia Jingqing repaired outside the city, and interrogated him once, but at this time Jia Jing was already obsessed with burning alchemy and practicing mercury.He didn't have any feeling about what Qin Bangye proposed, he just said to let Jia Zhen decide.

This sentence seemed to give Qin Bangye a signal. He chose a day to visit Ningguo Mansion.

Fortunately, Jia Rong has already had a vaccination with Jia Zhen here, and his marriage must be decided after discussing with him.Although she didn't want to admit it, Jia Zhen was afraid of Jia Rong's son from the bottom of her heart, so he naturally refused Qin Bangye's proposal.

Although she was afraid of Jia Rong, Jia Zhen was still proud of her son.His son will be a promising person in the future, he is already a scholar at the age of nine, and he will have great achievements in the future. He is also his eldest son, and will be the patriarch of their Jia clan in the future. His first wife, that is theirs The clan wife of the Jia family needs to be carefully selected.Where is the daughter of Qin Bangye, an eighth-rank official, who can do it, not to mention that he is not a direct relative, but an adopted daughter, even more so.

Originally, Jia Zhen flatly refused, but Qin Bangye was also a man of integrity, so seeing this, he stopped talking.Even Qin Bangye's old wife gradually gave up after hearing that Jia Zhen refused.

I just don't want to, I don't know how to let Jiamu in Xifu know about this matter.

Jia Mu's private house was tossed by Jia Rong, and it shrank by more than half. In addition, Jia Rong asked for nearly 20 taels of silver from her.Mother Jia wished she could skin Jia Rong and get cramps, now she has the opportunity to intervene in Jia Rong's marriage, and Jia Rong is not in the house, which is an even better opportunity, she can never let it go.

First go to make people inquire about it, and then conspire with Mrs. Wang, and Zhou Rui goes out to make people spread the word in the city.

Of course, I also know that what is passed on will not be a good word, but it is not a bad word that is guessed.But to sum it up, there is only one theme, that is, 'Brother Rong from the East Mansion and Qin Bangye's daughter, who is in charge of the maintenance, have been engaged to each other since they were young'.

Jia Rong and Jia Rong are not in the mansion, Jia Zhen doesn't care about everything, and You Shi is under confinement.Although Jia Rong's Zhiwen Zhiqiu and Wu Pozi Wuqi are extremely powerful, it is no problem for them to see that the Ningguo Mansion is not in trouble, but to put it bluntly, they are all slaves after all, and they cannot easily leave the mansion on weekdays. , For some things that happened outside, it is natural to know slowly.

Earlier, she never thought that Mother Jia would be a raft on Jia Rong's marriage.

Therefore, when they got the news, the marriage between Jia Rong and Qin Bangye's daughter seemed to be a certainty.

No matter how angry they were about this, Mrs. Wu even yelled at the instigators, Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang, but she couldn't change it.So we can only send someone as soon as possible to pass the news to Jia Rong, but Jia Rong is going out to study, and the place to go is not sure, so it is also difficult to inform Jia Rong.

For this reason, Mrs. Wu scolded Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang again.

But the only thing that made them feel lucky was that because Jia Zhen had received Zhiqiu's treatment during this period, the inaction disease was effective, so she was actively receiving treatment in the mansion, and rarely left the mansion, so she didn't know the news yet.In order to prevent him from causing further trouble, Mrs. Wu Zhiwen Zhiqiu and others tacitly hid the news from Jia Zhen. In order to allow him to stay in the mansion well, Zhiqiu even asked Jia Zhen to blow the news unintentionally. The wind caught, and then succeeded in falling ill again in bed.

According to visual observation, his illness this time may not recover until Jia Rong returns.

Facts have proved that the decision they made was very correct, because on the day when Jia Zhen fell ill, Mother Jia sent someone to invite Jia Zhen to come over, saying that she had something to discuss.

But at this time, Jia Zhen was already ill, so naturally she couldn't go to the West Mansion.

"Hmph, Brother Rong is indeed a formidable one. The maids and women who serve around me are also not easy. We managed to get all the momentum here. When it comes to the big show, what a coincidence, Brother Zhen is here At this time, such an appropriate illness? It seems that we have to find another way." Jia Mu waved her hand to make the maidservant who came to answer her back leave, and then said to Mrs. Wang with a dark tone.

Mrs. Wang frowned and said, "Brother Zhen is clearly ill now, and we can't drag him over from the bed, what can we do? If we talk about it by visiting a doctor, but Brother Zhen We are juniors, and we are women's family members, so it is really inconvenient. This You Shi is Brother Rong's stepmother, and she always lives by watching Brother Rong's face, and she doesn't even touch the power of the family. The role of spreading the word. Brother Zhen must have known about the rumors now. It won’t work here either.” His tone paused, with a bit of unwillingness: “Mother, we finally seized this opportunity, absolutely It can't just be like that. Otherwise, wait for the next time, and I don't know when it will be?"

"You're right. Yuanyang, go and call Lian'er over here." Knowing that Mrs. Wang's words were right, Mother Jia pondered for a long time, turned her head, and turned to a [-]- or [-]-year-old maid in silk red clothes. He opened his mouth and ordered.

Yuanyang nodded, and said yes, and went to do it without mentioning it.

After she left, Mrs. Wang asked, "Mother, are you going to let Lian'er go to Dongfu? But Lian'er going there won't help much."

Jia's mother also said a little irritably: "I don't know about this. It's just that I have to let Lian'er go over to see what is going on with Brother Zhen? Anyway, Brother Rong is not in the mansion now, and I don't know when it will be. Come back? This marriage must be settled before he comes back. You and I know the situation of Brother Rong. If we want him to find another powerful Yue family, then in the future, our mansion will be really If you will be crushed to death by the East Mansion, there will be no room for you to stand up."

"What mother said is true." Mrs. Wang nodded approvingly.