[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

"Third Master!"

Two voices sounded from inside and outside the door at the same time.

Bao Cong woke up suddenly, looked up, it was Wu Hui and Dong Ming.

Dongming came back, ran into the gate and wiped his sweat, "I waited until the palace gate opened, and reported the news of the old lady's departure to the palace."

Wu Hui was even more anxious and panicked: "Second Grandma Lian is not good!"

Bao Cong hurriedly asked: "What's the matter? Did officers and soldiers break into the ancestor's courtyard yesterday?"

Wu Hui shook her head quickly, "No, the old lady's yard is strictly guarded, grandma and the others are fine, only Lian's second grandma didn't go to the old lady's yard at all yesterday!"

Bao Cong was taken aback, "Didn't everyone ask to come over? Why didn't she go?"

Although time is tight, there is still time to put on filial piety clothes and go to Jiamu's courtyard immediately.Even Wang Xifeng's courtyard was far away, so she simply took her filial clothing to Jiamu's courtyard and changed it, why didn't she go?

I only heard Wu Hui explain: "Second Grandma Lian was going to go immediately after changing her filial piety. Who would have thought that she would change her mind and not go when she knew that Prince Zhongshun brought someone to raid the house. Just ask the nanny and the girl to hug Sister Qiao Go over and ask the ladies to look after it. She seems to be packing herself."

"Ping'er isn't here, and the other girls can't persuade Second Mistress Lian. After the delay, Second Mistress Lian and Second Mistress You were blocked in the yard."

He took a breath, and continued: "The front yard was unconfined in the morning, so I rushed to see the situation with Second Grandma Lian. The gate of the courtyard was sealed, and Second Grandma You hugged Second Grandma Lian and sat on the ground crying at the door. Lian's second grandma vomited blood all over the place, and she is no longer human..."

"I have asked someone to find a stretcher, and it will be carried to the old lady's courtyard later."

After hearing half of it, Bao Cong guessed what was going on.

Wang Xifeng really died for money!

Encountering such a calamity as ransacking his home, he still took a chance and wanted to clean up his gold and silver belongings.

It's all right now, seeing her property being confiscated with my own eyes, he really dug out her heart and killed her!

Bao Cong shook his head and sighed, "Did someone call for a doctor?"

Wu Hui said: "I asked someone to invite me, but which doctor is willing to come now? I'm afraid Second Mistress Lian won't be able to wait for the doctor!"

That's right, the Jia family committed such a serious crime, let alone ordinary doctors, even the best friends of the Jia family are afraid to avoid it, who would dare to come to the door?

After walking anxiously for two steps, Bao Cong said: "The doctor may not come to the door, Dongming, you can hire a car and take Sister Feng and Second Sister You directly to Jishitang. reason."

"Wu Hui, tell someone to bring Sister Feng and Second Sister You to the door quickly."

There is still a two-point chance of surviving after being sent, staying at Jia's house and waiting for the doctor to come to the door, it is really doomed!

"Yes, I'll go right away!" Wu Hui left in a hurry.

Dong Ming was about to leave, but Bao Cong stopped him again, "Hire a few more cars, and I will use them for my wife and others later."

The mansion was sealed off, and Jia Mu's coffin could stay there for a few days, but the Jia family couldn't live there.

Mrs. Wang and others have to move out immediately. As for where to move... In Lin Daiyu's dowry, there are still one or three vacant courtyards in the south of the capital, tidy up and live there temporarily.

Dong Ming was clever, so he hurried to hire a carriage, and came back to wait with Bao Cong for Wang Xifeng to be carried out.

Wang Xifeng was lying on a stretcher. Because she was wearing a white mourning dress, the bloodstains all over her body looked very scary.

Bao Cong hurriedly took off his filial piety clothes, and took off the outer robe he was wearing inside to cover Wang Xifeng. Although the outer robe was thin, it could still cover Wang Xifeng's miserable appearance.

After seeing off Wang Xifeng and Second Sister You, Bao Cong felt heavy in his heart. After clearing his mind for a while, he took Dongming to Jiamu's yard.

Passing by the front yard, he saw the servants who were confined in the front yard poking their heads, and there were a lot of chattering voices inside.

Bao Cong didn't buy these people to use them in the future, but because of the Jia family's reputation, and thought that they had served the Jia family at least once.

Now that the Jia family doesn't need to support the scene of a big family, they don't need so many servants.

He took out a bunch of deeds of sale and handed them to Dongming: "Return all the deeds of sale to them, and let them go to other people or recover their freedom. Now the family can't afford to support so many people."

Dongming accepted the deed of sale and asked, "If someone insists on going, why don't they stay at home and wait on them?"

In the past, there were many such things, coveting the wealth and honor of the Duke's Mansion, everyone clinging to it, refusing to leave desperately.Although the Rongguo Mansion is gone now, Bao Cong is still an official, Lin Daiyu is still the head of the county, and there is still a concubine in the palace.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, anyone with a little thought will understand.

Bao Cong snorted, and said coldly: "If you are honest and honest, you can keep a few for use. Those who like to steal, rape and play tricks, you can find a way to get rid of them yourself!"

"Hey!" Dong Ming understood Bao Cong's meaning.

This is the right time to clean up these silverfish thoroughly, without any hesitation.

Entering Jia Mu's courtyard, Bao Cong saw the mourning hall at a glance.

The solemn and noble lobby in the past is now white and miserable.

Everyone knelt in front of the mourning hall to express their condolences, bowed their heads and burned papers, weeping and wiping away their tears.

Ashes were floating all over the yard, it was so dusty, it was very bleak.

Mrs. Xing wore sackcloth and filial piety, lying in front of the coffin, weeping and crying, very sad: "Old ancestor, old ancestor! Why did you go like this?"

"Leave us a bunch of children and grandchildren, and now the house has been raided again, what can we do in the future! What can we do!"

I don't know whether it was because of Jia Mu's death, or because the Rongguo Mansion collapsed and all her belongings were confiscated.

Comparing it on the surface, when outsiders see it, they think that among Jia's mother's children and grandchildren, only Mrs. Xing is really filial.

Yuanyang led a group of girls, and also knelt in front of the coffin, silently weeping.

Although there was no big movement, those tears were much more sincere than Mrs. Xing's.

Lin Daiyu and Baochai Tanchun Xichun, although they all lowered their heads and covered their expressions, their trembling bodies already made people feel their sadness.

Suddenly, Bao Cong stopped and didn't dare to go forward for a moment.

Although I already knew that Jia's mother had gone, I still couldn't believe it.

She talked to him yesterday, why is he gone today...

Qingwen's eyes were red, she looked outside frequently, she saw Bao Cong first, and reminded her in a low voice: "The third master is back!"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly led the crowd to get up, and stepped forward to surround him with concern.

"Are you injured?"

"Aggrieved?"

"Did King Zhongshun make things difficult for you?"

......

Bao Cong answered one by one in a rush of tongues, and let them look up and down several times.

Seeing that Bao Cong's clothes were dirty, his hair was a little messed up, and his wrists were scratched, but the rest was fine, they hurriedly recited a few words of Buddha's blessing in their hearts.

Mrs. Wang thought of Wang Xifeng, and asked again: "I heard someone report that Brother Feng and Second Sister You were injured, what happened, do you know?"

Bao Cong thought it over quickly, and calmly replied: "I have already sent someone to Jishitang. Second Sister You reckoned that she was just frightened, but Sister Feng was already sick. I'm afraid this time... a little bit wrong." good."

It's probably not good for Wang Xifeng to look like that.But these women have already been frightened a lot, and if they hear another bad news, they don't know how frightened they will be.

Now, although they were worried about Wang Xifeng in their hearts, after all, they didn't see Wang Xifeng's bloody appearance, so they were not so heart-piercingly shocked.

Over there, Mrs. Xing cried for a long time, and when she saw that everyone had gone around Bao Cong, she also stood up, squeezed into the crowd, and asked Bao Cong: "Now that our family is like this, what should we do in the future?"

Jia's mother is gone, her family belongings have been confiscated, and her husband and son will be exiled again. The only ones she can rely on are her two nephews, Baocong and Baoyu.

Mrs. Wang still had other things in mind: "Your father has been convicted, what about Baoyu? When will he come back?"

Bao Cong said slowly: "Sister Lin still has a three-entry house in the south of the capital. I asked someone to clean it up. You can move there first. But the place is small, and Tanchun and Xichun will go to another courtyard with Sister Lin first. live."

"You don't have to worry about Baoyu, I have sent someone to guard outside the prison, and when he comes out, I can take him home soon."

Speaking of going home, Bao Cong paused without leaving a trace.

Baoyu was too miserable. When he left, he still had a home. In a blink of an eye, he had no home when he returned home, not even his dearest grandmother.

But now it is not possible to arouse the sadness of Mrs. Wang, Bao Cong secretly changed the subject: "There is another matter that is more urgent. Uncle, father, and Lian's second brother have all been sentenced to exile, and the emperor will leave today. They are far away, and I have to help them arrange things quickly. Especially for my father, I have to arrange for someone to take care of them."

When Jia's mother passed away, he had to observe the mourning system for one year as a rule, and Baoyu could not take the imperial examination within one year.If something happened to Jia Zheng, he and Baoyu would have to observe mourning for three years.

Although he disdained to hold on to these riches and honors, the politics of the imperial court changed rapidly, one year or three years, and he didn't know what the changes would be!

It's okay to live a simple life at home, but what about Yuanchun?

The walls of Jia's family were pushed down by everyone. Those villains in the palace, seeing that Jia's family was down and out, didn't they all step on Yuan Chun to climb up?

Without her natal family to rely on, Yuan Chun can still live a good life?

No matter how he thinks about it, at this time, he should try his best to hold on in the officialdom.

So it is very important to save Jia Zheng's life now!

Mrs. Wang hesitated and said: "Your father has to arrange a doctor to follow him, and the family should send a few people to take care of him personally. Even if I go there myself..."

Husband and wife are supposed to be in trouble together, but Madam Wang is somewhat reluctant in her heart even though she said so.

She has to take care of Baoyu and her granddaughter!

In Kuang Jiazheng's place, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou usually waited on her. She always felt bored and awkward when she went with the two aunts.It would be even more irritating if she went to take care of her by herself and left Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou at home!

But Mrs. Wang said this in vain, she expected that Bao Cong would not let her go with Jia Zheng.

Sure enough, Bao Cong said: "There are too many things to do at home, and my wife has to look after the host. I think Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou are very good at serving father. They will follow, so we can rest assured."

Lala made a lot of discussions, and during the period, the neighbor Youshi led Mrs. You to seek refuge, so Bao Cong arranged the exile of Jia Rong and Jia Zhen together.

After a long delay, everyone was exhausted.

Bao Cong asked people to pack up Baoyu and the things in his yard, and persuaded everyone to leave the mansion and go to the Lin family's other courtyard and the Sanjin courtyard to the south to resettle.

After all, it was the place where they had lived for most of their lives. When Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing were about to leave, they were very reluctant. They threw themselves in front of Jia Muling and wept a lot, with snot and tears flying all over the place.

Finally, under the repeated persuasion of everyone, he was supported and got into the carriage reluctantly.

The mandarin duck refused to leave. She stubbornly knelt in front of Jia Mu's coffin, and said sadly, "They can all go. I only owe the old lady's kindness to me. I can't leave the old lady and lie here alone. Otherwise, the old lady I feel lonely and deserted, what should I do?"

Bao Cong sighed and didn't try to persuade her any more.

Speaking of the love for Jia's mother, who in Jia's family can compare with Yuanyang?

In the afternoon, the few exiled people were escorted by officials to bid farewell to the old lady's spirit.

And Jia Zheng was also carried out of the wing.

Everyone bid farewell to Jia Mu, and there was another crowd of crying.

Jia Zheng couldn't cry, so he could only lie on the stretcher and weep, and looked at Baocong, not knowing what to say, but was speechless.

Bao Cong could only comfort him: "Father, don't worry, the son will take good care of the family and mother. If there is a chance in the future, the son will definitely ask the Holy One to forgive his father."

Pointing to Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou, she said: "The two aunts have always taken good care of my father. This time my father is on the road, and I will be taken care of by two aunts and a doctor with excellent medical skills. There will be no mistakes."

Jia Zheng burst into tears, looked around, but couldn't find Mrs. Wang, and finally gave up with an ugly face.

Aunt Zhao cried even more sadly than Jia Zheng.

She is an aunt who gave birth to a girl and a young master, and now she has the same treatment as Aunt Zhou.

Wouldn't it be harder to go into exile with Jia Zheng than to go to jail with him?

In the past, Jia Zheng could still protect her, but now Jia Zheng can't, Bao Cong and his wife are in charge of the house, and they really want to kill her!

Aunt Zhao was crying, thinking about what she should do in the future.

Aunt Zhou's expression was calm, anyway, she didn't live much in the past, and now she follows Jia Zheng to take care of Jia Zheng, just to live a normal life in another place.

But after a short delay, the officials began to urge: "It's almost dark, we have to hurry up and get on the road!"

"A few big brothers, please be flexible!" Bao Cong stuffed some money into the official's post, and then gave several people a sum of money for the road, dragging and procrastinating, but still had to send them away.

For a moment, the huge house became extremely empty.

The colorful flowers in Jia's house disperse so quickly once they disperse. It only takes one day for all the people to disperse.

What is the future?

Bao Cong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized what duckweed without roots is.

Looking at Jia Mu's mourning hall, he felt more and more empty in his heart.

=== 888 ===

When Baoyu came back, Baocong was sitting on the threshold of Jiamu's courtyard, carving jade.

Baoyu, who was in a panic, cried all the way from the gate to Jiamu's yard. Suddenly seeing this scene, she was a little stunned.

He wiped his eyes blankly, thinking he was wrong.

In fact, it is true, Bao Cong is really carving jade.

Concentrating on it, he took a small carving knife and carefully cut a knife on the broken jade.

And the next moment, the broken jade fell from Bao Cong's hand and fell to the ground.

Bao Cong rubbed his chest, his face turned pale from the pain.