Old things in the Red Chamber

There was a brief silence in the hall. Many people knew the purpose of the people from Jiangnan, and they must have come to Beijing to seek asylum.

Jia She suddenly said weakly to the butler, "Tell them the master that I am sick, and no one will be seen."

After watching the butler go down, Jia Amnesty said to the Ninth Prince and his brothers and sisters, "Your Highness must stay for a meal. After the meal, let Jia Lian escort you to the residence of the two uncles."

The Ninth Prince agreed after thinking about it. At this moment, Jia She had no choice but to call people from the younger generation to meet them.In Jia She's words, "Just half a day today is more affordable than being a virtuous concubine and empress."

Jia Fang, Jia Lian's son, visited his cousins.There is not much difference in age between them. In order to show kindness to Jia and pardon them, the Ninth Prince agreed to let Jia Fang be the companion of the Eleventh Prince, and the Eleventh Prince also welcomed them very much.

The happy meeting here, and the Rongguo Mansion over there sent someone out to invite Jia Lian to come over. Don't think about it, it's because of the people from Jiangnan.

Jia She's face was a little unhappy. In his opinion, this is the day of reunion. People in Jiangnan have always only listened to the old lady's words, and the first time they listened to Jia Zheng's words. Li, a few days ago, a person who looked like a noble concubine disgusted me, but now that something happened, I remembered this side.

Just let the housekeeper prevaricate them, "Just say that I am seriously ill and cannot leave Jia Lian and Jia Cong. None of us will go today."

Lin Zhixiao wiped the sweat off his brow and went to answer.

After finally finishing the meal, Jia Lian sent the person away in person, but was blocked by Lai Da on the way as soon as he came back.

As the chief steward of the Rongguo Mansion, Lai Da is sometimes more respectable than the master of the younger generation.Blocking Jia Lian, he couldn't help saying that he must invite Jia Lian to the old lady.

Jia Lian thought that the Ninth Prince was not here at the moment, so it would be okay to go, so he followed Lai Da to Shi Taijun's main room.

Indeed, quite a few people from the same clan in the south of the Yangtze River came. Men and women sat in a room full of people. When Jia Lian entered, the atmosphere in the room was relatively good.

When Shi Taijun saw Jia Lian coming in, he said to the other old people, "This is my eldest grandson, and the brother of the imperial concubine."

The old people sitting in the room also smiled at Jia Lian.

Because Jia Amnesty was not around, Jia Zheng had to take Jia Lian with him to salute the old man in the house.Those old people are also more talkative at the moment, and they say all kinds of compliments desperately. Even Jia Lian, a thick-skinned person, feels quite embarrassed to hear it at the moment.

"People from my hometown don't often come to the capital. This time, I must stay for a longer period of time. Seeing that the New Year is coming soon, I can also feel the customs of the people in the north."

To put it mildly, Jia Lian was the most eloquent among the men in his family, so he didn't ask what other people were here for, and kept pretending to be confused with everyone in class.

"They came here for a serious business." Shi Taijun spoke for them, "Your brother Baoyu's piece of jade was sent by his old family. This is a great help. How do you say that? A family breaks bones Stretch."

Others in the room said yes.Jia Lian looked at Jia Baoyu sitting next to him, and sure enough there was a piece of beautiful jade hanging on his chest.Going forward to check it, it is really the piece that Jia Baoyu lost.

"It really is a happy event. Our family should arrange a banquet to celebrate."

Shi Taijun said on the side, "Of course we should celebrate, and for this matter, we should also reward the people in the family."

The old people from Jinling all expressed their fear.

Back and forth, pushing back and forth several times, a few impatient people kept winking at Shi Taijun, Shi Taijun pressed the invitation to invite guests, dismissed the irrelevant people, and then slowly told Jia Lian about the matter .

"This time there is no other way. The family originally wanted to present some rare treasures to the emperor, but they were replaced by the Zhen family. Our family suffered a big loss, so let's forget about it. The problem is If His Majesty pursues it in the future, the matter will not be good, I know that your father and son can talk to the palace, you might as well follow the path of the Ninth Prince, appeal for our family, and beg the emperor to forgive our family's guilt."

No matter what it is, Jia Lian dare not agree.Even if it was an insignificant matter, if he dared to agree to go back, he would have to be taught a lesson by Jia She.If Jia Amnesty says, he can obey and obey.But if Jia Gu finds out, it will not end well.

Moreover, Jia Lian did not believe that it was the Zhen family who replaced the Jia family's tribute.In his opinion, the people from his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River are not authentic enough. When they were looking for benefits a few days ago, they left the people in the north alone. Now that they have something to do, they think of the people here.

When it comes to singing, reciting, and fighting, Jia Lian's kung fu is better than Jia She's.

Jia Lian suddenly said with a mournful face, "Old lady, we don't have anyone to say anything to the palace. We are not afraid that the old lady will be angry. For so many years, it was the words from the Hou's mansion to the palace. Besides, since the death of the noble concubine, his The confidants in the palace are all following the Nineteenth Prince, so we can't talk to the Ninth Prince."

Everyone in the room showed disappointed expressions.Shi Taijun quickly comforted him.Even so, the expressions on the faces of the people from the south were different.A group of people returned to the room with their own concerns, and Shi Taijun left Jia Lian alone to talk.

"Just tell me the truth, what's going on in Jiangnan? I'm old, and I don't know what's going on outside, and no one told me. I'm still thinking about it today. When the emperor arrived in Jiangnan, they sent How come there are so many things involved?"

"Old lady," Jia Lian approached, and it was the prince, "this matter was done by people from our hometown in the south of the Yangtze River..."

He said it all over again.Shi Taijun closed his eyes and thought for a while, "They have fallen into someone else's trap. According to what you said, that girl is not from our family. Someone must have found her out early, don't you think?" Some people think that something will happen to the mother's childbirth? They deliberately set up a move, whether it is presented in the south of the Yangtze River or in the capital, they just wait for our mother's death."

This made Jia Lian dare not think about it.

Shi Taijun said bitterly, "Our mother is not the first child. The first three births are all fine. How can the fourth one be born with dystocia? I'm afraid it's the secret means of the harem that has harmed our mother."

Jia Lian didn't even have the courage to ask.

Shi Taijun glanced at him, and sighed again in his heart, the whole family enjoyed the glory brought by the two imperial concubines, but who would worry about the life and death of the empresses?

"That's all, it's just that my old lady thinks too much. You go back and serve your old man well. His temper has nothing to do with him. Don't tell him what you said to me today."

Jia Lian obediently responded and went down.

Shi Taijun was alone in the house, and sighed again, "My lord, these men in the family are unreliable."

That night, people from the Jia family in Jinling visited Zhongwuhou's mansion.

Jia Gu looked at the greeting card, then looked at the time, and laughed, "It's midnight, what the people are planning must not be fair enough, so I tell them that I don't see it."

After a while, the person at the door came to pass the message again.

"It is said that they are from the Jia family in Jinling. If you can see Lord Hou today, you will definitely let Lord Hou recognize your ancestors."

Jia Gu sneered again, "The matter of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan is not up to them. I will recognize my father as the ancestor. I have never thought about returning to the clan. Just tell them that our father and I have long since If you become a lonely ghost, you don't want to recognize your ancestors and return to your clan."

The people at the door withdrew again, and did not come back after waiting for a long time. The people who wanted to come to Jinling had already retreated.

Jia Gu didn't bother to stay in front, and walked back to the backyard slowly with his hands behind his back.

Mrs. Tong has a cat, and she is taking her granddaughter to watch the cat at this moment.As soon as Jia Gu entered the courtyard, she noticed it. Seeing Jia Gu come back with official steps, she laughed for a while.

"In the middle of the night, what kind of official authority is Hou Ye showing at home?"

"As long as you are happy, if you put it on, you will put it on. You can still laugh at me."

Watching the old wife and granddaughter playing with a little milk cat under the lamp, I also became interested.I stretched out my hand and wanted to rub it twice, but just as I stretched out my hand, a woman came in at the door.

"Master Hou, there is a message from the front yard, saying that there is someone from Jinling who knows something about our young master and wants to visit."

Jia Gu thought that this group of people would never end.

But when Mrs. Tong heard that the matter was related to her son, she couldn't sit still, "Master, why not go to the front yard and meet him, in case you know your son."

"I know it, why don't I know it, I guess it was burned to ashes, everyone knows it."

Madam Tong saw him speaking very aggressively.What I think in my heart must not be simple. "I don't understand the things outside, you can figure it out, but how did you get rid of this group of people today?"

Jia Gu thought for a while under the lamp, and said to the woman standing at the door, "Just let the people in front of you tell them what they are asking for, and I can't help you."

Seeing the messenger go out, Mrs. Tong thought more, "Who is it? If there is a relationship, will she also ask her niece? Their Lin family has a lot of friends and knows a lot of people. I guess [-]% of them will ask for it. to the niece."

"I know a lot of people, but at any rate, they are all respectable people. They always cherish their feathers, and they are afraid of people's gossip when they do things. This kind of shameless person who insists on coming to the door in the middle of the night, you Do you think there will be contacts with other people? But you are right, people from Jinling can seek me, and they will definitely be able to seek their niece. You will send someone to talk to your niece tomorrow morning, just say Jinling Jia's One of them has gone to Beijing, needless to say anything else, my niece and son-in-law must know about it.”

After three or five days like this, Gu Yun came to the Hou's mansion after leaving the Yamen.

"This time, there was a murder case in the capital. Someone saw the deceased, and he went to your mansion to deliver a post. The person who died was not someone else, but a member of the Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion in Jinling. The cause of death was alcoholism, at least on the surface. .”

Jia Gu put down the teacup, "On the surface it's alcoholism, but what is it actually?"

"Murder, of course."