Old things in the Red Chamber

"Hahahaha, hahahaha, you didn't see the face of Jia's second child." Jia Shexi sat in Jia Gu's house happily, talking about Jia Zheng's depression to his younger brother.

"Baoyu's child is not the kind of person who is good at policy theory. If he is asked to write some poems and songs, then the child is really a talent."

"It's actually not right for you to say that. Those who are good at policy theory, don't they know how to write poems and songs? Sometimes in the imperial court, you have to be more elegant when flattering. If you let Baoyu go, you will definitely not be able to shoot well. In short, you can Let Jia Lao Er be unlucky, this incident is enough to make me laugh for three years."

Jia Gu looked at Jia She with his little granddaughter in his arms, and ignored his schadenfreude attitude, "You shouldn't be running to my place so often these days, your old lady must not like everyone right now, Especially Cong'er's failure to enter the scene, you have to let him know, and if you want to put this account on your head, you will have to catch your anger."

"I haven't said anything about it yet. I can't blame me. My son is really sick. Several doctors came back and forth. They used needles, prescribed prescriptions, and took medicine. The doctor said to raise half of the son. See you next month."

Jia Gu has been busy for a while, and didn't care about his nephew's affairs. When he heard him say this, he hurriedly asked him, "What's wrong? It took half a month to see you?"

"I have a bad stomach, vomiting and diarrhea, I have lost a lot of weight, my face is yellow, and I feel distressed when I say something like a woman."

"You've written too much, so you can just pretend to be sick, and you've made trouble for the child. Could it be a coincidence?"

"If you have a bad stomach, this can happen to anyone. I don't know if it's a coincidence. Anyway, I missed this big exam. Since our goal has been achieved, we don't have to pursue it so much."

Jia Gu shook his head, "There are no coincidences in the world, how do you say that? No coincidence is a book."

"Could it be that you are worried that someone will deliberately harm my son?"

"I don't really mean that. Otherwise, people say that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. I am here to edit a book and have someone send Cong'er to Jinling. First, I will be a clerk under his elder brother's hand, and experience the officialdom. The literary style is prevalent in Jiangnan, so it is easy to find a gentleman there, and I will take the exam again in three years, and the chances of winning the exam may be higher."

Jia Amnesty thought to himself, this is what an uncle should do, and someone like Jia Laoer is not an uncle.

So he happily agreed.

Jia Gu handed his granddaughter to Jia Amnesty, and went to write a letter on the desk.Jia She hugged the little girl, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt cute, "If you want me to say that this girl is good-looking, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, those two eyeballs look bright, have you ever thought about sending this girl to the palace? "

"Why send her to the palace? Good child, just find her a good family."

"The richest place in the world is still in the palace. How should I put it? There are times when common people fight for family property. Marrying in the palace, of course, also has a time for earning family property. There are fights everywhere. Why not fight for a big share."

Jia Gu sealed the envelope, used sealing paint, walked over and handed it to Jia Amnesty.

"Let me tell you, little girl, if the aunts of the previous generation have entered the palace, how can our family have the ability to send the girls of their generation into the palace?"

"How can the Gu family send two generations of concubines into the palace?"

"It's not the same, it's not the same. If you want to learn from the Gu family, you should remove my title first. Otherwise, the emperor is worried that your relatives will become irreversible. Put away the letters and send the children to the south as soon as possible. Forget it." , you tell the child to pack up his things and come to me, and when the time comes, I will send my generals to send him to the south, so I don’t worry about your family.”

The two talked for a while, and in the afternoon, the kitchen brought some wine and meat, and the two sat in the study to drink together.

Just when he was happy, Jia Lian's servant hurried over.

"Master, the second master asked the younger one to send a message that Master Zhen from the East Mansion invited him to drink, but he couldn't refuse."

Jia Amnesty was dazed from drinking, but half sober after hearing this, he quickly sat up and asked, "Apart from this sentence, does your second master have any other words for you to pass on?"

The man shook his head.

"It's broken," Suppose waved his hand to make the person come back, "They still don't give up."

"What scares you? Why are you a bit out of your wits?"

Jia Amnesty saw that there was no one else in the house, "You are more informed than I am, don't you know? This is a big deal of family raiding and extermination? I dare not say it."

Jia Gu put down his cup, "It's involved in ransacking the family...unless it's a rebellion!"

Jia She was so frightened that he quickly covered his mouth.

"These two words can't be said, they can't be said, it's a disaster, you don't know? I thought you knew, you stick your head over, and I'll explain it to you in detail."

After hearing this, Jia Gu stood up and walked around in the study.Jia Amnesty knew that he was thinking, and watched him walking up and down, very anxious, but he didn't dare to disturb him, for fear of interrupting his train of thought.

"For rebellion, you must have money, food, weapons, and an army. If he doesn't rely on the same thing, he will not be able to win the world if he thinks about attacking in the palace, and he will attack in the palace using ghost tricks. If you kill the emperor, you can only put the prince on the throne. In the end, the revenge is revenge, but the bamboo basket is empty, and you can’t get this world. It’s not worth it to put yourself in it. From what you mean, it seems that he still If he wants revenge and wants this world, then he must work hard in the army."

Jia She looked at him anxiously, "What does this have to do with our family? Our family has no money, no food, no weapons, no army, and nothing. What good?"

Jia Gu thought for a while, then walked back and forth in front of him.

After a while, he looked out the window and said to Jia Amnesty, "Your family has no food or weapons, but you can get one of them. After all, there are still people who are thinking about father's love. Taking the initiative to harm you, the things they plan, nine out of ten, these people will not leak the secrets because of their father's affection."

"Quickly tell me, don't scare me. You said that if you are stained with the same thing, you will peel off the skin if you don't die. Take weapons as an example. Hiding weapons privately is a serious crime. If you don't have the intention of treason, you don't want to kill me." Hidden weapons, others can say that you are plotting to usurp the throne."

"Do you know how I gained a foothold in the local area when I was young? How did I make great achievements when I was young? There are people in the North who are more flexible than me in mind, and have more military achievements than me. Why is it just me?" I went back to the capital to receive an official rank, how about my wife live a normal life?"

Jia Amnesty is not stupid, he thought it over, "You mean, the kindness of Lord Xian..."

"That's right, the ancestors made their fortunes based on their military exploits. Those who received their favors back then will naturally repay their children and grandchildren. Those men in the army are not as worried as civil servants. If they are given a life, they will return their lives in the future. Let's say it's the royal salary, but they have never seen the royal family, so naturally they don't remember the royal favor. Therefore, the emperor is afraid that some family members have stayed in the army for a long time. Take this time the Northland According to the three veterans of the family, they are old. Haven’t their children and grandchildren been on the battlefield? Even a cat raised by the general will be more fierce than other cats, let alone their children Yes. He couldn't wait to replace him, because he was afraid that the longer the three veterans stayed, the more far-reaching their influence in the army would be. The reason is the same, our father's favor fell on me, you said Ningguo Mansion Who did the favor fall on?"

"Since the favor of our family is on you, why do they still try their best to win over our family?"

"It's nothing more than finding someone to take the place of a dead ghost. It's like going to buy something. People who are loyal to the palace give money. This money is a benefit. This benefit falls into Jia Zhen's hands, but he is lazy and lazy. Going to run errands, he held the money, took out a very small part from it, and gave it to Lian'er, but told Jia Lian with all his heart and soul, that only so many benefits were given, brother, go shopping, and the rest will be shared equally between you and me Yes. When Jia Lian heard that it was profitable, why not do it? He took a very small part of the money to buy things, and there was a very small part of the money left, and he happily went with this part of the money Jia Zhen is separated. When the Dongchuang incident breaks out and Jia Lian is the one running errands, he will naturally be identified, what do you think?"

"I knew he was not a good guy, no, I have to go home quickly, I have to stop Jia Lian."

It was too late to say goodbye, so I hurriedly stood up and left.

Jia Gu called a person into the house, "From today on, keep an eye on the Ningguo Mansion. We need to know everything about their family, big and small."

Watching people leave the house in a hurry, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.Jia Gu sat back and poured a glass of wine from the jug.He just held it without drinking, and thought about the matter from the beginning.

"No, since we already knew about the big event of ransacking the family and exterminating the entire family, why didn't my brother tell me about it earlier, and it took a month or two before he talked about it. What happened in the middle made him misunderstand Do you think it's over? Or does he think I already know about it and there's no need to say it?"

"There is another person in the middle, Jia Lao Er."

Jia Gu quickly stood up, lifted his robe, and hurried out the door.

Tell the butler Jia Gui standing in the yard, "Get me a horse right away. I'll go to my elder brother's place and find me a robe. Say I'm drunk and want to give him clothes."

Seeing that the whole yard was moving, and the regular attendants who often went out with Jia Gu also brought their horses over.Everyone acted as if they were about to go out, and the butler supported Jia Gu on the horse. At this moment, the porter hurried in and whispered something in Jia Gu's ear.

"Master Hou, General Hou of Liaodong, sent someone to deliver a message."

"What about the letter?"

"It's a message."

Jia Gu squinted his eyes in a daze, thinking to himself, what you have done is unreasonable, and you have aimed your eyes at my head.