Old things in the Red Chamber

Before Jia Gu entered the city, the news of his assassination had already spread.

The emperor in the palace naturally also received the news, and after dispatching the imperial physician, he called the Ninth Prince to him.

"You also go to see what's wrong with him instead of me, if he's not good..."

He didn't say anything, and the Ninth Prince didn't ask.

When the Ninth Prince arrived in front of the Hou's Mansion, he thought that their house should be in a mess, but he found that apart from being quiet inside the house, he couldn't see all kinds of chaos caused by the assassination of the Patriarch.

This is the characteristic of the Xingwang family. The Ninth Prince’s mood at this time is hard to describe. At this moment, he is strongly unwilling to let anything happen to Jia Gu. No matter from the perspective of the court or his own point of view, after Jia Gu’s accident, the loss will be huge. is huge.

Someone specially came to receive him and took him to the main room in the front yard.Jia Gu was lying on the couch, and there were many people standing in the main courtyard. They looked like they were doctors from various pharmacies in the capital.

The person who led the way asked the Ninth Prince to go into the main room. After the Ninth Prince went in, he saw that Jia Gu's shirt had been cut open, and a short penis was stuck in his chest.

"How about it?"

After hearing the question, the imperial doctor turned around to greet the Ninth Prince, and reported his illness, "It's only an inch away from the heart and lungs, it's very dangerous, now we just wait for the arrow to be shot, it's hard to say when Lord Hou will wake up."

The Ninth Prince put his heart down a lot. Without Jia Gu, his journey to win the throne would be very difficult.Not to mention seizing the heir, even the survival of the brothers and sisters in the palace will become more difficult.

"I'll entrust this matter to you. You must do it yourself. I've had a hard time with you these few days. When Jia Hou recovers, the emperor will reward you, and I will reward you too. If something goes wrong..."

After saying this, the imperial physician knelt down in fear. "Your Majesty will do his best."

The news of Jia Gu's assassination made many officials and eunuchs in the capital react.

Even those who don't communicate with each other usually send some medicinal materials to their homes. For families with good relations and contacts, the head of the house and the head of the house's wife came to the door at the same time, and no one picked their family's etiquette at this time.It was a group of servants who came forward to entertain them, and they didn't say anything, and some people were even discussing to ask the emperor to call Jia Xing back.

Shi Taijun at home also heard the news, and it was Xue Baochai who brought her the news.Shi Taijun was feeling a little unwell these days, and he didn't go out to socialize. Xue Baochai went to his birthday banquet.

"I only heard that people were carried into the city gate, and their bodies were covered with blood. The faces of their generals looked bad, and the rumors were also spread in the streets and alleys, saying that...Jia Hou is not good. gone."

Xue Baochai carefully looked at Shi Taijun's face, thinking, no matter how much hatred between mother and child is great, now that one life is dying, the other must be missed.

Shi Taijun's expression hardly changed, and he just thought for a while, "Where is the elder?"

The people on the left and right replied, "My lord is not at home these days."

Shi Taijun didn't ask where the elder son went, so he thought about it again and told Xue Baochai.

"Lian'er and Cong'er are not at home, you and Baoyu will bring your things to visit at home, if there is no one in their house to help you, you two don't have to come back, you must have worked hard."

Xue Baochai stood up quickly, and secretly praised Shi Taijun's method in his heart.

Sure enough, Jiang is still old and hot, and today he helped them when they were in trouble, and when they came to the door again, it would be difficult for them to put on an attitude of not being in touch with each other.

And at this time, the Hou Mansion must be in chaos, and it is also the time when manpower is needed.

As soon as Xue Baochai left Shi Taijun's yard, she was robbed by Mrs. Wang.

"My son, what did the old lady tell you? Those are the same words I think. There are nine out of ten that you two are going to be there to help. Relatives should help, but you should also be careful."

Xue Baochai really couldn't think of it right now, what was he paying attention to?Looking at Mrs. Wang, I hope she can speak more clearly.

"When the second girl hadn't entered the palace, didn't she lose a Dongzhu gold hairpin? At that time, they could use Dongzhu in the Marquis' mansion for the ladies living here. I think there are many of these rich and precious objects." Said After finishing it, he took a sip of tea in a concealed manner, "It doesn't mean anything else. Your third sister is getting older now, and she will marry sooner or later. Good beads are hard to find now. If their family has such things, they will be indispensable in the future." Go to them and buy some."

Xue Baochai nodded honestly, went back and called Jia Baoyu, and the two of them went out in the car.

Unfortunately, they ran into Gu Yun and Lin Daiyu head-on in front of the Hou Mansion.

Lin Daiyu's idea was to come to help, and this idea was approved by Gu Yun. Gu Yun hurriedly asked for leave and rushed here with his wife and son.

The male guests got off their horses and carriages in the front yard, and the female guests' carriages went directly into the back yard.Jia Baoyu stared at Lin Daiyu's carriage obsessively. Gu Yun had already arrived at the main room in the front yard and greeted the Ninth Prince with fists cupped.

"Before Jingzhi left the capital, he entrusted his relatives to me, but he didn't expect that something like this happened to Lord Hou today. When I came here, I had already written a letter to Jingzhi in the car. What kind of regulations are there on the emperor's side? Also, Your Highness, please explain clearly so that you can write it down in the letter."

The emperor will not let Jia Huan rush back at this time. The reason why he tolerates some people jumping around in the capital is because the whole body is affected by a pull.

When will Jia Xuan uproot the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River, and when will the emperor clean up the loyal palace.This principle is like relying on the Zhongwuhou Mansion. One day the Seventh Prince ascends the throne, and if he wants to uproot himself, he must also eradicate the Zhongwuhou Mansion.

If the Ninth Prince doesn't speak, then the emperor's plan is clearly revealed.

Gu Yun clasped his fists again, "Your Highness, sit down first, and I will come out to greet you, my lords."

After saying this, Gu Yun was so busy that he kept his feet on the ground, first asked about Jia Gu's injuries, then found someone to look at the medicinal materials, and finally entertained the guests instead of Jia Amnesty as his niece and son-in-law.

Jia Amnesty himself has become extremely unreliable right now. The guests he was accompanying were talking, and he started to cry, with tears and snot in his eyes. A few young people who followed their elders to visit their patients almost laughed out loud. .

Even the person who sat and talked to him felt helpless, didn’t it mean that your brother is not very serious, it’s just a coma, why did you make it look like a dead brother!

After this incident, Jia She felt that he should call Jia Lian back from Jiangnan, sat on the sidelines and said to Gu Yun, "One of the three of them must come back, or if one of us old bones dies, all of us will die." There's no one to bury us."

Gu Yun really wanted to say, why this is the case, but seeing his age, tears and snot all over his face, he couldn't tell, so he had to help him fetch water to wash his face.

After sending Jia Amnesty away, everyone was a part of the scene, so they would naturally say a few words to put an end to this embarrassing moment.

"Enhou is a man of temperament"

"Their brothers have a good relationship."

Fortunately, everyone saved the topic before it was extremely embarrassing.After expressing their feelings, they stopped sitting here and made trouble, and left one after another.

Gu Yun only had time to entertain Jia Baoyu at this time. This is his wife's cousin. When he saw Jia Baoyu, he could think of Jia Amnesty.

"The whole family is a bunch of weirdos."

After seeing Gu Yun, Jia Baoyu only asked, "Sister Lin, is she okay?"

Gu Yun thought to himself, is my wife okay, what does it have to do with you?But he still replied, "Very good."

Then Jia Baoyu, who came to visit the patient, sat blankly the whole time without greeting the patient.

The two of them fell silent, Gu Yun thought to himself, we can't waste time sitting with him, so he recruited the people who went out of the city with Jia Gu, and questioned them one by one. It is also the responsibility of Shuntian Mansion to solve this matter. So it is very important to have first-hand information at this time.

There are a lot of talents in the Hou's mansion, and they have already drawn pictures and sent them to Gu Yun, and Gu Yun handed them over to the government servant who was doing business, "put these two portraits in the book, let people draw them, and distribute them everywhere. Anyone who has clues There is a reward for everything.”

After a busy afternoon, Jia Gu still didn't wake up. Mrs. Tong left Lin Daiyu behind, but asked Xue Baochai and his wife to be sent away.

Lin Daiyu stayed to comfort her aunt, "Don't think about it too much, the doctor said it didn't hit a vital place, and uncle will wake up in two days."

"Good boy, you don't need to persuade me. From the time we got married to now, he has been injured countless times and almost died a few times. If I couldn't hold on at that time, how would I be able to live like this. When our family came from the North When I came to the capital, I thought that I would not have to live in that kind of fearful life, but I couldn't escape this kind of life."

Lin Daiyu didn't know what to persuade her, so she could only silently accompany her.

Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu returned to Rongguo Mansion together.Of the two, one was preoccupied and the other was devastated.

But the Rongguo Mansion had great hopes for the two of them, and many people were waiting in the hall for the news they brought back.

This is where Jia Zhen feels the most urgent.

When the husband and wife arrived at Shi Taijun's upper room, Jia Baoyu's appearance had already attracted the attention of his parents. Jia Zheng yelled at his son, "You beast, I sent you an errand. The appearance is made for someone to see."

He thought that Jia Baoyu was unwilling to go to Zhongwuhou's mansion, so he deliberately pretended to be very tired.

Jia Baoyu shuddered twice when he scolded him, and quickly defended himself, "It's not what the master thinks."

After saying this, there is nothing else to say. At this time, I feel that reading is also a good thing. "Let Sister Bao tell the old lady and master about the matter over there. I will go back to the yard to study."

Mrs. Wang was very pleased to see her son so sensible.

Jia Zhen didn't care about the defense of men and women, so she stood up quickly and asked Xue Baochai, "How is the mansion over there? How is Marquis Jia now?"

Xue Baochai only heard about the incident in the front yard, so she thought about it

told them.

"Today, many people from the army visited their homes, and they sat down for a while. The most valuable guest was the Ninth Prince, and he brought the imperial doctor from the palace with him, saying that the gun did not hurt the vitals. After drawing the arrow, as long as Lord Hou can wake up, it will be fine to rest for a while."

With unspeakable regret in Jia Zhen's heart, she hurriedly asked Xue Baochai, "Has Jia Hou not woken up yet? Has the imperial physician pulled out that arrow?"

Xue Baochai was very puzzled by her attitude, but she answered truthfully, "When we came back, we heard that the arrow had already died, but Jia Hou has not yet woken up, and the imperial doctor said that there was too much blood. Wake up, it's probably been two days."

"Amitabha, this is also the blessing of the ancestors. After all, the old man doesn't want his son to go there earlier."

After Shi Taijun finished speaking, everyone in the hall echoed.Shi Taijun thought about it, and discussed with Jia Zheng, "After all, it is your brother by blood, and your nephew is not at home. You should bring your things and go to visit tomorrow."

Jia Zheng stood up and agreed, and Shi Taijun thought about it again, "Otherwise, I'll go and see tomorrow. Although I didn't raise him, I gave birth to him. Knowing that he hasn't woken up, I feel uncomfortable."

Now that she has made up her mind, no one in the family dares to stop her.Besides, Jia Zheng still hopes to rebuild the old relationship with Jia Gu.

At this time, Jia Zhen hit the snake with a stick, expressing that she personally escorted the old lady to the Hou's mansion, "After all, it is from our family. Although the troubles have reached such a field now, it should be seen."

The whole family set the tone, and Xue Baochai dared not sing against everyone.She felt that even if she went tomorrow, she might not be able to see their family members.She sat on the cold bench for a long time in Hou's mansion today, and she didn't need her help in the backyard at all. Madam Tong was not as panicked as everyone imagined.Moreover, the servants in the Hou's Mansion are more disciplined, which is quite different from what they imagined.

Coupled with Mrs. Tong's reputation, a few years ago, Jia Xuan was still in the capital, and the two residences still had a little contact.Up to now, in the past two or three years, no one has given boxing gifts during the Chinese New Year.The Hou Mansion has long put on an air of not getting in touch with each other.

Although she was full of worries, Xue Baochai didn't say a word. She knew that the toughest battle tonight was not about this matter, but dealing with her mother-in-law.

Sure enough, after this matter was finished, Shi Taijun ordered Yuanyang to find out the things that will be used tomorrow, and everyone broke up after talking for a while.

Mrs. Wang took Xue Baochai back to her yard.

"How is it? You look at the furnishings of their home, how is the family going?"

Xue Baochai had no choice but to speak honestly, "Quite well-off."

Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief, "Of course it's rich. In the early years, their family was not as conspicuous as it used to be. How much did our family spend to provide a concubine? She and the imperial concubine never asked for money from the family. She Where did the money used in the palace come from? It was not given by the Hou Mansion over there. Otherwise, the princes in the palace would not be so close to them now."

Xue Baochai didn't speak, she still didn't know what Mrs. Wang was up to.

Mrs. Wang paused for a while, as if she was talking to herself, "So what if the family is rich."

Xue Baochai didn't know what she meant by this sentence, but it was getting late, and Xue Baochai, who had been tired all day, didn't want to spend time here with Mrs. Wang.

"Ma'am, I think the second master hasn't eaten yet..."

"Go back and have a look, it really can't do without you in the yard, those girls will only pamper Baoyu, I still need you to take care of it."

On the second day, when the sun was high, the carriages from Rongguo Mansion just set off. Before they arrived at the Hou Mansion, they saw the visiting carriages and horses from other houses turning back one after another.

The servants of Jia's family hurried up to inquire, and came back to tell Shi Taijun.

"The Hou Mansion said that the Patriarch was sick, and no one came forward to entertain him, so there will be no outsiders today."

"How can we be considered outsiders? We are blood relatives with the Hou's Mansion." Jia Zhen must see Jia Gu with her own eyes today, so she doesn't want to return without success.

Hearing what he said, half of the people thought that what he said was reasonable, and half of the people thought it might be useless.

Everyone looked at Shi Taijun's carriage, waiting for her to make up her mind.

Jia Tanchun, who was sitting in the carriage, carefully asked Shi Taijun, "Old lady, shall we go?"

"I look at my own son, is he also a foreigner?"

Shi Taijun thought to himself, no matter how powerful that shrew is, she can't stop me from knocking on my son's door.

Mrs. Tong really wanted to stop her. He heard that Shi Taijun's carriage was outside the door, so he must come in.Immediately full of fighting spirit.