Old things in the Red Chamber

"Can I know what you said? I didn't get Baoyu out to keep you from being angry. The old lady you raised, the old lady didn't miss you, and instead yelled at you. You are not young anymore, just let the juniors in the family serve you, don't rush to let the old lady scold you. The old lady loves Baoyu, since she has been hurt for so many years, shouldn't it be right for him to respect the old lady at this time ?"

"But you should think about it. Baoyu's child's father participated in the rebellion, and he can't get away with it. We can't take such a risk just because we don't care for our wife."

While the two of them were talking, the porter outside came to announce that Jia Nan was waiting at the door to come in.

Jia She used his children and grandchildren to persuade Jia Gu to think carefully, "Don't think all about me, you should also think about your children and grandchildren. Now that Nan'er is also a big child, you should plan for him his share of wealth. Now, at this time, you really shouldn't have any side issues, or else your peaceful and prosperous life will be disturbed."

"I know what you mean. There were some things we couldn't say before. Now, I'm not afraid to tell you. When my son was in the south of the Yangtze River, the old lady or Jia Zheng ordered someone to poison him. At that time, I wished I could eat its flesh and lay aside its skin, but later I also thought about it, even if Jia Zheng was so courageous, the old lady's handwriting was indispensable in it. I heard that when she came to my door to make a fuss last night, I can't wait to draw my sword and chase after her. She gave me a life and I will give it back to her. However, they can't let go of killing my son. Sun and Sun are together, I asked Jia Zheng to find out four kings with different surnames, the emperor must seize this opportunity to catch them all."

"You want to borrow a knife?" Jia Amnesty scratched his neck with his palm.It means asking him if he borrowed a knife to kill someone.

"I promised Jia Zheng that Baoyu's life will be preserved when the time comes. It's because many things are more painful to live than to die. Let the grandparent and grandson depend on each other."

Jia Nan had already walked over, Jia Gu closed up his cloak, turned around and said to Jia Amnesty, "Listen to me, if the old lady wants to live with Baoyu at that time, don't stop me, give me the money you deserve, and give me the money you deserve." The food given is also given, and we will also give those precious medicinal materials they want, and save a life..."

Seeing that she was about to go down the steps, Jia She grabbed his cloak and said, "Please explain your words more clearly, why can't I understand?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you just need to remember what I said. Also, even if Wang with a different surname steals the title, their roots are still there, and it is not something our family can afford. If anything happens, don't push yourself."

Jia Nan greeted Jia Amnesty on the sidelines, seeing the younger generation in front of him.Jia Amnesty couldn't say anything more, so he could only call out Jia Lian and his son, and send their grandparents away.

Jia Lian sent Jia Gu to the gate and watched their carriage leave the alley.Excitedly ran back to Jia She, "I don't know what uncle and master discussed?"

Jia Amnesty now has mixed feelings in his heart, he has always known that his brother is the kind of person who can calculate.I didn't expect him to have such a long-term plan.It's almost like putting Baoyu in it for the rest of his life. What's the point of living like this?It would be better if their father and son died together, and they would not suffer from this crime.

Sitting on the chair and sighing, he thought that Baoyu's child was not that kind of ambitious. He had grown up for so many years and hadn't suffered any crimes.If someone makes trouble again and again...

But having said that, if someone did this to his son, he would not show mercy to his enemy's son.

Seeing Jia Lian approaching joyfully, I felt a sudden tug in my heart, thinking that luckily this bastard was taken advantage of by others, otherwise, life might be worse than death at this time.

"Master, there is something that my son wants to discuss with the master?"

Jia She put on a posture and snorted, "What's the matter?"

"The mandarin duck next to the old lady, what do you think of being a concubine for your son?"

Jia Amnesty raised his eyebrows and glanced at Jia Lian, but looked up and down for a long time without saying a word.

He could see that Jia Lian was covered in white sweat, "Master, what are you looking at?"

"Seeing how many guts you have grown, are you not afraid that your daughter-in-law will go back and treat you?"

"If the master is willing to do this, no one can say anything."

Jia She snorted and took a sip of water, "Don't come to me and say this. I didn't say anything about you when you haunted me before. It was because you didn't have a son. Now that you have a son, the two of you Kouzi doesn't want to have another one, you are so busy taking concubines and you still want me to back you up, forget about it, get out."

Jia Lian had to tell the truth. In fact, he was worried that after telling the truth, Jia Amnesty would also get a share of it.That's why he used the method of taking concubines to bring the mandarin ducks to his side.At this time, I had no choice but to speak out.

"The old lady still has a fortune. Only Yuanyang knows where it is hidden. You said that we keep Yuanyang at our house. Doesn't this money also come to our house?"

"I didn't know the truth before, but I found out later. Regardless of my age, I am still your father. I am qualified to teach a truth. Let me tell you, people are doing what the sky is watching, not yours." Once you reach out, you will have the consciousness of being caught."

"Master," Jia Lian became anxious.

"Master, think about it, the princes and princesses in this palace are about to grow up, and I will give them birthday presents in the future, as well as some silk and satin. They don't even care about clothes, pens and ink. Don't say that the family is naturally close." You don’t need to use these extra money to show that the relationship between our family and the princes and daughters is really not close enough right now. If we don’t think of a way at this time, it’s tantamount to making wedding clothes for others...Master, even if your son says this, you don’t want to hear it , you should also think about the imperial concubine who has gone, the imperial concubine is gone, shouldn't our family take care of the children she left behind?"

Jia She threw the tea bowl on Jia Lian's head angrily, "Didn't you see the example of Concubine Jia, who sent so much silver to the palace at that time, what happened afterwards? No one left. What day was yesterday? Daddy On the first day of the new year, when Concubine Jia Gui was alive, their family happily entered the palace to congratulate her on the first day of the new year. Yesterday, on the first day of the new year, his father was taken to the Golden Palace, and he will be executed in a few days , tell me, is it useful to put so much money in it?"

"Master" Jia Lian's expression showed that he disliked the pedantic old man Jia She. "Master, you heard from your son, the imperial concubine, that is the imperial concubine, and naturally nothing will be left after a woman's fragrance fades away, but our family is the princes and daughters in the palace, the emperor doesn't care about the concubine's affection, can it be Don't you want his son to think highly of us?"

"Your wife gave birth to a son, and it's your only son. You said that your wife's brother begged to come to our house. Would you like to give her brother a hand?"

Of course not, that bastard Wang Ren has never been a good thing.

"The truth is the same. I said why don't you understand?"

Jia Amnesty covered his heart and dared not tell his son that after the fall of the four princes in a few days, their retainers and generals escaped unharmed, and they will attack the rest of the Jia family to avenge their master.

If the family rescued the old lady, after sending her away.Those retainers and generals are not unreasonable people.At most, he would scold his father and son behind his back when he took revenge. After all, his family and Jia Zheng had fallen out long ago, so he reached out because of his blood relationship.People will not be too difficult for their own family.But if you get the surplus money of the Rongguo Mansion into your own hands, it will be different immediately. Those retainers and generals thought that they and Jia Policy had been rowing for life and rebellion for a long time. There was a breakdown, but there was still contact behind the scenes, and when they retaliated, it was of course the two families retaliating together.

Why don't you say this fool doesn't understand that it shouldn't be your own money so don't touch it, that's not a good thing.

"If you want to be filial to me, if you still think about your son's life, you can listen to me. If you want the whole family to follow in the footsteps of Rongguo Mansion, you can just get the mandarin ducks into your hands and force them to ask for the money." The whereabouts of the money, spend it quickly, lest you die when you want to spend it."

Having said that, Jia Lian was so frightened that the two sides fought, "You mean that the money came from a wrong way?"

Jia She lowered his eyelids, pretending to be out of sight and out of mind.He waved his hand, "Go away, I'm an old bone, it doesn't matter if I die or not, before you get the money, you should find a way to settle your son, otherwise you don't touch this money."

Jia Lian came out from Jia She's side covered in cold sweat, and returned to his yard, still soulless.

Wang Xifeng saw him blankly, and slapped his face with a handkerchief. "Second master, where did you come back from? Which goblin lost your soul? Second master, just tell me, I will buy him with money."

Ping'er pouted at Wang Xifeng, the outside curtain was lifted, and Qiao'er came in with his younger brother Jia Fang.

Jia Lian quickly looked at his son, and to tell the truth, since he was sent to the palace.No matter how he treats people or speaks and acts, he is much better than an old man like him. From a young age, he looks like an orchid and a jade tree from a distance.

Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Lian staring at his son, and proudly said to Jia Lian, "If you want me to say that our son is not much worse than Jia Nan..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Jia Ban muttered, although his voice was small, Wang Xifeng still heard him.Seeing her son and daughter standing in front of her, Wang Xifeng swallowed her anger.I thought to myself, wait until the two children are no longer here, and see how I will settle accounts with you.

After dinner, Wang Xifeng sent the two children away. Wang Xifeng asked Jia Lian, "Seeing the second master enter the door, the mind is not in the right place. Could it be possible that he really had a relationship with the girls outside? Or is there someone hiding outside?" , Now I can’t hide anymore, come back to see our mother and daughter, the eyes are not the eyes and the nose is not the nose, thinking that we will make way for your good friend.”

In a word, after so many years, Wang Xifeng has changed from a fairy concubine to a burnt paper, and Jia Lian doesn't want to bear her anymore, she stands up and wants to go out.

"Where is this going, did I hit it off?"

"I'm going to sleep in the study tonight, and tomorrow I have to go out to find out where the second master over there is locked up. The old lady asked me to go out and find out today. Hit the back of your head, which one do you think I should find a good match for?"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly asked Ping'er to pull Jia Lian back, and said to him mysteriously, "The second master is not as good as me, but I found out that the old lady gave Yuanyang a sum of money a few years ago, and asked her to hide it. Where is this silver, but as long as we hold the mandarin duck in our palms..."

Otherwise, the two are a couple.

Jia Lian quickly sat down, "I also know about this matter, I just talked to the master, but the master does not agree to move the money."

"Of course the master doesn't agree to let us use this money. Now the money is the old lady's pension money. The master is filial, and we are not unfilial. We will still be filial to the old lady as before when we get it, and it will be over. Besides, when I took the old lady over yesterday, I didn't think about getting money from her. When I didn't think about money yesterday, I thought about honoring her. You said that taking her money now, isn't it filial? "

"The truth is this. I heard that the old lady just asked her uncle to get Baoyu out for her. Uncle is capable. As long as he promises, he will be able to do it. If Baoyu comes back, you said we still have to take care of Baoyu. "

Wang Xifeng thought for a while, "Baoyu and I are cousins, and you are cousins. If we raise them, we will raise them. It's a matter of food."

Ping'er watched the two people talk more and more excitedly, so she went over with two bowls of tea, "Let me say, second master and second grandma don't say such things at this time, we don't know how much money is there, if A thousand taels of silver is not worth our planning, is it?"

"You're stupid, even if you have 1000 taels of silver, it's still silver." Wang Xifeng didn't take it seriously. If the money is not in our hands, who else could it be?

Jia Lian felt that the amount of money would definitely not be small. He had listened to Jia Amnesty's words just now.I am worried that this money is dirty money. If the government has been tracking down this money, not only will it be useless to get it, but it may lead to a lawsuit.

"This matter still needs to be carefully planned and planned. If the money comes from a bad source, let's not steal chickens and lose money."

Wang Xifeng also had no choice but to nod, "Let's settle this matter first. Tomorrow, I will take Ping'er to find Yuanyang. First, let's find out how much money there is and where it came from."

The next day happened to be the second day of the Lunar New Year, so Wang Xifeng heard the porter come to announce that the four concubines had arrived at the door and wanted to visit the old lady.

Wang Xifeng was still very surprised at the time, so she said to Ping'er, "It seems that the old lady's airs can't be lost. In the past, the second wife raised a noble concubine as a daughter, so she didn't dare to tie wings with the old lady. It's not because of the old lady's airs. Come out with me, first welcome the four old concubines in."

The visit of the four concubines this time was different from what Wang Xifeng had imagined.

The four of them who were in the Chinese New Year saw Shi Taijun tear up their noses and grabbed his clothes and began to cry.

"Your son participated in the rebellion, why did you want to bite my son into it?"

"We have been friends for so many years. We have helped your family when there is something wrong. How can you spit out blood? Can you just talk about it? If there is no evidence, you can let your son tell a flower. Your family What kind of heart do you have?"

"What's the use of old sisters telling her so much? Isn't their family trying to survive, bah, aren't you afraid of retribution for doing these dirty things? My son is only this year? I haven’t been out before, and your son actually framed him for rebellion. When the imperial army came to arrest people today, my son was still lying on the bed and drinking medicine. Let me tell you, if something happens to my son, I will never end with your family.”

"Don't talk about long and short, the princes of our family have entered, and they will be skinned if they don't die. It's useless to say this now. The friendship between our family and their family is broken today. Old lady, what is given today, will be given in future." Must report. Let's go."

Wang Xifeng watched this group of people coming and leaving in a mighty way.Then he turned his head to see Shi Taijun sitting on the couch blankly.Quickly tell Ping'er to go out and find someone to find out what happened.

This matter is also very simple.

"I heard that a group of ministers went to congratulate yesterday on the new year's day, and the four princes were under house arrest. The second master said in the court hall that the four princes ordered him to rebel. Yesterday, many veterans said that he was bloody. Discuss this matter After a day, the four princes were escorted into the palace early this morning, and I heard that they are already in jail."

Not only did Ping'er talk, Wang Xifeng heard it, but Shi Taijun and Mrs. Xing also heard it.

Shi Taijun knew that this must be a strategy used by the emperor to weaken the power of the four kings with different surnames, and he gritted his teeth with hatred, but for the current situation, even if he hated the emperor ruthlessly, there was no way to change anything.

But there is also good news.

"A woman from the Hou's mansion came to spread the word, saying that there is news about our Second Master Jiabao and Third Master Huan."

"Let her in quickly, quickly, my Baoyu, how is my Baoyu?" Shi Taijun struggled to get up from the couch.I rushed to the door to see people and hear news earlier.

The mother-in-law of the Hou's mansion has sharp teeth, "Our uncle's family letter and letters to the Ministry of War and the emperor arrived in the capital together. Some approval documents, which clearly prove that your house is treasonous, and the two gentlemen will be escorted back to the capital in half a month."

After finishing speaking, the mother-in-law was about to retreat, and Shi Taijun grabbed her hand.

"Yesterday, Lord Hou promised me that he would save Baoyu's life. Do you have any other words for you to pass on?"

The mother-in-law shook her head, but said very firmly to Shi Taijun, "If our Lord Hou really agrees to you, then the matter will definitely be done. If we don't agree to you, naturally we won't do this matter for you."

Shi Taijun suddenly had infinite fighting spirit, "Even if he doesn't do what he promised me, I will force him to bring out my precious jade."

The mother-in-law didn't say a word, she walked out and left.

Wang Xifeng frowned at this time, "Old lady, since Baoyu is going to come back from Jiangnan, no matter what happens in the end, he must walk around the prison in the capital. Let's take care of him now, and don't let him suffer so much. Sin, poor Baoyu, since she was a child, she has always been gold and jade, how have you ever experienced this?"

Shi Taijun said to her very calmly, "You are right, you should take care of Baoyu. You heard what the woman said just now. Their Lord Marquis promised me yesterday that he would rescue Baoyu. This is what your master said. I also heard it yesterday, if you don’t believe me, ask your master. One of the two brothers should rescue the nephew, and the other should take care of the nephew, you go, it’s up to you how much Baoyu suffers.”

Shi Taijun is an old man, Wang Xifeng not only failed to get out of Shi Taijun's family background, but was sent such an errand instead.In order to maintain the smile on her face, Wang Xifeng readily agreed to Shi Taijun, served Shi Taijun to eat, lay down on the couch to rest, and then retreated by herself.

Yuanyang watched Wang Xifeng and the other masters and servants leave the small courtyard, and quietly discussed with Shi Taijun, "Old lady, what Second Mistress said is right, or I can take care of Bao Erye. Second Mistress may not be willing to give Bao Er Grandpa spends money."

"Good boy, I don't know what you said. Just take care of the money in your hand. Baoyu will suffer for sure. When he comes out in the future, our family will not be the same as before. After spending the money on him at this time Let Baoyu know how our family lives, save money, and let Baoyu know that our family is not as good as it used to be."

Yuanyang agreed, and covered Shi Taijun with a quilt, "Old lady, you can sleep for a while, and when it's time for dinner, I'll wake you up."

Wang Xifeng let out a hard breath when he left the yard. "People say that Jiang is old and hot. This is true. At this time, the old lady is still holding the money in her hand, and she doesn't even think about it. Even if Baoyu can come out in the future, will it still depend on our family's help?"

"In my opinion, because Baoyu was able to come out, the old lady held the money and refused to let anyone know. The money must be given to Baoyu."

"No, we must get this money. Otherwise, within three days after giving it to Baoyu, they will coax all the money in Baoyu's hands. Let me think of a way. When we separated It's not fair..."

"Second Mistress, otherwise, let's tell the old lady in a few days that we don't have enough money. Baoyu has just arrived in the capital, and he doesn't know when he will come out, so let the old lady take out a sum of money to give Take care of Baoyu."

Although the two families can still maintain a superficial harmony, in Wang Xifeng's view, the old lady also clearly understands that the two families have long since torn faces.It is okay to say it directly, but it is not impossible.It's just that until the end, everyone won't tear their skins apart.

At this time, Wang Xifeng began to complain about Jia Gu again, "As expected of being twin brothers with our master, both brothers are those foolish and filial people. You said that the old lady threw the Hou Ye away in the early years, even if the Hou Ye In the past few years since returning to the capital, the two mothers and sons have not had much contact with each other, how come he caught up with him to show his filial piety, and insisted on getting Baoyu out, what do you think this Lord Hou thinks?"