Old things in the Red Chamber

If the king of Beijing Jing said it himself, he felt that he was more wronged than Dou E.

Use Bei Jing's own memory to restore that day. The night before, he really went out to have a tryst with someone. This gentleman became a prince at a young age. In addition, he knew how to be a good boy since he was a child. Children will use it, after all, there is no shame in pleasing their parents.His father was not so early, and he himself took up the family business early. It's easy to say that his mother, the old concubine, really doted on him.In addition, since he was a child, he would please his mother, so he was not too strict in discipline. In the words of the concubine, it is enough for the big folds to be good.Love of beauty is not a big deal for the concubine.

King Beijing Jing is still a man of culture, he likes elegance, and the woman he likes must not be vulgar, and he still has the problem of being a literati.Maybe other people like beauty just thinking about it. He is indeed very active. Few in Kyoto dare to offend this young prince. Not even a good-tempered master, the emperor is the patriarch of the royal family, regardless of whether he is an uncle or a brother, if he catches the wrong person lightly, he will be scolded, and if it is serious, it will be serious.As for the kings with different surnames, everyone from the emperor to the clan feared them a little bit. In addition, they did not make mistakes and could not find a chance to let go of their errands and seize military power. Therefore, the kings with different surnames were still very happy.

The story is far away, that day, the king of Beijing Jing heard that there were criminal officials' family members who were going to sell, and there were a few well-raised daughters from the first wife.That's silk and satin, real gold, silver, delicacies from mountains and seas, which have been raised since childhood. They understand the rules and know the etiquette.

It was said that it would be sold the next day, but there were many people staring at it, including the enemies of their father and brother. These people planned to buy the people and torture them.There are also some well-known kilns, who bought them and resold them for a good price.King Beijing has privileges, so he picked a circle through the fence, and there are really a few stunning girls, and the people who followed him also said, the one in red, has been educated, has knowledge, and his mother wears a belt in prison. He hanged himself, and the little girl was scared out of her wits.The one in blue is a concubine who knows how to behave. When he saw the food delivered, he didn't care about it, he grabbed it and ate his fill...

The King of Beijing Jing felt that the concubine was a bit vulgar, and it was too rude to snatch it. Then he chose the girl from the concubine, handed over the money and the contract of sale, and this girl belonged to the King of Beijing.

The young and flirtatious King of Beijing Jing didn't intend to take him back to the palace. If he did, it would make the women in the family go crazy in any way, so he found another courtyard to resettle him.This girl will now know the identity of the King of Beijing, and she is grateful to Dade. She has no objection to this arrangement, and if she has an opinion, she can't say it right now. Inside the gate of the mansion, there are all kinds of things that she has never seen or heard, and she has made up her mind to coax him. Afterwards, I brought myself back to the palace, cheered up, and the two of them talked about the harmony of yin and yang from poems and songs, so a very beautiful night began.

When he woke up again, King Beijing found Prince Zhongshun's cold face and the enlarged fist in front of his eyes, followed by jumping around, a scream in his ear, and then his eyes went dark, and King Beijing was furious, don't look You are a prince, you can't break into this prince's outer house like this, the two of them started fighting, the poor Prince Zhongshun has never beaten anyone...

In the past two days, the King of Beijing Jing did not sit still. He knew that no matter whether he really did it or not, in the eyes of others, he could not clean himself up. The emperor must find an opportunity to let go of his errand, If this is the case, then the Beijing Palace will be a joke in the future, and I will feel sorry for my father and grandfather.

He quickly found three other kings with different surnames, and joined forces with Hachiko in the capital, just to minimize the loss.In the area of ​​four kings and eight kilometers, there are a few families that are down and out, and a few that don't want to participate in this matter.Shi Taijun meant that he did not work hard, but Mrs. Wang urged Jia Zheng to run errands, "It's not a big deal, it's just that the princes are jealous. Where is my brother, he still wants to work for the Northern King. It's been so many years of friendship. "

Jia Zheng hurried to find Wang Ziteng, Wang Ziteng had higher knowledge than Mrs. Wang, he didn't think it was the so-called rivalry and jealousy, but he felt that Wang with a different surname had a better chance of winning. It's not stable yet, and this matter, it's time for Bei Wang to offer tea to Shun Wang to make amends in the end, an actor is just a play, who cares about it. Although Bei Wang loses face, it's fine if he can't lose face."

With these words, the other three families of the four major families nodded frequently. The Taishanghuang and the king of different surnames have been fighting secretly for so many years, but they have never fought. They just dealt with it softly. The emperor was also afraid of a war and was in a hurry. of.

Zhongshun is not idle either, even though he is a bastard, there are several ignorant children in the royal family. Whether it is to vent his anger or let the clan overwhelm the king with a different surname, there is a great opportunity in front of him. As soon as I made up my mind, I ran to the palace under the pretext of comforting the emperor, and then my brothers, cousins, princes and kings added up to a dozen, and called the censors I could master, and explained it like this.

Only then did the grand occasion of the Great Court Meeting come about.

Inside the palace, the emperor got up early, Hong Tao handed over the court clothes to the nuns, and the nuns carried them to the bedroom of the Pixiang Hall, and the concubine with her hair covered, waited for the emperor to put on the court clothes, and knelt down to wait for him to put on the court boots, At this time, the Ninth Prince woke up and dragged the cloth tiger into the bedroom, but was stopped by licorice and coaxed several times, the little guy wanted to see his concubine.

"When the sun comes out, you take Jiu'er to play with the Seventh Prince. Now the seventh is sad because of the eighth, and Concubine Xian is also anxious. After all, they are brothers. They will support each other in the future. "

After hearing this, Concubine He respectfully agreed, the emperor looked at the big dressing mirror, raised his legs and went out, met his youngest son at the door, knelt down to hug him, patted his back, and told him to be obedient.

After two quarters of an hour, music began to be played in front of the Golden Palace. Civil servants and military generals stood up according to their official ranks. As soon as the palace gate opened, they trotted towards the Golden Palace.

From the fourth rank, Jia Xie was already at the tail of the team, and there were nearly twenty princes in front of him, so his position was from the door to the outside, let alone listening, now it is even a problem to see.The outside of the Golden Palace was cold and dark, and the wind was blowing on his body, as if a layer of flesh had fallen off.The guards on duty around him wore thick clothes, and I also wore a lot of clothes. I hope that with my youth, strength and anger, I can survive this court.

The advantage of having more brothers is that you don't suffer when you fight. Jia Gu thought it was true before, and now he even takes this sentence as the truth.

The sun came out and shone on the steps, walls, and roof of the Golden Palace, and it also shone on Jia Huan's body. The back was warm and comfortable.

The eunuch dragged out a long tone, and shouted "Back to court~~~~~~"

The commotion in the hall was over.Jia Huan hurriedly turned sideways, got out of the way, and waited aside. His father was in the hall. He heard his father's screams just now. The sound was too scary, and he didn't know if he was really beaten badly.

The first ones to come out of the hall were the emperor's brothers. According to their age, the older ones walked in front. Prince Loyalty turned around and said to the brothers, "I am going to Shou'an Palace to pay my respects to my father." Others said enthusiastically "Let's go together, my little brother hasn't greeted the old man for a while." "Brother, I miss my father." "I heard that my uncle likes to eat seafood. I bought some yesterday. I don't know if it suits my taste. Let's go together." go."……

These people turned around and went to the back of the hall.The four kings and eight princes came out again, Jia Zheng also went to court today, wearing the uniform of a first-class general, these people's complexions are not bad, except for the bad luck of the King of Beijing, the other families have nothing to lose.The title of Prince Jing of Beijing was kept, but the previous errand was gone, and the emperor gave him a new errand - patrolling the border.

In layman's terms, it is to inspect the border. The king of Beijing Jing was born in the capital and has no experience of going into battle. However, he also knows that there are some arrogant soldiers in the frontier, and they may not necessarily buy the account of a county king.

Looking at the Rongning Second House, the connections in the army were gathered by Jia Gu early on, and now the connections of the Jia family, no one would recognize the two brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng.It won't be long before his family's connections will be swallowed up by other forces. The King of Beijing Jing held back a mouthful of blood, bid farewell to everyone in a personable manner, and thanked them for their help.

Jia Xun supported Jia Gu, Jia Gu covered his eyes, and whispered oops, when he got on the carriage, Jia Xun asked him, "Shall we take leave and go back home?"

"Go back to what house, I'm going to the household department, go drink tea, talk, if the people from the household department invite you to go, saying that I fainted, don't listen to them and run over regardless, I don't believe it, household All lack of money and food will not make it.”

"Then your black eye sockets?"

"That's it, just raise it for a few days. Who knows that King Shun is so powerful. I held King Beijing, but King Shun missed it and gave me a pair of black eyes. The King Beijing next to him has nothing." thing."

"You are going too far. How can King Beijing think about our family?"

"Didn't you see that shameless Wang Ziteng, he said it was a fight. He was holding King Shun, and asked King Bei to say hello to King Shun. Everyone else caught up with each other and killed them. You said I just stood there, and I should learn from those Civil servants, hide and yell, "What kind of demeanor is humiliating my gentleness?" Besides, the emperor sits high and can see clearly. I have to share my worries for you. It's okay, it's nothing to do with our family, you get off the bus, sir What kind of carriage do you guys take, your father and I can only ride in a carriage now, you are not a woman and a patient, get out of the carriage and go to the yamen as an errand."

Jia Xun hurried down and saw that Jia Gu's carriage was gone, and then got on the horse and went to Taipu Temple.

"Jia Cunzhou went home and told the old lady that 'someone must have plotted against King Bei'".Jia She was holding a tea bowl, shaking his head and talking in Jia She's study. Jia Gu was holding his second granddaughter Fu Rong in his arms. Hui, broke off a piece and fed it to himself, it was burnt and fragrant, and the snack guy looked at his grandfather, eager to eat.

"Isn't this obvious?" Jia Gu broke off a small piece and fed it to Fu Rong, and then took two sips of water, and finally took the time to say something to Jia She.

"Old brother, who do you think did it?"

"I don't know, let me tell you, let's not get close to the fight between the gods. If we get in, it's easy to get burned."

"I understand the truth. I'm in a state of turmoil." He lowered his voice and leaned over, "If I know who did it, I'll go find him. He can do whatever he wants. I want to get our boss two."

You haven't given up yet.

Jia Gu looked at him in disgust, thinking that your little family background would not impress me.I will not take my big and small brothers and staff, old and young, to get your second child for you.

You don't need a hatchet to kill a chicken.

The uneducated Jia Gu thought so, but the next second, Jia She called out, and Fu Rong grabbed his beard and pulled it hard a few times.The two old men coaxed Furong to let go, and promised countless benefits, but Furong was too small to understand, so many good things failed to buy her, and in the end Jia She's beard was rescued by the bread just now.

Fu Sheng was free for half a day, someone outside the door announced that Master Biao Qian Cheng had come.

The two brothers in the room looked at each other, they forgot about Qian Cheng, this kid is still under the door of the Beijing Prince's Mansion.

Qian Cheng didn't come by himself, he came in politely to say hello, and brought along a man, Zhao Qi's cousin, salt merchant Hu Menghao.

Hu Menghao has long wanted to come to see Jia Gu, but now someone has introduced him in a polite way, without mentioning his relationship. Although he has a relationship with Zhao Qi, Zhao Qi is only a bastard, and the biological mother of a bastard does not recognize him. of.He only said that he was Qian Cheng's friend, and now he came to see Lord Hou.

That is to say a few words, and then Qian Cheng and Hu Menghao were ready to leave. Jia Gu knew Hu Menghao's purpose after hearing Hu Menghao's introduction that he was a salt merchant.

The salt merchants are rich, and the salt merchants are still powerful. Even, the salt merchants in Yangzhou are still eyeing the capital, corrupting officials with money, and can use money to influence who the court sends to be the inspector of salt. Anyway, the salt administration is a mess. .

Hu Menghao, the young head of the family, came here for the management rights of the official salt, but now he worships Buddha everywhere, and Jia Gu doesn't care about it, he also sent generous gifts.He is not rewarded for his merits, and since he came with a gift, Jia Gu pointed out to him where the gate of the temple is.

"The officials of the Department of Salt Administration of the Ministry of Household Affairs are not in charge of the family. You go to find the minister Haitong, the minister Shi Wei, Mr. Li from the cabinet, and Prince Zhongmin. If you are willing to give up money in these places, you will get what you ask for. Where is the king, but you have to be careful."

Hu Menghao was overjoyed, stood up quickly, bowed at ninety degrees to salute, and was about to leave, but Jia Gu didn't stop him, but wanted to keep Qian Cheng, and said politely, "I know you are busy, so I won't keep you anymore, it's just me I haven't seen my nephew for a while, and I want to let him talk."

Naturally, Hu Menghao didn't mind, and after saying goodbye to Qian Cheng, he left in a hurry.

Jia Gu asked Qian Cheng, "The King of the North is going to patrol the border now, what do you say?"

Qian Cheng naturally knew the meaning of asking this question, and thought that this is his real uncle, but he is a bit stubborn. He recognized the Northern King as the Lord, but now he will not easily betray the Lord, "The Lord gave me an errand yesterday. Let me take care of the property of the palace."

Jia Gu and Jia She looked at each other, there was nothing else to do, and told him, "You are growing up too. It is one thing to have errands, but another thing to take care of the family. Last time your younger brother brought your son to see me. , I think your son is a seed for studying, you have to consider him in everything, that's all right, you go to work, if you have nothing to do, let your brother bring your son to talk to your cousin."

Qian Cheng left respectfully.

Jia Amnesty hurriedly asked, "What is the Northern King's intention? In the final analysis, the Qian family is just a merchant, and the steward of the palace is an official. To praise him like this...?"

"Because it's not me and your family's Jia Cunzhou. Forget it, let him show his favor. We didn't do anything to offend him, so there is no need to feel guilty."

Hu Menghao got Yan Yin in three to five days, and in the next three years, Hu's family was still the first salt merchant.

In the past few months in the capital, he has spread money all over the world, thanks to Marquis Zhongwu. He used to think that this Marquis is kind, and now he feels that this Marquis is not only kind but also kind.I specially prepared a generous gift and sent it to Zhongwuhou's mansion.

Now, after inquiring, I know that this Marquis is a fear of internal affairs. He heard that he has paid his salary and handed it in quickly.He never stays out overnight, and he dare not look at other women or women, for fear that the Hedong lion at home will roar.

Hu Menghao did what he liked, and the gifts for the female relatives were particularly generous, and he didn't dare to use the usual means of sending beauties.

Mrs. Tong was holding the gift list. On the left was the daughter-in-law with a big belly, on the right was the niece sitting upright, and there was a little granddaughter lying on her back, with an older granddaughter on her arm. She looked at it for a while, "There are too many things Bar."

Both Qi Jing'an and Lin Daiyu burst out laughing, Lin Daiyu covered half of her face with a handkerchief, her face was also small, her palm was big, she was thin, her eyes curved into crescent moons when she smiled. "It's the first time I heard that those who receive gifts are afraid of too many gifts."

Madam Tong handed her the gift list, "Look, is this gift too much for me to accept? Tell him no, it’s too generous, I’m afraid it’s inappropriate to accept it.”

Caiyue went to the front and said after a while, "The butler said it's okay to accept it. It was given by a salt merchant who is rich. We see a lot of these, but they don't pay attention to them."

The gift list in Lin Daiyu's hand had already been handed over to Qi Jingan. After hearing Caiyue's words, she recalled that when she was a child, she also received filial piety from salt merchants with her mother, and advised Mrs. Tong, "Don't think too much, auntie. When I was young, my family also received filial piety from salt merchants. After the filial piety of the salt merchants, they are rich and powerful."

When I returned to my yard, I couldn't help but think of my parents. When my parents were there, I was just like Sister Xuan'er today. I was close to my mother, looking at the gift list. Even though I couldn't understand it, sometimes I made trouble. , Looking back now, those days were really worthless.

While thinking, I cried again.The next day, I told Mrs. Tong that I wanted to go to the temple to perform rituals for my parents and light lamps to worship.

Jia Gu was very busy, and if he was not busy, he would not let him send his niece to worship the Bodhisattva. Jia Xun was also busy, and his heels hit the back of his head, so he couldn't give him any more work.There was no supporting male in the family, so Mrs. Tong took her niece to pay her respects in person.

What the two of them were looking for was the Royal Temple, Madam Tong's edict was enough to burn incense.He took Lin Daiyu there, and asked the eminent monks inside, and donated money for sesame oil. If it was cold today, he also donated cotton cloth to the monastery, and the other party happily agreed to the matter.

Hu Menghao is still in the capital now, and wants to develop a long-term cooperative relationship with Zhongwuhou's Mansion. He usually knows everything that happens in Zhongwuhou's Mansion, let alone this kind of going out to enjoy incense.

As soon as he inquired, there was still a young lady from the former Yanzheng's family in this mansion, so Hu Menghao entrusted someone to ask for Lin Daiyu.

I have to say here that Hu Menghao is nearly thirty years old and a few years younger than the emperor, but he has not married a wife now. First of all, although he is a merchant, he belongs to a big merchant, like the Xue family. Ways to compare with him.The one who can drive him to work must be a big shot. Big businessmen like them, who can influence the decisions of officials and even threaten officials, are naturally not ordinary people, and they look down on ordinary people even when they get married.Second, to marry a wife, you must marry someone with a backer, and this backer must be solid and can be relied on for a long time.

He felt that Jia Gu had a good character and was righteous enough, so he was definitely qualified to be a backer.Therefore, Hu Menghao immediately entrusted his fellow countryman who was an official in Kyoto to propose marriage.

The person who came to propose marriage is also a person. First, he introduced the family situation in the south, "There are old parents and mothers on the board, who are old. However, there are many slaves and maidservants in the family, and there are more than a dozen old aunts and grandmas. They are raised in Suzhou, and they don't need their daughter-in-law to serve .”

Nonsense, if you rely on your daughter-in-law to take care of you, how will you live in the past ten years.

"There are two bastards below, living with their grandparents. This year, the older one is thirteen, and the younger one is eleven..."

Jia Gu's face is darkened, the bastard will be able to come out and set up a family in a few years, if the niece is not as good as the daughter-in-law, and gives birth to one girl after another, even if there is a son, the bastard will be old and become a talent in the future It's all right, it is necessary to fight for the family business, if you are not successful, or if you have no son, then it depends on the face of the bastard.

In short, Jia Gu's first reaction was that he couldn't do it.This has nothing to do with the family's concubine, he feels that the family style is not good, and most importantly, he thinks that Hu Menghao's daily interactions are fine, but being a relative is a bit unbearable.Do you want to marry and let your niece come out with him to socialize? The life of a businessman's wife is not easy, especially the niece likes to think wildly, and she has never been wronged since she was a child. Even if she is a seventh-rank official, the niece should also behave respectfully. Thinking about it makes it inappropriate.

If it’s not suitable, it’s natural to refuse. Jia Gu leaked some meaning here, and then immediately withdrew it. Hu Menghao didn’t want to offend Zhongwuhou’s mansion, so he came to the door in person. When it comes to wine, it really means that there is no righteousness in business.

Ah bah, Jia Gu is very angry, he is that kind, I disagree, it's one thing, but why did you withdraw so quickly?

Slightly arrogant.

Judging from this incident, it is really necessary to speed up the progress of finding a husband's house for the niece.From getting married to going out, it usually takes more than a year or two in the middle, oops, time flies so fast.

Master Jia patted his forehead sadly, nephew and son-in-law, where are you?