Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

Jia Mu was overjoyed and set up a banquet again, with Jia Cong sitting on her left hand and Dai Yu sitting on her right. The children and grandchildren toasted one by one, the old man drank happily, and the bad luck of many days was swept away.

Everyone who is not flattering praises Jia Cong for taking on a big responsibility at a young age, honoring his ancestors, and fearing future generations... There are a lot of good words to say, but Jia Amnesty is even more proud. A few tables away, Jia Cong must explain it carefully Talk about interesting things in office.Jia Mu glared at him and said, "I've never seen such a father before. I don't ask my son what grievances and troubles he has when he goes out to work. He just thinks about interesting things. Let me say, Cong'er is so young, but he can calm down so much." A large number of officials is an interesting thing."

Jia She said with a smile: "The old lady is right. I am used to the troublesome officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and they are the most difficult to tame. Cong'er is young, and I don't know how to subdue those troublesome officials. Cong'er, let's talk about it." The old lady is happy." Jia Cong was helpless when he saw his cheap father started talking drunk again, but he didn't dare to disobey him, so he smiled and said: "Actually, it's nothing. Although the officialdom in Shanxi and Shaanxi has many bad habits, Fortunately, there is a custom that the most important thing is family background. Those who come from the imperial examinations look down on donated officials and those who are favored; High or low, as long as you are a Jinshi, you are more respectable than fellow Jinshi, and you can walk with wind..."

He gestured to the ugliness of those officials, and everyone laughed up and down. Jia Cong added: "When I first arrived, I was young and although I had a high position, they didn't take me seriously. I went to the provincial yamen to meet with local officials. When discussing river control matters, he raised his face and talked to me, and only questioned my Jinshi of that year, which rank was on the list. As soon as I reported the name of the department, I immediately changed my face, and it was ridiculous. To--fortunately, no official in the whole province is the number one scholar, so they all behave in front of me. Whenever there is an argument, I will not say anything else. You are obedient." Jia Amnesty laughed out loud when he heard this, and felt more honorable than his own promotion.

Jia's mother said to Jia Huan, Jia Lan and others of the younger generation: "You have heard that just study hard is the right way, and dignity and honor come from this." The grandchildren agreed together.Jia Mu looked around, and suddenly found that she did not see Baoyu, so she asked, "Why is Baoyu missing?" The relaxed and happy atmosphere suddenly froze.

Mrs. Wang did not dare to answer, Baochai also bowed her head, Jia Zheng got up and replied with an apologetic smile: "Baoyu has had a cold for the past two days. I am afraid that he will come at a bad time and bring others along, so I let him stay in the room." Take care of yourself." Jia's mother knew that Jia Zheng hated Baoyu very much recently, but Baoyu was often not allowed to show up at the banquets he attended, so she was a little suspicious, and it was not easy to question him in front of people, so she said, "Forget it, let people take care of you. ’” He also ordered the Xiren to pick out a few delicate dishes from the banquet and send them to Baoyu, and the Xiren agreed to go on and make arrangements for himself.Mrs. Jia Zhengwang was full of ghosts in her heart and dared not answer. She was afraid that Jia's mother would ask a more difficult question, so she hurriedly diverted it with other words.

So Jia Cong continued to talk about the scenery and customs along the way, these are the most interesting things for these female relatives who don't leave their homes.As he was talking, he talked about what happened to Tanchun on the way back to Beijing. Jia Zheng stopped him before others asked him in detail: "Cong'er, don't mention that person who has committed a crime. Shui Rong failed the Holy Grace, and the Holy Dragon's grace is mighty." Even though I marry my daughter to him, I don’t have the slightest intention of defending him. It is also reasonable to marry a chicken and follow the chicken in Tanchun. The water splashed by the married daughter has nothing to do with my family——Hurry up and mention she."

That Jia Zheng was so pedantic and so ruthless, but he said it so high-sounding that it was irrefutable, Jia Cong lowered his head, and the others were speechless, only Jia She stopped laughing abruptly.For a while, he started drinking again. Jia Cong couldn't stand the persuasion of the left glass and the right glass. In addition, he blocked the wine for Daiyu. After drinking two more glasses, he came out to change clothes to hide from the wine.

He came out of the upper room and just turned around the corridor when he saw Jia Huan coming out, took Jia Cong's sleeve and motioned him to go to the corridor.Jia Cong had been on good terms with Jia Huan when he was at home, but now he was suspicious, so he followed him, turned two corridors, and arrived at the secluded backyard, but he was surprised to see Aunt Zhao waiting under the eaves.After thinking about it, I understood a little bit.

Jia Cong then bowed to Aunt Zhao: "Greetings to Auntie." Aunt Zhao avoided it, and then said, "Master Cong, I asked Huaner to invite you here, just to ask, how is Miss San?" After saying these words, there was already a crying sound, and Jia Huan burst into tears behind him.

Jia Cong secretly sighed in his heart, thinking that when Tanchun was not married, Aunt Zhao was the first person who spared no effort to trouble her in this family. The two mothers were like black-eyed chickens when they met. To escape from Aunt Zhao, who knew that when Tanchun was in trouble, the one who cared about her the most was her own mother.

Jia Cong couldn't help feeling a little pity for this woman who had always hated him, so he described the encounter with Tanchun in detail, especially Tanchun's attitude towards getting along with Shui Rong, as well as Tanchun's words. The aunt listened, and finally said: "Don't worry about it, the third girl is not an ordinary woman, and she can only take care of herself. And although the king of Beijing is guilty, but going to the west, there are many servants and rich family resources, and the third girl can't bear it." Sin." Aunt Zhao nodded and said: "That's fine, it's rare to be single-minded, even if she is assigned, but Tanchun can stay with her husband and husband, as far as I can see, it may be a blessing. In fact, I know that she was Life in the Beijing Prince's Mansion is very bitter...it's okay, it's okay..." She mumbled to herself like this, Jia Huan wiped away her tears, and said to Jia Cong: "Brother Cong, luckily You can put it bluntly, these days my aunt is crying a lot, and the master doesn't allow me to mention my third sister. She is very bitter and complains that the master is ruthless... I have been persuading her that the master is so ruthless to Brother Bao, let alone the third sister. Where's my sister?"

Jia Cong was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Uncle, what did Baoyu do? Today, when you talk at the banquet, you hide your head and show your tail." Jia Huan said: "Brother Cong, let me tell you, you must not be in the old lady's house." There was a rumor in front of me, and if the master knew about it, I must be beaten to death." Jia Cong became more and more curious, and asked repeatedly, and Jia Huan said, "I don't know what the master heard from other people, so he smashed brother Baoyu's psychic gem. Brother Baoyu became stupid, as if he was a different person. The master locked him up and didn’t allow him to come out to meet people.” Jia Cong was surprised and puzzled when he heard this, and couldn’t figure out the pass.

It turned out that after Jia Yucun came back this time, his temperament became more and more vicious, and he hated the Jia family deeply. However, knowing that the emperor protected Jia and pardoned Jia Cong, this pulse could not be moved, so he vented his hostility to Jia Zheng. side.Jia Zheng's job in the Ministry of Industry felt that everything was not going well. Although he sensed that someone was playing tricks, he couldn't believe that it was Jia Yucun's leader. Well, look at yourself now.

When Jia Yucun saw Jia Zheng throwing himself into the trap, he smiled secretly in his heart, but on the face he pretended to be nostalgic, and said to Jia Zheng: "The character of the old man is well known in the court, so there is nothing to be afraid of. It's just that the world Weng Quan was implicated by relatives and family members." He deliberately stopped talking, and Jia Zheng became even more flustered, and hurriedly said: "I also know that my nephew has committed illegal activities outside, but I have worked hard for the king's business. If you are negligent in managing your family, please ask an adult to teach you a thing or two."

Jia Yucun then deliberately said: "Don't you know the old man himself? There has been a royal censor for a long time. You use your in-laws to cling to the dignitaries in the court. Your eldest daughter married into the palace. Don't talk about it. Your second daughter Marrying into the Beijing Palace as a side concubine made the emperor very unhappy. In addition, your young master married the daughter of the Xue family. Hey, the collusion between the government and businessmen has always been hated by the Holy One..." Jia Zheng shook his clothes and fought, deeply I hate Mrs. Wang's self-assertion, and these evil karmas that she formed, harming her own family.Had to beg again and again, Jia Yucun smiled and said: "Actually, you don't have to be afraid, my lord. These things are all on the bright side, and you can't let them go. Fortunately, if you don't like the saint, you can't be punished for it. There is only one thing. , the boss may not know it, and it will harm the whole family of the boss."

Jia Yucun intentionally kept his mouth shut and stopped talking, Jia Zheng had lost his sense of proportion, and after asking again and again, Jia Yucun smiled and said: "It's the son of your family who was born with a jade title. It’s a strange story, could it be a monster? Or is it someone’s deliberate fabrication? My lord, do you like this rumor?” Jia Zheng almost fainted from fright, and when he returned home, he didn’t bother to ask about the indiscriminate, and called Baoyu. Involuntarily, he tore off the psychic jade hanging from his neck, grabbed the copper paperweight on the case, and smashed it to pieces with a few blows. Just wait until it's gone.

When Mrs. Wang heard about this, she was so frightened that she went out of her body, and then she came to see Baoyu. She was in a state of chaos, and her spirituality had just recovered a little, but it disappeared again.Mrs. Wang cried and asked Jia Zheng the whereabouts of the piece of jade, and said that if the old lady asked, it would be difficult to answer. My wife has been considered unfilial for more than ten years, and now I am going to be a disaster. If I don’t destroy that evil root, will I still wait for the disaster to spread all over my family? No one is allowed to mention that monster again. If anyone asks, they will only say that they are ignorant The woman's nonsense, any servant who dares to say that he was born with jade will be killed immediately!"

He was so stubborn that Mrs. Wang was so angry and anxious that she cried until she was exhausted, and there was nothing she could do.

The author has something to say: there are many things ahead of the two-day holiday, and I am busy writing; after the two-day holiday, I am writing carefully.