Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

"boom!"

The knee hit the ground heavily, and there was a muffled sound, as if all the strength of the whole body was pressed down, mercilessly, as soon as the flesh touched the hard floor, just listening to the sound, I felt severe pain.

For a moment, everyone in the room was stunned.

It was Jia Daishan who was the first to react, and shouted: "Second brother, what are you doing?!"

Jia Zheng knelt on the ground, his sunken cheeks twitched slightly, put his hands on the ground, and respectfully kowtowed to Jia Daishan, when his forehead touched the ground, there was another muffled sound, and when he raised his head, he saw a blushing spot on his forehead , Tears were already streaming down his face.

"The son is unfilial, the son is incompetent, let the father down!" As he spoke, he was already choked up and unable to speak, "Son, I am ashamed of my parents~" In the pair of black eyes, the heart was ashamed, and the whole person's energy was gone Most of the time, it seemed that he had aged a little in an instant.

Mother Jia couldn't bear it anymore, sobbed, rushed over to hug Jia Zheng, and cried bitterly: "Second brother, why are you doing this, you are working so hard...you are gouging out my heart, you This unfilial son~~you want me to be sad and sad~~"

Wang put her arms around Jia Zhu who was so frightened that she was crying, her voice had already been crying hoarsely.

Looking at this scene, Jia Daishan felt as if the anger choked in his heart was poured down by a basin of cold water in an instant, and even the slightest flame was completely extinguished. What was left was only the love for his little son who had always been dear to him.

Long, with infinite pity and heartache, Jia Daishan walked towards Jia Zheng step by step, bent down, and held his shoulders with both hands, the temperature under his palms was so cold, he looked at his thick body but felt cold under his hands. It's so thin that you can't pinch the meat at all.Jia Daishan's heart became more and more tense, and with the force of his palms, he lifted him up from the ground: "Come on, there's no need to talk about this between us father and son~"

"Father~" Jia Zheng choked up, lowered his head, and water glistened in his eyes.

Jia Daishan's heart became softer, and he sighed: "You are also unlucky this year... It's okay, you are still young, and there will be opportunities in the future!"

"Father~" Jia Zheng raised his head and called his father again, his face full of shame, wishing to kill himself to make up for Jia Daishan's abnormality, which made Jia Daishan feel more relieved.

Patting him on the shoulder, Jia Daishan smiled at him: "It's okay, don't take it to heart~"

Jia Zheng suppressed his sobs, tears streamed down his face, he was so moved that he couldn't utter a word.After a long time, he suddenly knelt down again, fixedly glanced at Jia Zheng, didn't say anything, just prostrated firmly on the ground, and slammed his head heavily...

Jia Amnesty's hands clenched into fists. Jia Hu looked over, and on the back of his hand, there were blue veins and knuckles.Thinking of what happened earlier, I couldn't help feeling sorry for this man who was ignored by his parents.Jia Daishan's attitude towards him and towards Jia Zheng is really different!

Up front, the entire Rongguo Mansion held too much hope for Jia Zheng's imperial examination.Before the release of the list, before Jia Zheng entered the tribute court, or even earlier, before Jia Zheng was preparing for the Spring Festival, the entire Manrong State Mansion believed with full confidence that their second master, Jia Zheng, would definitely pass the imperial examination.

Why are you so confident?

Yesterday, Mother Jia was talking there. Her youngest son, Jia Zheng, was gifted with intelligence since he was a child.

Today, the master asked the second master to talk about poetry, painting, and government affairs, and asked the second master to help him think about what happened in the court.

Tomorrow, the second master will go out by car.where to?Oh, I didn't go anywhere, the second master made friends with a few students from the Imperial College, went out to drink tea together, and exchanged ideas...

In all kinds of things, what the Rongguo Mansion heard was that Jia Zheng was good, but there was nothing bad about it.Before Chunwei, more and more people spread the word that Jia Zheng's articles were better than that of Mr. Xu's personal disciple.The entire Rongguo Mansion knew about Xu Wei because of Jia Hu's affairs. He is a very famous scholar. The emperor even made him a bachelor. Erye's articles are better than those of his disciples?Isn't that little Chunwei as easy as searching for something?

Everyone thinks so.Jia's mother had already made up her mind, and she just waited for the release of the list to confirm Jia Zheng's ranking, so she sent out the invitation card she had written a long time ago, inviting all relatives, family and friends to come to the mansion for a gathering, so that people can take a look. , the ability of her son!

Jia Daishan was also optimistic about a vacancy in the Ministry of Rites, so he found a reason to invite several officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Accounting Department to have a few meals and have a chat. As long as Jia Zheng's results came out, he would start to clear him up and send him to the office. The Ministry of Rites is on errand...

Then, like a bolt from the blue, Jia Zheng failed the ranking? !

The servants of the Rongguo Mansion exploded when they heard that all the people sent by the household department to announce the good news had gone back, but no one came to the door. Jiamu Wang was originally staying in Jiazheng's room, waiting Congratulate him at the first time, and celebrate together with him. As soon as he heard the news, his eyes were dark. Jia Zheng, who had been bedridden for a long time and was so thin that he was out of shape, even passed out straight up. Jia's mother was so scared that she was worried about him. I couldn't make it through, so I called for a doctor.

Even Jia Amnesty Zhang, who didn't want Jia Zheng to be promoted at all, felt a bit like a dream. Jia Zheng, did he really fail?

It seemed that everyone in the Rongguo Mansion, except Jia Hu, believed that Jia Zheng was so talented that Little Chunwei would be a no-brainer.

Oh, by the way, there may be more than one Jia Hu, Jia Daishan actually has some feelings.It's just that Jia Hu didn't think much of Jia Zheng's knowledge at all, but Jia Daishan was worried that Jia Zheng would lose his standard and fail the exam when Jia Zheng fell ill after returning from the Tribute Academy.So a few days before the release of the list, he was restless, his tea and food were not good, and he hesitated to speak several times when he was visiting Jia Zheng.

But at this time, he still held a glimmer of hope in his heart.Secretly asked Lai Da to prepare the sacrificial offerings for Jia Zheng after passing the examination, while An Nai anxiously waited for the announcement day.

The ending, of course, disappointed him.Jia Zheng really failed the exam.

Jia Daishan has been looking forward to it for three full years and has high hopes.At this moment, everything was ruined.Under the extreme anger, Jia Daishan thought of a lot.The relationship between Jia Zheng and the girl Yinhong was unclear. He said he wanted to invite Xu Wei to read the article, but he was not feeling well. He didn't finish an article for half a month. …

Useless things!

Jia Daishan burst into anger, furious.The servants came forward without opening their eyes and said that Jia Zheng had passed out. At this moment, Jia's mother was so anxious that she was at a loss what to do. He slapped the table and snorted coldly: "It's a worry-free thing!" I didn't want to see it. , sat on the seat for a long time, in the end he was worried and worried, kicked the bronze smoker with animal patterns on the side to the ground, and strode into Jia Zheng's yard.

Along the way, Jia Daishan's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, thinking about what to say when they saw Jia Zheng, a useless son, and how to punish him.For a moment, he thought of the outsiders who didn't know that Jia Daishan had been counting on his youngest son to earn a Jinshi degree and come back. All the little tricks before were all for this youngest son. As a result, he had been looking forward to it for so long, and he finally got this result!

In the future, what face would he have to go out to meet his colleagues? !

The more Jia Daishan thought about it, the angrier he got. He walked into Jia Zhengyuan and saw people whispering in the yard, not knowing what to say. When he saw him, he was like a mouse seeing a cat. Suspicion, these servants were all talking about Jia Zheng's failure, and an unknown fire came up. Looking at these servants, he sneered and called Zhang Lin's housekeeper, the nurse in charge, and reprimanded: "I remember that you are also a government official. You are an old man here, when the old lady was here, she especially promoted you to be the second steward of the inner courtyard. Is that how you manage the servants? The master is not healthy inside, but these servants are talking nonsense here?! "The voice suddenly rose a little bit, and he shouted angrily, "If you can't control it well, just leave it alone, I will have someone who can control it for you." The maid said, "Hurry up, drag these unruly slaves out to me, give me ten boards, and sell the whole family!"

Jia Daishan is in a fit of anger, who dares to persuade him?Those girls kowtowed again and again, telling the master not to dare anymore, crying and struggling to refuse to be taken away, the mournful voice made Jia Daishan's head swell and hurt more and more, immediately sneered and said: "You didn't say what I said. Heard? You still dare to act like this? Come on, who dares to be disobedient again, directly dragged to the second door and beaten to death, and let the family take it away!"

Hearing this, those crying people felt as if their lips and tongues were covered by someone, they didn't dare to make a sound, they covered their mouths and cried in a muffled voice, their bodies trembling with fear.There are two little girls inside, the older one is only eight years old, and the younger one is only seven years old, they are both the sons of the Jia family, and the family members are still a bit respectable in the mansion, so they are specially sent to Jia Zheng to work here, just thinking Jia Zheng is loved by Jia Mu Jia Daishan, and he has his own skills. The girl can have a good future here.Unexpectedly, it was only a few days after it was delivered, and this happened to the child who was carefully pampered at home!Although these two children are quite sensible, they also know the meaning of Jia Daishan's words. If the ten boards are beaten, how can they be good?And the whole family will be kicked out~ The most miserable thing for the two children in this life is that they entered Jia Zheng's yard and worked as rough envoys to help sweep the yard. They couldn't bear it, but they didn't dare to cry. They sobbed silently, and their eyes instantly swelled up!

Jia Amnesty on the other side came out when he heard the movement, and what he saw was a group of women crossing the crying people out, Jia Daishan stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, his face was ashen, his eyes were gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.Uneasy for a while, he still went forward and said: "The master is here, just happened to be Dr. Li, and gave the second brother an injection, and he just woke up now."

Jia Daishan's heart relaxed slightly, and he suddenly remembered Jia Zheng's failure, his face was still as cold as ice, and he didn't say a word.

Jia Amnesty only thought that Jia Daishan was disappointed and angry with Jia Zheng, and he was happy in his heart, but he still said with a bitter face: "The second younger brother has been waiting for the girl to reply about this imperial examination, but there has been no news about it. The people in the household department have already gone back, and passed out without taking a breath for a while... In fact, he can't blame him, the second brother really spent a lot of time and energy for this spring, and started preparing for it a year ago. Studying in the study tremblingly, never going out to play with others, even if I go out occasionally, I also discuss articles with literati and scholars, and discuss government affairs... I didn’t pass the exam this time, I will have another chance next time, my second brother is still young!"

Jia Daishan kept silent again this time, and said with a sneer: "Troubleshooting? Trembling? Humph, if he really tried his best, how could he not pass the exam today? It's obvious that he was fascinated by the red flowers and willows, and left the important things aside. go!"

Jia Amnesty lowered his head and remained silent, hiding the smile on the corner of his mouth.Obviously, he also thought about Yinhong.

After Jia Daishan finished speaking, he was still not relieved, he took a rough breath and said contemptuously: "The seven-foot man, he just failed the ranking, so he pushed over uselessly! I, Jia Daishan, have fought in the battlefield for more than ten years, and captured countless enemies. How much blood has been soaked in my hands, I can't help it!" Raise such a thing!"

Jia Amnesty became more and more joyful, looked at Jia Daishan, and pretended to comfort him: "Father calm down, be careful~ The second brother has always been filial to his father, and always put his father first. He must know that his father values ​​this spring. Thinking of disappointing my father, I'm so sad...Father should take second brother's heart into consideration, and forgive him this time."

It's okay if he doesn't persuade Jia Daishan, the more he persuades Jia Daishan, the more angry he becomes, and he shouted: "Don't excuse this wicked son, he is filial to me? I'm lucky if I don't get mad!" Zheng's bedroom, as if he wanted to teach Jia Zheng a lesson.

Jia Shen's eyebrows twitched, his heart was about to jump out of his throat, he felt his mouth was dry, his whole body trembled with excitement, he rushed to the front with a few steps, and graciously opened the curtain for Jia Daishan to let him in .

Just as Jia Daishan entered the room, he felt a rush of hot air coming towards him.Taking a closer look, there are two stoves burning in the room, burning the best silver frost charcoal, and there is no trace of smoke in the room.Although the weather is still warm, it is still cool. The kang is too hot, and the stove is just right.Jia Mu Wang and Jia Zhu stood in front of the bed, wiping their eyes and wiping their handkerchiefs, sobbing intermittently. Jia Hu stood next to Jia Zhu, comforting his cousin in a low voice from time to time.Mrs. Zhang asked her servants to twist the handkerchief and serve tea and decoction. Dr. Li whispered to her, "Second Master is depressed, and there are too many things in his heart. The seven emotions hurt the body, and if Second Master doesn't let go of his mind, If you continue to have a high fever like this, it will be really bad..."

Jia Daishan heard his heart fluttering, and he patted his feet slowly. Seeing Jia's mother crying hard, he walked over and wanted to say a few words, but he glanced at Jia Zheng on the bed from the corner of his eye, but was stunned.

He only came to see Jia Zheng in the morning. Although Jia Zheng's complexion was not good at that time, he was in good spirits, and his face was somewhat bloody. Seeing that he could speak fluently and smile, it took him a day to see him. On the bed, staring blankly at Tending, his face was sallow and sallow, his lips were chapped, and he looked dull as if his soul had flown away.

Jia Daishan was taken aback. He didn't remember to settle accounts with his son, so he hurriedly asked, "What's going on? How did it become like this?"

When Jia's mother heard it, she jumped up and cried with Jia Daishan: "You still ask why, you still ask why! I said why people like us have to take the imperial examinations of Laoshizi, you go and ask the emperor to give you an official position?" It's over, he has to suffer that! If you hadn't told him every day that he must pass the exam, he must pass the exam, how could he have so much thought in his heart, how could he be afraid of your disappointment and push himself so hard!" Sad With a hissing sound, he bumped his head and said, "Now that he is like this, you are satisfied, are you satisfied?!"

Jia Daishan staggered from being hit by her, his heart was cold, he grabbed the distraught Jia Mu a few times, and said in a trembling voice: "Second, what's wrong with the second? Could it be..." Could it be bad?Thinking of this possibility, Jia Daishan's heart suddenly retracted, his back that was originally straight bent, and he gasped in pain.

Mother Jia snorted: "You wish he could die! It's a pity that my son's life is hard. Although it's not good, but there is still me, even the thousand-year-old ginseng and ten-thousand-year Ganoderma lucidum. I will find him to raise him." Alright, take care of yourself!"

So, no life-threatening!Jia Daishan's congested chest was finally released, and a big stone fell to the ground in his heart, which can be regarded as a relief.Looking at Jia Zheng's eyes became complicated.The second child has become what it is now...

Jia Zheng, who was ashamed and ashamed as if his soul was wandering, seemed to have been distracted by Jia Daishan's dispute with Jia's mother. His dazed eyes finally came into focus. When he saw Jia Daishan, his face was bitter, and he struggled to get up.Jia's mother rushed to stop her, but was pushed away by Jia Zheng without saying a word. She climbed out of bed tremblingly, knelt down heavily on the ground without saying a word, and kowtowed in grief, pleading guilty, saying that she was not: "My son is not good at school, Let the father down, the son is unfilial, and ask the father to punish him!" But he didn't explain half a sentence for himself.Next to her, Jia Mu Wang followed suit and wept sadly.

My beloved son for more than [-] years, what can't be solved between father and son?So what if Jia Daishan was disappointed?Could it be that Jia Zheng was really forced to die?

Let it go, let it be, he doesn't have the life to watch Jia Zheng go to the Qionglin banquet.Jia Daishan thought about it, looked at his skinny young son, his heart ached even more, he pulled him and said: "You are really unlucky, it has nothing to do with your talent and learning... You want me to fulfill your wish with all your heart, and with this filial piety, I will I'm already very relieved, as for the rest, it doesn't matter... You have tried your best, so don't think too much..." Back and forth, it was the first scene.

Jia Daishan completely forgot the reason for his visit, so he comforted Jia Zheng wholeheartedly, letting him relax and recover from his illness.Jia's mother, Wang, followed you with my words of concern and consideration, and only Jia She and Zhang stood aside with Jia Hu. There was a clear difference between the two, but they couldn't get along at all...

A few days later, when Jia Hu came back from get out of class at Xu's house, Mother Chen told him that Jia Daishan took Jia Zheng to see Master Huijue at Dajue Temple outside the city today, and Mother Jia told him not to have dinner together in the evening.Jia Hu nodded and asked her, "What are parents doing?"

Speaking of this, Mother Chen sighed: "Grandma is taking care of brother Lian, but the master is in the study again today, and the servants said, I've had a drink."

For a few days, if nothing happened, Jia Amnesty would shut himself in the study without seeing anyone, and only asked people to prepare food and drinks, and drank alone.Jia Hu thought, if Jia Daishan and Jia Mu were not here, he would have gone out and drunk a long time ago.But at this moment, Jia's mother, Jia Daishan, had a lot of heart for Jia Zheng, and she was especially strict with the government. If Jia Amnesty dared to get drunk at this moment, he would be punished by Jia Daishan to kneel in the ancestral hall.

Don't even drink recklessly!Jia Hu sighed secretly, asked Chen's mother to take his things back to the house first, and told her to tell Mrs. Zhang: "Brother Zeng was elected and ranked No. 31 in the second class. The dredging has been done in the past few days. Today, the official position has come down." Now, I went to the Hongwen Museum. You let your mother watch and prepare a gift, the second uncle is like this, although our family is not sure whether we can go to the banquet to celebrate, after all, this gift is indispensable. "

Mother Chen said pleasantly, "Mr. Zeng's job has come down? This is fast enough. Yes, Mr. Zeng did well in the exam! Don't worry, brother, I will explain it to grandma." She then asked Jia Hu hesitantly, "Brother This is to see the uncle?"

Jia Hu knew what she was worried about, so she didn't want to explain further, she just said: "I encountered something in Xu's residence today, I have to tell my father, mother don't have to worry, father can still eat me?"

Mother Chen smiled sarcastically: "How can I? I'm thinking too much!" She asked someone to quickly take Jia Hu's things back to the house, but she couldn't help asking, "Do you want me to go with my brother?"

Jia Hu shook her head: "Father is in a bad mood these days, so don't go. I'll just go by myself." Mother Chen had no choice but to let it go.

When Jia Hu went to Jia She's study alone, there was no one outside. He knocked on the door, and Jia She's roar came from inside: "Get out, don't you know I said no one is allowed to come?!"

Jia Hu raised his voice and shouted: "Father, it's me, Hu'er. I encountered something in the Xu Mansion today, and I want to ask my father for help."

It was quiet inside for a while, and then came disorderly footsteps, and when the door opened with a creak, Jia She's bloodshot eyes were revealed.

Jia Hu was concerned: "Father didn't sleep well last night?"

Jia Amnesty was not drunk, but he was not in good spirits and a little listless.But in front of his son, he always has the majesty of his father, wiped his face, Jia Sheqiang cheered up and said: "I had a dream, it's nothing serious." Then he asked Jia Hu what happened.

Jia Hu didn't ask any further questions, it made Jia She feel so sad, counting and counting, it was nothing more than Jia Daishan's fondness for Jia Zheng's delicious food, which hurt Jia She's eyes, and made him feel more unbalanced and uncomfortable.Even if Jia Hu wanted to do this, Jia Hu couldn't help him, so he could only let Jia Amnesty heal the wound in his heart slowly.What he can do is to let Jia Zheng understand that Rongguo Mansion is not the only stage under the sky.Even if Jia Daishan and Jiamu said he was useless and mediocre, in fact, he still had his special strengths, so that he could go out and have a look, let everyone discover his talents, let him regain his confidence, and show off the eldest son of other countries. The light comes.

"Actually, it's nothing." Jia Hu said with a smile, "It's just that something happened today. A friend of the master saw it and gave me an invitation to give to my father."

Jia She asked curiously, "Invitation card? For me?"

Jia Hu took out a pottery and vermilion post from his bosom, on which a bronze tripod was painted in a simple and simple way, and the other ones were not very colorful.Jia She took a glance at the front and back of the invitation, looking at his son, Jia Hu looked at him calmly, lowered his head and opened the invitation suspiciously, there were only a few words in it, and when he took a closer look, he immediately became short of breath.Looking at Jia Hu, he couldn't believe it: "This, this invitation..."

Jia Hu laughed mischievously: "Didn't father often say that in the capital, this Mr. Hydrology's attainments in gold and stone are unmatched? It's a pity that he can't visit him in person. Today, my son is faster than his father. Not only did he meet Mr. Hydrology , and chatted for a long time." Looking at the invitation, "Mr. Hydrography said, if father has time, he might as well go to the Jinshi party held in Jingshui Zhai next month!"

Jia Amnesty's neck was thick red, his eyes were wide open, holding the thin invitation card like a unparalleled treasure in his hands, his eyes shone brightly, he gulped and breathed hard...