Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

Jia Zheng was in a bad mood, and Jia Amnesty took him to Taiming Building to taste new dishes and relax. The two brothers were sitting in the box, chatting with each other, and there was a commotion next door. Gentlemen, they chatted about gossip, talking about none other than Jia Zheng, and talking about nothing else. It was Jia Zheng who was most ashamed and didn't want others to mention his failure!

"Jia Cunzhou took the exam three times, and failed each time. The first time he said he was young and normal, and the second time he was in poor health, so there was nothing he could do. This time, ha, it was bad luck, and the number he was assigned Time difference! Tell me, why is it that Jia Cunzhou is so unlucky? It happens every time?!" Men talk about these gossips no better than those gossip women, and they still sprinkle salt on people's wounds, with meaning The long words made the friends who were chatting and gossiping all over the room laugh, and made Jia Zheng's neck stiffen when he heard it.

Jia Amnesty was delighted when he saw it, and then someone over there said with a smile: "Who is Jia Cunzhou? That's the phoenix egg of the Rongguo Mansion. You don't know how the Duke and Mrs. of the State love him? Even the eldest son The eldest grandson has to stand on the sidelines. Haven’t you heard of the Xu family’s apprenticeship last time? Such a rich person is of course different from us rough-skinned and rotten flesh. Stay. Not in good health, normal!"

Immediately, someone answered with a smile: "You are right, Jia Cunzhou is not suitable for the imperial examination, he just let his family hide and ask for an official!"

The group of people all burst into laughter, and someone in the middle interrupted and said: "There are gossips outside, I really think he is an outstanding student, he is sure, and the congratulatory gifts are all ready, now... Ha!"

Immediately, several people followed suit and said: "Congratulatory gift? We have prepared it too! The rumors are so swearing, it doesn't seem to be fake no matter how you look at it, think about it, at least, his nephew is Master Xu's apprentice. How can it be a fake because my nephew's brother and master are all involved? I'll let someone see what to prepare and send over, do you know what?"

The person next to him asked directly: "What is it?"

The man said proudly: "Li Bai Xing Yin Tu by Liang Kai!"

Everyone was in an uproar: "What a big handwriting!"

The man was quite helpless and said: "It's not that you don't know Jia Cunzhou's temperament. He looks noble, but he is not as good as he wants. He may hold a lot of grudges in his heart. It is the imperial examination that he is thinking about. I want to give gifts lightly. Turn around." If he said something in front of people, wouldn't I be bored instead?!"

"It's true!" The rest of the people said this, and one person said, "It's the same with me here. I don't dare to send it too lightly. It took me a long time to get some ancient books outside. I plan to send it away. No, it’s all cheaper for me.”

Everyone laughed again, but some people sighed: "Who is more powerful than our family, or needs someone to help in the court, otherwise, why should we be so obsessed with Jia Cunzhou?"

"Exactly! In the past we followed him. Anyway, he still had the reputation of being a talented scholar and good at reading. Now that he has failed the ranking, the whole capital knows that he is ambitious and talented, arrogant and incompetent. If we will be with him in the future, that reputation will not be good! "

"Who says it's not." Several people chattered, "Although we point to this noble man from the Rongguo Mansion to help walk the way of the Duke of Rongguo, our family is also an official family after all, and our reputation has been ruined. No. Now the family doesn’t know if they should tell me to go with Jia Zheng again!”

"It's best not to! Jia Cunzhou's hypocrisy, I can't say anything, but I have to pamper him. I feel uncomfortable when I think about it. It's better for him to know himself and stop coming out to make people feel unhappy. Then Let's save trouble!"

"Yeah, the person who offended him, he pretended to be a bad face, but implied that we played a bad face to teach others. In the end, the bad reputation belongs to us, and the good reputation belongs to him! Damn, sometimes think about it, my hands It's so itchy!"

"Who said no! Fortunately, God opened his eyes, this time he will be disgraced! Tell me, is there anyone in Beijing who doesn't know that the second master of Rongguo Mansion failed the imperial examination for the third time?"

There was a burst of laughter, and I don't know who laughed hard, Meng patted the table and said happily: "I'm afraid there will be no one who doesn't know!"

"What genius can read! Bah! He's a waste! Hypocrite!"

The cups and plates were exchanged, and the sound of porcelain clashing one after another, this group of people talked excitedly, picked up the wine and had a carnival.Jia Zheng couldn't listen any longer, so he stood up abruptly and glared at Jia Amnesty. He opened his mouth to roar, but when he heard the voice from the next door, he lowered his volume unconsciously, and sneered, "You did it on purpose, didn't you? Come here and let me hear this?"

Jia Amnesty looked very innocent, and asked in surprise: "Second brother, why do you think that way? Didn't you just say that there are your friends in it? I don't know them all the same way, how do I know they will come here today? I really mean it. I'm all for your own good, I want you to come out to relax, I didn't realize it, but I told you to hear this?"

Seeing Jia Zheng's lingering anger and disbelief, Jia She spread his hands and said helplessly, "Second brother really misunderstood me. Come on, I'm the one who brought you out and called you out." If you feel uncomfortable after hearing what you shouldn't, just turn your anger on me!"

That look and expression, it seems that a generous elder brother is forgiving his unreasonable younger brother, and it seems that Jia Zheng is narrow-minded and caressing!

Jia Zheng held his breath in his heart and wanted to say something, but he was so angry that he couldn't say a word.The murderous eyes turned around Jia She, and with a sneer, he flung his sleeves and rushed out of the door.

Jia Amnesty called out from behind: "Second brother, where are you going so fast?" Seeing that there was no one else, he completely relaxed himself, picked up the chopsticks, and stuffed the one he liked into his mouth, "Well, not bad. , this Taiminglou chef's skill is getting better and better!" Thinking of Jia Zheng's appearance of going crazy just now, Jia Amnesty accidentally took a bite of the onion that he hates most, and said repeatedly, "It's delicious, it's delicious!"

But here, Jia Zheng asked the coachman to drive the car all the way back to Rongguo Mansion. He was alone in the car, clutching his chest in pain, curled up.

Those people, those damn things!She usually surrounds him to curry favour, but she dares to speak of him like that behind her back!Damn it, damn it!

And Jia Amnesty, and Jia Hu!

Jia Zheng has been the proud son of heaven since he was a child, and was raised by everyone.

He still remembers that when he was very young, his grandfather held him in his arms and praised him for being smart, and his parents were all smiling when they saw him.In memory, the only person who treats him worse than his elder brother is the old lady. Every time she sees him, she always has a complicated look on her face. He is even worse than before.Simply, the old lady will soon be gone.From then on, in Manfuli, he was the most favored person!

Whatever you want to eat, drink, or want, just open your mouth, and you will never be dissatisfied.

This kind of emphasis has made Jia Zheng develop an arrogant personality who can't tolerate failure and embarrassment. Although he observes etiquette on the surface, in private, he is more worried about losing this good image one day.

Why?Because of Jia Amnesty!

Jia Zheng took pity on his elder brother for a long time, look, all the elders like me and don't like you, how pitiful.Therefore, Jia Zheng would try to comfort Jia Mu Jia Daishan when he lost his temper with Jia Amnesty, telling them not to argue with Jia Zheng.

Until one day, he heard a servant talk about him and Jia Amnesty, was he pitying him?Jia Zheng couldn't forget what the servant said, "Even if the second master is liked by the master and his wife, the uncle is the eldest son. In the future, the Rongguo Mansion will still be handed over to the uncle. Second master, can you Getting three or four achievements is not bad!"

Like a bolt from the blue, Jia Zheng was stunned.Jia Zheng was also ten years old at that time, and he already knew a lot.He knew that his family Rongguo Mansion was one of the Eight Dukes of the Four Kingdoms, a family with meritorious service in the founding of the country, his father Jia Daishan was well-known in the court, his mother was also from a Marquis family, the servants in the family were like clouds, and the gold and silver were like mountains. , apart from the royal family, their own family is also well-known, a first-class wealthy family.

And such a family, in the end, will be inherited by his elder brother who is not valued at all?I can only get a little bit?

Jia Zheng didn't believe it at the time, so he rushed back to ask Jia Mu, but he was disappointed. The whole family of Ten Banzi was sold out.Jia Zheng knew at the time that what he heard was probably true.

Sure enough, he inquired about it later, but it wasn't like that.Nowadays, the eldest son inherits the family business, the etiquette stipulates that he is a hundred times more capable than Jia She, and is more favored by the elders. As long as there is an elder brother like Jia She in front of him, the Rongguo Mansion will not be in his turn in this lifetime. to inherit.

Jia Zheng was not reconciled, he couldn't believe that the elder brother whom he had always pitied, the elder brother who was not valued by others, the elder brother who had to rely on him to intercede in order to please Jia Mu, in the end, would overwhelm himself.

Don't think that children are ignorant.Being in a big family, Jia Zheng already knew what gains and losses are.From then on, Jia Zheng swore that he would let everyone know that he, Jia Zheng, was one hundred and one thousand times better than Jia She. Jia Amnesty, not even a finger of his own!

He studies hard, respects his father, and is filial to his mother. He makes many friends and abides by etiquette... Everyone in the capital knows that the second master of the Rongguo Mansion is a modest gentleman, but the elder master is ignorant.

Everything was originally going well.

Jia Daishan and Jia's mother don't like Jia Amnesty, Zhang's natal family can't give her any help, Jia Hu occupies the name of the eldest grandson but is as virtuous as his father, ignorant, even Jia Zhu's sporadic Can't make it!

Jia Zheng was so relieved at the time, you, Jia Amnesty, were not as good as me, and your son was not as good as my son, but you father and son usurped the family business that should be inherited by our second wife father and son, you deserved to be held by Jia Daishan and Jia Mu In the eyes!

The more unlucky Jia Amnesty was, the more Jia Zheng paid attention to his own image, and he tried his best to let everyone see the good points in him—he absolutely, absolutely wouldn't allow anyone to find any faults in him!

Then, just when he was proud of himself and was thinking about how to go further and completely get rid of the thorn in his side, an accident happened.

When Jia Hu fell off the rockery, not only did she not die, but she seemed to be enlightened, and her reading became smoother and smoother.The Zhang family had dystocia, but in the end, the mother and child were safe. The Zhang family became a filial piety, and the second master Zhang died. The fourth master Zhang was sent to a good place to hold the real power. He is the uncle of the Zhang family who is now Jingyuan Hou. It hasn't gotten any worse, and my spirit is much better than before.Even Jia She, a well-known good-for-nothing in the capital who used to drink, listen to plays and play with women, seemed to have changed his temper. He taught his son his homework with great interest every day, and he didn't even go out for a drink.

Then, it became his bad luck.

The matter of Yinhong, the matter of Wang's miscarriage, the matter of Jia Zhu being rejected as a teacher, and the matter of his failure!

Jia Zheng hated Jia Hu to death. If he hadn't been using Zeng Sa's articles to beat him and wear down his self-confidence, he might not have failed the ranking.

What is barely enough for a pilot test!Jia Zheng already knew that Zeng Sa's rankings were all in the top [-].It's ridiculous that he really thought that Zeng Sa's level was not good at the time. Seeing that he was slightly worse than him, he panicked and began to think about what to do if he really failed the exam. Tired, during the exam, it was completely foggy, and I couldn't find the slightest feeling of the exam.

The only thing that can comfort Jia Zheng is that after his careful arrangements, finally Jia Daishan and Jia Mu were not disappointed in him, not only did not criticize him, but treated him better than before, which made him feel a little relieved .

Unexpectedly, within a few days, it soon appeared that the servant was gossiping behind his back. Today, when he went out to relax, he heard someone who thought he was a friend slandering him behind his back!

In the future, what face does he have to go out to socialize?

Thinking of the humiliation he would receive in the future, Jia Zheng felt his eyes darken, his world spinning, and he almost fainted.Even if he insisted so much, in order to please Jia Daishan and his mother, he deliberately made his sick body feel uncomfortable under this stimulation, which made him so uncomfortable that even his spine hurt.

It must be Jia She and Jia Hu's father and son who joined forces to plot against him. It must be true. The rumors that he must win were spread so widely, which is very suspicious. Jia She took him to the restaurant today, but his intentions were exposed. Count on him to make a fool of himself.He also deliberately asked Jia Hu to disturb his mood of reviewing homework. This father and son are really insidious!

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng said to the servant outside: "I'm going to see my wife in a while, please have the sedan chair ready! I'm not feeling well."

The servant asked nervously, "Uncomfortable? Don't I need to go to the doctor first?"

Jia Zheng said impatiently: "You can do what I tell you to do, and you don't need to ask any more questions!" The boy didn't dare to talk anymore, Jia Zheng thought for a while, and took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve. , looking at this exquisite little thing, he hesitated a little on his face, and after a while he became firm again, uncorked the bottle, poured out some powder, picked up the teapot in the carriage, there was only cold tea in it, Jia Zheng frowned slightly , but that's all there is to it, put the powder into the water and suffocate it in one gulp!

When getting out of the carriage, the young man helped Jia Zheng get off the car, but he felt that Jia Zheng was holding his hand, and the temperature was abnormally high. Looking at his face, it was already flushed...

Jia She was called back urgently. On the way, he asked what happened, but the servant who sent the message refused to say anything at first. Jia She threw a piece of silver over and poured out everything he knew.

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty sneered: "It's the second child again! I knew, if it wasn't for him, the mansion would care about where I died!" Thinking again, I am afraid that Jia Zheng will go back and sue.It was like this in the past, all he had to do was go back and put on a low expression, and Jia Mu would hear the reason, and then, the responsibility would more or less fall on him, and he should be punished.No matter how hypocritically Jia Zheng came out to intercede with him, sometimes he might get a lighter punishment, but more often than not, he would be taught even more severely by Jia Daishan and Jiamu. The crime was that he didn't know how to love such a good brother!

Pooh brother!

Jia She nonchalantly told the coachman not to go too hastily: "It's too fast, it's unsteady, I feel uncomfortable!"

The coachman didn't dare to offend him, so he brought out Jia Daishan and Jiamu: "Master, this is what my wife ordered to take you back home as soon as possible, little one..."

Jia She scolded him: "Madam is here right now? Slow down, who can see it? Master's body is not important? You drove so fast and bumped me, what good is it for you?" ?!" He scolded him to slow down quickly.Seeing that he couldn't explain it, the driver had no choice but to forget it, and slowly slowed down.

Jia She leisurely picked up the two packs of snacks and one pack of signature meat sauce from Taiming Building, and confirmed the marks on them: "The one with flowers is for his mother Hu'er, and the plain one is for Hu'er." It’s right. Don’t mess it up.” Putting it aside, I poured myself a cup of tea and sipped it slowly, the warm tea went down the esophagus, warming my entire stomach.Thinking that Jia Zheng hurried back just now, fearing that he might not enjoy this treatment, he couldn't help but feel complacent: "The old saying is good, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. What are you doing when you go back in such a hurry? The water on the carriage has not been changed, and the cold tea tastes bitter. What!" Huanhuanxi poured himself another cup.

Want to wait for him?Then wait!Comfort and comfort your beloved little son!Jia Amnesty was not in a hurry, since he dared to do it, he was mentally prepared, he was used to being scolded, anyway, if it could make Jia Zheng feel uncomfortable, he would scold him!Mr. Xu said, he has to take a longer view, what is the Rongguo Mansion, you scolded me now, I will be the heir of the mansion in the future, outsiders know about this, and they won’t say anything wrong about me when they turn around, I’m afraid I’ll have to Accusing Mother Jia of being too partial!

It has to be said that Xu Wei's admonition to Jia She is very effective. Jia She has someone who trusts him, and Jia She's back straightened up all of a sudden.

When he returned to the mansion, he was not in a hurry, he got out of the carriage calmly, and a servant sent by Jia Mu had already urged him: "Master, you are back, my wife is waiting impatiently!"

Jia Shen muttered in a low voice, "It's about the second child, of course she's in a hurry!"

The servant didn't hear clearly, and asked strangely, "What did the second master say?"

Jia She squinted at him: "It's nothing, just lead the way!"

Walking all the way to Rongxi Hall, when Jia Amnesty entered, Jia Zheng leaned to one side, the room was full of the smell of medicine, Jia's mother sat on the head and watched the servants serve Jia Zheng to drink the medicine, her face was distressed.

Jia Amnesty was immediately surprised and said, "Second brother, what's wrong? It's only been a while, why did he fall ill again?"

Jia's mother and Jia Zheng heard it harshly, and Jia's mother immediately snorted coldly: "You still dare to ask why? If you didn't have bad intentions to harm your brother, he would be able to do this?"

Jia Amnesty acted very aggrieved: "Why did mother say that? I harmed my brother? How dare I accept such a serious crime?"

Mother Jia became more and more angry: "You still dare to quibble? Your second brother told me that you deliberately took him to a restaurant and let those poor scholars humiliate him. Do you still have a conscience? That's your brother. Why did you say that?" Be ruthless..." Panicked, Jia's mother scolded Jia She bloody.

The more Jia Amnesty listened, the more he felt bad. You used to say that Jia Zheng was not as good as him, and it was okay to be biased. This time it proved that the second child is just an embroidered pillow, and you are still like this. Protecting him, thinking of what Mrs. Zhang said, she had to be tougher just because of Brother Hu, so she interrupted Jia Mu's scolding loudly, and said, "Mum, you scold me as soon as you come, don't you listen?" My explanation? What the second child said is what it is?"

Jia Amnesty had always respected Jia Mu, and he had always listened quietly when Jia Mu scolded her, and even endured dissatisfaction, now he dared to interrupt her?Jia Zheng looked up at Jia Amnesty in surprise, even Jia's mother was stunned for a while, and when she came back to her senses, she rushed to her forehead and cursed: "You rebellious son, you are going to piss me off!"

Jia Amnesty just ignored her, and said: "I took my second brother to the restaurant and let the poor scholar humiliate him? Is that what the second brother said? Then did he say that these so-called poor scholars are all the children of officials and eunuchs. They are not as noble as our family, but they still have fathers, brothers and elders who are officials in court, so they have some dignity. By the way, several of them are still friends of the second brother? Could it be that I ordered them to speak ill of the second brother?"

As soon as this was said, everyone in the room looked at Jia Zheng in amazement. Jia Zheng was a little embarrassed. He looked suspiciously at Jia She, who was completely different from usual, and lowered his head: "It's not a friend, it's just asking for help." I asked my father to help me a few people I know."

After hearing this, Jia Mu said: "They all begged to come to our house, and they are not here to please us? What is the difference between that and a poor scholar? They are all waiting for us to reward us with food!"

Jia She sneered: "Since they are all waiting for the second brother to reward him with food, how can he listen to me? Who doesn't know that I, Jia She, are the most useless and speechless in Rongguo Mansion?!"

"You!" Mother Jia pointed at Jia Amnesty, her breath was choked in her chest, and she almost lost her breath!

Seeing Jia Mu like this, Jia She felt sad for a moment, but soon, he was overwhelmed by the look of shock and anger on Jia Zheng's face, and felt that he had finally let out a bad breath. Looking at Jia Mu, he was very sad. Said: "Furthermore, mother forgot, but you asked me to lead my second brother to Taiming Building? You decided to go out today. What happened is all my responsibility? I didn't choose it." day!" Jia She's eyes dimmed, feeling very wronged!

Mother Jia couldn't bear it any longer, and threw a cup over: "Get out, get out!"

Jia She dodged and said anxiously: "Mother, don't be angry. If you get angry, your son will be really unfilial. You don't want to see me, so I'll just go!" He said to Jia Zheng, "After all, mother is getting old. , if you are dissatisfied with me about something, just come to me and don't bother mother, lest mother get overwhelmed!" The appearance of a filial son made Jia Zheng's eyes tear open.

In the evening Jia Daishan came back and heard about it, sat in the study for a long time, and finally smiled wryly: "Second brother, this time, he shouldn't fail the ranking!"

This failure made Jia She Zhang unable to suppress him any longer, and jumped out to fight Jia Zheng!

Jia Daishan suddenly felt a pain in his chest, bowed his body slightly, and coughed sullenly...