Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

Dozens of candles as thick as a baby's forearm were lit on the huge lampstands in the front, back, left, and right of the magnificent big house, which only illuminated the spacious house as brightly as day.Under such a bright light, Jia Daishan's old eyes are dim, but he can still clearly see the vicissitudes and haggardness on Jia Zheng's face after suffering.

After all, it was the son who had spoiled him for more than [-] years. He held and cared for the grown-up child since he was a child. It has been a long time since he saw him, but he almost lost sight of him. Thinking of this, Jia Daishan softened his heart and showed a smile on his face. Distressed: "You have suffered a lot outside." Jia Daishan said, struggling to sit up.He still hasn't gotten used to lying softly on the bed, looking up at others and talking, and whenever Jia She and Jiamu and others come, he has to sit up, and he will never lie down and talk like this.It's a pity that his body is too weak, he can't get off the bed right now, no one is helping him, he supported the bed with both hands, tried several times, but he couldn't half sit up with his own strength.

Jia Zheng quickly reached out to support him, helped him to sit up, stuffed two pillows behind his back, let him lean on the head of the bed slowly, with mixed feelings in his heart, and said with deep pain: "My son is fine, but I can't perform filial piety at my father's knees, even if you are sick, it took so long for my son to come back, I feel really guilty in my heart." He lowered his head, his eyes were already red.

Jia Daishan looked at his regretful face, it didn't seem to be a fake, he was really happy in his heart: "It's hard for you not to blame me for sending you to the old house, causing you to suffer such a disaster, and you can still miss me so much, it's me I'm sorry, old man." There was a tickle in his throat, Jia Daishan couldn't help lowering his head and coughed twice, and Jia Zheng beside him suddenly knelt down.

"Father has ruined his son." Jia Zheng kowtowed heavily on the ground, "The son did something wrong before, and he lost his head for a while and made a huge mistake. The father deserves to be angry, and this time is also the punishment the son deserves." , no different from father, father said so, the son is really ashamed."

Jia Zheng has always been able to talk, read, has a gentlemanly demeanor, is gentle and sensible, and is considerate of his parents. Before Jia Min's miscarriage, what Jia Daishan liked the most was his youngest son's attitude of a noble son, but Jia Dai Shan also had to admit that most of his life had been smooth and smooth. Compared with others, Jia Zheng was somewhat less calm and tenacious, and his handling of things was not generous enough.only now...

His heart skipped a beat, and suddenly the joy of seeing his youngest son faded a little. Jia Daishan looked at Jia Zheng's blushing forehead complicatedly, and reprimanded him half-truthfully: "Nonsense, how long have we not seen each other, how filial to your parents are you?" Don’t know? When you were away, I was most worried about your safety. Now that you’re back, you still don’t love yourself so much. Do you really think I’ve lived too long?” Without waiting for Jia Zheng’s rebuttal, he hurriedly He hurriedly raised his hand to let him stand up, "Let's not talk about this, come here and let me have a look."

Jia Zheng then sat on the edge of Jia Daishan's bed, with his head half down, letting his father look at him. His lowered eyes happened to see Jia Daishan's old hands with gnarled meridians on the quilt. Jia Zheng suddenly remembered that when he was a child, Jia Daishan It was with both hands that she taught him to read and write, pulled him, and gave him a proud position in the Rongguo Mansion... Those strong hands back then are now mottled and trembling.With a flash in his eyes, Jia Zheng recalled Jia Mu's earnest exhortation in his mind, and he clenched his fist unwillingly.

Sitting closer, Jia Daishan could see more clearly.Compared with a few months ago, Jia Zheng didn't seem to have changed much at first glance, but if you look closely, you can see that he is much tanned, his face is not as plump as before, his cheeks are thinner, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows are thicker. There are a few marks, the blood color is not very good, the eyes are bloodshot all over, and the eyes are black and blue, I am afraid that he has not slept for a long time.

I don't know how much I suffered.Jia Daishan thought about it, and only asked: "A few months ago, I received a letter from the traitor You Hao, saying that I invited you to their place as a guest. First, it is inconvenient to communicate, and I don't know the specifics. Second child, Tell me, how did they get you?" When the rebels rebelled that day, Jia Dai Shanben didn't want to get involved, he just wanted to watch from the sidelines, even when Jia Jing came, he wanted to avoid suspicion, but he didn't want to close it soon There was a letter written by Jia Zheng himself, but he was held hostage.Among Jia Daishan's three children in his life, Jia Zheng was the one who loved him the most. It was because he did something wrong, but the love he gave for more than twenty years was not fake. After thinking for a long time, he finally helped to do something.Now that Jia Zheng is out of danger, he just wants to hear what's going on.

Jia Zheng has been out of danger for some time. During these days, he broke apart what happened before, chewed it up and thought about it over and over again. He knew everything he should know, and immediately smiled wryly: "It's because my son didn't hit the target." No, I never thought that there would be slaves in the old house. The first son returned to the old house in Jinling, and something happened before the luggage was packed in the ancestral house."

Although Jinling is the ancestral home of the Jia family, since the founding of the country, Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion have fallen behind in Beijing, and even the Jia family members who have a close relationship with the two prefectures also moved to Beijing to live by themselves. However, few of the masters in the two mansions went to Jinling, and it was just to see the repairs every few years, and to keep their confidantes to help take care of the ancestral house.

It's just that there is no serious master to take care of him, and he is a confidant. After a few years of undisciplined life, his heart gradually grows. Relying on the high sky and the emperor's distance, when Ningrong and Rongfu didn't know about it, they lived in private had a good time of his own.

As a result, Jia Zheng went to Jinling, which naturally hindered some people's eyes.It's fine when the situation is not chaotic, but when the situation is chaotic, these people are the fatal weakness.

"My son assigned the subordinates who took him to take care of everything, but after all, the days were short, and he couldn't grasp all the affairs. After drinking a bowl of soup at night, he didn't know about the personnel. When he woke up, he was detained. In a mansion, a masked man appeared in front of his son. The son was really ashamed, but it was only then that he realized that there was a rebellion in Beijing." Diao Nu betrayed the master, Jia Zheng escaped from danger , sent all the people to the Yamen, and beat them with dozens of boards, and none of them survived.

Jia Zheng smiled wryly, feeling very ashamed, "My son knew something was wrong at the time. I'm afraid that these people were sizing me up and trying to drag our house into trouble. At that time, my son was about to kill himself, but the masked man only said that I was dead. , he can also take my severed hand and severed finger token to come and trade with the master... Son, in the end he failed to kill himself. He was really cowardly and shamed his father." That's right... I have compromised a lot in private."

Jia Zheng said plainly, no matter the truth or not, Jia Daishan was already terrified, hearing the last sentence, he puffed up his eyes and shouted: "What shame, if you really go, you will really waste my name as Jia Daishan's son. I, Jia Daishan, have killed countless enemies on the battlefield, and even when I return to the court, I am also a famous figure. How can my son, like those sour scholars, lose his life for some good reputation?! Just a moment If you make a loss, you can earn it back later. Your mother and I have never done it for you brothers and sisters. If you kill yourself, that would be a great disobedience!" Seeing that Jia Zheng lowered his head with tears in his eyes, he said again, " It's a compromise, but it's just helping some insignificant things, and I've wiped away all the traces, don't worry, it won't implicate our mansion. Besides, even if you die, they can say You didn't die to threaten me, and I can't ask someone to go to that stall, right? You don't need to blame yourself, it's a great luck that you can come back safely."

Jia Zheng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "This son is relieved, he will be a drag on the manor, and the son is my Jia family's sinner through the ages." He felt so worried that he could still work hard to protect him under such circumstances. Jia Daishan really had a fatherly heart towards him.

Jia Daishan only said: "There are no sinners who are not sinners. This Rongguo Mansion is what it is today because I fought with your grandfather. Why, I have fought for half my life, and I have to pay for my son in the end?" , full of hostility, at this moment, Jia Daishan really has the aura of fighting on the battlefield back then, "That boy Tu Youming, my old man has eaten more salt than he has eaten. Threate me with you, and I will give you everything!" Make sure you are fine, so you tripped him up, otherwise you thought no one would say anything, and those people who ransacked their homes these days could be imprisoned so quickly?"

Jia Zheng blurted out and exclaimed, "It's the master who revealed his words behind his back?"

Jia Daishan sneered: "It's not all of them, it's just a few that are hidden deeply, but they are all the cronies left behind by Prince Yizhong back then. If it wasn't for that Tu Youming's overdoing things, even you were pulled in, after all I don't want to be like this..." After finishing speaking, he sighed: "Prince Yizhong was so powerful back then. He didn't say it on the stage, but he had countless cliques in private. If he died a few days later..." It is related to the secrets of the year, Jia Daishan didn't continue, and Jia Zheng didn't mention it, but he also knew that the affairs of the royal family were not that simple. Prince Yizhong committed suicide so simply, and there were many people gossiping behind him, but they were not able to discuss it. "Poor prince, those handsome and handsome sons back then, none of them were dragons among men, and one of them was not kept. In the end, it was made by Tu Youming, a concubine. The whole male heir was cut off, but in the end he was adopted. Today, the flesh and blood, even the prince who was proclaimed by the former emperor has changed hands..."

Jia Zheng listened to Jia Daishan's sigh, and it was difficult to speak, so Jia Daishan sighed once, and soon turned back: "Prince Yizhong really treated me with courtesy, and now they have ruined their last foundation, which is also a gift. Second child, you have avenged yourself, and the matter of your distress will be over from now on, and you are not allowed to mention it again. In the future, when you mention Prince Yizhong, I will not allow you to be disrespectful."

Jia Zheng nodded and said yes: "Tu Youming is just the prince's concubine son. My son knows the matter and dare not show any disrespect to the prince."

Jia Daishan was satisfied: "Death is the most important thing, and there are the last words of the former emperor. Today, he is a good face. Now that the Prince's Mansion is in such a state, no matter how big he is, he will go there. It is for the sake of face, and he will not let it go." People humiliate the former prince, you remember, people before and after, must respect the former prince, and if you don't like it today, that is the elder brother, the royal blood, we can't insult it."

Jia Zheng nodded and said: "Father, don't worry, my son understands that the royal family is the monarch, and we are servants. The blood of the royal family is so easy, how can we be insulted."

"It's good if you know something." Jia Daishan smiled, but sighed again, "Prince Yizhong and Jinshang are related by blood, but now, Jinshang has completely overwhelmed the prince, the east wind beats the west wind, and even the bloodline If you don’t leave it to the prince, why bother! Brothers, why bother?”

Jia Zheng heard something in the words, and did not dare to speak casually, and sure enough, he heard Jia Daishan say again, "The former emperor knows, knowing the current situation, why is it so painful?" His eyes fixed on Jia Zheng, and Jia Daishan's face darkened. He said solemnly, "Second brother, one day you will call me old man, and it will be difficult to rest in peace under the nine springs?"

It was worth it, Jia Zheng knelt down on the edge of the bed and kowtowed: "My son's words are killing him."

Jia Daishan didn't give up, and still said solemnly: "My old man claims to be smart all his life, but he suddenly found out in the hospital bed these days, but I did something wrong. All these years, I spoiled you and suppressed your elder brother, your mother, your sister, etc. , and they are all partial to you. The servants, servants, relatives and relatives all only say hello, but tell the boss how to deal with himself? I know the boss best. He has no skills and no scheming. With your mother pressing him, he can't turn the world over. But you, I don't know what you look like? I also don't know, after a hundred years, for the title of Rongguo Mansion, will you and your eldest brother become another present and former prince?"

Jia Zheng was crying, his head hit the ground heavily, and there was a muffled bang, "Father is killing his son. How can a son suffer from his father's words? I read sage books, how can I commit fratricide?" Come on." After speaking, he suddenly remembered about Jia Min's miscarriage, secretly thinking that it was not good, Jia Daishan snorted coldly on the bed, and said with a sneer, "You speak beautifully."

Jia Zheng couldn't help it, he turned his head for a few times, finally gritted his teeth, and cried: "The state-owned state-law family has family rules, and the elder brother is the eldest son. Being obsessed with gold and stone cannot help the family, but I also know that under the law of the country, the eldest brother loves gold and stone and is also a serious heir. I am delusional, and I will never dare to disappoint my father. My father knows."

But he didn't hide his thoughts about the title, it just pointed out his powerlessness.This statement is really true. Jia Daishan has heard it before, but his face softened: "You are right, the elders and children are orderly, the laws of the country and the family, the eldest son inherits the family business, and the second child, I used to urge you to study, it is also true. I hope you will succeed in the imperial examination and earn a way out for yourself outside of the title. Don't think about it and do wrong things, otherwise, you will really let down my heart for you since I was a child. I am It's hard to be safe on the road to Huangquan."

Regarding this, Jia Zheng only raised his right hand, raised three fingers, put them together towards the sky, and swore in a deep voice: "The emperor is above and the soil is below. I, Jia Zheng, swear here that if there is a heart of brotherhood in the future, I will kill you." The elder brother's thoughts, let me be hit by five thunders, and die a bad death."

"Okay, okay!" Since then, Jia Daishan has completely let go of his heart. He was so happy that even his serious illness seemed to be better. I know, you're a good one, you're a good one! Never let me down!"

Facing the joyful look of his father, Jia Zheng put away his tears and smiled, his eyes were dark...