The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Everyone in the big house who didn't see Jia Lian's mind was ready to go to war according to the procedure agreed at the beginning.

First of all, as the only outsider who is not so familiar on the surface, Ning Shan has to show her identity first.Facing Mrs. Jia, he saluted politely.He is the Marquis of Chaopin, and Shi Taijun is the wife of the Duke of Chaopin. However, wives are three ranks lower than officials, and women are five ranks lower than concubines. Ning Shan is willing to salute her because of her age. For the sake of it.But Shi Taijun was very resentful that this dead boy was adopted out, otherwise he would have to kneel and kowtow to her if he was allowed to live in an official position.

Jia Amnesty spoke straightforwardly: "I heard that the garden of the second brother's house is almost finished. In the future, the mother-in-law will visit relatives and I don't know if we should come to join in the fun and reap the blessings." With one sentence, the whole garden was thrown to the second room. on the head.

Shi Taijun said: "What are you talking about? My lady is from our Rongguo Mansion. Where is the big house and the second house divided? The whole family should welcome the family together. Boss, I am not talking about you. You are now an official in the court anyway. How come you don’t even understand the idea of ​​superiority and inferiority? Your empress is the emperor, and it’s such an honor to descend to visit your relatives. You don’t talk about filial piety with all your heart, but you are also slippery and lazy. How can you think about getting promoted in the officialdom like this? ?”

Jia She said lazily: "I was originally an old dandy. Thanks to the wrong love of the emperor, I am satisfied with my official position. Why do I want to be a marquis and a minister? Just don't sit on the fifth rank for ten years. That's enough." Jia Zheng was not stingy with ridiculing Jia Zheng by name, but he couldn't refute it.

Shi Taijun didn't like to hear Jia She humiliate her beloved young son: "I know I'm a dandy, and if I don't learn how to learn well, I don't have to teach my son badly." up.

Ning Shan smiled slightly: "Father and son succession has always been a good story, not to mention that my father jumped to the position of Lord Marquis as a dandy who was well-known in the capital. The ability during this period should not be underestimated. I only hope that I can learn from it." Father gets one or two points, and we don't know if he can go further in the future." Shi Taijun, Jia Zheng, and Mrs. Wang's faces turned blue together, and they all remembered that they had tried their best to steal the property of the Lin family, even regardless of their reputation, but in the end they failed. It fulfilled Jia Amnesty's bad past.

Shi Taijun, who didn't want to be aggressive anymore, also gave up the rhetoric of the graceful school: "Earlier, Master Hou told the old man that the matter of the garden can be discussed, so let's discuss it. I don't know how much your house plans to pay to honor your mother?"

Ning Shan winked and stopped Jia She's eagerness to speak: "Didn't the old lady want to use my sister's dowry to make up for it? Why are you talking about filial piety again? I just pay my sister's dowry, but I can't control it." On the head of your family's empress, if you agree with me, we can have a good discussion."

Shi Taijun's face was quite ugly, he was trying to deceive the Lin family by calculating his granddaughter's dowry, but he was barricaded in the door to mock him after calculating his granddaughter's dowry, it was unbearable. "The child Yingchun also grew up by my side. How can I calculate her dowry? It's just thinking about her future. After all, you will pick her up when you say yes. In the future, if you go out, you will rely on your family or us." The government, there must be an explanation, right?"

Jia Amnesty couldn't help but seal the password, and interjected: "My daughter, of course, I will follow my arrangement. When she sees where I live, she can marry on that side."

This is reasonable, but the dowry is the key point: "What I'm afraid of is that you are a bigot, greedy for money, and even squandered your own daughter's dowry. Maybe you can count it now, and I will keep it so that you don't get caught. You ruined it."

Ning Shan rolled up her cuffs, and lightly shirked responsibility: "My surname is Ning, and my younger sister's surname is Jia. Naturally, Jia's family is the one who gets the most out of it."

Shi Taijun pushed back: "Since you took the child to support, you should be fair and just, otherwise what is it? Let people say that you are a dignified lord who can't tolerate your own sister?"

Ning Shan smiled slightly, and said: "Then let's each give half. Please bring out the dowry that the old lady is planning to give, and let my father have a look at it. Register the dowry and prepare it. I will go back and prepare a dowry of the same value." Come here, is this fair and just?"

Shi Taijun faintly felt that this kid should not be easy to talk to, but he couldn't think of any inappropriateness in doing so.Mrs. Wang interjected impatiently: "That's right, it's very fair, the second girl is the daughter of Lord Marquis, she comes from an extraordinary background, and the old lady prepared a lot for the dowry, which is not as good as Aunt Min's back then." The difference is slight. Marquis Ning means what he says, and he has to prepare an equivalent price and bring it to the mansion and give it to the old lady for safekeeping."

Ning Shan's modest smile dispelled Shi Taijun's hesitation: "Your gentleman, please take out the registration booklet, and I will check it with my father before I know how much to prepare. !"

Shi Taijun suppressed the last trace of uneasiness in his heart, and nodded happily: "Should we go and see it now? A total of 30 million things are in the public treasury of the government."

Ning Shan smiled and refused: "How can I enter the public treasury of your mansion? Please take it out, register it one by one, and find an empty yard to set it up and look at it. But the old lady said just now that it is worth 30 million yuan. ? Is it 20 or 30? The gap during this period is not small."

Shi Taijun gritted his teeth and said, "30 taels, without any water."

Ning Shan clapped her hands, and agreed lightly: "30 is 30. I'll go back to the house to prepare, and the old lady should also get ready. Next holiday, please go to Shuntian Governor, let's face it." Certificate, okay?"

"Just next holiday." Mrs. Wang spoke first, her eyes were shining brightly, as if she had already seen the 30 taels of white and golden property still placed in the provincial house.Her blessed daughter can finally visit her relatives in a beautiful way.

Mrs. Xing curled her lips. This woman is addicted to chattering, and she is too lazy to deal with it. Although she doesn't know what the father and son are planning, it is impossible to give Rongguo Mansion 30 taels for nothing.She came here today mainly to help the woman from Jia Wang's family, and secondly to pick up Yingchun. "It's all settled here, can I go to the back and pick up my daughter?" The obvious process still needs to be pretended.

At this time, who cares whether to welcome the spring or not, the important thing is not her, but the Jinshan behind her. "Let's go, let's go, I'm so quiet after I'm gone. I know that your Dafang family doesn't like this Rongguo Mansion. The poor old man has been working so hard to run the mansion for many years, and it's so contemptuous and ruined by you." Explain the rationale for Jia Zheng living in Rongxi Hall.

Jia Amnesty is too lazy to engage in such verbal arguments now, "Isn't it true that my father dragged his last breath to apply for an official position for the second child, but he sat on the bench for 20 years and was exhausted. I don't know if my father often Go to Rongxi Hall to flog and teach you. Brother, I’m talking to you! Don’t pretend to be deaf and dumb.”

Jia Zheng didn't say a word, his face was flushed, and his eyes were slightly moist. This aggrieved yet strong expression immediately hit Shi Taijun's loving mother's heart: "I'm still here, and you insult me ​​like this in front of my face. Your brother, what do you dare to expect from you in the future? I think I should take Zheng'er back to Jinling as soon as possible, so as not to hinder your Rongguo Lord's eyes." After that, he was about to pat his thigh and cry, Mrs. Wang on the left, The golden mandarin ducks on the right are all ready, one is holding his arm, the other is touching his chest, and they are both holding handkerchiefs, ready to start wiping their tears at any time.

Ning Shan had already walked to the door, but when she heard the words, she turned back and asked in a good voice, "Going back to Jinling? Don't wait for the family visit? Then there is no need for both of us to bother, and what we just said is canceled?"

Shi Taijun's crying stopped abruptly, and he returned to his normal tone without a pause: "I don't want to do anything about Lord Ning, I just lament that I didn't have a good son. The things we both agreed on are the next one." There is no reason to change."

This kind of face-changing and voice-changing skills amazed the four members of Dafang. As expected, it is a common saying among the people that, of course, the young stars in the team should be praised, but the old actors are also indispensable.Look at the three members of this family, how well they cooperate. It can be seen that they have practiced too many times. Everyone is not young, and it is not easy to make such a struggle for life, admiration!awe! !

Another sleepover, Ning Shan really invited the governor of Shuntian Fu, with documents, and Jia She invited to join in the fun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Doctor of the Ministry of Punishment. Okay, and Jia She never asked them for official career, and they came and went again and again, which really seemed like a confidant between gentlemen.

When Jia Zheng saw this person, his eyes almost turned green. He had been an official for 20 years. When had he ever seen such a noble person as a Shangshu? The emperor made a decree to punish the crime, and it was the Criminal Department who came to collect the redemption money. Although Jia Zheng had long forgotten whether it was the doctor, it is reasonable to feel uncomfortable when he sees the punishment department now.

The Ning family had already sent people to carry the things into the East Courtyard in several batches, and Jia Lian was in charge of guarding them.This time, Wang Xifeng didn't intend to take advantage of Mrs. Wang. Although Mrs. Wang has repeatedly hinted that she should hand over the things early, Wang Xifeng is not stupid. .She didn't have to tarnish her reputation to help others, she might as well keep her own place and let her be optimistic. When the time comes, Yingchun's soft and sticky sister-in-law, she can still deal with it, and it won't be difficult to ask her for a few things.

In order to get the dowry silver from the Ning family to Yingchun, Shi Taijun spent all his money, opened a public treasury, and ordered a total of 30 taels of property for display. Of course, it was just for the Ning family boy to take a look, and then he still had to take it back , waiting to be passed on to Baoyu in the future.

For a while, the three parties came together, and Shi Taijun first asked people to carry out the dowry, clothing and medicinal materials, gold and silver jewelry, jewelry heads, furniture decorations, and many materials of high-quality huanghuali and old redwood, as well as land and manor. , the title deed of the shop, and a stack of genuine bank notes are indeed worth 30 taels, not much more.

Both the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Langzhong of the Ministry of Justice have good eyesight, and they can see the value of gold, stone and antiques, and they are all amazed.Shuntian Fu Yin was at a loss as to check and register people, and at the same time had to laugh with him. Everyone standing in this room was higher than him in all ranks, so he didn't dare to mention it even if he had doubts.

The teacher in Shuntian Mansion had a sore shoulder when copying, and he had to change three documents in a row before he finished singing and writing.This is the first time Ning Shan has spoken today: "Is the old lady serious? If you sincerely want to buy such a generous dowry for my sister, then please come and sign it."