Mrs. Xing of the Red Chamber

Didn't it mean that almost all of Jia's family was stolen? How come they can still offer a reward with silver at this moment, but after all, they are one of the four big families, and they still have some background, so they won't be stolen once. Completely decayed.

Mrs. Wang here has almost completely collapsed. What sins have I done in my life? The three sons and daughters I gave birth to, the eldest died of illness early on, and the daughter died in the palace for no apparent reason. There is no place for people to worship at the funeral, and now God is going to take away the only precious jade left by him?

Jia Zheng was not in the mansion, and Mrs. Wang didn't even have anyone to discuss and make decisions about. She often looked at her sitting on the bed, a little silly, and said from time to time, "Yu Pei...my jade pendant...big sister. ... Sister Lin, don't go..." and other nonsense.

The people in the mansion had already sent someone to tell Jia Zheng about Jia Yuanchun's death and Jia Baoyu's loss of psychic treasure jade, and he was a little stupid.

Jia Zhengcai here has not been in office for a long time, and he doesn't know much about the situation in Jiangxi. As the grain road in Jiangxi, he has to face all parties in Jiangxi asking for food from time to time, but the food is in the hands of the local people. If a sturdy man wants to grab food from them, it is tantamount to snatching food from a tiger's mouth.

The few people that Jia Zheng brought from the capital are not enough to make people grit their teeth. Seeing that the imperial court is transferring grain and grass from Jiangxi to supply the military supplies of the troops stationed in the southwest frontier, if they don’t hand over so much grain and grass Come on, even if Jia Zheng has the Jia family and the Wang family as backers, he will not be able to bear the blame if the Holy Majesty blames him!

Jia Zheng has been an official for so many years, how can he manage such a complicated matter well? At this time, he received a letter from the capital and saw the bad news coming in one after another. He didn't pay much attention to Jia Baoyu's matter. , No matter what, he has his own mother and wife in charge of him.

But when he saw the letter saying that the empress in the palace had suddenly disappeared, he frowned. Originally, his official duties here were not going very smoothly, and now he lost the backing of the empress in the palace. The situation is even more difficult.

Although the loss of his daughter made Jia Zheng a little sad, it was not as important as his official position. Jia Zheng casually wrote a reply letter to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, saying that I knew that the empress had gone. My heart is very sad, but the deceased is gone. , I hope they can overcome this difficulty with strength.

He reprimanded Jia Baoyu for losing the psychic treasure, and asked Jia Mu and the others to discipline Jia Baoyu, otherwise it would be a disaster sooner or later...

After talking about the affairs in the mansion, Jia Zheng wrote in his heart that he spent a lot on the enemy side, and asked the people in the mansion to send more silver notes!

In fact, after writing such a thick letter, the last thing to ask for the banknote is the most important thing to Jia Zheng. Aunt Zhou brought by Jia Zheng from the mansion is a dull and incomprehensible style. After specially taking him to the building to experience it for a while, he developed the habit of often looking for Xie Yuhua in the building. Of course, the money can't stand such a spend.

In the Rongguo Mansion, after Mother Jia and the others received Jia Zheng's reply, Mrs. Wang felt a little chilled by Jia Zheng's lack of concern for her children. , I feel a little angry.

Jia Zheng had only been in office for a long time, and the mansion had already sent him one or two banknotes. Adding those given to him before he left, the total was 5000 taels of silver.

How could so much money be spent so quickly? He thought there were mountains of gold and silver in the mansion, which could afford his expenses!

Mrs. Wang looked very embarrassed and said to Jia Mu:

"Old ancestor, you see that the master wrote a letter and came back asking for money, what should we do?"

You must know that the mansion has no cash at all, except for the reward of 5000 taels and money for Jia Baoyu's medical treatment, the mansion can hardly maintain even the daily expenses.

Now the cost of flowers and food in the mansion has been reduced again and again. If the master wants to eat something good, he can only pay for it by himself and have someone go outside to buy it.

That's how it was, the mansion had to sell off some of its properties in order to survive. After such an experience, compared with before, the property has shrunk by half, which can be said to be a serious blow to its vitality.

You must know that these industries have been developed into such a state through the hard work of several generations of the Jia family. With such a toss, so many industries have been lost. The future life in the mansion still knows how to live!

This Jia Zheng wants so much money, where can Mrs. Wang get it back for him, and if he spends it like this, his little foundation will be completely spent.

Mrs. Wang thought of her precious jade, and she would leave it to him no matter what, so she would not be willing to squander it on Jia Zheng. I can throw this hot potato to Mother Jia to deal with.

Mother Jia took the letter written by Jia Zheng, read it again, and said to the mandarin ducks next to them:

"Go, bring in the man who delivered the letter, I have something to ask him!"

When the person who sent the letter came back was brought into Rongqing Hall, he saw that the surrounding atmosphere was very serious, and the person who sent the letter almost couldn't move his legs in fright!

"You are the one who sent the letter back for the second master, right?"

The servant replied tremblingly:

"Yes, old matriarch, the servant is in charge of running errands beside the second master. I don't know if the old matriarch asked the slave to come in. Does the slave have something to tell the second master?"

"Tell us honestly, where else would your second master like to go outside of the Shang Yamen?" Mother Jia looked at him with a straight face and sharp eyes, and asked.

In fact, Mrs. Wang really wanted to know how Jia Zheng spent so much money and whether he had done anything out of the ordinary in office, so she also stared at him intently!

The person who reported the letter was almost paralyzed by the gazes of these nobles, and could only wipe off the sweat that kept protruding from his forehead. The eyes that can see through all my thoughts.

He could only say hesitantly:

"Second Lord, he has been busy with the affairs of the yamen these days, and occasionally he is invited by local officials and squires to go outside for a drink, and he doesn't do anything."

Jia Mu and the others stared at him suspiciously, and said, "That's all, you need to know the consequences of deceiving us, hmm (second voice)?"

The messenger was so frightened that he knelt down. Looking at Jiamu and the others, he had no doubt that if he continued to speak in such a vague manner, he might be dragged down and punished or sold to some pickling place.

He could only close his eyes vigorously, and said in a somewhat resolute tone:

"I don't dare to lie, it's just that the second master goes to drink flower wine a little more often, except that he goes there regularly when he is resting and taking a bath.

On weekdays, as long as the yamen is not very busy, they will pass by at night, and even hire an oiran in the building! "

With a bang, Mrs. Wang was so startled by the meaning of his words that she couldn't even hold the tea bowl firmly and let it fall to the ground. She asked in a tone of disbelief:

"What you said is true, the second master really often goes to the flower building, and even hired the oiran in the building?"

"Back to Second Wife, I dare not lie!"

Mrs. Wang trembled a little with anger, and asked in a trembling tone: "After receiving the letter from the mansion these days, did he continue to go to the building?"

The person who heard the news lowered his head and replied:

"This slave is not very clear. After the second master received the letter from the mansion, he quickly wrote a reply and asked the slave to send him back to Beijing. I really don't know if the second master will go back later!"

Although Jia's mother had some complaints about Jia Zheng's old age, he still learned to drink flower wine and keep the oiran like everyone else. It would be great if someone read a book because of this, which would affect his career.

Seeing Mrs. Wang's face turning blue with anger, Mother Jia waved her hand and said, "Okay, go down and collect the reward from someone!"

When the people went down, Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Wang and said:

"Okay, I'll pay for the money that Zheng'er needs this time. You and your husband have been together for so many years, so there's no need to get so angry over such a trivial matter. Their men always need to socialize outside!"

Seeing Mrs. Wang's unrelieved expression, Jia's mother also understood that she lost her daughter all of a sudden, and Baoyu also became like this. It was really not easy.

"However, this time, Zheng'er is too inconsiderate. He knows that the imperial court prohibits officials from committing crimes, and the mansion doesn't have much money, yet he still wants to do this.

It's really outrageous, the money can give him enough money for daily expenses and normal entertainment, no more!What do you think of the second family? "

Mrs. Wang sees that Mother Jia told her not to make trouble, so that's it!I had no choice but to suppress the anger in my heart, and decided to have someone go to Jiangxi to investigate Jia Zheng's behavior there, and then worry about it after the investigation is clear!