[Red Chamber] Mrs. Lin replaced her

"What's the matter? What's the matter again?" Hearing that something happened just after Mrs. Wang came out of the small Buddhist hall, Jia Zi became a little interested: "Is it prudence and taking a concubine again? Has he been sent back to Fu's house? Or has Jia Baoyu been beaten again?" Before Jia Min could answer, Jia Zi anxiously guessed what might happen after Mrs. Wang returned to Rongxi Hall.

In order to compete with Fu Qiufang for power and profit, he sent his maid to Jia Zheng's bed, and Jia Zheng, in order to prove that he is a gentleman, formally opened up the maid to take over the house, which is not impossible.

One mountain cannot contain two tigers, so Mrs. Wang naturally cannot be willing to see Fu Qiufang wandering around under her nose under the banner of a flat wife.Therefore, she deliberately found excuses to drive Fu Qiufang away, or even killed her secretly, which was something she could do.

As for Jia Baoyu, it is unlikely that Mrs. Wang will hurt him, but Mrs. Wang and Fu Qiufang are very likely to implicate him in their open and secret struggle: as we all know, Jia Baoyu is Mrs. Wang’s precious lifeblood, and is all of Mrs. Wang’s hopes and sustenance If Jia Baoyu hurts a hair, it can make Mrs. Wang distraught.

Therefore, in the face of Mrs. Wang, who has children and is noble and more justified, it is entirely possible for Fu Qiufang to use Jia Baoyu to provoke her or give her a warning: Although Jia Baoyu admires Fu Qiufang very much, Fu Huofang was also very kind to Jia Baoyu, and even went to see him when Jia Baoyu was beaten, but with her lofty ambitions, it is naturally impossible for her to care about the so-called old love—as long as she can If Mrs. Wang is uncomfortable, why would she care about Jia Baoyu?Besides, when she took the initiative to show favor to Jia Baoyu back then, it was just that their brother and sister wanted to take advantage of the Rongguo Mansion.

In fact, the news Jia Zi most wanted to hear was that Jia Zheng divorced Mrs. Wang.It's a pity that with Jia Zheng's temperament and courage, it is impossible to divorce Mrs. Wang.When Jia Daishan was alive and held the military power of the Gyeonggi camp, and Wang Ziteng was only a small third-rank military officer, Jia Zheng didn't dare to divorce Mrs. Wang, let alone now that Wang Ziteng was about to return to Beijing to be promoted to a cabinet scholar: As soon as the news of Wang Ziteng's promotion came back, Jia Zheng immediately released Mrs. Wang from the small Buddhist hall.If it is said that Jia Zheng suddenly recalled the relationship between Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang for many years, and then released Mrs. Wang from the small Buddhist hall, Jia Zi would definitely not believe it—although Jia Zheng put on an appearance of a gentleman all day long, but In fact, he is a cold, ruthless, selfish and indifferent person. He only has himself in his eyes, and there is no so-called conjugal affection at all: if he really had conjugal affection for Mrs. Wang, he would have given Mrs. Wang a long time ago. It was released; and most importantly, he would never marry Fu Qiufang home with such a big fanfare.

Seeing Jiazi's energy all of a sudden, Jia Min couldn't help but feel a little funny: She said that Jiazi was just watching the fun, so it's not too big of a deal—he just looked like he couldn't lift his spirits up. It was said that Mrs. Wang had trouble again, no, she regained her spirits immediately.

However, Jia Min didn't tease Jia Zi any more, but said five words directly: "Bai Jinchuan is dead." The simple and straightforward five words directly satisfied Jia Zi's curiosity.Of course, there was nothing to hide about this matter, even if she didn't tell it, Jazi would know about it.However, Jia Min does not know how the news that Jiazi heard from other sources will be transformed.

"Bai Jinchuan?" Jia Zi frowned slightly, carefully recalling the familiar but somewhat unfamiliar name in Jia Min's mouth, and then asked with some uncertainty: "Who is the one next to Mrs. Wang?" Big girl?"

Jiazi naturally knew that the name of the most powerful maid beside Mrs. Wang was Jin Chuan—just like the mandarin ducks around Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang's most capable and trusted maid was Jin Chuan.However, Jiazi has always only known Jin Chuan's first name, not his family's surname.Therefore, when Jia Min mentioned Bai Jinchuan's name, Jia Zi couldn't react for a while.

"Yes," Jia Min pouted, with a look of disgust: "It's her."

In fact, Jia Min really didn't like Bai Jinchuan: she was just a maid, but she put on the airs of a master all day long, even more like the master of the Rongguo Mansion than Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun and other girls. .Of course, this is also the consistent habit of the Rongguo Mansion: the servants who serve the elders or the masters who are highly valued are often superior to others and become the targets of other servants in the mansion. Respect them.And these slaves themselves, also looked aloof and arrogant, and really regarded themselves as the masters of the house.

Jia Min naturally couldn't see this situation very seriously: the master is the master, the maid is the maid, the master gives face, but the maid should know how to measure, and can't cross that line.She mentioned to Jia's mother more than once about these slaves bullying the master in Rongguo Mansion, but Jia's mother didn't care at all. She even thought that Jia Min was mean and ignorant, and didn't know how to tolerate people around her. Who would want to in the future? Do something for her?Later, Jia Min simply stopped caring about such things: Mother Jia didn't care about such things anyway, so why should she bother with a married daughter?She just needs to take care of the Wei family's affairs.

Therefore, Jia Min naturally didn't want to care about Bai Jinchuan.However, the cause of Bai Jinchuan's death made her very angry. This kind of anger left her nowhere to vent, so she could only come to Jiazi to confide.

"Oh." Jiazi couldn't help but feel very disappointed when he heard that it was only the eldest maid beside Mrs. Wang who died: it was just Mrs. Wang's maid, and it wasn't Mrs. Wang who died, so naturally it wasn't worth her and Jia Min's trouble. .What's more, Bai Jinchuan is Mrs. Wang's confidant, and he must also be a minion, just like his dowry maid Zhou Rui's family.Therefore, Bai Jinchuan deserved his death.Even if she died unjustly, Jia Zi would not have the slightest sympathy for her.

Jiazi was not interested in Bai Jinchuan's death, so naturally he didn't continue to ask how the latter died suddenly after his master Mrs. Wang came out of the small Buddhist hall.

Jia Min waited for quite a while, but she didn't hear Jia Zi asking about the cause of Bai Jinchuan's death, which made her hold back and didn't have a chance to say it.In the end, she couldn't help pushing Jia Zi, and asked softly, "Hey, why don't you ask how people die?"

Looking at Jia Min's expectant expression of "come and ask me, I know everything", Jia Zi twisted Jia Min's face with a smile, raised his eyebrows at Jia Min proudly, and winked mischievously. He blinked, then covered his mouth with a smirk.

"Hey, you..." Jia Min looked angrily at Jia Zi's smug look: Jia Zi's appearance is obviously teasing her, if I knew she would not be so happy to tell Jia Zi what happened just now ——She should have sold Guanzi to the end, and she should have watched Jiazi scratching the wall anxiously.

Jia Zi poked Jia Min's swollen face with a smile, until Jia Min changed his face again, and even raised his eyebrows, then leaned over and shook Jia Min's arm, showing another bright smile, with a In a flattering tone: "How did Bai Jinchuan die? Good Xiao Min, you can tell the little one to satisfy the little one's curiosity, okay?"

"Huh." Jia Min first turned his head and snorted arrogantly to express his dissatisfaction with Jia Zi's teasing himself so badly just now, then he leaned into Jia Zi's ear and said mysteriously: "You and I Say, she threw herself into a well."

Jiazi blinked his eyes, pretending to be interested but in fact he nodded casually: "Oh, so he died by throwing himself into a well!"

In fact, Jia Zi really has no interest in what exactly caused Bai Jinchuan to die: when Bai Jinchuan died, her family will naturally take care of her funeral; even if she was murdered, the government will come Redress her grievances... This matter will never fall on her head, so naturally she will not bother about Bai Jinchuan's death.

However, Jia Min's appearance obviously wanted to tell Jia Zi about this matter.Therefore, Jia Zi simply followed Jia Min's meaning and asked: Anyway, she has nothing to do at the moment, so she should just listen to the story.

"Then," Jia Min glanced at Jia Zi, and said slyly, "Do you know which well she cast into?" Jia Min looked at Jia Zi with a look of "you must not guess", obviously In order to continue to ask Jazi.

Jia Zi raised his eyebrows, and while stuffing the freshly peeled orange into Jia Min's mouth, he asked casually, "Which one?" In fact, Jia Zi knew from the beginning that Bai Jinchuan's death was not simple——Bai Jin Chuan was in his youth, and he was serving by the head of the house, so it was impossible for him to suffer from some hidden disease, so the possibility of dying of illness should be low, so there must be another reason for her death.

"It's the one closest to Jia Baoyu in the Grand View Garden." Jia Min bit the sweet and juicy orange that Jia Zi stuffed in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Hey, your orange is too sweet, it's too greasy."

"You still talk so much when you have something to eat!" Jia Zi pushed Jia Min amusedly, and then speculated a little curiously: "By the way, where is the well of the Platinum Chuantou that you said just now? The one closest to Jia Baoyu, could it be that her death has something to do with that bastard Jia Baoyu?” Otherwise, why did Bai Jinchuan choose the one closest to Jia Baoyu instead of throwing himself into other wells? She loved Jia Baoyu to the point where even a ghost wouldn't let him go?

However, before Jia Min could reply, Jia Zi shook his head lightly and said to himself, denying his guess: "How is this possible? Although Jia Baoyu is ridiculous, cowardly, cowardly, and lustful, He is not very promising, and likes to sneak into girls, and he is too attentive to young and beautiful girls. He doesn't look like a boy at all, but I really haven't heard of him doing anything to force others. Besides, With his little courage and slender arms and legs, who can he force? Are you not afraid of being slapped away? Besides, no matter how badass he is, he won't lay hands on his mother's maid!"

Although Jiazi also knew that Jia Baoyu had always had the bad habit of eating rouge from the maids in the mansion, but in her opinion, he could only do such a shameless thing to those in his yard who had great ambitions and delusional dreams. The ambition to become a "Phoenix" is just a pretense; and although Bai Jinchuan is just a maid, she is someone close to Mrs. Wang. As long as Jia Baoyu has a little sense of shame, he will not attack her.Of course, if Mrs. Wang took the initiative to give the white gold bracelet to Jia Baoyu, it would be a different matter: just like the Xiren bestowed by Jia Mu in Jia Baoyu's courtyard.

Although Jia Zi denied his speculation about Jia Baoyu's attack on his mother's maidservant, Jia Min snorted coldly and said with disdain: "Hmph, with his virtue, what is impossible?" ?”

Jia Min's words undoubtedly negate Jia Zi's self-question and answer just now, clearly showing that Bai Jinchuan's death is indeed related to Jia Baoyu: what did Jia Baoyu do to Bai Jinchuan, which caused Bai Jinchuan to commit suicide by throwing himself into a well.

"Is it really related to him?" Jazi's eyes widened in surprise.Seeing Jia Min's affirmative expression, Jia Zi shook his head lightly: "He really is..."

Jiazi really didn't know what to say: Although Jia Baoyu was the master and Bai Jinchuan was the servant, the former could not resist the latter; Thinking about the maid in his mother's room every day?You know, in order to throw away the million taels of silver that the Rongguo Mansion owed to the state treasury to Jia Zheng, Jia Amnesty made a shy face at Jiamu's close maid, Yuanyang.But now, Jia Baoyu has really attacked his mother's maid... If Jia Amnesty knew about this, he would definitely laugh at him.

Hearing Jia Zi's words, Jia Min pouted uncomfortably: Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Rong and others were said to be absurd, but no matter how absurd they were, they didn't move their mother's close maid.But Jia Baoyu actually... Hmph, with Jia Baoyu's virtue, Jia's mother pinned the hope of revitalizing the Rongguo Mansion on him, so her eyes are really blurred.

Knowing that Bai Jinchuan's death was related to Jia Baoyu, coupled with Jia Min's awkward expression, Jiazi became even more curious: "What happened? Could it be that dead boy Jia Baoyu who was against Bai Jinchuan? Too strong? Probably not! Don’t say that with Jia Baoyu’s temperament, it is impossible to do such a thing. Even Bai Jinchuan himself is not such a chaste person.”

Jiazi knew that in the eyes of those maids in the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Baoyu, the sure successor of the Rongguo Mansion, was undoubtedly a favorite: as long as they could climb up to Jia Baoyu, even if they were just aunts, they would be able to stand up for themselves. master.Besides, aren't all the favored ones in this mansion all aunts?I won't mention Jia Amnesty, Aunt Zhao in Jia Zheng's room is a successful example: Jia Zheng has many wives and concubines, but Aunt Zhao, who was born as a maid, is the most favored one.

Of course, from the perspective of Xiren and other maids, they can only see the extravagant life and superficial scenery of Rongguo Mansion, but they can't see that Jia Baoyu is no longer a noble, and his future is very likely to be an ordinary white man.Even after one hundred years of Jia's mother, Jia Zheng's family had to move out of the Rongguo Mansion in disgrace: after all, it was the mansion bestowed by the grandpa of the Rongguo to Jia Yuan. recovered.Jia Daishan was able to live there because he was also the Duke of the state; and Jia Zheng can live there now, except that the emperor still wanted to rely on the four kings and eight princes to compete with the new emperor for power, there was also a reason that he was in contact with Jia. The glory of the mother, the super-class princess and wife: Once Jia's mother dies...

Besides, although Jia Baoyu was passionate and promiscuous, he couldn't do anything to force Bai Jinchuan to commit suicide in the end?

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Jia Min helplessly rubbed his aching temples: "That little beast is only so old now, why...how could it be possible to do such a thing?"

Jia Zi gritted his teeth lightly, and said resentfully: "That's not necessarily true. Maybe Jia Baoyu is very talented!" However, seeing Jia Min's headache, Jia Zi still didn't understand the sentence that would put him in a bad mood. She was so angry that she jumped up and said it, but lightly touched Jia Min's arm: "Tell me about you, getting angry with that kind of thing, what are you doing?"

"Where am I angry?" Jia Min raised her eyebrows and retorted loudly: "Why am I angry? I'm not angry!" Of course Jia Min would not admit that when she just heard about Bai Jinchuan's death, she was very angry. He ruthlessly threw down the tea set in the room: How could such absurd thing be a descendant of the Jia family?It must have been swapped when he was born; or he was choked to death by that piece of jade, and the one who is alive now is a monster.

Although the relationship between Jia Min and Jia Zheng has been cold since they were young, and what Jia Zheng has done over the years has made Jia Zi completely disappointed in this brother.But deep down in her heart, she still hoped that Jia Zheng's family could live up to it and stop making all kinds of troubles all day long and become the laughing stock in the eyes of everyone.Therefore, Jia Min was still extremely angry about what happened to Jia Baoyu this time.

"That's right, that's right," Jia Zi coaxed Jia Min amusedly, "You're not angry, I'm the one who's angry."

Jia Min was amused by these words, pinched Jia Zi's arm, and said angrily, "You're bullying me again!"

"No, no." Jia Zi quickly shook his head, gently rubbed the place Jia Min pinched, and murmured in a low voice as if Jia Min could not hear him: "How dare you be so fierce!"

"Hey you..." Jia Min gave Jia Zi a fierce look, and then sighed: "I really don't know what sins our family did in our previous life to produce such a thing. I guess my father will be angry with them." alive."

Hearing Jia Min's anger-like words, Jia Zi couldn't help laughing: With Jia Min's temperament, it was impossible to say such a thing—this kind of words should have come from her mouth; But now that Jia Min said such a thing, it can be seen that he was really angry.

"Hey..." Jia Min looked at Jia Zi angrily, "Can you still laugh?"

"Wouldn't it be better if uncle was pissed off?" Jia Zi looked at Jia Min with a smile, "I can guarantee that if uncle is still there, those clowns will all live with their necks curled up like quails: Don't talk about making trouble, I guess I don't even dare to breathe."

Jia Min blinked, and then nodded foolishly: Jia Zi's words really make sense—if Jia Daishan was still alive, how could the Rongguo Mansion be in such a mess: the orthodox heir Jia She has been nesting in the East Courtyard , and was finally driven out of Rongguo Mansion in embarrassment; while the second son, Jia Zheng, swaggered to occupy the main hall of Rongguo Mansion, pretending to be the master of the mansion, and finally snatched away the title that originally belonged to Jia She; Girls have no status, and slaves with a little bit of face dare not take them seriously, even the housekeepers are not taught; Jia Zheng's important grandson, Jia Lan, lives like a transparent person, and everyone can't remember it on weekdays He came; Jia Baoyu was already in his teens and hadn't moved to the outer courtyard yet, and now he lived in the same garden with a group of girls...

Thinking of how well behaved the Rongguo Mansion was when Jia Daishan was still alive, Jia Min couldn't help feeling a little depressed: "It would be great if my father was still here."

Jia Zi patted Jia Min's shoulder lightly, and comforted him, "I'm still here." To be honest, if Jia Min hadn't been taken into consideration, Jia Zi wouldn't mind using the power in Lin Hai's hands to directly Jia Zheng's family blasted out of the capital.As for Jia's mother, if she doesn't want to, she can go with Jia Zheng: anyway, isn't her catchphrase "I will take Baoyu back to Jinling", it would be nice for her to go back to accompany Jia Daishan's cemetery earlier now; I just don't know, Jiuquan Under the circumstances, Jia Daishan would like to be accompanied by this woman who caused the smog in Rongguo Mansion.

"I'm fine," Jia Min smiled and shook his head lightly, "I'm just muttering something to you." Jia Min knew very well that the current Jia clan is no longer what it used to be. With Jia Zi, the well-known General Xiao Ning in the court, there may have been an accident in the Ning Rong Second Mansion.

Jia Zi raised his eyebrows with a smile: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. By the way, you haven't said why Bai Yuchuan threw himself into the well?"

"Don't mention it." As soon as this matter was mentioned, Jia Min couldn't control her anger: "Although you didn't get all the guesses just now, it's still a bit reliable after all."

"Hmph, I thought Bai Jinchuan was voluntary. But, why did she suddenly throw herself into the well?" Jiazi sneered, and then she suddenly thought of something: "Could it be...the two of them were caught...uh, I mean someone got caught?" Since Bai Jinchuan followed Jia Baoyu voluntarily, how could he throw himself into a well so easily?

Jia Min couldn't help being amused when Jia Zi changed his words abruptly: she could naturally guess what Jia Zi wanted to say before, and what Jia Zi said before was as ugly as what she said later , I really don't know why she changed her mouth?

"Almost." Jia Min pouted, and continued, "He and Bai Yuchuan are in Wang's house..."

"What?" Jia Zi looked at Jia Min in surprise: "The two of them are still in Mrs. Wang's room?" , and even fooling around in his mother's house—could he think that Rongguo Mansion's reputation wasn't bad enough, and Mrs. Wang's troubles weren't enough?

Whenever Jia Min thinks about this, she feels disgusted: "Well. The two of them kissed in Wang's house... Kiss..." Although they have been married for more than ten years, what Jia Baoyu did, Jia Min She was still ashamed to say it, so she could only take it vaguely: "Besides, Mrs. Wang happened to bump into her."

In fact, the matter between Jia Baoyu and Bai Yuchuan was not as bad as Jiazi thought before.The truth of the matter is: Jia Baoyu is used to being loose and full of great principles, so naturally he doesn't have the habit of setting his mind in the morning and evening. behave in a spoiled manner.As for Jia Zheng, he never dared to go there.

This time Jia Baoyu was also reminded and urged by Xiren, and suddenly thought that he should go to Mrs. Wang to pay his respects, so he went to Mrs. Wang's place.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang happened to be away, only Bai Jinchuan, the eldest maid beside her, was there.

Jia Baoyu had a very good relationship with those young and beautiful maids in the mansion, but Mrs. Wang hated these maids who tried to climb into the master's bed.Therefore, Jia Baoyu rarely had the opportunity to get close to the maid in Mrs. Wang's yard.This time, taking advantage of Mrs. Wang's absence, Jia Baoyu hurriedly pulled the white gold bracelet, insisting on eating the brightly colored rouge on the other's lips.

Naturally, Bai Jinchuan would not refuse Jia Baoyu, so he took the initiative to lean over and let Jia Baoyu carefully eat the rouge on his lips.However, what no one expected was that Mrs. Wang came back with a group of maids before Jia Baoyu finished eating.As soon as she entered her room, she saw two people tightly hugging each other, and it was conceivable that Mrs. Wang's anger would be.

In fact, Mrs. Wang still knows about her son's virtues.In the past, she would have scolded Bai Jinchuan at most and fined him several months of money.But this time it was also Bai Jinchuan's bad luck: Mrs. Wang had just been run over by Fu Qiufang and Third Sister You, who had just teamed up, and she was very angry. When she came back, she encountered such a scene again, especially with a group of The maid in the mansion, how could she get off the stage?

The extremely angry Mrs. Wang couldn't control her temper at all, she rushed up and slapped Bai Jinchuan on the face, and at the same time scolded a lot of extremely ugly words, which made Bai Jinchuan feel embarrassed and ashamed, and blushed——Baijin Chuan is Mrs. Wang's confidant, and has always been the envy of the maids and mother-in-law in the mansion, which also led to her strong self-esteem.Therefore, it was extremely embarrassing for her to be so insulted in front of a group of lowly maids and women.

As for Jia Baoyu, he was already terrified of being caught by Mrs. Wang, and he was even more frightened when he suddenly saw Mrs. Wang, who was always peaceful and kind, cursing the street like a shrew.Therefore, he could only shiver in the corner, how dare he stand up and speak for Bai Jinchuan?

"Because of this, Bai Jinchuan committed suicide by throwing himself into a well?" Jia Zi looked at Jia Min puzzled: Bai Jinchuan didn't seem like such a shameless person.If she really had a sense of shame, she would not have done such a thing with Jia Baoyu.With Jia Baoyu's character, if she refused, he would naturally not force her.

"No." Jia Min shook her head, "Because Mrs. Wang betrothed her to Zhou Rui's stupid brother."

Jia Zi was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Then she really lacks virtue."

The matter of Zhou Rui's younger brother is not a secret: when he was young, he had a fever and burned his brain, and he was also demented.Of course, the most important thing is that the man is over 50 years old.Mrs. Wang's promise of Bai Jinchuan to him was definitely full of malice.

"That's not true." Jia Min curled her lips: "Bai Jinchuan doesn't want to marry that fool, so he can only commit suicide by throwing himself into a well."

Jia Zi also understood the meaning of Jia Min's words: If Mrs. Wang promised Bai Jin Chuan out, then the latter would not be able to resist at all, and even her parents would regard this marriage as a great honor—after all, The maids in the mansion can get married by Mrs. Wang herself, and even give a dowry. Bai Jinchuan is the No. 1 besides Zhou Rui's family!

Of course, if this matter happened to Jia Zi, even if he died, he would drag Mrs. Wang and Jia Baoyu along, and he would never throw himself into the well foolishly.But Bai Jinchuan had no choice but to throw himself into the well.

"Hmph," Jia Zi said with a look of disdain, "Jia Baoyu is so timid, I don't know if he will be scared to death in the middle of the night?"

Just when Jia Zi and Jia Min were talking about Bai Jinchuan, the news had already spread, and it was extremely ugly.Coupled with the fact that the incident happened in Mrs. Wang's house, the Rongguo Mansion once again became the laughing stock of everyone.

The author has something to say: I have always had doubts about Bai Jinchuan's death: just because Mrs. Wang slapped him and cursed him a few words, he threw himself into a well?Therefore, here is an added reason for her: being promised by Mrs. Wang to a person that she can't even look up to and refuse.

small theater:

Jia Daishan: The coffin boards will not be able to cover

Jia Yuan: Quickly check, who is this monster?

Jia Yuan's father: Anyway, he is definitely not from the Jia family

Jiazi: the famous name of the ancestors