Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

"I hate others to drag you down the most in my life, and I also hate myself to hurt others the most." Yan Liang raised the corners of his mouth and smiled at Jiamu, "If I really cause trouble and hurt you, you should really reflect on yourself. But first, I need to trouble you to tell me first." Me, what have I done to you?"

"You offended Qi Shengao and prevented your brother from being promoted. Isn't this a burden!"

Mother Jia was a little angry, no junior dared to argue with her like this.Even though Jia Jing is not her child, he is a generation younger than her, so he should respect her.

"He asked me to ask Qi Shengao for help because he couldn't be promoted. I don't know who is hurting whom." Yan Liang sneered.

Jia's mother heard his voice, and glared at Yan Liang angrily, "What do you mean by that?"

"I beg you to help. If you don't help, forget it. You still want to blame the matter on me." Jia Zheng interrupted unhappily.

"You're saying the wrong thing, you are the ones who are asking me to blame you!" Yan Liang glanced at Jia's mother, his gaze coldly fixed on Jia Zheng, "If you hadn't opened the door recklessly, Qi Shengao would have seen me? You rashly asked me to beg Qi Shengao, do you know what I have to do with him? I think you are crazy about wanting to be promoted, and you only care about yourself and don't care about other people's feelings."

After Yan Liang finished speaking, he frankly met Jia Mu's eyes and let her know that the whole incident was caused by his second son.

This guy actually blamed and insulted his youngest son like this!

Mother Jia knew that she was being unreasonable, so she curled the corners of her mouth slightly, trying to maintain a kind look.But there was a sharp pain in his chest, as if a bloody hole had been smashed by a hard hammer.

Seeing Yan Liang making fun of him for being greedy for power in public, Jia Zheng was so embarrassed that he turned blue with anger.

"Mother, you know best what I'm thinking. If it wasn't for honoring my ancestors, I would have returned to farming and seclusion. This time I just thought it was an opportunity, so I went to ask brother Jing what he wanted. He didn't want to, and I didn't do anything. No one thought of it." Qi Shengao would come early, so we just happened to meet."

Mother Jia nodded straightly, expressing softly that she understood.

Seeing this, Jia She was not convinced, and muttered in a low voice: "At that time, I was clearly as anxious as a monkey jumping on the beam of the house, but now I'm back in farming and living in seclusion. It's amazing."

Jia Mu immediately glared at Jia She: "What are you talking about?"

Jia Amnesty didn't dare to say anything.

Yan Liang sneered and said nothing more.

Mother Jia pondered for a moment, and said to Yan Liang: "It seems to be a misunderstanding. Your brother doesn't know the situation, but he doesn't mean to harm you. If you had told him about your problems with Master Qi earlier, there wouldn't be so many misunderstandings."

A misunderstanding is a misunderstanding, and you have to blame him for not clarifying the problem in advance.

Yan Liang smiled and didn't intend to argue anymore.After all, the mother wanted to favor her son, not to mention that he and Qi Shengao couldn't explain clearly, even if he could explain clearly, it was impossible for anyone to sort out all his personal relationships and tell Jia Zheng in advance.

"Farewell." Yan Liang was too lazy to stay here for a moment, turned around and left.

Jia Amnesty hurried to catch up, reassuring him not to mind.

Jia Zheng then came out and looked at the two of them angrily, disdain to be with them.He stood there, intending to silently watch the two of them leave before leaving by himself.

"Wu Qiumao sent a servant to send you a letter saying that someone is coming from the palace, and they have just arrived at the gate of the Rongguo Mansion." An old woman from the Rong Mansion ran over and said to Yan Liang.

When Jia Zheng heard this, he walked forward quickly while thinking, and ordered: "What are you doing still in a daze, go prepare tea and incense table, and go to meet the nobles in the palace."

The mother-in-law glanced at Jia Zheng in a panic, nodded, and hurriedly went around to report and ask people to prepare things.

Jia Zheng raised his eyebrows triumphantly, and deliberately said to Jia Jing: "Let us brothers take our leave first, and go change into formal clothes."

After all, Jia Zheng dragged Jia Amnesty away with him.

Yan Liang knew that Wu Qiumao had always been a measured person, if this time the message was aimed at Rongfu, he would have no reason to ask someone to tell him.

Yan Liang went straight to Eryi Gate, but was stopped by Wu Qiumao on the way.

"Master, the people of Rongfu have invited that father-in-law into the Rongxi Hall." Wu Qiumao led Yan to the Rongxi Hall.

When he arrived at the place, he saw that the little father-in-law who had passed the message had already got up, and made a shallow salute to Yan Liang.

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After Jia Zheng put on his court uniform, he immediately appeared in Rongxi Hall, and Jia Amnesty arrived shortly thereafter.But Jia Zheng despised him for his slowness, and said a few words, completely ignoring the remoteness of Jia Amnesty's residence.

The two brothers walked around the Rongxi Hall, only to see the empty incense table, there is no father-in-law.

"Where are people?" Jia Zheng asked.

The mother-in-law replied: "It's been a while."

Jia Zheng was very annoyed, he reprimanded Jia Zheng as soon as he opened his mouth, but turned around and blamed Jia She for being slow.

The mother-in-law said aggrievedly: "Second master, that little father-in-law insisted on leaving after seeing Master Jing, and the servants could do nothing about it."

Jia Zheng asked carefully, and he knew that the father-in-law was ordered to pass the oral order to Jia Jing.

Jia She held back his anger and took the opportunity to mock Jia Zheng: "Look, they didn't come after you at all."

Over there, Jia's mother had received the news from Jia Zheng a long time ago, thinking it was a happy event, she sent two people to ask about it.

Jia Zheng had no choice but to come over in person to explain the misunderstanding to Jia's mother, and complained, "What is this called? Since it was passed to him, come to our Ning Mansion to discuss what's going on."

Jia She was so angry that he pointed at the tip of Jia Zheng's nose and scolded: "Obviously he sent a message to Brother Jing, but you insisted on asking someone to invite him into the mansion, and even dragged me to change into formal clothes, prepare an incense table, etc. Don't lose it!"

"All right."

Mother Jia cast a reproachful glance at Jia Amnesty, dismissing him as an eyesore, and sent him away quickly.She kept Jia Zheng alone and comforted him, telling him to take it easy and not to worry.

Jia Zheng is a person who cares about face, and he always feels that people look at him differently because of these two incidents.When he went out, no matter who looked at him, his face was hot, his cheeks were hot, and his heart was stuffy.Just when the eldest son Jia Zhu came back from school, Jia Zheng hoped that his son would become a dragon, and put all the glory of his ancestors on Jia Zhu.So starting from today, I left three times more homework for him, and asked him to study hard every day, and he should not be neglected.

Although Jia Zhu was suffering in her heart, she did not dare to disobey her father, so she accepted it obediently and went back to read at night by candlelight.

Jia Zheng wondered what the eunuch had told Yan Liang, even though he secretly sent someone to inquire about it, but for some reason, the Ning Mansion has now built an impenetrable wall, and no news has come out.

It was Jia She who was more straightforward. He became curious, so he went directly to Yan Liang.

Yan Liang was checking the list of domestic servants in the Ning Mansion, occasionally crossing names with a cinnabar pen.

After Jia Amnesty entered the door, he waited for a while, then became impatient, and leaned over to look curiously, "What does this mean?"

"Reduce people." Yan Liang put the booklet aside, looked up at Jia She, "Do you talk to me, or ask me questions? If it's the latter, it's better to leave."

Jia She was stunned for a while, and then remembered what Yan Liang said to him in Guangyuan Tower yesterday, and his heart began to ache after thinking about it.Jia Amnesty clutched his chest sullenly, "Which pot won't be opened and which pot should be lifted. I think I'm covered in gold all over my body, and my old lady will still turn to the young ones, and I can't change it."

Jia She then told Yan Liang about Jia She's embarrassing experience yesterday, "It's obvious that he made a mistake, but the old lady still loves him and favors him. Besides, they thought I was in the way, so they scolded me away, and the two of them were alone. Speak quietly."

"In her eyes, you are just a worthless bastard. Compared with the second child, you are nothing. Why should she care about you?" Yan Liang poked Jia She on the shoulder, letting him take this into his heart, " You have to be human before you can be respected by others, and I can help you with this."

"Let me think about it." Jia Amnesty's face darkened, and he turned away from looking at Yan Liang, resting his chin with one hand while scratching his head with the other.

This guy is so old, and he still has this kind of action.

Yan Liang thought it was funny, laughed twice, drank tea and continued to organize the list.The rumors in the past two days reminded him that he was too kind to the servants in the mansion before.

After a while, Wu Qiumao came back again and said a few names to Yan Liang.After Yan Liang asked about the situation carefully, he crossed the names of the two people again.

Jia Amnesty was still scratching his head. After Wu Qiumao left for a long time, he turned around and tried to ask Yan Liang, "You really know how to help me? You swear?"

"Of course I will help, until you die." Yan Liang's understatement made Jia Amnesty tremble.

Jia Amnesty froze, wrapping his arms around himself, protecting himself.

Yan Liang smiled, "I will help you regain your position as the eldest son of the eldest son, help you revitalize the Rong Mansion, and make everyone in the Rong Mansion respect you. Even the old lady can't embarrass you anymore. But the premise is that you You must obey my orders and do things. Don’t worry, I promise I won’t take any profit from it, it’s all out of friendly help.”

Jia She blinked, still staring at Yan Liang in a daze.

"If you don't want to, forget it." Yan Liang didn't expect Jia Amnesty to agree.It is undeniable that taking a shortcut from Jia She will save him a lot of trouble, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't agree, he has other ways.

Jia Amnesty felt the disappointment in Yan Liang's tone, which he had heard too many times from Jia's mother.Who doesn't want to learn well, he used to be very motivated, but he just wasn't the material for studying.But his mother always compared his academic performance with his second brother time and time again, scolding him for being an incompetent idiot, while praising him for his talent.

His ability to come to this day has a lot to do with his self-destructive self-abandonment.

"Okay, I promise." Jia Amnesty gritted his teeth and said in a huff, "It's just...why do you help me like this?"

"Aren't you worth helping?"

Yan Liang glanced at Jia She, and saw him nodding with a smile.Yan Liang took out a contract from under the list and handed it to him.

The terms are stated in the contract.

"It's a constraint. It's my promise, which guarantees your benefits. It's yours too, so you don't have to promise today and regret it tomorrow." Yan Liang warned Jia She, "Think it over, the signing is proof, it's not fun to fool me , after all, I am the patriarch."

"No," Jia Amnesty broke his heart, bit his finger, and pressed it on the contract.

Jia She wrapped his mouth around his fingers after finishing the work, "My good brother, you are so kind to me. So, can you tell me now what the eunuch wanted from you?"

When he said the last sentence, Jia Amnesty's tears had quickly withdrawn, and he looked curious.

"The sage passed a word of mouth and appointed me an official." Yan Liang said coldly.

"Then it's a good thing. You have nothing to say, you are too modest. By the way, what official?" Jia She asked excitedly.

Yan Liang was silent for a while, before he forced his mouth to speak: "The co-leader of Taipu Temple Horse Factory."

"He's in charge!? He's still a military officer!?" Jia Amnesty was surprised twice.