[Red Mansion] Master is always taken away

Jinling City, surrounded by mountains and rivers, has beautiful scenery, yet majestic and majestic, and is even more outstanding. There are good people like Rong Guogong Jia She, if anyone speaks ill of Jia She on the street now, he will not say that he will be punished by others. Throwing stones and bleeding, and throwing rotten eggs and rotten vegetables on the body...

Jia Amnesty's reputation is good, and the reputation of the current immediate boss, His Highness the Crown Prince, is also good. Of course, the emperor is not left behind, but people's eyes are still discerning who is really doing things for them.

After the crown prince Tu Che was busy with disaster relief work, he asked where Duke Rong had gone, and the little eunuch hurriedly reported: "If you go back to Your Highness, the Duke has gone to Jia's Village thirty miles outside the city."

Hearing this, Tu Che raised his eyebrows, and asked the little eunuch to remind himself to report when Jia Amnesty came back.

In Jiajiazhuang, Jia Amnesty got out of the carriage, dressed like an outsider, and walked slowly on the country road with his hands behind his back, followed by a row of people carrying a lot of things.

He was busy giving porridge and doing good deeds. He has been in Jinling for so long, and he has not yet visited the ancestral graves and ancestral halls, let alone visited the clan elders. This time, most of the victims have been resettled. His Royal Highness is the main force. Only then did Xie have time to return to the headquarters of the Jia family in Jinling.

As the confidant of the Grand Master, Tong Qian follows the Grand Master to open the way and directs the people behind him. Although the people in Jia's old house have been tired and lazy, it is rare for the Grand Master to return to Jinling and dare not neglect him. Even the housekeeper of the old house He also dared not offend the master's personal servant easily.

However, in the family of the Jia family, the housekeeper is still familiar with it, and the copper coins can only be returned by one shot. The housekeeper here is surnamed Zhang.

Steward Zhang led the way and first took the Duke to the Jia family's ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall here is the real ancestral hall of the Rongning Second Mansion. As for the one in the capital, it was just moved there, and it is convenient for the Rongning Second Mansion to offer sacrifices during the festivals. The real root of the Jia family is still in Jinling City.

Jia Amnesty cleaned his hands, held incense and knelt down, met several clan elders, and then swept the cemetery.

The Jia family's ancestral tomb should be surrounded by the sacrificial fields purchased by Rongning Prefecture for the family. Not to mention two thousand hectares of land, there should be more than 1000 hectares of land. The Rongguo Mansion alone should have seven or eight hundred hectares of land, some of which were donated to the clan. The inner son Shu Xiu and subsidized widows and widows to use it, part of it was for the repair of the ancestral hall and other expenses such as sacrifices in the Jia family.

Walking along the edge of the field, Jia She looked very happy at the green wheat fields.

These are all the master's, and the ones over there should be from the Ningguo Mansion... Jia She gestured, and asked Zhang Steward and the others some questions. Zhang Steward's eyes flickered, but Jia She didn't pay attention when he walked to the front However, the eyes of the few people who followed in the old house of Jia's mansion were a little vacant, but Steward Zhang turned around and stared at them sternly, and they hurriedly lowered their heads and walked silently.

When Jia Amnesty went back, he planned to meet the elders of the clan. Let's have a heart-to-heart talk and ask what the clan lacked. After all this work was done and the prince's disaster relief inspections were over, it was time for him and the prince to go back. Whether to go to Lin Ruhai's place or take his niece back, Jia She has not seriously thought about it. Anyway, Jia's mother means that she does not want Daiyu to stay in Yangzhou, but Jia She is distressed.

The old lady has many grandsons and granddaughters to accompany her, but her sister-in-law Lin has only such a precious and only daughter, and Jia She shrugged when she abruptly picked up her niece.

Thinking of this, he couldn't bear it.

Master, he is kind-hearted and a caring life.

Jia Amnesty shook his head helplessly. Although he didn't have a good relationship with Lin Ruhai, he was always kind-hearted. The niece eats with one bite.

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"Kill you!"

"No father raised... little bastard..."

—— "Who do you call a bastard?!" An angry voice.

"It's you! My mother said, your mother is a widow and loves to steal men..."

"Yes, little bastard, born of a whore... Xiaoqi, I also found out that he was eavesdropping on Mr.'s lectures, bah! Are you still planning to take the number one exam? Haha..."

"He doesn't even have a book, and he can still take the No. [-] Scholar exam? He's dreaming of a shitty No. [-] Scholar!"

... The more you talk, the more outrageous you are, with a mouth full of swear words!

The group of children in front made noise, and Jia Amnesty was annoyed.He squinted his eyes and looked around, but there were three or four boys who were not only swearing at people, but also beating them with mud and stones from the ground.

"Whose family?"

The entire village is full of members of the Jia family, and those who come from a few houses away are also in-laws who are married to the Jia family. Therefore, the people Jia Amnesty sees here are all members of the Jia family, and the child should also be named Jia.

But - Jia She looked at several children, the oldest one was eleven or twelve years old, the youngest was five or six years old, the youngest one was the one who was beaten.Use the big to bully the small, rely on the strong to bully the weak!

outrageous--

"Hmph." Jia She felt disgusted in his heart, he still likes good children, he bullies people like this at a young age, he really needs to be disciplined.

Butler Zhang saw that the master was frowning, and his expression was not good looking at the group of children, and the more he looked at him, the more familiar he was with one of them. The kid who was following the Ninth Master's house in Zhuangzi was his own. grandson.

As for the one who was beaten, Steward Zhang knew that he was Jia Rui, the son of the village widow Liu.

When Jia She walked over, the children found them. The beating men saw the adults and Jia She was wearing silk and satin.

Jia Rui was lying on the ground, covering her head with her small hands.

Jia She asked the copper coins to help him up. Jia grinned, but he stood up, knelt down in front of Jia She, and kowtowed in salute.

"Get up. Which room are you from? How old are you?" Jia She asked.

"Responding to the old man, my nephew is Jia Huan from the eleventh house, and he is eight years old this year." Jia Huang replied, everyone in Jiajiazhuang knew that the old man of Rongguo Mansion had returned to his hometown, and everyone wanted to pay him a visit. , did not expect to meet here.

Although Jia Huan answered in a quiet voice, his voice was calm and his attitude was respectful and polite. Jia Amnesty liked it and asked him about his studies.

Jia Huang's expression was a little hesitant and a little bit embarrassed, he took a quick look at Jia She, then remained silent for a while, and replied in a low voice: "My little nephew hasn't started school yet."

Hearing this, Jia She frowned.

Jia Huang seemed to have noticed something, fearing that Jia She would not like it because he was young, he hurriedly explained: "Jia Ci taught me how to read, but in fact... I am better than them." The voice was a bit arrogant.

But he was young, so he didn't make people disgusted when he said it, but Jia She felt pity for him.

He glanced at Butler Zhang, "Is there a shortage of family studies? Isn't our Jia family at the age of six, can all children in the family go to school? If the family has no money, shouldn't the pen, ink, paper and inkstone be shared? "

Isn't this what Jitian does every year?

Butler Zhang couldn't answer, stammered and didn't explain anything, Jia Amnesty snorted coldly, and went to the clan's home where Jia's village was in charge.

The clan's hometown is the grandfather of the child who beat Jia Xun. Jia She knew that those children who were a few years older than Jia Xun were the great-grandchildren of the Jiuzu family. The gift of youth.

In Jiajiazhuang, although Jia Amnesty is not very senior, he is a direct branch of the Rongguo Mansion after all, and the glory of the Jia family comes from the Rongning Second Mansion, otherwise the Jia family in Jiajiazhuang would not be able to benefit so much In Jinling, no one dared to bully the people of their Jiajiazhuang. The children of Zhuangzi didn’t have to worry about Shuxiu since they were young. Almost every family has acres of land to cultivate. If life is good, there is no one who is doing too badly, except for the family of orphans and widows, that is, Jia Suan's family.

Jia Xun's father died early, and the eleventh house is just such a single seedling. Although her mother Liu is also a girl from a scholar's family, her natal family is not obvious, and her father is just an old boy. This side is even more snobbish, it's good if they don't encroach on their family's land, it's inevitable to live a bumpy life and always be ignored.

"...The ancestors are in a difficult situation. Although Shu Xiu doesn't need them to go out, their family can't afford books, and it's not easy to go to school." The Duke of the Nine Clans couldn't stand up in front of Jia She. After all, the other party was the Duke of the country. One is the owner of Jinling Jiajiazhuang, and the other still has to rely on the care of the Rongning Second Mansion.

These are all excuses, Jia She's face is not good, and he said coldly: "Why is it difficult for the clan? Isn't the prospect of offering sacrifices to the fields not enough? Although the big heads have been taken away, what is left is enough for the clan to order." .”

The face of Jiu Zugong twitched, enough is enough, but not enough. "The sacrificial fields in the clan have been sold a lot in recent years, and the school's Shuxiu and other expenses... Naturally, there is a lot less..." Jiuzu Gong argued that he just broke the money for the pen, ink, paper and inkstone , Don't other people's children also buy their own to go to school?Then Widow Liu's family...whose family is not difficult, is it special for her?

What's more, Widow Liu may not be able to keep it if she looks like that!

Jia Amnesty was puzzled when he heard this, but Steward Zhang's heart skipped a beat. Seeing the old man looking over, he hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at each other.

"When did the Jitian be sold?" Although Jia She felt that he was a fool, he also knew that the Jitian could not be moved.He frowned and asked, "Did you sell it at Ningguo Mansion? How many hectares did you sell?"

There are few talents in the Rongning Second Mansion, but they have never treated the other members of the Jia family badly, but the members of the family have not lived up to their expectations. Over the years, a single Jinshi has not been admitted, otherwise the second guy would not have met Jia Yucun. Even though he messed it up, otherwise his good second brother would have to recognize Jia Yucun's clan for the sake of everyone having the same surname.

Jia She was very upset with Jia Yucun, but fortunately, this person registered in front of the prince, and he couldn't turn over the evidence again, so it was considered a blow to the second child. Well, Lin Ruhai's vision of people is too bad.

The Jiuzugong's eyes widened for a moment, and he said puzzledly: "Isn't it... the second wife sent a housekeeper... to sell it? You two houses sold a full thousand hectares!" Now there are only a few hundred hectares left.

Jia She immediately looked at him.

The Lord of the Nine Clans felt bad in his heart, he felt that he seemed to have revealed some secret, but he couldn't allow him to hide it at this time, so he said that the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion ordered the housekeeper to sell it, and that Grandma You of the Ningguo Mansion also entrusted the second wife with full authority. The wife's people disposed of the sacrificial fields in their house, and almost sold them out.Now that the real calculations are made, there are only a few hundred hectares of land left in pieces.

Jia Amnesty turned pale with anger, good people are not bullied like this!

So outrageous!

unacceptable!

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Jia Amnesty really wanted to go back to the capital right now, and he even asked Tong Qian to be optimistic about Steward Zhang and the others. He didn't believe that those who stayed in the old house didn't know about this. They must be listening to the second family. The brothers and sisters are so cunning and courageous that they dare to sell the land for sacrifice in private!

Before leaving, Jia Amnesty saw Jia Huan standing outside the door. The boy was thin and thin, but his eyes were clear. He looked smart and courteous. He turned around and let the people in the clan lead him He went to Widow Liu's house.

Widow Liu is a beautiful woman, well-educated and reasonable, she looks very different from the ignorant village women here, no wonder she has raised a smart child, and no wonder there are some rumors.It's all because Widow Liu is not only outstanding, but also has a romantic charm in the corners of her eyes, which looks familiar. Jia She found that the eyes of Widow Liu and Jia Huang are quite similar to those of her own son.

As early as on the way, Jia Amnesty asked Jia Huang about his knowledge. Although he had never formally attended school, there was no problem with the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic". Yu didn't know much about the imperial examination, but Jia Huang went to the school to eavesdrop when he had nothing to do, and understood a lot of bits and pieces of the Four Books. The more Jia She took the exam, the more he liked the child.

Jia Cong is good-looking and has a smart head. He is a material for reading, unlike Lian'er, Jia Cong at home is not as smart as Lian'er, let alone.

Master Jia looked at the two women, although it is not suitable for widows to see guests, but after all, there are clan elders who come with them, all of them are old, and they are in the yard. The village does not pay attention to such strict rules, and widows have to go to the fields to farm. It's not about managing the family. The widows in the village are different from those in the big family.In addition, Jia She's status is noble, and no one dared to say anything, but when Jia She said that Widow Liu and Jia Suan would go back to Beijing with him, the Jia family was in an uproar!

"...It's just to take care of their orphans and widows, what do you think?" Jia She felt that he had a good heart, but he just felt that Jia Huan was a man who could be made, and he felt sorry for his background, so he showed kindness to cultivate a person What's the matter? !

Do they also object to this? !

The Lord of the Nine Clans was withdrawn by everyone to do sinful things: "My lord, you have taken a fancy to... her...?" It was difficult for him to say this.

Jia Amnesty followed his gaze and landed on Widow Liu, who bowed her head and silently embraced the child. This woman was naturally romantic... But his master had never seen such a stunning beauty, could he still be greedy? On a village widow? !

Why is it so hard to do good?

Jia Amnesty was a little angry, wishing he had to deal with this troublesome matter, but seeing the expectant look in Jia Huang's child's eyes, he didn't want to break his promise anymore.The master said he would take it away, and he was never afraid of gossip!

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——No matter how hard it is, children cannot suffer, no matter how poor, education cannot be poor...

After Jia She promised that he would redeem the sacrificial land in the future, continue to provide the pen, ink, paper and inkstone books in the family middle school, and promised that whoever was admitted to the scholar list, the Rongguo Mansion would not hesitate to cultivate talents, the members of the Jia family told Jia She to take away Widow Liu and Jia Huang has no objection...

On the way, Jia Huan and Jia She were sitting in the carriage together, followed by Widow Liu's ox cart, and they drove slowly.

Jia Huang looked up at Jia Amnesty, he was very grateful, but also a little excited.He knew that Jia She was the Duke of the country, as long as he studied hard in the future and was promoted by this patriarch, his future would not be bad, and his mother would be able to make it through, and she would not be insulted by others.

He endured it, and still asked: "Uncle, why did you... take us back to Beijing..."

Jia Amnesty knew what he was going to ask, looked at Jia Yu's handsome little face, he couldn't help touching it, and said with a smile: "Your uncle, I have a good heart, I don't want to see you, a good young man, being abused by others... As for your mother, you are so handsome. It's not her fault that you look good. In the future, if you succeed in your studies, you must be filial to her. "

Jia She felt that what he said was quite on point, and it was quite attractive.

Tears flickered as Jia Huang was moved, but he still had some doubts in his occasionally lowered eyes. His mother was good-looking. Ever since her father died, she was always molested by those lewd and dirty people, and she kept her duty and was also teased by her clansmen. Said, he has seen a lot of pious guys, the reputation of the grand master of the Rongguo Mansion in Beijing, the clansmen here have known it for the first few years, and it is a pity that the one who inherits the title is not a hard-working and motivated second master of politics.

Jia Yu thanked Jia Amnesty, but was very worried.Jia Amnesty didn't know anything about these things.

On the way, when he encountered some thin-skinned refugees, especially children, women and elderly people, Jia Amnesty would specially order the servants to fetch some rice cakes for them and show them where to get the porridge. He kowtowed vigorously, shouting "a good man", "a good man is rewarded", "the old man lives a long life", Yunyun's...

Looking at these, Jia Huan saw that Jia Amnesty's actions and expressions were not fake, and his guard immediately relaxed.

Sure enough, people say it is awesome!

I really didn't expect that the Eldest Master of Rongguo Mansion is such a kind-hearted person—but the people in the clan are so rumored about the Eldest Uncle, but praise the Second Elder.

Jia Huang frowned his delicate eyebrows, naturally feeling disgusted with Jia Zheng, who had never met him before.

When Jia She and his group returned to Jinling, the prince Tu Che was waiting for Jia She to come, but when the little eunuch learned his tongue, saying that the old man had brought a beautiful widow and a oil bottle into the mansion, he paused, thinking In order to let the little eunuch pass, he warned Rong Guogong that it was more important to go on business, and not to spread any bad rumors, which would disappoint the trust of the emperor and him.

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