Red Mansions: No Tears

? When Mother Jia and the others received the news that the Jia family could be brought back, it was almost noon. It stands to reason that the Jinyi Mansion prison is not too far from the Rongguo Mansion, and no matter how hard it is, it will not take two hours. be able to come back.

However, the people in the whole room had been looking forward to it for a long time, and they were looking forward to the sunset, but there was still no one. Wang Xifeng had heard that Jia Lian and the others were coming back, and thought it was expected, so she didn't go to Jia Mu's house in person. Feeling bored, I only asked Ping'er to wait for the news, because I hadn't heard the news after waiting for a long time, so I finally had to come here in person.

Jia's mother came late when she saw Wang Xifeng, because she looked even worse after waiting for Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu to return home. She felt that Wang Xifeng was more dissatisfied with Wang Xifeng than her eldest daughter-in-law, Xing. Not only is she clinging to the dowry, but she just doesn't help when the house is in trouble. These days, knowing that several men in the family are suffering in prison, she can still eat and sleep well. Now, why did poor brother Lian marry such a heartless daughter-in-law? !And that Wang family too!I don't know what was wrong with being caught, so that Jin Yi Mansion was also arrested and taken to the Yamen. When he comes back, he must be interrogated carefully.

Mother Jia thought that the reason why the officer who came to deliver the message did not mention that Mrs. Wang would be released together was probably because she and Jia Zheng were husband and wife. Since they all said that the men would come back, a female family member in the house is just a man's subordinate That's all, there is no need to mention it specially, so I didn't mention it additionally. How could she have thought that Rongguo's mansion would be raided, apart from being implicated by Ningguo's mansion, part of the reason was from Mrs. Wang.

As soon as Wang Xifeng greeted Jia Mu, there was a lot of noise outside, obviously the person who had gone to pick him up came back. Sure enough, after a while, Amber lifted the curtain happily, walked in quickly and said: "Old lady, the old man and the old lady Second Master Lian and the others are back! The Eldest Master said that they should go back to the yard first to wash up, and then come over to plead guilty to the old lady later."

"What do you say to plead guilty or not, as long as the person is safe, it is fine." When Jia Mu heard that the person picked it up, her mood suddenly became happy, but she did not hear the strangeness in Amber's words. .

Half an hour later, Jia Amnesty, Jia Lian, and Jia Huan came to Jia Mu's yard hand in hand, and soon let the maid who guarded the gate welcome them into the house. They knelt on the ground and saluted Jia Mu at the same time, and then waited for Jia Mu to call It's a pity that Jia's mother didn't even look at them at this time, her eyes just turned around behind them.

After a long time, Mother Jia shook her lips and asked tremblingly, "Why are you the only ones coming back? Where's the master? Where's Baoyu? Ah?! Didn't you say that all the men in our house were acquitted?! Why didn't they come back?!"

"Old lady, forgive me! The second brother... the second brother is still in prison. Listening to them, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back. As for Baoyu, Baoyu..." Although Jia Amnesty has always been confused, he is not really stupid. , After a round of prison, he woke up a little bit, restrained a little bit, and finally looked like a family member, but facing his mother's questioning, he was still a little apprehensive.

"Brother Lian, tell me! Where's Baoyu?!" Seeing that the elder son was hesitating, Jia's mother didn't have the patience to listen to his nonsense, so she turned her head and asked Jia Lian.

"Returning to the old lady, the grandson and the old man were supposed to come back around noon, but when they got halfway, Baoyu suddenly became crazy for no reason, clamoring to find, find..., and then ran away. It's gone, and we had to go back to the house to confess to the old lady because we were looking for Baoyu's whereabouts on the street, unfortunately, unfortunately, we couldn't find Baoyu no matter what, and we were worried about the old lady's concern." Jia Lian saw Jia Mother didn't ask whether the men had suffered in prison, but only remembered to ask Jia Baoyu why he didn't come back, and his heart couldn't help feeling sour, but because of filial piety, he still had to answer Jia's mother's question.

"You, what are you talking about?! Baoyu...how could my Baoyu disappear?! Baoyu!" Jia Mu heard that Jia Baoyu had disappeared inexplicably, and immediately stood up excitedly and roared.

Jia's mother got up suddenly, she had been sick from worrying for many days, and she felt a little dizzy for a moment, and she felt dark in front of her eyes, and then she heard the mandarin duck behind her screaming, and then she didn't know anything.

"Old lady!" Because Mrs. Xing and Li Wan were relatively close to Jia Mu, they both stepped forward immediately to catch Jia Mu's limp body.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian, father and son, glanced at each other, chuckled slightly mockingly, and then stood up on their own. Anyway, the room was in chaos again because of the old lady's fainting, so who cares about them standing Standing or kneeling?

Jia Amnesty turned his head to look at Jia Huan who also stood up with them, and said, "Go back and report to your aunt that you are safe. From now on, your family may depend on you."

"Nephew understands, nephew is going back first." Jia Huan bowed his head and cupped his hands and replied, but before turning around to go out, he couldn't help but look back at the inner room. At that time, he was busy with other people caring for the old lady who was moved to the bed by everyone because of fainting, and didn't even think about coming over to ask him if his real brother was okay.

Jia Huan only felt that the result was not unexpected at all. After a self-deprecating laugh, he turned his head and walked out without hesitation.

Seeing Jia Huan's appearance, Wang Xifeng felt pity in her heart. Others only said that Mr. Huan of Rongguo Duke's Mansion was a waste, but she knew that Jia Huan was not lacking in ability, but that he didn't dare to show it outside. If the uncle of the Lin family hadn't told his second master to take care of Jia Huan more if he had the opportunity, which made the second master pay more attention to this cousin in the next room, she might not have known that Jia Huan also had some skills.

"Master, Second Master, let's go back first. Sister-in-law Zhu is in charge of everything here. There shouldn't be any problems. If you don't eat well or sleep well these days, you might as well go back to rest and wait for the old lady Come back after waking up, the old lady will also know what to do about Baoyu." Wang Xifeng walked slowly to Jia Lian and said to them.

"That's right, master, do you want your son to send you back first?" Perhaps because they had experienced a period of suffering together, Jia Lian inexplicably respected and became closer to his own father at this time.

"No need, you young couple, go back. My bones are not too old to walk for a while, but...you heard the emperor's will before we came back. You should think about it carefully when you look back. How should I live my life?" Jia She looked at his wife who was hiding her head shyly, and couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, but it was not a good time to say something at this time, so he didn't say it very clearly.

"Son understands." Jia Lian nodded, expressing that he understood what his father meant, and then called Ping'er to help Wang Xifeng leave together.

Seeing his son leaving, Jia Amnesty turned his head and glared at Mrs. Xing: "What are you still standing there for?! Going back!"

"Hey!" Mrs. Xing looked at the inner room, then at her husband, and finally decided to leave with her husband, thinking that no matter how much she flatters the old lady, the old lady will look down on her, so it's better not to bother up.

On the other hand, after Jia Lian and his wife returned to the small courtyard, Wang Xifeng asked the mother-in-law to invite Qiao over, and soon she saw Qiao coming in to greet her parents with her little brother who was just over a month old, because Jia Lian was busy washing up as soon as she came back. Changed clothes, had a quick meal, and before I had time to see my children, when I saw sister Qiao and my younger brother coming over, I couldn't help asking them about their recent situation lovingly.

Sister Qiao is 13 years old this year, and she has already reached the age of the governor. Originally, Wang Xifeng also wanted to start planning to visit her in-law's family for her, but unfortunately, because of the sudden family robbery, Wang Xifeng had to take a break for a while. At this time, she looked at The daughter talked to her father articulately and with a clever smile about helping her take care of her younger brother these days, and she received several compliments from her father. The joy on her face was undisguised, but it made Wang Xifeng feel a little sad for no reason. In other words, Sister Qiao is still a lady of the official family and a daughter-in-law, how can she find a good husband's family, but now...

Wang Xifeng sighed helplessly, and when she came back to her senses, she saw that Jia Lian had finished talking with her daughter, so she told Qiao sister and brother to go back to rest, and then asked her father-in-law's intention of those words with concern: "Two Master, what did the master say just now? What did he want us to think about? You have all returned in good condition, is there anything else that can’t be done? "

"Did you forget that when the house was ransacked that day, the emperor and the master's title were taken away together? The insider who delivered the decree said that although the emperor spared our life, it is impossible to return the title. The mansion just returned some of the family property that was confiscated, so we are not qualified to live in the Rongguo mansion." Jia Lian patted his wife's hand and explained in a pleasant manner.

"But, but... don't you still have the first-rank order of the old lady? Why can't you live with this status?" Wang Xifeng still asked with some doubts.

"The inner minister has given us a little word of mouth in advance. I'm afraid there will be a decree tomorrow. Because the incident committed by the second uncle and the second aunt is serious, so even the old lady's imperial seal will be revoked." Jia Lian said emphatically. With a sigh, he replied.

"Madam's crime is...serious?" Wang Xifeng vaguely guessed that her aunt had done something good, but she didn't expect to be so involved.

"Hmph! Can it be serious?! Hiding stolen goods, exploiting usuriously, and taking lawsuits. The most terrifying thing is that she uses the name of the Rongguo Mansion. The emperor reprimanded the master for not even being a master, and he couldn't afford it." With such a heavy responsibility, I simply settle down as a commoner, and that’s why I didn’t return the title.” The more Jia Lian talked, the more he felt it was a pity, after all, if he was downgraded to a title in his generation, he would still have a third-rank title. Nothing left.

"It's so serious?! Sister Lin did tell me some similar things in the past, and I always thought she was trying to scare me." Wang Xifeng's heart jumped wildly. She thought that she had also been touched because she believed in her aunt. After hearing Lin Daiyu mention a few words intentionally or unintentionally, she always felt that something was wrong, so she gave up ruthlessly. Of course, she didn't regret it in the middle, but because she was no longer in charge of housework, she never did it again. Just touch that kind of thing.

"Fortunately, you listened to Sister Lin's words and didn't get involved in that kind of thing, otherwise I would be in trouble too! I also heard from the officials in Jinyi Mansion that because there are quite a lot of excuses found in the second aunt's house, they are afraid The IOUs were false, so I went to check them thoroughly, but I didn’t expect that the investigation would be even more serious. Some of them actually caused people’s lives. It was said that the borrowers couldn’t think about it because they couldn’t repay the money, so they committed suicide. I think the lives of those few people will all be counted on the head of the second aunt." Jia Lian admired his wife's intelligence and current affairs very much, he knew that his wife loves money, but it is only reasonable to get it in a proper way, like putting stamps on her. matter, where is the right way?

"Hey! Look at what you said, don't drag your words away, what the master means is that we should watch over the moving, right?" Wang Xiqiao said angrily with a reddish face.

"Yes! On the way back, the master told me that now we don't know how much Jinyi Mansion can return to us, and there is also the second room... No matter whether Baoyu disappeared halfway, he seems to be able to support the facade. We still have to rely on our eldest family, anyway, they don’t have many people, so let’s take care of it! He only asked us to think about whether we want to stay in the capital, or simply move the family back to Jinling like the Wang family. , there is still a sacrificial land in Jinling to make ends meet, no matter how hard life is, it will only take a few years, Brother Huan and I can do things...I will tell you something honestly, don't be angry..." Jia Lian said with a guilty conscience.

"What's the matter?" Wang Xifeng glanced at Jia Lian. She wasn't surprised that Jia Lian could hide something from her. After all, during the past year, she was pregnant and she didn't care about everything. As long as she didn't raise a woman outside, everything would be fine. .

"When I went to Suzhou before, I bought two or three shops and entrusted them to the Lin family's brother-in-law and their family to take care of them. The income over the past few years has been good. In fact... we really don't have to worry about the future. I have a lot of money." Jia Lian shrank his neck, and with a heartbroken heart, he honestly confessed the private money he had hidden for many years.

"You are really good at it!! How dare you hide your private money?! But... how dare you get on the line of brother-in-law Lin? That's how it is! I've always found it strange that sister Lin has always looked down upon the rest of our family. It's really not for no reason." Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that it was because Jia Lian entrusted his private property to the Jiang family and Lin Daiyu always treated her better than others. The good reasons of the Jia family are mixed up.

"Uh...probably...right? But that's not the point. The point is that the inner minister also conveyed the emperor's intention that we move out of the Rongguo mansion within a month, otherwise we might have to investigate further." Jia Lian scratched his head, I really want to say, in fact, he doesn't know if this is the reason.

When Wang Xifeng heard the words, she naturally stopped thinking about what was there and what was missing, and immediately discussed with Jia Lian the personnel arrangements in the mansion and the matter of finding a new residence. ?