The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

The Zhen family was completely ruined. Jia Amnesty and Lin Ruhai sat in the restaurant, looking at the Zhen family downstairs who were being escorted all the way to the capital, a gleam of joy flashed in Lin Ruhai's eyes.

The Zhen family can no longer see their original appearance at this moment. In Lin Ruhai's memory, even if the Zhen family is a domestic slave, everyone in the Zhen family looks arrogant, but at this moment, a group of people, one A dejected, disheartened look.

When the Zhen family failed to win, a group of people were still crying, some were crying for injustice, and some were calling for the empress, the prince, but, from Jinling to the capital, it took them more than a month. I can't even shout.

Because the Zhen family was involved in too many matters, it was naturally impossible to stay in Jinling for interrogation. Therefore, after the Zhen family was taken down, they directly loaded a few boats and headed all the way to the capital.The Zhen family has a large population, and there are quite a few people involved in the case. Even ordinary members of the Zhen family often commit crimes.

Before, the servant of the Ministry of Justice went to the Zhen family and directly announced all the crimes of the Zhen family. After taking down the Zhen family, he stayed in Jinling to search the Zhen family. Every day, the bitter master came to sue the Zhen family. This said that the Zhen family took over the lawsuit. The one who said that the Zhen family released loan sharks forced their family to die, and some said that the slaves of the Zhen family robbed their daughter, saying that they wanted their daughter to be a concubine for the master, but within a few days, their daughter died Yes, some also said that their family originally had [-] acres of fertile land, but the Zhen family took ten taels of silver and forced them to buy their own land. When their father refused to obey, they were directly beaten by those powerful slaves. As a result, they died that night. went……

In short, the various crimes of the Zhen family are almost too numerous to list. Many of them were actually committed by the servants of the Zhen family in the name of the Zhen family, but the crimes still have to be attributed to the Zhen family.

There are also purely false accusations. Some local hooligans simply want to harm the Zhen family, and then fabricate a few things casually, or simply make a fuss and call for grievances there.

The presiding officials didn't have time to screen them out, not to mention that the Zhen family is obviously completely ruined. The wall fell and everyone pushed it. The party, classmates, students, and nephews can have a good future.

Therefore, in the end, in addition to some members of the main branch of the Zhen family, there are many side branches of the Zhen family, even some members of the Zhen family's ancestral house who have been far away from each other, no matter what illegal things they did, Or is it simply being falsely accused, as long as someone comes to sue, and if there is a sufferer, they will be ordered to take it down immediately.

This is especially true for the slaves of the Zhen family. Even if they didn't commit any crimes, they would sell them later to increase the income of the household department and give some money to those who passed on.

Some ordinary servants who didn't matter, had nothing to do with the master's activities, and sold them directly in Jinling to save trouble.However, the confidantes of the masters of the Zhen family, and those who were in charge outside were all taken down one by one. After all, they could still dig a lot out of their mouths.

In addition, the families of these noble slaves are actually very rich, and some of them pretended to be good citizens in private, lived in big houses, bought an unknown amount of land, and called themselves masters and wives in their own homes, calling slaves. The maidservants, each one of them, live a more nourishing life than some unfavored masters.

Naturally, these powerful slaves should never again think about being majestic. The slaves have no private property in the first place. What's more, the things confiscated from their family properties, including some royal gifts, must have been stolen from the master's house.Although the officials and subordinates who have said that they have made a lot of money, these things cannot be ignored. Even, these are also the crimes of the Zhen family. If it is pursued, it is a crime of disrespect.

Therefore, the officials in charge of this matter were delayed in Jinling for less than half a month, and the prison in Jinling could hardly hold the Zhen family's people, so they had to detain the women's family members separately.

Of course, although you don’t need to go by yourself by boat, these days are not very comfortable. In the past, even though the female relatives stayed in the cabins when they took boats, the cabins they lived in were extremely comfortable and luxurious, just like a It's like an exquisite small house, just like this, but I still hate being cramped and uncomfortable!Now, there are a lot of people crowded in the cabin, and it's still the kind of cargo hold, the inside is not ventilated at all, and it's extremely dark. The people who guard them don't have any sympathy, after all, they are female relatives, guarding them There are also some female prison guards. Although there are not many such occupations, there are still some. In order to guard them, all the female prison guards from prefectures and counties near Jinling were directly transferred out.

These people were born in the family of subordinate officials, and because of various wishes, they became prison guards. In this kind of place, how many of these people can have a normal mind.To those nobles, they were considered nasty and rude when they saw them, and they were not as decent as their own third-class rough envoys, but now, these prison guards have controlled a part of their fate.They were extremely rude and impatient. They ridiculed these original ladies and ladies, and when they got angry, they even directly laid hands on them.

Therefore, during the period of being imprisoned in the cabin, these ladies who were spoiled and pampered, who would dislike the quality of tea when eating gold and swallowing jade, all of a sudden became depressed, and each of them was like a frightened quail. generally.

At this moment, on the street, the chief criminals of the Zhen family were wearing shackles and staggered forward under the urging of the guards, while the accomplices and some young men and women were tied with ropes. A long string, one by one unkempt, staggered forward, if one accidentally fell down, it might be possible to bring a piece back, so that the guards and prison guards who guarded them saw them, and they waved their whips viciously, They scolded endlessly, and some even stepped forward and kicked them, cursing endlessly.

Jia Amnesty looked at the children below who didn't even look ten years old, shook his head and sighed, "Why is this so? What's wrong with these children?"

However, Lin Ruhai sneered: "Brother, what you said is wrong. They were born in the Zhen family and enjoyed fine clothes and fine food. What they enjoy is the flesh and blood of the common people. Their ignorance is true, but they are by no means innocent!" Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai's Qingjun face unexpectedly showed a hint of cruelty, he gritted his teeth and said: "If they are innocent, my child will be gone before landing, wouldn't it be even more innocent!"

Jia Amnesty couldn't help feeling sad when he heard this, and he sighed softly: "My condolences to Ruhai, I made a mistake!" If Lin Ruhai had a house full of descendants, he would never be so concerned about a stillborn child. The problem is, The Lin family has been passed down for five generations. Originally, it was his generation. Because he married Jia Min, who was born in a general family and was in good health, and also had an uncle who was good at medicine, he should have several children. As a result, as a result, his own The youngest son, who had already formed, disappeared immediately. This made Lin Ruhai reconciled, and how he didn't hate the Zhen family.

Don't think that scholars are so bright and broad-minded. In fact, those who can be broad-minded, some do not violate their bottom line, and some are generous to others. Anyway, there is no loss to them.It would be fine if the Zhen family just attacked Lin Ruhai by themselves, but the so-called misfortune is not as good as his wife and children, even in face, they should do it. In the end, those people directly wanted to wipe out the Lin family. This is like picking up Lin Ruhai's ancestral grave Still serious.The ancestral graves can be rebuilt after being scraped, and the children and grandchildren are cut off. Lin Ruhai is so old that he can't give birth even if he wants to. 1

Now that the Zhen family has broken this rule, Lin Ruhai, who has always been open-minded and open-minded outside, will inevitably become cautious. If his son is born, he will now be a small ball of powder and jade, not to mention how cute he will be. He will be as considerate and sensible as his eldest son, and maybe he will be as smart and exquisite as his own daughter Daiyu, but he will be gone before he has time to see the world.Lin Ruhai felt blocked when he saw such a large group of children in the Zhen family.

Seeing Lin Ruhai like this, Jia Amnesty sighed in his heart. He poured a cup of tea for Lin Ruhai and said softly, "Don't remonstrate with the past. You still have a long life in the future. How can you waste your future on people like the Zhen family?" Your family, Lin Jin and Daiyu, are all first-class good children. Now that the Zhen family has collapsed, although it may not necessarily bring disaster to the Nine Clans, but their family has completely fallen into it. You should think so Let it go!"

After Lin Ruhai entered Beijing, Jia She was shocked when he saw him, and he hadn't seen him for a few years. Lin Ruhai was originally several years younger than Jia She, but now it seems that he is a few years older than Jia She. It can be seen that Lin Ruhai is now Shape.Although he has a good foundation, even though there are wrinkles on his face and white hair on his head, he still looks quite handsome, and even has a sense of vicissitudes of life, but his foundation has been seriously injured.

Jia She gave Lin Ruhai a pulse. On the one hand, Lin Ruhai has worked hard all these years, and sometimes he can't sleep at night; His body suffered a lot, but he still had things in his mind that he couldn't let go of. Therefore, even if he wanted to nourish himself, it was of little use to him.Jia Amnesty didn't want Lin Ruhai to leave Jia Min and his mother and son alone. At that time, Lin Jin would have to repeat Lin Ruhai's hard life back then.

A smile appeared on Lin Ruhai's face: "Brother is right, the Zhen family has now received its retribution, and my little brother has let go of his heart now, so naturally he won't worry about these irrelevant people in the future!"

Jia Amnesty nodded, "It's good that you understand. Speaking of which, you're going to take office in two days. What's your plan next!"

Lin Ruhai smiled: "What plans can I have, the Holy Lord Long En, promoted me to be the censor of Zuodu, then, of course, I will do my duty!"

Lin Ruhai pronounced the word "duty" very hard, Jia She understood immediately, a smile appeared on his face, then changed the subject, and asked with a smile: "I heard that Ruhai, you have been in Beijing for so long, have you been there?" Rongfu once?"

Naturally, Lin Ruhai didn't think that Jia She was asking for a crime. Jia She was always eager to see the Rong Mansion's jokes, so he said now: "Well, it's Min'er's mother after all, so it's not good if you don't go to see it! But look at the body of the mother-in-law. Healthy, full of spirit, and quite quick in mind, then I, the son-in-law, can rest assured! It's just that my mother-in-law thinks that my son-in-law is an eyesore, and it's my filial piety that I rarely hang out with her!"

Lin Ruhai said it lightly, but Jia She could hear the sarcasm in it, he chuckled, lowered his voice, and said, "Okay, Ruhai, we can see their joke soon!"

Lin Ruhai thought about it, and immediately understood what Jia She meant. He also lowered his voice, leaned over and said, "Brother, what do you mean, about our nephew's marriage?"

Jia Amnesty nodded and said, "Although I think Jia Cunzhou is an eyesore, to be honest, Jia Zhuna is really a good boy, it's just a pity!"

Lin Ruhai didn't have much impression of Jia Zhu. After all, after Jia Min got married, dealing with her natal family seemed to be a task that had to be done.Jia Zheng went to Jinling to observe his filial piety, and the incident caused Jia Min to be ashamed, so he didn't have a good impression of Jia Zheng and his family.Even if the servants of the New Year's ceremony every year said a few words about the family's affairs, Jia Zhu could read and so on, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai couldn't help muttering in their hearts, isn't it just another Jia Zheng!

Rong Mansion these years, it stands to reason that they should keep their heads down and live honestly, wait until the limelight passes, and then get up quietly, except for those old people back then, they can't remember the original absurd things, so there is no problem, but Rong Mansion They can always make some noise suddenly after others have almost forgotten about their family affairs.Just like when Yuanchun had to be sent to the palace back then, just like now, when she didn't know the direction of the wind and saw the popularity of the Zhen family, she hurriedly wanted to marry the daughter of the Zhen family. The family has been reduced to such a field.

With Shi's temperament, the girl from Zhen's family who was engaged to Jia Zhu would die right now, but she is alive and well.

The court law clearly stipulates that a married woman is worse than a disaster. Even if she is already engaged, the girl from the Zhen family can already be regarded as the Jia family. benevolence and righteousness.

However, both the Shi family and Jia Zheng are the kind of people who have become female cousins ​​and want to set up a memorial archway. They will never just admit it like this. My family bears the name of treachery, I'm afraid that I will do something in it and ruin this marriage.The best thing is to let the girl from Zhen's family die in prison directly, and then Jia Zhu will guard her fiancée for another year before talking about marriage.

Now Lin Ruhai had a chat with Jia She, and when Jia She mentioned Jia Jing's original plan, Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up immediately.

To be honest, Lin Ruhai really doesn't have much respect for Shi Shi. If Shi Shi hadn't been imprisoned in the ancestral hall when he got married, and Jia Min hadn't been raised by Shi Shi, no matter how much Lin Ruhai envy Jia Daishan's connections, he wouldn't He promised to marry Jia Min. After all, Shi's reputation spread in a small circle. It was a stink. Lin Ruhai didn't want his family to have such a short-sighted person who couldn't tell right from wrong. Horizontal mistress.

As a result, when my father-in-law was about to die, he got confused again and brought Shi back to life again. If Jia Min hadn't married into the Lin family, he would have been a good wife and mother, and she was in harmony with Lin Ruhai, very harmonious, and Having given birth to a son for Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai is afraid that she will have some grudges towards Jia Min.After all, Shi is a non-stop person. The most troublesome thing is that she often thinks highly of herself, thinking that she is still the high-ranking lady of the country, ignoring her bad reputation back then, and pretending that you should It is your honor to give me all I want.

This made Lin Ruhai feel very tired, but Jia Min is the daughter of the Shi family, and this kind of thing can't be changed.Jia Min is not Jia She, Jia She took advantage of it at the time, he was a father who didn't love his mother and didn't love him at that time, so he adopted himself out directly.But Jia Min did not have such a good thing. She is still the daughter of the Shi family. The son does not speak of his father's faults, and the same is true when he is called a mother and daughter. Listen, but doing it or not is another matter.

Before Lin Ruhai came to Beijing, Jia Min had a very unpleasant quarrel with his mother and brother. Shi felt that Jia Min didn't know how to flatter her and was not filial to her mother. No respect at all.Anyway, they are all old birds who fell on pigs, and they can only see other people's blacks, but they can't see their own black masters. In this regard, it is no wonder that Shi's love for Jia Zheng is the most for a long time. Even now, Shi The family is also the most protective of Jia Zheng's interests.

But Jia Min already has another family, and what she has in her heart is naturally her own family. What's more, Shi Shi and Jia Zheng have already broken Jia Min's heart. Paying, the words seemed to be that her husband was dead, and Jia Min took a deep breath.

After Lin Ruhai entered Beijing, after listening to Shi Shi's words, she no longer had any expectations for Shi Shi.Jia Zheng also wanted to put on some brother-in-law airs with Lin Ruhai, but Lin Ruhai ignored him, and Jia Zheng also said how about Jia Zhu, saying that Lin Ruhai was giving advice, but Lin Ruhai just perfunctory, I have that time, I might as well Teach your own son!Therefore, I just met Jia Zhu casually and gave a symbolic gift, and then there was no intersection. The impression of Jia Zhu is that Jia Zhu seems to be a young man with a gloomy personality.

Jia Amnesty didn't say much about Jia Zhu either, he was not Jia Jing, Jia Jing had a strong sense of responsibility to the Jia clan, and he also had a sense of supporting and admiring Jia Zhu.After all, Jia Amnesty bears the imprint of his first life, and he doesn't have much idea about the clan. He lived in Wanhua Valley in his second life, and he has feelings for the sect of Wanhua Valley. Clans are different.Therefore, Jia Amnesty didn't have the idea of ​​being both prosperous and harming with the clansmen at all. Regarding the Rongfu, he would not intentionally harm them, nor would he have any support for them.

Jia Jing's idea is very simple. Back then, the two houses of Ningrong and Rong actually came from the same source. The original Ningrong and Gonggong were brothers of the same mother and compatriots, and the broken bones are still connected!The Rong family is not lucky, except for the unworthy descendants like Jia Zheng, but Jia Zhu is still good, smart, hardworking, and especially a sensible person.Therefore, Jia Jing valued Jia Zhu very much. Sometimes, it even made people feel that Jia Jing valued Jia Zhu more than Jia Zhen.

Of course, Jia Zhen's aptitude is indeed limited. Jia Zhen's aptitude is far worse than that of her own father when it comes to reading. It was Zengsheng directly, and later took part in two provincial examinations, both of which failed in Sun Shan.

However, Jia Zhen is quite good at dealing with foreign affairs and other things. She knows how to deal with the world, and she has a degree of advance and retreat. Jia Jing has even handed over some family affairs to Jia Zhen, and Jia Zhen has lived up to his expectations. , They did a very good job, which is remarkable.

Jia Zhen is not very good at reading, and Jia Jing has already made up his mind. If Jia Zhen can't pass the exam again, Jia Jing is thinking about it, and then let Jia Zhen take a miscellaneous exam, to take a test of calculation, and to be a pen Post style or something, although this is not a serious imperial examination background, it will definitely be difficult to get promoted in the future, but Jia Zhen still has some advantages after all, and it is easy to make some achievements in the future. Just like Chen, she received the grace of being a Jinshi, but even if she had the grace of being a scholar, Jia Zhen's future path would be easy!

Fortunately, his son was not good at studying, but his grandson Jia Rong was smart, and his nephew Jia Qiang was also quite smart, so Jia Jing was not worried about the future of the Ning Mansion.

However, Jia Jing is very worried about the future of Rongfu. If there is no one in Rongfu who can support the family, Jia Jing feels that he has no choice but to clean up the mess of Rongfu for the rest of his life. Therefore, he aimed at Jia Zhu. Jia Zhu is extremely concerned, hoping to support Jia Zhu in the shortest possible time.

Jia Jing did his best for Jia Zhu. He even thought about being a matchmaker for Jia Zhu and marrying Jia Zhu a capable wife. , but now he is the best among the Jinshi of his year, so the relationship with him in those same years has gradually become closer.Jia Jing once wanted to find himself a fellow who is now a doctorate in the Imperial College, and ask him to betroth his daughter to Jia Zhu.After all, that Mr. Jia Zhu, who is also considered Jia Zhu, knows Jia Zhu a little bit, so he won't make false speeches to Jia Zhu because of some prejudice.

As a result, after Jia Jing made careful preparations, the Shi family and Jia Zheng had already talked to the Zhen family and married their sons and daughters.Jia Jing was so angry that he threw the post he wrote himself into the brazier and burned it. He turned around and thought of an idea. Here, he directly regarded Shi Shi and Jia Zheng as villains, and he directly called Jia Zhu.