The Marginal People of Jia's Family in the Red Chamber

The closer the filial piety was, the more nervous Jia She was. The impulsive and blurted words at the beginning not only cast a shadow of restlessness on the Rongguo Mansion, but also put Jia She in a dilemma.

Until the southwestern border is unstable.

Although Jia She's family is keeping their filial piety, the outside news will not be cut off. Wan's own considerations are also quietly changing Jia She.

Maybe in one or two crucial steps in life, the steps taken are different, and the life path after that will be completely different.If Jia She's wife died, his beloved died, and his grandmother died, there was only one mother who could comfort his soul, and he might be drowned in the prosperity of Rongguo Mansion; if Jia She had no impulse to say those words and tear up the relationship between mother and child, He might plead guilty and cede his own interests to get his mother's forgiveness. If everything is...

Now Jia Amnesty is very clear that he has no way out, behind him is his beloved and young daughter, no matter what, he must support them.

Love is weakness as well as armor.

Self-control is not as strong as Jia Amnesty. During the period of filial piety, he never let go of the book, never let go of his fist, constantly enriches himself, and communicates frequently with the contacts left by his grandmother.Now all the powerful contacts in the Rongguo Mansion are in the hands of Jia Daishan, and Jia Shen inherits the contacts left to him by the old lady.

At the fork in the road chosen by Jia Amnesty, a major event came out from the court.

The southwestern border is unstable.

Since the founding of our dynasty, there have only been two generations of emperors. Today, he is also an emperor on horseback. He followed Taizu to found the country and ruled the country personally. Now the imperial court is on the rise and full of vigor.It's just that our dynasty's campaign is still in the campaign mode of the past dynasties, and the south is unified from the north.At that time, the north had already been unified, and after the south captured several key places, others also surrendered. Therefore, the imperial court did not have much control over the south.

There are many mountains and hills in the southwest region, many barbarian peoples, the folk customs are tough, the climate is humid, the natural conditions are not good, and there is no time and harmony. If the northern army is sent to encircle and suppress at this time, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.But His Majesty couldn't bear it, and was trying to find a way to kill the rebels to deter the Southwest.

The crux of the matter is, who will go?

Just a small official, for the sake of fame, he dared to go, but the emperor didn't dare to send him. Such a person with no background would die casually, which is a waste of resources.But for those who are capable and have a family background, who is willing to dip into this muddy water?In recent days, His Majesty the Emperor has been devastated by this matter.

Jia Amnesty also heard the news, but he still couldn't make up his mind whether he should go or not.Therefore, Jia She took this matter out to discuss with Wan Shi, and they grew up together. Jia She knew and admired Wan Shi's ability.

"Enhou, we can't make up our minds about such a major event for a while, why don't we list the reasons, benefits, and risks of going or not, and compare them, and seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, what do you think?" He won't make decisions for Jia She, but just came up with an idea for him to analyze carefully, no matter how good or bad the situation will be in the future, it won't break the relationship between husband and wife.

"That's what you said." Jia Amnesty immediately spread out a large white paper on the desk and began to write. The husband and wife also discussed while writing, and finally summed up the results.

Go: To please His Majesty, you have your own military merits, and you don't need to be degraded to inherit the title in the future, let alone be suppressed by Jia Shishi in the capital.Don't go: Life in Beijing is comfortable, there is no risk of death, it is just a momentary grievance, but the rules are there, even if they don't go, they are not helpless, after all, big things can be done.

In his heart, Jia Amnesty still prefers not to go. He doesn't want to be like enemies with his parents. Beijing has everything he is familiar with. Not everyone has the courage to go to strange places and pursue an unknown place. s future.

Naturally, Wan understood what Jia She meant, and did not persuade her, but silently listed these objective conditions, and let Jia She make his own decision.

On this day, Jia Amnesty took Jia Lian and Jia Yingchun to the hills for an outing. Jia Yingchun also dressed up as a little boy.

The two children had a great time picking wild flowers and catching butterflies on the hill. Jia She laughed and joked: "It's so noisy, you should both be sent to the academy."

"Daddy, shall I go too?" Jia Yingchun dropped the wild flowers in her hand, ran over and climbed up Jia She's leg.

Jia She picked her up and said, "You're a girl, of course you can't go, you stay at home with Daddy."

"Daddy is biased, why only let the second brother go, and I can't." Jia Yingchun complained with her mouth pouted.

"Silly girl, it's not easy to go to the college. Once you go to the college, you won't be able to see your parents."

"Father is lying, the academy will be on vacation." Jia Yingchun is not so easy to fool.

"Hehe..." Jia She, who failed to deceive his daughter and was exposed on the spot, smiled awkwardly: "Then you don't want your parents? You can only go home at night when you go to college."

"Why do you think about it? Didn't daddy say that I can come back at night? I go to school during the day and stay with my parents at night, so there will be no delay. Besides, it's interesting to meet a lot of people when I go to college." Jia Yingchun said cutely.

"You, you are still young and don't understand. I have to ask your second brother." Jia She had a vague idea in his mind, and the thought flashed by, but he didn't take it to heart. Jia Lian, who is competing, comes over.

The entourage carefully carried Jia Lian down from the tree, tears streaming down his face, who knows how to climb a tree!The little master was on the tree, and he was standing on the ground with all his heart in his arms, for fear that something bad would happen if he fell, and he couldn't get away with it.He finally heard Jia Amnesty's greeting, and quickly hugged Jia Lian down with tears of gratitude.

Jia Lian, who was sweating profusely, ran over and handed the fruit picked from the tree to Jia Amnesty and Jia Yingchun, saying, "Father, sister, it's so sweet to eat the fruit."

"Lian'er, Daddy asks you, would you like to go to the academy to study?" Jia She accepted the fruit, smiled kindly at Jia Lian, and was beating the manuscript in his heart. If Lian'er acted like a baby and said that he couldn't bear his parents, how should he speak righteously and sincerely? teach him.

"Father, are you going to send me to the academy? That's great! I'm finally going to the academy! I have to go back right away and ask my mother to help me pack my things. Dad, when will I go? Let's go home first, go back first Pack your things." Jia Lian cried out in joy, talked like a cannonball, and took Jia Amnesty's hand to go back.

The script is not like this!Jia Amnesty's heart was bleeding, he couldn't believe that Jia Lian wanted to enter the academy so impatiently, and hurriedly asked: "Lian'er, do you really want to enter the academy? Don't you want your father to continue teaching you? And my sister is with you. "

"Father, you are my father. When will I not be able to accept your teaching!" Jia Lian found that Jijiu seemed to be too excited, and quickly said coquettishly: "But the academy is different. It is full of classmates I don't know. For those of you who know each other, if you miss this time, maybe all your classmates and teachers have changed, but you won’t have such a good opportunity.”

Jia Amnesty frowned and said, "How do you know that the current class of teachers and classmates are all good?"

"Ah? If it wasn't good, why would Dad send me to the academy at this time?" Jia Lian asked rhetorically.

Jia Shen was at a loss for words, he couldn't say that he was just interested in it for a while.He could only say, "Father doesn't know if those people are good or not."

"It doesn't matter if it's not good. It's wonderful to be unknown, and it's a chance to have a chance. Isn't that what Dad said?" Jia Yingchun said in Jia She's ear, she was hugged high and lay beside Jia She's ear Said.

When Jia She heard these words, he was struck by lightning. He looked at the pair of children in a daze, and asked unconsciously, "Did Daddy say that?"

"That's enough, didn't Daddy say that it doesn't matter if you don't know how many wild fruits there are in the mountains, as long as you look hard, you can always find the sweetest and most delicious ones? Just like this." Jia Yingchun said while holding the wild fruits that Jia Lian gave her just now. .

"Yes, as long as you work hard, you can always find the best one." Jia She repeated, and then asked, "Lian'er, aren't you afraid of falling when you pick the fruit?"

Jia Lian rubbed the back of her head and said, "Father, I know the boy is guarding under the tree and won't let me fall."

"What if the boy is not around someday?"

"I just need to be more careful. I know how to climb trees and I won't fall off." Jia Lian replied with a smirk. She thought she was really discussing safety issues, and she repeatedly assured her that she was skilled, so she was afraid of being banned from climbing trees.

Jia Amnesty didn't say anything, but told them to pack up and go back first.

Both Jia Lian and Jia Yingchun were obedient and good children, and they didn't ask to play for a while, so they followed them back obediently.

Three years later, the period of filial piety came. Jia Daishan was in charge of the defense of the capital, and his majesty had long since taken him back.

Jia Amnesty kept his filial piety in the family temple. In the past three years, only during the Chinese New Year, he would come back to worship the ancestors together.The New Year's Eve dinner was full of meat, so they didn't eat together. After worshiping the ancestors, they went back after seeing each other.Jia Lian followed him every year. Jia She said that Jia Lian was young and not used to it, and had never rested in Rongguo Mansion.

Today, when he was going out of filial piety, he specially wrote a letter to Jia Daishan, and returned to Rongguo Mansion while Jia Daishan was resting and taking a bath.Of course, it was just taking things lightly and simply, Jia Amnesty now had a vague plan in mind, so naturally there were temptations in his actions.

Jia Daishan, Jia Shishi, Jia Zheng and his wife, Jia Zhu, and Jia Yuanchun were all waiting in the main hall for the return of Jia Daishan's family. Jia Amnesty entered through Yimen, and the family of four changed into carriages and sedan chairs and walked for a while before arriving at Rongxi. The hall is dignified.

Jia Amnesty and his family knelt down on the futon and bowed their heads together, saying: "I am really ashamed that my child has not performed filial piety at the knees of his parents for three years."

"Get up, you are filial piety to the old lady on behalf of the whole family." Jia Daishan called out with a smile.

"Thank you, father." Jia She stood up, and the others followed suit. On such a proper meeting occasion, it was unavoidable to say a few words. After exchanging pleasantries with Erfang's family, Jia She said: "My son's filial piety this time, It is time to inform relatives and friends, my son plans to invite a few close friends to our house as guests, I wonder if my father thinks it is appropriate."

"Oh, who do you want?"

"The eldest sons of Duke Qi, Duke Zhi, and Duke Xiu, the eldest son of Mr. Wei, the minister of the Ministry of War, the eldest son of Mr. Liu, the servant of the household department, Mr. Xiao'an of Yushitai, etc., will draw up a list later and send it to my father for review. " Jia She said.

"Well, that's fine. Ma'am, since the boss wants to have a banquet, you can help with it." Jia Daishan agreed, and turned to Jia Shishi.

"Naturally, I'm going to take my boss along with me when the time comes." Jia Shishi replied with a smile.

The family talked affectionately for a long time, and the servants came to report that it was time to eat.

The whole family moved to the dining room, and during the meal, there were no seats for Wan Shi and Wang Shi, and they all stood behind Jia Shishi to serve her.In the past, when the old lady was around, there were no such rules. Not only the old lady would not let Jia Shishi serve her like this, but Jia Shishi would not show off like this.

When Wan Shi first entered the dining room, just as she was about to sit down, Wang Shi pulled her and whispered something, and stood behind Jia Shishi together.

Jia Daishan greeted everyone to start eating as if he hadn't seen it.After eating a few chopsticks, Jia Amnesty saw that he had no intention of letting Wan Shi sit down, so he put down his chopsticks, looked at it with a frown, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it.

Everyone at the table saw his behavior, Jia Daishan also frowned and said: "What's wrong?"

"The food is getting cold, Wan and his siblings should also sit down and eat," Jia She said calmly.

"Yo, She'er, I feel sorry for my daughter-in-law~" Jia Shi smiled and said, "It's all due to the daughter-in-law's filial piety. I also said that there is no need to wait on them. If they insist on showing their filial piety, I can't stop them. Okay, Well, today is a rare family reunion, let's all sit down and eat, and I have maids to serve me."

Mrs. Wang hesitated while holding the tray, while Mrs. Wan saluted in a hurry, and said, "Mrs. Xie."

Although Jia Yingchun was young, she also sat on a high chair to attend. Seeing Wang's hesitation, she said crisply: "Second Aunt, you can give the things to Hu Po. Didn't the old lady say that the maids will take care of you?" At a young age, Jia Yingchun was very well-mannered, and she would never address a maidservant as her sister. Amber, who was named, also came out to salute, silently finding out what was in Mrs. Wang's hand, and Mrs. Wang followed hesitantly. Salute to do the position.

"Madam said yes, but there are no maids to serve her. Madam is compassionate and benevolent, and the maids are proud to serve her." Wan Shi said, there were more exaggerated and crowded words, but he was just thinking about the first day of today. Let's meet, but don't make too much noise.

"Okay, okay, eat well." Jia Daishan greeted impatiently. In his eyes, it doesn't make any difference whether the meal is served by his daughter-in-law or by a maid. Anyway, his daughter-in-law doesn't know how to bring food for him.Their family seldom gathers to eat. Jia Daishan is usually on duty and eats by himself.

After such a small episode, the previous warm atmosphere in the main hall dissipated, everyone finished their meal in silence, and the servants brought tea.

Jia Amnesty took the lid of the teacup, put aside the tea powder in a pretend manner, and said, "Father, my son is back now, I don't know what to do with it."

Jia Daishan didn't care about where his son lived at all. He turned to look at Jia Shishi. Jia Shishi said with a smile: "I know you are going to be a filial piety. The east courtyard has been cleaned up. All the things are new. You have also worked hard all day, go and rest first."

"Yes, I haven't been back for three years, and the mansion has undergone great changes. Tomorrow, I will also go around the mansion, just to see the new garden."

"What garden?" Jia Daishan frowned.

"Didn't my wife say that I would push my original yard to build a garden? Now that I've moved to the outer yard, it's natural to build a garden." Looking at the suddenly ugly faces of Jia Daishan and Jia Shishi, he added slowly: "Hey, look at me, father, don't be angry. Rongguo Mansion is in the period of grandma's filial piety. It is not suitable to break ground. It should not be started yet. But what kind of garden should be built, I can also help refer to it. I know the construction department of the Ministry of Industry. Master Wu, he has many capable people under his command."

After hearing this, Jia Daishan's face turned dark.He usually doesn't care about such trivial matters, but what Jia Daishan said reminded him of what Jia She did three years ago.Just because of those few unclear words, he was ridiculed a lot.

"Who lives in the yard now?" Jia Daishan asked with a dark face.

"Didn't I tell the master before? The yard is well lit, and Zheng'er has a hard time studying. You also said that you want to change him to a more spacious yard. Now Zheng'er has moved in." Jia Shishirou Said, it's about his own business, but Jia Zheng is like a log, not saying a word at all, let Jia Shishi make things right.

"You didn't say it was that yard at the beginning." Jia Daishan frowned, and after all, he didn't tell Jia Zheng to move out. It just made him feel unhappy to hit Jia Shishi and Jia Zheng in the face like this.He both blamed Jia Shi's incompetence and Jia Zheng's ignorance of the rules. He even got angry with Jia She and made trouble as soon as he came back!

Seeing that the atmosphere in the dining room was really bad, Wan pulled Rajashe's sleeves, and said, "Master, Mrs. Rong, Yingchun is young and sleepy. Daughter-in-law and uncle, take the children down first." Rest."

Jia Lian was still sitting between Wan Shi and Jia Yingchun. Jia Yingchun was still enjoying playing with the small Nine Links out of her purse. Hearing this, she glanced at Jia Daishan and Jia Shishi, and fell into Wan Shi's arms knowingly and closed her eyes. Eye.

Jia Daishan was not blind, how could he fail to see such a blunt roundabout, he didn't say anything, he just waved his hand and told them to go down and rest.

Jia She hugged Jia Lian, Wan Shi hugged Jia Yingchun, and slowly got into the carriage, Jia She said: "Thanks for not bringing all the things back, otherwise, how would it end?"

"Don't worry, Enhou, we each brought three or five sets of clothes and a dozen servants, so it's no problem to stay here for a while."

"Yes, Xiaozhu. In my own home, I have become a guest." Jia Amnesty laughed at himself.The whole family will not mention where they live in the East Courtyard.

Jia Daishan's headache, Jia Shi's anger, Jia Zheng's unwillingness, and Jia Wang's physical injury are all out of Jia Amnesty's consideration.

On the third day after returning to Rongguo Mansion, Jia Amnesty held a banquet for three days.On the first day, they were the old relatives in the noble circle, they were all descendants of famous ministers who fought the world with the great grandfather, and they were in the same circle on weekdays.The next day, officials from the DPRK and China were invited, and they were more or less related to the Southwest. The excuse to the outside world was to connect with each other, and not many people paid special attention to it.The military generals invited on the third day were all former generals or subordinates of the Ningrong Second Mansion. The ancestors Ningguogong and Rongguogong were originally brothers, and the resources were naturally shared.Jia Amnesty didn't invite anyone individually, he invited everyone.

The sons of noble families are naturally the most familiar with Jia She, and those who have malicious intentions, when they are guests in Rongguo Mansion, will naturally ask Jia She: "Enhou, I heard that you have a new garden in your house, and it is ingenious. It’s on the central axis courtyard, I have to see and see.”

Jia She was not angry or embarrassed at all, put down his wine glass and explained earnestly: "Grandmother has just passed her filial piety period, so it is not appropriate to break ground." No one can say anything about such a reason, and seeing Jia She's serious look, he doesn't make fun of him. arrive.

The people who came to the banquet were not fools, and the servants of the Rongguo Mansion would not be as corrupt as the original, but they could still tell the truth for ten taels of silver.Soon, everyone who came to the banquet knew that Jia Zheng lived in the courtyard where the heir lived.

The title has been handed down to the third generation. Many people no longer have the courage to go to the battlefield to fight for their own future. They live by the title. Nature hates it deeply.If it's a concubine, it's fine, one mother and one younger brother, such an approach... Tsk tsk, everyone shook their heads in their hearts.Jia Amnesty has again contributed to the cause of discrediting Jia Zheng.

After a big banquet, Jia Amnesty, in his own name, entrusted the eldest son of the Duke's family with a memorial to his request to go to the Southwest to suppress bandits, appease them, and town borders.

After the emperor saw it, Long Yan was very happy, and he praised Jia Daishan at the Xiaochao meeting in the imperial study on the spot.Looking at Jia Daishan's dazed look for a moment, he was in a good mood, and said, "No wonder you don't know, it was presented to me by the son of the Duke of Shu."

As soon as the emperor's words came out, Lord Shan Guo also came out and knelt down, saying: "My son is reckless, Your Majesty forgives your sin." This damned bastard, he didn't get along with me either!Relying on the fact that I am the imperial bodyguard, if I can see Tianyan face to face, I will act recklessly. I will not beat you to death when I go back!

"Hey, hey, what's the crime? The Qing family are all loyal to the king, so how can I blame it? Jia Enhou is a good boy, and he said in the memorial, Jia Qing, you can't bear your child to go to the battlefield, so you just I dare not tell you. Jia Qing, it’s not that I’m talking about you. This man is just grinding hard. Drowning is like killing a child. It’s rare for him to have such a heart. The son of Rongguo Duke's Mansion, he was awarded the third rank of General Huwei, who controlled [-] soldiers and horses in the southwest, and all the divisions in the southern border were assisted, and Wan Wang worked together to live up to the grace of the saint."

"Your Majesty is wise, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" As soon as the emperor's decree came out, the important officials present could only kneel down and shout long live.

A group of people withdrew, this is not a big court meeting, there are not many people, Rong Guogong and Shan Guogong dragged their feet to the end.

"Brother, this is because my bastard is dishonest, and I didn't know about it beforehand. Don't worry, I'll beat him up when I go back, and I'll make amends for you." Shanguo said.

"It's nothing, it's all my old relatives, it's none of your business." Jia Daishan's mind is very sensitive whenever it involves government affairs.

The two apologized back and forth a few times before reaching the gate of the palace.Shan Guogong was about to leave, but when he saw Jia Daishan's white hair on his temples, he sighed and said: "My brother and I are both old, look, there are people with white hair on the temples, let's take things lightly. Orderly childhood is the foundation of prosperity. The children are forced to settle down in the Southwest, alas..."

Jia Daishan looked at Shan Guogong's back as he walked away, and remained silent for a long time.But in a panic, he rode a fast horse back to Rongguo Mansion, and when he got to the door, he immediately told the servant, "Let Jia She come to see me in the study."