The Red Mansions

Chapter 190 Sister Feng: Is this the fourth one?

Chapter 190 Sister Feng: This is... the fourth one?

In Honor Hall——

Just when Mrs. Wang said that it was Jia Heng who was falling, and when Jia's mother was persuading her, suddenly Lin Zhixiao's family brought Ping'er into the inner hall.

Jia Mu was taken aback, smiled, and said, "Ping'er, didn't you accompany Feng girl to check the accounts in front?"

In front of other people, Mrs. Wang also wiped her tears, and Xiren beside her helped Baoyu wipe the tears from her face.

Although Ping'er was surprised that Mrs. Wang and Baoyu's eye circles were red, she was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Old lady, madam, Mr. Heng and grandma checked the accounts, but the master and Mrs. came over, and then Mr. Heng said, since it is not Don't worry, you might as well ask the old lady, wife, and Baoyu to go there together, and see how those servants in the mansion have done everything they can to covet Mr. Mo's silver."

"This..." Jia Mu's face changed, her surprised eyes gradually returned to normal, and she said with a smile: "I won't go there, let Baoyu and his wife go together."

Even though she knew that Mrs. Wang and Baoyu were crying because of Jia Heng, Mother Jia still felt a little uncomfortable. The Rongqing Hall, which used to be full of joy and laughter, was crying mournfully.

It's not that Jia's mother hates Mrs. Wang and Baoyu. It's absolutely nothing. It's because of some awkwardness in the old man's heart. This is basically the case with elderly people. They laugh but don't cry.

Baoyu opened his mouth and said, "Nor do I..."

Ping'er said again: "Uncle Heng also said that he went to invite the second master to come over."

Baoyu: "..."

It was almost unnecessary to think about it, if he didn't come over, that Uncle Heng would have to tell his father, why didn't Baoyu come over?

"Sister Lin and Third Sister are both in the front yard, so let me go too," Baoyu said softly.

Mrs. Wang frowned, she had regained her composure at the moment, looked at Jiamu who was beside her, and said, "The old lady, I'm going."

"Go, go." Mother Jia waved her hand and said softly.

Watching Mrs. Wang and Baoyu leave with a bunch of maidservants and wives, Mother Jia sighed heavily. She didn't know whether to ask Yuanyang or herself, and said, "Brother Heng, what exactly is he thinking?"

Yuanyang rubbed Jia Mu's shoulders and said, "Old lady, although Master Heng has become a little bit tougher, he has no bad intentions, and now he is helping to check the accounts."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "You girl, if I didn't know that he is kind, I wouldn't..."

Speaking of the pause, the old man's eyes fell on Yuanyang's oval face with a slight smile, and said with a light smile: "In a few years, why don't you give you to Brother Heng?"

Yuanyang was taken aback when she heard the words, and then her heart felt ashamed, but she woke up in a moment and said, "Old lady, someday you will be able to leave me by your side, and I will serve you until you are a hundred years old. How much do we have?" Good luck goes to your head..."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she quickly grabbed Yuanyang's hand and said, "Silly boy, don't say such things that make my mother-in-law feel bad. When you grow up, I will definitely find you a good family. I just wanted to..."

After speaking, Mother Jia also shook her head and smiled, and said, "It mainly depends on your future thoughts."

Originally, he wanted to wait for Baoyu to grow up, marry his wife, and serve her for a few more years before promising Baoyu to be his aunt.

"Brother Heng's temperament is a bit harsh, but he seems to be a man of love. In the future, I will promise Yuanyang to him. Yuanyang will take care of me a little bit in the future, and let him take care of Baoyu more. "Mother Jia looked at the mandarin ducks with a smile, thinking.

With today's Tianzijian and Jia Heng's performance, Jia's mother also has some plans in her heart.

Of course, it is unknown whether the future will change because of the turmoil in the court. People's hearts are changeable.

The mandarin ducks were uncomfortable being scrutinized by Jia Mu, and lowered their heads.

Jiamu said with a smile: "Okay, then serve my wife for a few more years, and I won't give it to anyone."

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In the front hall, Mrs. Wang and Baoyu were guided by Ping'er to the front hall, but they didn't go in, but sat with Daiyu, Tanchun and others in the tea room next to the wall, talking in a low voice.

All I could hear was a voice from the front hall, "Second Master is here."

Mrs. Wang's heart was shocked, and she just looked up at Baoyu who was beside her.

Baoyu's expression became a little unnatural, and he said, "I... I'll go ahead and have a look."

Mrs. Wang nodded, and said softly: "When you get to the front, don't talk nonsense, watch more, listen more and talk less, Xiren, you go with me."

Xiren let out a "hey" and pulled Baoyu's sleeve. With gentle eyes, he said with a soft smile, "Second Lord, go."

Baoyu nodded, and under the watchful eyes of Daiyu and Tanchun, she opened the bead curtain and entered the front hall as if going to the battlefield.

At that time, in the front hall, two accountants were already holding the account books over the years brought in by the servants, flipping through the account books, the abacus crackled, and the brush pens were recording and summarizing.

Methodical and orderly.

Jia Heng and Jia Zheng were talking in the main hall, accompanied by Jia She.

Seeing Baoyu coming in, Jia Zheng didn't say anything, just nodded at him, ignored him, and continued to talk to Jia Heng with his face turned away.

Baoyu was also so happy. He was greeted by the smiling faces of Zhou Rui's family, and found a chair in the corner to sit down, trying to reduce his sense of existence.

On the other side, Jia She looked at the two people who were chatting happily with a smile on his face, and sneered in his heart. He, the second brother, likes to talk but not to practice, and now he and Jia Heng'er are on the "Bill of Honor" The people who are trying to gain fame and reputation talk about the Confucian classics of the Han Dynasty and the history of the Three Kingdoms, but they have the same taste.

For Jia's mother's preference for his second brother, Jia Zheng, Jia She was full of complaints. In Chapter 70 of A Dream of Red Mansions No. [-], Jia She even told a joke about his parents' partiality at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

At this moment, Jia Heng put down the teacup and asked, "Master Zheng went to court today?"

Jia Zheng was wearing a Shu brocade round-neck Confucian shirt, with a scholar's scarf on his head, and his fair and elegant face was a little sullen. Hearing this, he put down the teacup on the small table beside him, and said, "Zi Yu Today, at the court meeting, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate impeached Niu Jizong, who was in the mansion of the Duke of Zhen, for being ineffective in governing the army. , Now Niu Jizong has resigned from his post, and is doing self-reflection behind closed doors."

When Jia Heng heard this, his eyes moved slightly, and he thought to himself, the emperor has already made a move, really fast.

Jia Amnesty, who was at the side, was just spending time listening to the two chatting about knowledge. Hearing these words, his complexion changed drastically, and he said in surprise, "Brother Niu has been suspended from his job?"

A few days ago, Jia Amnesty found Niu Jizong and Qiu Liang to deal with Jia Heng, but now that he heard this letter, he was terrified.

Sister Feng on the side also blinked Danfeng's eyes, staring at Jia Heng, Jia Zheng and others.

Niu Jizong is the grandson of Zhenguo Gong Niuqing, he is now a first-class uncle, and after being called the four princes and eight princes with Rongning and Ningfu, he can be regarded as an old relative. The Zhu family, who is a first-class official, has a decent scenery when coming and going to Jia's mansion, and Sister Feng is not envious.

But, from what the second master said, the Niu family seems to have been questioned by the palace?

Jia Zheng sighed, and said: "Fortunately, except for the errands, the title is not a hindrance. There will always be opportunities in the future."

The official life is ups and downs, ups and downs, and the day when the dismissal is uncertain, they will be reinstated. Jia Yucun is like this. After going through Lin Ruhai and Jia's family, he is now an official in Jinling.

Jia Heng said in a cold voice: "Niu Jizong has no way to govern the army, the military discipline under his command is corrupt, and he even openly prostituted himself in the camp. It's not surprising that the Holy Master dismissed him from his errands."

As he spoke, he glanced at Jia She, who had changed his expression, smiled, and said, "My lord, Qiu Liang, the commander of the five cities' soldiers and horses, has been dismissed by the sage for dereliction of duty and incompetence. Today I am supervising the five cities." During the affairs of the Yasi, it was discovered that this beast was corrupt and broke the law, and has now sent him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it seems that there will be a decree to send him down soon."

Jia Zheng, Jia She, and Sister Feng: "..."

Jia Amnesty's complexion changed, and there was a hint of fear in his heart. The hand holding the teacup was trembling slightly, and he lowered his head without saying a word.

As for Sister Feng, the red phoenix eyes under the slender eyebrows of willow leaves looked at the young man complicatedly.

For some reason, a strange thought came to my mind, if you count Brother Zhen, the third-rank general in the East Mansion, there are already two people who have done bad things in the hands of this Uncle Heng.

Jia Zheng sighed silently, and said: "I also heard about the matter of the Qiu family in the Ministry of Industry. The petty officials under him colluded with green rascals, beat and maimed candidates for the exam, and suspended them pending participation. At that time, Prince Beijing asked me to bring a word to Ziyu. After all, Niu Jizong is my old relative. To put down the Cuihua Mountain bandits..."

After Jia Zheng said this, Sister Feng's pink and fair complexion slightly changed, Danfeng's eyes flickered, and she said in surprise, could it be that Niu Jizong did something wrong, and he is also Brother Heng, so this is the third one?

Thinking of this, Sister Feng's heart trembled, and she peeked at the boy sideways, feeling a strange feeling in her heart.

This Uncle Heng is the patriarch of the Jia clan, he co-authored to kill the elders of the Jia clan, right?

As for Mrs. Wang, Tanchun, and Daiyu in the inner hall, listening to the words from the outside, they were inexplicable at the same time.

For example, although Mrs. Wang does not have the rich associative ability of Sister Feng, she also vaguely feels that according to the master, the unlucky Niu and Qiu are related to the one in the East Mansion?

With a wickedness...

Jia Heng's face was indifferent, and he said in a deep voice: "Second Master, I can't submit this memorial. It's a fact that he has no way to manage the army. Now that the Holy Majesty has taken an errand and is at home, it's not a bad thing. It's better than tomorrow. Leading the army to go out, one general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted to death, or the army is lost, or the teacher is killed and the country is humiliated, and then the saint is sent to prison for his crimes, it is much better to wipe out the three clans."

When Jia She heard this, his face turned ugly, and he squinted at the "proud" young man, feeling resentful, dereliction of duty and incompetence, losing his teacher and humiliating the country?

As for you, Jia Heng's son, one of them is a young hero, and these old relatives of the Jia family are all rich and hungry?

Jia Zheng's face paused, and he muttered: "Ziyu, Prince Beijing has said for a few days that he will invite you to the mansion to have a talk."

Jia Heng said: "I'm busy with business recently, so I don't have time to visit the lord. If there is a business, the lord can go to the five cities to discuss the matter. If there is a private matter, the lord and I are both ministers of the sage, and there is no personal matter."

These were Xu Lu's words back then, and they were used to temporarily respond to Beijing King Shui Rong's timing.

He wants to die more, to get in touch with Beijing Jing Wang Shui Rong?

In the eyes of the emperor, let him make a small clan into a big clan to divide the power of Jia's family. If he is like Prince Teng and can't figure it out, there is no guarantee that he will not end up "died of a sudden illness on the way to Beijing" in the future.

Jia Zheng paused, nodded, and said, "What Ziyu said is true."

When Jia She heard this, his heart felt a little crooked. He didn't even give the prince any face?If you really sealed the third-class general, your tail will go up to the sky?

Thinking of this, he just opened his mouth, smiled and said: "Zi Yu is busy with official duties these few days, if the prince has something to do, he can come to the mansion for a walk."

These words are a bit yin and yang.

You are a third-class general, so big, why don't you let the prince come to visit you?

Jia Heng glanced at Jia Amnesty, picked up the teacup at the side, and took a sip, not at all.

Jia Zheng looked silent, pretending he didn't hear his brother's words, he said suspiciously: "Actually, there is another matter in the yamen today, that is, Prince Qi was demoted from prince to county king. I don't know what happened?"

Today's Jia Zheng is still more enthusiastic about politics. Only after he became a concubine because of Yuanchun, after he ordered to study politics, and after his official career was unsatisfactory, did he feel indifferent.

And Jia Zheng's casual words fell into Jia She's ears, and he looked at Jia Zheng with surprise in his eyes, and murmured: "King Qi, isn't he the eldest son of the sage? Since he is the suzerain of the country, he suddenly became the king of the county. What's the big deal?"

Listening to a few "men" casually chatting about the court situation, Sister Feng's wonderful eyes were shining, and her smooth and white face was as bright and moving as the moon in March.

This is something that Sister Feng, who was raised by her family as a boy since she was a child, has never touched it. Even after listening to a few words and scratches, there is a strange attraction.

This is like the excitement of future generations after hearing about Jianzheng for the first time, let alone listening to such a high-end tea party.

Jia Heng's face was light, and he said: "The king of Qi has been studying behind closed doors, cultivating his body and mind, and his inner feelings are not easy to reveal to the two masters. It's just the elder master, whether it's Qi Fan or Chu Fan, I must abide by the ministers in my house." Duty."

Jia Amnesty: "..."

Hearing this, Xie's complexion changed, his eyes were startled and uncertain, what is another secret, does this child know?

And Jia Zheng also looked at Jia Heng in surprise, and murmured, "Is there something hidden inside?"

Jia Heng said: "The vassal king of the country, I don't want to say too much about the face of the royal family. In short, I don't care about these things in my house. You must know that there is no way for good or bad, only self-inflicted."

As a first-class general, Jia Amnesty represented the face and banner of the Jia family to a certain extent. If he dared to intervene to seize the title, it would easily bring catastrophe to the Jia family.

That's really a typical example of not doing anything but not dying, the more you cook, the more you love to play.

Jia Zheng nodded solemnly, and said, "What Zi Yu said is true."

During the years of Longzhi, the matter of seizing the heir was so cruel that Prince Li had both abolished and established, and even the elder brother in the East Mansion suffered from it.

His Jia family can no longer be involved in such dangerous things.

Jia She said stiffly, "It doesn't matter to the Patriarch, I wake up pretty badly."

But feeling the warning in Jia Heng's tone, he felt a little annoyed.

This kind of annoyance is different from the previous resentment against Jia Heng's disrespect, but a kind of "Are you teaching me how to do things?" annoyance.

what?

You've only been an official for a few days, you've only been an official?

When you kid was playing with the mud bed in the old house in the wicker alley, I was chatting and laughing with the inner eunuch in the palace and the Jiedu envoy of Ping'an Prefecture.

On the other hand, Sister Feng, who was listening to the three "men" mentioning the court situation, looked at Jia Heng without moving her eyes for a moment. Relegated to the rank of county king, also with Brother Heng...

This is... the fourth one?

Well, can't think any more.

Subconsciously, Sister Feng didn't dare to think about it anymore, she curled her eyelashes and cast shadows, hiding her trembling emotions, and also nibbling in the bud the potential for bankruptcies that hadn't arisen yet.

(End of this chapter)