Usually, Jia Zheng would see his nephew, either in the three small main rooms on the east corridor, where he and Mrs. Wang lived daily, or in the east wing of the east corridor, which was Jia Zheng's study room.
The inner study room outside Mengpo Zhai, even sometimes when important events occur, will be in the three wing rooms to the east of Rongxi Hall, which is the more formal place for the Jia family to entertain guests.
But today, the place where Jia Lian was "invited" was in the East Small Courtyard, a side courtyard of the East Corridor, where Aunt Zhao lived.
There are hundreds of houses in the Rongguo Mansion, so why does Jia Zheng have to meet his nephew in his little wife's house?
This is just like the word "please" just now, quite unreasonable.
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Everyone in the Jia family knew that this political lord was always courteous and dignified, and he was serious at all times.
Compared with his eldest brother Jia She, who is not a good hereditary official and always adds a wife to the house when he has something to do, Mr. Zheng is completely the opposite. He goes to the Yamen on time every day to have sex, and the woman in the room is a standard monogamist.
Second concubine, you must behave yourself.
But everyone in the house also knows that even the dozen old and new wives of Mr. She can't compare to Mr. Zheng's Aunt Zhao in causing trouble.
Although Mr. She was lecherous, he was not like Mr. Zheng. He actually lived in Aunt Zhao's house for nine and a half days out of ten days, treating the wife of the wife like a salted fish and hanging it up high.
Jia She and Mrs. Xing, this wonderful couple, are already the most "harmonious" couple in the wonderful Rongguo Mansion.
One is lustful, the other is greedy for money;
One is squandering, the other is greedy;
One willful and the other obedient.
It is said that Mrs. Xing is a famous "embarrassing person", which means that Mrs. Xing has a stupid personality and does not listen to advice. Her stubbornness and lack of heart are innate.
Although Mrs. Xing came from an ordinary background, had a poor family, had no children, and did not even have a confidant, at least on the surface, the remarried couple covered each other up and managed to get along well with each other.
On the other hand, Mr. Zheng's married wife, Mrs. Wang, was of good family background, had a rich background, had many dowries, gave birth to sons and daughters, and also brought her natal nieces and nephews into the Jia Mansion. Her natal sister also lived in the Jia Mansion all year round.
, it can be said that you get what you want.
But in her marriage to Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang only found herself in the embarrassing situation of "entering the Buddhist hall during the day and guarding the empty room at night".
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Aunt Zhao opened the curtain, and Jia Zheng was sitting on the kang reading a book. When he saw Jia Lian coming in, he was stunned for a while, and then said after a long time:
"Lian Er, when you left the house, Baoyu was fine.
He woke up, ate, and recognized the person. The old lady was relieved.
This is all God's will and the blessing of his ancestors. I guess this was a disaster in his life. Now that it has passed, he will recover in a few days and be as good as before.
"A gentleman respects ghosts and gods and keeps them at a distance." The right way is to neither blaspheme nor make random guesses about the affairs of the gods in this world.
What's more, for a family like ours that loves food, face is the most important thing, and our reputation cannot be bad.
I think it would be better if everyone inside and outside should order something like this to happen today, and no one should mention it again from now on."
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Haha.
Haha.
Jia Lian sneered in his heart:
Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng, your prude face is also very good.
This prude old pretender tells lies all the time, and he really doesn’t feel ashamed.
Who in front of me listened to Mrs. Wang's words and fired at me righteously, saying, "Could it be that your wife used the method of nightmare to harm Baoyu?"
At that time, you really dared to slam a shit basin on my head with your eyes closed. Have you ever thought about my face and reputation?
How long has it been? You have the nerve to wipe your face and blame all these things on God, and it has become a "destined doom" again.
But if this is really a "destined fate", then why are we afraid of losing the Jia family's face? What kind of "gagging operation" is "the incident in Nightmare Town is not allowed to be mentioned again from now on"?
Humph, don’t think I don’t understand, people like you are the best at pretending.
Go to work every day and play the role of an upright and loyal minister in the court;
Go home from get off work and play the role of a filial son in front of the old lady;
Act as a respectful guest with your wife;
Playing the role of a cold-faced and strict father with his son.
You pretend, you pretend, I watch you pretend.
Anyway, the evidence is already in my hands, hum, you will cry sometimes.
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So Jia Lian shook his head deliberately:
"It is true that one should not make random guesses about the affairs of the gods, but if it is true that my wife used the method of nightmare suppression to harm Baoyu, this is no small matter.
If this matter is true, then the wife should be divorced.
He even said that if it comes to the point where he should be sent to an official position, then he has to be sent to an official position."
When Jia Lian said this, he glanced at Aunt Zhao.
Sure enough, Aunt Zhao's face turned pale with fright.
When Jia Zheng heard "send to official", his face turned pale. He lowered his head and thought for a while before he hesitated:
"I am also worried about Baoyu today... Some of my words are too serious. You... you have to bear with me."
It is estimated that for feudal parents who have long been accustomed to being the absolute authority, such an "undermining dignity" apology to the younger generation is the ultimate that Jia Zheng can do.
But Jia Lian didn't want to "take care of it".
You hurt me casually and laughed it off, as if I should "take care of" you. Do I owe you?
Jia Lian smiled:
"Uncle, this is no longer something that my nephew is concerned about or not.
Since my uncle said that this matter involved the second mistress of the head of the Rongguo Mansion who used nightmare suppression magic to murder the Jia family's heirs, and a life was almost lost, the matter is serious and must be investigated.
My nephew has already taken people to Daguangming Temple and captured Zhou, the Taoist mother-in-law who was secretly using Dao Mazi evil demons to suppress and harm people.
We found many paper figures and ghosts with birth dates written on them, as well as an account book, which involved more than just our family's affairs.
That week, the thief woman had already confessed everything in the Yamen. The confession about harming people alone was more than twenty pages long."
Jia Lian patted his sleeves and pointed at Aunt Zhao:
"The person involved in our family is Aunt Zhao."
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Aunt Zhao was already so frightened that her legs were trembling, but later she heard that Jia Lian was talking about "Mr. Zhou Thief" and not "Mr. Ma Dao", so she gradually became more courageous. In addition, at this time, Jia Zheng was leaning on her to strengthen her courage, and she immediately became more courageous.
Turned around and spat:
"Young Master Hu Qin!
I never leave or take a step every day, what am I involved in?"
Suddenly he cried to Jia Zheng again:
"This is an injustice to me——
In this house, I have been struggling for so long, my brother has given birth, my sister has given birth, I have served the old and the young, and now I am being trampled on by others.
The master has to make the decision for me——"
Jia Zheng suddenly frowned and slapped the table towards Jia Lian:
"Asshole!
We are a pure family and we definitely don’t do such dirty things!
Aunt Zhao is Brother Huan’s mother after all. If she loses her face, what will happen to Brother Huan’s face in the future?
As the saying goes, ‘One bite from a thief will penetrate three parts of your body.’ How can you believe the slanderous nonsense of three aunts and six women?
If you don’t know right from wrong, your heart can be punished!
Ordinarily, you have become the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, how come you can’t even understand such things? It’s obvious that you are also a confused official!”
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The good impression Jia Zheng had on Jia Lian was instantly wiped out:
He brought me into Aunt Zhao's room to talk. It turned out that Jia Zheng wanted to suppress me and make peace with Aunt Zhao.
He also specifically said "invite" me to come, just to silence me.
Hum hum, this matter today is not as cheap as you think!