Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 61 Returning to Shenjing to see Jialan again and lamenting the legacy of Wulao Cuisine
Chapter 61 Returning to Shenjing to see Jialan again and lamenting the legacy of Wulao Cuisine
Jiao Ting snorted: "Since our ancestors have such honor, why are our descendants so unworthy?"
"What do you know?!" Wu Jinyongdeng became angry when he mentioned this, "My Wu family is not from Liaodong, but from Jiangzuo. This was already agreed upon when I was in Rongguo, and I will do it when I am sixty years old.
The release of my nationality allowed me to return to my native place, but now I am already in my seventies, and the Rongguo Mansion has not fulfilled any of the promised things. I have such a wish to return to my roots, what is the reason for this!?" Master Zhao on the side finally realized what he was doing and asked in surprise: "Is it possible that the second grandfather's ancestor was a righteous man of Rongguo, and this deed is still in the hands of the Jia family?"
Wu Jinyong snorted with a heavy breath, and Jia Qiang felt helpless for a while, thinking that this was such a waste of time.
"That's wrong?!" Master Zhao thought of something and asked again: "Even if the second master's ancestor is a righteous man, he will only have children in an ordinary family. If he doesn't want to, the second master can just go by himself, why bother..." Master Zhao's words reminded Jia Qiang that this adopted man could also be understood as an adopted son in a sense. In the late Ming Dynasty, many military generals had adopted sons by their side. Zhang Xianzhong, who had committed many crimes, had adopted sons and grandsons under his command.
Ke Wang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, etc.
The adopted man is a slave throughout his life, but after the adopted man has children, he can choose his own career and let him go or stay. This has been the case since the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Wu Jinyong had no choice but to tell the truth.
It turns out that the deed signed by the ancestors of the Wu family actually stipulated that the Wu family would be the adopted son of the Jia family for generations to come. Of course, the second ancestor of the Jia family was not a mean person, and it was stated in the document that he would never treat the people of the Wu family harshly from generation to generation. "What kind of nonsense is this..." Jia Qiang was confused by the going around and couldn't help but sigh.
The group of people walked and talked, and were about to return to Heishui Village, but saw Jiao Ting's expression change and stop the group.
Everyone was confused when they saw Jiao Ting pointing ahead and looking in the direction. A wisp of black smoke rose slowly, which was in the direction of Heishui Village!
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It was already a month later when Jia Lan met Jia Qiang in the small courtyard of Juyongguan City.
"Brother Qiang, you have really worked hard. This mission has really worked hard for you."
Jia Lan sat behind the desk and looked at the dusty Jia Qiang. He was half-way with emotion and half-way with relief. Unexpectedly, after this trip, Jia Qiang's whole person's spirit and spirit had changed greatly. Her eyes that were originally tacky were now much brighter.
Somewhat clear and clear, less desire and greed for money.
During this inspection of Zhuangzi, the first five Zhuangzi found out that they had underreported their income by 20,000 taels, and the following one at Heishui Village was even more serious. The amount of silver hidden under Wu Jinyong’s hidden compartment was a full 60,000 to 70,000 taels!<
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According to the original agreement, Jia Qiang should get nine thousand taels, but no matter what Sister Feng and Jia Lan said, he refused to accept it. He only wanted two thousand taels, and he still gave it to Ni San's ten dead brothers and those who
Compensation for a murdered clerk.
Jia Qiang sighed and said: "The second master of the Wu family was also deceived by the unscrupulous son. I asked many old people in the village. In the past few years, although the second master Wu was not kind to the villagers, he was not wantonly.
The management of Zhuangzi is also very dedicated.
It was only later that Wu Erye had six or seven sons in total, and the first five died in infancy, which made him change a lot. The remaining Wu Xingwei and Wu Xingwen were his sons in their forties, and they have always been quite popular.
Because of pampering, the two sons later took care of their old father when they grew up, and then they did all these stupid things."
Jia Lan nodded: "The ancients said that a loving mother can't bear to have a spoiled son. The disaster for a loving father is no less than this."
"Brother Lan, I want to ask you a favor for Mr. Wu."
This time Jia Qiang came to see Jia Lan. In addition to reporting on the village tour, there was one more important thing that needed Jia Lan's support.
That day Wu Jinyong led his subordinates to chase Jia Qiang all the way. Unexpectedly, the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole was behind him. The Beidi people had long coveted the Wu family's money and bribed the informant inside.
Village, the people from Beidi received the intelligence, launched a hidden stake in Liaodong, gathered hundreds of people to raid Heishui Village, and Wu Xingwei, who stayed behind, was killed in the resistance.
Wu Xingwei's death caused the Beidi people to lose their pace because they originally wanted to use Wu Xingwei to torture out the location of Zangyin.
It was also because of his death that the unwilling Di people did not retreat with a single blow. Instead, they tossed and turned in the village and stayed for half a day, and happened to bump into Jia Qiang and his party who were returning.
The person who made a surprise attack was in turn attacked by someone else.
The attacking Beidi people only wore light armor, and almost all of Jiao Ting's opponents were wiped out.
When Wu Jinyong learned that his son had died in battle, he roared in pain and told Jia Qiang the location of the silver hidden in his inner courtyard. Then, regardless of his injuries, he picked up the weapons on the ground and rushed into the enemy's formation, fighting to his death.
Hearing this, the emotion on Jia Lan's face deepened. He walked back and forth in the study room a few times before asking, "What is Mr. Wu's last wish?"
Jia Qiang hurriedly said: "Second Master Wu regretted that he had violated the ancestral precepts of his ancestors and the Jia family for generations. He ordered Wan Qian to bury himself and his father and ancestors together and to engrave on the tombstone the words Wu Jinyong, an unworthy descendant.
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Jia Lan sighed even more after hearing this. He thought for a while and said: "Death is the most important thing. And as you said, in the early years, the profits of Zhuangzi under the supervision of Mr. Wu were very good. In private, I only used tea with Beidi Yima."
When doing transactions, we still used the grassland mutual market. It was barely a side effect, and in the end we paid back most of the profits. It was considered a failure, but we should not be too harsh. Let's end it here.
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This is exactly what Jia Qiang wants. Jia Qiang actually admires Wu Jinyong himself, and he doesn't want Mr. Wu to gain a lot of notoriety after his death.
After getting the desired result, Jia Qiang did not stay, so she said goodbye to Jia Lan, then bowed her hands to Ling Guan who was waiting on the side, then turned and left.
Jia Lan personally delivered it to the door. Jia Lan admired this kind heart very much. It must be a great horror between life and death to allow such a romantic young man to undergo such a transformation.
He turned around, looked at the dazed Ling Guan beside him, and asked, "Why have you been so stunned since just now?"
Lingguan shook his head: "It's nothing, I just felt a little emotional when I heard Wu Erye's story."
"What emotion?"
Ling Guan said: "I just lament the grievances and hatreds between people. I just heard Brother Qiang say that the root cause of this disaster actually lies in the sales contract signed by the ancestors of the Wu family and the Jia family. I can't figure it out.
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Jia Lan sighed: "Yeah, I can't figure it out either..."
Although he didn't say it, Jia Lan actually had some suspicions in his heart. Perhaps the first generation of the Rongguo family was worried that the Wu family would not be able to survive in the future, so they kept this righteous man's contract and passed it on to their descendants.
However, this is just Jialan’s guess, and the truth is unknown.
Jia Qiang received Jia Lan's nod, and hurried back to Rongguo Mansion to report to Sister Feng. During this visit to the village, tens of thousands of taels of cash were recovered, and the income from various places was also checked. Sister Feng, the housekeeper, also breathed a sigh of relief. This mood
Naturally, it is excellent, and there is certainly no reason why these requirements should not be met.
Then Sister Feng picked an opportunity to tell her ancestors about Zhuangzi.
After hearing this, Jia Mu was silent for a long time and said: "After all, it is a bond between generations. Tomorrow you ask the maid next to you to come over. I will give you the Wu family's body deed, and you can have someone take it to his grave."
Burn it."
After Sister Feng received the order, she heard Mother Jia praise: "Girl Feng handled this matter very appropriately. She deserves to be the one chosen by my wife."
Mrs. Wang smiled reservedly, and Sister Feng made another round of jokes, making Mother Jia laugh.