Mrs. Wang suffered a stroke, and Jia Mu and Jia Zheng discussed how to celebrate Baoyu's wedding. Fortunately, Jia Mu had already told Li Wan to prepare for Baoyu's wedding this year.
It was just a wedding. The historians had already prepared Shi Xiangyun's dowry and other items. An envoy from King Lu had already come to Beijing. Hearing about Jia Baoyu's literary name, they bought a lot of things at the last minute. The Rongguo Mansion was surprised when they got the dowry list.
I hurriedly went through the process according to the three media and six certificates, and selected the nearest auspicious day in the general book. Shi Xiangyun was going to marry Mrs. Wang on the fifth day after her stroke.
The day before the wedding, Jia Huan strolled to see Baoyu and saw that he was still confused. He ordered Sheyue to go out, sit opposite him and said: "Second brother can't understand how a trivial matter can make my wife angry to death."
Baoyu suddenly raised his head.
Jia Huan said: "Today there are Japanese pirates who destroyed my city, massacred my people, and plundered my territory. I devoted all my battalion to the navy to capture a few alive. I was about to behead them in the street to shock the army and calm the people. Everyone is here.
They escaped with their lives from the sword, and the people who had their children, grandchildren, wives and daughters died in their hands gathered around and cursed with tears. They held sacrificial inscriptions in their hands and waited at Caishikou to kill the enemy. Suddenly a scholar rushed into the crowd and cried to the prison officer: Your Excellency
, these Japanese pirates are also very miserable. The land in their hometown is barren and they have no food to satisfy their hunger. They have no choice but to come to our court to kill."
Baoyu was a little confused and indignant at first, but in the end he realized what he meant and shook his head and said: "How can Jin Chuaner compare with the Japanese pirates!"
Jia Huan said: "The hatred between Jin Chuan'er and my wife is as deep as the hatred between the country and the family. There are only two things in the whole world for my wife. You, master. Jin Chuan'er took away the master and wanted to kill you, so he destroyed her."
Everything. The second brother just wants to think about how you felt when Huo Xuan almost beat your eldest sister to death, and how your wife felt when she found the five ghosts under your bedding."
Baoyu was silent for a long time, then murmured: "Attempted murder is not considered murder."
Jia Huan said: "The little girl who lost her life because of her was only ten years old. Does this count as her murder?"
Baoyu was stunned. Finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it!" After saying this, he let out a sigh of relief.
Jia Huan twitched the corner of her mouth: "As long as you understand. Sister Yun's surname is Shi, and this alone is enough to offend the wife. She has already suffered a lot of grievances now that she hastily married in to celebrate the occasion, and the wife will have to talk to her about it in the future.
She vented her anger and hoped that her second brother would take care of her as she grew up."
Baoyu was stunned for a moment and said: "What should we do?"
Jia Huan rolled his eyes: "Please, is your mother as difficult to deal with as mine? My mother has given me and my sister a lot of headaches since we were young. And the master is also a person who never helps and only holds back.
In the past few days, you have become famous outside, and he has started to stir up trouble all over the capital. Isn't it my responsibility to deal with it? You only have to deal with the wife. I have a much harder time than you! You had a good time in the early years.
How comfortable you are, don't you want to pay it back?" After saying this, she stood up and left without looking at him.
Baoyu stared blankly at his back from behind as he disappeared, and remained in a daze for another half day. He recalled how Mrs. Wang treated herself like a Buddha and treated others like a ghost; Jin Chuaner and Yu Chuaner used to be
How beautiful and lovely, now one is waiting to die and the other is dead; in Jia Mu's eyes, there are only two people, herself and the master, the eldest wife and the second wife are both dispensable, how heartless! As expected, the girl is a priceless jewel before she is married.
After getting married, I don’t know why it develops many bad problems. Although it is a pearl, it has no luster and color, and it is a dead pearl. As I get older, it becomes more like a fish eye than a pearl.
Thinking about this, I had mixed feelings, so I picked up my pen and wrote an article, called "The Theory of Pearl Fish Eyes". After writing, I threw the pen on the case and fell asleep.
Jia Cong had already told She Yue that Baoyu's desk should not be without white paper and black ink. When he wrote a lot of words, he should report it as soon as possible. She Yue saw it outside, and sure enough, she ran to Lixiangyuan to report back to Jia Cong. Jia Cong
Overjoyed, he hurried over to their room, picked up the article and took a look at it. He exclaimed, "Good! He is confused, literary and young, but also quite reasonable. It will surely arouse a lot of resonance! Great!" Looking back at Musk
Yue said, "I have served your second master so well, and I have a great future!" She immediately rewarded her with ten taels of silver. Sheyue was overjoyed and agreed repeatedly, knelt down and kowtowed in thanks. Jia Cong then copied the article on his desk.
He carried it and ran away.
The next day was the wedding of Jia Baoyu and Shi Xiangyun. Although things were done in a hurry, there were quite a few people who added to their appearance. The banquet was organized in an orderly manner, and all the guests secretly raised their thumbs: It didn't look like it was a last-minute wedding! Li Wan, who is usually like a gaunt tree,
The ashen widow made a big splash this time. Because all the kings had arrived in the capital, Baoyu suddenly became famous again, and a whole courtyard of messengers arrived. Jia Zheng was so happy that his beard stood up, and the whole table was drinking and making blind promises.
After hearing this, someone quietly reminded Jia Huan. Jia Huan faked a smile and said, "He just wants to have fun." The man smiled secretly in his heart and quietly passed the words on. When others heard this, they knew that Jia Zheng was in front of Jia Huan.
It doesn’t matter what I said, I’ll pass it on again with added embarrassment.
When Jia Huan left the table and walked around for a while, a little girl sneaked over and said to him secretly: "Third Master, Aunt Bai would like to ask Third Master to go and meet her."
Jia Huan was startled: "Who?"
The girl lowered her head and said, "Bai... Aunt Bai."
"Why is she looking for me?"
The girl said: "Aunt Bai said that she has something to ask of Third Master."
Jia Huan said, "I'm not familiar with her, and I'm not interested in helping her." He withdrew and left.
The girl grabbed the hem of his clothes and said, "Aunt Bai wants to ask Third Master to give the child in her belly to Aunt Zhou."
Jia Huan knew that Aunt Zhou was closer to him. If the child was raised by Aunt Zhou, he would definitely take more care of her. After thinking about it, he said, "Even if she doesn't say it, the child will probably be raised by Aunt Zhou."
The girl said: "If it's a girl, that's all. If it's a young man, I'm afraid the old lady will order Aunt Xu to raise the child. If Aunt Xu can't guarantee that she can raise the child in the future, she will be bad for the child. It's better than Aunt Zhou...
"
Jia Huan waved his hands and said: "We all know what she knows. Besides, this matter is quite important. In our house, I can keep my word better than the old lady." He ignored her and walked back to the table. The little girl stood thinking.
Shout out to the Buddha.
Looking up, he saw Jia Zheng bragging to someone. Jia Huan hurriedly walked over and respectfully asked him to come aside and listen to him. Jia Zheng suddenly felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured from his head, and his joy was completely extinguished. He sighed.
, said: "What do you think?"
Jia Huan said: "My son also thinks that Aunt Bai's words are reasonable. Aunt Xu is young, not to mention whether she can take care of children. She will most likely have children in the future. If you have a kiss, it will be difficult to give birth to a child without a kiss.
.”
Jia Zheng stroked his beard and said, "Aunt Xu is a good person. I used to be on good terms with Aunt Bai, so I won't be biased."
Jia Huan lowered his head and said, "The eldest sister treats brother Baoyu better than she treats me, and the third sister treats me better than brother Baoyu."
Jia Zheng choked, and then he remembered that Mrs. Wang had oppressed the concubine, and couldn't help but feel angry. If she hadn't been lying on the kang and couldn't move at this moment, he would have gone over to ask for justice. He also thought of Jin Chuaner's past charming and charming appearance.
, then sighed again: "That's all, just follow her."
After the excitement dissipated, no one knew what was going on in the bride's bridal chamber.
The next day the bride went to the church to pay homage to her uncle. Mrs. Wang had already woken up but could not speak. She only accepted the kowtows from the two of them on the kang. Both Baoyu and Xiangyun clearly saw resentment in her eyes.
The blessing was really effective. Mrs. Wang was gradually able to move the left half of her body and could speak a few words. Jia Cong sneered: "Now all the servants serving her are maids and women. She is looking forward to being able to speak. Okay."
Sister Ming Yun, Sister-in-law Zhu and Aunt Zhou are waiting for her."
Since Qi Dian had nothing to do recently and was quite free, after hearing this, he made an excuse to tell Baoyu. Baoyu frowned and asked, "Sister, is there anything you can do?"
He started to point out: "No. A mother-in-law wants to tease her daughter-in-law, and a grown-up wants to tease a concubine. They are all born. Unless Mr. Bao comes up with his own ideas, or lets her tease her, and Second Grandma Bao comes back in a few days.
It’s okay to pretend to be sick.”
They were newly married, and he was not willing to let Mrs. Wang tease his wife, so he left with a sad face.
On the other side, I don’t know how Zhong Wei and Situ Pan negotiated, but Situ Pan actually agreed that he would take three old friends to Ezhou to open a teahouse. Feng Ziying came to tell Jia Cong and asked him to guess.
Jia Cong said without raising his head: "I'm too lazy to guess. It's just to help him fight in the future. The country of E is small and far away, and the king of E has no ability. It's not even worthwhile to collect intelligence. By the way, Zhong Wei owes me.
A favor?”
Feng Ziying glared at him: "Although the country of E is small and surrounded by heroes, it is extremely important, okay? Why does Zhong Wei owe you a favor?"
Jia Cong said: "Does their teahouse sell dim sum? I won't have to pay for dim sum when I go there tomorrow. How about he write me a 'no-ticket sign'?"
"Is your family still worried?"
Jia Cong chuckled and said, "Don't you understand, don't you understand? Desserts that cost nothing are the most delicious. Look, I love to eat snacks every time I stay at your house, but I eat less when I go home."
Feng Ziying was dumbfounded.
He turned around and told this matter as a joke to Situ Pan. Situ Pan laughed and said, "In that case, let Zhong Wei write a signature for him. What is it?"
Feng Ziying said: "How do I know? That guy is weird."
Situ Pan ordered Zhong Wei'er to go to their house tomorrow and write to him in person.
Hearing this, Zhong Wei said, "General Luo Li really owes Mr. Jia a favor, and he should express his gratitude in person." In his mind, he just thought that Gan Lei had something to do with him and asked Jia Cong to pass on the message.
The next day Zhong Wei came to Lixiangyuan alone on horseback. When a boy heard that it was "General Zhong", he hurriedly said: "The third master said, if General Zhong comes, just go in." Zhong Wei hurriedly tied the horse and went.
Go inside.
There was a big wooden shelf in the courtyard, with a sea map hanging on it. A group of young people were pointing around the sea map, including Mr. Chen. Jia Cong saw him coming and said hurriedly: "
Oh, you're here! If you don't come, the man in the west wing will have a cramp in his neck!" Then he pointed out his hand and said, "Here, that's it, go there yourself."
Zhong Wei had already prepared a lot of words of thanks and questions. Just as he raised his fists, he started with these few words, and was startled. Then he looked at Jia Cong, who had gone from burying his head to the group of teenagers. He immediately thought about something.
The wing room must be occupied by Gan Lei or one of the Supreme Emperor's men.
Mrs. Chen withdrew from the crowd, said a thousand blessings to him, and said with tears in her eyes: "How are you, general?"
Zhong Wei sighed: "It's great that the prisoners on death row can come out."
Chen said: "Now I am pretending to be a maid here. When the general calls me, that's it."
Zhong Wei nodded, pointed to the west wing and said, "But General Gan is waiting?"
He stood up and nodded: "No. That man is a bandit. He has lived there for seven or eight days. He has a very boring temperament and doesn't like to talk. There are many shops under the main building of Rongguo Mansion selling stolen goods for others. They are a huge group of people. Source: Mr. Cong didn’t tell me his name. The person asked Mr. Cong a few days ago whether he was beating around the bush, secretly, and urgently called him for what he was doing. Mr. Cong only said that he should live well, and he would know after some time. Yesterday afternoon, the third master went to his room, and I don’t know what he said to him. For more than half an hour, he came out of the west wing with a smile and his arms behind his back. After another quarter of an hour, the man stumbled out of the room. He ran out and kowtowed three times to the third master with tears in his eyes. The bricks were all broken! The third master waved his hand and said, isn't this a coincidence? What are you doing? He went back to the house. The man looked at his back and said again I kowtowed three times.”
Zhong Wei's heart skipped a beat: "How old is that person? What does he look like?"
He got up and nodded: "He is obviously a man from the green forest. He is dark and strong. He is about the same age as the general, maybe a little younger. He usually has a big beard. I heard that he shaved off his beard this morning for some reason. I have something to go out early in the morning. , I didn’t look at it; my brothers said it looked much better.”
The inexplicable palpitation in Zhong Wei's heart that had just come up with the idea immediately dissipated, and he immediately felt sad and said: "Bao Buqi is the bandit that his family invited to rob the prison that day."
Qi nodded and said, "I asked about this, but he said no."
Zhong Wei nodded, turned around and went to the west wing. As he raised his hand to knock on the door, he heard several hurried footsteps, and the door suddenly opened. There was a person standing inside, wearing an ordinary green suit. He was wearing a cloth shirt and a turban on his head. Even though he was already tanned and tanned, Zhong Wei recognized it at a glance - it was his nephew Zhong Heng whom he hadn't seen for more than ten years. Before he could speak, he burst into tears. Fall down. Zhong Heng knelt on his knees at the door and kowtowed vigorously.
Zhong Wei was stunned for a moment, then walked in and bent down to help him. Zhong Heng refused to get up and could only kowtow. Zhong Wei forcefully held his shoulders and pulled him up. The two men looked at each other for a while and helped each other. He walked inside, hugged his head and cried.
I got up and was thinking about the west wing. I heard crying coming from there and wanted to take a look.
Jia Cong grabbed her and said, "What are you doing! Don't disturb others."
Qi Dian asked: "Who is that mountain king? Why are they crying?"
Jia Cong glanced at her and said, "It has been more than ten years since our family was destroyed and everyone was destroyed. How can we not make people cry when we meet our only relatives for the rest of our lives?"
"What?!" He was a little shocked and pointed to the west wing and said, "Then...that king is...Yu Langjun Zhong Heng? Why is he so old? He looks about the same age as General Zhong."
Jia Cong sighed: "How can a person survive in the world for more than ten years? The bowl of rice in Green Forest is not that delicious, and this guy must have suffered a lot." He glanced at the other side again, "Today. I asked you to buy sixty new handkerchiefs early in the morning just for the two of them. I'll wait and see if sixty are enough."
He was surprised for a moment and complained: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Jia Cong chuckled twice: "Everyone has guessed it, but you can't guess it, do you blame me?"