It is said that in the early spring of this year, the joy of the new year has not gone away, and a decree was suddenly passed down from the palace. Today I am considerate of the concubines in the palace who have been in the palace for many years. I think that my parents and family members miss each other and cannot see each other. I would like to express my gratitude to the emperor and the empress dowager.
The family members of Jiao Fang enter the palace, please wait and see. If there is someone from Chongyu's other courtyard, you may wish to invite the inner court Luan Yu to enter their private quarters. There was an uproar in the capital, and everyone praised this as a strange event that has never been forgotten. For a while, a daughter got pregnant in the palace.
All the people in Sheng Chong were in a hurry, looking at the place, buying wood, stone and antiques, and others buying wood, stone and antiques. It was extremely lively.
Gong Kun was not in a hurry to collect debts from various families, but was leisurely waiting for the debtors to come to his door with money. No one asked him where the news came from, but he repeatedly warned him that if there was any news from the palace, it would not matter where he came from.
Just sell it for a piece of money. In this way, he got as much as 500,000 taels with nothing.
Jia Cong had never had so much money in his life. When he first knew the amount, he was very happy for a long time. Now that he actually saw the banknote, his eyes were even brighter. After thinking about it for a while, he looked at Gong Kun and sighed.
: "I understand now that people really do change."
Gong Kun asked: "How can we see it?"
Jia Cong said: "My original plan was to secretly hide some strength to protect myself and spend my life as a dandy. But then I got a few trustworthy people and you helped me, and now I still have so much money. I
I feel ambition starting to grow from my leisurely heart."
Gong Kun smiled and said: "I'm afraid my ambition has awakened."
Jia Cong glanced at him.
Gong Kun said: "Third Master had the idea to teach Liu Feng and the others how to read, but why didn't he think of teaching Lan Xiang and Ziguang how to read?"
Jia Cong was startled, and said with a wry smile: "At that time... I had a very difficult time, and I wanted to please my father. My father valued those uncles who were soldiers, and the uncles who were soldiers valued their children, and their children wanted to go to school.
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Gong Kun said: "If it's just for this, it's enough for Third Master to be kind to Weis. It's so troublesome to teach so many people how to read. Third Master is a person who is afraid of trouble."
Jia Cong thought for a moment: "That's right. Bao Qi had other thoughts at that time, but he just didn't notice it." Yin said, "Yi Zhi, if I ask dad to ask for more people, will he agree?"
Gong Kun asked: "What are you going to do?"
Jia Cong said: "It's considered a guard."
Gong Kun said: "Third Master's house is too small to live in. Unless there is a yard."
"The courtyard..." Jia Cong turned the map of Rongguo Mansion in his mind and said, "The only way is to expel the Xue family and find Lixiangyuan."
Gong Kun said with a smile: "This is not easy. Does Third Master have any ideas?"
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "Hey, you are the counselor. Why do they have to stay in our house? It's not like they don't have money. I heard that there are houses in Beijing."
Gong Kun said: "So what if their family is rich? This is the capital, and the streets are filled with dignitaries, and the Xue family is incompetent. If he doesn't rely on your house and your name, how much money will he have?"
Money, dignitaries, father-in-laws, and powerful slaves all come together, and it will be eaten up in less than two years."
Jia Cong said: "Is there still Wang Ziteng?"
Gong Kun smiled and said: "I'm afraid that the Xue family's uncle doesn't want to be restrained by my uncle."
Jia Cong sneered: "Wang Ziteng can only take care of his own son, so will he take care of him? I heard that the second wife has been trying to borrow money from Aunt Xue. If they don't leave, I'm afraid they will be out of money."
Gong Kun said: "With Xue Pan here, if you don't get scooped by one end, you will have to be scooped out by others. It's done anyway, and it's the same for everyone. The second wife can still come up with something if she doesn't cover everything."
Jia Cong was speechless for a long time and said: "We are really in the same boat...I thought about this a long time ago. Sure enough, the second wife would not be able to get the money without them."
Gong Kun said with a smile: "Isn't it possible that Third Master just turned against him when he got an advantage?"
Jia Cong snorted: "I've never gotten along with them, how can I start to fall out with them?"
That night, he went to find Jia She, pulled him to act coquettishly, and whispered: "Dad, I want to live in Lixiangyuan."
Jia She frowned first, then glanced at him pretending to be indifferent: "Where is the Xue family?"
Jia Cong said: "Try to get them to move out. Now the saint has decreed that all the empresses are preparing to get married. There is still no movement in the eldest sister in the palace. She is probably waiting to be released when she is old enough. I heard that the second wife finally understood recently. After this incident, there was no chance, and she was wailing every day. Aunt Xue probably also knew that it was time to wake up from the sweet dream of the Xue family sister entering the palace and becoming a queen. She took this opportunity to drive the Xue family to the Wang family. "
Jia She said: "I don't care about these troublesome things. If you can kick them out, I will let you live there."
Jia Cong was overjoyed: "Really? Our ancestors won't agree?"
Jia She snorted: "You just move in, but you can't come out anyway. What can she do to you? I will prepare some capable soldiers with you to guard the yard in the future. Those girls under her can handle it." I guess they have some talent."
Jia Cong jumped for joy: "Dad, you are so good! I was thinking of asking you for some thugs in a few days."
Jia She glanced at him: "What do you want a thug for?"
Jia Cong giggled twice and said: "Get ready first, what will happen if you don't get it together?"
Jia She stared at him for a while and asked: "How many?"
Jia Cong said: "There must be more than a dozen."
Jia She nodded: "This is easy to handle. But I'm afraid the old lady will say bad things about you to some relatives who are not around in the future."
Jia Cong said with a smile: "She says bad things about dad every day and there is nothing she can do about him. Besides, how big a idea am I? When I grow up, I will still remember these gossips. Besides, I will be in high school one day. My reputation and character are decided by the saint, my uncle Lin, Mr. Su, or she has the final say?"
Jia She couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are the most evil kid. That's all. Just go ahead."
Jia Cong happily waved his arms and said: "It's settled!" He hurriedly ran out and ran back after a while, "Dad! Pull the hook!"
Jia She was amused for a moment and shouted at him: "Go away! What a child is doing."
Jia Cong clung to him and acted coquettishly: "Are you just a child? Daddy is pulling the hook~~"
Seeing how cute he looked, Jia She really stretched out his finger to hook him. Jia Cong shouted "Thank you, dad" and ran away.
A few days later, Xue Pan was drinking in the flower house. He stumbled to relieve himself after drinking two more drinks, and was about to go back to the table in a daze. Suddenly someone kicked him from behind, and Xue Pan fell down immediately. He got a dog chewing mud. Just when he was about to open his mouth and curse, someone stuffed his mouth with a handkerchief, put a bag over his head from behind, twisted his arms and stuffed him into a nearby room.
Xue Pan was anxious and frightened. He struggled for a long time. The hands that held him were like iron. He couldn't move at all, and he couldn't cry out. His eyes became dark in the panic.
As soon as I entered the house, I heard someone ask: "Is it him? Are you sure?"
The man who was holding him said: "This is the boy, I am determined not to miss you!" He kicked Xue Pan on the back and threw him to the ground, then stepped on his back.
Someone sneered and said: "You are trying to steal people from our young master, and you don't even bother to inquire about our young master, who is very easy to mess with!"
Another asked: "Who is this boy who is not afraid of death?"
The one in front said: "Whoever he is, beat him first to vent his anger! Go back and check, if you are easy to offend, leave him here, and if you are not easy to offend, chop him up."
Xue Pan immediately started struggling desperately. The foot he stepped on on his back was extremely strong and he couldn't struggle. He could only make a "Woo" sound. The foot suddenly lifted up. Before Xue Pan could get up, he was hit by a series of punches. The kicks and kicks rained down like raindrops, mixed with many curses, until Xue Pan couldn't move like mud. At first, he wanted to speak out, but later he couldn't even breathe out, so he had to hold his head and hit him hard.
I don’t know how long it took, but I finally heard them say a few words of relief after the beatings were finished. Someone came in from outside and said with a clear smile: "I asked, is it okay? This guy is not a person." .”
Xue Pan wanted to tell them that he was Uncle Xue, but he was afraid that he would be silenced. Moreover, he could not speak at this moment, so he had to fall to the ground and pretend to be dead.
Someone kicked him again: "If you haven't moved for a long time, don't beat him to death."
The spy smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you beat him to death. If you had to pay it back a few years ago, it doesn't matter now. This guy's surname is Xue. He is a merchant from Nanjing. He beat someone to death in Jinling in the early years and came to the capital. The one who was avoiding trouble was related to the second wife of Rongguo Mansion, and the whole family stayed in that mansion. It was a pity that the two houses in Rongguo Mansion were not compatible. In the past, the second housekeeper was the head of the house, and he could use the films in the house for free. The Xue family was doing well. .Now that the second house has collapsed, we can only get Jia Zheng’s films. Jia Zheng was only a fifth-grade official, so who cares about him?”
Another laughed and said: "So it's him, isn't he the fool Xue that people often call him? The one who is the best at coaxing money. Regardless of the fanboys in the brothel, anyone who doesn't look too shameful will hang out in front of him. Huang, you can get a lot of money with just a few words of flattery. I heard that the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion was embezzling the public accounts and had her boss find out and force her to pay back the money. The woman was reluctant to part with her private house. In the end, the Xue family paid it back for her. Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, I don’t know if it’s real.”
Another said: "Why did I hear that the second wife preached that her daughter would be a queen every day? The Xue family believed it was true and wanted to send her daughter to the palace to seek wealth, so they bribed her?"
Another said: "Where did you hear the gossip? It's not true. What I heard is true. The daughter of the Xue family is going to marry the son of the second room of the Jia family who has a stone in his mouth. Those dozens of The ten thousand pieces of silver are the advance dowry money."
The one in front smiled and said: "I have never heard of a dowry being paid in advance since ancient times. How did you hear such gossip?"
This person said: "I heard what Yulan said in Cuixiang Tower a few months ago, and she also heard what the guest said. The guest was originally the chief steward of the second room of Rongguo Mansion, and the most violent fight between the two rooms was that time. It was a disaster, so he let the big house be sold directly. Fortunately, his son-in-law was originally from outside, and he spent money to buy the father-in-law's family. Now he has no money and no ability, so he works in the brothel every day. He The son-in-law was considered to have a conscience, because at first he relied on his father-in-law's power in doing business, so he was pretty good to him. Later, he met some girl in the second wife's house and heard some things. If you have nothing to gossip about, just tell it to Sister Yao for fun."
He paused and then said: "The son of the Xue family - this is him. He has no ability and only uses money to get into trouble. Mrs. Xue's wife is afraid that he will get into trouble again. Seeing that the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion has lost power, she is afraid that he will get into trouble in the future."
After getting into big trouble, the Rongguo Mansion became more and more indifferent, so they spent four to five hundred thousand dollars to give her daughter to the man with the stone. At least she is considered a relative of an official, and she will be considered a supporter in the future. "
Another one laughed and said: "What a shallow woman! What about the family members of officials? The inside of the capital is no better than the Jinling Mansion. There is a yamen gate at the bottom. If you have no reason, don't come in if you don't have money. But inside the capital, don't come if you have money and no officials."
Come in. If their family goes to court, no one will pay attention to them if they can't produce a letter from the Rongguo Mansion. I heard that some people are already interested in their family, and I'm afraid that some troublemakers will try to test them after a while.
Once the two-way lawsuit is over, they have nothing to do, and everyone can understand that this is a good fat sheep. The meat is in the pot, and everyone has soup to drink. It just depends on who can do it faster. If not, the second wife will cut it first.
Go with one knife."
The first one added: "The advance payment of the dowry was the second wife's own plan. Even Jia Zheng and his old lady didn't know about it. There's no telling whether this marriage will work out or not."
Someone else laughed and said, "If we can't get married, we won't be able to pay back the money."
"Repay? That's all. The second wife of Rongguo Mansion is so greedy that she took out all the money from the frying pan and hid it. Half of the capital knows about it. It's better to expect Rongguo Mansion to confiscate the house than to expect her to pay back the money!"
Everyone burst into laughter as he said this.
After laughing, someone asked: "What should I do with this person?"
Another said: "What else are you doing? Life or death has nothing to do with us, go back and collect the reward!"
A group of people laughed and made noises, and then came over and kicked Xue Pan a few more times before leaving.
Xue Pan was so frightened that his whole body was as cold as drinking cold water in the twelfth lunar month. He couldn't even remember the pain and lay motionless on the ground.
On the other side, because he had disappeared, the little boy who had been with him waited for a long time but could not wait for their uncle to come. The man who was drinking with him smiled and said: "Don't fall into the latrine."
The boys were afraid that they would not be able to explain when they went back, so they hurriedly searched around and asked people from Hualou to help search. After searching for a long time, they finally saw a man lying on the ground motionless in an empty room. He was wearing the clothes of their uncle and came over.
At first glance, there was a cloth bag on his head. The boys hurriedly took off the cloth bag to take a closer look at the face - although it was green, purple and swollen, they could still tell that it was their uncle, but he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Start wailing.
After a while, someone from Hualou came over and probed Xue Pan's nose with his finger, saying, "Don't cry, he's still alive." Then he helped him up, followed by a group of spectators, noisily helping him to drink.
In that room, someone brought him some incense and smelled it for a while. It took him half a day to wake up.
Xue Pan squinted his eyes and looked at the people in the room, then closed his eyes and groaned a few words. Now he couldn't drink anymore, so he just said to go home.
Xiao Yao'er hurriedly responded and carried him downstairs. Several people tried to help him get on the horse. A friend who was drinking behind him cursed: "You are confused! How can you ride a horse like this? Why don't you hire a car?"
Then he hurriedly called a carriage on the street, stuffed Xue Pan into it, and took him back to Lixiangyuan.