Chapter 138 Think for Yourself
Can you sleep in the middle of the night? Wang looked at her sister-in-law with a cold face, and her heart was pounding. "Sister-in-law, just say whatever you want to say. Why do you have to be sarcastic?"
She did some things, but she also confessed in front of the Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva didn't do anything to her. Why did Shen say that to her? "I am threatening you?"
Shen Ning was so angry that she laughed, "Jia Zheng, do you still remember how your sister Jia Lan died?"
Jia Zheng: “…”
When his sister-in-law called his name, his legs began to tremble.
Before, his second uncle kowtowed to each of them to apologize, and he didn’t know what to do. Now he was talking about Jia Lan who had passed away a long time ago.
Hiss~ "Didn't she... die of illness?"
Not long after her father died, she died of illness!
"Huh~"
Shen Ning resisted the urge to smash the cup next to her on his face. "Do you still remember the letter you gave her?"
Believe? Jia Zheng was a little confused. He didn't have much interaction with that sister, but...
He couldn't help but glance at Wang, "Remember this."
Could it be that there was something wrong with that letter? Jia Zheng tried hard to recall, "When my father passed away and our family was in a difficult time, she wrote back asking us to take care of her nephews and nieces. I thought that they were at the border and they should go to the battlefield to fight for their family and for themselves..."
Having said this, he couldn't continue because the way his mother looked at him changed.
Jia Zheng was panicking, "Mother, did your son do something wrong?"
Grandmother Jia: “…”
What the hell is this thing she gave birth to? The Duke and the eldest uncle passed away, Jing'er was in such a state, and it was the time when all parties were fighting for everything the Jia family had in the army. Her son wanted to let his sister and her family go to the battlefield?
The old lady was very experienced. She looked at her son, then at her daughter-in-law and Wang Ziteng, whose face changed slightly. What else did she not know? She trembled her lips and looked at Shen Ning, "What else did this evil creature do?"
"...Then you'll have to ask your eldest uncle and your second brother's wife."
Shen Ning looked at Wang Ziteng and Wang Shi, "You two have done a lot of favors for my Jia family's son-in-law and grandson, right?"
When someone goes up, someone else must come down.
What about the Lan family, father and son?
Even if the war situation is tense, one person should be left behind, but what is the result?
"What are you talking about, sister-in-law?"
Wang Ziteng glanced at Jia Zhen and Jia Lian who came in and knew the consequences of admitting it.
But he thought about the situation of the Lan family. The father and son were all dead, and the daughter was burned to death in a fire. Even if outsiders had some speculations, they could only be speculations and there was no evidence at all.
"Is it someone in Ningxia who has given maggots to my brother-in-law in front of my sister-in-law?"
Wang Ziteng seemed to be quite disappointed with his brother-in-law. "My brother-in-law has such a bad temper..." He sighed. "He has never been in the military before. Those soldiers may not listen to him."
At the beginning, he really wanted to use Jia Zheng to recruit more people, but this brother-in-law was not Jia She, nor was he Jia Jing, and he could not do it too obviously. So far, all the people he had recruited were those who liked to speculate and actually did not have much ability.
But in a place like the border, real ability is often what matters, so it doesn't matter whether those people have it or not, there's not much difference.
I only regret that I was young and didn’t understand these things back then, and I wasted a lot of money and energy in vain.
"But in front of my sister-in-law, she put all the blame for the Lan family's deaths on her brother-in-law..."
Wang Ziteng said meaningfully: "Sister-in-law, you should think about why that person didn't file a complaint earlier or later, but now."
At this point, he glanced at Jia Lian and said, "Lian'er has entered the Armory, and many people want to find a way to get to know him. What happened back then... Although it has been a long time, the two children of the Lan family are the grandchildren of the Jia family after all, and they always have to shirk their responsibilities.
Sister-in-law, you don’t know how dangerous the officialdom is. You can just listen to some things and never take them seriously. "
This? Jia's mother subconsciously tried to find some excuse for her son, and couldn't help but look at Shen Ning again.
"Both nephews...are dead?"
Only Jia Zheng realized it later, and said in disbelief: "There are rules in the army that require us to stay..."
Bang~clang~~~~Shen Ning couldn't bear it anymore.
She grabbed the tea that the maid had just served and threw it at Jia Zheng.
Jia Zheng was so frightened that he didn't care about the pain or the broken porcelain pieces on the ground. His legs softened and he knelt down on the spot, saying in a mournful voice, "Sister-in-law~~~"
"Stay? How can you stay? Didn't you write a letter to the Second Guard's garrison?"
Shen Ning sneered, "How powerful are you, Jia Zheng? You are selfless and selfless. When your sister died, you asked your brother-in-law and two nephews to take turns to be the vanguard team. After your brother-in-law killed three Tatars that day, he ran out of strength and was beheaded. Your two nephews were lucky and survived for three years."
At this point, she grabbed the half-drunk cup of tea that Jia Mu had drunk and threw it at Jia Zheng fiercely, "Do you want to check what the relationship is between the Second Guard's garrison and the Wang family? Where's your brain? Is it filled with shit?"
"Slowly, slowly, what does this have to do with my Wang family?"
How could Wang Ziteng recognize it, how could he dare to recognize it?
"Sister-in-law, you need evidence for what you say."
The letter was destroyed long ago.
All the people involved back then are gone too.
Not long after the fire at the Lan family, Hu Shoubei, commander of the Second Guard of Ningxia, suffered a stroke and died on his concubine's belly.
Hu Shoubei's wife, Xue, sold all her concubines and maids and returned to her hometown in Nanyang with her children.
Wang Ziteng was not afraid of being investigated. "Yes, I know Hu Shoubei. Even his wife, Xue, is from my second sister's in-laws' family. But this indirect in-law relationship is the norm in the officialdom. I was in the army, and he was also in the army. When he was alive, our two families had several letters to each other. Isn't it normal?"
"Did I speak to Master Wang?"
"But my sister-in-law mentioned the Wang family, so I have to explain it."
"Oh? Are you saying that this matter has nothing to do with your Wang family?"
"No!"
Wang Ziteng shook his head without hesitation.
“Okay, okay!”
Shen Ning nodded, "Jia Zhen, Jia Zhu, Jia Lian, did you three hear it?"
Jia Zhen: “…”
Jia Zhu: “…”
Jia Lian: "..."
The three brothers looked at each other and bowed together, "I heard it."
Jia Zhu vaguely knew why his aunt was so angry.
His father was confused, and his mother... intentionally or unintentionally, led his father to steal the relationship in Jia's army.
It is definitely impossible to win over my uncle, so...
Jia Zhu couldn't help but look at his grandmother, and sure enough, his grandmother's hands on the table began to tremble.
he……
Jia Zhu stood there and couldn't help but close his eyes.
Jia Lian was the most confused person at the scene.
He went home happily after court.
Before he even entered the yard, Feng'er kept asking him to leave quickly.
He was still confused when someone from the East Palace arrived.
As a result, before he could ask Feng'er what was going on, she told him to be obedient and listen to his aunt.
He would definitely listen to his aunt, but...
Jia Lian's eyes swept over the Wang brothers and his uncle and aunt, and his heart felt heavy.
"I'm glad you heard it."
Shen Ning looked at Jia Zheng who was kneeling on the ground. "Jia Zheng, let me ask you, have you written any letters to the various armies in these years? Have you planted any people in the army?"
Jia Zheng: “…”
He didn't know what to say because he had really done it.
He wrote letters of recommendation for some of his uncle's fellow soldiers in the army who were not easily placed in the Beijing camp, as well as for some of his former colleagues who had failed in their careers.
But once the Jia family leaves the army, those relationships will expire and become invalid!
Although he thought so in his heart, Jia Zheng did not dare to say it out loud.
He was afraid that if he told it, his sister-in-law would get mad and hit him to death with a chair.
Jia Zheng couldn't help but look at his mother for help, wanting his mother to speak for him.
But Grandmother Jia simply couldn't bear to look at him. When she did, she felt dizziness in front of her eyes and tightness in her chest. "Wang, you..." She wanted to kill her, and if she couldn't kill her, she could just divorce her. But her eldest granddaughter Yuanchun was about to get married, and her eldest grandson had to take the imperial examination next year.
“You…” The old lady’s hands were shaking. “Get out of here, get out of here right now!”
"Mother~~~"
Jia Zheng cried. His mother looked unhappy. "Don't scare your son. You..."
"You get out too!"
The old lady gnashed her teeth and said, "You get out too~~"
At this moment, she only hated that she was in such good health that she could not faint. "My niece, there is no need to ask. This evildoer must have done it. Zhen'er, you are the clan leader. From now on, he is not your uncle. He is, he is... the unfilial son of the Jia family."
Damn, she is still a mother.
It’s a pity that there are so many people here. She still wants to save this evil creature’s life and save some face.
Grandmother Jia suddenly burst into tears, "How can you be worthy of your father? How can you be worthy of your sister? You make an old woman like me too ashamed to see them even if I die?"
"Mother~, Mother~~~"
Jia Zheng burst into tears, but still wanted to come over and touch her chest.
Unexpectedly, when he came towards her on his knees, Grandmother Jia kicked him away and said, "Get out! Go back to the ancestral hall and tell your father that you forced his son-in-law and his two grandsons to death."
The old lady could hardly remember what her son-in-law looked like, and she had never seen her two grandchildren, but that did not stop her from feeling heartbroken at the moment.
When she was young, she was most afraid that the Duke would go out to fight.
People will really die. Many, many people will die.
So, when he was away at war, she doted on the children even more.
Who would have thought...
"Someone, show the guests away!"
At this moment, Jia's mother really hated the Wang family. "I will not trouble you two uncles to watch the jokes about my Jia family's internal affairs."
The Wang family is hateful, but it’s her own son’s fault for not living up to expectations.
"What? What the old woman said doesn't work?"
The old lady glared at them, and Jia Zhen, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian hurriedly gestured to Wang Ziteng and his brothers to come in.
"Master Wang, Master Wang, please come in!"
As Jia Zhen spoke, he had already sent a look to the guards at the door. Seeing that they were about to force him, Wang Ziteng hurriedly bowed and said, "I'm sorry, there are some things I can explain." But even his own nephew looked like he was telling him to leave quickly, so he could only say, "Forget it, the old lady and the eldest sister-in-law are angry today, I'll come back another day!"
He waved his hand, and Wang Jin and Wang Zisheng hurried forward and pushed his wheelchair away.
When they arrived at the entrance of the flower hall, the Wang family's guards who had just been watched quickly stepped out with four people and carried the body away the moment the Jia family's guards made way.
In the flower hall, the old lady collapsed all over, tears streaming down her face. "My niece, punish this evil creature however you want!"
If we don’t control it, what will happen in the future?
"And Wang..."
Why didn't he die? The old lady looked at her daughter-in-law who was kneeling on the ground with her head lowered. "You just can't stand seeing our Jia family doing well? You want to get everything from your Wang family? Are you worthy of Zhu'er? Are you worthy of Baoyu?
Lan'er also calls you sister-in-law, how can you be so cruel? You killed her child, aren't you afraid...aren't you afraid that she will come looking for you?"
She almost said, "Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
But when she thought about the fact that Wang's children were all her grandchildren, the idea of retribution was suppressed.
“…”
Wang knelt there, head lowered, face pale, without saying a word.
She actually didn't expect that things would be so serious.
Just a few letters.
Everything was discussed between her brother and Jia Zheng, and she just played a supporting role on the side.
The only letter with his name written on it was the one to Jia Lan.
The Wang family believed that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. She knew how to read, but she could not really write. The only thing she wrote beautifully was her own name.
But even though she thought her handwriting was the best, it was still ugly in the eyes of her husband Jia Zheng.
So later on, she didn't even have the chance to write her name.
Now the mother-in-law wants to blame her for everything...
Wang couldn't refute it.
The one who instigated it was her brother, and the one who was instigated was her husband. She just felt that it was a good relationship for them, and it did not cause any loss to their family...
The Jia family can give a family background to the palace guards, so why can't they help the people her brother knows? It's not an important position to put them in? Jia Lan...
Wang's chest felt very stuffy and her vision gradually went dark. She suddenly fell to the ground.
"Mother~"
Before she fell into complete darkness, she heard her son's cry.
"Please come in, Shopkeeper Chen~"
Jia Zhen hurriedly told Xing'er, "He may have had a heat stroke. Zhu'er, give him some water."
At this moment, he didn't want to bother with the other person's mother, because her mother's expression was also not good, "Mother, please sit down and rest first, your son will do the next step."
“…”
Shen Ning glanced at him and ignored him, "Jia Lian, what do you think about what happened today?"
Jia Lian: "..."
He paused while whispering to the old lady and wiping her tears, and said hurriedly, "I will personally investigate the matter of my aunt. There should be a cousin in the Lan family. I will find someone to bring her to Beijing."
“Yes, yes.”
Grandmother Jia said repeatedly: "If she is married, bring her family to Beijing to take care of her. If she is not married, find a family for her in Beijing, and I will pay for the dowry."
"Wow~" Jia Zheng cried, "My son is gone."
"The Lan family...was burned down in a fire."
What? Grandmother Jia and Jia Zheng were both stunned.
"It was Lanzhi who set the fire herself when she was escaping from Ningxia Erwei."
Shen Ning said, "Aunt, the reason I went out was to see Lan Zhi. She is now with General Xia, and is the deputy lieutenant in charge of the women's army there."
“…”
“…”
Grandmother Jia and Jia Zheng were all stunned.
"I tried to persuade her to come back, but she refused and wanted to fight the Tatars."
Shen Ning sighed, "Lian'er, our family... owes her."
"My nephew knows about this. I will do my best to help Ningxia."
Jia Lian nodded seriously and said, "Especially the women's army."
Ningxia's women's army has always been famous in Dazhao.
It was built for the founding princess. When he learned about Ningxia Guard, he learned about that place. "I will ask General Xia to take care of it for me."
As a doctor in the Armory, he could seek some benefits for his relatives.
"One more question," Shen Ning looked at him, "Are you willing to hand over all of Rongguo Mansion's military connections to the Yue family?"
Jia Lian: "..."
He shook his head gently, "Our things belong to our family."
"What if Feng'er begs you?"
"She won't!"
Seeing the old lady looking at him, Jia Lian said hurriedly, "Her parents died a long time ago, and she spent more time in our house when she was young." Second Aunt had always intended to bring them together. "She should have heard about what happened today. I just got home and before I could say a word, the maid called me over. At that time, Feng Er even told me specifically, 'Listen to your aunt in everything.'"
The expression on Lady Jia's face eased slightly.
At least this granddaughter-in-law is not crooked.
otherwise……
She can't just divorce her daughter-in-law so easily. This granddaughter-in-law who hasn't given birth to a child yet should just go back to the Wang family!
"When she came back from Jiangnan, Feng'er told me about her uncle's horse-scaring case."
Jia Lian did not dare to relax because his aunt was still staring at him with lightning eyes.
If this goes wrong, he and Feng'er may never see each other again.
Jia Lian sensed this keenly from his grandmother and aunt's attitude towards the Wang family. "She said, 'Luckily I'm not at home, Brother Zhu is so busy and exhausted, and as a result, her uncle and aunts are not satisfied.
And also said…”
He glanced at the old lady.
Jia's mother didn't have much patience now, so she asked directly, "What else do you want to say?"
"Feng Er also said," Jia Lian hesitated, "My uncles are relatives, but they are not as close as me."
Grandmother Jia: “…”
Shen Ning: “…”
Although they felt relieved facing Wang Xifeng, this child made them itchy.
Jia Lian continued, "She couldn't bear to see me suffer, so how could she team up with outsiders to cheat me?"
Bang~ Jia Zhen couldn't stand it anymore and came over to hit him, "Look how beautiful you are, it's as if Zhu'er and I don't have wives."
Their wives are nice too.
It’s just that Uncle Zheng married a bad wife.
"You've seen what's going on with the Wang family." Jia Zhen said directly, "I just want to ask you, do you want to help Master Wang return to the Beijing camp?"
“…”
Jia Lian knew he couldn't escape this question. "The situation in the Beijing camp is complicated. I don't know how many eyes are watching. I just joined the Armory Department. I'd be crazy to get involved."
“…”
Shen Ning was not satisfied with this answer. "You are in the Arsenal, and you are his nephew-in-law. In many cases, you don't have to say anything. Just because of this relationship, in the eyes of many people, you naturally stand on his side.
If this happens, how are you going to respond?"
How to deal with it?
Jia Lian frowned.
This is indeed a problem.
But he is not easy to solve.
He couldn't tell everyone that he didn't like the Wang family, right? That would hurt Feng'er's heart.
"Please ask the old lady and aunt to teach me."
Jia Lian bowed deeply and said, "Brother, please teach me too."
Jia Zhen had no ability to teach him, so he looked at his mother first.
The same goes for Lady Jia.
“…Think for yourself!”
Shen Ning was not indulgent, and said in a serious tone, "What is the purpose of having a brain? If you can't figure it out, go to the ancestral hall and think about it in front of your ancestors. When you have figured it out, come back and answer me. If the answer is not good, keep thinking about it."
At this point, she paused, "Lian'er, you have already entered the court, and you have to make up your mind about many things at the time, so you have to think clearly about where you stand."
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