In Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng was walking around in the small courtyard where she had not yet moved. She felt very nervous and always felt that a fight might have broken out in the East Mansion.
Her second uncle had been a lunatic all his life. Her eldest uncle used to be able to control him a little, but ever since the horse-frightening case, he had probably become more indulgent out of guilt.
Now he actually brought the enemies from the East Mansion and dragged my second uncle here to set a trap for Brother Zhen.
Whenever Wang Xifeng thought that they had alarmed her aunt, she felt as if the sky was falling.
"Second Grandma!"
Ping'er rushed in from outside, "Oh no! The two masters left the house, and the whip that the second master was carrying was thrown onto the street by the people in the house over there."
What? Wang Xifeng shook her body, and then quickly grabbed Ping'er's hand, "How do my uncle and second uncle look?"
Although she had long guessed that the two sides had broken up, as the daughter of the Wang family and the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, she still wanted to hold on to some hope.
She just hoped that it was her second uncle who was fooling around, and that he was in a bad mood after he apologized with the stick on his back, and was unwilling to follow the formalities, so the people in the East Palace were angry and threw away the stick he used to apologize.
"Where's the Second Master? Oh, and where's Brother Zhu? Isn't he here too? Are they back?"
"I asked Long Er to watch secretly. He said that the first and second masters looked very bad. The guards all looked anxious, as if they were chased by someone and ran very fast."
Ping'er was about to cry, "Long'er also said that Manager Chen from Huichuntang was called over there."
Wang Xifeng's heart couldn't help but tremble, and she asked the maids in the courtyard anxiously, "Is there any movement from the aunt?"
If Aunt Jia Min was in a hurry to go to the East Palace, either the old lady or the aunt would be angry.
"No!"
The maids shook their heads and said, "We are watching the road to the corner gate. Auntie didn't go that way."
"Go to the old lady's yard and take a look."
Wang Xifeng was still worried.
She also hoped that the old lady and her aunt were not too angry.
As long as the two of them were fine, she and Jia Lian would still have hope. Otherwise...
Wang Xifeng didn't dare to think any further, "Ping'er, if you go to the corner gate again, report immediately if anything happens."
But she didn't know at that time that Jia Lian had foreseen the danger of their young couple and had already tried his best to speak for her, but he himself also got a difficult lesson.
The Wang family is his in-laws' family. In the eyes of outsiders, he is indeed Uncle Wang's natural ally.
"……yes!"
Looking at his aunt who would never allow anyone to take shortcuts, Jia Lian bowed obediently and said, "I will go to the ancestral hall and think about it carefully."
The court was too far from home, and if something really happened, he really couldn't run back to ask his aunt.
Therefore, this is the path he must take.
Although it feels a bit difficult, but at home... it's obviously not easy either!
"Uncle, let's... go together!"
If my second uncle is still here, it will be difficult for not only himself, but also my grandmother and my aunt.
Jia Lian was afraid that he would make the old lady or his aunt angry again, so he wanted to help him.
"Wait a minute!"
However, Shen Ning didn't want to let Jia Zheng go just like that.
If he always makes a lot of noise but does little, then in the future, not only will she have countless messes to clean up, but the three brothers Jia Zhen, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian will also have to follow him around and be busy.
"Jia Zheng, tell me in front of the old lady, do you know where you went wrong?"
“I…I understand.”
Jia Zheng looked at his old mother pitifully and tears fell.
He couldn't afford the lives of his brother-in-law and two nephews.
"Mother, my son is wrong."
"…Now that you're wrong, what's the point?"
Grandmother Jia also knew that if she didn't give an explanation today, her niece-in-law and Zhen'er would be in trouble.
She said fiercely: "Zhen'er, you are the clan leader, break one of his legs for me on behalf of your uncle."
Now that his leg is broken, he can no longer hang around outside and bring disaster to the Jia family.
But having said that, the old lady still hoped that Shen Ning and Jia Zhen would take the initiative to reduce her son's sentence.
After all, Yuanchun is about to get married.
Everyone in the world pursues peace and prosperity.
If her father broke a leg on the eve of her wedding... then the old lady of the Chen family would probably say that her granddaughter brought disaster.
"…Broken legs are fine."
If Jia Zheng's legs were really broken, given the old lady's anger, the ones who would be in trouble would be Wang Shi and Wang Xifeng.
Wang Shi is fine, but Wang Xifeng...
Shen Ning didn't want to hurt anyone.
When she was reading Dream of the Red Chamber, she liked Feng Jie very much.
Feng Ji does have many faults, but she is worthy of anyone in the Jia family.
It was Jia Lian who did wrong to her first.
Anyone would be anxious if someone had an affair with someone in her house on such an important day as her birthday.
But she had clearly suffered a lot of injustice, but the old lady just brushed it off in a few words.
She married into the Jia family with a dowry, but when the Jia family searched the house, the dowry turned into a box of pawn tickets.
A good cook cannot cook without rice.
She did lend money at high interest, but it was just filling the bottomless pit in the Rongguo Mansion.
To be precise, she was cheated by her aunt Wang.
Because of Yuanchun, the eunuchs in the palace asked for money every year. Who could afford it?
"Go to the ancestral hall and copy the clan rules and the Great Zhao Law!"
Huh? Jia Zheng was stunned.
Grandmother Jia and the others were also very surprised.
This punishment seems severe, but for scholars, they have no idea how light it is.
Many mistresses in the inner courtyard punished their children by using the Book of Filial Piety, Rules for Women, and the like. These clan rules and the Dazhao Code... may have a little more words, but they are really nothing to Jia Zheng.
"Recite the clan rules ten times, and the Great Zhao Law twenty times."
When Jia Mu and Jia Zheng were about to breathe a sigh of relief, Shen Ning suddenly said, "You are not clear-headed, you are easily influenced, and you are a traitor. Then copy and recite the clan rules, and try to be a qualified member of the Jia family. I asked you to copy the Dazhao Law to let you know that there are some things that cannot be touched. If you touch them, you will be breaking the law."
She looked at Jia Zheng and said in a cold voice, "After writing the twenty volumes of Dazhao Law, distribute them to the clan managers. From now on, anyone in this family who dares to break the law will be reported to the authorities."
As for hiding a broken arm in the sleeve, that's impossible with her.
"After writing all of these, I have to look over them again, write them randomly, or find someone to write for me..."
“I don’t dare!”
How could Jia Zheng dare?
"Before the New Year, I want to see three clan rules and one Dazhao law."
"……yes!"
Jia Zheng responded with a trembling voice.
There are still more than five months until the Chinese New Year, and he has no time to rest.
Jia Zheng didn't know that Shen Ning just wanted to squeeze his time.
"Aunt, I have said what I want to say. Do you have anything to add?"
Grandmother Jia: “…”
She felt like she had nothing to add!
But Shen's appearance...
"Those letters you wrote..."
The old lady was still worried about these things, "Write them down for me before entering the ancestral hall. I want to read them."
Look how stupid he is.
Look at to what extent the Wang family bullied the Jia family.
"If you can't write, then don't come out."
"……yes!"
Jia Zheng fell heavily on his face.
When Manager Chen came over, Wang had already woken up. She was fine, just a little bit suffering from heatstroke. But Master Zheng Er... not only had thorns on his back and wounds on his legs, but also burns on his shoulders.
Even though he pretended to be only concerned about the injury and not the person himself, Jia Zheng's face turned red with shame.
But what can we do?
His mother wanted him to see the doctor, and not doing so would be unfilial.
…
In the inn, Lan Zhi met her three cousins.
Jia Zhu felt deeply ashamed in front of this cousin with murderous eyes.
"Come here, in addition to the things in the carriage, this small box is the New Year's money given to you by your aunt and sister-in-law."
Jia Zhen stuffed a small wooden box into her hand and said, "My cousin doesn't have anything else, but this horse..."
He touched the shiny black horse reluctantly and said, "This is the descendant of my grandfather's war horse. It is very majestic. I give it to you."
"…Thank you, cousin!"
Others can be declined, but this horse...
Even if there is one more horse, it will be good for the women's army.
"It's called Flying Tiger."
Jia Zhen said, "When you ride it, you will know how stable it is."
The reason why he was able to run from Tongzhou to Tianjin overnight and catch up with the group of Japanese pirates was mainly because of his good horse.
"If the army encounters any good horses, they must find a wife for Feihu. If a foal is born..."
"I'll send it back."
Lan Zhi saw his seriousness and reluctance and immediately understood.
"Haha! Thank you!"
Jia Zhen smiled and bowed to her.
When he was young, he learned horse training from the Horse King in Beijing and was actually very interested in it.
But his status doesn’t allow him to be a stable boy.
In the end, I only learned half of it.
"And me!"
Jia Lian stepped forward and said, "You know what your cousin is doing now. If you need anything, just write to me. I will also inform Lord Jiang and ask him to take good care of you."
"……good!"
Lan Zhi accepted the favor.
According to the information she had obtained, this cousin had previously been in charge of the mundane affairs of the Rongguo Mansion on behalf of the second wife.
He was obviously the eldest son of the first wife, and he was obviously the one who would inherit the Rongguo Mansion, but in the eyes of outsiders...
"The things in that car were bought by your cousin Zhu and I. I'm sure your family will send some back later."
Jia Lian said: "Don't refuse, this is what you deserve."
As he spoke, Jia Zhu bowed and saluted from behind.
The cooperation is very tacit.
"The family doesn't know what the second uncle and second aunt did." Jia Lian added: "The old lady and the eldest aunt were very angry today. When the war in Ningxia is over..., when you return to Beijing, the family will give you an explanation."
"...I will definitely come back."
Lan Zhi glanced at Jia Zhu and said, "You can go back and tell those two."
Since she couldn't take revenge through the proper means, she could still think of other unconventional methods.
The garrison commander named Hu died in such an ignominious way because she was the one who secretly helped him.
"……good!"
Jia Zhu heard something, but who could blame his father and mother for being wrong?
If he was my cousin...
"Others don't need to come. I still have a lot of things to do."
Lan Zhi stopped looking at Jia Zhu and bowed to Jia Zhen and Jia Lian, "Big cousin, second cousin, go home and thank my aunt and sisters-in-law for me!"
"become!"
Jia Lian nodded, "If you have anything to say, don't tell us. We...are really going home."
"I really don't want to accompany you into the ancestral hall."
Jia Zhen lamented, "Cousin, please go and do your work. We will go back slowly."
“…”
Lan Zhi understood that since all the brothers were going to enter the ancestral hall, Jia Zheng... would definitely not be able to escape. "Then I will leave first and won't see you off."
In fact, someone was calling her from inside.
And the voice sounds like that of the general.
She rushed in in a hurry, only to see General Jiang already on his horse. "We have to go back quickly."
All the things that needed to be done were done. Old Man Jiang was eager to go home. He bowed to the three brothers of the Jia family who also rushed out, and said, "Give Lan Zhi a gift..."
"I'll arrange to take it over with the food and fodder."
Jia Lian said quickly, "Master Jiang, please take good care of my cousin."
"nature!"
Jiang Yu nodded, "Lanzhi, get on the horse."
He has no other nonsense.
The emperor gave him the greatest support, and next, it was his business with the Tatars.
The military situation was urgent and no time could be lost, so Jiang Yu rode away immediately.
Lan Zhi climbed onto the back of Feihu, which Jia Zhen had quickly brought over, and followed without any hesitation.
The only difference was that this time, she had an extra horse.
…
Yansui.
After coming out of the general's mansion, Min Tai felt weak all over.
His son entered the Duke's Mansion.
The Jia family knew everything.
What to do? "Master~"
The servant helped him up and was about to say something else when Min Tai suddenly said, "Hurry, go back home."
Now only the lady can save him.
As long as the lady stands on his side, no matter how dissatisfied the Jia family is with him, they will not do anything to him and the Min family for the lady's sake.
"……yes!"
The servant helped him mount the horse. Min Tai couldn't walk fast for a while, so he could only try hard to think about how to coax Jia Jin and his daughter.
The pair of children are the apple of the eye of the mother's eye.
Their surname is Min.
Even though they are all... traitors, he can only rely on them now.
Min Tai suspected that the love that once filled his heart had turned to hatred because of what happened in the past few years. If she knew that the Jia family still supported her...
Maybe they will forcefully take his children away.
The arm cannot twist the thigh.
Even though this place is far away from the capital, and even though the Jia family is no longer the original Jia family, a fifth-rank military officer can crush him to death.
Min Tai felt that he had to hide the truth from Jia Jin and could not reveal the specific situation of the Jia family.
"Oh~"
He dismounted in front of the Duobao Pavilion and asked, "Boss, do you have any good jewelry?"
What women love most is jewelry.
Even if Jia Jin doesn't love her daughter, she will save up a dowry for her as her daughter grows older.
"What does Lord Min want?"
"Whatever it is, give my wife and daughter one set each."
Min Tai was panicking, but his face showed deep affection, "Hurry up, money is not a problem."
At this time, he did not know that Jia She worked day and night and was actually not slower than the messengers in the army.
Tired of riding in the carriage, Jia She went out to ride a horse.
When you get tired of riding a horse, take a ride.
Although he suspected that Jia Zhen was dead, he still had to do his best before receiving any concrete news.
He thought about a lot of things along the way.
I thought about how my father treated my younger sisters.
Thinking of his Yingchun.
He couldn't bear the thought that Yingchun might become like Jia Rui in the future.
"Master, Yansui is ahead."
Huo Qi saw the city wall of Yansui.
"Okay, okay."
Finally we're here, and we don't have to bump around on the road anymore.
Jia She was full of energy again, "Hurry, go to Min's house." (End of this chapter)
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