On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather was bad and gloomy in the morning, and it started snowing by noon.
Fortunately, the roads chosen by Jia Zhen were all official roads that had been renovated in the past two years. There were many villages and towns along the road. When Shen Ning was awakened by the whistling wind outside the car, the convoy had already left the main road and turned into a country road not far away.
"Grandma, there is a village ahead. Let's find a place to stay temporarily."
Rong Ge'er rode his horse to Shen Ning's window and said, "Don't worry, my father and I will take care of everything."
The Jia family has a total of twenty branches, eight of which are in the capital. Over the years, the family has grown and the Tiekan Temple has almost never been empty.
It is routine to keep the body in Tiekan Temple for three years, and normally people return to their hometown once every six years.
As the eldest grandson of the eldest son, Jia Rong followed his father to Tiekan Temple in March last year to see off the relatives of the two families who were carrying the coffins back to their hometown.
At that time, they traveled by water.
now……
If it weren't for the different status of his grandfather and the emperor's decree, he would normally have been kept in Tiekan Temple for three years.
But traveling by land, just based on the Jia family's so many trips to the south, Jia Rong already knew that if the weather was bad, they might be delayed in one place for a month.
"I see. Didn't I make masks for you? Put them on quickly."
There was a fixed charcoal stove in her car, and the outside was covered with two layers of tarpaulin to make it waterproof. With a thick mattress and quilt, Shen Ning was not cold at all.
But as soon as the car curtain was lifted, cold wind immediately blew in.
The heat in the car disappeared instantly.
Shen Ning quickly lowered the car curtains, "It's cold, don't force yourself, hurry back to your car."
"Oh, I know."
Jia Rong nodded vigorously.
But in fact, he felt sorry for his father who was also injured when his grandfather passed away last year, so he was actually the one taking the lead outside this time.
As for masks...
Uncle Jiao said that when he and his grandfather fought against the Taining Guard of the previous dynasty, they encountered heavy snow in January, and life was extremely difficult.
Now he didn't have to fight, just riding a horse or walking, what was so difficult? Although he knew that he would generally become a civil servant, Rong Ge'er still deliberately exercised his muscles.
If it is too cold to ride a horse, just stay behind, dismount and run for a while, then ride again to rest when you are tired.
Rong Ge'er feels that this is a good thing for him.
The convoy quickly entered the village.
The manager who had been contacted earlier had already used money to pave the way and rented the village chief's house, and the whole family moved to their relatives' place.
When Shen Ning got off the car, Xiaodong had already made the bed with her bedding.
This is the good thing about wealthy families: even if they go out, their quality of life does not decrease much.
"Madam, please have a bowl of ginger tea made by Aunt Li."
"Have you got them all?"
“Yes.”
It was cold, so they brought a lot of ginger. While they were still on the road, Aunt Li boiled a lot of it and gave it to the guards and escorts who were riding on horseback.
“You don’t add sugar.”
Xiaonan actually didn’t understand why their wives didn’t drink ginger tea with sugar.
It tastes so much better with sugar! "Mmm!"
Shen Ning nodded.
Ginger tea without sugar doesn’t taste very good, but it’s too cold, what if I get sick if I don’t drink it? When people are well, they don’t think about the pain of being sick.
In this day and age, any illness could mean the difference between life and death.
Shen Ning was afraid of death and was also concerned about preventing diabetes at her age, so she could only drink the drink without sugar.
She gulped down the ginger tea and said, "Everyone has worked hard today. Tell the manager to buy more eggs from the village so that everyone can have one as a snack later."
"yes!"
Eggs are always available in the house.
Xiaonan didn't think much of it, but the ten escorts from the Weiwu Escort Agency felt that it was a rare occasion.
When they were escorting goods, they had to feed themselves.
If you are unlucky, it is common to go hungry for a day.
But now, the host is a vegetarian, and these people eat better than the host.
"Ma'am, would you like a pinch?"
Xiaoxi washed her hands and came over. "I learned a little more from Doctor Wu today."
"Yeah?"
Shen Ning encouraged the motivated child, "Come on!"
Riding in a horse-drawn carriage is indeed tiring.
Xiaoxi was stronger than the average person and had learned martial arts. As soon as he pressed on her shoulder, Shen Ning hurriedly said, "Be gentle, be gentler."
Both her original body and herself are ordinary people and cannot withstand her great strength.
"Is this okay?"
Xiaoxi kept increasing her strength, and finally, Shen Ning felt that it was enough, "Yeah, it's OK now."
After a while, Shen Ning lay on the kang, and her whole body was treated.
This day... well, it's really good.
She was enjoying the ultimate massage here, but back at Rongguo Mansion, Lady Jia's face was extremely gloomy.
At this time, all the maids in her room had avoided the room, but Jia She, Jia Min, Jia Wen, Jia Lian and Jia Zhu were all there.
"Third girl, have you gone to see that person? Are you sure it's your second sister Jia Wen?"
"……yes!"
This was something Jia Wen had not expected.
She had always thought that her second sister had died long ago, but who would have thought that she was abducted by that prince and had three children with him.
This is simply...
"But there was news of her death at home, and I..."
Jia Wen knew very well what this sister would bring to the Jia family. "I have never recognized her. If there is any doubt, just say that we look alike!"
Because they were concubines' daughters, they did not travel around like their fourth sister Jia Min and did not know many friends.
"Those Jin people... have bad intentions."
Jia Wen was in a complicated mood.
The second sister shouldn’t be alive.
Being kidnapped by the enemy, you have no ability to kill during the day, and you also have no ability to kill when you are asleep at night?
"...Xie'er, what do you say?"
Grandmother Jia was very satisfied with Jia Wen's answer and turned to ask her eldest son.
This family now belongs to the eldest son.
"I'm afraid this is not something we can say the way we want to say it."
Jia She turned the ring on his finger and said, "Since they brought her here, they must want to take something back with them."
Who could have thought that one day he would have to face such a difficult decision? They were all his sisters, and he wished the best for each of them.
But the Beile of the Jin people... is another matter.
My grandfather, my great-uncle from Dongfu, as well as my father and uncle had all fought against the Jin people, and all the injuries on their bodies were caused by them.
Jia She still remembers the two years before his grandfather passed away. He cried out in pain all day long, often couldn't sleep due to the pain, and finally became just skin and bones.
He used to be such a tall man, but when his father held him and put him into the coffin, he had shrunk a lot.
"Mother, I have asked Lin Zhixiao to hurry up and chase Zhen'er and my sister-in-law."
One person's wisdom is short, two people's wisdom is long.
"They should be not far from Beijing at this time. Let's delay them for now."
"That's fine too!"
Grandmother Jia sighed, "Those golden men are not coming for our family."
It is aimed at the entire Jia family.
This one is not good...
The Jia family had finally turned their situation around with the emperor, but was about to be turned around again.
"Lian'er, you should be careful in everything you do now."
"...My grandson knows."
Jia Lian nodded, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "Grandmother, father, third aunt, fourth aunt, let's talk about this matter. Since we know that they brought the second aunt here, they are determined to drag our Jia family into this, then... we might as well confess to the emperor first."
What? Jia Min, who had been keeping silent, suddenly raised her eyes and asked, "How do you want to confess?"
"The news of Second Aunt's death was given to us by the Shenyang Guards."
Jia Lian said, "Now she is not dead, and she has given birth to three children in the Jin people's place. Our family really didn't know anything about it. Those Jin people wanted to borrow her to force our Jia family to do something, and our Jia family would never agree to it.
But on the other hand, the emperor may need to borrow our Jia family to win over a few people over there."
Grandmother Jia: “…”
Jia She: “…”
Both of them looked very surprised.
Is this still the same Lian Er who laughs and laughs all the time and is neither good at literature nor martial arts? "Zhu Er, what do you say?"
After giving Jia Lian a smile, Jia Min turned to her eldest nephew who had been silent the whole time.
"Nephew, I think what my second brother said is very right."
Jia Zhu gave his brother a particularly good smile, "My aunt in the East Palace knows about this. In all likelihood, she wants our Jia family to take the initiative to confess to the emperor."
This is what my aunt often does.
"The Luosha people are coming and the Jin people can't resist. If we don't help them, they will most likely surrender in order to survive."
Jia Zhu said: "The emperor and the adults certainly don't want them to surrender too soon."
Da Zhao is not ready yet.
"We will definitely help, but how to help... is up to the emperor and the adults to decide. Since our Jia family... has been dragged into this passively, we should confess to the emperor as soon as possible, so that the Jin people will not bear grudges against our grandfather and others and want to drag our Jia family to death."
Dukes Ning and Rong have real military achievements.
Drive the Jin people out of the Central Plains and kill them in their hometown...
Just as they hated the Jin people, Jia Zhu believed that the Jin people also hated them.
Otherwise, why would my second aunt, who gave birth to three children, be pulled here at this time?
Those people wanted to take advantage of the Jia family, and they might also have the idea of crushing the entire Jia family to death.
Anyway, if he had the chance, he would definitely kill his enemy.
This is what Uncle Jing said. When he enters the officialdom in the future, if he does not take action, then that is fine. But if he does take action, he must not hold back.
Clap~~Clap~~~~Jia Min clapped her two nephews, her eyes full of appreciation, "Just do what you want!"
If my father were here, he would be very pleased.
"It's still a while before dark, you brothers should go into the palace together!"
Now?
Jia Lian and Jia Zhu looked at each other, then stood up and saluted, "Yes!"
The two brothers looked at their grandmother and father (uncle) together again, making sure that their brains might not have caught up with the pace, and hesitated for a moment.
"My sister is right."
Jia Wen also said: "The sooner this matter is brought to the palace, the better it will be for us."
This? Jia She's heartbeat quickened, and he waved his hands and said, "Go quickly."
"Go ahead!"
Grandmother Jia also became nervous.
"Brother, come too!"
Jia Min thought of something and added, "You can choose not to talk, but you must be together."
So, braving the heavy snow, the two brothers followed Jia She into the palace.
The emperor was tired and excited these two days.
When he heard that Jia She came with his son and nephew to ask for a meeting, he was very confused.
"emperor!"
Liu An told what he knew, "Someone from the Jin envoys seeking help contacted the Jia family."
What? The emperor frowned, stood up and walked towards the imperial study, asking: "The hatred between the Jia family and the Jin people is great. Knowing that they contacted the Jia family, what do they want to do?"
Duke Ning and Duke Rong made great contributions to the country.
The same was true for their sons Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan.
At this point, the emperor believed that the Jia family would not do anything to betray the country.
"She is the only woman in the delegation."
The Jin envoys came to Beijing, and the emperor asked him to keep an eye on them.
Liu An watched closely, "That person delivered a letter to the Jia family, and then Jia Wen, the third aunt of the Jia family, met them at the back door for a while. Our people couldn't get too close at that time, so we don't know what they talked about, but both of them had red eyes in the end, and Jia Wen seemed very angry."
"Well, well done!"
The emperor was quite satisfied and said, "Just go and listen to what they say!"
Although it might be just a private matter, but since this family of three could come here at this time, he would still like to meet them.
After a while, in the imperial study, the emperor looked at the letters and keepsakes that Jia Wen sent to the Jia family, and did not speak for a long time.
Jia She's forehead was covered with sweat.
Jia Lian and Jia Zhu knelt obediently behind.
"Jia She, are you sure she is the Jia Wen who reported the death that year?"
"yes!"
Jia She did not dare to wipe his sweat, and could only say: "My third sister went out to see it herself, and came back very sad. Second sister..."
As soon as he mentioned his second sister, he regretted it.
Jia Wen surrendered to the Jin people and gave birth to their children. Her ancestors will no longer recognize her.
"Jia Wen was captured and was afraid of death, so she gave birth to a child for the other party. Even if it was a last resort, now she came back like this and found her family as soon as possible. I'm afraid the Jin people have bad intentions."
This is what my nephew Jia Zhu told me over and over again on the way here.
As the head of the family, the emperor will probably ask him.
"So my third sister is very angry. For the sake of her own life and those three...three children, she ignored Da Zhao and her ancestors. She is no longer worthy of being a daughter of the Jia family."
"...So, you reported this because you think the Jin people will use her to harm your Jia family?"
The emperor's eyes flickered and he asked something he wanted to know.
“No no!”
A drop of Jia She's sweat fell to the floor. "We brothers, sisters, and nephews discussed it together and thought that maybe we could use her to make a counterattack on the golden man."
"oh?"
The emperor's eyes were filled with a hint of smile. "Do you brothers and nephews often discuss things together?"
The unity of the Jia family is rare among the noble families in the capital today.
A big tree has many branches, and there are many calculations between people just for a little power or money.
The emperor remembered that a year ago this General She was forced by his mother to live next to the stable.
Rong Xi Tang was occupied by her beloved second son.
Unexpectedly, in just one year, Mrs. Shen had turned things into this.
"yes!"
Jia She did not dare to lie. "In the past, the main decision makers were my sister-in-law and nephew in the East Palace. Now they are not at home. Although I have sent someone to report the news as quickly as possible, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. My nephew Zhen'er once said that if he did not understand something, he would ask your Majesty for advice, so I...I am here."
"Hmm~"
The emperor nodded, "Very good!" At this point, he thought of something else, "When you came, did many people know about it?"
"Minister~"
Jia She secretly glanced at his nephew and son and said, "We left from the back door and rode in the steward's carriage." (End of this chapter)
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