Chapter 266 Willing
Jia Zhu and Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that it was not their parents who looked for the bald monk first, but the bald monk who looked for them first.
Wang Xifeng is the housekeeper, and the old lady may call for help at any time, so it is not easy for her to leave the house. However, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian are not in trouble.
While it was still light, the two men drove a horse-drawn carriage with the village chief's son and headed straight for Sanshipu outside the south city.
Wang and Jia Zheng were also waiting for news.
“Is your sister reliable?”
Jia Zheng had been waiting since noon, and it was almost dark now. He was getting impatient, "The Xue family now depends on the Jia family for their livelihood. Don't send my letter to the East Palace and sell it out to them."
He will not be polite if he can suppress Wang family.
However, even though he said this, he himself did not believe it.
Now the Xue family depends on Xifu Lian'er and his wife.
Lian'er is a doctor of the Armory and the actual heir of Rongguo Mansion. Today's Rongguo Mansion is no worse than Ningguo Mansion.
To be precise, it is far better than Ningguo Mansion.
After all, Zhen'er is a person with a position but no power. The fact that the Ning Mansion now seems to be more favored by the emperor than the Rong Mansion is only because the eldest sister-in-law from the East Mansion took the two mansions to repay the money when the emperor needed it the most.
But this does not mean that the emperor does not care about Rongguo Mansion.
Lian'er's official position is a clear proof of this. Coupled with her brother-in-law Lin Ruhai who is about to return to Beijing, Rongguo Mansion will definitely be ten times better than Ningguo Mansion in the future.
Jia Zheng didn't even think about his second sister Jia Wen, who had been named Princess Rongguo.
He was afraid that he might have offended her by writing some letter.
"My sister lives in the West Mansion, not the East Mansion."
Wang was uneasy, but she still insisted, "Even if we have to give a letter, it must be given to Zhu'er."
My sister is very timid.
For the sake of her two children, she would most likely give the letter to Zhuer.
But Wang was not afraid of her son coming.
If it really comes, it might be more convenient for their parents to let him secretly visit the bald monk and find out what has been done to their family.
Even if they can't find the bald monk, they have to look for another expert to take back their borrowed life and fortune.
Otherwise, if the East Palace gets better and better, the first house in the West Palace will also benefit from it, and only their second house will be unlucky.
She and Jia Zheng have already had bad luck, and next are Zhu'er and Baoyu.
Wang was a kindhearted woman, so how could she bear to see her two precious sons being bullied again? "Instead of worrying about your family, you should worry about the village chief coming to look for your son and not being able to find him. What should we do?"
What do you mean? Didn't they give him a job as an errand boy? He took a hundred coins from them for running errands, but he still hasn't come back. He hasn't bothered him yet.
Jia Zheng had a lot to say in rebuttal, but he also knew in his heart that he couldn't say that since the village chief was here.
It is easy to see the King of Hell, but it is difficult to deal with little devils.
They live in this village, and if they offend the village chief, the consequences will be disastrous.
Jia Zheng sighed in his heart.
If I had known this would happen, I would have just found someone to run errands for me.
"Zhu'er is a loyal person. If he had brought Lian'er with him..."
Wang was in a great pain, "What a pity! Lian'er has been an official for so long now, I'm afraid he has grown up to be a traitor."
As she said this, she covered her chest, which was also painful.
How good Jia Lian was in the past.
I just took care of the household for them honestly.
Together with Feng'er, one is in charge of external affairs and the other is in charge of internal affairs, the young couple can fight for power and benefits from time to time.
All they have to do is act as peacemakers and scold Lian'er or Feng'er at the appropriate time.
But what about now?
Jia Lian became an official before Zhu'er, and this time he became a doctor in the armory, an position that everyone envied.
This person was the one that both the father-in-law and the uncle from the East Mansion did not want to offend.
Even if her Zhu'er became an official, how many years would it take for the powerful Duke and the powerful governor of the Beijing camp to welcome her with a smile? Wang couldn't bear to think about it. She felt choked up when she thought about it.
"Zhu'er and Baoyu...what will happen in the future?"
Are we really going to become a branch of the Rongguo Mansion?
Wang was too unconvinced.
How can Jia Lian compare with her Zhu'er? It's a pity that the heaven is unreasonable. Jia Lian, who is neither good at literature nor martial arts, is now an official.
"… You should think about what you should do, right?"
Jia Zheng didn't think so much.
No matter how bad their sons' lives are, they are definitely better than theirs.
The house here is too small, and he can't even share a room with Wang.
How many of the Jia family members living in the back street now don't have slaves and maids? No matter how poor they are, they can get help from the family property every year, at least they can eat rice and flour.
But what about him and Wang?
The ten taels of silver in hand were all used up. How would he live next? Rely on that one acre of land? Just as Jia Zheng was about to sigh again, he heard the sound of a carriage. He hurriedly got up and opened a crack in the window. As the cold wind rushed in, he finally saw his son and nephew.
Of course, the village chief's son who was running errands for them was also there, but he jumped off the carriage and ran away.
Jia Zhu had already used money to silence others, so he was not afraid of what he might say outside. He had just walked to the gate with big strides when Wang Shi had already opened it, "Zhu'er..."
Tears flow before I speak.
"Mother~"
Jia Zhu was in a complicated mood, "It's cold outside, let's go inside and talk."
"Second Aunt, Second Uncle~"
Jia Lian, who followed closely behind, first bowed to Wang, and then bowed to Jia Zheng who was looking over from the inner room.
"Come in and talk!"
Jia Zheng sat upright on the kang, trying his best to maintain his demeanor as the patriarch.
Jia Zhu supported his mother and gave Jia Lian a wink.
Jia Lian was very smart and closed the door.
Wang'er, who was driving the coach, took a look and shrank back into the coach.
In the room, the two brothers sat on the kang. Wang wiped her tears, poured them boiled water in a large coarse porcelain bowl, and then sat down.
"Why are you brothers here so late?"
Jia Zheng asked them as if he was chatting casually.
"Pearl~"
Wang's eyes were filled with tears. She pulled her son with one hand and reached for Jia Lian with the other.
Jia Lian originally wanted to keep some distance, but when he saw the look in her eyes, his heart softened and he took the initiative to reach out to her.
During those years, he always treated his second aunt as his own mother.
"Lian'er~"
After shaking the hands of her nephew and son, Wang sniffed, "You are here because of the letter, right?"
"Mother, that bald monk..."
"The bald monk said that our family shouldn't be like this."
Wang Shi didn't need Jia Zheng to say anything else, and spoke quickly and urgently, "Yuanchun should be in the palace. Our family is destined to be rich and noble."
Jia Zhu: “…”
Jia Lian: "..."
The two brothers knew what their mother (Second Aunt) was going to say next.
It would not work if we didn't let her finish.
"Your aunt from the East Mansion actually couldn't survive the birthing process."
Although the bald monk did not say so explicitly, Wang guessed that it was so, "She..."
"Mother~"
Jia Zhu wanted to endure it, but his mother was cursing his aunt, "Concubine Zhen is dead, did you know that?"
Concubine Zhen? Wang was unable to react for a moment.
Concubine Zhen died, so what did it have to do with their family? "She was once the number one person in the Empress Dowager's palace."
Jia Zhu looked directly at his mother, "You said that Sister Yuanchun should stay in the palace, but have you ever thought that once she is in the palace, we will only see each other a few times in this life? Have you ever thought that when the Emperor and the Empress were in the palace, they supported each other and were deeply in love? Now that she is married to the Marquis of Xinping, isn't it good to be a free and easy Marquis' wife?"
Cheng Luo also attended today's family dinner on her behalf.
He is about to become a father, but he is smiling like a fool.
"You said she should be in the palace, so where does that put Xinping Hou? If these words were heard by outsiders, would my sister still be alive? Would our family still be alive?"
What is the relationship between the Emperor and Marquis Xinping?
Jia Zhu was convinced by his mother. When he questioned his mother, he lowered his voice, "And Baoyu's jade, haven't you suffered enough from this loss? Others just made up a few rumors and you spread them around. Do you think it's serious? Do you think this is good for us and the family?
Are you afraid that the emperor doesn't have the knife to kill our Jia family?"
When he said the latter sentence, he was filled with grief.
"Father! Mother doesn't understand these things. Don't you understand them too?"
After talking about Wang, Jia Zhu turned to his father and asked, "What do you want to do by letting her do whatever she wants? You feel that life here is not happy. Do you want to go to the prison of the Ministry of Justice or to the Nanmen Vegetable Market?"
Jia Zheng: “…”
Wang: “…”
The two were simply stunned.
Of course, his face turned pale with fear because of his own son.
Is that what they mean?
They are talking about the bald monk.
"Is that bald monk a good person?"
Jia Zhu picked up the bowl of water his mother poured and drank it in gulps.
On the way here, he was suppressing his anger, and when he said this, his anger got even worse. "What do you mean our family is destined to be rich? Of course our family is destined to be rich. As for Dad and Mom, why did you end up like this? Didn't you bring this upon yourself?"
Jia Zheng: “…”
Wang: “…”
They want to beat people up!
"I know you won't accept what I said."
If he didn't wake his parents up, Jia Zhu was afraid they would cause more trouble. "But have you ever thought about how much better the Jia family is now than it was a year ago? Have you ever thought about how scared the whole family would be if Second Aunt survived and came back with the Jin people? Do you have the courage to fight back with Second Aunt like the eldest aunt did?"
He felt the most pain for his second aunt.
The Jia family actually feels sorry for the three aunts who were born out of wedlock.
But his father just added fuel to the fire.
"No, you will just do the same as grandma. You will refuse to acknowledge her. You will just protect yourselves. You will just try every possible way to make her die. Then you will beg the emperor to trust our Jia family and everyone in Dazhao to trust our Jia family. Even if Wohe goes to Ningrong Street and beats Second Aunt on the spot, you will just stay indoors and pretend you didn't see it."
Jia Zhu's eyes were red, "Dad, you told your son the story of covering one's ears and stealing the bell yourself."
I have clearly read the book, so how come I just glanced at it and didn't take it to heart?
"You think that the aunt of the East Mansion has robbed you of your life and your blessings, but if you are like her, who can rob you? Who dares to rob you?"
A man of integrity fears no crooked shadow.
"Don't say anything more. It's because the eldest aunt relied on the two mansions to pay back the money that she won the favor of the emperor and the queen."
Jia Zhu still understood his parents. "The silver was there, who told you not to return it? You could have returned it, but you wanted to move it."
It was because my uncle was a good person and did not argue with the second branch of the family. Otherwise, the division of the family would never have turned out like that.
"Now everyone is trying to find ways to pay back the money."
The emperor is truly in charge now, who dares not return the money?
The Li family was discussing with him that they should take advantage of the fact that everyone was selling their properties at a low price and buy some back.
"My aunt didn't return it then, and now our family is the same as them."
Jia Zhu looked at his parents under the dim oil lamp and felt that they were pitiful and ridiculous. "You insist that my aunt lent me her life and luck. Well, let's assume that she died when she gave birth to Yue'er. This family is under your control. What can you do? What do you want to do most?"
Jia Zheng: “…”
Wang: “…”
Jia Zheng's face turned pale, and Wang Shi even forgot to cry.
"Dad, Mom, can you please stop making trouble?"
Jia Zhu knelt down on the kang in front of them. "If that bald monk could really tell fortunes, how could he poison my aunt? The mediocre Jia family members are not worth anyone's attention, but the outstanding Jia family members, especially those in power, will definitely be remembered.
Do you know how many people want my aunt to die? Do you want to be the knife that kills our family? My aunt had a very bad fever that day and almost died, but until then, she was still thinking about us. "
He and his second brother Lian had grown up, and the aunt might have felt more at ease with them, so she didn't call them, but she called Baoyu and her sisters.
Jia Zhu's eyes were red, "If this world can really lend life or luck, your son is willing to lend some to your aunt."
"My nephew is willing too!"
Jia Lian knelt down and finally said, "Second uncle and second aunt, you must believe that with the eldest aunt in the Jia family, no one dares to bully me and Brother Zhu at any time."
Jia Zheng: “…”
Wang: “…”
One of them was pulling his son, and the other was pulling his nephew.
"We just want to find out what crime the bald monk committed."
Jia Zheng could not refute his son's words until now. He could only say: "Your mother is a woman. She has been led astray by that bald monk these days. In addition, the village chief said that there was a warrant for the arrest of the bald monk posted at the city gate. That's why I thought of asking about the bald monk and putting her mind at ease."
Wang: “…”
She is a woman, she is mysterious, she...
She wanted to refute Jia Zheng loudly, and wanted to say, "Aren't you also looking for it?" But when she thought about it carefully, she had forced Jia Zheng to do it all this time, so she couldn't say it.
But Wang could swear that Jia Zheng also had the idea of finding the bald monk to change his life, and this idea was very strong.
Otherwise, how could he be willing to give her a hundred coins for running errands when he was so stingy and didn't give her a penny on weekdays? It was just that because she was in the front, he was not visible.
Now I throw everything at her...
Wang glared at Jia Zheng, "You...you..."
This bastard is always the same!
No matter what happened, he was right, he didn't know, he was right, he was considerate...
Her throat gurgled a few times and she collapsed.
But when he fell down, his eyes were still staring at Jia Zheng, as if he wanted to eat him.
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