Chapter 276 Vomiting Blood
At Ningguo Mansion, Shen Ning was not in a very good mood when she returned home.
The Wang family is a time bomb!
"Zhen'er, have someone check on your Uncle Zheng and Aunt Zheng's situation in the countryside. Also, check on Wang Zisheng and Wang Ren. If possible, pinpoint the faults of these two people."
"Mother, what happened?"
Jia Zhen was quite surprised.
What happened to the Wang family again?
Wasn't it because of Concubine Nan'an that the old lady was looking for him? Or was it because Wang Ziteng did something in the south?
"Just in case."
Shen Ning sighed, "By the way, are the old Nicos in charge of Mantou Temple still honest?"
"Mantou Temple?"
This jump is too big.
Jia Zhen was unable to react for a moment. "Didn't the palace release a group of people last year? There happened to be a maid who lived in that area. Youshi said it was inconvenient to let the men take care of the affairs of the nunnery, so she asked the maid to be the manager."
He donated 80% of his money to Mantou Temple to accumulate blessings for his sister and his future children, so he dared not mess around.
"As for the old nun inside..." He thought for a moment, "She is so busy now. Haven't you seen that she has no time to go to the West Palace to talk about Buddhism?"
His parents believed in Taoism, but the old lady in the West Mansion and Aunt Zheng were both devout Buddhists, especially Aunt Zheng, who even had a special small Buddhist temple.
“Do they also make steamed buns?”
A smile flashed in Shen Ning's eyes.
“Do it!”
Jia Zhen nodded, "They are known as steamed buns because they make good steamed buns, right?"
The name of the temple is Shuiyue Temple.
"Now, the steamed buns in our house are all delivered by them."
The palace guards and the newly hired escorts all had plenty to eat. There were 150 of them supplied every day.
"Does the government give money?"
"nature!"
Jia Zhen nodded vigorously.
Now the housekeeper is either a cousin or a cousin, plus the future daughter-in-law...
He didn't dare save that little money and let them complain to their mother.
“Where is the donor?”
Shen Ning seemed to remember that there were several hundred every day.
"There are many charity halls in the capital, and there are many elderly people and children. Anyway, it doesn't matter who you give it to, so we take turns to give 100 gifts every day. Considering that they are elderly and children, we use three-grain flour without adding bran or wheat bran.
There are 200 buns in Nanchengshe every day, but the buns here are all made with bran and wheat bran. Anyone who can’t eat can go get one until they are all gone.”
"Can you finish it?"
Jia Zhen nodded, "It's easy to get them. There are many people living in shacks over there. Each person can only get one per day. Basically, they are all gone in half an hour."
"...By this calculation, does Mantou Temple still have any surplus?"
Shen Ning remembered that they recruited a lot of women last year to make steamed buns and sell them.
"some."
Jia Zhen nodded, "They applied to build two more courtyards. Last winter, there were many women and children who came to live there. The housekeeper's sisters discussed it and agreed. Now the courtyard is probably almost finished."
His sister Xiao Yue'er is in good health, and Youshi is pregnant with another baby.
So when Mrs. You found out last year, she added another 500 taels.
"Mother, the Mantou Temple has been gradually gaining popularity since the second half of last year."
Jia Zhen said, "Because the temple still has steamed buns for donation, it is quite lively there now. What do you think, should we hold two more temple fairs on the first and fifteenth day of each month to let more people know about it, and by the way, it will be convenient for the people around to set up small stalls and sell some small things?"
"……sure!"
It was rare that Jia Zhen was willing to do something practical, so how could Shen Ning not be willing? She smiled and said, "If we hold a temple fair, I will pay for the opera troupe."
There are few recreational activities in this era.
It is not easy for ordinary people to join in the fun.
Knowing where there is an opera troupe, many people would rush over from ten or twenty miles away to join in the fun.
"Well, then my son will ask the steward to do it."
When Shen Ning returned, she asked Qingzhu to take out two hundred taels of silver first.
I forgot about the Wang family.
But Jia Zhen did not forget. He casually told his servant Shou'er to check it out, and considerately said, it was late, so he should rest outside for a night and come back with his report tomorrow night.
However, they didn't expect that Shou'er, who went to inquire, managed to return just before the city gate was closed.
His face was green, as if he wanted to fight with someone.
When Jia Zhen, who was about to take a foot bath and then rest, heard Shou'er asking to see him at this time, he knew something was not good and immediately went to the outer study to meet him.
But it would have been better if I hadn’t listened to it. Once I heard it… I almost vomited blood.
His mother supports his brother-in-law?
How dare Wang say that? Jia Zhen stared at Shou'er, panting heavily, "What about Jia Zheng? Didn't he slap Wang in the face at that time?"
He doesn't even call him Second Uncle anymore.
"……No."
When Shou'er heard about it from the villagers, he was also very angry. Their wife was such a good person, but she was treated like that by that couple. "They said that the second master didn't say a word and even picked up the overturned table himself."
This was a disguised way of agreeing with Wang's words! Hateful, although those two were exiled, they were still the master and mistress of the Jia family, otherwise, he would have gone over to fight them long ago.
"Okay, okay, Jia Zheng, Jia Cunzhou, you are looking for death."
Jia Zhen was so angry that he was shaking all over.
He hated Wang, but he hated his so-called second uncle Jia Zheng even more.
It was him who followed Wang time and time again, stabbing his closest relatives with a knife from behind!
He pulled out the sword hanging on the wall with a clang, and was about to go to Rongguo Mansion with it.
Shou'er hurriedly pulled at her, "Master, you can't make a scene openly. Madam is not in good health right now. If you make a scene, what if you make her angry..."
The last time my wife was seriously ill, they were all scared.
What will happen to this family without a wife?
"Who do you want to find? We'll do it quietly."
Jia Zhen: “…”
Thinking of his mother's current health condition, he was persuaded, but he felt so resentful.
"Son of a bitch, I must kill him, kill him..."
This is going to drive his mother to death! What is this? The clear ones are clear, and the turbid ones are turbid? Bullshit!
People in this world just like to spread these romantic stories. They originally had no basis, but as they spread the story, they can even add in the time, place and other details.
What should his mother do? Aren't there many people in the capital who wish his mother would die immediately? Jia Zhen dropped his sword and said, "Let's go, follow me to find Jia Zhu."
You want to die, right?
Then don't live at all.
He strode towards the West Palace.
At this time, Jia Zhu was still reading by lamplight.
This year's Enke was delayed because of the Rakshasas.
He cherishes this time.
Li Wan also knew how busy he was now and never disturbed him.
She tried her best to take care of the logistics. The room was always warm at all times. She would let him rest for a while while changing the hot tea every half an hour, and she would massage his shoulders, back and forehead.
Today was just like any other day. Li Wan was wondering whether she should go into the study and call the master to soak her feet and have a rest when she heard a knock on the door.
The bang-bang sound was quick and loud.
Li Wan's face changed. It was so late and someone was knocking on the door like that. Did something happen again?
When she hurried out, the gatekeeper had already opened the door.
However, before the door was about to open, Jia Zhen had already kicked it.
Bang~ A louder noise startled everyone in the yard.
Jia Zhu also hurriedly put down the book and rushed out, "Brother~"
Big brother looks murderous...
Jia Zhu knew something serious had happened. He ran towards his brother with a serious expression on his face. "What happened?"
"You did a good job, and you asked me what happened?"
If Jia Zhen hadn't seen his brother's wife looking frightened, he would have wanted to punch him on the head.
He admitted that he was taking his anger out on others, but he couldn't help it.
“Brother…”
Jia Zhu was confused. What did he do?
"Shut up!"
Jia Zhen forced himself to endure and said, "Follow me."
He turned and went to Rong Xi Tang.
At this time, Jia She was still busy carving the blocks of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
Recently he has become more and more skilled in carving.
The small carving knife was scratching on the wood, and soon another word was taking shape.
"Master, Master Zhen from the East Mansion is here with Master Zhu."
Bang~ A word was ruined, and the half-carved page of wood was also ruined.
Jia She was furious.
He had said long ago that no matter what happened, even if the sky fell, he would only return when he stopped.
Lettering is not something that can be done overnight.
He had to slow down every time he carved three words.
Otherwise, there is a high probability of error.
This was his experience gained after carving for many days.
In Jia She's opinion, no matter how big the event was, their family would wait for him for such a short time.
But I didn’t think…
Just as Jia She was about to call for someone to betray this tactless maid, Jia Zhen strode in.
His expression was even uglier than Jia She's.
Jia Zhu almost had to jog to catch up.
"Everyone else, get out. Shou'er will guard the door."
Seeing this scene, the maid who was in charge of serving tea and reporting dared not delay and hurried away.
Shou'er closed the door and indeed stood guard outside.
"Jane, what happened?"
Looking at his two nephews, Jia She could only temporarily put aside his anger.
"I will open the ancestral hall, bring Jia Zheng and Wang back, and beat them to death."
What? Jia She and Jia Zhu were shocked.
"That bastard is not worthy of being a member of my Jia family."
If we expel him from the clan, it will be difficult to kill him.
Along the way, Jia Zhen thought a lot.
But even though he had calmed down for a long time, he still couldn't control his anger when talking about those two people. "Jia Zhu, for the sake of my deceased uncle and old lady, you are still my brother for the time being. If you dare to say a word for them, you are no longer my brother, and I will expel your second branch from the Jia family."
Jia Zhu: “…”
His face suddenly turned gray.
What did his father and mother do?
Under his elder brother's murderous gaze, Jia Zhu opened his mouth but didn't dare to say anything. However, when he turned to look at his uncle, pleading was evident.
"Jane, what happened?"
"Uncle She..."
Jia Zhen looked at his uncle who had helped him so much, and he was angry and hateful. He slapped himself twice on the face, "I don't even have the face to say anything. They are not human beings at all~" He was so angry that his eyes turned red, "Shou'er, you say it."
He really couldn't say it.
Among them, one is his mother and the other is his uncle.
When his mother gave birth to his sister, he was on the verge of death. His son was still young, so his uncle supported the family outside the courtyard. What's the problem? The two houses in the east and west have always supported each other!
Jia Zhen asked himself whether their East Palace was worthy of the West Palace.
But what about Xifu? His grandfather had passed away, his uncle had passed away, his parents were in trouble, and the old lady had helped Jia Zheng and his wife to rise, so she didn’t think much of him.
He had no choice at that time because the emperor obviously disliked their Ningguo Mansion.
For the future of his family, he tried hard to cooperate with them and used his grandfather's connections to support Wang Ziteng.
But how did the Wang family treat their Jia family?
"Shou'er, you say!"
Jia She shouted Shou'er loudly.
Shou'er looked around and saw that all the maids and servants had left, then he pushed the door open and came in, "Master She, today I am following the order of my master to go and see Master Zheng. I heard that he had a quarrel with that person a few days ago."
Jia Zheng's surname is Jia, and he is the master of the Jia family, but Wang...
Even though Jia Zhu was right here, he was unwilling to give a name.
"That person called him a coward and a weakling, and said that he was bullied by our wife."
Shou'er glanced at Jia She, hoping that he could bear it, "Speak...speak..."
"say what?"
Jia She was almost driven to death by him.
"They said our wife was raising her brother-in-law, that you were waiting outside when our wife gave birth, and that..."
Shou'er made up his mind and just told the whole story.
Jia She: “…”
He seemed to be dreaming, hearing hallucinations and seeing blackness in front of his eyes.
Jia Zhu was not much better.
He looked at his uncle, then his elder brother, and fell down with a bang.
This world is too difficult for women.
Reputation is destiny.
If this rumor about raising a younger brother-in-law really gets out, it will not only kill the aunt-in-law of the East Mansion, but also all the girls in the Jia family.
The men of the Jia family couldn't escape either.
Outsiders will not argue whether it is true or false. They will only say that your own family members say so.
The year before last, Sichuan Governor Zhou passed away, and similar rumors started to spread about his family. Eventually, Mrs. Zhou hanged herself, and their two daughters also died one after another. The only son who passed the imperial examination returned home, had an argument with someone, and after losing the argument, he went crazy.
The Zhou family disappeared from then on.
His mother...
Jia Zhu, who had regained some consciousness, spat out a mouthful of blood.
At the same time, Jia Zheng and Wang Shi also did not go to bed.
Both of them were very nervous.
The way Shou'er slammed the whip on the door made both of them afraid to sleep.
He went back...
"You stupid woman!"
Jia Zheng didn't even take off his clothes.
He couldn't imagine what his family would feel if they knew what Wang had said.
Will the eldest sister-in-law come over overnight and ask Jia Zhen to capture them and take them back to the ancestral hall to beat them to death?
"You are going to cause me death!"
Jia Zheng cried.
He was scared.
Although Wang's words made some sense at the time, everyone knew that the love between the elder sister-in-law and the elder brother Jing was deep. Wang was just slandering them.
But he hadn't stopped it yet.
He is a member of the Jia family, and he didn't stop it! If the eldest brother knew about it, he would definitely hate him to death.
he……
What should I do? "What did I say?"
Wang didn't dare to admit it, "I just said some unpleasant words at random."
How many offensive words are heard in this village every day?
If you take it seriously, no one will survive.
"If they want to come and punish me, I will confess myself."
Wang stiffened her neck and said, "I was wrong. I'm here to apologize. If you have the guts, just beat me to death."
No matter how cruel Shen is, she can't beat her to death, right?
Besides, now that she has this stigma, how can she still face people?
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