44 044 The old man
◎Killing indiscriminately! Let's just leave it alone.◎
Because the flower hall of Rongguo Mansion is purely used for holding banquets, the door of the flower hall is also carved.
Although it was closed for fear of the cold weather, the carved door was also fashionable with a lot of glass installed, so even if you sit in the flower hall, you can see what is happening outside.
Mo Yu stretched his neck to look and saw that the two old men of Rongguo Mansion were still wearing official uniforms. It was obvious that they had just come back from outside and were about to come in to visit their sister Jia Min and her family.
But for some reason, they fell directly at the door of the flower hall.
Although Jia She was always the one who was out of tune, it was Jia Zheng who fell this time.
And it looked like he fell pretty hard, and it was unknown where he fell. He lay there with a pale face and didn't know how to move. Even Jia She was stunned beside him and forgot to lend a hand to help him.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly helped Jia Zheng up from the ground, but Jia Zheng's face was still very pale.
Someone had asked, "Where are the two old masters injured?" Jia Zheng came to his senses and smiled sadly, "It's okay, it's okay. There are guests here, so don't make a fuss. Just take me in."
The maids and servants responded, opened the door, and took Jia She and Jia Zheng in.
Jia's mother and others had already heard the noise outside the door. Jia's mother was a little worried about Jia Zheng. When she saw him, she immediately asked what happened. Jia Zheng hurriedly said that nothing happened.
Jia's mother didn't believe it, but seeing that he was acting normally and didn't seem to be too serious, she gave up.
Yin smiled and said, "Both masters are here, come and meet your fourth sister."
Jia She and Jia Zheng greeted Jia Min, and Daiyu and Mo Yu were also pulled out to greet their uncles.
The brothers and sisters had not seen each other for twenty years. When they met again, their eyes were red and they expressed their longing for each other. It was really touching.
Daiyu and Mo Yu also received another wave of gifts - they had already received a wave from the female relatives before. There are so many rules in a wealthy family. They came from so far away and met for the first time, so they must give gifts.
Jia's mother, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and even Li Wan and Feng Jie'er all expressed their gratitude.
But Jia Min also gave gifts.
Everyone had a share. Sanchun was still young, and although her presence was not high, she was also given gifts.
Jia Baoyu had just come back and hadn't had time to give them yet, so he gave them all at once this time.
As a result, the whole flower hall instantly became lively, just like a vegetable market, with people coming and going, pushing and shoving, talking and laughing, as if nothing had just happened.
However, almost everyone except Mo Yu knew that nothing had happened at all.
Not only did something happen, but it was a big thing.
Mo Yu just inadvertently revealed a terrible truth - their family's "Born of Jade" propaganda seemed to have met with a big failure.
Originally, a legitimate son with auspiciousness was suddenly born in the family, and the whole Jia family was very happy. Especially Jia's mother, because she was old, she liked this kind of magical auspicious sign the most, and that's why she treated Jia Baoyu as a treasure and spoiled him to the sky.
Wang Furen loved Jia Baoyu as if he were her own eye - she was an old man who had a son, and her eldest son Jia Zhu died early, so she only had this one child in her life, so she spoiled him to death.
The female family members, especially the old lady Jia, all had this guiding idea. Even if Jia Zheng, Jia Baoyu's biological father, felt that this matter was not appropriate in private, he was powerless to change the situation - even if he could control Wang Furen, could he control his biological mother Jia Furen?
Previously, because of the will of his father, the late Duke Rong, Jia Daishan, he was awarded the position of Director of the Ministry of Works by Master Kang. After his daughter Yuanchun entered the palace the year before last, he was promoted to Yuanwailang, which was at least a fifth-rank official position. If he was reported to the Historian because of this little thing at home and was accused of being "disobedient and unfilial", he would be doomed.
In addition, he did not realize how serious it was that his second son was born with a jade, so he let Jia's mother and Wang Furen make trouble for him - what's the big deal about a child, let his mother and wife be happy, anyway, he was always too lazy to care about these things at home.
In this way, although Jia Zheng was always known for his strictness and dullness, he turned a blind eye to this matter.
As a result, Jia Baoyu's reputation spread throughout the capital, and even spread to their hometown Jinling City and Gusu where Jia Min and others lived through the mouths of relatives.
There is no other way. The four major families are intertwined and have intermarriages. Basically, everyone is related. If this is not spread, it will be known everywhere.
This matter is so big that of course there are people with good intentions who have spread it into the palace and told it to Master Kang as a strange story.
Master Kang didn't take it seriously at first, but Gao Shiqi was accompanying him at the time, so it is inevitable that there will be an explanation.
This tall scholar is from Mingzhu's side. Of course, he is not very happy to see the old ministers of the Jia family standing on the side of the prince.
He was already highly appreciated by Master Kang, and his own talents were very outstanding. He quoted classics and made them at will. After a series of allusions, Master Kang immediately came to his senses.
Good guys, this Jia family is good! They are quite courageous.
When a child in the family became a bandit, he had a piece of beautiful jade in his mouth?
There were words on it?
Or something like "longevity and prosperity"...
This is going to be ridiculous.
You, a fifth-generation kid in the Duke's Mansion, dare to be so arrogant. You are more arrogant than my brothers and even myself.
The Jia family has become more and more restless recently. Do they have any ideas? Are they going to rebel?
The more Master Kang thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. He immediately sent the elites of the Sticking Rod Office to the Jia Mansion...
This surveillance really found a lot of problems, but there is no rebellion for the time being.
Master Kang, in line with the principle of "I will not move unless the enemy moves", only ordered the sticking department to collect evidence and not to take action for the time being. Unexpectedly, a few years later, the Jia family sent the legitimate sister of this "born jade" boy into the palace.
...
It is impossible to say that he is not angry.
However, Master Kang has experienced bloody storms and killed a tyrant like Oboi at a young age to secure the throne. He has plenty of patience.
In the account book in his mind, the "evidence" of the Jia family's crimes was added one by one. When he finally reached the point where he could bring ruin to the Jia family as long as he wanted, the Jia family would be really finished.
In the original novel, the Jia family fell after the four great masters came to power.
But in reality, it took another twenty years for the four great masters to come to power.
Mo Yu felt that judging from the situation, the Jia family probably wouldn't be able to hold on until that time.
I just don't know when Master Kang is going to take action.
Anyway, the Zhen family has already gone bankrupt.
With the four great masters and Lin Ruhai joining forces, what suspense can there be about their family's demise?
It's estimated that it will happen this year.
As for the Jia family, who are the in-laws of the Zhen family, I don't know how long they can last... It's estimated that it will be soon.
Mo Yu was just thinking casually, but the Jia family members who were "listening" to him couldn't help but tremble with fear.
Especially Jia Zheng, he was an official outside after all. Although his official position was not high, he was in that environment and had some political sensitivity.
He never thought that such a small matter as his own Baoyu's "birth of jade" would cause the dissatisfaction of the Wansui Master.
He also didn't expect that Yuanchun's entry into the palace was also regarded by the Wansui Master as a means of making trouble... Although their family did have some ideas, at most they just wanted to see the situation and please both sides to ensure the maximum interests of the family. Even if they secretly supported the prince, they didn't really want to rebel.
Even the prince didn't make any big moves, let alone their supporters.
But if according to what his eldest nephew, the Mo Ge of the Lin family, said, these two things and some other things in the family were seen and remembered by the Wansui Ye, then this matter would be a big deal.
Jia Zheng was so scared that his face became paler and even his hands began to tremble. He wanted to ask Mo Yu how to break the current situation, but of course he couldn't ask a single question.
Jia She watched from the side, but he became more and more schadenfreude.
He felt a little panicked at first, but after listening to what the nephew of the Lin family "said", he was not panicked anymore.
Well, I know it's the second house that caused the trouble.
Although the next generation of their first house didn't produce any talents, they are honest and worry-free.
Their family only has one son, Lian Er. Although he failed the imperial examination, it was not a problem for him to inherit the title.
Although because of the old man and the old lady's partiality, they had to separate the title and the property, so that the second son's family got the property and moved into the main house, their eldest son's family obviously inherited the title, but could only live in the corridor behind the screen wall, which was really infuriating.
Since this is the case, it would be better for everyone to not live together, which would be quieter.
Therefore, in the midst of the family's gloom, only Jia She smiled brightly. He even had the leisure to ask Mo Yu:
"How old are you this year, Mo Ge'er? What book are you reading now? If you want to eat or play with anything, just tell your uncle and he will make sure to find it for you."
Mo Yu was stunned. He was still thinking about why this old man She was showing kindness to a child he just met for the first time, but Jia's mother interrupted him unhappily and said:
"Grandpa is already old, why do you still talk and act so incoherently? Your sister and her family just arrived today, and Mo Ge'er is just a three or four-year-old child, how can he have the time to think about these things? Besides, why don't you care about the family affairs, but always think about these useless things... Whatever Mo Ge wants, we have already arranged it, why do you have to say something nonsense again?"
Jia She was robbed by Jia's mother, but he didn't get annoyed, just smiled and said: " The old lady is right. In this case, the son will not say anything, let the second son speak, he has such a good son like Baoyu, he is famous among relatives, so it is necessary to talk about it. "
It turns out that Jia She has always been dissatisfied with Jia Mu's favoritism towards his younger brother Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng not only strives well himself, but also has outstanding sons and daughters. He has been angry for many years. Today he finally got the chance, so he must jump high and vent his anger.
Because this feeling is too good, Jia She even feels that even Jia Mu's usual ridicule of him can't make him uncomfortable. It's really great.
Jia She smiled and looked at his brother Jia Zheng's reaction. Sure enough, Jia Zheng became worse after hearing what he said.
But he really had no way to refute Jia She's statement. Besides, Jia Zheng was dull and taciturn by nature, and he was not the kind of person who was aggressive and competitive. Facing his elder brother Jia She's provocations, he tolerated them nine times out of ten, and this time would certainly be no exception.
Moreover, this time, his focus was always on the "trouble" that might be caused by his son, who was "born with jade".
"Listening" to what Mo Yu said, this matter was quite serious, and if it went wrong, the whole family would suffer.
By the way, he had just heard about the ending of the Jia family, which was the same ending of the Jinling Zhen family, where the family property was confiscated...
This was too terrible, and he didn't know if there was any way to solve it.
Not only Jia Zheng thought so, but Jia's mother and others also had the same idea.
Unfortunately, they could only listen to these things and could not ask at all.
When everyone didn't know what to do, someone outside suddenly spread the message: "Grandpa Zhen, Grandma Zhen and Grandpa Xiaorong are here from the East Mansion."
[Author's words]
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