The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 161 General Zhenyuan
After exchanging pleasantries, everyone was about to part ways when they suddenly saw a woman rushing in.

At this time, Jia's mother and others in the hall were not there, and no one scolded her, so she came directly to Jia Lian and replied, "Second Master, Zhao'er, a boy outside, reported that the official of the clan's mansion has come. Please go back and receive the second master quickly."

Everyone understood it, and they didn't blame the woman for being rude.

The Clan Mansion is the authority in charge of the clan and relatives, controlling the award and inheritance of all titles.Therefore, for the Jia family, it is not an exaggeration to say that the family's family is their immediate boss, so naturally they attach great importance to it.

However, perhaps because of the happy event in Yuanchun, everyone was not surprised or flustered, because many people could have imagined that most of the officials from the clan's mansion looking for Jia Lian were related to the hereditary title of the Rongguo mansion...

Sister Feng's face was full of joy, she came over and bumped into Jia Lian, and said, "If you don't go out and have a look, maybe it's..."

Jia Lian nodded, stood up, and said: "Then, I'm going to trouble you a lot."

"Go, go, serve those officials carefully, don't be arrogant, and offend them."

Ignoring Sister Feng's superfluous entrustment, Jia Lian held up Aunt Xue's hand and saluted, "Auntie, sit down slowly, I'm going out first."

Seeing that Mother Jia and the others were getting busy, Aunt Xue didn't plan to stay here any longer.

Seeing that Mother Jia, Sister Feng and the others were all busy, and hadn't found a suitable opportunity to say goodbye, I sat down for a while.

At this time, seeing Jia Lian had a big event outside, she was still so polite to her and said goodbye to her alone. She was very happy. She had already stood up and said with a smile: "You go, don't worry about us, your business is important. .”

Jia Lian just left.

When we got to the second gate, Zhao'er and others were waiting here.

"Second Master, you can be regarded as coming out. Go back quickly. A principal of the clan mansion is here. It seems that he came here for the matter of Second Master's title. He has been waiting for a long time."

In the eyes of Zhao'er and others, the matter of Jia Lian's title is a huge matter, and there is no room for carelessness, so they are very eager.As soon as he saw Jia Lian, he surrounded him and talked quickly.

Jia Lian asked where he was now.

"Fortunately, Uncle Zhen came to serve the old lady and they went to the palace to thank them. It just happened to happen, so Uncle Zhen invited people to the side hall to sit and have tea."

When Jia Lian heard this, his doubts disappeared.

It was a good thing if he still wanted to sit down and drink tea, so he rode his horse and rushed back to Dongkuayuan.

When I came to the side hall, it turned out that Jia Zhen was sitting in it talking to a thin middle-aged official.

"Brother Lian, congratulations..."

When Jia Zhen saw Jia Lian, she stood up from the passenger seat at once, and walked over to greet her with a big laugh.

As soon as the middle-aged official heard it, he knew that the person who came was the Lord, so he got up in a hurry to meet Jia Lian.

After Jia Lian returned the gift, he asked, "What is the name of this lord?"

"I don't dare to address you as an adult in front of the two generals, and my surname is Xu."

Jia Zhen interjected at this time, and said very happily: "Brother Lian, Master Xu has brought you good news. Please seal our family. The emperor's old man has granted you the title of second-class general. After you finish taking care of the grand lord's funeral, you can go to the clan mansion to complete the ceremony of succession to the title.

That is to say, from now on, you will be an upright second-class general, even higher than my elder brother and me. "

Jia Zhen seemed a little happier than Jia Lian, and when she mentioned the title of emperor, she cupped her hands and bowed to the sky.

"I heard that the eldest lady of our family has also been conferred the title of empress, and our family today can be regarded as double happiness!
I just came here to escort the old ladies and wives into the palace to thank you. It happened that Mr. Xu drove you to send you good news. It happened that you were not there, so I helped you receive the reception. Don't blame brother for being rude. what. "

After Jia Zhen spoke, she explained again.

Although the two governments are as close as one family, they have been separated by blood for many generations.

Jia Lian shook his head, "Brother Zhen was too worried. Brother Zhen really helped me. I should thank you. How dare you blame me?"

If Jia Zhen was grandiose, and regarded herself as the master, and bossed her around here, Jia Lian would naturally be displeased.

But Jia Zhen is proficient in dealing with people, and he didn't even sit on the first left, that is, the position of head of the family. Even if Jia Lian looked at it with a critical eye, Jia Zhen's doing so was nothing to criticize.

When the head surnamed Xu first arrived at Ningrong Street, he was surprised to see the happy people of the Jia family on Ningrong Street.Is this how people in Jia's mansion do white things?

At this time, after hearing Jia Zhen's words, I realized that Jia's mansion, which was originally a family of two princes, was like flowers and brocades, and became the royal family again!

So the attitude became more respectful, and he smiled again and again to congratulate Jia Zhen.

After a few words of politeness, the three of them sat down as guests and hosts, and Mr. Xu took out the script of the clan's residence and gave it to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian opened it and saw that it read: I am entrusted with the decree that Jia Lian, the son of Jia She, the first-class general of the hereditary Rong Guogong, will be appointed as the second-class general of Zhenyuan.

Later, there are notes in small print, what month, what day and what time, to go to the clan's mansion to accept the canonization ceremony and so on.

"Zhenyuan..."

All the people with titles in Wei Dynasty were bestowed by the emperor himself.

To be honest, although the title of Zhenyuan's general is not top-notch, it can be seen at a glance that it is more aggressive than neutral titles such as "Shenwei" and "Wei Lie".

It seems that the latter ones should enjoy wealth and honor in the capital, while the former is not like a noble title in Beijing, but like a general guarding the border!

But having said that, Jia Lian has done more research on the inheritance of titles in this dynasty, and he found that the titles of the fifth-class generals in the hereditary titles can be traced.

For example, first-class generals usually start with the word "Shen", such as Shenwei and Shenwu.

Second-class generals start with the word "zhen", such as Zhenwei and Zhenyuan.

Third-class generals start with the word "Wei", such as Wei Lie and Wei Zhen.

The fourth-class generals start with the word "Fen", and the fifth-class generals start with the word "Wu".

Therefore, based on a simple title of general, it is not certain how the emperor positioned him in his heart. It may also be that the emperor did not have any special meaning, but just randomly picked a title that conformed to the unspoken rules for him.

Jia Zhen doesn't care about the specific title of the title. In his eyes, he only cares about one thing:
Old ghosts like Jia She made so many mistakes when they were young, yet the emperor didn't lower their title a little bit more...

It would be great if it was downgraded to the third class, at least, Lao Tzu won't be inferior to this kid in title in the future.

They are all brothers of the same generation. When others hear that his eldest brother and patriarch have a lower title than his cousin, it is too embarrassing!

"Report to father, the old lady and the others are about to leave, and mother asks you to go out quickly."

Jia Rong came in suddenly and said to Jia Zhen.

"Understood." Jia Zhen stood up, cupped her hands and smiled at Jia Lian: "Old ladies and the others seldom enter the palace, and they need to be escorted. You don't have to go if you have warm filial piety on your body. There are me, Rong'er and the others." That's it.

Just wait, when we are free, I will definitely be a good host as a brother, set up a few tables for you, and celebrate. "

In front of outsiders, Jia Lian didn't say much to Jia Zhen, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I would like to thank Brother Zhen for his kindness."

Jia Zhen also smiled, hugged Mr. Xu and went out.

On Ningrong Street, Jiamu and others have all entered eight large sedan chairs, and there are several other small sedan chairs, which are occupied by Li Wan, Jiamu and others' accompanying maids and wives.

There were no less than 80 or [-] young servants in Tsing Yi who accompanied them, and they looked mighty.

Jia Zhen didn't dare to get on the horse first, but came to Jiamu and others to ask for instructions. Unexpectedly, Jiamu and the others were waiting for him. When they met, they asked, "I heard that the officials of the clan mansion are looking for Lian'er. Why?" thing?"

When Jia Zhen heard this, she hurriedly explained the situation with a smile.

Mother Jia didn't react too much to such expected things, but the smile on her face became stronger.

Only Caiyun, who was sitting in the corner of the soft stool in the big sedan chair at the back, saw that the smile on Madam Wang's face faded a lot after she saw Mrs. Wang put down the curtain of the sedan chair. She, who knew Madam Wang's temper well, immediately lowered her head Go, don't dare to show any more joy.

……

Although Master Xu is an official of the clan's mansion, after all, his rank is too low, and he is only in charge of delivering letters, so Jia Lian didn't keep him much, and after entertaining him with some tea, he sent him out.

As soon as he turned his head, the servants from all around came forward, knelt down like a thousand sons, and congratulated in unison.

Some juniors in the clan also came up to please.

After hearing Jia Lian say that the big event is over, everyone will be rewarded, and they kowtow and work harder...

After returning home, Jia Lian suddenly remembered something, so he went to Jia's pardon, his study.

After Jia She died, Jia Lian ordered someone to lock Jia She's study.

Jia She has been building it for decades, and most of his legacy is in this room.

If the second-class general title on him was the main weapon that exploded after Jia She's death, then this study room was filled with all the low-level gadgets left.

Although it doesn't have much effect, it can be sold for money.

So Jia Lian naturally wouldn't let others get involved.

Originally, I was not in a hurry to deal with the things inside, but now Yuanchun has become a concubine.

Given the current situation of the official treasury of Rongguo Mansion, there is no way to build such a magnificent and exquisite Grand View Garden.

It is conceivable that it will be certain to raise money everywhere at that time.

Therefore, it is better to dispose of these things as early as possible...

All of a sudden, Qingwen and Xiangling came over with a bunch of large and small keys.

Since the wickets on both sides were opened, Sister Feng could no longer isolate Qingwen there on the grounds of housekeeping. Every day, they could still come to look for Jia Lian and serve as tools for running errands.

Open the door and let the light from outside shine into the hut that has been dark for a long time.

Looking at the dazzling array of furnishings in the room and the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, Jia Lian shook his head.

The place that he had coveted for a long time before was now laid naked in front of him and left for him to dispose of. Could this be regarded as fulfilling a wish deep in his heart?
"Second Master, do you want to open all these boxes?"

Qingwen was even more agitated than him. When she entered the room, her beautiful peach blossom eyes lit up when she looked at the things around her.

These are all Second Master's things. If I ask for two things, Second Master will not refuse to give them, right?

Everyone in the world loves good goods and money, especially people like Sister Feng and Qingwen.

From this point of view, in fact, Qingwen and Sister Feng's personalities are somewhat similar. If they change their identities, they might be able to live like each other.

"Open it."

Hearing Jia Lian's order, Qingwen happily opened the boxes one by one.

However, Xiangling was not very interested in these things. Seeing Jia Lian sitting down, she took out the list from the drawer to look at it, and walked up behind Jia Lian to rub Jia Lian's shoulders.

"Wow, a lot of gold!"

"Wow, so many babies..."

"Wow, this porcelain pot looks so beautiful, how much is it worth?"

Jia Lian frowned at Qingwen's constant exclamation. Looking back, seeing the infinite expression on Qingwen's face, she could understand that doing such things could really make her feel happy.

Another glance at Xiangling, Xiangling was in a daze, but when he realized his gaze, he seemed a little embarrassed, lowered his head shyly, and massaged harder with his hands.

Seeing her shyness, Jia Lian held her in his arms, feeling the beauty of her fragrance.

"Second Master, can you give this to me?"

Qingwen didn't know what good things she found, her voice became louder all of a sudden, then she jumped in front of Jia Lian, and brought a beautiful sandalwood box in front of Jia Lian and the two of them.

Only then did she see that Xiangling had already sat in Jia Lian's arms, so she hurriedly glanced out the window.

There are only two female guards of the second master outside, no wonder the second master is so careless!

She muttered "Don't be ashamed", but she was afraid that Jia Lian would be angry and would not agree to her request, so she didn't say much, and still shook Jia Lian's arm with a smile.

Jia Lian took the wooden box and turned it around. It turned out that there was a pair of dice inside, but these dice were different from ordinary jade dice. They were made of crystal, and the dots were dotted with colorful paints, which looked like a pair of dice. Extraordinarily exquisite.

This thing looks good, but it's not worth much, and Qingwen likes to gamble, so she took a fancy to it at first sight.

Or maybe, Qingwen also knows that she can't ask for things that are too expensive.

"It's not difficult to give it to you, but what do you give in exchange?" Jia Lian put the box back on the table and asked with a smile.

Seeing Jia Lian's smile, Qingwen knew that Jia Lian might take the opportunity to make rude demands again.

I really like this pair of dice.Take it out, and make sure to blind the eyes of those girls and women, and then say "Second Master gave it to me", and make them envious!

"Then, Second Master, what do you want me to exchange..."

Seeing that Qingwen lowered her eyebrows and looked like she was ready to be slaughtered by the emperor, Jia Lian smiled deliberately, and when Qingwen was even more ashamed, she said: "You kiss me, and this thing will be given to you."

"Really?"

Qingwen never thought it would be so simple this time, fearing that Jia Lian would repent, she didn't hesitate, she immediately stretched her neck and moved close to Jia Lian's cheek, ready to kiss Jia Lian.

Then I realized that I was fooled.

I just felt a burst of force on Water Snake's waist, and when I turned around, Jia Lian had already held her on his lap, and she and Xiang Ling were facing each other across the chest.

Qingwen immediately scolded Jia Lian for playing a rogue, and struggled to get down.

Seeing Jia Lian's refusal, he said angrily, "Hmph, didn't the second master want Xiangling to abandon me? Why are you hugging me again?"

"Hehe, tell me, why do I want Xiangling and not you?"

"Don't think I don't know, you, it's not enough for you to let her warm your bed, and you still hug her to sleep, you..."

Qingwen has kept this matter in her heart for a long time. Her real aunt has never slept with Jia Lian yet, but Xiangling took the lead!

Jia Lian started laughing in a low voice hahaha, until the faces of the two pretty girls blushed, then pecked each of their apple-like cheeks, and then said to Qingwen: "If you are jealous, You also come to warm my bed tonight? You sleep outside and let Xiangling sleep inside?"

"Bah, it's not what you want."

Qingwen couldn't stay in Jia Lian's arms at first, but seeing that Xiangling was gradually calming down, she didn't want to fall behind, so she had no choice but to give in.

The two pretty bodies are so soft that Jia Lian can't put it down.

After all, this time and this place are not artificial, the little ladies who guard the door outside have heard the sound and walked to the window, as if they want to see the scene inside through the thick window screen.Then Jia Lian just hugged Qingwen and Xiangling and went through the list together, then let them get up, and looked at all the boxes that Qingwen opened.

It's just that he is not a seasoned antique player, so he can't accurately estimate the value of Jia She's items.

In short, the small tens of thousands of taels of silver must be worth it!

If you want to maximize your profits, you have to hire some specialists from antique shops to evaluate and sell them.

Cheng Rixing, Jia Zheng's favorite student, runs a good antique shop, but it's a pity that it's inconvenient for him to participate in this matter.

The Xue family, which is full of business, seems to also be involved in the antique business, and it is also not suitable for the Xue family to get involved.

It's better to find someone else yourself, quietly convert these things into silver, and save them for later use.

(End of this chapter)