The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 497 Mother and Daughter Recognize
Most of the front of Yingtian Mansion is where the government works, only the private courtyard at the back is where the chief official Ying Tianfu Yin and his family live.

It is generally called a private residence.

Since the private mansion cannot open the main entrance facing south, it can only use Qinglong Gate in the east as the main entrance.Normally, when Master Fuyin entertains guests or has friends visiting, he enters through this door.

At this time, it was still early, and Jia Yucun, governor of the prefecture, brought his family members to look forward to it in front of the main gate.The house slave in charge of guarding the door knew that there must be a distinguished guest coming to the door today.

Sure enough, not long after, I heard a series of neat noises from the corner of the street, and then a large group of people surrounded by two carriages drove slowly and stopped in front of the main entrance.

Jia Yucun hurriedly straightened his clothes, and when his master jumped off the carriage, he went forward with a smile.

"Last night, I heard that Brother Yu came to Jinling City again. Brother Yu stayed up all night, eagerly looking forward to drinking and chatting with Brother again today. It will be a happy event in my life."

Jia Lian had expected Jia Yucun's enthusiasm for a long time, so he responded with a smile, and then walked to the carriage behind, opened the curtain, and waved to Daiyu who was still sitting there.

Daiyu just bent down and got up, and got out of the carriage.

Quickly glanced outside, seeing that there were indeed many people, her small face naturally tightened, and then she put her little hand in Jia Lian's without making any unnecessary moves, and followed his strength to get off the carriage.

Jia Yucun naturally knew Daiyu, after all, he had worked as a teacher in the Lin family for more than a year, and his students were only Daiyu and the two maidservants beside him.

He was not too surprised that Daiyu would appear here, because he had known the news of Lin Ruhai's death a long time ago, and he had also inquired that Lin Ruhai's coffin was escorted all the way south by Jia Lian.

Seeing Jia Lian's considerate care of Daiyu at this time, and then contacting Jia Lian today and bringing Daiyu here, it can be seen that Daiyu's status in Jia Lian's heart is not ordinary.

Thinking about it this way, I paid more attention to the relationship between master and apprentice with Daiyu in my heart.

But even so, he never spoke rashly, just looked at Daiyu with a smile, and waited for her to come forward to greet her.

After Jia Yucun lost and regained his official position, he had long been "understanding" about official affairs, and knew very well what kind of person he should deal with.

For such an extraordinary person as Jia Lian, moderate enthusiasm is enough, blindly bowing down and flattering will easily be looked down upon by the other party.

Anyway, he also occupies the title of Daiyu's mentor, so naturally he must have the attitude of being a teacher.

Sure enough, after Daiyu landed, although she looked at the people on the scene one by one, she didn't hesitate much. She followed Jia Lian and took two steps forward, bowing to Jia Yucun, "Student Daiyu, I pay my respects to Mr. Yucun."

"Hahaha, you don't need to be too polite, little girl, you don't need to be too polite."

Jia Yucun smiled very heartily. He looked at Daiyu and sighed: "Although you and I have the status of master and apprentice, I was only a teacher in your mansion for a year, and what I taught you was nothing more than the vast sea of ​​knowledge. A little fur.

I heard that you, because of your outstanding virtues and talents, have been praised by today as a model of a famous lady, and you have also been proclaimed a township monarch by a sage.When my colleagues and friends around me knew that you and I still had a master-student friendship, they were all very envious and respected, which greatly increased my face.

So occasionally I think that I didn't teach you more carefully back then, which makes me feel ashamed. "

When Jia Yucun was talking, Daiyu bowed her face and listened, but she couldn't help sticking out her tongue.

In her heart, people like Jia Yucun have long been regarded as the elders of the previous generation.After all, at Jia Yucun's age, she was not a few years younger than her father, and when Jia Yucun was teaching her in her home, he also acted like a gentleman and a well-educated person.

So much so that at this moment, Jia Yucun's approachable attitude and attitude of talking with her peers made her very uncomfortable.

Jia Yucun also seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to be too modest and courteous with Daiyu, so he turned to look sad and said: "When I was down and down, I was lucky to be taken in by Mr. Lin and helped me. I thought I would repay Mr. Lin after I made some achievements. kindness.

Who would have thought that the time has changed, the days are not holidays, Master Lin would pass away suddenly, I hate that I am on official business, and I can't even go to see him off on the last journey, thinking about it really makes me feel ashamed. "

Daiyu was originally a sentimental person, but upon hearing Jia Yucun's words, her eyes turned red.

Jia Lian was a little upset when he saw them, and saw how well they were talking. On the other side, Xiangling had already made eye contact with a woman not far behind Jia Yucun. I didn't dare to disturb them by making a sound without authorization, so each of them endured it.

So Jia Lian changed the subject and asked Jia Yucun, "Dare to ask brother Yucun, is this the widow of old Mr. Zhen Shiyin?"

Jia Yucun slapped his forehead and said with a quick smile, "Look at me, when I start talking, I forget about business."

While talking, Jia Yucun turned around and introduced to the woman: "This is what my brother mentioned before. The mistress of Zhen's family next to the Gourd Temple in Suzhou was also Brother Yu's benefactor. It was Mrs. Zhen who gave her maid to her. Married to Brother Yu."

After speaking, Jia Yucun looked at a young woman next to the woman, and simply mentioned: "She is Zhuojing, who came from Zhen's family."

Jia Lian followed Jia Yucun's introduction and looked at the two women.

The woman who looked at Xiangling with tears in her eyes looked about 50 years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes. Her face was already covered with traces left by the years. You can only vaguely see her youth from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. The splendor of the time.

When Jia Lian looked at her, he nodded humbly.

Therefore, even though she was wearing luxurious clothes, Jia Lian could tell from her rough skin and other details that this woman must have suffered a lot in life these years.Her gorgeous clothes were probably bought by Jia Yucun and his wife after they took her over.

Look at the young woman next to her, about 27 or [-] years old, although she is not extremely beautiful, she has clear and handsome features, red lips and white teeth, and a good complexion.

At first glance, she has the temperament of an official wife. Standing with Feng Shi, it seems that she is the mistress.

It's a pity that good fortune tricks people.Although I have never seen it with my own eyes, but just thinking about it back then, I can tell that that woman is an amiable and elegant mistress, while this young woman is just a little maid waiting for her.

After all, she is Jia Yucun's wife, so Jia Lian naturally wouldn't look at her too much. He just nodded briefly when the other party bowed and saluted, then beckoned Xiangling to come forward, looked at the woman and asked, "Dare to ask Mrs. Zhen?" , but you still recognize her?"

Hearing Jia Lian's words, Feng Shi couldn't hold back his emotions any longer, stepped forward in two steps, fixed his eyes on Xiang Ling, then hugged Xiang Ling in his arms, and said in a voiceless voice: "No mistake, no mistake, She is my child Yinglian, my child, I never would have dreamed of seeing you again in this life..."

As Feng said, he touched the rouge mark on the center of Xiangling's eyebrow with his hand.Obviously, this is the most evidence for her to be sure that Xiangling is her daughter.

Although Xiangling was only four years old when she was abducted, she still had a faint impression of the people closest to her.

This faint impression, when seeing Feng Shi and Jiao Xing, was immediately fully awakened.

Therefore, facing Feng's crying, she couldn't help hugging Feng and weeping silently.

Jiao Xing next to her was infected, and with tears in her eyes, she also stepped forward and hugged the two of them together, talking heartfeltly to each other.

In this situation, most of the people around were affected, and they looked sad.Not to mention Daiyu, who was about to cry when Jia Yucun mentioned her biological father.

She hated such a scene the most, she couldn't help herself for a while, when Jia Lian was touching her head comfortingly, she turned around and buried her head in Jia Lian's arms, weeping softly.

Jia Yucun has been observing Jia Lian's side, his expression changed when he saw this, but he didn't say much.

Standing and waiting for a while, Jia Yucun gave his wife Jiao Xing a wink, and Jiao Xing wiped away her tears, reminding Feng Shi that this is not a place to talk, and it will not be too late to talk after entering the door.

Feng Shi nodded, and she gave Xiangling a few ruthless glances, then turned around and knelt down to Jia Lian and said, "Thank you sir for rescuing the little girl from the kidnapper. This kindness is worthy of my mother and daughter." People have nothing to repay, and I would like to be an ox or a horse for adults for the rest of my life, in order to repay the kindness of adults.”

When Feng Shi was speaking, Daiyu took her head out of Jia Lian's arms, and was wondering if what she had done just now was embarrassing, when she saw Feng Shi kneeling in front of them, she hurried away a little.

Jia Lian saw that Xiang Ling would come back and knelt down with Feng Shi, and hurriedly helped them up one by one, and said to Feng Shi: "Old lady, you don't have to do this.

It was just a coincidence that I saved Xiangling, not a kindness.

There is one thing that needs to be told to the old lady, and I ask for the understanding of the old lady.

Because I didn't find any news about Zhen's family back then, I could only ask Xiangling to work as a maid in the Bifu, and now she happens to take care of my daily life with me.

Please don't blame the old lady for not getting the old lady's consent in advance. "

What does it mean for a young and beautiful girl to serve a young and strong adult man, Feng Shi, as the mistress of a former squire family, naturally understands.

Even after her daughter was abducted, she had already guessed that the best ending for her daughter would probably be to be a servant girl or concubine of a wealthy family.

Now that she really knew that her heart and soul were serving as slaves in other people's houses, she still felt a little sad in her heart.

However, she had already learned a lot from Jiao Xing, and seeing Jiao Xing constantly giving her winks at this moment, she woke up and said quickly: "Don't dare, my lord is serious. Girl Yinglian It is our parents who are sorry for her, she is able to work as a servant girl in the mansion of the lord, and she is treated kindly by the lord, it is a blessing she has cultivated in several lifetimes, how dare the concubine blame her."

As Feng said, he looked at his daughter again.

Seeing that her complexion is fine and rosy, and all the hairpin skirts and jewelry on her body are exquisite and high-quality, even more exquisite than when she was young, she immediately felt relieved.

It can be seen that Jiao Xing didn't lie to her, girl Yinglian really met a good person and got a lot of love.In this way, as a mother, she can feel better in her heart.

"Hahaha, the greatest blessing in the world is to be able to meet again after separation. Congratulations, old lady, for finding your love."

Jia Yucun said with a smile, then cupped his hands to Jia Lian: "Last night, I received a letter of greeting from Shixiong, knowing that Shixiong is coming to Bifu today, Yuxiong has already prepared a cup of tea, please Shixiong to taste.

In addition, Mrs. Zhen's mother and daughter are reunited, and there must be a lot to talk about. Brother Yu also asked Zhuo Jing to prepare tea and snacks in the mansion, so let's all go into the mansion and talk about it. "

"Brother Yucun said yes, so it's disturbing."

"Where where..."

……

Jia Yucun is not an ordinary person.

On the contrary, he is still a well-educated person, and he is the kind who has really read the book. He is not a hard-working but mediocre player like Jia Zheng, and he is not an old scholar and old-fashioned Confucian like Jia Dairu.

Moreover, he has been in the ups and downs of his career for more than ten years, and he has the heart to make friends with Jia Lian, so Jia Lian still feels very happy talking with him.

"Brother Shi, he cleared up the ills of the salt administration, and made great contributions to the imperial court and His Majesty. After returning to Beijing, I'm afraid he will be promoted again."

Both of them are court officials, sitting together drinking morning tea, it is inevitable to talk about political affairs.

Seeing Jia Lian being so young, yet full of vigor and fame all over the world, Jia Yucun couldn't help being envious.

Thinking back then when he was at this age, he was just a poor scholar studying hard in a cold window, so compared, it is like cloud and mud.

"Brother Yucun is overrated. The younger brother is just following His Majesty's will to cut through the mess quickly and act mischievously in Yangzhou. He only begs that after returning to Beijing, His Majesty will not punish the younger brother, let alone get promoted."

Jia Lian's words and smiles are casual, unable to see the real thoughts in his heart.

Jia Yucun smiled slightly. He also heard about Jia Lian's activities in Yangzhou.I have to say that when he knew that Jia Lian had just arrived in Yangzhou, he directly dispatched troops to surround all the salt merchants, and then checked and calculated them one by one, he felt admiration.

Sure enough, he is a character with a strong enough foothold, and his work is so simple and direct.

When he heard that those salt merchants jumped over the wall in a hurry and sent people to assassinate Jia Lian time and time again, Jia Yucun couldn't help but sweat for Jia Lian.

After two or three years in Jiangnan officialdom, he also knew the forces behind those salt merchants.Among other things, those salt merchants who are so rich that they are crazy, really have no scruples!
Fortunately, Jia Lian was not a good person, not only suppressed those people, but he also ransacked the house and beheaded anyone who dared to jump over the wall.

But, although Jia Lian handled things neatly, he was still a little barbaric when he was serious about the future, especially not meeting the behavior standards of many ministers in the DPRK and China.

Therefore, I am afraid that after Jia Lian returns to Beijing, there is a real possibility that there will be some troubles.

But Jia Yucun was not too worried about Jia Lian. Behind Jia Lian was the lineage of founding ministers headed by the four kings and eight princes as the foundation, and there were noble concubines and concubines in the palace, and the trust of the emperor. Who could really do anything to him?Thinking of this, Jia Yucun became more determined to form a political alliance with Jia Lian.

It was said that it was a political alliance, but Jia Yucun also knew in his heart that with his current shallow foundation in the court, he could only recognize Jia Lian as the proprietor, and with the help of the political power behind him, he would be able to become an official in Beijing in the future.

"By the way, I don't know how the elder brother's affairs in Yangzhou are going, when will he return to Beijing?
Coincidentally, brother Yu also obeyed the imperial edict and decided to go to Beijing to wait for his post. If the time is about the same, you and I might as well go to Beijing together, so that the journey along the way will not be considered lonely. I wonder what brother Shi thinks? "

Jia Yucun pretended to be casual and said.

In fact, this is the reason why he sent his wife to Daruzhou privately to bring Feng Shi over regardless of Jia Lian's confession that day.

When Jia Lian left that day, Jia Yucun thought carefully and felt that Jia Lian should not be allowed to send someone to Daru Prefecture to find Feng.When he was an official in Daruzhou, he had a general understanding of the situation of the Feng family in the Feng family after Zhen Shiyin became a monk.

Although when Feng Shi promised Jiao Xing to him, he gave him a good dowry money.But it's really hard to say how long the Feng family will be respected in the Feng family with that money.

If it's a good life, it's fine, if it's a miserable life, then...

Now that Jia Lian has let Jia Lian know that the Zhen family has been kind to him, if Jia Lian finds out that Feng's life is very unsatisfactory, and he knows Feng's whereabouts, Jia Lian may be prejudiced against him.

Another point, Jiao Xing reminded him.

Since you are worried that you will not be able to fill the gap in Beijing, why not seize this opportunity and make friends with Jia Lian?

How to make friends?Isn't Jia Lian an imperial envoy? The imperial envoy will definitely return to Beijing after finishing his work.

Therefore, as long as he can go back to Beijing with Jia Lian, it will take at least half a month on the road, so why worry about not being able to make friends?
If it's true that you can't make friends with each other, then you don't need to consider this line.

Jia Lian frowned, he understood what Jia Yucun meant.

Facing his square face, Jia Lian nodded and said, "If that's the case, it would be great.

However, I can only stay in Jinling for three days at most. I will visit old relatives and friends in the city once or twice, and I will reserve two days to go back to Yangzhou for the final cooking. So there are about five or six days in total. "

"Hahaha, just right, I also plan to leave in five or six days, it's perfect."

"Hehehehe... so, when the time comes, you and I will walk together together."

(End of this chapter)