The Red Mansions

Chapter 126 Reward, Qin Keqing was divorced
After everyone left.

Jia Yun went back to the room and asked Jia Ming to prepare hot water to take a shower and change clothes.

After coming out of the bathroom, Jia Wenlin came back.

"The army from the Thousand Households Office has been transferred?" Jia Yun asked after taking the token from Jia Wenlin.

Jia Wenlin nodded and said, "Come on, some of them went to take care of the city defense, and some of them stayed outside the government office."

Jia Yun sighed and said, "There are still too few people transferred, otherwise we could go after those pirates."

"I heard from my brothers that the master has shown his might today?" Jia Wenlin asked curiously.

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Don't listen to their nonsense, I'm just a scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken!"

Jia Wenlin laughed loudly, shook her head and said, "Forget it, the master won't tell, and the subordinates won't ask, but it's a pity today, I missed the opportunity to make meritorious service."

Jia Yun gave him a sideways look, and said angrily, "You've done a great job in bringing the troops here today!"

"After all, it's a pity that I didn't go into battle to kill the enemy!" Jia Wenlin said unwillingly.

Jia Yun smiled and said: "There will be opportunities in the future, I am afraid that you will kill so much that you don't want to kill!"

"That won't be the case. This subordinate has wanted to fight the enemy since he was a child!" Jia Wenlin said enthusiastically.

Jia Yun laughed and scolded: "Go away, take my sword and clean it, remember to oil it!"

Jia Wenlin took the sword away with a smile and retreated.

……

The sky is slightly high.

At the gate of the Ningbo government office, officials from Cixi gathered together to watch a carriage and leave with Gong Zhaoxu's coffin.

Leaving together, there are more than ten coffins, which are filled with the Zaoli government servants who died last night.

Jia Yun looked away and sighed secretly. Although he had only been with Gong Zhaoxu for a few days, Gong Zhaoxu's gentle temperament left a deep impression on him.

But compared to his own promotion, it would be better if Gong Chaoxu died.

The weather was gloomy, and the wind was blowing like it was going to snow.

After eating in the morning, Wen Kunlin, the prefect of Ningbo, personally led the team, gathered the officials of Cixi County together, and announced the official letter that Jia Yun would temporarily act as the magistrate of Cixi County.

On the official letter are the seals of the Governor's Yamen, the Zhejiang Chengxuan Political Commissioner, and the Ningbo Government Yamen.

This was officially endorsed, allowing Jia Yun to temporarily have the authority to magistrate the county.

As for the actual appointment as magistrate, that is a matter for the imperial court, and there will be no reply until the spring of next year at the earliest.

After announcing the official letter, Wen Kunlin pulled Jia Yun aside and exchanged pleasantries for a long time, full of gratitude inside and out.

After all, the real target of the group of pirates last night was him, while Wen Junshou, Jiang Songhe and the others were caught in trouble.

If it weren't for Jia Yun, he might have fallen into the hands of the pirates yesterday when the pirates were well-prepared and unprepared. At that time, life or death would be out of his control.

Therefore, Wen Kunlin is very grateful to Jia Yun.

Because of what happened last night, the governor's yamen rewarded Jia Yun with 2000 taels of silver, and the chief envoy also rewarded 2000 taels. Ningbo Mansion will not lag behind, and rewarded 800 taels.

According to the usual practice, some of the money should be intercepted at all levels. Wen Kunlin said that he had brought all of it to Jia Yun, and privately gave Jia Yun 200 taels of silver to make up a whole number.

In addition to these silver coins, each of Jia Yun's personal guards also received a reward of 50 taels of silver. Jia Wenlin alone received 100 taels of silver, for a total of 600 taels, all of which were given to Jia Yun for distribution.

Jia Yun accepted all the money, it was a reward earned by herself and her personal guards, and she had to take it away.

Jia Yun took the post of magistrate temporarily, and Jing Lushi, Qiu Nong and others came to congratulate him.

Jia Yun did not get carried away, but responded in a very low-key manner. She should be more cautious at this moment. Before the official appointment is issued, there are still variables.

After returning to the room, Jia Yun called the guards, showed them the money, and smiled at them and said:
"The silver is only for you to see. Of course, you can touch it now if you want."

"I will write a letter to Baochai later and ask her to distribute it to your family, but I can't give it to you right now and waste it!"

"Also, in addition to the rewards issued by the government, I will also reward you personally, and the amount is the same as the government."

Jia Wenlin took out two silver ingots from the box, and said happily: "This is the first time this subordinate has seen so much silver when he grows up. Let's have a good time now!"

The others were also clamoring, one took two, held them in their hands, looked left and right, and smiled happily.

After playing around for a while, Jia Yun said with a smile: "Okay, let me put them all back. You are not short of food and clothing with me now, but your family is waiting for money to buy rice!"

This is of course just a joke, since they came to Jia Yun's house, if any family is short of money, they can go to Xue Baochai to get the money, which can be regarded as a solution to their worries.

After all, these people are really able to risk their lives for Jia Yun, they are worthy of Jia Yun's family, and last night was a perfect proof.

Jia Wenlin put the two silver ingots in the box, raised her head and said with a smile, "Master, these two silver ingots are enough to feed my family for a year!"

20 taels of silver is indeed enough to feed an ordinary family for a year.

Jia Yun nodded and said: "Then you will set the standard higher in the future, not only to make the family full and warm, but also to eat well and dress well..."

……

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods was held as scheduled, right at the seaside, Wen Kunlin chanted all kinds of sacrificial orations for a long time.

At the same time, Wen Junshou, Jiang Songhe and Wen Kunlin all made speeches respectively.

Both inside and out, it is said that we must resolutely eliminate pirates, and we are bound to make significant progress before the Chinese New Year this year.

But these words are just listening to it. With the little combat power of the officers and soldiers of the guard today, they are really no match for the pirates.

Those pirates are all people who lick their blood on the edge of a knife to survive. They are used to fighting and killing.

If Jia Wenlin said yesterday that pirate spies are tough, even Jia Wenlin and the others who exercise regularly feel the pressure. It is conceivable that the pirates are not weak.

As for the officers and soldiers in the guard station, if they can gather enough numbers, they will be strong and powerful. Anyway, Jia Yun has not yet seen the army that caught his eye.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods was held until the afternoon.

After Jia Yun returned to the Cixi Guild Hall, Jing Lushi came to ask for instructions if he wanted to go back today.

"If there's nothing else to do, pack up and go back!" Jia Yun ordered.

Jia Yun would rather go back to Cixi and live with her two concubines than staying here alone with an empty room.

Then, Jia Yun ordered Jia Ming to inform Lin Ruhai and ask him to go to Cixi together.

After a while, Jia Ming came back and reported to Jia Yun: "Master Lin asked Master to meet him in the government office. Today, Lord Governor is also going to Cixi to inspect the salt field."

When Jia Yun heard this, she quickly asked Jia Ming to call Jing Lushi and others.

After everyone arrived, Jia Yun told them to go ahead and go back to the county to make arrangements.

The prefect must also follow the governor's inspection. This is a major event in the county and cannot be sloppy.

Jing Lushi and others didn't dare to neglect, they got up quickly after they were slow, and left the guild hall in a short while, set off first, and rushed to Cixi.

Jia Yun naturally wanted to stay here and return to Cixi with Wen Junshou's large team.

Nearly 2000 people gathered at the gate of the government office. Except for various guards of honor and entourage, the rest were all guards of Wen Junshou, Lin Ruhai, and Wen Kunlin.

Lin Ruhai naturally had guards, about [-] people. He went to Cixi Guild Hall with Wen Junshou and the others yesterday, so he didn't let the guards follow him.

On the contrary, Wen Junshou had a lot of guards.

Jia Yun got off the official sedan chair, looked up, and visually estimated that there were no less than a thousand guards in the front row.

It stands to reason that there would not be so many. It is estimated that Wen Junshou was scared last night and transferred them from other places.

Wen Kunlin also had quite a few guards, probably five or six hundred.

Jia Wenlin laughed beside her and said, "Master, now that you have temporarily acted as magistrate, there may be fewer personal guards."

"Well, this matter is easy!" Jia Yun pondered for a moment, then said, "I heard that the miners and farmers in Yiwu are very hardworking. When you return to Cixi, you can arrange a few people to go there to recruit some."

Jia Wenlin's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly, "How much?"

"Choose the best from the best, let's recruit 100 people. I plan to set up a patrol camp in Cixi. If there is anything wrong, the gang from the Inspection Department must not be counted on. We can only rely on ourselves for everything." Jia Yun pondered. .

Jia Wenlin said happily: "Great, my subordinates like training soldiers the most!"

After waiting for a while, Lin Ruhai came out from the government office first.

Jia Yun went up to meet him and returned the token to him.

Since returning to the government office last night, Lin Ruhai has been busy with his own affairs, and Jia Yun has never met him, so he returned the token now.

"Please don't reveal my illness." Lin Ruhai whispered to Jia Yun, "I'm going to use this matter to make a fuss!"

Jia Yun nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, this junior knows the importance."

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "I haven't congratulated Zizheng on his promotion yet. After the official appointment document from the imperial court comes down, Zizheng will be at the same level as the old man!"

"Where, where? How can the county magistrate be compared with Xunyan Yushi? It's not worth mentioning!" Jia Yun replied modestly.

After the two got together and talked for a while, Wen Junshou walked out of the government office surrounded by a group of officials.

Wen Junshou smiled at Jia Yun from a distance, and then got into the official sedan chair.

Jia Yun and Lin Ruhai didn't delay, they got into their sedan chairs one after another, and followed Wen Junshou's guard of honor.

Soon, the team slowly began to squirm. When the governor went out, he blew the gong eleven times, shouting in front and embracing in front of him, full of majesty.

After leaving the city, Jia Yun opened the sedan chair curtain and waved to Jia Wenlin who was on the horse.

"Let everyone out, five kilometers forward and five kilometers backward, let's not be careless!" Jia Yun ordered.

Jia Wenlin responded, cupped her hands, and hurried to make arrangements.

Soon, the guards were divided into two groups, five people in each group, one group went forward, and the other group went backward, and galloped away on horseback.

Jia Yun murmured: "The number of personal guards is a little less..."

The plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and he didn't expect that he would become the county magistrate so soon.

If it's just the county magistrate, then a team of ten guards is enough. If there is anything to do, it's almost enough to instruct the third class of government officials or patrol inspections.

But Zhixian County is different, many things need to be hugged.

With great power comes great responsibility. In the process of handling affairs, in order to be safe, one has to strengthen the power in one's hand.

……

Capital, Ningguo Mansion.

Qin Keqing's father died, but Jia Rong kept his word, saying that if he divorced Qin Keqing, he would really divorce.

The moment Qin Keqing got the divorce letter, she thought she would cry bitterly.

But for some reason, although there is a trace of sadness in my heart at the moment, it is more of relief.

"I said I would divorce you earlier, so I wouldn't break my promise!" Jia Rong said with a blank expression.

"I can only blame your old father for being greedy. I can only blame you for being beautiful, but you have no charm and can't attract people! You are a pink skull!"

Up to now, the four kings and eight princes thought that the silver hidden in Tiekan Temple was done by Qin Ye.

They also interrogated Qin Ye in private, but Qin Ye didn't know that the money had been swapped, so he screamed for injustice.

Therefore, Qin Ye seemed to have died of illness, rather than being frightened to death.

Qin Keqing really wanted to say that she was very attractive, but she held back, knowing that it would be useless to say it now.

She knew it was after she merged with Jia Yun, the smell of the breath made Jia Rong disgusted, but she couldn't help it, the breath was out of her control at all.

Besides, even if she can control it, she won't dissipate the smell, because her heart is no longer in Ningguo Mansion.

At this time, Baozhu and Ruizhu packed their bags and came out. Qiqi stood behind Qin Keqing and called her softly.

Qin Keqing nodded, took a deep breath, and walked out of the mansion with the two servant girls.

It was snowing heavily.

When the three of them came to the street, Ruizhu looked at the snowflakes falling and asked blankly, "Grandma, where are we going?"

"Don't call me grandma, I've been divorced, so why not grandma?" Qin Keqing sniffed, turned her head and said.

Ruizhu snorted, and asked again: "Miss, should we go back to Qin's house first, or..."

Qin Keqing pondered for a moment, gritted her teeth, and said, "Go and see Jia Xueshi first, and see her attitude."

Although Jia Yun's sweet words were sweet at the beginning, when things came to an end, Qin Keqing suddenly became a little unconfident. After all, she was divorced, and now she is not begging for death or making a fuss, so she is already relatively calm .

The three of them did not go directly to Jia Yun's house, but went to the street and wandered around. After making sure that no one was following them, they exchanged some money, hired a carriage, and rushed to Jia Yun's house.

At this time, the 1000 taels of silver that Jia Yun had given Qin Keqing had worked.

Before they were in Ningguo Mansion, Jia Rong almost stared at the three of them and forbade them to take any valuables, so they left the house except for a few clothes.

Fortunately, Qin Keqing embroidered the 1000 taels of silver in her belly pocket earlier, and kept it close to her body, otherwise she would not even have money to hire a carriage at the moment.

On the carriage, Bao Zhuchi asked: "Miss, young master, do we not care now?"

"We have to take care of it, but we have to settle down on our own." Qin Keqing wondered.

Now that she went directly to her natal home, the neighbors would definitely laugh at her. She was a little afraid to go back.

If she hadn't always remembered what Jia Yun said to her, she would have collapsed when she got the divorce letter just now.

Even so, she was very uneasy at the moment.

If Xue Baochai didn't take her in and showed her face, she wondered if she would have the courage to live.

Seeing that Qin Keqing's expression was a little pale, Ruizhu gently picked up the pearl, suggesting that she should not talk too much.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the door of Jia Yun's house.

The three of them didn't get out of the car in a hurry. Instead, they opened the curtains and looked outside. They found that there was no one on the snowy street before getting out of the car.

After Baozhu paid the carriage money, Ruizhu went to knock on the door.

Soon, the door opened from the inside, revealing a small head.

Qin Keqing knew this person, so she stepped forward and said: "Little Doujiao, please go and inform your wife that Mrs. Qin is visiting."

"It turned out to be Grandma Rong, you come in first, and the slaves will go to report." The little maid turned sideways and invited the three of them in.

After closing the door, the little maid ran straight to the middle courtyard on short legs, just as Xiren came out from the backyard, grabbed her and said with a smile:

"You girl, this snow that sees the sky, you run so fast, don't you fall and cry?"

The little maid smiled and said, "Aunt Hua, Grandma Rong is here, and this servant is in a hurry to report to Madam."

"Oh? Then go quickly!" Xiren let go of the little maid, and then went straight to the front house.

In front of the Chuihua Gate, when Xiren saw the three of Qin Keqing, especially when he saw Ruizhu and Baozhu both carrying burdens, his eyes rolled, and he hurriedly stepped forward to hold Qin Keqing's hand, and asked with a gentle expression: "The matter has come to an end." ?”

Qin Keqing nodded slowly, Xiren pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "That's good, don't worry, the master told you thousands of times before leaving Beijing, after you come, treat you well, don't stand here soon, we Let's go in and talk."

Qin Keqing breathed a sigh of relief, but the stone hanging in her heart has not yet fallen.

After all, Xiren is just an aunt, and what she said doesn't count until Xue Baochai nods.

After stepping through the hanging flower gate, Qin Keqing was taken aback.

I saw Xue Baochai leading a large group of people out of the backyard, looking at Qin Keqing with joy.

When Qin Keqing was in a daze, Xue Baochai took a few steps, stepped forward to hold her hand, and said softly, "You are here!"

"Slave...I..." Qin Keqing was at a loss, her identity changed, so she didn't even know what to say to herself.

Xue Baochai patted her hand lightly, and said with a slight smile, "Auntie, Aunt Qin, would you like it?"

Qin Keqing pursed her lips, with tears in her eyes, and nodded.

Although she has become an aunt from the main wife, she is not unhappy, but very down-to-earth.

Although she lived a life of rich clothes and fine food in Ningguo Mansion, she was not practical. Once married, Jia Zhen's eyes never left her.

If she hadn't met Jia Yun later, she wouldn't have known what to do.

It's all right now, everything is over, although I have become an aunt, but I don't have to think about it, I just need to live a down-to-earth life.

Snowflakes bloomed and fell on the back of the hand.

Qin Keqing's tears dripped down, and her vision suddenly blurred.

Xue Baochai sighed secretly, and led Qin Keqing to the back house.

Soon, she brought the three of Qin Keqing to a room, and said with a smile: "This room is divided into an inner room and an outer room. It was specially prepared for you by the master before he left, and most of the things in it were placed by him."

"For the time being, just give in for a while. After the new year, the Kuayuan next door to our house will start building some independent small courtyards. At that time, there will definitely be a small courtyard that will be yours."

Qin Keqing pursed her lips and nodded with tears in her eyes, feeling very at ease and comforted in her heart. Jia Yun did not break her promise after all, and the arrangement was even better than she imagined...

(End of this chapter)