The Red Mansions

Chapter 232 The road meets Jia Rong, Xia Jingui strikes up a conversation
In the yard, under the shade.

Jia Yun handed the gift list to Ni Er, and said: "I will deliver it in this order tomorrow, and try to deliver it all early in the morning, so don't delay."

"No, with the help of the master's personal guards, the little one will definitely handle things beautifully." Ni Er responded, bowed his hands, and turned around to get busy.

Jia Yun came to Xue Baochai's courtyard and saw her pregnant with a gift list, looking left and right, carefully inspecting the presents to be sent to Xue's house tomorrow.

The maids Ying'er, Yuan'er, Lian'er and so on nearby are very busy.

Seeing Jia Yun coming in, Xue Baochai handed the gift list to Yinger, gave her some instructions, and then took Jia Yun to the room to sit down and talk.

"Just now Ying'er came back and said that if the Qin family and the others have no place to go tomorrow, they can all go to Xue's mansion. There are so many people." Xue Baochai said with a slight smile.

Both Qin Keqing and Meiren have no relatives alive, and Jia Yun's family members are their relatives.

Taking them to Xue's Mansion, Jia Yun had no objection, nodded and said: "Yes, Xiren said that she will come back in the afternoon, and everyone in our family will go there tomorrow! Just leave the caretaker."

Seeing Jia Yun's agreement, Xue Baochai was very happy, and said with a smile, "The Xue residence has not been so lively for a long time. After hearing Yinger's report, my mother said that I should prepare more delicious food to treat you, uncle, ha ha..."

Before she finished speaking, she laughed herself first.

The next day, early in the morning.

In the back street of Ningrong, Jia Yun was riding on a tall horse, watching several soft sedan chairs being carried out from the courtyard, followed by a large group of maidservants and women.

Lined up in a row, Bu Shi, Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, Xi Ren, Mei Ren and Qin Keqing were sitting in the sedan chair.

As for the other female relatives, they went there on foot. Anyway, this place is not very far from Xue's residence, just a few streets away.

Mrs. Pu was specially invited by Mrs. Xue long ago, asking her to go to Xue's mansion to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mrs. Bu did not refuse, but agreed wholeheartedly.

The sun has not yet risen, and the weather is still cool.

Nearly a hundred people marched towards Xue's mansion, causing many passers-by to stop and watch from a distance.

"Is that a relative from Second Master Yun's family?"

"Nonsense, didn't you see that handsome guy riding a horse in front of you, is he Second Master Yun?"

"Hey, I often hear about Second Master Yun, but I didn't expect him to be so young."

"Brother, isn't he from this area? Otherwise, why don't you even know Second Master Yun?"

"Little brother is indeed not from this area. I came here today to visit relatives."

"That's no wonder, see if you see it, the direction that Second Master Yun is going to should be Xue's mansion."

"I know the Xue family, one of the four major families in Jinling, the wife that Second Master Yun married, could it be a girl from the Xue family?"

"I really believe it. You are not from this side anymore. Second Master Yun's wife is a girl from the Xue family."

"Good guy, Xue's family is a merchant, and it's a great advantage for their girl to marry Second Master Yun!"

"Who says it's not? According to me, Second Master Yun is young and has a bright future. It's too early to get married!"

"..."

When they came to the street, Jia Yun and his group ran into Jia Rong and his group who were about to visit their relatives.

"Brother Yun, let's go to Xue's house!" Jia Rong rode forward and asked with a smile.

Jia Yun nodded, glanced at the bruise on the corner of Jia Rong's mouth, smiled secretly, and cupped her hands and replied, "You are going to Xue's house, are you visiting Xia's family?"

"Yes!" Jia Rong nodded and replied, and leaned forward and whispered: "I didn't want to go, it would be nice to stay in the mansion and be happy, but my sister-in-law, a hag, makes trouble if she doesn't go, I'm about to be annoyed to death Already!"

Jia Yun said with a smile: "Well, Brother Rong, you and your sister-in-law have only been married for a few days, and it should be a time when they are like glue, but now you speak ill of her behind her back, are you afraid that she will beat you if she hears it?"

Jia Rong and Xia Jingui had only been married for a few days, and they fought and quarreled all over the place, even the tall walls of Ningguo Mansion couldn't keep it shut. The news had already been known to the surrounding clansmen and neighbors.

"I'm afraid of her?" Xia Rong said stiffly, glanced back at the sedan chair not far behind her, turned her head and said:

"Brother Yun, are you free tonight? The Rongguo Mansion has invited an opera troupe tonight. Would you like to go over and have a few drinks?"

Jia Yun shook her head and said, "I still can't do it. Your family celebrates the festival, why should I get involved? Besides, it's not like you don't know about my relationship with your family?"

"Hey, it's all the grievances of the older generation, so what's the matter with us younger generation?" Jia Rong spread her hands.

After a pause, he continued: "Otherwise, everyone else will go to Rongguo Mansion to watch a play tonight, and some of our juniors will come to Ningguo Mansion to get together? Without the elders in front of us, we can definitely have fun and not be restrained."

Just as Jia Yun was about to reply, Xia Jingui's sedan chair had already stepped forward.

A corner of the car window was opened, revealing a pretty and delicate face, looking forward, it was undoubtedly Xia Jingui.

"Husband, who is this brother?" Xia Jingui smiled and asked Jia Rong with raised eyebrows.

Jia Rong smiled and introduced: "This is Jia Yun from the third room. Don't look at him as young, but he has already made a name for himself. He has also been appointed as the censor of the city, and the admiral patrols the camp. He is very promising. .”

"Ah! It turns out that my uncle was in front of me. My sister-in-law can't show her face. I'm being impolite. If you have time in the future, go to Ningguo Mansion to play more!" Xia Jingui said with a smile.

When she was talking, she glanced at Jia Yun, raised her eyebrows and blinked, and looked at Jia Yun with bright eyes.

Jia Yun chuckled, cupped her hands and replied, "I've seen my sister-in-law. I'll definitely visit you when I'm free. It's getting late today, so I'll take my leave first!"

After speaking, he pulled the rein and the horse went away.

"Hey! Brother Yun, don't look around, come to Ningguo Mansion to drink at night, it's agreed, see you soon!" Jia Rong shouted loudly.

After shouting, I saw Jia Yun raised his whip, and Jia Rong didn't know what he meant, did he agree to come, or not?
Xia Jingui in the sedan chair restrained her smile, frowned and said, "Shouting, yelling, if you delay on the road, it will be dark!"

"Okay, you dead woman, can't you be quiet for a while? Didn't you see that I have business here? Why are you here to make trouble?" Jia Rong stared at Xia Jingui and said angrily.

Xia Jingui raised his eyebrows and looked at Jia Rong sideways, and said slowly: "You understand, no matter what is going on today, it's not as big as going to my mother's house, so stop talking about me!"

Then, her expression changed, and she continued with a smile on her face: "However, if you can invite Brother Yun to Ningguo Mansion, it would be a serious matter."

Xia Jingui has heard about Jia Yun for a long time, and she loves and fears Jia Yun.

What I love is that Jia Yun is not only handsome, but also occupies an important position at a young age, holding important power, which makes people obsessed.

What I'm afraid of is that although Xia Jingui has never met Jia Yun before, he has suffered from him.

Just a few months ago, when Jia Yun was rectifying the market, Xia Jingui swaggered through the market in a cart with eight people, causing traffic obstruction, and was caught by soldiers and horses, and fined 50 taels of silver.

Money is a trivial matter, the key is that those people also caught the woman driving the car, and beat each one with a board in front of many people on the street.

Although Xia Jingui was arrogant and domineering, he was not stupid, he dared not make a scene, and hid in the car shivering, fearing that he would also be punished.

At that time, it wasn't that she didn't order her servants to look for connections, find ways, and hoped to use money as a substitute for punishment, but they all replied that it was useless.

Fortunately, the woman driving the car was slapped and the fine was paid, so let's forget about it.

But Xia Jingui always remembered it in his heart, and he also had lingering fears.

Although Jia Yun did not personally handle this matter, it was also his handwriting.

It was also at that moment that Xia Jingui realized that in front of power, her Xia family was nothing, even if they had a lot of money.

Therefore, when she heard in the sedan chair that Jia Rong was going to invite Jia Yun to Ningguo Mansion, she raised the curtain of the sedan chair and took the initiative to talk to her without regard for face.

Jia Rong glared at Xia Jingui, and said angrily, "Stop flaunting your shyness, you think Brother Yun is so talkative? That's the right idea!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Xia Jingui, and ordered the servants to go back to Ningguo Mansion to arrange for people to prepare a banquet. Regardless of whether Jia Yun came to drink at night, the preparations had to be done first.

Xia Jingui heard the words, and said angrily: "Yes, yes, yes! I'm showing my teeth and claws, and I'm showing off, how about you? Why are you asking him to drink if you're fine?"

"That's why I said you are stupid." Jia Rong rolled her eyes and said:
"Don't even think about it. For the younger generation of the Jia family, Brother Yun is the most promising!"

"Youdao usually doesn't burn incense, but rushes to hug Buddha's feet. How can this person have smooth sailing? I don't think that I will burn incense in front of Brother Yun when I have nothing to do. Maybe it will be useful!"

Seeing Xia Jingui purse her lips, Jia Rong glared at her and said, "You think I'm joking? Just like Uncle Lian and Uncle Bao some time ago, they were arrested and imprisoned in Shuntianfu Prison for such a long time, and they were almost arrested. Cut off the head."

"Later, I asked people about this matter. If I had begged Brother Yun at that time, I might have been released the next day. Now you know how powerful it is?"

Xia Jingui stretched out her finger, pressed Cherry's small mouth, and murmured, "Is he really that powerful?"

"Of course it's true, even better than this." Jia Rong said without hesitation.

"Brother Yun is young and calm, but he has a lot of contacts. He has connections with the Ministry of Household Affairs, Ministry of War, Ministry of Officials, Inspectorate, Ministry of Punishment, Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"

"To be honest, when I first heard about this, I thought that other people were talking about pornography, but after more inquiries, I realized it was true."

"In addition, not only is he in charge of the soldiers and horses, but he also holds tens of thousands of troops in the patrol battalion. That is the real scary thing. Haven't you heard about the recent suppression of bandits in the Beizhili government? This is Brother Yun. Do it!"

After Xia Jingui heard this, his eyes shone brightly, and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay! You are worthless, and you can be smart at times. You are right, brother Yun, this Buddha, we usually burn more incense!"

When Jia Rong heard this, he laughed straight away, with a smug smile on his face.

He finally understood that the east and west of Jia's mansion seemed to be protected by noble titles, but they had no real power, and they could only ask others for help when they encountered any problems.

The incident between Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu last time, although it had nothing to do with Jia Rong, still surprised him.

I thought to myself that if I encounter that kind of thing, I am afraid that it will only make me feel unresponsive every day, and the earth will not work.

It was then that he began to really pay attention to Jia Yun...

(End of this chapter)