The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 251 Funeral

Let us say that after Jia Yucun and Xu Wenhan parted ways, they continued to take a boat along the canal south to Jinling. During this visit to the Yanzhou Yanxunshi Yamen, although he did not see Lin Ruhai and was even rejected by the former female student Lin Daiyu, which made him lose face in front of Xu Wenhan, Jia Yucun was not annoyed, but secretly rejoiced.

It turns out that Jia Yucun is a man with long sleeves and is good at speculating. He naturally knows that all eggs cannot be put in the same basket. He used the momentum of Prince Teng to make a comeback and fill the vacancy of Yingtianfu Yin. He did this after taking office The first case was that of Xue Pan beating someone to death. It happened that the Wang family and the Xue family were married. Xue Pan's mother, Aunt Xue, was the sister of Wang Ziteng. Jia Yucun was worried that he had no chance to repay Wang Ziteng as his benefactor, so he turned to favoritism. They violated the law, settled the case, and allowed Xue Pan to get off the hook, and he is still at large to this day.

Wang Ziteng was naturally very satisfied with Jia Yucun's act of reciprocating love, and the latter also took the opportunity to curry favor with Prince Yi Zhong through Wang Ziteng. At that time, the Supreme Emperor was still very powerful, and he suppressed the current Emperor Qian Sheng and firmly controlled him. However, in the past two years, due to the successive defeats in the Liaodong War, the prestige of the Supreme Emperor was weakened. In addition, as he was older and less energetic than before, Emperor Qian Sheng gradually gained the upper hand and gradually took the initiative, like Jia Jia. How could a man like Yu Cun fail to notice that the wind direction has changed?

Some time ago, Jia Yucun happened to go to Beijing to report on his work. The private salt den case broke out in Yangzhou. Kang Lingcheng, a big salt merchant, was arrested. Lin Ruhai, who was the salt patrol censor in Yangzhou, was poisoned and then ambushed by pirates. It was simply shocking. Emperor Long Yan was furious and immediately issued an order to appoint Lin Ruhai as governor of Yingtian, and even sent Yi Hong, the leader of the Jinyi Guards, as deputy imperial envoy to assist in handling the case.

It was said that the case involved Prince Yi Zhong's Palace. The reason why the emperor sent Yi Hong, the leader of the Jinyi Guards, was probably for this reason. Jia Yucun was naturally very jealous after hearing about it. How could he dare to get too close to Prince Yi Zhong's Palace? This guy Xu Wenhan was the only one. I learned that he was Lin Daiyu's teacher and followed him all the way south to Yangzhou. I couldn't get rid of him even if I wanted to.

Jia Yucun did not dare to offend Xu Wenhan, so he had no choice but to sail south with the latter. At Xu Wenhan's request, he visited Lin Ruhai at home. Fortunately, Lin Ruhai was not in the house, and Lin Daiyu also declined to see him. As a result, Jia Yucun was not angry but happy. , there is no need to offend Xu Wenhan, and there is no need to get involved in the marriage between Prince Yi Zhong's palace and the Lin family.

Now that the Supreme Emperor was at a disadvantage in the struggle, Emperor Qian Sheng sent Yi Hong, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, obviously to take down Prince Yi Zhong. If he is not careful, he might be involved, so It would be best if we don't get involved in this kind of thing.

Therefore, after Jia Yucun got rid of Xu Wenhan, he immediately wiped his feet and slipped back to Jinling by boat to take office.

It is said that on this day, Jia Yucun arrived outside Jinling City, abandoned his boat and landed, and brought a group of servants into the city. Just as he was about to return to the official office, he saw a funeral procession wearing sackcloth and mourning coming towards him, and he couldn't help but secretly say something bad.

As the saying goes, the dead are the most important. Although Jia Yucun is Yingtian Fuyin and the chief executive of Jinling City, he can't argue with the dead, can he? So I had to duck to the side of the road and wait for the funeral procession to pass by.

This funeral procession is quite impressive. There must be hundreds of people. It stretches for several streets and can't be seen to the end. Just past, a group of Taoist priests chanting sutras came, and then came a group of monks knocking on wooden fish. Then there were nuns playing music and playing music. Yes, it’s so lively.

As soon as Jia Yucun saw such grandeur, he knew that the funeral was held by a local wealthy family in Jinling. After asking about it, he found out that the second-in-law of the Xue family, one of the four major families in Jinling, was missing. Today was the day of the funeral.

Jia Yucun, a man with long sleeves, good at dancing, and sophisticated in human nature, immediately ordered his servants to set up an incense table for roadside sacrifice.

Jia Yucun was wearing a crimson official robe and standing on the street holding a stick of incense. Naturally, he was very eye-catching. He quickly attracted the attention of the Xue family servants who were attending the funeral. A steward quickly stepped forward to salute and inquired, and learned that this person was actually After Yin Jiayu came to the village of Yingtian Mansion, he hurriedly reported it. It is said that the person who presided over the funeral was Aunt Xue. She couldn't help being surprised and happy when she heard that Jinling Prefecture Yin Jiayu Village Road Festival was held. Although the Xue family is one of the four major families in Jinling, its glory is already yesterday. Today, the Xue family is declining day by day, and its population is not prosperous. Looking at the entire family, there is no one who holds real power, and the younger generation is even more unbearable. , he is just a playboy like Xue Pan, with millions of dollars in wealth. If he had not been related to the Jia family and the Wang family by marriage, he would have been eaten up by other powerful and powerful people, and no bones would be left.

Yingtian Fuyin is the chief executive of Jinling City, so Aunt Xue naturally feels proud when Jia Yucun can come to pay homage to the second wife of the Xue family. Moreover, Jia Yucun helped settle the lawsuit over the life of her son Xue Pan, so Aunt Xue does not Dare to be negligent, he personally led Xue Pan, Xue Baochai, Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin to come forward to thank him.

It is worth mentioning here that the second brother of the Xue family who died this time was the father of Xue Pan and Xue Baoqin, that is, the uncle of Xue Pan and Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai is younger than Xue Baochai, and Xue Baoqin is even younger. In the original work, Lin Daiyu calls Xue Baoqin her sister. It can be seen that Xue Baoqin is younger than Lin Daiyu, only eleven or twelve years old, but this daughter Although she is young, she is tall and graceful, with bright eyes and white teeth, and extremely beautiful appearance. She is not inferior to her cousin Xue Baochai.

Let's talk about Aunt Xue taking Baochai and others to Jiayu Village to thank them. When the latter saw Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin, the sisters in mourning clothes, a glimmer of light flashed in their eyes, thinking, these two little ladies of the Xue family I'm afraid it's not inferior to that of my female student.

Aunt Xue, Baochai and others were female relatives. After saying a few polite words, they withdrew and returned to the carriage. Only the two men, Xue Pan and Xue Biao, were left to socialize with Jia Yucun for a while, and then the funeral procession continued on its way. The coffin of the second wife of the family was buried in the Xue family's ancestral grave in the east of the city.

It is said that since Xue Baochai's family moved to the capital, the business in Jinling has been taken care of by the second wife of the Xue family. Now that this man has died, there is no one to take care of the business, so he can only take it over himself, and Xue Pan is just a mess. The mud that cannot hold up the wall will only spend the whole day drinking and drinking, playing chickens and fighting dogs, so this burden naturally falls on Xue Baochai's shoulders.

Therefore, after burying his uncle, Xue Baochai was busy all day long. In addition to taking care of the family, he often went out to do accounting, and occasionally had to clean up the aftermath of Xue Pan, a bastard who got into trouble. Fortunately, his cousin Xue Pan was mediocre and timid. , but he is loyal and honest, less dandyish, but he can barely share the burden for Xue Baochai.

As for Xue Baoqin, she was a beautiful woman with both talent and appearance. She was not inferior to Xue Baochai in appearance, talent and learning. Moreover, she was better than Xue Baochai in that she traveled extensively with her father to do business at a young age. She was well-informed at such a young age and had a strong memory, which sometimes made Xue Baochai willing to lose.

It's just that Xue Baoqin's mother was so sad about her husband's death that she got phlegm syndrome. Now she is bedridden and may not have much time left.

(End of this chapter)