Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 114 3.21 Then Make Him Your Own

Volume Three

3.21 Then make him one of your own

In the early morning of the next day, Rongguo Mansion, Jialian Courtyard.

"Who is outside?" After rubbing his head, which still had a splitting headache, Jia Lian got up softly. Then he looked around and saw that there was no one around to serve him. He couldn't help shouting in annoyance, "No one has come in. I can't see you." Need to be served—oh, who doesn’t know how to die!”

"It's me. What's wrong? Second Master Lian is angry?" After Wang Xifeng entered the room with a sullen face, she threw a washed towel on Jia Lian's face and said angrily, "Second Master Lian is really a good drinker. What a pity. Yesterday, you lost sight of someone, and when that man named Zhou left, you drank like a dog, but I wonder if the second master has thought about the problem he said yesterday? "

"Oh, my second grandma!" Jia Lian regained her spirits all of a sudden, picked up a towel and wiped her face indiscriminately, then hurriedly jumped off the bed and hugged Wang Xifeng, "How dare I ask you to serve you, serve you It's too late, that's it"

"Death!" Wang Xifeng said with a proud smile, tapping Jia Lian's forehead and pushing him aside, "Don't give me a bad look. Have you forgotten what happened yesterday? I haven't forgotten. Even my second uncle has the surname Zhou. If you dare to arrange it, you are really blinding him! If I don’t go back, talk to him carefully and let him know about our Wang family."

"The second grandma's surname is Jia now!" Even though Jia Lian was still in the "one-obey" stage of "one-obey, two-order, three-person" relationship with Wang Xifeng at this time, the two did have a good relationship, and he had not forgotten what Zhou Yang meant yesterday. , "You only remember to call him second uncle, but you forgot that there is a cousin, right? Have you forgotten what happened when I took you in? If it is really good, can you be here in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse in the Month?"

"You -" Wang Xifeng glared at Jia Lian angrily, sat on the edge of the bed and said, "Then what do you think we should do? Since he dared to say yesterday that it was the second uncle who took over the position of uncle Jing in Dongfu, now it is not far away from the imperial court opening the new year's seal. It's far away, and he doesn't dare to trick anyone. It's all settled, is it possible that you can still rebel?"

"Actually, what he said makes sense." Jia Lian also watched the Rongguo Mansion fall step by step, did he really think about it?Especially every time he thought of the embarrassment he felt at Tiewang Mountain, he would feel helpless anger in his heart, "This mansion really needs someone who can push it out. Otherwise, if we only rely on the second master, the mansion will not be able to fight at all." There is no news from the hall.”

"Oh?" Wang Xifeng was a little angry at first. She had not forgotten what she had taken advantage of yesterday. But after listening to Jia Lian's narration, there was only sarcasm on her face, "Then I need to learn more, but Lian Er I've decided? It just so happens that I'm also looking forward to getting a royal uniform one day, I just don't know when I'll see you?"

"Where did you say you went?" Jia Lian's face turned red with embarrassment, and he continued slowly for a long time, "I just thought that it would be better to have an identity. I donated a colleague just to make it easier to pick you up, but This donated official title cannot possibly give you imperial status."

"What do you mean?" Why doesn't Wang Xifeng know?She has always been competitive, but she has gained nothing in this regard. It's strange that she is in a good mood. "If the government arranges it, it will be no problem to at least get a county magistrate."

"County magistrate—" Jia Lian snorted disdainfully, and didn't pay attention at all, "Sesame and mung bean stuff, is it possible that you can still fancy a mere seventh-rank child?"

This is also a common problem of the entire Wu Xun and even the children of the imperial court in the capital. They have high eyes and low hands, but they don't necessarily have much ability. Small officials look down on them, and high officials don't make it. They just wait for time until I'm finished so I can take over and raise them in the yard. It lasts for more than ten or even decades without any ability to do big things. The result is that each generation is naturally inferior to the last.

"Humph, even a seventh-grade child is no better than he is now!" Wang Xifeng said angrily, which made Jia Lian almost lose his temper. "But this seventh-grade county magistrate is indeed a little young, and he doesn't know what's going on in the mansion." Is it possible to create a prefect? ​​It sounds like something is happening."

"Then you are thinking blindly." No matter how dandy he is, his background tells Jia Lian a lot of things. "It's okay for a county magistrate. If the prefect can operate, how can there be so many brothers hanging around in the capital? Besides this Although the county magistrate is small, he is still an official, and even those county government affairs are annoying to death."

"Huh? Do you really want to?" Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment. Seeing Jia Lian's obviously moved expression, she rolled her eyes and said, "It's really not impossible. I heard that this county magistrate has been in office for three years, but he just doesn't reach out. You can get a lot of money by just doing some shopping."

"But being an official can't just be about making money, right?" Jia Lian said angrily, "Can't the yamen's errands be shortened? I don't have time to care about this!"

"Since the person surnamed Zhou gave you some advice, does he have a solution?" Although Wang Xifeng was angry that she had been taken advantage of yesterday, for the sake of money, she couldn't bear it for the time being, "Why don't you find someone Ask him when you have time. Anyway, this official position cannot be completed in a day or two." "Yes, I can ask Brother Zhou!" Jia Lian's eyes lit up, and then he thought for a while and said, "Just, look at him What he means is that he obviously treats us as friends, but not as his own people. If he asked us in such a dry manner, why would he tell us?"

"Not one of our own?" Wang Xifeng said angrily, "She has already settled on a cousin of the Xue family, so why does she treat herself as an outsider? Although the Xue family is a merchant, they have always been in contact with us and have relatives. Speaking of which, the Xue family The wife in charge is also my biological aunt!"

"Have you decided on the cousin of the Xue family?" Jia Lian's mind suddenly moved, and he vaguely had an idea. He just looked at Wang Xifeng who looked annoyed next to him. He wisely chose to endure it first, but then looked at Wang Xifeng. The more he looked at it, the more he felt in his heart. His anger rose, "Okay, don't worry now, it's still early anyway, you've made me angry, and I haven't come here to put it out."

"You bastard, why did you waste your time!" Wang Xifeng cursed, but her body honestly let Jia Lian pull her, regardless of the fact that the sun was already halfway south, "Oh, you bastard, if you are gentler, what's yours is yours." Yes, what's the rush?"

Outside the door, Ping'er listened to the increasingly urgent sounds inside. He blushed and drove all the servants out of the courtyard. He returned to the courtyard, but the sound was like a knife, piercing his heart all at once, but it didn't happen. A place to vent.
That night, Jia Shewai's study was in the East Cross Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion.

"Father, this is what Brother Zhou said yesterday." Jia Lian recounted yesterday's discussion with Zhou Yang, plus his morning discussion with Wang Xifeng, and finally added, "What he said makes sense, son. If we stay in the mansion, let alone anything else, it will be difficult to decide who will own the Duke's mansion in the end."

"I wonder who dares?" Jia She shouted angrily, quite a bit like a heir to the Duke's palace. Unfortunately, after just this sentence, he returned his energy to the concubine in his arms, "But you It makes sense. If you stay in the house all day long, where will the money come in? Do you want to run a county magistrate? It's not a big deal.

Make some arrangements first. Things in this house are not a matter of words. When you have made arrangements, take my name card to the house of He Ping, the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He owed the house a favor, and now he only needs money to send it. Come on, it's just a seventh-grade thing, nothing unusual about it. "

"Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel?" Jia Lian was confused. "When did our government have a relationship with the Ministry of Personnel? Why don't we see much contact on weekdays?"

"Useless stuff, I'm not dead yet, what do you know so much about?" Jia Amnesty grabbed a pen holder and threw it at Jia Lian, "Also, you said just now that the boy surnamed Zhou is not one of his own." ? Not bad, but who do you think the Xue family is, they just have more money, so what do you mean?"

"Son, I don't dare!" The pen holder hit Jia Lian's calf, causing him to crouch on the ground with a cry of pain, but he didn't dare to leave. He endured the pain and raised his head, but he happened to see Jia She raping his concubine Huanyuan. He couldn't help but look straight at his right hand, but luckily he didn't forget to speak, "If he thinks he is an outsider, then make him one of our own.

It is true that the cousin of the Xue family has a marriage, but as he said, "No matter how good a thing is, it is better to put it in anyone's hands than in your own hands." If the second sister can get married to him, the Xue family will not dare to say anything. , There is just one thing, how can the girl’s family take the initiative in this matter of marriage?”

"That's true." Jia She loosened his violent hands, revealing a big ball. He lowered his head and kept thinking. He didn't notice Jia Lian, who was kneeling in front of him but looked straight at him. "You said last time that he is now What is the merit of a martial arts examiner? Who is the master?"

"It's Uncle Chen Ruiwen from the Duke of Qi's Mansion." Jia Lian replied quickly, then his eyes lit up, "What father means is"

"Chen Ruiwen, I haven't seen you for a while." Jia She thought for a while and then said to Jia Lian, "Don't worry, he is a martial arts expert, so he is still a little low. Let's wait and see after a while. If he can win, Wu Jinshi, even if he comes from the same family as Jinshi, the government can tell him that he has been with the Xue family for such a long time, so he will be in need of money, so don't forget to ask when the time comes."

"Well." Jia Lian did not dare to say that he could no longer get into the circle of high-ranking nobles, so he could only say euphemistically, "Uncle Chen is now the commander-in-chief of the Shenji Battalion. He is busy with military affairs on weekdays, so he may not be able to spare time."

"You take my name card and he will agree." Jia She finished impatiently and pushed the woman in his arms to the ground, "Okay, I think you are good today, I will reward you!"

"Thank you father!"

(End of this chapter)