Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 410 5.92 Jia Zhen’s Funeral

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5.92 Jia Zhen’s funeral

November 25, Ningguo Mansion.

Zhou Yang originally planned to never do anything else before taking action. These days, he was either dealing with official duties at home, supervising military training in the military camp, or going to Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division Xicheng Qianhu Station to boost morale, and then talk to two girls at night. They talked about life and ideals, but this time he had to come because it was Jia Zhen's funeral.

The former patriarch of the Jia family was assassinated. According to the rules, he could not be simply buried. Instead, he was kept in mourning for 36 days. During this period, a salvation ceremony was held every six days, including a ceremony for monks and a Taoist priest. The dojo, and the nuns' prayers, all in all made it so popular, and I wonder if people who have worshiped gods in so many different ways will just ignore them all in anger.

"I've met Senior Brother Chen, I've met all the brothers." As soon as he entered the five-room Xiangyang Hall in front of Ning'an Hall, the main hall of Ningguo Mansion, he saw all the princes of the other six families of Eight Gongs gathered - Jia Lian still hadn't come, and he didn't know who he was. Are you really busy with official duties? "But we brothers won't have a chance to see each other for a while."

Ever since the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Yonghe made it clear that things were going on and the Wuxun families decided to sit back and watch, Zhou Yang had cut off contact with the senior Wuxun officials. For such a long time, let alone banquets or get-togethers, even the most basic message transmission was impossible. They broke off and obviously abandoned him. If it weren't for Jia Zhen's "help", he would have doubted when the two parties would see each other again.

"Junior Brother Zhou——" Chen Yejun sighed before saying, "I knew you were capable, but I never expected it to be like this. My father also mentioned it before I came here, let me advise you again, just to see The way you are now, I'm afraid it's unnecessary. As a brother, it's inconvenient for me to say anything, so I can only say a few words to help myself."

"Senior Brother Chen, brothers, you understand my position, and I also understand your thoughts, but -" After all, the help was not small at first, Zhou Yang thought about it, and decided to save it again, "Everyone should know that between the imperial court and the imperial court, The first thing to do is take sides, and the second is right or wrong. If you don’t take either side, the result is likely to be..."

"Brother Zhou has a heart." Liu Dong said in a cold tone, "Today is the day when Brother Zhen is going west, so let's stop discussing business matters, why not go to see him off together, and let go of the original brotherhood."

"Let's go!" Niu Ben nodded in greeting, thought for a while and then said to Zhou Yang, "What do brothers Zhou think?"

"Brother, please!" Zhou Yang secretly sighed, "It's hard to persuade a damn ghost with good words." He motioned for a few people to go ahead and then followed him to mourn at the Ning'an Hall. By the way, he made a pun, "Since the brothers have decided , I will respect you, and I will not go to my mentor and uncles for now. When everyone is free, I hope to have a drink with you again."

The six princes all paused for a moment, but soon they all continued to walk towards Ning'an Hall as if nothing had happened. No one looked back. Zhou Yang naturally stopped talking nonsense and followed the six of them, both along the way and during the next mourning session. Even when he went out after finishing the work, he didn't say a single word.

None of the six people had any intention of staying to eat. If there were no big surprises, this was also the last time the six families officially appeared in Ningguo Mansion. With Jia Zhen's violent death, the Ningguo lineage of the Jinling Jia family had completely withdrawn from the core martial arts The ranks are unlikely to improve in the future, and naturally there is no longer any value for them to interact with each other.

"My nephew has met Uncle Zhou!" Just as he watched the six people leave the courtyard where Ning'an Hall is located, a greeting came from behind him, "I'm sorry for thanking you for your hard work. Uncle Zhen must have known about it, and it's time to rest in peace."

"Huh?" Zhou Yang almost said, "Shut up if you can't speak." He turned around and saw a young man with a filial piety and a flattering face. Speaking of which, the two of them had met before, but they didn't speak at the time, let alone in this situation. Next, he is not suitable for saying unpleasant things, "Brother Qiang has been very busy these days, right? If you need anything, just ask, I will definitely help you if I can."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou!" Jia Qiang quickly bowed and then said, "The Xifu has been helping me, but I haven't encountered any trouble. My nephew will live here in the house from now on. I hope my uncle will come here often. Don’t break the friendship.”

"Brother Zhen——" Zhou Yang sighed softly. Speaking of Jia Zhen and Jia Lian, when he first entered the martial arts circle, he was a rare noble person who didn't have much thought. Unfortunately, both of them have poor vision. The method is deep friendship, and Jia Zhen can't stay anymore, "Since you are in charge of the Ningguo Mansion from now on, you still have to strive to make progress, and you must not lose the reputation of Ningguo."

"Uncle Zhou, don't worry, my nephew will take good care of the house." Jia Qiang quickly replied.

Zhou Yang waved his hand nonchalantly to tell him to get lost. Zhou Yang knew that this person had no value in saving his life. He looked at the more than [-] Jia family members in the mourning hall who were acting as filial sons. He just didn't know how many of them were really sad. ?Taking one last look at the "Ning'an Hall" plaque and the Emperor's imperial signature, he could only sigh helplessly and turn around to leave, preparing to take a detour through the private alley between the Ningrong and Rong mansions to get to the Rongguo mansion. "General Zhou, please stay!" But he didn't want to leave the ceremonial gate of Ning'an Hall when he was stopped by a female voice. Zhou Yang turned around and saw the young woman in front of him who was also dressed in filial piety, but her eyebrows looked a bit familiar, "Our wife wants to General, please go across the courtyard and have a look at Brother Rong."

"Huh?" Zhou Yang paused for a moment before remembering that although he had half a day to visit Jinling Ningguo Mansion, he didn't even visit or even think about Jia Rong. Then he nodded, motioned for the young woman to lead the team, and asked him by the way. Doubts, "Have we met this sister?"

"Back to General Zhou, in the first month of the 49th year of Longwu, His Highness was hunting with the princes at Tiewang Mountain. The servants were there to serve him. I must have seen him at that time." The young woman answered softly while leading the way, which also made Zhou Yang understand her identity. .

"So it is." Zhou Yang remembered that there were two maids who followed Jia Zhen at that time, namely one was Jia Luan and the other was Peifeng. It was just that he was a foreigner, so it was really not suitable to directly say the names of other people's family members, let alone the current situation. Next, "Well, I didn't expect that it would be nearly two years in a blink of an eye. Time really flies."

"The general is interested." The young woman replied and stopped talking.

The two first passed through the courtyard wall on the east side of the Yimen of Ning'an Hall, and after walking a few steps, they arrived at the entrance of a courtyard. It was the residence of the "predecessor" Mrs. You, the head wife of the Ningguo Mansion and the wife of the Jia family in Jinling. They saw a full body The beautiful and filial woman Li Hua stood in the door and bowed quickly when she saw Zhou Yang approaching.

"I've met my sister-in-law!" Zhou Yang paused at the door and bowed politely in return, "As the saying goes, 'Melon fields and plum trees', I won't go in, but I don't know where Brother Rong is now. I just happened to go over and take a look. look."

"Uncle is interested." Seeing that Zhou Yang didn't come in at all, Youshi's expression visibly stiffened and she lost her temper when speaking, "Brother Rong is in the yard in front of the widow, and I have to ask Sister Peifeng to lead the way."

"No need!" At this time, Zhou Yang couldn't guess Youshi's purpose, but he really didn't care about this "unique beauty" in Ning Guofu, so he simply refused, "It's just a few steps away. If Sister Peifeng needs to work hard, I can just go there alone."

"That being the case, I would like to send my uncle my sincere greetings!" Youshi said with a bitter look on his face that could no longer be concealed. He bowed and turned back to the courtyard. Peifeng followed closely and closed the courtyard door and bolted it.

Zhou Yang sighed softly and said in good conscience that You was originally married to Jia Zhen. Now he is only in his early thirties. He is not much older than Li Wan and even younger than Wang Shuying. His appearance can be said to be outstanding and he looks mature. She has the temperament of a noble lady. To say that he is not attracted is purely self-deception. The problem is that his status is different now. If he really wants to be involved, it is impossible to keep it strictly confidential like Li Wan. It would be too ugly to spread it.

Jia Rong's courtyard was just ahead, only a few dozen steps or less than a hundred breaths away. Zhou Yang originally just wanted to say hello, but the closer he got to the courtyard gate, the more serious his expression became. In the end, he even turned livid, because this place was supposed to be It was the courtyard where the heir of Ning Guo Mansion lived. At this time, the door was closed tightly, and there was not even a gatekeeper!
"Bang-dang--" Zhou Yang kicked open the courtyard door violently, and the huge force even broke the already closed door latch.

He did kill Jia Zhen, but he felt a lot of guilt towards the heir of Ning State. Jia Rong was just a weak and timid young master, and he was not really evil, not to mention Qin Keqing's matter; now he has Being crippled and paralyzed, and even the servants in the mansion dared to neglect him, Zhou Yang was naturally full of anger.

"That one who doesn't know how to die - ho ho." Seeing this, a slave smelled of alcohol and came out of the concierge to check. However, as soon as he appeared, he saw a flash of silver in front of his eyes, and then he paralyzed on the ground, covering his neck.

The one who took action was naturally Zhou Yang. He glanced at the concierge again and saw a table of pretty good food and wine inside. The remaining three servants were drinking happily. They didn't even notice that the person who had just left the house had died. He They were not polite either. After entering the door, they all flashed their swords and saw the King of Hell.

"Who is outside?" When Zhou Yang strode to the door of the main room, he happened to hear a weak greeting from inside. Although he hadn't seen him for a few days, he still recognized Jia Rong's voice, "Didn't I just ask someone to pick it up?" A pot of tea? Just brought it now!"

"Brother Rong, long time no see!" Zhou Yang frowned as he walked in. Feeling the stench that filled the room, he could only sigh softly.

(End of this chapter)