Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 456 6.27 Jia Baoyu’s scandal spreads
Volume VI

6.27 Jia Baoyu’s scandal spread
Zhou Yang didn't care about Jia Baoyu's life or death. He couldn't sleep anyway, so he hid behind a group of people and watched with great interest. Unfortunately, the time was short. In the blink of an eye, he heard the miserable cry from the direction of the temple gate, "Rongguo Mansion" The female relatives arrived - maybe someone went to Mantou An to report the news from the beginning.

"Baoyu -" Mother Jia wailed. Those who didn't know thought she was mourning for Jia Baoyu, and the white-haired man gave the black-haired man a gift. "Who is so cruel and dealt such a heavy hand? He took away all my treasures." What was the beating like?"

Well, this time she wasn't exaggerating. The three-foot-long door latch with a thick wrist was whipped by Jia Zheng for a long time. It's a pity that Jia Zheng's physical fitness is not very good, but even so, the The positions were also on the back, thighs, PP and other non-fatal places. He was still covered in blood from the beating, even the bluestone slabs on the ground were stained red, and the blood was frozen into "rubies" in the severe cold.

In addition to Jia Mu who rushed into the yard with Yuanyang and another maid at the first moment - at this time, the old lady was beating Jia Zheng with a cane - there was also Li Wan leading Wang Xifeng, followed by the two Sanchun, Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun and Fu Qiufang, Zhou Yang quickly went up to stop them and lead them aside. The "beautiful scenery" in the yard, especially in the room, was not suitable for girls to watch.

"Zi Yang, what's going on?" At this time, Li Wan was no longer too lazy to hide the relationship between the two, "Why are they fighting again? Didn't it mean that the master has been tired for the whole day and went to bed early? Also, what happened to Brother Bao? What did you do?"

"Well, it's not easy to say." Zhou Yang narrated as briefly as he could, which also made the girls lose their mood to visit. "In short, what happened tonight is not suitable for you to go over and watch. I mean, the palace judge You take everyone to find a clean yard to hide in, and when it's over, go up and complain."

"That's right." Li Wan nodded with a smile, and simply pulled a group of girls to leave, preparing to go back to the nearest sister's courtyard. What, Jia Baoyu?Don't you even bother to talk to Miharu?

"General Zhou -" Well, there is indeed an exception here. Fu Qiufang said anxiously, "Brother Bao was beaten so badly, someone must take care of him, right? When I came here today, considering that the matter was special, Yi The girl from the Red Courtyard just followed an attacker, and the rest are either mothers-in-law or old women, how can they take care of her?"

"If sister Qiu Fang is worried, you can go over and take a look." Before Zhou Yang could say anything, Li Wan answered with a smile, "The ancestor is over there, it would be appropriate for you to go there - well, why don't you just watch the arrangements tonight? Bar."

"Don't worry, sister-in-law!" Fu Qiufang nodded and hurried into the yard.

Zhou Yang nodded to Li Wan and watched the girls leave. He followed a group of onlookers to watch the fun - it was indeed lively, but a bit monotonous, because Li Wan left with most of the female family members, leaving only Jia's mother used a walking stick to slap Jia Zheng on the back while he was kneeling. Fortunately, he was old and frail, so the symbolic meaning of this attack was greater than the actual meaning. As for the fight, Jia She was not there and said nothing. ?

"Ancestor, please calm down first." Fortunately, the Jia family has a loyal maid, Yuanyang persuaded calmly, and pointed at the crowd of onlookers, "If you have anything to do, go inside and talk. Second Master Bao is more You can’t lie down on the ground.”

"Huh!" Jia Mu paused and turned to look at Jia She.

"What are you doing, get out!" At this time, even if Jia She wanted to watch the fun, he couldn't stay idle, but he didn't pay attention to Jia Zheng and his son, but turned around and chased them away; Zhou Yang took the opportunity to pretend, "I just heard "Said", he strode into the courtyard, and after seeing the "situation", he followed Jia She to clear the crowd.

"General Zhou——" He had just finished his work and returned to the yard when he heard Fu Qiufang's call. He smiled and went up to help. The two of them helped Jia Baoyu enter the room. It has to be said that Phoenix Egg's injuries this time were really serious. Not light.

It was only after he entered the room that he saw two people squatting in the corner. The little nun was wrapped in a brocade quilt, and Qin Zhong was wrapped in a sheet. Only his feet and legs were leaking from their loose coverings. Judging from their wrists, they should both be naked - actually it's not surprising, when Zhou Yang found them, all three of them had no clothes on, including Jia Baoyu, who was now covered in blood.

Zhou Yang was too lazy to speak, so he grabbed their clothes from the big bed and threw them over. Then he and Fu Qiufang helped Jia Baoyu lie down, not even paying attention to the blood and stains on his body. After making arrangements, he walked towards the eager Jia Baoyu at the door. Mother and Jia Zheng nodded, took off the hot water bottle from the chicken in the living room, made a basin of cold water and gave it to Fu Qiufang.

"Come here, drag these two shameless things out and beat them to death!" Seeing Fu Qiufang and Xi Ren rushing over and starting to scrub Jia Baoyu, Jia Mu seemed to regain her energy in an instant and pointed at each other. Qin Zhong and the little nun, who were helping to get dressed, shouted, "Where are all the people, are all dead?"

"Old Madam, Old Madam!" Zhou Yang hurried up to stop her, and then signaled the strong woman and old woman who wanted to come in to go out. Then he said with a smile, "Today's funeral is too big. If there is any news about another dead person, , I’m afraid it will be difficult to hide the matter between the three of them anymore. If the news spreads all over the city, they will just do it, Brother Bao."

"General Zhou, that little beast seems to be called Qin Zhong, right? I heard he's Brother Rong's brother-in-law." Seeing that he was not the boss, Jia Mu could only wave her hands to signal those who had nothing to do with it to get out, and then said angrily, "I heard that the girl has arrived now. No wonder the general wants to protect her."

"That's not the case. If the old lady hadn't introduced him, I wouldn't have known his identity." Zhou Yang smiled and did not continue.

This is really not nonsense. Qin Keqing has a special status. In name, she is just the adopted daughter of Qin Ye, the maintenance man of the Ministry of Industry. Zhou Yang only found out after taking her in that the relationship between her and the two fathers was very ordinary. Qin Ye was mainly "superior and inferior" "Qin Zhong is thoughtful and dare not get too close. Qin Zhong, on the other hand, is looked down upon by Qin Keqing and has never asked him to take care of him in these years. His closeness to Jia Baoyu was the result of Jia Zhen's special arrangement to study with the Jia family in order to please Qin Keqing.

"Ziyang, what do you want me to do?" Jia Zheng asked quickly.

It is said that Zhou Yang should be regarded as the son-in-law of the Jia family now that he has taken over the three springs of the Jia family and even the fourth spring in the future. However, neither Jia She nor Jia Zheng has the courage to call himself father-in-law, let alone stand at the door and even speak. Jia Qiang didn't dare, because now everyone knows that the future wife of the Zhou family will be Princess Yongjing, and the Yue family can only be in the palace!What's more, the three springs and even the four springs in the future are just concubines. According to the rules of this era, Jia's family and Zhou Yang are not considered serious relatives at all. I didn't see that Aunt Zhao gave birth to a son and a daughter for Jia Zheng. Just counting the slaves of the Jia family, living as a coachman for their nephew Jia Huan, will they only receive the standard pension of a slave until they die?

"It's better to throw them out and just pretend it didn't happen." Zhou Yang smiled and gave the most reliable method, and glanced at the group of slaves at the door with a cold look, "right?"

"No, no!" A full dozen or so people knelt on the ground in a panic.

"If even a little bit of what happened today is spread, your whole family will die!" Jia Mu, who understood, had a cold expression and glanced at her servants fiercely. She waited until they all lowered their heads in fear and then ordered, "Come here, take these two." Grab this shameless thing and throw it out, don't let them step into the two houses again!"

In fact, there is another shameless person lying on the big bed. Ahem - what, Qin Zhong, a grown man, doesn't matter, but a little nun is too wronged?Mantou Temple is a place where unobstructed Dharma meetings can be held, so what’s the grievance?It's not like Zhou Yang didn't see what happened between the three of them. As soon as he heard Jia Baoyu's promise, he agreed to let the two men go together. What could they save?
"Go get a few people and prepare hot water. The cold wind has been blowing for so long just now. If you don't take a good soak, even if you are fine now, you will probably suffer from the wind and cold at night." Seeing that things were almost the same, Zhou Yang also acted like a good person. , "Also, prepare Dieda wine, gold sore medicine, and cook a bowl of decoction to dispel wind and cold, and feed it to brother Bao when he wakes up."

Jia Baoyu was only seriously injured on the surface, but in fact most of them were just bruises and bruises. After a few wounds bled, they "cooperated" with Jia Baoyu's rolling just now, and then he was covered in blood and stains, which looked like they were heavy. If you cooperate with Zhou Yang's arrangements, as long as you are not unlucky enough to get infected, you can basically rest for three to five days and you will be fine.

"Hurry up!" After Zhou Yang gave the order, no one dared to move. It wasn't until Jia Mu shouted that the group of slaves finally started to work on their feet. Seeing that things were almost done, he stopped being fussy and said hello. He immediately returned to his yard, but Jia Baoyu's incident almost made the entire backyard noisy, and he probably wouldn't be able to sleep until midnight.

In fact, I couldn’t sleep even in the middle of the night.
"Qiu Fang has met General Zhou!" After a long time, the Tiejian Temple became quiet, and the lights were turned off in each courtyard. Although the girls lived not far away, it was not convenient for Zhou Yang to have any ideas at this time. I went out to eat secretly. Fortunately, someone came to my door and said, "Thank you for today."

"Is he asleep?" Zhou Yang interrupted her directly and asked.

"Brother Bao has packed up and rested." Fu Qiufang said softly, "Thanks to General Zhou's instructions, the doctor who came later also said that these methods are enough; now the two masters, ancestors and sisters are asleep, Qiu Fang just came over to see if the general needs anything here."

"It is indeed necessary." Zhou Yang smiled and pushed her down.

After more than half an hour——

"General, please forgive me. It's late at night, and Qiu Fang has to go back to Brother Bao to take care of him." Fu Qiufang, who was almost falling apart, said in a weak voice, "It's a pity that I don't know when I will be lucky enough to serve you next time."

"Don't be anxious yet." After a long time, Zhou Yang couldn't let people run away in vain, "You shouldn't have much substantial progress in your mansion now, right?"

"What the general means?" Fu Qiufang's face lit up.

"If today's incident spreads, it will do more good than harm to you." Zhou Yang said with a smile, "With Brother Changwen's current status, it is not difficult to do it; of course, there are also disadvantages. The specific choice depends on you. ”

"This -" Fu Qiufang's expression kept changing.

This kind of "use together" thing is actually not uncommon in wealthy families, but it is one thing to play with flowers in private, and it is another thing to make it known to the whole city; once a scandal like Jia Baoyu spreads , enough to make his already poor marriage prospects completely despair, which is indeed good for Fu Qiufang to marry into the Rongguo Mansion; the problem is that marrying such a husband with a bad reputation will do a lot of harm to Fu Qiufang.

"I understand your concerns." Now that he has made it clear, Zhou Yang doesn't mind giving some more help, "Brother Changwen is also a disciple of this house. Uncle Zheng can directly help make decisions on many matters. If Brother Bao's marriage is in trouble, , Brother Changwen has no choice but to obey the wishes of the house and marry you.

I still remember that I mentioned at the beginning that there was more than one imperial merchant in Beijing, and Brother Changwen's good news has not spread yet. Presumably the Guihua Xia family still hasn't let go, right?Wouldn't things be much simpler if I could persuade the second uncle in politics to help me contact him?Of course, how to release the information here depends on your needs. For example, the Xia family has actually been willing to do so for a long time, just because of the Jia family."

"Thank you, General!" Fu Qiufang was extremely surprised.

(End of this chapter)