Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 14 The Dirty Family
The next morning, Jia Rui washed up early, put on a white uniform, and then left the house and went straight to Rongguo Mansion.

When I arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, I saw four or five young servants sitting on the gate, chatting lively there.

However, a sharp-eyed person soon saw Jia Rui.

The boy immediately pushed and pushed the others, then stood up first, trotted to Jia Rui, and beat him a thousand.

"I have met Uncle Rui."

Jia Rui smiled, took out more than a dozen coins from his arms, and threw the money in front of him.

"I want to see the master, come in and let me know."

The servant picked up the money with a smile on his face, and said, "Master Rui, wait a moment, I'll go in and report."

After saying that, he trotted straight to the house.

However, after running to a place where Jia Rui couldn't see him, he immediately slowed down, then weighed the dozen pennies in his hand, and curled his lips in disdain.

"It's just such a small amount of money, and you still want to send your grandfather to do something, what are you thinking?"

After saying that, the boy found a place and leaned against the wall to bask in the sun.

Jia Rui was a little anxious waiting outside Rongguo Mansion, but no message came out from inside.

Just when Jia Rui was tired of it and was about to break in, the boy who informed him ran out with a smile.

"Uncle Rui, it's really a coincidence that our master is not at the house. If you have something to do, come back in the afternoon."

After hearing this, Jia Rui frowned, and then fixed his eyes on the boy.

"Is it true? You're not trying to trick me, are you?"

There was a hint of embarrassment on the boy's face, but he soon became serious.

"You little one dares to lie to the old man. The old man is indeed not in the house. As for where he went? Even a slave like me dare not ask!"

"Okay, then I will go to the Clan Academy now and ask Baoyu if the master is here."

After saying that, Jia Rui turned around and went straight to the clan school.

When the boy saw this, he was startled.

If the master knew that he was causing trouble, his skin would be peeled off, and even his family would be implicated.

So he quickly ran a few steps, grabbed Jia Rui's sleeve, and then fell to his knees with a plop.

"Master Rui, forgive me, I was fooled by lard for a while, please forgive me just this time."

Jia Rui stopped, turned his head slightly, looked at the young man kneeling in front of him, and said with a smile: "Who is this uncle? How can I accept such a great gift? Get up quickly. Otherwise, I will be punished." Take my life away."

Seeing Jia Rui's smiling face, the boy started to beat his heart even more. He thought for a while, then took out a handful of scattered silver from his pocket, and stuffed it into Jia Rui's hand without thinking about it. .

This money was rewarded by Mr. Lian yesterday, and now it is given to someone else before it is warmed up. The boy only felt a twinge of distress.

"Master Rui, take this money to drink tea, this time please spare the little one."

Jia Rui weighed the silver in his hand, it looked like three or four taels.

For Jia Rui, who was short of money, this money was a timely help, so he no longer embarrassed the boy and said with a smile: "Get up. Is it true that the master has no tolerance?"

When the boy saw that Jia Rui finally showed a smile, he dared to stand up tremblingly.

"Why don't you go and inform me quickly?"

This kid didn't dare to be negligent this time. After saluting Jia Rui, he ran into Rongguo Mansion like smoke and came out again after a while.

"Sir, our master asked you to go to the outer study to answer your questions."

Jia Rui nodded in satisfaction, and then followed the young man into Rongguo Mansion through the side door.

Afterwards, under the leadership of this young man, they went all the way to Jia Zheng's foreign study.

Jia Zheng, the master of Rongguo Mansion, has two study rooms.

One is the formal outer study room, which is where the men of Rongguo Mansion study seriously.

The other one is that there is a small study at the junction of the inner house and the outer house——Meng Po Zhai.

The place where Jia Rui is being received now is the large study room outside.

Jia Rui waited in front of the study for a long time, and the people inside sent a message asking Jia Rui to go in.

Then a servant raised the door curtain for Jia Rui. Jia Rui lowered his head slightly, stepped over the threshold, and entered the outer study.

As soon as he entered the outer study, Jia Rui felt a wave of heat rushing towards him.

Then Jia Rui took a closer look and found that there were no braziers or stoves in the rented house.

It seems that there is a fire dragon under the floor tiles in the study outside.

But it's normal if you think about it. Rongguo Mansion is a dignified palace, so it would be strange if it didn't have these facilities.

Jia Zheng was sitting at the desk at this time, holding a book and reading with gusto.

Jia Rui didn't dare to disturb Jia Zheng's enjoyment, so he could only stand there quietly and wait for a long time.

After a while, when Jia Zheng finished reading an article and was about to turn the page, he saw Jia Rui standing at the door.

"When did you come in?"

"Soon, soon, my nephew dare not disturb my uncle's pleasure."

Jia Zheng put down the book in his hand, looked at Jia Rui up and down, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"In the end, people who go out to do things are more energetic than before."

"Yes, after going out to work, I realized that the livelihood is difficult, so I had to pull myself together."

Jia Zheng nodded, and then asked: "You didn't go wrong with your errand yesterday, right?"

"It's okay, nephew, I'm being careful!"

"Okay, so I can rest assured."

Jia Zheng said something, and then said seriously: "Although I was cautious yesterday, I have to be careful in the future. You know where the palace is. If you take one wrong step, the whole family will lose their lives."

The reason why Jia Zheng gave such an order was also a little helpless.

One is that Jia Rui was unreliable in the first place. Although he didn't know the details, he had heard a little bit about it, and was afraid that Jia Rui would bring the whole Jia family down.

Another thing is that although he sent gifts to Dai Quan, he just wanted to donate a false job to Jia Rui, but he didn't expect Dai Quan to give face like this and directly arranged a good job for Jia Rui.

Although this errand is good, I can meet the saint every day, but if I am not careful, it will be a disaster.

"Yes, my nephew understands that he will work conscientiously and cautiously in the future and never dare to make mistakes."

"Well, then I'm relieved."

After that, Jia Zheng picked up the tea cup, which meant that he was going to serve tea to the guests.

Jia Rui was also sensible. Since they had already met, Jia Zheng had already said what he should say, so he resigned.

After leaving the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Rui didn't go out for a stroll, but went home directly, and then stuck himself in his room and couldn't come out.

The reason why Jia Rui did this was because since he decided to follow the Supreme Emperor to the dark side, he had to do something to show himself in front of the Supreme Emperor, gain his trust, and then quickly become famous.

But after Jia Ruisi thought about it, there was really no good way to show his face in front of the Supreme Emperor, mainly because his qualifications were too shallow.

Thinking about that, Jia Rui's thoughts involuntarily gathered, and a system appeared before his eyes again.

At the top of the system, there is something rather mysterious hanging.

Soul-catching Talisman——1000 taels (only)

(End of this chapter)