Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 32 Fu Has Distant Relatives in the Mountains

Jia Rui's eyes flickered for a moment, but he calmed down quickly.

"Long live God, we people can't comment."

Although he said so, he winked at Dai Quan.That means everything without saying anything.

Dai Quan also laughed haha, and then changed the topic.

"Master Jia, I heard from the kids below that you still live in the old house. Isn't this not worthy of your status?"

After hearing this, Jia Rui smiled slightly, and then pretended to be helpless and said: "Living in the capital is not easy, with my current wealth, I can't afford to build a big house."

"What's the point? Our family still has a house in Qingsong Lane, Mr. Jia just moves there."

Dai Quan is bribing Jia Rui.

He could see that the Emperor's trust in Jia Rui exceeded his own. If one day he and Jia Rui had a conflict in the future, the Emperor would definitely turn to Jia Rui.

Since you can't compare to the other party, you might as well stand with the other party and become a person on the same line.

Therefore, he thought of drawing closer the relationship between the two parties again, and even donated one of his foreign residences.

After Jia Rui heard this, he thought for a moment and said that the small house he lived in was indeed inconvenient. It would be good to have a big house.

But looking back, Jia Rui thought again that wealth and honor will not return home, just like walking in brocade at night.

If I moved to the big house on Qingsong Lane, I would feel comfortable, but there was no one to show off to.

Now I live on Ningrong Street. Although the house is small, I am surrounded by relatives or servants of Ningrong's second house. In front of these acquaintances, I pass by every day and enjoy the envious glances these people cast on me. Every day is a happy time for Jia Rui.

Besides, as his status increases, things like money are trivial. In the future, if he has money, he will directly build a big house next to Ningrong's second house, to compare with the two pillars of the Jia family.

After thinking of this, Jia Rui gave up the idea of ​​moving immediately, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, but my grandfather is used to living in the current place, surrounded by acquaintances, I am afraid he will not be happy to move to a new place. "

Dai Quan didn't feel angry after hearing this. Instead, he smiled and said, "What's the point? If you don't use it now, you will need it in the future."

When saying this, Dai Quan still winked his eyes like Jia Rui.

Jia Rui didn't understand what Dai Quan meant. Just as he was about to ask, a message came from the Dragon Head Palace, asking Dai Quan to come in and serve him.

Dai Quan didn't dare to be negligent, he hurriedly bid farewell to Jia Rui, and hurried to the side hall of Longshou Palace.

People like Jia Rui have already left, thinking that the matter is over.

So, he walked out of the palace with small square steps, came to the Longjingwei office outside the palace, and rested in the monastery behind.

It wasn't until it got dark and there was nothing going on in the palace that Jia Rui rode home.

Once again, he walked through the bustling Ningrong Street and returned to his small house where the Jia clan gathered.

I found that this place was different from usual. There were seven or eight small sedan chairs parked in front of me. There were dozens of people in a chaotic mess, blocking the door of the house.

Jia Rui frowned on the horse. Did something happen at home?

Impossible, in your current position, who dares to break ground on Tai Sui without opening your eyes?
It's not bad for Jia Rui to think so, with his current power and status, even the emperor can't deal with him openly, let alone a small fish and shrimp.

Just when Jia Rui was thinking wildly, a man who looked like a servant quickly pushed away the crowd, rushed out from the crowd, came to Jia Rui, and beat him a thousand times.

"Uncle, you are back from your shift."

Jia Rui took a quick look and found out that he was a rough boy at home.

"What's going on? For so many people?"

"Replying to the uncle, I don't know what happened today. Seven or eight officials came to pay their respects. The old lady is greeting these gentlemen in the living room."

After hearing this, Jia Rui understood that it was because he was now too honored and disgraced, and these opportunistic people came to specialize.

But this is also a good thing, which means that his reputation has spread now.

So the corners of Jia Rui's mouth turned up involuntarily, wanting to laugh out loud, but soon he jumped up and pretended to be unhappy and said:

"What is this for? If it gets out and the censor knows, why don't you join me?"

The boy didn't know how to answer Jia Rui, so he could only stand there awkwardly.

Jia Rui turned over and got off the horse, then threw the reins to the boy, and went straight to his house.

The servants of these officials who surrounded the door knew through conversations just now that the Lord had returned, so as soon as Jia Rui walked in, they immediately divided into two rows to make way for Jia Rui.

Jia Ruili ignored these people, went directly to the door, held his head high and walked in.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a shadow coming out of the concierge and said, "Sir, the old lady has told you to come back and go to the living room to receive the guests immediately."

Jia Rui glanced and saw that it was his maid Ying Ge.

There are only about a dozen servants in Jia Rui's family, so everyone has several jobs.

Brother Ying is usually Jia Rui's personal maid, but if Jia Rui is not around, he is also responsible for delivering messages and the like.

Jia Rui nodded, showed a smile to Brother Ying, and then went straight to the living room.

Before he came to the living room, he heard compliments from inside.

Then I looked around and saw only the old man of his family, Jia Dairu, sitting in the middle, surrounded by seven or eight officials, who were flattering Jia Dairu.

As for the old man, his smiling eyes almost disappeared.

Jia Rui coughed lightly outside.

The officials inside immediately turned their heads to look, only to see a young man in military uniform walking into the living room.

Everyone is a sensible person, and immediately knew that this is the return of the Lord.

So they directly abandoned Mrs. Jia and surrounded Jia Rui.

"Master Jia is back."

"Master Jia has worked hard."

"Your Majesty Jia is the pillar of the country, I need you to worry about the affairs of the court."

Jia Rui couldn't hold back the flood of compliments.

No matter in modern times or in the world of Red Mansions, Jia Rui is an ordinary little person, how can he stand the flattery of these officials.

So now Jia Rui's face is flushed and his eyes are shining.

However, he still had basic sense, first he bowed his hands to the officials, and then walked up to Jia Dairu in a few steps, and saluted him first.

Jia Dairu looked at his grandson, who was dressed in a military uniform, followed by seven or eight officials.

I just feel that my life is worth it.

However, the image he has maintained in front of Jia Rui for a long time cannot be lost.

So Jia Dairu stroked his beard, pretending to be deep and said: "Why are you late today?"

Jia Rui glanced at the old man sitting on it, and knew that he was going to show off in front of everyone.

So Jia Rui followed Jia Dairu's tone and replied: "Today the Emperor's grace has allowed me to take charge of the Qianqing Sect. I have some official matters to hand over, so I came back late."

In fact, the news that Jia Rui was in charge of the Qianqing Sect had already spread throughout the officialdom.

Therefore, many clever officials knew that Jia Ruifei and Huang Tengda were right in front of them, so they hurried to Jia Rui's house.

Jia Dairu stroked his beard and nodded, then coughed and said, "These gentlemen know that you have been promoted, so they all come to visit you. You are so nice to receive them."

Jia Rui nodded quickly.

Then, Jia Dairu stood up from his seat and walked out with small square steps.

And Jia Rui led the officials to send Jia Dairu all the way to the door of the living room. Seeing him turn to the study next to him, he returned to the living room.

At this point, Jia Rui stopped pretending and sat directly on the chair in the middle.

At this time, these officials also came to worship one by one, and reported their names and sent name cards.

(End of this chapter)