The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 54: Not close to each other
I learned that Jia Dai and his entourage were going to Jiangning this evening. Lin Ruhai and Zhen Yingjia had already fallen out, so it was naturally difficult for them to stay in Yangtoulou any longer.
I took my wife and daughter with me, got on the carriage, and rushed to the Jia family’s old house on Zhuque Street.

While helping to entertain the relatives and friends who came to mourn, he was waiting for Jia Dai to discuss important matters.

After all, Lin Ruhai also heard that Jia Dai brought his cavalry with him when he went south.

With his help and the support of the Jia family in the east and west, the Yangzhou Salt Dealer did not dare to neglect, honestly paid up the salt tax, and agreed to increase the apportionment!

However, if Lin Ruhai thinks this way, she is probably destined to be disappointed.

As mentioned at the beginning, Jia Dai did not like Confucian scholars who regarded themselves as scholars!

I don’t even like Phoenix men like Lin Ruhai who are high up on the Jia family!

What's more, Lin Ruhai thinks he is smart and treats all the men in the Jia family as fools for him to drive.

I am willing to be a stepping stone to help him occupy a high position, realize Lin Ruhai's self-confessed Confucian political ideals, and revive the Lin family.

Want to take advantage of the Guliang School’s decadent ideas and take advantage of Jia Dai?
How ridiculous!

Jia Dai is a martial artist, and he is born with supernatural powers. In his conduct, he only believes in strength!

All the plots and tricks of the villain are nothing in the face of absolute strength!

Besides, Jia Dai is from the Ningguo Mansion, and the Zhen family is an in-law of the Ningguo Mansion (Jia Jing married the eldest daughter of the Zhen family in Jiangnan—Zhen Xueqin).
The relationship between the two families is more advanced than that of Lin Ruhai, the in-law in Rong Guofu.

Even if he doesn’t help the relatives, it’s the Zhen family that Jia Dai should help!

It's a pity that Fu Ru's brain is just not clear-cut. He deserves to be deprived of his descendants by the Taikang Emperor!

What else is there to say about the clan of poets, etiquette and hairpins, the century-old scholarly family?

They are simply ignorant and have no understanding of the cruelty of the power struggle!
Lin Ruhai was about to leave, so Zhen Yingjia couldn't force him to stay. Anyway, he had already taken advantage of him and captured or driven away Emperor Taikang's chess pieces.

Taking all the salt and profits from the south of the Yangtze River is just a matter of morning and evening, so don’t worry about it in these few days.

After sending Lin Ruhai and his family out of Yangtian Tower and watching them leave, Zhen Yingjia was about to turn around when a small figure knocked him staggering.

Then there was a shocking wailing, like a cuckoo dripping blood, which was so sad, "Sister Lin, wait for me, don't leave!"

"Don't go!"

"How can I survive if I'm left alone here?"

"I might as well go with you!"

"..."

Watching the Lin family's carriage galloping away from a distance, Zhen Baoyu couldn't hold it in any longer, broke away from Mrs. Zhen's warm embrace, and ran out of Yangtoulou in despair.

He stumbled onto the street and followed the carriage, as if this was the only way he could spend more time with this new acquaintance.

Fairy-like Sister Lin, please stay a little longer, even if you look face to face and don’t speak, that’s fine!

"My son!"

Mrs. Zhen burst into tears, fearing that something might happen to her son. She rushed out like the wind and held the dull-eyed Zhen Baoyu tightly in her arms.

But deep down in my heart, I hated Lin Daiyu so much. She was so charming at a young age, and she made such a good Baoyu become like this.

No wonder she looked in poor health and sick, just like her mother, a short-lived ghost who didn't hold any evil intentions!

Mrs. Zhen had forgotten that just now, when Jia Min fell ill, she had felt distressed and couldn't bear it.

There is a difference between closeness and distance, that’s what it means, right?

"Rebel!"

"Come here, come quickly with a stick and tie up this traitor."

"Today, I'm going to beat him to death. Let's see who can stop him!"

"This useless thing, I, Zhen Yingjia, can only treat him as a son." "Beat him to death, and everyone will be clean!"

"..."

The Zhen family's mother and son were affectionate, hugging each other and crying on the street, which did not move Zhen Yingjia, but made Lei Lei furious.

Zhen Yingjia summoned her confidant, Li Huai, to take down Zhen Baoyu. At the same time, she pushed Mrs. Zhen away and picked up a stick as thick as her fist.

"Pa", "pa", "pa", they hit Zhen Baoyu's butt hard. After a while, the snow-white lower skirt was stained with bright red blood.
Zhen Baoyu climbed on the bench, her face turned pale, and she screamed that it hurt, but was immediately blocked by a torn rag, and she couldn't cry out.

After moaning for a while, Zhen Baoyu tilted her head and passed out.

Mrs. Zhen was almost distressed to death, so she ordered her personal maid Qingfeng to go inside and ask Mrs. Zhen to rescue her.
As he knelt forward, tears streaming down his face, he held the stick in Zhen Yingjia's hand to stall for time.

"Master! It's just a lesson to my son, you just preach,"

"It's pitiful. I'm already over fifty, and now I'm the only one left."

"Why bother to kill her like this? If you beat her to death, wouldn't you kill me!"

After saying that, Mrs. Zhen lay on Zhen Baoyu's body, crying loudly and blocking it with her weak body. Zhen Yingjia would not be able to carry out the execution.
"Ugh!"

He sighed heavily, glared at Zhen Baoyu with hatred, then threw away the stick, turned his head to the side, and did not look at him, sulking.

"If your eldest brother were still here, I would kill a hundred of you, and I wouldn't regret it. I have pity on my Pearl..."

Zhen Yingjia was even more upset after hearing this. His eldest son, Zhen Zhu, had been eager to learn since childhood, but he was forced to rely on the imperial examination to realize his original dream.
However, Zhen Yingjia pushed her too hard. At such a young age, Zhen Zhu spent all her time sleeping and eating, with her head hung up from the beam and her buttocks stabbed, and she studied hard.
Finally, when he was sixteen years old, Jiangning County released the results, and he won the sixth place as a scholar.

However, Zhen Zhu fell ill that night when she came back from looking at the results. Within a few days, no medicine or stone could save her, and she fell ill.

Therefore, when Mrs. Zhen talked about Zhen Zhu, Zhen Yingjia thought of the past, bursting into tears and feeling extremely sad.

"You hit him? Beat me to death first!"

Mrs. Zhen was rewarded, wearing only a mink fur cloak and a gilded crested crutch given by the emperor. She was supported by two close-fitting maids and came tremblingly.

Regardless of what happened to Zhen Baoyu, he pointed the finger at Zhen Yingjia and scolded him for his incompetence in teaching his son.

"You were like this back then. How did your father teach you?"

"Hit me with such deadly force!?"

"If I beat Baoyu to death, can you please do it?"

"I think you hate us two!"

"In that case, the old lady won't be an eyesore to you. Tomorrow, I will take him back to his hometown in Shenjing to make room for you!"

After saying that, Mrs. Zhen came to Zhen Baoyu's side, leaned over to check the injury, and ordered people to carry her in. At the same time, she sent someone to invite the best doctor in Jiangning City to come and see.

"Mother, my son will never hit him again!"

Mrs. Zhen returns to Shenjing?

Doesn't this clearly mean that Zhen Yingjia is unfilial? If the Supreme Emperor knew about it, wouldn't it cost him his life? !
Zhen Yingjia immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, then raised her hands, not daring to teach Zhen Baoyu a lesson.

Zhen Baoyu became more and more bold and became more than ten times worse than before.

Seeking sorrow and hatred for no reason, sometimes he seems as stupid as crazy, even though he is born with a good skin, his belly turns out to be rough.

He is poor and ignorant of worldly affairs, he is stupid and afraid of reading articles, his behavior is eccentric and eccentric, how can he care about the slander of the world!

Wealth does not know the joy of work, poverty is intolerable and desolate, poor people miss the good times, and have no hope for the country and the family.

The most incompetent person in the world, the most unfilial person in ancient and modern times.

(End of this chapter)