The Red Mansions

Chapter 443 Jia Heng: Otherwise, let's kneel in the ancestral hall

Chapter 443 Jia Heng: Otherwise... let's kneel in the ancestral hall

When the carriage stopped at Ningrong Street, Jia Heng sent Yuan Chun back to Rongguo Mansion, and then returned to Ning Mansion, passed by the study in the East Wing, saw that the lights in the inner room were still on, knowing that Tanchun was still there, he stepped into the hall, He asked, "Sister, are you still busy?"

Tanchun lifted Yingmei's face from the copybook, with eyebrows curved, and said with a smile: "Brother Heng, I'm done with my work now."

Jia Heng smiled, found a chair to sit down, and said: "Don't leave, let's have dinner together later."

Tanchun didn't flinch, said "Mm", put down the book, approached, followed by a gust of fragrant wind, circled behind Jia Heng, stretched out his slender hands, and helped Jia Heng rub his shoulders.

Jia Heng picked up the teacup, felt the vague fragrance coming from the girl behind him, and asked, "Third sister, who did you learn this from?"

Tanchun's face was slightly red, and he said softly: "I usually see Yuanyang and Hupo serving the old lady, and Cuimo and Shishu also help me in this way, and I feel quite relieved. How does Brother Heng feel?"

As he said that, looking down at the young man, he couldn't help but think of the scene that day again, when he was also obsessed with ghosts.

"It's okay, but I'm really sorry to let my sister serve me like this." Jia Heng took a sip of the tea and said in a warm voice, with a somewhat contented expression on his face.

Tanchun pursed her pink lips, and said, "Brother Heng feels comfortable."

After a while, Jia Heng turned his head and stretched out his hand to caress the girl's little hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, you've been tired all day, don't rub it for me, sit down and talk."

Tanchun let out a "huh", sat down on the other side of the table, and said with a sweet smile: "Sister Bao's birth is not tomorrow, Brother Heng said what should I give her."

Jia Heng said: "Among you girls, there are embroidery, jewelry and so on left and right, you should know it well."

Tanchun nodded, his bright eyes sparkling, and he said, "What about Brother Heng?"

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then said: "Sister-in-law Ni just send her off."

He thought about it before, and it would be better to give Baochai a ring. In the previous life, the ring was very meaningful.

While the two were talking, Qingwen suddenly stepped into the wing room, glanced at Tanchun, and said softly: "Young master, the chess player in the second girl's room said that he has something to look for."

Jia Heng looked surprised and asked: "Siqi? You lead her to the small hall of the study."

After a while, Qingwen led a tall and muscular girl in a green vest with pinched teeth into the small hall.

"Master Heng." Si Qi stood still, bowed to Jia Heng, then raised his eyes to peek at the young man, then lowered his eyes, not daring to look any further.

Jia Heng looked at Siqi and asked: "You are not in the room serving your girls, what are you doing here?"

Siqi took courage, raised his head, and said: "Master, in the afternoon, the eldest lady found my girl and said that she wanted to talk about a marriage with my girl."

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then frowned and said, "Second sister is not very old, so she shouldn't be in such a hurry?"

He may have guessed some reasons, the boudoir flower and willow quality, went to Huangliang for a while.

Siqi said: "The eldest lady said to settle the marriage first, and wait for two or three years to get married, but the girl and I don't know the origin of this Sun man, what kind of character is he, the uncle is a used official outside, But do you know about this Sun Shaozu? I heard that he is from the Datong Mansion, and now he is a candidate for promotion in the Ministry of War, and he has been asked by the Grand Master several times."

After all, she is the niece of Wang Shanbao's family, and she has already found out some details about Sun Shaozu.

As for Yingchun's engagement, generally speaking, after the marriage contract is signed, the family status of the Jia family is bound to be irreversible, otherwise they will be ridiculed by the high surname in Beijing.

Jia Heng thought about Sun Shaozu, and said in a deep voice: "I do understand this person to some extent. He is irritable and irritable, and he likes to speculate. I'm afraid he won't be a good match for my second sister."

Hearing this, Siqi's complexion changed suddenly, and he said in a startled voice, "This...what can I do?"

"You might as well go back to your girl first and ask her to beg the old lady, the old man has been tossing around a lot lately." Jia Heng thought for a while and ordered.

Combined with the matter of mandarin ducks, if Siqi goes to find Jia Mu, it will probably create a perception of "Jia Amnesty jumping up and down" and "much ado about nothing".

Siqi opened his mouth and said hurriedly: "But my girl is soft-rooted, and she always obeys my wife's orders. Can the uncle help her persuade her?"

Jia Heng thought for a while, and said: "Don't worry, let's talk about it in two days."

It's mainly because of Yingchun's submissive temperament, and it's better to support herself.

Siqi didn't get the answer he wanted, and was anxious, so he had no choice but to answer and left Ningguo Mansion.

Tanchun walked up to Jia Heng and said in a low voice: "Brother Heng, the second sister is related to her, and the second sister is weak-tempered, so I don't know what to do."

"I'll talk to the old lady about this later." Jia Heng said lightly.

As a matter of fact, Jia pardoned the grasshopper after autumn, and it didn't take long for him to jump around. If he died, he would have to observe filial piety in Yingchun for at least three years, not to mention marriage.

During this period of time, he really didn't want to pay attention to Jia She.

Tanchun turned his eyes to look at the young man's profile, and sighed inwardly. I'm afraid that after three or two years, her marriage will be finalized.

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The next day, Ningguo Mansion

The 21st day of the first lunar month happens to be Baochai's birthday.

Jia's mother borrowed the Tianxiang Building in Ningfu, and then took out the money from her monthly account to help Baochai arrange Jizhiling's birthday. For this reason, she invited the female relatives of Rongning and Ningfu to celebrate Baochai's birth together.

Sister Feng invited a theater troupe, and Kun Yi had both accents.

For a while, in Tianxiang Building, besides Jia Mu, Qin Keqing, Second Sister You, Third Sister You, Fengwan, Sichun, Chaidai, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang were all there.

"It's almost noon, why haven't I seen Brother Heng?" Jia's mother was heartbroken and fat, unaffected by Jia Amnesty's asking for Yuanyang yesterday, she looked at Qin Keqing and asked with a smile: "He won't come back for lunch? "

Qin Keqing said softly: "My husband went to Beijing camp early in the morning, and he usually doesn't come back at noon."

"It's not that the old ancestor didn't know that Brother Heng is running back and forth between several yamen now, and it's not easy to come back at noon." Sister Feng interjected with a smile.

Recently, Sister Feng was busy repairing the garden, so she often went to Dongfu to survey the garden on the wasteland and meet some stone workers.

Different from the original book, the Lai family and Shan Daliang family who were in charge of this matter all fell down one after another, so Sister Feng has to worry about it.

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Then we won't wait for him. We thought it would be more lively with our relatives."

Aunt Xue answered with a smile: "Girl Bao has a baby every year, a bowl of longevity noodles is enough, it's not too much work."

Jia Mu smiled and said: "This is the first baby girl Bao lived, and it's only right for everyone to be lively together."

Daiyu listened quietly, pursing her cherry lips, she lived from childhood to adulthood, and never had such a lively opportunity, sister Xu Bao must be a guest.

The crowd nodded yes.

Yuan Chun listened to several people talking about Jia Heng, a thoughtful look appeared on his beautiful face, and the light in his eyes flickered.

Secretly thought, Brother Heng must have gone to the Princess Jinyang's residence at noon, and I don't know if he took the wolfberries to make tea.

Yesterday's concern was chaotic, but I didn't feel too ashamed, but today I turned around and felt ashamed in my heart.

She was really stunned, she seemed ashamed yesterday, how can a clan elder sister give a clan brother a tonic to nourish the essence?

Sister Feng took a playlist, handed it to Mother Jia, and said with a smile, "Old Ancestor, which play would you like to watch?"

Jia Mu smiled, cast her kind eyes on Baochai's face, and said, "Just let your sister Xue light it, she is the birthday star today."

Baochai said with a smile: "No one can be called a birthday star in front of the old lady."

Everyone laughed and said yes.

Mother Jia asked again and again, and then Baochai reached out to pick up the list, and ordered a discounted play, all of which are lively plays that the elderly love to listen to.

As the stage babbled and sang, everyone listened to the opera.

Not long after, I heard a woman come up and said: "Old lady, Grandma Heng, the uncle is back and is rushing here."

As soon as this remark came out, Baochai raised her bright eyes and looked at the sound, feeling somewhat joyful in her heart.

A wide smile appeared on Sister Feng's pretty face, and she said: "Old lady, that old Mr. Shan Ziye has finished the drawing for the garden, I went to fetch it, just in time to show Brother Heng."

Jia Mu waved her hand with a smile and said, "Go."

While talking, Jia Heng also returned to Ningguo Mansion and went to Tianxiang Tower.

But on Sister Feng's side, she looked at her courtyard and saw that the courtyard was empty, she felt something was wrong in her heart, and walked quickly to the wing, only to hear the sound of teasing from inside.

Sister Feng's complexion changed, and she moved her body close to the window, eavesdropping on the movement inside, and only heard the rustling of kisses, accompanied by a slightly familiar voice from the past: "It's broad daylight... You are not afraid of your Hades wife coming back."

Then the familiar man's voice came again, which made Sister Feng worry, "I'm afraid she is still in Dongfu to celebrate the birth of the eldest sister of the Xue family, how can she come back? My little heart, these few days have suffocated me." .”

Because Jia's mother asked Jia Lian to come back and live with Sister Feng, but Sister Feng had a grudge against Jia Lian, so she refused to let Jia Lian touch her. After many days, how could Jia Lian bear it, and after a while, she hooked up with Bao Er's daughter-in-law.

Bao Er's daughter-in-law gasped for breath and smiled, "If we kill your Hades wife and help Ping'er upright, you may feel more at ease."

"Hey, don't talk about Ping'er, now she won't let me touch her, she won't even let me touch Ping'er, why do you think my life is so hard, I should be guilty of such a nightshade!" Jia Lian said angrily.

When Sister Feng heard Jia Lian's words outside, her heart sank to the bottom of the valley, her hands and feet were cold, her nose was sore, and she scolded: "What a pair of adulterers and whores!"

"Bang!!!"

With a flying kick, he kicked open the tightly closed door, and rushed into the wing room angrily.

In fact, Jia Lian just had a banquet with Sun Shaozu and drank too much wine, otherwise, he would not have dared to make such a big deal that he had an affair with Bao Er's family in his own courtyard.

Seeing Sister Feng rushing in with a sad face, Jia Lian was startled and said in a panic, "What are you going to do..."

At this time, Bao Er's daughter-in-law picked up the quilt and covered Bai Huahua's body, with a panic-stricken face, she shrank and hid inside.

"Being a little whore, a shameless thing, who stole the master's man, and even killed the master's wife!" Sister Feng's heart was bitter, her eyes filled with tears, and she went up to beat Bao's second daughter-in-law.

At this time, Ping'er and Feng'er who came after them also heard the movement, and entered the wing room, and after a while, a group of women came from the backyard to surround them.

At this time, Jia Lian was drunk, and when he saw so many people, he became angry from embarrassment and became more courageous, cursing: "I've always been spoiled by you, even though you've become more and more disreputable, who do you want to hit? , I simply killed you, I paid for my life, and everyone died together!"

As he said that, he took an unsharp sword from the wall and drew it out "snaply", intending to chase and kill Sister Feng.

Sister Feng was spitting, and when she was frightened, she ran to Jia's mother in Huifangyuan. Jia Lian chased all the way to the narrow road before being persuaded, surrounded by a large group of women behind her.

Tianxianglou, Jia Mu is talking to Jia Heng at the moment.

"Brother Heng, Baoyu and his father have gone to the Metropolitan Procuratorate today, and I heard that the censor there has accepted the disclosure." Jia Mu said.

Jia Heng nodded and said: "Don't worry, old lady, just wait for the news."

Jia Mu sighed and said, "Speaking of which, Baoyu's father has been an official for more than ten years, and he has always been conscientious... huh?"

Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard the commotion outside, his expression changed, and he asked Lin Zhixiao's family beside him, "Go and see, what's going on?"

"Old ancestor, the second master wants to kill me." Before Lin Zhixiao's family could leave, Sister Feng rushed in, her hair disheveled, and cried.

Jia Mu's complexion changed suddenly, and she hurriedly said, "Madam Feng, what's the matter?"

At this moment, even if she is as generous as Jia's mother, she is a little bit haggard. These days, there have been waves of ups and downs, and it is almost impossible for people to live in peace.

The others also looked at Sister Feng with concern. Aunt Xue got up, took Sister Feng's arm, and asked with concern: "Girl Feng, what's wrong?"

Jia Heng frowned, vaguely guessing some of the reasons.

Since Sister Feng is in such a mess, she thinks she caught Jia Lian having an affair again.

Sister Feng cried: "I went back to get the blueprint of the garden, and I saw Erye and Bao Er's family struggling in the house. They also said that they would poison me to death and put Ping'er upright."

As he spoke, he wept bitterly.

Back and forth, Jia Lian had one pile after another, and Sister Feng felt wronged, and she no longer wanted to cover it up, especially the sentence "I will die the wife of Hades", which hurt her heart very much.

When Jia's mother heard the words, her old face was full of anger. She smashed her crutches and said, "It's not bad! Come on, Lin Zhixiao, go quickly and bring Lian'er here. I want to question you!"

Lin Zhixiao flashed out from behind the screen and hurried away.

Jia Mu took Sister Feng's hand, and since she was helping to vent her anger, she was spitting and scolding: "It's really a dirty thing with a crooked upper beam and a crooked lower beam. I usually don't care about them. I don't think they will become more and more incompetent and greedy. This Lian'er, Throw all the dirty and smelly things into the house!"

Just yesterday, Jia Amnesty just had a quarrel over mandarin ducks, and today Jia Lian had an affair with a servant woman, and Jia's mother was even more angry and annoyed.

When everyone listened, Ru Sichun and Xiangyun looked unhappy, while Li Wan and Mrs. Wang sighed.

In fact, yesterday when Jia Amnesty begged for mandarin ducks, although Jia Mu's punishment of "kneeling at the ancestral hall" temporarily died down, and did not cause an uproar like the original book, it still spread to the rooms of wives, grandma, and young ladies in the Rong Mansion. , There was a lot of discussion last night.

No, today is his son, this father and son...

Mother Jia helped her forehead, looked at Aunt Xue again, and sighed: "I see that Ping'er was a good person in the past, what's the matter?"

Aunt Xue glanced at Sister Feng and said in a low voice: "Old lady, Ping'er is usually a good child, maybe there is some misunderstanding?"

Jia Heng pondered and said: "Old lady, I'm afraid there are other reasons for this matter, so I don't want to jump to conclusions."

Sister Feng also came to her senses and quickly explained: "This matter has nothing to do with Ping'er. The old ancestor is those two shameless people who feel that Ping'er is easy to bully so they can steal it..."

It is very different from the original book, at this moment Ping'er has not let Jia Lian succeed, and since there is no so-called "righteousness" motive at all, then the so-called collusion to murder Sister Feng is out of the question.

Just hearing the word "stealing", Baochai was sitting next to Aunt Xue, her plump and beautiful face was a little unnatural, and she squeezed the handkerchief she was clutching.

There is a saying, don't speak short words in front of the lame.

After a while, Jia Lian, who was informed by Lin Zhixiao's family below, came.

All the female relatives hurriedly hid behind the screen as a way to avoid taboos. For a while, only Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, Sister Feng, and Jia Heng were left in the field.

Jia Lian had already sobered up, but her cheeks were still a little flushed. Following Lin Zhixiao's family entering the hall, she glanced at Sister Feng coldly. In front of the crowd, she felt that she couldn't hold back her face, so she cupped her hands and said, "Old lady .”

"Kneel down." Mother Jia said coldly.

Jia Lian's body was shocked, his complexion changed, and he opened his mouth, wanting to tell the truth, but facing the furious Jia Mu, he had no choice but to kneel obediently.

Mother Jia said angrily: "Your wife is busy with the family, and you treat her like this? Are you going to kill her with a sword?"

Jia Lian's face was ugly, his head was lowered tightly, and he felt extremely humiliated in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Old lady, it is she who yells and drinks all day long, which makes her so unreasonable. She refuses to let it go. The few in my room Girl, there is only one Ping'er left now, she obstructs her, she has been in the house for so long, she doesn't even have a man and a half woman, she is out of seven, childless, jealous... Old lady, look at how many rules she has committed! "

Speaking of which, Jia Lian was also a smuggler, with ample money, and his waist was getting stiffer. As the saying goes, money is a man's courage. At this time, he was ordered to kneel down in public, how could he swallow this breath!

Sister Feng's face was pale, and she felt a "boom" in her mind, and she was blown out of her wits.

She is childless, she is jealous...

So, it's her fault that men are promiscuous?

Your Lian Er played with the handsome boy outside, was played by men, hooked up with the bastard wife, she turned a blind eye, and even covered it up for him, is it her fault?

Sister Feng felt a sense of sadness welling up in her heart, her eyes were red, and she choked up with sobs, "Old lady, even if I have a bad day for a thousand days, but even if I get better for one day, he can't say such heartless words!"

When Jia's mother saw Sister Feng, she couldn't bear it, she suddenly looked at Jia Heng who was at the side, and asked, "Brother Heng, what do you do with this matter, you are the patriarch, brother Lian doesn't know how to deal with it, how do you deal with it? "

Jia Heng watched coldly, heard the words, and said: "It's hard for an upright official to break up housework, old lady, you are an elder, you have a lot of things, you just deal with it."

"But now..." Jia's mother said, "Brother Heng, I'm in charge of Feng girl, and you also help take care of Lian'er."

Jia Heng thought for a while, glanced at Jia Lian, and said, "Otherwise... let's go kneel in the ancestral hall."

Mother Jia: "..."

At this time, Jia Amnesty could not be in the ancestral hall, and both father and son went to kneel in the ancestral hall?This is so...

Behind the screen, Li Wan, Si Chun, Chai Dai, and Xiang Yun also had strange expressions.

Jia Heng turned his eyes to look at Jia Lian, with a calm expression, and said, "Second brother Lian, it is better for husband and wife to be considerate of each other, and why call for beating and killing? Besides, what do you think about the unbearable things you do on a daily basis? Sister-in-law Feng didn't tolerate it, so why did she say those chilling things?"

Sister Feng listened, her heart trembled, her eyes were full of tears, and she twisted her handkerchief tightly.

Jia Lian said: "Brother Heng, I have always respected you. This is between me and her. Don't try to persuade me anymore. If I break the rules of the clan, I will kneel in the ancestral hall now."

The big deal is that he will just live outside and never come back. With the money, he doesn't need to look at the jealous face anymore, and he will be the groom every night.

As Jia Lian said, he kowtowed to Jia's mother and went to the ancestral hall.

Jia Mu sighed, "How did you get to this point?"

At this moment, Sister Feng looked at Jia Lian who resolutely left without looking back. For some reason, she felt lost and her face was slumped. She lay in Jia's mother's arms and cried, "Old ancestor, why am I so miserable."

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue persuaded from the side: "Feng girl."

Jia Mu took Sister Feng's arm and said comfortingly: "Girl Feng, calm down first. After a while, you will all calm down and apologize to each other. Between husband and wife, there are fights at the head of the bed and peace at the end of the bed."

Looking at this scene, Jia Heng shook his head secretly.

Jia Lian was able to do such a thing, which was somewhat beyond his expectations. In the original book, "one obeys two orders and three people are wooded", it should be that Jia Lian was stimulated by the matter of the second sister You, but now he is so stubborn, it seems... Grassland smuggling Sure enough, the oil and water are rich.

(End of this chapter)