[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 11 Rumors are fiercer than tigers

Seeing the candles flickering in the window, Xue Baochai pushed open the door with a smile on her face, and saw her brother lying on the rocking chair with a book in his hand but fell asleep, so she couldn't help slowing down her pace.

"Why are you here so late?" Xue Pan opened his eyes, and put the book in his hand on the small table, "There is no soup tonight!" Every time this girl finds him, she asks for soup.

"Brother, I won't give away any soup today. You just used the food tonic prescription written by Dr. Li in the afternoon. It's not good to make up too much." Xue Baochai smiled eagerly, walked to Xue Pan and moved a small round stool Sitting on the side, said: "Brother, during the nine days you went to take the exam, something happened to Jia's house----"

"Stimulate my appetite, don't talk about it!" Xue Pan picked up the teacup, the tea in his hand was already cold, Xue Baochai took the teacup and poured herbal tea. He poured a cup, smelled the fragrance and poured another cup for himself, held the teacup to his nose, and said, "Mr. He's tea is fragrant!" Seeing that Xue Pan was not interested in the content just now, he curled his lips and said, "Forget it! I Just say it."

On the day Xue Pan entered the examination room nine days ago, Jia Huan was in a stable condition and could get out of bed. Dr. Li confirmed that Jia Huan did lose his memory after repeated injuries. Mother Jia was also relieved when she saw this. Mrs. Wang did it The matter of the Yin Division's pickling was finally concealed, and the whole mansion, including Dr. Li, was all silent, but no matter what, the news still leaked out, and the more you conceal it, the more faltering it is to spread it to the outside, the more you think you are here Concealing my true intentions, I have all the noses and eyes of rumors and rumors later, just like seeing Mrs. Wang hire a murderer to kill a concubine, the entire streets and alleys of the capital, from high-ranking officials and clans down to traffickers and pawns, and even storytellers in teahouses all made up stories about how hard it is for a concubine to live. Story A copper plate with a cup of rough tea can pass the morning. These days the temperature is getting colder and colder, drinking a cup of hot tea and listening to stories in a teahouse is really enjoyable.

Jia's mansion is closed to news, because Jinrong's end in the mansion is still vivid in his mind. After Jia's mother issued a password, no one dared to mention this matter again. If you don't talk about it, I won't talk about it. When Jia Zheng went to work, he found that his colleagues looked at him inexplicably, especially his boss, a pedantic old man, who stared at him for a long time without saying a word, sighed in disappointment, and said: "The family is not fair. Why is it fair?"

Jia Zheng was dazed for a long time. This boss has always been kind to him, and he has never looked at him so disappointed. Jia Zheng thought about what the old man said, the family is not peaceful?But nothing happened in Fuchu recently?As soon as he turned around, the colleagues who had been whispering laughed and returned to silence.After getting off work that day, Jia Zheng didn't take the carriage and walked back all the way. The boy driving the car looked anxious in a place where Jia Zheng couldn't see.Jia's mansion is considered ostentatious in the capital, and most ordinary people know Jia Zheng. As Jia Zheng walked all the way, pedestrians on the left and right looked at Jia Zheng secretly and whispered. Jia Zheng's face became more and more ugly, but If you stop them, you don't say anything? !

Depressed and puzzled all the way, Jia Zheng finally arrived at Jia's mansion, and the boy driving the car secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Jia Zheng thought about it all the way, but he didn't realize that the family was injustice, but he reckoned in his heart that his superiors should have asked him to manage more. For family affairs, I went straight to the backyard after work, planning to recruit Baoyu to take the school exam first, and I don’t know if I’ve been slack these days?Since Brother Huan was injured in school, his mother stopped Baoyu from going to school... Wait, Brother Huan was injured?

At the moment when the inspiration flashed, Jia Zheng vaguely seemed to have figured out something, but it was just the flash of inspiration, and after that, he couldn't figure it out and couldn't figure it out...

In Rongxi Hall, Jia Mu sat high on the soft couch, saw her son's ugly face and asked a few words, Jia Zheng dealt with it, saying that he had not had a good rest, so he resigned from Jia Mu's place and walked to the front yard. On the stone arch bridge, he bumped into his idle elder brother Jia She. Jia She was holding a folding fan in his hand, and when he saw his second brother who was usually not eye-catching, he slammed the fan open. It was a smile, fanning the folding fan, and said with a smile: "Second brother just came back from the yamen?"

"Brother." Jia Zheng never got along with his big brother. In his opinion, the big brother knows how to eat, drink and play without learning all day long, and his stomach is full of idiots. Zheng really doesn't want to talk to such a vulgar person.Therefore, Jia Zheng wanted to get away after saying hello as usual. Normally, the two brothers didn't see eye to eye with each other, and when they met, they nodded and said politely before going their separate ways.

But this time Jia She obviously had something to tell Jia Zheng, a folding fan blocked Jia Zheng's way, Jia She continued to smile, "Brother, didn't you walk around the street when you came in? Hey, there's a lot of news on the street like you Do officials have to feel the voices of the common people?! Don’t just go back and forth between the yamen and the mansion all day long!”

This time it was Jia Zheng who blocked Jia Amnesty's way, and asked with a livid face, "What does elder brother mean by saying this? What did the people outside the street say about our Jia family?" He couldn't write two characters of Jia in one stroke, look at him The joke is also a joke about his elder brother.

Jia Amnesty pulled away Jia Zheng's arm, and sneered, "It's not because of our elder brother that my aunt's vicious intentions bought and murdered my concubine son. Second brother, please don't pour dirty water on your elder brother. Whoever has a cruel mind will find someone else." go!"

Jia Zheng's face was livid, and he almost beat his elder brother up, but remembering that he was a scholar, he couldn't break the rules, so he held back his anger and went to the front yard, so angry that he poured it all on his valet, and drove him out to inquire about news .The boy's face was pale, Jia Zheng saw something strange, but fortunately he didn't ask, he was so angry that he yelled, "I'm ruining the family, I'm going to give up this poisonous woman" and kicked to the backyard.

News in the mansion spread quickly, especially when Mother Jia has been in charge of Jia's mansion for decades, even though the old man looks like he doesn't care about world affairs, his eyes are shrewd.Jia Zheng approached Mrs. Wang aggressively to question his crimes. Before he could step into the inner courtyard, he was stopped by Jia Mu. There was no one around him except Jia Mu's personal servant girl, Yuanyang. Do you want to get rid of that poisonous woman?" Mother Jia already believed that Mrs. Wang did it when this happened, and she hated Mrs. Wang at first, but now she is even more annoyed when she thinks of Yuan Chun in the palace and Jia Baoyu who is raised under her knees. ...... That poisonous woman's stomach is up to snuff!

"Why does mother still want to protect that poisonous woman? Now who is walking around the streets of the capital, who doesn't know that the second room of Jia's mansion has a vicious aunt?!" Jia Zheng remembered the disappointment in his old boss's eyes today. The half-frightened momentum was picked up again, and he said firmly: "Mother, the matter of this vicious woman cruelly mutilating the son's flesh and blood has already gone to the Yamen, how do you let the son behave in front of his colleagues in the future?!"

After hearing this, Jia Mu couldn't understand how big the matter had become for a while, and hesitated for a while, but within three seconds, Jia Mu became firm again, and shouted: "You want to get rid of that poisonous woman, but look at Baoyu." And the empress in the palace, without mentioning Baoyu, the empress alone cannot have a aunt who is a concubine! Son, think about Yuanchun..." Seeing that Jia Zheng was wavering, Mother Jia added more firewood. , said: "There are so many big and small things in Beijing every day. Today, the concubine of the Hou's family died, and tomorrow the prince spoiled the little lady again. Brother Huan is a person who can't remember things now. I have to bear to expose this matter." But don’t mention it, within a few days there was no sound..."

After much deliberation, Jia Zhengsi was still persuaded by Jia's mother. As soon as he left, Jia's mother made a foolish decision to ask Lai Da to go outside to seal the news. By the way, he spread some private news about the mansion of a high-ranking family in Beijing. He thought it was a trick. People's eyes and ears can cover up the scandals in the mansion, but they don't know that the rumors from outside are getting worse, and the news of several families that Jiamu sent someone to let the Lord know. But Jia Musa's families were not as good as Jia's family, so they didn't take it seriously, but they didn't know that there were three-point nails in a broken boat.

Seven days later, the virtuous concubine in the palace issued an order to invite Jia Mu to the palace to reminisce about the old days. This reminiscence lasted one afternoon. As if measured by a ruler, there was no sound at all, and finally took a breath and went to Jia's mansion. That night, Jia's mother recruited the boss, Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng, and Jia Zheng to Rongxi Hall. No one was allowed to come in when they reached the gate of the courtyard, so the content of the conversation was naturally unknown.

That night, the watchmen tapped their sticks to tell the time. Just after the ugly hour, there was a scream in the yard where Mrs. Wang lived, and she could vaguely hear things like "I didn't do it", "Baoyu, Baoyu", and so on. The shrill cry suddenly faded away. Two carriages were parked at the remote east corner gate leading to the outside of the mansion. Caiyun Caixia Jin Chuan and Mrs. Wang's personal servants followed Lai Da's back into the carriage. The moonlight was unexpectedly bright that night. , according to Lai Da's back, I saw a man in a dark yellow cloak lying crookedly on Lai Da's body and got into the first carriage. I went, the moonlight shone on the carriage, and I could no longer see the shadow...

The next day, Mother Jia sent word that Mrs. Wang had a sudden illness last night and sent her to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing to take care of her body.

What Xue Baochai said was like a storyteller, Xue Pan couldn't figure it out for a moment. This requires witnesses --- no, physical evidence --- no, Jia's house just forcibly sent the wife of the main house to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing to raise her body? !Although he is a modern person, he has cultivated a lot of rules and common sense in the seven years here. How could such a behavior be done by a rich family?Besides, isn't Mother Jia afraid that his uncle Wang Ziteng will settle the score by doing this? !

"This Jia Huan should not be underestimated!"

In the end, Xue Pan came to such a conclusion.

The author has something to say: The first day of Xue Pan's exam -----seeking collection

The second day of Xue Pan's exam ----- seeking collection, seeking collection

The third day of Xue Pan's exam ----- seeking collection, seeking collection, seeking collection

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Jia Huan glared at me, you don't fucking miss me! ! !Divided into cp, nothing more!

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The chrysanthemum rolled and fell to the ground, please collect it~~~

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