An old lady's life

Because of the low test scores, the two brothers, Jia She and Jia She, were emotionally affected. In the afternoon, Jia Zheng couldn't calm down and read a book.

Jia Shen is a more optimistic person. After lunch, he took a nap, and his mood was restored due to the impact of the exam in the morning. Thinking of spending the next few days at Zhuangzi, and having nothing to do in the afternoon, Jia Shen felt a little restless for a while. After thinking about it, I opened the warehouse, picked another old item from the few old items I picked out last time, and put it out for pawn sale.

Four Seas Pawnshop, one of the largest pawnshops in Beijing with a good reputation, the boss behind it is said to be very powerful.The background was quite big, and some people in the upper class knew it well, but for Jia She and Jia Zheng, who were not involved in production, they didn't know who the boss behind it was.

The weather was still sunny and sunny, and there were many people coming and going at the door of the pawnshop, but only very few people entered the pawnshop.An exquisite carriage stopped at the door of the pawn shop. Jia Amnesty jumped out first, followed by Jia Zheng.

A half-person-high wooden ornament was carried down by the two brothers, and they carefully carried it into the door of the pawn shop without letting the servants get their hands on it.

For the business of thousands of taels, Xiaoer couldn't be the master, so he immediately called out the shopkeeper who was waiting for the guests.The shopkeeper is not receiving guests, it's just that Xiao Er doesn't know the identities of these people.

King Qi often walks around the capital, inspecting the business of his shop and whether the shopkeeper Xiao Er in the shop is doing any tricks.But when he came out of the palace today, he abducted the emperor and his nephew by the way.

During this time, Emperor Changping also walked around the capital whenever he had free time, especially the place where the most students gathered, and he acted with his brother, but there was also someone who talked.

As for the Seventh Prince and the Tenth Prince, they just ran into each other in the Imperial Garden, by the way.

Xiao Er came to report, and King Qi waved his hand: "Go, do your business, don't call yourself a broken king." Beside him, Emperor Changping held a teacup in silence, while the Seventh and Tenth Princes were admiring the hangings on the wall. painting and calligraphy.

The shopkeeper exited the guest room respectfully, and a smile appeared on his face the next moment.

Jia She and Jia Zheng sat on the seats with serious faces. Jia She kept groping for the ornament in front of him with both hands. It was a lion ornament carved from wood. Naturally, it won't be ridiculously high.I don't know when this ornament was. In Jia Shen's memory, he has never seen this thing, and it has been stored in the warehouse for a long time.

Dealing with people is Jia Shen's strong point, especially when it comes to antiques. Jia Shen and the shopkeeper are very eloquent, and the two of them are almost confidantes.

"Friendship is friendship, shopkeeper, you have to give a good price for this thing."

"Then does Mr. Jia want to die or live?"

"Damn it!" Jia Amnesty had a trace of pity on his face. It was true. After communicating with the shopkeeper, Jia Amnesty felt that any antiques should not be sold, but should be kept well.

"I'm raising money." Jia She sighed, why is it so troublesome?

Jia Zheng sighed in his heart, sure enough, the eldest brother is quite talented in acting. He has dealt with students recently, met some people, and seems to have understood that it is not so easy to be an official. None left.

King Qi, Emperor Changping and his party came out from behind, King Qi was puzzled, what did Jia Amnesty come to the pawn shop for?Seeing the maroon wooden ornaments on the table again, although I understand it a little bit, I still feel strange.

Seeing that there were guests, someone he knew, Jia She immediately stood up and called out hesitantly, "Master, Master Fifth." Last time, the aunt of the in-laws didn't seem to introduce their identities.

After his elder brother stood up, Jia Zheng also stood up, but he didn't speak.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Master Jia knows the third master? The third master is a distinguished customer of our pawn shop."

Jia She glanced at King Qi and Emperor Changping, and nodded, "I once met the third and fifth masters."

King Qi raised his eyebrows, "Marquis Jia En, what is this?" His eyes fell on Jia Zheng.

Jia She hurriedly said: "Third Master, this is Jia Zheng, your younger brother. You can call him to save Zhou."

Jia Zheng cupped his hands and saluted: "Jia Zheng, the younger generation, has a character of Cunzhou. He has met the third and fifth masters."

Emperor Changping, who had been the backdrop for quite a while, glanced at Jia She and Jia Zheng, "Jia Daishan's two sons? Your father and I are old friends who have known each other for many years."

King Qi was speechless. How many years have we known each other?You guys grew up together.

It was less than a year since his father passed away. At his father's funeral, Jia She remembered that he had never met this old man, but thinking that he was someone his in-laws knew, he couldn't be wrong. Maybe he was too busy and forgot.

Jia Zheng also found it strange that this old man would not be overlooked even if he was standing in a crowd. Uncles.

For some reason, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng felt that something was wrong with the master's eyes, and they didn't dare to make unnecessary movements.

"The Jia family can't live on anymore, is it to the point where they want to sell their property?" Emperor Changping naturally saw the lion-shaped ornaments, even if the Rong Mansion had to pay back the debts, it was impossible to go to the point of selling property.

Jia Amnesty was a little dumbfounded, the shopkeeper and the old god Qi Wang were watching the fun on the ground.

"No, the family does not lack money for food. The younger generation is checking the warehouse. This thing has been kept in the warehouse. It's useless. It's worth a little money. Recently, the family is raising money, and selling it is a big help."

Jia Amnesty was furious, but Jia Zheng kept silent.

What is the meaning of this old friend of the father?Are you still not allowed to sell things in your home?So what if it is ancestral property?

Emperor Changping didn't say anything anymore, King Qi patted Jia She on the shoulder heavily, and said with a smile: "Okay, we still have something to do, so let's go first, see you later."

Emperor Changping and King Qi led the group out of the pawn shop, and the two young princes at the back looked back at Jia She and Jia Zheng.

The tenth prince pulled the seventh prince's sleeve, "Seventh brother, who is Marquis Jia Enhou? Why does the father want to talk to them so much?"

The Seventh Prince briefly talked about the identities of Jia She and Jia Zheng, and the list of aristocratic families in Beijing. As a prince, he should not only know the name by heart, but also know its origin when he hears a name.

"Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng are the two uncles of Mrs. Lin's son Lin Hai." At the end, the Seventh Prince added something, and the Tenth Prince suddenly understood.

The leader of the guards at the back was Ji Yang. Everyone silently glanced at Jia She and Jia Zheng. The other guards only knew their names but didn't know who they were. up.

After all, it is a novelty to be able to call Hao Ding brothers and sisters.

After the 'guest' left, the atmosphere immediately calmed down. Jia Amnesty put the strangeness behind him and continued to bargain with the shopkeeper.

In the end, the business was completed, and Jia She and the shopkeeper were quite satisfied. Jia She reckoned that the price of about [-] yuan would be suitable, and if it was more than one or two thousand, it would be the best.

The price given by the shopkeeper is between [-] and [-], and it will not be charged after [-].The final transaction price was [-], which happened to be in the middle, and both parties were satisfied.

At Jia Zheng's reminder, the shopkeeper opened the receipt.

Jia Amnesty held the bank notes and receipts, and looked at Jia Zheng with arrogance. He was not good at reading, but in other places, even if Jia Zheng worked hard for ten years, he would not be able to catch up with him.

Now that Jia Zheng was able to understand more and more what his elder brother meant, he was speechless for a while.

"Second, where do you want to go?" The rare leisure time, can't go back to being a nerd again.

Jia Zheng thought that since it has been delayed for such a long time, even if he went back now, he would not be able to read books for a long time. He also thought that he might as well go to the book market to see what new books were on the market. Rich, but you can't always rest on your laurels.

"Brother, why not go to the bookstore and buy some new books to enrich the study room."

Jia Amnesty wanted to object to the problem of inertia, but swallowed the words again, and said, "Well, today this ornament sold for an extra 1000 taels, let's use the 1000 taels to buy some books."

After walking about two steps, Jia Zheng reminded: "Brother, the pawnshop needs to collect the receipts for the account in the house. 1000 taels for buying books exceeds the range of 50 taels, so you have to ask your mother to sign for the accountant to reimburse you. And 1000 taels may buy a book. Cheshu, we don’t need to buy so many books, and a dozen books are only 20 taels of silver, so we don’t need to spend large sums of money.”

It was only then that Jia She remembered the new regulations in the mansion, even if he, the master, would only be able to withdraw 50 taels each time, and if he spent more than 100 taels abroad, he would not be reimbursed if he was ugly.

"Second, you remember. I forgot. No wonder you asked the shopkeeper for a receipt." The accountant has to take this thing into the account. If there is no receipt, the accountant will not accept it even if he sees the money. thing.

The two brothers chattered and came to the busy street two streets away. The book market is down the street in the busy street. It is popular, but relatively quiet.

At this time, two carriages stopped in the restaurant across the street, and there was still a long distance between the two carriages. The first carriage got off was a woman with a beautiful bun, wearing a veil and holding a piano, Followed by two servant girls, the three entered the restaurant gracefully, and then went up to the second floor.

Two middle-aged men came out of the second carriage, Jia Amnesty immediately opened his eyes wide, and touched Jia Zheng: "Look, second child, that bastard in the same frame!"

Jia Zheng immediately looked over, frowning tightly.What the eldest brother-in-law did was off-putting, but he hadn't done anything outrageous or broke the law, so there was nothing he could do about it.

I saw Qi Frame showing a flattering smile to the person who got out of the car with him, with a humble attitude, and extremely flattering actions and behaviors.

Jia Amnesty immediately rushed across the road. Seeing this, Jia Zheng was afraid that his elder brother would do something again, so he had to follow quickly.

Xiaoer stopped them, and Jia She waved his hand: "I have an appointment upstairs!"

Xiao Er immediately let him go, but his expression was a little confused.

After lingering on the second floor for a long time, Jia She and Jia Zheng finally determined the private room where Qi Frame was located, and looked in through the exposed door crack. Jia She was so angry that he kicked open the crumbling door.

I saw seven or eight men sitting together in the house, toasting each other, and the three women I saw before were playing the piano by the window, which was really elegant.

The people in the house were taken aback, and some people almost got under the table, thinking that they were people from the yamen. After all, they were fooling around outside while on duty, and they would be fined if they were caught.

Holding the wine glass at the same frame, the whole person is a little silly.

Jia Amnesty didn't care about that, he stepped forward and dragged Qi frame out, "Qi frame, you're doing well!"

The others stretched out their hands to pull Jia She, but Jia She glanced at everyone bitterly, "My elder brother-in-law is still observing his filial piety, and you seduce my elder brother-in-law to do something inappropriate during the filial piety, are you blatantly provoking etiquette?"

The two people who had just stretched out their hands were so frightened that they withdrew their hands, and their faces were flushed. Seeing this, Jia Amnesty said, "Second brother, come quickly!"

Out of sight and peace of mind, seeing Qi Jia blatantly break the precept, how could Jia She and Jia Zheng calm down, after all, it was their father's death, and Qi Jia's son-in-law did this, slapping Rongfu in the face.

The two brothers straddled the same frame and walked downstairs, causing a commotion in the restaurant.And the guests in that room looked at each other and felt that something was wrong and couldn't sit still.

When he came out, he happened to see the battle between Qi frame and his two brothers-in-law.

A woman wearing a veil came out of the room holding the qin, and two little maids followed her. At the corner of the second floor, because the view was blocked, they were caught off guard and bumped into the arms of a nobleman.

The noble young master only felt the soft touch of his palm, and a strong fragrance, which made him intoxicated.

"Girl, be careful!"

The woman raised her head, her watery eyes were like swaying autumn waves, and there were thousands of emotions in them, which caused ripples in people's hearts. She lowered her eyes and bowed to the noble young master, "Thank you, young master."

Then he went downstairs and left with the two little maids.

At this time, the restaurant has returned to calm, and the dispute between Jia She and Jia Zheng and Qi Frame has spread to the street.

Qi Frame didn't dare to be rough on the two brothers-in-law, so he had to twist his body from side to side, his face was flushed and smelled of alcohol, and Jia Zheng's face was also dark, "Brother-in-law, you actually did something that violated the etiquette!"

Jia Amnesty grabbed Qi Zhuang's collar, and Qi Zhu blushed: "Bullshit, I didn't drink! It's someone else's wine that spilled on my clothes."

Passers-by watched the excitement, and couldn't guess what happened from a few words!

Jia Shen gritted his teeth and said: "Damn it, even if you didn't drink, you openly participated in the banquet and appeared in the restaurant during your father's filial piety, don't say that my brother-in-law bullies you, if you don't beat you, I won't be able to get over it! "

On this street, King Qi and Emperor Chang Ping and his party stood there fixedly, watching the scene where the Jia She brothers were fighting with Qi Frame.

King Qi sighed: "Fifth brother, our fate with the Jia family brothers is really close, but are these two brothers a partner in bullying?"

The Seventh Prince and the Tenth Prince looked at each other without blinking. It was quite novel. After all, fighting seems to be something for children. Jia She and the three of them are nearly a hundred years old together, and they still fight on the street!

Emperor Changping glanced at Ji Yang, who stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Master, that's the elder brother-in-law of Master Jia and Master Jia."

Emperor Changping raised his eyebrows, he remembered who Qi Jia was, that 'good son-in-law' who devoted himself to poaching the corner of Yue's family!

The tenth prince blinked: "Did that big brother-in-law do something wrong? Why did his two brothers-in-law team up to bully him?"

King Qi chuckled, he really didn't know anything about the Jia family.But it seems that the Jia family is on the list with the emperor, maybe there is something interesting that he shouldn't miss.

There were quite a lot of people watching the fun around Jia She and the three, both men and women, and there were quite a lot of girls shopping in this downtown street.

The Seventh Prince had lost interest, when he suddenly saw a girl with two braids among the crowd watching, and he stared at her intently.

No one will notice the abnormality of the Seventh Prince, and they will all be staring at Jia She and the three of them.

Seeing more and more people watching the excitement, Jia Zheng said, "Brother, let's go, let's go back if we have anything to say!" Jia Zheng felt ashamed today, so he could only put on a straight face and pretend to be cold.

Just as the two brothers pushed Qi Frame to the end of the street, Qi Frame broke free from the confinement of his brothers-in-law and ran away.

Seeing this, Jia Amnesty chased straight forward, but after running a few steps, he realized that he couldn't catch up, so he stopped depressedly.

Jia Zheng followed, "Forget it, brother. Everyone has their own ambitions, and we can't force them."

Jia Shen gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly: "Don't let me catch him, otherwise it won't be as easy as last time."

After running away at the same time, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng did not change the itinerary, calmed down, and searched for books in several bookstores. After half an hour, they returned with a full load!

Naturally, this matter cannot be concealed from Hongye. Jia Amnesty and the two took the initiative to confess to Hongye, and when they told the story, they were half angry and half ashamed. The faces of the Rongguo Mansion, I don't know if anyone recognizes them.

Seeing how ashamed the sons looked, Hongye smiled slightly and said: "Face is important and not important, you don't need to worry too much about it. Qi Frame knows what we dare not do with him, so he has nothing to fear, let him give up , we just need to supervise, and don't let your elder sister and nephew get too involved."

So when did the prince do something bad?Hongye murmured in her heart.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng felt much better if their mother didn't blame them.

After King Qi separated from Emperor Changping, he returned directly to King Qi's mansion, and then ordered his subordinates to investigate the affairs of Rongguo Mansion for him.Now he remembered that the Rong Mansion and the Lin family were still in-laws. Did his younger brother remember Jia She because of Jia Daishan or because of Lin Hai?

The next day, the sky was drizzling with drizzle, and the field of vision was covered with mist. The plants on the ground were growing cheerfully, invisible to the naked eye. Those that should bloom bloomed, and those that should grow green leaves grew green.

King Qi's subordinates returned to him, and the Qi frame's actions were not too secretive. King Qi's power was only greater than that of the Rong Mansion. Although it was impossible to find out the secrets of the Rong Mansion, but the geese left traces, they could always Find out from the clues.

"So, the Jia She brothers are dissatisfied with Qi Frame's poaching behavior?" King Qi chuckled, it's really interesting, not only the Jia She brothers are interesting, even Qi Frame's poaching is cute and silly.

"Those people who were moved by Qi Frame have been recruited by the prince? The prince is stepping on the bottom line of the emperor. If you don't restrain yourself, you may suffer." King Qi said these words in a very low voice, even if the subordinates heard them Also treat yourself as deaf.

The palace, the imperial study.

The weather was bad, and there was nothing urgent. The ministers were all huddled in the Yamen or their own homes. Emperor Changping finished processing a stack of memorials, and stood at the window to enjoy the rain scene outside.

When Ji Yang came in to report the matter, Emperor Changping turned his back to him and beckoned him to speak directly.

After a while, Emperor Changping's voice became turbulent, "Examination? Examination of Dafeng laws? The old lady of the Jia family tested her son? What does the old lady want to do? Do you plan to let Jia Amnesty or Jia Zheng work in the Ministry of Justice or Dali Temple in the future?"

Ji Yang hesitated for a moment, and said: "No, it seems that the old lady is taking the exam for naughty children, and the analysis from the Rong family means that the old lady doesn't want her son to be idle, and she wants to find something to do for her two sons, especially Mr. Jia. "

Emperor Changping nodded, with a hint of laughter: "Seventeen points? Twenty points? What does this score mean?"

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Emperor Changping stretched out his hand to catch a drop of rain that was blown in by the wind. It was cool and transparent, "Find a chance to show me the test paper issued by Mrs. Jia. Jia pardoned the seventeen points." I am also very curious about the twenty-point test paper."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ji Yang agreed without hesitation, "When I followed the vine yesterday, I discovered something else."

Emperor Changping turned his head and glanced at him, and Ji Yang continued: "Qi Frame climbed up to His Highness the Crown Prince, and because he had a banquet with people in a restaurant yesterday, and those people were also from His Highness the Crown Prince's party. One of them, Mr. Fang, also called I went to the outer room I raised outside to play the piano for fun, because of an accident, the banquet was disturbed by Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng. The outer room of Mr. Fang bumped into His Highness the Crown Prince when he went downstairs..."

Emperor Changping frowned, and his aura was even worse. Wei Jiyang was deeply touched by this kind of non-anger, "Was the prince also in that restaurant yesterday?"

"Last night, His Highness the Crown Prince ordered his subordinates to inquire about the woman in the outer room. Half an hour ago, the Lord has personally sent her outer room to His Royal Highness's courtyard outside the palace." Ji Yang felt that His Highness the Crown Prince had been stroking the dragon's beard. Let's see when the emperor can't bear it anymore.

Emperor Changping clasped his hands tightly, and sighed in a low voice: "Where is the mansion where the prince raised many men and women?"

"Yes." Ji Yang silently lit a candle for the prince. His Royal Highness thought that the Emperor didn't know what he was doing. In fact, as the emperor's most concerned son, how could His Royal Highness be able to hide things from the Emperor.