Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

His family lived not far from a confiscated house, and he had been staring at it for a long time, planning to find something that could subsidize his family.Finally, the soldiers sent by the imperial court withdrew, and the family members in the house were imprisoned. Finally, it was their turn for the common people to dig out the wall, find things inside and move them home.

The better the meeting place with several neighbors, the young men dug for a long time against the blue brick wall before prying open a hole not much bigger than a dog hole, and then they carefully drilled in through the gap.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, a few uninformed civilian children were stunned.What are carved beams and painted buildings, and what are pavilions?Where have these people seen such a scene?He Si swallowed his saliva and asked in a low voice: "This family is too rich..."

A neighbor's performance is not much better than him, but he lives nearby, and obviously knows who lived in this house in the past. Compared with He Si's family who has not moved to the capital for a long time, he knows a lot. "Did you see the street at the entrance of the alley? This street is called Ningrong Street, why is it called this name? It's because there are two Guogong Mansions on the street, one is called Ningguo Mansion and the other is called Rongguo Mansion. This house used to be It is the Rongguo Mansion."

"Guo Gong's Mansion?" He Si was so frightened that he couldn't speak. How could he have seen such a powerful character as Guo Gong?

On the contrary, the enthusiastic neighbor sneered, "So what if he is the Duke of the state, it's not that his descendants are unworthy, he has already fallen. Their family was personally convicted by Wansui today, and the house was stolen. Think about it, the people living in this house Can he be a good person?"

Even if he had just moved into the capital, He Si had heard the stories of the current emperor, Situ Sheng. There was such a thing as the Dao Mingjun, and the Heavenly Emperor descended to earth, saved all the people and defeated the Northern Man country.Even the reason why their family was able to move to live in the capital was because after the opening of the Western Regions, more handmade goods were sold and the prices were higher, which greatly improved the family's situation.

As soon as you hear that His Majesty has committed a crime, it must be a wicked and treacherous official. Think about how many corrupt officials in the south of the Yangtze River have been slaughtered by his old man?It can be seen that the emperor dealt with absolutely not good people!

"I heard that this family never spared loan sharks... By the way, it seems that they have killed people..." The neighbors around talked about the dirty things in Rongguo Mansion, happily looking for it. Some people even went down to the pond to catch two koi carps, planning to go back and make fish soup for drinking.

They were talking here happily and moving bustlingly, but they didn't know that, in the pavilion on a bunch of rockery, a soul quietly watched them splitting the table and holding the copper basin, silent and dull-eyed.

It's not that this soul doesn't want to move, or that he doesn't want to stop these Qianshou loudly, but now he is just a ghost who has lost his life. The living people can't see his figure, and can't hear his words, so even if he shouted, shouted What's the use?You can only sit there and lie to yourself.

It wasn't until these boys moved away with what they found, and some wild cats and dogs jumped in through the dug holes in the wall to look for food and play, that the ghost sighed, closed its eyes, and couldn't see...but it was bound here. How could he enjoy peace in the house?

Who is this ghost?

He is Jia Daishan, the second generation Rongguo Duke of Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Daishan is a very talented person, this is not irony.

Although the old emperor protected the nobles and made the power of the founding nobles stronger than ever in decades, and even overwhelmed the family, in the army, even the emperor couldn't change too many things.

Talented people may not be able to get ahead, but those without talent will definitely not be able to get ahead.The army will suppress young people who are backward, and will succumb to some family forces, but if they want to lead the soldiers to get enough credit and continue their father's title of Duke, they can't do anything if they don't have the ability, let alone He lost his father at an early age, and was only an orphan and widow.

But Jia Daishan did it, so he is indeed a rare talent, but it is a pity that his talent is used in the wrong place...

Jia Daishan, he always thought that he was the proud son of heaven, born stronger than others.

When he was born, his family was rich and well-known in the south of the Yangtze River, but his father was unwilling to be just a commoner. He followed Emperor Gao to revolt against Yan Yan, won the world, and was granted the title of Duke, so he was still illiterate. When he was young, he became the eldest son of the Duke of the country, isn't he more noble than others?

Like every son in Rongguo Mansion, he also grew up in the back house and was raised by his mother.Compared with the mother who will always go to war, go to court, and is always away, whether he is a child or an adult, the person who has the most contact with him is his mother.However, unlike those women who protected their offspring well, his mother's methods were not very clever, so he had inadvertently seen a lot of shady methods.

When he was two or three years old, in the mansion in Jinling, he once saw the big maid beside his mother secretly throw a baby into the pond and drown it. The baby was his concubine younger brother.When she was five or six years old, her mother's methods became more brutal. She beat and killed one of my father's favorite concubines in the backyard. The woman wailed for several hours before she died.

Perhaps this is no longer selfishness, it is simply an aboveboard murderous hand, but for his spoiled only daughter of the family, she can do whatever she wants. Is there anyone who dares to turn against her?Drowning the concubine was wrong, but would anyone dare to report her to the government?It was wrong to kill the concubine, but who would dare to spread gossip about her?

Although the methods were rough, his mother was capable of scaring her so that no one dared to turn against her, because the old Duke Jia Yuan did not dare to offend his wife too much.His mother's background was not high, and there was not even a serious scholar in the family, but the family was famous for having a lot of fields, and some of them were tenants. Even his father's army was mostly drawn from those tenants. The relatives of the people and horses are still in the hands of the madam. If the madam is angered, wouldn't it be impossible to even command the soldiers and horses?

That's why the Duke's wife was so bold and acted so recklessly, and Jia Daishan grew up like this, so he learned to be more selfish and narrow-minded than his mother and father.

Why did his mother kill those concubines and kill those concubines? She was afraid that those sons would compete with him for family property, and that those women's mothers valued their sons and took away her power, while his father watched the concubines die. Why don't you even dare to turn your face when you see your concubine being killed?Is it because he is afraid that the soldiers and horses in his hands will not obey his orders, and he will miss his own future?

Everyone is selfish, his parents are like this, he is like this, is there anything wrong?This is what a person's life should be like. If people are not for themselves, they will be destroyed by heaven and earth, so why should he worry about the life and death of others?Even if it is a real brother, even if it is a woman you like, no matter who it is, it is not as important as yourself, and you can give up when it is time to give up.

Later, Jia Daishan grew up, but his father died early.Jia Yuan, who had been selfish all his life, had a rare thought for his son before he died, and appointed his son a general's daughter as his wife.He thought very well, if the person he chose belonged to the honorable family, he died too early, fearing that his son would not be able to suppress the power of his wife's family, it would be better to appoint a general's daughter, the other party has soldiers, and the son has a title, Join forces and support each other.

Jia Yuan was right, that General Xu did treat his son kindly. Xu died early, and he felt a little guilty towards his son-in-law. Of course, he took care of him in many ways and promoted him everywhere. Unfortunately, General Xu and the son of the Xu family died too early. Well, he died in battle in just a few years, which made Jia Daishan playful. After absorbing the power of his father-in-law's family, he followed the old lady's instructions and married the concubine daughter of the Shi family as his wife, and let the Shi family deal with it. His own eldest son.

The eldest son?What is that?In Jia Daishan's eyes, if General Xu's family was alive, the eldest son would naturally be useful, but now that General Xu's family is dead, this eldest son has affected the relationship between the Jia family and the Shi family, so he should die if he dies.

Taking a wife as a concubine is to give the emperor a handle that he can grasp, so as not to worry about his achievements all day long. Anyway, this kind of thing is nothing more than a demotion and a penalty, so why would he care?He didn't make people do it, but Shi Shi was responsible for it. How could he, a cold-blooded and heartless person, care?

Even if he sells his eldest son to the mine, he doesn't care. Anyway, he has already made up his mind to destroy the eldest son to make room for Shi's son. As long as he can increase his official rank and become a noble, he can rise to the top, just a son, he will care ?If it wasn't for worrying about the emperor's disappointment, so what if he killed his son?There are a lot of sons being killed in this world, infant drowning is common among the people, but who sees the retribution?

Sure enough, the eldest son, Jia Du, was abandoned by the adopter and kicked out of the clan. Because of Shi's making things difficult, he couldn't find anything to do, so he could only collect firewood for a living.He didn't kill them all, not because his heart was soft, but because he had concerns. As for Shi, at this moment, how could he care about a boy who didn't even have a clan who was driven away. She was thinking about how to snatch her son from her mother-in-law.

Jia Daishan got his wish and got the position of the Duke of the country, and he was not degraded to become a noble. He was proud of his spring breeze and his life went smoothly.He wasn't worried that Jia Yi would hold grudges against the Jia family, so with a woodcutter who couldn't even support his wife and children, what would he use to oppose the Rongguo Mansion?When the emperor forgot about it, he could strangle their whole family to death with just a hand.

Jia Daishan was very proud, and Shi Shi had already forgotten about this troubled Jia Yi, and Jia Yi really did not have the ability to recover from the ashes. He married a wife from a humble family background and gave birth to a thin and small son. Dare, but let him take his mother's surname, he is so weak.Not to mention the body, he was seriously ill early on, and the father died before the son was enlightened.

A husband and wife died one after another, so what else could the little boy have to live on?Jia Daishan is not that busy, so he doesn't pay attention to whether the child named Jiang Yuan can survive. Anyway, even if it is only a life of being a beggar or being sold to be a slave, it is worth his life Yipin, is the Duke paying attention?

But what did he know?That kid named Jiang Yuan has the ability to worship Mr. Shen from Jingliu Academy as his teacher, and dare to go south to Jinling to take the imperial examination!

Jia Daishan seems to have received the malice of fate, but he still doesn't care about it. The Wang family, the Lin family, and the two in-law families just waved their hands casually, wouldn't they interfere with this kid's career path? Will you take it seriously?With that time, he might as well drink some tonic and recuperate his body.

The injuries accumulated in the battlefield when he was young finally broke out, but as long as Jia Daishan takes good care of him, he can still live a long life.He moved to live in the more clean and peaceful Pear Fragrance Garden, and he no longer worried about the affairs of the house, nor did he look at his wife's pretentious vicious face, nor did he look at his two sons who were either stupid or pedantic.In the past, he valued them because historians could bring him benefits. Now that he is a Duke, would he still care about historians who are only from the House of Marquis?

Jia Daishan only pays attention to himself, whether it is his family, his wife, or his children, he looks like he is playing with a kitten or a puppy, and if he doesn't like it, he can reprimand him. Anyway, who would dare to disobey him at home? mean?

Who knew that Jiang Yuan went to Sichuan to take the Wenju exam and became Duke Xie Yuan of a province. This unexpected situation made his heart tighten.Could it be resurrected after death?Jia Daishan frowned, he was a little anxious, he was worried for the first time in these years, he was afraid that the child would resurface, he was afraid that his life's wisdom would be ruined in one go.

The older a person is, the more he attaches importance to reputation. He still wants to leave his name in history, and intends to last forever.Although he has cleaned things up all these years, Jia Daishan is a little depressed because he is still afraid that this kid will bring up the past.

He wanted to prove that he was right, that abandoning Jia Du and choosing Shi's two sons was the right thing to do, but when he looked back, he found that there was no one in his family who could compare to that brat.Why did he only care about his official position at the beginning, and didn't teach his children and grandchildren well?Now the sons are not as good as the other, and the grandson doesn't have the talent to understand Yuan. Could it be that the descendants of his majestic father-in-law can't compare with a child who has no father and no mother since childhood?

He was not convinced, so he and his son forced his grandson Jia Zhu, who was in poor health, to take part in the examination.He felt that Jia Zhu had been taught by a famous teacher since he was a child, so he was naturally a hundred times stronger than Ye Luzi's Jiang Yuan.But when the examination room was opened, Jia Zhu almost died inside, but Jiang Yuan was safe and sound.

He didn't worry about Jia Zhu's life or death, anyway, he was not as good as Jiang Yuan, and he was useless as a pawn, so what was there to worry about?But what did he know?That damned Shi Shi actually sold the land of sacrifices, and this matter was known to outsiders. If he hadn't used money to seal that person's mouth in time, wouldn't his good reputation be ruined?

He was full of anger, and just about to call Shi Shi to scold him, who knew that a mouthful of blood spewed out from his throat, and only then did he remember what the doctor said about thinking less, worrying less, anger less, But he committed all these things, and in the end he lost his life with a mouthful of blood.

Why is it so easy to die?

Jia Daishan couldn't understand it when he was alive, but he did understand a little bit after he died.He underestimated the women in the back house too much, to be precise, he underestimated Shi Shi too much.His own mother handled affairs in the rear house simply and rudely, so he obviously hadn't seen what it was like to be private. Only now did he know why he was physically strong and had many concubines, but why those concubines were either pregnant or gave birth to daughters. Stillborn baby boy.That Shi Shi actually drugged him!

Drugs that damage Yang Qi will not be fatal, but they still damage the body. Coupled with the injuries he suffered when he was young, he will die so easily!He wanted to strangle that damned woman!Yes, he could understand that his mother killed his concubine and concubine, and he could watch his father die from serious injuries, but how could a person who valued himself tolerate his wife as a pawn hurting his body?

He rushed up with his soul and punched and kicked Shi Shi, but no matter what he said, he was just a ghost, and he couldn't hurt the living no matter what.Shi was alive and well, and even pushed the matter that killed him to his newborn grandson. This selfish fan was exactly the same as her husband, leaving the aggrieved Jia Daishan completely helpless.

He watched himself being buried, and then the foolish and filial eldest son didn't realize that his death was wrong at all, and the pedantic younger son even messed around with his concubine during the filial period, and he almost didn't get mad at him again.The Shi family who killed him turned out to be an old lady, living a wider and infinite life, and Jiang Yuan, who he had been worrying about all the time, actually passed the examination of the Huiyuan and the number one scholar, and the three yuan and the first.All kinds of unfavorable pressures made Jia Daishan upset, and he gritted his teeth with hatred.

But as a ghost, he can only watch the development of the matter when he watches the development of the matter...

As a ghost, Jia Daishan was able to pass through the wall freely, but he couldn't leave the compound of Rongguo Mansion. He could only stay here and watch the situation develop.

For example, knowing that Jiang Yuan was sent to the battlefield by a bad trick, this was simply the only good news he received during these days.He can't wait for Shi Shi to die. Of course, Jiang Yuan's death will only be better. He doesn't believe that a person can be both civil and military. Those civil servants will be some showy, as long as they go to the battlefield, they will surely die.

As for the family, that stupid woman Shi Shi actually wanted to get involved in the matter of seizing the throne. He beat the woman on the head every day, but it didn't do anything except make her feel the rare shade of summer. .

After a long time of death, Jia Daishan will be able to control his emotions. Although he hates Shi Shi, he has become a dead person after all. When Shi Shi dies, he can deal with her soul if he wants to come. As long as his reputation It was still fine, so he didn't bother to care about what else happened in the world, so as not to see his troubled wife and children getting angry and uncomfortable.

After pretending to be deaf for several months, who knows what he heard from those servants when he came out occasionally to relax?That guy Jiang Yuan actually broke more with less, and assisted the third prince, Situ Sheng, to destroy the Three Kingdoms army, and became a second-rank high-ranking member of the military department, Zuo Shilang? !What was he worried about, the dead ashes actually revived!

And that Jiang Yuan's mother clan turned out to be the descendant of Jiang Chen and Jiang Xiwen. This grandson who was abandoned by him actually climbed into a wealthy family that far surpassed the Jia family and has been passed down for thousands of years. The three princes, who all have the appearance of a wise king, have become his chief aide, cousin and sister-in-law.This, this, how is this possible?

Although Jiang Yuan hasn't found out what he did back then, this identity has already made him uneasy.If Jiang Yuan was just a poor boy, even if he said it, who would believe it?But this little brat has already become a member of the second rank. If one day he ruins his reputation, then his life's wisdom will really be lost.

Jia Daishan became worried. Could it be that the only thing he cares about now is not guaranteed?Does he want to see his reputation ruined by others?This feeling of worrying about gains and losses made him restless, but before he calmed down, another incident happened. Someone from the Jia family in Jinling came to him, and even exposed the fact that he had been sold for a few days!

At first, it was said that the daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang, was the one who sold it, and then Mrs. Shi was finally involved, and even the matter of Mrs. Shi being mad at herself was involved.He hates Shi Shi, but the husband and wife are one. Could it be that if Shi Shi's reputation is lost, he will be able to get there?A comment that the inner latitude is not repaired is considered cheap for him. To be pissed off by his wife, this is simply a stigma among stigmas for military generals, which is unbearable!

The reputation he had protected for so many years was ruined in this way, it was as if his last insistence had been shattered, making him feel that his soul had become a little shallower, and he almost didn't lose his soul.If it weren't for the obsession in his heart to deal with Shi Shi, I'm afraid he couldn't hold on at all.

Yes, it's all Shi Shi's fault. If he hadn't married Shi Shi, how could he have died early, how could he not have descendants with both civil and military skills, and how could he have endured the stigma?It's all Shi's fault!Jia Daishan even hated his own mother, if she hadn't asked him to continue, how could he have such a stupid woman, and how could he be in such a bad situation?

At this time, Jia Daishan had completely forgotten, if he hadn't abandoned the useless Xu family and defected to a more promising historian in order to increase his official rank, how could he have caused today's results?All these troubles now are caused by himself, no one can blame him!

Seeing the mother and son at home hating and entangled with each other, Jia Daishan should feel relieved, but how can he relieve his anger?Whose reputation is damaged by unworthy descendants?Not his own?Could it be that the house is restless and the whole family is in chaos, can he get any benefits?

Jia Yi is dead, Jiang Yuan resents Jia's family, and he can't recognize this grandson. Comparing with his own descendants, they are all inferior to each other, and they are not like him at all.Shirking responsibility is very powerful, but it will not work when it is needed. It is simply an extravagant hope to expect these guys to give yourself a face.Who made him fail to educate his children and grandchildren?Thinking of future generations as kittens and puppies, it will be punished now...

Jia Daishan didn't believe in retribution or cause and effect, but seeing Jia Yuanchun who was sent to the palace for a small election, he really wanted to spray Shi Shi and Wang's face with blood!You are really thinking about my reputation by asking your granddaughter to serve as a servant!