[Red Mansion] Master Jia Dadi

Back at the mansion, Wang Ziteng was restless. He sat in the study, tapping his fingers on the desk, beeping, and the crisp sounds seemed to smash the doubts in his mind one by one.

Wang Chen's side received the post from Wang to announce the good news, but the look on his face was not very happy. If it was before, Wang Chen would be a little happy for Jia Zhu, but Wang has hurt her. Now that her son is promising, what does it have to do with her? Wang Chen can't wait to tear up the post of the good news, but without Wang Ziteng's permission, she can't act rashly.

First, Yangzhou made meritorious service and was awarded the doctor of the household department, and then he opened a Yibao Pavilion in the capital, which is making money every day. The former can be said to be lucky, but the latter is not. Wang Ziteng lowered his eyes , fell into deep thought, whether this Jia She is hiding his strength and biding his time as rumored, or what, everything has not yet been decided, he has to meet Jia She in person.

After making up his mind, Wang Ziteng pushed open the door of the study, called the housekeeper over, and planned to deliver a post to Rongguo Mansion.

But the housekeeper said: "Master, there is no need to post the post. Master Zhu of Rongguo Mansion has won a scholar, and he is going to host a banquet for relatives and friends in a few days."

Wang Ziteng was surprised for a moment, and soon remembered that Jia Zhu under his sister Mrs. Wang's lap seemed to be the end of the exam this year.

The fame of a scholar is nothing in the eyes of the rich and powerful, but a 13-year-old scholar is considered outstanding.

Early this morning, the Rongguo Mansion was busy, and Jia Mu woke up very early. The four princes and eight princes have gradually declined in recent years. The second father was so powerful when he was there, Jiamu coaxed Baoyu who was crying, and felt very emotional. Unexpectedly, this year is different. The boss has made a career in silence, and Zhuer Also matured.

"Baoyu doesn't cry, don't cry." Jia Mu patted Baoyu's back gently, and Tassel came over with a bowl of milk and just approached.

Baoyu's crying stopped, Jia Mu couldn't laugh or cry, she nodded Baoyu's nose and said, "You are a glutton."

Wang Shizheng walked in, and when she heard Jiamu's words, she echoed with a smile on her face: "Baoyu is not used to being like this."

Today was to celebrate Jia Zhu's selection as a scholar. Mother Jia forced her to smile a little, and said indifferently, "Sit down, Zhu'er is grown up now, and you should enjoy the happiness from now on."

Mrs. Wang was used to Jia Mu's beating from time to time, so she said yes with a smile.

After chatting about the household chores, Mrs. Wang seemed to suddenly remember, and said with a smile: "Old lady, there is something I forgot to tell you a few days ago. Come to our house."

Wang Ziteng was promoted to the Beijing Camp Jiedushi?Mother Jia stopped holding the spoon and handed the spoon to Liusu, "Why didn't we mention this sooner?"

"It's the daughter-in-law, isn't she? I've been busy taking care of Zhu'er these days, and it's time for the monthly distribution in the mansion, so the daughter-in-law forgot about it for a while." Wang said with a faint smile, Jia Zhu won a scholar, he She didn't ask for anything, but Mrs. Wang took over the matter of issuing monthly bills.

Mother Jia hummed, but said nothing.

It was nearly noon, and the relatives and friends of the Rongguo Mansion also came one after another. As usual, Jia She and others received Wang Ziteng and others in the outer courtyard, while Jia Mu and other female relatives received a group of female relatives in the inner courtyard. Now, Mrs. Wang also intends to show Jia Zhuxiang a daughter-in-law. They all say to start a family and start a business, so naturally you have to get married first and then start a business.

Today Rongguo Mansion also invited theatrical troupe, the troupe from the inner courtyard had already babbled and sang, while Jia She and others from the outer courtyard were chatting and watching the opera.

Sitting on Jia She's left is Qin Jianshen. He didn't intend to invite Qin Jianshen. After all, it's not a big deal. Qin Jianshen brought it up by himself. Jia She casually invited, He complied.

Afterwards, Jia Amnesty stroked his chin and pondered for a while, always feeling as if Qin Jianshen had tricked him.

Until now, Jia Amnesty still has this feeling. He turned his head to look at Qin Jianshen who was perfunctory to Jia Zheng. For some reason, Qin Jianshen seemed to have noticed it, and looked at him. Their eyes met. Shen nodded to him, holding up the wine glass in his hand.

Jia Amnesty laughed lightly, held up the wine glass as well, toasted in the air, and drank it down in one gulp.

Standing behind Qin Jianshen, Chen Si slandered, "Who said that what I said a few days ago was nonsense, and I rushed to see him, didn't I like it, what is it?"

He also feels sorry for his master. After all, his master has completely changed his temperament since the incident that year. Although there is a young master, he is not close after all. , this day can be regarded as hopeful.

Jia Zheng wanted to respect Qin Jianshen for a cup. Although he didn't like the boss, he respected Qin Jianshen from the bottom of his heart. When Qin Jianshen was parading around the street with horses, he was a illustrious champion with a chic and suave manner. He wanted to make friends with Qin Jianshen, but he had no way out.

He had just picked up his wine glass when he heard reports that Wang Jiedu envoy had arrived.

Jia Zheng hurriedly put down his wine glass and greeted him out.

Jia Amnesty is still sitting on the seat, today is a family banquet, and it has been agreed that the priority will not be based on official position, otherwise Qin Jianshen would not be sitting at the bottom, Wang Ziteng has a lot of momentum——Wang Jiedushi.

However, Jia She didn't expect that if he didn't go to meet Wang Ziteng, Wang Ziteng came to him.

Jia Zheng also never expected that he would go to greet the eldest brother in person, but the eldest brother Wang Ziteng asked, "Isn't Enhou at the house today?"

The smile on Jia Zheng's face was a bit forced, but he was just glad that there was no one else around at the moment, otherwise his face would be lost, and he said uncomfortably, "Brother is naturally here."

Wang Ziteng raised his eyebrows, and was about to ask why he didn't come out to greet him, when he saw Jia Zheng's expression, he suddenly became enlightened. It seems that Feng Shui is turning now, and the former Rongguo Mansion was obviously the Marquis of Jia En Xijue, but in fact Jia Zheng is in charge of the family, and now everything has returned to its original position, his brother-in-law should have a hard time these days.

Wang Ziteng didn't follow the topic, but changed the topic and turned the topic to Jia Zhu.

As expected, Jia Zheng's face looked much better.

When Wang Ziteng stepped into the hall, Jia Amnesty was talking to Qin Jianshen with his head tilted. Wang Ziteng recognized Qin Jianshen at a glance, and frowned slightly. Why is this Qin Jianshen here?It seems that the relationship with Jia Enhou is not bad.

"Uncle." Jia Zhu's eyes showed joy, Wang Ziteng also admired this nephew, and patted him on the shoulder affectionately: "Pearl has really grown up, this time it will make your parents look good."

Jia Zhu's face was flushed by his praise, and she said: "Uncle is too famous, nephew's achievements are nothing."

Wang Ziteng was talking with Jia Zhu and Jia Zheng, but his eyes glanced over Jia Enhou from time to time. He thought he had a high official position, so naturally he had no reason to talk to Jia She in person.Who knows what Jia Enhou and Qin Jianshen were talking about, the two were talking and laughing, but they didn't even look this way.

It's not that Jia Amnesty didn't notice Wang Ziteng's gaze on him, but the enemy can't move and I can't move. Besides, the original body didn't have a good relationship with Wang Ziteng in the past, so he didn't have to talk to Wang Ziteng first.

Wang Ziteng sat for a long while, unable to wait for Jia She to come over.

Jia Zheng didn't notice Wang Ziteng's strangeness at all, but Jia Zhu did.

"Uncle hasn't been back to Beijing for many years, so I'm afraid I still don't know anything about the capital." Jia Zhu's mind was spinning quickly, but others spoke lightly. , relying on him alone is absolutely impossible, but the uncle is different, the wife has always obeyed her brother's words, and the master can also listen to the uncle's words, with the help of the uncle, this matter will be much smoother .

Wang Ziteng's eyes slid from the wine glass to Jia Zhu, and after seeing Jia Zhu's eyes, he nodded agreeingly: "Yes, this capital city has always been changing fast, not to mention anything else, when I left back then, you Still seven or eight years old."

Jia Zhu nodded and said, "Indeed, I'm afraid uncle doesn't know that my eldest uncle is currently working as a doctor in the household department."

"Really?" The smile on Wang Ziteng's face became somewhat real. He glanced at Jia Zheng. This father is not as smart as a son. No wonder he hasn't been in the position of Yuanwailang for so many years. Change.

Wang Ziteng nodded his head slightly approvingly at Jia Zhu, and walked towards Jia Amnesty with a wine glass in his hand, with a smile on his face: "Brother Jia is not kind, this is a doctor's job, why not celebrate it? I am now I just found out about this, and this cup is my respect to Mr. Jia.”

Without hitting the smiling face, Jia Amnesty picked up the wine glass, "Brother Wang, you are welcome."

Wang Ziteng had an excuse, and naturally continued to explain his intentions: "I heard that there is a cold and warm jade chess piece in Jiaxiong's study. I am also a chess fanatic. I wonder if I can see it today? If I can compete with Jiaxiong, then better."

Jia Amnesty glanced at him, there were countless thoughts in his mind, but he said with a smile on his face, "Naturally."

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The black and white chess pieces glowed warmly, and their hands felt warm. Wang Ziteng hesitated for a moment, then dropped the white pieces in his hand on the chessboard, and the white pieces went first.

"Brother Jia, I haven't seen you for a long time, but it's been three days since I left, so I'll treat you with admiration." Sitting opposite Jia Amnesty, Wang Ziteng said pointedly.

Jia Amnesty's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "Brother Wang is joking, the little contribution I made is not as good as what you made in Shu, if you want to treat him with admiration, you have to be the one. "

Wang Ziteng was promoted from a foreign official of the fourth rank to a Beijing official of the third rank. This is an extraordinary promotion. Beijing officials have always been more expensive than foreign officials, and the position of Jingying Jiedushi is very popular. The two historians He didn't make any money, so he let Wang Ziteng eat the pie.

Wang Ziteng stroked his beard and smiled: "Brother Jia is too modest. Although I am not in the capital, I also know a lot of things that Brother Jia has done. If you don't talk about Yangzhou, just talk about the Yibao Pavilion, which is not the work of ordinary people. .”

It turned out to be here.Jia Amnesty understood in his heart, and slowly took out a sunspot, which landed on the criss-crossed chessboard: "Brother Wang is very well informed." The Yibao Pavilion is getting richer every day, and Jia Amnesty knew that sooner or later someone would covet it. Therefore, I have never concealed the fact that the Yibao Pavilion belongs to me. The power in the capital is intricate, and a cornucopia without a backer will be robbed sooner or later. When Jia She made the decision to expose his identity, he knew that sooner or later someone would come looking for him. He, but he didn't expect that Wang Ziteng, who came to him first, would be the one who just came.

"But it's not that I'm well-informed." The prince vacated a white piece to block Jia Amnesty's way. I don't know about it either."

Prince Gong? !Jia She paused for a moment as he twirled Heizi's fingers, his eyes glanced thoughtfully over Wang Ziteng's face, no wonder Wang Ziteng came out halfway, it turned out that he fell to the sixth prince's side.

"Brother Jia's strange treasure pavilion is very attractive. If the sixth prince can be his backer, no one will dare to covet it in the future." Wang Ziteng looked at Jia She with a smile. He was confident that Jia She had offended the third prince to death. Now there are only the third prince and the sixth prince, he can only choose to fall to the sixth prince, other than that, he has no other choice.

Wang Ziteng glanced at the chessboard, the general situation is set, Jia Amnesty is doomed!

Jia She saw Wang Ziteng's slightly smug expression, suddenly smiled, and the sunspot in his hand fell to the ground: "Brother Wang, you lost."

His sunspots landed steadily on the chessboard, but it was a chess game that was put to death and reborn. The originally depressing situation suddenly turned around, and Jia Shen won with half a stone.

Wang Ziteng glanced at the chess game, although he was surprised, but he couldn't afford to lose a game: "Then what is Brother Jia's intention?"

"I appreciate Prince Gong's kindness, but the Yibao Pavilion is just a small business. I feel sorry for using Prince Gong to worry about this small business." Jia She said slowly. According to rumors, this Prince Gong is a virtuous corporal and a romantic man. Now it seems that he is just a person who wants to gain fame and fame. If he wants to take advantage, he just wants to take advantage of it. He just wants to take advantage of it if he doesn't produce anything.

Wang Ziteng frowned: "Do you know what you are talking about now?"

Originally, he only thought that this matter was a sure thing, and he could grab it, but who knew that Jia Enhou refused without hesitation.

"Of course, Mr. Wang is drunk, but I'm not drunk." In Shangyanshang, Jia Amnesty's title has changed. He used to regard Wang Ziteng as his in-laws, but now that he is talking about matters involving interests, Naturally, the name will be changed.

Wang Ziteng has been an official for many years, and he could clearly understand the meaning of Jia She's words. He looked at Jia She with a sneer and said, "I'm afraid Mr. Jia doesn't know? You have offended the third prince to death in Yangzhou before. Although the third prince recently To be ignored by the saint, but he is the son of the saint anyway, how can father and son have an overnight feud? Today you rejected the sixth prince, and the third prince will deal with you in the future, I am afraid that no one will dare to stand up for you."

Jia Amnesty gently picked up the flags on the chessboard with his fingers, and put them into the box one by one, "Really? Not necessarily."

He raised his head to look at Wang Ziteng, with a half-smile on his face.