Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

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For Yuan Chun's passing away and Wang Ziteng's sudden death, Sister Feng has a proper word to describe: fear.For this reason, Sister Feng made a special trip to see Daiyu, dragged Cheng Shangshu home from Mrs. Cheng, and asked her what she meant tactfully.

Cheng Shangshu comforted Sister Feng with a smile, "It has nothing to do with you two or your sister, so you can live your life with peace of mind."

Sister Feng resigned and went home to tell Jia Lian what Cheng Yin had said.Jia Lian laughed at Sister Feng, "It turns out that you are not afraid of the sky and the earth. Why are you so timid now?"

Sister Feng said: "Master Hou, you still pretend not to know. It turns out that my uncle and the old Lord Hou in the mansion are responsible for everything. Now there is no one else who is responsible for us. How can you not be afraid?" Woolen cloth!"

Jia Lian was silent for a while after listening to Sister Feng's words, then nodded, "Yes, at Uncle Cheng's place, we behave well and don't cause trouble, and he will remind us a few words when something happens. At my sister's place, even if we close the palace gate, we are afraid that something will come to us. The door-to-door; and uncle, the old one is getting more and more powerful. I went to take a rest last time, and I heard from my second uncle that Zhang Mu and Zhang Zhun will be preparing for foreign appointments when the Hanlin Academy closes next year. It's been almost three years, and I don't plan to come back."

Sister Feng said: "Shouldn't it be the time when Old Hou Ye said to release it?"

Jia Lian nodded. "The second prince has entered the court since he got married, and the two of them, the first prince, can't wait to kill each other with a knife. If you are smarter at this time, who would not seek a foreign job. The saint is in his prime."

"This is very similar to the time when the old master said that he was the emperor. The only thing is that there is no crown prince today."

"Alas," Jia Lian sighed, "The eldest prince and the second prince are still the same mother, and they are still like this. The saint is fine, why have so many sons?"

"Master Hou, look at your eldest son and second son. They are three years older. It's better not to follow the path of the old master Hou and the second master in the future."

Jia Lian shook his head, "Feng'er, you won't if you're not partial. Besides, you have to choose the daughter-in-law of the second child. When the second prince is not married, he can't see anything. Just like in that mansion, there is no Second wife, why are all these things happening?"

Sister Feng does not agree with this statement.The external force only plays a role of impetus. If you don't have that idea in your heart, it's useless to be instigated by the gods.But as the second son, because he was born a few years late, he is not reconciled.Otherwise, why did the Ming Dynasty raise other princes as waste, not to mention reading and teaching like the princes, not even basic education, it can only be said that they are not illiterate.I'm afraid it's just a precaution.

"And the Zhang family is going to split up recently."

Sister Feng looked at Jia Lian suspiciously.

"Second Uncle said, there is no separation of families. He passed away that day, and everyone in the third household has to resign and observe filial piety. Now that the family is separated, it is good for the second household and his son to go home and observe mourning."

Sister Feng nodded, "Second Uncle looks eclectic, but in fact he is farsighted. I'm afraid his health is really bad when he says that."

"The second uncle is also 70 years old."

Sister Feng asked Ping'er to exchange hot tea for Jia Lian, and changed the subject by the way, "Master Hou, did you see your cousin's daughter when you were there last time?"

"I see, the second uncle was specially carried by someone, and his teeth came out again, and he put everything he caught in his mouth, which is much worse than Guo'er."

"Look at what Second Master said, a child of this age is three months behind. Of course, the difference is bigger. It won't be so obvious when he is three years old."

"Feng'er, is it true that Yu Shi impeached Rong Mansion for profiteering, slavery and murder, and the killing of chaste women?"

"Oh, it's really hard to say, slaves don't need to be indulged, as long as the master of the family is in power, he will be three points higher than others when he goes out to talk. When he meets someone who refuses to give in, can he not fight? It's just a matter of accidentally killing a chaste woman , far away, the master doesn’t know. Once he loses power, he will naturally be singled out and impeached. And the matter of high interest rates, the second master forgot, and I was almost fooled.”

Jia Lian said bitterly: "Zhou Rui and his wife are really nothing. The second wife... also deserves retribution."

"Brother Zhu died early, and Concubine Jia passed away. It cannot be said that there is no private retribution from the second wife. However, Yu Shi has been impeached for so long, and the second wife has not wiped out the traces early."

Jia Lian was silent for a long time, and grabbed Sister Feng's hand, "Feng'er, I hope that the second wife will be arrested and go to the government for extorting high profits, and I can also comfort my brother and mother; I am also afraid that she will be caught and go to the government and lose her life. .Do you think I am not filial or fraternal? In those years, I really hoped that the second wife would be my mother."

Sister Feng looked into Jia Lian's eyes and said, "Second Master, it's your filial piety that you hope that she will be arrested to see the official; you are afraid that she will be arrested to see the official because you are thinking of the second wife's care for you. How will the second wife end up? Providence."

Mrs. Wang's providence came soon.

Before the first lunar month, Jia's mansion was raided by the imperial guards.

Prince Zhongshun led people to search Jia's mansion.Seeing that Prince Zhongshun was leading the army, Jia Zheng sighed, and begged the leader not to disturb the old lady and her family members.Prince Zhongshun said impatiently: "Second Jia, this is not the time for your father to live. You should obediently get out of the way. Don't force me to kill you here in the name of resisting the decree."

Jia Zheng backed away silently. In just a short while, the inside had already got the news.The first ones who were scared out of their wits were You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Since Jia Zhen and his son were exiled, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have relied on Rongguo Mansion to live.Hearing that the women's relatives were going to gather together, Youshi hid the few remaining belongings close to her body, and Hushi also followed suit.Li Wan and Baochai were warned by Mrs. Wang a few days ago, so they all hid their things on their bodies.

When Jia's mother heard that the raiders had come, she was immediately speechless, weeping and trembling while holding the mandarin duck.While it was in chaos, another word came in from outside, saying that Prince Beijing had arrived and asked all the female relatives to gather in Jiamu's upper room.

Outside, Prince Zhongshun and Prince Beijing took Jia Zheng's yards to search one by one, only to find two boxes of the Zhen family's belongings in Mrs. Wang's storeroom.Prince Zhongshun hated him so much that his eyes were tearing apart.The Zhen family regarded the Jia family as trustworthy and dependable. Before raiding the house, they risked some of their belongings to the Jia family, hoping that the Jia family would give the Zhen family's children a setback when the time came.Earlier Zhen Yingjia was beheaded, men over the age of 15 were exiled, and all female relatives were sold.He went all out to ruin his family, and bought all the women's family members and young children, and placed them in his own Zhuangzi.The Jia family didn't pay any attention to it, and took things from the Zhen family as if nothing happened, how could it not make people feel chilling and hateful?

Prince Zhongshun saw the belongings of the Zhen family at this time, squinted at Prince Beijing and said, "You still said that there will be no illegal things in the Rongguo Mansion? Are the things of the Zhen family going to be carried to the Jinluan Hall for the officials to identify?"

Beijing Wang Mo, he himself was entrusted by the historian brothers, and Jinshang asked to come and take care of Jia's house. It has been almost a month since Yushi's impeachment, and Jia's family still has something that shouldn't be left. It's really self-inflicted.

Just as he was talking, some officers and soldiers came to report that they had copied the forbidden imperial dresses and many prohibited items. The two kings accompanied them to inspect them. The remaining wealth, all available household items and Rongguo gift are listed first, the real estate deed, and family documents are all sealed.Then he left with the confiscated items from the Zhen family.

Jia Lan rushed out, "Grandfather, go and see the old lady."

Jia Zheng walked quickly to Jia Mu's main house, and saw Jia Mu lying on the kang, speechless and crying.Jia Zheng hurriedly knelt down in front of Jia Mu, "Mother, there is nothing wrong with it. The person who picked it up has already left. It's just that some things have been sealed up. It will be fine when we find out."

Jia's mother held Jia Zheng with the hand that could only move, and she was very sad to see Jia Zheng speechless.

The next day, the Ministry of Punishment called Jia Zheng for interrogation, asking about the relationship between Jia Fan and Jia Zheng, who committed slavery in Suzhou and killed a concubine.Jia Zheng replied, "It's a member of the distant family who committed the crime."

"Lord Jia, you are now the head of the Jia family. If you have not fulfilled your responsibilities, you will be blamed for crimes committed by the clan. Also, the property of the Zhen family that was found in your yard is included in the Zhen family's raids." , this crime of harboring, can you admit it?"

Jia Zheng burst into tears, "Returning to my lord, since the Zhen family was ransacked, the prisoner has never seen anyone from the Zhen family enter the mansion."

"Then where did the things from your yard come from? You haven't seen it before, so you don't want to confess your guilt?"

Jia Zheng Nuonuo could not shirk.

A few days later, Jia's family was charged with crimes: Jia Zheng, as the head of the clan, could not restrain his children, causing the clansmen to indulge in slavery and commit crimes, including killing chaste women.He was removed from the official position of Enyin; Jia's politicians were incompetent, and Zhou Rui, a slave of Jia's family, exploited heavily, causing many people to go bankrupt.His wife, Wang, resisted the decree to take in and hide the property of Zhen's family, and she was exempted from the imperial order. She moved 1500 miles with fifty sticks and lived for three years.After a hundred years, Mrs. Rong Guo will take back the imperial gift mansion, except for Mrs. Rong Guo's personal belongings, the rest will be confiscated by the government.

The next day, the Li family wrote a letter saying that Li Wan was a chaste woman who had raised her dream child, Jia Lan, for more than ten years and trained her to go to school.Today, the Ministry of Punishment returned Li Wan's dowry.

After Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang listened to the verdict tremblingly, Mrs. Wang fainted to the ground.Not many days after Jia Zheng received the cane, he was about to be escorted into exile with Mrs. Wang. Baoyu and Jia Lan came to see Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng touched Baoyu's head and said, "Baoyu, the family wants you to stand up. After a hundred years, Ma'am, you are an independent branch, don't get involved with the clansmen in the back porch."