Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

On the morning of August [-]th, Jia She hastily ate breakfast, called Mrs. Xing, and went to Jiamu's Rongqing Hall.Baoyu and Sanchun sisters, who had just finished breakfast with Jia's mother, hurriedly saluted Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing.

With a sullen face, Jia Amnesty waved them all out and sent someone to invite Mrs. Wang.

"Boss, what's the matter with you?" Mother Jia looked at her eldest son who was completely different in recent days and several times she met each other, feeling a little worried.

Jia Amnesty took Mrs. Xing to salute and greet Jia's mother first, with a calm and emotionless tone, "Mother, wait a moment, you will find out later." Then he sat down in his usual seat.

After a while, Jia Zhen and his wife arrived first before they sat down, and Mrs. Wang followed.Then Jia Zheng came in with Wang Ziteng and his wife, and then the Shijia brothers and his wife also came.

"Enhou, what's the important matter? It's a big festival, so we husband and wife must come to your mansion at this time?"

Jia Amnesty invited Wang Ziteng and Shi Jia to sit down, waited for the servant girl to serve tea, and then drove out all the waiters in the room.

Jia She looked around at the crowd, and then said calmly, "Mother, do you know about the fact that the Wang family sold the Jinling sacrifice fields?"

Jia Mu was stunned, "Ji Tian, ​​that is the root of the children and grandchildren, how could they sell it? Impossible?!"

"Mr. Wang, tell yourself, have you sold the sacrifice land in Jinling? How much did you sell it to the Xue family?"

As soon as Mrs. Wang heard Jia She's question, she knew that the matter of offering sacrifices to the fields had broken out.

Jia Zheng was so angry that he shouted at Wang: "How dare you sell the sacrifice land? Brother, uncle, I'm sorry, I, I will divorce my wife."

Jia Zhen and You Shi looked at Jia Zheng and then at Jia Amnesty. Jia's mother was still sluggish.

"Cunzhou, don't, don't rush to divorce your wife." Wang Ziteng hurriedly stepped forward to stop her.A joke, his younger sister married into the Jia family for more than 20 years and gave birth to two sons and a daughter, so she went back with the name of selling sacrifice fields. Should his two girls get married? Who will the girl of his Wang family be? Dare to marry?If you get married, you can't all be divorced.

"Sister, why did you sell the sacrificial land? The family lacked your dowry? Or did the Jia family lack food and clothing?"

Mrs. Wang kept her mouth shut, and Jia Amnesty said, "Mother, when the Xing family came in, you said that she was from a small family and could not be a housekeeper. My mother asked the Wang family to help the housekeeper. Now manage this house well, even sacrifice The fields are all sold out of ten. Mother, second brother, what do you say?"

Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Wang with disbelief in her eyes. She could only see her cheeks trembling on her face that had always shown her kindness.

But Jia Zheng blushed and said tremblingly, "Hugh, divorce your wife."

"Jia Cunzhou, I married you for more than 20 years and gave birth to two sons and one daughter. Why do you divorce me? Why? Just because I sold the sacrifice land? Who am I for? If you have a title, if you haven't achieved nothing all these years, My children will not rely on me at all in the future, so why should I bother?"

"You stupid woman, are you still reasonable?!"

"Ms. Wang, why don't we go to the yamen in the middle of the capital and ask, should this woman who secretly sold her husband's land for sacrifice?" Jia Amnesty stood up.

Wang Ziteng hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "Enhou, Enhou, wait, wait, I will make up for the sacrificed fields." Then he said to Wang: "Where are you selling the money for the sacrificed fields?"

Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth, and replied after a while, "It's all added to the daily household."

Jia She sneered, "Should I ask Lai Da to come in and reconcile the accounts? Check the tents in the outer courtyard every month and see if they have allocated enough household expenses?"

Wang Ziteng's wife said to Mrs. Wang: "Sister, don't be stubborn. The accountant in the outer court transfers money in every month, and it is not handled by one person."

"Enhou, this matter is because my Wang family didn't teach the girl well, and the sacrifice land was sold to the Xue family. This is easy to handle, and I will let the Xue family return it in full."

"Mother, Mrs. Wang can no longer be the housekeeper, do you have any objections?" Jia Amnesty looked at the old lady and asked relentlessly.

What else could Mother Jia say, she could only nod her head.

"Second brother, all the money from selling the sacrificial land was spent in the palace. Sending Yuanchun into the palace is for the sake of the big family and several families. In that palace, what can we do if we don't have money? Seeing that she would not be allowed to be a housekeeper, Mrs. Wang simply said what was in her heart.Looking around at the crowd, he looked at Jia She and said, "I gave birth to my own daughter. Could it be that the mansion can't give out money? There is a lot in this mansion for me to eat and use, but there is not enough money for the palace to use."

Everyone looked at Mrs. Wang, Yuan Chun has taken the position in the palace, which is good for these families, but selling the sacrifice land?No one dared to agree, deathly silence.

"The second thing I invited everyone to come today is that Wang's loan usury, does mother know about it?"

Mother Jia was a little embarrassed, "This, this, many officials and family members in Beijing let it go. If someone doesn't get along, help each other."

"Mother, do you know how to exploit usurious profits? Does the imperial court want to take away the title and official position of the man in charge, and even exile the man in charge if it involves human life?"

"This? So many people made it, how could they catch our family!"

"Does mother care about my being exiled?"

"Boss," Jia's mother was angry, "what are you talking about. You are my son, born in October, how could I not care?"

"Mother, Mrs. Wang put the usury money into her own purse, and then one day something happens, will I go to exile your son? Is there a reason why a brother-in-law should be blamed for a crime committed by a sister-in-law?"

Mother Jia choked for a moment, "I told you that many female relatives in Beijing give loan sharks."

Wang Ziteng's face changed, "Sister, how can you put usury?"

"It's all used to go to the palace." Mrs. Wang raised her head and stood up.

Everyone looked at her like a monster—the sage knew that Yuan Chun had such a mother, would he dare to pamper Yuan Chun?What's wrong with Mrs. Wang, is she bewitched?

"Second brother, I got the news from Yushi. You don't blame elder brother for not wanting to take the blame for your wife, do you?"

Jia Zheng was so ashamed that he wanted to slap himself, "No, no."

"Let's break up."

"Brother, before his death, my father said that the family will not be separated when my mother is here."

"Are you going to wait for Wang's loan usury to happen, and after being impeached by Yushi, let me take the blame?"

"Brother?" Jia Zheng saw that it was useless to beg Jia for amnesty, and looked at Jia's mother, "Mother?"

"Let's divide it. You are all sons of the eldest son, and you will divide it fifty-fifty."

"Old lady, grand-uncle, is the family really separated?" Jia Zhen asked anxiously.

"Divided. But a divided family is a divided family, and the second child will live in this mansion." Jia Mu said confidently.

"Mother, why should the family be divided first? There is another matter. Hu'er drowned, and his father died of a serious illness. Did the person who drowned Huer kill his father? Mother said, should the son report the death of his father?" hatred?"

"Boss, have you found someone?" Jia's mother narrowed her eyes slightly, and mother and son sometimes have such a similar look.

"That's right, my son not only found that person - everyone in the house, but also the mastermind and accomplice behind the scenes. Mother said, what should my son do?"

Mother Jia remained silent. Lai Da had been looking for a wife for several days.She couldn't guess that it was Jia She, so she locked everyone in Lai's house, but the guards in the east courtyard didn't know where Jia She got them, and Lai couldn't get in.

She couldn't get in if those people didn't like it, and she couldn't ignore it.Later, it was a rough envoy woman from the east courtyard who quietly came to report that the people who guarded the courtyard for Jia Amnesty were all veteran soldiers who had followed the Duke of the country to the battlefield, and they usually lived in Tailao Madam for the Grand Master. Some of them even have official positions on their Zhuangzi.

In this way, it would be even more difficult for her to ask the yamen to search the elder son's yard.Finding Lai everyone as soon as possible will soon become Jia's mother's heart disease.The stalemate has been going on for the past few days, and Mother Jia plans to take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the whole family has a reunion dinner, to coax the boss with a pleasant face, and let everyone ask for it.

"Cousin, you two said that we are brothers, should we avenge our father?" Jia She asked the Shijia brothers.

The historians now have two lords, Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding, and Baoling Hou Shi Nai look at Jia She with fiery eyes, staring at their brother. Who dares to say that they should not avenge their father? !But when the two brothers heard the conversation between Jia She's mother and son, they began to feel uneasy. Jia She invited his brother over today, probably because his aunt was involved in this matter, and he wanted his family to take an attitude.

Under Jia Amnesty's gaze, Zhongjinghou Shi Ding had no choice but to say: "The revenge of killing one's father is not shared. If you don't report it, you will be a son of man! But, Enhou, it is not easy to make mistakes in this matter."

"How dare you make the slightest mistake on such a big matter. There are all the witnesses and physical evidence, and I still have the handwriting left by my late father. Mother, do you know? My father kept Hu'er's nanny in order to save my life." Alive. Would you like to read letters and meet people?"

Mother Jia stared at Jia Amnesty with wide eyes in surprise, "Boss, you?"

"Two cousins, Mrs. Jia Shi tacitly allowed her to murder Jia's parents, sons and grandsons, and her husband - the Duke of Leirong died young. What do you think should we do? Should we judge by the officials? Or..."

The Shi family brothers and sister-in-law were still watching Wang Ziteng's excitement, but at this moment, their own stage was even higher and collapsed even more.

"Enhou, are you sure? Don't make a mistake." Bowling Hou Shi Nai and Jia's mother were still a little closer.

Jia Zheng nodded to the Shijia brothers, and continued to ask Jia's mother, "Mother, do you want to be sure?"

Mother Jia said angrily, "Boss, I shouldn't have kept you alive in the first place. If you hadn't been accompanied by the crown prince and married the funeral star of the Zhang family, how could your father have died?"

"Mother, when I was sent to accompany the prince, I was nine years old. It was decided by you and my father?! I have to sleep at three o'clock and get up at five o'clock every day. I am the one who suffers, right? How about your scenery in the capital in those years?" You forgot? The late emperor meant to marry Mrs. Zhang and me. You were so happy to burn incense to your ancestors. You forgot too? Hu'er is smart, and your love for Hu'er is fake? Didn't your father die because of Huer's death? Didn’t he fall ill because of heartbreak? Didn’t my father feel ashamed of the Tai Tuo because Zhang learned that his father vomited blood and died after he committed suicide?

After hearing Jia Amnesty's repeated questioning, Jia's mother couldn't help crying anymore.

"Cousin, what do you think we should do?"

"This..." Brother is really in a dilemma. My aunt is already 70 years old. At this age, she will go back to the historian, and the historian will have no face to go out in the future. "Just don't rest. Enhou, this is your mother too."

"I sorted out a Buddhist hall in the Pear Fragrance Garden where the old Duke retired in his later years. I will send my mother there today. My mother will be a vegetarian in the Pear Fragrance Garden for the rest of her life, chanting scriptures and praying for my father. How do you think?"

As for how to place Jia Mu, Jia Amnesty pondered for a few days. He couldn't send it to the family temple, but could only find a secluded courtyard at home with similar conditions. After picking and choosing, he chose Lixiangyuan.

The Pear Fragrance Courtyard is an exquisite courtyard composed of more than ten houses in the northeast corner of Jia's mansion.There is a corner gate in the southwest, leading to a narrow road, and the east side of Rongxi hall is on the way out.Jia Amnesty bricked up the gate leading to the street, reinforced the courtyard wall, and converted the main room in the front hall into a Buddhist hall.

In this way, Jia Zheng and Shijia brothers who were present had all been to Lixiangyuan before, and they dare not say that Jia She chose a bad place.

"Boss, you disobedient son." Mother Jia yelled, if she couldn't reverse Jia Amnesty's decision while her natal nephew was around, she was afraid that she would be imprisoned in the Buddhist hall of Lixiangyuan for the rest of her life.

"Mother, you are so tired that your father died, so you still feel wronged?"

"Aunt, my cousin is also your own son, so he won't treat you badly. You should pray for uncle in the future."

Seeing what Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding said, Jia's mother turned her attention to Bowling Hou Shi Nai. She had helped him get the Marquis back then.

"Auntie, don't worry, we will come to see you on the New Year's Day, and we won't let people wrong you."

Seeing the two natal nephews saying that, Jia's mother wailed, "Daddy, brother." She sat down on the couch.

The historian's two sisters-in-law hurried forward, beating their chests, knocking on their backs, and pinching people. Jiamu couldn't pretend, so she could only wake up slowly.

Jia Amnesty turned to Wang Ziteng and continued, "Master Wang, the mastermind of drowning Hu'er was Lingmei."

Wang Ziteng is doing something unruly to his sister now, and he dare not expect a lower limit. He can't imagine how his sister can be so stupid - selling sacrifice land, giving usury; how can she be so poisonous - murder again The mastermind of the family's eldest son and grandson.

"Mr. Wang, do you want to see witnesses?"

Mrs. Wang was silent.Everyone in the hall knew what Jia She said, and they were right.

"My lord Wang, what do you think you should do if Lingmei is like this? Murder pays for her life. Hu'er is the eldest grandson of my Rongguo Mansion. My father died because of this."

"As long as you don't give up on the Wang family, let the Rongguo Mansion deal with it!" Wang Ziteng made some calculations in his heart and came up with an idea. "Enhou, Cunzhou, should I give my sister a glass of poisonous wine, or let Cunzhou slowly sleep with his wife in the future, you brothers discuss it."

Wang Ziteng spoke beautifully, and he was certain in his heart that as long as he didn't pour it down, even if he wanted to give his sister a glass of poisoned wine, Mother Jia would not let it go.

For Wang Ziteng, as long as the Wang family is not divorced and returned to the Wang family, even if it is a drink to kill her, Jia Lian of the Jia family will marry Wang Xifeng, the daughter of the Wang family.This in-law will not be broken!Even if Jia Amnesty went to the Ministry of War as an errand, a small Yuanwailang was too far away from his management envoy, and Jia Daishan's old department still had to recognize him.

"Second Brother." Mrs. Wang called out sadly, with tears in her eyes. For the past ten years, she relied on her elder brother. Even Jia Zheng and Jia's mother had to give up three points for Wang Ziteng's sake, but she never thought that Wang Ziteng In this way, he abandoned himself like this.

"Second brother, your daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang, sold sacrificial fields, released loan sharks, and murdered the eldest son and grandson of the Jia family. She handed over the antiques in the Jia family's warehouse to your dowry consignment. The witnesses and physical evidence are all there. Second brother , do you think that your second-bedroom couple have the face to share five or five of the family property with me?"

Jia Zheng lowered his head guiltily, and said in a low voice, "It's up to the eldest brother to divide it. Even if you leave the house, brothers don't dare to complain." Then he squeezed two words to Mrs. Wang, "Poisonous." woman."

"Enhou, there is something wrong with the second room. Of course, it can't be divided according to the usual ratio in the capital. Two or eight. The matter of sacrificing the land falls on me. I will return it to you as soon as possible, before the twelfth lunar month at the latest." Wang Ziteng said He wanted to suppress the incident caused by his eldest sister as soon as possible, and he couldn't afford to lose face if he couldn't get out of Rongqing Hall.

As for the sacrifice land sold to Xue's family, he can solve it with a letter.

"Cunzhou, the second brother is really sorry for you. Enhou, this is a big holiday, so we will go back."

Wang Ziteng explained a few words to Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, then greeted the Shi family brothers, took his wife, and left this shameful place without hesitation.

When the Shijia brothers saw that the matter was over, they said goodbye to Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, and took their wives back to celebrate the festival.

Mrs. Wang's face was pale, and the mother-in-law and maidservant who followed her to Rongqing Hall were called in to help her, followed behind them like a ghost, and were escorted back to the courtyard where she lived.

Jia Amnesty called some women to come over, took Jia's mother and carried them to the green oil cart, and went straight to Lixiangyuan.

Where did Jia Zhen see this before? She approached Jia She and asked in a low voice, "Uncle She, what about the family division?"

It was rare for Jia Zheng to make a suggestion, "Let's divide it up. Brother, it's hard for me to live in Rongfu. Although my mother is praying for my father, please treat my mother well."

Madam Xing was like watching a play during the whole process, everyone dispersed, and she was still sitting in the Rongqing Hall blankly.Wang Shanbao's family waited until everyone else came out before they dared to enter the Rongqing Hall. Only Madam Yu Xing was left alone.He called his wife a few times, but Mrs. Xing didn't answer, so he gave her a light push, which woke Mrs. Xing up.

"Nurse, do you know? The first and second households are separated? The master sent the old lady to the Buddhist hall in Lixiangyuan? From now on, I will be the biggest in this mansion."

"Madam, let's go back to the East Court first. The family is really separated, and Madam will move to Rongxi Hall."

Mrs. Xing happily took Wang Shanbao's family and other attendants back to the East Courtyard.

The most surprised ones were Li Wan and Wang Xifeng. In Jia She's eyes, they were not qualified to attend Rongqing Hall.Wang Xifeng put aside all the things that had been arranged for the festival, such as reunion and dinner together, going to the garden to enjoy the lanterns, etc., and listened to You Shi vividly describe to her what happened in Rongqing Hall, which she could not believe.

"Girl Feng, you weren't there, so you can hear my heart... Your aunt, the second wife sold the sacrifice land in Jinling, and let everyone drown Lian'er's eldest brother. This matter was acquiesced by the old lady. Oh my God! The old lady will go to the Buddhist hall of Lixiangyuan in the future to read scriptures and pray for the Duke of the country. The old lady also found out about the loan sharks from the second wife. The old lady wants to separate the family, even your uncle Eight or two points, as long as the second wife is fine. And the historians say that the old lady is good, and the old lady is allowed to go to the Buddhist hall."

Sister Feng was dumbfounded and dumbfounded.She only knew that in the past few days, Lai Daman's mansion was looking for his wife, and later she heard that he was detained in the east courtyard by the elder Jia She.She even arranged for her father-in-law quietly and peacefully, and spat a few times fiercely. "In the past, I liked those little goblins, but now I can even talk to a half-wife like Lai's daughter-in-law."

It turned out that it was Mrs. Lai who drowned the elder brother. No wonder the flies around the east courtyard have been difficult to get in and out these days. The emotional master is protecting Mrs. Lai's witness, waiting for today's outbreak.

Thinking of this, Sister Feng pushed You Shi, "Tell me about it in detail, alas, why didn't you call me?"

"Where can I be allowed to call someone? This early in the morning, the Elder Master sent someone to take me to the Rongqing Hall immediately. Who knew that the Elder Master would make such a mess?" You said what she saw and Sister Feng Said it in detail once. "You said, tonight's festival can't be passed? The old lady was sent to the Buddhist Hall of Pear Fragrance Temple immediately."

"Fuck it. What do you think, the elder and the master are still in the mood to celebrate the festival now? The old lady treats their brothers as their father-killing enemy, and they are closed to the Buddhist hall of Pear Fragrance. Let each room eat by itself. "

You Shi pinched Sister Feng, "Look at what you said is vulgar." But in her heart she agreed with what Sister Feng said was reasonable.

"Sister-in-law Zhen, you should hurry back and tidy up Xichun's yard. The old lady has prayed for blessings, and there is no one in this house to take care of sister-in-law for you."

When Youshi heard it, that's right, Xichun has to take it back.So I said goodbye to Sister Feng and went back to tidy up the yard.

Jia She and Jia Zheng separated, and the elders of the family did not dare to peck at Jia She's ruthless appearance.The custom at that time was that after the death of the father, the brothers could separate the family, and the mother usually lived with the eldest son.For the Jia brothers, they lived together in harmony for 20 years after their father passed away, and now they are separated, so they can't say anything.Jia Zhen noted the separation of the two on the genealogy. After separating the two, she asked about the distribution of the family property, and the elders of the clan should monitor it.

Jia She smiled faintly, "No need. We are brothers, we can divide ourselves."

Jia Zhen looked at Jia Zheng worriedly, Jia Zheng didn't have the face to stare at the family property, he wished he could find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

"Zhen'er, the old lady is going to the Buddhist Hall of Lixiangyuan. You can clean up the yard for Xichun and take it back. Mrs. Xing is not a person who can teach children."

Jia Zhen nodded after listening, "Uncle She, my nephew will be ready in a couple of days, and then I will pick him up."

Jia Zhen really has no feelings for this younger sister who is more than ten years younger than her son, and she just waits to see her every New Year's Eve.Usually, Youshi went to give some things, just to have a look.If Jia Amnesty hadn't told her, he really wouldn't have remembered that Jia's mother had gone to the Buddhist Hall of Lixiangyuan, and no one would take care of his younger sister.Now I can only tidy up the yard and bring people back. Anyway, there is no shortage of maids and mothers-in-law at home, so I will let You Shi raise my younger sister.

When Jia Zhen returned to Ningguo Mansion, she couldn't help but feel annoyed when she saw Zhenghuan in You's house, women and maids going in and out.

"What are you busy with?"

"Clean up the courtyard for the fourth younger sister. I think the Zhuijin Pavilion is not bad. What do you think? If it's okay, I can clean it up in a half day, so that I can bring my younger sister back."

Jia Zhen nodded, Zhuijin Pavilion is near Huayuanzi, it is quite suitable for Xichun to live in.Approving Youshi's actions in his heart, he softened his face, "Well, yes, I will rely on you to raise my sister from now on. Take care of my sister, sir, I will not treat you badly."