By Jia Xiuzhen

The day before, several members of Tanchun celebrated Ping'er's birthday, and Ping'er returned to the banquet the next day, and still set up a few tables in the garden to have fun.

Now Jia Zhen and Jia Rong also brought people outside. When Youshi came this day, he brought Jia Zhen's two concubines with him.There is already a Xiangling in the garden, and the identity of Xiren is not bad, so I am very happy to go there.

Xiangyun came back from Yihong Courtyard yesterday, because he drank wine during the day, he took a longer rest afterwards, and made such a fuss at night, he got over his sleepiness.It wasn't until it was almost dawn that he fell asleep in a daze.When Cui Mo came to wake her up, she felt dizzy and had no strength in her body.Cuimo was so frightened that he wanted to find someone to invite a doctor, but Xiangyun stopped him and said, "That's all, it's just that they haven't rested well. They have enough troubles now, so you can save it. Pour a hot cup for me. Here comes the tea, I’m afraid I’ll be fine after a couple of sips.”

Cui Mo had no choice but to wait for Xiang Yun to get up, wash and wash, put two pieces of bird's nest cake on top, and then poured green tea to drink.Fang Jue was a little more energetic, listening to the laughter outside.Looking back, I saw Baoyu brought in a little native, with a circle of short hair shaved off to reveal a green scalp, with a couplet hanging on her head, and a golden ring of hairpins on one ear.On the surface, a small face is as white as a silver moon, with green brows and sandalwood mouth, extremely glamorous.

When he recognized Fangguan, Xiangyun couldn't stop laughing, "Only a pair of masters and slaves like you can come up with a game! It's so interesting and beautiful." After finishing speaking, he called out Kui When the official came, Kui Guan sang the flower noodles, and it was much easier to change up than Fang Guan.

When Li Wan and his friends were about to go to the conference hall, they saw Baoyu's Fangguan, Xiangyun's Kuiguan and Baoqin's Douguan all dressed up as boys.

Yingchun and Xichun also sat with Li Wan almost all night. Today, because of Ping'er's return to the table, it is hard not to show up.After sitting for a while, they went back to catch up on sleep.Along the way, it was inevitable to talk about today's little dramas.Siqi said: "Although it's a fake, we know it's fake, how do outsiders know? After all, it's the girl who waits by her side. It's really funny to make it into such a shape. Seeing them proudly like that, it's just fun and fun, but in fact they didn't take it off." If you don’t have the foundation of an actor, you’re still just pretending to be entertained by others.”

Xiuju smiled and said: "It's just that this appearance is really interesting. I think Miss Bao and Miss San also like it very much."

Xichun sneered and said with a laugh: "Stupid girl! If they really like it, why don't they dress up in their little play? It's just to watch other people's fun."

Yingchun glanced at her, Xichun snorted and turned away without saying a word.

The two of them left, and there were still about twenty people in the Yuyin Hall, playing drums and passing flowers for fun.Those two female elders also come here often, but usually they rarely have the opportunity to come to the garden, and they mostly serve in the hall of the upper courtyard.I was lucky enough to enter the garden once today, and I felt that my two eyes were not enough.

All of a sudden, rumors came from outside that the Zhen family sent someone to send things.Youshi Tanchun and Li Wan went to the conference hall.

It was the two daughters-in-law of the Zhen family who came, and they said that her family just got some fresh fruits from the southern boat, and the wife sent them to the grandma and girls to try.There are two more boxes of important things, but last time Mrs. Wang asked her wife to find them from the south. Now that the things are all in place, they are also sent here.

Tanchun ordered people to carry the things to Mrs. Wang's house, and took the two keys in the box by himself.There, you chatted with the two daughters-in-law of Zhen's family, and Li Wan made people prepare a reward purse with them.

Zhen's family left and left, and the three of them were about to go back to the garden when they saw someone from the East Mansion, yelling: "Master is dying! Master is dying!"

Naturally, what the master was talking about was not from the Rong Mansion, but Jia Jing from the East Mansion.You Shi was shocked when he heard this, so he asked someone to calm down the person who came to report the letter, and asked him to explain in detail.Only then did I know that the letter sent by the Taoist temple only said that Jia Jing had gone last night, which is not false.

At this time, Jia Zhen and Jia Rong were not at home, and there was no man to take charge of, so Youshi had to change his clothes quickly, and hurried to the Taoist temple in the suburbs with his family and stewards.First let the imperial physician see it, and he said that he died of burning and swelling after swallowing gold and taking sand.He also ordered all the Taoist priests in the view to be detained first, and at the other end, someone sent a horse to report to Jia Zhen.

Death is a matter of fate, and there is no reason to be so open.Then he was wrapped up and carried to Tiechan Temple to stop his coffin, and he chose a time to enter.A group started a dojo, and a group waited for Jia Zhen and others to come back.And because she needs to preside over the affairs here, it is inevitable that the family will not be able to take care of her.As usual, it is natural to entrust it to everyone in the Rong Mansion, but now that the other end is hard to protect itself, there is no way to take care of it.I have to go to my mother's house and invite my widowed mother to come over to sit in town.Her natal family also had two younger sisters who had never married, so they also came to Ning Mansion together.

He also said that Jia Zhen on the other end was shocked when she got the letter, and went to the Ministry of Rites to ask for leave.The emperor saw the memorial book of the Ministry of Rites, and let Wang Xin read it, and said: "Have you read it? This is a person who seeks longevity. You still remember the two-point ability of the old way to modify the appearance? Look at this fate!"

King Xin looked at it, and said with a smile: "This guy who won the title and got on the list back then, but he ended up like this. It seems that those who can get on the list may not be really smart people."

When the emperor saw him, Wang Gu talked about him, took a look at him, and announced that the officials from the Ministry of Rites came in and asked if he was right.Only after the papers were approved, Jia Jing was rewarded with an additional background, and a special order was given to allow the princes and dukes to go to sacrifice.

When the officials from the Ministry of Rituals retreated, the emperor still took a cold look at King Xin. King Xin couldn't bear it any longer, so he laughed and said, "Don't worry, brother, I'm not all about that illusory way of longevity. Didn't brother say that before?" , that old man must have a plan to act like this? I have to put my eyes on him to see what he is planning. After all, we still have to rely on him now. If he is really different, we have to Defend."

The emperor's expression softened by two minutes, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

Xinwang said: "Now I am walking around with several Uncle Wang brothers, but the others can't see anything."

The emperor nodded: "He asked for something, but we didn't get a response here. If he is not sure, he will ask elsewhere. You can look at it."

After thinking for a while, he said to Wang Xin: "One is to look at him a little bit, and the other is to find out where he learned the method of calculating celestial phenomena. It seems that he didn't know it when he was there. It was learned later. If one or two can be discovered, let the people of Qin Tianjian learn. The other, such as disaster prevention and other important tasks, are still set up for storage in granaries and maintenance of transportation. It won’t be a big deal without him in the future.”

King Xin was startled when he heard this, he had seen Taoist Cangpu's ability, and all he thought about was how to control this person.Now hearing what the emperor said, it was all plans to bypass this person, so I couldn't help being puzzled.Seeing his complexion, the emperor knew what was on his mind, so he sneered and said, "If there is really no one in the world, then the whole world will be decided by him?!"

King Xin's heart trembled, he recalled, and hurriedly said: "Your brother understands, brother, don't worry." From this, he became very careful with Taoist Cangpu, even the places where he stayed inside and outside the palace Eyeliner was laid out inside and out, but it was not mentioned later.

When Jia Zhen got the order, she went to resign from Jia Mu and others first, and then flew back with Jia Rong.Mother Jia is very old, and the funeral of the queen mother has already hurt her foundation by two points. Fortunately, she has been well maintained on a daily basis, so she can support her until now.Hearing the news of Jia Jing's death in the Eastern Mansion suddenly, he thought of the complicated affairs in the mansion and no one was in charge. He had originally planned to entrust Youshi to him, but seeing that Youshi could not protect himself, he couldn't help feeling worried.

Also, although Jia Jing asked questions outside and didn't ask about common things, he called him "Master Jing" after all, and there were not one or two people who practiced alchemy with stones, and they had their own connections inside.Now that this is gone, Jia Zhen is the only one left in the East Mansion. Besides, although Jia Rong is clever, she is not very promising.On my own side, there is no one to scratch in the current scene.Ningrong Second Mansion, one of the Dukes of Shuangguo, was so depressed in front of him, his mind was shaken for a while, and his body felt bad.

Fortunately, there are all imperial doctors and imperial doctors along the way. Although they are not as good as at home, there is no delay in asking for medicine.By the time he returned to his hometown, his body was almost healed.

Jia Zhen returned home and took care of things according to her will.At Maoshi on the fourth day of the lunar new year, the spirit was invited to return to the city. All the relatives of the family went to sacrifice and mourn, and the Lin family also sent a steward to come.Although Baoyu is ignorant of things, she goes to Ningfu every day to wear filial piety, and Sister Feng struggles to help when she picks up something urgent.

Because of the practice of opening altars in the Ning Mansion, it is inevitable that monks and Taoists will gather, and people from various temples come and go frequently.The Rong Mansion is next door, so there is no need to memorize those who have personal acquaintances who come to say hello.This is a common thing, but it's a bit embarrassing when it comes to Aunt Zhao.Originally, when Daoist Ma wanted to enter the mansion, she would come to Guan to receive offerings in the mansion, at least once a month, at most twice, or sometimes someone else would be sent to receive her.Now at the Yining mansion, people come to the door twice in three days.Others looked at it and said that she coaxed the offering to come, and Aunt Zhao still had Zhang Qianliang's IOU in her hand, so it was a different feeling.

This day Ma Daopo came to the door again. After seeing her tricks, Aunt Zhao didn't dare to see her, so she had to let people into the house, and asked the little girl to make tea and bring fruit, and the two talked.

Seeing Aunt Zhao's expression, Ma Daopo groaned inwardly, and said on the face as usual: "Don't say I'm forcing you, auntie, in fact, even if someone blows a flag and puts a flame on the mouth, there is no reason why all the dead ghosts have been reincarnated and haven't paid the money yet. Let’s just say that the first round didn’t work out, so the second round finally worked out, right? Look now, isn’t there only half a life left?!

This kind of thing, I made a move, and it was also due to karma.It's also for my own good, or else I'll take care of this kind of thing?If you want to say it early in the morning, let me do it for nothing, and I won't say it now!Auntie, grandma, you wrote a note with a generous envoy that day, but now it's good, there is really only one note left.Is this what you mean by playing me for nothing?What a waste of my friendship with you. "

Aunt Zhao was anxious and frightened, she hurriedly approached and apologized, and said with a smile: "Godmother, you don't want to kill me for saying such things! If I have any intention of reneging on my debts, let me be thundered from the sky! Besides, godmother Where are your skills and means, even if I have the heart, I don't have the guts!"

The mother-in-law turned pale when she heard this, and Aunt Zhao said again: "It's just that the godmother knows when I'm in this mansion. Usually, when the wife is at home, there are some benefits during the New Year and festivals throughout the year. Now that my wife is not at home, there is no way I can do it, right? Now that the country has two levels of filial piety and family filial piety, let alone festive rewards, there is really no cash in hand. The godmother must believe me, as long as I Wait for a month and a half before I think of another way."

After hearing this, Ma Daopo sneered and said: "Are you trying to coax a three-year-old child? When my wife comes back, you will have money? I'm afraid I won't be able to come in and seek your advice because my wife is back! Do you know? Who crawled out of the belly of the third girl who is now in charge? This scene in your house, Qian’er 800 taels of silver, isn’t it a shocking thing? You still flirt with me, but you really underestimate me. "

Aunt Zhao was so anxious that she couldn't speak fluently: "Damn, mother! How would you know that, an old man! That's a heartless little girl who only climbs high branches and doesn't care about roots! Don't say I want to ask her to get money out of her hand, just someone Seeing that she is going to put an extra piece of silver in my hand, she wants to go out!" After talking about Zhao Guoji's death and the rewards in the mansion, he sighed, "I can see it now. , she only thinks of her as the master in her heart, wishing she was born in the wife's womb, how can she care about the life and death of our mother and son!"

Ma Daopo heard what Aunt Zhao had said about it, and seeing that Tanchun was not easy to fool, she didn't dare to force her to go there, for fear that she would cause a commotion if she didn't get the money by then.Although money is a good thing, what's the use of spending it!As long as she let it go like this, she couldn't do it, so she said: "Didn't you say that the wife is not at home? Could it be that you can't get anything? Here, even a house that looks after the warehouse can use Shangguan kiln. You are so incompetent! If you really can’t do it, I won’t force you, but the amount of money can’t be the same. You ask how much interest is owed outside? We have to follow the rules.”

Aunt Zhao's complexion changed when she heard this: "Godmother still wants to calculate interest with me?"

Ma Daopo smiled and said: "How fresh! The second grandma of your family made a lot of money with loan sharks outside, how did you change the rules when you owe others money?!"

Aunt Zhao's eyes flickered when she heard this, but she didn't dare to believe the words very much, but she remembered them in her heart.Ma Daopo said: "I'll come back in a few days. You can make up what you can. If it doesn't work, the rest will have to be calculated as interest. You can think about it. I won't mix it up with you. I just don't care about it. Follow the rules outside."

Before we could talk, Jia Huan outside came back from the East Mansion, and the two of them stopped talking.After a few chats, Aunt Zhao sent Ma Daopo out again.