By Jia Xiuzhen

When Jia Zheng was recuperating, the Wang family sent Wang Ren to Beijing, and everyone knew that Sister Feng had been gone for more than half a year.The last thought in Ping'er's mind disappeared, and Sister Qiao cried even more.However, Wang Ren asked about the property left by Sister Feng at this time. Ping'er hated him very much, but because of his uncle's status, he couldn't get angry, so he said angrily: "Of course the dowry left by grandma is there. At that time, my sister took it with me when I passed the door, so don't worry about uncle."

But Wang Ren said: "Your grandma is such a character. When she is here, no one dares to think carefully. Now that she has been divorced by the mansion, she is gone. Who knows what the people in charge of the property are thinking. ?! My sister is still young, and you are not used to handling those things. When the time comes, people will be evacuated. Isn’t it true that everyone will be emptied?!”

But it turned out that the Wang family lost power in Beijing, Prince Tengfeng was paralyzed at home and did not see his clansmen, even in the old place of Jinling, there was not much power left.Several emerging families have even divided the foundations of the previous four great families. Wang Ren is not very capable at all. benefit.Now that several pillars have collapsed, his life is also difficult.

Hearing that the clan wanted people to come to Beijing to inquire about the situation, he immediately volunteered. Firstly, he could get a sum of money for boarding and lodging, and secondly, he was thinking about the dowry of the daughter-in-law's own family's niece and niece. I am afraid that Jia's family will be involved in the ransacking of the house, and it will be useless to fetch water from the bamboo basket by then.

No one has ever seen Ping'er's sidekick at Sister Feng's side before, so how could Wang Ren's thoughtfulness be hidden from her.Can't help but deeply regret that I didn't stop Sister Feng that day, and only regarded my blood relatives as reliable, but I don't know that white-eyed wolves don't distinguish between nests!Seeing this, he was even more afraid to tell him about the property left by Sister Feng, so he insisted: "We didn't know when grandma left. We can only wait until the three-year filial piety period has passed."

When Wang Ren heard that he would have to wait another three years, he couldn't help being anxious, and said: "Your grandma has already been divorced by the Jia family. Sister Qiao's mother should be the one married after her brother-in-law, and that one is not working in prison. Well done? How come there are still three years to say!"

Seeing that Wang Ren was so shameless, Ping'er almost poked him with scissors. Thinking that sister Qiao would have to live in someone's house in the future, she resisted and said, "This is what uncle can say?! Grandma is gone. I'm afraid I'm still looking at our sister!"

Wang Ren trembled when he heard the words, swallowed and said, "I, I am speaking according to the rules."

The Wang family was still waiting for news in the south, and he didn't have much time to spend here. Seeing that Ping'er couldn't open his mouth here, and sister Qiao had just heard the news of her mother's death, she was sad all day long, let alone have any idea.I had no choice but to go back to the south first.

Ping'er was full of enthusiasm, but it was really embarrassing to say this, and she was afraid that sister Qiao would be difficult to get along with if she found out and married, so she had to swallow it all in her stomach.

In a few days, Cheng Wang's Mansion, He Sheng Dao, Ji's Family, Li Qi and Li Wen's family all sent people to visit and say hello. They also came to visit with their husbands and children.When everyone met, they all had mixed feelings, crying and persuading Jia Zheng very much: "In the past, there were more than a hundred families who had good relations with the mansion, but now those who are officials and ranks are only unseen, but they were released in the past. This is how nostalgia is. Love, righteousness and benevolence cannot be learned by reading books..."

Rui'er laughed and said: "Master's words are wrong. This is also the merit accumulated by charity in the former mansion. If you beat or scolded him when you were in it, drove him out of the mansion and let Yuan Yuan sell it, you See if there is still such a day!"

Jia Zheng felt that Rui'er's words made sense, so he let it go with a smile.However, he didn't want to think about how many of the families involved with Jia's family are still intact, and how many have disappeared without a trace in the turmoil between the court and the court in the past few years.Those families are too busy to take care of themselves, who can control who comes!

The two talked about another matter, and Jia Zheng said, "Have you asked? What did she say?"

Rui'er curled her lips: "I said master! Are you embarrassing me?! I am the same as her, and I followed the master when he was released. It's just my luck, and I gave birth to my brother. This time My son, we have suffered what we should have suffered, and we have also sat in prison what we should have been in. The master turned his back on and wanted to drive people out. How can we deal with ourselves? I will compare my heart to my heart. If the master treats me like this, I will cry Tears, maybe you will be killed if you hit your head. I won't go back and ask about this, if the master wants to ask, just ask yourself!"

Jia Zheng couldn't laugh or cry: "How can I ask this question?"

Rui'er said: "It's not easy for the master to ask, but I can just ask? I don't ask either."

Jia Zheng said: "You are living here now, I think you haven't figured it out yet. Zhu's daughter-in-law preserved her private property. To put it bluntly, it was the dowry she brought when she married into Jia's mansion. That was the Li family's self-raised daughter. The meaning. Now not only let her take out 2 taels to repay the treasury silver for the mansion, but also accept her to provide daily expenses. How can this be a long-term solution? And how much ability can Zhu's daughter-in-law have, the 2 taels will be returned I don't know why it hurt my bones! Do you still expect her to help her in the future? Brother Lang not only loses his ancestor Yu Ze, but also wants to pay for his mother's wealth to support his uncle. How can there be such a reason!

After returning to the south, the few mu of land near the ancestral tomb was originally the idea of ​​Lian's daughter-in-law when she was in charge of the family. Later, because of the money used in several places, the account was not rich, so I didn't buy much.We went back, still thinking about the old days?Even today is difficult!If you can't say it, you have to go to the field to farm by yourself. You may still have a few days to count, they probably can't even dream of it!You have raised brother Xun, so naturally there is no reason for mother and child to be separated, so you have to endure hardships with me.Only Jin Chuan'er has nothing to worry about, if she can find a good way out here, why should she suffer this pain along with her! "

Rui'er was silent for a long time, and then said: "It's done, I'll tell her what the master said just now. I won't persuade her what she wants."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "Success, success, you don't need to persuade, you just explain what you mean."

Half a day later, Rui'er came back, but it was Jin Chuan'er's original words: "The master asked you to talk to me, and the meaning is very clear. After all, it was you who kissed me. Now that my mind is over, I don't know what to do." What's the matter. My sister was married before, and now she's already married at Zhuangzi in the north, so I'll go find her. Just tell the master what I said."

Jia Zheng listened and nodded, then sighed again: "But now I have nothing to reward her, and it was for nothing that I let her follow me."

Rui'er comforted: "Master's words despise people, why do you want to buy people with money? This is according to the old practice, treating us as concubines!"

Jia Zheng shook his head and remained silent.The pain of being penniless now is something he has never experienced in his life.

Everyone changed into homely clothes a long time ago, and now they have no titles, they are all civilians, the former makeup, python, silk and the like are not suitable for wearing, Jia Zheng is even worse, he refuses to wear even silk, he only wears a cotton robe with a cloth cover .When Baoyu and Jia Huan met, they had to follow him.

One day Baochai suddenly came to her senses and asked Baoyu, "It's been a mess these days. I always remember something important, but I can't remember it. I just want to ask you, where did your psychic jade go?"

Baoyu just came back to his senses, thought for a while and said, "When you get inside, let's take all the crowns and accessories, and let people take them away at that time."

Baochai asked anxiously, "Did you return it when you came out?" This is too much to ask, that is, when they came out, how could any of the jewelry and hairpin rings in the past be returned.

Baoyu naturally shook his head.

Baochai was about to burst into tears, "Then what should I do?"

Baoyu saw that she was in a hurry, so he comforted her: "The old ancestors always said that it was my lifeblood, and they would not let it go away. Now you see, after taking it for so many days, I am not fine? It can be seen that there is no harm in that thing. .”

Baochai wiped her tears and said, "What time is it, and you're still joking."

Baoyu said with a smile: "Didn't everyone say that we are a golden and jade marriage? Now my jade is gone, and your gold is gone. This is the same life and death. It's really a good relationship."

Baochai said: "How can my golden lock compare with your jade? My one is just two auspicious words from the monk, chiseled on the gold vessel. One gold lock is gone, and there will be gold in the future. You can write it on it. Even if there is no gold, those two sentences are always there anyway. You were brought in the womb. You are the only one in the world. No matter how precious the other jades and treasures are, they can’t compare. Those who gang kill thousands of knives really dare to ask for anything, dare to greed for anything!"

Baoyu didn't care and said: "If you don't bring life, you don't take death. All tangible things in this world have a period of death when they are alive. Isn't it called a psychic gem? I think it has two parts of aura, or it is the same as me. It's unknown if the fate is over."

After all, Baochai told Jia Zheng and Li Wan about the disappearance of Baoyu's jade.

This jade is not just their family.

Since Jia's family wanted to repay the debts, there was no reason to keep the psychic gem.Only the king of Beijing knew about the psychic treasure jade, so he planned to redeem it and buy it back to the treasure jade, but he didn't know that he looked at the file, but he couldn't find it everywhere.Suspicion arose in his heart, only his right and responsibility was to search Jia's mansion, but he was not in charge of the affairs of Jia's people in Dali Temple.

So he had no choice but to mention something when he reported the whole story to the emperor, and he said: "This time the Holy Majesty used the Habayashi Army, which has reduced many of the mistakes and disadvantages of the previous raids. It's much better. It's nothing more than curios and antiques. Even the accounts of Jia's own treasury don't match up, and some of the accounts are written as damaged, but they were copied out of the servant's house. Regardless of these, it's just that Jia Zheng has one house and two sons. Jia Baoyu, there is a piece of beautiful jade that was brought out when the grass fell, and it never leaves her body. This time I saw no mention of it in the archives, and I don’t know where it went.”

It’s fine if it’s something else, but this object is quite novel. Before the emperor could say anything, King Xin asked, “I brought it when the grass fell? Does this mean it was brought out of the mother’s womb? Dare it be the womb of a god? This Jia Does Second Master Fu have three heads or six arms?!"

The king of Beijing Jing was used to trusting the king for a long time, so he just said indifferently: "As for the psychic gem, I have seen it several times."

King Xin said with a smile: "Oh, I heard that you have an unusual friendship with Jia Baoyu, tsk tsk."

The emperor asked: "What is the shape of the jade?"

King Bei Jing said: "It is said that it was picked out of his mouth when the grass fell. The jade is only about the size of a bird's egg, and there are writings on both sides. I still remember the two sentences above, but it is "Don't lose, never forget, Xianshou Hengchang' several seal characters."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and asked, "It really came from the womb?"

King Beijing shook his head: "I don't know. How could Baoyu remember this when he was born, but I just heard what the midwife told me. Only the jade is as bright as a bright glow, as smooth as a crisp, and has five colors. Pattern wrapping protection is indeed a very common thing."

King Xin scratched his head when he heard this, and said anxiously: "You said that, so I really want to see it."

The emperor glanced at him and said calmly: "Since you want to see it, send someone to check where it is now."

Xin Wang smiled inwardly, and said with distress on his face: "Oh, it's my fault that I'm quick to talk. It turned out to be a trap for me to take advantage of."