The Red Mansions

Chapter 646 Jia Heng: I'm Incapable of Doppelganger, But That's All

Chapter 646 Jia Heng: I'm Incapable of Doppelganger, But That's All

Jinling, Zhen's family

This is a majestic and majestic mansion that is as luxurious and spacious as the Rongning Second Mansion of Shenjing. Inside, there are flying eaves and brackets, carved beams and painted buildings, and pavilions, terraces and pavilions are well arranged.

In the backyard, in the hall, Mrs. Zhen's wife was sitting on the Arhat bed, and on the embroidered pier not far away, there were several young girls sitting, Zhen Lan, Zhen Xi and others.

In addition, there is also Zhen Baoyu, the son of Zhen Yingjia, who wears a purple gold crown with bunched hair on his head, and has red arrow sleeves. , at the moment is holding a teacup, sipping tea.

Mrs. Zhen's wife has silver hair and is old. She had been ill at the beginning of spring, but she is still in good spirits now, except for a slight cough from time to time.

As for the two cardamom young girls sitting on the embroidered pier, the older one is a cardamom girl in a fiery red dress with soft eyebrows and eyes. Her name is Zhen Lan, and the one in the green skirt is Zhen Xi. Jingying was curiously listening to the conversation between Zhen Lin and his wife and Mrs. Zhen.

Zhen Lin is 24 to [-] years old, with a handsome face and a tall figure. He is the son of Zhen Yingjia's second brother. He is currently serving as a military officer in Nanjing.

Zhen Lin greeted: "Is the old ancestor's body getting better?"

Mrs. Zhen Jiatai had a kind smile on her face, and said: "It's summer, and the weather is much warmer, but I don't cough much."

Zhen Lin's wife Yang said with a smile: "Old lady, I said earlier that old ladies are blessed, and after a while of recuperation, their bones will recover."

Mrs. Zhen Jiatai sighed: "I am getting older and have a spring and autumn age. My body will lose a year after a year."

Zhen Lin's wife, Yang Shi, said: "Where did the ancestors speak? In the future, we will have to wait for the ancestors to hold a [-]-year-old birthday banquet."

Zhen Yingjia's wife also smiled and said: "Yes, the imperial doctor said that as long as she is well taken care of, in three to two years, the old lady will live a long life."

"My own body and bones, I am still clear." Mrs. Zhen Jiatai said, and asked with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about this, Qing girl and Xue girl, they are in the capital, when will they come back with their children?" Once there, I also miss them a little.”

"I mentioned it to them in Beijing, and they said that they would bring their children over to visit their next relative when the road was smoother." Gan said softly, "It's not that the Yellow River and the Huaihe River flooded. If it was a carriage ride, it would be too bumpy. , the child is too young to bear it."

Mrs. Zhen Jiatai nodded and said, "It's not easy to travel thousands of miles."

As he said that, he looked at Zhen Lin who was listening patiently, smiled and said: "Your uncle has been to Hangzhou these few days, and the house is suddenly empty. You can come and have a look, you are interested."

Zhen Lin smiled and said: "Ancestor, my uncle is in charge of the errands in the palace. I was busy with official duties. I was also busy with military affairs a few days ago. I only got some free time today. Don't worry, my ancestor. If I am not busy, I will definitely come to accompany my ancestor. Sit down."

At this moment, a nanny in charge of the backyard entered the flower hall, first saluted Mrs. Zhen, and then said to Zhen Lin: "A steward came from the house outside the door and said that there is something urgent to report to the fourth master. .”

Zhen Lin ranks fourth in the family, so she is called the nanny.

Zhen Lin frowned, pretending to be displeased and said: "What can't be discussed after returning home, didn't you see that I was talking to my ancestor here?"

"Since there is something to do, let's go and have a look first. If there is an urgent military matter, it would be bad if we delay it." Mrs. Zhen Jiatai said with a smile.

Zhen Lin smiled and complained, and said, "Old Ancestor, then I'll go and have a look."

Saying so, he left the house and went to the front hall to listen to the news from the person who came, and after a while, he turned back and his face was frozen like ice.

Mrs. Zhen's wife is a person who is mature and mature. She is good at observing facial expressions. Seeing that Zhen Lin's expression is not right, she asked with concern: "But what happened in the barracks? If there is something wrong, you should go and get busy with your own affairs." For good, you don’t have to talk to an old woman like me.”

"Old ancestor, it's not about the military camp." Zhen Lin didn't hide anything, and said, "It's Yangzhou, where the Pan family was arrested by Jinyi Mansion."

Mrs. Zhen's wife was startled when she heard the words, and then said with a look of surprise: "People from the Pan family? What is the Jinyi Mansion arresting their people for?"

"It is said that it is reselling the official grain from the official warehouse of the Ministry of Households...Isn't it because of the increase in grain prices in Huai'an Prefecture during this period? The Pan family shipped more than a dozen boats of grain to resell. The people stared at him, and the master of the Pan family was taken by the people of Jinyi Mansion on the boat." Zhen Lin said in a low voice, feeling agitated for a moment.

Or to put it tangled, such a good business is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so it is a pity to give up like this.

Mrs. Zhen's wife's complexion changed slightly, and she hurriedly asked: "Yin'er, are you not involved in this matter?"

After all, I'm old enough to have seen everything. It's fine if the higher-ups don't pursue the matter of reselling the warehouse for personal gain. Once it is pursued, it can't be justified.

Zhen Lin said with a wry smile: "Old ancestor, even if I have a hundred guts, I would not dare to resell the food in the official warehouse of the Ministry of Households. Besides, the Ministry of Households does not sell the face of my grandson. This is not a few days ago. The price of grain in Huaiyang and other places has risen, so I transported a batch of grain from the farmland in the mansion to Huai'an Mansion. I originally wanted to take advantage of the rise in grain prices and sell more money, but it can be seen from the situation in Huai'an Mansion. This Yongning Bo Zhen is not a good person, if he says he will arrest someone, he will be arrested."

Mrs. Zhen Jiatai warned: "Lin'er, although you didn't resell the official grain, but taking advantage of the flood to drive up the price of grain in the affected area, this is a matter of fact."

"Old Ancestor, in the past few years, my mansion has been spending a lot of money, and I can't make ends meet. If I don't think about it, my mansion can't support it." Zhen Lin complained.

"That's not enough. Our family doesn't lack that few money. If you are short of money, I have saved some money these years. Tell me and get you some envoys." Mrs. Zhen Jiatai said angrily.

Zhen Lin smiled and said: "The old ancestor said that, no matter how ineffective your grandson is, he can't use your self."

Yang also smiled and said: "What the ancestor said, how can we beat the autumn wind of the ancestor?"

"Old ancestor Wuyou, it's not our family, there are a dozen or so other families going there, even their clansmen from the [-]th House of Jinling, Jia's family, also transported food to Huai'an Mansion, but..." Zhen Lin said .

"But what?" Mrs. Zhen Jiatai said.

Zhen Lin frowned, and sighed: "I heard from my servant that this Yongningbo tied Jia Yu and his son, who lived in the [-]th house of Jinling, to a tree in Yangzhou, and let people from Jinyi Mansion beat them several times." Ten whips, and the rice grains that the Jia family is selling are sold at [-]% off the original price."

As soon as these words came out, the Zhen family members in the hall were all shocked.

Mrs. Zhen Jiatai said: "This is killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, Lin'er, let's stop this matter before you tear yourself apart."

Zhen Lin looked troubled, and said: "Old lady, I didn't resell the official food, so I can't raise the price or let it go up."

Some of the food was raised by him from Su Song and others. If he wanted to bring it back, wouldn't it just fall into his hands?

"Lin'er, there must be follow-up measures, and the matter of the Pan family is just a warning." Mrs. Zhen Jiatai said.

Worried that Zhen Lin didn't know what was going on, Mrs. Zhen's wife looked at Gan who was at the side, and asked, "You went to Shenjing, do you know what kind of temperament that Yongningbo is?"

Gan said with a smile: "Old lady, when I went, Yongning Bo was fighting the rebellion in Henan. I didn't see the rightful lord, but I heard a lot of miscellaneous news in Beijing, and I understand it somewhat. This Yongning Bo is now He is the most outstanding child of the Jia family, he is already an important minister in the court at a young age, he is quite trusted by the palace, he does have skills."

Mrs. Zhen's wife said: "Listen, Lin'er, you are so young and ambitious, firstly, you cherish feathers more than others, and secondly, you must have extraordinary means. This is the first step for the twelfth house of Jia's family in Jinling. First, tidy up your own people." , so that others can’t speak, we old relatives can’t plead any more, what’s left for them is to find faults and leaks, so the Pan family let him catch the faults and leaks? Entering the Jinyi Mansion is only the first step, maybe How to concoct in the future, this method is used one after another, you should stop quickly."

"Old ancestor, if so much grain is transported over, the loss will be great." Zhen Lin was still a little undecided.

Mrs. Zhen Jiatai said: "Listen to me, don't delay, you quickly withdraw the people in Huai'an Mansion."

Gan also persuaded: "Brother Lin, don't worry your ancestors, just withdraw him."

Zhen Lin sighed, and reluctantly agreed, but she was still a little reluctant.

Mrs. Zhen's wife said: "Don't be unconvinced, this Yongning Bo of the Jia family has just quelled the chaos in Henan, and he is the governor of Hedao. It is the time when he is very powerful. If you don't want to withdraw, you can sell it at the original price. , at least to recover the capital.”

Zhen Lin heard the words and said, "The old lady said so."

He didn't want to pull it back at first, but when he pulls it back, he will lose a lot every time he goes back and forth.

Mrs. Gan also said: "Old lady, I heard Qing girl say the same in Beijing, saying that Yongning Bo is now the minister of military affairs and the governor of the Beijing camp, and his future will be limitless."

Mrs. Zhen Jiatai said with emotion: "A few years ago, the Jia family said that the children of the younger generation were not very successful, and there were no people who did great things in the court. I don't think it will be long before there is such an outstanding young boy."

Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi who were sitting on the embroidered pier looked at each other, both a little curious about who the Yongning Bo their ancestors were talking about.

However, in another house in Jinling Mansion, after the Zhen family received the news, the Pan family also received the news from Yangzhou.

In the flower hall, just after Pan Ruxi came back from the yamen of the Ministry of Households, she heard a cry of "woo woo". She couldn't help but startled, and asked, "Who is crying?"

As soon as he entered the flower hall, he saw a gray-haired woman standing up from the pear wood chair with the support of two women, with a sad face, calling out: "Master, you must save Dong'er."

Pan Ruxi wondered, "What's wrong with Dong'er?"

At this moment, Pan Ruxi still doesn't know what happened in Yangzhou Mansion.

Pan Xiangdong's wife, Yin Shi, said: "My lord, the news came from the servant in Yangzhou just now, saying that people from Jinyi Mansion took her husband at the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou."

Pan Ruxi's heart sank when he heard the words, and he said, "Jinyi Mansion? What are you doing so well with Donger? What's going on here?"

Pan Xiangdong resold grain, but Pan Ruxi really didn't know about it. Instead, under the help of his father and the cooperation of a warehouse assistant in the Nanjing household department, he borrowed grain from the granary on credit.

In other words, his grandson took advantage of Pan Ruxi's position and contacts to borrow food from the imperial court's official treasury on credit, and then repay the food after making a lot of money.

That being the case, Pan Xiangdong believed that he didn't need to talk to his grandfather about the matter, and although the barnyard servant and the petty official who were willing to help felt that there was a violation, they knew that they could make up for it in the end, and it was not considered stealing official food, so they agreed. .

But this is the case a lot of times, and it often backfires.

Pan Ruxi sat down on the small table, frowned and said, "Did you tell me the reason?"

No matter how lawless Jinyi Mansion is, it will not take people for no reason, even if it is a crime of weaving, it will give an explanation.

"I haven't heard of any reason, but he was taken away." Pan Ruxi's wife covered her face and said in tears.

Pan Ruxi didn't listen to his wife's advice to avoid the important things and ignore the important things. Instead, she cast her old eyes on Pan Xiangdong's wife, Mei Shi, and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"

The Mei family also had pear blossoms in the rain, wiped away tears with a handkerchief, and said: "Master, it's not that my husband heard that there was a shortage of food in Huai'an Mansion, so he wanted to allocate a batch of food to relieve the imperial court's emergency. Who would have thought that Uncle Yongning didn't appreciate it, and even brought your husband to question him."

Pan Ruxi's heart skipped a beat, and she faintly felt that things were not that simple.

Uncle Yongning knew that the figures who had risen to fame in the Han court in recent years, no matter how young they were, they would not be so ignorant of good and evil.

"Where does the food come from?" Pan Ruxi asked subconsciously.

Mei's eyes were evasive, and he said: "My husband came from the official warehouse of the household department in Nanjing..."

When Pan Ruxi heard the words, he felt a buzzing in his head, his eyes went dark, and the teacup he was holding fell to the ground with a clatter.

Reselling official food and getting caught?

How can you be so ignorant?

Seeing this, Pan Ruxi's wife burst into tears, quickly dropped her handkerchief, pulled Pan Ruxi's arm closer, and called out: "Old man, old man, don't scare me."

Pan Ruxi took a while to catch her breath, and said bitterly: "You guys are scaring me, this... a disaster."

Just when Jinling was arrested by the Jinyi Mansion because of the relatives of two important household officials, and the children of the Jia family in the [-]th house of Jinling were flogged and punished, they were inexplicably shocked.

Xuzhou——

As the night fell and the lights came on, Jia Heng came to Yuanchun's room and called out, "Big Sister."

"Brother Heng." Yuan Chun was folding a pile of clothes in front of the bed at the moment, with a peaceful and soft expression on his red lips, he put down the clothes in his hand, and looked happily at the young man in green.

At this time, Baoqin smiled and said: "Master Heng, you are talking to the girl, I'll go see if the water is boiled."

With that said, he left the room.

Because Yuanchun thought Xiren was always caring, he sent Xiren to take care of Tanchun and Xiangyun's daily life, so he was not here.

Jia Heng took a step forward, took Yuan Chun's hand, and called, "Big Sister."

Seeing embarrassment and joy in his eyes, Yuan Chun asked, "Why didn't Brother Heng go to His Highness Xianning?"

Jia Heng said: "It's not too late to go tomorrow, I'll be with Big Sister tonight."

But I have to talk to Xianning later, maybe she will come to find me and run into him and Yuan Chun again, well, although Xianning doesn't know what to say, it's still a bit embarrassing.

Yuan Chun leaned his head against Jia Heng's arms, and murmured, "Brother Heng."

Jia Heng caressed Yuan Chun's hand, feeling the familiar softness and delicateness in his heart, and asked, "What was Big Sister busy with when she returned to Luoyang a while ago?"

Yuan Chun said: "It was raining in Luoyang some time ago, and I didn't go out to play much. I was thinking about Brother Heng."

Jia Heng said softly: "I am also thinking about big sister. I told big sister when we parted last time, Yuhu don't get hungry and thin, then I will check."

Yuan Chun felt ashamed when he heard the words, felt Jia Heng's hand poking into the lapel, and said: "Brother Heng, don't stay here, sometimes the third sister and younger sister Yun can't sleep, so they come to me to talk, let them see it Oh no."

Jia Heng said: "Well, let's change the place, or go to my courtyard, where it's quieter."

Yuan Chun gave a soft "hmm" and said, "Brother Heng, let's just go there."

At this moment, in the courtyard where Jia Heng lived, seeing that the candlesticks in the wing room were still lit, Princess Xianning entered the room, and asked in surprise, "Why isn't sir here?"

Li Chanyue's expression was a bit unnatural, and she said: "Maybe you are with mother?"

"I just asked Lianxue, and said that my aunt was tired and fell asleep after returning." Princess Xianning said in a low voice.

When the husband came back, he and his aunt were sticky together. After tossing all afternoon, my aunt didn't have much strength to come back, so I don't know Mr....

Li Chanyue's beautiful face was dyed crimson, and she said in a trembling voice: "Cousin, why don't you forget it."

I always feel a little weird, my cousin said earlier that I would lead her to dance a dance for Mr. Jia to appreciate, but for some reason, she agreed in a daze.

Princess Xianning took Li Chanyue's little hand and said angrily: "At the end of the day, I'm retreating again."

It's not a bad dance at all.

Li Chanyue bit her cherry lips with her white teeth, and turned her pretty face away, which happened to be hidden against the light, and her jade cheeks were already hot as fire, and she said in a trembling voice: "It just feels weird."

People say that a woman is someone who pleases herself. She danced for Mr. Jia, so why did she have a sense of inviting and seductive?

Princess Xianning sighed lightly, and said, "Let's talk about it later when the master comes over, just talk together."

It's been a long time since Chanyue followed her husband, and thinking about it, my aunt is too embarrassed to cling to her husband anymore. Compared to her aunt, sister Chanyue is better...

At this moment, the voices of two people talking were heard from the end of the corridor.

"Sir is back." Princess Xianning said happily.

Not long after, Jia Heng and Yuan Chun entered the courtyard, and they were taken aback when they saw there were still figures in the wing room.

"His Highness Xianning, Princess Qinghe." Jia Heng looked at the two sisters in water-sleeved dresses in surprise, and said in astonishment, "It's so late, why haven't you fallen asleep yet?"

No, Xianning came here by himself, so he could still understand what he was doing with Li Chanyue?

"Isn't that the same, sir?" Princess Xianning said softly, then turned to look at Yuan Chun and Baoqin at the side, and said, "Sir, is this?"

Jia Heng didn't change his face, and said: "I've been away from Beijing for a long time since I talked to my eldest sister about the matter in Beijing."

Yuan Chun was also taken aback, but seeing Jia Heng's calm tone, he also pretended to be calm, and said, "A few days ago, the old lady at home sent a letter, so she came over to talk, Your Highness, Brother Xun Heng?"

Princess Xianning's clear eyes moved slightly, and said softly: "It's nothing wrong, since Mr. and Sister Yuanchun still have something to say, then Chanyue and I will go back first."

Since Yuanchun is here, she and Chanyue are not suitable.

As he spoke, he pulled Li Chanyue's hand and said in a low voice: "Sister, let's go back first."

Li Chanyue gave a "hmm" sound like a mosquito, and took a sneak look at Jia Heng.

Jia Heng said: "Hold the piano, go and see it off."

Avatar lacks skills, but that's all.

After Princess Xianning and Li Chanyue left, Yuan Chun saw a faint smile on his plump face, staring at the young man with eyes as soft as water, and said, "Brother Heng."

Jia Heng said softly: "Eldest sister, don't think too much, maybe the two of them have something to do."

"The two sisters were wearing dancing dresses. I saw Concubine Rong wear them in the palace before." Yuan Chun said quietly, with a pair of bright eyes looking serious, looking at Jia Heng.

Jia Heng laughed dumbfounded and said, "Big sister, what are you doing looking at me like this?"

Yuan Chun suddenly showed a smile, his beautiful face had a charming charm, and his soft voice was playful and charming: "I was thinking, why is Brother Heng so attractive to girls? ?”

Jia Heng: "..."

Well, Yuan Chun will also tease him now.

Pulling Yuan Chun closer, hugging the plump and delicate body of the beautiful woman, she whispered in her ear: "Big sister really doesn't know why?"

Yuan Chun was held in Jia Heng's arms, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, when you were young, you should avoid sex. Don't wait...don't push yourself too hard."

If she harmed him, she would...become a troublesome woman.

Jia Heng said in a low voice: "Big sister, don't worry, we haven't seen each other for a while."

As he said, he hugged Yuanchun and walked towards the curtain to comfort the pain of lovesickness.

(End of this chapter)