The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 70
On the official road in Shenjing, there was a series of "cang lang lang lang" sounds of drawing knives.

"Master Hou, don't do anything, the villain has something to ask for help!"

Ahead, a shout came!
The figure rolled off the horse with a grunt, knelt down on the side of the road with a "puff", and yelled loudly: "Master Hou! The villain has something to ask! But don't use the knife!"

Jia Jing raised her right hand lightly, everyone slowed down, and several personal soldiers rushed out from the side, one of them went towards the figure kneeling on the ground in front, and the others went to check around.

The figure rushing out of the front really surprised Jia Jing.

After a while, the soldiers who went to check around came back and reported that there was nothing abnormal around.

At this time, the soldier at the front brought the person blocking the way.

Standing behind several soldiers, Jia Jing looked over carefully. The person blocking the way was a man in his thirties dressed as a servant.

Jia Jing asked, "Who are you? Why did you block Benhou's way?"

The man knelt down again, and said: "The villain is always in the water, the reason to stop Lord Hou is to hope that Lord Hou will be the master of my family!"

Hearing this, Jia Jing first signaled the man to stand up and speak, and then asked curiously: "Chang Shui, who is your master? Why don't you go to the government to complain if you have a grievance? Instead, you want me to make the decision for him?"

Chang Shui replied: "My master is the original Chang'an guard Pang Shi, Lord Hou should not know him, but my eldest son Pang Shengrong, Lord Hou must be familiar with him!"

"Pang Shengrong?"

Jia Jing was taken aback for a moment, but remembered the burly Baihu under his command when he was a Qianhu in the Northern Army of Liaodong Town.

"Is it that Pang Shengrong from Zhenbei Army?"

"Yes," Chang Shui affirmed: "My eldest son said that he once served hundreds of households under Lord Hou's command!"

"That's right, that kid is bloody! It's a pity back then..."

Jia Jing recalled: "I remember he came home the year before last, right? How is it now?"

Chang Shui nodded, with a sad expression on his face, "When Eldest Young Master returned from the army the year before last, half of his palm was crippled, Madam almost cried to death..."

"That kid is stubborn. He said he wanted to find a job for him, but he refused! He insisted on going home! Hey..."

Jia Jing sighed.

"It's freezing here, it's not a place to talk, you follow me back to the house before we talk!"

……

Zhaowuhou Mansion.

Jia Jing first ordered someone to bring Changshui to eat and drink, and then asked: "Tell me, what happened to the Pang family?"

Hearing Jia Jing's inquiry, Chang Shui told the story from the beginning:
"Since the eldest son returned home two years ago, because of his disability, he was unable to stay in the army to seek a job, so he had to stay at home to help manage the business of the family.

By the summer of this year, the old man had reached the age of forty-eight, and he could only return home according to the ancestral system of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Since then, our family has changed from an official family to an ordinary merchant family.

It's fine to become an ordinary merchant's family, but the second son in the family must have a marriage, but it has changed because of this. "

Jia Jing asked: "Change? What change?"

"The one who married the second son was Brother Jin, the daughter of the rich man Zhang's family in Chang'an County. When the family gained power, the rich man rushed to the door and insisted on a baby marriage with the young master in the mansion. Master Thinking of the kindness he received from his family when he was young, and thinking that the second young master happened to be about the same age as rich man Zhang's daughter, he agreed. When autumn came this year, the mansion even gave out the dowry.

Unexpectedly, in autumn, when Brother Jin went to Shancai Nunnery to offer incense, he was actually taken by Young Master Li who was also offering incense in the nunnery. Then Young Master Li would go to the Zhang family to propose marriage.

The hateful thing is that the Zhang family saw that Young Master Li is the brother-in-law of the prefect of Chang'an, who is much more noble than our original Chang'an guard, so they thought of retiring our family's marriage..."

"You bastard!" Jia Jing slapped the table next to her angrily, and said angrily, "What kind of thing dares to abuse people like this?"

"Master Hou, what happened later is not just that," Chang Shui continued:

"If it's a normal way of retiring, maybe the master will agree. But who knows that the Zhang family wants to withdraw from our family's marriage, and is afraid that those old and close friends of the master in the camp will come to the door if they find out, so they will persuade Li. The young master went to make trouble for our family, and insisted on forcing our family to bow their heads and withdraw the marriage first!
Hou Ye, you said, is there such a reason in the whole world? !

After the master found out about this, he went to the Zhang family in a rage and asked why his family had betrothed a daughter to two families. Take the Zhang family to the Yamen to file a lawsuit.

The Zhang family became anxious immediately, so they searched for someone to find a way out in Beijing, saying that they must withdraw their marriage! "

"Come to Beijing to find a way out?" Jia Jing sneered, "I'd like to see what kind of way he can find, and who can afford to meddle in such nosy business!"

"This one……"

Hearing this, Changshui below looked at Jia Jing rather embarrassedly.

"What? Could it be that the Zhang family really found a backer?" Jia Jing stared, "Tell me, who is the backer this family is looking for?!"

"I'm looking for the Jia family..."

"The Jia family?" Jia Jing's expression froze.

Chang Shui nodded and said: "It's Lord Hou's Jia family, according to the Zhang family's boast, it was the post from Lord Hou's elder brother, Er Ye Lian, asking Chang'an Jiedu envoy Yun Guang to help.

Therefore, the envoy Yun Jiedu resorted to force to suppress him, asking the master and the others to take back the betrothal gift as soon as possible. "

Jia Jing's face was embarrassed, but under the reddish skin, there was a mountain of anger that could not be ignited.

"Originally, the young master didn't intend to bother Lord Hou. The master also wanted to settle the matter and let it go. But who knows that the second young master and Brother Jin have a deep-rooted love for each other. After hearing about this, they just I want to follow Liang Zhu's example and do the thing of dying for love!
The Eldest Young Master and the Second Young Master are compatriots with the same mother, and the relationship is extremely deep. Seeing that the Second Young Master wanted to commit suicide, the Eldest Young Master had no choice but to order me to come to Beijing to find the Marquis!It was only at this time that the family knew that the Eldest Young Master and the Hou Ye had a sympathy for each other! "

After saying that, Chang Shui knelt down again, "I also ask Lord Hou to save our family!"

"Get up first, since the Marquis knows about this matter, there is no reason to ignore it!" Jia Jing comforted Chang Shui, and then said: "Laifu, go to the Rongguo Mansion next door, and invite Second Brother Lian to come over! "

In the words, there was already a trace of anger that could not be suppressed.

……

After a cup of tea, Jia Lian hurried in from the door.

"It's such a cold day," Jia Lian asked after entering the room, while untiing his cloak, "I just came back to the courtyard, why are you calling me in such a hurry?"

"Second brother, some time ago, did you send a famous post to the residence of Chang'an Jiedu envoy Yun Guang?" Jia Jing asked.

"Chang'an Jiedu envoy Yun Guang?" Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, "It's fine, why should I post to him?"

"Huh? Didn't post?" Jia Jing frowned, "Is there still something going on there?"

Jia Jing ordered: "Chang Shui, tell the matter to Second Master Lian again!"

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

Immediately, Changshui explained the ins and outs of the matter again.

"boom!"

Hearing Chang Shui's words, Jia Lian also slapped the desk so hard that even the teacup was knocked over, and the hot tea overflowed.

"But I don't know, my name post can grow words and legs by itself!" Jia Lian was furious, and said to Chang Shui: "Don't worry, I will definitely find out for you!"

After speaking, he had no face to sit any longer, got up immediately, put on his cloak again, and went straight to Rongguo Mansion.

　The monthly ticket seems to be over 500, let’s add an update, but after it’s on the shelves, I still have to save the manuscript now, the handicapped author is crying to death...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)