No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 610: Chaos in the Southwest

It was June when the Southwest Rebellion reached the capital. At that time, the white flags in the capital had been put away, but it still looked a bit dilapidated. At this time, the Southwest Rebellion came, and the Southwest Army collapsed. The king of Nan'an hurriedly asked for orders to return to the south.

The new emperor accepted King Nan'an's request with a half-smile, but the Ministry of War seemed strangely busy.

Jia Lian was in charge of the ordnance. He originally wanted to see King Nan'an return to the south with his personal entourage, but he didn't think it was anything. He began to ask people to find out the ordnance and equipment allocated to the Southwest over the years. These must be prepared quickly so that they can be transported there later.

As a result, the next person found a lot, and then took him around to look at the inventory and busy work, but Jia Lian had been engaged in military supplies for so many years, and he couldn't see anything from this, so it was all in vain. I was also busy and memorized a bunch of numbers, but I felt so boring when I got home.

After Wang Xifeng and Heping'er heard what he said, they looked at each other and sighed together.

"What are you sighing for?" Jia Lian rolled his eyes at his wife and concubines. He had been so angry during the day and had to listen to them sigh when he came back. What kind of sin did he suffer?

"Second Master is really serious, remember? That year, Sister Lin came from Suzhou, and the old lady lost her temper. Baoyu was also beaten that time and was kicked out of Rongqing Hall. It was also that time that the old lady got angry Are you determined to reform?" Wang Xifeng shook his head.

"This..." Jia Lian wanted to say, he was talking about official business, why are you talking about this? Immediately, my mind came back to reality. He was not there in the first half of that day, but when he came back to the house later, Wang Xifeng picked up an ear while changing clothes. He didn't have a deep memory of the previous time. After all, he didn't participate personally, but he had a good mind. Although he only picked up an ear, he remembered what he should have remembered.

At that time, Mrs. Xing talked about Wang Xifeng in a lively manner, but actually did nothing. If the old lady doesn't get angry, who will? And Wang Xifeng came back and complained to him, saying that she was just a maid returning keys and not in charge of the family. She could prepare the house, clothes, and jewelry. Which of these could she be responsible for? Even if she took out her private room by herself, the second wife would probably accuse her of being arrogant, saying why she didn't ask before doing it and just made up her own mind? Can she not talk lively? If I don't talk about it anymore, I will really be a double-faced person.

What happened at that time was so similar to this time. The person in charge didn't say anything, so he could only act anxiously. The person below was considered a good person. Although he couldn't explain it clearly, he also led him to fool him. Now I don’t seek merit, but I seek no fault. I just don’t know who is trying to fool him this time.

In the evening, Wang Xifeng hurriedly took her young son out of the city before closing the city gate. Jia Lian has nothing to do. Now that the mansion is being renovated, the female relatives are living outside the city. Wang Xifeng is the housekeeper and runs around every day. At night, the mansion is full of men from Jia's mansion.

After thinking about it, I went to the house where Jia Xuan lived temporarily in the second room at night. Jia Xuan was reading the files, and there were so many nameless corpses in the capital. Even Zhao Chong was roped in to help him these days. Although I still come back to eat every day, I accompany my father to take my younger brother and nephew to study. But after evening classes, he was still busy with business. Seeing Jia Lian coming, he stood up and bowed.

"Still busy?" Jia Lian looked at the files on his desk and felt that he had come at the wrong time.

"There is nothing we can do. We can't just throw it into a mass grave and it will cause trouble, right?" Jia Xuan shook his head, put away the file, and came over to pour tea for Jia Lian, "Second brother, is there anything wrong?"

"Yes, there is chaos in the southwest, and the Ministry of War is also preparing, but..." Jia Lian thought about it and kept it short, moved his neck and pointed to the sky, "What do you mean?"

Jia Xuan was startled. After the chaos in the capital, he had been in the Ministry of Punishment. Although he often went to the palace to report, he was still in charge of his own three-acre land. He really had no time to think about anything else. However, now he is the eldest son of the second wife, and Jia Lian is the eldest son of the eldest brother. They represent the third generation of the Jia family, and they both have to consider the future of the Jia family.

Jia Lian didn't have the habit of consulting with the old lady or Jia She and the others, but he might have thought about the future of Rong Mansion, so he still came to discuss with Jia Xuan. "Second brother didn't go to the old lady to discuss it?" Jia Xuan thought about the new emperor's temperament and his attitude towards the four kings and six princes. In fact, it was not difficult to guess. But Jia Xuan didn't say what he thought, but asked him what he thought first.

"How old is the old lady? I don't dare to mess around recently, for fear of worrying the old lady. Besides, I don't dare to disturb the old lady in the suburbs." Jia Lian said it seriously, but for a moment, he He was also startled for a moment, but he never thought of looking for the old lady. Just saying this, he stopped talking to the old lady's favorite grandson.

"You are right." Jia Xuan smiled and nodded, thinking about it, "That's what my foolish brother thinks. Your Majesty has been suffering from the four bastards for a long time. The old lady took the opportunity to jump ship, and then asked the eldest master to concentrate on running the school with the Ning Mansion, and let the master Going to the Secretariat, these are slowly breaking away from the old camp of the four kings and eight princes, which is also keeping a distance from the royal family; from then on, the poetry and etiquette were passed down to the family, and the family changed. And Your Majesty, no, in fact, starting from the late emperor, to the old Xun family, it is actually Leave them alone and let them destroy themselves."

Jia Lian nodded a little. Now he felt like he knew why the old lady liked this person. Just like the old lady, she was someone who didn't say things well. He tilted his head and looked at Jia Xuan without saying anything, just looking at him like that.

"Your Majesty has not mentioned the matter of the southern border to Brother Yu, but based on Brother Yu's understanding of Your Majesty, I will leave it to him and love him to death." Jia Xuan was speechless and said directly.

Jia Lian nodded, drank the tea in his hand, and stood up, "You are busy."

"Oh, that……"

"I'll ask someone to bring some tea later. What does it taste like? You are the uncle of the Jia family, who are you going to give it to?" Jia Lian was about to leave, but turned around to open the teapot and take a look.

"This is the southern Kuding tea I found specially. It is used to clear the liver and improve the eyesight." Jia Xuan was speechless.

"Oh, okay, you're busy." Jia Lian put down the lid of the pot awkwardly and finally went out.

Jia Xuan laughed and thought Jia Lian was doing this well.

After hearing Jia Xuan's words, Jia Lian relaxed and prepared to go back to his small courtyard. Just then, Jia She and Jia Zheng came in from outside together. Why did they go outside so late? He quickly stopped and saw Zhao Chong following from behind, "Why are you out so late?"

"The old lady didn't eat much at night. My second sister sent someone with a message to ask Brother Chong to go and have a look tomorrow. We'll go to the drugstore to see what medicine is available. It's hot and the old man may have a bit of a bitter summer," Jia Zheng said hurriedly. , think about it, "How about letting Brother Chong live in Zhuangzi tomorrow? He is young, even if he is on duty, riding a horse is not a big deal."

"So I will live in Zhuangzi tomorrow. If Brother Rong builds the house, Lian'er will be ready." Jia She lowered his head and said.

"That's good. I don't have to go to court early. I just go to escape the summer heat." Jia Zheng nodded and decided to go back to Zhuangzi. You can't let your eldest brother pretend to be a filial son. He is obviously his mother's most filial son.

I woke up early in the morning and felt a little uncomfortable, so I insisted on going downstairs. In the parking lot, I thought about it and went upstairs again to lie down. My mother asked me, how about we move back? I guess I think I will get sick if I live in this house. I said, if you move back, you will have to reinstall it. How much will it cost? This has nothing to do with the house, it just needs to be raised slowly.