Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 221 Jia Zhen vomiting blood again
Rongguo Mansion,
The atrium courtyard of Rongqing Hall.

Jia Mu's face flushed with anger, and she couldn't speak for a while.

Jia Zhen couldn't stand it anymore, stood up and shouted;

"Luo Yunhou, did you instigate it behind your back? It's really shameful for such a villain to behave like this. It's a kind of resentment for the future."

Zhang Jinyu looked at the awe-inspiring Jia Zhen, and thought he was some kind of hero. He was a big villain, so he didn't show Jia Zhen any face.
"What are you? It's worthy of this Marquis to target you. Don't say anything else. You lost the bet in Chunlou. It's not an exaggeration for Ben Hou to come to win the money. This is a private matter. I'm here for the court." What happened, Jia Zhen, you have to tell the difference."

When Jia Zhen heard about Chunlou's bet, she was even more depressed. She knew that the Beijing camp was unreliable, but she was fooled by Brother Lian's tricks. As for the leader, he will definitely not be bad, and seeing Zhang Jinyu say this makes him even more angry.

"What do you want money for? It's just a little money owed to the household department. If you don't want to pay any money, come here today. I think you guys have bad intentions."

Zhang Jinyu ignored Jia Zhen, and was fair to Shen Shilang and Yang Gong beside him;

"It's really not good to come here today, but I have to come because of the entrustment. Besides, the 100 million taels owed by the Rongguo Mansion is really a drop in the bucket for the Jia family. It's not worth mentioning. For a family as big as the Jia family, the family With so many children, shouldn’t the monthly quota be increased for the clan’s children, this Marquis gives each of the clan’s children a monthly allowance of one tael of silver, so the Jia family is so big, so it’s more.”

Originally, the members of the Jia family were angered by a crowd, and they were also envious, shocked, and longing, just like Jia Zhen said that 100 million taels of silver is nothing to the Jia family, but the people in the clan are all broke for a tael of silver. It became a few petals of flowers, and when Luo Yunhou heard the monthly payment of silver to the clansmen, he looked at Jia Zhen and Jia Mu with envy.

Jia Daixiu and the others were also eager, saying;

"The ancestors can think about it. There are not many people in the clan. Just send some monthly reports to those clansmen who haven't performed the crown ceremony."

Jia Dairu and others also knew that it was impossible for so many members of the Jia family to give money, so they spoke for the descendants and only gave money to some clan members who had not performed the crown ceremony.

Before Mother Jia spoke, Jia Zhen was the first to deny it;
"How can it be done? The houses have been separated long ago. How can it be like this? Besides, so many people can't afford it."

This remark made Jia Dairu and the older generation turn pale, hearing that the clansmen in the yard were also dissatisfied, and looked at the master's family complicatedly, and some young and poor generation were full of resentment.

Zhang Jinyu didn't want to stand out at first, but when he saw Jia Zhen's face, he wanted to reach out and slap him with his mouth. Seeing that Jia Zhen was still so arrogant, he couldn't help it.

How could Zhang Jinyu let go of such an opportunity, and retorted loudly;

"General Jia's words are wrong."

Shouting like this also drew everyone's attention back. Zhang Jinyu had long been accustomed to everyone's gaze, so she came to the center of the courtyard and took off her helmet.road;

"Everyone, members of the Jia family and the elders of the clan, Zhang Jinyu is more polite. As the saying goes, if you want to wear this crown, you must first weigh it. It is a huge amount of millions of taels of silver, but what about you, I see that some of your clothes and padded jackets are all worn out, and your faces are disheveled, you must have been unhappy for a long time, this Marquis can't bear it."

Zhang Jinyu's affectionate words made the members of the Jia family in the courtyard ashamed, and some members of the clan even shed tears. Regardless of the surname Jia, some people are worse than dogs.

Jia Zhen was also anxious and had nothing to say. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Jia Zhen shouted anxiously;

"If you can't bear it, why don't you give them the silver."

"Okay, Ben Hou really has that intention."

Zhang Jinyu took advantage of the situation and shouted;
"Everyone, I have come here to collect the money owed by the Rongguo Mansion to the imperial court. I have no other intentions. What General Jia said is what I want to say. The head of the clan is so licentious and cannot act impartially. What use is it for him to love the clan? Jia Zhen owes the Marquis 10 taels of silver, and the Marquis promises not to take any taels away, and leave it to the Jia family to share it equally. Jia Zhen pays, and the Marquis will share it on the spot, and every household has it."

Everyone in the courtyard looked at Luo Yunhou in disbelief, and suddenly many people felt that Lord Hou was not as good as the patriarch.

After realizing it, almost all Jia's family members were there to thank Zhang Jinyu for his kindness. Mother Jia's eyes were full of helplessness when she saw it. The more dazzling Zhang Jinyu was, the more incompetent the Jia family man appeared.

Seeing this, Jia Zhen's face turned pale, her chest hurt, and a fishy sweetness was about to rush into her throat. Jia Zhen swallowed the breath with all her strength, pointed at Zhang Jinyu and shouted;

"you you."

"What are you, you, Ningguo Mansion still owes 160 million taels, let's prepare it together. This Marquis has the right to exempt the 5 taels owed, and the 5 taels are also reserved for everyone to share. There are quite a few people Well. Minister Shen, Eunuch Yang, this Marquis has this power."

Seeing Lord Hou's majesty, Shen Zhongxin and Eunuch Yang's eyes brightened, and they said in unison;

"Yes, my lord,"

Zhang Jinyu turned around and cursed at Jia Zhen;

"Old man, look at what Ben Hou said he would do. The two mansions are worth 10 taels, plus the previous one is 20 taels of silver. I don't take any money, and distribute it all to the Jia family. Look at what they wear and eat. Whether this year has been good or not, as the patriarch, do you know?"

Zhang Jinyu went straight to the corner, hugged a rather young child, and shouted at everyone;

"Look, this child is still wearing single clothes in such a cold day."

Zhang Jinyu directly pulled off the neat clothes on the outside, revealing the burlap inside, and everyone was shocked.

Then Zhang Jinyu came to the pavilion with the child in his arms and showed it to Mother Jia, Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty showed a look of shock and shouted;
"How could this be so? My Jia family has so much money, where is it now spent? I can't even help the clansman's clothes. Second child, it used to be your housekeeper. Let me tell you where the million taels of silver in the family went. ?”

Seemingly shocked and heartbroken, but in fact, my heart was full of joy. There are so many tribesmen here, the second child, you can’t eat and walk around. Seeing that Jia Zheng didn’t speak, Jia Amnesty asked again;
"Second brother, tell the big guy quickly, where did you get so much money? Didn't you say that you change new clothes for the clansman every year?"

When the people in the courtyard heard what the old man said, they also whispered to each other.
"No, when did it happen, why didn't I have it?"

"Me neither."

"It seems to have existed a long time ago, but then it disappeared without knowing it."

"Did the master eat it?"

"Who knows."

Say anything.

Sanchun in the pavilion was also a little flustered, Li Wan hugged Jia Lan and watched all this complicatedly, Jia Lian continued to drink wine and watched coldly, feeling extremely happy in his heart.

Mrs. Wang was embarrassed. The money was kept in the Buddhist hall, but she didn't say anything. Jia Zheng was an upright person. Seeing such a situation, the corners of his mouth twitched in anger. He had nothing to say, and stared at Wang fiercely. lady.

Jia Mu said with a gloomy face;
"Okay, Boss, don't talk about it. We will investigate this matter later. It may be that the people below are negligent."

"Mother, this is not possible. This is related to the reputation of the Jia family. It is the negligence of the servants. If they can be negligent all the time, we will drag him out to see who is daring to embezzle money from the Duke of Mo."

Jia Amnesty refused, how could he let go of such a good opportunity, Jia Zheng didn't think much about it, but the faces of the housekeepers suddenly changed, and they felt flustered.

"you."

Jia's mother didn't expect Jia She to disobey her, so she couldn't think of a way for a while.

Seeing this stalemate, Wang Xifeng immediately took off her shawl, and walked over directly with a big robe to cover the child in Zhang Jinyu's hands, but Zhang Jinyu knocked it off with one hand, and then took her thick cloak to wrap it on the child.

"Now that I think about it, what did I do long ago? Does such a contrived expression look even more contrived?"

Seeing being scolded like this, Wang Xifeng's eyes turned red with grievance, and she shed tears.

Zhang Jinyu was also unambiguous, and then cursed;

"You still have the face to cry. Look at the shawl robe in your hand. This one is almost a thousand taels of silver. You don't know how many new clothes you can buy. Besides, the fox fur on Jia Zhen's body is even more difficult to find. Old man, you still have the face to sit there and roll over to kowtow to your people to make amends and beg for forgiveness."

Jia Zhen was already anxious at this time, her face turned red and then white, blood spurted out of her mouth, and she was so soft on the ground that she was so angry that she vomited blood again.

All the people around came forward to rescue, Jiamu said angrily;

"That's enough, Miss Feng, go and invite Doctor Wang to come here, and Lai Da quickly help Zhen'er into the house,"

"It's the ancestors,"

Wang Xifeng also rushed out of the mansion, and Lai Da also asked the servant to carry Jia Zhen in.

Seeing that the people had been arranged temporarily, Mother Jia looked at the three people who came and said;
"Luo Yunhou, no matter what, we are still connected with some in-laws. Is it wrong to come and force each other like this?"

"Back to the old matriarch, the Marquis has no such intentions. Whether it is fair or not, the members of the Jia family are also open-minded. They are not fools."

Zhang Jinyu couldn't admit it, so he just turned back.

"The Jia family felt sorry for everyone, and I am here to make amends to the clansmen."

After she finished speaking, she wiped away her tears, and everyone in Jia's family bowed back in unison, saying that they didn't dare, Zhang Jinyu was also surprised, good guy, 20 taels of silver is not as powerful as Jia's mother's tears.

Shen Zhongxin and Eunuch Yang also had serious expressions on their faces. The old lady of the Jia family in the Rongguo Mansion is indeed the name of the shadow tree.

After Jia Mu finished speaking, she looked at the three of them and asked;

"Shen Shilang, you are an upstart civil servant, a well-educated gentleman, today's family banquet in Jia's house, you led troops into Jia's house with such a big fanfare, you are shameless, and you can't slow down after the Chinese New Year. Isn't this inappropriate?"

Shen Zhongxin also bowed his hands and said;
"What the old matriarch said is true. Today's matter is inappropriate for the lower officials, and they shouldn't come here today. But after all, this official was entrusted by others, and it was agreed to come here today to find out the money owed. Everything can be discussed. Never Thinking of today's noble family banquet, I feel ashamed."

After finishing speaking, I bowed again.

(End of this chapter)