Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 716 Jia Qiang is risking his life
Rongguo Mansion,
In the clan school in the southeast corner,

Xue Pan sat in the middle of the room, surrounded by people. Several desks were placed side by side, and the tables were filled with fruits and cakes. No one knew who had brought wine glasses around, and Jia Qing held the wine jar and poured wine for them one by one.

"Boss Xue, why haven't I seen you come out these days? Have you recovered?"

After Jia Qing finished pouring the wine, he pushed the cup in front of Xue Pan, took another cup, lined them up, and poured wine one by one. Soon, almost everyone had a cup of wine.

"Oh, it's just bad luck. That kid from the Yang family was really ruthless. My eye sockets were swollen for several days before they went down. Look at my eyes, they're still bruised."

Xue Pan was so angry that he would have kicked the guy a few more times if he had known what would happen that day. He forgot the guy's name in his panic. It was such a pity. He heard that the guy took part in the imperial examination. He wanted to beat him a few more times, but he couldn't find any fault with him.

After saying that, he subconsciously touched his left eye. The bruised eye socket was still vivid in his mind. It was still obviously painful. Damn it, next time if I meet him, I will definitely teach him a lesson.
"Brother Xue, please be careful when you go out next time. I think the young master of the Yang family is obviously not convinced. If you meet him next time, be careful that he might do something dirty to you."

Jia Fang, who was standing aside, was also worried. Even though they won the fight that time, the young master of the Yang family had obviously suffered a loss and was not convinced. When they met next time, they might have to fight again.

This worried look was directly scolded by Jia Qiang.
"Look how careful you are. We have already made enemies. You can't avoid it. You all should be more careful in the future. After all, Brother Xue lives in Rongguo Mansion. When he is away from home, we brothers will always accompany him and have fun together. If we really meet the young master of the Yang family, we will not give them time to make a move. We will just beat him up and make him submit."

Jia Qiang, who was originally gentle and refined, suddenly changed so much that Jia Fang and the others were also caught off guard.
These few days,
It was Jia Qiang who brought people to deliver meals to the servants in Ningguo Mansion. Every time, he led people to push the cart in. Facing the servants in Ningguo Mansion, he not only pointed fingers but also gave orders. Even Lai Sheng, the housekeeper of Ningguo Mansion, followed his lead. It was a very pleasant feeling.

He was still thinking, if Jia Zhen and his sons could not come back, it would be great if he inherited the title of Ningguo Mansion. And Sister-in-law You had already had an idea in her heart, why should only Jia Zhen and his sons look after her every day?

Therefore,
Jia Qiang changed his previous weak demeanor and became much more forceful in his words and deeds, which made many members of the Jia family look at him thoughtfully.

"Look, Brother Qiang is right. No matter what, as long as we see the kid from the Yang family, we should gather our forces and fight him. Of course, we have to find a reason. We can't fight without knowing the reason."

Xue Pan picked up the wine cup heroically, then pointed it at the people around him and drank it all in one gulp. Seeing this, the others also picked up the wine cups and drank it all in one gulp, showing their heroic demeanor.

After a round of drinking, everyone pinched a few more pieces of cake and ate them to suppress the smell of alcohol.
"Brother Xue is right. As the saying goes, a war must have a legitimate reason. Even if we are fighting, we must have a reason. But how can we find these reasons? What if the Yang family kid doesn't fall for it?"

Jia Fang, who was beside him, had some questions, so he spoke up.

Jia Qing, who was beside him, patted his arm.

"Look at you, you are just being honest. If you want to fight, you should strike first. What excuses can you make after the fight? Brother Xue, let's just make up a reason and say that the Yang family kid bullied us and bumped into us. Isn't this a reason?"

Good god! The others were also stunned. Bumping into someone while walking could be an excuse. After all, who wouldn't bump into someone while strolling on the street? Just as the others were wondering, Xue Pan laughed.
"Okay, this is a good excuse. We were walking on the road, why would he touch us? Isn't that bullying?"

Xue Pan likes this kind of people, they have quick brains.

"Brother Xue is right. No matter how he goes, he won't be able to escape if he runs into us."

"Yes, the road on the street is so wide, how could it be built by the Yang family?"

"That's right, that's right. Just go ahead and beat him up. Aren't we victims in the end?"

Everyone gathered around Xue Pan and praised him, which made Xue Pan so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He thought, if it really happened again, he would never show mercy.

at this time,

Outside the school,

Jia Rui stood outside the school with a bulging belly. He heard the noise inside and his face was gloomy. How could he become like this after not having sex for a few days?

Jia Rui, who had been doing nothing in the mansion, got a job as the keeper of the clan school thanks to Jia Dairu. His monthly salary increased from two taels of silver to four taels of silver, which was considered the salary of a keeper. Although it was due to his grandfather's relationship, Jia Rui did not think so.

With the money, his expenses on food and drink increased a lot. He even started drinking wine that he had never drunk before. He also pretended to be a decent person in front of others, especially when he was studying in the Jia family. He was so arrogant that he shouted and yelled, thinking of himself as an important person. Even Master Bao gave him face. Therefore, he became much more arrogant in what he said and did.

Hearing the noise in the school,

His face darkened and he walked in.
Just entered the main house,
He saw that in the middle of the room, people were not only making a lot of noise around the table, but were also drinking. It was obvious that they did not take Jia Rui seriously. Although he was the one who looked after the school, they thought he was the teacher.

Jia Rui roared in anger.
"What are you doing? Why don't you review your lessons? You still want to take the imperial examination. Isn't that a joke? Fortunately, you didn't take the imperial examination under the name of Rongguo Mansion, otherwise the Jia family would have become a joke in the capital."

Maybe it was because he drank too much, but Jia Rui wanted to mock them, so he brought up Enke's matter. As soon as he said this, the room suddenly became much quieter.

In ethnic studies,
All the members of the Jia family who were able to come were eligible to take part in the special examination, but the master's family would not give them letters of recommendation and did not allow them to take part. No one knew who would pass the exam and no one cared. Who would have thought that the court would actually give them money? As a result, their original indifferent attitude gradually turned into resentment. Many students also went to look for them, but unfortunately, as the children of the concubine's family, they dared not say anything about the master's family's affairs, and were stopped by Jia Rui with various reasons.

For this matter, the second wife even asked someone to give Jia Rui a lot of silver. The intention was self-evident.

Therefore,
The clan school, which was once filled with the sound of reading, has become a place to drink and relax.

Jia Rui's words immediately made the Jia family's young men blush. It is no exaggeration to say that alcohol can make people braver.
First Jia Qing smiled coldly, looked back, and cursed;
"So it's Master Rui, the good dog, who's here. He's also talking about the imperial examination. How dare the master of Rongguo Mansion give us a letter of recommendation to register for the imperial examination? He's keeping it a secret. Everyone knows about this."

"That's right. If it were us, maybe Master Bao had reported our names on the list, secretly taken the money, and divided it with the dogs, 50-50. He might have sold all of us out."

Many people couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks.
at this time,

Another cold voice was heard;

"Not only that, have you heard that the second branch of the main family, in order to give Master Bao the special privilege, even rejected the quota of the legitimate grandson Jia Lan? He is Master Zhu's legitimate son, and they could reject him, let alone us."

No one knew where the words came from. When everyone turned around, they saw Jia Qiang, with a cold face, saying these words to Jia Rui, adding fuel to the fire. Others did not know about this matter, but Jia Qiang knew it. The reason why he said it was not only because Jia Rui was the instigator, but also because he thought that the biggest threat to the future of Ningguo Mansion was Jia Baoyu. Therefore, if his reputation was ruined, he would at least have a hope for the title of Ningguo Mansion.

"What? There is such a thing. Poor Brother Zhu died miserably and unjustly."

I don't know if Jia Fang was frightened or what, but when she thought of the kindness that Brother Zhu had shown to the tribe members in the past, her eyes immediately turned red and she burst into tears.

This cry seemed to be contagious, and the others also knew Brother Zhu. At that time, Brother Zhu treated them, the younger generation, with gentleness and kindness.

Who knows,

Later, we heard that Brother Zhu had graduated from high school. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, he suddenly passed away. It’s hard to tell what happened, and it’s really strange.

Everyone covered their faces and cried, shouting;

"Brother Zhu died unjustly. A good man must have been forced to death."

Taking this opportunity, Jia Qiang actually wailed and burst into tears, and everyone followed suit, crying out the grievances and depression they had felt during this period, as well as the loss of the two taels of silver.
This made Jia Rui very angry, and he cursed under the influence of alcohol;

"Who do you think you are? How dare you scold me? Who are you? Go and sue the officials if you have the guts. In the past, Master Zhu protected you. Now he is dead. Who else will protect you? Besides, he is dead. Now Master Bao is the most important. He did not allow you to participate in the special examination. It is Master Bao's mercy. Otherwise, I would kill you like a piece of cake."

He drank two mouthfuls of cat urine from somewhere, and in order to protect the reputation of Master Bao, he cursed directly. How could anyone tolerate his arrogant look? Jia Qiang thought it was a good opportunity, so he rushed up with a chair and smashed it without saying anything.
As soon as they saw someone taking action, the others could no longer hold back. It was not the first or second time they had fought, so they rushed forward.

First, Jia Qiang's bench hit Jia Rui hard, and he wailed in pain. Seeing so many people rushing out, he turned around and kicked Jia Qiang to the ground. For a while, Jia Qiang lay there in pain and couldn't get up.

However, although Jia Rui was strong, he could not stand up to the crowd. After a while, he was beaten black and blue. He could not resist and could only look for an opportunity to escape. There was a corner gate next to the clan school, which led to the courtyard wall and directly into the alley.
Jia Rui was in a panic and ran out when he saw the door. Jia Qiang saw that this was not good and shouted,
"Quick, chase him, don't let him get away, make him explain clearly how he killed us and how he killed Brother Zhu."

"Chase,"

Everyone chased after him with benches and stones.

Xue Pan and his servant She'er were left alone, all of them were shocked. What happened? Why did everyone run away?
Sheer saw that his son was still sitting there, and hurried to persuade him;

"Uncle, hurry up, pack up and leave. This is no small matter. What if what they said is true and Uncle Zhu was murdered? Then we are in huge trouble."

Xue Pan was not stupid. He had just heard their conversation and it was obvious that there was something going on. No wonder Rongguo Mansion did not allow the children of the Jia family to participate in the imperial examination. It turned out that Jia Zhu might have been murdered. In panic, he stood up several times but could not stand up. His legs were still a little weak.

When the servant saw this, he put down his hands that were cleaning the table and quickly helped Master Xue up. After he staggered to his feet, Sheer asked worriedly;
"Master, are you okay?"

"It's okay. I'm just worried that something might happen later. I just got up and I feel a little dizzy. I'll be fine after a rest. Don't pack these things. Take our lunch box and this cushion. It belongs to the Xue family. The others are all brought by them. Take our things first. We won't get involved in the Jia family's affairs."

Xue Pan knew how serious this was. Just now, someone said that Jia Zhu's death was strange, and Jia Baoyu was also implicated. Isn't this what the opera troupe said, where does the trouble come from? The trouble comes from within the family. If you don't leave now, you will be implicated and it will be troublesome.

He did not have the so-called heroic spirit just now. He rushed to the gate of the school. When he was about to leave, he walked to the corner of the courtyard wall for some unknown reason. He stretched his head and looked out. He saw a group of people holding stools and stones, chasing him directly to Ningrong Street. There were so many people passing by, pointing and watching.

Xue Pan was so frightened that he immediately retracted his head.
"Hurry up, go back, this matter has become a big deal."

It is said that family disgrace should not be made public. The Rongguo Mansion's family members went directly to the streets, fearing that others would not know about it. If they did, the news would spread out in the next few days. It was better for them to find a way to hide.

"Yes, sir, let's go back by the small path, next to the courtyard wall."

She'er pointed to the courtyard wall not far away, and there was indeed a small path there. Xue Pan saw it, nodded, and took the person away.

But said,

Jia Qiang and his group were shouting and chasing after him.
Said around the crowd;
"Everyone, we have to fight now, otherwise, we will be accused of causing trouble in the school and slandering the master, and we will all have to go back and eat. This is still considered good.

If the head of the clan wants to take revenge on us in the future and expel us from the clan, then we are done for. Therefore, Jia Rui must be beaten, and what is said in the clan school must also be spread."

After hearing this, everyone slowed down their pace, and Jia Qing asked;

"Brother Qiang, although that is true, how can those words be spread outside? The master family knows about it."

"The master family knows about it. There are so many elders in the Jia family. At least the master family is trying to stop us from taking the Enke exam. Is it true?

As for Brother Zhu's matter, I am also following my conscience and investigating it. We have many young people, and none of us has not benefited from his kindness. Now Jia Rui's words, killing us, what if it is true? It is better to take the initiative. "

Jia Qiang's face darkened, and he spoke in a slightly threatening tone. This sobered everyone up. Jia Rui's words also angered the twenty or so people behind him. Many of them were furious.

"Well, let's kill him first."

"Fuck him,"

Being enraged by the crowd, those who had some ideas no longer had any ideas. By chance, Jia Qin ran fast and was about to catch up, but Jia Rui was cruel. He ran to a stall on the street, pulled out a wooden stick, and seeing that Jia Qin was alone, he took a step forward, turned around, swung the stick, and knocked Jia Qin to the ground, making him waile.
This wailing startled everyone, and they saw Jia Qin wailing on the ground with his head covered. Seeing blood and seeing his own people injured, Jia Qiang suddenly shouted,

"If we don't take action now, we will be beaten to death by him in the future. Go ahead."

This shout,
Everyone realized what he said made sense, and they quickly chased after him. During this time, Jia Rui still wanted to run, but Jia Qin, who was lying on the ground, suddenly rolled over, hugged one of Jia Rui's legs, and held him, not letting him go.
In the blink of an eye, everyone gathered around, without saying anything, and brought things to the stall owner, many vendors around, and customers who were eating there, who had already run away out of fear, did not run far, and gathered around to watch. People were talking about it.
"What's going on? Aren't these people all from the Jia family? Why are they fighting?"

"Yes, you see, it's obvious that he was very ruthless, and blood is coming out."

"He was beaten so badly, could it be that something happened in the Jia Mansion?"

"Yes, I can't tell you the secrets of Rongguo Mansion."

More and more people gathered to watch the fun, and most of them were there to watch the fun. They said all kinds of things.
And inside the venue,

Everyone was really ruthless. Jia Rui was also fierce. He swung his stick and hit four or five people. Then Jia Qiang and Jia Qing saw the opportunity and threw a stone at him, hitting him on the forehead. The others saw this and rushed forward, kicked Jia Rui down, swung stools and sticks and hit him again, not caring whether it was a vital part or not. After a while,

He was breathing in less than he was breathing out, and was about to die. Jia Qiang hurried to stop him.

"Everyone, stop. The man is dying. Let's cry and complain. We say that the Rongguo Mansion is unfair. We failed the imperial examination and have no way to serve our country. We are also threatened with our lives by the master."

The people around him just stopped beating him, and seeing Jia Rui spitting blood and foaming at the mouth, as if he was really dying, they were so scared that the alcohol in them dissipated and they wanted to leave.
"Everyone, no one can escape now, cry."

Jia Qiang suddenly knelt on the ground and cried loudly,
"Oh my God, we have avenged Brother Zhu. The Rongguo Mansion persecuted the children of the Jia family and threatened their lives. They did not allow us to participate in the special examination. There is no way to serve the country. In addition, the main family's direct descendants killed each other and murdered their descendants, resulting in Jia Zhu's unjust death. Alas, "

Jia Qiang was so desperate that he shouted at the crowd. Seeing this, the others all knelt on the ground and cried, causing an uproar and discussion among the onlookers. Jia Fang was timid and hid at the back. The people who had been beaten were still lying on the ground, wailing.

Especially Jia Qin, whose face was covered in blood, lying there motionless, which frightened Jia Fang so much that she screamed,

"Ah, Jia Qin is dying,"

This shout startled everyone. When they looked back, they saw Jia Qin lying on the ground motionless. They didn't know if he was dead or not. Jia Qiang quickly crawled over. Although he suspected that he was using them, he didn't want him to die. He felt for him and found that he still had a pulse. He shouted,

"Quick, Jia Fang, go get the doctor. Jia Qing, go notify the other elders to save people first. Go quickly. I'll take care of this."

After hearing this, the two nodded heavily and immediately ran towards the alley. Those who stayed behind all looked at Jia Qiang.
Jia Qiang was not intimidated. He stood up and bowed to the people around him.
"Everyone, you all saw it. It was this man who started it first. He beat us brothers down. We didn't fight until we were dead. He said it was the master's order. We are scholars and have no way to serve our country. How innocent we are!"

After that, everyone burst into tears. The onlookers were sad to see and heard the tears, but most of them were excited.
(End of this chapter)