Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 149 Decision
The shouts of killing continued all night, and from time to time there were gunshots and flames from the direction of the palace. From time to time, the sound of fighting came from outside the courtyard wall, making it impossible for everyone in the Rixiang Courtyard to sleep peacefully.

The young Jia Hui huddled in the corner, with a special weapon specially made for him by Jia Daishan beside him. He held a dagger in his arms, his face full of anxiety, and he listened carefully to the sounds outside the door.As long as there is any disturbance, he will rush out
Let the soldiers block the rebels, and he will personally kill the two people locked in the wing.

Fortunately, the Jia family voluntarily blocked all the entrances and exits of Ningrong Street and stood guard with swords, guns, bows and arrows all night. When all the defeated or dispersed soldiers saw this scene of the Jia family, they all rushed towards them headlessly. Trying to test the quality of the Jia family, they all took a detour.
. . .

"Brother Hui, come here, let Daddy see your progress during this time. Have you seen this iron chain? Daddy will see how many swords you have to use."

"Dad, please give up on this idea. Grandpa must have his own thoughts."

"Shut up! Ignorant child, what do you know? I am so wise and powerful, how can the emperor be his opponent! Jia Daishan mistook my Jia family and is the sinner of my Jia family! Just wait, I will definitely come to save us Yes, when the time comes, I must expel Jia Daishan, an old man, from the Jia family!"

Jia Jing started to curse at Jia Hui, venting his anger. Jia She frowned. Jia Hui outside the door turned a deaf ear and even glanced at Jia Jing with disdain. This made Jia Jing even more angry!
Treating Jia Jing's curse as BGM, Jia Hui curled her lips and continued her daily exercise according to the rhythm of Jia Jing's curse.

The surrounding soldiers responsible for guarding the two young masters still performed their duties loyally.

There was a burst of exclamation from outside the hospital, and then the sound of prostrating to the ground and shouting to see the master. Jia Hui was shocked and danced with his sword even more vigorously.

The blood-stained old general returned to Lixiangyuan with a broken sword. He praised his grandson, then sent him away and stood in front of the chained gate.

"The prince committed suicide."

"You fart!"

Jia Jing was furious and began to curse loudly toward the door.

Jia She was like a helpless child, leaning on the wall and collapsed on the ground, burying his face between his legs and sobbing.

In fact, both of them knew that since Jia Daishan was back, it meant that their god in their hearts, their king, the prince, had been defeated.
I was numbly dragged to the Hall of Honor and Prosperity by the soldiers to receive the order. When I heard the emperor's treatment of his colleagues in the East Palace, my heart was as sharp as a knife. I can't describe it.
The two brothers were imprisoned in a small wing of Lixiangyuan in a daze, under the supervision of their old father. They could not accept this fact.

It wasn't until the imperial court recruited his eldest son to serve in the frontier that he finally woke up from his confusion.

At that time, the old man's life was exhausted, and his eldest son had to leave him to face the road of near death.

The once huge East Palace was sealed, and the original subjects of the East Palace were left with them, the noble sons and a few civil servants who escaped the purge for various reasons.

The most energetic brother Jing also became a Taoist priest and lived with lead and mercury all day long.
Everything has changed. The people who once pointed out the country and talked loudly in the East Palace, and vowed to unite under the young master and work hard to achieve great success suddenly became a joke and became something that can no longer be accomplished.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Jia family will remain silent. No matter what efforts they make, whether they send daughters to the palace, flatter the prince's stinky feet that they are not familiar with, etc., it will be useless as long as there is no member of their own family who can take the lead, and even Will accelerate the demise of the Jia family
He originally planned to live a life of unbridled fun and then die one day.

But unexpectedly, the eldest son worked hard and made a career in the Western Regions, rekindling his expectations for life and the future.
. . . . . .

Jia She, who was trapped in memories, came back to his senses, looked at each other with his eldest son who also recalled the past, and shuddered in unison.

This hard-won life change and this hard-won bright future cannot be ruined by an old remnant who is only immersed in the glory of the past!
The father and son both looked fiercely at the same time.

"Jia Jing must die!"

"Father, don't worry. The child has already ordered the people below to add something to the medicinal materials sent to him in the second half of the month. I guarantee that he will not survive May [-]th."

After hearing Jia Hui's arrangement, Jia She nodded.

He originally wanted to arrange an accident.

"Can it be found out?"

"Father, An Xin is just saying, doesn't that old Taoist want to become an immortal? Then help him, help him become immortal!"

After discussing the details again, the father and son breathed a sigh of relief.

Jia Hui picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea. Jia She's eyes also touched the wound on his left arm that was wrapped in a bandage.

In order to facilitate the treatment of the wound, Li Wan cut off the sleeves of the uniform that Jia Hui wore today.

"Wound."

"I still have a feeling that that naughty Wang Shuqing is really naughty, with a pair of dog teeth!" Jia Hui shook his bandaged left arm and showed it to Jia She.

Jia She's expression didn't change, but he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

It can be said that my eldest son has been extremely benevolent to his second wife. He has helped to establish relationships, helped to find marriage partners, helped to improve his ranking, and helped to strengthen the relationship between the same age.
If Brother Hui hadn't gained momentum and pushed the Jia family back to its peak, do you think Li Yan would have gotten married to the Jia family, especially to the Jia family's second wife, the legitimate son of a fifth-rank official family!
My eldest son has really taken the role of elder brother like father to the extreme. He has done everything for Jia Zhu that his own father Jia Zheng cannot match!

"Son, I know you want our Jia family to be well, but this time you must listen to your father and don't interact with the people in the second room in the future." Jia She persuaded Jia Hui earnestly.

Jia Zhu was grateful to Jia Hui. Mrs. Wang had no idea about Jia Hui's current identity. Gu Jia She observed that Mrs. Wang's impression of her eldest son was still the same as when she first married into Jia's family. Her father didn't love her mother. However, her aunt ignored her and was imprisoned in a small courtyard by the old man who was promoted to an official and was tortured (for practicing martial arts). He was also a concubine who disobeyed her and extorted her secretly sending money to her parents' house.
Jia Hui was stunned for a moment, then nodded towards Jia She.

"Just follow what father said."

. . . . . .

Jia Hui and his family had dinner with his old father Jia She in the east courtyard, and then returned to the county government in a carriage.

Jia Hui followed the carriage on horseback.

After crossing Tianjie, they saw Tanhua Lang standing outside the gate of the Duke's Mansion. The two cousins' eyes met. Jia Zhu smiled bitterly and knelt down without saying anything.

"Master, what's going on outside?"

Li Wan's voice came from the carriage.

"It's nothing, it's getting late, go back and rest quickly."

Jia Hui said to the carriage as if nothing had happened, then walked straight past Jia Zhu and entered the mansion.On the carriage, Li Wan didn't ask any questions, nor did he open the curtains. Since his master said it was nothing, opening the curtains to look at it would only increase his worries.

Due to the wound on his left arm, Jia Hui did not go to the bathtub to take a bath. Instead, he asked Crested Ibis and other three roommates to help him wipe his body carefully.

I'm not in the mood for fun today, so I let them go for now.

study.

Hu Jiu, the leader of the soldiers, Nusreti, the brother-in-law in charge of the caravan (Yue Liduo's brother who was two years younger, Jia Hui found a family huddled in a slum shack after entering Ili) and the chief steward of the county government, That is, Yuan Rong, Jia Hui's biological uncle and Yuan Rong, the brother of Yuan Coltsfoot, Jia Hui's biological mother, gathered in Jia Hui's study.

The study room of the master's house is not something that can be entered easily.Only absolute confidants like them are qualified to enter.

Except for a limited period of time, such as New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival and other major festivals, they rarely get together.

First of all, everyone has their own responsibilities. For example, Hu Jiu has to follow Jia Hui at all times, and Nusreti has to run back and forth from Yili to Luoyang or Dihua to Luoyang. On weekdays, let alone Hu Jiu and Yuanrong. Even Jia Hui couldn't see him a few times a year.

Second, what do these three big bosses from the prime minister, county, government, military, government, and business always get together to do?
But being summoned by Jia Hui today was neither a new year nor a festival, which puzzled Nusreti and Yuanrong. However, after a conversation with Hu Jiu, Nusreti suddenly understood, and Yuanrong also followed Nusreti as if he had suddenly understood. Reti nodded.

Just kidding, what else can be saved in the Rongguo Mansion that is as leaky as a sieve?There was still a fight going on in Rongxi Hall, and the Yuanda steward already knew the cause of the fight.

But this Nusreti didn't know yet, Hu Jiu also happened to have the desire to show off, and he was just pretending to be stupid. Why not?

I guess the owner of the house needs to tidy up the second room next door!
Yuanrong thought in his heart.

Although he is a son of the Jia family, the Yuan family still has some family background, and several books have been passed down in the family, such as the Buddhist scripture "The Mahaparinirvana Sutra".

If the ancestor had no choice but to sell himself into the Jia family and become a slave, otherwise the Yuan family would be able to become a small aristocratic family in the new dynasty.

It's just that there are fewer people.

There was a noise from a certain entrance, and the three of them quickly stood up and turned around, only to see Jia Hui walking in with her hair disheveled and wearing a long gown.

"Homeowner!"

"Well, we are all family members, sit down." Waving to them, Jia Hui sat behind the desk, crossed her legs and looked at them.

The three of them also sat down respectfully, waiting for orders from Jia Hui.

"The second wife bullied me too much, I can't bear this grievance!

Lao Jiu, go check, check the Wang family. Forget it, check what bad debts Mrs. Wang has, such as soliciting lawsuits, loaning loan sharks, etc. Check carefully for me!After checking, go to Luoyang Mansion to report to the official!

Nusi, take back some of the shops that were previously given to the second house, and give me all the second house’s business to me, including the father’s house! "

"Brother-in-law, ah no, Master, the business of the father-in-law is also going to be disrupted?" Nusreti asked quickly.

"Stir! Stir everything for me. Wait, let me think about it."

Jia Hui calmed down and thought again.
Now that she has decided to break up with the second bedroom, the old lady is more inclined to the second bedroom. Just like before, the old lady is biased!
No matter how you mediate it, Dafang will suffer in the end.
Then simply separate the families and do ball counting alone!
Anyway, I have already completed the de facto separation of the family. Even with tens of millions of taels of silver in hand, I don’t bother to divide the property with my second wife. No matter how much trouble the old lady makes, it is impossible to affect the inheritance of the title of Rongguo Mansion. Now Jia Lian and Jia Cong are still there. Before all three of them, father and son, died, this title had nothing to do with the second wife!

To put it bluntly, even Jia She, Jia Lian, Jia Cong and his son died suddenly on the spot, and the succession order of his Dunhuang Duke's house was higher than that of the second house.

As long as Jia She didn't die suddenly on the spot and didn't have time to leave any last words, as long as he had time to leave his last words, he would adopt one of his sons to Jia Lian's knees to inherit the incense and go back to inherit the Rongguo Mansion.
The eldest brother must be confident when he is here, but what about the second brother and the old lady?

"Nusi, first let me mess with the second wife's own property and Wang Shuqing's own property from her dowry. Let me take care of the family property of Rongguo Mansion later."

Based on Jia Hui's understanding of the old lady, even proposing to separate the family would not bring any good results. After all, Jia Yuanchun is the righteous princess, Jia Zhu is a new star, and even Baoyu, who was almost beaten to death by his father before, is here. In the eyes of the old lady, she is also a person of great fortune, and she must not let her future be ruined by the reputation of the two married women in Rongguo Mansion who separated while their mother was still alive.

Dafang no longer has such worries. He, Jia Hui, has already become a Taiwei, and Jia Lian has a title to inherit. As for Jia Cong, help him if he can. If he really can't, when he makes meritorious deeds in the future, he can exchange it for him. The title means you can live a stable and prosperous life.

And as long as his power is still there, there is no need to worry about Yingchun's wedding.

Everyone in the first house has a bright future, but only a few in the second house have a future that is completely uncertain whether it will be a blessing or a curse...

Therefore, even if the family is divided, at most it is to divide the property without dividing the family and maintain a superficial harmony. After that, there will be dramas such as the title property going to the first family, and the family property to the second family.
When that time comes, let's take advantage of the property that belongs to the second house. If the public property of Rongfu is abolished in advance, there will be trouble when dividing the family property.
When that time comes, what if Jia She's filial pension money is added?How could Jia Zheng, a fifth-rank official, have enough salary to support his second wife and the old lady's extravagant life?

There's no point in killing them all at once. Watching them slowly become chaotic and then slowly separate and disintegrate is the best option.
It's up to them to have fun in the next few years.

Hu Jiu and Nusreti left Jia Hui's study after receiving their errands, leaving only Jia Hui's biological uncle Yuan Rong present.

"uncle."

"Master!" Yuan Rong quickly stood up and respectfully waited for Jia Hui's order.

It was up to Jia Hui whether he recognized his mother's uncle as Jia Hui, but he couldn't forget his identity and really put himself in the position of Jia Hui's uncle.

"There are many people in the family who can fight and dare to fight, but maybe there are too few who use their brains." Jia Hui looked at the submissive butler Yuan Rong in front of him with neither happiness nor sadness.

"Yes, I will go and get you the list of the Jia family's children who have participated in military training in the past few months." Yuan Rong emphasized the words "Jia family's children" with emphasis.

"Well, it's getting late. Uncle, go back and rest soon. It won't be too late to see you tomorrow." Jia Hui nodded.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Rong said nothing but bowed to Jia Hui, and then slowly exited the study.
"Ah, by the way, the Yuan family can be considered a family tradition. My uncle should select a few outstanding children to work in the house. If they are really outstanding,"

Yuan Rong, who was about to cross the threshold, froze in place. The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and finally he suppressed the rising corners of his mouth. He immediately turned around and bowed down to Jia Hui.
(End of this chapter)