Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 411 5.93 But Qing is now at Uncle Zhou’s house
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5.93 Keqing is now at Uncle Zhou’s house.
"Uncle Zhou, but Uncle Zhou is here?" Before Zhou Yang could finish his voice, Jia Rong's crying voice came out, "I don't want my nephew to be in the field now, but Uncle Zhou is still willing to come and take a look."

"Brother Rong, let's sit down first!" Zhou Yang frowned and entered the bedroom. He saw that the originally gorgeous rosewood carvings were on top of the bed, but even the bedding was dirty.

The stove not far away has long since lost its sparks, and there is a bedpan in front of the bed. The filth inside has obviously been dumped by no one, and some of it was even accidentally spilled when it was placed. Jia Rong struggled to get up, and when she lifted the quilt, There were obvious water stains and fishy smell underneath, but unfortunately he was too weak to get up on his own.

"Uncle Zhou, my nephew thought he would never see you again." Jia Rong was already crying.

When he lifted the quilt just now, the injuries he suffered were also exposed. In fact, they were not serious. At first, he was only hit by a crossbow arrow on his right thigh, which even damaged the bones. But as long as he is treated seriously, he will definitely be a doctor for the rest of his life. Lame, but his life is not in danger, just because Jia Zhen is dead, the position of heir is vacant, and everyone else is busy fighting for it, but no one cares at all, they just hastily ask a doctor to clean and bandage it and that's it.

Now it has been dragging on for more than a month, and the wound has long suppurated and rotted, and the whole person is running a high fever. What's more serious is that the abscess has spread to the thighs and lower abdomen, completely paralyzing Jia Rong, who could still move around with the help of others. With this With the medical standards of the era, he had no hope of treatment.

"Brother Rong, if you have anything to explain, just say it. I'm afraid your injury is hopeless." At this point, Zhou Yang didn't want to fool Jia Rong anymore, so he expressed his attitude straightforwardly, "Then Needless to say about the few slaves who don’t want to die, I just sent them to see the King of Hell, if you still don’t forgive your hatred, I can also send their family to serve you."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou. It's not necessary!" Probably because the "outbreak" just now exhausted all his energy, Jia Rong was too weak to even speak. "My nephew, I don't complain about anything else. I just want to ask one more question. Why have I reached this point now?" Only my uncle came to visit. Where are the brothers from back then? Even from the Xifu, only Brother Qiang and Brother Lan have come so far."

"What?" Even Zhou Yang was confused now, "Isn't it strange that no one is here now? Why was there no one in the first place?"

"No!" Jia Rong said bitterly with a tear-stained face, "After my nephew was brought back, Brother Lan came over that night when he was sober. A few days later, he sent a lot of things, but other than him, there was no one else. Since the news about Brother Qiang came out, even the servants in this courtyard have the courage to leave the rest of the Wurong Mansion alone."

"Where's Brother Qiang?" Zhou Yang asked with a cold face.

"Come here every few days!" Jia Rong nodded laboriously, "My nephew doesn't blame him. When my father was still alive, many people actually guessed that we were brothers, and my father's attitude towards him was even more... Everyone knows that now that he has gained the power, it would be great if he could come to my place to see me. My nephew is still alive today thanks to him arranging for someone to clean up and call the doctor every time he comes."

"Huh -" Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a slight sigh, "Now that we are in this situation, it doesn't matter whether we invite the doctor or not. Do you have any other requests?"

"But Qing, what's wrong?" Jia Rong thought for a long time before saying with difficulty.

"You should know her identity. In addition, what happened to Brother Zhen back then, she is no longer in the mansion." After thinking for a long time, Zhou Yang still didn't tell the whole story, "In fact, it's okay for her to leave and stay in the mansion." There’s no benefit in it.”

"My dear, are you at Uncle Zhou's house now?" As soon as Jia Rong finished speaking, he noticed that Zhou Yang's expression froze, and then he showed a bitter smile, "Originally, my little nephew never thought about it, but he just lays down these days with nothing but his brain. Since she couldn't move, she naturally thought more. It was not difficult to find out the real owner of the small village where she often went to 'worship the Buddha'.

There are also the female guards around her. My nephew has inquired from the county prince’s palace. The prince has never sent so many people. If they are not guards, but female bodyguards, it will not be difficult to understand. Uncle Zhou The two aunts in the backyard were from escort agencies, and their relationship with His Highness Yongchang is no secret. If everything goes together, things will become clear. "

Zhou Yang really didn't know what to say, and he didn't want to fool a dying person, so he had no choice but to remain silent.

"Uncle, let's go slowly!" Seeing that there would be no further results, Jia Rong's voice became weaker and weaker, and finally she simply closed her eyes, "But Qing, that's fine, I won't send my nephew away."

Zhou Yang didn't say anything anymore, stood up and left the room. He really didn't expect that Jia Rong would be so smart at this point. But no matter what, he didn't plan to say anything about apologizing, because this kind of thing cannot be tolerated. After half a step back, he was too lazy to talk nonsense and arranged for someone to tell Jia Qiang about the four slaves in Jia Rongyuan, and he went directly to Rongguo Mansion.

Rongguo Mansion, Mengpozhai.

"Why are Ziyang here?" Jia Zheng finally had some brains and no longer kept saying "good nephew", "But he came from Dongfu."

"Second Uncle Zheng, why didn't I see the young men in this house when I was in Ning'antang?" Zhou Yang was not polite and went straight to explain the situation, "Everyone in the capital knows that Ning Rong is one, and now that Brother Zhen is gone, We don't even send a decent man here to see him off. How will people think about it after it gets out?" "Zi Yang is serious." Jia Zheng's expression froze, only looking at his leisurely posture of drinking tea and reading just now. , knowing that he himself didn’t take it seriously, but now that it was mentioned in his face, it was another topic, not to mention that he was famous for being unconventional, so naturally he didn’t know what to do, "Zi Yang What do you think it should be?”

"I will arrange for Brother Lan to go over and accompany him to Ning'antang." Zhou Yang did this not for "crocodile tears", but for the reputation of the girl here. Although the reputation of Rongguo Mansion is already bad enough, at any rate There hasn't been any bad news - well, there haven't been too many bad news about family members. "Brother Bao, you'd better send him there. If Brother Lian isn't here, he will be the representative of the house."

"This" Jia Zheng thought for a long time but couldn't figure out why Zhou Yang could arrange Jia Lan's affairs, but it did not hinder his understanding of the latter arrangement. "Baoyu. Now my mother is afraid that it will be..."

"It's good that Uncle Zheng knows. My nephew goes over and says something." Zhou Yang shook his head speechlessly, remembering that in the original work, after Qin Keqing's death, Jia's mother first arranged for people to stop Jia Baoyu, but when she couldn't stop him, she sent a bunch of people to follow her. , just for fear of being "shocked". Besides, Jia Lan was gone, and he didn't want Jia Baoyu to feel comfortable. "The funeral in Ning Mansion is a big event for the entire Jia family, so it's better for Brother Bao to go."

"That's fine, that's fine!" What else could Jia Zheng say?
After half a stick of incense, Jia Muyuan.

"I've met the old lady!" After Zhou Yang was welcomed in, he first looked at Jia Baoyu, who was habitually curled up in Jia Mu's arms, and then realized that this time he didn't even bother to avoid the female family members, so he bowed and said, "Dong Over at the mansion, Brother Zhen is gone, why don't you see Brother Bao to see you off? As the saying goes, 'Ning Rong is one body', if the master here doesn't even show up, wouldn't it be too ugly to say it out?"

"Isn't that necessary?" After Zhou Yang entered the house, Jia Baoyu lost the courage to speak. Seeing the baby egg crawling into her arms again, Jia Mu felt that she should save it, "There are so many people in Dongfu. , Master and slave have been busy for so many days, what else can be delayed? Baoyu is still young."

"Old madam, Brother Lian is not here now. The younger generation of men in this mansion is led by Brother Bao. Brother Zhen in the East mansion has gone. There is not even a decent manpower here. Will it be true after word spreads?" Zhou Yang interrupted him angrily, but when he said "Brother Bao is the leader", Jia Mu's eyes clearly lit up, "Not just him, Ning'antang is all descendants of the Jia family, Brother Lan. There should be no shortage of children.”

"What Brother Zhou said is that I will ask him to come over now." Before anyone else could speak, Li Wan nodded with a smile, turned around and arranged for Su Yun to go back, "This is how it should be logically. We were negligent before, but fortunately today The funeral has just started, it’s not too late to send someone.”

"Ziyang, you just said that Brother Lan is going to the mourning hall, right?" Seeing that the younger Jia Lan has gone, it would be shameful for Jia Baoyu not to go, but Jia Mu still wants to save her, "Baoyu You are so young, and you are the same generation as Brother Zhen, what can you do in the past?"

"The person who is currently welcoming the door in Dongfu is a young man from the back streets of the two mansions. I don't know him." Of course Zhou Yang had already thought about the arrangement. "Although they are all members of the Jia family over there, it is far away. After Brother Bao passes by, There is no need to do anything, just greet him at the gate, the specific affairs will be taken care of by the people in the back street, he only needs to be a person."

When these words were spoken, everyone in the room had expressions twitching.

"The funeral of the surnamed Zhou will be held in Dongfu for three days, right?" Wang Xifeng's pungent voice sounded, "You mean to let..."

"By the way, there's you." Zhou Yang wasn't going to spoil anyone, "I also met the sister-in-law over there just now. Brother Qiang hasn't gotten married yet, so her family members are empty. It's not convenient for the sister-in-law to continue to be meddlesome due to her status. , you go over and pick up the matters in the inner courtyard, so as to save those slaves from herding sheep, I just went to Brother Rong's Children's Courtyard."

When Zhou Yang finished talking about how he directly killed four slaves, everyone in the audience had bad expressions. Jia Baoyu was so frightened that they all started to tremble.

"Girl Feng, the fourth sister went back two days ago. There is a person waiting beside her. I don't know what's going on. You might as well go over and have a look." Li Wan made up for it naturally. Anyway, she is a widow, no matter what There was no way he could stand out in such a big matter; luckily, others didn't know about it, as Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng had already stared at him with murderous eyes.

"Ancestor——" Jia Baoyu's voice was already crying.

"Go!" Mother Jia seemed to have been drained of all her strength. She waved her hand softly and said something, and then stopped talking. The young ones are gone, and the female relatives are gone. If there is no more male on the stage, Rongguo Mansion will What has happened?

"Junior, please leave!" Zhou Yang pulled away in time.

"Brother Zhou, there are a lot of things going on in the two houses now, and there is no one outside to greet the distinguished guests. Why don't you just work hard for two days?" Unexpectedly, Wang Xifeng stabbed the knife with a smile, which also made the eyes of the female family members in the living room light up. "I heard that young people from six other families came just now. Was it you who picked them up?"

"What Feng is saying is that you have worked so hard for Ziyang. You have a place to stay anyway. You have to work hard for two days and you will give it to Brother Zhen from Dongfu." Mother Jia smashed the last nail in the coffin with a smile, looking at her expression , obviously feeling much more comfortable.

Looking at the expressions of expectation or gloating in the living room, Zhou Yang suddenly felt like he had "shot himself in the foot."
(End of this chapter)