Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 103 Marquis Zhongjing

When Xiangling heard this, she immediately lowered her head. The maids and women around Jia Mu raised their eyes to look at her. The woman said, "Old lady, this looks like Grandma Dongfu Rong's character. "

Jia Mu suddenly said: "Hey, when you say that, it seems true."

Just then, the maid waiting outside reported: "Old lady, Second Master Bao is here."

After the words fell, before Li Weijian got up to greet them, Baoyu and Baochai had already quickly entered the hall.

The smile on Mother Jia's face suddenly became warmer, and she waved her hands repeatedly: "My dear, how did you find me here?"

Baoyu said with a smile on her face: "What's going on? I just finished school and wanted to talk to my ancestors. Unexpectedly, two maids were left guarding the house. After asking, I found out that they were here, Fourth Brother Jian. I Isn’t this what I found?”

Baochai followed Baoyu and knelt down, greeted Jia Mu, and then greeted Li Weijian.Li Weijian bowed slightly and raised his hands, which was regarded as saying hello to the two of them.

Baoyu didn't look out at all. When he saw the maid setting up a chair, he dragged the chair directly to Jia's mother, lifted up his robe and sat down.He didn't care about Li Weijian, and just said to Jia Mu: "Why do ancestors want to come to Fourth Brother Jian's place?"

Naturally, some things cannot be said, so Jia Mu said: "They are all the younger generations of our family. They have been watching me for three months. I have to come and take a look. My dear, if you have nothing else to do, just come and take a look." Go play naughty by yourself first, I still want to talk to Brother Jian."

Baoyu glanced at Li Weijian and said in confusion: "Ancestor, is there something else that you want to hide from me? Let me guess, is it about giving birth to a child?"

Li Weijian picked up the tea cup and sipped it slowly, cursing in his heart.Youdao was a virtuous wife, a wealthy man for three generations, a loving mother with many failed sons, and the whole family pampered Baoyu so much. I'm afraid that Baoyu's eyes have long since lost her beauty. In the future, even if the family fortune of Rongguo Mansion has not declined, I'm afraid it will also fail. In Baoyu's hands.

Baoyu was too lazy to wait and see, but Baochai was a smart man. Hearing the words, he said: "Brother Bao, perhaps the old lady wants to talk to Fourth Brother Jian about career and economics. Do you want to listen too?"

Baoyu's expression suddenly changed and he waved his hands: "Come on, come on, I can't bear to hear this. It's enough to give me a headache every day when I hear what the master said at home. If I continue to listen to this when I get home, I really can't survive." "

Jia Mu said quickly with a bluff, "Bah, bah, bah, that's nonsense. What about life and death, I can't bear to hear that."

"It's just a naughty joke, why did our ancestors take it seriously?" Baoyu glanced around, his gaze first stopped on Xiangling for a moment, and he felt extremely sorry in his heart. It's a pity that such a person was taken away by Li Weijian early, and now But it’s hard to ask for it.His eyes moved and immediately met Hanhan Xiuying.

Baoyu tilted his leg and landed on the ground, walked straight over and said, "Are you Xiuying?"

"Ah, yes."

Baoyu said: "I heard from the third sister that you are a hero among women, and your sword skills are extremely sharp. Even the fourth brother Jian is no match for you? Let's go and play in the courtyard. Let me see how powerful you are." Fa'er."

Jia Mu hurriedly scolded: "Naughty boy! If you want to use someone's maid, you must first ask the master." Turning around, Jia Mu looked at Li Weijian with a smile and said: "Brother Jian——"

Li Weijian smiled and nodded, and then said to Xiu Ying: "Go ahead, be careful not to hurt Brother Bao."

Xiu Ying agreed, but Hong Yu beside her was worried and followed Xiu Ying.

Baoyu and Baochai immediately chased out. After a while, Baoyu's shouting could be heard in the courtyard.

Only Li Weijian and Jia Mu were left inside. Jia Mu took a sip of tea and then said: "Brother Jian, I originally intended for you to stay in the house and study hard. I don't want you to have such bad things happen one after another. I don't know what the old lady is doing." What evil did I do in my previous life to end up with such evil obstacles?"

Li Weijian didn't want to answer, so he just said: "Old lady, please be more lenient, sir... maybe it's just a moment of confusion."

"Confused for a moment? I don't think he has ever sobered up!" After complaining, Jia Mu said, "I heard that he took 8000 taels of silver from Brother Jian?"

"Yes."

Jia Mu sighed and said: "As the saying goes, brothers can still settle accounts openly. Brother Jian, don't worry, this account won't be settled. When he gets more comfortable, I will let him pawn and sell calligraphy and paintings, and I will always give Brother Jian's money." The money will be returned. It’s just that Brother Jian needs some grace."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "It's not urgent, I don't spend much money on weekdays. On the other hand, the old lady still needs some persuasion.

It's normal to buy low and sell high for this stock, and you can't lose much, but the old man actually went to Shuntianfu to borrow money. Two coins can be used as one tael, and if there is a bad move between the rise and fall, you will lose money.Now the old man is losing his mind, he is just like that gambler. "

"Brother Jian is right."

Jia's mother showed off her old face to express her displeasure, and Li Weijian behaved like a gentleman.After getting down to business, Jia Mu asked some questions about daily life, lingered over a cup of tea, and then left.

After seeing off Jia Mu, Li Weijian clicked on the red jade and asked, "When did Brother Bao and Sister Xue leave?"

Hongyu smiled and said: "I left early in the morning. Xiuying played a show at first and saw that Second Master Debao was very happy. Later Xiuying only knew how to make moves. Second Master Bao saw that the posture was not good-looking and was defeated. So I went with Miss Bao to look for the third girl."

Xiu Ying on the side said angrily: "I don't know the goods, this is an authentic Qi family knife. What's the use of looking good? I can kill you with three or two moves." After a pause, Xiu Ying suddenly vomited. Sticking out his tongue, he looked up at Li Weijian and said, "Master, I'm not talking about you."

Li Weijian gritted his teeth, reached out and flicked Xiu Ying's forehead, and said: "If you don't say the next thing, I won't worry about it. If you say this, how can I not be annoyed? Oh, don't forget that you were defeated a while ago. It’s in my hands.”

Xiu Ying muttered: "I was distracted. None of the young masters behind me have ever won."

Li Weijian doesn't care how many times he wins?He said happily: "If you win, you win. Speaking of which, we both lose and win. Well, we are evenly matched."

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and went back to the main room to rest.

Perhaps Mrs.Not to mention Mrs. Xing and the eldest master in question, even the servants below walked lightly, for fear of causing displeasure and being punished again.

The next day, Li Weijian went out at midnight, bought four gifts first, and then drove towards the Zhongjing Hou Mansion.

Halfway through, the front suddenly became crowded, and people watching the excitement gathered around the second entrance of the house, and there was a huge crowd of people.

Wu Haiping jumped out of the car and went to the front to observe. When he came back, he looked strange and said, "Sir, there are two things, one is good and the other is bad. Which one do you want to listen to first?" "Huh?" Li Weijian said reflexively: "Let's talk first. Talk about bad things.”

"The bad thing is that the front is completely blocked, so I have to go around."

"Okay?"

Wu Haiping grinned and said happily: "What a coincidence? Right ahead is Zhou An's mansion, and Shuntian Mansion is coming to pick it up right now."

"what?"

And such fun?Li Weijian immediately picked up the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, ordered Wu Zhong to clear the way, and hurriedly went to see the excitement.

King Zhongshun had stolen a lot of money from Li Weijian, and Zhou An was the accomplice this time.The gap between Li Weijian and the loyal and shun king was too big, so he could only make a plan to make him lose money. He then turned around and looked for an opportunity to plot against Zhou An. He didn't want to make a move, but Zhou An suffered retribution.

Li Weijian happily squeezed into the crowd and listened to the people around him talking, and he had a little idea in his mind.

But yesterday morning, the Shuntian Mansion Office came to collect debts and happened to rescue Zhou An.Later, fearing that the debt would be wiped out after his death, Zhou An was sued by Capital Investment House (Note [-]) with a piece of complaint.

The petition was handed to the lobby of Shuntian Mansion. The Yin of Shuntian Mansion immediately ordered someone to invite Zhou An to come. After a confrontation in the hall, Zhou An could not argue and had to accept it.

The financing house urged him to repay the debt, but Zhou An only said that he had no money.No money?Then let's confiscate the house. We can't let Shuntian Mansion suffer, right?
Even if King Zhongshun owes so much money, Shuntian Mansion dares to come to ask for it. Who are you, Zhou An?
So today, Shuntian Prefecture dispatched dozens of government officials and helpers. They did not talk about looting, but only said "preserve assets" and prevent "asset transfer". They entered Zhou An's house and kicked everyone out. He looked around for valuable items, put them in a box and sealed them, then turned around and carried them back to Shuntian Mansion.

Even this house has not been spared. A good second house in the inner city can be pawned for several thousand taels of silver.

In the end, it didn't matter at all. Several bookkeepers looked at it one by one and were overjoyed after estimating that the An family's free fortune this week was only a few thousand taels, but if the hidden items were sold, they could get at least thirteen or forty thousand taels!

At this moment, Zhou An's family members were either yelling or sobbing in front of the door, and Zhou An's wooden figure seemed to be poking there, looking like a dead man who could breathe!

Li Weijian heard what the clerk in front of him was saying and decided in his heart that Zhou An was probably dead this week!How can a mere 10,000 taels of wealth come from a palace with a long history?I'm afraid these belongings must have been hidden secretly while on errands for King Zhongshun.

King Zhongshun had lost all his money. If he heard about this, he would definitely not let Zhou An go.

It's a pity that Li Weijian is just a scholar now. If he was in a high and powerful position, he could poke Zhou An in the face and add insult to injury.Nowadays, all you have to do is have fun, and there is no other use than ruining your own character by joining in with others.

Li Weijian put his feet up and looked at Wu Zhong who was having fun. The two returned to the alley, got on the carriage and drove around to the Zhongjing Hou Mansion.

The Zhongjing Hou Mansion is located in the archway alley behind Gongyuan, east of the inner city.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the Marquis Mansion, Wu Haiping went to hand over the name card to his disciples. Li Weijian got off the carriage and looked up.Then I saw a plaque on the bright gate with the four characters "Zhongjing Hou Mansion" written on it.

Compared with Rongguo Mansion, the word "Edict" is missing.

The person in charge seemed to have received the order a long time ago. When he glanced at Li Weijian, he immediately smiled. He went down the steps and bowed and said, "But is it in front of Mr. Li? Mr. Hou gave the order early in the morning, saying that if Mr. Li comes, , just go straight into the house."

"That's it, I'm sorry."

Leaving Wu Haiping and Wu Zhong behind, Li Weijian followed the steward in from the corner door and turned around the screen wall. Next to the inner door is the outer study.

The steward introduced Li Weijian into the room, sent the boy to serve tea, and asked Li Weijian to wait later.After a cup of tea, the sound of footsteps was heard outside. Li Weijian just stood up and saw a man about [-] to [-] years old about to come in.

Li Weijian did not dare to neglect, and quickly raised his hands in salute: "Uncle Shi, my nephew has been a bad guest today."

"Haha, you are too humble after resurrecting. Such a living God of Wealth cannot be invited by others. How can he be considered a bad guest?"

Reaching out his hand to invite Li Weijian to sit down, Shi Ding, the loyal marquis, looked at Li Weijian carefully and became more and more satisfied.

Li Weijian felt strange in his heart. He always felt that Shi Ding's eyes were like Lao Taishan looking at his hairy son-in-law.Little did he know that he was right in this wild guess!

Li Weijian's ability, after what happened to the water company, is already known to everyone in the court, and the people in the city may not have heard of it, but who in this distinguished family doesn't know about it?
It's just a way to dig a well. If someone else had this skill, it would be great to be a little rich.Look at Li Weijian, after a lot of hard work, he gave birth to a behemoth like a water company!
This is what happened to the Taoist Water Company. Unexpectedly, it was followed by a stock exchange!As for the capital allocation room in Shuntian Mansion later, it made a lot of people look at it, which can be regarded as seeing what it means to turn stone into gold.

If there is such a person in the capital, the noble family will naturally want to win over him.However, not only did Li Weijian have a good relationship with King Zhongyong, he also became a disciple of the old fox Yan Xiyao.

Everyone has to weigh and weigh one of these two people, let alone two of them?Because Li Weijian was at ease these days and never got into trouble.

Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing, was an official in Prince Zhongyong's palace. Ten years ago, during the Chengtianmen Incident, he entered the Jia family alone and persuaded the Jia family not to act rashly in suppressing the Beijing camp. At that time, Jia Jing was the prince's companion, so how could he just sit back and wait for death?

Shi Ding was also a ruthless man. He drew a knife and put it across his neck, telling Jia Jinruo that if he wanted to leave the house, he should first step over his body.

The old Duke hesitated, which led to Yuji's decision.Afterwards, Emperor Zhenghe rewarded him with the title of Marquis Zhongjing, and ordered him to serve as an official in the court. This is how we are now.

But he said that Shi Ding and King Zhongyong were on good terms with each other. When they were having a drink yesterday, King Zhongyong made a private comment.It is said that Li Weijian is really talented and hard-working, and if Jane is in the heart of the emperor, he will definitely be of great use in the future!
However, Naihe was always involved with the Jia family. King Zhongyong secretly investigated and found out that except for the eldest sister Li Wan mentioned by Li Weijian, he was probably lingering in Rongguo Mansion because of the girl in his family.

Calculating that Li Weijian was about to be fourteen, it was the time when the young man admired her, so after making some fun at the banquet, King Zhongyong joked to Shi Ding: "If you have a suitable daughter in your family, you might as well match her, so as not to worry about it." Li Fusheng has been thinking about things all day long, but once he gets married, Li Fusheng will be able to work hard."

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. The children in Shi Ding’s family are not of the right age, but he also has a niece, Shi Xiangyun!
　The picture shows Xiangyun

　　Note [-]: After thinking about it for a long time, it sounds too ugly to call a loan house, so let’s call it a financing house.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)