Brother Rong of Red Mansion

Chapter 32

Jia Qiang had been waiting at the second door for a long time. When she saw Jia Rong and Lai Sheng approaching, she immediately crossed her hands and saluted, "Hello, big brother, hello Grandpa Lai."

"Greetings to Mr. Qiang."

Jia Rong nodded slightly, but Lai Sheng knelt down and saluted Jia Qiang to say hello.

At this moment, a group of people came from a distance in the passage, and the leader was Jia Zhen.

Maybe it was windy at night, so Youshi changed his outfit, wearing a soft Tang scarf on his head, a willow green velvet straight body, a ribbon ring around his waist, and a golden three-piece and a heart-piercing box.

In Jia Zhen's palm, she also held a silver-red sweat towel with falling flowers and flowing water.

"My son Jia Rong (my nephew Jia Qiang and my servant Lai Sheng) pays my respects to the master."

Jia Zhen walked to the second door. Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, and Lai Sheng stepped forward and quickly greeted Jia Zhen.

It's not just the three of them.

The third-class servant women and boys who were guarding the second door all gave Jia Zhen great gifts and greetings.

The daughters-in-law and girls stood upright, put their hands on their chests, bowed their heads slightly, moved their hands slightly, bent their knees slightly, said "Master is blessed", and performed the Wanfu ceremony.

All the servants and servants knelt down and bowed to Jia Zhen.

The momentum is quite a bit like "one person travels, and thousands of people prostrate themselves".

"This is the authority of the master of Ningguo Mansion!"

Jia Rong's eyes sparkled.

"Is the car ready?" Jia Zhen asked Lai Sheng calmly as she walked to the second door.

"Go back to me, sir. I'm waiting outside the door. Today I have prepared a large sedan for eight people, and two small sedans for four people." Lai Sheng replied respectfully.

"Okay, not bad." Jia Zhen nodded slightly, with satisfaction in her eyes.

Ningguo Mansion has a stable and a carriage and sedan room. When the master of the mansion travels, whether he rides a horse or rides in a carriage or sedan, and even the size of the sedan, differs on different occasions due to personal gender, seniority and seniority.

Just talking about sedans, they can be divided into eight-person sedans, four-person small sedans, small open sedans with bamboo chairs, camel sedans, etc., for the travel use of the master of Ningguo Mansion.

Today, Jia Zhen is going to hold a banquet at the Taiping Tower to show off his ability to teach his children well. The four-person sedan that he usually travels in will definitely not work. But it would be boring for Jia Zhen to say this herself. Instead, Lai Sheng "experiences it" and has more artistic conception.

I have to say that Lai Sheng handled things very appropriately!
  Jia Zhen's eyes were filled with trust, and she nodded with satisfaction to Lai Sheng. She immediately stepped across the threshold of the second door, turned southwest and left the main courtyard.

Coming out of the corner gate next to the main entrance of Ningguo Mansion, as expected, three sedans stopped under the platform. There were two young men, one big and one small. The sedans were fully equipped, and there were slender sedan bearers wearing small hats, green clothes, and red waistlines waiting for them.

"Greetings to the master, Mr. Rong, and Mr. Qiang."

Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang and other masters came out of the corner door next to the main entrance of Ningguo Mansion. A group of strong and sturdy sedan bearers waiting for them quickly saluted the three of them.

The "Da Qian Li" originated from the military salute of the pre-Ming Dynasty. Since soldiers were wearing armor and it was inconvenient for them to salute superior officers, curtseying or half-knee salute became an alternative method.

And it is a duty and dignity to a certain extent for the bearers to carry the gentlemen around. Therefore, when dispatching them, even if they meet the master, they only need to bow a thousand salutes, instead of bowing like slaves and boys.

Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, and Jia Qiang are used to this.

He walked down the stage slowly and asked Jia Zhen to sit in the eight-person sedan. Jia Rong went to sit in a green gauze sedan behind Jia Zhen, and Jia Qiang sat in a blue gauze sedan behind. . After a while, as Lai Sheng said "lift up the sedan chair", the four-person sedan chair Jia Rong was riding in was lifted up steadily, with almost no shaking felt.

There was not much space inside the green gauze sedan chair carried by four people, and Jia Rong sat upright and behaved.

Occasionally, I lift a corner of the sedan curtain and look towards Ningrong Street. Just then, I saw ordinary people and traders closing up their stalls, gradually gathering into a crowd of people, heading west of the street. It’s dusk and sunset, and it’s almost sunset.

If you don't leave, you will be arrested by the masters of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division and fined.

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  After walking for a while, the three-carriage sedan landed steadily at the gate of Rongguo Mansion. Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, and Jia Qiang got off the sedan.

At this time, Jia She, the eldest master of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zheng, the second master, and Jia Lian, the second son of Jia She, were there. They all walked out of Rongguo Mansion and met Jia Zhen and others on the street. They bowed and said hello again.

After that, the men of the Jia family took sedans one after another, forming a crowd, heading west out of Ningrong Street, then turned around and walked south.

Along the way, many men came out of various towns and cities, all riding horses, sedans or cars. They greeted each other with their hands in hand.

It was sunset, and all the soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division came out to prepare for night patrol.

But when he saw the cars and sedans of dignitaries, he only dared to look far away and did not dare to take a step closer.

Let alone ordinary people, they just packed up their stalls and hurriedly hid on both sides of the street.

The servants of the nobles shouted angrily in front, like a pack of wolves with claws and teeth, driving away the merchants and common people with arrogance. Occasionally, if I walk slowly, I will be insulted and beaten, but no one dares to resist.

Not to mention them, even the masters of the Paibing army are hiding far away, aren't they?
  Jia Rong, who was hiding behind the sedan curtain, saw this scene clearly, and he also had a more realistic intuitive feeling about ancient feudal society.

When Jia Rong saw Taipingfang from Ningrong Street, his eyes were deep and his heart was up and down. Finally, two words popped out from between his teeth - "Eat people!"

Then, Jia Rong put down the sedan curtain, secretly clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and revealed a more determined look in his eyes.

"strength!
  "In this era of cannibalism, if you don't have power, you are just a lamb to be slaughtered. Life and death are all controlled by the superior. That is too powerless and too hopeless.

"I must get more solid strength!"

Then, Jia Rong clenched his fists and two more words popped out from between his teeth - "Military power!"

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  The Taiping Tower is located in the south of Shenjing City, the second square in the fourth row in the west, and is only separated from the Yanping Gate in the West City by Changshou Square. It was dusk and evening, and colorful lanterns were hung from a distance on the attic of the Taiping Tower.

But what disappoints the wealthy businessmen in the south of the city is that today the Taiping Tower has been taken over by the Ningguo Mansion, and the noble disciples are invited to have fun.

In desperation, the wealthy businessmen could only come here to take advantage of the excitement and return in despair. While it was still dark, he urged the sedan driver and coachman to hurry up and go to several other brothels.

"Greetings to all the lords, lords and buddies of the Jia family."

Jia She and Jia Zhen are both frequent visitors to Taiping Tower. Several young brothers, including Jia Lian, Jia Rong, and Jia Qiang, have also come to play a few times. Even Jia Zheng, who was an "upright man", was once banqueted or treated as a guest by his colleagues in the Taiping Tower.

So, Jia Rong and others just got off the sedan. The old bustard wears a ponytail bun with pearls and emerald curls, wears a bright red double-breasted cloak with gold thread, and holds a plain gauze fan. Then he raised his heavily made-up, swollen face and came forward with a smile on his face.

Then he stood at the main entrance of the Taiping Tower, leading a group of turtle slaves dressed in green and wearing swastika headscarves, bowing their heads to greet everyone in the Jia Mansion.

The old bustard is a blessing gift.

The turtle slave is in a kneeling posture, with both knees on the ground and the waist and hips raised. (In the 98 version of Water Margin, Song Jiang kneels down with his butt raised.)
  Visiting a brothel brings many practical experiences in my memory. But as the soul of later generations takes the lead, Jia Rong still has ups and downs in his heart and can't help but be emotional.

"Is this the Madam? Is this the Turtle Slave? Hold on, don't panic! I've been studying the history of whoring for so long, and now it finally comes in handy."

Compared with Jia Rong's secret excitement, Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Qiang and other men of the Jia family had their faces as usual, calm and relaxed, and walked towards the Taiping Tower naturally as if they had returned home.

Jia Rong took a deep breath and followed slowly.

However, after entering the Taiping Tower, the laughter and bright lights in the attic came into view. Jia Rong suddenly stopped and her brain stopped functioning.

It's so exciting too!
  (End of this chapter)