Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 230 Meeting old friends 2
  Liaodong Town General Military Mansion

When Yang Xiong learned that Jia Lian was coming, he welcomed him in enthusiastically.

"Second Master is a rare guest, please come quickly," Yang Xiong laughed and said: "My former brother-in-law, Third Master Cong, gave a generous hand to relieve the hunger of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in our Liaodong Town, and helped me I'm so busy, it shows that your family's legacy of loyalty and righteousness has not changed."

"Uncle Shi is overly praised." Jia Lian laughed dryly. Only a madman would give away 200 tons of food.

"Now there is one more thing I want Uncle Shi to make the decision on." He said and presented Jia Mu's letter.

oh? Yang Xiong took the letter, read it through, and smiled slightly, as expected.

"I understand what the old lady means. It's hard work for the second master to come far away, so why not stay here for a few days and then make long-term plans." Yang Xiong put down the letter and said with a smile.

Jia Lian smiled bitterly and said: "This matter is of great importance. The elders in the family are urging me very urgently. Lian is anxious day and night, fearing that he will be burdened with a heavy responsibility. How dare he be lazy and rest. I ask Uncle Shi to uphold justice for the sake of the late Duke Rong."

Yang Xiong nodded and said: "Second Master, don't worry, I always deal with justice. I will write a letter and send it to the old lady of your house immediately to explain the whole story.

I know this matter very well. It is true that Mr. Wu of your mansion waited too much. Brother Cong was so angry that he resorted to this thunderous method. Although I am his superior, this is a family matter of your house after all. How can I interfere? This one.

Even if I ask Mr. Cong to change his ways for personal gain, he may not obey. Since ancient times, how can a superior order his subordinates to change the way they govern their families? This is the second one. "

After speaking, he walked to the desk, picked up his pen and wrote a letter, ordering his soldiers to send it to the Rongguo Mansion in Shenjing immediately.

Jia Lian had no choice but to plead again and again: "Uncle Shi Mingjian, brother Cong now has a heavy army in Liaodong and is threatening him, so no one in charge of the farm dares to disobey him.

The old ladies and gentlemen are far away in Shenjing. If the old general doesn't take action, who can stop them? Wan Wang, the old general, came to his aid. "

Yang Xiong shook his head and said with a smile: "Well, since the second master said it for this reason, if I didn't say a word, I would be sorry for the old lady's letter. I wonder how the second master wants me to help?"

Jia Lian was overjoyed and said: "Uncle Shi, please issue an order from Daojun to ask Brother Cong to return the farm to the two governments. The government will not take care of the rest."

Yang Xiong said: "Okay, I will shamelessly write a letter to Mr. Cong. I can't control whether he listens or not."

"Thank you for your great righteousness, uncle. My nephew will go back and report to the old lady Ming." Jia Lian bowed hurriedly.

Yang Xiong waved his hand and wrote another letter to him.

"My nephew, please leave." Jia Lian happily took the letter and left.

Yang Xiong watched him leave, shaking his head and laughing. If just writing a few words would work, what else would the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Liaodong do? These gentlemen are all cute and silly.

A few days later, Jia Lian and his party finally arrived at Liaohaiwei after a long journey. There was no time to rest, so I went directly to the garrison to post a message.

"Brother Pan!" Jia Lian greeted Xue Pan as he came out of the gate.

"Hey, Brother Lian, you're finally here!" Xue Pan hurriedly stepped forward and took his hand in, "I've been resting here for several days, and I've almost got the goods. I'm just waiting for you to come back together. So, is this going smoothly?"

Jia Lian shook his head and sighed: "The stewards in Zhuangzi only recognize Brother Cong, and the cards in the mansion are not easy to use. Fortunately, General Yang spoke out for the sake of his family friends."

Xue Pan advised: "Second Brother Lian, I think you'd better not hit Brother Cong. This Zhuangzi is from the mansion anyway, and he's not from Qin. Who cares if it's not the same? I think Brother Cong won't be short either." It’s for chewing in the house.” Jia Lian thought of Wang Xifeng’s advice, hesitated a little, and was speechless for a moment.

The two housekeepers Zhang Cai and Qian Qi couldn't help but interjected: "Uncle Xue is wrong. The farm is the property of the government. Who is in charge of it should be decided by the old ladies and gentlemen. How can they control it privately?" Isn’t it treasonous?”

Xue Pan chuckled and said: "The two housekeepers are right. Second brother Lian, you guys are sitting in the flower hall for a meeting. I have some business matters, so I'll excuse you now."

You guys quickly go and report to the guards that the Second Master Lian of Shenjing Rong Mansion is here. "After that, he left. Anyway, he had said the good things. He didn't want to stay here and get into trouble with Jia Cong.

"Brother Pan, take care of yourself." Jia Lian stood up and saw him off.

After a while, Jia Cong came out, followed by several soldiers.

"Third brother, please come and be fine."

Jia Lian saw that Jia Cong was wearing a three-pronged purple gold jeweled hair crown, red sword sleeves with Ruyi cloud patterns carved from Xichuan Sichuan brocade, a tiger skin jade belt tied around his waist, and court boots embroidered with gladiolus patterns on the green satin ground. He looked rich and heroic. , his eyes were like lightning, he was majestic, and there was no trace of him looking like a frustrated concubine.

Jia Cong nodded, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Brother Lian, why did you come all the way here?" He had already received Yang Xiong's letter, so how could he take Jia Lian seriously.

Jia Lian smiled and said, "That's right. The old ladies and gentlemen at home were very happy to hear that the third brother had reorganized Zhuangzi and brought about advantages and eliminated disadvantages.

Knowing that the third brother was busy with military affairs and had no time to take care of the affairs of the farm, he sent me to bring a few stewards to take charge of it. This is a letter from the old lady. Please take a look at it. "

Jia Cong took the letter and read it over, and said: "Thank you to the old lady for understanding everything. Cong is very grateful. Please tell the second brother Lian to tell the old lady. I have arranged the farm affairs, so I won't bother the government. I will have it at the end of the year." The New Year's gifts will be delivered on time, and I guarantee they will be more than in previous years."

"Here...here is a letter from General Yang." Jia Lian said hurriedly.

Jia Cong took the letter and put it aside. He smiled lightly and said, "You and I are talking about family matters. What does it have to do with General Yang? Although General Yang is a superior, he can't take care of his subordinates' family affairs. Second brother Lian is confused." , I owe someone a favor for nothing."

Jia Lian had nothing to say, and his face suddenly fell. How could he do business this time?

When Zhang Cai and Zhang Cai saw Jia Cong eating Jia Lian to death, they couldn't help but said: "Third Master Cong, the old lady has already spoken about this matter, so it is better to do it according to the old lady's wishes, so as not to spread the word and damage Third Lord Cong." In the name of loyalty and filial piety.”

Qian Qi said: "Now that the old lady and the gentlemen are still here, Mr. Cong still needs to be careful in his words and deeds, so as not to get people to say that there are no rules in the house and make people laugh."

Seeing that these two slaves dared to be rude to Jia Cong, Zhang Yuanba and other soldiers immediately showed murderous intent and stared at the two men. Just waiting for an order, they killed these two audacious slaves on the spot. .

Jia Lian secretly thought something was wrong and was about to reprimand him "Don't be rude to the third master", but it was already too late.

Jia Cong's eyes narrowed, his expression turned solemn, and he sneered: "There are indeed many talented people in the family. Even the slaves dare to bark in front of me. Come on, please pull me down and slap my mouth twenty times."

"You! We were sent by the old lady." Zhang and Qian said in shock and anger. They were both well-known in the house and had never been beaten before.

The soldiers didn't care who he was, they pulled him outside the hall and knelt on the ground. They picked up the execution wooden sign and slapped him in the face.
  After twenty blows, the two of them had turned into purple pig heads, their faces were bleeding, more than half of their teeth had been removed, and they could no longer speak.

Jia Lian and several other Dongfu housekeepers were frightened and did not dare to speak out for fear of offending Jia Cong and being beaten.

(End of this chapter)