Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 299 Qingwen Zhongyi

Jia Cong spent a day busy in the Yamen, and returned to Rongfu under the moonlight and heavy snow.

"Greetings to Third Master." The disciples hurriedly ran up to fight with each other to lead their horses and kick them off.

"Master is back?" In front of Rongxi Hall, Qingwen, Wanyanwen, and Qianxue came out to greet him.

In the past two days, Wanyan Wen was "taught" some rules by Qingwen. She followed the rules and changed her name to "Master".

Jia Cong smiled slightly, pinched Wanyan's face gently, and said, "Are you used to it?"

"I'm used to it. The food at my house is delicious, and Sister Qingwen and Sister Qianxue are also very kind to me. It's just so boring to be locked up at home all day long." Wan Yan'er said with a little pout.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "I just have an idea. How about you ask the housekeeper to buy more land and forests in a remote place outside the city and build a large village as a training ground for Jurchen warriors? How about you take charge?

Otherwise, if you lock hundreds of Jurchen men in the city, something will happen sooner or later. "

Wanyan'a's eyes lit up, she clapped her hands and said, "Okay. I'll do it tomorrow."

Jia Cong rubbed her head and said: "Just pay attention to one thing. When they arrive at the emperor's feet, they must wear Han clothes and speak Chinese. They are not allowed to cause trouble, so as not to attract attention."

"Well. Should I live outside the city or in the mansion? If I live outside the city, wouldn't I have to be separated from you?" Wanyanwen was unhappy again when she thought of this.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "You can run in both directions and live on one side for a few days. Just bring more people with you."

Wanyan'a smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed, and she rushed towards Jia Cong and said, "I'm so smart."

Jia Cong hurriedly hugged her hips and said: "Don't forget one more thing. Last time we captured so many Tatar slaves, we asked Shan'er to send hundreds of young women over to do odd jobs in the village. "

Wanyan Wen asked curiously: "Since we are working, why don't we use strong men?"

Jia Cong said with a smile: "You know that you will come back to sleep with me in a few days. How can you let those many female true men live? Without women, those people will not be able to survive."

"Master, how are you doing? It's obvious that you're the one sleeping with me." Wanyan Wu laughed and said in Jia Cong's ear.

Qingwen and Qingwen rolled their eyes at Jia Cong, you are the only one who keeps thinking about these bad things.

Jia Cong put Wan Yanwen down and said: "Build two villages, one for living and one for training. Tell the Jurchen men that if you train well, obey the rules, and obey the orders, you will reward your wife. If you don't obey the discipline, you will be punished severely." .”

Wanyan'a knew that Jia Cong was worried that she would not be able to control these people, so she hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't worry, sir, we Jurchen people listen to the words of the clan leader most, and we are not as frivolous as the Han people."

Jia Cong nodded and said, "I will send you a few more soldiers. They will be at your command."

"Well. Now that it's getting cold today, let the housekeeper buy tens of thousands of acres of land first, and start construction when spring comes. It will take three months at most. Please come and see our newly built village." Wan Yanma counted on her fingers.

"Okay. Just do it cheaply, and you can also practice it." Jia Cong said with a smile.

Qingwen saw that the two of them were showing off their affection, so she made a sour face at Jia Cong. My father dotes on this barbarian aunt too much. From ancient times to the present, there is no aunt who doesn't serve me, but runs away to live outside the city.

"Master, let's pass on the food first, it's getting late." Qingwen said angrily.

"Pass." Jia Cong turned around and slapped her firm buttocks, "Little goblin, are you jealous again?"

Qingwen blushed, covered her buttocks and hid aside, saying angrily: "Who is jealous? Some people don't know how to take care of their bodies at all. They don't even have time to eat. They go home and worry about things outside."

Jia Cong laughed, asked the three of them to sit down, and said, "Isn't this busy? What's going on at home today?"

"It's nothing. Two women in our courtyard were promoted to stewards by me, and even their men also benefited from it. There is also a boy called Wangcai, who is very impressive. They all said they would come and kowtow to me." Qian Xue smiled.

"No need to kowtow. I don't have time to see them. Tell them to go about their business and don't seek death." Jia Cong waved his hand.

Qianxue smiled and went out to deliver the message.

At this time, Ling'er and Dang'er directed a group of girls to pass on the dish prices.

"You haven't eaten either?" Jia Cong asked.

Qingwen said angrily: "I didn't even eat it, how dare we eat it."

"Eat together." Jia Cong smiled slightly, pulled her to sit next to him, looked at the dishes on the table, shook his head and said: "Tell Lao Tu, according to the rules of Liaodong, I only eat four dishes and one soup every day. , don’t do all these bells and whistles.”

Qingwen advised: "Master, this is a rule left by our ancestors. If you lose weight, what will the others do?"

Jia Cong said: "All the officials are so poor that they still hug their ancestors and won't let go. Our ancestors are the princes of the country. What are they?"

Tell Second Grandma Lian that except for the old lady who remains unchanged, the rest of the ladies, aunts, ladies and gentlemen will follow my rules for their daily meals. My count can eat it, so don't let them dislike it. I don't spoil my bad habits. "

"Yes, Master." Seeing his serious look, Qingwen didn't dare to say anything, so she nodded in agreement.

"Let's eat." Jia Cong patted Qingwen's waist.

"Master, please try this. Braised Pork Chops. The cook you brought back, Lao Tu, is really amazing. He is much better than the cooks in the house." Qingwen smiled and hurriedly served Jia Cong.

"That's natural. The people I selected from the border army, how can they do without two brushes?"

As soon as Jia Cong served his rice bowl, he saw Yan Shuangying and Lin Zhixiao coming in to ask for a meeting.

Qingwen frowned, rolled her eyes at Lin Zhixiao, and said, "Steward Lin, we can't wait until I have dinner to talk about any big things. Didn't you see that you've already missed the meal?"

Lin Zhixiao didn't expect this unreasonable disaster, and hurriedly knelt down to apologize, saying: "My dear, forgive me. It's just that the stolen money and stolen goods copied out yesterday have just been counted, and the amount is huge, so I came to report to the Third Master urgently."

Now he would rather offend the old lady and the madam than dare to offend the little ancestor Qingwen.

"Read it." Jia Cong signaled Qingwen not to be angry and said while eating.

"Yes. The Lai family copied one set of houses with five entrances, three sets with four entrances, more than 2300 acres of fertile land, more than 2000 taels of gold, more than 15 taels of silver, more than 500 gold and silver utensils, and more than 350 pieces of antique jades in Shenjing City. .Zhou Rui’s family..."

Qingwen, Qianxue and others were stunned when they heard this. Did the Lai family move the warehouse in the house? Jia Cong snorted coldly. As expected, Lai's garden alone was enough to destroy his whole family.

"Stop reading. I'm too lazy to listen. Tell me the total number."

"Yes. Excluding the 15451 silver earmarked for Fusitiqi in Nan Town, our family confiscated a total of 457612 houses around Ningrong Street, 11334 taels of gold, 3356 taels of silver, 1712 acres of fertile land, and gold and silver utensils. , pieces of antique jade.

This is the account book, together with the house deed, land deed, and gold and silver notes. The number in Dongfu is about the same. Please take a look at it. "Lin Zhixiao picked up a package and presented it.

Jia Cong sneered: "Steward Lin, do you think these dogs deserve to die?"

Lin Zhixiao's forehead was already sweating, and he hurriedly said: "The third master is wise, these ungrateful and rebellious people who have enriched their own pockets will not be able to pay for their crimes by dying a hundred times."

Jia Cong said: "You don't have to die a hundred times, once is enough, but before death, the punishment of Nanzhen Fusi will make them regret their lives. The Lai family is gone, has the old lady been promoted to your official position?"

"Third Master, thanks to the appreciation of the old lady, today I have promoted my servant to the position of Chief Manager of the Rong Mansion, and the servant's family has been promoted to the position of Manager of the Inner House." Lin Zhixiao said tremblingly.

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Sister-in-law Feng often says that you two are honest people. I hope you won't follow in the footsteps of the Lai family."

"This slave will never dare to do anything that would be disrespectful to his master." Lin Zhixiao knelt down with a plop and kowtowed.

"Well, keep the things. Send all the family members involved in the case to Zhuangzi, Liaodong, to farm. Just go and take care of yourself."

"The slave retire."

Qingwen watched Lin Zhixiao leave, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Sir, I want to ask you for something."

"What's the matter?" Jia Cong glanced at her in surprise and smiled. Qingwen rarely looked so pitiful.

Qingwen bit her lips and said hesitantly: "Sir, when I fled to Shenjing with my cousin, it was Aunt Lai who saw how pitiful I was and bought me. Later, she bought my cousin into the house and gave it to him. A bowl of rice to eat.

If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have met me. After all, she is kind to me, I think..."

Jia Cong frowned slightly and said, "Do you want to plead for the Lai family?"

"No, no, no, the Lai brothers committed a heinous crime and deserved death. How dare I be so arrogant and arrogant as to be so arrogant?" Qingwen waved her hands anxiously, fearing that Jia Cong would misunderstand.

Jia Cong nodded and said, "What's that?"

"I think now Grandma Lai has made arrangements. Her two great-grandsons are only four or five years old and have no one to take care of them. The adults' affairs have nothing to do with them. I beg you to be merciful and leave a trace of blood in his family." I feel like I have repaid Grandma Lai for saving her life." Qingwen cried.

Jia Cong hugged her and smiled: "Why are you crying? My Qingwen is so affectionate and righteous, and I respect her very much."

"Master, did you agree?" Qingwen burst into tears and smiled.

Jia Cong said: "It's a trivial matter. Now that you've spoken, how can I not agree? Shuangying, ask someone to send the two children of the Lai family to Zhuangzi, Liaodong, to be raised by kind families. Don't treat them badly." , let them live their whole lives as ordinary farmers in Liaodong."

"Yes, Third Master."

"Third Master, thank you." Qingwen cried with joy.

"Then how do you repay me?" Jia Cong said with a bad smile.

"Just do whatever I say." Qingwen said.

"Okay, talk quickly, I like it. I'll let We'er teach you my secret skills tonight, hehe."

"What secret skill?" Qingwen was stunned.

Wanyan'a giggled and said: "Of course it's to add fuel to the flames, ice fire and poisonous dragon, roam the world, offer wine with two cups, fairies offer peaches..."

Although Qingwen didn't understand, looking at the two men's ill-intentioned looks, she knew something was up to her and said angrily: "Master, I don't know how to play these tricks of yours."

"If you don't know how, just study. Confucius said: If you don't get tired of learning, you won't get tired of sleeping." Jia Cong said with a smile.

"Bah, I'm talking nonsense. The sage clearly meant that he never tires of teaching, so what's wrong with sleeping people..." Qingwen said with a red face.

"Oops, I forgot that Qingwen is a scholar now." Jia Cong said with a smile.

Everyone burst into laughter.

After arguing for a long time, everyone finally had dinner.

"Send these things to my second grandma tomorrow and put them in the official household. Tell her not to cry about poverty with me again.

The gold, silver, and utensils are at her disposal. The house is not allowed to be touched. I want to keep it for appreciation. The things from Dongfu were left behind. "Jia Cong pointed to the baggage brought by Lin Zhixiao.

Qingwen agreed, thought for a moment and said, "One more thing. Grandma Dongfu Rong came over this afternoon to ask to see me. I went back to her father's office. I was not at home, so I sent her away."

Jia Cong pondered for a moment and said, "What did she say?"

Qingwen shook her head and said: "I didn't say anything, but I think she was not in good spirits, a little dazed and haggard. I heard that I was not here, so she left in despair."

Jia Cong couldn't help frowning and said, "It's late today. I'll take the time to see her another day."

Qingwen sneered and said: "I am no longer a child now. I am a first-class uncle again. What will it look like when Baba goes to visit his young and beautiful nephew and his wife? If word spreads, do I still want my reputation?"

Jia Cong was stunned, this... was a problem.

In the past, I didn't have any taboos because I was a child, but now it's a bit inconvenient, but it doesn't matter, how can a living person be choked to death by urinating?

(End of this chapter)