Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 173 Returning home
It was already evening when Jia Qiang returned to Jiahou Mansion from the palace.

When he arrived at the gate of the mansion with Jia Jingang and Jia Wei, the powerful generals and soldiers in front of the gate quickly stepped forward and bowed.

He had left twenty-four warriors at home. Probably no family in the entire Daqian would use warrior-level masters as door guards.

Entering the home, Jia Qiang couldn't help but smile on her face, and she relaxed a lot physically and mentally.

This world can only feel like this at home, and this feeling is what he values ​​and protects the most.

"The master is back!" A maid yelled as she trotted all the way, spreading the news of his return to the inner courtyard.

Soon, the female relatives of the family came to the main hall. Although Jia Qiang had only left for more than two months, they always felt that something was missing from the Jiahou Mansion without Jia Qiang.

"Brother Qiang!" Lin Daiyu was the most excited and excited. After seeing Jia Qiang, she smiled very happily.

"Are you wearing a python suit?" Jia Min asked in surprise when she saw the clothes Jia Qiang was wearing.

Of course she recognized the python suit, and the Jia family had some friendship with the four kings, especially when she was still in the Jia family, when the Jia family was still at its peak.

"Are you in danger again?" Jia Min asked with some reproach.

"Brother Qiang, didn't you bring any gifts for the sisters when you came back this time? Did you just bring back this hairpin?" Lin Daiyu asked suspiciously when she realized that Jia Qiang had no luggage and only two soldiers were accompanying her.

However, the Salt Patrol Envoy was a typical person with low status and power, and the wealth he managed in his hands was something that few officials could match.

"I rushed back from Jizhen one night and took the exam for three days. Don't disturb Brother Qiang. Let Brother Qiang rest first!" Jia Min heard what Jia Qiang said and quickly made arrangements.

After Lao ShunTou and Fei Cui retired, Jia Min came to the study.

"It's not dangerous!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile, not wanting Jia Min to worry.

Lin Ruhai is Jia Qiang's teacher, and Jia Qiang's writing represents Lin Ruhai's face.

"Congratulations, Mrs., you will be reunited with the teacher soon!" Jia Qiang congratulated, and then asked: "Do you know if the teacher will have any position back in Beijing?"

"Remember, the Wu brothers come to Beijing every year to pay rent. The Wu brothers are very capable!" Jia Min knew the affairs of the Jia family very well and nodded.

"Mom, don't touch my head all the time, I'm no longer a child!" Lin Daiyu shook her head.

Thinking about it, Jia Qiang went to the border gate, and she heard that there was a war at the border gate. How could she not worry Jia Min.

"You have to remember that your safety is related to Jiahou Mansion, Yu'er, and the fate of many people!" Jia Min said seriously.

"Okay, stop talking!" Jia Min shook her head helplessly, touching Lin Daiyu's head lovingly and said.

"I won't be in Beijing in June. If you need me for anything, just contact me through the carrier pigeon!" Jia Qiang thought for a while and said.

Miaoyu's words made all the girls laugh, and Lin Daiyu's face turned red with embarrassment.

"Don't be pressured. Your current achievements are unparalleled among the younger generation. Whether or not you get a Jinshi will have little impact on you!" Jia Min was worried about Jia Qiang's mentality and persuaded her.

"Mom, Brother Qiang just came back, and he hasn't sat down to take a drink of water yet!" Lin Daiyu reminded dissatisfiedly.

"How did the exam go?" Jia Min couldn't help but ask after hearing that Jia Qiang took part in the exam.

"I don't know exactly, but it's just a fourth-grade official!" Jia Min shook his head and replied.

Besides, the Lin family is passed down by literature, and Jia Min also hopes that Jia Qiang can embark on the road of civil service instead of becoming a dangerous military attache.

"I rushed back to take the exam, but I was called to the palace just after the exam. I can't go back home until now!" Jia Qiang also replied helplessly.

"Brother Qiang, your teacher will be able to return to Beijing in June!" Jia Min said with a smile.

The civil service system is not quite the same as the military military system. Generally speaking, the third and fourth ranks of civil servants are the main force of power. The first and second ranks are more of an honor, and the real power in their hands is not as good as that of the third and fourth ranks.

No matter how much His Majesty favors Jia Qiang, he cannot reward her with a python suit for no reason.

Lin Ruhai has the legacy of the Lin family, and he can get along better than him in the civil service system.

Jia Qiang knew that the fourth grade of civil servants was the grade that held power in Da Gan's hands.

"Brother Qiang, why didn't you tell me in advance when you came back? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare dinner for you right now!" Jia Min said to Jia Qiang, ignoring her daughter's playfulness.

"By the way, Master, I stopped by Heishan Village this time. Do you remember Wu Jinxiao?" Jia Qiang thought of what happened in Heishan Village and asked.

"It's hard to say. If you feel good about yourself, it depends on how the examiner reviews it!" Jia Qiang replied truthfully.

"The night before the examination, the wartime situation in Ji Town ended. We had to rush back to the capital overnight. The gifts we brought you were escorted by soldiers. They should arrive in the next two days!" Jia Qiang smiled. explained.

"When you grow up, you now know how to protect your husband!" Miaoyu said with a chuckle.

Of course, in the civil service system, power cannot be determined by rank in many cases. For example, Lin Ruhai's official position as Salt Patrol Envoy in Yangzhou was only a seventh-grade civil servant.

"I'm afraid you can only come back soon after two years of work, but your teacher has an old friend in Beijing, so he doesn't need you to worry about him!" Jia Min replied with a smile.

"Thank you from the Holy One!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile. He took out a white jade hairpin and put it in Lin Daiyu's hand.

The prince was wearing a python suit, but the highest-level Daqian suit was worn on Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang also understands that although her official position is high, she is currently in the military attaché system and has limited influence on the civil service system.

He doesn't actually need to rest, but if he doesn't rest, Jia Min and the other girls will be very worried.

The girls stopped pestering Jia Qiang. Jia Qiang went to take a bath first, then had a meal and then returned to the bedroom.

The next day, Jia Qiang listened to the report from Lao Shuntou and Jade in the study room, and learned about what happened at home while he was away from home.

Ever since he found out what Wu Jinxiao had committed in Heishan Village, he knew that he couldn't delegate power too much, as people's hearts would sometimes change.

Even if he doesn't want to interfere with some things, he must let the person in charge report the situation regularly.

The Wu brothers would bring a lot of Northeastern specialties every year before the Chinese New Year, and Jia Min was deeply impressed.

"I caught Wu Jinxiao. He embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in Heishan Village. In Heishan Village, we only know the Wu family, not the Jia family!" Jia Qiang continued.

Jia Min was surprised. She had just praised the Wu brothers. That was not something she praised casually. This was how the Jia family evaluated the Wu brothers.

But who would have thought that Wu Jinxiao had embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

She has some understanding of the current situation of the Jia family. The Jia family has been somewhat unable to make ends meet and has been resting on its laurels recently.

Wu Jinxiao, a slave, could embezzle hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, so how much more could his brother embezzle?

"Didn't you arrest Wu Jinxiao's brother?" Jia Min asked.

"With my relationship with the Jia family, how can I interfere in the affairs of the Jia family?" Jia Qiang shook her head and replied.

That's what Jia Min asked. If she wasn't Jia Mu's daughter, she wouldn't be too lazy to ask about the bad things in Jia's family. "I still have to tell my mother about this!" Jia Min said.

"I'm afraid the Jia family won't go as you want!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

Jia Qiang still knows something about the Jia family. The Jia family considers itself to be a virtuous family and treats the elderly among its slaves very favorably.

Just look at Lai Da's family. Later Lai Da's son even became the county magistrate, completely relying on the power of the Jia family.

If the Jia family didn't know about it, how could it be possible that a house as big as the Lai family was there.

The situation of the Jia family is very special. Everyone wants to take the money from the public house. First it was Mrs. Wang, and then Jia She. The two masters used various means to get the money from the public house into their own hands.

The master ate meat, and the stewards below him drank some soup. In order not to let the matter be exposed, the master would only turn a blind eye.

"Impossible!" Jia Min shook his head.

In fact, the reason why Jia Qiang told Jia Min about Wu Jinxiao was because she wanted to tell the Jia family through Jia Min's mouth.

"Did you know that Wang Ziteng was promoted?" Jia Min asked, changing the topic.

"What official was promoted?" Jia Qiang was slightly startled. He just came back and didn't know what happened to Wang Ziteng.

When he thought about it, he had snatched Wang Ziteng's patrol job and blocked Wang Ziteng's promotion path. Then the possibility of Wang Ziteng climbing to the high position he reached in the book "Dream of Red Mansions" was extremely low.

"Come here, Doctor Guanglu!" Jia Min replied.

"Is Wang Ziteng being honored?" Jia Qiang shook her head and said as soon as she heard about this official position.

"Yes, the prince rises and falls. Although he holds a first-class official position, he actually has no real power in his hands!" Jia Min said, knowing this truth.

She had mixed feelings about what happened to Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng no longer has real power, which actually has a great impact on the Jia family.

Not only the Jia family, the Xue family was also greatly affected.

It's just that it has no influence on the Lin family. Lin Ruhai is a civil servant and has little to do with the military attaché system.

In addition, Jia Qiang, a disciple and uncle of a first-grade military attache, can completely replace Wang Ziteng's role.

Jia Qiang still doesn't know whether it is him who is the reason why Wang Ziteng is like this.

He captured Wang Ziyun and affected Wang Ziteng's future.

He also thought that without Wang Ziteng's help, Jia Yucun would not be able to enter the capital as an official, so Jia Yucun's fate might change.

It's just that when he brought Yinglian back, Xue Pan still beat someone to death while fighting for a maid in Jinling. It can be imagined that the fate of people in this world is still very corrective.

In the Rongxi Hall of Rongguo Mansion, Jia's mother was being coaxed by Jia Baoyu to laugh non-stop.

Tanchun and Yingchun on the side also laughed, pleasing Jia Mu.

"Old lady, Jia Qiang has left home. Please ask your aunt to take Sister Lin to the house. I haven't seen Sister Lin for a long time!" Jia Baoyu begged coquettishly to take advantage of Jia Mu's happiness.

"Daiyu is in poor health and doesn't like to go out. Don't you like to go and play with Baochai?" Mother Jia also knew that Jia Min didn't want to take Lin Daiyu to the house, so she advised her.

"But I just want to see Sister Lin!" Jia Baoyu refused and twisted around and said.

Jia Baoyu often thought about Lin Daiyu after meeting her.

After that, except for the New Year's Eve, when Jia Min took Lin Daiyu into the house to meet Jia's mother, he did not come to the house the rest of the time.

Even though Lin Daiyu lives next door, she can't see her often.

The less he could see her, the more Jia Baoyu wanted to see her. Whatever he wanted since he was a child, he could get it just by crying. He never thought that he couldn't get anything.

Although Xue Baochai came to live in Rongguo Mansion during this period, she had no regard for Jia Baoyu, or the Xue family had no regard for Jia Baoyu.

Xue Baochai plans to enter the palace. She is still learning the rules of the palace and pays great attention to her words and deeds.

So Jia Baoyu went to play with her, and she just dealt with it.

"The third young lady is here!" A grandma came into Rongxi Hall and reported. The old man in the mansion still liked to call Jia Min the third young lady.

"Sister Lin, are you here with us?" Jia Baoyu asked with his eyes shining.

"Miss Lin didn't follow Miss Third!" Mammy replied.

Jia Baoyu was disappointed. He touched the jade on his chest, but considering Jia Min's temper, there was a high probability that he would not give in because he got angry and smashed the jade, so he did not take off the jade.

Jia Min entered the door and greeted Jia's mother.

"Why didn't you bring Daiyu with you?" Jia Mu looked at Jia Baoyu beside her and then looked at Jia Min and asked.

"Daiyu is not feeling well and is still recovering!" Jia Min explained.

This was also her excuse. She had no choice but to be annoyed by Jia Mu's questions.

Lin Daiyu was engaged to Jia Qiang. Every time she came to Rongguo Mansion, she would be harassed by Jia Baoyu. It was not like Jia's mother was unaware of this situation and wanted Lin Daiyu to come over.

Could it be that Lin Daiyu’s reputation is no longer needed?
Precisely because of Jia Mu's behavior, Jia Min's feelings for Rongguo Mansion and Jia Mu became weaker and weaker.

"I came here this time to tell my mother something. Brother Qiang returned home today. He went to Heishan Village while patrolling the border and arrested Wu Jinxiao. He found out that Wu Jinxiao had embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels. Money!" Jia Min thought about telling her intention quickly and leaving early.

"Why did Brother Qiang think of checking Wu Jinxiao? That old man is an old man from Ningguo Mansion!" Jia Mu said with a frown.

"Wu Jinxiao took the money from the family. Jia Qiang is the head of the family. If he finds out, he will deal with it!" Jia Min thought that Jia Mu didn't hear clearly, so she reminded her.

"Help me give Brother Qiang a message, please let Wu Jinxiao go. Our Jia family has never failed an old man who works for the family!" Mother Jia waved her hand and said.

"I can't say that. This is Jiahou's Mansion, not Ningguo Mansion!" Jia Min shook his head and replied.

"Wu Jinxiao is still respectful, just take back the money you stole!" Jia Mu continued.

"Mom, Rongguo Mansion over there in Zhuangzi is bigger, so why don't you consider checking it?" Jia Min asked directly.

"Leave it to Feng Yatou to check it later!" Jia Mu nodded, thinking that it was hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Jia Min didn't want to say anything more. She felt that Jia's mother was old and confused.

Even if Wang Xifeng had some ability, how could she, a woman, go find Zhuangzi in far western Liaoning?

The reason why Jia Qiang was able to deal with it easily was because Jia Qiang had an army in his hands. How dare Zhuangzi in western Liaoning disobey?
She talked to Jia Mu again and left Rongguo Mansion on the pretext that she had something to do. When leaving, Jia Baoyu kept telling her to bring Lin Daiyu with her next time she came over, which made her even more angry.

(End of this chapter)