Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 265 Seriously ill
Jia Qiang arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion. When the sergeants from the Beijing camp saw him coming, they quickly saluted and moved out of the way.

Among them, he also saw a few 100% loyal generals. These loyal generals have taken root in the Beijing camp and become the backbone of the Beijing camp.

"I've met Lord Jia!" Eunuch Zhang Yi and Wu Zicang saluted Jia Qiang at the same time.

"Zhang Zhangyin, long time no see!" Jia Qiang greeted Eunuch Zhang Yi with a smile, and nodded to Wu Zicang.

"Master Jia Hou, save me!" Jia Lian, who was being guarded by a group of soldiers from the Beijing camp, saw Jia Qiang and quickly called for help.

Jia Qiang raised her eyes and glanced at him without saying anything.

In his heart, he shook his head and lamented that Jia Lian was really incompetent. Even if he could help, he would not be able to take away Jia Lian, the main culprit, on the spot.

Besides, the friendship between him and Jia Lian was still in childhood. After so many years, the two parties have had little contact.

He remembered clearly that when he was kicked out of the family and lived alone, Jia Lian never helped him.

"Are you Yuanyang?" Jia Qiang saw Yuanyang, who was looking anxiously at Jia Mu who fell on the ground. Since there was a sergeant watching beside her, she could do nothing even if she was anxious.

"Yes, please Lord Jia, my ancestor is not in good health!" Yuanyang nodded and begged.

She did not plead for herself, but cared about Jia Mu's health.

"Zhang Zhangyin, what do you think about letting this little girl take care of the old lady?" Jia Qiang turned to Eunuch Zhang Yi and asked.

"Master Jiahou, it's just a small matter!" Eunuch Zhang Yi agreed immediately without any hesitation.

Wu Zicang waved his hand, and the sergeant guarding Yuanyang stepped away.

Yuanyang quickly came to Jia Mu and held Jia Mu in his arms.

"Master Marquis, the old lady has been demoted to a commoner, and the palace has no intention of punishing him!" Eunuch Zhang Yi reminded softly.

"Is it okay if I ask a few people to take the old lady to rest?" Jia Qiang asked with a smile.

Eunuch Zhang Yi saw that Jia Qiang was taking people away with a purpose. Eunuch Zhang Yi looked at Wu Zicang and found that Wu Zicang had no objection at all.

In fact, one thing is very strange. Wu Zicang was a member of Emperor Jingwen, but something happened to Emperor Jingwen and he was imprisoned. It should be expected that Wu Zicang, the Jiedushi envoy of the Beijing camp, would immediately hand over his military power.

However, Wu Zicang's position did not change at all and was not affected by Emperor Jingwen.

Now it seems that Wu Zicang seems to have great respect for Jia Qiang, and Eunuch Zhang Yi has some guesses in his heart.

"As long as they are not the main culprit, you can choose whoever you want to look after the old lady!" Eunuch Zhang Yi thought for a while and said.

He would not offend Jia Qiang. Although Jia Qiang had not been promoted, he was in the palace and didn't know that Jia Qiang often visited the Daming Palace and was the most favored minister of the Supreme Emperor.

"Tanchun, come out and bring your maid over to help the old lady!" Jia Qiang said without politeness to Jia Tanchun in the crowd.

Jia Tanchun raised his panicked and helpless eyes and looked at Jia Qiang. At this time, Shi Shu gently pushed his mistress with his hand to wake her up.

She didn't dare to speak, but after regaining her courage, she pointed out her three maids, Shishu, Cuimo, and Xiaochan, and came to Jia Mu's side together.

Although Jia Tanchun was the third young lady of Rongguo Mansion, her status as a commoner was not that important, so Eunuch Zhang Yi kept her mouth shut and did not speak.

Jia Mu calmed down now, seeing Jia Qiang's majesty, her eyes filled with anticipation.

"Jia Hou, save Baoyu, Baoyu is still a child!" she pleaded to Jia Qiang.

"Old lady, Baoyu is the second young master of Rongguo Mansion. I can save him with just a word. But don't worry, Baoyu is young and many things cannot involve him. I will also ask someone to take care of him. How much pain it made him suffer!" Jia Qiang shook her head and said.

"Can we save Jia Lan?" Jia Mu asked again.

Her only thought now is to leave a man for Rongguo Mansion, so that the roots of Rongguo Mansion cannot be cut off.

The first choice is Jia Baoyu. Jia Baoyu cannot be saved, so the second choice is the younger Jia Lan.

Jia Lan is considered to be the most accomplished among all the juniors in Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lan has the best hope of whether the lineage in Rongguo Mansion can turn around in the future.

"I can keep Jia Lan and Li Wan, but not now. They have to be raised when I enter the palace!" Jia Qiang nodded in agreement.

"Thank you Jia Hou!" Jia Mu thanked him.

"Master Wu!" Jia Qiang said in a deep voice.

"The general is here!" Wu Zicang bowed and responded.

"There are people waiting for you in Rongguo Mansion, please don't treat me badly!" Jia Qiang confessed.

"Follow the order!" Wu Zicang replied.

Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief. At least these people in the family were locked up. With Jia Qiang's care, a lot of trouble would be saved.

In particular, some female relatives will suffer a lot if they are imprisoned and not taken care of.

At this time, the house search in Rongguo Mansion had also been going on for a long time, and boxes were placed in the open space in the front yard.

The accountant who counted the property opened the box, only to find that there was no property inside, but a list of pawning orders.

Eunuch Zhang Yi originally thought that he was a fat man who came here this time, but when he saw the property confiscated from the house, he felt really pitiful.

This means that even if he takes a commission from it, he won't be able to mention much.

Jia Mu lowered her head in shame. She was the ancestor of Rongguo Mansion. Now that Rongguo Mansion's financial difficulties were publicized, she felt ashamed.

How did the majestic Rongguo Mansion get to this point?

The final result of the house confiscation showed that the property of Rongguo Mansion did not exceed thirty thousand taels of silver.

What made Jia Mu most angry was that a lot of property she had just confiscated from Lai's house was missing.

She would never think that it was someone who ransacked her house, it must have been her good son and daughter-in-law.

"Take the person back and take him into custody!" Eunuch Zhang Yi waved his hand and ordered.

The sergeants in the Beijing camp were quite polite to the masters of the Rongguo Mansion, but they were rough with the slaves and would punish those who were disobedient.

"Ancestor, save me, I don't want to go to jail!" Jia Baoyu screamed like a frightened woman and wanted to pounce on Jia Mu. It seemed that only Jia Mu could save him.

But how could the sergeant on the side let him get what he wanted? That is to say, Jia Qiang just said hello and did not use any methods on him. He just lifted him up like a little chicken.

"My precious jade, my precious jade!" Mother Jia murmured sadly and helplessly.

"Old lady, the most important thing for you now is to take care of yourself. Do you think you should go to my house or the Lin house?" Jia Qiang asked aloud.

"If I don't go to Jiahou Mansion and Lin Mansion, will the house where I studied still be there? I will live there!" Jia Mu shook her head and said.

Although Jia's mother was in a state of poverty and had lost her status as a super-ranking official, her lifelong pride prevented her from living in her uncle's house, let alone Jiahou's mansion.

This may be her last insistence, trying to preserve a little bit of dignity.

The house she was talking about was the house she asked for from Ningguo Mansion for Jia Qiang.

"I'll arrange a carriage to take you there!" Jia Qiang knew what Jia Mu was thinking and nodded. When the carriage arrived, Jia Tanchun helped Jia Mu get on the carriage, and four maids, including Yuanyang, followed.

Sitting in the carriage, Jia Mu watched through the curtain as the door of Rongguo Mansion slowly closed and the sergeant put the seal on it.

She burst into tears and murmured how to meet her ancestors.

Jia Qiang returned to her house and saw Lin Daiyu who was crying.

"Sister Lin, why are you crying?" Jia Qiang gently wiped the tears on Lin Daiyu's face and asked.

"Somehow, the thought of Rongguo Mansion being raided makes me feel extremely uncomfortable!" Lin Daiyu replied with sobs.

In the Rongguo Mansion, except for Jia Mu, she didn't have anyone close to her.

Hearing that both Jia Mu and Tan Chun were fine, Lin Daiyu still felt sad.

Seeing a huge family collapse with my own eyes, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, I always felt that maybe Jiahou Mansion was the next Rongguo Mansion.

By then, her husband, her parents, her sisters, and her maids will all be imprisoned like Rongguo Mansion.

"Don't worry, I won't let them suffer any extra pain. Even if they are exiled, I can still have someone take care of them!" Jia Qiang thought Lin Daiyu was because of relatives in Rongguo Mansion, so she persuaded softly.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" At this time, Yingchun and Xichun came over and thanked them.

They asked Jia Qiang to save Jia Tanchun, but they did not think they would definitely succeed.

This is a house raid. Who would dare to intervene without authorization during a house raid, let alone save someone?

"Tan Chun went to take care of the old lady. When things stabilize, Tan Chun will get together with you!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

Joy flashed in Yingchun and Xichun's eyes. It wasn't that they didn't care about other people, but that Rongguo Mansion only had a little affection left for them.

Xichun didn't mention it anymore. She was originally a young lady from Ningguo Mansion, and she had been taken to Jiahou Mansion by Jia Qiang early, so she had little appreciation for Rongguo Mansion.

Although Yingchun was the second young lady of the Rongguo Mansion, she was almost sold by her father for five thousand taels of silver. She had not been cared about by her father since she was a child, and Mrs. Xing was his successor.

Considering that her nickname in the mansion is Er Mu, you can understand how cowardly she is.

Perhaps in her eyes, the entire Rongguo Mansion was not as important as Tanchun. Tanchun was her childhood playmate and one of the very few sisters who could speak.

The Rongguo Mansion was ransacked, which shocked the entire capital.

News came out from the palace that Concubine Xian De died of illness, leaving Rong Guo Mansion completely without a chance to turn around.

The case was handled by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the cabinet could only receive the final verdict.

Jia Mu moved into that small house, with her granddaughter by her side and Yuanyang who knew her best to take care of her, but she still fell seriously ill the next day.

On the afternoon of the third day after Rongguo Mansion was ransacked, Yuanyang hurriedly came to Jiahou Mansion and asked to see Jia Qiang.

In fact, she had wanted to see Jia Qiang in the morning, but she also knew that Jia Qiang was not free in the morning or even at noon, and the cabinet would not finish its work until the afternoon.

"Yuanyang, what is the old lady's order?" When Jia Qiang saw Yuanyang, she thought that Jia Mu was worried about the people being imprisoned.

"Master Jiahou, my ancestor is seriously ill, and I would like to invite you to come over!" Yuanyang said, crying into tears.

Jia Qiang was startled. She didn't expect Jia's mother to be seriously ill.

At Jia Mu's age, a serious illness would be a life-or-death crisis for her.

"Prepare the carriage!" Jia Qiang ordered outside.

"Can we invite a doctor?" He asked Yuanyang again.

"With the money you left, I hired a doctor, but the doctor looked at it and said he was overly sad and didn't get better even after taking medicine!" Yuanyang replied.

When Jia Qiang sent Jia Mu to the house, she asked the housekeeper to send over a thousand taels of silver.

This thousand taels of silver was to repay Jia Mu's favor back then. When he was driven out of Ningguo Mansion, Jia Mu gave him a thousand taels of silver.

There were servants in the house, and all the utensils were provided. Jia Mu and others didn't have to worry about food and drink expenses. One thousand taels of silver was just for emergencies.

Unexpectedly, the thousand taels of silver were actually used. At least Jia Mu was treated when she was sick.

"Get in the carriage first!" Jia Qiang saw the carriage arriving and said to Yuanyang.

Yuanyang got on the carriage and the carriage headed towards the house.

"Yuanyang, after a hundred years from the old lady, you and Tanchun will enter the Marquis Mansion together and take care of Tanchun, Yingchun and Xichun. What do you think?" The carriage swayed, Jia Qiang looked at Yuanyang and asked.

I believe Yuanyang also understands that this time Jia Mu is seriously ill, which may bring disaster.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for taking me in!" Yuanyang was a little confused, but she still thought about it clearly and thanked her.

This was not the time in the book when she was forced by Jia She. Jia Qiang did not force her, but just gave her a place to stay.

It is really difficult for a big maid like Yuanyang to return to ordinary life after leaving Rongguo Mansion.

Of course, if Yuanyang is really interested, Jia Qiang can find a suitable person to marry her in the house, but Jia Qiang will not force anything.

The carriage arrived at the door of the house. Jia Qiang and Yuanyang got out of the carriage and hurried inside.

When I entered the main room, I smelled a smell of medicine. When I entered the bedroom, I saw Jia Mu lying on the bed.

At this time, Jia Mu had a head full of white hair without a single hair.

Although Mrs. Jia was old in the past, she had always taken good care of her hair. Her hair was still a little gray, but it took only three days for her hair to turn completely white.

"But Brother Qiang is here?" Jia Mu heard the sound, opened her eyes and asked.

On this occasion, Jia Mu may have used the closest title to get closer, or she was a little confused.

"I'm here!" Jia Qiang didn't care about this, he came closer and said.

Jia Mu heard Jia Qiang's voice. Her eyesight was very bad and she couldn't see the person in front of her clearly, but after hearing the voice, her spirit suddenly cheered up.

She knew that her life was not long, so she reserved all her energy just to wait for Jia Qiang.

"Hel me sit up quickly!" Mother Jia knew her situation and didn't know how long she could hold on, so she ordered hurriedly.

Yuanyang and Tanchun stepped forward and supported Jia Mu against the soft cushion.

"You all go out, Brother Qiang and I have something to say!" Jia Mu said, leaning back and waving her hands.

Yuanyang and Tanchun hesitated for a moment, then obediently led the other maids out of the room.

"Old lady, you need to rest more!" Jia Qiang felt the fire of life in Jia Mu's body like a candle in the wind, and he persuaded softly.

"I've had enough rest. I have something to tell you!" Jia Mu said with a wry smile and shook her head.

(End of this chapter)