Red Mansion: Fuyao River and Mountain

Chapter 46 Jia She Whips
Everyone else at the table felt a little strange. His son was a capable man, so why did he always call him a beast?

The servant said tremblingly, "Master Cong didn't come, so he asked me to bring a message to the Master."

Jia She was furious: "I asked him to come, but he dared not to come. This is really outrageous. What else did he ask you to say?"

The servant looked at the people at the table, not knowing whether to say anything or not. Jia She was furious and threw the wine pot at him: "You dead thing, what are you hesitating about? Hurry up and speak."

The servant hurriedly shouted, "The Third Master said that his maid died, and from now on he will not write in the East Courtyard anymore, nor will he give any calligraphy to others. He also burned his brush, and only asked me to tell the Master this."

Upon hearing this, Jia She was furious. He was drunk and without caring about the people at the table, he went up and overturned the table.

When did this beast become so evil that he dared to say such cold words. He thought his father didn't dare to beat him to death. In a rage, he called a few servants, found a horsewhip and went to the granary.

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Tanchun and Yingchun returned to the West Mansion. Tanchun asked Yingchun to go back to her room first, and she went to Rongqing Hall alone. She planned to tell the matter to Lady Jia, and it would be smoother if the old lady came forward to help.

The reason why Yingchun was not allowed to go together was that the father and son had a quarrel, which was something that was difficult to talk about. If the two sisters showed up together, it would inevitably make Grandmother Jia suspicious.

Besides, Yingchun is a bit dull and doesn't talk much, so it would be better for her to go alone.

But when he arrived at Rongqing Hall, he was dumbfounded. He saw that the hall was filled with people and there were many women.

After listening to the maid who lifted the curtain, I learned that several housewives of the Jia family in Beijing were coming to visit today.

Although these families are not as wealthy as the Ning and Rong families, they are all relatives within the five degrees of mourning. They usually rely on the care of the Ning and Rong families and live a better life.

And Lady Jia is the oldest noble lady in the Ning and Rong mansions. After she turned 15, she has more free time, so naturally these sisters-in-law from the same clan would come to visit and keep in touch with her.

At this moment, only Lady Wang was there to accompany the family, and the unmarried girls were not there. When Lady Jia saw Tanchun coming suddenly, she hurriedly called her over to meet them.

In addition to Daiyu, there is also the eldest granddaughter who is now working as a female historian in Fengzao Palace. Grandmother Jia values ​​this third girl the most. She likes the fact that she is well-educated, witty and straightforward, and she is very much like herself when she was young.

The wives in charge were all smart people and could see what Grandmother Jia liked. They all talked to Tanchun, one saying she was pretty, another saying she was well-born.

Tanchun couldn't bring herself to talk about Jia Cong in front of these women. She thought that the servant might have passed the message back and the eldest master might have already had a fit, and Cong's third brother might have been in trouble. A layer of sweat broke out on her forehead.

He was trapped like this for a whole cup of tea. Just when he was getting anxious, he saw a corner of the curtain at the door opened, revealing the face of the secretary, whose face was a little pale.

When Tanchun and Yingchun left the East Courtyard, they were worried and specifically asked the maid to stay over there and watch what was going on. Now seeing the maid coming back with such a look on her face, they knew that something was wrong.

She didn't care about Lady Jia's suspicion and just said that she felt a little unwell. Lady Jia knew her granddaughter's temperament and intelligence, so she realized that there must be some reason for it, but she didn't want to ask in front of outsiders.

However, Tanchun understood that with so many relatives present, she must not tell them about what happened in the East Courtyard, otherwise the situation would be out of control and would harm her third brother Cong.

She left Rongqing Hall in a panic. The secretary was already waiting at the door. When he saw her, he said, "Miss, things are not good. Not long after you left, the master took the servant to the Treasury Courtyard.

They said that Third Master Cong was disobedient and asked the servant to press him down on the spring stool and whip him with a horse whip. I didn't dare to look at him any more, so I ran back to report the news. "

Tanchun turned pale when she heard this. The secretary had been running some distance from the east courtyard. Third Brother Cong must have been beaten for a long time. If they didn't go to rescue him, someone would die.

She and the secretary hurried to Rong Xi Tang, and asked the maid at the door, only to find out that the master was in the Mengpo Zhai study.

When Jia Zheng was reading in his study every day, he liked to enjoy peace and quiet and would not allow maids or servants to disturb him. Everyone in the mansion knew about this habit.

Therefore, the study in Mengpo Zhai was still as quiet and leisurely as usual, when suddenly the door of the study was pushed open with a bang, without any knocking on the door to notify beforehand.

Jia Zheng raised his brows and was about to get angry, thinking it was that reckless maid or servant, but he saw Tanchun standing there with unstable breathing and a blushing face.

"Master, please go and save Third Brother Cong quickly. In the east courtyard, the eldest master is beating him with a horsewhip. If it's too late, someone will be killed." Jia Zheng was shocked to see Tanchun talking with tears in her eyes. Why did she make such a big fuss for no reason? How old was Brother Cong? It was unacceptable to beat him with a horsewhip.

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In the treasury courtyard, Jia Cong was not surprised at all to see Jia She coming in with his servants in a threatening manner.

He just wanted to provoke Jia She with his words.

Zhishao was forced to commit suicide by jumping into the river, which caused him a great shock and made him realize the fallacy of his previous ideas of compromise and taking things step by step.

Think ten steps ahead before you take one step. There is no such thing as a completely proper and meticulous process in this world. If you really wait until everything is ready, you don't know how much time it will take, or even your life.

Just think it over and do it. Only if there is one can there be two, and only if there are two can there be more possibilities.

He didn't want to be suppressed and unable to breathe in this East Road Courtyard anymore.

He needs greater possibilities and more opportunities to gain a foothold in this world.

He couldn't let Zhishao lose her life in vain.

He must escape from this vile and suffocating Dongluyuan as soon as possible.

Only then will I have the energy to carefully calculate these accounts.

Since ordinary methods can't crack it, let's just give it a try.

Just like when he was in the grove, in order to save himself and Qu Hongxiu's lives, he did not hesitate to cut off the arms of living people one by one.

He was going to use a tough confrontation to completely sever himself from Dongluyuan.

The horsewhip hit Jia Cong's back again and again. The severe pain of broken bones made him tremble all over, but he didn't even groan.

The pretty and lovely image of Zhishao appeared in my mind, and my heart ached as if it was being cut by a knife.

He didn't even feel the slightest bit of physical pain, as if he was paralyzed, and his mind started to become a little blurry.

Jia She whipped him dozens of times, waiting to see him cry out for mercy. He was determined to subdue this beast.

But he had a cold look in his eyes, didn't say a word, and didn't even struggle, just letting himself be whipped like a dead man.

I felt a little panicked.

Jia Cong knew that Tanchun would definitely find someone to rescue her when she returned. As long as he could hold on for a while, the whip would not kill her, but at most it would only cause physical pain. He had already given it his all.

The drinkers who came later were also shocked by the scene. They saw that Jia Cong had been beaten to a pulp, with his clothes torn and stained with blood.

It was because they used Jia Cong to flatter Jia She that caused the current trouble. If someone was beaten to death, wouldn't it be their fault?

It would be bad if the Jia family pursued the matter.

Everyone was busy trying to dissuade Jia She, but Jia Cong just took the beating in silence, without even a word of asking for mercy, which made Jia She very embarrassed, so he refused to listen and continued to whip him.

As everyone was pulling, someone at the door shouted, "Brother, stop it, why do you have to do this? Cong is still a child, if you beat him up, it will be terrible."

(End of this chapter)