I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 152: Cruel Ancestor

After the two servants restrained Jia Rong, Jia's mother said in a deep voice, "Take him away. Rong was so grief-stricken over his father's death that he vomited blood and fell into a coma. He died three days later."

Everyone was shocked to hear what Lady Jia said.

Wang Xifeng, in particular, screamed, "Grandfather, this..."

Grandmother Jia shouted: "Shut up!"

"If he doesn't die, the entire Ningguo Mansion will die, and even we won't have peace!"

"Boss, you stay here. Everyone in this yard who knows about this must be controlled. No one can escape."

"Don't let any information about this leak out."

After hearing this, Jia She could not help but agree: "Don't worry, mother. With me here, no news will leak out."

Grandmother Jia nodded, and then instructed: "Feng girl, you will have to work hard these days to help your sister-in-law and support the East Palace."

"Brother Lian, you will go to Jingzhao Prefecture and Zongzheng Temple to report the case later, and send someone to pass a message to your respected master in Xuanzhen Temple!"

"Then you will call all the disciples from the East Palace to come, build a mourning shed, and keep vigil for Brother Zhen."

"After finishing all this, tomorrow I will send letters to relatives and friends and prepare for the funeral."

Although Grandmother Jia was shocked, she remained calm and assigned tasks one by one.

Everyone at the scene suddenly felt reassured.

At this time, Wang Xifeng was also secretly shocked.

After she married into the Jia family, she has been the housekeeper.

Now he has even left Mrs. Wang aside and become the real housekeeper.

She originally thought that after so much experience, her abilities would be comparable to those of her ancestors.

Now she realized that she was far inferior to her ancestor.

Everyone went about their work according to Lady Jia's instructions.

At this moment, Youshi came hurriedly with two maids.

In fact, Youshi was not that slow-witted. She had already learned the news here.

However, she was stopped outside before she could enter the yard.

Although Youshi was the eldest lady of the East Palace, she was a second wife after all, and she had no children.

Now that Jia Zhen is dead, Youshi feels even more embarrassed.

Only after Lady Jia had given all her instructions did she let Youshi in.

After You came in, she cried bitterly again.

Grandmother Jia said, "Youshi, no one wants this kind of thing to happen."

"But now that things have come to this, there is nothing we can do. Just bear with the grief and take care of the funeral arrangements."

"I'm afraid you'll be too depressed because of your grief, so I asked Feng to come and help you so that others won't laugh at you."

Hearing what Grandmother Jia said, Youshi quickly wiped away her tears and said, "Yes, Grandfather, I will obey your teachings."

After giving instructions to everyone, Grandmother Jia took Li Wan and others back to Rongguo Mansion.

After Lady Jia left, Wang Xifeng also helped Youshi and started to work in the East Palace.

In her spare time, Wang Xifeng was secretly frightened.

The younger generation, Rong Ge'er, was extremely respectful to her.

And Wang Xifeng also liked to tease this young man.

Although there was no real affair between the two, there was still some ambiguity between them.

Just when Lady Jia was about to secretly execute Jia Rong, Wang Xifeng could not help but speak up to plead for him.

However, she was so frightened by Lady Jia's shout that she dared not say another word.

It was not until now that Wang Xifeng realized that when the old ancestor became cruel, he could be so decisive and ruthless!
This also made Wang Xifeng feel a little awe in her heart.

On the second day, the Jia family began to send letters to relatives and old friends.

On this day, Jia Cong was reading in the study, and Xue Pan walked in carelessly. Seeing Xue Pan, Jia Cong couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Xue, what brings you here?"

Xue Pan laughed and said, "I am right next door. How can the wind blow me here? I can just walk here on my own."

"But I know that Cong is studying hard, so I don't want to disturb you too often on weekdays, so I come less often."

"By the way, Brother Cong, have you heard about what happened in the Jia Mansion?"

Jia Cong asked in surprise, "Brother Xue, I have long been expelled from the Jia family tree and expelled from the clan. Besides, I study every day, so how can I care about what is happening outside? I wonder what happened in the Jia family?"

Xue Pan said: "It is such a tragedy. I never expected it to be like this."

"It turned out that Brother Zhen of the East Mansion was ill and bedridden, and a servant in his mansion had evil thoughts."

"This time he thought that Brother Zhen was asleep, so he took the opportunity to steal two items from the house."

"Unexpectedly, Brother Zhen was not asleep and woke him up on the spot."

“And this servant, fearing that he would be heard by people outside, in a panic, drew his sword and stabbed Brother Zhen to death.”

"This is surprising enough, but there are more surprises to come."

"I never thought that Brother Zhen's son Rong'er would be such a pure and filial person."

"When he saw his father's tragic death, he was so angry that his blood stopped flowing. In grief, he vomited three liters of blood on the spot! He even passed out."

"In three days, he died and followed his father."

"Who wouldn't say that Ningguo Mansion has produced a truly filial son?"

After hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but feel puzzled.

That old man Jia Zhen is actually dead?

Jia Cong still had some doubts about the cause of Jia Zhen's death.

How could a servant sneak into Jia Zhen's room and steal things by himself?

Is there not a single maid serving in Jia Zhen's room?

There is something illogical about this.

But no matter how he died, as long as he died, it was a great joy.

As for the claim that Jia Rong vomited three liters of blood and died in a coma for three days because of Jia Zhen's death, it is even more ridiculous.

Jia Rong didn't hate Jia Zhen to the core, but he definitely wasn't filial to him.

There must be something fishy behind Jia Rong's death.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong suddenly thought of something.

Huh? Jia Zhen died in an accident, and Jia Rong also died.

The father and son died one after another.

Maybe the deaths of their father and son are related in some way.

But none of this matters anymore.

The important thing is that there were only two masters in Ningguo Mansion, and both of them died. It is a sad and lamentable thing.

Next, in order to compete for the position of the head of Ningguo Mansion and the head of the Jia family, the children of the Jia family will probably fight to the point of their brains leaking out, right?

Even the Rongguo Mansion might not avoid intervening.

I just don’t know if the old lady will make any plans for Baoyu?

Jia Cong smiled, but didn't take it to heart at all.

He had left the Jia family long ago, and the affairs of the Jia family had nothing to do with him.

After seeing Xue Pan off, Jia Cong went to the martial arts field and began to practice archery.

Now, his archery skills are still more than half a point away from perfection.

[Archery (Perfect): 2137/5000]

Jia Cong planned to use some time to hone his archery skills to perfection.

(End of this chapter)