Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

Chapter 73

Mother Jia is fine.

Don't look at the way she hit the wall, she tried her best, but after all, Jia Mu didn't really want to die, and when she got to the edge of the wall, her strength naturally weakened, and Jia Daishan pulled anxiously behind, Jia Mu's head hit On the wall, there was a burst of gold stars, dizziness, and a large red and swollen forehead, but no blood was seen.

Seeing that Mother Jia was fine, Jia Daishan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said angrily, "What are you doing? You're looking for death and life, and you're threatening me with death?!"

Probably the mother who protects the calf is Jia Mu. In the past, Jia Daishan would not dare to resist with a downcast face. Now Jia Daishan looks like he is about to kill someone, but Jia Mu insists on holding his neck and refuses to back down, sobbing and crying. Said: "How dare I threaten the master, but the second child is my lifeblood. If the master insists on destroying Zheng'er, then what's the point of my life? It's better to die at once, and save living in the world to watch the child suffer I feel uncomfortable in the suffering, maybe it will go on, and I will be more comfortable!" As he said, he slightly covered the wound, weeping sadly, with a look of lifelessness.

No matter how cold-hearted Jia Daishan was, after all, he and Jia's mother were young couples who bore him three children.When his wife was in her prime, he was away fighting, and Jia's mother was at home, and she also suffered a lot.Thinking of Jia's mother's ruthlessness just now, Jia Daishan's heart softened.After being silent for a long time, Jia Daishan said with a firm voice: "What the second brother did this time is really unscrupulous. Not only did he hurt Min'er, but he also wanted to frame the old man..."

As soon as Jia's mother heard Jia Daishan's words, she knew there was a connection, and immediately said: "Isn't it all right now, old man!"

Jia Daishan gave him a cross look. If the Lin family hadn't found out the truth of the matter, Mrs. Zhang might die of illness in a few days. Is this all right?Not to mention the expressions they showed Mrs. Zhang these days.

Jia's mother also felt guilty, and Jia Daishan's eyes glanced at her, and her voice gradually became quieter, but she still refused to back down, Jia Zheng was sure of her. "In the future, we will just make up for the old one...Master, the second one is also the son you have loved for more than twenty years. Do you really have the heart to ruin his life?"

How could Jia Daishan have the heart? !He watched the fetus grow month by month, watched the baby born, cuddled the child, taught the son to read and write, the son with high hopes... How could he have the heart to destroy him with his own hands? !

But the second child made a mistake, too much!This is no longer a temporary fault, it is a matter of human nature and character!

Jia Daishan was afraid that Mother Jia would be overwhelmed, so he stopped making a tough statement, and instead persuaded softly: "You also went to Lin's Mansion to see Miner these days, didn't you also say that Miner has no child and is haggard and pale? Then But our only daughter is also the child we have been holding in our hands since growing up. You just have the heart to let Min'er suffer this grievance in vain?"

Mother Jia didn't listen to what she said. There was nothing comparable. Naturally, she felt sorry for her daughter. Without thinking about it, he made a decision, and cried to Jia Daishan, "Master, don't say any more, I know that Min'er has been wronged this time, but that is also the reason why she directly and indirectly harmed the second and second children. Master, The second child did something wrong because he didn't see it for a while. He will definitely change in the future. You must give him a chance to change! Min'er will have children in the future! But if the master spreads the news, The second child will never be able to lift his head up for the rest of his life!"

"That's what he asked for!" Jia Daishan walked around the room twice impatiently, seeing that Jia's mother would not get in, assuming that if he dared to deal with Jia Zheng, she would die, and said angrily, "This Is it possible to hide things if you want to? You can force me here now, so that the second child will be safe and sound? Lin Ruhai, Mrs. Lin, will be happy when the Lin family loses their eldest grandson? Can they ask for an explanation?! Don’t You've been messing around here, and the second child is already this old, so he should be responsible for what he has done!"

Jia's mother also went all out: "Lin Ruhai is just a petty official now. We honored them by honoring the marriage contract. Now they have the nerve to ask the second child to ruin his future? Min'er is a generalist, she can't do this Kind of thing. I'll go and persuade her, and let her persuade Lin Ruhai and Mrs. Lin."

Jia Daishan pointed at her tremblingly, leaning on his cane in anger: "Get married, marry, you will say that Miner is married. What's wrong with marrying, Lin Jia has a marriage contract, and it is right to keep the promise. Back then, Mr. Lin When you were here, why didn't you say such things! You dare to ask Min'er to intercede, you are afraid that Min'er's life will be too comfortable, right?!"

Mother Jia was so questioned that she was speechless, so she could only cry again: "For the sake of my husband and wife with you for decades, master, you should spare the second child this time. It is also the one I have been protecting all these years. I didn’t teach him well, so he was confused and made a mistake for a while. As for the culprit, it’s still me. Master, you just punish me, I have absolutely no complaints, but you have to give the second child another chance, the second If the future is ruined, how much will he suffer? My wish for half my life is to hope that she will be successful and safe. If this is not possible, then I might as well just die!..."

Jia Daishan had a headache and closed his eyes, and was so disturbed by Jia's mother that he no longer had the strength to speak...

It's a pity that the matter is not something that Jia's mother can calm down by threatening Jia Daishan at the risk of her life.

The next day, Jia Daishan, who was quarreled by Jia's mother all night and finally lost and chose to compromise, had not had time to send someone to the Lin's house to spread the news, when Lin Ruhai visited the door in person.

Facing Lin Ruhai, the son-in-law, Jia Daishan felt a little ashamed. "Ruhai." Jia Daishan yelled, and couldn't continue the following words. He panicked in shame and embarrassment, squirmed his lips a few times, looked at Lin Ruhai, and sighed again.

Lin Ruhai sat on the chair, looked at Jia Daishan's face full of embarrassment, and was tangled in his heart, but finally, he still didn't speak.

Lin Ruhai has always respected Jia Daishan as his father-in-law.Although many courtiers said that he was too shrewd and sophisticated, Jia Daishan would be too biased towards his youngest son when it comes to private affairs with the family house.But for the Lin family, Jia Daishan is very kind.At the time when Old Master Lin passed away suddenly, the Lin family was in turmoil. It was Jia Daishan who helped him. Although it was not a big deal, Lin Ruhai remembered the love of giving charcoal in the snow.Not to mention, even when the Lin family was the most impoverished, Jia Daishan did not give up the marriage contract between Lin Jia and his family, and was willing to marry his daughter to him - based on this alone, Lin Ruhai respected Jia Daishan sincerely.

But this time, it was about his heirs, so Lin Ruhai couldn't help but ignore it.

In order to rejuvenate the Lin family, and also to show the importance attached to the marriage contract of the Jia family, Lin Ruhai had only two occupants before marriage, and these two were forced by Mrs. Lin to teach others. Lin Ruhai herself was not very close.Now, Lin Ruhai has turned [-], and many people of his age can run and jump under their knees.The generations of the Lin family have few heirs, and Mrs. Lin has been looking forward to holding a grandson for a long time.When it was announced that Jia Min was pregnant, Lin Ruhai and Mrs. Lin couldn't keep their mouths closed for joy!

Who knows, in just a few months, this joy has turned into bitterness.

Mrs. Lin was already bedridden because of her grief and her old illness had relapsed.What made Lin Ruhai even more worried was that because of his refusal to take concubines earlier and what was revealed behind Jia Min's miscarriage this time, Mrs. Lin had a prejudice against Jia Min, and she no longer loved Jia Min as much as she did before. .Several times when Lin Ruhai went to visit her, Mrs. Lin's words revealed doubts about Jia Min's character.Especially after the people sent to investigate Anya's family came back, they knew that Jia Zheng not only murdered his sister, but also wanted to frame his sister-in-law and drag his elder brother down. Thinking of Jia's mother's contempt for the Lin family, Mrs. Lin was so angry that she passed out at that time.As soon as he woke up, he grabbed Lin Ruhai's hand and insisted that he come to Jia's house to ask for an explanation!

"It's not just a matter of a day or two for the old lady of the Jia family to look down on my Lin family. In the face of Rong Guogong, I can bear it as much as I can, but I don't want to. If we retreat again and again, they will treat us as good You are a bully! Yes, the daughter-in-law married into our family, we appreciate it! But the Jia family extended their hands to our Lin family because of this? How dare they! They reached out to their in-laws’ house and killed our Lin family’s eldest grandson, Ru Hai, If you don't ask for an explanation, my mother will not rest in peace even if I die!"

Mrs. Lin's words were too harsh, and Lin Ruhai couldn't bear it.After thinking about it all night, Lin Ruhai thought guiltily, this time he might embarrass his father-in-law.Unexpectedly, when the genius was bright, someone sent a letter to the gate of Lin's mansion, but it was said that Jia's mother had persuaded Jia Daishan to make the matter of Jia Min's miscarriage into a trivial matter, and she was still trying to find a way to seal it up. The Lin family's mouth, so as not to ruin Jia Zheng's future.

At that moment, Lin Ruhai's heart was burning uncontrollably, and he hurriedly asked someone to prepare a car and horse to visit Jia Daishan in Jia's mansion.It was one thing for him not to want to chase and beat Jia Zheng, but it was another thing for the Jia family not to take him seriously and even dare to make decisions for the Lin family's heirs without the Lin family's consent.As Mrs. Lin said, he is now the Patriarch of the Lin family, if he can't even protect the Lin family's heirs, what kind of patriarch should he be? !

Therefore, knowing that Jia Daishan felt guilty and didn't know where to speak, Lin Ruhai forcibly endured the guilt for making Jia Daishan so embarrassing, and waited for Jia Daishan to give him an explanation.

Lin Ruhai at this moment is not Jia Daishan's son-in-law, but the head of the Lin family!

Looking at Lin Ruhai's appearance, Jia Daishan knew that this matter couldn't be better.With a sigh, he said quietly: "They are all old men, and they have no way to teach..." After saying this, Jia Daishan's spine bent down, and in an instant, he seemed to have aged ten years.

Lin Ruhai couldn't bear it, but still suppressed his impulse, thinking about Jia Min's shocking blood stains when he had a miscarriage in his mind, his surging emotions slowly calmed down.

Seeing that he still didn't respond, Jia Daishan's eyes flashed, he sighed and lowered his figure, and apologized to Lin Ruhai: "Your second son, how dare you do such a crazy thing, and even hurt the child in Min'er's belly... When I think of my poor grandson, my heart...is my Jia family, I'm sorry for your Lin family."

Jia Daishan opened up his words, and Lin Ruhai was impolite. He dimmed his eyes and said, "Min'er and I, mother, are looking forward to this child... Miner is still lying on the bed, crying every day, all I can't persuade. Xiaoyue was supposed to take good care of her, but now Min'er can't calm down at all. Because of the cause of her child's death, she can't eat or sleep well... If this continues, I'm worried that her body will suffer. Can't stop..."

Lin Ruhai said it very euphemistically, but Jia Daishan was still ashamed and embarrassed by the undisguised deep meaning in his words.Min'er is also his daughter, the daughter he loves the most. He knows the murderer who killed his daughter, but he has never reacted. He even forgot that her daughter is still lying on the bed, washing her face with tears—even, he even misidentified her. murderer.

Looking at the sad Lin Ruhai, Jia Daishan stopped on the tip of his tongue when he wanted to intercede with Jia Zheng, and suddenly fell silent.

For a while, no one spoke.

Lin Ruhai couldn't tell what she was feeling at the moment, anger, heartache, and sadness, but what was more, was her disappointment with Jia Daishan.He said everything to this point, but Jia Daishan still refused to say how to deal with Jia Zheng.The old man he has always respected, Nei Li, is not the glamorous person he once thought.He is just an ordinary father.At this moment, the lofty mountain that Jia Daishan built in Lin Ruhai's heart collapsed.

Jia Daishan stood up suddenly, walked in front of Lin Ruhai, and bowed deeply: "Ruhai, just think that my Jia family is sorry for your Lin family, and I ask you to help me with this matter!"

Facing Jia Daishan like this, Lin Ruhai lost in panic...

After sending Lin Ruhai away, Jia Daishan felt tired like never before, not physically but mentally.The sense of shame of having lost his old face for a lifetime is enough to make a person like Jia Daishan who has been arrogant all his life feel ashamed.

But Jia Zheng didn't know his mood, he just poured another spoonful of oil on his already volcanic lava-like anger.

"Father, mother!" Jia Zheng knelt on the ground and yelled in disbelief, "How do you think that I am the murderer who killed my sister?! How could I do such a thing?" To Jia Daishan, he did not dare What did she reveal, but looking at Mother Jia, the eyes were full of misunderstood sadness, and said excitedly, "Mother, don't you know what I am? That is Min'er, the sister I have loved since I was a child, how can I Will you harm her?"

Jia's mother carefully looked at Jia Daishan's ugly face, anxious and angry, slapped Jia Zheng several times, and cried, "You still haven't told the truth after all this time?! Your father has checked everything out, the evidence It is true that you still deny it, you want to piss me and your father to death!"

Jia Zheng was shocked and furious: "The evidence is conclusive? What conclusive evidence? Mother, what are you talking about?"

Jia Daishan still didn't speak, but Jia's mother became more and more anxious. Today, Jia Daishan gave Jia Zheng a chance by risking all his face. ... Mother Jia slapped Jia Zheng's face cruelly, and cried, "You still don't admit it!" Throwing the inkstone, paper and pen in front of Jia Zheng, "These are your things, right?" ?”

Jia Zheng was confused, glanced at it for a few times, and it was indeed familiar, nodded, and admitted: "Yes, this is my thing, why is it with you, mother?"

Jia Mu slapped him again, and said angrily, "Why did I give birth to your son, you really want to piss me off! You, you..." One hand still couldn't get rid of it, two Put your hands together and knock on Jia Zheng's back. "Even if Min'er broke the matter between you and that silver-red girl and caused your wife to have a miscarriage, you can't hurt your sister like this. That's your sister's child, the first child of the Lin family. How can you be so cruel? You Do you still have any brains?"

Only then did Jia Zheng understand the meaning of Jia Mu's words, and his face turned pale with fright, "Did I hurt Minmei?" He didn't care about Jia Mu's light beating, and knelt in front of Jia Daishan and argued bitterly: "Father, I've never done such a thing, I've never done such a thing!" Frightened, he picked up the inkstone, paper and pen and smashed them out, Jia Zheng pulled Jia's mother, and said anxiously: "I put all these things in the study Anyone can touch me, mother, you have to believe me, I really didn't harm my sister, someone must have framed me, someone must have framed me!" Thinking of Zhang and Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng's eyes lit up and he didn't pay attention at all. Disappointed on Jia Daishan's mother's face, Jia Daishan hurriedly said: "It's the elder brother, it's the sister-in-law, father and mother, have you forgotten what Anya said before she died? It was clearly done by the elder sister-in-law, how could it have anything to do with me? Parents, You have to be careful!"

Jia Daishan couldn't bear it anymore, he went up a few steps and kicked Jia Zheng's shoulder fiercely, with such force that he kicked Jia Zheng to the ground, and said angrily: "Now, you still don't repent, you want to Frame your elder brother and sister-in-law! How did I raise such an inhuman thing like you!"

Jia's mother also persuaded him to admit it quickly: "You have a motive, and the evidence you got from Anya's younger brother is also yours, and Anya has gone to your place so many times... Second child, I know you just got confused for a while. It doesn’t matter what you did wrong, you tell the truth, we are your parents, what really happened to you? You just need to admit your mistake, admit your mistake, ah!”

How could Jia Zheng admit it? Seeing Jia's mother, he said angrily, "Mother, why do you think of me like this? I've never done anything to my sister!" Yes, he hated Jia Min for breaking his relationship with Yinhong. Not only did he lose two children at once, but he was also humiliated in front of the whole family.But that doesn't mean he will go back and harm Jia Min.Harm the married sister miscarriage?This matter has been exposed, should he still be a human being?He's not that stupid!

But now, no one believed him.

Seeing that he still refused to admit it, Jia Daishan exhaled heavily, and suddenly lost the strength to teach Jia Zheng a lesson. He decided to look at this little son who had placed high hopes and love on him, and Jia Daishan sat back on the chair disheartened. Jia's mother and Jia Zheng, who still complained about their own grievances, said: "Our Rongguo mansion has lived in the capital for a long time since our father made a fortune, but the ancestral house in Jinling's hometown is all abandoned...Second brother, go back and pack your things. Let's go to the old house to prepare for the next imperial examination!"

Jia's mother, Jia Zheng, turned pale with shock: "Master!"

"Father?!" Jia Zheng exclaimed, "I really never did such a thing!"

But Jia Daishan didn't want to hear it anymore.He was already very disappointed with this son, so irresponsible, he didn't even dare to admit what he had done, why didn't he find out before?

After all, he was his own son. Jia Daishan still showed affection for Jia Zheng, and only said that he wanted Jia Zheng to prepare for the next imperial examination with peace of mind, and went to the ancestral house to repair the ancestral grave and ancestral house, so he sent Jia Zheng to Jinling.

When Lin Ruhai heard the news, he sighed and replied the result to Mrs. Lin.Mrs. Lin lowered her face at that time, looked at Lin Ruhai who was helplessly haggard, and said nothing.But when he turned around and waited for Lin Ruhai to leave, he immediately called his confidants to tell Jia Min who was lying on the bed the whole story.Jia Min passed out on the spot.

Lin Ruhai was exhausted, and said anxiously: "Mother, Min'er is not in good health and cannot be stimulated. You are like this..." Lin Ruhai really didn't know where to start without talking about his mother's mistakes.

Mrs. Lin didn't feel that she had done something wrong, she was still holding back her anger at the moment: "The Jia family is so unkind, why don't they allow people to talk about it? To the outside, for the sake of Mr. Rong, I will bear it. But if it wasn't for your daughter-in-law who didn't do enough at the beginning, would she be here today? Thinking of my poor grandson, why can't I swallow my anger!"

After all, Jia Min didn't cultivate well, she kept lochia, and she lay on the bed for two full months. Before she fully recovered, Mrs. Lin gave Lin Ruhai another girl. This time, she directly forced the girl The girl openly proposed to Auntie, but this time, Lin Ruhai did not refuse.

But the matter did not fade away because of the low-key of Jiajialin's family. A child in Lingjia Village found something wrong at the bottom of the pond while playing in the water. He invited someone to look at it. At first, no one thought about the matter of Anya's family. , but soon, another child was playing outside the door and set fire to the thatch of the house, but the fire burned very slowly, and was quickly extinguished after being discovered.The well-informed old man began to suspect that there was something behind the series of events in Anya's family.

The yamen servants came soon, and the exposed and rearranged doubts were presented to everyone one by one. The truth behind the series of disasters in Anya’s family was revealed. There are still people in Ling’s village who remember the thin little girl protecting her younger brother. In such a pitiful scene, facing the crying mother Ling and the taciturn father Ling, I can only sigh, retribution!

However, the government official saw the shadow of the Jia family in this incident. The official quietly told the matter to his colleagues, and the colleagues talked about it. Is there something you don't understand?

In private, the news about Jia Zheng and the second master Jia of the Rongguo Mansion slowly spread among the officials quietly...