Miss He took the silver ingot and burst into tears, kowtowed to Jia Zheng, and wrote down the deed of sale to Jia Zheng, but Jia Zheng refused to accept it, and Miss He hurriedly said: "If the son doesn't accept the deed, the little woman can't accept your money." After speaking, he returned the silver to Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng saw that she was serious, and he had no choice but to accept the deed of sale. Later, he bought a coffin and helped her bury her father. Jia Zheng asked, "Miss He, what are your plans for the future?"

"The little woman, who sold herself to her son, became a slave and a maid by the side of her son. The little woman, whose surname is Rou. In the future, the son should not be called a slave or a girl. She thought for a while and said, "If the son doesn't like the name of the slave, he can also take another one." ”

"Well, forget it. He is soft, soft, and the wood is straight and straight. The way of standing on the ground is said to be soft and rigid. 【Book Hong Fan】Shen Qiangangke, Gao Mingrouke. [Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching] is not with its softness. Ann also. 【Book Shundian】Rouyuan can be far away. Serve also. 【Poetry・Xiaoya】Wei is also soft. Similar in temperament to you. This name sounds good, and I'll call you Rou'er in the future. Jia Zheng also knew her temperament and said helplessly.

After burying her father, Jia Zheng saw that she had nothing, so he helped her buy a few clothes in a ready-to-wear store. Considering her new funeral, she chose some plain colors, and then went to several other stores to buy some daily necessities. It wasn't until dark that the three of them returned to the ship, and Jia Zheng took He Rou to meet Mr. first. Mr. was also very surprised to see He Rou again, how could Jia Zheng meet Jia Zheng again when he had obviously left? Although he had doubts in his heart, Mr. still smiled without changing his face: "Miss He, I didn't expect to meet again after more than ten days, it's really fate." ”

He Rou bowed slowly and said respectfully: "The slave is now the girl, and she can't afford to be Mr. He." ”

"Oh, what do you say?" Although the gentleman asked He Rou, he looked at Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "Today, the student went ashore with Mo Yan, and then the student wanted to help Rou'er bury her father in the acquaintance, but she resolutely refused to accept it, and she couldn't and had to sell herself as she said." That's why the students brought it back. ”

"I see. When Mr. looked at He Rou when Jia Zheng spoke, although his face was calm, the sadness between his eyebrows and the sadness in his eyes could not be concealed. Although he didn't find anything wrong, it was too coincidental that Jia Zheng met the same person in different places. This made the gentleman have to think about it more.

"Miss He, the old man was entrusted by Jia Zheng's father to take him on a study tour, and his affairs are all decided by the old man. When Mr. said this, he saw that He Rou's eyebrows moved. It's very subtle, and if it weren't for Mr.'s careful observation, he wouldn't have found it. It's just that he still can't determine the meaning of He Rou's move, so he smiled again: "Since Jia Zheng bought you, the old man will not object, but the Jia family is not an ordinary family, and the placement of people is also subject to layers of screening, and only those with innocent family backgrounds can enter the house." You want to be a slave and a maid for Jia Zheng, and you have to follow him into Jia's house, so the old man has a few questions that he wants to ask the girl to answer. ”

"Since the slave has been bought by the son, the slave must not abide by the rules of the master's house, sir, please say. The slave knows everything and speaks endlessly. He Rou is neither humble nor arrogant.

"Miss He is really a cheerful person, dare to ask where the girl's home is, why she entered Beijing, who chased her that day, why she jumped into the river, why your father is sick, and why he is here. "The gentleman's words are very gentle, but the questions he asks are very sharp.

"Sir, Rou'er" Jia Zheng was afraid that He Rou would think of something sad, so he said busily.

The gentleman glanced at Zheng and stopped him from finishing his words, "The teacher knows in his heart, Miss He, the old man's question makes it difficult for you?"

"Mr. Yan zhòng, the slave's family is in Fei County, Yizhou, Shandong, her mother died early, and she has no other brothers and sisters, so she only depends on her father. Although the slave maid's family is not a big family, there is also a small property, the father is a young student, and he has a reputation for making a person, because next year is still the year of Dabi, the father will sell the slave and the maid to Beijing to catch the exam, but he does not want to just arrive in Baoding, looking for an inn to stay, the slave and the maid are favored by a prodigal son, and want to forcibly rob the slave and the maid back as a concubine, how can the father agree, so he stopped him, but was injured by his servants. When the slave saw that her father was injured, she wanted to lure them away, and ran all the way to the ferry, and when she saw that the evil slave was still chasing after her, she did not want to be taken back by them as a concubine. Although the slave and maid are not from everyone's background, but they are also the daughters of the people, if they are concubines of others, it is not that the father will have no face to see people in the future, so his heart is horizontal, so he jumped into the river and begged for death, but fortunately, God had mercy and let the son save the slave and maid to escape. As he spoke, the tears rolled down like pearls that had been scattered.

He Rou wiped away her tears and said: "After the slave left the ship that day, she returned to the inn to look for her father, but fortunately, the shopkeeper was a kind-hearted person, although he drove his father away on the surface, and secretly kept his father in the firewood room in the store. When the shopkeeper saw that the slave and maid had come back safely, he took the slave and maid to see his father, and said that the man was their tyrant, robbing □□ and daughter, and doing all kinds of evil, just because he had an uncle who was an official in the capital, and the local yamen could not do anything about it. Let the slave and the father leave the place of right and wrong quickly, and it happened that there was a caravan rushing to the capital in the store, and when the slave and the maid were pitiful, they took the slave and the maid with the father. However, the father's injuries on the road became more and more severe, and the doctor in the caravan said that his father's five organs were damaged, and he was unable to return to heaven, and the caravan was afraid that his father would die on the way, so it was very taboo, so when he passed through the town, he left the slave and the maid with his father. In the town, the slaves and maids were entangled, but the father still left. The slave and maid are unaccompanied and penniless here, and have no other way but to sell themselves to bury their father. ”

"What a wretched man. Mr. sighed, there was nothing wrong with He Rou when he said this, but it didn't reassure him, his intuition was wrong, he looked at He Rou again, although his eyes were teardropped, although there was sadness, but a lot of it was calm, and the words just now were too organized, it stands to reason that a person who is sad is difficult to say such reasonable and well-founded words. Thinking about it, although she answered all the questions one by one, she vaguely touched on the verifiable points. If there is no one in the city, I am afraid that they will be deceived.

Mr. regretted and said: "Miss He, Ling Zun has a meritorious reputation, and it is a pity to die unjustly now, I don't know what Ling Zun's name is, which year to raise people, the old man also has a few close friends in the capital, and when they arrive in the capital, let them go to the Criminal Department to file for Ling Zun to avenge their grievances." ”

He Rou was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then reacted, and hurriedly saluted and said gratefully: "My father's surname is He Mingjia, the word is good, and there is a cloud in "Erya": 'Jia, good also. The father's words were obtained from it, and it was still raised in the seventh year of Kangqing. If the gentleman can really avenge his father, the slave and maid will definitely tie the straw ring. ”

He Rou was slightly stunned, although Jia Zheng didn't find it, but she didn't escape the sharp eyes of Mr., this girl is really amazing, and looked at Jia Zheng's face with the same hatred and hatred, or too little experience, I wanted to send He Rou away, but seeing Jia Zheng's stupid appearance, I thought about leaving him behind, which was considered a training for Jia Zheng. As for whether He Rou's entry into the Rongguo Mansion would be harmful, he was not worried at all, although Rongguo Gong was a military general, he was very shrewd. Besides, there are old ladies and Duchess Rongguo in the inner courtyard, but they are not naïve people. So he smiled and said: "Old man, it's just that people who don't like to do evil, if this matter is changed to others, they will take care of it." It's just that this boat is full of men, and Miss He is afraid that it will be inconvenient here. ”

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "Sir, this matter has been done by the student, just asked Mo Yan to find a boatman to take care of a small boat for Rou'er to live in, fortunately, it is not a few days away from the capital, Rou'er, you will take care of it first." The latter sentence was addressed to He Rou.

"The son has tormented the slave and the maid, the son is the master of the slave and the maid, and the slave and the maid will not go west if the slave and the maid go east. He Rou replied.

Jia Zheng was very bored by the slaves she kept talking about. In this way, He Rou returned to Beijing with Jia Zheng and his party.

After listening to Jia Zheng's account, the three people in the hall had different expressions, and Jia Zheng only stood there with his head down, and he didn't dare to look at his father, grandmother and mother.

Jia Daishan looked at the second son standing there, and sighed again that this son was like a fool, he was deceived by a fifteen-year-old girl, and he still thinks that the girl is pitiful. His shrewdness and prudence Why didn't this son inherit it at all, Jia Daishan looked at his wife again and saw that he was also suspicious, it can be seen that he is not a stupid person, who is Jia Zheng like? Fortunately, what comforted him was that although Jia Yu did not like to practice literature and martial arts, he was also a person who understood in terms of dealing with people, let alone the smart Jia Min, Jia Zheng could not compare with it.

Jia Shishi is not as smart as Jia Daishan thinks, but she has been in this back house for more than ten years and has accumulated a lot of experience, in her opinion, how can there be so many coincidences in this world. Behind this coincidence is a conspiracy, looking at her most beloved son, she is not willing to blame anything. If Zheng'er likes that girl, she can only rest assured if she looks at her well.

The old lady looked at her stunned grandson, she was really stupid to read, but what should she do, do you let it go, but he is a man, he always has to stand alone, support the door, or teach it in the early days. The old lady said patiently: "Zheng'er, you said so much, you don't think there is anything wrong?"

"Grandson, I don't think it's inappropriate. Jia Zheng thought about it and said honestly.

The old lady sighed and said, "Then the grandmother asked you, do you know where the girls in our house came from, and what are the deed of sale?"

"Grandson, I heard my mother mention that most of the girls in the house are born in the family, and a few are bought from the dental store. The deed of sale of the grandson is unknown. Jia Zheng said weakly. It's just that he doesn't understand what this has to do with Rou'er.

The old lady saw that Jia Zheng still didn't understand, so she had to say carefully: "According to what you said, the girl sold her body to bury her father, but there are teeth everywhere, since she is in a hurry to bury her father, why should she give up the near and far to go to the tooth shop, but what kind of drama is she doing on the street to sell herself to bury her father." It's just because the fate of entering the dental industry is not in my own hands. If she goes to sell her body to bury her father, she can choose the buyer by herself. is also written in the deed of sale, one does not indicate whether it is a living deed or a dead deed, and second, it does not indicate the time and silver taels, and the most important thing is that it is not filed in the government. Fortunately, our family has some power, and I am not afraid that the girl will run away and not admit it, if it is an ordinary family, this person will leave if he leaves, even if he reports to the official, there is no way. ”

Jia Zheng was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that there were so many curves and curves in it, but why Rou'er wanted to lie to him, he couldn't figure it out.

Jia Daishan looked at his stunned son, shook his head, and said: "Mother, my son thinks that this matter is not so simple, that girl is not here to climb high branches, I am afraid that she will already be eyeing Zheng'er." ”

The old lady also nodded and said, "Go and find the ink inkstone." Then he turned to Jia Shishi and said: "Mrs., in the future, you have to tell Zheng'er about these twists and turns, although a man doesn't need these outside, but he can't be deceived by people. You also have to teach Zheng'er a lot in this regard. Although you are not afraid of what others will do to Zheng'er, but there will be a day when he will not be there, what will he do at that time. ”

"Yes, Mother. His son will teach him well. Jia Daishan replied, then turned to Jia Zheng and looked at him coldly. Jia Zheng's heart trembled when Jia Daishan looked at him.

"Old lady, daughter-in-law knows. ”

Mo Yan was tidying up things in Bang Jia Zheng, but when he suddenly heard the old lady passing him to Rongxi Hall, he was very uneasy in his heart, and thought about it for most of the time for Miss He, at first he also thought that this matter was a coincidence, maybe the second master and that Miss He were destined by God. But after discussing with others, I found out that something was wrong.

Walking into Rongxi Hall, Mo Yan knelt on the ground and kowtowed to say goodbye, "The slave has seen the master, the old lady, the wife." ”

"Okay, you get up first, I'll ask you a few more words, and you can be honest in reply. The old lady said

"Yes. ”

"When the second master rescued Miss He in Baoding, there was something wrong with the boatman. ”

Mo Yan thought for a while and replied: "There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that there is a strange saying." He said, 'The second master has hugged Miss He before, and it's okay to hug it again, and let the second master harvest it into a girl'"

"You took the master's letter for help, did you show the letter to the county official?"

"No, the servant hadn't gone far when he saw the county official coming over with a yacha. The slave hurriedly stepped forward and said that he would save the second master, but the county official only asked if it was the second master of Rongguo Mansion, and when he saw the slave nodding, he hurriedly walked forward. Afterwards, the slave thought it was strange that he didn't say anything at the time, how did the county magistrate know the identity of the second master. ”

The old lady asked everything she wanted to ask clearly, so she asked Mo Yan to retreat, and said: "Shan'er, you send someone to check the boatman's house, and then let someone go to Shandong to ask if there is such a person as He Jia, and as for the matter of the county official, also check it well." Hmph, no matter what the person behind him wants to calculate, since he made a move, he has to teach him a lesson, our Rongguo Mansion is not so easy to mess with. After tomorrow, I am afraid that there will be a lot of rumors about Zheng'er outside, and I am afraid that it will not work to marry the Hou family. ”

"Alas, my son will take care of this matter, Zheng'er will stay at home for the next few days, and don't go anywhere. After Jia Daishan finished speaking, he went to the study, no matter what, he wanted to reduce the impact of this matter on Rongguo Mansion.

"Old lady, this is just a trivial matter, how can it have an impact on Zheng'er's marriage. When Jia Shishi heard that Jia Zheng's marriage had changed, she was very anxious, but she was selected by thousands of people, and finally found a daughter-in-law who was satisfied in all aspects.

"If it is rumored that Zheng'er is studying abroad when she gets married, but she brings back the girl, the person who really loves her daughter will want to marry the girl to Zheng'er for a few days. Would you be willing if it were Min'er?"

"It's all that girl, it's all her who harmed her. See what I do with her. Jia Shi said angrily, her most beloved son was ruined by that girl like this.

"Okay, what's the fuss, don't you think there's not enough to do? If Zheng'er was smarter, things wouldn't be like this. The old lady scolded. "Mama Gu, you let people send that girl to the village, let people take a good look at her, that girl is smart, if she can't do it, let people scare some medicine, as long as she doesn't die. ”

"Yes, old lady. ”

He Rou stayed in Rongguo Mansion for a short time, and then she was imprisoned, and there was no news of her since, as if this person had never appeared.

"Madam, if you have time, you should give Zheng'er a good look at the right person, by the way, the temple of Yuelao Temple said that Zheng'er's destined person came from the Wang family. You will inquire about the girls of the Wang family who are above the third grade in the capital. The old lady didn't want to care about Jia Zheng's marriage, and none of the few families she had selected before were surnamed Wang, so she had to ask Mrs. to inquire again, and she wouldn't lose Zheng'er anyway.

The next day, just as the old lady thought, rumors of Jia Zheng were circulating in the official palace of the capital. The Hou family is not different, and directly asked people to send a letter, saying that the Hou family can't afford to climb the Rongguo Mansion, and this marriage matter will be stopped.