Chapter 74: Compassion and Sorrow

Filial piety is a wonderful excuse to be careful, especially when it comes to internal affairs—to say more, to say less; No one can prove that there is, but no one can prove that it is.

The reason is very simple, although the law stipulates that the parents died, Ding was worried for three years, and it was forbidden to marry at banquets and pleasures, and among the five clothes, there were mourning examples, but the children and grandchildren of the noble family, especially the children and grandchildren who laid the foundation and only needed to sit and enjoy the grace of the ancestors, few were not the sons in the fat powder pile, the heroes in the women's team, Ding was worried and mourned, one month and two months were acceptable, and months to several years, the sons and brothers who were used to enjoying themselves, and the fishy gluttonous cats who were used to stealing, how many could bear it? And the internal affairs are the most confusing, unclear, and it is really easy to frame them. What's more, such as Jia Lian in the previous life, confused and as for the filial piety period, the filial piety of the country is still there, and the red horse sedan chair, Zhang Yang is afraid that people will not know that he has placed the outer room, stop his wife and marry another, it is simply his own pigtail to others, I don't know whether he is dead or alive, if the person who has a heart sees it in his eyes, and goes up, it is a ready-made crime to be clever and skillful.

The capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the place where hundreds of schools of thought gather, the prosperous place of the world, the song building, the wine pavilion, the opera and the pear garden, all of them, and naturally strange things happen frequently. It is not unheard of during the mourning period to recruit drama for fun, and to be impeached for entering the flashy land before the filial piety fades, and even the eldest of the family died, and it is difficult to know the road of being a son and grandson.

In short, Jia Zhen's matter is not uncommon among the absurd children in the capital, if the family encounters this kind of thing, most of them are covered by a quilt, as long as they don't make trouble at the moment, it is easy to say, after all, who can tell the matter of the inner courtyard? As for the girl who was favored by the masters, she waited for the rumors to pass, or sold it, or sent a small servant casually, or even just put it by the side of the master until she gave a name in addition to filial piety, it was all ordinary, but Jia Zhen was too ridiculous, and she didn't know how to restrain herself during the day, and it just happened to let him meet Lao Tzu, Jia Jing is not the character who only knows the way of cultivation regardless of everything, how can he have good fruits to eat? not only harmed others and himself, but also took the Hu family to eat and hang.

Speaking of Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu has been in charge of the family for many years, and she has seen the ups and downs of the noble family, so she naturally knows the stakes and stakes, and after recovering from her son's injury, she immediately made a decision, and sent the girl who had an affair with Jia Zhen to a Zhuangzi she married in the name of being sick that night, and sent someone to guard it firmly.

In this regard, Mrs. Xu also specially reminded her daughter-in-law: "At such a moment in our family, it is impossible to match that girl with someone, and if you don't have the master's family, you are still keeping filial piety, and those who are slaves will become relatives and do happy events; But if that girl dies, I'm afraid some people will say that our family is dying, and the article that can be done inside will be bigger, and for now, I can only look at her temporarily. ”

In this regard, Hu had no choice but to bow down and obey orders.

And for Jia Jing, Mrs. Xu didn't mention Jia Zhen, Jia Jing was angry whenever he mentioned his son, scolding "evil son" and "evil obstacle", Jia Zhen recuperated for many days, and when he could barely get up, he got in front of him to ask for peace, Jia Jing saw his son, he was angry and didn't fight in one place, he either beat or scolded, whenever at this time, Mrs. Xu never argued, let alone excused her son, but only asked for the guilt again and again: "The concubine is ashamed and has lost her mother's duties, causing Zhen'er to not distinguish between etiquette and righteousness, ignorance of human ethics, and shame on the ancestors and ancestors." ”

No matter how much Jia Jing hates his son for not being angry, looking at his old wife who has been with him for many years, he can't scold him anymore, so he can only sigh again and again, hating his son for not being angry, and sighing that he has no good children and grandchildren. In order to dissipate his anger, Mrs. Xu asked Jia Zhen to bring Hu and Jia Rong as much as possible every time she came to ask for peace, Jia Jing saw it, and remembered that her grandson and nephew were raised by her son and daughter-in-law. As soon as I thought of this, I was shocked into a cold sweat, and I thought that I had taught an unfilial son, and I couldn't live with the ancestors and ancestors, if there were two more gentlemen in the future, the family would have no successor, so I thought about it again and again, and discussed with Mrs. Xu to move the two small ones out and raise them there.

Mrs. Xu is so happy, if Jia Jing has grandchildren and nephews to be raised, even if it is for the sake of his grandson's face, the conflict between father and son will be lighter, and his son himself knows that Jia Zhen is really not a piece of material, rather than letting Jia Jing force him to be motivated and be in a dilemma, it is better to put hope on his grandchildren.

Of course, Jia Zhen has no opinion on this, because of the Hu family before, he didn't care much about his biological son, and he rarely even asked, and after being beaten, his body was in pain, and his mind was irritable, and he didn't pay much attention to the toddler who was held by the nurse to greet him; Hu's reaction was very different, after learning that his only son would be taken away, Hu hid from others and hugged the child and cried again.

Hu's nurse saw that she was crying sadly, so she said: "Although the old lady said that she wanted to move her brother out, but the house and everything had to be cleaned up, and the maid and the old mother who were waiting for her had to choose carefully. ”

Qiu Niang stood aside, and said, "My brother is still young, if he is sick and can't do without grandma, he must not have to move it for the time being" turned and turned in his mouth, grinding and grinding, in the end, he didn't think it was a taste, so he just closed his mouth and didn't say a word; The nurse didn't see her daughter's eccentricity, so she just comforted her and said: "Grandma, don't be too sad, my brother can often be seen in my wife's house, besides, mother and son are connected, and when my brother grows up, he must be filial to you." ”

Hu Shi wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, but he was still choked: "Nurse, you don't know, I'm not sad, I'm happy." As he spoke, he began to weep bitterly again.

If Jia Rong grew up in front of her, although she could accept her knees, Hu could see the child's future - just another Jia Zhen, if she was taken up by her parents-in-law and upbringing, although she couldn't see it all the time, she could be valued by his grandparents, and she would always be better off than his father in the future, and she would be more dependent on the rest of her life.

However, Hu didn't expect that not long after his son was taken away by the old lady, on the other side, there was good news from her mother's family - her brother-in-law was admitted to the National Prison.

Speaking of the Hu family, we have to talk about the Hu family's stepmother, the Li family. After the death of Hu's biological mother, his father continued to string, this stepmother was born in a small family, her status is not very high, and she is virtuous and virtuous when she first enters the house, but after giving birth to her son, for the Hu sisters and brothers born by Yuan, it is really how to rub how to rub.

A married daughter of the Hu family, except for the fact that she married into the Gaomen at the beginning, the dowry was a little more, and nothing else naturally hindered the eyes of the Li family, but the younger brother of the Hu family, the Li family really regarded it as a thorn in the flesh, and wanted to get rid of it, and was afraid of the stepson's sister who married into the high gate, so she tried her best, and she didn't want to think that her child was only a little bigger, and whether she could raise it or not, so she was bent on separating the father and son, so that her son could share the majority of the family's property; I don't want to think about it, even if my son grows up, his father and son are weak, and his uncle's family is not a big family that can handle it, and there is no brother in the clan to take care of it, and I don't know how to be bullied! At the same time, the Li family relied on the name of the stepdaughter Najia family's young grandmother, and the mother's family did everything possible to consume outside, and if it was not satisfactory, it would quarrel with the door, and the Hu family was angry many times, but the foundation of the husband's family was unstable, and there was a younger brother in the mother's family.

Mrs. Xu's troubles have always been in her eyes, but in line with the intention of observing Hu's actions until the end, she did not intervene, firstly, Mrs. Xu was born in everyone, and she really didn't look down on the Li family who wanted to kill both the Yuan and the concubine and the virtuous name, and secondly, she was more satisfied with the daughter-in-law of the Hu family, this time because of her own connivance, the daughter-in-law was also wronged, and she couldn't really let her be cold to the Jia family from now on, and thirdly, the Jia family is now weak, if the Hu family kid can have a chance, the grandson will not suffer if he has a capable uncle.

All of the above, but later, at that time, the court, it was the kings who were vying for succession, and the hall was full of wind and rain, so after Jia Zhen was beaten, the two families were afraid, lest they be caught, and sure enough, this matter was only two days, and there was a royal history in the court, and Jia Jing and Jia Zhen drank and feasted during the filial piety of Jia Jing and Jia Zhen during the filial piety period, and Jia Zhen insulted his mother and maid to death, and Ningguo Mansion forcibly occupied the land of good people.

As soon as the incident came out, Ning Rong and the two mansions breathed a sigh of relief, no matter how much Jia Jing didn't want to see Jia Zhen, he was also his only sister-in-law, so he had to protect it, so Jia Zhen's injury was not healed, so he was tied up in front of the ancestral hall by his Lao Tzu with a "evil obstacle", and asked for the monk in front of the clan elders, and beat him firmly. Later, Jia Jing wrote a letter to present his feelings, arguing that the blame was due to his poor study, lack of progress, and damage to his family's reputation, and refuted the charges of impertinence in filial piety and forcibly occupying good land.

Although the excuse is clumsy, it is never uncommon for fathers in the world to beat their sons for not studying, and even beat their own sons to death; And because Jia Daihua died not long ago, Jia Daishan's mother Lao Guoduchess is still there, the saint reads the old minister, only one eye and one eye is closed, I want to let it go gently, but there is a surname Mu in the imperial history of the Jia family, Jiangning was born, often compared to Wei Cheng, is a well-known stubborn head in the court, and people give the nickname "Mu Prime Minister". Previously, he joined the Jia family, and the excerpt was only left in the middle and not sent, Jia Jing defended himself, and he also stayed in the middle and did not send it, Mu Yushi was very angry, and he thought that the powerful were in charge, blinded the saints, and asked for the people's life, so he worked hard to write a book overnight, quoting the scriptures and history, and aiding the national law, sprinkling thousands of words, and almost saying that the Jia family was punished by everyone. The fold went up again, and the saint looked at it, laughed and asked left and right: "When Ning Rong's second prince leaping horse opened the territory, the wood Yu Shi An was there?" Summoned Jia Yu, didn't ask anything else, but asked: "Is the old lady okay?" "That is, he threw the Mu Yushi fold to him, and together with the holy decree, Ning Guofu was not strict in governing the family, and he was fined for three years.

This crisis caused by Jia Zhen's lust has finally passed, and all kinds of worries and court involvement during this period are really not enough for outsiders. However, not long after the incident, another more disturbing fact was placed in front of Jia Yu: his ancestor was really old.

For a long time, in the eyes of Jia Yu's brothers and sisters, although the old grandmother is old, she has always been in good health, but after a severe wind and cold, the old man is just like Jia Daihua in the past, aging at an obvious speed, and the old man's stable life on weekdays has been replaced by illness and bitterness from time to time.

The old duchess can also clearly feel that her physical condition is declining, in a menacing illness, although the old man is surrounded by maids, daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law and great-granddaughters-in-law waiting, but they are afraid that they will suddenly close their eyes and not see the last face of their grandson, so every time they wake up from sleep, the first thing is to ask if their grandchildren are not there.

Finally one day, the old grandmother called Jia Yu to the bed alone and said to him: "My body is not as good as day by day, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold it one day, I am not worried about anything else, only you brothers and sisters I can't rest assured." The ancient book also said that loving children and grandchildren is a long-term plan, although the grandmother is a woman in the house, but she also knows that there have been many turmoil in the court recently, and it is not appropriate to stay for a long time. ”