In summer, the sky dawns early, and people get up early. Before dawn on this day, there were already people waiting to enter the city outside the gate of the capital, and there was a group of people who were particularly eye-catching-although this group of people looked very plain in clothes, they all rode high-headed horses, and in these years, those who can afford to use horses are certainly not ordinary people.

Since it is not an ordinary family, then whether it is rich or expensive, it is not something that ordinary people can afford to provoke, and if they are too close, they may also cause trouble - there are many gentlemen in the capital, so the surrounding ordinary people are far away from these people one by one.

As soon as the city gate was opened, the group entered the city, and the leader talked to the city keeper for a few words, and then he beat his horse and galloped, until the people behind him stuck out their tongues: How dare they gallop in the capital where galloping horses are forbidden? Sure enough, it's a big deal!

This pedestrian was none other than Jia Yu and his attendants, who should still be on the way back to Beijing in Jinling according to the itinerary.

A few months ago, Jia Yu took Jia Zheng to support Jia Daishan's corpse from the canal to Jinling. There are many people in the Jinling clan, and no matter how many contradictions the two have, they can't express themselves, so they can only choose a day to renovate the ancestral shrine, and then choose an auspicious day to bury Dai Shan, and at the same time Jia Yu has to run around for the matter of sacrificing the fields - Jia Zheng has that temperament, it is impossible to ask him to go around to check the fields, and if he is asked to negotiate the price with others, it is estimated that he will agree to the asking price of others because he is ashamed to talk about Ah Duwu, and it doesn't matter whether people want more or less, in a word, the second master of the government is very high, "not popular affairs" 。

Jinling is prosperous, the fields are also expensive, the best fertile land can be sold for nine taels of silver a mu, to find the desired and enough field manor is really dependent on luck, Jia Yu searched for two months, and finally found a small Zhuangzi with the help of the Zhen family, a little far away from the old house of the Jia family, but it is still very convenient to manage. Zhuangzi's original main family was also a large family, but after the death of the old family owner, the only son was unsupervised, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling were all complete, and soon the family business was so bad that he had to sell Zhuangzi at a low price. Rao is like this, and he also spent all the money that the Jia family deposited in the Zhen family, and Jia Yu also added an additional three hundred taels of gold, and the Zhen family did not doubt it when they saw him doing this.

After the money deposited in the Zhen family was spent, Jia Yu was relieved, and he was thinking about his wife, children and grandmother, so he got up and went back to Beijing as soon as the matter was over. When I came, because the pivot trip was slower, I went faster.

When they were still about four or five days away from the capital, the two ran into a servant sent by the family and told Jia Yu: "There was an accident at home, my brother was happy to see him, my grandmother was in a hurry, and the old lady was also so anxious that she fell ill." ”

Jia Yu shook his hand at that time, and the tea in his hand was all spilled on the ship's board: "When did it happen?" ”

The little girl replied: "About two or three days ago, the old lady was anxious to get sick as soon as she received the news, and the little one had already asked the doctor to see it when she came out; Grandma ordered someone to call the little one to come and tell Uncle Sù, the little one has not closed his eyes and slept in the past two days, so he is afraid that he will miss it. ”

Even Zhang Xian sent someone to report the emergency, but he was afraid that the situation was not optimistic, where was Jia Yu still in the mood to take a boat with Jia Zheng to slowly rush back, and immediately called the boatman to ask him to send them back to the capital as quickly as possible. The boatman was not very happy when he heard that he was going to rush for four or five days in two days, Jia Yu was in a hurry to go back, and offered several times the price, and the boatman smiled when he saw it: "Don't worry, we can just rush for a few days and nights, not to mention such a little road from here to the capital." ”

Unfortunately, Jia Zheng's health was not very good for the two days, and he met a small servant sent by his family in the afternoon, and the next day he was so sick that he had to stop the boat to seek medical advice. Regardless of whether his illness was true or not, the anxious Jia Yu heard the reason from Jia Zheng's side, and in a fit of anger, he left this younger brother and his entourage behind, and he and his henchmen hired another boat to rush back day and night, and when they returned to the capital, it was just in the middle of the night, and several of the master and servants lay on the boat and clothes all night, and when it was about to dawn, they got up and abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, changed into horses, and went straight to Ningrong Street as soon as the city gate opened.

So now, Jia Yu has returned to the front of Rongguo Mansion, and as for Jia Zheng・・・・・・・ he is probably still slowly grinding behind!

Children of mourning homes where their parents have passed away are not allowed to enter or leave the main entrance as a sign of respect for their elders. Jia Yu thought about it and didn't want to go to the side door, feeling that the movement was too big, so he went around to the corner gate. A few of the little guys who kept vigil at the corner gate slept last night and fell asleep, and they were woken up early in the morning in a bad mood, and they scolded without looking outside: "Early in the morning, where did the donkey come from in mourning!" ”

Jia Yu's face turned pale suddenly, and Sun Lin, who was powerful beside him, scolded: "Don't have long eyes and mouthfuls of nonsense, who are you scolding, the uncle is back, don't open the door quickly!" ”

The little guys looked through the crack in the door, and it turned out to be really Jia Yu, and they couldn't help but be frightened one by one, and hurriedly opened the door, and greeted the group in, Jia Yu didn't say anything, only glanced at these people with his eyes, and ordered: "Arrest these unfaithful slippery guys, and I'll deal with it later." ”

Someone immediately received the order, Jia Yu entered the inner courtyard, and only sent someone to tell Shi Shi that he had returned: "Uncle is worried about the old lady's illness, so he hurries back, and when he sees the old lady, he will come to greet his wife again; Because the second master is sick, he will not be able to return until a few days later. ”

Not to mention what reaction Shi heard there, just talking about Zhang Xian, Zhang Xian couldn't sleep well for a few days for Jia Hu and the old lady, and got up early in the morning to freshen up, and heard the maids outside say one after another: "Uncle is back." ”

Before the words fell, Jia Yu had already come in, Zhang Xian hesitated for a moment that she was in a dream, and her hand holding the ivory comb was fixed in the air, until Jia Yu walked towards her, she stood up in shock, wanted to meet her, but suddenly remembered something, and stepped back: "Enhou, Enhou, no!" ”

Jia Yu's pace stopped, looked at his wife in confusion, and suddenly understood what Zhang Xian was afraid of, and quickly stepped forward to pull his wife over, Zhang Xian reacted for a while and wanted to struggle, Jia Yu said in her ear: "Don't worry, don't worry, I have seen joy when I was a child, and I won't get it again." ”

Zhang Xian's tears flowed down immediately, buried her head in her husband's arms, and whimpered: "Enhou, I don't live with you, I didn't give you a good look at Hu'er Qiong'er・・・・・・・" Jia Hu contracted smallpox, the old lady was sick again, Zhang Xian was under more pressure than Jia Yu was in a coma, when Jia Yu was not there, she had to hold up a piece of heaven for her children, naturally she couldn't have any weakness, and now that Jia Yu is back, the backlog of panic and grievances while her heart is stable is all out.

Jia Yu pulled her to a chair and sat down, waved her hand to let the maids who were frozen there at a loss for what to do, pulled another chair and sat down, thought about it, and clumsily patted the crying Zhang Xian's back with her palm.

He remembered that every time he cried when he was a child, his grandmother would do this, lovingly patting him on the back gently and coaxing him not to cry, and every time his grandmother did this, he would stop crying no matter how hard she cried.

Zhang Xian cried for a while, and suddenly realized what her husband was doing, she couldn't help but be stunned, and looked up at him in a daze, Jia Yu looked at her without changing her face, as if the person who had just done something to coax his wife was not him at all.

When he did this, Zhang Xian suspected that she had just had a delusion, but when she saw that Jia Yu's ears had leaked the secret with a touch of red, she couldn't help but laugh and be happy.

Jia Yu waited for her to get better before slowly asking Jia Hu about the old lady.

It turned out that since Jia pardoned Jia Zheng and returned to Jinling, Shi Shi especially liked to ask his two daughters-in-law to wait by his side to serve tea and water and set rules, until the old lady ordered it to be exempted: "Are the slaves in the family all eating dry food, and the grandmothers have to do everything, so it is better to send them all away." Shi no longer asked Zhang Xian to set rules by her side every day, but instead asked her to take her grandchildren to her to play: "There is only one pearl around, it's strange and lonely, it's good for their children to play together, and it is also to cultivate brotherly feelings." ”

If a grandmother wants to see her grandson, no one can say anything, even the old lady can't completely stop Shi from seeing Jia Hu and them, Zhang Xian can only reduce the number of times Jia Hu Jia Qiong goes to Shi as much as possible, every time she goes, she is afraid to worry about it, and she looks at it carefully, and if there is a slight mistake, she uses the old lady as an excuse to shirk it, and it is safe and sound after a few times, but after the last time she went for half a month, Jia Hu began to have a fever, and finally the doctor diagnosed it as smallpox.

Jia Yu's teeth gritted and gurgled: "Now, how is Hu'er?" And you and Qiong'er, what did the doctor say? ”

As soon as Jia Hu was diagnosed as seeing joy, Zhang Xian immediately ordered someone to clean a clean room and moved Jia Hu in, and ordered that frying was prohibited at home, and at the same time invited two doctors to take turns to diagnose the pulse day and night, and asked the imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse every other day, in the name of the old lady.

Zhang Xian wept and said: "The doctor and the imperial doctor both said that Hu'er was in danger when she saw Xilai, and she must be treated with caution; The imperial doctor also showed me and Qiong'er, and they all said that it was fine, but I still felt uneasy; And the old lady, the old man has to suffer like this when he is old, it's really mine. ”

Even if the Imperial Doctor had already said that she was not infected, he was still worried that she might see Xi and infect him, so he wanted to avoid it?

Jia Yu gritted his teeth, thinking about the person who refused to let go of their family again and again, and then thinking about the ending in the old dream, his eyes were about to erupt with fire: "You freshen up first, let's go to see the old lady together." ”

When he met the old lady, there was already a list given to him by Mama Feng in his arms, and with the list in his hand, Jia Yu first went to the outer study, and when he knew that Shi had driven from Rongxi Hall to the old lady's courtyard because the old lady had called her over, he came out of the outer study and ordered all the housekeepers in the house—in short, all the male servants of high or low status in the family—to gather in the courtyard of the outer study.

Jia Yu came back in a hurry, some people didn't even know that he had arrived home, looking at the uncle who "suddenly appeared", some people were surprised, some people were happy, and some people were ・・・・・・・ panicked.

Jia Yu looked at it one by one, he was not in a hurry now, he sat on the Taishi chair and drank tea slowly, and after everyone was ready, he waved his hand, and his henchman Sun Lin ordered someone to drag the little servants who should be keeping vigil this morning but fell asleep by themselves and scolded Jia Yu: "These slaves don't keep their duties, they just sleep during the vigil, and they all hit the 20th National Congress." ”

Sun Lin immediately commanded the cronies to carry out the order, gagged the unlucky ghosts, and set up a board in front of the cadres, and the executing servants deliberately showed off their strength, and they were more ruthless than the other, and the twenty big wrenches were beaten down, and the buttocks of those few little guys were already bloody and blurry.

A few stewards couldn't bear it, and of course there were people in those little guys who had a relationship with them, so they stepped forward to plead: "Uncle, they are still young and ignorant, so you can spare them this time." ”

Jia Yu glanced at these people, turned his head to Sun Lin and said, "Each person will add ten more boards!" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, those few stewards were usually quite decent people, but they felt that the old face couldn't hold up, and persuaded: "Uncle, our rich family should accumulate good deeds and virtues, and it is not good to kill, if this board continues to fight, I am afraid that it will kill people, and let other people's families say that our family abuses people and is tyrannical・・・・・・・"

Jia Yu said lightly: "Add ten more boards." ”

The people who pleaded for mercy suddenly turned pale one by one, and when the little servants heard this, the boards that had not stopped were raised again, and for a while there was no sound in the courtyard except for the sound of beating the boards and the muffled screams of the prisoners.

After finishing the board, Sun Lin led people to drag people down, there were still blood stains on the ground, and everyone didn't dare to breathe, Jia Yu finished drinking a cup of tea, picked up the list from the table, and named several people: "You are all old people who have contributed to my Jia family, but the old man died, and the mourning home doesn't need so many people, so I want to release you from slavery and be good citizens in a dignified manner, which is not only good for you and your descendants, but also for the blessings of the deceased master, you see, how?" ”