However, it was said that everyone in Rongguo Mansion left after returning to their hometown of Jinling to bury Jia's mother, and only Jia Baoyu stayed a few more days - he went to Jiming Temple to see her because he was worried about Zhen. Seeing that this woman was wearing Zi clothes and doing some rough work, she was busy donating some incense money to the host. After a few days, Zhen will no longer do rough work.

Jia Baoyu ironed in his heart and went to visit all over Jinling safely. A few days later, someone suddenly came to look for him, saying that he was a son of the Zhen family. Baoyu was slightly surprised when he saw his appearance: there were many patches on his old robe, and his appearance was seven points similar to his own. The man smiled bitterly and said, "If you have no choice, you can't come to ask for Brother Shi." "This person is actually Zhen Baoyu of the Zhen family, because of the difficult family road, he came to find Jia Baoyu to fight the autumn wind. Jia Baoyu was sorry and gave him fifty taels of silver on the spot.

I really didn't expect this to be a beginning. The Zhen family came to ask for money every once in a while, and the whole family, men and women, young and old, came in turns, crying worse than the other. Zhen Yingjia also came back in person and asked him if he would accept Zhen Si Girl as a concubine after he was full of filial piety, so Jia Baoyu refused. Although Jia Zheng and the others left him a lot of silver tickets when they left, after all, he still had a lot of places to go behind him, and he couldn't help the Zhen family like opening the floodgates and releasing water, and he had a headache. Mingyan, the scholar next to him, knew that their second master couldn't resist these people, so he came up with an idea to go to Jia's horse shop in Jinling to withdraw money, and it was a big deal to return to Beijing and return it to them. Baoyu was helpless, and really went hard.

When he arrived at the horse shop, Mingyan craned his neck beside him and said, "This is the second master of Rongguo Mansion, come and get some silver." ”

The shopkeeper arched his hand and said: "Dare to ask Second Master Bao, what is the password?" ”

Mingyan was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at their second master. Baoyu asked, "What password?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "We don't know the second master of Bao, and the owner must have a password to withdraw money." ”

Mingyan was anxious: "Can this still be fake?" Who in the capital doesn't know ......"

Baoyu shouted: "Don't say it! "The money in the official account of Rongguo Mansion is not easy to withdraw, how can Baoyu not know? Nai shook his head and turned to go out. The shopkeeper didn't give it away, but he didn't come.

Mingyan ran out and said, "Second master! gave the Zhen family so much money, we still have to eat ourselves, is it possible to drink the northwest wind? ”

Baoyu gritted his teeth and said, "Quietly pack up your things and leave early tomorrow." ”

Mingyan thought about it and sighed: "It's also done." If you can't provoke it, you can always afford to hide. ”

Bao Yunai sent him back to pack his things first, and he led the two dart masters to Jiming Temple quietly, wanting to see Zhen again. When I arrived at the nunnery, Zhen was sweeping the floor with a big broom, and his eyes were straight! Zhen saw Baoyu waving his hand hurriedly, and said in a low voice: "Second master, let's go, don't come again, and don't give money again." This is a bottomless pit that cannot be filled. Moreover, the second master can't stare at the nunnery all year round. Then he looked no further at him, but on sweeping the floor.

Baoyu looked at her laborious appearance, and unconsciously rolled tears on her face, and said after a while: "Cong'er's idea mostly works. In the coming day, you will be more relaxed, and it is better to be a female gentleman for the daughters of some military generals and businessmen. Zhen nodded, and Baoyu wiped away her tears.

Out of the nunnery, a dart master said: "The second master doesn't have to worry, these things are ordinary." That master had never done it before, so he was able to do it for a few days. ”

Baoyu sighed: "I naturally know." I just think she's pitiful. ”

Another dart master said, "Poor? Where is the pity? Didn't she almost get into the kiln? When you go in that place, you don't want to come out. Baoyu sighed again.

When I went back this day, the people of the Zhen family came again, but the Zhen family didn't know how many grandmothers they were. Jia Baoyu looked at her and finally gave her twenty taels of silver, but he didn't say a word. The next morning, the city gate had just opened, and Jia Baoyu led his subordinates and the dart master to run out.

Wei Ruoxin laughed when she heard this, and went back to tell Zhen Yinglian like this. "The matter that the second master of the Jia family lives alone in Jinling was entrusted by Cong'er to leak the idea to the Zhen family." He said, "That kid had already calculated that the Zhen family would be a scoundrel and ask for money, so he dug the pit himself, so I wanted to see how long his stupid brother could last." ”

Zhen Yinglian shook her head and said, "Such a temperament...... It's not bad to know that it's not bad to run away. ”

"It's not too roundabout to know how to bribe Jiming Temple." Wei Ruoxin said, "I didn't expect him to run, there is something I haven't had time to tell him, and this time someone has already sneaked to chase him." ”

Zhen Yinglian asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”

"It was also Jia Cong who asked me to say it. He said that when Jia Baoyu couldn't hold it anymore, he would sue him. The corners of Wei Ruoxing's mouth curled, "The Zhen family once sent assassins to assassinate Lin Hai, the head of the ancestral household department, and it was Zhen Yingjia himself who was in charge, and he was so good that he could hang his hand." If it weren't for the coincidence, Lin Hai would have died many years ago. Jia Baoyu deeply respects Lin Hai. It's a pity that I can't see what he heard about it. ”

"Assassinate important members of the imperial court, no wonder their family will fall. He has the same surname as my family. ”

Wei Ruoxin hurriedly said: "There are more people with the same surname in the world, what do you do?" Zhen Yinglian shook her husband's hand.

Not long after, the soldier who went out of the city to chase Baoyu came back and told Wei Ruoxing: "That Jia Baoyu's intestines have been repented of seven or eight pieces!" Just said that a piece of kindness fed the wolf, look at the appearance, it is certain that you will not be able to eat for two days. ”

Wei Ruoxin laughed: "His brother said that he wanted him to feel the malice of this world for himself." ”

Jia Cong got the letter that the Zhen family was defrauding Baoyu of money halfway through, and secretly waited for him to be struggling with money, not wanting Jia Baoyu to be short of money when he arrived in Yangzhou. The wealthy families in Yangzhou heard that Jia Baoyu, the world-famous Shenying waiter, was here, and they invited him to the banquet, and there were also those who asked him to buy words and poems. Jia Baoyu is willing to sell! Don't talk about the price, just let the buyer look at it. The rich men then competed, one bidding higher than the other, and rushed to give him money. The money lost in the hands of the Zhen family was earned back in a few days.

Baoyu looked at the bulging money bag and breathed a sigh of relief. Mingyan couldn't close his mouth with a smile: "The second master is capable!" This time we don't have to worry! ”

Baoyu sighed: "I only have this idea. ”

A dart master said: "It's a proud person to be the second master of Bao, and he is willing to sell literature if he doesn't want to." ”

Baoyu said: "How many years have I been selling literature, what is this?" A few days ago, I was confused in Jinling, and I coaxed people to go with so much money. I won't be hungry for you now. Everyone laughed.

At this time, the people of Rongguo Mansion had arrived in Fuzhou, and Jia Cong changed his clothes and went with Jia Lian to meet Huang Wengang, the governor of Fujian. Huang Wengang panicked when he thought of them, and he couldn't help but see them, so he first asked people to invite Dai Xian to come, and then he rubbed it for a long time.

Although the men in the Jia family's big house have different temperaments, one is hereditary: thick-skinned. Jia Lian and Jia Cong are like no one, kissing Huang Wengang affectionately, and friends are reunited, smiling like a spring breeze. Huang Wengang coughed a few times and asked them what they were doing. Jia Lian said: "Lord Huang is out of sight!" I just came back from Jinling, passed through Fuzhou, and came to visit Lord Huang. The more he said this, the more Huang Wengang didn't believe it, and he was scared, so it was easy to wait until Dai Xian came to breathe a sigh of relief.

Dai Xian knew that they had only come from Wu State, so he inquired about the affairs of Wu State. Jia Lian said: "Before we got up, King Wu had ordered the salt class to be exempted. ”

Dai Xiannai said: "There is something unknown about the lower officials. According to what Mr. Jia said in Chengtianfu that day, it is only a matter of time before all the countries in the world are exempted from the salt class, why is it that Lord Wang Ziteng is not exempt? ”

Jia Cong said: "It was exempted 800 years ago, but it has not been made public to the world." The trade between the two provinces is prosperous, and all kinds of factories are gradually opened, and the commercial tax is sufficient, and the idea of salt tax is not in the eyes of the king. Dai Xian and Huang Wengang glanced at each other. Nai also talked about the origin of Wu and said: "There is a great shortage of population in Dongying Wu, and King Wu is ready to copy the methods on our island. Don't lead the way, open up the wasteland, and pay very little taxes. Dongying's Yan and Liu genera are also similar. ”

Dai Xian glanced at Huang Wengang and said, "Wouldn't it be good to send prisoners to open up the wasteland in the past?" ”

Jia Cong said: "The creative power of the free people is incomparable to that of prisoners. Business, marriage, children's studies, and adults' entertainment, prisoners can't gather the hearts of the people. As for the princes' money, taxes are better than anything else. And the sons of freemen are apt to produce talents. King Yan and King Wu are all human spirits, how can they do things that are not beneficial to themselves? ”

Dai Xian thought for a while, nodded and said, "For the prince, it is better to be a free people. ”

Jia Cong said: "Wu is connected to Qi in the north and Yu Chu in the west, these two are not easy to mess with. Most of Jiangxi is the world of green forest people, and I am afraid that many of the population of Dongying Wu will have to be fished from Fujian. ”

Huang Wengang smiled bitterly: "Mr. Jia may come up with an idea for the old man?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Be lenient to the people, reduce taxes and make profits." If Fujian is no worse than Dongying, who wants to leave their hometown? ”

Huang Wengang said: "The land of Fujian has a master. ”

Jia Cong said: "Since the land of Dongying was brought down by the princes of various families, the reasoning should also belong to their private houses." Huang Wengang frowned.

At this moment, a woman shouted outside, and Huang Wengang shouted: "Who? ”

I saw a daughter-in-law walk in tremblingly, kowtowed, and said, "The wife sent a servant to ask if she wanted to keep the guests for dinner." ”

"What are you shouting?"

The daughter-in-law hung her head and said, "The slave almost tripped and fell. Huang Wengang waved his hand and said, "Waste! Get out! The daughter-in-law didn't even ask what her wife wanted, and withdrew.

Huang Wengang didn't plan to invite these robbers to dinner, but Mrs. Huang sent people over, but she had to pretend to keep them for dinner. I didn't want Jia Lian to immediately say: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Huang Wengang became more and more depressed.

For a while, Jia Cong went out for a little relief and met Huang Wengang, the master surnamed Zhang. Master Zhang arched his hand at him and said, "The villain dares to ask Mr. Jia why he helped the fugitive slaves of the Huang Mansion lie." ”

Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? ”

Master Zhang said: "Can Mr. Jia recognize Fang Cai's daughter-in-law?" ”

"Who?" Jia Cong said blankly, "Which daughter-in-law?" ”

Master Zhang said: "The one that Mrs. Fang Cai sent to ask the master if he wanted to prepare a banquet, Mr. Jia has seen it. ”

"Forehead......" Jia Cong pursed her lips and said, "I didn't pay attention to what she looked like." Have I seen it? The daughter-in-law of the Huang family, I think about it, I should have only seen one. Is this sister-in-law called Rose? Or Hibiscus? It's a flower name anyway. I don't remember what it looked like. ”

Master Zhang stared at him without blinking, and only after a while did he smile bitterly: "Mr. Jia is telling the truth. is also, a subordinate of someone else's family, why remember her. Nai closed his eyes, "This daughter-in-law is my friend." ”

The corners of Jia Cong's mouth twitched: "Your vision is really not very good." ”

Master Zhang said: "She used to be good, but she went to Chengtian Mansion with the old lady last time, and it was weird." I know her character, and I won't accuse a woman I don't know of being a fugitive slave. ”

Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "From her point of view, it's really hard to accept. Master Zhang, if you have a friend, you can't beat you as small, and you are better than him in everything. Suddenly one day you find out that he has lost great luck and strengthened you a lot, what will you do? ”

How could Master Zhang not know what he meant? Evaded: "What does this have to do with Mr. Jia protecting fugitive slaves." I heard that Yang Jiaoxi is a friend of Mr. Jia? Mr. Jia lied about the identity of the fugitive slave and deceived his friends, is it a gentleman's doing? ”

Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders and said, "First of all, I am not a gentleman. Secondly, huh...... Someone went to the bazaar to buy shoes. The shoe seller asked him, "What kind of shoes do you want to buy?" Is it in a red box, a green box, or a white box? ”

Master Zhang said inexplicably: "Since you buy shoes, what does it have to do with the color of the box?" ”

"Wow!" Jia Cong clapped his hands and said, "Buying shoes has nothing to do with the color of the box, what matters is whether it fits or not, and then whether you like the style or not." Since she is marrying a daughter-in-law, what matters is whether you can live a good life together, whether this woman Brother Yang likes it or not. What does it have to do with her background? The color of the shoe box is not conspicuous, so change it. Identity, Sister-in-law Yang really wants to get the identity of Luzhou Zeng Zhen's niece, I can get it in less than two months, do you believe it? ”

Master Zhang was stunned, and only after a while did he say, "If Yang Jiaoxi has taken a fancy to that woman, why bother Mr. Lao Jia to help him and Master Huang go." ”

Jia Cong said lazily: "Is it necessary?" Lord Huang doesn't think it's troublesome, I'm too troublesome. ”

Master Zhang hurriedly said: "If you steal without telling you, why does Yang Jiaoxi have such a bad reputation." ”

Jia Cong smirked and said, "Master Zhang, I am the one who encouraged the kings to send troops overseas to rob. My friend, what is it to rob a woman? ”

Master Zhang smiled bitterly for a moment and muttered, "Etiquette collapses. ”

Jia Cong patted him on the shoulder: "Uncle, the collapse of etiquette was two thousand years ago, and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period have long passed." The rules will also change, don't forget the seven contracts. If you can't figure it out, hold it back. He took two steps, then suddenly turned around and said, "If you are jealous of Sister-in-law Yang's kung fu, it is better to work hard and surpass her." ”

Master Zhang said: "How can everyone have the luck of your sister-in-law Yang?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Why do you only mention luck? Isn't her embroidery real kung fu? ”

Master Zhang said: "The girl and daughter-in-law with good embroidery skills have more big families." ”

Jia Cong said confidently: "Who told them not to run away? He squeezed his eyes again and whispered, "Master Zhang, it's better to persuade Lord Huang if you are free." Instead of going against the general trend of the world, it is better to follow the trend. I heard that Master Zhang is also a person with real talent and learning, but he was careless and stained the paper during the scientific examination. Look at Master Dai, fifty years later, his family is afraid that it is not comparable to the rest of the family, and even the Huang family cannot be compared. It's still early, and it's still too late to catch up with this trip. With that, he whistled and walked away with his arms behind his back.