said that Jia Cong persuaded Situ Pan to return home, and showed off triumphantly to Jia Huan: "It's almost persuaded, and he still helps to find the imperial doctor." ”

Jia Huan asked, "What did you say?" ”

Jia Cong said it from the beginning and sighed: "I don't know if he can think of other ideas than the words I said about the blood of the Heavenly Family." ”

Jia Huan stretched: "Can't." ”

Jia Cong glanced at him and said: "He doesn't have only one son, I have just demonstrated the strength of 'having the right to have no blood and bones', how much will I think about my son." He himself has been fighting with his brothers for most of his life, so will he watch his children and grandchildren fight again in the future? ”

Jia Huan waved his hand and said, "No need to daydream. Situ Pan can indeed become a Ming monarch, but if you want him to promise to play any democracy, there is no need for a constitutional. He would not have had the slightest hint of those intentions a few days ago, and would not have agreed to the discussion of politics. Didn't you tempt him with the opportunity to dominate and dominate the future? Didn't you say it yourself, men love power, he doesn't have to say that he loves power very much, but he hides it deeper than others. The deeper you hide, the tighter you think. It's a lot of fun to fight with people, and he likes it. Besides, at the moment he is just a prince and king, who knows how it will change in the future. The first emperor was also a Ming monarch in the past, but when he is old, he has not become like that, just look at the father of the sister of the Shi family. It's really hard for you to work hard and don't want to govern the country, Han Quan is still young, and it's still too late to educate and enlighten now, or you can take it back to Taiwan. ”

Jia Cong thought for a long time and said, "That's it, it's too troublesome." Let's do it ourselves. ”

Jia Huan said: "You want to be lazy every once in a while, and your brother and I have to remind you every once in a while." Don't always think about cheaper and less troublesome. ”

Jia Cong sighed: "Situ Pan is very good to me. ”

"The old ancestor has been very good to you in the past few years." The corner of Jia Huan's mouth pulled out a sneer, and said, "It's not that I think you can give them benefits." Besides, are you happy to give Situ Pan three bows and nine knocks? ”

"Not happy."

Jia Huan chased after him and asked, "Do you think he will not let you bow three times and knock nine times?" Even if you have done a great job, will his son not let your son bow three times and nine times? Will his grandson not let your grandson bow three times and nine times? ”

Jia Cong smiled bitterly: "If that's really the case, I'm afraid that I will be beheaded all over the house." ”

Jia Huan blinked: "That's right! It also dragged down the Nine Clans. ”

"Okay, okay, reads;!" Jia Cong spread out his chair, "I completely died of supporting Situ Pan's heart." Let's rebel wholeheartedly. ”

Jia Huan snorted: "Isn't this all right!" ”

The two brothers then chatted with each other.

For a while, Aunt Zhao came back, smiled and stretched out her hand and said, "Miss Shi came over a few days ago and gave me a red stone ring, I just wore it today, and Aunt Zhou saw the enviable tightness." ”

Jia Huan said with a smile: "On weekdays, I don't respect your old man less, what is a stone ring." ”

Jia Cong also smiled: "You don't know, it's not that the ring is good, it's Aunt Zhou's envy." Aunt Zhou likes it, so why not give it to her. ”

Jia Huan said: "In the end, Sister Yun has a lot of thoughts, and it's not good to give it away." ”

Jia Cong said: "Didn't her aunt already receive it?" ”

Aunt Zhao fiddled with her fingers happily and said, "Isn't it?" It's hard for her to remember me as a person. Although for the sake of Huan'er, the horizontal and vertical Huan'er is my son. ”

The brothers praised her a few words, and Aunt Zhao happily went back to her house to clean up.

Seeing that her old man was gone, Jia Huan stretched out his arm: "Cong'er, your brother, I found another place where I am better than you." ”

Jia Cong squinted at him.

"You think things are too straightforward, how to save trouble, how to come, how to achieve the goal. It's right to get along with men on the outside and have a career, but not in the inner court. Jia Cong rolled his eyes, Jia Huan frowned and said, "Don't be unconvinced!" Speaking of which, your aunt left early, so you don't have to worry about this, so you haven't thought about it. Aunt Zhou is usually good friends with my aunt, and she treated me well when she was a child, why haven't I honored her old man over the years? She didn't want that stone ring. To put it mildly, the jewelry in her house is better than Sister Yun's own. What Aunt Zhou envies is not the ring, but Sister Yun's eight. The second grandmother of Bao Er, who is nine and ten, actually began to please my aunt. ”

Jia Cong said: "What does this have to do with her? ”

Jia Huan said: "She didn't envy the ring, it was useless to transfer her ring, and she couldn't pass it on with Sister Yun's flattery." ”

Jia Cong said: "Doesn't this show that your aunt is generous and good to Aunt Zhou." ”

Jia Huan said with a smile: "Since I have an idea, my aunt has been generous, there is not much more than this ring, and there is a lot of less than this ring." If you give it to her seriously, you think it is a very good intention for her, but if you don't keep it, she will feel that it is a show off; Besides, if Sister Yun knew, she might be my aunt who didn't give her face, and casually gave the things she gave to others. ”

Jia Cong snorted: "Your aunt has your support, how dare she be unhappy." ”

Jia Huan shook his head and said, "Otherwise, you won't understand these things in the inner courtyard." Those who have a good feeling are not the same as those who don't have a good feeling at all, and those who actually have a bad feeling in their hearts. They spend all day in the inner courtyard getting along with the women next to them, and it is better to seek the favor of others. I see that the second sister's temperament is also quite concerned about the words and attitudes of others, don't be too arrogant when you go to Ping'an Prefecture. It is better to let them and the female relatives of the Gao family have a good look, than to let the second sister have a posture of 'my father is rich' and 'my brother is promising'. ”

Jia Cong thought carefully for a long time when he heard this, and said, "That's it, I've always been humble and open-minded, so I'll listen to you." ”

Jia Huan said: "Yes, yes, you have always been thicker than the city wall, I have long been used to reads;." ”

Jia Cong said twice: "Yes, yes, I have a thick skin, I didn't just see a girl and want to marry home!" Tsk, you're only twelve years old, brother, and you're really going to do it! ”

Jia Huan said angrily: "I didn't say that I would marry now!" Why do you have to wait for someone's parents, right? Then you two shouldn't have thought about it. Uncle only knows the way of soldiers and bandits, and you are similar, you only know how to force each other with power. What I want is for people to be willing, okay? ”

Jia Cong couldn't help but fall on the kang and laugh.

The two brothers tugged back and forth for a moment, and suddenly the curtain moved, as if there was a human probe. Jia Cong snorted: "Who?!" ”

I saw a girl slowly open the curtain, and didn't dare to come in, but stood timidly at the door, and said with a smile: "Two masters." ”

The two brothers looked at it, and it was the musk moon in the treasure jade house. Jia Huan said: "How sneaky, there is something to come in and say." ”

Musk Moon came in with his head half-hung and greeted him two.

Jia Cong looked at her in her eyes, and couldn't help but think that the big girl next to Baoyu had already left the house, Jiang Yuhan also eloped with Third Sister You, and Qingwen became Xiao in Taiwan Mansion. The little housekeeper of the Xiangguan Pavilion was busy grunting every day, and suddenly "oops": "Speaking of red. Isn't Sister Sleeve small? It's time to tell her about her family. ”

Jia Huan said: "It's not small, there are no twenty and nineteen." He added, "My sister is the same as her, only half a year younger." ”

Jia Cong calculated for a moment and said, "They are all twenty years old, and when they go back, they have to quickly help them find two reliable people." ”

Jia Huan smiled: "Talking about them, Xiao in your house. Xiang is also sixteen or seventeen years old. It's time to find your in-laws. Their appearance and character are all there, and so many people in Taiwan are singles, so it is not difficult to find. ”

Jia Cong said: "Since I moved to Lixiangyuan, I haven't asked them to serve much, except for helping them change clothes when they are in a hurry to go out. They were in charge of the things of that yard. Oh, I don't know if there's a good match, why didn't I pay attention to it before. ”

Jia Huan said: "What about their deeds? In our house, did you take it to the south? ”

Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? Deed? I didn't even think about it! ”

Jia Huan glared at him: "You ask Sister-in-law Zhu, if you simply take out Lan Xiang Ziguang in the mansion, cancel the slave registration, and make the two silvers go to the household department to get a proper household registration." ”

Jia Cong said "hey": "Why didn't I bring anyone back?" These trivial things are the most annoying. Go to the account room and find someone to help you do it. ”

The two of them chatted for a long time unknowingly, leaving Musk Moon aside. Suddenly, Jia Huan looked up to get a snack and caught a glimpse of her, and said with a smile: "Oh, I forgot about you if I wasn't careful." ”

Musk Yue smiled: "It is important for you to speak. It was hard to hide a little envy on his face.

Jia Cong was quite embarrassed and hurriedly asked her, "Is there something wrong with you coming over?" ”

Musk Yue hesitated for a moment and said, "When it comes to it, I don't know if it's a problem. It's just that Bao Erye has been reluctant to give up these days, and everything is fine in front of the old lady, wife, and master, and when he returns to the house, he is a little confused. The slave was so worried that he didn't dare to tell others, so he dared to sue the two masters. ”

Jia Huan Jia Cong glanced at each other, and Jia Huan asked, "Didn't you ask him yourself?" ”

Musk Yue lowered his head and said, "The slave asked him, and the second master only said that there was nothing to read;." ”

Jia Huan arched Jia Cong with his elbow: "You go!" I'm in charge of the capital these days, but I'm tired to death. ”

Jia Cong said: "It's like there's nothing going on in Taiwan." Looking up, Musk Yue's eyes lit up and looking at herself expectantly, helpless, she sighed secretly in her belly, and said, "I'll go." ”

Musk Yue immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Third Master Xie Cong!" ”

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "That's it, my brother's affairs don't have to be so polite." You go back first, and I'll go later." ”

Musk Yue agreed, and went happily.

Jia Cong took mushrooms for a while, pretended to go to Jia's mother to say goodbye, and went to Baoyu after coming out. Musk Yue had already seen him in the window, and when she heard him shouting, "Is Brother Baoyu here?", she hurriedly opened the curtain and said, "Third Master Cong hasn't come to our house for a long time." ”

Jia Cong came in and took a look, Baoyu was really in a daze, and he didn't even hear himself come in, so he was busy pouting and signaling Musk Yue to hide out. Musk Yue hurriedly ran away, and said, "Sister Mandarin Duck just called me to help make things, and I almost forgot." Baoyu didn't react at all.

Jia Cong walked over and shook him a few times: "Hey, hey! What are you stunned in broad daylight? ”

Baoyu suddenly woke up: "Cong'er! ”

"Hmm." Jia Cong pulled a chair and sat down beside him, "Why did I see you in a daze before, I hit you next to you and you didn't even notice; I'm still in a daze. What do you think. Got something on your mind? ”

Baoyu's eyes swept to the ground: "It's fine." ”

Jia Cong said: "If you say that there is nothing to do, there must be something!" ”

Baoyu shook his head and said, "It's okay." ”

Jia Cong "cut": "I wanted to help you, but I won't help you like this." ”

Baoyu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly grabbed his arm: "Cong'er, you have been smart since you were a child, can you help me?" ”

Jia Cong said: "You have to say what is the matter first." ”

Baoyu sighed abruptly and said, "I don't know what it is." Then he hung his head and spoke. Jia Cong was speechless when he heard this, and asked the sky.

If it wasn't Jia Cong who came, but Jia Huan or someone else, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to understand what he meant. In the words of later generations, Jia Baoyu knew that Jia's mother wanted to marry Shi Xiangyun for him, and he didn't feel good in his heart. It's not that he doesn't like Shi Xiangyun, he just doesn't love her. He likes Shi Xiangyun just like Xue Baochai and the two girls of the Li family, but he is not a confidant.

Jia Cong pondered for a long time, and really didn't know how to persuade him. Have the heart to beat him to death with a stick, Jia Huan had a lot of fun with him just now, and he is in the period of reflection. Then he asked, "Then who is your confidant?" It can't be Sister Lin. Yibi said that Yibi stared at Jia Baoyu, and sure enough, seeing that his face changed, he shook his head, "You and Sister Lin were only 108,000 miles apart in the past, but now the two of you are 108,000 miles behind." She's much, much stronger than you. You think she's your confidant, and she's not even free to know you now. ”

Baoyu hurriedly asked, "How is Sister Lin in the south?" ”

Jia Cong said: "All things should be under her control, and there are many military aircraft things that must be decided, and deal with officials, local tyrants, squires, village chiefs, and patriarchs. Every day, he only runs horses outside, scolds people without dirty words, and complains about the lack of manpower or the lack of money. ”

Baoyu was stunned. It took a long time before she lost her voice and said, "How could she do that?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Because she is smart, and because she is the only one in our family who knows how to create reads;." ”

"That can't let her do things with stinky men outside!"

Jia Cong pouted and said, "She's happy, can you manage it?" ”

Baoyu was stunned again: "She's happy? ”

Jia Cong said: "She has studied construction for several years, and she is much stronger than men; Nowadays, applying what you have learned, building bridges, building roads, and building ports, everything is a good thing for the people, can you not be happy? Besides, she's my husband, who would dare to force her to do what she doesn't want to do? Looking back, who can stop what she wants to do? No one dared to stop him. ”

Baoyu shook her head again and again: "Sister Lin is not like this. ”

Jia Cong said: "Sister Lin has always been like this, is it good? In the past, she didn't go out in Beijing because her ancestors would stop her and not allow her to go out; Now that no one cares about the south, she loves what she likes. Talking about her, the four sisters have traveled all over the world. ”

Baoyu was silent for a long time when she heard this, and sighed: "It turns out that I am the only frog at the bottom of the well. It's a pity to be trapped in this golden cage......"

Jia Cong interrupted: "It's not that you yourself are unwilling to endure hardship!" Why didn't this golden and splendid cage trap trap Brother Huan? He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, which is much harder than practicing calligraphy and writing articles; Therefore, he was very strong, and the head of the family dared to let him out, not afraid that he would die in the middle of the road because of his weakness and illness. If you had been willing to endure those hardships and practice martial arts with us in the past, no one would have stopped you wherever you wanted to go. ”

Baoyu was stunned and said with a wry smile: "I can't tell you when I'm young." ”

Jia Cong said: "Because what I say is the truth, not a quibble." Nai slapped his hands, "Sister Hengzhulin is beyond your reach now, so you don't have to worry about her." ”

Baoyu lowered her head.

"As for Sister Shi, you really don't want to marry her, but tell the ancestor quickly, don't delay others. She is not young anymore, and she is only afraid of finding a good person at this time, and her uncle and aunt treat her normally. Besides, now many families in Beijing and people in our house think that she is going to marry you sooner or later, if you refuse to marry her, there will be a lot of rumors and rumors coming out, and she will inevitably be wronged, which is really unlucky. ”

Baoyu hurriedly said: "What do you have to do with her!" ”

Jia Cong said: "Here we go again!" I thought you knew a little bit better than you did in the early years. Who cares about this, what is the reason for this? It doesn't matter if it's yours or not, it's not our house, it's the sister of the Shi family. ”

Baoyu shook his head and said: "Don't coax me, I have also seen it outside in the past few years, and the world is not so unreasonable." ”

Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders and said: "Because most of the people who love to spread rumors are women, and most women hope that other women will have many things that are not and that they are very good." But if there is a marriage that fails, most of them hope that it is a girl; If one of them is arranged, others will inevitably spread the truth. She has set her back on this black cauldron. "Master, let's see if you really pity the jade.

Baoyu was stunned for a while, and muttered: "I thought that girls were all good since I was a child, but Huo Sheng said that most women are not good. ”

Jia Cong pouted: "Nonsense! How did Huo Sheng live to be so big? By the way, don't try to defile yourself, the ancestors will not agree. Also, if you don't marry her, you have to marry someone else, according to me, if you can't marry someone you like, it's better to marry someone who likes you. Because he waved his hand, he withdrew and sat in front of the desk with Baoyu and wanted to go.

Getting rid of all the worldly clutter and marrying the person you want most is extremely difficult after hundreds of years, let alone this one. Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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Chapter 196 of the text

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