A good person, who stayed in the yamen for a few days, actually came back sideways.

When the news reached Rongqing Hall, Jia Mu was frightened. The old man, who had to walk with a cane and had to be supported by a little girl, jumped up like that: "What did you say? ”

The girl who replied knelt on the ground and said, "Old lady Bing, our second master has come back from the yamen." When I came back, I couldn't even walk, and the little guys carried it back. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she immediately couldn't sit still. He took the lead, and immediately took the crutches that the little girl on the side held, and he didn't need to be supported by anyone, so he went straight to Qianyunxuan.

Mother Jia has never lacked flattery from her children and grandchildren.

Jia Baoyu, Shi Xiangyun, and Tanchun lived in Jia's mother's yard, and Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai's mother and daughter came over every day, that is, Jia Qing. But now, Jia Qing is already a townsman, and Jia Mu is of course willing to call Jia Qing to her side to talk. When Shi Xiangyun or Jia Baoyu was away, Jia Qing sat next to Jia's mother, if the two of them were there, then Jia Qing would sit on the first chair on Jia's mother's left hand, more decent than Aunt Xue. Even Aunt Xue herself said: "The second girl is a countryman, and it should be like this." ”

At this time, Jia's mother hurriedly went out, and of course these juniors couldn't sit still.

Jia Baoyu and Jia Qing followed closely behind Jia's mother, Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun were stunned and followed, Xue Baochai hesitated and stood up, glanced at his mother, and followed.

If something really happens to the Jia family. They should also be prepared.

Unexpectedly, in Jiangyun Xuan, Jia Lian was sitting in the hall with his trouser legs pulled high. I'm soaking my feet. Seeing that Jia's mother was coming with someone, she hurriedly confessed and wanted to get up again, but was held down by Jia's mother.

Jia Mu said: "You kid, what's wrong?" is so good, he can't even walk. ”

Jia Lian had no choice but to sit and make a fist to Jia's mother. said: "Old lady, is it the grandson's, it makes the old lady worried." Originally, the grandson was just sorting out the case files according to Shangfeng's instructions. Who would have thought that the case file would not be sorted out, but once it was sorted out, the grandson was terrified. But today, the Emperor Taishang and Long Live have come to the ministry. The two saints have read the text that their grandson has sorted out. At that time, his face changed. ”

Jia Mu hurriedly said, "What is it for?" ”

Jia Lian said: "What else can it do? Isn't it just a matter of the border? Some people in the imperial court have always said that the supply of the border pass is not enough, but the more people say, the money and grain sent to the border pass will be severely deducted, and the emperor alone has several princesses who have borrowed money and food from the military salary and armament. It's still visible. I don't know how much there is behind this invisible. Old lady, you didn't see the faces of the emperor and Banzai at that time, it was really scary. Emperor Taishang's golden mouth. Give your grandchildren a few days off. Looking at the faces of the two saints, I am afraid that there will be a big event in the court. ”

Jia Mu listened. There was a sudden voice in his heart, and he said, "Really? Will it affect the family? ”

Jia Lian shook his head and said, "That's not going to happen." Whether it is a father or a grandson, in the end, they fought on the battlefield, and the second uncle and Dongfang are also idle, and there is nothing to do. Old lady, as long as we don't come out, naturally we don't have our business. After all, we have nothing to do with munitions or armaments. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief. He sat down on the embroidery pier brought by the little girl on the side, and said, "This is very good, so very good." Lian'er, you say, what will happen this time when you are angry? Your father has a stubborn temper and a hard mouth, and he doesn't say anything when the old woman asks him. ”

Jia Lian was about to open his mouth, but saw Jia Baoyu and Shi Xiangyun standing behind Jia's mother, so he had to shut up.

Only then did Jia's mother notice Jia Baoyu's children, plus the Xue family's mother and daughter.

Jia Mu immediately put down her face and said, "Don't worry, they won't say it." ”

Jia Lian then asked the little servant to wipe his feet and change into clean shoes and socks, and then sat down in his place and said: "Old lady, you don't know about the border pass, the border pass, to put it mildly, An Yuanwei can be equipped with bamboo poles as weapons, it is already good, many places, it has not been replenished for more than ten years." Do you think, with your bare hands, how can the soldiers fight with the Di people who are fast and fast? Isn't this sending the soldiers to their deaths? Speaking of which, it is already beyond the expectation that the soldiers did not use the heads of our people to forge military exploits, and even ......"

If the border pass is really so severe, it is not uncommon for the soldiers of the border pass of Daqi to kill each other and exchange the heads of their comrades for military merits.

Jia Qing, who had seen the darkness of people's hearts, was also surprised by the conduct of the Great Qi army.

Xue Baochai on the side interjected: "The matter of the border pass is so strict, it can be seen that it is not something that one or two people can do." Will the second brother offend people by doing this? ”

Before the words fell, Jia Zheng's voice was heard behind him: "Who did Lian'er offend?" ”

Seeing that Jia Zheng was coming, the juniors hurriedly saluted Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng waved his hand, which was considered a salute, but he still stared at Jia Lian and said, "Lian'er, who have you offended?" It is not easy for the ancestors to accumulate this family business,......"

Let's go, Jia Zheng started with Jia Yuan and Jia Yan's brothers, and gave everyone present a good popularization of the Jia family's family history, and Jia's mother frowned when she heard it, even the juniors below were uncomfortable. As juniors, of course they don't make faces when their elders speak, that's not in line with the rules. However, it does not mean that when the elders make mistakes, they cannot refute them.

Finally, Jia Qing seized the moment when Jia Zheng was ventilating and said, "Let my uncle bother." In fact, the second uncle is also saying that this time there are many adults who are afraid that they are really going to make trouble. What kind of situation is the border gate, others don't know, our family will not know? If it weren't for the fact that my aunt begged for the Daomen, she used the way of the Daomen to send a bunch of bamboos to my grandfather and second uncle, and skillfully used these bamboos to make countless mechanisms, I am afraid that my grandfather and second uncle would have to meet Di Ren's blade and fast horse with their bare hands like others. No one had mentioned this in front of the Emperor Taishang and Banzai today, but now it has been stabbed. Uncle Ancestor. This time, it is not that our family will be unlucky, but that those who dare to deceive the Holy Hearing will face the wrath of the two saints. ”

"Whew. What the? ”

Jia Zheng was really dumbfounded, and couldn't help but go to see Jia Lian again.

Jia Lian couldn't, so he had to talk about his attitude towards him when he first arrived at the military department, how he handled those case files, and how he was surprised when the Emperor Taishang and Banzai were driving today, and how the two saints reacted. When it was over, he said, "Second uncle, it's not my nephew who made a mistake." It was the ministers who went too far and angered the two saints. The nephew's return home this time is not a punishment for the nephew by the saint, but the saint's intention to protect the nephew. ”

Jia Mu listened. Immediately, he said, "Lian'er." Is this true? ”

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "Old lady, why should my grandson tell lies to the old lady about this?" You see, Princess Changle has suffered such a great grievance, long live leaving the princess in the palace, and even specially leaving her sister and niece in the palace, isn't it just that Her Royal Highness the princess has been wronged? Princess Changle has been to the border pass, will she not know what the border pass is like? Will Princess Changle, who has suffered such a great grievance, say nothing? ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she felt reasonable. I was about to nod, but I was shocked.

If what Jia Lian said was true. I'm afraid that the court will be purged.

Although she is a woman in the house, although she has not appeared in the social circle for many years, Jia's mother is Jia's mother after all, and there are some things that do not need to be taught by others, and she can know many things with experience. Don't look at Jia's mother who is old and faint, frolicking with her children and grandchildren every day, eating and waiting for death, he has experienced such things at least twice, and the most recent one is the old story of the Wang daughter.

With experience and intuition, Jia Mu knew that this time, many people in the court would become victims, and most of these people were promoted by the current emperor, and some of them were from the emperor.

Jia Mu knew very well what those real big families were like. The major affairs of the country, only worship and Rong, about this, those big families remember more firmly than anyone else, and they also do better than anyone else. The Jia family is known as the nouveau riche, and a large part of it is because they are not particular enough and do not pay enough attention to sacrifices. As the wife of the Jia family, Jia's mother sees many things very clearly, the Jia family has long been accustomed to a good life, paying attention to food and clothing, paying attention to pomp, every day, the silver money flows out like flowing water, but it can be used to buy sacrificial fields and repair the ancestral tombs of the ancestral hall every year, and the silver money on it is pitifully pitiful, and it can even be said that there is almost none.

When Jia's mother-in-law and mother-in-law were alive, they were okay to say. At that time, Emperor Taizu and the Jia family were cousins, cousins with broken bones and tendons, and Emperor Gaozu was raised by Mrs. Gu of the Jia family.

The relationship between the Jia family and the royal family is far away, and his two sons are not brilliant enough, so the income in the Rongguo Mansion has been greatly reduced, but he is used to a good life.

Mother Jia also knew that the original eldest daughter-in-law had the ability and means, and if he was alive, he might be able to reduce the expenses, but the eldest daughter-in-law died. The eldest daughter-in-law who remarried also thought about reducing the family's expenses, but he had no means or this backing, and finally fell into the trap of others and got a mean reputation.

As for the little daughter-in-law, Jia's mother has always known that this daughter-in-law has a big heart and can calculate, but just as he calculates that his eldest son has stepped on the bottom line of the eldest son again and again, this little daughter-in-law has also used his younger son again and again, and stepped on his bottom line as a mother-in-law and mother again and again.

In the end, the Jia family not only stopped buying land to buy property, but also sold the land.

There are some things that Jia's mother doesn't know, it's just that he is old and doesn't want to care, and Mrs. Wang is Jia Zheng's wife, Jia's mother feels sorry for her youngest son, so she guessed it and didn't mean to dig deeper.

But the evaluation of the Jia family by outsiders, Jia's mother still knows.

Upstart.

Only the nouveau riche would be so unsophisticated, and only the nouveau riche would only pay attention to pleasure and ignore the future of the family. And the Jia family only cares about the daily pomp, but has not added much ancestral business, which has become an important proof that the Jia family is a nouveau riche.

Thinking like this, Jia Mu became more and more silent.

Jia Mu's silence made Jia Zheng have a bad association. He was never a smart person, if he was a smart person. will not hide his ears and steal the bell, half-push and half-live in Rongxi Hall, if he is a smart person, there is the backer of the Jia family behind him. Even if he doesn't have a reputation, in the past ten years, he will at least be a prefect, instead of going from the actual position of the director of the Ministry of Industry to the fictitious title of a foreigner.

You must know that the director of the six departments is also called the main book, and Jia Lian, the head of the military department, is one step away from the outside office. What made Jia Zheng even more depressed was that. Although it is said that the six ministries are equal, in fact, the Ministry of Rites is the most pure and decent, and the Ministry of Officials is the most powerful. The military department and the household department are one main outside and one inside, only the Ministry of Industry and the Criminal Department, one is a craftsman and the other is a knife and pen officer, and the personnel of the six departments sit in a row. The people of the Ministry of Engineering are always the first to be the first of the people of the Ministry of War. Other words. If Jia Zheng is still the head of the Ministry of Industry, although he and Jia Lian are of the same grade, their actual status is the first than Jia Lian. The problem is that he sat in the position of director of the Ministry of Industry for a few years and was promoted to the position of a member of the Ministry of Works, which is still a vacant position, but what about Jia Lian? But it's a real job. That is, they have two uncles and nephews. In terms of grade, Jia Zheng is relatively high, but in terms of actual power. But Jia Lian is a little taller.

This also means that maybe Jia Zheng is a little more than Jia Lian in terms of Zhengfeng and Lumi, but Jia Lian has a job and Jia Zheng does not have a job, Jia Lian has public money, Jia Zheng does not, and Jia Lian has a job and Jia Zheng does not. Because the outsider is a fictitious title, and it is only an official position, but the principal is an official position. Even, in terms of cold and summer expenses and kitchen material money, Jia Lian can get more than Jia Zheng!

In a few years, Jia Zheng will be able to celebrate his fiftieth birthday, but what about Jia Lian? He has not yet reached the age of twenty, and he has not even reached half the age of Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng's heart was congested.

This jealousy and injustice turned into unpleasant words, and he went to Jia Lian: "Young people just can't do things." Since those people have the ability to cover the eyes of the two saints, their abilities are not insignificant. You poked things out so coldly, aren't you afraid that those people will target you and our family? If you don't think about your father, you should think about the old lady. If those people are troublesome with our family......"

Jia Zheng became more and more energetic the more he spoke, but when he talked about the back, it was spitting everywhere, and even Aunt Xue was standing on the side, not daring to say more. At this time, I heard an angry shout from the door: "Second brother, the king is loyal, don't you know these four words?" Besides, Lian'er is my son, and even if he is wrong, I should be the one to teach. Thou shalt play the majesty of thy elders and go to thy own son! ”

When Jia's mother looked up, she saw her eldest son coming in with a bird cage.

At this moment, except for Jia Mu, everyone stood up straight.

Jia Zhengdao: "Big brother ......"

Jia Yu handed over the bird cage to the little guy in the back, first neatly greeted Jia's mother, and with Jia's mother's permission, he stood up straight, turned his head, and said, "Big brother? Do you still know that I'm your big brother? Yes, I'm your own brother, but our two families have separated. Even if Lian'er really does something, it won't even affect you, you can rest assured. ”

Jia Zheng was ashamed and ashamed, so he had to bow his head, hang down, and don't speak.

This brother used to eat at home and wait for death, and even the posts at home were in his own hands, and he never took this brother in his eyes. But this time, my brother came back from the border and continued to eat at home and wait for death, but Jia Zheng didn't dare to despise this brother like before. If there is a reason, it is the murderous aura on my brother's body, which is too heavy. He, Jia Zheng, dared to lose his temper at Jia Lian in front of Jia's mother, but he didn't dare to say a word to Jia Yu.

Jia Zheng set his eyes on Jia's mother, hoping that Jia's mother could support him, but he didn't expect that Jia's mother was immersed in her own thoughts and didn't look at him at all.

After a long while, Jia Mu raised her head and said to Jia Yu: "Boss, after you came back from the border pass, you have never stepped out of the house except for the banquet in the palace, and even the Zhang family has never been there. Do you know something? ”

Jia Yu helped Jia Mu to sit on the main seat, and sat down under Jia Mu's hands, and said: "Old lady, the affairs of the border pass are so strict, and they are covered tightly by those people. This kind of thing is destined not to break out, and once it breaks out, there will be a large number of casualties. There are so many guards in the north, how many of them are supported by the iron hooves of the Di people? The son was able to stand here well, not only because of the arrangement of the second girl, but also because the son was lucky to meet a Confucian child who happened to be traveling and studying in the north. It is precisely because of the high martial arts and righteousness of the people, and the family of the emperor's maternal uncle standing behind him, that the son can survive well. It's just that this kind of thing, how can the son spread it everywhere? ”

Jia Zheng snorted coldly and said, "But I heard that the beloved son of Princess Duanrong lost his life in An Yuanwei. Princess Duanrong is the beloved daughter of the Emperor Taishang......"

Jia Yu said: "What if that is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess?" Can he be as important as the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of Daqi? He lowered his head again and said to Jia's mother, "Old lady." It's not that the son is afraid of things, but this time, I'm afraid that one-third of the courtiers will fall off the horse. The merit of the son is there, as long as he passes this hurdle, the future will not be smooth? Why bother jumping up and down at this time, it's annoying? Sometimes, more is better than less. If you do too much, it will be easier to toss away the glory and wealth that is about to arrive. ”

Jia Mu nodded and said, "When you do things, the old woman is always at ease." However, didn't you leave your family's property to someone outside to take care of it before? You're back, and it's time to pack up your property. Even if it's inconvenient, you have to do your best. Otherwise, when something happens, it will be even more troublesome to get the property back. ”

Jia Yu hurriedly said: "Mother don't worry. In fact, last year, the yamen had already sorted out his son's family business. It's just that there was no one at home at that time, and the official in charge sealed all the son's property. Two days ago, Jingzhao Yin Shaoqing came to the door specifically for this matter. Mother, don't worry, my son has reported this matter to the palace, and he won't cause trouble to the family. ”

Jia Mu nodded and said, "That's fine." I just heard Lian'er say that even the princess dared to borrow military pay to repair the garden, and I was really up and down in my heart. This time, I'm afraid that all the princesses will be unlucky. ”

Jia Yu said: "Since beating that Wang girl, it is not once or twice that the royal people have borrowed military salaries to repair the garden, but there were no foreign thieves at that time, and the border pass was stable, so naturally there was nothing to do." But now that there is a fuss, I am afraid that those who have done anything to the military salary will not be able to get better. ”

Jia Mu said: "Your family business is too." Such a large sum of money, no one envies it? ”

Jia Yu said: "Old lady, there is naturally someone here to help." But don't worry, there are really a lot of Zhuangzi shops or something. Needless to say, there are more than 200,000 taels of silver in those Zhuangzi lands alone. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she was startled and said, "Really fake? When your first daughter-in-law was in charge, there weren't so many. ”

Jia Yu replied: "Old lady, you have forgotten that those minions have a lot of properties behind their backs. Those Zhuangzi not only farmed, but also had workshops. You can't get much money by selling grain directly, but if you make grain into wine, you will make money. Those who are privately purchased by those minions, or who fill their own pockets, are all good land, and there is more food to be beaten, and there are few wasted things. There's even a tea plantation. Although it is not a good tea, there are merchants from other places who come to collect it. That's a big deal to make. Coupled with the input of those shrimp and crabs, it is not unusual to have so many. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she nodded and said, "I see." Lai Da and the others were all familiar with this, but they were too greedy. Alas~" paused for a while, and then asked: "There is a sentence that I have been pressing in my heart for many days, but I don't know whether to ask or not." ”

Jia Yu hurriedly said: "Old lady, if you have anything to say, just give orders." ”

Jia Mu hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Do you know the news of the big girl?" ”

Jia Yu was stunned for a while, and then said, "Old lady, do you mean Yuanchun?" ”

Jia Mu said: "Yes." ”

Jia Yu wanted to get angry at first, but softened when he saw Jia Mu's expression.

He said in a low voice: "Old lady, Yuan Yatou is a concubine of Long Live Youth, and his situation is not something that I, a foreign minister, can inquire about." If you really want to know, when the second girl or the girl comes back, don't you ask them again? In the end, they lived in the palace with Her Royal Highness the Princess. Unlike his son, he just received a banquet in the Taiji Hall and came back. (To be continued......)