Rongguo Mansion, Rongxi Hall.

Jia Qiang entered the hall and looked up to see a large plaque of red gold and nine dragons and green land, on which were written the three big characters of Douda: "Rongxi Hall".

There is a line of small characters at the end: "On a certain year, month and day, the book is given to the Duke of Rongguo Jia Yuan", and there are "the treasures of thousands of Chenhan".

In the middle of the hall, there is a large red sandalwood carving case, there is a three-foot-high blue-green bronze tripod, hanging to be leaked with the large painting of the ink dragon.

Sixteen Nanmu chairs on the ground, and there is a couplet, which is an ebony joint card, inlaid with chiseled silver handwriting, and the road is:

The sun and moon are shining on the seat, and the front of the hall is dark and smoky.

The next line of small characters is said: "The handwritten book of the fellow townsman and the world's religious brother Xun attacked the king of Dong'an County."

The sixteen chairs in the main hall were mostly full of people at the moment.

Seeing Jia Qiang arrive with Jia Zheng and Wang Ziteng and his party, except for Jia Yu, the others stood up one after another under the leadership of Niu Jizong.

Of course, Jia Qiang's age and official position are not worthy of them, but Jia Qiang is a lord of Ningfu after all, but anyone who knows etiquette will not slack off.

Jia Zheng and Jia Qiang introduced one by one: "This is the current first-class Bo Niu Jizong Uncle Niu of the Zhenguo Mansion, this is the current first-class son of the Liguo Mansion, this is the hereditary Sanpinwei Town General Chen Ruiwen Chen of the Qi State Mansion, this is the hereditary third-class Weiyuan general of the Zhiguo Mansion, Ma Shangma, the hereditary first-class son of the Xiuguo Mansion, Hou Xiaokang, the hereditary first-class prince of the Xiuguo Mansion......"

Every time someone is introduced, Jia Qiang meets each other with a junior courtesy, and there is nothing out of bounds.

After introducing the last person, Qiu Liang, the grandson of the Marquis of Jingtian, Jia Zheng smiled and said: "Brother Qiu Shi and you are still colleagues, he is the commander of the Beicheng Terracotta Division, and you are the commander of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division." In the future, you can be close and close. ”

After Jia Qiang saw it, she said, "When you have time, you can ask Master Qiu for advice." ”

Qiu Liang is a bearded man, and he laughed when he heard this: "You still have the title of a five-grade embroidered cloth guard thousand, one grade higher than me, can I advise you?" ”

Jia Qiang shook her head and said: "In the eyes of many people, I am just a lucky person, and I am just a head. Indeed, there are many things to ask for advice in the affairs of the Soldiers and Horses. ”

When Qiu Liang heard this, he looked at Jia Qiang carefully, smiled a little deeply, and said: "It seems that the rumors are really not true, they all say that you are extremely domineering, the six relatives do not recognize it, and even the prince of the middle of the mountain dares to scold, but I didn't expect that there will be a day to ask my old Qiu for advice." On the first day you went to the office, you snatched the big seal from He Jian's hand, and I can't teach you anything with such means. If there is anything you don't understand, you can discuss it together. However, Wang Butang is the official of you and me, and he is the old relative of the Jia family, with him, what are you afraid of? ”

Wang Ziteng glanced at the two of them lightly and said, "Let's get down to business first." ”

With that, he sat down on the right seat of the upper seat.

Interestingly, the left seat of the upper seat is actually Jia Zheng's position.

And Jia Yu can only sit on the right side of the chair......

Jia Qiang didn't bother with this, and after finding an empty chair and sitting down, she listened to Jia Zheng say to Wang Ziteng and others: "The Zhao Guogong Mansion has repeatedly and wantonly beaten me and other nephews, which is unbearable. Early tomorrow morning, we will jointly write a letter requesting the imperial court to thoroughly investigate the matter. ”

The prince shook his head, although a few people seemed to frown, but since the Jia family themselves said so, they didn't have much to say.

But at this time, Jia Qiang was puzzled: "Master Zheng, as far as I know, we don't seem to have the right to directly present the excerpt to the Son of Heaven. In addition to the feudal officials, there are only a few people in Beijing who can do this. In this case, after we go to the book, the excerpt will be sent to the military aircraft department first, but Zhao Guogong has always been the minister of military aircraft. Of course, he didn't dare to seize the fold, but as long as he pressed it for a few days, the seriousness of the matter would be greatly reduced. I don't know if I'm right? ”

Before Jia Zheng could speak, Jia Yu said, "What do you know? Zhao Guogong has not been in court for many years, just a name! Yellow-mouthed children, no hair on their mouths, just say a few words, so as not to embarrass people. After being scolded by Jia Qiang several times in front of him and losing face, Jia Yu didn't dare to swear even if he scolded people.

Therefore, after he finished scolding, he felt even more aggrieved......

Jia Qiangli also ignored him, and asked Wang Ziteng: "Da Sima, will the three ministers of the Military Aircraft Department be willing to offend Zhao Guogong for the sake of a Xue family and a Jia family?" ”

Wang Ziteng frowned when he heard this, and after being silent for a while, he slowly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that it will be a favor for Zhao Guogong's family." ”

When Jia Yu heard this, he was annoyed and angry, and he felt that he had lost his face in front of the nobles of the family, and he was about to scold, but Niu Jizong suddenly asked: "Then according to your opinion, what should we do?" ”

Liu Fang laughed and said, "You can't let us gather soldiers and horses to take revenge, right?" ”

Everyone laughed for a while, and after nightfall, Mo said that they did not have the power of the army, even if they were in charge of the army, they dared to transfer troops late at night, even if it was their own own soldiers and disturbed the Gyeonggi Heavy Land, it was a serious crime for the Yi Jiu clan.

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "If you lords have a heart, we will go to Shuntianfu together tonight to beat the drum and voice the grievances!" ”

"Suncheonfu?"

Niu Jizong, who looked no more than forty years old, was fat, with thin eyes and light eyebrows, and his smile seemed to be like a rulai, he said with a smile: "If you say that the Zongren Mansion is more reliable, after all, the nobles above the Bofu are under the management of the Zongren Mansion." What's the use of going to Shuntianfu? ”

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "If you go to the Zongren Mansion, it's private." And the great sect is loyal to the king Li You has a personal enmity with my family, and he will not wait for me. Go to Suncheonfu, but it is public. Even the grandson of Zhao Guogong is also a great swallow people. The prince broke the law, and he was guilty of the same crime as the common people, let alone the grandson of Zhao Guogong? I have heard that Yin Hanzong of Shuntian Mansion is upright, and Jane is in the heart of the emperor, and he hates the children of the powerful the most for running amok and lawless. Come to think of it, he can get justice for us. ”

Hearing this, everyone thought about it.

Dujia pardon was full of disgust, and said: "People like us actually went to the yamen to fight the lawsuit of Lao Shizi, and you can think of it!" You don't have a face, we still have a face! ”

Jia Qiang sneered, and was about to say something, when he heard Niu Jizong laugh and say, "Eh, forgive the old man's words, I thought it was a good plan." The palace has not been dissatisfied with Yuanping's heroes for a day or two, but they have not been able to find a way to pick them up. Han Zong, that old official, is indeed a hard peg. Let him take the lead, which is also in line with the art of war. This kid of your family really lives up to his reputation. ”

Jia Yu froze for a moment when he heard this, snorted coldly, and said no more.

After Liu Fang, the first-class son of the Liguo Mansion, glanced at Niu Jizong, he asked Jia Qiang with a smile: "Old man, can I call you Brother Qiang?" ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "The lord is an elder, so naturally he can." ”

Liu Fang smiled and said, "Brother Qiang, this matter will be done as you say, and we will go later." This time, you must bite off the Yuanping heroes hard! However, I also heard that your master is Lin Ruhai, the new left attendant of the household department, and now he is about to recover the deficit, is it true or false? ”

Jia Qiang didn't hide much about this matter, nodded and said: "This is happening, and just tonight, the first deficit has been recorded." It was my husband's teacher, Master Ming, the head of the Hanlin Academy, and the Duke of Jing'an, who personally delivered it to the door. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed suddenly.

There are people who understand, and they gasped even more, and said in their hearts: ruthless!

Ma Shang, the hereditary third-rank Weiyuan general of the Governing Mansion, frowned when he heard this: "Could it be a lie?" I know that the old master is a poor man, and he has two things to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble at home, and I heard that he really borrowed a lot of silver in order to repair the book of Laoshizi, can he afford to pay off the deficit? ”

Seeing that everyone was suspicious, Jia Qiang smiled and said: "It's really like what Master Ma said, it's really like this in the Jing'an family." Mr. originally thought that the old man came to the door to find a favor, but he didn't want the old man to sell the books that he had been repairing for more than ten years to a bookstore called Shengshi Bookstore. The silver sold was just enough to pay off the deficit. He thought that it was a matter of course to repay the deficit, and it was also a trip to serve the country loyally, so he did not dare to delay after having the silver, and immediately sent it to my husband's house. His high moral integrity is deeply admired by my husband and me. ”

Seeing that he said it in such detail, everyone no longer doubted it, but their faces were not good.

It seems that they owe no less money......

It was Jia Yu, and his face was gloomy, because he had secretly borrowed five thousand taels of silver from the household, and he had not repaid it yet......

If the windfall he had obtained in Ningguo Mansion could be kept, but when he entered the palace that day, the thunder of the Son of Heaven was furious, and he was almost heartbroken.

That huge windfall will be dug out of his pocket, so that he will not be able to sleep well for a few days.

Unexpectedly, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the court recovered the deficit at this time.

This is to force him to death!

Hou Xiaokang, the hereditary first-class son of the Xiuguo Mansion, looked at Jia Qiang, hesitated for a while, and then said with difficulty: "Brother Qiang, can you talk to the Lin Hu Department and be tolerant of our founding lineage." Speaking of the roots, the ancestors of the Lin family are also the founding of the country, although they are the marquis who are sealed by literary merits, not martial arts, but they are always in the same vein, and there is incense, isn't it? ”

Jia Qiang was a little puzzled and said: "The heroes of Yuanping are all poor, so they are the big borrowers, why did you also borrow silver from the household department?" ”

The scene was silent for a while, everyone's faces were embarrassed, Jia Qiang knew that he was speechless, knowing that the more these people declined, the more decent they became, he hurriedly said: "In short, Yuanping's heroes are the big borrowers, and they can't compare with us." We all have the foundation left by our ancestors, their names are loud, and there is no benefit at all, and many families rely on the household to live in the deficit. So, this time it's mainly against them.

As for your worldly friends...... I will do my best to say it in front of my husband, and even if I pay it back, I won't have to pay it all back in one time. But this time, we, the founding heroes, must be united, take the opportunity to chase after the Yuanping heroes to bite a few bites of meat, and also put them in front, so that they can pay off the deficit first! The harder we beat them, the more painful they become, and the more aggrieved we are, I can also handle it and beg my husband to open up. ”

As soon as these words came out, a few people who had not spoken, such as Shi Guangzhu, a first-class son of the Duke of Qiguo, Jiang Zining, a second-class man from the Pingyuan Hou Mansion, and Xie Qiong, a second-class man from the Dingcheng Hou Mansion and a guerrilla in the Beijing camp, all got up and said loudly: "The thieves of Yuanping are too deceitful!" If we let it go lightly this time, what face will we see in the founding lineage? The face of my ancestors also made me lose everything! Walk! According to what Brother Qiang said, go to Shuntianfu to beat the drum of injustice! Tonight, let the old official Han Zong arrest that lawless bastard!! Otherwise, we will pick up the Danshu iron coupons in the ancestral halls of each family, beat the drums, and enter the palace to avenge their grievances!! ”

When Jia Qiang heard this, her heart was shocked, when it came to silver, these old nobles were ruthless enough!

He likes, though......

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