Jia Ke didn't expect his life to be so rough, so he asked him: "You were captured by me, and you will be my slave in the future." What do you have to say? If not, I'll let you go now. After saying this, two cold lights appeared in Jia Ke's eyes.

Bembre's martial arts are so strong that only he can defeat him in the world. If he is let go, it will be a great harm to the people of the Central Plains to return to the Tatars in the future, and if he dares to have this thought, then this person will not be able to stay.

Benbrai didn't know that Jake was just a fake kind, and thought he really cared. Now when he heard that Jia Ke was willing to let him go, he was extremely moved.

But Benbrai didn't want to leave the Rongguo Mansion at all now, this period was the most stable life he had since he was born, he didn't have to stay in the wild every day to eat and drink, and slept in a spacious big house, which he never dreamed of, he hurriedly knelt beside Jia Ke and said: "Master, I am willing to be your slave, what you ask me to do in the future, I have no second word." ”

"Why, isn't it nice to be free outside?" Jia Ke asked hypocritically.

Benbray replied truthfully: "Master, I eat and drink here, and sleep in the big house every day. It had never been like this before. I want to live like this and I don't want to continue wandering in the wild. Please take me in, and from now on what the master has commanded me, I will do my best for the master. ”

Jia Ke was very satisfied with his answer, so he said: "You have to think about it, as long as you become my slave, you will not be able to be free in this life." ”

"Don't worry, master, as long as you eat and drink, what is the freedom or something?" In fact, it's not just him, many people now seem to be able to be Jia Ke's slave, he is so happy, he doesn't have to pay taxes, he has a master responsible for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and third, he has monthly money, where can he find such a good thing? This is also the reason why many people in ancient times were willing to sell themselves into slavery.

Jia Ke saw that he had made a decision, which was exactly what he wanted, and from now on there would be another general beside him. So he said to Lin Zhixiao next to him: "Prepare a contract, let him press a handprint, and temporarily give him two taels of silver a month." From now on he will be my personal bodyguard, and I will arrange a better house for him. In the future, his food and drink will be calculated according to Liu Yu. ”

Lin Zhixiao hurriedly agreed, "Uncle, don't worry, I'll arrange it for you." ”

Jia Ke nodded and turned around, and said to Bembre again: "In this case, you will be a guard by my side from now on, and if you have merits in the future, I will arrange a petty official for you, so that you can also glorify your ancestors." ”

Bembre pouted beside him, "Master, I don't want to be an official, so you just let me stay by your side all the time." ”

Jia Ke also saw that this was a bit silly, if he was made an official, I am afraid that he would be sold in a few days. After thinking about it, I still arranged him by my side, and in the future, I would marry him and have children, give him more silver taels, and let him live a prosperous and prosperous life.

"Since you think so, then stay by my side in the future, prosperity and wealth are indispensable to you, and in the future, I will marry you a daughter-in-law, let your wife and children have a hot kang head, and live this life well."

Benbray was very excited when he heard this, although he had not lost women over the years, but these women were not really for him, and he himself wanted to find someone who was down-to-earth and honest.

Jia Ke returned to the inner courtyard after arranging for Bembray, and Jia Zheng was in the small study, waiting for him for a long time. Since Jia Ke went on the expedition, Jia Zheng has been a little restless, when Jia Ke was in the Prime Minister's Mansion in the past, he also knew that Jia Ke often went to war, but at that time, he was too far away and he was in a hurry and there was nothing he could do. Now Jia Ke is in front of him, as a father, how can he not worry.

Jia Ke saluted Jia Zheng first in the small study, and Jia Zheng sat there as if he didn't care, but when Jia Ke saluted, he looked him up and down to see that there was no damage on his body, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

After Jia Ke saluted, he stood up again, stood next to Jia Zheng, and reported to him about the war outside the capital in the past few days.

When Jia Zheng heard that the war was over and that the Tatars had been driven out of the border, he completely put his mind at ease, and these days, although he was not worried about the capital being breached on the surface, he actually had some trepidation in his heart.

After listening to Jia Ke's report, Jia Zheng saw that he was a little tired, so he asked him to go back and rest.

After Jia Ke said goodbye to Jia Zheng, he went back to Aunt Zhou to rest, and as for the Wuyang Marquis Mansion, Jia Ke decided to use it after getting married.

Jia Ke returned to Aunt Zhou's place, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw Xia Mai waiting for him there.

When Xia Mai saw Jia Ke, he immediately rushed over, took his hand and looked him up and down, looked back and forth, and then relieved.

Jia Ke looked at him a little funny and said, "How is it?" I'm still a complete human being, nothing is missing, am I? ”

Xia Mai was a little embarrassed after listening to Jia Ke's words, "Uncle is not a good person now. People care about you, and you haven't slept well in the past few days. I heard that you were back today, and I was waiting for you at the door early, but I didn't expect you to make fun of people. ”

Jia Ke saw that she was pitiful, and comforted her: "Okay, this time it's your uncle who is wrong." For your sake, you care so much about me. This time the reward is indispensable. ”

When Jia Ke said this, he touched it from his arms and took out a small bag made of silk, which contained dozens of pearls the size of soybeans. He handed it to her and said, "This is what I seized this time, you take it." Finding someone to make a bead flower is my compensation to you. ”

Xia Mai took the silk pouch and opened it in front of Jia Ke to see that there were dozens of white pearls in the tissue. immediately opened his eyebrows and smiled: "This time I let you go, I can't do this again in the future, otherwise you won't have so many pearls to accompany me." "It's like thinking about Jia Ke.

While they were talking, Aunt Zhou came out with a few other maids, and when she saw the small bag in Xia Mai's hand, Aunt Zhou understood what was going on.

"You're used to her, every time you come back, you have to make such a fuss, I don't know what she's going to do with so much money?" Although Aunt Zhou is rich now, her previous temperament has not changed, and she is still a little childish, which is a habit developed since childhood, and it is not so easy to change.

Jia Ke stepped forward to give Aunt Zhou a kneeling salute first, Aunt Zhou came forward to touch Jia Ke's face, and said with tears in her eyes: "It's good to come back, there is no damage this time, right?" ”

"Auntie, don't worry, the person who wants me to have an injury in this world hasn't been born yet?" Jia Ke raised his head proudly, like a duck showing off everywhere.

Aunt Zhou was amused by his appearance, raised her hand and slapped him on the shoulder and said, "It's just playing these ghosts, I'm going to beat you like this again." ”

Jia Ke saw that Aunt Zhou had already collected her tears, so she helped her into the house, and the next thing was naturally Aunt Zhou's shushing and warmth. Jia Ke also said that he didn't say a word about the dangerous things on the battlefield. This calmed Aunt Zhou.

On the second day of Jia Ke's return, Jia Lian came to visit, and the two told each other what had happened in the past few years. Jia Ke naturally said that he was fighting at the border pass, and the secret matter of secretly building the Manchu Eight Banners naturally couldn't tell him, and Jia Ke was proud of the spring breeze in recent years.

Although the two spoke quite affectionately, Jia Ke already felt the alienation between the two sides.

If Jia Ke is doing very well now, then Jia Lian has not had a good time in the past few years, and since he stopped studying, he has been messing around in Rongguofu. There are fewer meetings with his father, although the relationship between father and son has eased in recent years, but every time Jia Yu sees Jia Lian, he has to reprimand him, and if he has a slight disagreement with himself, it is a meal.

Jia Lian is now in front of Jia Yu, like a little quail.

The two chatted for a while, and the somewhat unfamiliar relationship became warm again, Jia Lian has now begun to help Rongguofu deal with miscellaneous matters, and Jia's mother has also handed over many foreign affairs to him, so he is still very thoughtful in dealing with interpersonal relationships. Talking to him makes people feel like a spring breeze.

After talking for a while, Jia Lian mysteriously leaned into Jia Ke's ear and said, "Is the second brother Zhu in your house sick?" ”

Jia Ke was shocked in his heart, he immediately thought of Ah Furong, and hurriedly asked, "What news do you have?" ”

"I've heard people say that they often hear the roar in the room of Second Brother Zhu at night, as if they are like wild beasts, special people." Jia Lian couldn't help but shudder as he spoke.

Jia Ke knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, this should be Jia Zhu's withdrawal reaction, this kind of pain is not something that ordinary people can bear, Jia Zhu can endure such pain, and it is also great to quit Ah Furong.

Jia Ke naturally can't tell him the secret, anyway, this is also a matter of the second room, Jia Lian used to have a good relationship with himself, and he was a brother who wore a pair of pants, but now that it has been so many years, he doesn't know what he thinks, so he has to be on guard.

And after all, he is a person from the big house, in case he spreads this matter, it will still be a big blow to the second room. And since Aunt Zhang's death, Jia Ke has also become suspicious of Jia Lian's character.

Jia Ke hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "How can Xichun be raised in our mansion?" It's a bit weird, you can tell me about it. "Jia Lian has been staying in the Rongguo Mansion now, and he should know all these things clearly, and he may know more than others.

When Jia Lian heard him ask, he was also a little confused: "I really don't know about the eldest brother, the eldest aunt of Dongfu lived in a simple house after she became pregnant, maybe she was old, and she died of blood collapse when she gave birth to the spring." The old lady saw that she was pitiful, so she took us to raise her. Could there be something else? ”

"I'm just asking casually, you don't have to worry about it, even if you raise it on our side, you usually take care of these things, don't let those maids bully her." Jia Ke also had some bad guesses in his heart, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only knock on the side and let Jia Lian take care of Xichun.

The two talked for a long time, and Jia Ke asked people to set up a banquet in the study, and the two brothers drank bitterly, and the relationship seemed to have returned to the past.

Jia Lian was a little drunk after eating a few glasses of wine, and said to Jia Ke with a sense of wine: "Big brother, you are now prosperous." Brother, I am still a white body, you have to take more care of me in the future, otherwise you and Second Brother Zhu will become officials in the future, only brother and I have no result. After saying this, I couldn't help but cry bitterly.

Jia Ke seems that he still has a lot of words in his heart, and he can't even tell himself, remembering that Jia Yu in the Dream of Red Mansions once personally promised Jia Huan to inherit the title, from which it can be seen that Jia Yu has a deep prejudice against Jia Lian, and I am afraid that Jia Lian's title may not be able to be kept in the future. If this man does something wrong, he will have to pay the price.

Jia Ke had no choice but to keep comforting him, and promised him: "Don't worry, Brother Xian, being a brother in the future will definitely give Brother Xian a future." ”

Jia Lian was comforted by Jia Ke, and then slowly put away his crying, and then as if he didn't hear Jia Ke's words, he picked up the wine glass and drank. This time, Jia Ke didn't persuade him, and it was good for him to excrete and excrete the depression in his heart.

This meal was only eaten until noon, Jia Lian was already drunk and unconscious, Jia Ke was able to call his little servant and take him back to the room to rest.