The winter days are short, and it is already dark when the group returns to Ningrong Street, and the lanterns hanging everywhere have already been lit, and the spirit flags at the gate of Ningguo Mansion are white.

Jia Jue stepped out of the carriage wearing a leather jacket, and a group of servants on duty in Ning Guofu hurriedly knelt down, "I've seen the third master." ”

Jia Jue: "Get up, your uncle is back?" ”

The little guys got up, "Uncle just came back, Uncle Xiao Rong didn't see it." ”

Jia Jue: "Be a good errand." ”

Servants: "Yes." ”

Due to the heavy snow, the ground that has just been swept is already white, because the housekeeper greeted, there are small maids on each passage to clear the snow, looking at Jia Jue who walked in, a few small maids who swept the snow on the nearest road immediately knelt down on the snow, and then the small maids and mother-in-law on the nearby errand knelt down.

On the snow, on the steps, in the corridors, everywhere in the black pressure was full of kneeling people.

Jia Jue glanced at it, and understood that it must be the quarrel between the two mansions that frightened these subordinates, and said to the housekeeper of Ning Guofu beside him: "It's getting late, no one is coming, except for the main road, tell them not to sweep." Tell them to have a good night's rest and tomorrow will be even busier. Let the big guys do a good job, and the Jia family won't lose them. ”

"Yes." The housekeeper tore his throat and shouted: "The head of the family has something to say, leave people to clean the main road, and the rest of the people have a good rest and a good errand, and the family will not lose the big guys." ”

There was a moment of silence at first, followed by a steward shouting, "Thank you, master!" ”

"Thank you, master!"

"The head of the house is merciful!"

Jia Jue walked in front, Jia Fu and a few stewards of Ning Guofu followed behind, and the group walked towards Yimen.

.........

Since it is not the end of life, the mourning hall is located in the courtyard of the Yimen.

More than 100 Taoist priests of Xuanzhen and Qingxuguan are chanting day and night in the spiritual shed, and they will do 7749 days of ritual to surpass Jia Jing's soul.

In the center of the mourning hall was a Nanmu coffin, and inside the coffin was Jia Jing's body, and the whole coffin was tightly wrapped in a white cloth.

Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, Jia Cong, Jia Huan, and Jia Lan walked in and knelt down on the futons.

Baoyu silently followed behind Jia Lian and knelt down beside the coffin, when cold eyes shot at him.

Jia Rui spoke, "Baoyu, you don't need to keep a vigil. ”

Baoyu was startled, and Jia Rui continued: "Huan'er and Lan Ge'er should also go back." ”

Jia Lian sighed, "You are weak and the winter night is cold, come back tomorrow." ”

Baoyu's eyes filled with tears, her lips moved, and it took a while for her to speak, "Second Brother Lian, I, I want to keep a spiritual ..... for Uncle Jing."

Jia Rui: "You better avoid it." ”

Outside the mourning hall, a cold wind blew, and the spirit flag at the door rang loudly.

Baoyu's face turned even paler, and she kowtowed a few times with tears in her eyes, then stood up and retreated.

Jia Huan and Jia Lan kowtowed, stood up, and retreated silently.

Suddenly, there was a "plop" sound outside the mourning hall, and everyone was shocked.

"Not good! Second Brother Bao fainted! Jia Huan's voice came from outside the door.

..........

"It's true that the four girls of Xichun are real, she also believes in this kind of thing? Niangniang is now the face of the Jia family, so much trouble is breaking Niangniang's face, I don't understand such a simple truth! ”

Mrs. Wang looked at Jia's mother, and then at Jia Zheng, and then said to Jia Zhen: "Yes, the princess delayed the time because he prayed for the blessing of the mother and the prince, and this lover will not forget, when the prince ascends the throne, the benefits of the East Mansion are naturally indispensable.....

"Wang, don't talk nonsense!"

Jia Zheng interrupted Mrs. Wang's words in time, and Mrs. Wang also woke up and understood that she had lost her words, "In any case, this lover will remember, and Niangniang also sent a letter, Your Majesty has ordered the Criminal Department to break the eucalyptus within seven days, and must give our family an explanation, and let Baoyu guard the soul of the grandfather on her behalf." ”

"Second wife, don't be like this, I can't stand it!"

You Shi on the side said coldly: "Our Dongfu is just a down-and-out mansion, where can it compare to the thriving and powerful Rongguo Mansion, and we can't afford this gift from Niangniang, we will live our own small life in peace." ”

"Alright, don't talk about it."

Mother Jia finally couldn't bear it anymore, looked at Mrs. Wang coldly, and secretly scolded a stupid woman, the quarrel between children, she actually intervened, not only reprimanded Xichun, but also said that Ning Guofu was just a downcast mansion and other unbearable words, which directly ignited the anger in You Shi's heart, and a conflict broke out directly between the two mansions, if Jia Lian didn't handle it properly, it might turn into a haunting upheaval, and then the Jia family would really become a joke in the Ming Dynasty.

Jia Mu looked at Jia Zhen, who was sitting silently on the side, "Zhen'er, you have been in Xishan all day, what is the situation?" ”

Jia Zhen raised her head, "Old lady, the Criminal Department searched a radius of fifteen miles, and searched and inquired about all the nearby villages, but still found nothing..... However, what is certain is that this matter has nothing to do with the grassland people, and the murderer is someone known to the master, or rather, it is someone from the noble military! ”

There was a dead silence in Ning'an Hall.

"What?" The first to react immediately was Jia Yu, "How do you know?" No kidding! ”

Jia Mu and the others were also shocked there, and they all looked at Jia Zhen.

Jia Zheng: "Yes..... Did you find anything? ”

"Jin Yiwei gave the old man a portrait..... I, I've never seen a master use this kind of ..... A look of surprise and disbelief. ”

Jia Zhen's eyes were filled with tears, "The other party must be someone who is familiar with the master, and the knife wound, the master of the criminal department is sure that it was caused by the Yanling knife, and there are four blood grooves on both sides of the knife body, this is an official knife that only a guerrilla general can wear." ”

Jia Mu was so shocked that her body trembled, she hurriedly stood up, and her voice trembled a little, "What you said is true?" ”

Jia Zhen closed her eyes, "Yes." ”

Jia Zheng also panicked, looked at Jia Mu on the left, Jia Yu on the right, and then looked at Jia Zhen in a daze, "Why is it not mentioned in Yang Zongchang's recital?" ”

Jia Zhen let out a long sigh, "It's not that you're guarding against anyone..... After all, so many people were present, mainly because Yang Zongchang didn't want to cause unnecessary confusion....."

Jia Yu's eyes flashed, "Maybe it's not from the Xungui military...."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned!

Jia Mu: "Boss, what do you mean by that?" ”

"Don't forget the identity of Brother Jing, he is from Hanlin, he knows many people outside the military and has a good relationship."

Everyone was stunned again.

"Many of these people have been sent to serve in the army, and several of them have established themselves in the army and have a reputation as Confucian generals."

Jia Zhen was stunned for a moment and said, "Uncle Forgiveness, are you saying that some of them entered Beijing without permission and happened to be bumped into by the master?" ”

Jia Yu: "Yes." ”

Hearing this, Jia's mother softened and sat down, she knew no less about the court than Jia Yu, or even more, Jia Jue would take the initiative to tell her some things, she also knew that the Emperor Taishang was unwilling and was secretly plotting, these people can be said to be his henchmen, could it be that he secretly ordered these people to enter Beijing, but he was bumped into by Jia Jing who returned at night, and the other party killed Jia Jing in order to keep it secret.

Thinking about the steppe man who was pushed out to take the blame, he sighed heavily in his heart, yes, it must be like this.

Just then, there was a knock on the closed door.

"Who!" Jia Zhen asked.

An answer came from outside the door: "Uncle, the maid of the second master of Bao is here, saying that there is something urgent to see the old lady and the second wife." ”

Jia Zhen's face darkened and she looked at Jia Mu.

A voice came from outside the door again, "It's about Second Master Bao." ”

"Baoyu?"

Mrs. Wang stood up abruptly and looked out the door, "Quick, hurry her in." ”

"Yes!" There was an answer from outside the door.

The door opened, and a cold wind swept into the room with a few snowflakes, and the attacker walked in, and said urgently: "Old lady, madam, out, something happened.....

Mrs. Wang was anxious, "What's wrong with Baoyu?!" ”

"Second Master Bao just fainted outside the mourning hall!"

Jia Mu was taken aback, "What?!" ”

Attacker: "But it's okay now, I've been sent home." ”

Jia Zheng: "Say, what's going on?" ”

The attacker looked at Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and then at Jia Yu and the others, and replied: "If you go back to the master, Uncle Rui in the back street said that the second master of Bao is weak, so let him go back, and don't ask him to keep a vigil for the master.... There are also Huan Sanye and Lan Ge'er..... Second Master Bao fainted when he came out of the mourning hall....."

Jia Yu and Jia Zheng looked at each other with the eyeballs on their black faces.

Jia Mu's eyes flashed, and she just sighed silently.

Mrs. Wang's voice was full of grief and indignation, "Yes, I shouldn't have said those words, what grievances do you have against me, why are you involved in Baoyu, Baoyu is still just a child....." Speaking of this, Mrs. Wang's eyes flashed with tears.

You Shi pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Xichun is still a child....."

These words are soft, but they are clear in everyone's ears.

Madame Wang immediately set her fierce gaze on You Shi.

Jia Zheng blushed and glared at Mrs. Wang dissatisfied.

Jia Zhen: "It's Jia Rui who I instructed." ”

Mrs. Wang immediately shouted, "Old lady, this is too bullying, not to mention that this is what Niangniang meant, even as a junior Baoyu, also has this right and responsibility..... Okay, good, there is a county lord in Dongfu, and he has climbed the high branch of the emperor, so he looks down on Rongfu, this is not treating Rongfu as his own person at all, it's just that the twisted melon is not sweet, and everyone will be ugly if they tear their faces after they are saved, and if they can't do it, they will split up ....."

At this moment, a cold voice sounded outside the door: "Who wants to break up!" ”

The door was pushed open with a bang, and another cold wind swept into the Ning'an Hall with a few snowflakes, and Jia Jue's burly figure appeared in the cold wind.

There was an instant silence in the lobby.

At this time, the etiquette of greetings and hypocritical enthusiasm seemed so redundant, and Jia Jue walked straight in and sat down in the empty seat in the middle.

Jia Mu: "How's it going?" ”

Jia Jue didn't say anything, looked at Mrs. Wang, slowly turned her head, and stared at the attacker with her two eyes fixedly, "Come here!" ”

The attacker walked towards Jia Jue with a panicked face, "The slave has seen the master of the house. As he spoke, he bowed.

With a snap, Jia Jue slapped away!

The attacker was beaten and fell to the ground, his left cheek swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye, and blood spilled from his mouth and nose, Jia Zheng, who was watching, frowned, and then caught a glimpse of Jia Jue's gloomy face, and sighed.

Madame Wang's eyes were on fire, and she squeezed the rosary in her hand.

Jia Jue glanced at her and asked, "Do you know why you hit you?" ”

The attacker sat on the ground in a stunned cry, and when she heard this, she panicked and immediately replied: "The slave and maid don't dare anymore!" ”

"Next time, I'll send you to the mine."

"The slave doesn't dare! Don't dare anymore! The attacker's face turned pale and replied again and again.

Jia Jue nodded with satisfaction, "Go and ask Baoyu and them to come over to keep the spirit, and tell them that I will go over to watch the spirit later." ”

"Yes." The assailant wiped the blood off the ground, stood up and retreated.

"Wang!" Jia Jue's voice was cold and hard.

Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and You Shi were all shocked.

Jia Mu was also shocked and looked at him.

Mrs. Wang also panicked and stood up in a daze.

"Don't think that if you are invited to come down to the happy pulse, you can act recklessly at home, the main thing in this family is to punish you, there is a reason, you are guilty of many words, jealousy and theft just by seven outs."

Mrs. Wang's hand holding the rosary trembled slightly, and she turned her gaze to Jia Zheng, who was stunned, with a look of panic and begging in her eyes.

You Shi next to him opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but suddenly remembered the cruelty in her eyes, and sighed secretly.

Jia Zheng closed his eyes, stood up, moved his lips, and spoke after a while: "No matter what the Wang family says, she is the biological mother of Niangniang, what if..... This will affect the reputation of the mother, and Baoyu is still young, in short, this kind of thing is not good to say....."

Jia Mu spoke, "Just spare her this time." ”

Jia Jue sighed in his eyes and said slowly: "In the future, you can worship the Buddha at home with peace of mind, and as for the mundane affairs of the second room, it will be left to the Li family..... Also, in the future, you are not allowed to have any more private messages with the Wang family, if I find out again, I will send Baoyu to Xishan to dig coal, I can say it, I can do it. ”

"Yes."

Madame Wang's fingers grinded the rosary one by one.

Jia Jue didn't care, and turned to look at Jia Zhen, "There are some things that I can't tell you, but don't worry, this is not the disaster of Ning Guofu, but the shame of the entire Jia family, not only Uncle Jing, I have remembered this blood debt, one day, I will ask him for it back with interest." ”

Jia Zhen was completely stunned, where did she know how to reply.

Jia Yu and Jia Zheng glanced at each other, and they were also very surprised.

Jia Mu heard Jia Jue say something, and she understood it when she thought about it.

............

"Be careful, don't burn your hands." Jia Jue admonished.

Daiyu: "It's okay, it's not too hot." He lifted the lid from the jar and carefully poured the ginger soup into a bowl of eucalyptus.

Carrying the bowl of ginger soup, he walked up to Jia Jue, "It's just right, it's not cold or too hot, hurry up and drink it." ”

Jia Jue took the bowl with both hands and drank the bowl of ginger soup in one gulp.

Daiyu showed a little smile at this time, and said again when she took the bowl with both hands: "You have been freezing outside for most of the day, and you have to go to the vigil again, if you don't drink some ginger soup to warm up your body, where can you bear it." As he spoke, he poured another half bowl of warm water and handed it to Jia Jue, "Don't be reckless, I'll go back and rest for a while on the fifth watch, I can't say that the emperor will summon you to the palace." ”

Jia Jue was helpless to take her, and after rinsing her mouth, she put the bowl on the eucalyptus table, "Okay, I will rest after the fifth watch." ”

Daiyu took the hand stove in Zijuan's hand and stuffed it into his hand, and nagged to himself, "You hurry up, you can't leave when the four girls wake up, it's cold at night, let them light a few more braziers." ”

"Alright." Jia Jue waved his hand, "It's cold, you should rest early, don't be too late." ”

.........

Located in Fuchengmen Street, Chen's Mansion has been closely monitored by Dongchang Fanzi at this time, outside the back street of Chen's Mansion, there are more than a dozen Fanzi guards, they are squatting at the bottom of the wall to avoid the wind and snow, they are sitting or squatting, drinking together, there are a few roast chickens wrapped in oil paper on the side, all Fanzi are eating, talking and laughing, not paying attention to a group of black-clothed people appearing on the street.

"Shoot!" With a low shout, dozens of arrows were shot at the same time, and more than a dozen fans let out a scream, and all of them fell to the ground, at this time, the back door of Chen's mansion opened, and several carriages rushed out of the door, and disappeared in a moment, and those black-clothed people disappeared immediately.

82 Chinese Net