【022】Feng Lazi
Amid the shouts of the vendors along the street, Jia Chen walked through the bustling flow of people and came to the door of Ning Guofu.
Today's Ningguo Mansion is full of joy, the lights are colorful, and even the two stone lions at the door are surrounded by red silk brocade and colorful garlands, which is very nondescript.
Jia Chen sneered in his heart, this Jia Zhen father and son are just like these two stone lions, nondescript, nondescript, faceless and skinless.
Lai Da, the chief manager of Ning Guofu, was dressed decently, with a smile on his face, and stood at the door to greet the distinguished guests.
One by one, the brightly dressed dignitaries and nobles entered the gate of the Ning Mansion under the guidance of Lai Da nodding and bowing his waist.
Behind these distinguished guests, followed by rows of servants and maids, they carried boxes of congratulatory gifts wrapped in red cloth on their shoulders.
The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion is a hereditary third-class lord, General Weilie, from the first grade, although it is an idle position with no real power, but the grade is very high.
Moreover, the Jia family is a double prince, the ancestor is the founding honor, and the "national prince" is the highest level of title that a non-royal family can get, and his status is transcendent.
Behind the Jia family is the founding noble group represented by the four kings, eight dukes and twelve marquis, which is huge and intertwined.
Although after the emperor ascended the throne, he has been trying to weaken the authority of the founding line, but because the emperor is the backer of the founding line, the founding line is still powerful and powerful.
And there are also many courtiers who try to cling to and curry favor with the founding nobles, so there are many civil and military ministers who come to Jia Zhen to send congratulatory gifts today.
When Jia Chen walked to the gate of Ning Guofu, Lai Dapi saluted him with a smile:
"Welcome to Uncle Chen's house."
Although he smiled at the corner of his lips, there was a subtle hint of disgust and hostility in his eyes.
Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, although Lai Daxiang was unconvinced, but he was just a dog minion, Jia Chen was too lazy to see him in general, and he didn't even look at him again, so he strode across the threshold and entered the Ning Mansion.
When Jia Chen's figure disappeared into the distance, Lai Da snorted lightly in his nose, gritted his teeth and muttered in a low voice:
"A distant poor relative, what's the spirit? I'll have your good fruit to eat later! ”
In fact, according to Jia Zhen's orders, Lai Da had secretly hired eight assassins to ambush him in the Ning Mansion, and only waited for Jia Chen to leave an order, and then took action to deal with him.
The reason why eight assassins were hired to deal with a nine-year-old child was actually to prevent Jia Chen from slipping away, and he ambushed an assassin on each side of the Ning Mansion in order to catch a turtle in an urn.
Whether it is Jia Zhen or Lai Da, they didn't put Jia Chen in their eyes, so although Lai Da saw Jia Chen holding a long sword in his hand just now, he didn't stop him from bringing the sword into the house, in Lai Da's opinion, Jia Chen is just playful, so he will carry a sword with him, and this sword is just a toy for him.
It's no wonder that Lai Da was negligent, he didn't have the eyesight of Shenwu General Feng Tang, and he could see at a glance that this sword weighed more than twenty catties.
Jia Chen hung a long sword at his waist, walked high-spiritedly, and walked to the scene of the faint ceremony.
The guests around him didn't know him, and those who didn't know martial arts just glanced at him faintly and then withdrew their gaze.
Like Lai Da, they didn't know how much this long sword weighed.
However, people who know martial arts are secretly frightened.
Most of them didn't have Feng Tang's eyesight, and they couldn't visually detect the specific weight of the long sword, but they could also see that the weight of the sword was not light.
The strength of an eight- or nine-year-old child who can lift a long sword with one hand is too great!
They thought to themselves that at this age, let alone carrying a sword with one hand, even if they raised the sword with both hands, they might not be able to do it.
And there was no child of such strength among their sons and nephews.
They all speculated whose junior this was, who was so good and definitely a future star.
But they almost guessed the martial arts family in Shenjing City, and none of them guessed that Jia Chen was the descendant of the Jia family.
Because the children and grandchildren of the Jia family are all well-known gentlemen, they only know the flying eagle lackeys on weekdays, and ask the flowers to find willows.
Who is willing to endure hardships and practice martial arts?
One of the guests couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, stopped Jia Chen, and asked:
"Dare to ask whose son this little brother is?"
Jia Chen told the truth: "In Xia Jia Chen, he is the grandson of Rongguo Mansion. ”
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar around.
Everyone didn't expect that this child with amazing strength turned out to be a descendant of the Jia family.
Everyone sighed: It seems that Jiangmen Huzi is true. Ning Rong Ergong is a famous general from Wuxun, although most of the juniors are not good, there will still be one or two good seedlings who practice martial arts sporadically.
There is a successor to the Jia family!
The guests' impression of the Jia family has changed because of Jia Chen.
Jia Chen didn't care what the people around him thought of him, and continued to move forward.
Ningguo Mansion from the gate, the instrument door, the hall, the pavilion, the inner hall, the inner three doors, the inner instrument door, the plug door, until the main hall, all the way to the main gate, all the way to the main gate opened, on both sides of the steps under a color vermilion high candle, the candle flame swaying, endless, like two golden dragons.
Strings of red lanterns hang on either side of each door.
In front of the five main halls, there is a plaque hanging in front of the dragon, which is written as the four words "cautious and chasing away".
A couplet on the side reads:
has been descended by his children and grandchildren, and Li Shu still misses Ning Rong.
All the doors and windows are marked with big red letters.
In the main hall, the incense and candles are brilliant, the brocade barrier is embroidered, and there are more than a dozen Eight Immortal Tables, and a circle of Taishi chairs are placed around each table.
Twenty or thirty maids were placing melons, fruits, snacks, teapots, teacups and other things on the table.
During the shuttle of a rich and graceful young woman, her mouth shouted like fried beans:
"All of you be careful, the melons and fruits are arranged, and the pumpkin seeds and nuts are to be filled, and the guests are to enjoy them.
Also, the rice wine should be kept warm, the weak tea for gargling, and the mung bean noodles for cleaning hands should also be prepared.
Whoever makes a mistake, watch your skin! ”
This young woman wore a narrow jacket of red satin with a hundred butterflies, a multicolored carved stone blue and silver mouse gown, and a jade flower-sprinkled crepe skirt. A pair of Danfeng triangular eyes, two curved willow leaves hanging eyebrows, slender figure, coquettish physique, and the powder face is not exposed.
It is Wang Xifeng, the daughter-in-law of Jia Lian, the eldest son of the Rongfu family.
Jia Chen saw that she had sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, and she was sure of command, she was really capable and spicy, worthy of the nickname of "Feng Spicy".
It seems that it was Jia Zhen who lent Wang Xifeng over to help Zhang Luoli.
As if sensing Jia Chen's gaze, Wang Xifeng looked over here.
"Oops! Isn't this the child of Jia Laoliu's family? You're coming to the prayer as well? Wang Xifeng smiled a little contemptuously, Jia Chen's cheap father died of Hualiu's illness, this is not a glorious thing, but a joke after dinner.
Jia Chen replied without humility or arrogance: "I've seen Lian's second sister-in-law!" It was Brother Jane who graciously invited me to come. ”
Wang Xifeng picked up a plate of peanut crisp, handed it to Jia Chen, and sneered:
"How could Brother Zhen invite you? You're here to eat and drink again, right? Let's go out and eat this plate of peanut crisp. ”
Before Jia Chen could speak, he heard a familiar female voice coming:
"Feng Lazi, who do you want to kick out?"
Jia Chen followed the prestige, and the person who came was Lou Shi, Jia Yan's mother.