Chapter 101 Two Idiots
Ahead is Cangzhou.
On the way, Jia Lian and his party kept running, for fear of an accident.
“Aunt, Cangzhou is ahead.”
Jia Lian hugged her little cousin, rode her horse and ran to the carriage, and said to Jia Min, who had lifted the curtains: “We’re here. The inn, let’s just rest for two days!”
He felt very sorry for his aunt.
Unlike him and his younger cousins, who could get out of the car and ride a horse to relax their bodies and minds, aunt could not show her face in public and only stayed in the car.
“It’s done!”
It’s almost time to arrive home, and Jia Min’s spirit is also quite relaxed.
“Second cousin!”
Lin Daiyu stretched out her little head and said, "It's my turn to ride a horse."
"Wait a little longer."
Lin Changan hasn't had enough fun yet.
“Wait a little longer, and we will arrive in Cangzhou.”
Jia Lian smiled, “You are a man, you have to give way to your sister.”
Lin Changan: “… ”
He wanted to say that he is still young and a man is still far away from him.
But his sister and mother are looking at him.
“That’s it, let’s change it then!”
“Hehe~, when we get to Cangzhou, if there is delicious food, I will give it to you.”
Lin Daiyu assured her brother with a smile.
"What do you mean by arriving in Cangzhou?"
Lin Changan retorted dissatisfiedly, and let his second cousin carry him to the car, "When we arrived in the capital, there was delicious food, and my sister also Let me.”
“Of course!”
In order to ride a horse, Lin Daiyu responded generously.
Jia Minxiao looked at her son who came in and pointed at his little head, "You are good at choosing the right time."
"Mother~"
Lin Changan arrived. She acted coquettishly in her mother's arms.
Lin Daiyu, who was carried onto the horse by Jia Lian, had only joy in her eyes.
On the way from Yangzhou to Beijing, she ate a lot of things she had never eaten before and saw a lot of different scenery. Although she was rushing every day, sometimes she couldn't get to the inn or inn at night and had to rest. In her carriage, no matter what kind of experience she had, it was all novel to her.
When she was in Yangzhou, she occasionally couldn't sleep well at night, but now she rides a horse with brother Lian every day. Not only does she learn to ride a horse, she also sleeps very well at night.
"Huh? That caravan is still following us."
Lin Daiyu saw the old shopkeeper who talked to her cousin last time coming out of the carriage. After seeing them, she still smiled Hehehe arched his hands.
"They are a caravan going to the capital."
Jia Lian smiled and returned the courtesy and said to his little cousin, "There are many of us, so you will be more secure if you follow us."
While traveling, it is better to be kind to others than to be evil.
Although they were escorted by ten escorts from Fuwei Escort Agency, these caravans traveling from north to south also had their own way of survival.
"Then what are they selling?"
"What is the best in Yangzhou?"
Jia Lian asked with a smile.
"Porcelain, silk, cotton, fans, tortoiseshell and so on?"
"Yes!"
"But..."
Lin Daiyu frowned lightly, "But go ahead It’s been raining for several days, but I haven’t seen them move anything.”
Except for porcelain and tortoise shells, others like silk and cotton are terrible.
"Haha, that's because when you saw it, they had almost moved."
It rained heavily that day, and the other party had no choice but to specifically ask him to come here. In the end, he let The people from the escort agency went over to help and made some extra money along the way.
“That’s it!”
Xiao Daiyu smiled and said, “Cousin, I saw you took a pair of tortoise shell bracelets that day. Are they from their family?”
< br>"...Shhh!"
Jia Lian looked at her aunt's carriage and made sure it was a little far away so she couldn't hear it. Then she said, "I bought it. I'm going to give it to your second sister-in-law when I get home."
"I want it as a gift." A surprise?”
Xiao Daiyu’s eyes couldn’t help but light up.
"Of course, so I mustn't let anything slip."
That's what people show special filial piety as a thank you.
Jia Lian knew that the other party followed them not only to seek shelter along the way, but also to embrace their family in the capital.
So, he gave this chance.
Otherwise, what can you do with just twenty taels of silver every month?
Jia Lian cherishes every opportunity to make extra money.
“Definitely.”
Xiao Daiyu likes this second cousin who can teach her how to ride a horse. "My mother said you were going to give salt to the old lady and the others, so I was thinking of how to remind you to buy some other things."
Jia Lian: "..."
He was convinced.
"Second cousin, my brother and I brought a lot of small toys from Jiangnan. Do you think you should even out some and give them to your cousins?"
"... Are you willing?"
"Yes!"
Xiao Daiyu nodded, "We have discussed it with Chang'an, and we will give you three."
They didn't. Older cousins.
“Oh, I really want to thank you very much.”
Jia Lian pinched her little nose and was about to say something else when the sound of horse hooves came from behind, and a group of about ten people The team, all on horseback, rushed over from behind.
The escort from the escort agency rode on horseback and calmly moved to the outside of Jia Lian, preparing for protection.
“Xu~, Second Master?”
Ningguo Mansion’s guard, Zhou Bo, rode past them. When he turned around, he bumped into Jia Lian’s eyes and stopped hastily. "Oh, my dear second master, I have found you."
They set out from Beijing and went all the way to Jining, where they got the news about Jia Lian from the inn.
Knowing that they had invited an escort from the Fuwei Escort Agency, they followed the escort and took a shortcut instead of walking through Liaocheng as usual, so they hurried back and hurried back.
When we arrived at Linqing, it rained heavily for days and we were delayed for several days. Fortunately, we finally found it before entering Cangzhou.
"Are you Zhou Bo, the palace guard of Dongfu?"
Jia Lian was also surprised.
"Second Master, he is Zhou Bo."
Huo Qi, who was arranged by Jia Zhen to stay with Jia Lian and accompanied him all the way, was also very happy, "Why are you here?"
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"My wife doesn't trust you."
The brothers were very happy to see each other.
Seeing Jia Min lift the curtain, Zhou Bo and others hurriedly jumped off their horses and greeted her first, "Auntie, our wife is worried about any accidents along the way, so we specially arranged for brothers to come to greet her."
"Thank you for your hard work."
Jia Min nodded and said, "When I get back to Beijing, I will let the eldest brother and the second brother thank you."
Sister-in-law, she I have to thank you in person.
"Lian'er, after entering Cangzhou City, ask the inn to prepare two more tables."
"Yes!"
So many people came at once, Jia Lian He was also very happy and said, "Let's go to Cangzhou City before dark, drink wine and eat meat."
He didn't dare to let everyone drink along the way.
But now, he feels like he could use a drink.
Not far away, Li Haifeng, who was following them, was still worried. With so many people coming, it was even harder for him to take action, but he didn’t expect that Jia Lian wanted to drink and eat meat, haha~
" Little chess piece, come in and squeeze your legs.”
The shopkeeper dismounted and entered the carriage, and Li Haifeng quickly followed.
"Master Qi, do you want to do it at night?"
"...No way?"
Li Haifeng sat while Chang Lei, dressed as the shopkeeper, helped him pinch leg.
"Okay, okay, but..."
Chang Lei hesitated, "No matter how the Jia family drinks, the escorts will never drink when they are out escorting. , and there is a branch of the Fuwei Escort Agency in Cangzhou. Once he takes action, the Fuwei Escort Agency will be able to bite him immediately. "
He would rather confront the people from the government than the people from the Escort Agency.
"Then...just bear with it a little longer."
Although Li Haifeng wanted to take action immediately to avenge the blood sea, she also knew that he could not eat hot tofu in a hurry.
The people of Cangzhou are good at martial arts. If one of them is not good, none of them may be able to escape.
“To Tianjin.”
Li Haifeng grinded his teeth, “We sent their wine today.”
“Yes!”
That’s it We need to always give food and drinks, otherwise, how can we kill so many people?
Chang Lei agreed with satisfaction.
......
At this time, Wang, who had just left Jia Mu's courtyard, could not care about anything else and hurriedly grabbed the little maid beside her, "Go to the outer courtyard to find Li San'er and tell him to hurry up. Master, get it back.”
Although the old lady also sent people to look for her, Li Saner was her roommate, and he knew the teahouses and restaurants that the master usually liked.
She came up with it herself to coax Jia Zheng into saying that Jia Lian might be impeached.
Privately, Wang hoped that Jia Lian would make more mistakes.
After so many years, seeing him affectionately call her second aunt, she softened her grip again and again.
Wang subconsciously did not want to admit that she was afraid that Jia She would go crazy and did not dare to touch Jia Lian.
But now that there is such a good opportunity, she feels that it is absolutely no problem to dig a hole.
After all, Jia Lian did take advantage of his family's influence. Otherwise, why would anyone care about him?
As a descendant of the Duke's mansion, he uses his power to bully others.
Obviously Jia Zheng agreed with what she said, but how come...
"I have to tell him that the sister-in-law of Dongfu is here, and the family wants him to come back immediately." "Yes!"
The little maid ran out in a hurry.
Yuan Chun didn’t quite understand what happened, “Mother, what did I do?”
“I’m going to find the master of the imperial embassy to intercede with Lian’er!”< br>
In front of the daughter who will soon be Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Wang still wants to save some dignity for herself and her husband, "He beat up the salt merchant and his family who framed our family in Jiangnan. Your father and I heard that someone wanted to Impeach him, and your father is eager to go out and inquire."
Yuan Chun: "..."
Although I don't know the complete ins and outs of the matter, my mother's words are 70% true and 30% false. It's customary.
Many people in the palace are like this.
But this is home, not the palace.
"A small salt merchant dares to frame our family. Second Brother Lian just doesn't know. If he knows, if he pretends not to know, then we should be anxious."
Wang: "..."
Yuan Chun continued: "Mother, the law is nothing more than human relationships. As long as Brother Lian doesn't beat anyone to death in the Li family, the adults in the Imperial Embassy will open their eyes. Eyes, with one eye closed."
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
A small salt merchant, relying on his family's wealth, dared to frame the government of the country. No official, even if they were enemies of his family, would easily side with the salt merchant.
What happened to calling?
Not fighting is the real stupidity.
"Brother Lian should fight in the south of the Yangtze River. If he doesn't fight..., I don't know how many children will want to attack our family in the future."
From the Royal Envoy's Desk Adults are also officials, and they will also worry about the day when their family will encounter something like this.
"You and your father don't have to worry at all."
My parents didn't worry about the things that they should worry about, but this kind of thing that shouldn't be worried about...
Yuanchun didn't even know what to say to his parents, "Just get my father back."
Wang: "..."
She broke away from her daughter's support, "You Do you think we are too troublesome?"
Yuan Chun: "..."
She suddenly realized what the conflict between her mother and her uncle was this time.
"Mother!"
Yuan Chun tried hard to suppress the helplessness and worry in his heart, "How can you miss your daughter so much? I just..."
"Okay, this That's the end of it."
Wang also had a headache. She had made a big mistake.
I just hope that the master has not found someone to tell them that Lian'er did something wrong.
Otherwise...
Ms. Wang really suspected that not only the master would be unlucky, but she... would also be unlucky.
She doesn’t want to live in the ancestral hall anymore.
Not only did Wang not want to live in the ancestral hall, she was also afraid that Jia Zheng would come back and blame her.
He already resented Baoyu because of her jade.
I have been resting at Aunt Zhao’s place for such a long time.
I really don’t give her any face at all.
Ms. Wang was worried and angry, "I don't want to hear it anymore, and I don't want to mention it anymore. Let's wait until your father comes back to talk about everything!"
My daughter is about to get married and become Mrs. Hou. This mother-in-law...
Wang is very conflicted.
If the daughter is in the palace and becomes someone close to the emperor, whether it is the master's official position or her imperial edict, she will move up the ladder.
But now, her daughter’s destiny is much higher than hers.
While she relies heavily on her daughter, she wants the old lady and the sister-in-law of Dongfu to look out for her daughter and give them more face as a couple, but at the same time she can't help but feel a little...
< br>"You wait with me for your father!"
She grabbed her daughter's hand again, "By the way, come to the library and have a look. If there is anything you like, mother will add it to your dowry. . ”
The husband cannot blame her, he has to go there himself.
Even if I want to blame her, Yuanchun can restrain myself.
In a flash of thought, Wang has decided not to let Yuanchun go.
"...Mother, my daughter has had enough."
Yuan Chun felt tired, "Didn't you just give me a set of red coral hair and facial hair last time?"
The second room is divided into two houses, with the eldest brother and Baoyu here.
Yuan Chun also hopes that the rest of his parents’ lives will be the same as before. “You should keep the rest and give them to your grandchildren in the future.”
Wang: “ ..."
She patted her daughter's hand and said, "Mom has a lot of things in her hands."
To say that my daughter is considerate is really considerate. To say that my daughter is not considerate is so thoughtful. That's really the opposite of her and the master in everything.
The sister-in-law of Dongfu has been fighting for this daughter from her.
She must have taught her bad things.
"Isn't Mom doing this all her life for you? As long as you are good, Mom will be fine."
It was Baoyu's fault, she ruined it.
Ms. Wang is very worried, and now she doesn’t know how to face her youngest son, “Tell me, what happened to the midwife back then? Why did she have to say that the piece of jade was in her mouth? ”
She was anxious and worried, "Now everyone says that I want to win Baoyu's favor. This is really unjust to me. With you and your brother in our family, no matter what, I won't make such a bad move for my youngest son." Huh? Someone must be trying to frame our second wife.”
She doesn’t need to compete for favor at all, the old lady just likes their second wife.
Although she is not satisfied with her as a daughter-in-law, she loves the master and her three children very much.
Mrs. Wang wanted to blame everything on the midwife.
Hope to get support from my daughter here.
"...It's not impossible."
Anyway, the midwife is dead.
Dead people cannot speak, so it is okay to push her.
After all, the eldest brother and Baoyu still have to take exams and become officials.
Yuan Chun said: "The other party may not only frame our second room, but also the entire Jia family."
this?
Wang's eyes slowly lit up.
......
In Jia Muyuan, Shen Ning finally ate the chicken marrow bamboo shoots that she had longed for.
On the plate are twelve Wenshan jade finger bamboo shoots with the cores removed. Of course, they are not filled entirely with chicken marrow. If you look carefully, the chicken must have been minced and the chicken marrow has been used to remove the fishy smell. , simmered with clear soup and then filled in.
It looks elegant and clear.
It is even more nutritious.
It has a refreshing bite, crispy, glutinous and fragrant...
It has a very special aroma, showing the taste of chicken marrow.
“This tastes good, auntie, please eat more.”
"You!"
Jia Mu smiled, "Otherwise, just like me, write a sign and let people take turns doing it."
Another first-grade imperial edict came out in the family. The old lady is happy.
"It's better to skip it!"
Looking at Baoyu, Yingchun and Tanchun sisters, Shen Ning felt a little regretful, "My place is not as lively as yours."
< br>Four dishes and one soup are already good.
Hao Da'er is a person who likes extravagance. If she doesn't restrain herself here, she doesn't know what will happen in the future.
"Whatever you want to eat in the future, I will come and indulge you."
"Hahaha, just come."
As long as you are not here to quarrel.
I hope her family will be safe next time she comes here.
Jia Mu's current wish is very small, "What do you want to eat? Tell me in advance and let them cook it for you."
"Baoyu, are you welcome?"
" Welcome!”
Baoyu nodded like a grown-up.
The aunt is undoubtedly kind to him.
He liked the eldest uncle, "Auntie, this duck is also delicious, you can try it."
"Oh, it is really delicious."
"Auntie, The baked shrimps with egg yolk are also delicious.”
“Auntie, the mushroom soup is also delicious.”
"Uncle..."
Baoyu started, and Yingchun and Tanchun quickly followed and recommended to her what they liked.
The old lady smiled and watched Shen Ning applaud this and nod her drink. She unknowingly forgot about her second son and ate half a bowl of rice too much.
Under the enthusiasm of the three children, Shen Ning restrained herself from eating too much.
But compared to home, she definitely ate more. When she said goodbye and went home to take a nap, she didn’t dare to sit in the sedan anymore, and walked all the way back in shock.
"Grandma!"
The forgotten Brother Rong saw her return with a somewhat angry expression on his face, "I saw Grandpa Zheng Er at Wangyue Tower."< br>
“…”
Shen Ning’s expression changed, “He is treating guests to dinner, asking people not to impeach your second uncle Lian?”
Jia Rong was unhappy, “Yes. I’m not asking for help from impeaching Uncle Lian, I don’t know, but people are treating him like a fool.”
"What's going on?"
"He said he was treating me to a treat, but when I passed by, he had already left through the back door. The officials heard that they only ordered and credited him, and not only ordered the best We had food and drinks, and each of us carried a food box home. I was next door and heard them eating Grandpa Zheng Er’s food and calling him a fool.”
Shen Ning: “…”
Looking at her angry grandson, she sighed, "Are you so angry? Then find a few people, bribe the waiter, and find a way to reveal to him that people called him a fool, and then ..."
Jia Rong waited for her grandmother to finish.
Shen Ning smiled slightly, "Then you bring more brothers from the clan and pretend that you bumped into them accidentally."