Chapter 35: The Thirty-fifth Day of Transfiguration as Jia Mu
Chapter 35 The 35th day of being Jia Mu
Who is Jia Qiang? He is the great-great-grandson of Ningguo Mansion, but because he is particularly handsome and charming, even better than Jia Rong, there are rumors that there is something going on between Jia Qiang and Jia Rong.
In order to avoid suspicion, Jia Zhen let Jia Qiang start his own business.
However, with the protection of Ningguo Mansion and Jia Rong's private support, his life is not difficult.
But it is precisely because of his friendship with Jia Rong that when he heard Qin Zhong was humiliated by Jin Rong in the clan school, he misled Ming Yan and asked him to provoke a "school battle" between Jia Baoyu and Jin Rong.
Of course, it is unknown whether he was angry because he was framed to have something with "Jia Rong".
However, the old lady thought of him because of the "school" incident. He was the one who was named when counting the heads.
It must be said that it was fate.
Since Jia Qiang came, Jia Baoyu swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
He left in silence, but the old lady grabbed him again, "I told you these things in the past, but you are not young anymore, your sisters are beginning to understand things now, you should stop wasting your time."
Jia Baoyu didn't know if he listened or not, he nodded randomly and left.
Standing in the old lady's yard, the spring flowers have passed, the green trees have withered, and in an instant, his heart was empty.
He didn't take the secular rules seriously because he was dissatisfied with the constraints of this world, and despised those who were full of benevolence and righteousness but did things that were despicable.
Behind fame and fortune, there are only selfish desires, twisted and hideous.
But when he saw clearly that the building he relied on was no different from what he despised, he was confused and afraid, and even wanted to escape.
Because, at this time, he realized that he had been branded by this world for a long time, engraved in his bones and could not be erased.
He wanted to escape, but he was too cowardly to take a step. He just wanted to sleep in the winter, not looking or thinking...
Here, Jia Qiang carefully paid his respects to the old ancestor.
Although he often came here, he only paid his respects to Feng Saozi and Lian Ershu at most, and was rarely summoned by the old ancestor, so he was particularly nervous. As a result, he just paid his respects to Bao Shu in a hurry.
"What do you want, old ancestor?"
The old lady waved her hand, and when she saw the man approaching, she looked at him carefully.
"This Jia Qiang is indeed handsome, but he doesn't have the boyish and feminine appearance of Qin Zhong, but he is more noble." "
He is a child of aristocratic family, and his temperament is different."
"He doesn't seem to be very good either. He studies as a cover, and he fights cocks and runs dogs behind the scenes. He is a dandy. And he is also good at "borrowing a knife to kill people". Look at the time in the school. He was the only one who escaped calmly, and everyone else was mixed up. "
"Honglou said that he was smart, it should be referring to this. Wanting to vent Qin Zhong's anger, he saw Mingyan's character and picked out two sentences to implicate everyone. '
'So the host wants Jia Qiang to help you run the restaurant?'
The old lady said, 'Let him be the second in command of Jia Lian. '
Having said that, the old lady asked, 'Where are you from?'
Jia Qiang hurriedly said respectfully, 'From Uncle Zhen.'
Jia Zhen, the old lady suddenly thought of Jia Zhen's "Cause and Effect Talisman". She occasionally gave netizens Jia Zhen's perspective during this period, but she herself had never seen it, 'How is your uncle Zhen?'
'I just went to see him. The doctor said that he was worried about something and was always bedridden. He took a lot of medicine, but he didn't get better and was getting thinner and thinner.' Jia Qiang said with a sad face, and his worry didn't seem fake.
'Hahaha, Jia Zhen hasn't gotten rid of the "ghost haunting him". '
'Ah, I really saw his perspective last time. When Youshi heard the doctor say that he was "overly worried", her face was so ugly that I was worried that she would poison Jia Zhen to death. ' '
Maybe she thought Jia Zhen was missing Qin Keqing, but who knew that he was actually afraid of death. ' '
Pfft, Jia Zhen screamed miserably one night. ' '
It serves you right! ' '
If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. '
The old lady also felt relieved, "Don't worry too much, it will get better after a while."
But Jia Qiang was still worried, "But I saw that my uncle was barely breathing, his eyes were dark blue, as if he was very frightened all the time."
The old lady smacked her lips, thinking that it was a bit too tragic, and she couldn't let him die. She thought that she had stopped the "Cause and Effect Talisman" these two days, because she wanted to comfort Jia Qiang, "Don't worry, your uncle Zhen has always been in good health, maybe he will be fine tomorrow."
"I called you here today because I want you to follow Brother Lian to do things in the future."
Jia Qiang bowed quickly, "If your uncle has anything, just let him call me."
"Well, your uncle has been here for a few days," the old lady thought of Jia Lian's poor child, and heard that even the warm fragrance and soft jade could not save his dejection. The old lady sighed, "Come to him again in two days, and I will ask him to do things for me." "
Yes, old ancestor."
After the people left, the old lady asked, "How is this guy, is he okay?
" "It's hard to tell now, especially in front of the old lady, he can only be obedient."
"His feelings for Jia Rong and Jia Zhen should be quite real, and the worry in his eyes is not fake."
"Speaking of feelings, his feelings for Lingguan are real, right?"
"Lingguan, the actor who looks like Daiyu" "
Yes, that's her." She is quite temperamental, not quite like other little actors. 』
『Well, so what if she is different. Actors are of low status, there is no possibility for her and Jia Qiang. 』
『Jia Qiang must be sincere to her. He spent one or two taels of silver to buy the bird, and released it because of Lingguan's words. Lingguan lost her temper with him, but he was also in a good temper and never lost his temper. 』
『Ah, I still remember the part where Lingguan wrote the word "Qiang" over and over again. I really want them to be together. 』
『Really? He is a running dog, fighting cocks, appreciating flowers and willows, nothing is missing. 』
『Compared with other men in the Jia family, it is not bad. 』
『It's a pity for Lingguan. She is really a little actor with a lot of backbone. When Princess Yuan and Baoyu asked her to sing, she said she would not sing. When the Jia family dismissed the troupe, she did not stay in the Jia family as a maid. '
'If the last forty chapters are not counted, is it possible that Jia Qiang would take Lingguan away?'
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The old lady did not read the discussion of netizens again. She felt that Jia Qiang could be used. Firstly, he is smart, and secondly, he is also affectionate. As for the others, they can always be trained.
The key now is whether she will wait until the Grand View Garden is built before running the restaurant, or whether she
originally planned to raise money before building it, but because she has not had the time, and she had to use the money for sacrificial fields and school fields, she did not start preparing. Now that the money is almost at hand, if she continues to run the restaurant, she will have to draw money from the money of the Grand View Garden. But
when she thought of the recipes she had saved, the old lady was unwilling.
She called Yuanyang, "What is Lian'er doing now?"
Yuanyang brought tea to the old ancestor. She didn't know what she thought of, and laughed, "Second Master Lian went to the guard post yesterday afternoon, and when he came back, his face was pale."
The old lady took a sip of Laojunmei, and her eyes were also stained with smiles, "It was his father who dragged him there"
"Yes, I think Master She may really intend to let Master Lian join the army. But what's the matter, Master Lian is not a teenager anymore, he can still practice his skills; he has never suffered hardship..." Yuanyang felt pity for Jia Lian.
"It's good to practice," the old lady pinched a piece of Fuling cake. Although Jia She was unreliable, it was his son who was cheated after all. As long as he didn't make trouble again, it would be fine, "Has there been a letter from the Anguo Mansion?"
Yuanyang was immediately embarrassed, "This...that, the Anguo Duke seems to be not at home again."
"Huh," the old lady threw the teacup on the small table with a "dong", "Do you think he is avoiding me?" The old lady narrowed her eyes, feeling very unhappy, one Jia Zheng, one Jia She, this Anguo Duke is a variable.
She opened the mall, with a cold light flashing in her eyes. She always felt that she should put some kind of talisman or medicine on this Duke of Anguo
. Here, Duke of Anguo, who was missed by the old lady, was so miserable.
He really couldn't go home, and could only stay in the side hall of the palace, waiting for the call of the current emperor.
Speaking of which, it was the current emperor who asked him to keep an eye on Rongguo Mansion, and asked him to find an opportunity to transfer Jia Zheng under Lin Ruhai's nose,
and it was also the current emperor who tested Lin Ruhai. But now it is the current emperor who is suggesting him to support Jia She.
It's a pity that Jia She is a useless person who just eats and waits for death. He wants to take back the main hall of Rongguo Mansion, but he seems to be filial, and he can't let his mother and ancestors be sad.
Fortunately, just when he was about to give up Jia She, the current emperor asked him to find a way to get Jia Lian to the army.
He thought that the current emperor would do something to Jia She and Jia Lian, but the next direction was not like that.
First, he gave Jia Lian a nominal position, then asked him to grasp the scale and train people, and also asked him to arrange his men to protect Jia Lian when he went on missions to suppress bandits.
This is completely like the style of promoting the younger generation.
While thinking, a young eunuch came to summon, "Duke Anguo, His Majesty summoned you."
Duke Anguo stepped into the palace and bowed.
"Okay, get up." The current emperor's voice was a little tired, and a little smiling, "Why are you hiding here again."
Duke Anguo smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, Lady Shi sent people to block my door, this... I don't want to hide."
Isn't this difficult to explain? Forget about Jia Zheng's matter, it's his own problem anyway, but Jia She, especially Jia Lian's military service, according to the old lady's intelligence, how could she not ask him for an explanation "
Tsk, then you should hide." The current emperor also had a headache. Others didn't know, but he knew in his heart that the reward given to Jia Lian was indeed a little empty, especially compared to those prescriptions, it was far worse.
For this, the retired emperor even sent him a message.
Although he was dissatisfied, objectively speaking, the old lady saved Lin Ruhai, which was equivalent to stabilizing the situation in Jiangnan and Lin Ruhai's layout. In addition, there was the prescription that saved countless lives...
That's why he took so much trouble to put pressure on the Jia family.
Otherwise, if he did it again to bring glory to the Jia family, the Rongguo Mansion would be like cooking oil on a raging fire, not like the fireworks of the prosperous age, which would be extinguished in an instant.
The current emperor narrowed his eyes, "Jiangnan is about to be in turmoil. Although I have secretly ordered the governor-general of Lianghuai, I am still a little worried. You should lead the army to support it, just in case. By the way, take that Jia Lian with me." He snorted. The
Duke of Anguo was delighted, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The old lady didn't know that the Duke of Anguo was about to leave Beijing, and Jia Lian would also leave with the army.
After she got angry for a while, she thought about Xiangling's matter again. All she could think of was "leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist", and she could turn herself in to the emperor; or she could pretend that she didn't know what was going on. Feng found her daughter, but she didn't say that she had to uncover Xue Pan's case before she could find him.
In addition, the most important thing was to break up with Jia Yucun.
This shameless villain was the one who stepped on the Jia family the most.
While she was thinking about it, a message came from outside, "Grandpa, the madam is here."
Madam Wang was just having doubts when she saw Madam Wang coming in hurriedly with her maids and servants, and she seemed to be holding a letter in her hand.