Chapter 38 The Thirty-eighth Day of Transmigrating into Jia's Mother [Two in One]

Jia Baoyu was about to take a step forward, but Mingyan, who had not been around to serve him for a long time, suddenly rushed out, looking anxious, "Second Master, Second Master, Master Zhong's servant came to the door and asked for your help, otherwise Zhineng'er would be sent to the government."

"What?" Baoyu was shocked, "Didn't Zhineng'er leave Beijing?" When he heard that Zhineng'er had left Beijing, he hurriedly sent people to look for her, but he didn't find her. Who knew that he would hear news about Zhineng'er at this time.

"She didn't..."

"Shut up." At this time, Li Gui suddenly came in with two servants and grabbed Mingyan, "Second Master, don't listen to Mingyan's nonsense. Mingyan, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will let Master Lai drive you out of the house."

As they said that, the two servants covered Mingyan's mouth and were about to drag her out.

Jia Baoyu couldn't let Mingyan be dragged away at this moment, "Let go! Let Mingyan finish her words."

"My second master, please don't bother with this matter anymore." Li Gui couldn't help but said.

Baoyu let go of Xiren who was holding his arm, "You know you know Zhineng hasn't left Beijing." Li Gui couldn't help but look away, not looking at Baoyu.

Mingyan wanted to speak, but was dragged out, struggling on the ground with her feet.

"Let Mingyan go." Baoyu glared at the two servants. Seeing that the two servants hesitated, he said sternly, "Is it that my words are useless now? Is your master Li the master, or am I the master?"

These words were really heartbreaking. Li Gui was so frightened that he knelt down, and the two servants quickly let go of Mingyan.

Mingyan struggled with her clothes in disarray. When she was let go, she had no support and sat down on the ground. He didn't care, he quickly took out the cloth in his mouth and rushed to Baoyu, "Second Master Bao, Zhineng couldn't leave. She was stopped by Master Zhong's uncle and aunt. They reported her to the government office, saying that she stole the property

of the mansion. Now she is being tried." Baoyu thought of Qin Zhong's last instructions, his face darkened. He was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Gui again, "Master, my master, this is the Qin family's family affair, we can't interfere!"

"So you have always known what was going on?" Baoyu gritted his teeth.

Li Gui had no choice but to admit, "Mr. Zhong is gone, and the Qin family will definitely adopt him. His adopted son will naturally have the right to deal with the Qin family's wealth."

Baoyu's eyes were deep. He knew that Qin Zhong had given Zhineng a sum of money before he died. So now, "Are they unwilling to let go of even what Zhineng has in his hands?"

"Second Master, this is their family affair. It's not appropriate for us to interfere." According to Li Gui's idea, it was indeed shameless for the Qin family to ask for the property that Qin Zhong gave to Zhineng. But who made Zhineng and Qin Zhong have no name or status? Just one sentence of "stealing property" can make Zhineng eat a board.

Baoyu pushed Li Gui away and picked up Mingyan, "Let's go, take the card and go to the government office."

Mingyan stood up quickly and followed, which made Li Gui stomped his feet in anger. Let the servant report to Mrs. Wang. He didn't forget the lesson in the last school.

This damn Mingyan, she is stubborn.

Cursing in his heart, Li Gui had to resign himself to chasing after her.

On this side, Baoyu first visited the prefect, hoping to tell him through the prefect that Zhineng's money came from a legitimate source, and was given by Qin Zhong before he died, not "stolen".

However, just as he handed over the visiting card, he ran into Qin Zhong's uncle and aunt.

At a glance, Baoyu recognized that these two people were the two who rushed to Qin's house when Qin Zhong was dying. At that

moment, Jia Baoyu's face turned bad, "It's you."

This man and woman obviously knew Jia Baoyu, and their expressions suddenly changed, and they retreated repeatedly. Just at this time, the runners of the government office came out, "Mr. Jia, the prefect invites you."

Jia Baoyu glared at the two people hatefully, and he quickly understood the cause and effect. Obviously, when Qin Zhong left, these two people knew that Zhineng'er had received gifts from Qin Zhong. Relying on the fact that not many people knew about it, they intercepted Zhineng'er who was about to leave Beijing and reported it to the government office.

Jia Baoyu hated these greedy people the most in his life. He said with disgust, "Brother Jing entrusted me to take care of Zhineng. I want to see who dares to confuse right and wrong."

After saying this, he was about to follow the officer in, but unexpectedly, the woman in the man and woman suddenly rushed out and grabbed Jia Baoyu.

"I knew that you wealthy families rely on your power and influence to disregard the law. You are trying to steal other people's money, you will not die well!" The woman's voice was sharp and her expression was crazy. She grabbed Jia Baoyu and was so crazy that Jia Baoyu was scared silly.

Fortunately, Mingyan reacted quickly and blocked Baoyu. Li Gui and others hurried over.

But after he recovered, Jia Baoyu was furious when he was stopped by the crowd. He said in a trembling voice, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who is trying to rob the family wealth? Zhineng received the gift before Brother Jing died. You are the ones who are trying to rob the family wealth! There is no law at all."

The officers had a hard time stopping him. After hearing what Jia Baoyu said, the woman said "Pooh", "My son is the adopted son of the Qin family, a legitimate adopted son. You found a little nun from your family and said it was a gift. Isn't it abusing power for personal gain and corruption?"

How could the woman not know about Zhineng's son, but how could she let a little nun who appeared inexplicably divide the family wealth? That's why she took the initiative to attack others. She also recognized that although Jia Baoyu was powerful, he was just a child.

In addition, her son was indeed the well-deserved heir, so she clamored wildly and interrupted him first.

The man and the woman had the same idea. They pretended to be red-faced and cried, begging, "Please, sir, please let us go. My family has only this little wealth, which is not enough for you to use. Please be kind and spare us. That little nun who came from nowhere, do you want Brother Zhong to die with a bad reputation?"

Jia Baoyu was stunned by the man's last words. It was the first time he had seen such a shrewd person in the market. He was so angry that his face turned red, but his lips could not react. He felt dizzy and was about to faint.

Fortunately, at this time, the officers who heard the noise came in one after another, stopped Uncle Qin Zhong and Aunt, and escorted Baoyu to the back court.

Sitting in the back court, Jia Baoyu drank a cup of tea and could still hear the woman screaming and cursing. He was even more angry and paced around the back court.

After a while, the prefect walked into the back hall with a smile on his face.

He bowed and said, "Nephew, how come you have time to come to me?" Jia Baoyu listened carefully and found that the noise in front had stopped. It was obvious that he had been sent away. He bowed and explained his purpose.

The prefect was about 40 years old. To be the prefect of Kyoto at this age, he either had a background to smooth things over or was a loyal official. After all, Kyoto is a complicated place. Anyone who comes in may have a background in a duke's mansion, which is really a test for people.

For example, the current prefect Wei, how could he not know the ins and outs of the Qin family's lawsuit.

However, when Jia Baoyu was not involved before, he was inclined to the Qin Mansion. After all, the Qin family still had some background, while Zhineng'er was a nameless little person.

But now, Jia Baoyu got involved, and it would be difficult to deal with it.

In the final analysis, it was not about who was right or wrong, but how to settle the matter peacefully.

Wei Fuyin pinched his beard and said in embarrassment, "Although it is a gift, this little nun has nothing to do with the Qin family after all. How can people be convinced by giving away a thousand taels for nothing?"

A thousand taels is not a small amount. You know, Jia Rong's Dragon Guard is only a little over a thousand taels.

When Baoyu heard this, he immediately became anxious, "This is Brother Jing's last words. I have received a commission from my good friend, how can I let him down?"

"Don't worry, nephew. I'll check this matter later." Wei Fuyin waved his hand hurriedly to comfort Jia Baoyu.

Perhaps knowing that what he just said was too self-centered and unconvincing, Jia Baoyu took a deep breath, thought for a while and said, "The servant next to Brother Jing before his death can testify. Zhineng was originally a nun in my family temple. Brother Jing used to visit my house and was familiar with her. After my family temple was closed, the nuns were dismissed. Brother Jing felt sorry for Zhineng's wandering and gave her some money."

Just because of pity, he gave a thousand taels, and it was just for travel expenses. Why don't I believe it? Wei Fuyin secretly complained in his heart. How could he not hear the hidden meaning of this.

But having an affair with a nun is not a good reputation.

Qin's uncle and aunt saw this point. They thought that Jia Baoyu, as a good friend of Qin Zhong, would not let Qin Zhong's reputation be damaged after his death and expose the relationship between Zhineng and Qin Zhong, so they blatantly sued the government office.

Worse still, they turned the tables and implied that they were protecting each other.

For this reason, Wei Fuyin had to hold his nose and "handle it impartially."

In this way, the explanation provided by Jia Baoyu just now would not be convincing, at least the Qin family's uncle and aunt would not buy it. But the Jia family does not actually need the Qin family to buy it. The key is that the young master of the Jia family is now under control.

If the verdict is forced, the Qin family will not care and smear Qin Zhong's reputation; or like just now, they will shout that the Jia family is bullying.

In this case, the best way is for both parties to settle privately. Only

when Zhier is willing to give up money, the Qin family's uncle and aunt will probably give up.

However, Wei Fuyin looked at Jia Baoyu's indignant and resentful look with cold eyes, and it was obvious that he would not compromise so easily.

Thinking it was difficult, Wei Fuyin could only appease Jia Baoyu first and used the tactic of procrastination, "Don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter carefully. You go back first and wait for my news."

Baoyu also knew that this matter could not be solved for a while, and seeing that Wei Fuyin was sincere, he frowned and took a group of people back to the Jia Mansion, only to be angry at the Qin family's uncle and aunt's greed.

Here, Li Gui had someone inform Mrs. Wang. Unfortunately, the old lady rarely took Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan and others out of the yard to see the newly delivered lake stones, so she listened to the whole report.

At this time, hearing that Jia Baoyu was back, she asked someone to call him over.

For the old lady, what she cared most about was not Jia Baoyu's standing up for intelligence, but that there was no such lawsuit in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

When Baoyu came, he looked furious.

Because on the way back, he suddenly thought that since Wei Fuyin was investigating this case, he must have asked Qin Zhong's personal servant a long time ago. It made no sense that when he mentioned it, he had no reaction at all, and he didn't care about the whereabouts of the servant at all.

This was obviously perfunctory.

At that moment, when he saw the old lady, he felt wronged, "Grandma."

"What's wrong?" Why did he feel bullied

? The old lady still felt sorry for Baoyu. Although she didn't like his idleness on weekdays, he was a typical child of her own. She could bully him herself, but others couldn't.

In addition, Jia Baoyu would act like a spoiled child, so she would often calm down no matter how angry she was. Otherwise, she wouldn't have dealt with Jia Baoyu seriously until now. Therefore, when she saw Jia Baoyu's appearance at this time, her heart immediately leaned, "Who bullied you, tell grandma, grandma will vent your anger for you!"

"Grandma." Jia Baoyu's eyes were red. He had a tender face, round almond eyes, and red eyes, which made people look particularly pitiful.

"Hey, say..." Before the old lady finished speaking, she was hugged by Jia Baoyu.

With the unconditional support of the old lady, he couldn't say anything.

Baoyu was indeed angry about the actions of the Qin family's uncle and aunt, and angry that he had not completed Qin Zhong's instructions, but he had a kind of understanding in his heart, and he was even more angry: he could not do anything, even if

he took the name card from the mansion. This was the breath that blocked his heart.

"Okay, okay, you are so old and still act like a spoiled child." The old lady pretended to be angry and patted him.

Jia Baoyu straightened up, but his heart was still sour. Should I betray Brother Jing's trust? No, he will definitely find a way to solve this matter.

After making up his mind, Baoyu asked: "Grandfather, why did you demolish the family temple?"

If the family temple had not been demolished, Zhineng'er would not have nowhere to go, let alone go to Qin Zhong, especially leading to the subsequent events. Thinking of this, his grandmother's handling of this matter was very not open.

The old lady raised her eyebrows, "Why did you think of asking about this matter?" Jia Baoyu never asked about these things, and he never took it to heart when he occasionally knew something.

"Curiosity." Jia Baoyu said.

"Pfft, it must be because of Zhineng."

Netizens, who had heard about Zhineng'er's story with the old lady, spoke up one after another.

"He can't even lie." " It

's obvious that this kid doesn't have the childhood fun of a naughty child."

"Hahaha, Baoyu is still a good boy after all."

"But, what's going on? In "A Dream of Red Mansions," Zhineng'er disappeared after being driven out by Qin Ye. " "

It should be because of Jia Baoyu. Don't forget that when Qin Zhong was dying, Jia Baoyu took Zhineng'er to see him for the last time." "

In "A Dream of Red Mansions," Qin Zhong was timid and irresponsible, but here Zhineng'er was given an explanation. "

"But because of this, Zhineng'er was imprisoned, which is not good."

...

Even the old lady doesn't know what will happen to Zhineng'er in the future. She sighed in her heart, and she didn't know if all this was because of her demolishing the family temple.

Hearing Jia Baoyu stuttering and asking again, the old lady gathered her mind and was about to answer.

Mrs. Wang said first, "Why are you asking about these things, kid? The old ancestor must have her own intentions." Mrs. Wang was not happy that he was focusing on these trivial matters, especially when she thought that Zhineng might implicate Baoyu.

"He is not young anymore. It is better to know some things than to have only a superficial understanding." The old lady did not agree with Mrs. Wang's approach.

As the saying goes, children from poor families grow up early. It is not that children cannot grow up, but sometimes parents spoil them too much and habitually solve all problems by themselves without telling their children, which leads to children being naive and ignorant.

The old lady, who felt that her logic was invincible, slowly told the story. She not only talked about Jingxu's greed and gossiping, but also told her the knowledge that netizens had popularized to her.

"Nowadays, the management of monks and Taoists is loose. Many people just shave their hair and wear monk robes, and they think they have become monks. Or like your uncle, they recite scriptures and make elixirs every day, but their interpretation of the scriptures is probably a thousand miles away from the truth."

The old lady sighed, "In this way, not only have we lost labor and military forces, but many people have also evaded taxes, reducing the treasury revenue. In addition, temples and Taoist temples occupy a large area and control a lot of fertile land, but they are not engaged in production. This is one thing. They are full of filth and mislead believers. This is another thing... So, I took the opportunity to find out the details of Jingxu and disbanded the family temple."

Mrs. Wang and others knew all this. For example, this tax, who doesn't know that entering a temple and Taoist temple can evade taxes, but they have never considered the treasury revenue from the perspective of the court.

This is a matter of vision, and it is also none of their business. They have always only cared about their own one-third acre of land and fought for it.

In this way, after listening to the analysis of the ancestor, they were all fascinated, and even inexplicably developed a respect for the old lady. I never thought that our ancestors had so many considerations when demolishing the ancestral temple.

However, it is easy to demolish a family temple, but it is difficult to demolish temples and Taoist temples across the country.

Moreover, there are so many believers in Buddhism and Taoism. Even a believer like Mrs. Wang who is not sincere in her faith, who has been chanting Buddha for so many years, is also afraid, not to mention others.

As for Baoyu, he stopped and said, "Since the ancestors have said so many bad things about monks and Taoists, why are there so many temples and Taoist temples? Why don't we demolish them now?" "

Because it doesn't make sense, and because these temples and Taoist temples have many believers, if they are demolished blindly, it will arouse public anger, wouldn't it be bad?" The old lady hurriedly started to think, and looked at the screen again.

Seeing the reply from some netizens, she pretended to be angry and said, "You, you don't read history books. In history, the destruction of Buddhism and Taoism, Emperor Taiwu of Wei, Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, Emperor Wuzong of Tang... Which time was not implicated, even so, not everything can be destroyed."

"What can I do then?" Baoyu asked anxiously.

"If we don't use thunder and lightning methods now, we can only take it step by step. The first step is to revise the system of certificates of ordination and formulate assessments. Those who fail to pass the test will be forced to return to secular life and be sent back to their hometowns."

"Is it the same with intelligence?" Baoyu's true intentions were exposed.

Mrs. Wang shouted hurriedly, "Baoyu! They have been taken in by Shuiyue Temple since they were young, which has saved them from many hardships. Besides, it's not that the family didn't take them in, but they didn't want to. Even so, the family gave them money for travel."

Mrs. Xing said disdainfully, "Who would support someone for a lifetime?"

Baoyu lowered his head in shame after hearing this.

The old lady just raised her eyelids, "You can think of these, which is also a progress. As for intelligence, we have done our best. Don't worry, Wei Fuyin is not the kind of person who can't distinguish between right and wrong."

Wei Fuyin is indeed not the kind of person who can't distinguish between right and wrong, but he can smooth things over.

After two days of delay, the Qin family relied on the unclear relationship between Qin Zhong and Zhineng, but they had no name or status. Qin Zhong's servant was also instigated by Qin's uncle and aunt for the reputation of his master after his birth; while Zhineng'er had the young master of the Jia family as a guarantor, and his family now had a sister of the imperial concubine, which was really difficult to deal with on both sides.

For this reason, Wei Fuyin made an appointment for a day to explain the interests of the two families, and wanted to settle the case privately by having Zhineng'er take out 800 taels to return to the Qin family. In this way, although the Qin family suffered losses, they also recovered most of it, and Zhineng'er also had 200 taels on his side.

It was a good thing, and both families agreed.

Who knew that when Zhineng'er returned the 800 taels and left the next day, the son of Qin's uncle and aunt felt that he had suffered a great loss, and asked someone to kidnap Zhineng'er, not only beating him, but also robbing all of Zhineng'er's property.

When Baoyu knew about this, his eyes were red with anger.

"Mingyan." Baoyu said, "Call a few people, bring your stuff, and follow me."

Jia Baoyu was not very willing to settle the matter privately, but he compromised temporarily for the sake of Qin Zhongsheng's reputation. But his compromise was exchanged for the other party's recklessness, which made him unbearable.

When the old lady got the news, Jia Baoyu had been sent to the government for assault.

Mrs. Wang hated Mingyan, who reported the news to Baoyu, and whipped him ten times, leaving him to wait for Baoyu to come back, and arranged for someone to bail Baoyu out first.

But the son of the Qin family was half dead, and he refused to give in, suing the Jia family for abusing power for personal gain and bullying the people.

Mrs. Wang was so angry that she slapped the table, "So what if my family bullies, it's really against the sky, and they dare to open a dyeing factory after being given a little color."

This rebellious remark made the old lady roll her eyes, "Shut up, what else can you do except make trouble?"

Wang Xifeng rarely said a word in this situation.

On the contrary, it was Lady Xing who was gloating over her son's misfortune.

Lady Wang felt sorry for her son's grievance, but she was also angry. "Grandfather, we can't just let them go. If they see us being so polite, they will bully us even more."

This was a reference to the old lady's "please polite" behavior.

The old lady thought that her daughter-in-law was really bold and was about to get angry when she heard the second door servant come to report, "Grandfather, the current emperor has asked someone to bring Master Bao into the palace."

"What!" Everyone was shocked.

Lady Wang was the first to react and said happily, "The queen must have known about it and came to protect her brother."

"Oh, this time the matter has become a big deal."

"I'm afraid Lady Wang is trying to get a peach. Just like Jia Yuanchun's fall from favor later, how could she possibly influence the emperor's thoughts?"

"Then how did the emperor know Jia Baoyu?"

"Could it be that the Jia family promoted the idea of "born with jade"?"

"Even their own sons are not born with jade, only the Jia family dares to promote it casually without fear of losing their heads." '

'Who made the old emperor favor old ministers? '

'As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers, and this is also the reason why the Jia

family cannot last long. ' 'What should we do this time? Will Jia Baoyu be in trouble? '

'It shouldn't be a big deal, but I'm afraid that the emperor will be more dissatisfied with the Jia family. '

...

The old lady was also very worried. She hurriedly said, "Send someone to find the second son and ask him to find out quickly." While opening Jia Baoyu's perspective.

The servant hurried to find Jia Zheng.

Here, Jia Baoyu was brought into the palace in a daze.

After all, he was only twelve or thirteen years old, and now he knew he was afraid. He lowered his eyebrows and looked obedient along the way, and did not dare to look around when he walked and stopped, until he entered an unknown palace and was reminded by the eunuch beside him, "Your Majesty will let you in later, and you can kowtow in."

Your Majesty!

Jia Baoyu was shocked.

He waited in a daze until the announcement was made. He kowtowed and stood up, only to hear a majestic voice from above, "This is your brother."

"Yes, he is my younger brother. When I left home, he was still a little kid. I didn't expect that he has grown up so much now." The voice of the speaker was gentle, and Baoyu immediately realized that it was his older sister who was a royal concubine.

He looked up carefully, but did not dare to look directly at the person above him. Instead, he heard a laugh, "Raise your head and let me see."

Jia Baoyu looked up as he was told, but only saw a bright yellow and a light purple.

[Author has something to say]

Ah, I'm going to quit, I'll update as soon as I get back. December is really too busy, I'm sorry, babies, without further ado, here is the update. There should be two more updates in the evening, I'll go to bed first, I'm sleepyzzzz

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!