Love in the Red Chamber

Chapter 97

Qin Zhong was invited by Jia Rong and his wife of Dongfu to make the decision.Now that they have all come, the so-called sending the Buddha to the west.He wasn't afraid that it would take more effort, and it would save Xia Jingui from looking for him every three days.

He thought about telling the truth about the matter today, since Jia Zhen looked like she was dying of illness, it would make the Ningguo Mansion lose two reasons for raiding the house in the future.

In the continuation, it is written that Ningguo Mansion was copied because Jia Zhen Xiaoqi attracted the children of the family to gamble, and forced Liang to be a concubine and killed someone.

Qin Zhong didn't know what crime Ningguo Mansion had committed.After reading the first [-] chapters of the original work a few times, I feel that all kinds of speculations are reasonable, but none of them are completely tenable.

but,

Even though he introduced Jingui to Jia Rong, it was considered a pitfall, but he actually saved the Ningguo Mansion by doing so.

At present, Jia Rong and Jingui are only taught to live a good life.

In this way, Qin Zhong felt that he had achieved something.I even couldn't help but praise myself as a "great kind person" in my heart.

I just watched Ping'er rushing back to tell Wang Xifeng the result, and felt a little pity that I couldn't contact Ping'er today.

The selfish desires of the "great good man" have not been satisfied.

He thinks that the future will last forever, and he must kindly 'save' Ping'er.

Qin Zhong really couldn't watch beautiful women suffer.

In the imperial city at this time, there was one person who couldn't see his money being taken away.

"My money is all my money. They monopolize [-]% to [-]% of the land in a province, and only leave [-]% of the self-cultivated land to pay taxes to the court. Do you want me to thank them?"

To say that land annexation has the greatest impact is the income of the court and the farmers whose land is annexed.

There are too many farmers who have lost their land, and turmoil is prone to occur.When the landlord class owns more than [-]% of the land, there will be only [-]-[-]% of the land left by countless farmers.At that time, the peasants were in turmoil, and the court had no taxes. As a result...

Emperor Longtai thought that less than a hundred years after the founding of the Great Chu, the gentry everywhere were already so rampant.

He already had plans to use the knife.

This situation has reached the point where it must be contained.

"I have to draw it slowly." King Zhongshun said with a sigh.

Now he is a member of the Prime Minister's household department, so how could he not know the situation of the provinces.At present, the gentry in Henan, Shanxi, and Jiangnan provinces occupy the most land, and even in some places, [-]% of the land is occupied.

This situation occurred in Henan, Shanxi, and Jiangnan provinces, all of which have a common reason, that is, a large number of merchants bought land.Some merchants from Shanxi even gathered to buy land in Henan. Large merchants bought tens of thousands of acres at a time, and small merchants bought hundreds of acres at a time.

However, these businessmen just bought land, and even donated to officials. It can be said that the government and businessmen dominate Henan, Shanxi, and Jiangnan.

At present, it is only in Lingnan and Sichuan provinces that there is a lot of resistance to the investigation of farmland. If Henan, Shanxi, and Jiangnan provinces are to be investigated one day, all the officials and scholars in the world will probably make trouble.

"What the fifth brother said is true." Emperor Longtai nodded deeply, and said angrily, "They should be slaughtered!"

"???"

King Zhongshun was silent for a while.In the past two months, he discovered that his brother's temper has become more and more eccentric.

He said worriedly: "If so, I'm afraid it will mess up the root."

Emperor Longtai murmured, "I don't know, I'm just talking out of anger. Look at the inquiries from Jinyi Mansion, those peasants actually said such outrageous things."

Wang Fang of Zhongshun obtained a secret document from an inner eunuch and checked it, only to see the words of a hundred schools of thought written on it.

Someone said: "I can't be an official or a juror, so I can be his family's slave. If I farm the land, you collect my taxes and make me do hard labor, right? Then I don't farm the land of the court, can't it?" Isn’t the land of the Juren Official’s House free of tax? Then I just give my land to the Juren’s Official’s House? I don’t even have to pay Ding Yin.”

Some people said: "Officials will only vent their anger on us. The family next door has more than 1000 mu of land and doesn't check it. What's the point of asking us for money? Every year these few mu of land are planted, and all kinds of offal are deducted. I can’t even eat a single grain of rice, and I have to open a river to build embankments. One day I won’t grow any more, and it’s better to sell myself to a big family as a coolie than now.”

King Zhongshun looked shocked.Selling one's body into slavery has existed since ancient times, but it is the first time one hears of people vying to be slaves.

Emperor Longtai complained again.

"It is said that the servants of big families are more comfortable than many sons and sisters of small families. There are even some people who spend money to buy relationships and ask for a rough envoy to follow them in front of others. They don't think about how to farm and grow food. They actually joined the big family to avoid taxation. What’s more, they donated silver taels of land to the temple to earn a dharma name because they had no way to go to the big family’s house.”

King Zhongshun just listened, and waited for Emperor Longtai to complain enough before continuing to speak his mind.

He still thinks that way, first in Lingnan and Sichuan, and if there are good results, then he will follow the example in other places with serious problems.

At the moment they have a serious topic.

Qin Zhong also felt that he had sinned deeply.

Xia Jingui's body was about to hang on him.Regardless of the disheveled hair, Jingui twisted her body slightly and twitched when crying about her grievances, wrinkling the cherry red tube top inside the open breastplate.

Grandma Rong's soft, fragrant and hot body just clings so tightly.

Qin Zhong really couldn't bear this enthusiasm, and was shamefully sparked a little bit.

He only heard Jingui say: "Uncle, I feel so wronged!"

Qin Zhong murmured 'Amitabha Buddha' and 'Immeasurable Heaven' a few times in his heart, and lightly grabbed Xia Jingui's arm to push her away, only to find that Xia Jingui was clamping her tightly.

He was speechless from the bottom of his heart, and Jia Rong was still watching.

Even if Jia Rong is not here...

Jia Rong is not here, so it can't be like this!
How honest are we?

Don't know what it means to be young and vigorous?Don't know what is bloody?
Qin Zhong was afraid that Jia Rong would notice something strange.He hurriedly said: "Grandma, let's talk about it. Although Miss Ping has gone back to work, Uncle Rong is still here. If there is still a grievance, let's talk about it now."

He motioned for Jia Rong to come over and pull Xia Jingui away.

Jia Rong also felt that Xia Jingui was so uncomfortable that there was no reason for a woman to hang herself on an outsider.At this moment, his complexion was already very ugly, but luckily Jingui and Qin Zhong were both innocent, so he didn't say much.

I don't think so,

Jingui saw Jia Rong approaching, and burst into tears. "Don't touch me, if you touch me again, I will die here now. You will only bully me and have no brothers. If I want a brother like him, how dare you bully me? I will tell him the grievances in my heart. "

Qin Zhong was indeed not in the mood of joy, he frowned and said, "Grandma, let it go, it would be a shame if the maids bumped into it. Grandma still has grievances in her heart, why didn't she mention it just now?"

Xia Jingui actually let go, and found a stool next to him to sit down aggrieved.

"Miss Ping has a very good reputation in the family, and Second Aunt Lian is also a hero in the girls' school. But in the end, Uncle Rong is her nephew. Even if Uncle Rong is wrong, her heart is still for her nephew. Uncle Zhong It's different, my marriage with him is related to Uncle Zhong. If I have a bad life in Ningguo Mansion and am wronged, the kind-hearted Uncle Zhong will blame himself in his heart. Of course, you can only tell uncle if you are sincere."

Jingui spoke carefully, and the crying gradually became less.

Qin Zhong also hurriedly found a place to sit a little further away.

After careful consideration of Xia Jingui's rhetoric, it dawned on her that Xia Jingui indirectly admitted that she was acting in front of Ping'er just now.

Qin Zhong gave Jia Rong and Jingui a strange look, but Jia Rong didn't seem to hear it, and his face was weird at the moment, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this time, Jingui said quietly again: "I have lived with my widowed mother since I was a child, and I have seen a lot of nasty things. Don't think I am sensitive. If I were not nervous, wouldn't the Xia family be annexed long ago? Married Entering here, there is no one around me who can help, and the only caring person was kidnapped by him. The grievances are naturally true, so I wanted to ask my uncle, a relative who is not far and not close, to give me some help in the future. Supported by this poor distant cousin."

Is this really the case?
After Qin Zhong listened carefully, the logic seemed to be very clear.but……

"Why don't you invite the old aunt of the Xia family to come over and make the decision?"

It's not that the Xia family is dead, there is still a widowed mother.

"What can she do? This Ningguo mansion's high gate compound, I'm afraid people will panic before entering the door. If my uncle doesn't want to support me, I will bear it myself. But I can't bear the grievances in the future, so I will swallow the gold." It's gone." Xia Jingui said stubbornly.

Jia Rong was taken aback by these words.

Jia Rongyang said: "Grandma, I know something is wrong today. Don't say such scary things, the house is less lively these days?"

Qin Zhong also sighed quietly, regardless of whether Xia Jingui's words were true or not, the situation Xia Jingui faced in Ningguo Mansion was indeed like this.

In the compound of the tall house, there is no tree to support.If you don't have any means, you can only become a silent Bodhisattva like You Shi.

Xia Jingui and Wang Xifeng have somewhat similar temperaments, but their situations are completely different.

Not only did Wang Xifeng come from a wealthy family, but even though Jia Lian had an affair with her, at least they didn't really get along.If Jia Lian wanted to get angry, he could only sneak around with the servant's daughter-in-law in the mansion, or the handsome servant.

Those characters didn't affect Wang Xifeng at all.

Even though Jia Lian had some entanglements with the aunts and maids in his father Jia She's room, it's just an ambiguous stage now.

Qin Zhong comforted Jin Gui and said, "Don't think too much about it. Grandma is extremely talented and beautiful, and it's too late for the grandmas and wives of Ningrong and Rongfu to cherish her. But if anything happens, Second Mistress Lian of the West will support you. She is the most enthusiastic person. Since grandma said that I have something to do with this marriage, if she really wants to be unhappy someday, I will speak up for grandma."

Jia Rong followed suit, saying yes again and again.

Xia Jingui showed a little smile on her snow-white delicate face, and said with a shy smile, "Uncle, don't take pity on me for being sick and disabled, what kind of jokes are you talking about. In the future, please ask uncle to walk this way more, so that I can have more confidence. I don't ask my uncle to love me more, but I only ask for justice."

Women change faces very quickly.

It was almost too late for Jia Rong to react.

Qin Zhong felt that the matter was finally over, so he let out a long sigh of relief.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and many places in Ningguo Mansion were lit with lights.

He walked side by side with Jia Rong in the small aisle of Ningguo Mansion, and couldn't help reminding Jia Rong, "Your daughter-in-law is a bit powerful. If you can't beat her, don't ask for trouble. If you really want to beat her, take out you." Ningguofu's grandpa has the spirit, otherwise he will be restrained for the rest of his life."

Perhaps Jia Rong was used to being suppressed since she was a child, and she felt aggrieved after hearing this, and said, "I didn't want to fight her, but Baochan teased me today. I never expected to be bumped into by her, and make such a fuss."

Qin Zhong was speechless after hearing this, "You never doubted whether Baochan was specially ordered by your daughter-in-law?"

Jia Rong replied: "How can there be such a coincidence. How can we know when she will come back? There is no reason for her to instruct Baochan to do this. Wouldn't it be fun?"

"..."

Qin Zhong pondered for a moment, seeing that he was about to leave the residence.He said: "Be careful. After all, I am an outsider, so I can't get involved in the affairs of your husband and wife. Although I told her that today, it was just a matter of expediency. When I am assigned a job someday, I am afraid that I will Come here less, let alone have time to deal with these things. I treat you like a brother, that's why I told you so, you can count your life."

Jia Rong nodded and said with a smile: "It's fortunate that I have known you in this life. If it were someone else, I would definitely not tell me this."

[Jia Rong's favorability +13, Yangshou increased by 13 days (current favorability: 65)]

At this moment, Jia Rong's resentment from seeing Xia Jingui hanging on Qin Zhong's body completely dissipated.

He still knew what was good and what was wrong, and he could see that Qin Zhong had no evil intentions at all.

Just ...

When Jia Rong thought of how close Qin Zhong and Feng girl were, she felt a bit more bitter and envious.

Seeing that Qin Zhong was about to leave the mansion, Uncle Rong hurriedly asked: "I haven't been to the west for quite a while, and although my second aunt has also visited the master, I haven't spoken to her a few words. I don't know how my aunt is doing?"

Qin Zhong looked strange, and said: "It should be very good. Don't think about it any more. No wonder your wife is angry with you. You asked for it."

Jia Rong said without asking, "She is Lian's second uncle's daughter-in-law, and I have no evil intentions."

Qin Zhong didn't say any more, and bid farewell to Jia Rong.

But Xia Jingui only saw Qin Zhong and Jia Rong leave at that time, his white and tender face turned red with excitement, and he comfortably rubbed the hot spot.

He is really made of iron bones, and he is tough all over.Jingui secretly sighed, the more he thought about it, the happier he became.It would be so satisfying to be able to last one night.

"I'm afraid I can't stand it!"

Jingui chuckled, her face flushed red.She went back to the bed so selfishly, even though she felt hot all over, she still covered her body with a thin quilt.

She pulled the quilt to cover her head, hid in the quilt and sniggered, saying: "That's great! Another step forward, good food is never afraid of being late."

Thinking of Qin Zhong's figure and majesty again, Jingui lifted the quilt over his face, turned sideways and hugged the thin quilt tightly.

Jingui said happily: "What an upright and tough person, it's worth it if he can subdue him in this life. Compared with him, it's not enough to change anyone else. If you get your wish, you will be happy in the future." I don’t want to do it if it’s for my queen or concubine.”

Suddenly, I changed my mind again.

"It's such a powerful person, since he knew that I was going to marry, why did he let the Ningguo Mansion propose marriage. Sigh... But, if I marry him, I may turn my face in the future. What can I hide from my eyes? But with his evil intentions, how could the Second Grandma Lian and Grandma Zhu escape from next door."

Jingui pondered for a while, her eyes never left Qin Zhong at the banquet.Seeing evil in her heart, seeing evil in her lustful heart, she thought wildly: "It seems that he also hides a little difference in the eyes of Aunt Xue's wife. Does he like married people?"

"It's a pity that I'm a little timid, and I don't know how to do things. If you want me to say, just do what comes to mind, no matter what her status is, just surrender."

The more Jingui thought about it, the more restless she became, and for a moment the pair of lapels also left her body, revealing her snow-white shoulders.The skirt on the waist was loosened at some point, and the hair became more and more messy, and the sweat on the face leaked little by little.

Seeing Jia Rong coming from outside, she just pulled her tube top and turned her back.

"Don't think about hitting me, don't let me see you these few days." Jingui sent Jia Rong away with a hum, and had a hearty dream at night.From then on, I only asked Qin Zhong to wait for the next word, and not to go into details.

Let's say that when Qin Zhong returned to Rongguo Mansion, it was completely dark at that time, and the Rongguo Mansion had already been lit with lights.

Qin Zhong walked quickly along the dark alleys of Rongguo Mansion, only to feel hungry, and then remembered that he forgot to eat that night.

I was annoyed that it was too late now, and many yards were closed.I calculated and went back to the independent small courtyard to see if I could find some fruits to satisfy my hunger.

Suddenly, I heard someone calling from afar in the hallway to the east.

"But Uncle Zhong is back?"

Qin Zhong looked back and saw that the door of the window hall was half open, and there was a delicate and elegant maid standing beside the door.

"Sister Suyun, but sister-in-law has something to explain?"

The servant girl was Suyun next to Grandma Zhu Li Gongcai, she shook her head and beckoned.Ask carefully: "Did the uncle eat anything in the east?"

Qin Zhong shook his head in doubt.

Then Suyun laughed softly and said: "Grandma heard that Grandpa and Sister Ping went to the east, and Sister Ping came back after lunch, so I knew that Grandpa didn't have anything to eat either. Grandma took care and asked the kitchen to send more meals. Get ready. Let me stay here for a long time, thinking that the uncle has come back from behind, and was about to close the door, but unexpectedly, the uncle appeared."

When Qin Zhong heard this, his heart softened.

"Please thank sister-in-law for me, I'm really starving to death."

Suyun smiled and said: "It's just that it's late, and the kitchen is turned off now. The food is already cold, I don't know if it suits the uncle's appetite. Let the uncle come into the hall, I will ask the girl to bring it here."

Qin Zhong didn't hesitate either, he still had a full stomach at this moment.So he went into the hall and sat down inside. Not long after, he saw the plain-faced Li Wan leading a maidservant carrying a lantern, serving food, and coming in gracefully.

Li Wan asked softly: "Why did you come back so late..."

(End of this chapter)