Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 397 The relationship has always been shallow

Entering the study, Gu Tao dismissed his servants and said, "Brother, there will be some trouble when I return to the capital. You need to be careful."

Jia Cong said: "It's the same, Mr. Lao. In the land south of the Yangtze River, there are undercurrents surging. If you are not careful, it will cause great disaster."

Gu Tao smiled and said: "I only do good deeds and don't worry about the future. As long as the new law prevails, I will die immediately without any regrets."

Jia Cong was also a little impressed when he heard this. After thinking about it, he said, "Sir, what do you think will be the next step after the new law in Jiangnan becomes popular?"

Gu Tao twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Of course I have to take advantage of the hard nut of Shenjing. Brother Ruhai has returned to Beijing, and I think other colleagues will also return to Beijing one after another to create great achievements together."

Jia Cong said: "What do you mean, sir, that the new party is going to gather people and start a showdown with the old party?"

"There is no room for courtesy in the dispute between the great avenues. This is inevitable." Gu Tao said solemnly.

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Do you think the New Party can win?"

Gu Tao said: "All the virtuous people in our new party are impartial and have given up selfish desires. They care about the world and make the best use of their talents. They have the people's aspirations and the emperor's trust. How can they be matched by those who are clinging to weakness, coveting comfort and not thinking about progress?

What's more, the new party has people spread all over the world, talents are emerging in large numbers, and great sages gather. It echoes both inside and outside the DPRK. How can it be defeated? "

"Oh, my lord, the new party is not just a few people in the court, but also has some background?" Jia Cong said with a smile.

Gu Tao smiled and said: "That's natural. The ancients said that the prime minister must be from the state, and the strong generals must be from the army. If you don't know the local people's conditions and political conditions, how can you govern the world?

In addition to Huo and Dong, as well as Brother Hai, Lao Fu and others, there are Duan Zhun, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Hengzhou, the governor of Hunan, Wen Wei, the chief envoy of Fujian, and Wang Si, the envoy of Shanxi. They are all selected at the moment. The dragon is also.

Especially Zhun Gong, he is really talented in helping the world. It is conceivable that he is now serving him as a teacher and courtesy. "

Jia Cong asked curiously: "Why don't such great talents stay in the center instead of in the local area?"

Gu Tao twirled his beard and said: "I don't know, putting him in a place does not necessarily mean alienation, but also protection. Now that the wind is surging in Beijing, it is time for fierce generals like me to charge into the battle.

When the overall situation is decided, the great sage will return and bring peace to the world. You can ask Brother Ruhai in detail about these matters after you return to Beijing. "

Jia Cong's face darkened, and I became cannon fodder to help you fight the war.

Seeing his hesitant expression, Gu Tao laughed and said, "Brother, please don't be overly cautious. I'm just telling the truth. Being able to charge into battle, doesn't it mean that I'm talented and holy?

To put it bluntly, my future may depend on the new law. "

"My lord, your words are serious. Cong is devoted to serving the country, so how can he be careless about it?" Jia Cong said with a smile.

After leaving the governor's office and returning home, I heard that Xiangling's biological mother, Fengshi, had been found.

Jia Cong was also a little happy and went to the inner house.

I saw all the girls gathered in Baochai's room, looking at a middle-aged woman in simple and clean clothes, holding Xiangling's hand, sobbing, and everyone was wiping her tears and trying to persuade her.

Jia Cong has missed the climax, and Feng is telling Xiang Ling the reason for leaving.

When everyone saw him coming, they all came out to welcome him.

Qingwen clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Master, you are so amazing. You found Xiangling's mother so quickly. No, now I call her Yinglian."

Mrs. Feng hurriedly kowtowed and said, "A commoner woman thanks you uncle for your kindness in reuniting my mother and daughter. It is a great kindness and great virtue. It is difficult to repay it in this life. In the next life, I will tie a ring with grass, and I will repay it."

Jia Cong hurriedly helped her up and said with a smile: "Madam, why do you give me such a big gift? What is the value of such a trivial matter? This is Cong's duty. Honored husband..."

Mrs. Feng wiped away her tears and said: "My surname is Zhen, and my name is Shiyin. My ancestral home is Changmen County, Suzhou. I live in Renqing Lane, Shili Street. With a little ancestral property, I have enough food and clothing, and my family is harmonious. Who would have thought that that year was the Lantern Festival?" Look at the lanterns..."

After Jia Cong listened quietly to Xiang Ling's life story, he comforted her: "Madam, don't worry. Only when Zhen has seen through the world of mortals can he have a destiny. Now I think he is still at home in the world, and he doesn't have to worry about her."

Cong immediately ordered the Jinyi Guards all over the country to post notices and tell the world that Yinglian had been found. How about asking the inspectors to see the notice and come to the family for a reunion? "

"Thank you uncle for your kindness." Feng couldn't help but kneel down again.

Jia Cong hurriedly stopped him and said with a smile: "Madam, do you have any plans now?"

Feng Shi glanced at Xiang Ling and said, "Now that the common woman finally reunited her mother and daughter, they no longer want to be separated. Moreover, my mother and daughter have received great kindness from you girls and uncles, how can we not repay it?

I am willing to be a slave and a maid for the rest of my life, and I can repay my kindness in case of any eventuality, so that I can feel at ease. I hope that my uncle and the girls will not be disgusted and despicable. "

Everyone hurriedly said: "No way."

Jia Cong listened to her conversation and knew that she was not an ordinary peasant woman, so he hurriedly said: "Madam, you are serious. Cong, Xiangling, ah no, Yinglian have not treated each other as slaves, how dare you insult Madam?"

I think my wife is also a dignified person who understands etiquette and justice at home. If you don't dislike it, I would like to ask my wife to be a female teacher in my house and teach the girls to read and understand. How about that? "

Baochai said with a smile: "This is a good method. It allows people to give full play to their talents. Mrs. Zhen knows books and etiquette, and is more than enough to teach the girls."

Feng Shifuli said: "But according to the wishes of respect, all women of the people will obey orders."

Jia Cong blinked at Xiangling and said with a smile, "Should I call you Xiangling or Yinglian from now on?"

Xiangling said shyly: "Xiangling is the name Miss Bao chose for me. I like this name, so just call me Xiangling."

"Okay. Sister-in-law Feng has arranged a banquet. Today, our family will not only celebrate the reunion of Xiangling and her daughter, but also take care of Mrs. Zhen. We also wish to find Mr. Zhen back as soon as possible." Jia Cong said with a smile.

Sister Feng smiled and said, "As you can tell, I've already prepared it."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Okay. Xiang Ling, take your mother to change clothes and freshen up first. You mother and daughter also have a chat. Let's have dinner together later."

Xiangling agreed and took her mother there.

Jia Cong looked at Daiyu, Baochai and others and said, "You guys should pack up, it's almost time to go back."

Baochai and others nodded.

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "I just found out today that Xiangling's surname is Zhen, and brother Cong is really related to the Zhen family."

Baochai glanced at Jia Cong with a smile and said, "Is this really the case? You are leaving and you are not going to say goodbye to Miss Zhen San?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "Don't forget, you still owe me a good poem."

Jia Cong suddenly felt a little confused and glanced at Chu Chan. Ever since he forcibly took Chu Chan, he and the Zhen family had no contact with each other anymore. They basically broke up with each other. How could he come to visit now?

Chu Chan looked like it had nothing to do with her, covered her mouth and winked at him, "Who are you showing me by doing this? You were not aggrieved at all when you were in bed." Everyone looked at him with amusement.

Jia Cong thought for a while, how could a man break his trust with a woman if he had clear grudges, so he said, "Sister-in-law Feng, in your next post, please ask the three girls of the Zhen family to come to the house tomorrow to talk about it."

Sister Feng smiled and said: "Publish your post or mine?"

Everyone laughed.

Jia Cong's face turned red. He was a little embarrassed when he tried to pry into someone else's corner. He said hurriedly: "Of course I'll be yours, why are you begging me? I haven't left the cabinet yet, and men and women are not allowed to be intimate."

Daiyu rolled her eyes at him, "You still know this," "Have you thought about the poem you agreed to?"

"That's natural." Jia Cong said.

Except for Sister Feng, everyone's eyes lit up.

"But it's a good poem?" Daiyu said.

Jia Cong said proudly: "The products produced by Zilong must be high-quality."

"You don't have to be ashamed to brag about Dharma conch." Daiyu shaved her face and said with a smile.

Baochai smiled and said, "Can you give us a sneak peek?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this? As long as Sister Bao and Zhuer give me some sweetness, that's all."

"Bah, if you're just dreaming, you'll be blackmailing people with poems. You're not a good person. We'll just go and ask the third girl tomorrow. Who cares to ask you?" Daiyu blushed and said "viciously".

Jia Cong smiled and said, "She may not tell you."

Baochai was also curious and couldn't help but said angrily: "Cong'er, if you keep showing off, I'll learn from you later if you look carefully. Don't say you didn't predict what you said."

"Yes, we won't tell him anything if we have anything." Daiyu said angrily.

"Okay, I'm really afraid that you will bully honest people."

Jia Cong had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender, walked to the desk, pondered for a moment, and then wrote brilliantly.

Seeing that he had finished writing, Daiyu hurriedly came over to read it, read it carefully, nodded repeatedly, and then gently shook her head with admiration on her face.

Everyone gathered around to admire it.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Zi'er, by nodding and shaking your head, do you mean that my writing is good or not?"

Daiyu rolled her eyes at him: "You are the most talented person in the world, so you are naturally capable of extraordinary things. I really don't know how you got such a big brain, how can you come up with so many wonderful sentences? It makes me really angry."

Baochai was also impressed: "Cong'er's poems really put all the poets to shame."

Chu Chan pursed her lips and smiled: "The strange way can deceive so many girls. This skill is rare in ancient and modern times."

Jia Cong said hurriedly: "Don't talk nonsense. The way of poetry is to speak from the heart. Where can I fake it and how can I talk about cheating?"

Everyone laughed and spat at him, coaxing ghosts.
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The next day, Zhen Yuan arrived as promised. Although Jia Cong exerted pressure to force Zhen Ji to reconcile, it is obvious that the Zhen family still dare not openly touch Jia Cong's troubles.

Jia Cong and others met her in front of the main hall and accompanied her in.

Because Chu Chan was afraid of being embarrassed when meeting her former sister-in-law, she wisely avoided it.

When the guests and hosts sat down in the inner hall, Jia Cong saw that Zhen Yuan's expression was indifferent, showing no emotion or anger, and was a little embarrassed. He winked repeatedly and asked Sister Feng and Baochai to come to the rescue.

Zhen Yuan obviously knew about Jia Cong's rape of Chu Chan, so she ignored him, only looked at Sister Feng and said, "What are your orders for Sister Feng to summon me?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "It's nothing important. We are going back to Beijing. We specially prepared a small amount of wine to invite my sister to come and have fun for a day, and then we'll say goodbye."

Zhen Yuan nodded and said: "I see, then I would like to wish Sister-in-law Feng and all the girls a safe journey. See you soon." He directly ignored Jia Cong in his words.

Jia Cong sat aside and smiled bitterly, unable to say anything, knowing that he had offended her sister-in-law severely this time.

Zhen Yuanding regards herself as a despicable and shameless person who cheats on his wife. It is strange that he would take care of himself.

Daiyu gloated, glanced at Jia Cong, covered her mouth and smiled, seeing that you were still proud.

It's hard for Baochai to talk about such matters as boudoir curtains.

Only Sister Feng was experienced and joked, "Also, doesn't Brother Cong owe Third Sister a poem? I have been working hard these days and finally wrote it out. I specially saved it to give it to you today."

Zhen Yuan glanced at Jia Cong lightly, but there was no trace of the past emotion in her eyes. She shook her head and said: "It's just a joke, don't care what he does, my brother has everything to do, so why waste your energy on it?

I'd better keep it and give it to my close friend later. I'm not very interested in poetry. "

The words "Brother" made Jia Cong feel a little pain in his heart. He had finally chilled this girl's heart, and for a moment he had nothing to say.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became deserted, and Baochai rushed to the rescue with a smile: "Third sister, since this is a poem written by Cong'er for you, you might as well read it, it's also elegant."

Zhen Yuan shook his head and said: "Sister Bao, there was a sudden change in my little sister's family. My eldest brother drank all day long to drown his sorrows and became depressed. I am depressed. I don't have time to read poetry. I understand my sister's kindness."

Everyone was a little embarrassed and couldn't help but look at Jia Cong. It was all your fault.

Jia Cong smiled coquettishly, "Look what I'm doing." When he saw an injustice on the road, he drew his gun to help and saved an innocent woman in an unfortunate marriage. What a hero?

Seeing the cold atmosphere, Baochai winked at Jia Cong and signaled him to leave first. He was a "cancer" here, and his daughter's family had nothing to say.

Jia Cong felt like he was being pardoned. He smiled gratefully at her, stood up and said, "Third sister, Sister-in-law Feng, you guys chat first. I have some official duties. Let's have dinner together later." After that, he ran away.

Feeling guilty as a thief, Zhen Yuan smiled disdainfully and nodded slightly, not even looking at him.

(End of this chapter)