Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 107 From now on you are my real father!

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When Liu Yan left the palace and returned to the Ministry of Revenue, it was already getting dark. It was not because it was dark, but because it seemed like it was going to rain.

This is a good sign.

Especially for the people of Kyoto.

"It's done."

"The Supreme Emperor spoke with great sincerity. The Xue family is a righteous man who does business to help the country. Xue Pan's crime will be reduced by two levels to show the emperor's great grace." Liu Yan said as he bowed upwards.

Jia Rong hurriedly followed suit and bowed.

"The Emperor has mercy."

After saying that, he bowed again.

"Thank you, sir."

"You seem to be very concerned about the Xue family's affairs."

“When someone entrusts you with something, you should always do it well.”

Liu Yan sat on the chair above, drank his tea and said with a smile: "Is it just entrusted by others? Your grandfather used me as well, didn't he tell you?"

Jia Rong was puzzled for a moment: "Tell me what? Use what?"

Liu Yan smiled and said, "It's about business taxes."

It was only on the way back that he realized that Jia Jing's purpose in pushing the 100,000 taels of silver to him was not that simple.

First make him interested, then make the retired emperor interested, which will involve the issue of commercial tax reform. By then, the interests of many people will be affected, and the government and the public will surely be shocked. The source of the problem will be found here!
The old fox sat back and did nothing.

Really didn't do anything.

If we insist on saying that Jia Rong came here, it was only to use his connections to help his old relative get money to reduce his sentence. It was he and the emperor who turned their attention to the merchants.

Fortunately, the retired emperor was wise and intelligent. He would go to Jia Jing to discuss the commercial tax issue in a few days and drag him into it.

"I seldom go to the study room. I mainly read." Jia Rong told the truth.

To be honest, he really didn't think that sending money to save Xue Pan had any connection with commercial taxes.

Liu Yan thought about it and said, "Yes, it is useless to do anything now. The most important thing is to study hard and get a good reputation."

"It's going to rain outside. Go home quickly and give my regards to your parents."

After leaving the Ministry of Revenue, the weather outside was indeed gloomy. Jia Rong did not go home, but took a carriage to an adult clothing store on the street and bought Xue Pan a set of neat and tidy scholar's silk clothes, from clothes and hat to shoes and socks.

Then he went to the Ministry of Justice, and the same jailer came forward and bowed to Jia Rong.

"Master, you are here."

"We are taking care of Master Xue, and we provide him with good food and wine every day."

The emperor had just spoken, and this side probably hadn't received it yet. Jia Rong didn't say much, just threw down the silver and said with a smile: "Go get a table of good wine and good food."

The jailer took it respectfully.

"Please wait a moment, young master."

inside.

Xue Pan knew that he didn't have much time to live, so he lay down on the straw mat and dozed off, with a few wine jugs lying around next to him.

"Brother Xue."

Jia Rong patted the wooden railing.

Xue Pan, who was sitting on the straw mat, got up suddenly, covered his head and yelled, "My head is so big!"

Then he looked around, crawled over, picked up a wine jug, and hugged it tightly: "Didn't we agree not to chop off my head, you... Brother Rong? Come quickly and help me collect the body! Have you prepared the shroud and other things? Yesterday I remembered something, and I was planning to tell you in my dream. When you come, I will tell you that I don't want to be a lonely ghost. Let my mother arrange a ghost marriage for me..."

Jia Rong: “…”

"Brother, wake up! It's not the day of your beheading yet!"

Xue Pan looked around and raised his hand to touch his big head.

so far so good!
The head didn't fall off.

"It's a nightmare..."

Xue Pan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said embarrassedly.

At this time, the jailer brought people over to serve the food. There was still a large table full of fish and meat, and two pots of Shaoxing wine.

After putting it away, he took the person out obediently.

Jia Rong handed over the clothes first and said with a smile, "I am here to give you some clothes. Do you like this set?"

Xue Pan looked from head to toe and was indeed satisfied.

"Wait for me to burn some books for me. I will study hard with the old man over there, pass the exam and become a scholar, so that I can bring honor to my family."

"As for the ghost marriage, don't forget to tell my mom and ask her to look for someone suitable in the surrounding area..."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Let's eat first. After that, I have something to tell you."

Xue Pan asked: "What's the matter? Good or bad?"

"Good thing."

"What good thing?"

"you eat first."

After a while, Xue Pan finished eating like a whirlwind, wiped his mouth with his dirty sleeve and said, "Tell me, what's the good news?"

Jia Rong waved his fan and asked with a smile, "What do you want most now?"

What does a death row inmate want most?
Of course, to survive!

What Jia Rong thinks!
Xue Pan thought for a moment and said solemnly: "What I want most is to see my sister get married, have children, and call me uncle."

"Are you going to marry my sister?"

"Good! Good!"

"This way I can go there without any worries, even if I get beheaded!"

Jia Rong: “…”

"Brother Xue, be careful with your words." Jia Rong reminded him, "You shouldn't think about this the most."

Xue Pan said confidently: "This is what I want most!"

Jia Rong: "Shouldn't you want to live the most?"

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment and touched his head.

"You mean I can survive?"

Jia Rong smiled lightly.

"Yes."

"The crime is reduced by two levels, and the person is exiled a thousand miles."

"Is there anywhere you want to go?"

Xue Pan stood up suddenly and stared at Jia Rong with his big eyes.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course it is."

"father!"

"what?"

Jia Rong was stunned and felt like he was hallucinating.

Xue Pan suddenly fell to his knees on the ground.

"Dad, you are my real dad!"

"Your son kowtows to you!"

After saying this, he kowtowed.

Jia Rong hurriedly gave him a hand. "No, our seniority doesn't allow it."

Xue Pan shook his big head and refused to get up: "I don't care about the generation gap, you are my second parent, from now on you are my father!"

After saying this, he kowtowed again.

At this moment, the jailer suddenly came running over in a hurry.

"Great joy, great joy!"

"Master, Master Xue, great joy!"

"The Minister personally revised the case file and sentenced him to exile, which will be carried out after the new year!"

"Master Xue can go home now! But you can't leave Beijing."

Jia Rong nodded.

As expected of the emperor, the Ministry of Justice is very efficient.

Xue Pan suddenly broke down in tears.

"Dad!"

She held Jia Rong's legs and refused to let go.

"Brother Xue, hurry up and get up, don't let others laugh at you."

The jailer was knowledgeable and understood this. He said with a smile, "Master Xue, this is human nature. I have seen people recognize their grandfather after they have been resurrected from the dead."

Jia Rong took out a piece of silver and gave it to the jailer.

"Thank you for taking care of me these days. Use the money to buy some wine."

The jailer bowed respectfully.

"Thank you for the reward, young master."

……

The moment I stepped out of the prison, it felt like a lifetime ago.

After several months in prison and almost losing his head, even the fool Xue felt deeply moved at this moment.

“I want to make a poem!”

Xue Pan suddenly said.

"Oh?"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Tell me about it quickly."

Xue Pan touched the thick stubble on his chin, his eyes filled with melancholy and decadence.

"That year I got into a drinking fight."

Jia Rong: “…”

The beginning was okay.

"I had a nightmare at night and got beheaded."

Also, some rhyme.

"I want to study hard from now on."

"Get married and have some children."

"Pap-pap-pap-pap."

Jia Rong clapped his hands and laughed, "What a good poem! What a good poem!"

Xue Pan laughed and said, "After dying once, I finally understand that there is nothing better than getting married, having children, and living an honest life."

Jia Rong patted Xue Pan on the shoulder and said, "I'll take care of things for you when you get there. Find a good wife for you and live a stable life there."

Xue Pan: "Dad is right! I will remember it."

Jia Rong: "No, Dad, it makes me sad."

Xue Pan: "I must call you dad!"

Jia Rong: "What about your mother and your sister?"

Xue Pan: "..."

"No matter what they say to me, I have chosen you anyway!" Xue Pan said in a firm tone.

Jia Rong: “…”

"Daddy..."

Jia Rong somehow remembered the scene when Baochai called him like this...

"Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Xue Pan looked at Jia Rong strangely.

"Ah, haha, it's okay."

The Master is so...

Jia Rong fanned himself to get rid of the heat on his body, and said with a smile, "First, go to an inn to wash yourself, then put on this dress, and then we'll go home and give your mother and your sister a surprise.

Xue Pan nodded quickly.

"Dad, wait a moment, I'll be right back!"

There happened to be an inn nearby, and Xue Pan was chased out with a broom before he even entered the door.

"Go away, go away, where did you come from, you stinky beggar? Get away from me."

I have to say, Xue Pan has changed.

In the past, he would have to get angry and fight with people.

Xue Pan was surprisingly calm now. Instead, he touched his head and laughed embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I just got out of jail and didn't bring any money, but my dad does."

Jia Rong: “…”

……

Rongguo Mansion.

After a few days of major renovation, the eldest master Jia She successfully moved into the main hall of the main courtyard. Mrs. Xing also moved to the main hall of the backyard with her people and took Mrs. Wang's place.

Because the housekeeping work was trivial, Mrs. Xing looked down on Aunt Feng, and Yingchun was too wooden to be suitable as a housekeeper, so she planned to write a letter to the south to call her niece Xing Xiuyun from her mother's family to help her with the housekeeping.

"The last letter from home said that Miss Xiuyan has grown up. Not to mention she is very pretty, she can also read and write. She will definitely be able to help the madam with the household." Mrs. Xing's companion Wang Shanbao said with a smile.

Madam Xing leaned comfortably on the seat where Madam Wang once sat, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Xiuyan was a sensible girl when she was young. I haven't seen her for several years, and I miss her a lot."

Wang Shanbao carefully refilled the tea and said with a smile, "Last time, my uncle was coming. Why didn't you write a letter and ask them to come to Beijing together?"

Mrs. Xing's face darkened.

As an elder sister, she naturally knows what kind of person her younger brother is.

"It's better for him not to come. At most we can send some money over to help their family."

"why?"

Wang Shanbao asked doubtfully.

Madam Xing said, "It's so hard for me to manage the previous family. What if he comes and causes trouble for me? Is the master of the East Palace easy to talk to? I don't want to enter the small Buddhist temple."

Mrs. Wang’s fate is clear!
It was just that one of the companions next to him made a mistake, and he was directly sent to the small Buddhist temple in the backyard!
Could she not tread on thin ice?
"You should also be careful."

"You also saw what happened to Zhou Rui's family?"

Wang Shanbao's wife couldn't help but shudder.

Oh my god, this is so scary!
"By the way, what did the master say about that Madam Xue?"

Wang Shanbao smiled and said, "The master said we are all family, so give her a yard to live in."

Madam Xing frowned and gritted her teeth, "What kind of relative is she? If she wants to live here, she should live in the small Buddhist temple at the back to keep her sister company!"

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(End of this chapter)