The filial son of the Red Mansion

You Erjie stole a glance at the old lady, then cautiously looked at the third sister. She thought to herself: I have to keep this a secret from them. I wonder what Rong Ge'er is doing right now?

Chapter 193: You’re poking around again…

After Jia Rong returned home to bathe and change his clothes, he left home again and visited his enemy's house.

The Jinyi Palace and the Internal Affairs Palace were investigating the temples and monasteries in the capital, and Qiu Bailin was too busy to rest for a moment, so he was not in the palace. Jia Rong failed to meet this "Brother Qiu", so he went to see Wei Ruolan who was on duty at the Nine Gates Patrol Camp. The two talked about some trivial matters, and Jia Rong went out of the city, disguised himself outside the city, and was gone for several hours.

Jia Rong had no idea that Qiu Bailin was actually meeting the emperor in the palace at that moment.

The little nun Yuanxin died a few days ago. Before her death, she confessed many dirty things that Dizang Temple had done in the past. The most important thing was that she revealed that the abbess of Dizang Temple, Master Zhen, had contacts with the rebels.

After several days of rigorous interrogation, Lezhen finally spoke up and explained the whole story. It turned out that she followed her master to become a nun in Shaoyu Temple in Ping'an Prefecture, Shandong Province in her early years. Later, her master was falsely accused of "recruiting soldiers and planning a rebellion". Lezhen fled Shaoyu Temple with her master and was taken in by the leader of the Pure Buddhist Sect in Ping'an Prefecture on the way. From then on, she worshipped the ancestors Hunyuan, Wusheng Laomu and Piaogao, and saved all living beings in the world.

Qiu Bailin reported in the Yangxin Palace: "The Pure Buddhist Sect, also known as the Buddha Sect, Hongyang Sect, and Hunyuan Sect, was founded during the Wanli period of the former Ming Dynasty. It worships Luo Qing of the Wuwei Luo Sect as its founder. It flourished in the court of the former Ming Dynasty and was popular among the dignitaries in the capital of the former Ming Dynasty. Today, the Hunyuan Sect is widely spread in Zhili, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places, and the people call it the 'Qinglian Sect'. The Jinyifu searched the Dizang Temple and found the "Hunyuan Dianhua Sutra", "Hunyuan Hongyang Linfan Piaogao Sutra", "Protecting the Country and the People and Subduing the Demons Treasure Scroll", "Hongyang Tanshi Sutra", etc., among which there are many words such as "In the last year of the catastrophe, the sword and the weapon will appear", "Thirty-six generals will come to the world, and the twenty-eight constellations will descend to the world", "Change the world, change the world, the year of rebellion, the last year of the catastrophe", etc. It is consistent with the confession of the old nun."

Prince Zhongshun sighed and said, "They all avoid mentioning the name of White Lotus, but it is actually the White Lotus Sect."

Emperor Longtai frowned, obviously extremely angry.

Zhang Huaihai, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, immediately responded by saying, "Recently, the morals have deteriorated greatly, and heresies have sprung up. There are various sects such as the White Lotus, Great Success, Hunyuan, and Wuwei. They burn incense and pray to confuse people, so that some people plot against the government or join thieves. These are the worst of the evil people. If you encounter any sect in any prefecture or county, you should arrest them severely and punish them severely to prevent them from spreading."

Prince Zhongshun's eyes flickered. Hearing this, he remembered that Jia Rong had said the same thing a few days ago.

Prince Zhongshun said, "Nowadays, the so-called religious sects are prevalent among the people. They preach scriptures and talk about verses, and men and women mix together to incite the ignorant people. This is the most harmful to the world and people's hearts. We must investigate it thoroughly. The other day, the first-class guard Jia Rong wrote a letter saying that Shuiyue Temple in the suburbs contacted the powerful to help with the lawsuit. All kinds of things like this should also be investigated thoroughly."

Qiu Bailin didn't expect to hear Jia Rong's name in the Yangxin Palace, and he felt a slight toothache.

When Emperor Longtai heard this name, he also had a headache. He only gave the task of checking the temples and Taoist temples in the capital to the Jinyifu and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and issued an edict to ask local officials to ban evil cults. After this was decided, Emperor Longtai breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: Jia Rong is not Jia Jing after all.

Afterwards, he discussed with King Chungshun the resettlement and disaster relief issues of the capital's flood area, as well as the Ministry of Revenue's shortage of silver.

Lack of money has always been the top problem. Lack of people is an even more serious problem.

Prince Zhongshun advised: "I have the emperor's trust, and I will not refuse even if I die. Now I have achieved some results in the overall management of the Ministry of Revenue, but several officials sent by the emperor are overworked and sick. After all, human power will eventually be exhausted."

Emperor Longtai understood these principles, he just wanted to take it step by step. Now that Prince Yizhong and Prince Yiyong have been dismissed, and the princes of the counties in the capital have been won over, the next step is to win over the dukes and ministers. There are too few trustworthy people now, so everything can only be done by them.

"Those who are capable should do more work. I, the thirteenth generation, will go and visit you."

Emperor Longtai chuckled and tried to appease him, but he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, thinking: I handle government affairs every day, from morning till night, and only sleep for two hours every night, but I am still full of energy and never feel tired. If I rest for a while, I will feel uncomfortable. They are paid, and they should share the worries of the emperor, but they still feel tired! I don't know where the books of sages have gone.

"A few hundred coins a month, what's the point of playing with your life?"

Jia Rong looked at the yamen runner in front of him and felt speechless. If he had known earlier, he would not have dressed up as 'Ning Yiji'.

He tied a group of yamen runners to a tree, clapped his hands, and heard some noise coming from a haystack not far away. He smiled and said, "Alright, stop moving. The more you move, the more it hurts. As soon as I leave, someone will come out to untie your ropes."

Next time I will never make Ning Yiji look so ugly again, even if it means replacing his face with someone else's.

Jia Rong looked deeply at the haystack, silently walked to the canal next to it, and dived into it.

Sure enough, the yamen runners hiding in the haystack quickly crawled out, untied the ropes for the men, picked up the knife on the ground and carefully looked into the canal. Not seeing anyone in the canal, several yamen runners hurried to report to the yamen.

In the evening, Jia Rong changed his clothes and removed his disguise and entered the city again.

At this time, as the sun sets in the evening, the clouds in the sky become more brilliant, with five colors competing for glory.

You Erjie led her maidservants to walk in the corridor beside the lake in Huifang Garden. She could touch the lotus flowers by the stream with just her hand, and her posture was as graceful as a fairy in the water.

Jia Rong had just finished his dinner when he saw this from afar in the garden, and his heart immediately became hot. You Erjie was really too obedient and well-behaved, so well-behaved that he was a little reluctant to eat her like this.

"The setting sun splits the blue sky into swallow tails. A piece of remaining cloud still looks like a lonely purple peak. The wind blows the white water lilies. The lotus flowers drip with dew on the clear water. The little girl has come to Huifang Garden so early to wait?!"

Uncle Rong hurried forward to join in the tour and enjoy the scenery, feeling very happy.

"Did the old lady say anything when she saw you come out?" Jia Rong held You Erjie's hand and strolled along the corridor by the lake. They could still hear the croaking of frogs nearby.

You Erjie chuckled and replied, "I'm not a child. Why do I need mother to watch over me all the time? I just said that I was tired of embroidering these two days, so I came to take a walk in the garden." As she was speaking, she heard a lot of noise in the front. Looking around, she saw a group of maids and old women, all of whom were holding a lot of things.

The second sister hurriedly said, "Someone is coming, why don't you let go?"

Jia Rong also took a look and hurriedly pulled You Erjie into the mountains.

Wang Xifeng made such a big show of herself, she must have brought all her dowry with her. It was incredible, didn't the ladies in the West Mansion say anything?

Xing and Wang didn't even try to stop it?

Master Rong was amazed and happy. Wang Xifeng lived in the east, so she was considered a real family. It seemed that Huifang Garden should be built, at least in this area close to the mountains, a few independent courtyards should be built.

By the way, since Xue Baochai failed to enter the palace, things will be interesting in the two palaces in the future. It would be interesting if Baochai could be coaxed to come here as well.

"You are poking again...!" You Erjie turned around and said softly.

Every time he was on duty, he would be away for six days. During these six days, he couldn't even touch a woman's hand. How could he not poke around? The images of Baochai and Aunt Xue flashed through Rong's mind. He lowered his head to smell the fragrance of his second sister's jade neck. How could his upright and vigorous body resist? He coaxed her: "It's because I miss you. Let's avoid them and go back to Tianxiang Tower via the mountain path."

Chapter 194: The most important night for You Erjie

In Rongguo Mansion, Xing had no complaints in her heart.

After all, she was Jia Lian's legal mother, and Wang Xifeng was his daughter-in-law.

Everyone thought Jia Lian was at fault, but the pregnant Yang disappeared. Yang's case became a confusing mystery, and Wang Xifeng didn't even pretend and insisted on moving to the east.

Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that Sister Feng’s mind is not on Jia Lian.

Xing's thoughts were naturally different.

She couldn't help feeling depressed, and after everyone else left, she said to Lady Jia in a sarcastic tone, "This family is not a family, and this mansion is not a mansion. How can an aunt move to her nephew's house? It would be fine if she just stayed for a short time, but she even moved away the dowry items. How can this be?!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang was also annoyed by Wang Xifeng's behavior.

Grandmother Jia said, "You, as a wife, have failed to discipline your brother and have made a mess of the house. Feng-ge has only taken her daily necessities and moved to the east to live for a while. What is there to quarrel about? What is going on? Doesn't Lian-er know better than you?"

Although Jia's mother suspected that Wang Xifeng and Jia Rong seemed to have something improper, it was useless to discuss and scold them now that things had developed to this point. She couldn't ask Jia Lian to divorce Wang Xifeng and expose her affair with Rong Ge. That would cause a lot of trouble. Not only would the relationship between the Jia and Wang families be damaged, but it would also affect the official positions and titles of the two governments. It would really do more harm than good.

Jia's mother knew this, and was even more annoyed by Xing's gossip. She snorted, "No one should talk about this anymore. If I hear any gossip in the future, I will hold you responsible."

Xing kept her mouth tightly shut. She said nothing, but she was still depressed in her heart.

Grandmother Jia said angrily, "Lian'er has not had any offspring for many years, and it is because of your indulgence. Take some money from my room and marry Lian'er a girl with a clean background."

The turmoil caused by Wang Xifeng moving away daily necessities was finally settled in the West Mansion.

In the two mansions, Lin Daiyu was secretly shocked. If others were just guessing, then she saw with her own eyes that there was indeed something fishy going on between Rong Ge'er and Feng Jie'er. Daiyu really didn't expect that Feng Jie'er's extraordinary and unreasonable behavior would not be stopped by the ladies.

"Why didn't you stop it?"

Because Lin Daiyu did not hear the conversation between Xing and the old lady, she thought about this problem very seriously.

In Lixiang Courtyard, Xue Baochai had been ill for several days. She was only slightly surprised when she heard about Fengjie's story, but she didn't care at all. Baoyu, on the other hand, was particularly concerned about Baochai, and he went to Lixiang Courtyard right after eating.

Baoyu said, "Sister, are you well?"

Aunt Xue said, "But you wanted to send someone to see her the other day. She's in the inner room, why don't you go and see her? I'll get ready and come in to talk to you."

When Baoyu heard this, he hurried to the door of the inner room, where he saw a half-worn red silk curtain. When Baoyu lifted the curtain and stepped in, he first saw Xue Baochai sitting on the kang doing needlework. She had a black, shiny bun on her head, a honey-colored top, and a scallion-yellow silk cotton skirt. They were all half-new and half-old, and did not look luxurious. Her lips were red without any makeup, and her eyebrows were green without any painting. Her face was like a silver basin, and her eyes were like water apricots. She was seldom talkative, and people thought she was hiding her stupidity; she was content with her lot and said she was simple.

Baoyu looked at it and asked, "Is my sister fully recovered?"

Baochai looked up and saw Baoyu coming in. She quickly stood up and said with a smile, "I'm much better now. Thank you for your concern!" Then she asked him to sit on the edge of the kang and ordered Ying'er to bring tea.

While Xue Baochai was asking about the old lady, her aunt, and the other sisters, she was looking at Baoyu, who was wearing a purple gold crown inlaid with gems on his head, a golden headband with a pattern of two dragons fighting for a pearl on his forehead, autumn-scented arrow sleeves on his body, a colorful butterfly and phoenix belt on his body, a longevity lock and a name tag around his neck, and a piece of jade that he had picked up when he was a bandit.

Baochai smiled and said, "I have always been talking about your jade, but I have never appreciated it carefully. I want to take a look at it today." As she spoke, she moved closer. Baoyu also came closer, took it off his neck, and handed it to Baochai. Baochai held it in her palm and saw that it was as big as a bird's egg, as bright as the clouds, as smooth as butter, and wrapped with five-colored patterns.

After Baochai had finished reading it, she turned it over again and read it carefully, reciting the words on the jade: "Never lose it, never forget it, and you will live forever." After reciting it twice, she turned back and smiled at Ying'er, saying: "Why are you standing here in a daze instead of going to pour tea?"

Ying'er giggled and said, "I heard these two sentences seem to be the same as the two sentences on the girl's collar."

Jia Baoyu was overjoyed and surprised when he heard this. He even thought Baochai was much closer to him than before. He said hurriedly, "So there are eight words on your necklace, too. Let me appreciate them too." He was very excited.

Xue Baochai could not get enough of his pestering, so she said, "Someone gave me two auspicious words, so I engraved it on and told me to wear it every day. Otherwise, what's the fun of carrying such a heavy necklace!" As she spoke, she unbuttoned her belt and took out the necklace that sparkled with jewels and gold.

Baoyu lifted the lock and looked at it, and sure enough, there were four seal characters on one side and eight characters on the two sides, forming two auspicious prophecies: Never leave, never abandon, and continue young forever.

Jia Baoyu read it, and also read it twice, and then read his own twice, his eyes suddenly sparkling. He also looked at Baochai's face, and felt even closer to her, so he asked with a smile: "Sister, these eight words really match mine. Never lose or forget, and you will live forever; never leave or abandon, and your youth will last forever. How did you come up with them?"

Ying Er smiled and said, "It was given to me by a bald monk. He said it must be engraved on gold..."

Before Baochai could finish, she scolded Ying'er for not going to pour tea, and at the same time asked where Baoyu came from.

Baoyu was close to Baochai at this time, and could only smell waves of cool, sweet fragrance, but he didn't know what it was. The fragrance entered his lungs, and he felt refreshed all over, and the evil thoughts that had just arisen in his mind disappeared without a trace.

At that time, Rong Ge'er also smelled a fragrance, a pure and gentle fragrance, which emanated from You Erjie's body little by little and then penetrated into his nostrils.

Absolutely wonderful!

The fragrance on the second sister's body was strange. It was obviously a very common fragrance, but Rong Ge'er felt that a part of his body was burning hot, like a red-hot iron rod.

"Will it be hot?" Rong Ge'er asked with a smile.

You Erjie innocently touched the hot spot gently with her hand, shook her head shyly, and leaned into Rong Ge'er's warm arms by the cool window.

Rong Ge'er asked again: "Haowan'er, do you think you will regret it in the future?"

You Erjie continued to shake her head. Jia Rong took out a jade hairpin from somewhere. It was as transparent and bright as glass. Under the candlelight in the room and the setting sun by the window, it was very beautiful, as if the whole world was loaded into the jade.

"It's too expensive." The second sister smiled with her eyebrows curved, and did not refuse to insert the hairpin into her bun.

Master Rong said softly, "I can't give you sisters any official promises right now. I can only use these to show my sincerity. I will never let you two suffer any injustice in this life. Tonight is Wan'er's most important night. I feel very guilty for not being able to perform those great ceremonies. How can Wan'er not have something on her head to match?"

tears……

Chapter 195: What’s that noise upstairs?

You Erjie had never felt aggrieved in the first place, and after hearing these words, she was even more pleased, and she wished she could merge herself into Rong Ge'er's body.

The maidservant beside the second sister was very considerate and actually found a pot of fine wine from the storeroom of Tianxiang Tower. She changed the pot and filled the wine, and brought it upstairs for the two to use for the wedding ceremony.

There is no need to say anything else at this time.

You Erjie was so happy that she picked up the cup and drank from it with Rong Ge'er. After one cup went down her throat, the charming color of the wine reflected on her cheeks.

Rong Ge'er's eyes flickered, and he felt the flames in his abdomen running wildly, just like the feeling when he first practiced "The Essence of the Bedroom Technique". His clothes suddenly became as strong as steel. He asked curiously, "Where did you get the wine?"

"What's going on?" You Erjie was confused.

Jia Rong shook his head slightly, and when he looked at his second sister again, he found that her gentle features were even more charming and beautiful. He could hear strange whispers in his ears, as if he had entered a hazy and strange dream. As the whispers became clearer, he heard the maids and servants in Tianxiang Tower talking. After a while, these voices disappeared, and he heard a devil's voice from hell.

It's actually misleading people.

Was it the wine or was there something wrong with me?