In the study
Jia Zheng stood there blankly, with tears streaming down his face. Especially when he heard Mrs. Wang calling "Zhu'er" in his ears, his expression became more and more dazed, and he felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.
Jia Zhu was Jia Zheng's beloved son. He originally had endless expectations, but he died young and left only a widow. It can be said that Jia Zheng will always feel pain in his heart.
With a "bang", Jia Zheng threw away the stick and slumped down on the chair, hunched over, his face was slumped and gray, and his beard was trembling a little, as if he was the child who had made a mistake.
The atmosphere of helplessness and desolation makes those who see it cry.
At this moment, an old voice came from outside: "Hit him, let him beat him, even me will be beaten to death, and he will be clean!"
Jia Mu came into the study tremblingly. She caught sight of the precious jade on the bench and hurriedly pounced on it.
When she saw a large mass of blood on the skirt of her buttocks, Jia's mother staggered. Yuanyang and Li Wan were busy supporting her, calling: "Old lady."
Just listening to Mrs. Wang calling "Zhu'er" repeatedly, Li Wan's face looked sad and his heart felt heavy.
It turned out that Jia's mother had just taken a nap in the house and was talking to Li Wan who came to say hello. When she heard about Jia Zheng's beating of Baoyu in the front yard, she rushed to the study.
When Jia Zheng saw Jia Mu's body swaying, he couldn't care less about his sadness. He quickly got up, went to meet her, and called out with concern: "Mother, mother."
Jia Mu sneered but didn't answer.
At this time, Mrs. Wang opened the hem of Baoyu's clothes without tearing off her clothes. She was shocked to see a large mass of blood on Baoyu's buttocks.
Even though Jia Mu had been through a lot, she shed tears and cried: "My Baoyu, Baoyu, please call the imperial doctor quickly! Imperial doctor!"
Mrs. Wang also lay on Baoyu's back, her shoulders shaking, and she cried loudly, "My poor son..."
At this moment, Aunt Xue, Baochai, Sister Feng, Yuan Chun, Tan Chun and other maids also came from the backyard and poured into the study.
Seeing this scene, Sister Feng was startled. She quickly stepped forward and whispered, "Why were you beaten so hard?"
At this moment, Baoyu's buttocks and clothes were soaked with blood, which looked a little scary.
Compared with the beating in the original work, Baoyu's beating this time was definitely a severe one because it lasted longer. If the servants hadn't hesitated to offend Jia Zheng and blocked him, he would have been beaten to death.
Baoyu's face was as white as paper and his breath was weak.
Seeing this tragic scene, Jia's mother was heartbroken. She turned back to look at Jia Zheng and gritted her teeth and said, "Ask him!"
Seeing Jia Mu's expression, Jia Zheng staggered and almost fell. At this moment, an arm supported his arm. When he looked back, he saw a young man with a calm face and clear eyes.
Yuanchun also came over to take care of Baoyu, instructing the maids to bring towels and hot water, and everyone was busy.
While talking, Daiyu also entered the study accompanied by Zijuan. Looking at the miserable situation, she twisted her eyebrows, pinched her handkerchief, and whispered: "Why are you beaten like this?"
Because all the maids and women were surrounding Baoyu, they did not come near him for a while.
Mother Jia suddenly raised her eyes and saw Jia Heng beside Jia Zheng, and said: "Brother Heng, you judge, there is such a man who beats his son. Last time you persuaded him not to do it, he just beat him to death." Baoyu.”
Jia Heng frowned and said, "Old lady, please ask the doctor first."
Mother Jia's face paused, and she quickly looked at Lin Zhixiao's family: "Emperor Physician, why hasn't the Imperial Physician come yet?"
"We have sent three groups of people to call him," Lin Zhixiao's family said.
Jia Mu said urgently: "Go and call again."
Jia Heng stared at Jia Zheng, who was sighing at the side, and asked, "Second Master."
Jia Zheng's face turned bitter and he said dejectedly: "Zi Yu, such an evil beast has done such a scandal. I really have no face to face my ancestors."
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said: "Second Master, Baoyu is getting older, and the young man's admiration for him is not worth anything."
As soon as these words came out, Jia Mu frowned and looked at the young man with her old eyes.
Mrs. Wang, who was crying incessantly, raised her eyes that were swollen from crying and looked at the young man, full of doubts in her heart.
This uncle Heng actually spoke to her Baoyu?
So... her Baoyu's reputation will not be ruined?
Well, even if she doesn't want to admit it, Mrs. Wang was previously frightened by the consequences of "kneeling in the ancestral hall".
But actually...
Baochai was comforting Yuan Chun at the side, watching this scene with cold eyes, but quietly focusing on the young man.
Hearing this, he raised a pair of sparkling, dewy eyes and stared at them.
Could this be a cover-up for Baoyu?
In Jia Heng's capacity, let alone Baoyu who was just teasing, he was really a maid and could really give Baoyu a whitewash.
So, what happened to make him...
I couldn't help but think of the jade hand that tightly grasped the sleeve just now, and glanced at the girl in the light yellow dress, that was her cousin.
Yuanchun originally called the maid to take care of Baoyu. Hearing this, he turned his head. Surprise appeared on his snow-faced skin. He fixedly looked at the young man, and his nose suddenly became sour.
She knew that Hengdi would not let her...
Jia Zheng's expression changed and he whispered: "Zi Yu... He did such things as teasing his mother and maid, could I have hit him by mistake?"
At this moment, Jia Zheng felt as if he had abandoned the world, feeling somewhat sad and aggrieved.
If the son is useless and does something that is disgraceful to the ancestors, why should he be beaten and scolded?
Jia Mu sneered and said, "When you were older than him, among the pretty little girls in my house, you and your brother, which one didn't stare at?"
Jia Zheng: "..."
A sense of shame came over me, and my old face felt hot.
But this is not wrong. Aunt Zhao was originally a maid in Jia's mother's room. She was said to be given to Jia Zheng, but there were some connections earlier.
In the original work, Jia Mu also made similar remarks about Jia Zheng.
But at this moment, in front of all the younger daughters-in-law, Jia Zheng felt so polite and ashamed.
It can be seen that Jia Mu was really annoyed when she saw how hard Baoyu beat him.
For example, although Yuanchun, Tanchun and Li Wan had something strange in their minds, they looked at their mouths and noses and noses and looked at their hearts, but they pretended not to hear them. Even Sister Feng was no exception and did not answer the conversation.
Mrs. Wang, who was crying, could not help but cry a little weaker.
"They are all greedy and greedy. The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!" Jia's mother was still confused and didn't know what she was thinking of, so she added angrily.
Maybe he thought of Daishan?
Jia Heng's face paused at this time, and he helped Jia Zheng out of the siege and said: "Master, as a father, you have never made a mistake in educating your son."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present paused and looked surprised.
Mother Jia frowned, glanced at Jia Heng, and sighed: "It's natural for me to beat my son, but I can't do it so cruelly. They are not father and son, they are clearly enemies."
This time, the others remained silent again and waited to see what happened.
Baochai looked at the young man with moist apricot eyes, and there was a look of thought on his plump face.
This is a conversation between the two most powerful people in the Jia family, and no one else is qualified to speak.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Baoyu is getting older, admiring young people, behaving in a frivolous manner, these are the bad habits of a dandy, they should be taught well, either with small punishments or big warnings, or with clear principles, but Baoyu's faults don't stop there. ?”
When Jia Mu heard this, her face paused. She looked at the young man, her expression changed, and she couldn't grasp the young man's thoughts for a moment.
Jia Heng's voice became colder unconsciously, and he said: "Baoyu should never, never should have left the gold chain and ran away alone, causing the gold chain to fall into a well in humiliation. I think that my two ancestors, Ning Rong, are not upright men." , went on an expedition and encountered danger, have you ever abandoned your tribe, what about women and children? I didn’t expect that I would give birth to such spineless, weak-minded and unworthy children! Even if the Duke of the country is here, he will encounter such irresponsible children and grandchildren. , even if I think about it, I will beat Baoyu with dozens of military sticks, life or death!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the study fell silent.
Jia Mu's expression changed slightly and she opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to argue. Not to mention her father-in-law, even her husband didn't do this.
Baochai looked at the young man with a voice that sounded like gold and jade. His jade face was stunned, and there were ripples in his apricot eyes. He clearly agreed with this person's words.
Tanchun looked at the young man, with surprise in his charming eyes.
In fact, this is the case. In today's fashion, it is common for the prince's children to be greedy and secretive.
In addition, the moral requirements of the Wuxun family are lower than those of civil servants.
Moreover, everyone present knew that Baoyu had loved to eat the rouge on the lips of maids since he was a child. When he was a child, he also caught Zhou'er with the woman's rouge hairpin ring, as well as some "daughters are flesh and blood made of water" and other "precious words" "The words were still ringing in my ears, and they were even laughed at by Leng Zixing, the son-in-law of Zhou Rui's family.
It can be said that teasing a maid is actually just as lethal...
People without morals will not be subject to moral pressure, and people who do not care about worldly views will not be bound by public opinion.
And Baoyu just has this kind of temperament of "hiding in a small building and becoming one, not caring about spring, summer, autumn and winter."
Kneeling in the ancestral hall?
Affect reputation?
Baoyu didn't want to be an official. No matter how bad his reputation for lechery was, it would only stop him from itching when he had too many lice or worry about his debts. Apart from making Mrs. Wang sick, his use was limited.
As Jia Heng thought before, Baoyu's reputation is still worth mentioning.
For all to see!
At this time, Daiyu listened to the young man's words and murmured the words "big man" and "cartilage" in her heart. Her bright eyes flashed under her eyebrows. Then she looked at Baoyu who was surrounded by everyone, just lightly. Sighed softly.
Qingwen stood in the crowd of maids, raising her face that was becoming more and more charming. Her eyes under the willow eyebrows were moist and misty, with a sarcastic look. She knew that the young master would not find love for Baoyu.
Jia Heng turned to look at Baoyu and said in a deep voice: "Baoyu, why did you run after you teased the golden bracelet?"
At this question, everyone looked at Baoyu.
Baoyu shuddered when he heard the question. He turned to look at the young man and said in a weak voice: "Jinchuan, is she... okay?"
Jia Heng said: "You are asking now."
"It was discovered in time and he didn't jump into the well, but if it was discovered too late, it would be hard to tell."
There was a trace of a sad smile on Baoyu's full-moon face, and two lines of tears flowed from his eye sockets, and he whispered: "If it hurts her life, it will be my fault."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang cried: "My poor son, I still care about others at this time."
At this moment, a charming voice came from outside, but it was Xiangyun who heard the news, entered the room, his face changed, and he called out: "Brother Ai, what's going on? Why were you beaten like this?"
Baoyu softly called "Sister Yun", tears streaming down her eyes.
Jia Heng glanced at Xiangyun, his eyes were deep, and said: "Now that you are saying such things, you can't even protect a maid if something happens to you. If you don't want to protect me, who else can you expect to protect? Your parents and sisters are all here, who can you protect?"
As soon as these words came out, Baoyu opened his mouth and shed tears again.
Hearing this, everyone had different expressions.
Yuan Chun was wiping the cold sweat from Baoyu's forehead with a towel, paused in his hands, and sighed softly.
Jia Mu sighed and couldn't bear to say: "Brother Heng, Baoyu is only a little older, and he is still a child. He has not gone through many things. Who can he protect?"
"A child who molests his mother-in-law?" Jia Heng said coldly.
Jia Mu's face froze and she opened her mouth. For a moment, she was choked and couldn't speak.
Mrs. Wang cried and said: "Uncle Heng, isn't it enough for Baoyu to be beaten like this? Isn't it true that he must be beaten to death to suit the wishes of you Jia family men?"
The general meaning is, my son is like this, why do you still come here to explain your reasoning?
Moreover, what Mrs. Wang said was actually a bit of a coincidence. As a mother, she put Jia Heng and Jia Zheng in the same group, so as not to be too targeted.
"If you die, you will die. In the future, there will be such trash that even parents and sisters can't take care of. It will be embarrassing and bring shame to the ancestors!" Jia Heng said with an indifferent expression.
When Xiangyun was sold on a flower boat and cried heartbrokenly, shouting "Redeeme me, love my brother", Baoyu... It would be better to die.
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she felt as if she had been struck by thunder. She shuddered. Tears filled her eyes with fear. She looked at the young man in fear, and her lips trembled unconsciously because of fear.
Yuan Chun's jade face trembled slightly, tears filled her eyelashes, and she looked at the young man in a daze.
Baochai, Daiyu, and Tanchun were also shocked and speechless... This was too shocking.
For a moment, the study fell into an eerie silence, complete with silence, and you could hear a needle drop.
Even Jia's mother turned pale when she heard such "cold" words, her whole body was cold, and she couldn't say a word.
Without him, the person standing in front of everyone is not a simple leader of the Jia clan.
Rather, he is a first-class baron, deputy envoy of the Jingying Festival, and governor of Jinyi...
To say such cruel words is tantamount to the wrath of thunder.
Jia Zheng's face was slumped, and he burst into tears again. He sighed and said, "I just say that it is only right to strangle this evil obstacle with a rope as soon as possible!"
Everyone: "..."
In the study, everyone looked at each other in horror. For some reason, they always felt that this scene was a bit creepy and funny.
Jia Heng advised: "Master, don't be sad. If you don't polish jade, you won't be able to use it. If you sin a jade, it won't lead to death. After this lesson, I hope he can really be a man and take responsibility. He won't let the scars heal and forget about the pain!" This time...it’s really impossible for me not to fight.”
This time he needs to stand up to Jia Zheng with a clear-cut banner, and he must fight clearly, and he must not punish without teaching.
Otherwise, the educational significance of Jia Zheng's severe beating would be wasted.
Baoyu will definitely return to his old ways soon, and Mrs. Wang will not gain any wisdom from her mistakes.
As soon as these words came out, everyone seemed to have tasted it. Could it be that they were taking the opportunity to teach Baoyu?
But it’s not like what Ming Ming said just now is so scary...
In fact, no one knows that this is what Jia Heng really thinks.
If the beating is severe this time, death will be death. The biggest impression of the book "Dream of Red Mansions" is that those who deserve to die are not dead, but those who are not meant to die are dead.
In fact, how can people like Baoyu change?
Although Mrs. Wang's face is still ugly, because of the contrast between what she just said, her inner mood is strangely not so... uncomfortable.
But immediately, I felt that this kind of thinking was really shameful.
Her son was beaten like this...
This person applauds, stands to cheer, and scolds from the sidelines?
Yuan Chun stared at the young man quietly, with tears still on his face and looking a little haggard. He bit his lips tightly with his teeth and turned a little white. He didn't know what he was feeling in his heart, with all kinds of mixed feelings.
Baochai's cheeks were dizzy and her bright eyes were glowing. As she looked at the young man, eight words suddenly flashed through her mind: running the army and running the family has its own rules!
Jia Zheng sighed and looked at the young man with the same mixed feelings.
Jia Heng turned to look at Baoyu and asked: "Even if you kneel down and beg your wife for a gold bracelet, and your wife becomes angry and beats you up and down, will this happen again?"
Sister Feng sighed: "Yes, Brother Bao, why are you running for such a big deal? If you hadn't run, Jin Chuan wouldn't have jumped into the well, nor would he have made such a fuss."
As he spoke, he pulled Mrs. Wang's arm and made a "ancestral hall" mouth shape.
Mrs. Wang came to her senses at this moment and cried quickly: "Don't say it's you. I usually don't care about Caixia and Brother Huan's play. I just wait until you are old enough to go over and serve your brothers... You If she is studious, why would I chase Jin Chuan away in one fell swoop? She has served me for more than ten years, and if she jumped into the well, I would be very uneasy."
At this time, Aunt Xue also started to "take jobs online" and sighed: "Fortunately, no lives were lost."
Jia Heng did not intend to let Mrs. Wang go, and said coldly: "Madam, what I said before was actually correct. Baoyu is today because of her spoiled wife. All the good men of the Jia family have been taught bad things by her. .”
Mrs. Wang was "named and criticized" and her body trembled. After just a moment, she felt that these words were indeed familiar.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "If I hadn't gotten used to it over and over again, how could I have such a bad habit today? If something went wrong, I wouldn't discipline Baoyu, but take it out on a girl. You Even if it’s gold, there are also jade, silver, copper, iron…”
This time, Jia Heng simply opened the skylight and spoke frankly, completely placing Baoyu's blame on Mrs. Wang. Of course, it was Mrs. Wang's fault in the first place.
Mrs. Wang opened her mouth and lowered her head, but she couldn't even speak.
As long as her son is not allowed to kneel in the ancestral hall, she is willing to endure this...
Jade Chuan stood among the maids, her face slightly pale, and she glanced at the young man with an aggrieved look. She and the second master were innocent, so what was there?
After hearing this, or seeing Mrs. Wang being reprimanded, Jia Mu looked a little embarrassed. She sighed and persuaded: "Brother Heng, Baoyu's mother is not easy either. Brother Zhu went there early, and she was also on the fifth floor." I am a ten-year-old, and my family only has such a bad child, so it is not easy to persuade me. Since I have a wealthy and leisurely temperament, I don't need to be too pushy, just wait a few years."
I mean, save some dignity for her.
In fact, after Prince Teng came and surrendered in a low voice the day before, Jia Heng now reprimanded Mrs. Wang about Baoyu, without any pressure.
Even if it weren't for Jia Zheng and Yuan Chun to save some face, they could have said "mistake my son and ask the Wang family to come and pick him up". Of course, this is a bit simple and crude, there are too many tricks, and it is unnecessary.
However, if something harmed the entire clan, it could force Mrs. Wang to commit suicide!
In clan society, there are many people who, in order to preserve the family, oppress clan members and sacrifice for the clan in the name of justice, as if "I am the overall situation".
Well, of course this is the face of the villain.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "What the old lady said is that if Baoyu is just a worm in the vat, there is nothing to say. From now on, the master and I don't have to worry about him anymore, we can just play with him." Come on! Whether you study Zen and gain enlightenment, or look for flowers and willows, let him go! I will always have Brother Lang to rely on in my grandchildren's generation, and my son's generation will also have Brother Huan. In the future, he will be able to show off his military exploits and make his country proud. The same lineage continues to prosper, and I have fulfilled the centuries-old love of the two branches of Ningrong and Tangdi, and I will live up to the intention of the small sect to become a large sect to worship the ancestors!"
During the Republic of China, some wealthy second generations were ineffective, and some families deliberately let them get infected with opium to prevent them from starting a business.
In later generations, when the rich generation heard that their sons bought sports cars and played with women, they were not angry but happy. They were afraid that their sons would not be smart enough to start a business and lose the family fortune based on their strength.
And Jia Heng's words are not only a brilliant way, but also serious and thoughtful.
He is the leader of the Ning Kingdom. From the perspective of ancestors, Ning Rong has helped each other and respected brothers and sisters for hundreds of years. It can even be a good story for future generations.
The Ning State he now dominates is powerful, supports the Rongguo lineage, and is full of feelings for Ning's ancestor Tang Di, which also explains some of his motives regarding Baoyu.
I can't bear to see the Rongguo line decline!
As soon as these words came out, Jia Mu's expression changed and she let out a long sigh, not knowing what to say.
Because Jia Heng has the status and power he has today, he really has little relationship with the Jia Mansion, but how much does he help the Rong Mansion in turn? Everyone has a scale in their heart.
Therefore, if he had not resigned, it would have been a different situation.
However, as soon as Jia Heng's decisive words came out, Mrs. Wang's face turned pale, and a huge panic arose in her heart. This was a panic that was even more unbearable than the reprimand just now.
There was no reason, but it just flooded Mrs. Wang like a tide, making her almost unable to breathe.
In fact, as Jia Heng's status increased, Mrs. Wang's mentality did not adjust immediately. Coupled with past conflicts, she had a complex and contradictory psychology.
To put it bluntly, I subconsciously want to rub Guang'er in my heart, and I also want to rub Guang'er while standing!
