Compared with Daiyu and Baochai, Yingchun rarely had the opportunity to go out, whether before or after her wedding, let alone being taken out by her brother Jia Lian.
The men of this generation of the Jia family have gradually grown up to be people who dislike worldly conventions. Although Yingchun was already three months pregnant, Jia Lian still ignored the obstruction from his grandmother and maid, and directly helped his sister get into the carriage.
In the carriage, Si Qi and the two nuns kept complaining about the unreliability of the second master and the third master. Yingchun always helped him with a smile on his face.
The Liu family is not as big as the Rongguo Mansion, and there are no sisters to talk to her. Her husband has to go to the imperial court every day, which is almost frustrating her.
Today, my brother is willing to take her out because of the affairs of the Liguo Duke's Mansion. Even if we don't take her to see any big show, it's great to be able to go out and hang out.
Brothers Jia Lian and Jia Cong stood guard beside the carriage on horseback. They smiled at each other as they listened to the complaints of the nanny and the chess girl in the carriage, as well as Yingchun's words of defense for their brothers.
In fact, the two plans have just been implemented, and it is still unclear whether they will see a big show today.
Jia Lian just wanted to take his sister out on a whim to relax, so he wouldn't have to stay at home alone with his thoughts.
Everywhere where cars are driven is filled with a festive atmosphere.
The first Daxia "Wuhua Tianbao" cup item exchange and negotiation meeting of the Ministry of Revenue has been upgraded. With more and more businessmen from Western countries, under Jia Cong's suggestion, the event has been upgraded to the first World Exposition. It is scheduled to be the second day after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The colleagues in the Ministry of Rites almost strangled their minister to death...
The Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, the Thousands of Old Man Banquet, and now some kind of World Expo have been temporarily added. The Ministry of Rites only has so few people. Do you want to exhaust people to death?
In the Great Xia Dynasty, there was no such thing as overtime pay for officials who worked overtime. After Jia Cong became so excited, he realized something was wrong and ran away immediately.
Anyway, he had several titles on his body. The Ministry of Etiquette couldn't wait any longer and went to the Ministry of Works. As soon as he walked in, he found that his colleagues in the Ministry of Works were looking at him with resentment.
Good guy, Mr. Lin did some calculations and decided that it would be a good idea to hold the World Exposition. Big businessmen at home and abroad would gather in the capital one after another. Just the transaction of various commodities would bring a huge amount of tax money to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
When there is something profitable, the God of Wealth immediately distributes the silver with a smile, and marks out a large open space not far from Yongding Gate to build a market.
As a result, colleagues from the Ministry of Industry were also tricked by their own minister!
It is said that the World Expo has not yet started, and Mr. Lin has made a lot of money through the shops in the market. Using the simplest shop stalls, he has sold the goods at an enviable price.
The number of merchants coming and going on the street was more than double that of previous years. Jia Cong, who did not dare to go to the Yamen, was holding a handful of candied haws at one moment and a bag of sour plums at another, stuffing them into the compartment of the carriage from time to time.
After a while, I no longer heard the complaints from the mama and the maid. The third master is so considerate and the candied haws are so sweet~
"Eh? Isn't this Sister-in-law Xue's home?"
As soon as Jia Cong finished speaking, Yingchun opened the curtain and poked her head out.
It was her first time to come to Xuannanfang. She looked at the tree courtyard gate slowly pushing backwards from left to right, and looked at her second brother Jia Lian with the same confusion.
Jia Lian was also a little surprised: "It turns out that the girl who is engaged to Xue Pan lives here~ It's a coincidence. I wanted to take you to Chongfu Temple."
"Chongfukuji Temple?"
This was beyond Jia Cong's expectation. Chongfu Temple had an excellent reputation, and even the previous "New Deal" for temples and Taoist temples did not have much impact on it.
In Buddhism, there are still great practitioners who truly care about all sentient beings. Jia Cong will not deny this.
But why did the second brother bring them here?
Soon, Jia Lian gave an explanation to his two siblings.
The carriage did not go directly to Chongfu Temple. Now that he knew that Xue Pan's daughter-in-law was nearby, Jia Lian thought that his sister was pregnant with Liujia, so it would be more secure to eat, drink and rest here.
After all, it would be bad if things got really chaotic and I bumped into my sister.
…
Although Yu Yao and Xue Pan were engaged, she still did not stop running the small shop at home.
The tofu of "Tofu Xishi" is still an indispensable dish for the neighbors. Yu Yao still works hard every day. When the Jia family brothers and sisters came, they just had a few portions of tofu left, so they borrowed the Yu family's courtyard to rest.
Jia Cong gave the snacks he bought in the future to the younger brothers and sisters of the Yu family. He and Yingchun sat under the shade of the trees in the small courtyard and listened to his brother's explanation.
"Do you still remember Liu Fang's preferences?"
"Good Buddha..."
"Yes, he is a Buddha."
Jia Lian nodded and said with a meaningful smile: "He was not fond of Buddhism before. Mr. Liu died hastily due to injuries sustained in battle. Not long after, our Lord Liu began to like reciting Buddhist scriptures and went there every year. The money donated by the temple can be used to build a golden Buddha statue. Are you surprised?"
"I remember my grandmother once said that when Mr. Liu was alive, the most disbelieving and disgusting thing was Buddhism."
The old lady at home believes in both Buddhism and Taoism. To put it bluntly, she believes in all gods.
Yingchun and other girls often listened to the old lady talk about ancient times at home, and they always heard some weird old stories about various families, and the Liguo Palace was naturally one of them.
Jia Lian nodded again and chuckled: "It's such a coincidence that my father hates Buddhism the most, and my son ran to the temple to offer incense and kowtow to the Buddha before my father's body was cold..."
"I was bored at that time, so I secretly inquired about it."
Bored? It would be weird if I believed it!
Jia Cong curled his lips and continued to dig into the bean curd in the bowl and listen to the story.
Just listen to Jia Lian continue to talk: "It was just an accident at first, but I found out an incredible news. Liu Gong fell into a dream at night, and he was so surprised that he begged the gods and Buddha~"
Big melon, big melon!
Stars almost flashed in Jia Cong's eyes, and he kept urging his second brother to continue.
Jia Lian paused, enjoying the refreshing tofu pudding served by his younger brother, and slowly told a story.
Why did Liu Fang suddenly fall in love with chanting sutras and chanting Buddha's name? It was because he had done something unscrupulous, something that was enough to make it difficult for him to sleep peacefully.
When his father was seriously injured, this guy slept with his little mother... who was Lord Liu's concubine.
It would have been fine if he was a normal person, but his father would give him a beating and beat that concubine to death for the sake of the family's reputation.
But Liu Gong returned to Beijing from the southwest battlefield with wounds all over his body, and was directly sentenced to death by the imperial doctor.
Liu Fang really went beyond the realm of "filial piety". She even fell in love with his little mother in front of his father's bedside. The old man woke up in the middle of the night and saw his son's "filial piety". He couldn't help but get angry. died.
It was impossible for Jia Lian to find out about this matter, but the weird thing was that Liu Fang really liked that little mother and didn't kill her to silence her.
Later, it was said that Liu Gong came back to life on the seventh day and entered Liu Fang's dream at night, intending to kill this unfilial son.
This happened for several days in a row, and Liu Fang was so frightened that she tried her best to do nothing. Until the young lady surnamed Ma went to the Liu family's temple and led Buddhist practitioners to pray for the Liu family.
And Liu Fang also received great blessings from the Bodhisattva Buddha. From then on, she continued to chant sutras and was able to sleep peacefully.
Coincidentally, the Liu family's family temple is right next to Chongfu Temple. The young lady named Ma is now practicing Buddhism there and almost never steps out of the nunnery.
How did Mr. Lian find out about this news?
Madam Ma was only in her twenties, and she was still young and beautiful. Liu Fang was suddenly forcibly "led to practice" and placed in a remote place such as Nancheng Nunnery. How could she be willing to accept the glory and wealth she had enjoyed?
Slowly, she used Liu Fang's money to bribe almost all the people in the nunnery. On the surface, she was peacefully chanting sutras and chanting Buddha's name, but secretly she had long been planning other ways out.
It's a pity that the Liguo Duke's Palace is the founding Duke's Palace after all. The Liu family is so powerful that Mrs. Ma spent several years without finding any other way out.
Until one day, a charming young man with peach blossom eyes...
"Second brother, your sacrifice is too great..."
Although Jia Lian's words were very obscure, Jia Cong and Yingchun still understood the mystery.
"What's the point? It's not like you don't know my temper, brother."
Compared with his conservative and shy younger brothers and sisters, Jia Lian has never been shy about such things. That is to say, he has been busy with official business in the past few years and rarely goes to the Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion to show off.
You can get information by sleeping with a little widow. When Najia's family was at a low point, Mr. Lian thought this was worth it!
Jia Lian had hidden this matter in his heart for several years. It was not until this critical moment when he was about to beat up the drowned dog and give Liu Fang the last blow that he mentioned it again.
As for that little lady Ma, the worst thing she can do is give her some money. No matter how you say it, it can be considered a romantic relationship. Second Master Lian is a person who values relationships!
"In fact, I had other preparations, but His Majesty asked Cao Jiugong to take the lead and said enough is enough. Therefore, I can only use this to abolish Liu Fang's inheritance right from the source. Liu Gong's title cannot be passed on to such an unfilial person. That's bullshit. Without Liu Fang, wouldn't my brother-in-law be the best successor?"
Jia Cong was already stunned, good guy, second brother, you are such a bitch!
This calculation actually started several years ago, at the cost of "selling" his body.
However, there is really nothing wrong with Jia Lian's idea. How can someone who teases his little mother in front of his father who is seriously injured and about to die, and makes his father angry to death, qualified to inherit the family title?
Not to mention the princes of the court, even the common people will despise such people.
The Central Plains Dynasty has always governed the world with filial piety.
Liu Fang's behavior has violated one of the taboos of the country and is a heinous crime. I am afraid that his life will not be saved.
That is to say, the emperor did not want to make things too big, but wanted to control the development of the situation for the stability of the southwest border and let Jia Lian stop.
Unfortunately, Liu Xianglian became the son-in-law of the Jia family. If not, Jia Lian's hidden backhand would have been enough to send the entire Liu family to Caishikou Jiuzu.
…
The three brothers and sisters were enjoying the comfort in the small courtyard of the Yu family, but there was already a commotion in front of Chongfu Temple. To be precise, there was a riot in the Liu Family Temple, which was separated from Chongfu Temple by a wall.
Liu Fang was imprisoned in imperial prison, and the rest of the Liu family were not idle.
Some of their sons and nephews were imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. The Third Division had already complied with the emperor's will, sentenced those who deserved to be sentenced, and those who deserved to be exiled were about to set up a execution platform and have their heads chopped off.
After all, the Liu family is the founding government of the country, so there will naturally be no shortage of connections.
Many people in the clan had already heard about what happened at the court meeting that day, and each of them had other thoughts. Those who were not involved in the case naturally began to prepare for their own small families.
Since Liu Fang is unreliable, they will find someone reliable for themselves.
Compared with Liu Fang, who is ruthless, stupid and playboy, Liu Erlang is simply a god-like figure.
He is a person who attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and is also a popular person in the imperial court with a bright future.
It's a pity that Liu Fang was blocking the way and could not inherit the title of Li Guogong.
How does this work? You, Liu Fang and his son, don't even have a decent heir, and you have caused so much trouble, ruining the reputation of my Liu family, and yet you still want to dominate the title?
dream!
Ever since, someone in the Liu family began to think about how to kick Liu Fang away and invite Liu Xianglian into the house.
At this time, it’s time for Mr. Lian to take action!
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"Uncle Sixth, Madam Ma doesn't want to come out. She said that unless we can guarantee her safety and guarantee to give her enough money to send her out of the capital in the future, she will die in the nunnery and will not go to Shuntian Mansion with us."
Liu Yu, one of the elders of the Liu family and the elder of the sixth house, heard the words and said in a deep voice: "Yes, tell her that as long as Liu Fang is convicted, I will keep her alive and promise her stability and wealth for the rest of her life."
In fact, for the crime of committing adultery... women will be punished and exiled. However, Liu Yu is also a person with an official title. Taking advantage of the friendship left by Liu Gong, he gave up his old face and went to seek help from Shuntian Mansion. , saving a woman’s life is not a big problem.
Of course, Miss Ma was able to make those two requests because she believed that Mr. Lian would not lie to her.
It's a pity that Mr. Lian's handsome face will never be seen again in the future.
It was under such circumstances that Miss Ma, wearing a vaguely looming monk's robe, climbed onto the Liu family's carriage.
Jia Cong greeted his brothers and sisters to get in the car with excitement, and followed the Liu family's team to the Shuntian Mansion Office.
Yu Yao sent the three brothers and sisters away. She just glanced at the entrance of Chongfu Temple where the show was over and everyone had dispersed. She smiled and ignored the commotion outside. She quietly cleaned up the small courtyard and took care of her mother, siblings.
"Dong dong dong..."
There was a burst of drums outside the Shuntian government office, and the yawning government servant came over dissatisfied. He was about to scold him, but he saw a pretty woman... The pretty bhikshuni was laboriously knocking on the door of the government office. Dengwengu.
"Why did the Master beat the Dengwen drum?"
"The poor nun is here to complain. Please send me to the government office. The poor nun wants to file a lawsuit against Liu Fang, the first-class son of Duke Li. He was disobedient and unfilial. He molested his concubine. He was angry before he died. …”
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The Shuntianfu Yamen opera started to sing, and hundreds of people gathered in front of the Yamen to watch the opera.
The three brothers and sisters of the Jia family booked a private room on the second floor of the teahouse facing the street at the Yamenkou. They tasted tea and waited for officials from Shuntian Prefecture to come to court to question the case.
However, this case is a bit big. Song Qilian, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, has made his old habit again and wants to make peace with such troublesome cases.
However, Liu Yu didn't want to be at odds with this matter. Before Song Qilian could make a decision, he sent news to the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple.
In less than half an hour, three carriages arrived outside the Shuntian Mansion Office.
The three departments have all sent senior officials, each of whom can influence the development of this case.
Song Qilian had no choice but to grit his teeth and arrange for his promotion to court. This case must be tried impartially!
Monthly ticket recommendation ticket
I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
