Chapter 178 Water Dissolution

Because the second day was the day when he stayed with others, he was the busiest, so Jia Lian did not dare to stay at Tiekuan Temple for too long, so he returned to Rongguo Mansion before noon. Help Sister Feng take care of the internal and external affairs.

In one day, I don’t know how many waves of official guests were welcomed and sent off. There were hundreds of cars and sedans coming and going, and it was very lively.

At night, the only people left were the Ding family members, as well as people from close relatives such as the Shi family, the Wang family, the Xue family, and the Lin family. This night, the lights were on, and everyone couldn't sleep, just to stay with them.

Fortunately, Sister Feng was prepared in advance and hired several groups of storytellers and performers in advance to rehearse the show for the family and friends to relieve their boredom. Otherwise, the long night would be really unbearable. very.

At dawn, the auspicious time has arrived, and all those on standby immediately started to move.

A group of 8,864 people in Tsing Yi asked for directions. The white sail in front of them had a large inscription saying:

To the eldest grandson of the first-class Rongguo Duke of the Wei Dynasty, The coffin of the first-class divine general who enjoys a long and hereditary life.

Subsequently, the butlers, furnishings, amusement equipment, etc. were all newly made, all of the same color dazzling.

The funeral guests, including those with titles, all rode in eight-person sedans, including Jia Mu and others, adding up to more than ten people. The remaining unemployed people still have forty or fifty people riding in four-person sedans, including the upper and lower families, large and small sedans. The family and close relatives alone use no less than a hundred vehicles!

With such an area spread out, the coffin-delivery team already occupied four or five miles.

There were also official guests who came to attend the funeral, such as Bo Niu Jizong, the first-class descendant of Zhenguo Gongfu, Liu Fang, the first-class son of Liguo Gongfu, Chen Ruiwen, the hereditary third-rank Weizhen general of Qiguo Gongfu, and Zhiguo Gongfu. Third-rank Weiyuan General Ma Shang...and Xining County Prince's Mansion, Nan'an County Prince's Mansion...

These ten families, which are among the four founding princes and eight princes of the country along with Jia's Mansion, except for those who are also doing funerals Apart from the Duke's Mansion, all the others are the head of the family himself.

In addition, there are Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing, Jiang Zining, the hereditary second-class male grandson of Pingyuan Marquis, and Xie Jing, the hereditary second-class male of Dingcheng Marquis who also serves as the guerrilla general of the Beijing camp. Mansion, General Shenwu's Mansion, Jinxiang Marquis' Mansion...

There are a series of families with officials and titles in Beijing, and there are countless carriages, horses and people.

They all set up colorful tents, set up banquets and played music on the road to the funeral in Rongguofu, paying homage to the souls of the deceased. This was a road sacrifice.

The first is the sacrificial shed of Dongping County Prince's Mansion, the second is the sacrificial shed of Nan'an County Prince's Mansion, the third is the sacrificial shed of Xining County Prince's Mansion, and the fourth is the Beijing County Prince's Mansion...< br />
Of these four palaces, the first three are doing well and have been reduced toGongqing family. Only in the Beijing Prince's Mansion, at the beginning of the founding of the country, among the four princes and eight princes, Prince Beijing made the greatest contribution and had the most respected status. Therefore, it has been passed down to the fifth generation now, and his descendants still hold the title of king!

There are only a handful of fifth-generation princes, even among the royal family of the Wei Dynasty.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Beijing Palace is the first family with different surnames in the world.

Although the current Wang Shuirong of Beijing is not as young as the weak crown, he has a gentle temperament and both political integrity and talent. He is highly valued by today's saints and is now ranked in the imperial class.

Therefore, if we say that Jia Lian was born in a noble family and was already in the fourth rank of officialdom at a young age, he was a rare and promising young man in the country. However, compared with the Prince of Shui County, there is still no comparison at all.

The other party is much better than Jia Lian in terms of birth, title or official status.

What's more, the other person is one or two years younger than Jia Lian...

These are all okay. Jia Lian himself doesn't want to compare with others. After all, reincarnation is really difficult. In technical work, there is only better, not the best.

If your family background is no match, no matter how hard you struggle, it will be in vain.

What made Jia Lian most upset was that on the third day after Jia She delivered the obituary, Shui Rong came to pay his respects in person. On that day, the Jia family received him with the most solemn attitude. At that time, Jia Lian discovered that the other party , actually not even behind him in appearance...

Even, whiter than him!

After that day, Jia Lian decided that from now on he must work harder and practice martial arts.

Because he found that the water-solubility conditions were abnormally good in all aspects, but just like Jia Baoyu, he was a weak chicken.

Hmph, what’s the use of a pretty boy? It might be over in three minutes. Therefore, only a strong and handsome man can walk through the thousands of flowers in the world...

The Shui Rong Shao ascended the throne, but he was not arrogant, extravagant or arrogant.

Thinking of the friendship between his ancestors and the ancestors of the Jia family who shared life and death together, he attached great importance to the exchanges between the two families.

Not only did Jia She visit the funeral in person to deliver sacrifices that day, but today he also personally brought officials from the palace to deliver sacrifices.

For a moment, I saw the grand funeral of Jia's family coming like a mountain of silver. The messenger of Rongguo Mansion had already seen Wang Jia in the water, and quickly flew back to inform Jia Lian, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and others.

Jia Lian and the other two people did not dare to neglect. They hurriedly ordered the funeral procession to station where they were, and then went forward to greet them in person and paid homage to them.

Shui Xun didn't take it seriously. After answering the salute with a smile, he walked out of the sedan chair. After a few words of greeting with Jia Lian and the others, he ordered the chief official to pay homage on his behalf.

　After the laying ceremony, Shui Rong was not in a hurry to get off the road. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and smiled at Jia Lian and chatted.

"Last time I got together with Brother Shi, Xiao Wang was deeply impressed by Brother Shi's elegance and insight. Unfortunately, the timing was not right and he only had time to be rough for a while.

After returning, Xiao Wang thought carefully about Brother's unique views on all things in the world and the laws of heaven and earth, and was greatly inspired. He wanted to invite Brother to my private residence several times, where we could make tea and discuss Taoism with each other, and talk about our feelings.

But after thinking about it, My brother's family affairs are complicated, so I don't dare to disturb him."

When Shui Rong said this, both Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen were stunned.

With Shui Rong’s status, even if he and Jia Lian fell in love at first sight, there was no need to keep his attitude so low.

Moreover, the last time Shui Rong came to express condolences to Jia She, the two of them were also with him. Although Shui Rong talked to Jia Lian about some topics that they were not very interested in, they would not let the two of them alone. So close.

Could it be that they are really old and can’t understand the world of young people?

Jia Lian himself was a little surprised, but he didn't care much.

He knew that he had indeed met Shui Rong only once. Perhaps it was because he was a semi-marginal figure in the Jia family in the past, doing nothing all day long. Shui Rong, on the other hand, was younger than him and had just inherited the throne two years ago, so they had no chance to meet before.

But before we met last time, we must have heard about each other.

As for what Shui Rong said, his elegance and insight were probably due to the fact that the last time he received him, some topics such as astronomy and geography were accidentally discussed during the chat. Perhaps he inadvertently missed a few "scientific opinions" he brought from later generations, so Shui Rong felt refreshed and gained something.

But Jia Lian is well aware of the ignorance and ignorance of people in this era regarding these unknown and unsolved things. He does not think that he can put Shui Rong in such a high position by throwing out some unique opinions. The people are convinced!

Shui Rong behaved this way, perhaps mainly because of his own modesty, or because he saw that he was a somewhat capable person, so he wanted to make friends with him.

Just like when he made friends with Gu Danfeng, the young master of the Gu family. People who reach their status usually make friends at lower levels, because only those with a lower status than themselves can be easily used for their own purposes.

So, Jia Lian, who thought he had seen through Shui Rong's tricks, didn't care in his heart, but still showed a cooperative look of honor on his face, and bowed to Shui Rong: "Your Majesty, you are so complimentary. I am of average intelligence. I only have some vulgar knowledge. The last time I spoke wantonly in front of the prince, it was already Meng Lang's behavior. I am deeply afraid that it will offend the prince's respect.

Therefore, I really do not deserve such praise from the prince.reputation. ”

When Shui Rong heard that Jia Lian didn’t respect his explanation last time and still called his subordinates one by one, he knew that Jia Lian was still wary of him.

He could understand Jia Lian’s behavior. I am cautious, and therefore think more highly of Jia Lian.

It’s just a little regretful.

I don’t care too much. Today’s scene is not about making friends. place.

So he took out a piece of crystal clear green jade from his arms, holding it in one hand and saying:

"I saw it in a hurry last month. , I am deeply sorry that I did not prepare a token to express our friendship when we first met. Today I will give this gift to my brother, please do not refuse. "

When Jia Lian heard this, he frowned subconsciously and said to himself, shouldn't this plot be triggered by facing Jia Baoyu?

He doesn't like to play with men. Men are like this.

Besides, he doesn’t like things like jade toys. Every time he gets one, he usually gives it away or resells it.

Otherwise, with so many jades and antiques in Jia She’s study, he wouldn’t have asked Sister Feng to just pick a few that she liked to keep, and then asked Sun Zairen to take them all out and cash them in immediately...
< br />"This jade comes from a gemstone from the Western Regions. I got it by chance, so I ordered the craftsmen in my house to cut and carve it.

To be honest, I hit it off with my brother-in-law, so I would like to ask my brother-in-law to come to Humble House Guanghui Guanghui often when he has free time.

I have already told the concierge of my residence that in the future, whenever Brother Shi comes to my residence with this jade, he does not need to be informed and comes directly to me. "

Shui Rong said with a smile, and handed a thick jade pendant one-third of the size of a palm to Jia Lian.

Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen were even more chatty. Dare to speak, I don’t know what kind of magic power Jia Lian has that makes Shui Rong value him so much.

Listening to what he means, doesn’t it mean that if you take this jade pendant, you can enter the Beijing Prince’s Palace at will in the future?
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Jia Lian also hurriedly bent down and worshiped: "This thing is too valuable. I am ashamed that I dare not accept it. I would like to ask the prince to take it back..."

Jia Lian is also a little confused about the water solution. That's what he meant. If he was just being polite, there was no need for him to be so thorough. Jia Lian believed that for another person, as long as he grew up in this feudal society and received the education of the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constitutions, he would be treated like this by Shui Rong. He has already made up his mind to die for his confidant...

Shui Rong seemed to have known that Jia Lian would refuse. After waiting for his reply, he immediately said: "I know that Brother Shi is not a common person, so naturally he does not regard common things as his priority. . This little thing is just a token of our friendship.

If Brother Shi refuses to accept it, I'm afraid he dislikes Xiao Wang's meager salary. ”

Shui Rong said that for this reason, if Jia Lian didn’t answer, he would be suspected of falling into Shui Rong’s face.

So Jia Zhen and Jia Zheng next to them were anxious. Jing'er winked at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian had no choice but to bow deeply, "Respect is worse than obeying orders. Since the prince said so, I will accept it respectfully. ”

Speaking, he took the jade pendant from Shui Rong’s hand.

As soon as he took it, Jia Lian knew that this was indeed a top-grade jade. Looking at its transparent material, Even Jia Lian knows that this item is valuable.

The most important thing is that the word "water" is engraved in the middle of the front of the jade pendant...

This single word is enough to make this jade pendant an important token.

In this way, Jia Lian can’t help but cherish it.

Shui Rong does not care about Jia Lian’s heart. After seeing Jia Lian taking the things, he became a little happier.

He glanced at Jia Zheng next to him and felt that he was being slighted. After all, Jia Zheng was the Duke of Rongguo. Their son, they also knew each other in the court before.

Remembering the topic they talked about when they met Emperor Ning Kang last time, he nodded with Jia Lian and turned to look at Jia Zheng.

"When I was in court, I heard that there was a young master born with a jade in his head in Shi Weng's family. I wanted to do it several times, but was blocked by the complexity.

I think he must have arrived today. I wonder if he could please come out for a while? ”

Upon hearing that Shuirong finally remembered the business, Jia Lian nodded secretly beside him.

That’s right, you are the ones who should play together...


…

The meeting between Shui Rong and Jia Baoyu was astonishing. As expected by Jia Lian, it turned out to be very harmonious.

Shui Rong also gave Jia Baoyu a token and invited Jia Baoyu to his palace as a guest, which made Jia Lian feel more at ease.

As long as you don’t want to unspoken rules for him, everything is easy to discuss.

After sending away the water, it will be easier to deal with the remaining relatives and friends, most of whom are just in the funeral procession. I just raised my hand and thanked him, and that was it.

After leaving the city, it became easier.

Jia Lian went to take a look at Yingchun. Yingchun’s body was delicate, and the person who was keeping watch before During the day, I was still infected with the wind and cold.

Then,Jia Lian rode up to Sister Feng's carriage and suddenly his face turned dark.

"Brother Lian."

From the window of Wang Xifeng's carriage, Jia Baoyu's face actually came out, and he was smiling and seemed very happy.

"Zhao'er, go get a carriage for Mr. Bao alone..."

Jia Lian did not hesitate and immediately sent someone to find a carriage for Jia Baoyu. .

When Jia Baoyu was still young, he would endure it.

Now, Jia Lian knows that Erbao is no longer a simple child, how could he still let him get into his wife's car and do something!

Seeing that Jia Baoyu’s face turned from sunny to gloomy, and he seemed unhappy, Jia Lian coaxed him and said: "Okay, you can go and take a car yourself. Your second sister-in-law is very busy these days. Don't touch the ground. She didn't get much rest last night and the night before. What are you doing to make trouble for her here? Go and have fun by yourself and be obedient."

Jia Baoyu reluctantly followed Sister Feng's son. jumped off the carriage.

Sister Feng looked at him, looked at Jia Lian with a smile, and asked, "What are you doing? Brother Bao is still a child."

Jia Lian glanced at her , eyes sharp.

Sister Feng was startled and suddenly laughed again. Could it be that a heartless person is jealous of Brother Bao?

Jia Baoyu is the darling of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and is also her cousin, so whether it is in terms of pleasing Jia Mu and others, or she has really loved him a bit since she was a child, Sister Feng The children are very concerned about Jia Baoyu.

Today is cloudy and the wind is blowing cold in the morning. I saw Jia Baoyu sitting alone on a horse before, so I was afraid that he would catch cold, so I asked him to come over and ride in a carriage with her. Her carriage has plenty of space anyway.

The most important thing is that in her eyes, Jia Baoyu, who is only twelve years old, is indeed just a child!

Jia Lian, on the other hand, was well-versed in human nature, well versed in world affairs, and did not let clouds obscure his eyes.

At that time, he was about the same age as Jia Baoyu, and he was deceived by You into the carriage and touched...

"You have worked hard these past two days. There are still a few hours left, so you can have a good rest in the car. You don’t have to worry about things outside, just let me take care of you.”

Hearing Jia Lian’s words, Sister Feng was immediately happy again. stand up.

But before she could finish feeling proud, she saw Jia Lian leaning over on his horse and saying to her seriously: "As a woman, you must abide by the rules of a woman. Let me see you and others again." When two men live together in the same room, be careful about how they serve you."

Jia Lian finished this warning., went to beat the horse, leaving Wang Xifeng with a blank look.

"What are you talking about? Brother Bao is still a child..."

Wang Xifeng glanced at Ping'er, Wang'er's wife and others nearby, her cheeks were red and her hair was red. Get hot!

Just now, Jia Lian spoke to her like that. No one else said it, but at least the few people she was waiting for must have heard it. Look at their expressions of wanting to laugh but not laughing. How could this make her feel so embarrassed?

But Jia Lian had already left, and she had no room to argue.

"Bah..."

After spitting, Sister Feng closed the curtains of the carriage angrily and hammered the soft stool in the carriage twice.