Gui Zi Scroll Chapter 475: Seeing the fire with insight, helpless
Zhen Baochen felt that his father had lost all control.
Only three days after returning to Jinling, Zhen Baochen felt that Jinling City had completely changed, and it completely lost the flavor of Nanjing City in the past.
There seemed to be a layer of dust on the gates of Nanjing's Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and there were only a few people inside.
After losing the status of Nanjing, Jinling City was suddenly knocked back to its original shape. It seemed that even the people in Jinling City felt that their energy and spirit had been shortened.
Zhen Baochen realized the predicament of the Zhen family, which was that they simply did not know who to find, manage, or contact.
It turns out that Prince Yi Zhong is here, Tang Mu, Zhu Gu and his gang are here, Jia Jing can also speak, and Jia Yucun and others are always smiling. But look at it now, Nanjing's halo has been lost, and everyone who can speak can
All the people are gone, and the only ones left are the drowned dogs with their backs broken, such as Jia Jing and Shui Xiong.
And what is the use of these people? They are worthless and meaningless, and they even hope that the Zhen family will help them.
Even people like the Ding family and the Tang family were able to find a way out and take action immediately, but the Zhen family failed to capture them.
You can't count on the capital city now. It will take at least a month to go back and forth with the messenger. And can going to the messenger solve the problem? Will others accept you and pay attention to you?
Either the father should go in person, and he must have the determination to give up his wealth to avoid disaster. It is not three to five million, not even one million. He must have the courage and determination to give up all the family assets, and maybe he can escape this disaster.
But my father, uncle, and others obviously couldn't do this. Their idea was to use half of the family's wealth to buy connections, and then even if the Zhen family died down, they would hide their strength and stay dormant, and Xu Tu would rise again in the future.
But who will give you such a chance to breathe?
The second uncle went to Songjiang Mansion with a large banknote, intending to bring in the Dong family and the Lu family.
But Zhen Baochen felt that it might not be that simple. You can't settle the matter with a banknote of hundreds of thousands of taels. There are many people who may not accept it if you send it to their door, and they may not dare to accept it.
Just like himself and Bao Yu, his father eagerly went to Jia Yucun to help connect Feng Ziying and was willing to let the two of them serve the scarf festival. However, Jia Yucun came up with a delaying plan. He neither said yes nor said no, so he just delayed.
It's wasteful, and this is the most dangerous.
Father should not stay in Jinling City. Staying in Jinling City is the biggest mistake. There is no one who can help or talk to him. In this situation, the Zhen family can only sit back and wait for death.
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My father should have gone to the capital a long time ago, with Prince Yi Zhong, or Tang Mu and others, even if he suffered some grievances and idleness.
By following these people to the capital, the Zhen family's silver can quickly exert its power through these people, and these people also need the money. Instead of keeping a dead sum of money now, what's the point?
A pile of silver that cannot be used is worse than a pile of scrap metal.
The current situation of the Zhen family can be described in one sentence: a fish swimming in the cauldron, sitting back and waiting to die.
Zhen Baochen was extremely anxious, but she was just a woman, and she was a woman who had just been divorced by her husband. Her status was embarrassing, and she had a beautiful chest, but without her father's approval, how many people in the family would listen to her?
What's more, Zhen Baochen was also at a loss and didn't know where to start. His father went to find Jia Jing again. This was his advice to his father.
Although it turned out that my father and Jia Jing had a bad fight over various trivial matters, that was all in the past.
Jia Yucun is unreliable, but Jia Jing can give it a try.
Nowadays, everyone is in the same boat, and Jia Jing seems to be sitting on the Diaoyutai. I don’t know what path this guy has taken. I think he can protect himself wisely, but it is still okay to come to him and ask for a solution without asking for help.
At any rate, everyone was the first to follow Prince Yoshitaka. If they could survive this storm, everyone would still be able to take care of him in the future.
But this was not enough. Zhen Baochen took a deep breath and walked around the room.
The Ding family did a great job, and immediately sent back their dowry maids, servants, Tong Pozi, and servants along with the dowry. Obviously, they wanted to completely draw a clear line and cut it clearly to avoid being implicated by the Zhen family.
It can be seen how bad the Ding family's judgment of the Zhen family's situation was, and this was accomplished in just over a month.
Zhen Baochen analyzed that it was largely due to Ding Deju's prejudgment, and then quickly notified his father-in-law and husband, and then made such a decisive response in time.
It is said that a couple's kindness lasts for a hundred days. Although she has not had any children for eight years since she was married to the Ding family, Zhen Baochen does not think it is her fault. Her husband has some health problems. It is just that such private matters are not enough for outsiders to understand, but it seems that This did not affect the relationship between the couple.
Although it was a little lighter, perhaps this was how the relationship between husband and wife always was. They respected each other as guests and supported each other. Zhen Baochen once thought that his whole life would pass like this, but he did not expect that his life would suddenly change when he was about to turn twenty-three.
Tomorrow is his birthday. Zhen Baochen stood in front of the window lattice and stared out the window silently. He sighed in his heart, who still remembers him?
Her father-in-law's disdain, her husband's ruthlessness, and her husband's behavior all made Zhen Baochen feel a dull pain in her heart.
Although on the surface he was able to hold up the situation in front of the people in the house without showing any signs of it, the sleepless nights and the tears on his pillow all told Zhen Baochen that he was not that strong and confident.
"Sister!" Baoyu's voice came from outside the door. Zhen Baochen adjusted his expression, turned his head, smiled broadly, and looked at his younger brother and cousin who walked in, "Baoyu, Baoyu."
Zhen Baoyu still looked full of energy, with a purple gold crown with two dragons grabbing pearls on her head, a gold embroidered purple belt wiping her forehead, a face like a crown jade, and a high-spirited look. She walked in with a big wooden box in her hand, "Sister, tomorrow What day is this, do you remember?"
Zhen Baochen was surprised, "What day?"
"It's your birthday, eldest sister. Have you even forgotten it?" Zhen Baoyu looked back at Zhen Baoyu with a smile, and said proudly: "Baoyu, how about it? I said that eldest sister is in a bad mood when she comes back.
I must have forgotten my own birthday, but I remember it firmly. It turns out that before my eldest sister got married, my family would prepare gifts for her every birthday. But I know that my eldest sister didn’t care much about it, only what was most important to her.
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Zhen Baochen looked at his younger brother. Although he was not born to the same mother, the relationship between the siblings was no worse than the relationship between the second sister and Baoyu. Although he remembered Baoyu's birthday clearly, he also remembered his own birthday.
Baoyu’s preferences are still fresh in his memory.
With a happy smile on his face, Zhen Baochen was moved and couldn't help but tremble slightly. How long can such a life last? Maybe tomorrow or next month, the Zhen family will melt away like snow under the sun.
What?
"Baoyu, Baoyu, it's hard for you to still remember my sister's birthday. But there is something going on in the house now, and my sister has just come back, so there is no need to spend so much time..." Zhen Baochen sighed in his heart, but his face was filled with joy.
Face, took the box handed over by Zhen Baoyu.
"Hehe, this is eldest sister's favorite snack from Tongbaozhai - Honey Green Osmanthus, Chestnut Flour Cake. Look, it has five colors of ingredients, each with five flavors: sweet and sour, light sweet, pure sweet, light sweet.
It's fresh and sweet. I specially ordered this from Tongbaozhai. It was delivered in advance today. I want my eldest sister to have a mouthful of delicious food on her birthday.
Zhen Baoyu's face was like a silver basin and her eyes were like bright stars. The admiration she revealed moved Zhen Baochen.
Zhen Baochen took a deep breath. His brother was good at everything, but he didn't like worldly affairs. It was said that Baoyu from the Jia family in the capital city was the same. He didn't know what the situation was like now that the Jia family had fallen sadly.
Zhen Baochen had met Jia Jia Baoyu once.
When I was twelve years old, I and my two younger sisters went to the capital with their father and met all the girls from the Jia family.
Jia Jiayuan's four daughters, Yingtanxi, and Zhen Jiachen's three sisters, Xuanyu, gathered together. However, it was a long time ago. At that time, Jia Jiayuanchun's oldest was only thirteen years old, and the other girls were younger than him. The impression was no longer very deep, but
The beauty and refinement of the girls are still engraved in Zhen Baochen's heart.
The relationship between the Zhen and Jia families has always been close, but it has tended to fade in recent years. The Zhen family is busy with their own career and business, so they do not pay much attention to the declining Jia family.
Already.
Jia Jing came to Nanjing alone. Because he was in charge of the household department, he had a very unhappy relationship with his father over his personal salt affairs. Therefore, the current relationship between the Zhen and Jia families has become a dispensable and useless thing.
The problem is that now the Zhen family is following in the footsteps of the Jia family, and may even end up worse and more tragic than the Jia family. The Jia family still has the Feng family to help the village, but now what about the Zhen family?
When a wall falls and everyone pushes against it, those who add insult to injury will soon appear.
Looking at Baoyu who silently lowered her eyebrows, Zhen Baochen knew that this cousin was actually much more sensible than Baoyu. She was also aware of the current precarious situation of the Zhen family, so although she came with gifts in hand, her interest was obviously not high.
And the sorrow between his brows and eyes also explains a lot.
"Baoyu, you are very considerate. My sister has not had Tongbaozhai's dim sum for a long time. I must try it today and have a full meal." Zhen Baochen took the box and smiled, "Baoyu, what about you, since you are all here
If you are here to congratulate me, you should bring out the gifts, right?"
Zhen Baoyu didn't expect her sister to be able to keep her composure. She still looked calm and calm. The worries in her heart were slightly relieved. She held out a jade and wood double comb and said sincerely: "Sister, this is something that my little sister accidentally discovered."
This comb is a rare thing. It is made of ebony wood and Hetian jade. It is half wood and half jade. It is joined together with a mortise and tenon structure. It is very practical. I wish my sister that after using this comb, everything will go well in the future.
