Chapter 327 Baoyu Makes Trouble in the School
Although Jia Zheng is sometimes confused about these things, his greatest advantage is that he trusts Jia Cong and will give him unreserved support.
Therefore, after hearing Jia Cong's words, he immediately said, "Paying back debts is a matter of course. Our family is not short of money, so how can we owe the court? I wonder how much money our two families owe?"
Jia Cong smiled bitterly upon hearing this, "It's really not a small amount! The East Palace owes about 300,000 taels, and the West Palace owes a whopping 500,000 taels!"
"Ah!" Jia Zheng exclaimed. Even though he didn't take such things to heart, he knew what a large sum of money 800,000 taels was.
"How come I owe so much money?" Jia Zheng said in shock.
Jia Cong shook his head, "I don't know the details, but they were all borrowed by my father and Brother Zhen with their seals!"
Jia Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Although the amount is not small, it doesn't matter. I will check the public accounts later and then discuss it with the old lady!"
"Can you spare some money from the East Palace? If it's not enough, I'll see if there's any money in the West Palace and help you fill the gap temporarily!"
"Thank you, second uncle, but the East Mansion can still afford it!"
"That's good! I'll go look for the old lady now..."
Just as Jia Zheng stood up, the servant outside the door came in, bowed to Jia Zheng and the others, and said, "My Lord, Master Fu Ren is outside asking to see you!"
"Fu Ren?" Jia Cong was stunned. This Fu Ren was a great scholar whom he had asked his master to find, and he was in charge of the Jia family school.
"Since you are Professor Fu, I'm afraid there is something going on in the clan school. Please come in!" Jia Zheng said directly. And since it was Fu Ren who came, he was not in a hurry to look for the old lady. He stayed to listen to what was going on in the clan school.
A moment later, an old scholar in Confucian clothes rushed in angrily.
"My lord, I am going to expel several of your noble family's young men from the clan school. This is outrageous, absolutely outrageous!" the old teacher said, puffing his beard and glaring.
Jia Cong smiled and stood up to let the old master sit down first, and then he said, "Mr. Fu, calm down first, but which bastard made the old master angry? Don't worry, my second uncle and I will take care of it for the old master."
"It is a blessing for our Jia family that the old gentleman can come to our Jia family to study. If any bastard offends the old gentleman, he will be severely punished!"
Jia Cong's attitude made Fu Ren feel better. He then said to the uncle and nephew, "Your family's Jia Baoyu and his relatives' children Xiang Lian, Yu Ai, and Jin Rong have been fighting in the school, refusing to obey discipline, and slandering the school teachers..."
When Jia Zheng heard that his son Jia Baoyu was the one causing trouble again, he immediately became angry!
And Jia Cong finally understood what was going on.
Although there were not many children of the right age in the two Jia families, there were quite a few in the clan school! Including children from the side branches, children from the side branches by marriage, and now many children from the eight dukes and twelve marquises, all of whom were related.
For example, Jin Rong's aunt married Jia Huang. Because Jia Huang was a smart man, he was somewhat respectable in front of Jia Zhen and Jia Lian. It was through this relationship that Jin Rong entered the Jia family school.
The situations of Xianglian and Yuai are basically the same!
As for Xiang Lian, Yu Ai and Jin Rong, they are actually "best friends" of Xue Pan!
The only thing they have in common is that they are all handsome. Although not as handsome as Qin Zhong, they are definitely much more "beautiful" than Jia Cong.
When the Xue family first entered the Jia Mansion, Aunt Xue had allowed Xue Pan to study in the clan school. Jin Rong and his friends were greedy for money, so they naturally catered to the eldest master of the Xue family and stayed by Xue Pan's side all day long.
In fact, Baoyu had long been envious of Xue Pan's close friends. However, he did not want to hurt Xue Pan's reputation, so he could only suppress this "friendship" in his heart. Fortunately, Baoyu also had Qin Zhong by his side before, and Qin Zhong was more beautiful than these three people, so although Baoyu liked these beauties, he did not easily provoke them.
However, ever since the incident at Shuiyue Temple, Qin Zhong had become distant from Baoyu. No matter how Baoyu tried to show his affection, Qin Zhong just buried his head in his studies, and sometimes even studied hard at home, rarely coming to school. Baoyu had no choice but to gradually shift his attention to these few people.
It just so happened that Xue Pan was a lazy man who rarely came to the clan school because of his busy family business, so Baoyu took advantage of the opportunity to come. Moreover, he was tired of the clan school, but Jia Zheng forced him to come. Even though he begged the old lady twice, Jia Zheng rejected him.
Therefore, with these beauties by his side, Baoyu felt a little more cheerful despite his boredom.
But on this day, the school arranged for everyone to study on their own, without the supervision of the professor. Baoyu could not bear it any longer, so he pulled Xianglian and Yuai outside the school to talk about some private things. Naturally, the more they talked, the closer they became. Several people immediately became interested, so they found a corner and comforted each other carefully.
This scene happened to be seen by Jin Rong who was passing by.
Jin Rong and Xiang Lian are on the same path, but this does not mean that they have a good relationship with each other, or in other words, they are still in a competitive relationship with each other.
Xue Pan was familiar with Jin Rong first, but Xue Pan was also a person who liked new things and hated old things. After meeting Xiang Lian and the other two, he became tired of his old lover Jin Rong. In this regard, Jin Rong naturally hated Xiang Lian and the other two. However, although Jin Rong also had some small background, he could not afford to provoke the master of the Xue family, so he had to endure it all the time.
Moreover, after being "abandoned" by Xue Pan, he also threw himself into the arms of Master Bao! In this way, he naturally defeated his two opponents.
"Okay!" Looking at the intimate scene of several people, Jin Rong gnashed his teeth in hatred, "I was wondering why the Second Master was annoyed with me all of a sudden, it turns out that you two bitches are the ones who are causing trouble. If I don't teach you a lesson today, I'll have come here for nothing."
It is said that love breeds hatred, and this is what Jin Rong was thinking at the moment. Therefore, when he became jealous, he did not care about Baoyu and went straight to the teacher of the clan school to report him!
When the Master came over, Baoyu and the others were at a critical moment. Baoyu, who was disturbed, was furious and scolded the Master directly! This Master usually reads the sage books, when has he ever experienced such a thing? He was immediately furious and told Fu Ren again.
Fu Ren was also furious. He was in charge of the clan school, and yet such a thing happened. If this got out, how would he have the face to speak in front of his old friend?
So, he went straight to the mansion to look for Jia Cong, but couldn't find him in the East Palace. After asking people, he came all the way to Mengpo Zhai!
