The Soldier of the Red Mansion

Chapter 113 Wang Xifeng's Cry
If Zhang Jifu didn't value me, I wouldn't have to go through so much trouble and hide in the Jia Mansion. Then I wouldn't be deeply involved with the Jia Mansion, and I wouldn't have to worry about the troubles of the four major families in the future.

You can help Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng is a good person.

Wang Xifeng took good care of him, but this young woman was a little cruel, so he just considered it as repaying her a favor.

Anything else.

Lin Daiyu must be protected, regardless of whether Lin Ruhai is there or not, because great favors must be repaid greatly. The kind of people who are grateful for a little bit of rice and then resent it for a big rice are the ones I despise the most in my life, and I cannot be such a person.

The Xue family also wants to repay the favor.

Due to the favors from Hexi Xiaoying and the second branch, nothing serious happened to the Xue family, and the family was not implicated in the end, so you just need to take care of them.

Of course, the premise is that you are doing well.

I am too lazy to put in the effort and don't have any big ambitions. I don't want to cause harm to the people, but I am even more unwilling to suffer without any hardship. With such good conditions, I still have to live a good life.

In some places, once you marry a wife, no one dares to offend you, and you don't offend others either.

Zhang Jifu is too conspicuous.

Therefore, Zhu Wei is very suitable. As the admiral of the Eastern Army, he holds great power. Currently, the cooperation with him is also good, and this relationship should continue.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Wei was also looking for him.

"Aren't you staying in Yangzhou?" Zhu Wei asked as soon as they met, looking unhappy.

Wang Xin didn't understand what Zhu Wei was angry about, so he smiled and said, "If the Minister Zhang Jifu doesn't allow it, I will continue to follow the general."

Zhu Wei sighed.

Did he offend him? Wang Xin thought about his recent actions.

After a moment's silence, Zhu Wei said, "I had no intention of keeping you. You are capable in battle, and I would have liked to use you. It was only when Jia Yucun asked me to keep you that I reluctantly let you go."

This was just a polite remark and Wang Xin didn't take it seriously.

My surname is Wang, which has its pros and cons. The con is that even if Zhu Wei really wants to use his abilities, he cannot consider me as his direct descendant, because my future will ultimately be arranged by the four major families.

"The date for returning to the capital has been set. If you return, you should stay in the camp in Hexi." Zhu Wei finally reminded him, "You should know the situation on the right flank. You have 2,000 soldiers under your command, which is more than your general. Paying them will be a problem when the time comes. How will you get along with your general in the future? You should prepare in advance."

Wang Xin almost cursed.

Because of Zhang Jifu's sudden move, I almost forgot about this.

"Thank you, General. Perhaps you reminded me, but I was kept in the dark." Wang Xin thanked him sincerely.

As an admiral, Zhu Wei has a very obvious flaw: he is very stingy. Except for his own people, he is reluctant to spend a penny on supplies, which has caused a lot of criticism. Even for himself, although Zhu Wei will not be harsh on himself, he will not give a cent more, and he will give as much as he deserves.

Apart from being stingy, he is not bad in other aspects and he even reminds himself of the problem.

"General Cheng won't bother with me, right?"

"Unless you're willing to let him drink the blood of your soldiers." Zhu Wei's tone was a little complicated, knowing Wang Xin's character, "otherwise, you're blocking his path to wealth."

There are three thousand people on my account book.

Logically, the Ministry of War should have distributed the military pay for 3,000 soldiers. In reality, half of the military pay was already reduced before it even left the government office. When this half reached the army, half was reduced again. The remaining half was distributed to the camp, and the generals in the camp received another share, and then the servants received their share.

Otherwise, you can become an official thousands of miles away.

It has always been this way, but in recent years, due to the Japanese invasion in the southeast, the financial shortage has occurred, the arrears are serious, and the deficit is too large, so even the upper class cannot eat enough and the people below are almost starving to death.

The number of soldiers deserting from the Beijing camp was quite high, and the officers were happy to see it happen. Even a mosquito leg is still meat, and the number of soldiers who were drawing salaries without doing anything was getting bigger and bigger.

But it also depends on the actual situation.

Now that the Eastern Army is fighting, it is normal to draw elite troops from various units, like Liu Ding, the left-wing general.

But Cheng Hong is different from others. He is obsessed with money.

Seeing Wang Xin was silent, he must be unwilling to let others drink the blood of his soldiers. Zhu Wei sighed and said, "Don't look at Cheng Hong as a person who doesn't care about anything else. He is only thinking about making money and doesn't interfere with anyone. That's why you blocked his way to wealth this time, and you still underestimate him."

Wang Xin frowned.

I really don't take Cheng Hong seriously.

We have many soldiers and are good at fighting.

Even if he was the general, he was a guerrilla general leading a battalion alone and had people behind him. What could Cheng Hong do to him?

As if seeing through Wang Xin's thoughts, Zhu Wei sneered: "You have someone behind you, but don't others have anyone behind them?"

"Is the person behind him very powerful?"

"The person behind him is someone the Jia family doesn't dare to offend. I won't tell you who it is. Go back to Beijing and find out for yourself. Just don't let me know."

Wang Xin suddenly understood.

Just now, the admiral had a complicated expression when he mentioned Cheng Hong. I thought the admiral was expressing his feelings because I don't drink the blood of soldiers. It seems that I misunderstood. The admiral was expressing his feelings for the person behind Cheng Hong.

The deficit of a thousand people is the rule that you follow.

In fact, I still have to find a way to support my troops.

Maintaining one's own military is a helpless move.

Any general with some ideas would spend a lot of effort to support his servants, such as Admiral Zhu Wei. He also drew a salary without working, and he drew a lot of it, both from the upper and lower levels, and then used it to support his elite troops.

From the Nine Borders to the local areas, and from the local areas to the Beijing Camp, everyone was doing this. As for doing business to support the army, many people were unwilling to do it. For example, the Yingtian Camp was originally built with great care by Zhang Jifu, but many people saw its current situation.

There are also those that lie flat.

Just like Cheng Hong.

Just don't raise any soldiers.

As a result, Youlu didn't even have a decent servant. The good thing was that he made a lot of money. Apart from the profit shared by the upper and lower levels, most of the remaining money went to Cheng Hong's family.

Who would accept such a general who has no manners when eating?
Day two.

Cheng Hong appeared in the barracks with a dark face, and whipped an old soldier in public, cursing him harshly. After the news spread, Wang Xin knew that this was a veiled attack on himself.

But there was no way he could give in.

The two thousand soldiers that he had painstakingly trained, apart from anything else, were he going to just hand them over to Cheng Hong to suck their blood? There wasn't much military pay to begin with, so he had to find a way to make money.

This is different from when we were in Yangzhou.

Let’s go back to Beijing first.

Find out the whole story.

After a few days, the Eastern Army Admiral Zhu Wei ordered the camp to be disbanded.

The Beijing troops returned victoriously and would soon be back in the capital. Without mentioning the court's welcoming etiquette, Wang Xifeng specially ordered Zhou Rui's wife to go and see the Tuobi Villa in person. Not only was it better than the original one, but there would be twice as many servants.

After hearing this, Jia Lian felt dissatisfied.

When he entered the room, he saw Wang Xifeng lying on the couch. He thought she was taking a nap, but when he got closer, he saw that she was awake. He couldn't help but say, "After all, Tuobi Villa is inside the Grand View Garden. If you bought it with such fanfare, wouldn't it ruin the reputation of the mansion if the news got out?"

Wang Xifeng sat up suddenly, which scared Jia Lian.

"What is your reputation? What is the reputation of your Jia family? Come here and explain it to me clearly." Wang Xifeng pointed at Jia Lian's nose. Although she did not curse, her tone was unpleasant.

Jia Lian was stunned for a moment and said dissatisfiedly, "Aren't you a daughter-in-law of the Jia family? Listen to what you are saying."

Ping Er ran out from the inner room and said with a forced smile, "Everything was fine, why are they quarreling again?"

Jia Lian was furious, but he didn't dare to attack Wang Xifeng. Ping'er came to him and Jia Lian pushed her over. Ping'er couldn't stand and fell to the ground with a cry of "ouch". She lay on the ground with tears in her eyes.

"Don't take it out on the maid." Wang Xifeng knew Jia Lian was targeting her, so she said harshly, "Just come straight to me. Tomorrow, write the divorce letter so I can go back to my parents' home."

"You...you...are unreasonable."

Jia Lian's face turned red with anger.

Where did I go wrong?

What Wang Xifeng did was wrong in the first place, but she couldn't say anything about it. Just because she was surnamed Wang, she treated her like that, and no one else could even mention it.

"I am unreasonable. Since I married into your Jia Mansion, I have given you so many gifts. It would be fine if I gave them to myself, but who made me enter your Jia Mansion? Please have pity on my family, because I have no choice but to give to you."

Wang Xifeng stood on the couch, looking down from above, crying and cursing, "If you had said anything nice, I would have forgiven you, but you're accusing me of being unreasonable. Go pee outside and look at yourself. You're all Wang family, and you still have the nerve to complain to me."

Jia Lian pointed at Wang Xifeng with a trembling finger.

My mouth has turned blue.

Wang Xifeng glared at him fiercely, "Even if you beat me to death, I will be quiet."

Ping'er quickly got up and pushed Jia Lian out.

Jia Lian was pushed out. He wanted to draw his sword and kill someone, but he didn't dare to do so. He left in a hurry with a lot of anger in his heart.

"Second Madam." After returning to the house, Ping'er called out, her eyes full of worry.

Wang Xifeng sat slumped on the couch with a desperate smile on her face, which made Ping'er feel uneasy.

"Ping'er, do you also think I'm wrong?"

"Second Madam is right."

Ping'er shook his head.

Wang Xifeng pulled Ping'er over and said sadly, "Look at this Jia Mansion. Is there anyone who cares about them? I work like a slave, both inside and outside the house. Is there anyone in the Jia Mansion who is grateful to me? It's good enough if they don't hate me."

"Let's worry less." Ping'er could only console him in this way: "Don't worry about all that mess."

Wang Xifeng sneered.

"I didn't want to get involved, but they insisted. In the end, many things were handled through me, with my family members intervening." Wang Xifeng said disdainfully, "The Jia family's prestige has long since declined, and yet they have the nerve to accuse me of moving things from the Jia family to my family's. If the Jia family doesn't have anything worth moving, and they don't use me to make my family pay for it, I'll kowtow to the Jia family."

Ping'er hurried to the window and looked out to see if anyone was eavesdropping.

Ping'er returned home with peace of mind only when there was no one around.

Wang Xifeng's voice also softened, and she sounded aggrieved. "My family finally had a child, and I took good care of him. Others might have gossiped about him, but he's trying to speak for an outsider. I've been so devoted to him all these years that I could warm even a stone. I have no hope in this life."

Done.

Wang Xifeng really cried.

It was the first time Ping'er saw the young lady crying so sadly, and she was completely panicked.

(End of this chapter)