Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

Baoyu was doubting himself: who in this barren mountain would call himself?Looking back to the source of the sound, I saw a young man in white clothes in the distance. Baoyu has strong inner strength, sharp ears and eyes, and he can tell who that person is at a glance—Shui Rong!

He couldn't help smiling wryly: "It's really fate, we can meet each other." Then he summoned his inner strength and shouted loudly: "So it's the prince, we are really destined, we can meet here!"

Shui Rongben didn't recognize that it was Baoyu, and he couldn't see clearly from a distance, but he vaguely felt that the figure looked a bit similar, so he shouted with the mentality of giving it a try, and it turned out to be true.Here Baoyu smiled at Daiyu: "It's the King of Beijing, let's go and meet you." Daiyu said, "Isn't that good? I'm a girl, and it's quite enough to play here with you... Now I With this outfit, how can I meet a foreigner?"

Baoyu laughed and said, "You've met him too. He must have known you were a woman long ago. It's nothing. Besides, have you forgotten what I said the night you first came here?"

Daiyu thought about it for a while, and her face burned: She really didn't want to remember, but she had no choice but to remember every word he said clearly.

The blush was blushing, she was persuaded after all, thinking: Anyway, these rules of women are for men to see, since men say they don't care, why insist on it?

Immediately, the two hit their horses and galloped towards the water dissolution place.When they got off the horse a few feet away from Shui Rong, Baoyu took Daiyu to meet Shui Rong.Shui Rong hurriedly shouted: "There is no need to be polite outside, we are not brothers!" Then he smiled and said to Baoyu: "Every time I see you, there is a beautiful woman by your side. It is really a blessing! If you guessed correctly, this This person is the daughter of Lord Lin Ruhai, the salt envoy of the Huaihe River, right?"

Baoyu nodded and looked at Daiyu with a smile.

Seeing him like this, Daiyu stopped coddling, and saluted generously: "My little girl, Lin Daiyu, has met Prince Beijing. She didn't tell her real name when she went out that night, so please forgive me."

Shui Rong looked at her a few times and laughed, "That night I was also a pseudonym. What's wrong with Miss Lin? It's really beautiful and refined, with her father's demeanor. Baoyu has a good eye!" The latter sentence was said to Baoyu.Baoyu laughed and said, "You belong to me, so don't think about it! Otherwise, I won't be able to spare you!"

Daiyu couldn't help being a little surprised to hear him talking to the prince like this, what if the prince is angry?In the end, Shui Rong grinned without seeming offended at all: "I know! I still understand the truth that a friend's wife should not be bullied!" Daiyu became shy when she said that, and gave Baoyu a stern look.

Shui Rong's temperament is actually inherited from his father, and he is unambiguous when he is doing business, but in private, he has no airs in front of his friends, and he is even a bit cynical, and friends who are not respectful to him are naturally not respectful. He was only happy if he pretended.Baoyu has been with him for a long time, so he naturally knows his temper, so they often joke about it.

After joking for a while, Baoyu asked, "Why do you have time to come here today? Aren't you very busy a while ago?" Shui Rong said with a bitter face, "That's right, Shaohan let me take the household department. , and asked me to supervise the construction of the new mansion of the old Prince Zhongshun, I spend every day in the lobby of the Ministry of Industry managing bricks, tiles, flowers and plants, and I can't get out of my life." Baoyu laughed and said: "Then it's over now?" He Said: "It's almost the same, anyway, I don't need to go to town every day. I see that the weather is good today, so I hurried out to let the wind out, and Shaohan called me into the palace when it was late!"

Seeing how pitiful he was, Baoyu first laughed it off, and then suggested: "If that's the case, then let's have fun, how about we two compete? Let's see who can hunt more prey in one hour, how can we go?" Do you dare to compare?" Shui Rong clapped his hands together: "Okay! Why don't you dare? Just let Xiao Yu'er be the referee for us, let's fight it out!" Baoyu said: "If you don't have to judge, you are both male. .” Daiyu laughed.

Baoyu told her, "Just stay here obediently and don't run around with us. It's not fun to get lost by accident. Wait for us to come back." It's a bit embarrassing to be asked by him like this.Shui Rong also couldn't stand his reluctant look, so he coughed to signal him that enough is enough.Baoyu smiled cheekily, got on his horse neatly, and Shui Rong was ready.He raised his whip: "Get ready, start!" When the whip fell, both of them rushed out!

Daiyu teased the horse on the spot, admiring the red leaves on the west mountain, and sometimes rode the horse for a trot, which was quite enjoyable.An hour passed quickly. Not long after Daiyu got off the horse, she heard the sound of rumbling hooves. She hurriedly raised her eyes and saw a cloud of dust rising in the distance, and a figure galloping towards her .Daiyu hoped in her heart that it would be Baoyu, and when the smoke and dust cleared, she would reveal her face, but it would be water-soluble in front of her.She was a little disappointed at first, and then she thought that it would not be good for Baoyu to show off in front of the prince, but now it is just right, so she took it lightly.

Baoyu followed closely behind, and the two returned here one after the other, with all kinds of prey hanging on their horses, and even Mingyan Tiaoyun and other three servants followed behind in their carts.Shui Rong got off the horse and waved to Daiyu: "Little Yu'er, come quickly and have a look, which of the two of us has the most prey?" laughing out loud.Baoyu also threw the things he had hit off the horse.

Daiyu made a point: Sui Rong hit three rabbits, five pheasants, a roe deer, and even a black wolf, which really shocked Daiyu.Baoyu hunted four pheasants.After pointing, Daiyu smiled and said, "Brother Bao, why did you hit so little?" Baoyu laughed and said, "Of course it's more than that." Turning around and walking to the back of the car, she dragged out another deer, two roe deer, and one A snow-white fox.Daiyu asked, "Why is there no blood on this fox?" Baoyu laughed and said, "I wanted to take its fur. Naturally, it would be best not to damage it, so I slapped it to death. Foxes are not easy to feed, and I have a rabbit, otherwise you can keep it. I'll have someone make you a pair of gloves to wear in winter."

After counting, Shui Rong won, and he was in a good mood: "Baoyu, I would like to admit defeat!" Baoyu said with a smile: "It's natural, I don't know how you want to punish me?" Fine you for giving us barbecue! I’ve been starving for half a day.”

"It's easy! Mingyan accompanied the cranes, go and gather some firewood to make a fire, pick clouds, I saw a river over there just now, you clean up the deer, roe deer, pheasant, hare and so on, and bring them back." Baoyu said briskly. Agreed, and ordered them to prepare.He went to the car and took a straw mat and spread it on the ground, sat down with Shui Rong and waited.Daiyu squatted in front of the big black wolf to observe.

"What are you busy with recently? I don't believe that just a job of supervising the construction of a mansion can tire you out." Baoyu looked at Daiyu who was entertaining herself there, with a faint smile on her lips. "Well, the enthronement ceremony is imminent. Although it is a matter of the Ministry of Rites, it is a major event after all, and I have to watch it from time to time." Shui Rong sighed, "It should have been held long ago, but the emperor always said that the first emperor He will not ascend the throne less than a year after his death, and there are still a lot of things backlogged on hand, so he has to be busy for a while."

"I heard that the emperor has called back all the officials from various provinces one after another? How long will it take to see so many people?" Baoyu asked, just thinking about it is enough to cause a headache.Shui Rong was also tired for him: "It's not enough for more than a month! He's been busy with these things recently. I went to the palace yesterday, so I asked him to circle one of the days selected by the Qin Tianjian to prepare for the enthronement ceremony." It will be on the eighth day of next month."

"On the eighth day of October, that's only a few days away!" Baoyu calculated, and today is the thirteenth day of September. "Isn't that right. I'll take advantage of today to relax and relax, and I'll be busy again in the future." Talking about Mingyan, they all came back, quickly built a fire with their hands and feet, set up a shelf, and Tiaoyun cleaned up all the prey. return.Baoyu rolled up his sleeves, took out a small knife from the boot, and cut the meat open so that it would be more cooked.

Seeing his proficient movements, Shui Rong wondered, "I didn't expect you, a rich man, to be able to do these things. It really impressed me!" Baoyu put the roe deer meat on a skewer and let it roast on the fire, and said with a smile: "You There are so many people who don't know!" After a while, the strong smell of meat wafted out, and when it was roasted golden, Baoyu cut off a leg with a knife and handed it to Shui Rong, and gave another piece to Daiyu, and then Each of them cut a big piece for Mingyan, and finally it was their turn to roast another chicken.

"Well, the craftsmanship is good! Although the taste is a bit weak, but there is no seasoning for this barren mountain, it's hard for you." Shui Rong chewed, regardless of the image, full of praise.Daiyu has always had a small appetite, and the meat is not easy to digest, so she only ate this piece and stopped eating.Several people talked and laughed, and they all filled their stomachs unconsciously.

After the meal, Daiyu said that she wanted to pluck a few red leaves and bring her home, so Baoyu asked Tiaoyun and Banhe to follow her, also intending to exercise her, and since Daiyu's kung fu was enough to protect herself at this time, he let them rest assured I went, but I specially asked her to ride slowly. Anyway, she is not in a hurry, and she should not exercise too vigorously after eating.Here, he and Shui Rong walked slowly to digest food.

"By the way, Baoyu, let me ask you, do you intend to take the imperial examination and become an official?" Shui Rong asked suddenly.

Baoyu was startled, and then said: "Of course I have thought about it. I can't stay in the mansion all my life, or just be a small businessman?" Shui Rong smiled and said, "Okay! You really have ambition! The number one scholar is here to help me, Shaohan, and Ah Huai, we can’t do without him!" Baoyu wondered, "Why are you talking about this so suddenly?"

Shui Rong sighed: "Shaohan has just ascended the throne, and there are not many cronies available around him. Now he needs his own team most, so he plans to open Enke two years later and recruit a group of talents. Baoyu, do you have any interest?"

Baoyu thought for a while and said, "Two years later? That's just right. I've always felt that I'm too young. I'll be fifteen in two years. It should be about the same for taking the imperial examination." Shui Rong clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Then you two You should study hard in the new year, and it is best to get a champion, by the way, the emperor is going to hold a martial arts exam, with your skills, I am afraid that winning the champion of martial arts will be easy, right?"

Baoyu didn't know that there were martial arts exams in this dynasty, so he hurriedly asked: "Why, there are martial arts exams? I didn't know." Shui Rong smiled and said: "Of course, it's just that there have been no martial arts exams for many years. After the emperor conquered the country, he never opened it because the country did not lack military generals. After so many years, the old generals were dead and old, and their descendants were not as good as the next generation. To replenish fresh blood, it was decided to reopen the martial arts and select talented people from the people."

Baoyu has been in this world for so many years, and has always been in this small circle, doing business, playing around at home every day, and knows little about these things. Today, after Shui Rong said this, it seems that his eyes are suddenly opened. Opening a new door, let him get to know the world again, and for the first time, he clearly realized that what he knew was a high-ranking prince and the Ninth Five-Year Lord, and their every move was related to the overall situation of the world.

This made him suddenly feel great pride:

He longs to be strong!Eager to do something!

The author has something to say: I'm a little busy these days, sorry.