The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Gentlemen don't look at injustice, but Jia Lian just looked at Li Wanting like that, and Li Bizhou also thought he was a gentleman. Even seeing that Jia Lian didn't look surprised when he saw his precious sister, he felt a little bit aggrieved in his heart.

"Second brother Lian, this is your sister Wanting." Seeing Li Wanting coming out without crying or smiling, Xu Yuheng guessed that Li Rui kicked her out when she saw her coming, and that's why she was so depressed.

"I've met my sister." Jia Lian made a bow, counting when he buried his head, thinking that he still has two years of filial piety to keep. After two years, maybe this yellow-haired girl will grow up?Eyes flicked to Li Wanting's slender and slender hand, wondering if this hand was holding the white jade chess pieces, were the fingers whiter than the white jade by two points?

Li Wanting turned sideways for a little blessing, because Jia Lian's eyes were very upright, and when she heard him call her sister, although she was angry at Xu Yuheng for saying her boudoir name like that, she didn't take her anger on Jia Lian.

"Cousin, you have only been home for two months during the Chinese New Year, are you coming to Beijing with us now, or are you following Aunt and the others?" Li Wanting got up and looked at Xu Yuheng.

Xu Yuheng said, "I'm on the same boat as Lian's second brother." Before Jia Lian could speak, he put his hand on Jia Lian's shoulder.

"Then the half game between you and me, when..."

Xu Yuheng said: "Where are you my opponent? Let's talk about it after more training with my aunt." Pulling Jia Lian forward.

"Sister seems to be angry?" Jia Lian yelled the word "sister" very fluently, and felt that Li Wanting was really a beauty, and she could wear such a gorgeous red color so refined.

Li Bizhou coughed in embarrassment, he didn't know what Li Wanting was thinking, but Xu Yuhang still didn't understand the style in vain after getting older, and he didn't like to talk to Li Wanting very much on weekdays. He didn't dare to force him to decide first, so he couldn't help Li Wanting.

"Tell you to talk too much." Li Wanting looked at Jia Lian angrily, met Jia Lian's eyes, blushed first, and quickly moved her eyes away.

"Don't pay attention to her, the little girl doesn't know what kind of anger she gets all day long." Xu Yuheng said, first leading Jia Lian to see Li Rui, Li Bizhou gave Li Wanting a reassuring look, and then followed him in.

"That young master's eyes seem to be seductive." The innocent little girl next to Li Wanting whispered.

"What nonsense." Li Wanting recalled that look just now, and hurriedly stopped her thoughts, only to feel that the word ecstasy used by the little girl was appropriate, and remembering that she was belittled by Xu Yuheng in front of outsiders, her mood was immediately chaotic, and she held the chess record. went.

In the study room of the third room, Li Rui was sitting on the kang in the east room, hesitating in front of a game of black and white chess pieces, frowned, thinking hard, when he heard the movement, he silently asked Jia Lian, Xu Yuheng, and Li Bizhou to sit down first. I really couldn't think of how to resolve it for a long time, so I looked up at Xu Yuheng: "Wanting is not your opponent, come and see how you can make this for me."

The implication is that they have heard the movement outside.

Xu Yuheng took the chess piece from Li Rui's hand, placed it on the chessboard lightly and deftly, took a look at Li Wanting's chess moves, shook his head and said, "Her chess moves that use softness to overcome rigidity can defeat my uncle, that's all. Where is enough to see? Right, Lian’s second brother.”

Jia Lian wondered why he came to ask him, pretending to be puzzled, looked at the chessboard back and forth several times, and then said: "Which chess piece has won now?"

Xu Yuheng was startled, and said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, I'm showing off."

"No, it's because my younger brother's skills are inferior to others." Jia Lian said hastily.

Li Rui said: "Okay, Yuheng doesn't know what modesty is, how can he flatter him?" Sitting cross-legged on the kang, he asked Jia Lian, "Have you sorted out your family's affairs?"

"Master Hui Li, my father is gradually recovering. With him in charge of internal and external affairs, he has already taken care of it very clearly." Jia Lian stood up and listened to the instruction.

Li Rui waved him to sit down. At this time, he was only wearing a homely gown, and with a bamboo hairpin holding his black hair up. He lacked the dignity he had when we met earlier. He looked like an ordinary elder. He asked again: "If the sage wants to Give you your uncle's officer?" That first-class general is just a false name, just like that fur coat, which looks colorful and radiant, but only has the glory outside. Where is there any soldiers and horses for him to bring? It is not true that Jia Zheng's title of head of the Ministry of Industry is true. Although the head of the Ministry of Industry is a small official position, he will have a lot of potential in the future with some money and contacts.

Jia Lian was sitting on the first chair on the right hand side. At this moment, she hurriedly stood up again. After weighing it a little, she said: "It must not be done. Let's not mention that this is the grandfather who kneels down and begs the second master of the family. but said that the younger generation is young and has no possessions, so they dare not openly go to the Ministry of Industry to be an official indiscriminately. I don't know if it's a trivial matter to lose my ugliness. If I delay something important, I will be guilty He's dead." Because Li Rui said this, he knew that Jia Zheng's official position must be gone, such an unfilial and disrespectful person, if the saint asked him to be an official, how would he explain it to the world?Seeing Li Rui groaning silently, he said again: "The younger generation has already made an oath in front of my father to obtain fame, a great family tradition, and a glorious lintel. I don't say whether I can pass the exam, but spend five or six years studying the ancient books of the sages. It is also of great benefit to the younger generation in this life. Therefore, the younger generation must not dare to become an official right away."

Li Rui was taken aback for a moment, "...So, your second master's official is afraid that your uncle will do it." Although what Jia Zheng committed is unreasonable, the father and son Jia Lian and Jia She are actually fine. However, the law has not stipulated how to deal with this attempted matter; the Second Supreme Emperor is still alive, and the saint is concerned about the Supreme Emperor, and wants to save some face for the deceased Jia Daishan; the family of the third Jia has a balance of interests, and Jia She and his son are indispensable. I want to intercede for Jia Zheng.After such a sage's grace, then Jia Zhu will become Jia Zheng's official.

Jia Lian didn't know Jia Zhu's character, but being an official at this time would do him more harm than good. In the past, Jia Zheng rushed to Jinling to attack the prince, and now he is underestimated. How could he repeat Jia Zheng's mistakes in a hurry? ?Besides, he is a filial son praised by the sages, even if he is filial and honest, he will be an official, so he just smiled: "Brother Zhu is a truly talented and pure person, it would be best to ask him to be an official."

"It's hard for you to just discuss the matter and not take your anger out on that cousin of yours." Li Rui sighed, seeing that Jia Lian's affairs were calm, even if Jia Zheng's house was being crushed to death at this time, she didn't lose her mind and forget about her own situation. He went to receive an errand from the Ministry of Industry, and immediately liked him two points, so he asked Li Bizhou to go to the east room and take the "Analects of Confucius" from the grid where the 24 histories and the scriptures of various schools of thought were placed, and he took Jia Lian for the exam. homework.

Jia Lian never expected that Li Rui would test his homework. Fortunately, he has been busy cultivating himself into a gentleman who meets the standards of a scholar-official.

Li Rui laughed and said, "Scholars should look at each other with admiration for three days. This sentence is best applied to you." Because Jia Lian wanted to learn the six arts of a gentleman, after thinking about it, he recommended someone to Jia Lian, and said to Jia Lian: " When you arrive in the capital and settle down, this one will also be in the capital—if you get tired one day and want to send him away, just ask him to come and join me again."

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "Your Excellency's eyes are as bright as a torch, and the person recommended must be both talented and virtuous. The younger generation is still terrified and doesn't know how to keep the gentlemen, how dare they send them away? I wonder if this gentleman is in Jinling? If he is, I invite him Let’s take the boat back to Beijing together.”

Li Rui smiled wryly and said: "I don't dare to claim that my eyes are as bright as a torch. As for that one, he is not in Jinling now. Wait for me to write a letter and tell him to go to the capital to find you." Because Mrs. Li is going back to Beijing, Xu Yuheng is already gone Unable to sit still, he asked Xu Yuheng and Li Bizhou to take Jia Lian to see Mrs. Li.

After leaving the study, Xu Yuheng embraced Jia Lian and said, "I was taken aback. When my uncle was examining you, I sweated for you."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Coincidentally, I'm reading the two chapters of Mr. Li's school examination these two days."

Li Bizhou said: "You have to work hard on a daily basis."

The three went to Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li sent Yingchun to talk to Li Wanting, Li Wanran and Li Wanjun, and did not stay with Jia Lian. After asking a few words about Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing, she asked the three of them to talk by themselves.

Jia Lian followed Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng to the foreign study, read through a "Book of Songs" that Xu Yuheng added punctuation, praised it repeatedly, changed a few places, and then wasted most of the day. After dinner with Li Rui, he went to The Qianya met with all the disciples, took the opportunity to read a few mansion newspapers, and understood the recent personnel fluctuations in the court, and then rode out of Liangjiang Governor's Mansion with a sedan chair to welcome the spring.

"Second Master." Lin Zhixiao saw Jia Lian's demeanor in his eyes this day, and felt that Jia Lian seemed to be a different person. Although he was good at changing and speaking in the past, but now he has grown more and more, and he is able to compete with Liang Jiang. The governor's mansion is so friendly, "Second master, the old lady asked someone to repaint the courtyard wall of Rongxi Hall, and bought a lot of things and servants in the rooms for the master, wife, second master, and eldest girl."

"She wants to use this to add some items to the account book while we are away, so as to wipe out the deficit in the account book?" Jia Lian asked bluntly.

That's what Lin Zhixiao said, but he couldn't say it clearly. Now that Jia Lian made it clear, he nodded repeatedly.

Jia Lian thought that Jia's mother had a good idea. Seeing that Lin Zhixiao had learned the current affairs so quickly, she felt that it was easy. After returning to Jia's old house and entering the house, she was going to see Jia Amnesty, and said to Lin Zhixiao: "Please go." Tell the second master, tell the second master that his official has to be abandoned by me before he can fall on Big Brother Zhu."

Lin Zhixiao was startled, seeing such news that Jia Lian could inquire about it, so he quickly agreed and went.

Entering Yimen, Yingchun got out of the sedan chair and followed Jia Lian. Jia Lian asked, "How are you doing with the three sisters of the Li family today? Mrs. Li heard that her wife was sick and liked to beat people, so she asked you to sit down." their boat."

On the way back to Beijing, there must be a men's boat and a women's boat. Yingchun was afraid that it would be embarrassing to be on the same boat with Mrs. Wang and the "ill" Mrs. Xing. Hearing what Jia Lian said, she immediately let go of the big stone in her heart and said with a smile: "The three of Li's family Sister is very kind, but Sister Li's eyes are red for some reason."

Jia Lian took a fan with sparrows painted on it that Jia She gave him as a reward, wondering if Xu Yuheng didn't like Li Wanting, and Li Wanting liked Xu Yuheng, if she snatched Li Wanting silently, would it be considered a slasher?After deliberating for a long time, I decided to take one step at a time and get out in time when it matters.

"Do you know Pearl who came with Lin Zhixiao's family?"

"I said a few words in the past." Yingchun was puzzled.

"Did you buy that pearl from outside? Is it surnamed Hua?"

Seeing that Yingchun didn't know, Siqi boldly stepped forward and said, "I bought it from outside, her original name is Hua."

Seeing that the pearl was indeed an attacker, Jia Lian beckoned Siqi to take two steps forward, and said in a low voice, "That pearl, you took the time to tell her that her brother Hua Zifang had been quietly arranged by me in Jinling Zhuangzi. I'm on business here." This statement is of course false, but it's not too late for him to send the letter to bring the Hua family to Jinling.

Siqi was puzzled, but seeing that Jia Lian used her very much, he repeatedly promised to tell Pearl behind his back.

Entering Jia She's room, Jia Lian smelled a strong fragrance when he went in. After meeting Jia She with Yingchun, he asked Yingchun to go back to rest first, walked to the incense burner of Cheng kiln, picked up the lid and looked out, and sure enough, he saw that it was still there. There are many broken lilies that are not burned up.

Jia Amnesty smiled awkwardly and said, "Lian'er, you should go back and rest too."

Jia Lian threw back the lid of the incense burner with a bang, and said with a sneer, "While we are not here today, my father has met a beautiful woman?" To cover up, with so many spices, what is the smell to be concealed?

Jia Amnesty was embarrassed and ashamed at first, and then he thought he was Lao Tzu, there was no need for embarrassment, and when he wanted to teach Jia Lian a lesson, he couldn't help coughing.

"Get out of here, Quanfu and Quanshou," Jia Lian shouted.

The four of Quan Fu hurried in from the outside and looked at Jia Lian tremblingly.

"Which beauty did the master meet today?" Jia Lian asked.

Quan Fu hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "It's Aunt Qilan, the master wants to see you, so it's not easy for the little ones to stop you."

"It's not easy to stop? I will stop everything from now on. That Qilan stays here and is not allowed to take it back." Jia Lian said.

Lying on the bed, Jia Amnesty coughed so much that he almost spit out his liver and lungs, pointed at Jia Lian for a long time and said, "You...don't make any sense!"

As soon as Jia Lian turned his head, the brewing tears flowed down, "Why doesn't father cherish himself so much? He finally got better, and..."

Jia Amnesty's arrogance disappeared immediately, and he coughed for a long time before saying: "I can't hold it back for a while, in the future, in the future..."

"The master doesn't know that the old lady has set up a beauty trap for you in the capital, and she is just waiting for the master to sneak into it. The master excuses that he is seriously ill so that I can send people out for the master, but the master... so, I don't want to Just take care of the master's affairs, don't you think the master will let the old lady's people wander around our room?" Jia Lian said generously, suppressing his anger.

Jia She was wronged, and murmured for a long time. After all, today's indulgence made his body lose a little. He was a little dizzy and speechless.

"That's good, master, don't think I'm strict. Master, you have to think about it later. After you have endured for a while, your body has taken care of itself. What kind of fairy son can't you find?" Jia Lian said, seeing Quan Xi He came to wash his hands with clean water, soaked his hands in the water and scrubbed them, and then took a silk handkerchief to wipe his hands.

Jia She nodded again and again, stretched out his hand and put it on the silver box in the bed, feeling more and more powerful and powerful now that he cannot be greedy for a moment of lust and ruin his body.

"It's good if the master can figure it out, just now my son is talking a little anxiously, the master must not take it to heart." Jia Lian said.

Jia Amnesty nodded repeatedly, and after Jia Lian had gone out, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned to face his silver box, remembered that he rewarded Qilan with a silver ingot, and turned back to Quan Fu and said, "...the silver, I want it back."