After the Gu of the Red Chamber

Emperor Pingkang and his party rushed to Jinling, and everyone knew that the grandparents of Emperor Pingkang were the top priority. For safety reasons, only Lin Ruhai and his daughter brought the grandparents of Emperor Pingkang, and Jia She, whom Emperor Pingkang insisted on bringing along. ... and so hurried to Xue's house in Jinling.

When they arrived at Xue's house in Jinling, Xue Yuan was entertaining the Governor of Jinling, Jia Yucun.

Although Lin Ruhai's recommendation and Jia Zheng's patronage were lost in this life, Jia Yucun was still able to fill the position of Jinling Governor relying on his previous contacts.

Perhaps because of the lessons learned from the past, after Jia Yucun's recovery, he is not as cold and arrogant as before. He also knows how to make good friends with the big families in Jinling. If you want to say that the big families in Jinling are naturally one of the best is Xue Home.

Although the Patriarch of the Xue family has passed away, his younger brother is also a shrewd and capable man. In just a few months after returning to Jinling, he managed to stabilize the [-] houses of the Xue family in Jinling, and even pulled the Xue family that was on the verge of falling apart. return.

Not only that, some time ago, he also made a big deal with Westerners. Although I don't know the number of them, I vaguely know that this deal has at least three years of profit for Xue's family. Far befriended.

Although they are in the middle of filial piety, businessmen have never said anything about keeping filial piety. In addition, Xue Pan made some troubles, which was suppressed by Jia Yucun.

Xue Yuan specially hosted a banquet in honor of Jia Yucun. On the one hand, he thanked him for his help, and on the other hand, he also took the opportunity to make friends with Jia Yucun.

Since Xue's family is an imperial businessman, not to mention the extravagance of the banquet, not only the delicacies of mountains and seas are delicious, but also a young lady was invited to accompany her.

The young lady is also a well-known beauty in Jinling. She was bought back by the bustard since she was a child and raised her carefully. She was named Ruxian. Papi playing is even more wonderful.

Even if Jia Yucun is not good at this way, he will be fascinated by listening to it, and then face Ruxian's poems and prose, and he will answer every piece of poetry cleverly, and the poems are easy to come by. Can't help but sigh, "It's a pity!"

It's a pity that the person in front of him was born in a lowly family, like white paper dyed with ink, he will never go again, otherwise, with his full of talents and learning, he might not even have a place in the court.

Ruxian pursed her lips and smiled, "This is my life, and if it wasn't for this, I wouldn't be able to meet such a great man as your lord, so it's still Ruxian's blessing."

One sentence lightly conveyed the sadness of his own birth, and inadvertently praised Jia Yucun, Jia Yucun felt relieved, and immediately asked people to reward him with money.

Although Jia Yucun was a little more flexible, his family background was shallow after all, so he only gave him a tael of silver if he said it was a reward.

The young man next to Ruxian accepted the reward, and his mouth was disdainful, obviously looking down on the mere one tael of silver.

Others might not have noticed the flash of disdain on the boy's face, but Jia Yucun was both rich and poor, and he cared the most about other people's faces. He couldn't help showing a look of embarrassment and embarrassment.

Ruxian frowned slightly, glared fiercely at the boy beside him, and said angrily: "There are no rules, don't go down!"

He tossed the wine himself, and accompanied Jia Yucun, saying: "My lord, don't worry about this kid Baoyu. This kid has just arrived. He was spoiled by his parents before. The rules are not good. Ruxian is here to accompany adults. .”

Jia Yucun drank the wine, and his temper became a little calmer. Seeing Baoyu's frightened face, his heart softened and he said with a smile, "how can I care about a child."

Yihong Courtyard is a well-known small servant's house, and looking at the appearance of this young man may be unavoidable in the future. He also thinks it's worthless to care about a child. Thinking of this, Jia Yucun is not so angry anymore.

Besides, Ruxian is the number one card in Yihong Courtyard, and anyone who can follow Ruxian, even a servant, is naturally the top choice in Yihong Courtyard. Although Baoyu's appearance is not as elegant as Ruxian's, her face Like a full moon, her skin is white and her eyebrows are beautiful, like a porcelain doll, which makes people feel affectionate and affectionate, and immediately, Jia Yucun can't get angry.

"Is that child's name Baoyu? Sure enough, it's a good name, and it looks like a beautiful jade."

He paused, and asked, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, "How old are you?"

Ruxian's smile froze, and he replied obediently: "If you talk about adults, you are only ten years old, and you are still young."

One sentence is still small, but it implies a lot.

Even if they are in the flesh and blood business, they still follow the rules, and they will definitely not pick up customers before they are fifteen.

Jia Yucun nodded slightly, not reluctantly.

He was not good at doing this, but he didn't like the boy's attitude, and it just scared him a little.

Baoyu's face turned pale when he heard the meaning of Jia Yucun's words. If he hadn't been educated by the madam all these years and became sensible, he might have started crying a long time ago.

Although he didn't understand how he fell from the dignified Second Master Bao in the Rongguo Mansion to his current fate, he already understood a truth.

Now he has no one to protect him anymore.

The old lady ignored him, and his wife was not around. In this world, there was no one to protect him anymore.

Baoyu lowered his head, trembling slightly from fright.

Xue Yuan, who was by the side, also couldn't bear it. Although he knew that because the official was not allowed to go whoring, he changed his habit of prostitution to a young man, but seeing a child who was about the same age as his nephew being bullied, he always felt a little bit intolerable. Not to mention that for some reason, he always felt that this little servant named Baoyu looked familiar.

Feeling soft-hearted, he waved his hand and asked the servants to take Baoyu down to eat some snacks. Ruxian also tried his best to please Jia Yucun, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves for a while, so it doesn't matter whether Baoyu is not Baoyu.

The servants of Xue's family took Baoyu to the kitchen, stuffed Baoyu with a few plates of snacks indiscriminately, and he babbled, "You, how can you not know how to wink when you are a servant? Master, if you meet someone else, you will feel better."

The Xue family is extravagant, even if it is the leftover snacks from the banquet, they are all good things, such as sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and chicken oil rolls, each piece is extremely delicate, and even rarer, these are also commonly used in Rongguo Mansion dessert.

Ever since Baoyu was sold, he hadn't had a full day's worth of food. Even though Yihongyuan was making a lot of money every day, the madam thought he was too fat and insisted on making him lose weight. He didn't know how long he hadn't eaten properly. Not to mention seeing these hometown flavors.

Although it is the leftovers from the banquet, at this moment, in Baoyu's eyes, it is really like the supreme delicacy.

Baoyu couldn't wait to take a piece of chicken oil roll and stuffed it into his mouth, barely swallowing the chicken oil roll in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Thank you brother for reminding me."

"Thank you!" The boy smiled shyly, "We are all poor people. Sigh..."

Seeing Baoyu's cuteness, the servant felt distressed, and stuffed Baoyu with several kinds of food from the banquet. While Baoyu was busy eating, the steward of the Xue family also quietly led Pingkangdi and his party in.

Except for the two children, Tu Lei and Dai Yu, everyone was wearing long black cloaks and sneaked in stealthily.

This back door was originally a place for servants to walk. Baoyu followed Ruxian to many places during this time, and he has seen everything. The little girl held by the man in the cloak, Baoyu was stunned as if struck by lightning.

He didn't care about the food in his mouth, he jumped up like a small cannonball, rushed over and said, "Sister Lin! Sister Lin! Help me, I'm your elder brother Baoyu!"