The Jade of the Red Chamber

Qiling Temple, originally Daming Temple, got its name because the main pagoda in the temple was named "Qiling Pagoda" when Emperor Taishang visited the south. Qiling Temple is very efficacious and full of incense. place.

Zhenyu took Fuyu in a Zhulun Baogai cart, Jia Min took Daiyu in a green-covered Zhuying eight-treasure cart in front, and a maidservant in the back in a simpler Qingwei Wulun In the car, surrounded by dozens of servants and long-term guards, they went all the way.At the end, there are many vehicles and crowds of people.

Because of Zhenyu's exam, the Dragon Boat Festival was just passed, and Fuyu's little bun was bored long ago, now she excitedly lifted up the curtain to look at it with gusto, Zhenyu didn't care about him, just wrapped around his small body, Afraid that he would fall out of the car.

In Jia Min's car, Xuehe Xueyang had already received the order of the uncle, and opened the curtain on the window, with only a layer of white gauze attached, and sat in front of Xiao Daiyu with her arms in her arms, looking out. Jia Min saw this , touched Daiyu's ruddy face and said with a smile: "Your brother has a lot of ideas, look at how he spoils you!" Daiyu smiled: "My brother doesn't just love us, look at what he usually finds for my mother. Those things, as well as all kinds of prescriptions and tonics, are no worse than that of 'Wang Xiang'!" (Wang Xiang, begging carp for his stepmother Zhu's lying on the ice) Jia Min said angrily: "Compare me to that 'Wang Xiang'!" Unkind Mrs. Zhu, could it be that I have treated you brothers and sisters harshly?" Daiyu laughed hurriedly, "Look at what my mother said, if my brother hears it and blames his daughter for being ignorant, don't you know? Brother treats you like mother, kindness and filial piety, which complement each other!" The car was filled with laughter.Just at this time, two women came up from behind, and said through the curtain: "The uncle asked to bring jujube and lotus seed tea, and the uncle said, 'This tea is warming, at least mother and sister have a few sips, and it won't be here in a while. '." Immediately there was another laugh in the car, Xuehe laughed and said: "Didn't you say that Cao Cao is here, the uncle is really filial and friendly!" Jia Min was grateful and proud, and his pale face was also stained with a little blush.

Qiling Temple is very majestic. After paying homage to the Daxiong Palace, Jia Min took his mother-in-law to the meditation room to worship the master. Lin Zhenyu took Fuyu with his left hand and Daiyu with his right, followed by aloe and two young nurses. , with four servants hanging from front and back beside him, they went to enjoy the scenery elsewhere.

The backyard of the temple is lush with lush vegetation and fragrant flowers, and there is a small hillside, which is obviously full of game compared to the ones carved by craftsmen, so it is an excellent place to go.Zhenyu watched her younger brother pick some wild fruits for a while, startled a few birds for a while, and even Daiyu picked a handful of colorful wild flowers. Seeing the two little people running away, their cheeks flushed, she felt relieved. I like it, but I don’t care about them, I found a piece of grass under a tree and sat down. Anyway, before I came here, I asked someone to protect the place, and besides, it’s open and empty, and I can see two little people running back and forth at a glance. .

After being stubborn for a while, Daiyu and Fuyu held hands, ran under the tree and threw themselves into her brother's arms, Zhenyu's nine-year-old body almost fell on her back.Lin Zhenyu took a handkerchief and personally wiped off the sweat on their faces and hands. When she calmed down a bit, she waved aloe and brought up a basket. A pot of mung bean soup.Zhenyu hugged the two children and said with a smile: "Just eat a little, and I will have dinner with my mother later." She also said temptingly: "The vegetarian restaurant in Qiling Temple is famous far and wide, and it is very delicious!"

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After noon, the two children and Jia Min were both a little tired. Luckily, Nanny Liu was well prepared and changed into the bedding she brought in the monastery guest room to let them rest for a while.

Lin Zhenyu only brought a long swing, and wandered alone in this thousand-year-old temple. On the screen wall of the east corridor, there is a stele inscribed in seal script "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra" written by Deng Shiru, a great master of the previous dynasty, which is a treasure handed down from generation to generation. : "How can there be an article that shocks the sea, and even brings a book swordsman to the end of the world."

After a while, a monk came to invite him, saying that the master abbot would like to have a moment with his little friend.Although Zhenyu felt a little strange, she still straightened her clothes and went.As soon as he entered the meditation room, he saw the abbot sitting at the table playing chess with an old monk with white eyebrows and white beard. Zhenyu didn't say anything, just stood by the table and watched carefully.After waiting for less than half an hour, the master abbot lost a game by half a son before it was over.

The old monk raised his head and said with a smile to Zhenyu: "You have grown so big, do you still remember the old monk?" The face was familiar, and I was puzzled for a moment.Seeing this, the old monk blinked at Lin Zhenyu, and said with a sly smile, "The old monk's dharma name and his party, is Lord Zhou okay?" Lin Zhenyu's eyes widened instantly, it turned out to be him!

Speaking of this line of masters, he and Aunt Zhou were great benefactors. When Aunt Zhou was first named Auntie, she couldn't bear it very much. Aunt Zhou had been enlightened by this master before she got rid of her thoughts.Thinking of this, Zhenyu couldn't help sneering in her heart: No one in Rongning and Ningfu didn't know that he often went to Taoist temples, and met Mrs. Zhongruihou by chance in the temple. It's really...!Later, when Aunt Zhou was pregnant, Tete went to this temple to pray, and it was the masters of this line who saved the lives of their mother and child. It turned out that this master was quite good at divination. Seeing Aunt Zhou's complexion was not good, he said a few words. Auntie was vigilant because of these few medical words, and suspected that it was not because of her pregnancy discomfort but because of being tampered with, which caused Jia Jue to be born safely that day.Later, Lin Zhenyu was born on the Buddha Bathing Day. Although Aunt Zhou was clever, she howled in the delivery room until the early morning of the next day, covering up Jia Jue's crying when she was born. Only with the help of her confidant maid and the bribed midwife did she cover up Zhenyu. On the real birthday, I was afraid that Madam Wang would ask someone to look at her face. Aunt Zhou first pretended that Jia Jue was weak, and hid for a year without being able to wash three, full moon, and catch Zhou, and then ran all over the capital for the sake of praying for his wife. Taoist temples and temples, took the opportunity to ask a group of masters to cover up one or two of Jia Jue's fate.Sure enough, Mrs. Wang had doubts about the words of the old Taoist priest who flattered the horse during the Ping An Jiao, so she quietly invited the famous "Huiyan" and other masters in Beijing, and took Jia Jue to see him. The master met two or three times. Year-old Jia Jue, after looking at him for a long time, just shook his head and left. It was this "shake of his head" that made Mrs. Wang firmly believe that his character was not good, and his fortune was poor.In fact, the master just said 'Don't say it, don't say it'.As a result, Aunt Zhou respected and thanked the masters very much, and Zhenyu often listened to her mother's private gratitude to the masters.

Lin Zhenyu bowed solemnly to the master, and said, "Thank you, master, for your kindness to my mother and son!" The group waved their hands and said, "It's just a small effort, and the old monk has a destiny with you, so why do you need to thank me if you have a destiny!" Then smiled Said to the abbot, Master Huineng: "I met this little friend a few years ago, and he has a lot of wisdom." Zhenyu's ears are cold, can't it be another brave person who wants to make him a monk?

Zhenyu wanted Master to inquire about her mother's pulse. Jia Min's health was deteriorating, which was really worrying. After explaining to Master, the party nodded in agreement, but looked at Zhenyu for a long time, and said: "Time is also fate." Also..." Lin Zhenyu was shocked when she heard that, she hurriedly suppressed her thoughts, and didn't dare to think deeply.

At noon in the afternoon, the party talked about Buddhism with Jia Min, then pointed to Zhenyu who was standing beside him and said: "I think this young man is quite blessed, he can benefit his family and relatives, he has gone through twists and turns but he can overcome difficulties and bring prosperity. There are noble people in life, and there are also friends in the future, but it is not feasible to marry early." Jia Min was overjoyed, stroking Zhenyu's hair, she just knew that this is the famous master of "Huiyan" in the north, and she won One of his proverbs is very rare.He hurriedly asked people to hug Daiyu and Fuyu, and the group still smiled, pointing to Daiyu and said: "Like a fairy, intelligent and natural, although he had a bad luck in the early days, he was lucky to be a noble person, and now he is all right. , Such a fairy flower and uncut jade must have some good luck." Pointing to Fuyu, he said: "It is as stable as a rock, but its quality is better than that of a green pine. It is rare to have a heart, good education, and a long life!" Jia Min was so happy that he didn't know what to say Now, just stroke this and touch that with the palm of your hand.Zhenyu mentioned the heart in mid-air, afraid of hearing something bad or the master saying that he was about to become a monk, and then he calmed down, and he was a little happy: no matter how much materialism education he has received, in this fairy, fairy, on the ground, The world that I walk casually in my dream is also more or less believed.Who is not happy to hear this?It's just a little pity that my Ruhua Meijuan thinks it's going to be later in life, but on second thought, at least I don't have to worry about getting married in my teens, besides, a teenage bride is scary when I think about it, that's the best. Middle school age!

The party took Jia Min's pulse again, and gave Zhang Fangzi, saying that he was warm and caring.Zhenyu was a little disappointed, but Jia Min took it with a natural expression, and asked Zhenyu to thank the master.In fact, today has far exceeded Jia Min's expectations. This master pays attention to fate and is good at traveling. When encountering difficulties, it is even more difficult to give a few words. I didn't expect that his three children are all lucky.Jia Min was naturally happy. As for herself, she already knew her body well, but she was able to accept it calmly.

When Jia Min returned to the mansion, he told Ru Hai very excitedly, and Ru Hai was also very pleasantly surprised.The next day, the couple rushed to add another 200 taels of sesame oil money, and provided an ever-burning lamp with one hundred catties of lamp oil.Others are giving porridge and helping the weak. All the people in Yangzhou praised Lin Yushi's wife as a bodhisattva.

A few days later, when it was time for the government office to release the list, Ma Quan, the second housekeeper early in the morning, went to wait with his servant.Jia Min in the mansion immediately asked someone to come to the gate to see if he was back. Even Ru Hai couldn't bear to read the book, so he simply went to the main room to wait with his wife and daughter.Only Fuyu's little steamed stuffed bun was so happy that he didn't notice it at all.At noon, Ma Quan happily came to report: "Congratulations, master! Ma'am! Master Zhen has won the first place! Congratulations, master!" The house immediately burst into joy.Zhenyu hurriedly reported the letter to her husband.

A few days later, Lin Zhenyu wore a bird-collared blue robe and gathered with other students in the lobby of the official office to perform the hairpin ceremony.

This is still a problem because the student will enter the school after being admitted.There are many schools: government schools, state schools, county schools, and famous academies, as well as Guozijian.If you are in Yangzhou, you can naturally go to a school, if you are in Jiangnan, you can go to the very famous Ulsan Academy, and it is not a problem to enter the Guozijian in the capital.Although to enter Guozijian, the granary students who have studied for ten years in various prefectures, prefectures, and counties must be promoted to tribute students in order of seniority, and the number of places varies depending on the size of each prefecture, prefecture, and county school: or one year or two years. , or one in three, four, five or even ten years.It can be described as extremely difficult.But Lin Zhenyu is not only a granary student, but also a top name, and as the legitimate son of a second-rank official of the imperial court, it is not difficult to enter the Imperial Academy.The hard part now is not knowing how to choose.

Ye Qiong discussed with Ruhai, and unanimously decided to let Zhenyu enter the government school.

What Ye Qiong meant was that Zhenyu's foundation is already very solid, and his progress is much ahead of ordinary students. Ulsan Academy and Imperial College are of little significance to him, and it will be important for him to step into official career in the future. Born in the south of the Yangtze River, talented scholars in Yangzhou or native in Suzhou, when he was humble, making friends with local officials is what he lacks most now, and Yangzhou has always been outstanding, and the fame from Yangzhou will not only make the literati feel that the jade is gentle Being down-to-earth, will it also subconsciously increase the favor of the Jiangnan people in the court towards Zhenyu, care about their homeland, and pay attention to their roots?Therefore, in Ye Qiong's view, the government school is the best choice.

As for Ruhai, in his opinion, Zhenyu's entry into the government school is not only beneficial to Mr. Ye's words, but also beneficial to the entire Lin family.In the government school, there are many sons and nephews of local officials in Yangzhou. If Zhenyu can integrate into them, it will be of great significance to Lin Hai, the patrolling censor; besides, Jia Min's body is getting weaker and weaker. If the eldest son stays away, she may be affected. Can't help it; Daiyu and Fuyu depend on their elder brother so much, especially Fuyu, they listen to her elder brother more than his father!

Both Ye Qiong and Ruhai feel that Zhenyu has already done a good job in learning, what is missing is the experience in the world, this official relationship is not necessarily easier than studying, Zhenyu is still young, so feel at ease under their noses.They also considered that Zhenyu was in need of a few good friends at this age, they might be both friends and fellow countrymen in the future, and their feelings would undoubtedly be more reliable than colleagues.

Ye Qiong briefly talked about these thoughts with Lin Zhenyu, and said: "Next year is just the year of the big competition, and there is still more than a year, so you can give it a try. The school is relatively loose. This year, after school Afterwards, I will share some topics with you, and you will solve the topics, continue the topics, try to start with the lecture, and then write the whole article. You are already familiar with the key points and structure of stereotyped writing, and you have written a lot of articles. Just chew it through. It’s enough to ask your father’s staff to talk more about it every five days when you take a bath.”

Zhenyu was also very satisfied when he heard it. He knew that his husband and father had discussed this many times and considered all aspects for him.He was very willing in his heart not to have to leave home like this.

A few days later, Lin Zhenyu and other new students wore bird-topped blue robes and gathered in the lobby of the official office to hold a banquet with hairpin flowers. Then, led by the prefect of Yangzhou, they went to the Confucian Temple in the northern suburbs of Yangzhou to pay homage to the saints, and then went to the official school to pay homage. Academic officer of this school.After that, the enrollment study will start.

Because of Mr. Ye's reputation and his status as the top candidate in the Lin Zhenyu Academy, he has attracted quite a lot of attention in the prefectural school.Zhenyu's personality tends to be mature, and she has a lifetime of experience in getting along with people, so she soon wins the favor of the principal and deputy academies.Gradually, I have two or three like-minded friends in school, and I have a good reputation for being modest and beneficial, no matter whether I am a student of the government or a commoner. Bide is like jade, Yuan is Fenglan, and he is also young and mature, with a calm demeanor."

Lin Zhenyu often hangs out with her friends and enjoys her daily work even though she has a lot of homework.Shuiyang in Jingzhong received the letter from his cronies, but he was full of resentment and was very unhappy.

The author has something to say: Qiling Temple is a real Yangzhou thousand-year-old temple in reality. It is called Daming Temple now and before the Qing Dynasty, and Qiling Temple was named in the Qing Dynasty.