Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

But I have heard from my younger brother about the critical situation before.Li Liang thanked Wang Ye and Young Master Lan today, if it weren't for you two, my younger brother might have lost his life. "

Jia Lan hastily returned the salute and said, "Young Master Li, you are being polite. Saving people's lives is a matter of duty."

Shui Rong said: "Lan'er is absolutely right."

Li Liang said earnestly: "Although this is the case, I am still grateful in my heart. I will discuss the matter of thanking my father after I return home."

Jia Lan only felt that the little general in front of him was as difficult to communicate with as Shui Rong, but before he could refuse, Shui Rong had already said, "Lan'er has contributed a lot to this matter, so I just give him the king's share."

Jia Lan was dumbfounded when he heard this. Is this a disguised form and I want to thank you for the gift?Then Li Liang said respectfully: "I would like to obey the prince's order." Jia Lan stroked his forehead and sighed secretly, little general, obeying orders is not such a law of obedience.Knowing that this matter cannot be shirked, Jia Lan didn't insist anymore.

When several people walked down the mountain, Feng Ziying said: "I once heard Baoyu talk about your hard work, and I meant to despise you. Today, when I see the three arrows line up, I know that I am conceited."

Jia Lan knew that he was talking about herself, so she politely said, "I don't dare, I'm just familiar with it."

Feng Ziying looked at Shui Rong and said with a smile: "My lord, how should we divide the spoils today?"

Li Li rushed to answer: "I think this giant python should belong to my brother."

Several people nodded, "That's right, it makes sense."

Li Li looked at the black bear, rolled his eyes and said, "This bear should be me and Brother Lang."

Jia Lan wondered, "Why isn't there a prince?"

Shui Rong smiled and said: "He knows that the king is a prince, and he will never lose his identity because of this little thing, that's why he is so overbearing."

Li Li curled his lips and said, "How do you divide?"

Shui Rong rode on the horse and smiled leisurely, "According to me, this bear should belong to Lan Er."

Li Li was shocked, "Why?"

Shui Rong said: "Look at you, not only did you spend a long arrow, but you also broke a good sword. In the end, you still haven't defeated the black bear, but Lan'er shot him to death with one arrow."

Li Li yelled, "Nonsense, it's obvious that I killed that blind man first, and then Lan'er showed up. What's more, you were responsible for that arrow. Who doesn't know that you shot in this capital?" The art is first-class and the best, and it has always been a good shot."

Shui Rong smiled and said, "You're putting a high hat on this king now, why didn't you just say that I would share half of the credit?"

Li Li was blocked by him, so he couldn't speak immediately, so he snorted and went to find his brother.

Jia Lan said speechlessly, "It's worth arguing about such a small matter."

Shui Rong approached him and laughed softly, "Why do you say that, you don't look like 11 years old?"

Jia Lan rolled his eyes at him, kicked the horse's belly, and ran forward.Shui Rong followed with a smile.

After waiting for a moment at the foot of the mountain, Eunuch Mo lit the green smoke, and the rough men in the Bieyuan had already moved the bear and python down the mountain, and by the way, they also carried the prey that the young masters had shot before them, and placed them on the fire. Next to the heap, as a spoil of war.

After a while, people arrived one after another, and several servants stepped forward to unload their prey and put them in a pile.Jia Lan took a closer look, but they were just animals like hares, foxes, and leopards.Among the group of small animals, the bear and the python in front of Jia Lan, Li Li, and Li Liang were quite eye-catching, and the crowd were amazed.

While admiring it, the strong man who hunted with Wei Ruolan smiled and said, "I think it's not as good as the treasure picked up by Brother Wei in terms of novelty."

When everyone heard it, they couldn't help being curious and asked what it was.

Embarrassed for a moment, Wei Ruolan took out something from her bosom, under the sunlight, the thing shone golden, very eye-catching.People around watched it and praised it repeatedly.

Jia Lan took a closer look and was stunned on the spot.

Seeing Jia Lan's expression, Wei Ruolan said, "Do you know Lan'er?"

Jia Lan raised his head to look for Baoyu, looked around twice, but saw no one, and said: "This unicorn... belongs to my second uncle Bao."

That thing was the golden unicorn that Shi Xiangyun came to exchange with Baoyu that day, but now Wei Ruolan picked it up by accident, Jia Lan couldn't help thinking, is there really a will in this world?

When everyone heard that it belonged to Baoyu, they all laughed and said, "Since it belongs to Brother Bao, you should take it directly, Brother Wei. Otherwise, when he comes back, there will be more disputes."

In fact, Wei Ruolan and Baoyu didn't work together much, so they were quite puzzled by everyone's intentions.However, Jia Lan understands that Baoyu is very easygoing, and when he is in a mood, even if he has a lot of money, he can be astigmatized by him.

Sure enough, when Baoyu came back from nowhere, seeing Jin Qilin being picked up by Wei Ruolan, he smiled without thinking, "Since Brother Wei likes it, what's the problem? You just hold it, it's nothing but A pendant."

Wei Ruolan refused ten thousand times, but Baoyu insisted on refusing to take it back, so Wei Ruolan took off a piece of topaz from her waist and handed it to Baoyu, saying: "This is a piece of good jade that I got by chance at the beginning of the year. It has the effect of warming in winter and cooling in summer. Thank you." Brother Bao bestows the blessing of the unicorn."

Holding Baoyu in his hand, he felt extremely cool, so he couldn't help being overjoyed, and put it in his arms without being polite.

Jia Lan watched this scene with cold eyes, feeling as if the seasoning had been overturned in his heart. For a while, there were sour, sweet, salty and spicy.

On the one hand, he feels that Wei Ruolan and Shi Xiangyun have a unicorn bond today, and in the future they will be as affectionate as in the book. On the other hand, he feels that Jia Baoyu's passion seems ruthless. Go out, really a passionate young man.

Today's hunting harvest is also considered rich. Jia Lan can't help gaining knowledge, and has practiced riding and shooting. What's more gratifying is that he has also learned how to tame a falcon. He is thinking about getting a falcon for fun when he goes home.

Seeing that he was very interested, Shui Rong wanted to give Hui Wing to him, but Jia Lan flatly refused.

Jia Lan said: "I don't want you to tame it well, I must tame such a smart one myself."

Shui Rong had no choice but to follow him.

After lunch in the Bieyuan, everyone wrote a few more poems in the afternoon, drank a few glasses of wine, and then went home.

After class at noon on the second day, as soon as Jia Lan left the school, she saw Ming Qing looking anxiously at the door. When she saw Jia Lan appearing, she hurriedly greeted her and said, "Brother Lan, hurry home, Uncle Zhen and Second Master Lian." Looking for you."

Jia Lan was taken aback and asked, "What do you want from me?" Now that Jia Zheng is not at home, Jia Zhen and Jia Lian will take care of most things.

Ming Qing said: "It is said that the family of General Huwei in Dongcheng came to look for him."

Having said that, Jia Lan thought about it, probably the thank you gift that Li Liang said yesterday had arrived.

Jia Huan came from behind and asked, "Worry, what happened?"

Jia Lan shook her head, "It's nothing serious." After telling Jia Huan what happened yesterday, Jia Huan said after listening, "Then you should hurry up, don't delay the afternoon class."

When Jia Lan arrived at the living room, he saw Jia Zhen and Jia Lian were there, and Li Liang was sitting upright at the head of the guest seat. Jia Zhen and Jia Lian didn't know how to entertain him with his serious and upright expression.

Fortunately, there was Baoyu laughing and talking beside him, so that the atmosphere in the room was not embarrassed.

Seeing Jia Lan's arrival, Li Liang stood up and walked in front of him, saying: "I went home yesterday and reported this matter to my father. It is only right for my father to say that we need a generous gift to thank each other today."

Jia Lan said with a smile: "We are all family friends, why are you so polite?"

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Li Liang just left.

Jia Zhen and Jia Lian couldn't help asking why the eldest son of the Li family came to thank him in person, so Jia Lan briefly talked about what happened yesterday.After hearing a few words of praise for Jia Lan, Jia Zhen and Jia Lian ordered their servants to count the gifts and send them to Daoxiang Village.

Jia Lan waved his hand and said, "There's no need to be so troublesome, the two houses will be divided into half, and everyone can pick whatever they like and take it away."

Jia Zhen and Jia Lian couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled, saying that Jia Lan was sensible.

Baoyu flipped through the list and said with a smile: "This gift is also a coincidence. I will give you a pair of the same gift. Look at these two thousand-year-old ginseng trees, two Tianshan snow lotus trees, two boxes of tortoise shells, and two red coral plants. It's the same all the way down, Yexing's big brother Zhen and Lian's second brother are arguing endlessly over the distribution of gifts."

Jia Lan took a closer look, and it was indeed so, thinking that this little general Li is indeed a loyal minister... the loyalty is unbelievable.

After working for a while, Jia Lan followed Baoyu to Jia Mu's place for dinner. On the way, Jia Lan said to Baoyu, "I always feel that it's wrong for the second uncle to send out the golden unicorn yesterday."

Baoyu wondered, "What's wrong?"

Jia Lan said, "Didn't Aunt Yun give you the golden unicorn?"

Baoyu slapped his head, "Ah, I forgot about it. But now it's like this, how can I ask Brother Wei for it back? If Sister Yun mentions it, just make up for the topaz that Brother Wei gave yesterday. "

Jia Lan listened, but didn't answer any more.

When we arrived at Jiamu's place, someone told the woman in the back room that the son of General Huwei had paid his respects. Jiamu was very happy to hear that, and Li Wan was also delighted.

Jia Lan chose a few hidden knives to bring to Jia Huan and Jia Jun, and went to the school.

After school in the evening, on the way home, Jia Lan told Jia Huan about yesterday's hunt, and inadvertently mentioned that Baoyu had given Xiangyun's golden unicorn to Wei Ruolan. Jia Huan just sneered and didn't comment.

While talking, Jia Lan recalled what Shui Rong suddenly said yesterday, and said to Jia Huan, "There was something quite strange yesterday."

Jia Huan asked, "What's the matter?"

Jia Lan said: "Yesterday, the prince mentioned a hexagram of his master, saying that the hexagram shows that only I can always be by the prince's side and help him through the disaster."

Jia Huan asked strangely, "What do you mean by always being by your side?"

Jia Lan thought for a while and said, "Probably a military adviser or something. Could it be that there are other positions that can not only accompany you constantly, but also resolve disasters?"

Jia Huan looked at Jia Lan and said, "Just you? A dog-headed military commander?"

Jia Lan raised his foot and kicked it: "You