Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

Playing with a Duanyan inkstone with interest, he said with a smile: "This is a good thing, where did you get it?"

Jia Lan said, "Grandpa gave it."

Shui Rong asked him to sit down, carefully inspected the inkstone in his hand, and said, "Your grandfather? But the former Guozijian Jijiu Li Shouzhong, Master Li?"

Jalandau is exactly that.

Shui Rong smiled and said: "My lord, I have heard of it before."

Li Shouzhong was a well-known "sour official" in the court. He was very serious and serious on weekdays, and he was honest and clean when he was in office.

However, during the few years when he was serving as a sacrificial wine, the Imperial College has really produced several extraordinary figures, so the Holy Majesty attaches great importance to him.Later, when he was old and asked to go home, he was rewarded with many things.

The two chatted and chatted, and a young eunuch came in and said: "Master Wei, the Minister of Rites, and Mr. Zhao, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, are asking to see you."

Shui Rong took it and looked at it for a while, then handed it to the little eunuch, and said: "Please enter the living room first, the king will go there later."

The little eunuch replied and withdrew.

Jia Lan waited for him to walk out the door, stood up and said respectfully: "My lord is busy with work, so I will go back first."

Shui Rong said: "Don't go back in a hurry." He pondered for a while, then said with a smile: "Why don't you come with me."

Jia Lan hastily declined: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

Shui Rong stood up and said, "Since this king says yes, then yes, what's wrong?" He lifted Jia Lan's arm and said with a smile, "Let's go together, let's see what these two want to talk about?"

Jia Lan couldn't shirk it, so he had to go with him.

When Shui Rong and Jia Lan walked outside the window of the living room, they heard Wei Lin and Zhao Rui talking in a low voice inside the room. Jia Lan didn't dare to listen carefully, but felt that they were arguing about something.Shui Rong stopped and listened to a few words, then smiled inexplicably.

Seeing Shui Rong approaching at the door, the little eunuch shouted "Your Highness is here", and the two people in the room hurriedly stopped talking and came out to welcome him.

Shui Rong sat on the upper seat, Wei Lin and Zhao Rui knelt down to salute, Shui Rong said a few words of modesty, asked him to stand up, gave him his seat, and said: "You two adults, what do you want to do here?"

Wei Lin and Zhao Rui glanced at each other, and Wei Lin looked at Jia Lan who was standing behind Shui Rong, frowned and said: "This time I came here because I don't know something, and I came here to ask the prince for advice. "

Shui Rong smiled and stretched out his hand, "Master Wei, but it's okay to say."

Wei Lin looked at Jia Lan again, hesitated and said, "This matter is of great importance..."

Shui Rong said with a half smile but not a smile: "This king doesn't know that Mr. Wei also knows the importance of the matter?"

There was a slight sarcasm in the words, Wei Lin was a little confused.

Zhao Rui saw it, and immediately answered, "I don't know who this is?" He looked at Jia Lan.

Seeing that Wei Lin was hesitating, Jia Lan was already a little uneasy, but now hearing Zhao Rui's sudden question, she couldn't help but look at Shui Rong reflexively.

Shui Rong pulled him to his side, and said with a smile, "Master Zhao doesn't look familiar?"

Zhao Rui couldn't help being puzzled when he heard this, and after looking carefully at Jia Lan for a while, he said, "It does look familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it, please clarify my doubts, my lord."

Shui Rong said: "It's okay if you can't remember it. You have never seen him, but you used to see his father often. He is the grandson of Jia Zheng, a member of the Ministry of Industry, and also the son of your disciple Jia Zhu."

Zhao Rui suddenly realized, "I remember now." He looked at Jia Lan and tried to recall, "Your name is Jia... Lan, which means a gentleman like Lan, right?"

Jia Lan seldom heard his father Jia Zhu mentioned by people in the Jia family, and he didn't know much about his life. Now that a teacher of his father suddenly appeared, he couldn't help being a little stunned, "My name...is indeed Lan. .”

When Zhao Rui heard this, he stroked his beard, looked Jia Lan up and down and smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, okay, they are all this big. It really looks like it was carved out of the same mold as Zhuer when she was a child. But after reading four books ?”

Jia Lan hurriedly replied: "I have started studying "The Doctrine of the Mean."

Zhao Rui frowned after hearing this and said: "How did you learn this? I think your father has finished reading the four books at this time." He asked again: "Let me ask you, there is a sentence in this chapter that reads, "Emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy have not yet been expressed." It is called the middle, and all the middle sections are called the harmony', what do you mean?"

Jia Lan explained it carefully, Zhao Rui was still dissatisfied and said, "Who are you learning from now?"

Jia Lan then mentioned Jia Dairu's name, and Zhao Rui said: "This gentleman is well-educated, but his thinking is a bit rigid. Well, since I wanted Zhu'er 20 years ago, now I want you too."

Jia Lan felt dizzy and asked cautiously, "What do you mean, sir?"

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Returning Mr. Zhao, is it because you want to accept disciples?"

Zhao Rui shook his head and said: "My lord's words are wrong. Since I have become Zhu'er's teacher, how can I accept Lan'er as a disciple." , might as well worship under his door."

Shui Rong nodded and said, "Alright." He turned his head to look at Jia Lan and said, "Do you know Mr. Yi Yanqiu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy?"

Jia Lan said, "I've heard about it for a long time."

In terms of Yi Yanqiu's attainments in cultural knowledge, the world only talks a little bit.The most talked about is about five years ago, he published a book "The Art of War and Array Record". It is said that the formations written in the book were all discovered and sorted out by Yi Yanqiu when he was studying ancient books.

And in the Southwest War that year, General Shenwu won a big victory in one fell swoop by relying on the hexagrams in the book.

Since then, Yi Yanqiu has become famous with one book.

Zhao Rui said to Jia Lan: "You will come with me to Yi's house tomorrow, okay?"

Jia Lan knew that if he didn't seize the opportunity today, it might be difficult to find a teacher as powerful as Yi Yanqiu in the future.He took a step forward and saluted Zhao Rui, "Thank you, my lord."

Zhao Rui smiled and said: "You don't have to thank me first. If I test you later and you can't answer, then I will kick you out today before tomorrow."

Jia Lan hurriedly said, "Lan'er knows."

Shui Rong said: "Since we have to take the exam, why not just stay here. I can also serve as a staff officer for Mr. Zhao."

Seeing Shui Rong's unhurried appearance, Wei Lin couldn't help but feel a little impatient, and couldn't help calling "Prince".

Shui Rong's face darkened slightly, and he said calmly: "Master Wei, do you know that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry?"

Wei Lin shrank back, not daring to speak again.

Seeing the situation, Jia Lan said to Shui Rong, "Master Zhao is going to test me, what are you doing watching, making me nervous."

Shui Rong said: "What's there to be nervous about, would this king still eat you?"

Jia Lan ignored his jokes and only told him to leave.

Shui Rong was helpless, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said to Wei Lin: "Master Wei, since they have something to do, it's not good for the two of us to disturb each other. How about going into the side hall to discuss important matters?"

Wei Lin hurriedly said: "I would like to obey the prince's order."

Shui Rong didn't know why Wei Lin came here, he took Jia Lan to meet with him, but he expected a stranger to be there, Wei Lin didn't dare to speak.But he forgot about Zhao Rui.

Although it is a bit regretful that the result is not as good as I thought, it is a good thing that Jia Lan got a good teacher by mistake.

28. Joy, memory

Zhao Rui knew that Jia Lan had only studied the four books, so he selected a few key sentences in it for Jia Lan to break through and explain.

Coincidentally, these sentences were all within the scope of Jia Lan's reading at home when he was seriously ill a few days ago.The impromptu cramming made Jia Lan answer easily.

Seeing Jia Lan's quick thinking and unique insights, Zhao Rui was even happier.If it hadn't been for the decision to introduce him to Yi Yanqiu, I'm afraid I couldn't help but want to accept him.

Jia Lan is also paying attention to Zhao Rui's opinions while telling his own opinions.Zhao Rui is well-informed and has a unique vision, and his comments are even more to the point. Listening to what he said, Jia Lan felt that he was better than ten years of reading.

When Shui Rong and Wei Lin came out from the side hall, they were talking with great interest, and they didn't even notice when they approached.

Shui Rong smiled and said, "Isn't it too late to meet each other?"

Zhao Rui hurriedly stood up and saluted, "My lord is laughing." Jia Lan also stood up.

Shui Rong waved his hands and said, "No problem."

Zhao Rui wanted to reply, but saw Wei Lin winking at him from behind Shui Rong, so he changed his voice: "Seeing that it's getting late, I've been bothering you for a long time, why don't you say goodbye first."

Shui Rong sat on the first seat, glanced at Wei Lin, and said with a smile, "That's fine."

After Zhao Rui and Wei Lin knelt down, Zhao Rui called out "Lan'er", and Jia Lan stepped forward, "Sir".

Zhao Rui originally wanted Jia Lan to go with him, but Wei Lin frowned, as if he had something important to discuss and didn't want outsiders to follow him, and seeing Shui Rong's dangerous expression of wanting to smile, he couldn't help but feel a little scared in his heart, and turned to say yes Jia Lan said: "Don't forget to look for me in the mansion tomorrow."

Jia Lan was a little disappointed. He had finally met such a knowledgeable person, but now he was about to separate so soon.But even though he was extremely disappointed in his heart, he still said politely on his face: "Lan'er made a note, sir, go slowly."

After sending Zhao Rui and Wei Lin away, Jia Lan asked Shui Rong to resign, but Shui Rong disagreed, saying, "Lunch time is coming soon, if you go back now and my mother finds out, don't you make it difficult for me?"

Jia Lanqi asked, "How do you say that?"

Shui Rong said: "You and my family are family friends, and my mother and your old lady are also family friends. If she knows that I abused her friend Jinsun, won't she criticize me?"

Jia Lan laughed and said, "I don't believe she can criticize you."

Shui Rong smiled: "You don't know my mother's style, so how can you talk nonsense and don't believe it? Let's not mention this, just say that you got a teacher today. Is there any credit for this?"

Jia Lan was right after thinking about it, "That's right, I haven't thanked you for this matter yet."

Shui Rong said: "How do you want to thank Fa?"

Jia Lan thought and thought, but had no good idea, "How many drinks with you?"

Shui Rong shook his head and said: "The difference is strong.