Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

Not going home, but have something to talk about? "

Feng Ziying nodded and said, "I want to ask you for a favor."

Jia Lan said, "Please tell me."

Feng Ziying pointed to it, Jia Lan looked up at the spear and said, "You can't even get it off, and I can't even get it off."

Feng Ziying pointed to the room again, and Jia Lan was even more confused: "Sir, what you know is formation, not martial arts."

Feng Ziying sighed, "There's someone else inside, you forgot?"

Jia Lan said, "My lord?" Feng Ziying nodded, "My lord can take it off."

Jia Lan thought, you really let the prince cut down the tree.He was about to answer when Yi Yanqiu came out from the room, and he rushed to meet him.

Yi Yanqiu said: "You don't want to go home first, and go to the mansion as a teacher." Jia Lan should be.

Shui Rong came out of the room to see him off, Feng Ziying saw him coming out, and hurriedly winked at Jia Lan, Jia Lan hesitated, and called Wang Ye.Look at the water solution.

Jia Lan bit the bullet and said, "My lord, Brother Feng's spear..."

Yi Yanqiu snorted, "What do you care about him, who is to blame if he can't take it off by himself?" After speaking, without looking at Feng Ziying's mournful face, he bowed to Shui Rong and left.

Jia Lan hurriedly wanted to speak, but saw Shui Rong smiled softly at him, stretched out five fingers, and mouthed: "Five days."

Jia Lan's eyes lit up, and she said, "Thank you, my lord, Lan'er is leaving."

Naturally, Feng Ziying also saw Shui Rong's movements, and happily followed Jia Lan to salute.

Shui Rong said: "Don't worry, I forgot something." Eunuch Mo offered the white fox fur, Jia Lan slapped his forehead, and after a while, he forgot it.He took it with a smile, shook it off and put it on tightly, and bid farewell to chase after Yi Yanqiu.

When they parted at the gate of the Wangfu, Feng Ziying took Jia Lan's hand and said with a moved face: "Brother Lan, I heard that you are celebrating your birthday. What do you want? Even the stars in the sky, big brother can pick them off for you."

Yi Yanqiu sat on the carriage and gave him a disgusted look, "Go, go, don't spoil my student."

Jia Lan suppressed a smile, and said casually: "Then I really want the stars in the sky, you go and pick them, hahaha." After finishing speaking, he got into the car.

Eunuch Mo watched Yi Yanqiu and Jia Lan's carriage leave silently, and watched Feng Ziying leave with a smirk while touching his hands, and then returned to the palace.

Shui Rong sat on the chair, and after listening to Eunuch Mo's recitation of "reluctantly remembering at the door", he tapped the armrest with his fingers, and said with a half-smile: "Eunuch Mo, do you think these five days are a bit short, if you don't change How about 25 days?"

Eunuch Mo said respectfully: "What the prince said is true."

How could the prince's golden words be changed once he uttered them.

As for five days later, ten days later, fifteen days later, and 20 days later, Feng Ziying will die, live, hit a wall or hang herself, so I won't go into details.

32. Text confession, birthday

When they arrived at Yifu, Yi Yanqiu took Jia Lan directly to the study room, then left it aside to dry, and began to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find things.

Seeing that he had searched for several bookshelves, Jia Lan finally frowned and thought hard, and couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking for, Master?"

Yi Yanqiu said: "Look for my copy of "Nine Palaces and Bagua Formation", but I can't remember where to throw it?"

Jia Lan asked, "Is it the one sold in the market?"

Yi Yanqiu waved his hand and said, "That's the simplified version I translated. What I'm looking for now is the mother version. I just put it away and didn't know where to put it." He lowered his head and started searching again.

Jia Lan was silent for a while, and asked: "Shouldn't the mother copy be very precious, how can it be left indiscriminately?" It is said that a thousand copies of the translated version were printed at that time, and it is hard to find in the market.There was a copy in Jia's Mansion, but Jia Zheng was not interested in it, so he put it on the shelf, and only showed it off when someone came to visit occasionally.

Yi Yanqiu didn't seem to care about it, he just said: "Maybe. But where did I put it?"

Jia Lan watched him sit in a chair and meditate for a while, then suddenly stood up, went to the corner and squatted down, and then pulled out a black wooden box from the bottom of the bookshelf.

He beckoned Jalan to pass.

The wooden box was very dirty, covered with a thick layer of dust, Yi Yanqiu curled his lips in disgust, and Jia Lan pulled a rag from the side to wipe it clean.There is a copper tiger lock on the side of the box.Jia Lan wiped it clean and said, "Sir, do you have the key?"

Yi Yanqiu said: "No key is needed." He grabbed the tiger's body and pulled it down violently, the lock snapped open.

Jia Lan said, "It's too unsafe."

Yi Yanqiu said: "What's wrong with this? Besides, whoever stole it, I can't find it myself."

Jia Lan felt speechless.

Yi Yanqiu opened the box and found a book with yellowed and curled edges, patted the dust on it, and handed it to Jia Lan, "If you have nothing to do at home, study it."

Jia Lan took it, the book was very old, and on the cover were written "Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams" in small seal characters, he flipped through the inside, most of them were simple diagrams, few characters, but they were all small seal characters.Xiaozhuan characters are beautiful, but the strokes are complicated and difficult to read.

Yi Yanqiu said: "The legend was written by the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty ordered Li Si to write it. After the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, it was circulated everywhere. It was not heard of at one time, but it appeared in the royal library for some reason. After I reported it to the emperor, the emperor ordered me to study it myself. I took it back."

Jia Lan flipped through the pages and said, "Sir, haven't you finished your research? Why haven't you returned it to the library?" The Royal Library is a large library, and it must be borrowed and returned.

Yi Yanqiu said: "After I presented the detailed version of the translation to the emperor, the emperor left the original for me to read at will."

Jia Lan said: "Then you can also give me a detailed copy, the original is too concise, I can't understand it."

Yi Yanqiu nodded his head and said: "If you don't understand it, you have to read it. This can exercise your understanding."

Jia Lan had no choice but to nod and said yes.

Yi Yanqiu packed the calligraphy and painting pages in the box, and said, "The rest will be given to you after you win the exam."

Jia Lan glanced at it, but there were books on the art of war, and several books on the way of being an official, treatises on thick black studies, etc., and said, "I'm afraid it's too early to read these."

Yi Yanqiu said: "They are all must-sees in the future. You are not required to understand them all, but at least you must know." He paused, and then said: "What do you think of Prince Beijing?"

Jia Lan didn't prevent him from mentioning it suddenly, and was slightly taken aback, "My lord? You're quite a nice person."

Yi Yanqiu covered the box, and Jia Lan helped him push it back under the bookshelf.

Yi Yanqiu stood up, walked to the window, looked at the snow scene outside the window with his hands behind his back, and said, "Then what do you think of the people around him?"

Jia Lan thought about it for a while and said, "They are all extremely powerful people." Of course there is no need to talk about Zhao Rui, Yi Yanqiu and others, but Li Liang and Feng Ziying's generation will have a bright future.

Yi Yanqiu nodded and said, "You are telling the truth."

Jia Lan wondered, "Why did you suddenly mention the prince?"

Yi Yanqiu stroked his beard and said: "It's just a memory. Seeing the prince defending you everywhere today, I can't help but see his support for you. I hope you will not let me down, so I can do it myself."

Jia Lan said: "Fortunately, the prince has favored me, and Lan'er is also very grateful."

Yi Yanqiu said: "Very good. I know you have always been sensible, so I am relieved. You go home, don't forget to study hard, that "Eight Diagrams Formation", just read it occasionally, I will teach it later when I have time you."

Jia Lan said yes, then said goodbye and went home.

Back home, Jia Lan mentioned the fox fur to Li Wan. Li Wan heard that it was a gift from the prince, so he couldn't help but recite a sentence of Buddha, secretly happy in his heart, but he didn't tell anyone about it.

Three days later, it was Jia Lan's birthday.Because Yi Yanqiu had been informed in advance, he didn't go to study either.

Get up early in the morning, wash and wash, and go out.In the front courtyard, several people including Ming Qing had already placed heaven and earth incense candles there.Jia Lan burned incense and finished the ceremony. After laying tea and burning paper, she went to the two first halls of the Zhongzong Temple in Ningfu to complete the ceremony.He went back to Rongfu and paid homage to Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan and others.

When I arrived at Aunt Xue's place, Aunt Xue pulled her again and again, and met Xue Biao again, and after a few gossips, she entered the Grand View Garden.Starting from Baoyu, they went to the room one by one to pay respects, returned to the second door, and gave way to several nurses' homes before coming out.Because Jialan's seniority is very young, although everyone saluted, they never received it.

After returning to the room, he greeted Aunt Li, Li Wen and Li Qi, and after a brief salute with Suyun Biyue and other maidservants, he began to collect gifts.Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and other elders all gave a set of clothes, a pair of shoes and socks, a hundred longevity peaches, a hundred bundles of silver noodles and other things. The rest gave purses, paper and paintings, and ink , will not be mentioned again.

A pair of Jia Huan's pen, ink, paper and inkstone.Jia Zhu sent all kinds of wooden toys.The Palace of Beijing sent a four-color birthday gift of towel, fan and silk, a golden lock of longevity, and many toys made in Persia.Others can't wait.

Talking to Li Wen and Li Qi, counting the presents with a smile, only hearing the chattering outside, when a few girls came in, Tan Chun lifted the felt curtain and said with a smile: "They are all here to celebrate their birthdays, hurry up and serve us some noodles." , Daiyu Baochai and others entered the room smiling.

Jia Lan hurriedly jumped out of bed and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Caiwen Tingling quickly prepares tea." See you one by one.

Baochai said with a smile, "Lan'er celebrates her birthday today, and you are the oldest. You don't need so many gifts."

Jia Lan ordered a few servant girls to separate the birthday fruit banquet and serve it to the girls, and said with a smile: "I am a junior, so it doesn't matter."

Daiyu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "You don't know him yet. You said that aunts and uncles shouted awkwardly, but you really shouted without ambiguity."

When Yingchun and the others heard this narrow talk, they laughed immediately. Just as Jia Lan opened his mouth to answer, Baoyu's voice sounded outside the door and said, "What are you talking about? I'm so happy." He bowed deeply and said, "I wish the birthday star a little happiness."

Tanchun pushed him with a smile, and said, "Look at this second uncle, he wants to talk to his nephew.