Jia Zheng through the Red Mansions

When Jia Zheng squeezed in, he saw that the young man had already pulled out the riding whip around his waist with a livid face. In his eyes, Jia Zhu, who was smiling but not smiling, was more annoying than those who laughed out loud. Straight away, he drew towards Jia Zhu.

Jia Zhu was stunned when he saw the whip being pulled down. He had never touched anyone since he was so old. He didn't dare to provoke him, he had an argument with this young man just now, and it was also because there were so many people around him, so he wasn't afraid. Seeing the black horsewhip being pulled down on him, his feet went limp.

Those gifted scholars around who were aggressively trying to argue with the young man just now saw the young man whipped his horsewhip, and they all scattered like birds and beasts, and the crowd was also in a commotion.

With a bang, a few drops of blood splashed on the ground, Jia Zhu fell to the ground, looking at the back of Jia Zheng standing in front of her in disbelief, and saw that his cuff had been pulled out by the horsewhip for a long time. Blood dripped down the cuffs and the cracks in the sleeves to the ground.

"Father." Jia Zhu didn't care about the respect at this time, got up from the ground to support Jia Zheng, looked at the hideous wound on his arm, and the circles of his eyes immediately turned red.

The young man was also a little surprised when he saw that he was hurt by others, and then he saw that this person had met him in a restaurant, and then he heard the rude boy support this person and called him father, only then did he realize that the two people in front of him were father and son.

Originally, Jia Zheng wanted to teach this bastard who bullied his son a lesson, but when the whip was pulled off, Jia Zheng, who originally wanted to reason with this boy, couldn't hold back his anger, what an unreasonable boy!

Frowning and looking up and down at the young man in front of him, Jia Zheng held back the pain and said angrily: "Seeing that you are also a child of everyone, you are so unruly, don't you even pay attention to Wang Fa when you commit crimes in the street?"

The young man didn't expect Jia Zheng to be so tough even though he was injured. He took another look at the elegant middle-aged man in front of him. His voice was gentle when he was speaking in the restaurant, but he didn't expect it to be a tough one. Listening to his tone of voice I am afraid that he is not a commoner, but this young man is more honorable but he is not afraid of him. Instead, he sneered and asked a little arrogantly: "Why, your son owes a lesson. I will teach him a lesson, sir. I should discipline my son for you, old man. You should have thanked me!"

When Jia Zheng heard this, he became even more angry. He really is an undisciplined dude!

"I just met your elders in the restaurant, and I asked him to come out and judge. I want to ask him how he teaches children!"

The young man raised his eyebrows and curled his lips, and gave Jia Zheng a disdainful look: "Then how did you educate your son as an old man? Besides, the young master taught your son for you, you should kneel down and thank him!" If there is no obstruction, it is cheap for him not to kill him!"

The more Jia Zheng listened, the more angry he became. Well, the children are all over the top now, and they are all domineering. Just as they were about to speak, Jia Zhu tugged at his clothes.

"Father, let's calm down." Jia Zhu was also furious at first, but when she saw the deep welt on her father's arm and recalled what happened just now, she also realized that she was biased. Seeing that this young man is dressed in a luxurious manner, and his speech is so tough, and he and his father are not from the local area, so they are afraid of causing trouble, so they want to calm down.

Seeing Jia Zhu subdued, the young man became even more arrogant. He sneered and was about to speak, but heard a slightly low but dignified voice behind him: "Xi'er, apologize to this gentleman."

The boy called Xi'er turned around quickly in surprise, but saw his grandfather standing behind him, his arrogant face collapsed immediately, but there was still dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Jia Zheng also saw the old man at this time, and wanted to argue a few words, but unexpectedly, the old man asked the young man to apologize. Most of the anger in his stomach subsided, and at this time the pain in his arm started to flare up, causing cold sweat to ooze from Jia Zheng's forehead.

"Father, let's go see the doctor first." Seeing that Jia Zheng was sweating in pain, Jia Zhu felt even more anxious. Seeing the voice of the old man reprimanding the young man behind him, Jia Zhu felt even more guilty when she saw her father who had not blamed her father from just now.

When we arrived at the clinic, the doctor looked at the wound for Jia Zheng. The wound was not deep, nor did it hurt. It was torn off from the wound, and Jia Zheng almost cried out in pain.

Later, Jia Zheng was already numb from the pain, but he didn't feel much. At this time, seeing Jia Zhu's pale and frightening face, he thought it was because he was sick again after being frightened, so he quickly asked, "Zhu Is my son feeling unwell again? Let the doctor take a look."

After Jia Zhu was stunned for a moment, the shameful expression on his face deepened, his eye circles became redder, and he murmured: "It's all my fault. It's because I got carried away today that I made you like this."

At this time, Jia Zheng's wound had already been bandaged. Seeing Jia Zhu's appearance, Jia Zheng knew that if he didn't untie his knot in his heart, it might be another root cause of his illness, so he hurriedly paid the doctor's fee and took another After taking the wound medicine, he took Jia Zhu out of the clinic and returned to the inn.

Asking Xiaoer to serve a few light dishes, and specially ordered drunken peony, and the two of you drank some wine in the evening, Jia Zheng asked about today's affairs: "Tell me what happened from the beginning to the end. "

Jia Zhu didn't dare to hide anything and didn't cover up too much, and told the whole story from the beginning to the end.

After hearing this, Jia Zheng asked, "Pearl, what do you think is right and wrong?"

"I've inquired about it, and that bridge really isn't the Tianjin Bridge in the Tang Dynasty. I'm being arrogant." Jia Zhu lowered his head and said, it was the first time he met so many scholars of the same age today. He was so arrogant that he didn't know his surname anymore, and he was just a scholar now.

However, although he was wrong, it was wrong for that person to hurt others, but now Jia Zhu couldn't say that.

Jia Zhu didn't say anything, but Jia Zheng said it: "It's not too late for Zhu'er to know that she's wrong, but it's even more wrong for that young man to hurt someone."

"Father!" Jia Zhu looked up in astonishment, looked at Jia Zheng in disbelief, and said cowardly after a long time: "Father, do you think peony is better, or chrysanthemum and lotus?" Fame, to be honest, Jia Zhu used to look down on his father's knowledge from the bottom of his heart. He got a small official by relying on his late grandfather's dying copy and the emperor's grace. He has no ink and likes to teach himself. Which family's son would like such a father?Therefore, Jia Zhu never thought of discussing these issues with his father, but he had noticed all the changes in his father in the past few days, and now he unconsciously asked questions that he hadn't thought to understand.

"What does Zhu'er think?" Jia Zheng was a little puzzled why Jia Zhu asked this.

"I just heard them say that although peonies are good, they are gorgeous and rich and tainted with vulgarity. They are not as good as chrysanthemums and lotus. I also thought it was true at the time, but now that I think about it, I feel a little biased. It seems that the boy said that we It’s arty and makes sense.”

Jia Zheng laughed when he heard the words. This dispute over wealth, honor and elegance has been talked about even in modern times, but it is a matter of the public saying that the public is right and the wife saying that the woman is right. How can there be a conclusion?However, Jia Zheng thought for a while and said, "Whether the peonies are rich and elegant or the chrysanthemums are noble, they are all imposed on them by the world. Even so, everyone has their own opinions." Pearl just asks which one she likes, and what does it matter what other people think?"

Jia Zhu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then blushed a little: "Well, what if I can see any kind of flower, what should I do?" Prosperous, today seeing the fragrant peonies in Luoyang, all kinds of peonies have their own merits, Jia Zhu opened his eyes, thinking that the lotus in his lotus pond is very pleasant when it is in full bloom, but he doesn’t know what the lotus outside is look.

Jia Zheng laughed when he heard Jia Zhu's words, and couldn't help but reached out and touched Jia Zhu's head. He was really a child: "I didn't say that you only like one of these flowers and grasses. After reading peonies and orchids, other kinds There are many types that have charm.”

Jia Zhu nodded embarrassingly, and gave a low "hmm".

Jia Zheng was silent for a while, and then said, "What do you think of the young talents who are hanging out with you today?"

Jia Zhu's complexion changed, and she shook her head: "At first I thought it was pretty good, but later on, I realized that people in the world were right when they said that there are some scholars." When he explained the whole story to Jia Zheng just now, he also thought about it again. After thinking about it again, the initial admiration for these so-called talents faded a lot, and when I thought of the last time my father took the whip for me, all those people fled and left me behind, and I didn't like them at all.

"Pearl, if you understand, I'm relieved." Jia Zheng smiled, and today's whip was not in vain, "In the future, if you pass the imperial examination, you will most likely go to the Imperial Academy, and the Imperial Academy will also be full of scholars. , you are still young, I am afraid that you always think in your heart that you have lost the character of a scholar if you are so sophisticated in the world, and I am most afraid that you will suffer a lot in the future with this temper!"

"But." Jia Zhu glanced at Jia Zheng, and now he has the courage to refute Jia Zheng's words, "I always feel that being an official should be for the people, and it is the duty of an official to help the world. I always feel that corrupt officials are cruel ..."

"I understand what you mean, but there is a saying that is good, if you have no desires, you can be strong. People like us, can you really have no desires? Besides, you can't do things for the people only by pursuing integrity. The officialdom is more than capable, and then do more facts for the people.” Jia Zheng interrupted Jia Zhu’s words, and euphemistically explained the truth of saving the country with curves, and then sighed: “I only touched it when I was in my thirties. I understood these truths by crawling."

Jia Zhu thought carefully about what Jia Zheng said. Seeing that Jia Zhu listened to it, Jia Zheng was very comforted. The father and son drank a few more glasses. Jia Zheng asked Jia Zhu to rest early: "Let's leave Luoyang when we understand Go to Suzhou, your Uncle Lin is Tanhua Lang, and now he has been promoted again and again, and he is a well-known upright official in the local area, when you come to him, ask him to tell you about these things again."

Jia Zhu nodded, and went back to her own room, tossing and turning at night unable to sleep, her head was full of the words her father told her and the events of the day, as if she felt she was grasping something but couldn't make it out. He fell asleep in a daze, but the truths that he took for granted in the past have all changed at this moment.

That night, several fast horses left from Luoyang and went straight to the capital, and a few days later, reports about today's incident appeared on the desks of several elder brothers in the capital.

"Huang Ama actually brought Hong Xi to go privately with her?" The handsome man narrowed his narrow Danfeng eyes, and ordered his subordinates: "Let the eyeliners over there highlight their tricks for me to keep an eye on where they are going!"

After his subordinates left, the man opened the letter paper again, and when he saw a certain place, he sneered and said, "Hmph, Huang Ama is really old! Back then..." The man murmured to himself and put down the letter. , picked up a pen and wrote: "Hong Xi's accompanying tour to the south has been rewarded, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Send it to Myna's house."