[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Jia's women's home school began to prepare, and the place was selected for decoration and layout.Invite all the girls of the right age in Jia's family and the children of You'anju to go to school, read, read, write and draw, they are much more serious than the boys.

Xichun and Ruan Chengze often met at home school, and they really took an interest in teasing him.

At the beginning, Xichun just posed some difficult questions to test him, but after discovering that Ruan Chengze was indeed very insightful in teaching, he became eager to win again.

Today we talk about poetry, calligraphy and painting, tomorrow we discuss career and economics, and the day after that we talk about riding, archery and driving, even embroidery and singing.

From the morning to the afternoon, from the afternoon to the evening, one is presenting the facts and the other is reasoning. From ancient times to the present, from the simple to the deep, Bao Cong and Lin Daiyu are melon-eating audiences every day, and they are very satisfied watching the play.

We get along really well!Next, the man's concubine will make an oath at all, right?Weddings can also be arranged!

Bao Cong was elated, and secretly wrote a long letter to Ruan Zhongwen, implying that the Ruan family could marry the Jia family.

No matter how much you like your sister-in-law, you have to urge the man's family to propose marriage!

Unexpectedly, within a few days after the letter was sent out, Lin Daiyu dragged the buzzing Xichun to complain: "Bao Cong, look at Xichun's anger!"

Xichun was crying so hard, her eyes were swollen from rubbing her handkerchief, she said angrily, "Brother Baocong drove that bad guy away! That bad guy is really bad!"

Baocong was surprised, looked at Lin Daiyu, then at Xichun, and said, "Who are you pushing out?"

Xichun said angrily: "It's that Ruan Chengze! Bad guy! He's so bad! Get him out of here!"

Lin Daiyu, who was beside her, also nodded repeatedly.

Bao Cong was surprised, "Aren't you talking and laughing the past two days, what happened today? If he really bullies you, I'll scold him for you!"

Xichun was so angry that she stomped her feet again, and said, "Brother, is he not going to kick him out? Well, if he doesn't go, I'll go! I hate him so much! Never see him again!"

After speaking, he ran away crying angrily.

"You! I really don't understand the girl's mind!" Lin Daiyu gave Bao Cong a look, and followed her out.

Bao Cong became more and more confused. According to his observation, isn't Xi Chun's script a match made in heaven?How did it become the Huanxi Enemy mode?

He shook his head, not thinking about it.Huanxi friends, how could there be no small conflicts?After a few days of making trouble, it will be fine again.

As a result, two or three days passed, five or six days passed, ten days and half a month passed, and one month passed, and Xichun hadn't gone home to study... Are you really mad?

Bao Cong wandered around the women's home school for several days, but he didn't see Xichun, and only stared at Ruan Chengze several times, making his skin crawl almost before letting him go.

"What's going on?" Bao Cong asked Lin Daiyu impatiently after returning home.

Lin Daiyu glanced at Bao Cong Xiaobai, shook her head and said, "Ruan Chengze is too old-fashioned."

It turned out that Xichun and Ruan Chengze got along very well, so Xichun told him that they are actually about the same age, and there is no need to serve her as an elder all the time.

Before Xichun came out of the cabinet, she used her previous alias in the Poetry Club in her family school, and Ruan Chengze also called her Mr. Ouxie.And because of Bao Cong, Xi Chun is the uncle's younger sister, so Ruan Chengze treats her like Lin Daiyu, Baochai and others as elders.

But Xichun managed to say something from his heart, but Ruan Chengze didn't appreciate it at all, instead he repeatedly refused, saying: "This is really inappropriate! You are my uncle's younger sister, and naturally you are also my elder, I dare not be rude."

It's not counting after saying this, but he served Xichun more respectfully than before, as if he was serving his elders at home.Seeing that he is so stubborn, and still responding in various ways, Xichun...is annoyed.

Lin Daiyu sighed: "You also know that she is used to wanting face, and it is rare to say such a thing to a man. In the end, Ruan Chengze just treated her like an elder. Isn't she going to be ashamed of her own thoughts? How can she have the face to show others!"

In Ruan Chengze's eyes, Xichun's move is an elder who has thought about the younger generation... Hehe, Xichun hated this the most before, no wonder he got angry!

Bao Cong was dumbfounded immediately, and asked strangely: "Is he stupid in studying? But because of Mr. Ruan's relationship, he called me a teacher uncle, and Xichun is just my cousin next door, and he has no relationship with him. The nickname is polite, what about elders and juniors?"

Lin Daiyu was also a little angry, and said, "I don't want this nerd! Can't we, Xichun, find something better?" After all, she asked Baocong to recover the letter he wrote to Ruan Zhongwen earlier. What kind of business is this?

Bao Cong shook his head, "It's been ten days since the letter was sent, maybe Mr. has already received it, how can we still get it back? If we let the Ruan family know that we repented, wouldn't we be playing tricks on them?"

"How will you deal with yourself then, sir? Ruan Chengze..." Well, who cares what he is doing!This nerd!

Bao Cong flicked his sleeves and felt a headache too.

But Lin Daiyu said: "Then you can't wrong Xichun, right? Even if the marriage has come true, Ruan Chengze doesn't like Xichun, why is Xichun rushing to marry him? When a couple gets married, they have grievances, it's not a good marriage!"

That's what I said.

Bao Cong paced back and forth in the room, a little distressed, and simply said: "I'll ask Ruan Chengze what he means, if he really didn't mean it, then I'll find a way to apologize to the Ruan family!"

Lin Daiyu hurriedly grabbed him, and whispered: "You have to be careful with your words, don't talk nonsense! If he really has no intentions for Xichun, let him know that Xichun has intentions for him, and it will ruin Xichun's reputation!"

Bao Cong nodded, "I know, I know, I will find a way to ask."

It is necessary to ask about the situation clearly without affecting Xichun's reputation.What a headache!

Stupid nerd, why do you call the little girl an elder!They are all unbeatable relationships!Come to embarrass him!

Could it be that he himself was blind and misunderstood the... atmosphere between them?

Bao Cong angrily went to find Ruan Chengze, but when they met, Ruan Chengze apologized before he could decide what to ask: "Master, I was wrong, I seem to have offended Mr. Ouxie..."

Bao Cong frowned, and looked at Ruan Chengze with sharper eyes, but he kept talking in his heart, how should he ask?

Xichun has taken a fancy to... She is interested in you, do you like her or not?Do you really treat her like an elder?Or because you don't like it, you refuse in the name of your elders?

How can you talk about the girl's family's concerns so straightforwardly?If Lin Daiyu found out, she had to pull his ears!

How about that?Xichun, oh no, Mr. Ouxie...to you...that, this appreciation?Fancy?value?Hello!Is there any word that can be substituted?Or do you want to make up a story now?

What if the nerd gets confused after hearing the roundabout story?

Bao Cong muttered a lot in his heart, and looked at Ruan Chengze again, and decided to ask as clearly as possible, the most important thing is to ascertain the facts!

So, he cleared his throat, stared at the other party and said, "Why did you make Mr. Xiekekekehmm Ouxie angry?"

Ruan Chengze was speechless for a moment, his ears were a little red, his eyes were wandering from side to side, he was a little afraid to look at people, he just lowered his head slightly and admitted his mistake: "Xu, Xu was a kid, he was abrupt in some, some ways, and made him angry. , it’s been a long time since my husband came to study at home..."

Um?This stuttering, it seems that Ruan Chengze's mood is not calm!

Bao Cong looked at it suspiciously, feeling that there seemed to be some secrets in it, so, as if he had two big walnuts in his mouth, he said vaguely: "Well, the teaching is really complicated, and Mr. Xikekekeke Ouxie also came to look for it earlier. I said that you have some disagreements. What's going on? In fact, you two are about the same age, you can discuss a lot of issues, and you don't have to be so distant, um, respectful, eh, reserved.... ..”

Hey, so, can this nerd understand?

Um?What is Master Uncle talking about?

Ruan Chengze's ears turned redder, and he took a peek at Bao Cong, the strangeness he had noticed before became obvious, as if something was about to be confirmed.

Is it...

His face slowly turned red, and he explained: "Ou, Mr. Ouxie, still coughing, coughing, coughing, coughing, coughing, coughing, I'm afraid it will be abrupt, coughing, sir, it will affect coughing I can only treat you as an elder..."

Then, he suddenly bowed again, and said in a low voice: "Master, uncle, why don't I go to the home school? Actually, I will write out the suggestions on teaching, and the aunts will do the same with the reference. Yes. The boy was rude before, after all, the lotus tree is alive..."

ah?Didn't even go to home school?

Then how did Xichun and Xichun have the opportunity to get along and develop feelings, and confirm whether they are suitable or not?

Bao Cong was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "That's not necessary, we are all relatives, since you are called Mr., why should you be jealous because of your identity and gender?"

Ruan Chengze: "...that, that kid... made Mr. angry..."

oh!Why is Xichun angry?

It's because Ruan Chengze treats her like an elder!

But Ruan Chengze thinks this way, isn't it because Xichun hasn't left the cabinet and is afraid of affecting her reputation!

It's not wrong for an unmarried woman to go out and work as a teacher in a women's family school, but if there is a strange man in the family school and it is known, then the public opinion in the outside world will not be friendly to Xichun.

So this bookworm was thinking about Xichun!

Bao Cong was immediately happy, patted Ruan Chengze, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I received your apology, and I will apologize to her later, so she won't be angry anymore. But you, we are about the same age, and you sound like a teacher." Uncle is so awkward, you should call me Third Brother, it sounds kinder."

Blame him, he should have insisted on his own opinion at the beginning!

After a few months, when this matter was brought up again suddenly, Ruan Chengze naturally understood what Bao Cong was talking about, he opened his mouth, blushed, and stammered after a while: "Master, I, I'm not Okay? I went home to study, then I met Mr.... I still don’t go, right? I wrote suggestions at home and gave them to my aunts?”

Sure enough, he is a little old-fashioned, if he goes to his family to study and calls him Baocong's elder brother, then Xichun will be the same age as him.They have no blood relationship, and it is even more inappropriate to be known!

Otherwise, I will not go to home school, so as not to meet people and gossip.

Ruan Chengze insisted on this, so Bao Cong could only helplessly shake his head. He just thought about it, and then said to Ruan Chengze: "A few days ago, I wrote to Mr. Ruan, asking if the Ruan family intends to marry the Jia family. What do you think?"

Although no names were named, the implication was too obvious!

Ruan Chengze was startled, his whole body was like a boiled shrimp, his head lowered in embarrassment, and he stammered even more: "Master, Master Uncle and Uncle Grandfather have a deep friendship, this, this is naturally good."

You also think Xichun is pretty good, right?

Bao Cong was very satisfied, and patted Ruan Chengze's shoulder heavily, and laughed loudly: "Good boy, not bad! Not bad!"

So, two days later, Xichun went to homeschool again.

Only this time, Ruan Chengze made a long bow to her, Xichun suppressed a smile, and said solemnly like a kind elder: "There's no need to be too polite, hurry up, get up!"

=== 888 ===

After Qiaoyan entered the palace, she was indeed favored by Emperor Zhao, and the attention of Concubine Chen and the Empress were all shifted to her.Qiaoyan acted respectfully and cautiously, she didn't seem to have any troubles on the surface, and the queen saw her facing Concubine Chen, but she didn't find fault with her.

As for Concubine Chen, if she wasn't still pregnant with a child, she would have wished to strangle her to death herself!

One day, Emperor Zhao came to Concubine Chen's place for lunch, and was going to take a nap with Concubine Chen, but suddenly remembered something, and hurried to Qiaoyan's place again.

Concubine Chen was so angry that she dropped the imperial jade pillow and scolded all the maids close to her.Finally, he shouted loudly: "Quick! Send a letter to King Zhongshun! Let him kill that bitch! The Jia family! Kill them all!"

Yuanchun is gone, and Qiaoyan is here again!The people sent by the Jia family are all sluts!

The sound was so loud that it could be heard even outside the palace.

Fortunately, everyone in Yunxia Palace has been intimidated recently and dare not approach Concubine Chen's bedroom, otherwise it will really be spread outside!

After King Zhongshun received the message from Concubine Chen, although he sent a message to comfort Concubine Chen, he actually wanted to step on Jia's family in his heart.After all, a large number of officials in Jiangxi were sacked before, which caused him to lose a lot of income, and even lost all his money.

Baocong's one-year filial piety period has passed, and he returned to the Hanlin Academy for Dianmao.However, officials have been frequently transferred to Jiangxi in the past year, and some new positions have been vacated in the court.

Feng Tang intends to recommend Bao Cong to work in the household department. With a lot of money and real power, no matter how many people want to join the household department, they can't.However, Bao Cong believes that anyone who has anything to do with money will either offend people or offend... a lot of people.

He doesn't want to make money, so why go to that kind of place?Waiting for others to hold him to join forces?

Thankless!

What he likes is the Ministry of Industry, which has less work, less money, and no power, but the victory lies in being quiet!

It seems that the opportunity to present the map of the capital cannot wait any longer!

It was the day when Emperor Zhao offered sacrifices to heaven in the new spring, so Bao Cong presented the whole mounted map in the court.

The Zhao dynasty had never produced such a complete and exquisite map. Not only were the streets and alleys all kinds of residences clear, but even where there were special products and secret passages were all marked on it.

The distance and width are all scaled down, which is very suitable whether it is used for city defense or for understanding the local economy of the capital.

The court was shocked, and Emperor Zhao was also amazed and praised again and again, conferring on Bao Cong the title of baron on the spot, and rewarding him with a hundred taels of gold and various expensive cloth ornaments.

Bao Cong thanked him for the reward, and he took the initiative to ask Emperor Zhao, saying: "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king! My lifelong wish is to draw a map of the world for my emperor, and present it to the emperor, and it will last forever. If you are limited, even if you spend this lifetime, you will not be able to map a thousand percent of the world."

"Therefore, I petition, the Holy Majesty Xu Chen recruits and trains good talents, I will pass on what I have learned, set up the first team to draw maps in my dynasty, let this team travel every road in the world, and draw every road in the world. Every inch of the land!"

"Good! Great goodness!"

Emperor Zhao patted down the dragon chair again, and laughed loudly: "I'm sure! From today on, you will be transferred to the Ministry of War as a servant, and you will choose people from Jinshi and students from all over the world to form a drawing team of 30 people to be responsible for drawing the world. Map! Good job!"

Drawing a map of the world, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, an endless overview, what a grand ambition!Such a talent belongs to the Zhao Dynasty, and the map of the world will also be owned by him!

Emperor Zhao was so excited that he coughed, Eunuch Zhang rushed forward to serve him, took out the elixir from his sleeve, and fed it to Emperor Zhao.Emperor Zhao slowed down for a while and stopped coughing, but his face turned red, obviously he was still very excited.

In the past, the first emperor sent down auspicious omens, and now, when offering sacrifices to the heavens, there is another Baocong presenting a map. Does this prove that he, the lord of the world, is a wise king?

The more Emperor Zhao thought about it, the happier he became, and he looked at Bao Cong with joy.

Fortunately, he didn't follow King Zhongshun's suggestion and continued to exterminate all the Jia family members. Otherwise, how could there be such a good thing today?

Bao Cong didn't know that the Jia family had just escaped a catastrophe in Emperor Zhao's heart, and was only happy that he was not transferred to the household department.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" He kowtowed to thank him, and when he fell on the ground, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Um?Shouldn't the painters belong to the Ministry of Industry?How did you become the Minister of the Ministry of War?

Minister of the Ministry of War is a member of the Queen's faction!

After the court, everyone congratulated Bao Cong one after another. Among them, who was really happy and who was really angry, he couldn't tell and didn't care, anyway, they were all smiling.

After everyone dispersed, Feng Tang and Bao Cong went out of the palace together, and said on the way: "I wanted to recommend you to the Ministry of Households before, but I didn't expect you to be so quiet, and you actually held back a big move and went to the Ministry of War. Really I underestimated you!"

Bao Cong said modestly: "I just know how to paint, it's not a big skill."

"Hey?" Feng Tang shook his head and said in disapproval: "Don't be modest! If you can really draw such a fine and accurate map of the world, it will be of great benefit to marching and fighting, frontier city defense, people's livelihood and economy, flood control and disaster relief in the future. , why isn't it a big deal!"

At this time, King Zhongshun also came up, and said with a smirk: "It's just that you have the ability! When Mr. Jia's appointment is completed, even this king will honor Mr. Jia as a master and treat you as a guest of honor! "

In the officialdom, modesty is not allowed under any circumstances.

Baocong and King Zhongshun were at odds with each other, so naturally he couldn't lose the wind in front of him, so he cupped his hands and joked: "Then the official will not dare to refuse, and wait for the day when he becomes the guest of the palace!"

King Zhongshun was suffocated by Bao Cong's arrogant face, but he didn't dare to make any mistakes in the palace, so he snorted coldly and walked away arrogantly.

Drawing a map of the world, such a grand plan and great cause, how can a mere boy in his twenties be able to do it?Talk about it!

Wait until next year, if there is no result, let's see how he can accuse him of deceiving the emperor in front of Emperor Zhao!

When King Zhongshun returned to his mansion, he summoned his staff and each came up with ideas on how to mess up Bao Cong's matter.

Bao Cong's selection of people to form a drawing team was rumored in the capital for a while.People from the Jia family came to visit and give gifts in wave after wave. Even where Mrs. Wang Baochai and Lin Daiyu lived, there were often wives from various families handing over invitations.

They all want to ask about the situation, so that they can stuff the not-so-promising children into Bao Cong's seemingly easy and glorious team.

But Bao Cong wanted to do this great thing wholeheartedly, so why would he randomly choose someone to join in?

Teaching people to draw maps is not an easy task. People have to be patient, careful and persistent.Besides, if you go out to survey and measure the terrain in the future, you have to be independent and able to endure hardships!

If those young masters are selected, what they don’t know how to do, what they don’t know how to teach, then wouldn’t his drawing team become a place for idlers to mix their qualifications?

Not a single map was drawn all year long, so Emperor Zhao wanted to settle accounts with him in the end?

Bao Cong would not be so stupid, after returning home every day, he either hides in the study to "retreat" to study, or drags Lin Daiyu to hide out of the mansion.

Of course, there are many people who cannot refuse, such as Feng Ziying.

Feng Tang was in a high position, so he was afraid that his son would be dragged into the muddy waters of the court and become a bargaining chip for others to threaten him.Now that there is a treasure land of Baocong, Feng Ziying was stuffed in immediately.

Bao Cong welcomes friends who can fight side by side with him.

After Feng Tang's operation, Bao Cong also had the idea of ​​stuffing Baoyu into this team.Anyway, Baoyu has no great ambitions for the country and the people, and only thinks about those delicate mischief.

King Zhongshun saw that Bao Cong was not pleasing to the eye, so naturally he secretly stuffed a few people in to make things difficult for Bao Cong.It's a pity that Baocong's place is really not a leisurely place. Drawing a map is just the first step, and learning all kinds of basic theoretical knowledge makes everyone dizzy.

Influenced by the nine-year compulsory education, Bao Cong's favorite thing is to have one exam every seven days, one exam every three days, and various in-class exams in class every day.Layers of screening, no mercy.

If you fail the exam, you will be dismissed immediately, and another useful person will be selected to come up. It is very justifiable and strict.

King Zhongshun even had three hundred people, and they could only be sent to Baocong for torture.Those who are unusable are easily driven away, but if they are really talented, it will be even better. Bao Cong puts all his strength into treating people like cows.

Drawing a map, going out to survey the wind and the sun, but it takes effort and suffering, and the coolies are all sent, so it’s not for nothing!

Ding Sheng's kind of idiot, after being tortured for more than ten days, reached his limit, and was kicked out after failing an exam.He is so happy!Because it is finally liberated, there is no need for various major exams and small exams in the classroom!

In May, Bao Cong received a letter from the Ruan family, willing to marry the Jia family.The two families exchanged the horoscopes of Xichun and Ruan Chengze's birthdays, combined Geng Tie and set a date for their marriage.

Mrs. Xing had no money and no one, so she asked Mrs. Wang to advise and buy a dowry for Xichun.

It is a reference, but in fact, Jia Zhen and Jia Rong have nothing now, and Mrs. Xing does not want to use her own body to buy a dowry for Xichun.And the share that Mother Jia assigned to Xichun was gone, so she wanted to ask Mrs. Wang to help.

As for Mrs. Wang, she knew what Xing was thinking.

She has two sons, one is promising and has her own property and silver; the other has not yet earned money, but has a good wife who has a generous dowry. Carried the dowry.

Although she prefers Baoyu the most, compared with the Xing family, she naturally still protects Baocong and Baochai.She didn't use much of the filial piety of her son and daughter-in-law, but the Xing family missed it!

Because of this, Mrs. Wang doesn't like to see Mrs. Xing very much, but Mrs. Xing still has the cheek to annoy Mrs. Wang every day.Seeing her sister-in-law's rascally appearance, Xichun almost made herself cry again, shutting herself up in her room and not even liking food.

Baochai and Lin Daiyu also knew about this, but it was not easy for them as daughter-in-laws to intervene in the arena between the two elders, so they could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.In the end, of course, Baochai could only take care of the matter, gave the money, and asked Baochai to help Xing family prepare Xichun's dowry.

"I don't even know why mother is so angry? This matter has been pushed back and forth, won't it fall on me in the end? Why waste time and delay, make the fourth sister's face ugly, and tell relatives and servants to laugh at it. Fortunately, Ruan My family is far away, I don't know this, otherwise it would be ugly for the fourth sister to marry."

Of the few sisters who grew up together, now there is only one Xichun left. Is it so difficult to marry the girl in a decent manner?

Bao Cong shook his head and sighed, feeling that Mrs. Wang was too leisurely to only chant the Buddha's name on weekdays, so she had the energy to toss about these things.

"Mother doesn't have to take care of her granddaughter, and Baoyu isn't at home, so she has less to worry about, so she can be at ease. Sister Bao is also very capable, and she takes care of everything properly, and there is no need for mother's help." Lin Daiyu said.

Speaking of Baoyu, Baocong has not forgotten that he redeemed Yunxiang, the top brand in Yangzhou.

Since Mrs. Wang is idle, call Baoyu back and let Mrs. Wang get busy!

Her precious son actually hangs out with the top card in the brothel, and that Yun Xiang is beautiful and resourceful, tossing around in front of Mrs. Wang will definitely be too busy for her to care about other things!

So Baocong hurriedly wrote to Baoyu, urging him not to hang out and come back to Beijing as soon as possible.