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

Back at Jia's mansion, Bao Cong howled all the way to Jia Zheng's study.

Jia Zheng was admiring a pair of couplets by Tang Bohu, when he saw Bao Cong rushing in, kneeling on the ground and howling, he was startled, and said angrily, "It's a bright day, why are you howling! Are there any rules? Have all the books and etiquette learned in the dog's stomach?"

Bao Cong was not afraid, but knelt and took two steps forward, grabbed Jia Zheng's clothes, and still howled, "Master, go and have a look! There's a fight in the family school! They're going to beat Baoyu to death!" "

Beat Baoyu to death!This is not bad!That's the heart of the old lady!

Jia Zheng was really taken aback, quickly put away Tang Bohu's couplets, and went out like the wind.

Bao Cong still had to add oil and vinegar, so naturally he couldn't fall behind, so he hurriedly got up and followed.

When I arrived at the home school, I was listening to Mingyan yelling from the window to the inside!

"Uncle Rui, you have to take care of it, you don't even know who it is! You dare to bully our second master!"

He also heard Baoyu ask angrily there: "Which family is he a relative? How can anyone come in and study?"

Just as Ming Yan was about to speak, he raised his eyes and saw Jia Zheng rushing in, immediately fell to his knees, and shouted: "Master, you came just in time! Someone is bullying Second Master Bao!"

Bao Cong: "???"

No, he didn't invite Jia Zheng to support Baoyu!

Jia Zheng entered the school and saw that it was in a mess. Several people were covering their wounds. Even Baoyu's clothes were torn into a mess. !"

Baoyu shrank back in fright, quickly pushed Jia Rui out and replied: "Master Zheng, everyone is studying hard on weekdays, but today there was a little quarrel, and everyone was angry for a while. ...a few pushes and shoves."

Jia Zheng glanced at Jia Rui, who was nodding and bowing. After looking at him for a long time, he didn't recognize him, so he frowned and said, "Who are you? Where is Mrs. Jia?" It was Jia Dairu who asked.

Jia Rui was suddenly embarrassed, glanced sideways, and found a few people who were laughing, so he secretly wrote them down, and said to Jia Zheng flatteringly: "The boy's name is Jia Rui, he is the grandson of the old man. Today the old man is not It's too cool, so I sent a boy to take a day's class."

Hearing that Jia Rui was the grandson of Jia Dairu, Jia Zheng became more polite, stroked his beard, and said earnestly: "Since you are here to substitute for the class, you should take care of their studies. Why do you ask them to fight in the school instead? Disturb this school of study." Quietly, it's really insulting!"

Naturally, Jia Rui nodded repeatedly to admit his mistake, and said aggrievedly, "Perhaps it's because the boy is young and inexperienced, and everyone refuses to be disciplined."

After saying a few words, he grabbed Jin Rong again, pointed at him angrily, and said, "Master Zheng, this kid is the one who caused trouble! Our family school will never tolerate such a person who doesn't study and only makes trouble, so I'll kick him out right away." , don’t allow him to study again!”

Jin Rong was trembling with fear for a long time, and now being pulled in front of Jia Zheng, he immediately knelt down limply, pointed at Qin Zhong and said, "Master Zheng, it's none of my business! It's all Qin Zhong, who is sneaking around." out there with people..."

How could Baoyu be willing to listen to someone slandering Qin Zhong in front of Jia Zheng? He raised his foot and kicked Jin Rong down. Qin Zhong is nice and jealous, so he deliberately finds faults to cause trouble!"

Jia Zheng took a look at Qin Zhong, who was clutching his forehead in aggrieved way. Except for his hair and clothes being a little messed up, he was pretty and gentle.

He had met Qin Zhong before, and knew that he was the younger brother of Jia Rong's wife in the East Mansion, and the old lady liked him very much, so she even stayed with him for a few days.

Looking at Jin Rong again, he was huddled up in a ball, looking obscene, and he was clearly not a good person.

So he asked Jia Rui, "Whose child is this? If it's not the nephew of the Jia family, ask his family to take it back."

Hearing this, Jin Rong still heard a thunderbolt from the blue sky, threw himself on the ground and begged for mercy: "Master Zheng, I don't dare anymore! I dare not cause trouble again!"

Seeing this, Mingyan was secretly proud, leaned forward and reported in a low voice: "Master Hui, his surname is not Jia, but Jin. He is the nephew of Grandma Huang in the East Mansion."

Grandma Huang?

Jia Zheng is an old man, how can he remember who Grandma Huang is?Anyway, it's right not to be the nephew of the Jia family!

So Jia Zheng waved his hand and asked someone to drag Jin Rong out.All of a sudden, the students in the family school looked at me and I looked at you, and they all dared not speak out.

Jin Rong is not a good person, and Bao Cong will not intercede for him.

Seeing that after Jia Zheng took care of Jin Rong, he reprimanded Baoyu and others to study hard and left, Bao Cong hurried forward and said, "Master, I think the old man is getting older, and it's not good for him to be tired all the time. Why don't you go and invite a good teacher to teach?"

Jia Zheng nodded, and was about to think about it, but Jia Rui was in a hurry, and hurried forward and said: "The old man is just unwell occasionally, let alone I am watching, why invite others to come!"

Teaching in the family school, earning a lot of money every year, and being respected by the whole family, his grandfather must not lose this job!

Bao Cong sneered, and asked Jia Rui, "Your grandfather is still a scholar. He has gone to the Juren examination several times in the past. You don't have any achievements, so you come to teach us?"

The question made Jia Rui's face turn green, he hesitated, embarrassed, but he couldn't think of anything to explain.

But Jia Zheng, after hearing Bao Cong's words, suddenly thought of the reason why he hired Jia Dairu to teach at home.

At first, it was Jia Jing who was the head of the clan, who felt sorry for Jia Dai's Confucian family who were poor, senior, and knowledgeable, so he discussed with everyone and let him learn to teach at home for the sake of help.

If Jia Dairu's errand is wiped out, Jia Jing may not be able to explain it, not to mention that Jia Dairu is going to make trouble.

Jia Zheng thought for a while, frowned, and suppressed the idea of ​​driving Jia Dairu to become a monk.

Bao Cong didn't know the reason, but thought that Jia Zheng's serious face must be thinking about changing teachers.

Later, Jia Dairu still taught well in the family school, and the family school was still full of smog, so Bao Cong went to ask Jia Zheng why.

Jia Zheng had no choice but to say impatiently: "The reason why he was asked to teach was to help, and this matter was personally decided by your uncle in the East Mansion. If you don't study hard in class, you are like a child, so you don't care about such irrelevant things. coming."

When Bao Cong heard this, he was really going to be pissed off, and said with a stiff neck, "Why don't you have anything to do with me? What if I go to take the imperial examination? Jia Dairu is a scholar, and he can teach a man to become a scholar?"

"If you want to help out, you can give him money every month. Why let him delay at home! The master has been an official for so many years, and he doesn't think about what will happen to the family in ten or twenty years. He only worries about making uncle Dongfu lose face!"

Jia Zheng has always had a good face, and he would be furious if others said something bad, let alone Bao Cong's son?

Immediately he stood up, trembling all over with anger, pointed at Bao Cong and scolded angrily: "You! You...sinister! What do you know! Go outside and kneel! Reflect on yourself, how do you talk to your father? !"

"Kneel on your knees!" Bao Cong didn't admit his mistake, angrily left the study, and knelt down in the yard by the door.

In the study room, Jia Zheng was still very angry, and kept muttering in a low voice: "Nizi, what a naughty son! I haven't read much, so let me care about my father!"

After talking about it for a long time, his mouth was dry and he was tired. Jia Zheng quietly probed into the gap of the window to see that Bao Cong was still kneeling there upright.

"Huh, you're still obedient!" He thought, if Baoyu, he would secretly ask the boy to report to the old lady, and when the old lady came, she would reprimand him and punish her son.Unlike Bao Cong, who punished him to kneel on his knees, his temper was so hard that he looked a bit like a deceased old man.

After such a comparison, Jia Zheng finally felt that Baocong was better than Baoyu in some ways.

Think about what Bao Cong said just now, even though it was accusing him, there is a little truth in it...

After looking outside for a while, Jia Zheng snorted and asked the boy to go in for a new tea, muttering to himself, "That makes sense! I haven't read the book for a few days, and I can't write well. It's a dream to go to the imperial examination!"

So he missed his eldest son again, and sighed for a long time, if Jia Zhu was still alive, why would he need to be angry with these two boys every day!

When it was dark in the evening, Mother Jia wondered why Baocong was still out of school, so she sent someone out to ask.

Jia Zheng was just one step away. Hearing that Mother Jia was looking for Bao Cong, he pushed the boat along the water and said to Bao Cong: "The old lady is looking for you, so don't let her old man worry. Tell me, after kneeling for half a day, you reflect nothing?"

The subconscious meaning is naturally that he has reflected well, so he will let him go back.

Bao Cong knelt down and bowed to Jia Zheng, and said calmly: "Reflect on yourself, my son should listen to the sage's words, study hard, and work hard to become an official in the imperial examination in the future!"

In a place like Jia's, whoever has a high status will be right!He is young and his seniority is young. If he wants to have the right to speak, besides being an official through the imperial examination, is there any other way to subdue these confused elders?

When Jia Zheng heard Bao Cong's bold words, he immediately felt relieved: "Okay, okay, you can understand this, you really have some ambition!"

Although he didn't have expectations for this son, but this son has ambitions, he is also very happy!

So Jia Zheng said a few words of encouragement, and then let Baocong go back to Jia Mu.

After thinking about it carefully later, he suddenly felt a little strange again.He asked Bao Cong to reflect, why didn't Bao Cong reflect on what he accused his father before?

But Bao Cong had already limped back to the inner courtyard, and Jia Zheng didn't have the face to call him back and punish him by kneeling.

When Jiamu passed the meal, Baocong limped and didn't dare to pass by, so he asked the girl to tell Jiamu that he was tired from studying and wanted to eat in the room and go to bed early.

When Jia Mu heard this, she felt very distressed, and specially asked the small kitchen to boil a bowl of ginseng and chicken soup for Bao Cong.

When Lin Daiyu heard that Bao Cong was tired, she remembered it in her heart.After eating, she took a walk to find Baocong under the pretext of digesting food.

Bao Cong rolled up his trouser legs, exposing his knees, and asked Qingwen to rub medicinal wine for him with a grin!

When Lin Daiyu entered the room, she saw Baocong's red and swollen knees at a glance. Before she could say anything, her eyes were red.