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

As Bao Cong expected, the second history topic and the third policy topic were all exam questions he had dreamed about.

Knowing the exam questions and reviewing well, Bao Cong went very smoothly in the next two games.

Other candidates experienced Qiu Wei's life and death, and it was as painful as if they had shed a layer of skin when they left the examination room.

But Bao Cong is just a little tired and a little sloppy, and after going home to tidy up, he is a standard dude again.

After the end of the autumn, the old god Baocong was determined and didn't worry about his grades at all. On the contrary, Mrs. Wang prayed to God and Buddha everywhere, and prayed very sincerely.

Although Jia's mother was weak, she was also concerned about Baocong's imperial examination results, so she asked Jia's family members to copy scriptures and pray for Baocong, hoping that he would be lucky enough to go to high school.

Bao Cong: "..."

It's fine for others, just copy the scriptures, but Bao Cong is not happy if Lin Daiyu is counted.

After getting married, he was either busy with Jia's family affairs or preparing for the imperial examination, so he didn't have much time to get along with Lin Daiyu.Now that the rural examination has just ended, he still has a little leisure time to play, but Lin Daiyu wants to copy the scriptures and pray for blessings with the family members of the Jia family.

What is the use of copying scriptures!The autumn is over, and the results are a foregone conclusion!

Besides, even if Qiu Wei is not over, the exam still depends on brains and hard work!What is the use of woolen scriptures!Would the Buddha help him take the exam?

Bao Cong muttered like a storm in his heart, and he almost pulled Jia Mu by the collar and yelled at her.

Fortunately, Lin Daiyu was by his side, and his sanity was still on the line.

So, he took Lin Daiyu and went to play in the other courtyard of Lin's family.

Not only Lin Daiyu, but also Baochai, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Xing Xiuyan, Baoqin and Li Wan, all went together.

As for Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing, if you like to copy scriptures, you can copy scriptures, so as not to find things to make trouble when you have nothing to do.

Lin Daiyu was very excited. It was the first time she was actually the host in her own courtyard, and there were all the people who came to the other courtyard, so she simply started a poetry club.

Everyone eats and drinks in the other courtyard, recites poems and composes poems, without the shackles of the elders, and feels like they are out of Jia's house, so don't have too much fun.

They were very happy in the inner courtyard, so Baocong Baoyu invited Feng Ziying, Feng Jiangyi, Liu Xianglian, Zhou Chang, and others to meet and chat in the teahouse next to the other courtyard.

Feng Jiangyi and Zhou Chang asked Bao Cong about many questions in the scientific examination, and Bao Cong naturally knew everything, and explained his experience in detail.

Although Baoyu didn't take the initiative to ask, Baocong took him beside him and asked him to listen carefully.With more experience, it will be easier for him to take the imperial examination in the future.

Liu Xianglian sat by the window, took a small teapot and drank tea to her mouth.

He was still absent-minded, looking in the direction of the Lin family's other courtyard from time to time, but his ears were pricked up, listening to Feng Jiangyi's movements.

"...Is there any way to solve the problem? I occasionally encounter a problem that is broken, and I always feel that I can't solve it. How can I solve the problem and combine it into an essay?" Feng Jiangyi asked seriously.

He had just become a scholar. Because of his lack of strength in this subject, his husband suggested that he drop the subject and take the exam again, so he didn't take it.

Although Qiuwei's result has not yet come out, he read the answer to the article written by Bao Congmo and felt that he was very hopeful.At this time, I had the opportunity to discuss my studies with Bao Cong, so I paid special attention to it.

After listening to Liu Xianglian, she only felt that this person was gentle, refined, eager to learn and motivated, and he was well-informed when talking about academic issues. , it's really good...

However, it is the nice people who hate it.

Liu Xianglian raised her head, took a sip of tea sullenly, only to realize that what she drank was tea, not wine.

"Brother Liu, what are you bored for?" Feng Ziying followed the route of a military officer, so she wasn't very interested in civil service examinations.

Seeing Liu Xianglian's bold appearance drinking tea with her head up alone, he really couldn't laugh or cry.

This man can drink tea like wine!

"It's nothing boring, I don't take the imperial examination, and I heard them say those things are boring." Liu Xianglian smiled, and looked away at the other courtyard as if nothing had happened.

"Me too. I'm here to chat today, but the three of them are talking about the imperial examination." Feng Ziying looked at Bao Cong and smiled meaningfully.

If he hadn't needed Bao Cong for something, he wouldn't have listened to what they said about the imperial examination questions.

And that matter, he didn't know how to talk to Bao Cong.

Originally Baoyu was the elder brother, so he should tell Baoyu.

But......

Feng Ziying glanced at Baoyu, with an innocent and ignorant look on her face.Look at Bao Cong again, although his face is immature, but his smile is like that of an old father who is teaching his son earnestly.

In comparison, Bao Cong is still reliable, right?

After finally waiting for Bao Cong to finish teaching Bao Yu, Zhou Chang and Feng Jiangyi, Feng Ziying saw the gap and hurried up.

"Bao Cong, I have something to tell you."

Feng Ziying obviously lowered his voice, Bao Cong knew what he was going to say and didn't want others to hear it.

"Come on, come...to change clothes with me?" Bao Cong embraced Feng Ziying, and the two walked out together to another small private room.

He also asked the waiter in the shop to serve a new pot of tea, and Bao Cong asked Feng Ziying: "Tell me, what's the matter, and you have to avoid them?"

Feng Ziying took a sip of tea, brewed up her words, and said, "I found something at home two days ago, which is related to you."

What's the matter with General Shenwu's family? Will it have something to do with him?

Bao Cong asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Feng Ziying said: "It's your husband Zhou Ji. He, he seems to often come to my house and meet my father secretly."

Zhou Ji meets Feng Tang?

Feng Tang is Emperor Zhao's confidant, so could Zhou Ji also... have something to do with the emperor?

Bao Cong had this suspicion in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, but joked: "Mr. Zhou is a celebrity, and General Feng is also powerful in the world. It's not a strange thing that they know each other, right?"

"No, it's..." Feng Ziying hesitated, "I happened to see that Mr. Zhou gave my father a secret letter, it seems that your Jia family hid a list..."

The more Bao Cong listened, the more he felt something was wrong, as if he was about to know something important.

Sure enough, Feng Ziying went on to say: "I heard that the list is in your father's hands. It is, it is what the Holy Majesty is looking for."

Bao Cong thought of it all at once.

It was sent by the Zhen family, and it should contain the list that Emperor Zhao wanted!

No matter what the list is, it is very important and confidential when you hear it.

Jia Zheng, an old man, dared to hide that kind of thing and refused to hand it over. Didn't he rush to give Emperor Zhao an excuse to copy Jia's mansion?

Because Jia Zheng was angry, Bao Cong almost forgot that Zhou Ji belonged to Emperor Zhao and often secretly reported the situation of Jia's mansion to Emperor Zhao.

On the surface, Emperor Zhao didn't seem to care about what happened to the Ningrong and Rongfu, but in fact, he had already sent someone to secretly investigate everything in the Jia's mansion.

No wonder the evidence can be listed one by one later, and Jia's mansion was swiftly copied.

Bao Cong was very surprised by this matter at first, but after thinking about it, he could accept it.

Zhou Ji was his benefactor, apart from reporting to the emperor about Jia's house, he did not do anything to attack Jia's house.

After all, as long as people in Jia's mansion don't commit those crimes, Zhou Ji himself won't find anything.

Can someone else be blamed?They all commit suicide!

But Feng Ziying was also a little strange, how could he know such a confidential matter?

Even if he knew that Zhou Ji was monitoring Jia's mansion and secretly sending letters to the emperor, he shouldn't know the contents of the secret letter.

It's weird... Bao Cong thought about Feng Ziying's personality, and asked directly: "Brother Feng, you are not a coy person who can lie. I am very grateful that you told me this today."

"But if you want to do what you're doing well, you'd better tell me honestly, why did you tell me about this matter? You didn't discover this matter yourself, but your father let you discover it on purpose, right?"

Being caught by Bao Cong at a glance, Feng Ziying smiled awkwardly, cleared her throat and said, "Brother Bao is really smart, I think you will pass the imperial examination this time. If you fail, those other stupid people will have no chance." gone."

Bao Cong drank his tea and said with a smile, "Stop teasing me, let's get down to business first."

Feng Ziying sat upright, and said slowly: "It's true that I didn't discover it by accident, but my father told me and hinted that I would tell you about it. He wants you to steal the list and give it to him."

Bao Cong frowned, and asked softly, "Is it your father's idea, or your majesty's?"

Feng Ziying shook her head, and was about to say that she didn't know, when the words came to her lips, she changed it again, "It should be what the Holy Majesty meant." His father was working for the Holy Majesty, so the search list was naturally for the emperor.

Bao Cong nodded, took a deep breath, and responded, "Since it is what the Holy Majesty wants, I will naturally find a way to get it."

As for whether to hand it over to General Shenwu after getting it, that's another matter.

Talking about the sunset in the teahouse, Liu Xianglian and the others left separately, and Baocong and Baoyu also went back to Lin's other courtyard.

Baochai and the others have been resting in their guest rooms after playing all day.

Baocong went back to the bedroom in the main courtyard, but he didn't see Lin Daiyu. After asking Xueyan, he found out that Lin Daiyu had gone to the warehouse.

When they first got married, the betrothal gifts Jia's family gave Lin Daiyu were still piled up in the warehouse of this other courtyard.

Lin Daiyu has been staying in Jia's mansion since she got married, and finally got this opportunity to come out. She was still excited after playing all day, so she ran to the warehouse to check things.

Bao Cong smiled helplessly, and hurried to the warehouse.

As the sky was getting dark, Lin Daiyu looked through the dowry gift list by the light of the candles, and marveled at the same time. She didn't expect Wang Xifeng to be so willing to spend so much money to buy so many good things as a dowry gift.

This is [-]-[-]% more than Baoyu's dowry gift to Xue's family!

But she didn't know that Wang Xifeng only used the customary money from Jia's mansion for Baocong's marriage, and then Jia's mother added a lot in private.

Originally, it was similar to what Baoyu gave to Xue's family, and the other three or four percent were added by Baocong himself.

"Sister Lin, what is there to see here? Let's go back to the room, I have something for you." Bao Cong pulled Lin Daiyu out.

Lin Daiyu said: "Originally, I came to clean up and see how it would be convenient to move back to the mansion. After all, this is another courtyard, so it's not good to pile up so many things here?"

But Bao Cong said: "What's wrong? We live in a small yard in the mansion. The small warehouse is filled with your dowry and my things, so the space is too crowded. Move these things back to the mansion. Where can I put it? Why don’t I just put it here and wait for it to be used later.”

Also move things back to Jia's mansion?

He was thinking about how to move all the things in Jia's mansion to this other courtyard!

Back in the room, the two of them ate a little, Bao Cong took out several brocade boxes and showed Lin Daiyu.

"...This is the jade pit I bought in Xinjiang. I bought it with the silver you gave me, so I wrote your name on it. The rest are the deeds of slavery in the jade pit. Those are more complicated, and you don’t need to understand them for the time being, so keep them for now..."

"This is the money earned by the jade caravan outside these years. Although it has been used a lot, it has been saved up a lot. There are more than 100 million taels in this box. I am afraid that these will have to be used to pay off the shortfall of the mansion in the future, but you first Take it for me."

"These are the deeds of Yushixuan, including this one in Beijing, there are a total of 32 branches, all of which have changed your name, you should keep it as a dowry..."

Put it away, put it away—Lin Daiyu was a little confused when she heard it, and suddenly heard a familiar word, she woke up, and asked doubtfully: "...Yushixuan? Isn't that the shop you opened? How did it become My dowry?"

Bao Cong said with a smile: "I am all yours, and my property is naturally yours. What is there to be confused about?"

Lin Daiyu was immediately coaxed out of her temper, but she still felt a little frightened.

Unexpectedly, Baocong had so many properties outside and earned so much money.

But let her keep it... the one million taels of silver note that Jiamu returned to her last time, she always felt uneasy to keep it, let alone these?

Some time ago, Jia's mansion caused an uproar for 3 taels of silver.If the people in the house know that she has so much property and so much money, wouldn't she covet it all day long?

When her father passed away, she had experienced the warmth and coldness of human relationships, and she also knew that some people would disregard any shame in order to fight for money.

Over the years, Jia's mansion looks good on the books, but in fact it has borrowed a lot of money from outsiders, and there may be several million taels of debt in total.

Wang Xifeng is in charge of the family, how much dowry is filled in, I heard that now she lives by pawning things.

If she knew... Lin Daiyu suddenly felt chilly when she thought of this, she trembled unconsciously, pulled Bao Cong's sleeves, and said anxiously: "What are you doing for me? I can’t keep it, I’m afraid I’ll lose it if I put it in the warehouse here.”

She was pitiful: "Why don't you keep it yourself?"

Bao Cong said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, you are hiding in this other courtyard. Go, I will show you a good place."

As he spoke, he held a few brocade boxes and led Lin Daiyu to the bed in the bedroom, and pushed her: "Lie down."

"Ah?" Lin Daiyu blushed suddenly, "Didn't you mean to take me to see places? What are you doing in bed?"

"Oh, just lie down!"

Bao Cong couldn't help but push Lin Daiyu to the bed with a smile, and then lay down on the bed herself.