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

Baoyu is going back to Jinling to test for talent.

Wu Hui is going to marry Zijuan.

As soon as the first month came out, Bao Cong was shocked by these two shocking news.

What was this man thinking?

Did you suddenly lose your mind?Or did you suddenly think about it?

Bao Cong's question was not to Wu Hui, but to Bao Yu.

I used to hate the Four Books and Five Classics so much, thinking of ways to skip homework every day, I also hated the imperial examinations, hated being an official, it seems that in the future only being a leisurely young man is the right and quiet way.

As a result, after only one year, Baoyu, with a mind of 110+, actually packed up his bags and ran to Jinling... He looked like a person who was reluctant to part with his daughter's tears, not him at all.

Bao Cong didn't have time to ask what Baoyu thought, but he still had a chance to ask about Wu Hui's proposal to marry Zijuan.

Adhering to the mentality of not knowing the big gossip and asking some small gossip to satisfy his curiosity, Bao Cong caught Wu Hui who was busy with the marriage, and asked him: "Good boy, what do you think? I didn't see you at all before. Do you like Zicuckoo? When did you miss it? Why didn’t you let the word out?”

It stands to reason that Wu Hui, as Bao Cong's celebrity, is chased by a bunch of juicy little girls.There are so many young and beautiful people, but Wu Hui chose Zicuckoo, who was older than him and had no close contact with him.

Could it be that after meeting several times by chance, the two can see each other?

Then Wu Hui's view on marriage and love is too simple, right?

I don't even think about whether I really like Zicuckoo, and whether the personality and values ​​of the two are really suitable?

However, Bao Cong's expected incomparably profound answer fell through, and Wu Hui's idea was really quite simple.

He gnawed on the snacks that Zijuan gave him, drank a sip of green tea from time to time, and said happily: "Zijuan has a good temper, looks good, and is considerate in doing things. She is a child of a family, and I know everything about her family. Third Master, look, she is the most caring girl around Third Grandma, and I am also the most loyal person around you, Third Master."

"Zijuan and I got married in this way. In the future, I will help you and the third grandma. One will be in charge of the house and the other will be in charge of foreign affairs, so you can rest assured? The third grandma doesn't have to worry about her marriage going out well, nor does the third master." I'm worried that I'll marry someone who loves to make trouble and delay things."

"Tell me, isn't this marriage too suitable?"

Wu Hui said that she didn't forget to praise herself a few words, and by the way, she got a chance to get her husband and wife's future errands.

Bao Cong felt his teeth ache when he heard it, and felt numb, so he stretched out his fan, tapped Wu An, shook his head, and said, "You are right in your analysis, I mean, if you don't think about it, do you really like Zicuckoo?" ?"

Wu Hui nodded blankly, "I like it!"

Bao Cong sighed annoyedly, and almost hated iron and steel: "I see that you also like Bihen, Qiu'er, and Xueyan! I want you to think carefully and carefully, which one do you like? !"

Seeing Bao Cong so excited, Wu Hui was a little dumbfounded, he said blankly: "I'm careful, I've thought about it, Zicuckoo is pretty good."

"I think you prefer those girls who hang around you!" Bao Cong almost shouted at the top of his voice.

Wu Hui's voice also became louder: "I like them, but I never thought about marrying them!"

With a snap, it was as if a thread in Bao Cong's brain was broken.

He flicked his fan on the desk angrily, slumped on the chair and sighed: "I finally understand, you boy, your feelings are playing with girls!"

Looking at a child who is not coquettish, how can he pick up a girl so coquettishly?

Usually telling jokes to this one, and shopping for that one, a group of girls surrounded him and called him brother, but in the end, none of the little girls were selected, and they chose Zicuckoo, who had no emotional communication on the surface.

This concept of choosing a mate...Bao Cong can only say that Wu Hui's emotional rank is really high...I'm ashamed of myself!

Wu Hui was still quite at a loss, she didn't even know what Bao Cong was angry about, so she added two words of comfort: "Third Master, what do you think? Marrying a wife and a virtuous person, Zicuckoo is good in everything, I am willing to marry , she is willing to marry, and live with Meimei in the future, what's wrong with that?"

He and Zicuckoo are both the left and right arms of the master, and they can still help the master after getting married, shouldn't the master be very happy?I don't know why I'm so excited!

The third master was astonished at such a trivial matter.The third grandma was not surprised at all, after all, the third grandma could hold her breath... Wu Hui murmured to herself.

Bao Cong glanced at the "loyal" Wu Hui, and said weakly, "It's very good, it's just that you don't care about others in the future, so don't fool around with those girls!"

In case those girls are sad, all of them will be sad and unhappy.

Smiling in front of the people, hiding behind the corner and wiping tears.

This is not fake, Bao Cong has met him two or three times.

At first, I thought that someone who was so brave came to bully the girls in his yard, but later I realized that those few were all sad about Wu Hui's marriage.

"I know, I know!" Seeing that Bao Cong was no longer twisting, Wu Hui smiled again, and repeatedly assured: "I'm going to get married, so I don't have time to make trouble with other girls."

Seeing his smile now, Bao Cong didn't feel so comfortable, immediately snorted, and said with a straight face: "If you don't want to trouble them, don't smile at them all day long, and let their brother The elder brother is short. It provoked their petty thoughts, and they will pester you in the future, so you want to take them all back to be concubines?"

"Huh?" Wu Hui's eyes widened, and she waved her hands in panic: "No way! Why are so many women brought back? I only have Zijuan!"

If there are too many women, it will be troublesome!

Look at Jia She and Jia Lian's place, what day isn't there a lot of noise?Even at Jia Zheng's place, when no one was at home, I heard that several aunts were always fighting secretly.

As a servant, he doesn't want to have that kind of "blessing"!

After listening to Bao Cong's warning, Wu Hui was afraid of being entangled by a group of little girls, so she finally knew how to restrain herself.

Seeing that there was really no hope for those little girls who cared about Wu Hui, they could only gather together for a banquet in March, when Wu Hui and Zijuan got married, and cry a lot to end it.

Among them, the one who cried the most was Musk Moon in Baoyu's yard.

When Bao Cong heard what Lin Daiyu said, he felt that the world was really wonderful.

I didn't think Wu Hui was particularly good before, but I didn't know that this person is so good that even the girls in other people's yards next door miss him.

When the servants get married, they only rest for three or five days.

Three to five days later, Wu Hui and Zijuan went back to Baocong and Lin Daiyu's errands.

The errand position has been slightly adjusted, but obviously after getting married, among the servants, the qualifications are older and the status is higher.

Sure enough, as Wu Hui expected, the strong alliance will not only benefit the young couple, but Bao Cong and Lin Daiyu will also feel more at ease.

Bao Cong stared at Wu Hui several times, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that he was really a golden man to the girl of the Jia family.

Wu Hui felt embarrassed, so she asked Bao Cong, "What does the third master always see me doing?"

Bao Cong's old father smiled generally, and said: "I thought I might have been blind before, and didn't realize that you are such a treasure!"

Treasure?

Although Wu Hui had never heard of such a compliment, Bao Cong was praising him anyway, and he suddenly felt that his position in Bao Cong's heart had risen to a higher level, and his future was shining brightly.

Immediately, Wu Hui bowed to Bao Cong cleverly, and said flatteringly, "Third Master, you see that I am always staying in the other courtyard now, and it is inconvenient for you not to take me back to Rongguo Mansion! Now the master also If you're not in the capital, why don't you take me with you when you return home?"

Hmph, Qingshuang's saw-mouthed gourd doesn't know how to say hello or give news to anyone, how can he serve the third master meticulously?

When Bao Cong heard this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he pointed at Wu Hui and said, "You are such a treasure!"

Wu Hui agreed with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes!"

After all, she pestered Bao Cong, and let him always be by her side after she agreed.

Not long after, good news came from Jinling that Baoyu had passed the government and hospital examinations, and had become a scholar.

Rongguo Mansion was filled with joy and celebration.

In July, when Baoyu came back from Jinling, Mother Jia was about to throw a banquet for him, but something big happened in Dazhou!

The mouth of Lu'an County, which is in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, burst its embankment, and all [-] counties in the lower reaches were affected.

The report was submitted quickly, and Emperor Zhao immediately convened the cabinet to discuss disaster relief, and sent several imperial envoys overnight.

One person went straight to the Yellow River to take charge of disaster relief.

The rest of them rushed to the southern provinces, and first urgently raised a batch of food, clothing, medicinal materials, etc. to transport them to the disaster area.

Then, Emperor Zhao went to pray for blessings in person.

The disaster is serious, the treasury is empty, and there is not much money to relieve the disaster!

I can only ask God to bless me more.

The disaster relief work was in full swing, and Bao Cong, who had been nestling in the Imperial Academy and immersed himself in the study of drawing maps, suddenly rang the alarm bell in his mind.

The imperial court wants disaster relief, the treasury is short of money, and the Jia family still owes the imperial court money... Now is the time to pay back the money quickly!

Bao Cong's heart sank, he stopped drawing the map, and hurried back to the other courtyard, emptying out all the bank notes he had kept in the secret room.

Counting 290 million taels, the Jia family owed 560 million taels to the court, which means they are still short of 270 million taels.

Bao Cong took all the banknotes, went out of the secret room with a buzzing mind, and ran into Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu saw that his face was stupefied, and his forehead was covered with sweat, and immediately grabbed him worriedly, and asked, "You are really back! What happened? Are you in a panic?"

She had just returned to the mansion to pay her respects, when she suddenly heard that Bao Cong had returned to another courtyard, she was shocked.

Bao Cong has always been honest on duty, and has never come back so suddenly, so suddenly, something must have happened.

Lin Daiyu hurried back to the other courtyard, and as soon as she got back to the house, she saw Bao Cong come out of the secret room looking lost.

Seeing Lin Daiyu, Bao Cong felt more at ease, collected his mind, and reluctantly explained: "The Yellow River burst its embankment, and now the national treasury is empty, and our Jia family still owes the imperial court money!"

"This shortfall has to be repaid quickly, otherwise something serious may happen."

Lin Daiyu also knew about the Yellow River's embankment breach, and understood the seriousness of the matter, so she asked Baocong, "Are the bank notes we saved enough?"

Bao Cong shook his head, "It's not enough, there's still more than 200 million taels short, I'll go back to the mansion and find a way."

More than 200 million taels, Rongguo Mansion is so empty, how can there be any good way!

Bao Cong wanted to go outside in a hurry, but Lin Daiyu quickly grabbed him and said, "Wait a minute."

With that said, she hurried to the bed and entered the secret room.

Not long after, she came out with a brocade box, stuffed it to Bao Cong, and said: "When we got married, my ancestors returned my dowry of 100 million taels to me. I kept it and didn't move it. You take this too." .”

Bao Cong was shocked, "This, this is your dowry! No need for this, I'll go outside and find a way."

But Lin Daiyu said angrily: "How many ways do you think about going outside? Can you win 200 million taels in the blink of an eye?"

She pressed the brocade box into Bao Cong's arms, pushed him outside with one hand, and said, "It's only 100 million taels. You can spend it if you spend it. Are you afraid that I won't have any money? I'm holding a bag of money in my hand." You don’t care about the gold and silver. You should go out quickly!”

So, Bao Cong was thrown out by Lin Daiyu in a daze. When he came back to his senses, he was overwhelmed with emotion, but he didn't know what to say.

Wu Hui came up and advised, "Third Master, Third Mistress also has good intentions, so let's get down to business, right?"

Bao Cong's face was dignified and solemn.

He took a deep breath, nodded, handed all the banknotes to Wu Hui, and said, "You and Qingshuang, find a way to exchange these banknotes for at least half of the gold and silver, and send them back to the palace with me." go."

"You must watch the whole process yourself, I don't worry about handing it over to others."

Wu Hui also nodded solemnly, and said, "Master, don't worry, I will definitely do this well."

After taking the bank note, Wu Hui hurried to find Qingshuang, called a few confidants and went out.

And Bao Cong rode straight to Rongguo Mansion.

There is still a shortfall of 170 million taels. Even if he demolishes the Rongning Second Mansion, he will have to take out all the money!