[Red Chamber] I just want to be a dummy

"Little ancestor, don't sigh," the eighth prince couldn't bear it anymore after Jia Jing sighed eight times, and couldn't help but say.

"Brother Jing, I have inquired for you. The Zhu family is behind the boat with red sails. How about we ask the guards to set up a small boat and you go find them?" The Ninth Prince couldn't bear Jia Jing's slump The way he looked, he also came up with an idea.

The southern tour went out by boat. Jia Jing and the others took a big boat, but in order to make it easier for everyone to drop by, they also prepared a small boat.

The emperor toured the south and the son of heaven toured the herds, that was to assess the local officials, to frighten the local people, and to show favor to the people along the way.

But for the people in the harem and the family members of officials, it is a rare good opportunity to go out and have fun.I followed the emperor again, and the route was arranged in advance, that is, there is no danger in traveling at public expense.

Therefore, those who are of high rank and can go out with the emperor will naturally bring their family members to the south of the Yangtze River. Miss Zhu also went out with Gong Shan and Mrs. Zhu this time.

Jia Jing was treated the same as the prince, so Jia Jing happened to be in the same boat as the eighth and ninth princes.As for the courtiers, the Zhu family will naturally fall behind the prince's ship.

"What nonsense, it's impossible for me and her, how can I harass her." Jia Jing quickly vetoed.

"That's fine, don't sigh in the cabin, or write some sour poems." The eighth prince said, "Let's go outside to see the scenery and go fishing."

"Fishing? Yes, yes. It is said that the fish in Jiangxin is the freshest. Let's catch some Jiangxin fish and let the cooks cook them." The Ninth Prince wanted to see the scenery a long time ago, so he quickly agreed.

"It's just that we don't seem to have any fishing tackle?" The Ninth Prince hesitated after being half happy.

"Are you in a hurry? I have already ordered someone to prepare it." The Eighth Prince said.

"Then let's go, Brother Jing, let's go." The Ninth Prince pulled Jia Jing out of the door.

Jia Jing was so passive that the Ninth Prince dragged him to the board of the boat, "Okay, okay, Xiao Jiu, don't pull me, I will go by myself."

"Your Highness the Eighth, Your Highness the Ninth, Second Master Jing, how about sitting here?" The Eighth Prince had already prepared it, and the palace staff had already prepared the fishing rod and bait as soon as he ordered.

"You two, be careful, don't get too close, if you fall, the guards may not be able to react for a while." The eighth prince looked at the escaped younger brother and Jia Jing, who was out of his mind, and hurriedly warned again.

"Mynah, don't worry." Ninth Prince patted his chest and said, "Mynah, just wait, I will definitely catch two big fish to honor you later."

"Bah, what is filial piety." The eighth prince nodded the ninth prince's forehead and said angrily, "You used the word filial piety like that? You might as well catch two fish to honor your father."

"Okay, starling, you can take care of it." The Ninth Prince said in a playful manner.

An hour later, the Ninth Prince wished he could swallow his words back.

Seeing that the Eighth Prince next door had already caught most of the fish, even Jia Jing, who was absent-minded, had already caught two, leaving only the Ninth Prince himself, who didn't catch half of the fish.

"Brother Jing, don't sigh, your movement has scared my fish away." The Ninth Prince really couldn't catch any fish, so he started to make excuses frantically.

"Don't blame me, I didn't sigh, and I didn't scare away my own fish, but I scared yours away?" Jia Jing also expressed that he was wronged, and he could catch fish even if he was so absent-minded. The Ninth Prince's inability to catch is obviously due to his own technical problems. Jia Jing said that he would not take the blame.

"Then...that's because the feng shui in my position is not good." The Ninth Prince still wanted to find an excuse for himself.

"Xingle, then I'll make way for Your Highness the Ninth Prince." The Eighth Prince stood up and teased, "Come on, Xiao Jiu, come to me, we two change places."

"I'm not saying that your position is better than mine... I'll go if you let me go." The Ninth Prince muttered, "I'm not going."

The Ninth Prince didn't know that they were all sitting together, how much difference could there be if they were half a foot away?

The Ninth Prince was afraid that after changing positions, if he still couldn't catch any fish, he would be ridiculed to death by his own starling with a bad mouth, so he refused to go anyway.

However, both Jia Jing and the eighth prince wanted to see the eighth prince slap in the face, so they had to drag the ninth prince to take the position of the eighth prince.

"Don't, don't, don't talk about me, can I go by myself?" The Ninth Prince was pulled so hard by the two that he had no choice but to beg forgiveness to go by himself.

"Hey, wait a minute, what do you think is that? Finless porpoise?" Jia Jing suddenly said.

"Let me take a look." The Ninth Prince was worried that he couldn't divert the attention of the Eighth Prince and Jia Jing, so he said quickly, "Whether it's a finless porpoise or not, it must be a big fish anyway."

"You two, don't change the subject, Xiao Jiu, come and sit here, I have to blackmail you today." The Eighth Prince said as he still pushed the Ninth Prince.

"Myna, look there, it might really be a big fish." The Ninth Prince pointed at the shadow and said.

Now the boat got closer, the Eighth Prince followed the Ninth Prince's hand and saw a black half-submerged and half-floating thing, "It doesn't look like a fish, but a person."

"Chang Xi, go and ask the guards to bring fishing nets and fish that thing up." The Eighth Prince ordered.

Because they are afraid that the masters will become temperamental and want to get local materials and catch fish to eat, the large and small fishing nets on each boat have been prepared long ago.

But after the eighth prince gave orders to go out at this time, Chang Xi was a little undaunted and did not dare to ask the guards to fish.

"Hurry up, what are you still standing here for?" The Eighth Prince looked at Chang Xi and said dissatisfied.

"Master, what if this is really a person..."

"So what if he is really a person, if he is alive, it happens that we saved his life and built a seven-level pagoda, and when he dies, people will bury him and let him have a place to bury his bones." The Eighth Prince said.

"But..." Chang Xi was still hesitant. With such a noisy fishing, the dragon boat in front must also hear the sound. The main reason is that if it is a fish, it is okay, but if it is a dead person, the emperor will feel bad luck.

If it was a living person, they were afraid that some thief would deliberately pretend to fall into the water, and if one inadvertently hurt the prince, then none of them would fall into the trap.

It would be better not to help.

"Go, go, hurry, what's the matter, I'm taking care of it." The Eighth Prince said.

After the master said so, Chang Xi didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and quickly called the guards on the boat to fish it.

The black thing was a little far away from the eighth prince's boat, and the guards deliberately put a small boat down, and then fished it out with fishing nets.

The Eighth Prince's eyes were really good, but what was caught was a person, which looked like a dark mass in the water, but because the person's clothes were darker, it looked like the shadow of a fish.

"Master, this man seems to be still angry." Chang Xi was afraid that the Eighth Prince would be happy to see Lie Xin after he was caught, and wanted to go over to have a look, so he hurriedly walked over to sniff his breath first.

"Still angry?" The Eighth Prince was surprised, "After all, if people are already floating, they are probably swollen by water."

"Come on, since we saw it, it's his luck. You go and find the doctor on the boat and show him." Because I'm afraid that these little ancestors who grew up in the north and have never been on a boat will get seasick. , The Ministry of Internal Affairs specially arranged an accompanying doctor on board.

Chang Xi was afraid that this person was pretending to be fainted, and took advantage of the time to go to the doctor to wake up and hurt the masters, so before leaving, he deliberately pushed the person with his hands to see if he was pretending to be fainted.

But with Chang Xi's push, the man was pushed around in a circle, and his back was facing up.Then blood mixed with rainwater flowed from the man.

It turned out that the man was not wearing dark clothes, but was smudged into a dark color by his own knowledge.

Even Chang Xi, who had seen big scenes before, was so frightened that he sat on the ground.

Everyone thought it was just saving a passerby who fell into the water, but now no one thinks that way.

"Master, this man is injured." Chang Xi shouted hastily.

"Let me take a look?" The captain of the guard on the boat quickly walked over to carefully examine the wound on the man's body, "It shouldn't be, why do I look like a sword wound?"

"No, there is still an arrow wound here." The captain of the guard said, pointing to a wound.

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of all the people present were shocked.

If it was injured and fell into the water, it could still be said to be a fight between ordinary people, but if it was injured by an arrow, it would be different.

Since the world was settled, the imperial court has banned the random use of swords by the people. Every sword has to be registered with the Yamen, not to mention things like arrow feathers used on the battlefield.

Chang Xi came back to his senses, looked at the man again, and found something strange, "This man's coat is made of silk."

Kesi has always been precious. There is a saying that an inch of Kesi is worth an inch of gold. Even the Eighth and Ninth Princes rarely have clothes made of Kesi.

Although this is the south of the Yangtze River, the weaving houses are all here, and the fabrics are not so precious here, but Kesi is definitely not something that everyone can afford.

"It seems that we have picked up a big trouble." The eighth prince said with a smile.

The Ninth Prince was not afraid of trouble, he just smiled and said, "Let the doctor show him, we will ask him when he wakes up."

"Isn't there a spare room in the cabin at the back? Let's put him there." During the southern tour in the last life, no one rescued such a person.But it was also during that southern tour that the relationship between the emperor and the prince suddenly became so bad that the emperor wanted to abolish the prince.

Jia Jing vaguely felt that this person might have something to do with the abolition of the prince, so he also spoke.

After such a thing came out, everyone lost the interest in fishing at the moment, but the fish sticks were still edible.