[Red Chamber] I just want to be a dummy

However, before beating Jia Jing, there is one more thing to do first.

I don't know how much money Jia Jing extorted from that bookstore, but Jia Daihua, as the father of a bear boy, still has to apologize first, and then make up the money.

Not to mention that it is not easy for merchants to make money, but if the censor finds out about this, he can be given the reputation of being a lax teacher, and he can talk a little bit in the court without repeating the slightest bit of.

The shopkeeper of the bookstore was thinking about what he would do when he came to the door after earning 20 taels of silver from those two nobles for nothing.

However, after so many days, half of the people did not come, so the shopkeeper felt relieved.

Now he only hoped that Second Master Jing would come to sell the scripts a few more times.The shopkeeper has been in the business for so many years, and he has never seen money so easy to earn. It was just a change of hands, and he didn't even have a stick of incense, so he made a net profit of ten taels, which was enough for him to do business for a day.

If...he had kept the book of the story and asked those poor scholars to copy a few more copies, wouldn't it be more profitable?

The shopkeeper thought, the next time Master Jing came to sell the scripts again, he would not rush to sell the scripts.

The shopkeeper thought happily for a long time, and when he looked up, Grandpa Jia came in.It's over, could it be that the little ones have been cheated, and the big ones are coming?

The shopkeeper is really about to kneel down in trembling right now. If Mr. Jia really wants to investigate and overthrow his shop, he has no place to make excuses.People's Ningguo Mansion is the reason.

But before the shopkeeper could apologize, Jia Daihua took out the ten taels of silver he earned because of Jia Jing, and Jia Daihua had already opened his mouth.

"Shopkeeper, did my son-in-law come to your bookstore to extort money?" Although Jia Daihua asked a question, he had already reached a conclusion on this matter in his heart.

Look, what scares the shopkeeper, if it wasn't for Jia Jing, the lawless and incompetent devil, who came to the bookstore to make trouble, the shopkeeper would be like this.

At this moment, Jia Daihua just wanted to know how much money Jia Jing had extorted from others, and then quickly pay the money to the shopkeeper, so as to save others from losing their capital and make life difficult.

Then you can rush home to beat up the son who didn't learn well, which is really shameful.

"Ah? Respect...Respect to the second master, I didn't extort money from the villain." The shopkeeper stammered.

It seems that Jia Jing scared the shopkeeper so much that he didn't dare to tell the truth even now. Jia Daihua felt that his hands were very itchy.

"You don't have to be afraid, just tell the truth." Jia Daihua tried to speak to the shopkeeper in a gentle tone.

It didn't seem like he was here to make trouble, and the shopkeeper was relieved, but looking at Mr. Jia's appearance, Second Master Jing might be cold.

The shopkeeper felt that even for the sake of Jia Jing being his golden baby, he still had to say something nice to Second Master Jing.Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to write the script again when Second Master Jing will be beaten.

"If you go back to the father-in-law, there's nothing to do. Second master Jing is a scholar, so he wouldn't do things like extorting money. But the second master made the villain a fortune a few days ago."

Why is this different from what I imagined? Jia Daihua was a little puzzled. Could it be that Jia Jing came to extort money to make trouble and was bumped into by the prince.

Probably Jia Jing told the eldest son about this. Fu'er dotes on his younger brother and has always been a considerate person. I'm afraid he came here early to take care of it. Jia Daihua was suspicious.

Since he couldn't ask, Jia Daihua didn't think about asking any more. He was a high-ranking official anyway, and things were very busy. If it wasn't about Jia Jing, Jia Daihua didn't even have the desire to come and see.

So Jia Daihua simply ordered his entourage to pay a 500 tael bank note to the shopkeeper.

How could the shopkeeper dare to accept the bank note, let alone 500 taels, he would not dare even one tael.Second Lord Jing really didn't extort money from him, Mr. Jia will know about it when he goes back and asks.

Didn't he cheat Jia Daihua by accepting the money? This is the admiral of the Nine Gates, and when the time comes, he will bring people to smash up his small bookstore and there will be no place to seek gifts.

What's more, even if the money was really extorted, he didn't dare to haggle with the Jia family who belonged to the same family.

"Grandpa, I don't dare to take this silver. Just the second master's story book, the little one made ten taels as soon as he changed hands. How dare I ask for your silver again." The shopkeeper said hurriedly.

The twelve taels were probably earned from the prince who took advantage of him, so Jia Daihua didn't reveal it.He is now thinking that it wouldn't be a bad thing if Jia Jing was so addicted to writing scripts.

At least he won't hang out with those dubious people outside.

So he said, "You can take it if I give it to you. Next time that bastard Jia Jing comes to sell the script, you can give him a high price, and I will pay for the lost money in the future."

The entourage behind Jia Daihua trembled as he handed over the bank note. The Duke of the State used to dislike the Grandpa for spoiling the Second Master too much, but it seems that the one who dotes on the Second Master the most is not the Duke himself.

Although the crown prince asked Jia Daihua to take back the things that the crown princess rewarded Jia Jing, it was impossible for Jia Daihua to take it back himself.

At this moment, Jia Daihua was still learning about Jia Jing's script writing in Beishi, but those things had already been sent to Ningguo Mansion.

The rewards given by the Crown Princess are all ordinary things, such as the Four Treasures of the Study or the Four Books and Five Classics newly made in the palace. Although they are considered precious, they are nothing after all.

However, there is an old ginseng in these things.

It seems a little strange to carry an old ginseng in the four treasures of the study, especially the image of the princess has always been comprehensive.

But Jia Jing didn't think much about it, since it was rewarded to him, just now when Jia Fu's medicine was about to be dispensed, a full-year-old ginseng happened to be missing.

The servants are about to go shopping, but they are afraid that they will miss the time when the uncle usually takes medicine.After all, these old ginseng are not so easy to buy.

Jia Jing simply asked people to take this ginseng to make medicine.

Unexpectedly, after Jia Fu took the medicine prepared by the old ginseng, he suddenly had an unbearable abdominal pain.

If an ordinary person suffers from unbearable abdominal pain, at most he thinks that his stomach has been spoiled by eating. Find a doctor and prescribe a couple of prescriptions. At worst, he will be fine after a few days of feeding.

But Jia Fu is different, his body is like paper, even a stomachache is a serious matter.

Given that Jia Fu is a paper beauty, the Ningguo Mansion has also accepted Jia Fu as a treasure these years.It can't be hot or cold. Even if you eat anything you usually eat, you have to let the doctor see if it will be compatible, so as to save your stomach from eating.

Just like this, Jia Fu is still just a body that cannot withstand the wind, sun, and fatigue.

Jia Fu originally wanted to endure the abdominal pain, but now Jing'er is in the mansion, what should I do if Jia Jing is frightened.

But in Jia Fu, he went out several times in a row, and his face was very pale. There is no one around Jia Fu who doesn't know.

Their lives, honors and disgraces are all connected with Jia Fu, even if Jia Fu turned pale, it would be a catastrophe in their eyes.

They are servants and they can't be the masters, so why don't they rush to report to the second master and ask the second master to invite the imperial doctor.

Jia Jing was originally a person who lived an extra life, and he was calm in dealing with things, but what happened was that his brother was in poor health.

Jia Jing experienced Jia Fu's death once, and it was hard to do it all over again, seeing that his brother's health was not good again.

Jia Jing's voice was trembling, "What about the big housekeeper, let him take my father's post to invite the imperial physician and go on a horse ride. Also, Cang Zhu, wait for the master at the gate of the palace, let him ask for grace and invite the imperial physician. "

What Jia Daihua saw when he returned to the mansion was such a scene. Everyone in the mansion was in a panic, and the eyes of the second son were still red.

What's the matter, did you know that you were going to beat him up today, and you planned to play a trick?This kid has made progress.

Then, he heard the news that his eldest son was not well.

Originally, the servants around Jia Fu reported that Jia Fu had abdominal pain, and his face was pale. It seemed that he needed to see an imperial physician.

But because Jia Jing was too worried about Jia Fu, it was automatically understood that his brother was sick, and then it spread to Jia Daihua's ears that Jia Fu was not good.

Now Jia Daihua didn't care whether to beat Jia Jing or not, he hurriedly prepared his horse and rushed to the palace.

"Brother Daihua, where are you going? Didn't you say that your parents are not good?" Doctor Wang, who was half-dragged over, happened to meet Jia Daihua who was about to go out at the door.

"Old Wang, you are here just in time, let our Fuer go and have a look." Jia Daihua once saved the life of Imperial Physician Wang, so he is not polite to him at this time, and directly drags Imperial Physician Wang to Jia Fu's place .

"It's Fu'er, I'll get Doctor Wang to show Fu'er soon." Jia Daihua always thought that his son was not well, so he must be lying on the bed, and turned his head into Jia Fu's bedroom, but he didn't see him. people.

The servants around Jia Fu showed embarrassment, looking at the uncle's appearance, the imperial doctor really needed to take a good look at it.

But the uncle has been in the Gong's room at the moment, and it seems that he is in a state of being unable to get out, so he can't send the imperial doctor to the Gong's room.

Isn't it like this kind of disease that the imperial doctor felt the pulse early and took the medicine early to heal quickly?

"Congratulations, brother Daihua, your son's health is much better than when I came to see him last time, and he will be fine with a little more time."

Physician Wang thought that he was here to rescue Jia Fu, and he was even prepared to stop Jia Daihua from venting his anger if he could not cure Jia Fu.But what I didn't expect was that Jia Fu's pulse was much stronger than when he came last time, and he looked like an ordinary person.

But now, if he said that Jia Fu's weak disease has been cured, he is no different from a normal person, let alone Jia Daihua doesn't believe it, even he himself doesn't believe it.

So Doctor Wang chose a compromise and simply said that Jia Fu would be better after a few more days of recuperation.

"Is this true?" Jia Daihua asked again in disbelief.Over the years, Jia Fu's illness has almost become Jia Daihua's heart disease, for fear that a white-haired person will send a black-haired person to him if he is not careful.

Jia Daihua couldn't even imagine that one day his eldest son would be alive and kicking around like Jia Jing.

Thinking of Jia Jing, Jia Daihua couldn't help thinking of Jia Jing's great deed of writing a script and extorting money.But today is a happy day, and Jia Jing can be spared a beating.

It turned out that although Jia Fu was a weak disease brought about by the womb, in order to save Jia Fu's life these years, he fed Jia Fu with any supplement of ginseng and cinnamon.

And because of frequent illness, Jia Fu was often fed bitter medicine juice.

It's because the medicine is three-point poisonous, and the medicine juice has been fed for many years. Although Jia Fu's life is saved, the poison has already soaked into Jia Fu's internal organs.

Later, the weakness caused by drinking too much medicine was actually more severe than the weakness brought out from the womb.

This is also the reason why even though Jia Fu took good care of her, she didn't suffer from the weak disease brought out in the womb.

The princess originally wanted to give Jia Jing the body recovery liquid directly, but due to the ancient rule that seven-year-olds do not sit at the same table, and due to her status, it is probably impossible for her to meet Jia Jing in person.

But if the body recovery liquid is sent out, the princess is afraid that when the transfer is made halfway, the servants will not know the goods and ruin the body recovery liquid.

You know, adding such a large amount of body healing fluid also cost the princess a lot of theater value.

In the end, the concubine concubine thought of an unavoidable solution, sprinkled the body recovery liquid on the old ginseng, and then sent it out.

Given that Jia Fu has been ill for so many years and is considered a well-known patient in the capital, the Crown Princess knows without thinking that this old ginseng will definitely be used on Jia Fu.

Jia Fu's illness suddenly recovered, as long as Jia Jing was not stupid, he would definitely think of the old ginseng he gave him.

This is also the reason why the Crown Princess added another old ginseng out of place among the four treasures of the study.

"Then...then why does Fu'er have abdominal pain?" Jia Daihua wanted to jump up excitedly, but then thought of Jia Fu's abdominal pain at the moment, and asked cautiously, for fear of getting it from Wang Taiyi. bad answer.

Physician Wang was also suspicious. He and Jia's family were old friends, and he was always the one who saw Jia Fu's illness.He just came to see it not long ago. At that time, Jia Fu was still weak, so now he suddenly heals?

Physician Wang also understood Jia Fu's physical condition, but there was nothing he could do about it. Usually, a typhoid fever would kill Jia Fu. Shouldn't he take medicine to prevent it?

The toxicity left by the medicine did affect Jia Fu's body, but it's better than going away immediately.

At this moment Jia Daihua's question, Imperial Physician Wang didn't dare to answer directly, so he checked Jia Fu's pulse carefully, and then said hesitantly, "I think it's not a bad thing for my nephew to have more than one abdominal pain this time."

Doctor Wang babbled about Jia Fu's condition and his current pulse as if dropping his bookbag.

Jia Daihua, a big old man, has always been impatient with these things, but he sensitively grasped from Wang Taiyi's words that Jia Fu was still in a state where the poison had almost entered his lungs a month ago.

"The old ginseng sent by the princess?"

Jia Fu started to suffer from abdominal pain after taking today's medicine, and he found out after this investigation.This medicine is taken regularly, and I have never had such a big reaction before.

The only difference is the old ginseng given to Jia Jing by the princess.

Jia Daihua didn't think the Crown Princess sent it to Jia Fu on purpose.If there is such a good thing, no matter who it is, they will first want to keep it for their own family, it is a life-saving thing.

Moreover, even if the princess concubine sent it for Jia Fu's illness, it must be sent in a fair manner.

Who doesn't know that the two sons under his knees are Jia Daihua's lifeblood, this is a good opportunity to win him over.

Turning a corner in this way and sending it over, wouldn't it justify such a good thing.

The Crown Princess originally wanted to win over Jia Jing, but unfortunately Jia Jing was not a native of time-traveling, and because Jia Fu suddenly recovered, he was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.

Jia Daihua thought that that boy Jia Jing's beating today could really be avoided.He originally thought that Jia Jing's writing of the storybook was just nonsense, but now he saved his brother's life by mistake.

Jia Daihua felt that Jia Jing's hobby could continue to flourish.Don't say anything else, let's just say that the Crown Princess rewarded these things for Jia Jing's scriptures. Jia Jing can't write a few more scripts to honor the Crown Princess?

Jia Jing is now being a filial brother in front of his brother, serving tea and pouring water, pinching his waist and hammering his legs, almost stealing the jobs of everyone around Jia Fu.

Jia Daihua really didn't see Jia Jing's admiration. Of course, he would never admit it, but he was actually a little sour.

"Jing'er, don't disturb your brother's cleanliness here anymore. Since the Crown Princess likes your scripts, if you have time, you might as well go and get more scripts."

But no matter what, it was the old ginseng sent by the princess who cured Jia Fu. Jia Daihua ordered his servants to use the remaining old ginseng to make medicine for Jia Fu, but at the same time, he wanted to repay the princess. one time.

Jia Daihua is a person who knows how to repay his kindness. Whether it is intentional or not, he has saved his eldest son.Jia Daihua was the prince's master in the past, and he treated the prince with sincerity.

But at the crown princess's place, something was inevitably missing.After all, the prince was educated from a primary school, and the relationship between master and apprentice is not ordinary, but the relationship between the princess and the prince is not very good, and the princess's natal family has no friendship with the Jia family.

So the prince neglected the princess concubine, spoiled the concubines around him, and even gave birth to the eldest son, Jia Daihua didn't persuade the prince much.

But it's different now, one is because the princess is pregnant, and the other is because of that old ginseng.Jia Daihua first recommended the princess's natal elder brother to be the magistrate of Jinling. When chatting with the prince, he often mentioned the princess's kindness and generosity in front of the prince. She deserved to be the future mother of the country.

The prince didn't think there was anything, after all, since the concubine was pregnant, there were many such people around him.Especially those civil servants who think about the family law of their ancestors always feel that this is the orthodoxy.

Even if Jia Daihua was a bit more inclined towards the princess, the prince only thought of it as his master.What's more, the prince originally thought that the princess was like a puppet, but after getting in touch with her more, the prince became more aware of the beauty of the princess.

But in the eyes of the princess, it was because she had achieved results in attracting Jia Jing, a fellow villager.This fellow is also very powerful, and he was able to persuade Jia Daihua.

The princess thought, since Jia Jing and herself are already on the same path, it is natural to put the allies in a favorable position.

This thing is also ready-made. The princess firmly believes that if the book is written with modern concepts and combined with ancient times, it will definitely be popular among people.

Although it is not a good thing for the book to become famous from the current point of view, but look at the people who are on the rich list of modern writers.

The princess felt that Jia Jing's novel, which was regarded as groundbreaking in ancient times, would definitely attract book fans.Nowadays, the depressed atmosphere in the storybook sub-world may be broken by this book.

Of course, apart from making Jia Jing famous so that she can help herself, the princess has other selfish motives. For example, the script ended abruptly when the protagonist entered a mysterious cave. All hurt.

For another example, if there is someone like Jia Jing who has gained glory and wealth through his scripts, then there will definitely be more people who write scripts, and when the scripts bloom, the Crown Princess will definitely get a lot of drama value.

Therefore, the princess ordered her confidant maid to go out of the palace to find a bookstore to print this book in large quantities, and send it out by the way.

There is not much movable type printing these days, and it costs a lot of money for ordinary people to print a book of Chinese stories.However, Princess Qian has the printing ones, but Princess Qian doesn't care about selling the scripts.

Of course, the Crown Princess felt that Jia Jing definitely didn't care about such a small amount of money.

It's just that the authorization still has to be calculated, the princess thought, since Jia Jing sold the book to the bookstore, it must mean that the bookstore was authorized.

Therefore, when the princess ordered her confidantes, she also specifically asked that the printing and selling of Jia Jing's script should be handed over to the bookstore where Jia Jing sold the script.

It is already not something that the crown prince can say out loud when he goes out of the palace in person to pick on the book.So even if this storybook is deeply loved by the princess, the prince also revealed that the author of the storybook is Jia Jing.

But when the princess asked which bookstore the prince bought it from, the prince kept silent and refused to say anything.

However, this road is not difficult to find. Almost all the businesses in the capital are gathered in Beishi. With the prince's personality, he must go to Beishi first.

The largest bookstore in Beishi is the one where Jia Jing went to sell the bookstores, and Wei Zi, the personal maid of the Crown Princess, also found it here, planning to try her luck.

"Shopkeeper, have you seen this storybook?" Wei Zi asked while holding up the book.

These days, people ask books written by great Confucian scholars, this is also common, why are books expensive? Which scholar from a poor family didn’t borrow other people’s books and read them and felt unfulfilled before buying them.

But I haven't seen the shopkeeper who came to ask about the book, what's the matter, isn't the book finished after reading it?

You can't write a note, read it carefully several times, it's all written by down-and-out literati, and it can't stand reading.

But the shopkeeper wasn't surprised at all, he'd seen all the young masters selling chat books, and the two idiots had to spend 20 taels to buy such things.

It is not impossible to buy a book of stories for collection.Maybe it's the second idiot whose family has a lot of money.

The shopkeeper said calmly, "Bring it here and let me have a look."

Then, the shopkeeper couldn't calm down anymore.

Why is it this book with a lot of implications?Even if it was because of this book, the shopkeeper made a lot of money, but subconsciously, the shopkeeper didn't want to read this book again.

The shopkeeper really wanted to deny that he had never seen this book, but the behavior of the person in front of him was not like an ordinary maid.

Besides, since this book is in the hands of this person, it means that she or her master must know the person who bought this book that day.

The shopkeeper was also afraid that what the person in front of him said just now was not a question but an affirmation, so he could only bite the bullet and admit it.

"Yes, it was written by Second Master Jing of the Ning Mansion."

"That's it." Wei Zi was also happy that he found the right bookstore for the first time. "You take this book to a craftsman to engrave and print it, and then sell it in your store."

"Ah?" The shopkeeper's hand trembled, and he knew that as long as he came across this book, nothing good would happen.

As the largest bookstore in Beishi, the capital city, of course they also have engraving and printing craftsmen, but due to the troublesome craftsmanship, these are basically here to print the works of great Confucianism in large quantities.

Things like talking books are not as cheap as letting literati copy them.Only the kind of literati who can be regarded as famous for writing scripts may use printing.

As for Jia Jing's book, which is neither well-known nor written about the stories of talented scholars and beautiful women that are popular nowadays, it is not worthwhile to ask someone to copy it.

"You don't have to worry about the money, you just have to be brave enough to sell it, here is 3000 taels, you take it first."

3000 taels is almost enough for such a bookstore for a year, but it is really nothing to the future mother of the country, the princess.

"That, that... Whose house will the money be sent to in the future?" The shopkeeper felt that the banknote was hot. On the one hand, he really wanted to earn the money.

But on the other hand, Jia Jing's words had already frightened him a lot, and the shopkeeper felt that the money was really not easy to earn.

Of course, in the end, the idea of ​​making money took the peak. It’s okay to be frightened, as long as you can make money.

The shopkeeper asked who to send it to, which also meant to find out who was behind the scenes.

Wei Zi frowned, before leaving the palace, the master didn't order this in the end.Of course, it is definitely unrealistic to send it to the palace, and it seems a bit weird to send it to the master's natal family, so Wei Zi simply said, "Send it to the second master Jing."

Sure enough, this is probably someone who really dotes on Second Master Jing so much that he has to pay for his hobby of writing scripts.

The shopkeeper glanced at the 3000 tael silver note in his hand, and sighed again, it's nice to have money.

Therefore, Jia Jing's first story book in his life, with the financial support of the princess, quickly became popular among all the scholars in the capital at a low price.

The eighth prince had just read the beginning of Jia Jing's book at the bookstore, and the prince borrowed it, and there is no tendency to return it.