Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

For the rest of the day, Jia Lian and Jia Rong's uncle and nephew simply lived in the Rongfu Yanwu Hall.

Weirui Hall has five entrances from front to back, and the wind is wide. The doors, windows, and floors are all logs, large pillars, and a large courtyard. Every time you enter the courtyard, there is a large martial arts hall. From three-year-old children to children. Adults have corresponding training grounds.

This is Jia Lian's design for the future development of the family. Although it is not as large as the royal family, it has all internal organs.

The ten-acre land of Weirui Hall has built a racecourse and archery, surrounded by trees, with Cuiwei Mountain as a barrier at the back, and Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion as a partition in front. If it is not for the closest relatives and close friends of the two mansions, it is impossible to enter the door.

Although the children's martial arts hall is still empty at the moment, Jia Lian believes that one day, this place will prosper.

In the evening of this day, Jia Lian once again came to Rongqing Hall to discuss with Jia Mu, saying that he would go the official way in the future, and he would inevitably have to receive colleagues and entertain friends at home. The courtyard where he lives now is too small. It will be crowded.

This is inconsistent with his identity, and outsiders will gossip when they see it.

Jia Lian emphasized: "I'm not afraid of gossip. The key is that the house is too cramped. Let alone guests, I will always have a man and a half woman from now on. There must be maids, mothers-in-law and nurses. Where do these people live?"

Jia Mu had some guesses in her mind: "Which courtyard do you like?"

Jia Lian stretched out two fingers: "One, Sister Feng and I moved to the east courtyard. There are two empty courtyards over there. One is for living, and the other is my study, where we can receive guests together."

Jia Mu shook her head: "This one doesn't work, let's talk about another one!"

If Jia Lian moved to the East Courtyard, the big house would really be squeezed out. Mother Jia couldn't stand such words. Jia Lian lived here, and Zhang's wives almost choked to death. Once they moved to the East Courtyard, those mothers They haven't lifted their roofs yet.

Then can Mother Jia go out?Mother Jia couldn't afford to lose this man.

Jia Lian said: "The second one is the Wujin courtyard behind Rongxi Hall. Originally, my parents lived in Rongxi Hall, so that's where I should live!"

Jia Mu was silent for a long time, a little reluctant. In that yard, Jia Mu was planning to make a wedding room for Baoyu and Daiyu. Jia Lian suddenly asked for it. Jia Mu was very embarrassed. Expand the yard, open up the back yards, and also enter the big yard three times, which is enough for you and your wife to live in."

Jia Lian almost sneered, but behind his house lived Zhu's sister-in-law, mother and son, this is to make me spread the reputation of oppressing the widowed sister-in-law!

"I'd better move to the east courtyard!" Jia Lian said and got up: "Don't make things difficult, grandma, let's move to the garden, it's convenient for everyone!"

Jia Mu suddenly became angry, choked for a long time, and said, "Why do you have to fight with Baoyu?"

Jia Lian sneered in his heart. Baoyu is only a seven-year-old child, and he is going to enter the wedding room five times.I am the eldest son of the Marquis Mansion, but I want to live in a corner!

It's hard to think about this matter, Jia Lian walked away: "Grandmother take care, grandson bid farewell!"

Jia's mother opened her mouth a few times behind, but in the end she didn't make a sound.

Here Baoyu and Daiyu came out from the back hall.

Baoyu put his arms around Jia Mu's arm and said with a smile: "The big room behind is simply empty. If the second brother needs it, he will give it to him. Why bother to keep it? The old lady doesn't need it. Instead, the second brother will be unhappy."

Mother Jia reached out and touched the back of Baoyu's head: "Don't Baoyu like living in a big house?"

Baoyu frowned: "I don't like it. I like the old lady. There are many empty houses here for the old lady. Why can't I live here? I want to live here for the rest of my life. The old lady is not allowed to kick me out!"

Jia Mu sighed in her heart, come on, come on, Baoyu is right, this Rongqing hall is also the big courtyard of Wujin, and it will not be good for Baoyu and Daiyu to live with her in the future, so this big Rongqing hall is not treating Baoyu badly.

Jia's mother brought Baoyu Tower closer: "Our Baoyu is a good boy!" Then she ordered Yuanyang: "Go and tell your second master and second grandma, and tell them that they live in a cramped place, and let them choose a good time to move to Hemerocallis Hall!"

When Jia Lian came home, she was telling Sister Feng to pack up the house and prepare to move. Sister Feng was surprised when she heard that the mandarin ducks had come, and got up to greet her.Sister Feng smiled and grabbed the mandarin duck, and ordered: "Ping'er make tea!"

Yuanyang didn't sit down when she entered the house, she said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll leave as soon as I come to pass on a word, the old lady said, knowing that you live in a cramped place, let the second master and the second grandmother move to the Daylily Hall."

Jia Lian was stunned, why did he change his tone so quickly?Yin bowed to the mandarin duck: "I don't know who the old lady met just now?"

Yuanyang smiled and said: "There are no foreigners today. After the second master left, the second master Bao and Miss Lin came. They talked with the old lady for a while, and the old lady told me to come."

Jia Lian raised his eyes to meet the smiling face of the mandarin duck, and they smiled at each other. Jia Lian immediately understood that it was the clever Baoyu and Sister Lin who heard the conversation between him and his grandmother and made love for him.

After seeing off the mandarin ducks, Jia Lian suddenly smiled wryly, what is the matter, he took back his own things, and he had to accept others' affection.

Sister Feng didn't understand, so she said, "Old lady, what do you mean by this? You agreed first, so what's the point of asking Yuanyang to talk about it again?"

Jia Lian shook her head: "The old lady didn't agree, I want to move to East Garden first!"

Sister Feng pursed her lips and smiled: "Only you can hold the old lady!"

Jia Lian shook his head and smiled wryly: "I'm afraid the old lady is thinking about it for Sister Lin!" To be precise, it was for Sister Lin to leave a way out. It has been four years, and there is no news of the imperial edict. Mother Jia must be feeling uneasy.

Yuanchun cannot be a concubine, and Baoyu's desire to inherit the Marquis' mansion is just empty talk. Jia's mother does not want to anger Jia Lian at this moment, for fear of Jia Lian's revenge in the future. No more enemies.

No matter why Jia's mother agreed to Jia Lian, Jia Lian must be grateful. Afterwards, Jia Lian and Sister Feng went to Rongqing Hall to thank her grandmother for her understanding.

The grandparents and grandchildren discussed the matter of moving, and Jia's mother put on her presbyopic glasses and carefully looked up the almanac. Because the land does not move in the twelfth lunar month, the auspicious day must be in Dongyue, and finally decided to move on the 28th of Dongyue.

Hemerocallis Hall has not been occupied for many years, and it needs to be cleaned and painted before moving in.

So far, the grandparents and grandchildren have enjoyed themselves again, and the previous estrangement has disappeared.

Later, Jia Lian actively participated in the renovation design of the new house. In fact, in order to hide the spirit stones in his hands, Jia Lian dug a well in the small kitchen and the backyard of the study, and paved the surrounding area with pebbles. In this way, laying the spirit stones on the bottom of the water can Confusing sight.

About half a month later, Jia Lian sensed a faint aura in the well water.

Jia Lian hid the rest of the spirit stones in the well in the backyard of his study, so that they would not be noticed by others, and it was also convenient for Jia Lian to practice daily and refine his inner strength.

On the 28th of the winter month, Jia Lian moved into his new home, Xuancaotang.Moving to a new house, of course, they have to celebrate again, so the two governments gathered to eat and drink.In a blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the royal winter hunting feast began.

On this day, Rongfu Jia pardoned Jia Lian and his son, and Jia Zhenjiarong and his son from Ningfu gathered in Rongfu early in the morning, and then rode to the Meridian Gate together.

Many people had already gathered in front of the Meridian Gate, all of whom were royal family and nobles participating in the winter hunting, as well as ministers of civil and military affairs.

When Jia Lian and his sons arrived, there were several waves of people greeting them, including Wei Ruolan and Wei Ruosong brothers from the General's House, Feng Ziying and Feng Zidong brothers, as well as the Shi family's father and son, Prince Teng of the Wang family, Wang Ren's uncle and nephew.

Seeing that Jia Lian had no good face, Wang Ren glared at Jia Lian fiercely, and turned to get angry.

In Wang Ren's eyes, Jia Lian was a catastrophe. He wanted to borrow chickens to lay eggs, but he was yelled out by this disaster. Not only did Brother Feng's money fail, but his own money went to [-] yuan.

Seeing Wang Ren like this, Jia Lian couldn't help laughing, and walked over him to salute Prince Teng. Wang Ziteng was very enthusiastic, and patted Jia Lian: "Good boy, he's getting stronger." Then he whispered, "Don't worry, I've taken care of everything. As long as you are not counting down, you must pass the level!"

Jia Lian grinned: "Thank you!"

Jia Amnesty kept his face cold and silent, Wang Ziteng also looked at him coldly, but he was very enthusiastic towards Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, especially when he saw Jia Rong, his eyes lit up: "What a handsome brother, Uncle Zhen has raised a good son."

Jia Rong was born really well, and her usual image is that she is a fool with a lot of money, and she is the son-in-law candidate that many mother-in-laws like.

The Wang family also has marriageable daughters, so it is not necessarily impossible to get closer.

However, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen were not interested. Wang Ziteng started here, but no one followed up, that's all.

After waiting for another moment, it was Maozheng, the bells and drums rang, the Meridian Gate opened wide, the flags fluttered, and the emperor went out.

The weather in the twelfth lunar month is cold, and most of the people who come to participate in the winter hunting today are meritorious families and military commanders. Most of the younger generation are wearing jackets, and there are leather jackets hidden under the jackets that are afraid of the cold.

Because today is winter hunting, I have to drill into the old forest, I have to hunt on horseback, and I wear too thick a bear, not to mention it is inconvenient, and it will make people laugh. ? ?Most of the older generation wore padded robes. Although they were generals, they were old after all, and the heroes who failed to succeed were frozen to death.There are very few people like Jia She who wear a cotton robe and a thick fur cloak, which can be said to be unique.Because even if others are afraid of the cold, they still wear a small fur liner quietly inside the cotton robe.

Anyway, Jia Amnesty had a thick face, he did whatever he wanted, Jia Lian finally understood why his grandfather scolded his father so harshly.It's really timid, standing with him, being watched with supercilious eyes, really uncomfortable.

There are also some like Jia Zhen Wangren, even if they are cold, they dare not be as reckless as Jia Amnesty. As a military commander, in order to avoid being the target of verbal criticism by the censors, he has to pretend to be energetic. people.

However, when Jia Jiazhen saw Jia Rong wearing a single gown but standing on the horse in a heroic manner, she immediately smiled and spoke with Jia Amnesty in a much louder voice: "My lord, the second brother Lian is in good spirits today. I'm afraid it's easy to catch."

Jia She looked at the flattering Jia Zhen, and then at the heroic and upright Jia Lian and Jia Rong, his heart suddenly warmed up, and he said with a smile, "Well, Jia Rong is not bad, it's time for our two houses to turn around."

Wang Ziteng stood in front of Jia Amnesty, curled his lips when he heard the words, and said in his heart that he was not ashamed. I have helped you in your family, so it would be a good choice to pick one. He even wanted to hit everything, and your Jia family should have this kind of luck!

An hour later, the large group of people arrived at the Xishan hunting ground, and there was a lot of neighing and dog biting, crowds of people huddled together, shouting and cursing, and the horses also fought with their owners, squeezing back and forth, and pricking up their ears together. , waiting for the hunting horn to sound.

At one moment, the horns sounded together, and all the horses galloped immediately, and each horse galloped away like an arrow off the string.

While galloping with a whip, Jia Lian wanted to take care of Jia Rong not to be squeezed down. Several times the whip was shot, and several malicious people were sent flying.

There were only seven princes left in front, Jia Lian stopped charging, stabilized his horse, and signaled to Jia Rong, the two turned the horse's head and headed to the right.At a time like this, there is nothing to eat with the prince, and it might become cannon fodder for their fight.

Jia Lian and Jia Rong's uncles and nephews hunted together. Jia Rong was in charge of disturbing and driving out the prey. Obtained ten wild animals.

Jia Lian is also very picky, shooting big animals like elk, goats, and wild boars, and letting go of small things like hares and pheasants.

An hour later, the call-out horn sounded, Jia Lian and Jia Rong's uncles and nephews each got more than [-] prey. Among the crowd waiting for acceptance, they were considered to be in the limelight.

The princes were not included in the calculation, but the eldest prince was very good. He even shot and killed 38 prey, which was more than Jia Lian's 32.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there are guards cheating.

Jia Rong has one less than Jia Lian, 31, all of which are big prey like Yise goats.

Wang Ren is the most ridiculous, not only the number is extremely small, only eleven, but there are a few or three pheasants and two hares in the middle.

Wang Ziteng's face turned dark at that time.

Jia Zhen's face was full of joy, but she was concerned about Wang Ziteng's face.

Jia Amnesty laughed unkindly: "Times change, Feng Shui takes turns!"

Back then, Jia Amnesty made such a fool of himself, and was laughed at by Wang Ziteng for many years.

Wang Ziteng sneered: "It's not your ability, what are you proud of?"

Jia She only hated him to death, Prince Tengyue avoided him, Jia She Yue wanted to yell at him: "Look at Lian'er, there are 32 of them, ouch, how many nephews do you have, ha, there are rabbits and pheasants, look at me again!" Grandson, he is also better than your nephew, I am so happy!"

"Hahahaha!"

Wang Ziteng finally succeeded, stood up and said hello to Bowling Hou Shi Ding: "Zheng'er is good, Feng'er is also good, this time there will definitely be a selection, congratulations to the successor!"

We are all family friends, and Shi Ding and Wang Ziteng have no holidays, so it is very face-saving: "Nephew Wang Xian is also good, but his ambition is not here."

Shi Ding did not forget to congratulate Jia She: "Congratulations, cousin, Lian'er is really promising, this time he got Tanhua."

The first is Feng Ziying, the second is Wei Ruolan's brother Wei Ruosong, and the third is Jia Lian.

When the results were announced, Jia Rong was very unconvinced: "Second Uncle, I just said that I don't need so many. You see, Feng Ziying only has 35, and Wei Ruosong only has 33, just one more than you. Hi!"

Jia Lian abducted Jia Rong, not allowing him to yell, and said with a smile, "Your uncle is so handsome, of course Tanhua belongs to me! I like the name Tanhua!"

The number of hunts is actually a lot of water, everyone tacitly, but Wang Ren hates Jia Lian. Hearing Jia Lian and Jia Rong's words, he suddenly felt that he had caught the handle. Kill more than [-] prey, there must be a home, and immediately shouted: "This is not fair, someone faked it!"

Just as Wang Ren yelled, he was kicked by a guard: "Don't yell!"

The little emperor heard it, and he was also bored. He was sluggish after suffering from the cold for a long time. Hearing someone yelling about cheating, he suddenly regained his energy: "Who is talking, bring it here!"

Wang Ren thought he had a plan, ran forward and knelt down, kowtowed and said: "My little minister Wang Ren sees the emperor."

Hearing this, the little emperor smiled: "Yo, Wang Ren, from the Wang family? Who are you, Wang Ziteng?"

Wang Ren said: "It's my third uncle!"

Wang Ziteng hated Wang Ren to death, but he had to go out and bow down: "It's all my humble ministers who are ineffective in teaching, disturbing the holy car, and the humble ministers deserve to die!"

The little emperor was not interested in this, and raised his hand and said: "Wang Aiqing, please, Wang Ren dares to speak up, and there must be such a person in the court. That Wang Ren, tell me, who cheated, I will make the decision for you!"

Wang Ren pointed at Jia Lian: "That's him, Jia Lian of Rongguo Mansion, he cheated!"

The little emperor was very interested, the Jia family, the in-laws of the Wang family, fighting in the nest, this is good, the little emperor became more and more interested: "Who is Jia Lian, come forward and answer!"

When Jia Lian was called, he had to kneel down and kowtow, saying: "The little minister Jia Lian will see my emperor, long live long live!"

The little emperor saw that Jia Lian was handsome and had a pleasant voice, much more pleasing to the eye than that Wang Ren, and raised his hand: "Get up and talk!"

Jia Lian got up and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wang Ren was suddenly dumbfounded, he was still kneeling!

The little emperor ignored him and asked Jia Lian, "Wang Ren said that you cheated in shooting, can you admit it?"

Jia Lian clasped her fists together: "Report to Your Majesty, I have not pleaded guilty, and I have not cheated!"

Wang Ren yelled: "Damn, you didn't cheat, you have no power to restrain a chicken, you are worse than me, why did you shoot and kill more than [-] prey? And I just heard that Jia Rong said, he is not convinced , You must have taken his prey."

The little emperor found it more and more fun, Jia Rong knew it, the little emperor had a good impression of the kid who escaped marriage a few days ago: "Who is Jia Rong?"