The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Jia Muyou never gave up and wanted Su Zheng to collect Baoyu to start.Jia Huan simply didn't know how to talk to the old man!In the current situation, the old man obviously didn't have the interest to talk about it, and he didn't have a nice word when he mentioned Baoyu occasionally on weekdays.But he thought for a long time and couldn't find a way.The next day, I went to the Su Mansion for routine relief. After struggling for a long time, I said bravely: "Sir, there is something that I don't know how to say."

Su Zheng looked at him and said, "I see that you are restless today."

Jia Huan lowered his head and gritted his teeth: "My grandmother ordered me to come and ask my husband if I can accept Brother Baoyu as a disciple."

Su Zheng raised his eyebrows: "What?"

Jia Huan said quickly, "I've said it anyway." Then he stood beside him with his mouth pursed and his hands down.

Su Zheng suddenly felt amused: "Your grandmother didn't order you to make this happen?"

Jia Huan said: "No. She thinks that everyone in the world will like Brother Baoyu. Just mention it, and you will be very happy."

Su Zheng snorted, "Did your father tell you?"

Jia Huan said: "As I mentioned earlier, Cong'er tried to fool me. You have been missing for a long time, and Brother Baoyu only came home from Yuntai Academy when the late emperor passed away. So he is still here for the time being. I don’t remember it, but I will probably remember it in a few days.”

Su Zheng glanced at him: "Can't you fool me?"

Jia Huan said honestly: "If elder brother Baoyu says it's not good for him to be a teacher, I really can't quibble; if it's bad for you from my husband, I don't want to say bad things about you."

Su Zheng took a sip of the tea cup with a smile and said, "What kind of brother are you? From what your brother said casually before, it seems that you don't understand the truth. I saw him in peace that year."

Jia Huan thought for a while and said, "Compared to Cong'er and I, Brother Baoyu is kind and upright. He is talented and intelligent, at least ten thousand times smarter than me."

Su Zheng frowned, the old man became ill with his eccentricity.

Jia Huan went on to say: "In fact, he is very transparent, really transparent, a natural and clean person, who hates sculpting and hypocrisy. The so-called extremes will reverse. The morals of the world are not natural and clean, and there must be something wrong with being too natural and clean. In his early years Brother Baoyu is the phoenix egg of the whole family, the flower in the greenhouse. Later, when the uncle became strong, and our second wife was weak, he seemed to have moved outside the greenhouse. Although he did not die, he was still a flower, not a tree. I did not have him So clean; but I may not be able to make decisions about my affairs, and he probably can’t get involved in his affairs. Cong’er and I will discuss and find ways to solve difficult problems. In addition to crying and writing poems, he can also It's nothing; if the matter is too big and he really doesn't want to do what the master and ancestors said, I'm afraid he will become a monk to avoid it. Cong'er and I have a great headache for him."

Su Zheng thought for a moment when he heard the words, and said, "From what you said, you are just a soft-tempered and somewhat dull scholar, so it won't cause you two headaches."

Jia Huan smiled wryly and said: "The past few years have gotten better, and only a little bit better. In the past... I really don't know what to say. First, he can't guard against others, second, he doesn't want to hurt others, and third, he is very trustworthy. Four is unwilling to submit to the state of the world, five is born with pity and pity—not the pity and pity of the kind of lecherous people, but respect and trust when seeing a beautiful woman. However, the current situation of our family...Mr. knows it too. The big family lacks everything There is no shortage of beautiful women of all colors! Fortunately, no one pays attention to him at present; if anyone pays attention to him, he is the biggest flaw in our family. In the early years, Cong'er and I often thought that he might be fooled by someone in the future, Being seduced by someone so desperately or doing some weird things, the scalp is numb! You can’t leave him alone. Cong’er once said that the most terrifying thing is not the pig teammate, but the glass pig teammate – if you can’t help, you will add chaos Not to mention, it is easy to break, and the broken glass shards all over the ground hurt your feet."

Su Zheng laughed out loud, and said, "Forget it, I know what your elder brother looks like. You are so young and mature, yet you are brothers in the same family as him! It's really weird."

Jia Huan sighed: "Why do the two of us like to intrigue with these princes, lords, mothers-in-law and father-in-law outside? The capital is full of wolves, tigers and leopards. If we don't step forward to fight against each other, what will happen to our family? Sir, Young adults are forced to grow old!"

Su Zheng suddenly felt that his disciples were pitiful, so he couldn't help but reached out and stroked his head, Jia Huan took the opportunity to pout his mouth to pretend to be pitiful.Su Zheng said again: "Your father is a failure, I think it's quite appropriate for Jia to pardon me."

Jia Huan said: "Uncle, he is old, and his fighting spirit has been exhausted long ago. He can defend or not attack. The court situation is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. To tell you the truth, many people are concerned about the treasury money. I thought it was because our family was smart, but actually it was the sage who ordered Uncle Lin to ask for the debt, otherwise the old man would not have thought of this matter, so it must be a mistake."

Su Zheng was stunned, a little suddenly enlightened, and a little bit dumbfounded, and said: "He still understands the truth after all. The sage also asked others to pay his debts, why didn't anyone pay back the money?"

Jia Huan said by the way: "Therefore, being timid has its advantages." While saying that, he slandered himself for speaking too much against his will.

Su Zheng thought for a while, and said: "Since it's your grandmother's father's intention, you can't get around anyway, so let your father lead him to see me. If you want me to accept it, you have to test it."

Jia Huan nodded, and said: "Sir, are you ready to accept him? If you don't, then don't see him. Otherwise, he will have to worry about it for a long time. I don't want to persuade him, and I don't want to persuade him."

Su Zheng only felt a little strange when he heard the words, so he was about to speak, and suddenly remembered something, and asked, "You keep talking about your grandmother and father, so it's possible that he didn't mean it himself?"

Jia Huan said: "How could he have such an idea! He doesn't know about it at all. My brother has no ambition to make progress."

Su Zheng blurted out: "How unreasonable!"

Jia Huan hurriedly said, "No desire, no desire."

"Father and grandmother are also thinking about entering school, what does he think about every day?" Su Zheng shook his head, "Since that's the case, let your father bring his homework."

Jia Huan agreed, coaxed the old man for a long time, and went back to the mansion.

Jia Huan originally had good intentions and wanted to save Jia Baoyu's face; but when Jia Zheng heard that Su Zheng wanted to read Baoyu's articles, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered someone to call Baoyu to come over, let him prepare clothes and articles, and ordered Jia Huan to read more articles. Talk about Su Zheng's preferences.Jia Huan naturally knew everything and said everything.Baoyu also knew that Su Zheng was a great Confucian, so he hurried back to prepare the essays and poems without mentioning them.

Three days later, Jia Zheng led Jia Baoyu, accompanied by Jia Huan, and went to Su Zheng's residence together.

Su Zheng saw that Baoyu was born white and clean, and his appearance was very good, so he praised him a few words.Jia Huan said enviously, "I heard from Uncle Gao's family that the second elder brother looks very much like my grandfather when he was young." Jia Zheng repeatedly echoed, unable to restrain his joy.

Su Zheng took his article and read it.Sure enough, Wen is like a person, with a gentle courage and an exquisite heart, but it is useless.Nai said, "Second Master Jia, do you prefer Zhuangzi?"

Baoyu was overjoyed and said, "Yes. Late students love the "Nanhua Jing" very much."

Jia Huan couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth.Seeing this, Su Zheng smiled and said, "Huan'er doesn't like Zhuangzi?"

Jia Huan's eyelids twitched, and he thought to himself, why did you come to drag me again, old man!I had to be honest: "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I like it generally."

Su Zheng suppressed a smile and asked him: "Why do you like it in general?"

Jia Huan glanced at the old man complainingly, and said: "It's like seeing a very exquisite jade article on the street. I like it, but I don't want to buy it."

Su Zheng asked: "If you like it, why don't you want to buy it?"

Jia Huan said: "That kind of jade must be extremely expensive. I don't want to spend so much money on something that can only be displayed for viewing. It's useless. I think it's not worth it."

Su Zheng said: "If everyone thinks like you do, wouldn't the jade articles not be sold?"

Jia Huan said: "There are other people who are very rich, and they regard ten thousand taels of gold as ten copper coins, and they can buy them at will. Just like I would spend ten copper coins to buy a candied haws."

Su Zheng couldn't help showing complacency on his face, and turned his head to look at Baoyu: "Zhuangzi is not a slave to things. It's just how can ordinary people not be slaves to things? The only people who are not slaves to things are those with great abilities or extremely high status. Tall people, as Huan'er said, regard tens of thousands of taels of gold as ten copper coins. Ordinary people are eager for petty profits and study flattery in order to gain insight into world affairs, practice human feelings, and seek official career and economics. I see that your article contains the meaning of 'seeking self-cleaning', this must be changed." Jia Zheng twitched his beard and nodded repeatedly.

He just talked about "official career economy", Baoyu's complexion was already a bit ugly;

Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Second brother, even if Mr. Su's words are somewhat unfavorable to you, you have to pretend to be open-minded and receptive."

Baoyu stood up and bowed, "Shu Wansheng doesn't know how to put on airs."

Hearing this, Jia Zheng shouted "ignorance's karma" before he stood up to smooth things over. Su Zheng waved to him and asked Jia Huan, "Huan'er, do you know how to put on airs?"

Jia Huan curled his lips and said, "I will."

"How did you learn to put on airs at such a young age?"

Jia Huan said: "There are always times when I have to coax others against my will."

Su Zhengnai looked at Baoyu and said, "Why is there no Second Master Bao?"

Baoyu said, "I'm not used to speaking against my will."

Su Zheng looked at Jia Huan again: "Why is Huan'er so used to it?"

Jia Huan muttered, "Does someone in the family have to be used to this..."

Su Zheng sighed and asked Jia Zheng: "Mr. Zheng, how old is Huan'er? How old is Second Young Master Ling?"

Jia Zheng was speechless.It took a long time to say: "Baoyu was raised by his ancestors since he was a child, and he is a bit used to it. After two years, he will understand the truth and he will be fine."

Su Zheng said indifferently: "Two more years? He is already 17 years old, but he relies on a 14-year-old brother to protect him from the wind and rain. Mr. Zheng, forgive the old man, your mansion is now a small town in Huan'er. The child is holding on. In the mansion of the virtuous king, he went to inquire about the news; in the house of the rich and powerful, he also carefully accompanied the conversation; in the market, he interacted with traffickers and pawns. The government is in turmoil, and it is so difficult!" Nai turned to look at Jia Baoyu , "Huan'er said that you are a natural and clean person who hates hypocrisy. This is because you have a soft temper. If you are arrogant, you are a mad student. Don't forget, Mi Heng is a famous mad student."

Baoyu had already heard what he meant, and lowered his head and said, "Wan Sheng dare not beat the drums and scold Cao."

Su Zheng said: "Although you don't dare to beat the drums and scold Cao, you won't bear to humiliate the thief. Let me ask you, if Fang Xiong took a fancy to the exquisite and unique house in your family and forced you to move it out and give it to him, How are you doing?"

Baoyu was stunned.After a while, he said, "He didn't!"

Su Zheng said: "I heard that Fang Xiong often ransacked his house in Beijing. If he wants to, how will you treat him?"

Baoyu thought about it for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "I would rather die than obey! Even if one of his heads is killed by a stone lion, he is still a wronged soul! I don't believe he can live in peace."

Jia Huan couldn't bear it anymore, and rolled his eyes: "Take the heart of a scholar to deal with the evil belly! He kills people like hemp, and has countless souls under his command. If you want more than one, you can't take more. If you want to seek revenge from him Gotta line up!"

Su Zheng asked him with a smile: "Where's Huan'er? How are you doing?"

Jia Huan said: "Go and flirt first, talking nonsense, why the Feng Shui in our mansion doesn't match his horoscope, and the army will be defeated like a mountain if he lives in it."

Su Zheng said, "What if he doesn't agree?"

"The capital is so big, you can always find better courtyards and gardens than ours. Pick a family that has no elderly people over 70 years old and children under ten years old, and encourage him to take that house."

As soon as these words came out, even Su Zheng gasped.Su Zheng raised his eyebrows and pointed at him, "What did you say?!"

Jia Huan said: "Li Daitao is stiff. In the prosperous age of benevolence, righteousness and integrity, in troubled times with swords, spears, swords and halberds. Although others did not offend me, I did not offend anyone. It doesn't matter who suffers innocently. My grandmother is 81, and my nephew is only [-]." [-]. When you can’t take care of yourself, you must first focus on your own. Sir, there is a proverb in Western English that says, giving roses to others will leave a lingering fragrance in your hands. But most things in the world are, planting roses in the garden will leave a lingering fragrance next door. If neighbors dislike others The fragrance in the courtyard is not satisfying, it is assumed that he planted a pot himself, not that I gave mine to him." The following words are completely different from the previous ones, but there is a vague sense of the same meaning.Jia Huan was purely talking about him to divert Su Zheng's thoughts.

Sure enough, Su Zheng made him mislead, and it made sense after thinking about it, but he didn't know how to refute it.

But Jia Baoyu said: "You are wrong. If Fang Xiong had already taken a fancy to someone else, it would be his harm; if you provoked him, it would be you."

Jia Huan wanted to kick him!It was so easy to fool old man Su. After hearing these words, the old man's eyes lit up immediately.I had to say: "Then according to your opinion, even the ancestor and Lan'er were bumped to death, and then Fang Xiong sent someone to clean up the corpse and live in it?"

Baoyu said anxiously: "Of course not! I just said that I was killed alone, so don't burden others!"

"After you were killed by yourself, the old ancestor watched your body being cleaned up by Fang Xiong, and probably lost half of his life. If Fang Xiong is happy, Lan Er and I will work together to carry her old man to live in the temple. ;If he is not happy, he thinks you have polluted his yard, and he will chop up our whole family with a single knife, and there will be no one to collect a corpse."

Baoyu stumbled and said, "I just say don't hurt people!"

Jia Huan spread his hands together: "You have an idea! How to do it?"

Where did he come up with the idea?I was choked up for a long time and couldn't speak.

Jia Huan said again: "If others are benevolent to me, naturally I will be benevolent to them too. However, most people in the world are not benevolent. If only I am benevolent and righteous, I will die as soon as possible? It's different to meet Fang Xiong who is so evil. Well, self-preservation in a dangerous situation is the first big thing, and I can't take care of others. I haven't finished what I just said. If our mansion honestly moves out and surrenders Rongguo Mansion to Fang Xiong, no one else will say The old ancestor would most likely die of anger. I picked a family without old people and young children and urged him to take it. As long as that family did not have brother Baoyu, I would probably have to swallow the humiliation and move away, and I would quietly give them some money. I can give more, thanks to them for protecting us from the disaster. Although they are innocent, they are indeed suffering because of me; as I said, I can’t care about that season.”

The room fell silent again.

Jia Huan sighed softly: "Brother Baoyu! You don't hurt anyone, someone hurts you. You can't just stand and let people hurt you, right? If you want to be clean, I have to be dirty. Who made me your younger brother?" Jia Huan In fact, there is not much brotherhood with him, but there is no way to ignore him.However, these few words made Baoyu Jiazheng burst into tears.

After a while, Baoyu sighed and said, "The mansion is only entrusted to you. It is better to be a monk to clean up such a dirty world."

Jia Zheng was in a hurry, so he wanted to speak. Jia Huan rushed to say: "You take a concubine and have a son before you become a monk. The master and I still have me; the old lady and the wife can't live without you. You have a son." Give them something to think about. Don’t expect me to honor my wife; even if I honor her, I’m not you, and she still can’t live.”

Baoyu is dumb!He stumbled again and said, "Why can't you even get clean from the world?"

Jia Huan said: "The ancients said that you have to pay back when you come out to hang out. You got her two 17-year love, and you want to leave if you don't pay it off? How can there be such a cheap thing in the world! If you want to be carefree, first put The debt is paid."

Baoyu was dumb again.

There was a long silence in the house.

Su Zheng suddenly remembered that Jia Huan and Jia Cong asked someone to rescue a group of elders from the imperial prison, and they heard that they even forged the imperial decree!Fang Xiong killed those many people in Beijing, and the thirteen Zhongliang and their families were all preserved.Huan'er's idea just now was really not good; as he said, in such a situation, in order to protect his own family, he would not care about others.Nai let out a long sigh and asked Baoyu, "Second Master Jia, if you want to study with me, are you willing to let go of all your old thoughts? From now on, insight into the world is knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is writing."

Baoyu bowed his head and thought about it for a long time, and said honestly, "I'm afraid I can't get rid of it."

Su Zheng nodded and said to Jia Zheng: "This son is not destined for me. The world is dangerous. Let him study and compose poems at home. Don't make friends with noble people indiscriminately. I'm afraid he will cause trouble."

Jia Zheng finally sighed too, and said to Su Zheng, "Zheng finally understands. Baoyu's child is not as good as Huan'er."

The Jia family, father and son, then left.

Coincidentally, only a few days after this incident, there were big men and immortals counting their fingers and counting that the time is up. Although they knew that there were people who did not know their origins to disrupt the world situation, they wanted to go to the waiter of Shenying anyway to cross the border. to him.

Although Baoyu was surprised when he saw the two of them, he was polite.Hearing the two of them say "Let's go with us" for a long time, they just shook their heads and said: "The previous debt is not paid, so I dare not die."