Rebirth Red Mansion Planting Farms

But it is said that Qiaoer followed Zhou Fuxiang into the garden. Master Zhou was sitting in the pavilion built by Linchi with three or five Qing guests to enjoy the cool and rest. Quoted from the moat in the suburbs of Beijing, the wall of the pool is carved with a stone pan head water outlet, the hibiscus in the pool comes out of the water, and the fish swim through it, which is quite elegant in summer.Seeing them coming, the attendants reported that my brother had arrived, and the relatives of the Qing Dynasty got up from the pavilion and laughed: "I haven't seen you for a long time, brother, how are you?"

Zhou Fuxiang laughed and said it was very good, and asked the Qing guests a few more words, Qiaoer followed behind, raised his eyes to look at Master Zhou, and saw that he had a majestic face, broad eyebrows and broad eyes, with an open-minded appearance, and how he treated others To be kind, he smiled and asked Zhou Fuxiang when he saw him: "This is the newly hired companion you said that day, right? Judging by his age, he is younger than you. We don't know how to read books. Today You come here together, and while the husbands are all here, I will test you, I don't know if I can do it?"

Because Zhou Fuxiang knew Qiaoer's arrogant temperament and admired his knowledge, he smiled and said: "There is nothing that can't be done. If father wants to take the exam, he can just write the questions."

Mr. Zhou and his relatives all laughed, and said: "You have become bolder now. Usually, when I hear that you are going to be tested, I am always scared to avoid cats and mice. It can be seen that I have read some truths these days, so I am not afraid. of."

Zhou Fuxiang laughed and said nothing, Master Zhou called out a Qing guest named Meng Tingfang, and ordered him to write questions and limit the rhyme, only five-character and seven-character rhythms, and the sweetness of the dream was burnt out.Meng Tingfang took the lotus as the title because he saw the lake full of Shu green, light yellow and delicate, and limited the rhyme of the word.The title is not difficult, but the difficult thing is that lotus poems have already been written by the ancients, and it takes a lot of thought to come up with new ones.

Qiao'er was determined to be humble, neither too outstanding nor too superficial, so she just wrote a poem in a perfunctory manner, while Zhou Fuxiang acted respectfully, but wrote a poem according to her duties.Seeing that they were done, the relatives all passed it on for a while, and praised Qiao'er for being proficient in rhyme even though she was young, but the artistic conception was a bit lacklustre.Withdrawing his hand and looking at Zhou Fuxiang again, no matter if he was sincere or not, they all praised him greatly.

Master Zhou heard the joy in his heart, and said again: "Brother Qiao is fine, after all, he is young, and it is already rare to be able to say that Taiye Furong enters Yumen. Yanqing is not the case, you are about to arrive. On the day of autumn, like this kind of poems, it is difficult to make a hundred of them."

Zhou Fuxiang was used to this kind of words for a long time, and he didn't care about it in his heart. He was really happy only when he heard Master Zhou praised Qiaoer, so he just looked at Qiaoer and smiled lowly.Seeing that he didn't speak, the Qing guests on the side thought he was being bluffed by Mr. Zhou, and hurriedly said: "My brother is only 15 years old, and it is not easy to have such abilities. Besides, when it comes to Qiu Wei, I think It is the best policy not to pass the exam this time.”

Everyone was amazed and hurriedly asked why.

The man sighed and said: "It's a long story, have you ever heard of the Qingyu case?"

One person said: "But the Qingyu case that implicated Jia Shi Wang Xue's four families last year?"

The man nodded and said: "Exactly. This matter has to start with Fang Zhengqing, a cabinet scholar who went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to preside over the rural examinations a year ago, because he violated the taboo by using a poem in the Book of Songs as the title He was arrested for the crime of disrespect and soon died in prison, implicating relatives. Zhejiang candidates went to mourn because they followed the righteousness of being a teacher for one day and being a father for a lifetime. , this caused Zhejiang literati to set the table and beat the case, clamoring that it would be better to smash the jade than the tile, and wanted to make troubles and rebels. At that time, it was Prince Teng Wang, the prince of the four families of King Xue of Jiashi, who was in charge of the inspection of the nine provinces. The case involved many people and was so powerful that it even alarmed the imperial court. Thanks to Mr. Wang's efforts to suppress it, the Zhejiang literati rebellion was wiped out. Later, it was promoted all the way, from the official to the cabinet scholar. Who knows that this year, Ren Zhejiang The governor and governor, Mr. Wei, was sent by the imperial court to observe customs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and to understand public opinion. Seeing that many literati in Zhejiang had repented, he said a lot of good things for the literati in Zhejiang. Today, he was overjoyed when he saw the memorial, and soon ordered the reinstatement of the literati in Zhejiang. The township examination was outraged by the common people, so Wang Ziteng was dismissed from his position and went to Beijing for review. This is one of them. Virtuous and virtuous, he has always been obsessed with it. He only hated that the imperial concubine did not have a dragon heir, and could not move into the Taimiao after a hundred years. So he wanted to record the eighth son under the name of Concubine Jia to show his favor. Unexpectedly, the mother of the eighth son heard this The incident actually caused an unhappiness with Jia's family outside the city, and even set off the old affairs of Jia's mansion. Originally, the arrogance of foreign relatives was known to both the government and the public. Now that I have lost my beloved son, in the midst of anger, I ordered the two governments to be searched and dealt with according to the law."

Everyone sighed, and another person wondered: "But what does this have to do with rushing to take the exam?"

The man sneered and said, "Why are you not involved? Although the imperial court ordered not to discuss state affairs over and over again, anyone with a discerning eye can see that due to doing everything by themselves and working hard, your health is not as good as before. There are many princes under your knees, and the East Palace is empty." , if you are admitted to Juren at this time and become an official in the court, you must look at the direction and choose the master. If you do not plan well, it will be the time of your own death when the master of others is enthroned. ?”

At this time, everyone was vaguely stunned, Qiaoer was following along, and naturally heard clearly, but she was young at the time and lived in a boudoir, so she didn't know that there was such a story behind the collapse of Jia's mansion, and she felt sad for a while. He just stood there and said nothing.

Master Zhou is used to being wise and safe, and he has never been an official in Beijing, so he is not very knowledgeable in state affairs. Hearing what the gentleman said, he was afraid of causing trouble, so he waved his hands and said that he was tired, and didn't want him to continue talking.Looking back at Zhou Fuxiang and Qiao'er standing there with bowed heads, he said with a smile: "You two must be tired after being out for a while, and the heat outside is still hot, so I won't let you hang out with us old guys. After that, he called the attendants in the audience and said, "Dafu, take my brother to my wife for a while. Tell my wife, I have passed my homework, and I will allow him half a day off today."

Dafu hurriedly bowed and agreed, waiting for Master Zhou and the other gentlemen to get up and go to the study, and then entered the pavilion, hugged Zhou Fuxiang and said, "Let's go, brother, you've been sunburned carefully under the sun."

Zhou Fuxiang also felt that his head was hurting from the exhaustion of poetry just now, so he didn't argue with him now, and let the boys come up and hug their legs and waists, and sent them to Mrs. Zhou in the east.Lu'er followed behind him with Qiao'er, also coming to Madam Zhou.

Qiao'er was depressed all the way, full of thoughts about the fault of Wang Ziteng and the death of Jia Yuanchun that the person just said.She is no longer the young lady of the Jia family who stretches out her hands to eat and opens her mouth. Since her home was raided, she has experienced the warmth and coldness of the world. Now that she hears the past of the Jia family, she naturally has some thoughts.When Wang Ziteng was promoted to a cabinet scholar, his aunt Yuanchun chose Fengzao Palace not long ago. After Yuanchun passed away, the Wang family was in trouble. His mother said that his uncle and grandpa died of illness due to taking medicine by mistake on the way to Beijing. It's not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Just as she was thinking, Madam Zhou's wing was already in front of her. The summer was so hot that the maids had already found a shady place to hide. There were only Qingping, Xueli, Hongying and a few older maids in the room, and two younger ones. The girl was holding the fan, fanning Mrs. Zhou halfway.

It was rumored outside that it was Uncle Fu who came, Mrs. Zhou was in a deep sleep, she never opened her eyes, she only asked Qing Ping to wait for him to come in.