[Red Mansion] Master Jia

In autumn, the wind blows and the fallen leaves are flying.Jia Lian's long hair was loose, he reached out his hand and casually brushed away a dead leaf that fell on his long hair, flipping the pages of the book carelessly with his fingers.

But not long after, someone broke the rare silence.

"Second Master, you really work hard! When will we come back from the exam for the champion?" Wang Xifeng brought her daughter over, and Ping'er behind her was still holding a bowl of steaming soup in his hand.

Jia Lian raised her eyebrows, her pupils were dark and deep, as if she could look into your heart when looking at people quietly, Wang Xifeng's heart trembled, and she coughed uncomfortably.

She didn't know what was going on, every time she saw Jia Lian, she would panic, but her eyes seemed to be stuck, and she couldn't help falling directly on Jia Lian.She said: "My good second master, the eldest sister said that she missed her father when she was drinking soup today, so I won't let me bring you soup."

Jia Lian glanced at the eldest sister when she heard the words. The girl was only two or three years old, and she was just old enough to walk steadily.This white daughter doesn't even understand anything, and still thinks about giving herself soup?Jia Lian knew that this was Wang Xifeng's excuse, so he didn't point it out.Wang Xifeng wanted to get close to her husband, but he didn't think too much about her, after all, he was not her husband in terms of soul.

"My eldest sister is filial. Put down the soup, I'll drink it later."

Seeing that he was still as indifferent as before, Wang Xifeng's face was not very good-looking.Her lower abdomen was already swollen, she helped her waist, and found a place to sit down by herself, but she didn't want to leave for a while.

Jia Lian closed the book and looked at Wang Xifeng.Ping'er took her eldest sister to play in the yard, far away from them...

"Second Master hasn't replied to my words yet." Wang Xifeng glanced at the books on the table, it turned out to be a serious book - "University", and there were several other thread-bound books stacked next to it. It is easy to see that the one on the top is "Shangshu · Yao Dian"

She can read all characters, but she doesn't like poetry, calligraphy and painting. In the past, she laughed at herself as a blind person. In fact, she felt headaches when reading characters since she was a child, and she was not interested in reading and literacy. It is a necessary book for the imperial examination.

Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Lian suspiciously.

"Second Master, you—really want to take the No. [-] examination?"

Seeing that she had been struggling with this question, Jia Lian finally replied, "I don't dare to be the number one scholar, but I can try something else."

Wang Xifeng sat up straight, "Really? Is the master looking for someone..." She thought it was Jia She who asked someone to find a real vacancy for Jia Lian.

"I'm going to test the Qin Tianjian." Jia Lian didn't want to hide it.

"What, what?" Wang Xifeng was dumbfounded, and then curled his lips: "Qin Tianjian—that petty official who is at least a sixth rank?"

"It's the sixth grade." Jia Lian nodded. "In this way, no one will argue with me, and the resistance will be much smaller."

"..." Wang Xifeng took a deep breath, feeling that it didn't make sense to him. After thinking about it, she still couldn't be reconciled: "Second Lord, I have never seen you want to be an official so much before. If you said you wanted to do it earlier, our family might let my uncle It's easy to find you a county magistrate from a high-ranking county...why do you bother to be such...a low-level official..."

After Wang Xifeng finished speaking, she felt ashamed and flustered. In her opinion, it would be better to be an inappropriate official without real power. Their family even tried to find a magistrate for outsiders.

She looked down on Jia Lian's "humble" ambition in her heart, and her eyes fell on the case table with books in the yard again, and she couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Since the second master only wants to be an official in the Qin Tianjian, why bother to read these serious books? Wouldn't it be better to watch "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and so on?"

"Every dynasty knows the "Yao Dian"." Jia Lian couldn't help laughing, Wang Xifeng pursed her mouth, she didn't understand, did "Shangshu" also include arithmetic or calendars... But, she didn't understand , someone can understand.

On the second day, Jia Lian was summoned by Jia Mu when he asked for peace, and Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were left behind on purpose. Jia Lian guessed that Wang Xifeng was not tight-lipped, or that he deliberately revealed to Jia Mu that he wanted to marry him. The matter of Kaoqin Tianjian, in order to stop him.

"Lian'er, girl Feng said, do you want to be an official?" Mother Jia asked.

Jia Lian nodded.

Jia Amnesty glanced at his son scarcely, um, it would be good to find a real vacancy for Lian'er, preferably in a county close to home.Jia Zheng frowned, and turned to ask Jia Lian, "Nonsense! If you want to be an official, you still have to pass the imperial examination, so that you can be looked down upon by others. Why are you so young and not motivated!"

"Hey, you don't even have a serious reputation, so you're the head of the Ministry of Industry from the fifth rank?" Jia Amnesty took the opportunity to sneer.

When Jia Zheng heard this, his face turned red with embarrassment.

"Boss, what are you talking about your younger brother? He has always been stupid. That official is a gift from the emperor, so there is no room for you to criticize!" Jia's mother was dissatisfied. It doesn't have much fate, but it's better than a bastard who is lustful and a boss who doesn't do business properly.

Jia She gave a cold snort. "What's wrong with Lian'er being an official? Can't our family find him a real job?"

Mother Jia sighed, "If that's the case, I can't be unhappy. If he is down-to-earth and wants to do a good job, how can a grandmother stop his grandson from making progress..." After finishing speaking, she looked at Jia Lian.

Jia She was suspicious, and looked at his son accordingly.

"Master, my son wants to enter the Qin Tianjian." Jia Lian said slowly and steadily.

"What—to be that official?" Jia She shouted, even Jia Zheng next to him disapproved, and he couldn't help but teach: "Lian'er, second uncle said you should study hard, you are still young, If you can learn from your big brother Zhu to take the examination of a scholar and bring someone back, even if you can't pass the examination again, wouldn't it be better for our family to find you a county magistrate?"

Mentioning Jia Zhu, who is amazingly talented and learned, Jia Zheng felt a burst of sadness in his heart. Even Jia's mother sighed, but she knew that Jia Lian could never be compared with Zhu Er. Jia Lian had been fishing for three days and two days since he was a child. Posting on the net, but Zheng'er also kindly taught his nephew...

Jia Amnesty has a very different idea from Jia Mu. He thinks that Jia Zheng, a hypocrite, has started to belittle his son again through the dead Jia Zhu.Everyone knows that Jia Zhu is good at studying, she was selected as a scholar at the age of 14, and just before she died, she was promoted to the list, but unfortunately she was not convinced by that, and died without being an official for a day.

Hmph, no matter how bad Lian'er is, she is also a decent heir to the family, so she doesn't need to take the imperial examination.Of course, when Zhu was alive... Jia She was also jealous in the past. Who made Jia Zhu really smart and hardworking? Fame.

At this time, the atmosphere in the room was stagnant, and Jia Amnesty was very upset. After Jia Zheng finished speaking, he realized that Lian'er was not suitable for studying at all. What he said was a bit unrealistic. Maybe the eldest brother would think that He was deliberately mocking Lian'er for not seeking to make progress.He couldn't help looking at Mother Jia with embarrassment.

Jia's mother was about to speak, but Jia Lian said slowly at this time: "Second uncle, Lian'er is really interested in entering the Qin Tianjian... As for the imperial examination, it's not that I can't do it, but I don't want to do it, no I just like it." The words hurried here, Jia Lian didn't expect to be an official of Qin Tianjian, so many people expressed their opposition, and even launched an attack on his "knowledge"...

In fact, when he mentioned Jia Zhu's words to Jia Zheng, he felt very uncomfortable.

"..." Jia Zheng opened his mouth and was speechless for a long time.Lian'er didn't have much knowledge before, but he had a lot of leeway in dealing with things and talking, but he didn't hear hallucinations just now—what do you mean by "it's not impossible", "I don't want to do it, I just don't like it"?

Jia Amnesty and Jia Mu were also speechless for a while.Although Jia Amnesty felt that this retort was aggressive, but...Jia Lian was talking big!

Lian'er, you are not afraid to flash your tongue when you say such big words!

Jia Amnesty didn't even know what to say to fill him in.

Taking a deep breath, Jia Zheng couldn't help but feel angry. If the imperial examination was easy, how many times did he take the examination in the first 30 years, and he didn't even get a scholar?That is Zhu'er Yinghui, but he was ruined by the imperial examination, and he was asked to send a white-haired man to a black-haired man... Thinking of this, he was really angry, and insisted on teaching the arrogant boy Lian a lesson for his elder brother.

But at this moment Baoyu ran into the house like a gust of wind, shouting "Old Ancestor, Baoyu has come to pay your respects", but he didn't see Jia Zheng in the house, otherwise he would definitely not be able to come in.

"Abominable! Walk like the wind, stand like a pine... How decent are you now!" Jia Zheng said angrily. Only then did Jia Baoyu see that there were still people in the room. Under Zheng's gaze, he still stood cautiously in front of his father, first saluted Jia's mother, then uncle and father, and finally called out "Second Brother Lian".

Jia Lian smiled slightly, nodded at him, then turned to Jia Zheng and said, "Second Uncle, you don't believe that I can be a scholar, or even a Juren?"

Although Jia Zheng didn't know why Jia Lian asked such an obvious question, he still sighed and nodded, and said cryptically, "Lian'er, if you want to be a scholar, you should study hard behind closed doors for five or six years. At that time, it won't be too late. Don't give it a try."

Seeing Lian's second elder brother talking to his father, Jia Baoyu diverted his father's attention, and immediately heaved a sigh of relief, and couldn't help lamenting repeatedly in his heart, where did the little girls outside go, and they didn't remind him that the master was here.Also, why did Lian's second brother want to be a scholar?Baoyu couldn't figure it out.

At this time, Jia Lian looked at Baoyu. For a long time, even Jia Zheng, Jia Amnesty, and Jia Mu were suspicious, but he heard him say, "Old ancestor, master? Second uncle, if you want to talk about learning, who is better, Lian'er or Baoyu?" "

……

Is that even a question?

Although Jia's mother is cautious and has a city in her heart, she knows that Baoyu has spirituality. Although Baoyu is only ten years old, even though he has not liked reading very much since he entered school, he is a hundred times stronger than Jia Lian!Don't look at Jia Lian's elder Baoyu, who is about ten years old, but Jia Lian hasn't touched a book for a long time, not to mention that she looked down on Lian'er.

Although Jia Baoyu was afraid of his father Jia Zheng, after hearing what Jia Lian said, his eyes widened and he looked at Jia Lian.

He admits that he doesn't like economics, but he has a lot of experience in poetry. Even the Four Books and Five Classics, no matter how much he hates them, he is better than Lian's second brother.

It's not that Baoyu despised Lian's second brother. In his conversations with him, he never saw Lian's second brother's poetic talent or other knowledge or talent.

Jia Lian chuckled, and said to Jia Zheng with a smile: "Second uncle, it's not that Lian'er is boasting. Even if I win the competition with the young Baoyu, I'll be ashamed! This would be too much of a victory. In fact, it would be more appropriate if the second uncle can learn from each other."

"Lian, Lian'er..." Jia She stumbled. Although he usually ridiculed Jia Zheng for not being able to pass the examination of scholar or juren, he also knew that his second brother Jia Zheng was quite knowledgeable, and his books for so many years were not in vain. Read it, he still has a group of Qing Ke under his door, and there are many scholars and scholars among them.

Jia Lian kept talking wildly, and Jia Zheng, who was named, really got angry and opened his mouth. He didn't know what to say for a while.

"It's outrageous!" Jiamu, who was sitting upright, coughed heavily, and said, "Lien'er, don't be fooling around! You just learned some nonsense from your father. You didn't like reading when you were young, don't say it." Your second uncle, Baoyu is ten times more knowledgeable than you..." Mother Jia mocked unceremoniously. "If you are really knowledgeable, you don't need to take the Juren examination. You only need to be a scholar and show it to our family. You are considered promising!"

This is also true.Jia Lian frowned, and immediately let go. Although it was a bit troublesome, it was not impossible.

No matter how many times Jia Zheng tried to be a scholar, he failed to pass the exam. If he passed the exam, he would naturally be better than Jia Zheng and Baoyu. This fame is enough to speak in the family.Anyway, there was nothing to do for a while, and I couldn't find a way to enter the Qin Tianjian for the time being, so Jia Lian didn't express any objection, and said, "I have studied the scholar, and it's nothing. My ancestor, if I am admitted to the scholar, or even a juren, I will be admitted. Qin Tianjian is now an official, please don't object to the ancestors, masters and second uncles."

I really want to laugh at her.Jia's mother was very angry, but she laughed. Not to mention that there was a boss in the big house, even Jia Lian, who was better, was such a mess.

She squinted her eyes and said in a deep voice: "Lian'er, you don't need to be admitted to Juren. If you are admitted to be a scholar, the family will no longer hinder you. If you want to become an official in Qintianjian, as long as you have the ability, I will find you an official." It’s not impossible to be a proper prison.” Jianzheng is the head of Qin Tianjian, although he is a sixth-rank official, but if he wants to lead the people of Qin Tianjian, he also needs to be proficient in calendar and spells, and even astronomy and geography. involved in...

"Okay." Jia Lian replied straight away, but she was just a scholar, and she was nothing.

"Well, it's up to you." Mother Jia rubbed the center of her brows, she didn't expect that a small report from Feng girl would cause such an incident today.

...The next day, Jia Lian visited Jia Dairu's family, gave Jia Rui a blessing, and set off with his luggage, Pan Chan, his servants Long'er and Xing'er, and directly chartered a small boat to Jinling.

Originally, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, who only thought Jia Lian was exaggerating, were dumbfounded, and Jia's mother never thought that Jia Lian really had "confidence" and could not wait for a year, so she went directly to her hometown in Jinling.

Wang Xifeng, who stayed alone in her empty boudoir, didn't expect things to develop like this. She just wanted to ask Mother Jia to persuade the second master not to be a petty official of the Qin Tianjian of Lao Shizi, but she didn't expect it to turn out like this. She couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

Touching the eldest sister's face, she couldn't help sighing: "Sister, it seems that your father is really going to be the number one scholar, maybe you will be the daughter of the number one scholar in the future." After talking to herself, she couldn't help but smile.

"Grandma—" At this time Ping'er entered the room, his expression was not very good, Wang Xifeng asked what was the matter.

Ping'er whispered: "It's Miss Lin's side... I'm afraid Mrs. Lin is in trouble."