The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Jia Amnesty: "What's the matter?"

"Baoyu came here yesterday and sat down in the mansion for a while. But the servant had my order and didn't want to let Daiyu see. The old lady sent someone later to tell me not to tell you about it for the time being. " Lin Ruhai said.

Jia Amnesty was a little surprised, "Baoyu is back?"

It's not even the middle of the month, and he should be studying at Lushan Academy.

Lin Ruhai nodded, "I came to the Lin Mansion at noon. I was on duty at Dali Temple at the time, and I didn't see anyone."

Jia She narrowed his eyes, with a trace of displeasure on his face, "I really don't know about this, it seems that the old lady is trying to hide it from me."

"Her old man is afraid that you will be angry if you find out, and she will have to say a few words about Baoyu when you turn around, so I can't bear it." Lin Ruhai paused, with a helpless expression, and said to Jia She with a wry smile, "But I told you about it, so I can't bear it." I broke my promise, and the relationship with the old lady has just eased."

Jia Amnesty reassures Lin Ruhai that he will not be obvious and let Jia's mother guess his source.

After saying goodbye to Lin Ruhai, Jia Amnesty immediately went back to Rongfu and sent someone to inquire about the matter, to see if Baoyu was living in the house now.

After hearing the words, Mrs. Yin was very puzzled and said: "Second Master Bao is back? How come, we don't even know."

Jia Amnesty said nothing, and after a while Dongxue came back to talk.

"There is no one in the second master Bao's room, but the servant girl looked at the old lady's yard and the two women standing at the west door of the house, as if guarding against outsiders, and the servant girl did not dare to approach, so she called a sweeping maid in the courtyard to ask questions. She said that when she was sweeping the fallen leaves behind the house this morning, she vaguely heard the voice of Master Bao in the house, but she thought it was her tinnitus, so she didn't take it seriously. By the way, the old lady last night Many of the servants in the courtyard were called to give lectures in the garden, and it is estimated that they took advantage of this time to allow Second Master Bao to enter the courtyard quietly. There should not be many insiders, and they are all the old lady's cronies."

Jia Amnesty took a look at the girl, asked her name, and then sent her off.

Mrs. Yin came up to her, nodded respectfully and said to Jia She: "This girl was cultivated by Dongsun before. She planned that when she was not around, someone would take over her job so that she could serve the master."

"It's hard for her to have a heart." Jia She said aloud and nodded.

Mrs. Yin looked at the master in a good mood, hesitated for a while, and then boldly continued with Jia Amnesty: "This girl is still in prison, I don't know what will happen to her. If the prison sentence is sent to some distant place, the old slave dares to think about it." Please allow the master to let the slaves go out of the house to see her off."

"The White Lotus Sect has a lot of people involved in the case, and she hasn't been tried yet. We'll talk about it when the verdict is real." Jia Amnesty took the tea handed by Mrs. Yin, and from the corner of her eye, she saw Mrs. Yin looking at her expectantly.Jia Amnesty closed his eyes, as if he hadn't noticed anything, he lowered his eyes and sipped his tea quietly.

Mrs. Yin obediently agreed, so she resigned.After going out, she turned left and walked for a while, and she saw the black pig leaning against a sycamore tree, scribbling on the ground with a dead branch in his hand.

Hearing the sound, the black pig hurriedly turned around, and nervously asked Mrs. Yin: "How is it?"

Mrs. Yin shook her head, "Master didn't say anything else, he just said that there are too many cases pending trial, and it's not the turn of winter bamboo shoots yet, we'll talk about it later."

"I'm afraid it will be too late. I've inquired about Dongzhu's case. As long as the master doesn't accuse her of leaking secrets, and Gui San Zhuomao doesn't blame her for taking laxatives, it won't be a big deal. She was also arrested. She was bewitched, but now she wakes up, she regrets so much, it’s pitiful, the last time I went to see her in prison, she was skinny and skinny, and she knelt down to apologize to me, asking me to make amends for her and the master.” Hei The pig's eyes turned red when he said that, and he turned his head and punched the tree in anger, "Why did you think she was so confused back then!"

Mrs. Yin frowned: "Who is not confused, but what she committed is more than just being confused. No one likes to be betrayed, let alone our master holds an important position and is a person who values ​​news very much. I think our master You won't forgive her easily, and you don't have the idea of ​​letting her go back to Rongfu."

Heizhu lowered his eyes sullenly, "I know, she made such a big mistake, so it is naturally impossible for her to return to the Rong Mansion. I just hope that her charges will be lighter, don't make it too difficult."

Mrs. Yin glared at him, "Could it be that you still treat her..."

Hearing the sound, the black pig lowered its head even lower.

Mrs. Yin understood immediately, and she couldn't laugh or cry, and asked the black pig: "Can you think clearly? You should know what he was trying to approach you in the first place."

"I know, very clearly, so I have resented and hated her. But when I saw her desolate appearance in the prison, I couldn't hate her. I couldn't help but want to inquire about her, and worried that she was in Gyeonggi Prefecture. The cell suffers." The black pig sighed helplessly.

Mrs. Yin's smile deepened, "That's it, this is how a man really likes a woman. No matter how depressed she is, you will not give up your love for her easily in a short time go down."

The black pig smiled wryly, "I'm very relieved that Mammy doesn't make fun of me. I haven't told anyone about this except you."

"It should be said." Mrs. Yin said neatly.

The black pig was stunned for a moment, and looked at Mrs. Yin in puzzlement.

Mrs. Yin: "You should talk to the master, and Gui San and Zhu Mao."

The black pig came to his senses, quickly thanked Mrs. Yin, and ran away quickly.

Gui San washed his hands after wiping his favorite jujube steed in the stables, and was about to carry a basin to pour water when he saw a black pig rushing in.Fortunately, Gui San reacted quickly, stepped back and turned around with the basin in hand, and dodged the black pig's impact in time.

After the black pig continued to rush forward for a few steps, he stopped, turned around to see Ghost Three, and hurriedly apologized to him.

Ghost San squinted at the black pig, went out first to pour water, then came back and threw away the basin, sat down, raised his chin and said with a straight face on purpose: "Tell me, what do you want me to ask, borrowing money or Contribute?"

"Not at all, please give me a favor." Heizhu paused, smiled embarrassedly, and then explained the story to Guisan, begging Guisan to look at the previous friendship and not to sue Dongsun. The thing about him taking laxatives.

Ghost San was stunned for a moment, looking at Hei Zhu with curiosity and surprise, and saw that Hei Zhu turned his head shyly to avoid his gaze.It turns out that the black pig who is quick and shrewd in doing things will also have a silly look.Gui San couldn't help shaking his head and sighing with a smile, "It's hard to say that a hero is sad and beautiful. I can get over your matter, but the person with real diarrhea is Zhu Mao, you have to talk to him, and the master is the big head. "

The black pig agreed slightly happily, and went to find Zhumao instead.Hei Zhu then got a similar response from Zhu Mao as Gui San, and immediately felt that there was hope for this matter, so he hurried back to Rongxi Hall, and first asked Mrs. Yin to help him report to the master.He thought it over, muster up his courage, and beg for the winter bamboo shoots and for himself.

At this time, Jia She usually reads on the couch crookedly, when he heard the footsteps of the black pig entering the door, Jia She asked him to sit down.

Puff.

Jia She moved away the book in front of him and looked in the direction of the voice. The black pig was kneeling and kowtowing to himself.

Jia Amnesty folded the pages of the book in hand and put it on the short-legged wooden table, then turned to look at Heizhu, "What about the winter bamboo shoots?"

The black pig froze for a moment, then nodded in surprise.Because he didn't expect that the master would poke his own thoughts directly when he came up, and he was flustered for a moment, forgetting the rhetoric he had recited several times outside just now.The black pig was so panicked that he couldn't say a word, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Get up and talk." Jia She said.

Heizhu hurriedly agreed, got up slowly, calmed down, finally calmed down, and turned to Jia She: "I know it's a little selfish to mention the winter bamboo shoots, please forgive me!"

"Go back." Jia Amnesty looked at the black pig.

The black pig was stunned for a moment, then bowed its head listlessly, and backed away silently.

Jia Amnesty picked up the book, continued to flip through the folded pages, and suddenly remembered that this Rongxi Hall had had one more guest since yesterday.When I came back today, there was no movement in the East Wing, and the servants did not report anything unusual, so Jia Amnesty almost forgot about it.Jia Amnesty called Mrs. Yin to inquire how Dou Cong was doing today.

"There's nothing out of the ordinary. He followed Master's arrangement today. He went to class without making a fuss. He also got along very happily with Third Master Cong. He even taught Third Master Cong origami." Mrs. Yin smiled and finished her description. He took out a folded frog from his sleeve and showed it to Jia She, "Look, the third master learns quickly and folds well."

Jia Amnesty took it over and looked at it, and found that there were ink marks on the paper, which seemed to be written, so he opened the paper to see that there was a poem written on it.Jia Amnesty didn't pay attention to the content, because this is a Tibetan acrostic poem, and the meaning of the first word of each line is already obvious, "My father is a fool".

The handwriting is indeed from Jia Cong.

Jia Amnesty sneered, knowing that this was a trick played by Dou Cong.He expected that he would pay attention to him, so he tricked Jia Cong into writing this acrostic poem for himself.Jia Amnesty rubbed the paper into a ball and still put it on the ground, and told Mrs. Yin that Jia Cong and Dou Cong don't have to study together from tomorrow on.As for Mr. Dou Cong's class, let Jia Yucun come.

"Don't the master hate that Jia Yucun?" Hei Zhu wondered after hearing what Mrs. Yin said.

Mrs. Yin: "I don't know either, but you can do whatever the master says."

Hei Zhu nodded, and then sent someone to bring the name card of Rong Mansion and deliver it to Jia Yu Village's residence.

Seeing that the black pig was about to leave, Mrs. Yin grabbed him, "After you told the master about it, how did the master react?"

"Oh, don't mention it, I will do nothing. The master has already expected what happened to me, and sent me away without saying anything." The black pig said regretfully.

There was a trace of pity in the eyes of Mrs. Yin, "It's a pity, but there's nothing I can do. Who told her to make a mistake, she deserves her fate. Don't blame the master!"

Hei Zhu hurriedly shook his head, "Never! Master has saved my life, and I, Qian Hei Zhu, swear that I will never be ungrateful in this life."

"It's hard for you." Grandma Yin sighed helplessly again, watched the black pig go, and said to herself, "Dongzhu is so confused, I don't know how to cherish such a good person like you."

Early the next morning, when Jia She left, the door of the East Wing was still closed.

In fact, Dou Cong was already up, and he didn't need the maids to wait on him. He dressed himself, stood guard at the door, and watched the situation outside through the crack of the door.Seeing Jia She leave the Rongxi Hall without even looking at his east wing, Dou Cong felt a little unhappy, but he couldn't explain why he was so unhappy.

He originally hated Jia She, since he ignored him, he should be happy.But did he get the origami frog from yesterday?Did you see the poem he taught Jia Cong to write?

Dou Cong imagined Jia Amnesty's expression when he discovered the secret of the poem, and he couldn't help secretly laughing.

After confirming that Jia Amnesty had left, Dou Cong tore off his clothes and called for someone to serve him.The maids are busy preparing warm water, towels and other things to serve at the door.After Dou Cong put on his clothes again, he asked where Mrs. Yin was.

The servant girl Chunfeng smiled and agreed, then sent the little maid to call, and then asked Dou Cong if he had breakfast now.

"Is Cong'er up? I'll use it with him." Dou Cong said.

Chunfeng hurriedly said: "I got up early, I've read the Book of Filial Piety once, and I'm going to class."

"Class? Why is it so early today, why didn't you call me?" After speaking, Dou Cong was about to look for Jia Cong, just in time when Mrs. Yin entered.

The two almost nodded.

Mrs. Yin hurriedly bowed and took a step back, and asked Dou Cong with a smile what she was looking for.

"It's nothing, just ask you how I taught Dou Cong how to fold a paper frog yesterday?"

"Very delicate." Mrs. Yin replied politely.

Dou Cong couldn't see any embarrassment or angry expression on Mrs. Yin's face. He guessed that Jia She might not have read the poem, and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.So he lifted his feet and went out to find Jia Cong.

Mrs. Yin hurriedly stopped her, and said to Dou Cong euphemistically that Jia Cong is currently in class and it is inconvenient to disturb him. "And Mr. Jia will be here in a while, and it's time for the uncle to go to class."

"What is Mr. False? Could there be Mr. Real?" Dou Cong asked with a smile.

Mrs. Yin: "It's Jia Yucun, Lord Jia."

Only then did Dou Cong remember that he was being taught by a Mr. Jia.He remembered that the people in the Princess Mansion had specifically mentioned to Jia She that they wanted Jia Yucun to live in the Rong Mansion to teach him, but Jia She did not agree at that time.

"Why did you let him come?" Dou Cong asked.

Mrs. Yin sneered, and only explained to Dou Cong that this was the master's decision, and she was not too clear about it.Instead, he saluted without being humble or overbearing, and wanted to leave.

Dou Cong saw that Mrs. Yin treated him indifferently, knowing that something was wrong, he scolded her to stop.

"What do you mean by that? Why do you suddenly treat me like this?" Dou Cong looked at Mrs. Yin puzzled. She is loyal to her own master, but Dou Cong feels that Mrs. Yin is still good to her.

Mrs. Yin took a cold look at Dou Cong, then lowered her head and said in a slightly respectful tone, "I know what Uncle Dou has done. Anyway, you do everything according to your own wishes. Why have you ever considered other people's wishes?" feel."

Mrs. Yin saluted Dou Cong, turned around and left in a hurry without thinking about it for a moment.

Dou Cong was dazed for a while, and then immediately reflected on what he did wrong to annoy Mrs. Yin.After thinking about it, the only thing he went too far yesterday was the origami frog.But he was joking.

"Anyway, you do everything according to your own will, why have you ever considered other people's feelings."

Immediately, Dou Cong's mind echoed Mrs. Yin's words. Thinking about it carefully, it was really not good for him to be clever and ask Jia Cong to write Tibetan acrostic poems insulting his father.If Jia Cong knew about this, he would definitely be sad. He is so stupid and honest, and he still worships and admires his father so much. Maybe he would punch himself angrily, and then he would hold grudges and ignore him for the rest of his life.

Thinking about Jia Amnesty again, no wonder he asked Jia Yucun to teach him today.He didn't look at himself angrily because of the paper frog, which means he knew it was a child's joke.But this is too much of a joke, and it is likely to teach Jia Cong badly and set a bad example for Jia Cong.So Jia Amnesty didn't let him go to class with Jia Cong anymore.

Thinking of this, Dou Cong felt extremely bored.At this moment, the servant girl reported that Jia Yucun had arrived.

Dou Cong immediately signaled Jia Yucun to let him go away.

Jia Yucun was taken aback, then turned to look at Dou Cong puzzled, "Did Uncle Dou forget our agreement?"

"I haven't forgotten, isn't it because you help me cover and play with me, so that I can have an explanation in front of my parents. But now my father is about to be sentenced to exile in the Northwest, and my mother is far away from Beijing. Accompanying the Empress Dowager to worship Buddha in Fahua Temple. What do I want you to do, and who else do I need to show to?" Dou Cong glanced coldly at Jia Yucun, and told him to leave quickly and not come again, otherwise he would shake the secret out and let him No official to do.

Helpless and angry, Jia Yucun held back and bowed to Dou Cong, then turned around and hurriedly left.

Dou Cong immediately sat on the window sill, swinging his feet while reading poems aloud.Especially when Mrs. Yin entered and exited the courtyard, Dou Cong's voice was particularly high-pitched, deliberately trying to attract her attention.

When Mrs. Yin appeared in the courtyard for the third time, she couldn't bear Dou Cong's trouble, and said to him: "I can't sit in the hands of the master, it depends on what the old man wants. It's better for the old man to take care of himself. If the trouble continues like this, I'm afraid no one in this mansion will be willing to talk to you."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Dou Cong smiled obediently, then jumped out of the window, ran to his small study room, picked up a pen, and began to paint stroke by stroke very seriously facing the scenery outside the window .

Besides, Jia She, at noon, got the news from Xuanzhen Temple, saying that the first mirror was made.Jia Amnesty was very happy, and immediately ordered people to buy food and wine in Xiayang Tower, just in time to bring Xuanzhen Temple.

Just in time for Jia Jing and his fellow Taoists Lu Ming, Fu Chang'an and the others to have no lunch, the five men happened to set up a table and sat around the table, chatting lively while eating.

Jia Amnesty looked at the mirror first. There were eight square mirrors in total, and the thickness and sparseness of the coating behind each mirror were quite different.The mirror glass is not as clean as a diorama, there are impurities that have not been removed, and some are green.But when I look in the mirror, apart from the wrong color, I can still see my own appearance very clearly.

"It's much clearer than the bronze mirror. It's an improvement." Jia Amnesty put down the mirror, raised his wine glass, and toasted them.

The four of them didn't dare to take the role, they hurriedly got up to pay their respects, and congratulated Jia Sherong on his promotion to Duke.

Jia Jing laughed and said, "I never thought that during the few days we've been in seclusion, you've been promoted from Marquis to Grand Duke. People's ranks tend to go down, but you are faster than that bamboo knot." , Congratulations, I wanted to respect you three times to feel refreshed, because you have to go back to work in the afternoon, so I saved these few glasses of wine for now, you are not allowed to play tricks."

"No." Jia Amnesty agreed with a smile, and then let everyone eat the food, then asked Jia Jing, how is the research on the formula of the gunpowder going.

"I did it a few days ago. It's not powerful enough. It's not easy to adjust this thing. I guess it will take a while. If there is a glass workshop, you can urge them to find a way to use some clean and transparent ones." Glass. If mass production of this mirror work, the cost will be reduced, at least half cheaper than the diorama shipped from outside." Jia Jing said excitedly.

Jia She nodded, "That's the reason. I also heard the news. I have entrusted many Westerners to inquire about it. The caravans who went to sea have also notified them. The rewards are generous. They should be attentive. It's just that the journey is far away. It will take two months for our Great Zhou Dynasty to spread the news from the southernmost point to the northernmost point, and now we can only wait patiently."

"Well," Jia Jing twirled his beard and patted Jia Amnesty on the shoulder, "Then we will wait for your good news."

"However, we can't just rely on the good intentions of Westerners to help. I'm also slowly preparing to build a glass factory. Everything else is easy to say. For the ore, it still needs the approval of the government. This matter is already being drafted and ready to start. Play the emperor." Jia Amnesty continued.

Lu Ming and the others were very happy when they heard this.

Jia Jing was also happy, raised his glass and said to Jia She: "Although our brothers are not young, as long as our hearts are not old and we move forward with courage, we will surely achieve great things in the future!"

"I would like to invite the two masters to count us as well." Lu Ming, Fu Chang'an, and Gong Sanli also toasted, expressing their willingness.

The lunch was very satisfying. After Jia Amnesty left Xuanzhen Temple and was on the way back to Beijing, he got the news from the Rong Mansion that Mother Jia had gone out with Baoyu to the Lin Mansion.

Jia Amnesty immediately got out of the car and asked the boy, "Have you notified Uncle Lin in time?"

The servant promised, "The old lady was ready to leave, so someone rode a fast horse to Dali Temple to report back. I guess when the old lady arrives in the carriage, Uncle Lin will be able to go home."

Jia Amnesty expected that given Lin Ruhai's situation, she would not be able to resist Jia's mother for long, so she immediately changed to a fast horse and went straight back to the capital, heading towards Lin's mansion.

The horse riding was really fast, and Jia She appeared in front of the gate of the Lin Mansion in just a little more time than a stick of incense.

When the boys saw that it was Jia Guogong, they immediately smiled and opened the door to greet him.Jia Amnesty didn't get off his horse until he reached the Eryi Gate. After asking where Jia's mother was now, she picked up the abandonment and hurried away.

Today he must deal with this matter cleanly, so that there will be no future troubles.