Infrastructure masters in the red building

The results of the palace examination came out, and Jia Zheng won eight of No. 70 in the second class, and was awarded a Jinshi background.This result made all the relatives and friends in Jia's mansion happy, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief-at last they are not the same Jinshi!

When the news was sent to the Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Shi was not as stingy as Jia Xie sent the money to seal the money back then. She directly ordered two thousand firecrackers to be set off outside the mansion, and then baskets and baskets of Xiqian were sent outside the mansion like this. Sprinkle it out, attracting countless children to come and fight for it.Outside the Rongguo Mansion was extremely lively.

At the Ningguo Mansion, I suddenly remembered that when Jia Jingzhong was a Jinshi, it was the same scenery-it's a pity that Jia Jing was more accustomed to cultivating Taoism than being an official, and Jia Jing's son Jia Zhen did not inherit his father's attainments in reading.It is even more difficult for the Ningguo Mansion to regain the glory of the year.Although Ningguo Mansion will be the long house in the future, it is very likely that it will gradually become attached to Rong Mansion.

A total of 80 people were selected in the second class this time, and Jia Zheng's ranking was very, very lucky.I'm afraid it was also because of this ranking, and Jia Fang did participate in the examination papers, which made everyone in the Rong Mansion guess that it was because of Jia Fang that Jia Zheng was hanged so coincidentally. The rear of the second armor.

Jia Fang: ... I was wronged!

He stayed in the Ministry of Rites all night, and he did read the papers, but he only read the vermilion papers, and he couldn't see Jia Zheng's handwriting. Text.Taking Zhongjia Zheng has nothing to do with him.

But no one believed his rhetoric. After the ranking came out, Mrs. Shi almost confessed Jia Fang as a god.

Only Jia Zheng himself, who was shy and joyful, believed in Jia Fang's rhetoric, and believed that he won this ranking through his own efforts.He said: "The test questions in the palace examination this time are very difficult. No one thought that the emperor would take these exams. But I have always had some opinions on the scientific examination system, and I just feel uncomfortable. That day in the palace, at the beginning, it was just a word. I slowly grinded it out, but then I felt that the pen was like a spring, and I kept writing until it was nearly dark, only to find that I hadn't started transcribing..."

That's why Jia Zheng didn't come home until late in the exam that day.

In addition, Jia Fang also roughly understood why Jia Zheng was able to win.He observed the test paper that day, and his impression was that as long as there is something to say, the comments on the test paper will not be too bad.Those papers that are written in a cloud, circling around the point of view, and unwilling to hit the point, no matter how good the writing is, the comments are not much better.

It is estimated that the palace examination questions given by His Majesty the Emperor were too difficult, and a large number of them were directly stumped. In the end, when selecting scholars, anyone who bravely put forward a point of view, and was well-founded and well-written could be selected.In this way, Jia Zheng became the lucky one.

Jia Fang thought to himself: Fortunately, Jia Zheng didn't open the box that Gao Shida gave him in Wanqing Building that day. Sure enough, the honest child will be blessed by God.

The Rong Mansion was celebrating Jia Zheng, and Jia Fang sent Li Qingsong to the imperial list, and copied all the lists from the first to the third.Now Li Qingsong has no problem with the [-] commonly used characters, but it is still a bit difficult to use the uncommon characters for names, so it took a little more time. It took half a day to copy down the imperial list and send the list to Jia Fang.

Jia Fang first looked at Yijia Tanhua: Gusu Linhai——Sure enough!But he somewhat doubted whether Lin Ruhai was "hidden" again this time. Ordinarily, Lin Ruhai should have the strength to hit the number one and second place.

But he looked at the champion again. The champion's surname was Meng, and his name was Meng Youde, who was from Guangxi.Scholars from Guangxi were able to win the first prize, presumably because their answer sheets in the palace examination met His Majesty's wishes.And Jia Fang conjectured that it should be because he answered the third question well, which provided him with a lot of "ideas", so he won the emperor's favor and was selected as the number one scholar.

The second place is from Shandong. His surname is Kuang and his name is Renshan. Jia Fang has seen it in the front row of the list of tributes when the rankings were announced earlier. It's normal.

Jia Fang remembered Feng Yuan, a son of Feng's family who had a high ranking in the examination earlier, so he looked for his name on the imperial list, but he couldn't find it after searching, and finally he was born in the same Jinshi. The name of this person was found at the end of the "Top Three".

The top few in the general examination, almost the last in the imperial examination-shame!

At this point, Jia Fang suddenly became suspicious, wondering if this Feng Yuan, like Jia Zheng, had received test questions from Gold Star, but he was not as "honest" as Jia Zheng, but accepted the test questions, studied them carefully, and even He asked a "ghost writer" to do some test questions for him. Faced with such a remote topic, he naturally stood out among the scholars - but when it came to the palace test, his secrets were revealed.

It's just that the rankings in the general examination and the palace examination are not very comparable. There are many people like Feng Yuan who scored well in the general examination, but the palace examination was a mess.Like No. [-] and No. [-], good students who have been steadily ranked in the front row are rare.

Jia reassuredly thought: If this is the case, no one will pursue Feng Yuan's performance in the examination.

As long as Feng Yuan, Gao Shida, and Jia Zheng don't talk about it themselves, and Shui Xian and Jia Fang don't talk about it, the matter may really be known to everyone, and it will just pass.

As soon as he studied the imperial list, he received a letter from Shui Xian, saying that he was invited to Wan Qing Building to celebrate with Lin Ruhai.

Jia Fang rushed there in a hurry and found that Shui Xian and Lin Ruhai were waiting for him.

"Zi Fang, you are not loyal enough. Ru Hai is a very busy person now. Countless banquets, visits, and visits are waiting for him. You let him wait for you?" Shui Xian opened his eyes when he saw Jia Fang. joke.

Jia Fang quickly apologized: It was indeed his fault.

"And you even snatched the hairpin flower banquet that Wanqinglou is going to host." Shui Xian continued to complain, "Three years ago, it was hosted by Wanqinglou, but this year it's changed to your place."

Jia Fang was taken aback, and asked, "You know?"

Shui Xian nodded: "The East Palace also invited me."

Lin Ruhai was still completely ignorant, looked at Jia Fang, then at Shui Xian: "What's going on?"

At this time, Jia Fang solemnly congratulated Lin Ruhai: "Congratulations to Brother Ruhai's high school. As entrusted by the East Palace, we will hold a hairpin banquet in the Hongxiang Garden in the Grand View Garden of our residence the next day. Brother Ruhai will be ranked first. come."

Lin Ruhai was also very happy, and he saluted Jia Fang back: "Ruhai is very honored, and I only hope that the time to enter the garden will come soon, so that I can appreciate Zi Fang's ingenuity."

The two bowed to each other for a long time, Shui Xian laughed and said: "At an extraordinary time, you should do extraordinary things. If Ruhai can have double happiness this time, Zi Fang should hurry up and say something!"

As soon as the words came out, Jia Fang was stunned, Lin Ruhai was shy, and together they stared at Shui Xian, the guy who had torn the window paper.

Jia Fang thought about it carefully at this time, and naturally understood that this young Tanhua Lang had always been interested in his sister.Lin Ruhai reminded Jia Fang many times before that he was innocent and hadn't married yet, so he wanted to find out what Rongfu meant.

So Jia Fang stopped hiding and said: "Sister She is still young, depending on what my parents think, I intend to keep her in the boudoir for two more years, I wonder if Brother Lin can wait?"

Lin Ruhai nodded again and again: "I can wait as long as I want!"

Clearly showing an eager look, but repeatedly saying "wait", the contrast between Lin Ruhai is very funny, but also quite sincere.

"In addition, I also want to ask my sister what I mean." Jia Fang stated his point of view very clearly. Marriage is of course a marriage between two families, but it must first be a partnership between a man and a woman. If one party is not willing , this day is not good.Therefore, Jia Fang would rather propose marriage to his parents after confirming his sister's intentions.

Lin Ruhai was very open-minded at the moment, nodding his head and saying: "It should be." But he immediately showed a worry about gain and loss, and said with a sad face: "In case your sister..."

Jia Fang continued to stare at him and said, "So, on the day of the hairpin banquet, if you see my 'fourth brother', please don't be surprised!"

Jia Min belongs to her daughter's family, and the royal family entertains them in the Grand View Garden. Even Jia Min, who belongs to the Jia family, is inconvenient to show her face.So Jia Fang planned to ask her to repeat the old tricks, pretending to be a handsome young man, and meeting Lin Ruhai in the Grand View Garden.Of course, Jia Min still needs to avoid popular landmarks like the Red Fragrance Garden. It is estimated that Jia Fang will arrange for the two to meet in a quiet place like the Xiaoxiang Pavilion and have a good chat.

Jia Fang bowed his hands to Shui Xian again: "When the time comes, Ziheng, please help me and cover up for the two of them."

Shui Xian sighed: "...Why is it me again?"

Lin Ruhai begged, "Brother Ziheng!"

"Okay, okay, I agree!" Shui Xian quickly spread his hands in agreement, "For the sake of my friend's lifelong event, I, Shui Xian, will naturally go through fire and water and go through fire and water."

He made a serious face on purpose: "You two will become relatives in the future, but don't forget me as a helper."

Lin Ruhai immediately smiled, and said: "No matter what brother Ziheng wants me to do in the future, I, Lin Ruhai, will also go through fire and water, and will never break my promise."

"It's the same with Zifang!" Lin Ruhai promised to his "future" third uncle.

At this time, Shui Xian stared at Jia Fang with burning eyes, but smiled and said to Lin Ruhai: "Just remember."

Jia Fang, Shui Xian and Lin Ruhai roughly finalized the arrangement for Jia Min and Lin Ruhai to meet.He knew in his heart that this matter was relatively risky, and if it was spread, it would damage Jia Min's boudoir reputation, so he must proceed with caution.

But Lin Ruhai begged him first for this matter, and the woman was only invited to meet.

In addition, Jia Fang really does not want his sister to marry deaf and dumb, and spend her life with someone she doesn't like.According to the original book of the Red Chamber, the marriage between Jia Min and Lin Ruhai was more or less unsatisfactory, and Jia Min passed away early.Jia Fang privately hopes that the potential hidden dangers can be resolved before the two get married.

In addition, Jia Min had to nod his head in agreement, otherwise, no matter how enthusiastic he was, he would not dare to rashly invite his sister to have a private meeting with a strange man.

So when Jia Fang came back from Wanqing Building, he found a chance to meet Jia Min and asked her what she thought of "Hui Zhen Ji".

Jia Min nodded and replied, "I've read it. It's really a police word. It's full of fragrance after reading it. It's very interesting."

But she showed hesitation on her face, and said: "But the day before yesterday, my mother came to look for me and talked for a long time... My mother talked about the 'gifted scholars and beautiful ladies' mentioned in those storybooks."

Jia Fang suddenly felt that these words seemed familiar, and immediately asked: "What did Madam say?"

Jia Min lowered her head and said in a low voice: "My wife said, all the talented men and beautiful women in the book must speak from a scholarly family. The father is either a minister or a prime minister. A young lady must be loved like a treasure. This young lady must be well-known. Li, who knows everything, is a peerless beauty. But the young lady only saw a handsome man, no matter if it was a relative or a friend, she remembered the important events of her life, her parents forgot, book rituals also forgot, a ghost is not a ghost, a thief If you're not a thief, you're a beauty in one way..."

Jia felt relieved, Mrs. Shi didn't know if she felt that her sister had grown up. In order to prevent the good cabbage from being gouged by pigs, she carried out ideological and moral education in multiple directions, strictly guarded against stubbornness, and prevented puppy love.

The point is, young people in this time and space, not to mention puppy love, are obviously in love and not in love. After the parents of both parties discuss and decide, they will be sent to the bridal chamber, and this life will be like this.

"Besides... I think that Cui Yingying in "Hui Zhen Ji" is also pitiful." Jia Min raised her head at this time and said in a daze, "It is obvious that Zhang Sheng abandoned her like a shoe, but he still pretends to be Yingying. Because of the 'beauty' and 'disaster', in the end she was blamed for another marriage, as if everything was Yingying's fault..."

Jia thought at ease: Of course. "Hui Zhen Ji" is the predecessor of "The Romance of the West Chamber". In this film, the protagonist Zhang Sheng is still a big scumbag.Jia Min can read all these warning meanings in reading, and this book is really not in vain.

But it is not possible to kill all the content and all the progressive ideological significance of this book because of the "scum" of the protagonist.Jia put his words slowly in his mind, trying to use plain and clear language as much as possible to clarify the "three views" in this ancient literary work.

"We need to look at the image of the characters in "Hui Zhen Ji" from a dichotomous and dialectical perspective..."

Jia Min raised her eyes and looked at her brother: Dichotomy?Dialectical point of view?

Jia Fang: "I mean, the literary works circulated in ancient times, in our view now, must have concepts that are inconsistent with today's, and even worthy of criticism, but we should also see the positive significance of them."

"Take this "Hui Zhen Ji" as an example. The most worthwhile reading in this article is the true feelings that Zhang Sheng and Yingying have for each other after they meet—this kind of feelings must be different from the words of the matchmaker ordered by their parents. , and temporarily put aside the family background and the constraints of ethics and ethics of both parties, but it is the most natural expression of emotion between young people..."

Jia Fang tried his best to use words that Jia Min could accept, and explained to her about free love. It didn't mean that a beautiful lady abandoned her parents and forgot about her books, or that a talented man was full of articles but became a thief-these are just the most beautiful things in human beings. Just normal and real emotions.

"Third brother told you so much, I just hope you can understand one thing - in this world, there will always be such a person, there will be a strange telepathy between you and him. You know he understands you , even he understands you for only a moment, but you can support each other because of this moment of spiritual connection, and live together in harmony for many years..."

Jia Min listened silently, and suddenly felt that what the third brother said was much better than mother's lashing out regardless of what happened.She believes that she is a sensible person, a "talented man" who is not compatible with her temperament, and can't impress her with a good family background, sweet words and a pretty face.

But Jia Min still hopes that the "strange telepathy" and "moment of mind-to-heart connection" that Jia Fang said are real, and that she can really meet such a person, experience this strange feeling, and be with her ever since. ,grow old together.

Jia Fang carefully observed her younger sister's expression, and saw that she was emotionally stable, attentively listening to the lecture, and trying to understand, so he carefully proposed that the mansion hold a hairpin flower banquet the next day, and wanted her to meet a man whose basic conditions were not too bad, saying Two sentences, see "do you feel".

Jia Min rolled his eyes and nodded in agreement. Seeing Jia Fang slightly surprised, Jia Min smiled boldly and said, "Third brother, I am quite courageous. Back then I dared to go to a restaurant with my brothers to eat wine." , dare to quarrel with those Tai students on the spot, and now I just go to see a man, and there is third brother to accompany me, what am I afraid of?"

Jia Fang: ...that's right!

But before Jia Fang left, Jia Min suddenly asked in a low voice: "Then... third brother, you just said that you know that other people understand you... That feeling, or that other person, third brother, you Have you found it too?"

Jia Fang nodded naturally, then suddenly shook his head in shock, got up and said, "No, no... sister, please don't make fun of your brother..."

The moment he nodded in response just now, he couldn't help but think of Shui Xian.

If there is one person in this world who always understands him, understands him, spares no effort to support him, and helps him whenever he needs it, that person must be Shui Xian.

The problem is, he's a guy who's going to finish his career and run away. He never thought about spending the rest of his life with anyone! ——I originally wanted to enlighten my sister, but who knew that I suddenly punctured my secret thoughts that I had never been aware of before?

This is really... It's your life!Jia Fang couldn't even accept it himself for a while.

So he bid farewell to his sister and fled.

Jia Min looked at his back as he went away: This third brother seems to be a Yazi who is good in theory but... not good at practice.