Infrastructure masters in the red building

Qiushuangzhai, in the original book, is the residence of Rose Huaer Jia Tanchun, and "Tongjian Qiufeng" is the inscription plaque of the courtyard.This famous scene of Qiu Shuang Zhai in the original book probably only happened once.

When the multiple-choice questions were raised in the scroll, Jia Fang really didn’t want to understand what kind of functional building Qiu Shuangzhai might represent—couldn’t the villagers run a literary club? !

In addition, he really needed to build other buildings at that time, so he gave up the option of Qiushuangzhai.

Now that the scroll has given instructions, Jia Fang still feels a bit of a headache, but he can only follow through, and after the construction is completed, he will look for some clues on both sides to judge the true function of Qiu Shuangzhai.

Holding the scroll in both hands, Shuangwen looked at the clear and beautiful ink garden on the scroll, and said with a smile: "There are a lot of plantains and phoenix trees planted here, and the courtyard is spacious. It will be a comfortable place at the turn of summer and autumn."

Jia Fang nodded: "Yes, this courtyard should be open and comfortable, with the feeling of 'opening the chest to make autumn cool, and the heart and white clouds are free'①."

He immediately took Shuangwen with him, and went to inspect the former site of Qiu Shuangzhai in the Grand View Garden.

Now in this Grand View Garden, the main structure of Qiushuangzhai is still in good condition, but it is in the same state as other buildings before the renovation. The structure needs to be strengthened, and the courtyard is dilapidated and needs to be cleaned up urgently.

"Do you know what to do?" Jia Fang asked Shuangwen.He felt a little embarrassed, and felt that this time he had to rely on Shuangwen to complete the project.

Holding the scroll, Shuangwen compares it with the pattern on the scroll, and at the same time looks at the real scene in front of him.She didn't notice Jia Fang's thoughts at all, but replied: "I know roughly. By the way, third master, what do you want to tell me?"

"I intuit this garden - I can do it!" During this period of time, Shuangwen has accumulated countless experiences, and is extremely familiar with a group of craftsmen and small workers, and he can use them like a finger.She is no longer the self-inflicted maidservant she was when she first came here, this time even if Jia Fang didn't say anything, she still wanted to take the initiative to invite Ying.

"There is not much to explain." Jia Fang also felt that Shuangwen was fully competent, "There is only one thing - the main building in the courtyard, the main house with a width of three rooms, without partitions inside, it is completely transparent The whole room."

He said this mainly because of the style of the whole building and the personality of the owner.This Qiu Shuang Zhai must be broad and spacious, so that it can appear that the owner is broad-minded and eclectic.

Shuangwen wrote down in response.Jia Fang suddenly seemed to remind himself - don't have a partition?

A thought flashed through his mind and disappeared immediately.He seemed to have glimpsed a light at the end of the tunnel, but the light disappeared immediately, and he was lost again.

After solemnly entrusting Shuangwen with the task of repairing Qiushuangzhai, Jia Fang followed Shuangwen to Hengwu Garden to check the accounts for the construction of the Grand View Garden, and roughly calculated how much money he still had.

After Jia Fang went back to Daoxiang Village, Shuangwen sent him out of Hengwu Garden and walked along the cobbled path. Jia Fang lowered his head and thought about his thoughts.

Shuangwen suddenly stepped forward, trying to block the sight of Jia Fang, but the sharp-eyed person in the distance said loudly: "Hey, isn't this the third master? The third master is back?"

It was Jia Fang's servant Zhao Cheng who spoke.But I don't know why Li Qingsong stopped Zhao Cheng from coming to Jia Fang.

Jia Fang lowered his head and thought about the actions of Shuangwen and Li Qingsong, and he knew that both of them felt that Zhao Cheng was a bit inappropriate.He whispered, "Sister Shuangwen, don't worry, I know how to deal with him."

Hearing this, Shuangwen nodded slightly, and then moved away from Jia Fang.

"Isn't this Zhao Cheng? I haven't seen you for a few days." Jia Fang put his hands behind his back and looked at Zhao Cheng with a smile.

As the saying goes, Ju Yi Qi nourishes his body, Jia Fang's demeanor is different from when he first met Zhao Cheng.However, Zhao Cheng is not the hot-blooded boy he was in the early years.Now when he saw Jia Fang, his knees softened, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed and saluted, then he raised his head with a flattering smile and said hello to Jia Fang, saying, "When did Mr. Jia come back?"

Jia Fang nodded: "It's not long since I came back, but I can't stay in Beijing for long, I have to leave soon."

Zhao Cheng rolled his eyes and asked, "You're so busy, you still think about repairing the garden!"

Jia Fang frowned, and said: "What did you say? The emperor entrusted us with the renovation of the imperial garden, do you think I can just ignore it?"

Zhao Cheng panicked, and blamed himself again and again: "The villain said the wrong thing, said the wrong thing, don't blame the third master."

Jia Fang shook his head: "I don't blame you. Zhao Cheng, get up, I have something to ask you."

Zhao Cheng suddenly had a happy face, turned over and got up, leaned towards Jia Fang, with a smile all over his face, and asked, "What does the third master want to ask the villain?"

"Zhao Cheng, I haven't seen you much recently, and I've never asked you. How is your family?"

"If you go back to the third master, the family has always been good, Xie third master thought." Zhao Cheng laughed until his little eyes disappeared.

"In that case, Zhao Cheng, I'm going out of Beijing for business in the south, would you like to go with me?"

"This..." Zhao Cheng suddenly changed his expression, "This, third master, villain...you have to ask the villain's mother, Laozi, the villain's mother is not feeling well these days...or the villain Just hurry home and ask, and I'll call you back in the evening, okay?"

This inconsistency is only a moment away.

Jia Fang raised the corner of his mouth slightly, as if he had expected this answer, and said with a smile, "Forget it, I'm in a hurry to leave. If that's the case, it's better for you to stay in Beijing to take care of me. Say hello to your mother and father for me."

Zhao Cheng was overjoyed again immediately, kowtowed to Jia Fang before getting up, and then walked away step by step, Li Qingsong followed behind him.Jia Fang stayed where he was, waiting until his figure disappeared at the gate of the Grand View Garden.

Shuangwen complained: "Master, why are you telling him so much? This person has changed——"

At this time Li Qingsong came running and confirmed to Jia Fang: "He has already left the garden."

Jia Fang still faced Shuangwen: "How did he change?"

Shuangwen and Li Qingsong looked at each other, and Li Qingsong immediately said: "He gambles, I heard that he even visits kilns to find sisters..." The young man blushed when he mentioned "kiln sisters" in front of Shuangwen, as if he mentioned shame.Shuangwen is more comfortable than him.

Jia Fang was surprised: "Where did he get the money?"

Li Qingsong and Shuangwen said in unison: "I don't know."

Jia Fang pondered for a moment, and said: "Shuangwen, from now on, the Grand View Garden must guard the door. Find a few reliable small workers to watch the garden at night. If you and Sun Mafu feel inconvenient, you can simply stay in my original small house. Stay in the courtyard for a while."

"Qingsong, pay attention to Zhao Cheng's whereabouts. It's best to get real evidence and report his bad deeds to the uncle."

Li Qingsong nodded in response.But Shuangwen asked in surprise: "Report Zhao Cheng, where is Mama Sun..."

Zhao Cheng is Sun's nephew, if he really gambles and goes to prostitution, the rule in Rong Mansion is to beat him up and send him to Zhuangzi.The servants sent to Zhuangzi generally have no chance of getting ahead - when Lai's mother and son went there, they haven't even been able to step out of Zhuangzi's gate until now.

Jia Fang frowned slightly, and said: "I'm afraid that he will commit something bigger than gambling and being a prostitute. Then Mama Sun will be even more..."

He repeatedly reminded Shuangwen and Li Qingsong that they must pay attention to their personal safety.In addition, he ordered Shuangwen and Li Qingsong to bring their masters to prepare sandbags for fire prevention everywhere, especially for important fire prevention units like the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

From the attack on Li Qingsong last time, it can be seen that someone was planning on those books in the Xiaoxiang Library.The last time those people just picked up a pack of blank books for nothing, that's all.

But if the other party feels resentment if he doesn't get what he asks for, and I don't even want to have you if I can't get you, so it will be detrimental to his Grand View Garden, then it will be really bad.

Unexpectedly, this was unexpectedly expected by Jia Fang.One night later, Jia Fang was still listening to the lectures in the Xiaoxiang Academy, when he heard the bells from the Xianliang Temple, two long and one short.He knew something had happened immediately in his heart, and immediately ignored other people's eyes, he left Xiaoxiang Academy's classroom with a stooped waist, and hurried back to Xianliang Temple.

When he came out of Daoxiang Village, he smelled smoke and burnt smell in the air.But looking around in the garden, no fire was seen rising into the sky.

Jia Fang calmed down, and first identified the direction of the voice, which was in the direction of Xiaoxiang Pavilion.Jia Fang rushed there in a hurry, and sure enough, the closer he was to the Xiaoxiang Hall, the stronger the smell of smoke became.

There are many torches and lanterns in front of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, obviously many craftsmen and small workers gathered there.It was inconvenient for Jia Fang to come forward, so he first stood in the bamboo forest in front of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to look at the situation.

I saw that the main building of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was not damaged much, but the gate of the courtyard was burned through.Following the faint light of fire in the distance, Jia Fang noticed that something was wrong with the flowing spring water in the bamboo forest. He stretched out his hand to pick up a handful in the bamboo forest, and immediately knew something was wrong—the running water seemed to be mixed with some black liquid, floating on it. on the surface.As soon as Jia Fang heard it, he immediately knew that someone had poured oil into the spring.

At this time, Shuangwen thought that Jia Fang should arrive, and took a few steps with a lantern, and immediately saw Jia Fang, and said quickly: "Everyone, the things here are almost done, and the next thing is Rongfu's business." I'm afraid I have to ask everyone to avoid a private matter—"

"Anyway, thank you all for tonight. When Mr. Jia comes back, I will treat everyone to a drink."

When Shuangwen said this, the artisans and small workers here all understood that this was the secret of the Rong Mansion, and the master didn't want to make it public.If you want to gain something, it's better not to talk too much.

"Yes, Miss Shuangwen, don't work too hard, take a rest earlier." Several leading craftsmen bid farewell to Shuangwen.After a while, the people dispersed completely.Only Shuangwen, Li Qingsong and Jia Fang remained near the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Shuangwen came forward with a lantern and said to Jia Fang, "Third Master, please follow me."

But Li Qingsong followed Jia Fang with a pale face, and said, "Third Master, if you are afraid, just... don't look carefully."

Shuangwen was at the front, walking steadily, and said in a low voice: "Yes, just now Fuya showed her face here, I sent her back immediately."

Li Qingsong asked tremblingly: "Then... Sister Shuangwen, you are also a woman, why are you not afraid?"

Shuang Wen paused for a moment before saying, "I've seen worse things than this in the Jiaofang Division..."

At this time, the group of people finally reached the place, and Jia Fang recognized that this was the source of the burnt smell in the air.He fixed his eyes on the burnt black corpse lying on the ground, and asked sadly, "Zhao Cheng?"

Shuangwen was the most tenacious of the three of them at the moment. At this time, she had a cold expression and nodded her head hard.But thinking about the old friendship, tears still burst out of Shuangwen's eyes, and he said in a trembling voice, "It's him—"

—It’s this idiot.

Li Qingsong lowered his head at this moment, weeping and said: "Third Master, I was wrong, you should punish me, if I had told Uncle about Brother Zhao Cheng earlier, maybe there would be no such disaster."

Jia Fang looked at Zhao Cheng quietly, and suddenly remembered the oath he made when he entrusted the purchase to Zhao Cheng in the early years: "Third Lord, if the little one fails your hope, let the little one... ...turned into a stone lion squatting in front of the gate of Rong Mansion."

How about you become a stone lion?Here, he died in the garden for no reason and turned into a scorched corpse, what is it?

Jia Fang thought about it, his eyes were sore and uncomfortable, and he felt his heart was blocked and panicked, so he asked after a long while, "Why did this happen?"

He took the torch from Li Qingsong and went to carefully watch the scene where Zhao Cheng died.Unexpectedly, Shuangwen said: "Third Master, be careful, I'm afraid there may be something igniting in his clothes!"

There was only a short shirt on Zhao Cheng's body, and there was nothing left of it. On the contrary, the pair of hakama trousers he was wearing was mostly intact.

"What's going on?" Jia Fang asked.

Shuangwen said: "Earlier, Zhao Cheng smuggled two barrels of black oil in. One barrel was poured in front of the courtyard gate of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and the other barrel was poured from the backyard wall into the spring water flowing into the pavilion. Then he set fire to Burning the house, who knows that he himself has a fire starter, after lighting the gate of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the sparks burst out and burned himself."

When the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was designed, a spring was drawn from the backyard and poured into the courtyard wall. The spring water went around the terraced house to the front yard, and then circled under the bamboo to come out②.

Zhao Cheng got two barrels of fire oil from nowhere, poured one of them into the Xiaoxiang Pavilion from the spring in the backyard, and set fire to the gate of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the front yard.But he probably didn't know that sulfur paper and other things that could quickly ignite fire were stuffed into the short shirt on his body in advance.

Such an arrangement not only set fire, but also extinguished it.

But for some reason, Zhao Cheng just went to light the gate of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and did not ignite the fire oil poured into the spring.If this is not the case, once the fire oil on the surface of the spring is ignited, the whole building will never be spared.

Fortunately, Zhao Cheng shouted for help when he found himself on fire, which attracted patrolling people.Everyone worked together to extinguish the flames at the gate of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion; fortunately, Jia Fang thought that there was spring water in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and it was not difficult to get water, so when preparing fire protection materials, sand was prepared... otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

But even if someone was called, Zhao Cheng was not spared.

"Perhaps he still feels that he can't bear it—" Shuangwen murmured.

Although Zhao Cheng became more and more depraved later, and his errands were neglected, he was rarely seen in the various constructions of the Grand View Garden.But the Xiaoxiang Pavilion is one of the earliest buildings built in this garden.At that time, Zhao Cheng ran back and forth all day long, watching this place transform from a half-collapsed dilapidated building into an elegant courtyard... Who would be willing to destroy it with his own hands?

"Maybe he just wanted to burn the courtyard door for show, maybe he didn't want to destroy the whole courtyard..." Shuangwen looked at the courtyard door of Xiaoxiang Pavilion where a big hole was burned, and sighed, the two lines Tears still fell down.

Jia Fang thought for a while and then said: "Qingsong, go to the uncle's yard and send a message to invite the uncle here. You should know what to say?"

Li Qingsong knew that Jia Fang was hiding the truth from the rest of the mansion when he came back, except Jia Amnesty, so he nodded immediately, borrowed the lantern from Shuangwen and left.

Not long after, Jia Amnesty followed Li Qingsong and asked in surprise when he saw Jia Fang, "Your third?"

He turned his head to look at the scorched black door of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and said in shock, "It's flooded? Why didn't I know in the mansion?"

Jia Daishan healed his wounds, and Jia Amnesty won the position of son. Now he is actually the person in power in the Rongguo Mansion, but he didn't expect that the garden behind the Ningrong Second Mansion was full of water. The people in the garden found Jia Fang first, and then not him.

"I just want to report this to my elder brother." Jia Fang hurriedly explained the cause and effect, and mentioned that he had noticed that something was wrong with Zhao Cheng before, but he didn't expect that he would have the courage to bring fire oil into the garden and set fire to the garden. .

Jia Amnesty listened, and nodded slowly with an unkind expression.

Jia Fang hurriedly said: "Brother, just because this Zhao Cheng is mine, I thought I would investigate it myself and then tell my brother about it. Who would have thought that such a thing happened, it was my brother's fault. Don't be offended, brother. "

Jia Amnesty finally calmed down a bit, nodded and said, "It's easy to talk about, don't worry, let the elder brother take care of the aftermath for you."