The Heart of the Red Chamber

It's obviously not acceptable to beat up that kid directly. Although Wu De is as wicked as his name, he is the only seedling of the Wu family's generation. If something goes wrong, Concubine Yun will fight it out, and they will be the ones who are unlucky.Therefore, several people made up their minds and decided to just let Wu De lose money for the time being.

Wang Ren's idea is very old-fashioned, but even in later generations, there are still countless people scrambling to take the bait.Moreover, the timing is also very coincidental. Today's Wanshou Festival is just around the corner. This is the first Wanshou Festival since Jinshang ascended the throne. Naturally, it is very grand. Except, Concubine Yun sent a message from the palace to ask the Wu family to make good preparations. If they could win the favor of the Holy One, it would be better to reward him with a half-job at that time than to let Wu De spend his days in the Imperial Prison.

When Concubine Yun said this, the Wu family naturally took this matter to heart, so they began to search for rare things that could be enshrined in Chang'an, and they also heard that the Holy Master liked Qiu Ying's calligraphy and paintings, so they asked everywhere if there were any suitable calligraphy and paintings for sale. .It's a pity that Qiu Ying's calligraphy and paintings are many, but most of them have been collected by others. In particular, many people know about the emperor's hobbies. Even if others have them, they won't sell them to the Wu family. Why not? How about using it to curry favor with the emperor?

Wang Ren and the others set up a game together. They found someone directly, pretending to be the son of a wealthy businessman from Jiangnan, and went in and out of the gambling house every day. They almost pawned their pants after losing, and owed a huge loan shark. Ruffians and rascals are blocking the alleys demanding debts.In front of that alley is the famous brothel in Chang'an. Wu Dezheng is obsessed with the newly launched oiran lady in that building, and hangs around there every day, and will never go there until the curfew.Then, very "coincidentally" let him hear the son of a rich businessman crying and swearing, begging those rascals to slow down, saying that he still has a treasure on hand, which was originally his father asked him to bring Those who came from Chang'an to give it to nobles to clear up their relationship, as long as they sell that treasure, they will definitely have money to pay them back.

Then, under the persecution of those rascals, they reluctantly said that the treasure was Qiu Ying's "Spring Dawn in the Han Palace". Those rascals and the so-called son of a rich merchant made a fake The scene was played, and Wu De, who was about to go back in the carriage just now, heard it.Wu De was also looking for news about Qiu Ying's calligraphy and painting everywhere these days. When he heard the name Qiu Ying, his weak legs immediately regained strength, and he ran over with a few guards.

As soon as the two sides made do, Wu De thought he had figured everything out, and without asking any more questions, he immediately promised that as long as the "Han Palace Spring Dawn Picture" was proved to be authentic and given to him, he would immediately help It pays off debts and so on.The "son of a rich merchant" still wanted to argue, saying that the money he owed was far from worth the price of "Han Gong Chun Dawn Picture", but he was threatened by Wu Deyi, so he didn't dare to say more.

The so-called "Han Palace Spring Dawn Picture" is of course a fake, but the fakes are also divided into grades, and this fake is obviously the best of the fakes. Feng Ziying and the others also put a lot of effort into this fake. Therefore, it was easy to deceive Wu De. In the end, Wu De almost robbed the painting, paid off the gambling debt of more than 3000 taels, and went back excitedly. up.As for whether this "Han Palace Spring Dawn Picture" can fool Wu De's father Wu Tianliang, it is not clear.

Naturally, a fraction of the more than 3000 taels was rewarded to those who came forward, and the rest was naturally divided among them. Wang Ren came up with an idea and got 300 taels. In these years, it can be said that A huge sum of money.Don't look at the TV series in the later generations, those people are all big ingots of silver, and the silver bills are not like they can't be sold for hundreds of thousands of taels. In fact, the purchasing power of silver is still very strong these days. As for the silver bills, this At the beginning of the year, there was no central bank, and most of the banks were private, and there was no laser anti-counterfeiting in later generations. Unless there were special circumstances, which bank was stupid to issue large bank notes? .Therefore, bank notes are generally small in value, at least, the largest amount that Wang Ren has seen is only ten taels.

With 300 taels in hand, Wang Ren naturally had a lot more money. He was not actually short of money. The monthly salary of five taels of silver, after winning the liansheng, was a salary of four taels of silver a month, plus the elders' salary during the festivals. For rewards, Wang Ren has a lot of money in his private house, but the cash is only nine taels a month, and the rest are gold and silver lockets, collars and other things. Just take it out and spend it.What kind of family, what kind of expenses, ordinary people can live a year with 20 taels, but it is impossible to put it in the Wang family. Wang Ren was considered a rich second generation in his previous life, and he has never tasted poor life since he was born, so Hands have always been very loose.And Wang Ren's life circle and social circle are there, so there is no need to spend money!To get in touch with classmates, you must pay for it. A few servants around you run behind you every day, and you always have money for running errands. The maids and mothers who serve in Wang Ren’s yard, although the monthly money is I go out on business, but occasionally I want to tip something, and I usually have to pay for something I fancy.After accumulating, there will not be much left in nine taels of silver.

He suddenly got extra money, obviously he couldn't let his parents know about it, and it was obviously out of the question to buy some property with this money, so Wang Ren's only plan was to spend it. This nephew should practice his relationship well.

There are not too many people in Zuixianlou at the moment, Wang Ren and Chen Qian are just two people, and there is nothing to be picky about, so they just found a place to sit down in the lobby, and they didn't think about ordering anything from Zuixianlou For the signature dish, I just ordered four cold dishes, four hot dishes, plus a stuffed milk fish, and a pot of fragrant slices, that's all.

The cold dishes were served first, and there were also some seasonal fruits. The two of them did not stick to the rules of not talking when eating, and talked in a low voice while eating.

Although the two were said to be close relatives, they didn't really communicate face-to-face that much. At the beginning, they were still talking about some formulas, but both of them were talkative people, and the conversation soon became speculative.

Chen Qian was whispering about some interesting things in Xiejia's school, such as who didn't do their homework and got a board, who sneaked out of class when the teacher didn't pay attention, and who thought he was good at learning, but ended up in class. A pair is wrong, and there is a big ugly or something.While listening, Wang Ren also told him some things about the Guozijian. He was talking about a certain prison student who couldn’t write classics silently, and always gnawed on the pen. : "Both young masters, there are no vacancies at the moment, are the two young masters willing to fight for a seat?"

When Wang Ren turned his head, he saw that he was an acquaintance again.