[Red Chamber] Come for a hexagram?
Chapter 36
Wang Ren was aggrieved by his wife's words, so he went out to relax, but in fact he was wandering aimlessly in the street.After blowing a gust of wind by the lake for a long time, my mood gradually calmed down, and then I felt that my current behavior seemed a bit exaggerated.Whether it is the original body or the current Wang Ren, the wife has no affection for him except that the relationship is mother and son in name.There is no gift of procreation, nor the feeling of nurturing.Looking at the original body's memory, the wife never gave Wang Ren a single word of instruction except for putting on airs to make Wang Ren kneel down from time to time, but she taught Wang Xifeng earnestly.Think about it too, how can she have a good impression of her non-biological son.
The master who taught him metaphysics said more than once that whether it is divination or doing things in daily life, one must learn to be steady and calm, and not to be disturbed by anyone or anything.Don't be confused by the money in the world of mortals, and don't be contaminated by false feelings. Otherwise, no matter how good his metaphysics is, he will inevitably be stirred into the turmoil and suffer physical and mental injuries.
By the way, does an old man who is into money have the right to say that he pays too much attention to emotions!
Not everyone can do this indifferent life attitude of not being happy with things but not saddening oneself!
Ban Xia looked at Wang Ren and sighed all the time, and said in a low voice, "Master, the flowers over there are blooming, and there is a flower show going on, why don't we go and have a look?"
"Flower show?" Wang Ren squinted at Pinellia.
Chang Shan on the side spoke up: "It's the beauty pageant in Flower Street. It's June now, the season when all kinds of flowers are in full bloom. Every time around this time, there will be a flower show on the side of Flower Street. And many girls in the building will also start to select oirans at this time." .”
Wang Ren: ←←
"Master, you don't need to spend money just to go shopping, you can see flowers or people." Ban Xia said.
"Anyway, there's nothing to do, let's go." Wang Ren said.Although he has no interest in women and flowers.
Flower Street is in the north of Jingcheng Avenue. There is a very famous Flower Street there. Although it is called Flower Street, it is only because there are more than 30 shops in it, and brothels account for a small half. The rest are selling rouge, gouache, fabrics, Ceramics and pharmacies and the like.There are basically shops that women often like to visit.It's just that the street is full of flowers now, and many people like to pull carts to bring flowers to display and sell them. Therefore, in addition to some low-end people and clients, there are also many people with certain identities and looks like them. People like literati come to buy flowers.
"Master, look at how beautiful this pot of Clivia grows, why don't we buy a pot and put it home?" Ban Xia smiled and said to Wang Ren while picking up a pot of flowers.
Wang Ren lowered his head and took a look. He looked really good, and the leaves were clean and energetic, which showed that they had been carefully cared for.It's just that the flowering period of Clivia has passed now, so it hasn't bloomed.Probably because of this, the potted flowers were only placed at the bottom, and they were not placed in the blooming pile for sale.
"No need." Wang Ren said, "I don't know how to raise it."
Pinellia reluctantly put down the flower pot and followed Wang Ren to leave. Seeing him stepping and turning his head, Wang Ren asked, "Do you like flowers?"
"Hey, to tell you the truth, my small family used to grow flowers, and they are very good at flowers." Ban Xia patted her head and smiled.
Wang Ren nodded and said, "Then buy it. You can raise it."
Ban Xia nodded immediately, ran to the boss in a hurry, paid the money and followed Wang Ren with the flower pot in his arms, the smile on his mouth never faded.
Wang Ren walked all the way, but he didn't see any beautiful flowers, and even if he saw too many beautiful flowers, he lost his previous interest.Turning around, I saw a small table in an open space, where a few pretty-looking women dressed up beautifully were joking in a low voice.This is probably where the oiran was chosen as mentioned earlier?
Wang Ren turned around and wanted to leave. He was not interested in beauty pageants among women at all. He didn't want to turn his head and bumped into a man wearing a servant's clothes. The man was hit by him, and the flower in his hand fell to the ground.The tile flowerpot was broken into pieces, and the man was bumped by Wang Ren and stepped on his foot accidentally, the beautiful flower was immediately ruined.
The man's face turned pale immediately, and after realizing it, he turned around and grabbed Wang Ren's clothes, refusing to let him go: "You bastard, you walk without eyes!"
"Ah... sorry." Wang Ren said indifferently.
"Just say sorry and it's over! It's all your fault that ruined Ba Ye's flower! How can you pay for it! Your little life is not worth the value of this flower!" The man's voice was so loud that he almost wanted It made Wang Ren's ears numb.
"Let go of me, Lord, we'll pay whatever money you want!" Ban Xia hurriedly said.
Chang Shan next to him was pulling directly, but he didn't expect this guy to be so strong that he couldn't pull anyone at all.
"Why are flowers so valuable..." Wang Ren looked at the ground and saw that it was also a pot of orchids.It's just that this orchid is different from the flower in Pinellia's hand. All the flowers on the orchid are blooming, and the clusters of flowers are very beautiful.Obviously, the flowering period ended a month ago. Wang Ren thought that the people who grow the flowers are very good at taking care of them, so they delayed the flowering period to the current Hundred Flowers Exhibition.
"Is this a matter of losing money? Could it be that Ba Ye is still short of money!" the man said angrily.
"Huanrong? What's the matter?" A young man in a fancy dress came over, followed by four or five people, all of whom were guards with swords, and there was also a servant.
"Eighth Lord. It was this kid who broke your flowers and even stepped on them!" the man shouted immediately.
Wang Ren: You were the one who stepped on it!
"Oh, you mean my pot of flowers that cost 100 taels of silver?" Ba Ye sneered: "I clearly told you to handle it carefully, but now it's broken and you rely on someone else?"
The man was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a plop: "Baye, what the little one said is true, it's really this guy..."
The eighth master glanced at the guard behind him, and the guard immediately stepped forward to cover the man's mouth and dragged him away.
"Wait... It's true that I accidentally bumped into him." Wang Ren stepped forward and straightened the crumpled clothes pulled by the man. I'm sorry. Although I don't have any flowers to pay for, I can pay you 100 taels of silver."
"No. This street is already crowded with people, and it's very common to be bumped into by people. It's the servant's fault for not protecting the flowers well. How can I have the nerve to ask you for money?" The eighth master laughed: "Although 100 taels It’s a pity that the silver is gone like this. It’s just that it’s not a lot of money to me, so don’t worry about it.”
"But..." Wang Ren frowned.
"If you really want to apologize, then that potted flower should be regarded as an apology." The eighth master pointed to the pot of Clivia in the arms of Ban Xia behind Wang Ren.
"That pot is just an ordinary Clivia, not worth a tael of silver." Wang Ren said.
"It doesn't matter if it's worth money or not. As long as I like it, even an ordinary flower can increase its value by more than a hundred times in my hands." Ba Ye whispered in Wang Ren's ear.
"Okay, since you've taken a fancy to Pinellia, bring the flowers here," Wang Ren said.
"Yes, Master." Ban Xia sent the flowers to another servant behind Ba Ye.
"Baye, it's almost time to go back." The guard next to Baye stepped forward and said.
"Oh, really." Eighth Master looked at the sky, and said to Wang Ren: "In this case, let's meet again by fate."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Wang Ren's answer, he took the guards and servants with the pot of Clivia orchids in their arms, passed by Wang Ren, and left.
"Baye..." Wang Ren said softly, "Will you come to this kind of place?"
"Master, this place is very famous." Ban Xia whispered: "So there are often dignitaries coming here."
Wang Ren: But this person is no ordinary dignitary.The purple aura on the eighth master's body is stronger than that of Thirteen and the current fourth elder brother Yinzhen.
In the past, I just observed the luck of people. As long as people don't do bad things full of evil, ordinary luck will not change.And this kind of purple air is only available to the supreme, some represent grandeur, and none represent decay.Is it possible that the candidate for the future emperor will change?
Wang Ren looked down at the trampled orchid lying pitifully on the ground, and picked it up with his body.
"Master, little heart." Ban Xia immediately grabbed the flower in his hand and said.
"No problem." Wang Ren clapped his hands: "Panxia, this flower is still alive, but the branches and flowers have been trampled. Can you bring it back and raise it?"
Ban Xia was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes sparkled: "It's okay, sir, this flower is just trampled and it doesn't look good, it didn't hurt the root, as long as it is taken care of, it will be back to normal after a period of time."
Wang Ren nodded and said, "Then you take care of it first."
Do you want to return the 100 taels of flowers to this eighth master after they are grown?
Looking at the appearance of the eighth master, he should be 18 or 9 years old now, he must have married a wife and came out to start a family.So now I am free enough to go out shopping.Unlike Shisan, Wang Ren hasn't seen anyone since he came back from the southern tour. He doesn't know that guy...
Wait, why is he thinking about Shisan!
never mind!go home!
I thought that if I met my wife after returning home, I would be scolded again, but who knew that after seeing him, my wife just gave him a faint look, turned her head and went into the inner room without waiting for Wang Ren to greet his mother, and completely ignored Wang Ren. Wang Ren treats it like air.Moreover, that expression seemed to have decided something.
Rongguo Mansion a few days later.
Wang Xifeng kept sighing after seeing the letter sent by her mother, and asked Ping'er to take the brazier and throw the letter into the brazier to burn it.
Recently, Wang Xifeng burned more and more letters from her mother, and Ping'er saw more, so she stopped talking too much.It was Wang Xifeng who spoke first to Ping'er and said, "Mother has become cruel this time."
Ping'er looked at Wang Xifeng.
"Some time ago, my brother visited Jia's mansion and gave Baoyu a book and a box of rouge, do you still remember?" Wang Xifeng asked.
Ping'er nodded: "I heard."
"Afterwards, my good aunt hasn't given me a smiley face until now. Ping'er, you also know that you came with me. My brother and I have never been very close. I have nothing to do with what he did. He used to be in the At home, I only tease the maids, eat and have fun, that’s all. Now that we are well-off, we don’t know how to help our relatives, and we don’t even come to see them. Congratulations, I finally persuaded him to come, and the result? The gifts for the younger sisters were not very good. Although they were not very colorful, at least they couldn’t find fault, right! Why did Baoyu make a mistake! He didn’t Born against me?"
"Second Grandma..." Ping'er looked at her worriedly.
"I don't ask him to help me more, but at least don't cause trouble for me." Wang Xifeng said: "Now he is acting like he wants to put aside ties with the Jia family... Forget it, I never thought about it before. It depends on him. Now my mother is tired of him...I said last time that I want to bring another child here. The child's mother has already been selected, and I just wait for the father to come back..."
Ping'er bit her lower lip lightly, and then slowly said: "Second Mistress, don't be unhappy if I say a word. I think, no matter how bad Mr. Ren is, he is your elder brother after all. If he is well-developed, even if he is not It's obvious that they want to help us, but they are still brothers and sisters, and Madam Wang won't dare to treat you if she shows you any face?"
"What you said is also reasonable." Wang Xifeng said: "Forget it, let mother do it. Father is now approaching his forties, how easy it is to get a son when he is old."
Just like what Wang Xifeng said, when Wang Ziteng came back a few months later, his wife immediately found a chance to send Yuan'er into Wang Ziteng's room and became another of Wang Ziteng's roommates.
It's just that this house girl has been doing it for several years, but she has never produced anything.The other women in the backyard never showed any signs of pregnancy, just like the face Wang Ren showed Wang Ziteng at the beginning, they were destined to be without a son.Even if the original body hadn't been scared to death at that time, he probably wouldn't live for a few years.After all, it will be broken.
Today's Wang Ren is not Wang Ziteng's son in a sense.
Therefore, the madam's plan is unlikely to come true anyway, unless she finds another man to get her pregnant.It's just that if this kind of thing is discovered, the madam will have to face more than just divorce.And judging from her face, she doesn't look like someone who has the courage to do such a thing.
I really don't know who inherited Wang Xifeng's courage to take on the lawsuit.
After that, Wang Ren really never went to Jia's mansion again, and after Jia Zheng found out about Jia Baoyu's throwing of books and leaving rouge, he was beaten up even more, and he didn't have the face to mention the matter of looking for a husband to Wang Ren.The only contact Wang Ren had with people in Jia's residence was when he occasionally met Jia Lian on the street and said a few words.Wang Ren reminded him that Jia's house might fall and that Wang Xifeng had the guts to let go of interest.It's just that at that time, Jia Lian was all focused on Youshi, which was mentioned when chatting with Jia Zhen, and ignored Wang Ren's words.This made Wang Ren sigh. Sure enough, fate can't be changed casually. Isn't the decline of Lijia's mansion in the original book because of these people's inability to see reality and inaction.
After that, Wang Ren never met Jia Lian again. As for the fan that Jia Lian gave before, it was the old gentleman who Wang Ren gave to him.The old gentleman is indeed a person who loves elegance. When he was holding the fan, even though he said that the gift was too expensive, he never put it down in his hand, and his eyes were almost glistening.He even happily checked Wang Ren's homework... Wait!Shouldn't Mr. General give him three days off when he is happy?Why does it feel like Mr. is more serious and serious than before? Hey!
And because of what Wang Ren said in the teahouse before, Wang Ren's reputation slowly began to spread, saying that he is a man of great talent.
Sometimes rumors in the market are easy to exaggerate the facts. He just said something taught by his husband, but his previous reputation as a playboy has gradually disappeared. After all, the original body was young at that time. What's wrong, so everyone described it as a teenager who was young and ignorant, and naughty was also regarded as lively.
This is probably due to the different impressions. When looking at people, it is easy to see people as different images.
When Wang Ren saw Yinxiang again, nearly two years had passed. Although the two did not see each other often during this period, there were occasional letters. The relationship between the two was not only not unfamiliar, but even closer some.By the time we meet again, Wang Ren is already 15.
And Yinxiang and Wang Ren are the same age, and now they are also 15 years old, which happens to be the age when they can get married and leave the house.
Elder brother can be counted as an adult at the age of 15, and usually leaves the palace to marry and build a mansion.But there are occasional exceptions.There were many such exceptions during the Kangxi period.
Kangxi is good at keeping in good health, so his energy is quite good in certain things, until the age of 40, the children still pop out one by one.Although Yinxiang appears to be the thirteen sons, if all Kangxi's children are counted, it should be the No. 20 second son, and the others are all children who died before they grew up. This is just the number of sons.It can be seen how powerful a certain ability of Kangxi is.
But it is not a good thing to have more children, for example...the ability to have children, but no money to raise them...
The royal elder brother himself should have gone out to get married and build a mansion at the age of 15, and then served in the court.But the cost of the prince's marriage is particularly high.In addition, the labor costs required to build the mansion are also quite high, not to mention that Kangxi has so many sons now.The existing houses have been distributed long ago, and it happened to be the last house that was distributed to Brother Eleven.Now the twelfth elder brother has just got married not long ago, but he is still living in the palace, and the mansion outside is under construction.Afterwards, now he is here with the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang, not to mention the mansion, he doesn't even have a wife now.
It's just that there is no need to go to the study to report every day. On the first day after liberation, Yinxiang first called Wang Ren when he was free, and went out to drink together.
"So...you called me out to complain just because you don't have a wife yet?" Wang Ren looked at Yinxiang with an embarrassing expression.
"I'm not worrying about not having a wife." Yinxiang said, "It's just that I want to enter the court earlier instead of drinking here."
"Do you have any problem with drinking with me?"
Yinxiang: "You know I didn't mean that..."
"Ha~ I know." Wang Ren picked up the jug and wanted to pour himself another glass, but Yinxiang grabbed his hand and stopped him: "You drink less, I don't want to send you home behind your back."
"Let me tell you... how long do you have to remember just once?"
"Remember till the end of time!"
Wang Ren: "...hehe."
Wang Ren put down his wine glass and turned to pick up vegetables.
"You are still a member of the Fifth Grade Criminal Department Wai Lang." Yin Xiang said, "Aren't you in a hurry?"
"Not at all, I'm not interested in the court affairs." Wang Ren said.
Yinxiang: "It's a pity."
"What a pity?" Wang Ren asked.
"It's a pity that you have a heart for the people."
Wang Ren: "Did you misunderstand something?" ==
"Did you send a pot of flowers to Starling's mansion a while ago?"
"Well, yes." Wang Ren said: "I had the honor to meet Eighth Brother once in the street. By coincidence, he damaged the newly bought flowers. Although he was not caught and demanded compensation. Precious flowers. I took them back and took care of them for a year. The boy Pinellia loves flowers, and he should have sent them over early, but Pinellia has been reluctant, always saying that the cultivation is not good enough. So it has been delayed until now, Taking advantage of the flowers blooming very well some time ago, I sent someone to send them back."
"Tsk, except for the potted flower, you haven't been near the Starling's mansion, have you?"
"Absolutely not."
"Very well, if you want to be with me, stay away from him. Different factions don't get along." Yinxiang said.
"En." It's just...why does this sentence sound a bit strange?
"Besides, it's been so long, why bother to give him back, it's just a pot of flowers." Yinxiang picked up chopsticks and gave Wang Ren a chopstick of green vegetables: "You can't just stare at the meat."
"You don't care about me..." Wang Ren stared at the dishes in the bowl bitterly and bitterly.
"I'll take care of you!" Yinxiang said, "You can't be a partial eclipse."
"I'm already 15 years old!"
"Well, you can marry a wife." Yinxiang said: "There is a reason why I haven't talked about marriage yet, what about you? Don't tell me your family doesn't care about you?"
"She won't care about it." Wang Ren said, "I'm doing this for the person who should be in my destiny."
Yinxiang snorted through his nose, and said: "If there is no human push, how can you have the fate you mentioned. If your mother never promises you a kiss, then you will never be able to wait for your so-called fate for the rest of your life." people?"
"People in destiny don't wait for others to deliver them." Wang Ren put the green vegetables into his mouth: "I have to find them myself! Heh heh, within ten years, I can definitely bring one back! Then there will be a pair of people for a lifetime." live forever!"
"A couple for a lifetime?" Yinxiang asked doubtfully, "Don't you pay attention to children?"
"If you don't have it, don't ask for it." Wang Ren said.He will definitely not be able to leave an heir in the future.
"That's right." Yinxiang said: "I remember that Yangzhou's Xunyan censor you mentioned earlier adopted a son. The adopted son may not be worse than his own, and it can be regarded as leaving an heir."
"Yangzhou's inspector and censor?" Wang Ren tilted his head and said, "Are you talking about Lin Ruhai?"
"Yes." Yin Xiang said, "It's Lin Ruhai who left with a pale face after you told me about the only child."
"You actually go out of your way to inquire about other people's gossip?" Wang Ren looked at Yinxiang with an exaggerated expression of horror.It's also because of their close relationship, otherwise, if other people show such an expression to Yinxiang, Yinxiang will definitely be angry.
"No!" Yinxiang said: "It's the son of the inspector who patrols salt and censor who has entered the imperial examination in Beijing. Just a few months ago, he was ranked second in the list."
"Well, better than his father." Wang Ren nodded.
"Although I'm just sorting out books at the moment, my talent is outstanding, not worse than your original reputation." Yinxiang said, glanced out of the window and smiled, pointing to the bottom and said: "Look, say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here." , that is the man in the blue shirt."
Wang Ren poked his head out from the window and saw the young man approaching the tavern. He was shocked and said, "It looks like I'm two years younger than me."
"Well, the 13-year-old No. [-]." Yinxiang said: "The youngest one in history, unfortunately he is not the No. [-], otherwise he can be called a legend. Not only is he talented, but he is not pedantic. He can support his family at a young age." Come on, even if Nalin Ruhai is seriously ill now, he can hold up the situation, take his time and protect his sister."
"Sister... Well, if you are two years younger than me, you are indeed older than Lin Daiyu."
"How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to call a woman by her first name?" Yinxiang said, "Next time if you do it again, you can just marry her."
Wang Ren grinned and bared his teeth.
Yinxiang smiled, and whispered a word to the boy next to him, and after a while, the young man opened the curtain and came in, saluted Yinxiang and Wang Ren: "Today, I can meet the thirteenth master again, it's really a god Great luck. So... who is this?"
"My lord Wang Ren." Wang Ren said with a smile.
"Could it be that fifth-rank member of the criminal department, Wailang?" The young man's glasses lit up, his smile widened, and he said happily, "I heard the rumors about Mr. Wang a few years ago, and seeing him today really deserves his reputation. Sansheng is lucky."
"You're welcome." Wang Ren said with a smile, "It's just that I'm still a worthless job, and I'm not taking the imperial examination route. I can't compare to you who got second place at the age of 13."
"It's just five points of talent and five points of luck." Lin Jing laughed.
The three sat down together, and Wang Ren said: "I heard that Mr. Lin is seriously ill, and Mr. Wang is not talented. I have met Mr. Lin several times before, and I admire him very much. I wonder how his condition is now?"
"Hey..." Lin Jing showed a sad face and shook her head: "My sister is still taking care of Yangzhou, but..."
"Do you have a place to live now?" Wang Ren asked curiously.
"This time I went to Beijing for the imperial examination. Jia's mansion once sent a letter asking me to live with my sister. It's just that my father is not in good health, and he is right... so he refused. Jia's mansion has many daughters, and I lived alone. It doesn’t make sense, so I only rented a small courtyard to settle down. My father’s illness is not very good, and now I plan to ask my father to resign. I can’t go back, so I let my father and sister go to Beijing for training, but my father rejected it.”
The master who taught him metaphysics said more than once that whether it is divination or doing things in daily life, one must learn to be steady and calm, and not to be disturbed by anyone or anything.Don't be confused by the money in the world of mortals, and don't be contaminated by false feelings. Otherwise, no matter how good his metaphysics is, he will inevitably be stirred into the turmoil and suffer physical and mental injuries.
By the way, does an old man who is into money have the right to say that he pays too much attention to emotions!
Not everyone can do this indifferent life attitude of not being happy with things but not saddening oneself!
Ban Xia looked at Wang Ren and sighed all the time, and said in a low voice, "Master, the flowers over there are blooming, and there is a flower show going on, why don't we go and have a look?"
"Flower show?" Wang Ren squinted at Pinellia.
Chang Shan on the side spoke up: "It's the beauty pageant in Flower Street. It's June now, the season when all kinds of flowers are in full bloom. Every time around this time, there will be a flower show on the side of Flower Street. And many girls in the building will also start to select oirans at this time." .”
Wang Ren: ←←
"Master, you don't need to spend money just to go shopping, you can see flowers or people." Ban Xia said.
"Anyway, there's nothing to do, let's go." Wang Ren said.Although he has no interest in women and flowers.
Flower Street is in the north of Jingcheng Avenue. There is a very famous Flower Street there. Although it is called Flower Street, it is only because there are more than 30 shops in it, and brothels account for a small half. The rest are selling rouge, gouache, fabrics, Ceramics and pharmacies and the like.There are basically shops that women often like to visit.It's just that the street is full of flowers now, and many people like to pull carts to bring flowers to display and sell them. Therefore, in addition to some low-end people and clients, there are also many people with certain identities and looks like them. People like literati come to buy flowers.
"Master, look at how beautiful this pot of Clivia grows, why don't we buy a pot and put it home?" Ban Xia smiled and said to Wang Ren while picking up a pot of flowers.
Wang Ren lowered his head and took a look. He looked really good, and the leaves were clean and energetic, which showed that they had been carefully cared for.It's just that the flowering period of Clivia has passed now, so it hasn't bloomed.Probably because of this, the potted flowers were only placed at the bottom, and they were not placed in the blooming pile for sale.
"No need." Wang Ren said, "I don't know how to raise it."
Pinellia reluctantly put down the flower pot and followed Wang Ren to leave. Seeing him stepping and turning his head, Wang Ren asked, "Do you like flowers?"
"Hey, to tell you the truth, my small family used to grow flowers, and they are very good at flowers." Ban Xia patted her head and smiled.
Wang Ren nodded and said, "Then buy it. You can raise it."
Ban Xia nodded immediately, ran to the boss in a hurry, paid the money and followed Wang Ren with the flower pot in his arms, the smile on his mouth never faded.
Wang Ren walked all the way, but he didn't see any beautiful flowers, and even if he saw too many beautiful flowers, he lost his previous interest.Turning around, I saw a small table in an open space, where a few pretty-looking women dressed up beautifully were joking in a low voice.This is probably where the oiran was chosen as mentioned earlier?
Wang Ren turned around and wanted to leave. He was not interested in beauty pageants among women at all. He didn't want to turn his head and bumped into a man wearing a servant's clothes. The man was hit by him, and the flower in his hand fell to the ground.The tile flowerpot was broken into pieces, and the man was bumped by Wang Ren and stepped on his foot accidentally, the beautiful flower was immediately ruined.
The man's face turned pale immediately, and after realizing it, he turned around and grabbed Wang Ren's clothes, refusing to let him go: "You bastard, you walk without eyes!"
"Ah... sorry." Wang Ren said indifferently.
"Just say sorry and it's over! It's all your fault that ruined Ba Ye's flower! How can you pay for it! Your little life is not worth the value of this flower!" The man's voice was so loud that he almost wanted It made Wang Ren's ears numb.
"Let go of me, Lord, we'll pay whatever money you want!" Ban Xia hurriedly said.
Chang Shan next to him was pulling directly, but he didn't expect this guy to be so strong that he couldn't pull anyone at all.
"Why are flowers so valuable..." Wang Ren looked at the ground and saw that it was also a pot of orchids.It's just that this orchid is different from the flower in Pinellia's hand. All the flowers on the orchid are blooming, and the clusters of flowers are very beautiful.Obviously, the flowering period ended a month ago. Wang Ren thought that the people who grow the flowers are very good at taking care of them, so they delayed the flowering period to the current Hundred Flowers Exhibition.
"Is this a matter of losing money? Could it be that Ba Ye is still short of money!" the man said angrily.
"Huanrong? What's the matter?" A young man in a fancy dress came over, followed by four or five people, all of whom were guards with swords, and there was also a servant.
"Eighth Lord. It was this kid who broke your flowers and even stepped on them!" the man shouted immediately.
Wang Ren: You were the one who stepped on it!
"Oh, you mean my pot of flowers that cost 100 taels of silver?" Ba Ye sneered: "I clearly told you to handle it carefully, but now it's broken and you rely on someone else?"
The man was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a plop: "Baye, what the little one said is true, it's really this guy..."
The eighth master glanced at the guard behind him, and the guard immediately stepped forward to cover the man's mouth and dragged him away.
"Wait... It's true that I accidentally bumped into him." Wang Ren stepped forward and straightened the crumpled clothes pulled by the man. I'm sorry. Although I don't have any flowers to pay for, I can pay you 100 taels of silver."
"No. This street is already crowded with people, and it's very common to be bumped into by people. It's the servant's fault for not protecting the flowers well. How can I have the nerve to ask you for money?" The eighth master laughed: "Although 100 taels It’s a pity that the silver is gone like this. It’s just that it’s not a lot of money to me, so don’t worry about it.”
"But..." Wang Ren frowned.
"If you really want to apologize, then that potted flower should be regarded as an apology." The eighth master pointed to the pot of Clivia in the arms of Ban Xia behind Wang Ren.
"That pot is just an ordinary Clivia, not worth a tael of silver." Wang Ren said.
"It doesn't matter if it's worth money or not. As long as I like it, even an ordinary flower can increase its value by more than a hundred times in my hands." Ba Ye whispered in Wang Ren's ear.
"Okay, since you've taken a fancy to Pinellia, bring the flowers here," Wang Ren said.
"Yes, Master." Ban Xia sent the flowers to another servant behind Ba Ye.
"Baye, it's almost time to go back." The guard next to Baye stepped forward and said.
"Oh, really." Eighth Master looked at the sky, and said to Wang Ren: "In this case, let's meet again by fate."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Wang Ren's answer, he took the guards and servants with the pot of Clivia orchids in their arms, passed by Wang Ren, and left.
"Baye..." Wang Ren said softly, "Will you come to this kind of place?"
"Master, this place is very famous." Ban Xia whispered: "So there are often dignitaries coming here."
Wang Ren: But this person is no ordinary dignitary.The purple aura on the eighth master's body is stronger than that of Thirteen and the current fourth elder brother Yinzhen.
In the past, I just observed the luck of people. As long as people don't do bad things full of evil, ordinary luck will not change.And this kind of purple air is only available to the supreme, some represent grandeur, and none represent decay.Is it possible that the candidate for the future emperor will change?
Wang Ren looked down at the trampled orchid lying pitifully on the ground, and picked it up with his body.
"Master, little heart." Ban Xia immediately grabbed the flower in his hand and said.
"No problem." Wang Ren clapped his hands: "Panxia, this flower is still alive, but the branches and flowers have been trampled. Can you bring it back and raise it?"
Ban Xia was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes sparkled: "It's okay, sir, this flower is just trampled and it doesn't look good, it didn't hurt the root, as long as it is taken care of, it will be back to normal after a period of time."
Wang Ren nodded and said, "Then you take care of it first."
Do you want to return the 100 taels of flowers to this eighth master after they are grown?
Looking at the appearance of the eighth master, he should be 18 or 9 years old now, he must have married a wife and came out to start a family.So now I am free enough to go out shopping.Unlike Shisan, Wang Ren hasn't seen anyone since he came back from the southern tour. He doesn't know that guy...
Wait, why is he thinking about Shisan!
never mind!go home!
I thought that if I met my wife after returning home, I would be scolded again, but who knew that after seeing him, my wife just gave him a faint look, turned her head and went into the inner room without waiting for Wang Ren to greet his mother, and completely ignored Wang Ren. Wang Ren treats it like air.Moreover, that expression seemed to have decided something.
Rongguo Mansion a few days later.
Wang Xifeng kept sighing after seeing the letter sent by her mother, and asked Ping'er to take the brazier and throw the letter into the brazier to burn it.
Recently, Wang Xifeng burned more and more letters from her mother, and Ping'er saw more, so she stopped talking too much.It was Wang Xifeng who spoke first to Ping'er and said, "Mother has become cruel this time."
Ping'er looked at Wang Xifeng.
"Some time ago, my brother visited Jia's mansion and gave Baoyu a book and a box of rouge, do you still remember?" Wang Xifeng asked.
Ping'er nodded: "I heard."
"Afterwards, my good aunt hasn't given me a smiley face until now. Ping'er, you also know that you came with me. My brother and I have never been very close. I have nothing to do with what he did. He used to be in the At home, I only tease the maids, eat and have fun, that’s all. Now that we are well-off, we don’t know how to help our relatives, and we don’t even come to see them. Congratulations, I finally persuaded him to come, and the result? The gifts for the younger sisters were not very good. Although they were not very colorful, at least they couldn’t find fault, right! Why did Baoyu make a mistake! He didn’t Born against me?"
"Second Grandma..." Ping'er looked at her worriedly.
"I don't ask him to help me more, but at least don't cause trouble for me." Wang Xifeng said: "Now he is acting like he wants to put aside ties with the Jia family... Forget it, I never thought about it before. It depends on him. Now my mother is tired of him...I said last time that I want to bring another child here. The child's mother has already been selected, and I just wait for the father to come back..."
Ping'er bit her lower lip lightly, and then slowly said: "Second Mistress, don't be unhappy if I say a word. I think, no matter how bad Mr. Ren is, he is your elder brother after all. If he is well-developed, even if he is not It's obvious that they want to help us, but they are still brothers and sisters, and Madam Wang won't dare to treat you if she shows you any face?"
"What you said is also reasonable." Wang Xifeng said: "Forget it, let mother do it. Father is now approaching his forties, how easy it is to get a son when he is old."
Just like what Wang Xifeng said, when Wang Ziteng came back a few months later, his wife immediately found a chance to send Yuan'er into Wang Ziteng's room and became another of Wang Ziteng's roommates.
It's just that this house girl has been doing it for several years, but she has never produced anything.The other women in the backyard never showed any signs of pregnancy, just like the face Wang Ren showed Wang Ziteng at the beginning, they were destined to be without a son.Even if the original body hadn't been scared to death at that time, he probably wouldn't live for a few years.After all, it will be broken.
Today's Wang Ren is not Wang Ziteng's son in a sense.
Therefore, the madam's plan is unlikely to come true anyway, unless she finds another man to get her pregnant.It's just that if this kind of thing is discovered, the madam will have to face more than just divorce.And judging from her face, she doesn't look like someone who has the courage to do such a thing.
I really don't know who inherited Wang Xifeng's courage to take on the lawsuit.
After that, Wang Ren really never went to Jia's mansion again, and after Jia Zheng found out about Jia Baoyu's throwing of books and leaving rouge, he was beaten up even more, and he didn't have the face to mention the matter of looking for a husband to Wang Ren.The only contact Wang Ren had with people in Jia's residence was when he occasionally met Jia Lian on the street and said a few words.Wang Ren reminded him that Jia's house might fall and that Wang Xifeng had the guts to let go of interest.It's just that at that time, Jia Lian was all focused on Youshi, which was mentioned when chatting with Jia Zhen, and ignored Wang Ren's words.This made Wang Ren sigh. Sure enough, fate can't be changed casually. Isn't the decline of Lijia's mansion in the original book because of these people's inability to see reality and inaction.
After that, Wang Ren never met Jia Lian again. As for the fan that Jia Lian gave before, it was the old gentleman who Wang Ren gave to him.The old gentleman is indeed a person who loves elegance. When he was holding the fan, even though he said that the gift was too expensive, he never put it down in his hand, and his eyes were almost glistening.He even happily checked Wang Ren's homework... Wait!Shouldn't Mr. General give him three days off when he is happy?Why does it feel like Mr. is more serious and serious than before? Hey!
And because of what Wang Ren said in the teahouse before, Wang Ren's reputation slowly began to spread, saying that he is a man of great talent.
Sometimes rumors in the market are easy to exaggerate the facts. He just said something taught by his husband, but his previous reputation as a playboy has gradually disappeared. After all, the original body was young at that time. What's wrong, so everyone described it as a teenager who was young and ignorant, and naughty was also regarded as lively.
This is probably due to the different impressions. When looking at people, it is easy to see people as different images.
When Wang Ren saw Yinxiang again, nearly two years had passed. Although the two did not see each other often during this period, there were occasional letters. The relationship between the two was not only not unfamiliar, but even closer some.By the time we meet again, Wang Ren is already 15.
And Yinxiang and Wang Ren are the same age, and now they are also 15 years old, which happens to be the age when they can get married and leave the house.
Elder brother can be counted as an adult at the age of 15, and usually leaves the palace to marry and build a mansion.But there are occasional exceptions.There were many such exceptions during the Kangxi period.
Kangxi is good at keeping in good health, so his energy is quite good in certain things, until the age of 40, the children still pop out one by one.Although Yinxiang appears to be the thirteen sons, if all Kangxi's children are counted, it should be the No. 20 second son, and the others are all children who died before they grew up. This is just the number of sons.It can be seen how powerful a certain ability of Kangxi is.
But it is not a good thing to have more children, for example...the ability to have children, but no money to raise them...
The royal elder brother himself should have gone out to get married and build a mansion at the age of 15, and then served in the court.But the cost of the prince's marriage is particularly high.In addition, the labor costs required to build the mansion are also quite high, not to mention that Kangxi has so many sons now.The existing houses have been distributed long ago, and it happened to be the last house that was distributed to Brother Eleven.Now the twelfth elder brother has just got married not long ago, but he is still living in the palace, and the mansion outside is under construction.Afterwards, now he is here with the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang, not to mention the mansion, he doesn't even have a wife now.
It's just that there is no need to go to the study to report every day. On the first day after liberation, Yinxiang first called Wang Ren when he was free, and went out to drink together.
"So...you called me out to complain just because you don't have a wife yet?" Wang Ren looked at Yinxiang with an embarrassing expression.
"I'm not worrying about not having a wife." Yinxiang said, "It's just that I want to enter the court earlier instead of drinking here."
"Do you have any problem with drinking with me?"
Yinxiang: "You know I didn't mean that..."
"Ha~ I know." Wang Ren picked up the jug and wanted to pour himself another glass, but Yinxiang grabbed his hand and stopped him: "You drink less, I don't want to send you home behind your back."
"Let me tell you... how long do you have to remember just once?"
"Remember till the end of time!"
Wang Ren: "...hehe."
Wang Ren put down his wine glass and turned to pick up vegetables.
"You are still a member of the Fifth Grade Criminal Department Wai Lang." Yin Xiang said, "Aren't you in a hurry?"
"Not at all, I'm not interested in the court affairs." Wang Ren said.
Yinxiang: "It's a pity."
"What a pity?" Wang Ren asked.
"It's a pity that you have a heart for the people."
Wang Ren: "Did you misunderstand something?" ==
"Did you send a pot of flowers to Starling's mansion a while ago?"
"Well, yes." Wang Ren said: "I had the honor to meet Eighth Brother once in the street. By coincidence, he damaged the newly bought flowers. Although he was not caught and demanded compensation. Precious flowers. I took them back and took care of them for a year. The boy Pinellia loves flowers, and he should have sent them over early, but Pinellia has been reluctant, always saying that the cultivation is not good enough. So it has been delayed until now, Taking advantage of the flowers blooming very well some time ago, I sent someone to send them back."
"Tsk, except for the potted flower, you haven't been near the Starling's mansion, have you?"
"Absolutely not."
"Very well, if you want to be with me, stay away from him. Different factions don't get along." Yinxiang said.
"En." It's just...why does this sentence sound a bit strange?
"Besides, it's been so long, why bother to give him back, it's just a pot of flowers." Yinxiang picked up chopsticks and gave Wang Ren a chopstick of green vegetables: "You can't just stare at the meat."
"You don't care about me..." Wang Ren stared at the dishes in the bowl bitterly and bitterly.
"I'll take care of you!" Yinxiang said, "You can't be a partial eclipse."
"I'm already 15 years old!"
"Well, you can marry a wife." Yinxiang said: "There is a reason why I haven't talked about marriage yet, what about you? Don't tell me your family doesn't care about you?"
"She won't care about it." Wang Ren said, "I'm doing this for the person who should be in my destiny."
Yinxiang snorted through his nose, and said: "If there is no human push, how can you have the fate you mentioned. If your mother never promises you a kiss, then you will never be able to wait for your so-called fate for the rest of your life." people?"
"People in destiny don't wait for others to deliver them." Wang Ren put the green vegetables into his mouth: "I have to find them myself! Heh heh, within ten years, I can definitely bring one back! Then there will be a pair of people for a lifetime." live forever!"
"A couple for a lifetime?" Yinxiang asked doubtfully, "Don't you pay attention to children?"
"If you don't have it, don't ask for it." Wang Ren said.He will definitely not be able to leave an heir in the future.
"That's right." Yinxiang said: "I remember that Yangzhou's Xunyan censor you mentioned earlier adopted a son. The adopted son may not be worse than his own, and it can be regarded as leaving an heir."
"Yangzhou's inspector and censor?" Wang Ren tilted his head and said, "Are you talking about Lin Ruhai?"
"Yes." Yin Xiang said, "It's Lin Ruhai who left with a pale face after you told me about the only child."
"You actually go out of your way to inquire about other people's gossip?" Wang Ren looked at Yinxiang with an exaggerated expression of horror.It's also because of their close relationship, otherwise, if other people show such an expression to Yinxiang, Yinxiang will definitely be angry.
"No!" Yinxiang said: "It's the son of the inspector who patrols salt and censor who has entered the imperial examination in Beijing. Just a few months ago, he was ranked second in the list."
"Well, better than his father." Wang Ren nodded.
"Although I'm just sorting out books at the moment, my talent is outstanding, not worse than your original reputation." Yinxiang said, glanced out of the window and smiled, pointing to the bottom and said: "Look, say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here." , that is the man in the blue shirt."
Wang Ren poked his head out from the window and saw the young man approaching the tavern. He was shocked and said, "It looks like I'm two years younger than me."
"Well, the 13-year-old No. [-]." Yinxiang said: "The youngest one in history, unfortunately he is not the No. [-], otherwise he can be called a legend. Not only is he talented, but he is not pedantic. He can support his family at a young age." Come on, even if Nalin Ruhai is seriously ill now, he can hold up the situation, take his time and protect his sister."
"Sister... Well, if you are two years younger than me, you are indeed older than Lin Daiyu."
"How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to call a woman by her first name?" Yinxiang said, "Next time if you do it again, you can just marry her."
Wang Ren grinned and bared his teeth.
Yinxiang smiled, and whispered a word to the boy next to him, and after a while, the young man opened the curtain and came in, saluted Yinxiang and Wang Ren: "Today, I can meet the thirteenth master again, it's really a god Great luck. So... who is this?"
"My lord Wang Ren." Wang Ren said with a smile.
"Could it be that fifth-rank member of the criminal department, Wailang?" The young man's glasses lit up, his smile widened, and he said happily, "I heard the rumors about Mr. Wang a few years ago, and seeing him today really deserves his reputation. Sansheng is lucky."
"You're welcome." Wang Ren said with a smile, "It's just that I'm still a worthless job, and I'm not taking the imperial examination route. I can't compare to you who got second place at the age of 13."
"It's just five points of talent and five points of luck." Lin Jing laughed.
The three sat down together, and Wang Ren said: "I heard that Mr. Lin is seriously ill, and Mr. Wang is not talented. I have met Mr. Lin several times before, and I admire him very much. I wonder how his condition is now?"
"Hey..." Lin Jing showed a sad face and shook her head: "My sister is still taking care of Yangzhou, but..."
"Do you have a place to live now?" Wang Ren asked curiously.
"This time I went to Beijing for the imperial examination. Jia's mansion once sent a letter asking me to live with my sister. It's just that my father is not in good health, and he is right... so he refused. Jia's mansion has many daughters, and I lived alone. It doesn’t make sense, so I only rented a small courtyard to settle down. My father’s illness is not very good, and now I plan to ask my father to resign. I can’t go back, so I let my father and sister go to Beijing for training, but my father rejected it.”
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