[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 50 I can tell what the master is thinking with just one look

As soon as Xue Pan got home from the yamen, he heard Xue Qing say, "Master, Brother Huan and Second Master Bao have been waiting for you all afternoon."

"Are you here so early?" He got home from the yamen and it was past [-] o'clock, and it was almost [-] o'clock to [-] o'clock after eating and washing, and the class for Jia Huan was after [-] o'clock. Moved to the afternoon, but today is not Muxiu, Jia Huan knows the time, he came so early just to play tricks on Jia Baoyu.

All the way to the courtyard, as soon as Xue Pan entered the door, he saw Jia Huan coming towards him, his eyebrows and eyes bent into crescents, and said: "Master, you are back!"

Xue Pan looked at Jia Huan with a smile in his eyes, if this guy showed the innocent side of a child, he would be plotting something, but Xue Pan didn't eat Jia Huan and didn't do it in front of him, so today's behavior must be to get Jia Baoyu The surgery was done.

Nodding, sweating all over his back, Xue Pan was not in the mood to help Jia Huan play with Jia Baoyu, so he said, "Xue Qing fetches water and I want to take a bath. Brother Huan and Baoyu go to the study first."

"Master, don't worry, I'll help my second brother find out first." Jia Huan said with a smile.

Xue Pan didn't want to accept Jia Baoyu as his disciple. This person once said that scholars all over the world are traitors of the Luxie country when they take the exams. This statement can be summed up in one word. On the other hand, it also shows that Jia Baoyu's temperament is free and he doesn't like to live in temples. He came here today Reading is also forced by his father, why should I accept a person who doesn't care about it, it's not flattering to waste my time.He deliberately set up many difficulties to make Jia Baoyu stop by himself. If Jia Huan did this today, he would naturally not refuse.

Seeing Xue Pan's attitude, Jia Huan put his heart back to his stomach. In the past, no one would only see Jia Baoyu in Jia's mansion. In this life, he found a master with great difficulty. If Jia Baoyu seduced him With Xue Pan's gaze, Jia Huan really wanted to hate Jia Baoyu and Mrs. Wang to death.Yesterday when I heard that Jia Baoyu was going to learn from Xue Pan, Jia Huan was really worried for a while, thinking that even if he tried his best, he would force Jia Baoyu to give up. Now that Xue Pan acquiesced to his actions, Jia Huan was naturally happy.

"Second brother, master is going to wash up. I will take you to the study room to read silently. After a while, master has eaten and will test you." Jia Huan looked innocent, "Second brother, don't worry, I will help you .”

Jia Baoyu was grateful, and said: "Brother Huan, you are so kind. I just took a look at Big Brother Xue in the main room. Big Brother Xue, who is wearing court clothes, is different from usual. He looks as serious as his father---" "

"Master is gentle in private, but he is very strict in learning. Don't be lazy." Jia Huan said to Jia Baoyu, "After you left yesterday, I heard my father say to the master: 'If you are a rebellious son, you will be lazy. Pan'er just hits."

Jia Zheng has always been indifferent to Jia Baoyu, hating the way iron can't be made into steel. In front of him is Jia Zhu who loves to read. For comparison, Jia Baoyu, the son of Jia Zheng, also had great expectations. Jia Baoyu was quite smart when he was a child. Jia Zheng had great hopes of investing in it, and he hoped that Jia Baoyu would once cross the horse and parade the high school champion.Later, Na thought that every year was not as good as one year, and was spoiled by Mrs. Jia Mu Wang's pampering and lazy, and the books were not easy to read. But because of Jia Mu's face, Jia Zheng only dared to teach him a lesson when he was in a hurry.On weekdays, Jia Baoyu would hide when he saw Jia Zheng, like a mouse seeing a cat. Jia Zheng also liked to call Jia Baoyu "Nizi".

Jia Huan learned so vividly that Jia Baoyu shivered in fright. Even though he was in Xue's residence, he was still afraid, so he pulled Jia Huan's sleeve and said tightly, "Did Brother Xue beat someone?"

Xue Pan had never done anything before. Their two apprentices, Zhao Hongyi was bright-eyed, intelligent and talented, and Jia Huan was clever and persevering. The two never needed Xue Pan to follow behind with a whip in their studies and martial arts.But Jia Baoyu didn't know, so he could only collect information from Jia Huan.

Jia Huan glanced at Jia Baoyu without a trace and pulled his sleeve tightly, his eyes turned cold, and he said with a smile: "Second brother, don't be afraid, the master usually doesn't beat people, but if you haven't finished your homework, you can't do well in class." You will be whipped a few times after you learn, so don't worry, second brother."

Hearing the whip, Jia Baoyu's little heart felt even more uncomfortable.Bai Yu seemed to have a face, and his facial features were crowded together, awkwardly tight.He said in a muffled voice: "Brother Xue has also changed. When he first came here, he was also a wonderful person in the underground. Now that he has entered the temple and became an official, he has become a dead eye. He is very vulgar. Why did my father let me study? Let's just become a traitor in the Nalu beetle country! Alas!"

Xue Pan heard Jia Baoyu's arguments just after taking a bath, stood at the door and said coldly: "Go to the study!"

Jia Baoyu in the room was trembling with fright, Jia Huan smiled in his eyes, and said comfortingly: "Second brother blames me, I forgot to take you to the study while we were chatting, let's go quickly, don't make Master wait in a hurry. "

When the two arrived at the study, Xue Pan sat at the main seat, with two desks and chairs underneath, which were originally prepared for Jia Huan and Zhao Hongyi, but Zhao Hongyi came out two or three times a month, and the desk was empty and useless. The study room is big and doesn't look crowded.

Xue Pan took a test paper from the desk. These were the test questions for Jia Huan that day. Last night, he asked Jia Huan to copy a copy of the test paper for Jia Baoyu today.

"You will finish this within one stick of incense in Baoyu." Xue Pan lit the incense and said, "Brother Huan, come and have dinner with me first."

Xue Pan was already over 30 in his heart, how could he be angry because of Jia Baoyu's unsalty words?He himself didn't want to teach Jia Baoyu, and he was just thinking about how to find an excuse to get rid of Jia Zheng, but he didn't expect Jia Baoyu to give him an excuse first.

Although Jia Huan knew that Xue Pan used him to give Jia Baoyu the power, but somehow he felt a little proud and happy in his heart.With a smile in his eyes, he said crisply: "Okay, master."

Before leaving, Xue Pan deliberately told Yanzi to look at Jia Baoyu with a straight face, which made Jia Baoyu's pen-holding hand tremble in fright.

Every time Jia Huan went to Xue's mansion, he always went to Xue Wang's to greet him first, and today was no exception. Xue Wang saw Jia Huan and Baoyu's love, especially Baoyu, who liked this powder-faced jade carving, and talked a lot , Immediately ordered Baoyu to prepare some of Baoyu's favorite food for dinner.When it was time for dinner, when Xue Pan arrived with Jia Huan, Xue Wang looked at Jia Baoyu for a long time and did not see Jia Baoyu. After asking, she found out that she was doing the paper. The older Xue Wang was soft-hearted, and her sister She knew her temper, and she couldn't bear to be hated on her son because of such a trivial matter, so she just said: "My son, you can study at any time, don't starve Baoyu's body."

Xue Pan smiled and served dishes to Mrs. Xue, and said, "Don't worry about this, mother. Uncle ordered it. If I can't teach Baoyu well, it will be difficult for Baoyu to do both."

"Auntie, elder brother has always done things properly. Besides, the second master of Jia's mansion just made a paper, and let the girl deliver the food after a while, so as to keep the hungry and healthy." Xue Biao chimed in.

Seeing this, Baoqin interrupted: "Auntie, my sister will come back tomorrow, I want to go to Jia's mansion to have fun, and come back together in the evening."

Sure enough, as soon as Xue Wangshi heard that he was discussing the schedule with Xue Baoqin, the matter was revealed.In fact, Xue Wang knew in her heart that her son had always done things in a reasonable manner. If he could do this, he might not want to accept Jia Baoyu as an apprentice. Picky, moreover, according to Baoyu's temperament, he is not suitable to be an official. He hangs around with the girls in the garden all day, writes poems, paints and makes rouge. Can such a temper be an official?

Xue Pan ate the meal slowly on purpose, and Jia Huan also looked lively at the table. The meal was useless and he just kept talking, which made Xue Wangshi and Baoqin happy, and even Xue Bian on the side was not happy. No longer serious.

After dinner, Mrs. Xue remembered Jia Baoyu who was still in the study, and hurriedly called Chunhan, saying, "Hurry up and heat some food for Baoyu—"

"Mother's matter is still sent to the servant." Xue Pan said with his lips curled up.Jia Baoyu loves color very much, and any pretty girl Jia Baoyu calls her sister intimately, Xue Pan doesn't want the whole neat and well-behaved Xue Mansion to be disturbed by Jia Baoyu.

When Jia Huan heard this, he also thought of Jia Baoyu's sister who did so well, and laughed happily.

After chatting for a while, Xue Pan and Xue Biao got up, followed by Jia Huan and went back together.When we arrived at the yard, the door was wide open, the candles in the study were bright, Jia Baoyu's shadow was reflected in the paper window, and he was burying his head in eating, probably because he was very hungry and ate very fast.

Xue Pan pushed the door, Jia Baoyu was so frightened that he stopped talking, and hurriedly said, "Brother, I'm done."

"You eat yours." Xue Pan took the paper from Jia Baoyu's desk and put it on the desk, then took the annotated article and handed it to Jia Huan, "You wrote this yesterday, and I pointed out all the mistakes." , the topic is too conservative, the words are ordinary, an article, or the topic is novel and refreshing, and the rhetoric is simple, it’s okay, or it’s okay to work hard on the writing of the article, the rhetoric is gorgeous or vigorous. This article, with an ordinary topic and simple writing style, is really inferior."

Jia Huan took the paper and said seriously: "Yes, master, I will study it carefully."

Xue Pan nodded and stopped talking, and started to read Jia Baoyu's paper.The papers he produced were all the content of the imperial examination, with scholars as the basis, from the compulsory posting of scriptures and ink to policy theory and poetry. Although there were not many topics, they covered all the basic aspects.Based on the ink meaning of pasting scriptures, the final poems and strategies are the test of one's aura.In order to save time, Jia Baoyu chose one of the two poems and fus, and wrote half of the policy and theory, fearing that there would be too little time.Xue Pan roughly scanned, and Jia Baoyu was wrong about the most basic things in the front, and he answered randomly, and the poem he made later was good, but the poem was written too romantically. He will only lose the election, and a romantic scholar is indispensable.As for the policy theory of that half chapter, I don't need to mention it.

Jia Baoyu carefully observed Xue Pan's face, and saw that Xue Pan's face was solemn and his head was lowered. He wanted to go back to his residence instead of studying here. Brother Xue is so scary.

"Baoyu, your foundation is too poor. If you want to obtain fame, you will fail. If you really want to study, you have to work hard." Xue Pan said sincerely, "Today your homework is to copy the "Book of Rites." "Rituals" in ", I will check the recitation at this time tomorrow."

"Yes." Jia Baoyu said sullenly with his head down.

Just as he was talking, Yan Zi said at the door: "Master, Jia's mansion sent someone here, saying that it was getting late to pick up Second Master Bao."

"That's all! Baoyu, go back and memorize your homework first," Xue Pan said.

When Jia Baoyu left, Jia Huan showed a relaxed smile. Xue Pan happened to see him, and he was stunned. He said: "The carriage from Jia's mansion only took Baoyu back. Today you will live here."

"Yes, master." Jia Huan said briskly with a smile in his voice.

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