[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

Zhen Fu was really famous in Jinling back then——

Even in Jiangnan, where the literary style is flourishing, the talent of an eight-year-old boy born a ten-year-old scholar is still admirable. Many people are simply envious of this young scholar and can't help but yearn for him.

If it is possible, who doesn't want to have such a talent for themselves, who doesn't want their children to have such a talent, and who doesn't want their relatives to have such a talent?Even if it's just for bragging, just say that the genius who is famous in the south of the Yangtze River and maybe even the whole country is his relative, that would be a great face!

But how much attention Zhen Fu received at the beginning, after he gradually "disappeared from everyone", how many people sighed "hurt Zhongyong" when talking about him.

Apart from the Zhen family's psychological problems at the beginning, Zhen Fu's psychological problems may not have been affected by these gossips.

But now, that child prodigy who has long been recognized as "injured Zhongyong" and who will never have a chance to get up again in his life, has appeared in everyone's field of vision again like a shock.

The first name, Jie Yuan, only appeared in Jiangnan in three years.

And with the status of Jiangnan literati among the literati in the world, as long as they are those who understand Yuan in the exam, they will not fail the exam after three years.

As we all know, as long as you don't fail the exam, you will get a Jinshi.

Everyone was dumbfounded. Many literati who had concluded that Zhen Fu would be like that for the rest of his life subconsciously crossed the possibility that Xie Yuan Zhen Fu was equal to the child prodigy Zhen Fu after discovering this.

But the list at this time is not like the modern ones. It is enough to just announce the name and grades. In order to prevent the appearance of people with the same name and surname, after the name of the candidate admission list, the candidate's hometown and address and three generations of grandparents are often followed.

The top three candidates will even announce their answer sheets together.

Even though more than ten years have passed, many people still talk about Zhen Fu's handwriting and writing style when he was studying, and those scholars who don't want to believe it can only look at other people's words after reading Zhen Fu's answer sheet. Under the gaze, he left in despair.

Many people who used too intense and arbitrary words at that time even received more exaggerated and intense rumors than Zhen Fu at that time.

But after Zhen Fu learned of this, he didn't care at all.

At the moment when he learned that he had passed the examination, Zhen Fu's grief, pain and resentment that had been pent up in his heart all these years were like mist in winter, and disappeared without a trace after being exposed to the sun.

Zhen Fu already had a good skin, but now that he has completely let go of the past, he looks a little more comfortable than before. He stood under the sun, and it made people feel a little bit in a trance. He is about to melt into the heaven and the earth, and he will ascend to the sky.

Lin Kou felt palpitations, subconsciously reached out and grabbed Zhen Fu's hand.

Zhen Fu turned around in a daze: "What's wrong?"

Lin Kou snorted: "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly feel that my husband is not as good-looking as a real person, which makes people feel uneasy."

Zhen Fu was stunned for a moment, then laughed brightly: "Madam, don't worry, no matter how good-looking I am, it will only belong to you, Madam."

Lin Kou glanced at him, and dragged him back to the room.

After being turned into a red wave overnight, and waking up the next day, the husband and wife became interested in paying attention to other people.

For example, Zhen Baoyu, who took the exam with Zhen Fu this year.

The housekeeper got the news, and went to the place where the admission list was posted to read the list from the beginning.

but……

"Master and Madam, there is no Zhen Baoyu's name on it." The housekeeper gloated a little, "It must have failed."

Zhen Fu glanced at the butler: "It's only been a few years since Zhen Baoyu started studying seriously, and he is already very good at being a scholar."

The butler's expression froze, he didn't dare to gloat over Zhen Baoyu's misfortune any more.

After the housekeeper left, Zhen Fu looked at Lin Kou: "Although Zhen Baoyu is four out-of-the-ordinary dudes, he still has self-knowledge and can't bear hardships. If he is really unsure about the rural examination, it is unlikely that he will come to participate in the rural examination .”

It was said that Zhen Baoyu was exactly the same as Jia Baoyu, but Lin Kou didn't know Zhen Baoyu well, so he simply used Jia Baoyu to trap him.

Then I had to admit that what Zhen Fu said was right.

The so-called admission list does not only show the admitted candidates, the reputations of those candidates who are only a few ranks away from the admission line will also be registered.

With Zhen Baoyu's temperament, even if he failed the exam, he should be among those names.

Zhen Fu frowned: "I don't worry about anything else, I just worry about the old lady of the Zhen family..."

Perhaps it was because both Zhenjia's and Jia's houses were ransacked in advance. At this time, the two old ladies were still in good health, and they did not die when their homes were ransacked.

But after all these years, the bodies of the two old ladies could no longer hold on.

Lin Kou took a look at Zhen Fu: "Don't worry, if something really happened to Mrs. Zhen, it's impossible for Zhen's family not to tell you."

As the grandson of the old lady, Zhen Fu also had to keep her filial piety for one year.

It is impossible for the Zhen family not to inform Zhen Fu.

Compared with the situation of the Zhen family, Zhen and Fu are more worried about themselves.

Now that Juren's fame has been tested, after Zhen Fu finished attending the banquet held by the government here, the husband and wife should set off for Gusu to bid farewell to the Lin family, and then return to Beijing by boat.

They celebrated the New Year in Gusu last year, so it's not good to spend the New Year in other places this year.

Lin Kou hurriedly started to pack her things, while Zhen Fu started to attend those irresistible banquets.

This was originally a very happy thing, after all, you can expand your network, and the network you expand at this time can be used when you become an official in the future.

Unexpectedly, when Zhen Fu was attending the banquet, he met someone who he didn't want to see.

The father of his ex-fiancée.

This person's surname is Zhao, and he has been in charge of weaving in Jiangning for many years. He is regarded as the confidant of the Supreme Emperor. In order to cling to the Zhen family when the Zhen family was not down, even if he picked his nose and eyes on Zhen Fu's "injury Zhongyong", he was stunned. He retired from the marriage with Zhen Fu, but he didn't want the girl raised by his family to marry a waste, so he kept making excuses to prevent the two from getting married.

When Zhen Fu was young and ignorant, he was so stupid that he thought that this person was a rare person with affection. He also thought that after getting married, he must treat the girl Zhao who had never met but never divorced him.

But the end result...

Anyway, when something happened to the Zhen family, the Zhao family came to call off the marriage.

Zhen Fu didn't have any feelings for that Miss Zhao at all, and was disgusted by the Zhao family in those years, so she divorced without hesitation, and then went to the capital with her mother's dowry.

He only thought that he and the Zhao family would be strangers to each other in the future, so even if he saw the man who almost became his father-in-law at the banquet, he had no intention of going up to say hello, and even deliberately stepped aside to talk to another person. Talked.

Unexpectedly, Zhen Fu didn't want to get involved with the Zhao family, but the Zhao family didn't think so.

As soon as that Zhao Zhizao saw Zhen Fu, he walked up to him cheerfully: "Congratulations to my nephew for winning Zhongjieyuan!"

Zhen Fu glanced at Zhao Zhizao, and said coldly, "I'm ashamed."

In fact, he could understand the other party's move to withdraw the marriage. After all, the reason why the Zhao family was willing to marry at the beginning was because of the power of the Zhen family and the talent of the Zhen family.

Zhen Fu has no relationship with that Zhao girl, and there is no hatred because of love.

But the Zhao family ran and jumped in front of their eyes, which was a bit shocking.

Therefore, Zhen Fu had no intention of giving face to the other party at all. Not only did he not intend to give Zhao Zhi face, but he also planned to stay away from him.

After all, the identities of the two are awkward, what if Lin Kou misunderstands some rumors, what should I do?

Of course, we must nip the misunderstanding in the cradle in advance!

After Zhen Fu said this, he immediately bid farewell to the people around him and prepared to go to another corner.

But I didn't want Zhao Zhizao to persist in trying to talk to Zhen Fu after being so humiliated by him, which annoyed Zhen Fu: "Zhao Zhizao, I really have nothing to talk to you, if you don't want to make enemies with me , stay away from me! There is no old relationship between us, and seriously, there is only one very unpleasant past."

After finishing speaking, I will leave.

But Zhao Zhizao's eyes lit up a little after hearing what Zhen Fu said: "Sure enough, my nephew is still complaining about my divorce, but this matter is just my old foolish self-assessment. My daughter keeps her promises. After knowing that I canceled this marriage, I actually blamed my father, and made me..."

Worried that Zhao Zhizao would say something shocking and ruin the reputation of that girl Zhao, Zhen Fu hurriedly interrupted: "Zhao Zhizao, I have been married for many years."

Zhao Zhizao's expression froze for a moment, and he smiled quickly: "My nephew is 24-[-] now, isn't it natural to get married? It's just that you have passed the Juren examination now, and your former wife must not be of much help to you, but..."

"Zhao Zhizao!" Zhen Fu frowned, "My wife and I are happy in love, and we have already agreed to die together!"

After speaking, he turned around and left, not wanting to hear another word from Zhao Zhizao!

Before his accident, although this Zhao Zhizao was enthusiastic when facing him, he was not as absurd as he is now.Now he just passed the exam for one Juren, but this Zhao Zhizao actually wants to force his daughter to him in public?

Is he crazy?

Zhen Fu was very depressed, and went home immediately after the banquet.

He wanted to tell Lin Kou what happened before, but he felt that his attitude had already been made clear. This Zhao Zhizao would never come to him again if he wanted to save face, so he didn't say much after all considering Lin Kou's mood.

Lin Kou saw that Zhen Fu was in a bad mood: "Did something unpleasant happen at today's banquet?"

Zhen Fu paused and shook his head: "It's okay, I just met someone who doesn't know what to say."

Seeing that his expression had returned to normal, Lin Kou didn't ask any more questions.

Unexpectedly, the next day, an unexpected guest ushered in the two's home——

Zhen Fu's teacher when he was in Jinling.

Speaking of which, the teacher Zhen Fu is also well-known in Jinling: the teacher's surname is Jin, he is a juren, and he was an official back then, but he finally resigned because he couldn't bear the coldness of the land.But this person has no talent for being an official, but he has achieved outstanding results in teaching.He not only taught the prodigy Zhen Fu, but also successfully brought out more than [-] scholars and five Juren.

This achievement is quite eye-catching even in Jinling.

But this teacher was able to get such remarkable results, which also has a credit for Zhen Fu——

Zhen Fu's mother died early, and his father was incompetent, so when he reached the age of enlightenment, no one invited a famous teacher for him, so he could only go to the Zhen family to learn to study.

But the Zhen family studies are almost exactly the same as the Jia family studies, they are all in a mess and no one studies.

Zhen Fu was a little ghost, so he simply found a private school near Zhen's house, and secretly went in to study with the moon silver as a beam.

At the beginning, the Zhen family only thought that Zhen Fu was studying in the ethnology, and the old scholars in the ethnology thought that Zhen Fu could not stand the hardship of studying, so they simply stopped studying, so until Zhen Fu was eight years old, the Zhen family did not know He is actually studying in a private school outside.

The Zhen family knew about this, and they still passed the Zhen Fu examination as a child student. The government came to announce the good news. The Zhen family happily wanted to reward the old scholar of ethnology.

But because Zhen Fu did study well in the private school, the Zhen family did not force him to return to the ethnology school.

And this teacher had just returned to Jinling not long ago, and even though he was famous for raising others, he was not very attractive in the Jiangnan area, or in other words, he was not so attractive to truly gifted children.

But after the teacher used Zhen Fu as a live advertisement to recruit people, the situation changed.

When Zhen Fu passed the examination as a scholar, the private school would become even more famous.

It can be said that Zhen Fu and this teacher complement each other.

But it was this teacher who mercilessly drove Zhen Fu out of the school after finding out that Zhen Fu was hopeless in the imperial examination.

If Zhao Zhizao's choice of retiring the marriage is still reasonable, the master's move to drive Zhen Fu out of the private school is completely incomprehensible——

It's not that Zhen Fu didn't give him Shuxiu!

This private school can recruit so many good seedlings, or because of Zhen Fu's live advertisement!

Even though Zhen Fu couldn't take the exam, but this teacher taught Zhen Fu himself, doesn't he know Zhen Fu's true level?As long as he says a word for Zhen Fu, as long as he doesn't get into trouble and drives Zhen Fu out of the private school, as long as he remembers the benefits Zhen Fu brought him...

So in the face of this master, Zhen Fu has a good face and owes him nothing.

And the purpose of this master's visit made Zhen Fu even more disgusted: "For the sake of master and apprentice, I have to come to remind you, child, if you want to climb to a high position after you enter the court and become an official, The help of contacts is essential. Given your situation back then, the person who is willing to marry you must not be a wealthy family. Now that the Zhen family and the Rongguo Mansion have fallen, neither the family nor the foreign family can provide you with help in the court. At this time, the help of the wives is particularly important, don't give up your bright future just because of your temper, then Zhao Zhizao..."

Zhen Fu interrupted the teacher with a smile: "Master's words are pleasant to hear. The students remember that the master did demote his wife into a concubine back then, but now it seems that the master still wants to run a dog for a little money. The students think that what the teacher said It's unbelievable."

After Zhen Fu passed the Juren examination, he no longer cared about all his past encounters, and he never thought of making trouble for anyone in the past.

But I don't want these people to think that he is a soft persimmon, no matter what he did back then, he dared to get in front of him!

Master Jin was stunned, and after a while he came back to his senses, his beard was so angry: "How dare you treat me like this..."

"Could it be that Master Jin forgot that you kicked me out of the private school yourself?" Zhen Fu smiled, "There is no master-student relationship between us. Before Master Jin came to the door, he had to wash his brains. Don't forget such an important thing. It’s good to have it. You know, it’s still very troublesome to me when someone comes up to me and puts the teacher’s money in front of me.”

"Master Jin has no friendship with me. It's better not to come to my door in the future. Otherwise, when I dream back at midnight and think of what happened when I was young, it will be bad if I suddenly have the idea of ​​revenge."

Master Jin was taken aback, he didn't dare to say anything more, and left Lin Kou's house quickly.

Lin Kou and others walked into the study after leaving: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Zhen Fu smiled bitterly, and told all that happened at the banquet that day: "Master Jin should be a lobbyist recruited by the Zhao family. They don't know your identity, and they think that after marrying Miss Zhao, the Zhao family can give me more help, so Want to persuade me..."

Zhen Fu didn't have any bad feelings towards Miss Zhao at first, but now that Zhao Zhizao and Mrs. Jin had such a quarrel, he would inevitably feel angry towards Miss Zhao, so the tone of mentioning her was quite bad.

Lin Kou didn't pay attention to his tone.

Marrying Miss Zhao can bring more benefits to Zhen Fu, what about her?Divorce?Or demote his wife into a concubine?

Lin Kou looked at Zhen Fu, his eyes couldn't help but slide down, and landed on an indescribable position.

Zhen Fu's whole body felt cold for a moment, and he said immediately: "It's all their whimsy, I didn't let go. I still want to grow old with my wife, and I don't have the slightest interest in other women."

Lin Kou twitched the corner of her mouth: "You're smart!"

After thinking for a while, she asked, "What's the situation with this Miss Zhao? Since you were able to get engaged back then, you shouldn't be much different in age, right? You're already 24, why isn't this Miss Zhao married yet?"

Zhen Fu was taken aback for a moment before thinking about it: "I don't know..."

Worried that Lin Kou might misunderstand, he hurriedly explained: "Although I am engaged to this Miss Zhao, my reputation will soon be ruined. The Zhao family can't marry their daughter to me, so we have never been allowed to meet. I'm sorry She doesn't have any feelings, so after leaving Jinling, she will naturally stop paying attention to Miss Zhao."

Lin Kou gave Zhen Fu a funny look: "I haven't said anything yet, why are you in such a hurry to explain?"

Zhen Fu: "???"

Can I not explain?

Lin Kou ignored the accusation in Zhen Fu's eyes, but directly said: "I think something must have happened to this Miss Zhao, otherwise the Zhao family would not want to marry their daughter to you when they knew you were married. You. According to what they said, you are just a little man with no family to support, and the Zhao family has been entrenched in Jinling for many years, so it doesn't seem like they will take a fancy to you."

not right either...

Lin Kou thought of the Zhao family's attitude, even if something happened to Miss Zhao, Zhao Zhizao shouldn't be in such a hurry.

Lin Kou and Zhen Fu looked at each other, and said in unison: "Something may have happened to the Zhao family!"

The most likely thing is that something happened to Miss Zhao and the Zhao family!

To know whether the guess is true, they only need to see whether the Zhao family will continue to come to Zhen Fu.

but……

Why do they meddle in the Zhao family's affairs?

Whether or not something happened to Zhao's family and Miss Zhao has anything to do with their husband and wife?

The two simply packed their luggage and left Jinling for Gusu.

They didn't plan to stay in Gusu for too long, they only planned to stay at the Lin family for one night, and after saying goodbye to the Lin family, they left Gusu by boat and returned to the capital.

So when the Zhao family found the Zhen family with great difficulty and wanted to invite someone to come to be a lobbyist, the elders of the Zhen family were astonished to learn that Zhen Fu and Lin Kou had left Jinling in a carriage early this morning. .

"Where have you been?"

"Looking at the direction, it should be going to Gusu."

"To Gusu?"

"I heard that at the beginning of this year, Zhen and Fu entered the city from the direction of Gusu, not Weiyang."

"Does Zhen Fu have any acquaintances in Gusu?"

"never heard of that."

Zhao Zhizao was running around in a hurry like an ant on a hot pot, and worried that Zhen Fu would leave Gusu directly, so he sent someone to ask Miss Zhao to pack up and send her to Gusu directly.

Ms. Zhao couldn't understand her father's approach at all: "When you were about to retire, my daughter persuaded you, so Zhen Fu is not a thing in the pool. To be able to marry such a person is due to my daughter Gao Pan."

"You must listen!"

"Nowadays people and wives are doing well, what do you have to do to break up the family? Are you planning to get married or make enemies? You don't have to worry about your daughter marrying Zhen Fu as you wish. The taller wife divorced her daughter?"

Zhao Zhizao was also annoyed when his daughter said it: "If it weren't for hearing that Zhen Fu was a little bit thin in front of the emperor, you would think that I would like Zhen Fu, that little man? Our Zhao family is going to end! And you, Do you know that you are being watched?"

Without waiting for Miss Zhao to ask about the situation, Zhao Zhizao knocked him unconscious and sent him to the carriage: "Go after Zhen Fu, even if you want the girl to be a concubine, you must let Zhen Fu take the girl away!"

The servants were all frightened and foolish, and did not dare to delay, so they immediately drove to Gusu.

It's just that they brought several carriages of luggage, so they couldn't be as fast as Zhen Fu and the other two, so when they finally arrived in Gusu, they found out that Zhen Fu, Lin Kou and his wife were related to the Lin family in Gusu , and the husband and wife went to the pier early in the morning, saying that they were going back to Beijing.

The Zhao family were all dumbfounded.

Thinking of the master's order, the group actually spent double the money to buy the boat ticket from a group of businessmen who were not in a hurry to go to Beijing, and then found a woman to carry Miss Zhao directly on the boat.

As soon as they got their luggage on board, the ship set sail.