Lai Da led Bao Cong to Jia Zheng's study, but Bao Cong stopped at the door.
The study was very lively, a group of guests were surrounding Jia Zheng to flatter him.
Let me praise Bao Cong first: "Young master Ling is really intelligent and knowledgeable. He passed the exam at a young age, and he is still the No. 1 Jieyuan. He is really a literary star!"
"Exactly! Next year, Chun Wei will definitely be able to enter high school, and maybe he will come back with a champion!"
Jia Zheng was proud in his heart, but his face was still stern. Instead of praising Baocong, he said derogatoryly: "That brat is just lucky this time, he doesn't have much ink in his stomach, and he is still far from being the number one scholar!"
Several guests were choked habitually, but they quickly reacted and praised Baoyu again: "The second son was born with jade, and he was extremely intelligent when he was young. Good. The three sons can have such grades, so it is conceivable that the second son will be able to pass the imperial examination in Japan."
"In the future, a pair of young masters of your mansion will serve the country in the imperial court, what a glorious ancestor!"
Jia Zheng was still unsmiling, and snorted coldly, saying: "That kid didn't even pass the exam as a scholar, and he was spoiled by his mother! He writes crooked poems and fabricated crooked theories all day long, what can he do?"
"Yes Yes Yes......"
The guests wiped the sweat from their foreheads in embarrassment, feeling that Jia Zheng has become more and more difficult to talk to in recent years.
Among them, Ke Qing, who had a small beard on both sides, saw that everyone was speechless, so he hurriedly squeezed to the front with a smile, pretending to bow and said: "These two young masters are promising, and now the third young master is able to win the election, not all of them are taught by Mr. Zheng." Fang!"
"I heard that the third son was a bit naughty since he was a child. If it weren't for the master Zheng who taught him carefully and persuasively for many years, and urged him to concentrate on his studies and make progress every day, how could the third son be the No. 1 Jieyuan in the imperial examination this time?"
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized, and all of them praised Jia Zheng.
"Yes, yes, it's all thanks to Mr. Zheng!"
"That's right, it's Master Zheng who taught me well..."
This flattery hit Jia Zheng's heart, he couldn't help but slightly raised the corners of his mouth, but said modestly: "Where is the child's naughtiness, it is necessary to discipline him severely, otherwise he will be spoiled by the woman! "
"Master Zheng is right!" "Master Zheng manages his family well!"......
Bao Cong stood outside the door and listened for a long time, his mood of wanting to find the list of Jia's political leaders was completely destroyed.
A hypocritical person like Jia Zheng, who wants to save face, will admit that he has hidden a secret list?Will he listen to his persuasion and hand over the list to him or to the emperor?
Bao Cong really doubted where did he get the confidence and courage to think that he could speak well of Jia Zheng.
He immediately turned around and walked outside, and said to Lai Dao: "You don't need to tell the master that I have been here."
Lai Da watched Bao Cong walking away without stopping, with a dazed expression on his face.
Just now he hurriedly said that he wanted to find Jia Zheng, but now he suddenly stopped looking, and he didn't know what was going on with the third master, it was really weird.
In the study, Jia Zheng was still being flattered by the guests, his serious expression had long since disappeared, but he was enjoying the gifts that everyone gave him, immersed in joy.
Bao Cong returned to his yard, immediately called Dong Ming in, and asked him about the box of things that the Zhen family had given Jia Zheng.
Dong Ming replied: "Most of them are antique calligraphy and paintings. I heard that there is also a sum of silver and a small locked box. It is probably some kind of treasure."
Locked casket?
Bao Cong felt that it was probably the list that was in the small box.
He asked again: "Is that small box put together in the warehouse?"
Dongming shook his head, "It doesn't seem to be, Mr. Zheng put it away by himself."
Since Jia Zheng put it away, he probably hid it in the study.Apart from the study, Jia Zheng has no place to hide his things, right?
Bao Cong decided to visit Jia Zheng's study at night.
But in Jia's mansion, the doors are locked everywhere at night, and there are courtyard guards patrolling.Even though it was his own home, Bao Cong couldn't move freely, so he whispered to Dong Ming to inquire about the situation of the servants on duty at night, so as to facilitate his actions.
Dong Ming was very excited to get this job, he immediately agreed, and patted his chest to promise to inquire about the details.
After Dong Ming left, Bao Cong sat alone in the study and meditated. After thinking about all kinds of twists and turns for a long time, he felt very tired.
Lin Daiyu happened to see it when she came in, so she smiled and said, "Why are you listless? Who gave you aggrieved?"
Bao Cong shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "I just went to the master's study, and there were a bunch of people around there, which gave me a headache."
Lin Daiyu burst out laughing, approached slowly, took out a sachet from her sleeve, handed it to Baocong and said, "There are some mint leaves and sweet-scented osmanthus stuffed in it, if you have a headache, it smells good."
Bao Cong took the sachet and smelled it, and sure enough, there was a cool scent of sweet-scented osmanthus on the tip of his nose, which was faint and refreshing.
"Sister Lin made it easy to use!" He smiled and stuffed the sachet into his arms, stood up and pulled Lin Daiyu, "Come on, let's make tea and drink it."
But after a while, the exhausted expression just now was swept away, and now he is very energetic again.
Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Don't you have a headache anymore?"
Bao Cong Le: "You are here, what else can I worry about, it's nothing!"
=8=8=8=
Jia Zheng's place is very lively, and Mrs. Wang and Jia's mother are also very lively.
After Wang Xifeng finished the celebration banquet, the wives of each family became familiar with each other at the banquet, so they came to visit Mrs. Wang in twos and threes, and they went to visit Jiamu very attentively.
All kinds of flattery and flattery continued, and many wives mentioned their unmarried sons, nephews, nephews, etc., and asked about Tanchun's marriage.
Bao Cong was elected, and Tanchun's status also rose, and many people wanted to marry Rongguo Mansion.However, those families are not real dignitaries, but families of petty officials, or offshoots of relatively wealthy officials.
Tanchun has also reached the age to discuss marriage, but Bao Cong will participate in Chunwei next year, and if he really can go to high school by then, Tanchun's status will be different.
Therefore, Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu are not in a hurry to arrange marriage for Tanchun now, they just have a look at the interesting family first, and they will formally propose marriage next year.By the way, you can also look at the candidates for Xichun first.
However, Tanchun and Xichun's marriage is not in a hurry, but Jia's mother is anxious about Yingchun's marriage.
"Yingchun, the marriage is too bumpy, and the twists and turns are not auspicious." Jia Mu said to Mrs. Wang worriedly: "I think her wedding in March next year will coincide with Bao Cong's participation in Chunwei. At that time The mansion needs Gu Baocong's exam, and the Spring Festival wedding, I'm afraid it's easy to miss it when I'm busy."
"Besides, if her marriage is not done sooner, I'm always worried, so I want to advance the wedding date to the beginning of February. What do you think?" Mother Jia asked Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. Wang couldn't be the master of welcoming the spring, so she could only smile and said: "The old ancestors can do whatever they think is good!"
When Jia Mu heard this, she was very satisfied, so she asked Yuanyang to bring the yellow calendar to choose the date, and she chose it again and again. There was no suitable day in February, but there were several auspicious days in the first month, so she set the date on the eighteenth day of the first month.
Mrs. Wang only looked at and smiled the whole time, and didn't say much.
Mother Jia fixed the date by herself, and then sent Mrs. Xing to tell her to talk to the Feng family in person about the matter of advancing the wedding date.
Mrs. Xing agreed on the surface, but she vomited bitterness in her stomach.
It wasn't her turn to do any good things, but she was thinking about this kind of crap about negotiating with someone about remarriage.
Although the Feng family is weak, the Duke's Mansion is powerful, and Bao Cong is elected, the Jia family is being flattered and flattered by everyone, and the Feng family will definitely agree to advance the wedding date.
But Mrs. Xing deeply felt that it was very cheap for a dignified first-class lady to go to a small household like Feng's to discuss the date of marriage in person.
But Mother Jia ordered that Mrs. Xing have to go no matter how reluctant she is.
After arriving at the Feng family, even though Mrs. Xing's attitude was not good, she came to the house to discuss it in person. For the sake of the Rongguo Mansion, the Feng family agreed to change the marriage date earlier.
After Yingchun heard about it, she was very happy, and even spent more time embroidering wedding dresses.
Lin Daiyu went to Yingchun's place, and when she came back, she said to Baocong: "Second sister was always sad because her marriage was not going well, but now that the marriage is settled and the wedding date has been brought forward, I see that her spirit has improved a lot. "
Bao Cong smiled and said, "That's good. The bride naturally wants to be happy." He asked Lin Daiyu about adding makeup to Yingchun.
Jia's mansion held the wedding for Yingchun, except for the public share, there was only the 3000 taels of silver paid by Jia's mother.
Bao Cong thinks about Mrs. Jia She Xing probably won't have anything to give Yingchun privately, and Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng probably won't be very generous in adding makeup. difficult?
Lin Daiyu then said that she planned to give Yingchun three sets of face masks, one set of pearls, one set of white jade, and one set of gold.Even if she wanted to give more, she still had to worry about everyone's face, lest she was the only one to show off that she was rich.
Bao Cong said: "Then you can give her another box of jade, say that I carved it myself for the second sister, and put some silver notes under the box for her. It is not conspicuous, and it will be useful for her to hold it."
Lin Daiyu nodded her precious nose and said cheerfully, "You have been giving jade to other people since you were a child. Now that your second sister is married, you still give these. I'm not afraid of being laughed at by others."
Bao Cong took her in his arms and said calmly: "What's the joke, as long as the second sister doesn't dislike it."
Those jades all have attribute bonuses. In recent years, he has been busy studying and has rarely carved jades.These gifts are saved from previous years.Now they can be delivered one box at a time, but there will be no more in the future.
Lin Daiyu leaned on Bao Cong's chest, smiling, "I don't mind, it's fine if you give me a stone."
"That's it!" Bao Cong talked glibly for a while, then remembered what he had planned for the night, and said to Lin Daiyu, "I'm going to go out secretly at night."
Lin Daiyu wondered, "What are you going to do?"
The place to put the things has been determined, he has also learned how to open the lock of the small box, and he has prepared the paper to change inside.
Just wait for the action to sneak out.
"..." Bao Cong hesitated for a while, and said hesitantly, "Go get something, but don't let others know."
Lin Daiyu: "..." Doesn't that mean that you are going to steal something?
The study was very lively, a group of guests were surrounding Jia Zheng to flatter him.
Let me praise Bao Cong first: "Young master Ling is really intelligent and knowledgeable. He passed the exam at a young age, and he is still the No. 1 Jieyuan. He is really a literary star!"
"Exactly! Next year, Chun Wei will definitely be able to enter high school, and maybe he will come back with a champion!"
Jia Zheng was proud in his heart, but his face was still stern. Instead of praising Baocong, he said derogatoryly: "That brat is just lucky this time, he doesn't have much ink in his stomach, and he is still far from being the number one scholar!"
Several guests were choked habitually, but they quickly reacted and praised Baoyu again: "The second son was born with jade, and he was extremely intelligent when he was young. Good. The three sons can have such grades, so it is conceivable that the second son will be able to pass the imperial examination in Japan."
"In the future, a pair of young masters of your mansion will serve the country in the imperial court, what a glorious ancestor!"
Jia Zheng was still unsmiling, and snorted coldly, saying: "That kid didn't even pass the exam as a scholar, and he was spoiled by his mother! He writes crooked poems and fabricated crooked theories all day long, what can he do?"
"Yes Yes Yes......"
The guests wiped the sweat from their foreheads in embarrassment, feeling that Jia Zheng has become more and more difficult to talk to in recent years.
Among them, Ke Qing, who had a small beard on both sides, saw that everyone was speechless, so he hurriedly squeezed to the front with a smile, pretending to bow and said: "These two young masters are promising, and now the third young master is able to win the election, not all of them are taught by Mr. Zheng." Fang!"
"I heard that the third son was a bit naughty since he was a child. If it weren't for the master Zheng who taught him carefully and persuasively for many years, and urged him to concentrate on his studies and make progress every day, how could the third son be the No. 1 Jieyuan in the imperial examination this time?"
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized, and all of them praised Jia Zheng.
"Yes, yes, it's all thanks to Mr. Zheng!"
"That's right, it's Master Zheng who taught me well..."
This flattery hit Jia Zheng's heart, he couldn't help but slightly raised the corners of his mouth, but said modestly: "Where is the child's naughtiness, it is necessary to discipline him severely, otherwise he will be spoiled by the woman! "
"Master Zheng is right!" "Master Zheng manages his family well!"......
Bao Cong stood outside the door and listened for a long time, his mood of wanting to find the list of Jia's political leaders was completely destroyed.
A hypocritical person like Jia Zheng, who wants to save face, will admit that he has hidden a secret list?Will he listen to his persuasion and hand over the list to him or to the emperor?
Bao Cong really doubted where did he get the confidence and courage to think that he could speak well of Jia Zheng.
He immediately turned around and walked outside, and said to Lai Dao: "You don't need to tell the master that I have been here."
Lai Da watched Bao Cong walking away without stopping, with a dazed expression on his face.
Just now he hurriedly said that he wanted to find Jia Zheng, but now he suddenly stopped looking, and he didn't know what was going on with the third master, it was really weird.
In the study, Jia Zheng was still being flattered by the guests, his serious expression had long since disappeared, but he was enjoying the gifts that everyone gave him, immersed in joy.
Bao Cong returned to his yard, immediately called Dong Ming in, and asked him about the box of things that the Zhen family had given Jia Zheng.
Dong Ming replied: "Most of them are antique calligraphy and paintings. I heard that there is also a sum of silver and a small locked box. It is probably some kind of treasure."
Locked casket?
Bao Cong felt that it was probably the list that was in the small box.
He asked again: "Is that small box put together in the warehouse?"
Dongming shook his head, "It doesn't seem to be, Mr. Zheng put it away by himself."
Since Jia Zheng put it away, he probably hid it in the study.Apart from the study, Jia Zheng has no place to hide his things, right?
Bao Cong decided to visit Jia Zheng's study at night.
But in Jia's mansion, the doors are locked everywhere at night, and there are courtyard guards patrolling.Even though it was his own home, Bao Cong couldn't move freely, so he whispered to Dong Ming to inquire about the situation of the servants on duty at night, so as to facilitate his actions.
Dong Ming was very excited to get this job, he immediately agreed, and patted his chest to promise to inquire about the details.
After Dong Ming left, Bao Cong sat alone in the study and meditated. After thinking about all kinds of twists and turns for a long time, he felt very tired.
Lin Daiyu happened to see it when she came in, so she smiled and said, "Why are you listless? Who gave you aggrieved?"
Bao Cong shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "I just went to the master's study, and there were a bunch of people around there, which gave me a headache."
Lin Daiyu burst out laughing, approached slowly, took out a sachet from her sleeve, handed it to Baocong and said, "There are some mint leaves and sweet-scented osmanthus stuffed in it, if you have a headache, it smells good."
Bao Cong took the sachet and smelled it, and sure enough, there was a cool scent of sweet-scented osmanthus on the tip of his nose, which was faint and refreshing.
"Sister Lin made it easy to use!" He smiled and stuffed the sachet into his arms, stood up and pulled Lin Daiyu, "Come on, let's make tea and drink it."
But after a while, the exhausted expression just now was swept away, and now he is very energetic again.
Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Don't you have a headache anymore?"
Bao Cong Le: "You are here, what else can I worry about, it's nothing!"
=8=8=8=
Jia Zheng's place is very lively, and Mrs. Wang and Jia's mother are also very lively.
After Wang Xifeng finished the celebration banquet, the wives of each family became familiar with each other at the banquet, so they came to visit Mrs. Wang in twos and threes, and they went to visit Jiamu very attentively.
All kinds of flattery and flattery continued, and many wives mentioned their unmarried sons, nephews, nephews, etc., and asked about Tanchun's marriage.
Bao Cong was elected, and Tanchun's status also rose, and many people wanted to marry Rongguo Mansion.However, those families are not real dignitaries, but families of petty officials, or offshoots of relatively wealthy officials.
Tanchun has also reached the age to discuss marriage, but Bao Cong will participate in Chunwei next year, and if he really can go to high school by then, Tanchun's status will be different.
Therefore, Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu are not in a hurry to arrange marriage for Tanchun now, they just have a look at the interesting family first, and they will formally propose marriage next year.By the way, you can also look at the candidates for Xichun first.
However, Tanchun and Xichun's marriage is not in a hurry, but Jia's mother is anxious about Yingchun's marriage.
"Yingchun, the marriage is too bumpy, and the twists and turns are not auspicious." Jia Mu said to Mrs. Wang worriedly: "I think her wedding in March next year will coincide with Bao Cong's participation in Chunwei. At that time The mansion needs Gu Baocong's exam, and the Spring Festival wedding, I'm afraid it's easy to miss it when I'm busy."
"Besides, if her marriage is not done sooner, I'm always worried, so I want to advance the wedding date to the beginning of February. What do you think?" Mother Jia asked Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. Wang couldn't be the master of welcoming the spring, so she could only smile and said: "The old ancestors can do whatever they think is good!"
When Jia Mu heard this, she was very satisfied, so she asked Yuanyang to bring the yellow calendar to choose the date, and she chose it again and again. There was no suitable day in February, but there were several auspicious days in the first month, so she set the date on the eighteenth day of the first month.
Mrs. Wang only looked at and smiled the whole time, and didn't say much.
Mother Jia fixed the date by herself, and then sent Mrs. Xing to tell her to talk to the Feng family in person about the matter of advancing the wedding date.
Mrs. Xing agreed on the surface, but she vomited bitterness in her stomach.
It wasn't her turn to do any good things, but she was thinking about this kind of crap about negotiating with someone about remarriage.
Although the Feng family is weak, the Duke's Mansion is powerful, and Bao Cong is elected, the Jia family is being flattered and flattered by everyone, and the Feng family will definitely agree to advance the wedding date.
But Mrs. Xing deeply felt that it was very cheap for a dignified first-class lady to go to a small household like Feng's to discuss the date of marriage in person.
But Mother Jia ordered that Mrs. Xing have to go no matter how reluctant she is.
After arriving at the Feng family, even though Mrs. Xing's attitude was not good, she came to the house to discuss it in person. For the sake of the Rongguo Mansion, the Feng family agreed to change the marriage date earlier.
After Yingchun heard about it, she was very happy, and even spent more time embroidering wedding dresses.
Lin Daiyu went to Yingchun's place, and when she came back, she said to Baocong: "Second sister was always sad because her marriage was not going well, but now that the marriage is settled and the wedding date has been brought forward, I see that her spirit has improved a lot. "
Bao Cong smiled and said, "That's good. The bride naturally wants to be happy." He asked Lin Daiyu about adding makeup to Yingchun.
Jia's mansion held the wedding for Yingchun, except for the public share, there was only the 3000 taels of silver paid by Jia's mother.
Bao Cong thinks about Mrs. Jia She Xing probably won't have anything to give Yingchun privately, and Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng probably won't be very generous in adding makeup. difficult?
Lin Daiyu then said that she planned to give Yingchun three sets of face masks, one set of pearls, one set of white jade, and one set of gold.Even if she wanted to give more, she still had to worry about everyone's face, lest she was the only one to show off that she was rich.
Bao Cong said: "Then you can give her another box of jade, say that I carved it myself for the second sister, and put some silver notes under the box for her. It is not conspicuous, and it will be useful for her to hold it."
Lin Daiyu nodded her precious nose and said cheerfully, "You have been giving jade to other people since you were a child. Now that your second sister is married, you still give these. I'm not afraid of being laughed at by others."
Bao Cong took her in his arms and said calmly: "What's the joke, as long as the second sister doesn't dislike it."
Those jades all have attribute bonuses. In recent years, he has been busy studying and has rarely carved jades.These gifts are saved from previous years.Now they can be delivered one box at a time, but there will be no more in the future.
Lin Daiyu leaned on Bao Cong's chest, smiling, "I don't mind, it's fine if you give me a stone."
"That's it!" Bao Cong talked glibly for a while, then remembered what he had planned for the night, and said to Lin Daiyu, "I'm going to go out secretly at night."
Lin Daiyu wondered, "What are you going to do?"
The place to put the things has been determined, he has also learned how to open the lock of the small box, and he has prepared the paper to change inside.
Just wait for the action to sneak out.
"..." Bao Cong hesitated for a while, and said hesitantly, "Go get something, but don't let others know."
Lin Daiyu: "..." Doesn't that mean that you are going to steal something?
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