Old things in the Red Chamber

One day, Shi Taijun and Mrs. Wang were talking at home, and the servants at the second gate invited the servant girl to send in a message, "Some people who don't have long eyes bumped into Second Lord Bao."

Shi Taijun's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were bluffing, quickly asked people to take Baoyu back.

Speaking of which, in this capital, the worst thing is to be domineering, because when a brick falls, it will hit a few powerful people. Criticized.

Baoyu likes girls, especially those who are young, beautiful and energetic, and thinks that they are a combination of heaven, earth, clock, sensitivity and beauty.But the girls all over the world have different styles. Those who don't usually go out look at any girl with appreciation.

Jia Baoyu has a bit of a childlike heart, but others don't think so.

There is such a family of people who come here to sell wood from other places. The head of the family brings the juniors in the family. There is also a girl among the juniors. The girl looks pretty and is dressed like a man. Looking straight ahead, Baoyu has never seen such a girl before, and it seems that a few glances are not enough. Let the young man lead the horse and follow the cart, which made the girl's father and brother angry. Naturally, he wants to argue with Baoyu two.Baoyu's attitude is not bad, but the servant who follows him is not a thing. These days, because the family has to build a villa to take the mother back to visit relatives, these people think that apart from the royal family, there are few households in this capital that surpass their own, so they scolded them at that time People, when the other party sees that this is a young man with a slave, he will give in first.But at this time, Xue Pan met Xue Pan. When Xue Pan saw the girl, he said something dirty, and the young and energetic boys over there couldn't bear it anymore. The two sides fought in a ball on the street. I can't tear it apart.

There are many people on the other side, and there are many people here. They put on a posture, which attracted the patrolling police officers to come and detain both groups.The other party is not an ordinary person. It is said that they are also wealthy businessmen in their hometown, and they have some relationship with several adults in Kyoto. This is the natal brother of the upstart in the palace. The most unfortunate thing is that the chief executive of Shuntian Mansion is the younger brother of the empress empress. , The serious uncle of the country.Baoyu and Xue Pan's servants were yelling at the young man for running into Uncle Guo Yunyun, and they were immediately charged with impersonating a royal relative.

This matter, if it is too big, it is pretending to be a royal relative, if it is too small, it is a few dudes making trouble, it all depends on what Shuntian Mansion has to say.

The Governor of Shuntian Mansion is a serious uncle of the country. Since the uncle of the country took office, the bullying of men and women in the capital has decreased a lot, and the streets have become more orderly. There are also several difficult cases, after all, he is a capable minister.

Wang Ziteng wondered whether the two nephews could come out of Shuntian Mansion in full, depending on what the governor wanted, so he asked Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Wang to prepare a generous gift, and he and Jia Zheng visited this decent uncle, please. He held his hands high and let the cousins ​​go.

Jia Zheng didn't want to go, he lost his temper at home, and scolded Mrs. Wang in the backyard, "How did you teach that rebellious son, the lady at home is the noble concubine, and she dares to call herself uncle."

Mrs. Wang was actually quite wronged. She didn't know about her son going out, and when she knew, her son had already been taken away.

"Baoyu has been a good boy since he was a child. Whenever he was disobedient, it must have been provoked by that villain." He was also afraid that Jia Zheng would take Xue Pan as the person who led Baoyu to not learn well, so he quickly described it, " There are many servants in the family, and I have heard people in Lian'er's yard call Lian'er the uncle of the country a few times. I think it's because the children in the family got drunk a few times when they were drinking. .Uncle Guo, the Prime Minister, can row a boat in his belly, so he will not care about our family's Baoyu."

Jia Zheng heard about Jia Lian's affairs here, and thought that he was not Jia Lian's real father after all, and recently he wanted to build a good relationship with Jia Amnesty, otherwise, he would also bring him here to teach him a lesson.Thinking of Jia Lian, I went to Jia Cong first. It is said that Jia Cong went to study in a private school in all weathers, and now he looks like a scholar. broken.

Even so, he still has to follow Wang Ziteng to make amends to the serious uncle Guo.

Shuntian Mansion is a very large bureaucratic organization. As the chief official of Shuntian Mansion, Uncle Guo himself is quite busy. After hearing the report from the subordinate officials, today he took a few sons who pretended to be himself to moles the women on the street. He knew in his heart what was going on.

I know about my own family affairs. Because of his beauty, his aunt was sent to the palace by his grandfather to fill in the house as a maid. Later, he heard that he became a concubine and gave birth to a cousin. After that, he never believed it again. Hearing his aunt again The news is that more than ten years have passed, and my cousin has grown up. At the time when he was recruiting party members, his father immediately voted for the Seventh Prince's family. Because of this blood relationship, they got along well. It was on Uncle Guo, because he knew a little bit of flexibility, a little bit of persistence, and he was cautious, so he quickly showed his face in front of the emperor's cousin. He was young and high-ranking, and he also had a bit of status among civil servants.In addition, my sister married the emperor's cousin early. Although she has some affection, she has no children in the palace. In addition, she has been obsessed with spiritual practice recently, and she has become a monk several times. I'm afraid that it will worsen the relationship between this supreme couple.

Pretending to be yourself and molesting a civilian girl, this matter cannot withstand investigation, but if you find a chance, you still have to warn. At present, the yamen is busy, so Uncle Gu Guo wants to let it go first, and if you are an official, some unwritten regulations He knew the rules well, and he was afraid that he would bear a grudge against him. Even if he didn't get mad at the pretender today, his father and brother would definitely teach him a lesson after he returned home.On the one hand, it is to show myself, and on the other hand, it also means to teach children not to get into trouble.

If you don't teach him a lesson, you can teach him how to behave when you are free.

"Understood, let people deal with it fairly."

After hearing this, the subordinate officials in the hall saw that he didn't look unhappy, so they went down anxiously.

This matter is not over for Uncle Guo, but it is not over for Rongguo Mansion.As an official in the officialdom, although the other party is not the kind of person who will take revenge, if you can not offend, it is best not to offend him.

Jia Zheng didn't care much about the Gu family before, but now that he brought Baoyu back, he thought it would be polite to come to ask for a crime in a few days, so he asked someone to ask Uncle Gu Guo's hobbies.

After inquiring for a few days, they came back to talk about everything. Some said he liked ancient books, some said he liked good tea sets, and some said he liked good tea. No matter what he likes, in Jia Zheng's opinion, these are all elegant. Hobbies, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, tea, gold and jade, they all prepared some, and people sent greeting cards in advance, and brought Jia Baoyu to the door to plead guilty.

Jia Zheng thought it was over.

Shi Taijun felt relieved when he heard that the Gu family accepted the gift and kept the master and the second master Bao for dinner.Send someone to Zhongwuhou's mansion to deliver Jia Zheng's post, to discuss Lin Daiyu's marriage with Jia Gu.

After Jia Gu came back, he immediately became angry, "My niece's marriage has nothing to do with his family's big money." Even though he said so, Jia Xun couldn't help persuading him again and again, "Maybe it's a good family. Let's first hear who's family wants to marry my cousin."

Jia Gu didn't want to see Shi Taijun, so Jia Xuan went to Rongguo Mansion in person to discuss the matter on behalf of his father.In his opinion, the matter of marriage is definitely a big deal, and it is difficult to settle it after one or two discussions. The woman should always be more cautious.

This time, Jia Xun came in through the side door of Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lian brought Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan to pick her up. Jade pendant, the size of a palm, because there is a little red in the middle, carved into a wild goose, implying good luck.

Jia Xun has been to Rongguo Mansion several times, but this time she felt that she was getting much attention. She didn't go far with Jia Lian and his party. Jia Zheng's servant came to invite her, so she first went to the main courtyard to meet Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng first asked a few words, "How is your father? How is your child? How is your family?" Then he asked about knowledge, seeing Jia Xun's appearance, and Baoyu sitting next to him still looking childish. Baoyu became a person like Jia Xun, who was young and promising, and could resist starting a family.With a smile on his face, he pinched his beard and asked Jia Xun, "Who did Xun'er learn from?"

Jia Xuan somehow knew the purpose of Jia Zheng's words, so he replied respectfully, "I didn't worship any famous teacher. It's just that when I was young, I played in the army and learned a few words from the generals and former advisers. Like All of us will be like that.”

Jia Zheng felt that it was a pity, if it was a famous teacher, the Rongguo Mansion would definitely invite Baoyu to teach him, but if it was a counselor in front of the general, he would never dare to invite him.

Feeling dispirited at the moment, he waved his hand, "Go to the backyard to meet the old lady, the old lady is waiting for you."

Jia Xun thought that Shi Taijun's yard was still full of girls this time, but when he got there, there was no one there. Shi Taijun sent Jia Lian and his brothers away, leaving Jia Xun alone to talk.

"Why doesn't your father come?"

"Back to the old lady, our master has something urgent to enter the palace today. I don't know why His Majesty got angry a few days ago, and it angered several elders in the capital. Originally, our master wanted to ask for a day off, but now he dare not ask for it. I was afraid that the old lady would be in a hurry, so let me take her place."

When Shi Taijun heard that it was the "boss", he felt a little uncomfortable, and asked Jia Huan, "Which old masters offended the emperor?"

"It's an official from the Ministry of Rites. His name is Song Siming. He is very old and has a white beard. There is also a servant from the Ministry of Households. His surname is Li Zicai. This seems to be because of the taxation on Ping'an Island." Mistakes, were reprimanded by the emperor and ordered to be dismissed from office, and there are a few others who are not rigorous in their duties, which provoked anger."

The weather is hot in summer, Shi Taijun waved the round fan, listened to it and thought for a while, "You father and son should work hard and remember the emperor's grace,"

Jia Xuan listened respectfully, and inevitably asked her, "The old lady said to discuss sister Lin's marriage. I wonder which family the old lady is looking at?"

The mandarin ducks came over with tea, and Jia Xun took it, and put it on the table without drinking. Shi Taijun looked at Jia Xun, and said slowly, "What do you think of your brother Baoyu? Let's get closer, and your sister Lin will marry us." Wouldn't it be more comfortable to come home than to marry into a stranger's home?"

Jia Xuan thought a lot for a moment, and only felt that this matter was inappropriate.

"What did the second master and second wife say?"

"They must be willing."

Jia Xun looked at Shi Taijun and knew that what he said was not pleasant, but he still said, "If Sister Lin really married, she would also serve the second wife. I don't know if the second wife really wants Sister Lin to marry. I'm still willing to let Sister Lin marry in order to save face. Don't rush to talk about this matter now. Sister Lin didn't show filial piety, so it's inappropriate to discuss marriage. Besides, when my uncle was there, he also told me to let Lin The younger sister's second son inherited the line of the Lin family, I'm not saying that Baoyu's younger brother is wrong, he may not be able to bear two surnames..."

Shi Taijun's face has been pulled down.