There is a fairy wife at home [Red Mansion]

There were not many people returning to the city in the afternoon, after all, it was bustling outside the city, and there were many places to eat and rest.

Aunt Xu prepared hot water, Jiang Jinshu took a shower and changed clothes when she got home, Liu Ye'er and Cao Zhu'er cleaned up the remaining water, and Aunt Xu made lunch in the kitchen.

Liu Ye'er came in with tea.

"Sit down and talk." Jiang Jinshu took out the chessboard and asked Liu Ye'er to play with her.

When Liu Ye'er was in Jiang's house, she used to study and play chess with her, even though she was not skilled, she knew how to play chess.He didn't refuse at the moment, and sat opposite her to accompany her.

After a few moves, Jiang Jinshu seemed to have no intention of asking, "You are two years older than me, you are seventeen this year."

Liu Ye'er nodded with a smile: "My lady remembers well."

"Seventeen is a big girl, what do your parents plan?" Jiang Jinshu asked again.

Liu Ye'er understood what he meant, her face turned red, and she felt embarrassed to play again: "What did you say, lady?"

"You and I grew up together, so we have nothing to say. Besides, there is no one else here."

Liu Ye'er naturally knew it in her heart, shy for a moment, but said truthfully: "My mother said when I was in Jiang's house, when I was older, I would choose an honest and reliable man outside to marry. Don't ask his family for more If you are rich, you have to do your duty, and the family is easy to get along with. If my parents give me some money as a dowry, I can start a small business or buy a few acres of land in the future."

"Your parents are right to think about it." The original owner had asked Aunt Xu when Jiang Qi was interested in Liu Ye'er, and promised that Liu Ye'er's major affairs would be decided by her parents in the future.

After lunch, Jiang Jinshu found a small box with a lock on it.After opening it, the box contained the land deed and the deed of life, and there were Xu Qing and his wife in the deed of sale.

Jiang Jinshu has already planned to get away, Gu Ting's mind is clear, and he can study for the imperial examinations. In other words, he has repaid his cause and effect. If he is successful in the future, he will definitely be able to hire another good wife.The original owner's relatives have nothing to say, the Jiang family is like that, the biological parents died again, and the biological sister is just a blood relationship, on the contrary, it is Aunt Xu and others that the original owner cares about more.

The reason for looking at the deed of sale is to consider whether the slavery of the aunt and others will be revoked.

Everyone knows that there is no freedom to be a slave, even life and death are involuntary, and they all understand the value of redemption, but not everyone is willing to redeem.Many people are not able to afford the ransom, nor are they homeless, but the reality is always cruel. Home may not be a warm haven, and life after redemption may not be better than being a slave.

For example, Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu and others, they are still good, at least the whole family stays together.

According to Jiang Jinshu's idea, the Xu family's slave status was revoked, and Cao Zhu'er was asked to recognize Aunt Xu as a godmother, and they would live together in the future, and she would give them the valuable private house as a dowry, and the fifty mu of land under Xu Qing's care would be given to Xu Auntie's family.Even if you encounter any difficulties in the future, after all, you have stayed in the Gu family, it is not difficult to ask Gu Ting.

Gu Ting is not a person who does not miss old love, but with Gu Ting's mentor and his own ability, he will have a promising day sooner or later.

For the time being, there is no need to mention it to Aunt Xu and others, lest they become suspicious, just talk to Gu Ting in private, if "something happens" to him in the future, Gu Ting will let Aunt Xu and others out if he thinks of her words.

In addition, find a chance to give Aunt Xu some money, so that she can buy a house for business in the future.

Speaking of the house, and thinking of the house I live in now, I still have a grudge against the Bai family sisters.It's too late to change the house now, the feud has already been settled, if they want to stop, they have to cut off their support.Gu Ting mentioned earlier that Yao Jin's term of office expires at the end of the year, and it is very likely that he will be re-elected.However, this is only an inference, and it is also possible that he will continue to serve. Once he stays in office, it will take another three years without accident.

Yao Jin's stay in Yongyang Mansion is not only for Aunt Bai's support, but also, Yao Jin will transfer his dissatisfaction with Jiang Jinshu to Gu Ting, secretly tampering with it, which is impossible to guard against.

As dusk fell, the lights of Yongyang Mansion were noisy.

Tonight is the most anticipated poetry competition of the Zhushan Literary Society. Jiang Jinshu and the others had dinner early, and Gu Ting accompanied them to Dongdajie to watch the excitement.Changxing Street is not far from Dongdajie, and before reaching Dongdajie, the street is crowded with bustling pedestrians.

While walking, talking on both sides:

"Have you heard? He Fenglou has posted a notice that the students who won the first place in the poetry competition can go to the third floor of Hefeng Tower to have a banquet, and there will be bonus money."

"Hey, it's common for tea houses and restaurants to set up tables for free, and they also give money as gifts, which is rare."

"Not only the restaurants of the He family, but also the Shixiang restaurant of the Wang family, the Liuxian building of the Zhao family, and the Jufu building of the Fu family." These are the most famous restaurants in Yongyang Mansion, and all of them belong to the family. Rich, when encountering a rare event, it is natural to plan for the family business.

Although the students are still white today, they can win the first place because they are either outstanding in appearance or extraordinary in learning. They don't know what they will achieve in three to five years.Now it is equivalent to investment, that is, the business of the restaurant will not be too bad just by taking advantage of the limelight of the current students.

Another person said: "I also heard that Miss Shui Furong from Furong Tower is looking for a talented scholar among those students and a pair of calligraphy."

"Shui Furong, how many people want to see her will never see her. I heard that I want to pass the name card to her. At least ten taels of silver. Just like this, I won't see her for ten days and a half months."

"Where do you pay attention to a family of twelve people? Want to meet and drink with the number one beauty in Fucheng without a hundred taels? It's a dream!"

Shui Furong is the courtesan of the Furong Tower, and her reputation spreads far and wide.

In fact, it is said to be a young man, but it is a rare commodity to live in, and it will be up for sale in two or three years at most.Nowadays, it's just the procuress's salesmanship, after all, it only talks about choosing the man he likes, and the two of them can drink and discuss poetry, appreciate paintings and play the piano.But Shui Furong made one point clear. Pursuing a student's calligraphy can not only earn her an elegant reputation, but also win the favor of scholars, and she will not worry about the "price" in the future.

When Jiang Jinshu and others arrived at the place, the poetry meeting had already begun. Hundreds of students gathered together, and there were endless lines of poetic words.There are also many young girls throwing handkerchiefs, purses, and flowers at the students they like, and the faces of the most popular ones are all red, which makes the onlookers very big and small.

"Sibao, do you want to go?" Jiang Jinshu asked Gu Ting with a smile.

Gu Ting shook his head: "I'm not doing well in poetry now. The teacher said that I'm officially studying now, and I want to socialize with scholars in the future. For convenience, I took the words."

Hearing Gu Ting's abrupt change of topic, Jiang Jinshu didn't care, and asked casually, "What word?"

"Spring is late."

"Chunchi?" Jiang Jinshu pondered for a while, and probably guessed what it meant.Zhangtai chose the word "chunchi" for Gu Ting, because he said that the spring of Gu Ting's study came late, and perhaps it also meant a warning, asking him to study diligently and never be complacent and slack.

"Jinshu can call me by my name. Sibao is a nickname." Gu Ting's voice was slightly soft.

Jiang Jinshu looked sideways, and noticed that his ears were reddish, obviously shy.It's true, Gu Ting used to be a child, calling "Four Treasures" was fine, but now that he's grown up, it's really embarrassing for a young man to be called "Four Treasures".

"Okay, I'll pay attention in the future." Responding with a smile.

This is when the poetry becomes more intense.

Students compose poems by drawing questions, and the questions are chosen by the judges.The judges are the dean and gentleman of the academy, the talented and virtuous men in the city, and the magistrate Yao Jin and the judge.

Jiang Jinshu was just looking around casually, but found that Zhangtai was among the judges, but Ji Wenyang was not.

It's only natural to add Zhangtai, but Xuezheng is nowhere to be seen, it shouldn't be.

"Sibao, why didn't you see Mr. Xuezheng Ji?" Jiang Jinshu forgot to change his words.

Gu Ting looked at her helplessly, but did not correct her: "I don't know. But..." Gu Ting leaned closer, lowered his voice and said to her: "At Zhang's house this afternoon, the teacher received a letter Originally, the teacher wanted to keep me for dinner, and asked me to take the written article to him for review before going home, but after reading the letter, he changed his mind and asked me to come back. In addition, the prefect of Yao had invited the teacher to participate in the literary meeting before. The teacher declined, but he appeared here tonight. I guess, the teacher changed his mind after Mr. Xuezheng gave the teacher a letter."

"Do you know where Xuezheng lives in Yongyang?"

Ji Wenyang was dispatched from the capital, and Zhangtai had just returned home from the Imperial Academy. It is not surprising that the two knew each other and had friendship.

What Jiang Jinshu thought was that Ji Wenyang suddenly asked Zhangtai to attend the poetry meeting on his behalf, and it would definitely not be for no reason.

And she paid attention to Ji Wenyang, and she also had a plan.

Gu Ting only thought she was curious, and said: "It should be living in the post house."

Jiang Jinshu released her consciousness and scanned the post house, but she didn't find Ji Wenyang at all!Not only was there no Ji Wenyang, but also no one with Ji Wenyang.Even so, it was not fruitless, because she found that there were two people watching outside the post house, and they carefully checked all the people who entered and left the post house, especially those who came out of the post house.

Jiang Jinshu immediately enveloped the whole city with her consciousness, paying attention to the four gates.

At this moment, she discovered that two yamen servants had gone to the posthouse, and they were looking for Ji Wenyang!

It was only learned from the conversation between the yamen servant and Yicheng that Ji Wenyang claimed that he had suffered from heatstroke, and asked Zhangtai to attend the poetry meeting instead.The yamen servant was sent by Yao Jin, nominally to visit, but in fact... this move was meant to be a test.After all, who would visit a doctor at night?It's not that Yao Jin just found out that Ji Wenyang was "ill".

Sure enough, the postman yelled for a long time and no one opened the door, the yamen servants gave each other a wink and rushed in, only to find that the house was empty.

Jiang Jinshu went to observe Yao Jin at the poetry meeting.

After a while, a follower called Yao Jin, and Yao Jin walked to a place where no one was there, and someone was waiting in the shadows.Shadows can block the naked eye, but not the spiritual sense. Jiang Jinshu can see the appearance of this person very clearly. He is a middle-aged man in his 40s and [-]s. Like a businessman.

"Master Yao, Ji Wenyang is gone, I'm afraid I will trouble Master Yao."

"This... I don't know what advice you have?" Prefect Yao was very respectful to this man, and he didn't dare to put on airs as a prefect, but he also hesitated, unwilling to get involved in the struggle between the two parties.

How could the middle-aged man fail to see Yao Jin's intentions, wanting benefits, but unwilling to take risks.The smile on the middle-aged man's face faded away, his eyes were as cold as a knife, and his momentum changed drastically: "Master Yao, you can only gain if you give up, and the grass on the wall will not end well."

"Don't dare, don't dare, I don't dare." Yao Jin broke out in cold sweat.

"Immediately issue an order to seal the city gate!"

Yao Jin was shocked: "No! No! The city gate was suddenly closed for no reason, this, this..."

The city gate of Yongyangfu is opened at Maoshi and closed at Youshi, which is slightly adjusted according to the seasons.There are also exceptions during the year, for example, every New Year's Day, the gates of the city are almost not closed, just to make it easier for the common people to come and go.

For such a grand event as the Zhushan Wenhui, the government posted a notice early in the morning that the gates of the city will not be closed for a month, but more troops have been sent to patrol the city.

Now that the four gates are suddenly closed for no reason, wouldn't it cause panic among the people?In this way, his hard work for three years was wasted overnight.Seeing that his term of office is about to expire, isn't he just trying to find a good place to go?If not, why would he bother to curry favor with the one in front of him.

The other party ignored Yao Jin's expression, and instead warned: "Master Yao, you must know that for Ji Wenyang, I have led people to chase him for more than half a year. If he can successfully return to the capital... Hmph, why don't I say it for now?" , don't even think about being an official!"

Yao Jin shivered, wiped the cold sweat off his brow, and gritted his teeth: "Then, just listen to Mr. Yuan."