The Forest of Red Mansions

"Zhiqi, go and invite the uncle." Lin Jinyao ordered softly, folded the letter in her hand and locked it in the box, then got up and left the room and sat down on the stone bench in the yard outside.

It happened that a lush tree shaded the sun, and the breeze was gentle in the evening, which was refreshing.

Not long after, Lin Jinjun came.

"Big sister looking for me?"

"I found a teacher for you, but I still want to listen to your ideas."

"who?"

"Master Zhang Yingzhang."

Zhang Ying in Lin Jinyao's mouth is Master Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who is also a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and also in charge of the Zhan Shifu. .

Lin Jinjun smiled and said, "It would be great if Master Zhang taught me."

"That depends on your ability. If you can't meet their requirements, they will definitely not accept you." Although she said this, Lin Jinyao still had confidence in her younger brother.

This kid has been very smart since he was a child. Not only does he never forget his memory, but he is not far behind, and he is not like Jia Zheng who only knows how to study hard. I only know that there are successors, maybe in the future there will be a good talk about "a father and son who both explore flowers".

In order to find a good teacher for him, Lin Jinyao really struggled for a long time. Zhang Ying was recommended by the fourth master. After thinking about it, Lin Jinyao also felt that this candidate was really good.

Needless to say about Zhang Ying's own talents, otherwise the Holy Majesty would not have asked him to teach the prince. It must be known that the crown prince is not only the heir of a country, but also the most beloved son of the Holy Majesty today.

Moreover, Zhang Ying had six sons in his life, four of them were prominent, especially the second son Zhang Tingyu, who was a favorite minister who was highly valued and trusted by Lord Yongzheng. The Ministry of Rites, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the chief assistant of the cabinet, the chief minister of military affairs, etc., his talents can be seen.

There are tens of thousands of people in the world who can read, but there are only a handful of people who can do what Zhang Tingyu can do. It can be seen that besides his own talent and learning, Lin Jinjun can learn more from Zhang Tingyu and his son. There will be endless benefits in the future.

Although Lin Jinjun was also full of confidence, she didn't dare to be careless, and even went back to her room to review her homework.

"Pa", Lin Jinyao gently patted Lin Daiyu's hand away, ignoring her aggrieved eyes, and brought the half plate of melons and fruits in front of her to her, "How many times have I told you that you have a weak spleen and stomach, Don’t be greedy for coolness, these melons and fruits are all chilled, you will lose your spleen and stomach after eating so much.”

As he said that, he took a piece of watermelon and put it in his mouth. The taste was cool and sweet, really refreshing.

Lin Daiyu watched her unscrupulous elder sister eat alone food happily, and the sweet taste of melons and fruits in her breath went straight into her nose, and she couldn't help being more greedy.

"Sister, dear sister, just let me eat a little more, just a little..." Lin Daiyu pouted, and rubbed her arm with her, her delicate voice seemed to be able to drip honey. It's heart-melting.

Lin Jinyao couldn't stand her clinging and acting like a spoiled child, she struggled several times, and finally stuffed a grape into her mouth, "I didn't know when my family raised a little greedy cat. Well, well, I really don't want to eat any more today. "After that, he ordered the girl to serve her a bowl of milk tea.

In order not to tempt her own little greedy cat again, Lin Jinyao simply asked the girl to remove the melons and fruits, and did not eat them herself, out of sight and out of mind.

Seeing this, Lin Daiyu could only lament helplessly, the taste of sweet and sour grapes in her mouth made her feel wilted, lying on the table with a look of lovelessness.

Lin Jinyao rolled her eyes amusedly, and said, "Okay, don't play tricks on me anymore, you're allowed to eat half an extra peach tomorrow."

"Really?" Lin Daiyu's eyes lit up, and she immediately jumped at her with a happy smile, "I knew my sister loved me the most! My sister is really the best sister in the world!"

Lin Jinyao glanced at her beautiful eyes, and smiled, "If I don't give you food, is it bad?"

Lin Daiyu's mouth was as sweet as honey, and she said with a smile: "Why, no matter what, my sister is the best."

"I'm used to feeding me *soup, but I'm not happy to talk to you glib little greedy cat anymore."

……

Early the next morning, Lin Jinjun took the greeting card to Master Zhang Yingzhang's residence.

As soon as he left, Lin Jinyao also lost her mind. Although she was full of confidence in her younger brother, she couldn't help but feel anxious when things were imminent.

Thinking of the parents who accompanied their children in the college entrance examination in the previous life, I couldn't help laughing.

In the evening, Lin Jinjun just came back. Looking at the happy expression on his face, it was clear that there was nothing unexpected about this trip.

It happened that the old lady of Xingxing, seeing that he hadn't returned for a day, asked a question, Lin Jinjun didn't hide anything, she just answered truthfully.

When Jia Mu heard that he had passed Mr. Zhang's consideration and was about to join him, she couldn't help but be delighted for a moment. She hugged him and praised him, and said: "Your father was a man appointed by the emperor, and your mother was also talented back then. Outstanding, there is no other one in the capital, and now you are so extraordinary at such a young age, it must be very gratifying to think that your mother, Ruoquan, knows."

"But you have to remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. That lord Zhang is so talented that even the crown prince respects him as a teacher. I don't know how many people are eager to get his advice. Since you were lucky enough to get into his school You just have to follow him and study hard, don't let this great opportunity go, if you can inherit your father's career and parade through the streets in the future, it will be the best."

Being held in the arms of the old lady, Lin Jinjun was full of embarrassment and discomfort, and never noticed what she said, so she just nodded in agreement.

But Mrs. Wang suddenly said: "Mo'er is too lonely to go to study with Mr. Zhang alone at such a young age. Why don't you ask Baoyu to accompany you? Wouldn't it be better for you two brothers to be companions?"

Lin Jinjun was speechless, so what kind of virtue is Jia Baoyu?I am used to writing a few obscene words and songs, not to mention Mrs. Zhang, but anyone who has some real talents and practical learning, who would value such a "talent"?

Who would have thought that Mother Jia would seriously consider this proposal? It's really hard to know what to say.

"Second brother and sister, you really dare to think about it." Jia She crossed Erlang's legs and sneered foolishly, "It's okay to be ashamed of yourself in your own family, after all, we are all your own family, but we don't laugh at anything, just don't laugh." It’s only shameful to go outside, sir, I have a thin skin, and I can’t bear it.”

Mrs. Wang stared straight at her, but she heard Jia Zheng agreeing, "Big brother said, that evil obstacle is indeed a piece of rotten wood, and cannot be carved. Mr. Zhang must not look down on him, so don't make a fool of yourself."

Mrs. Wang suddenly fell down in anger.

Jia Zheng said to Lin Jinjun again: "As the saying goes, one day is a teacher and life is a father, but this apprenticeship should be treated with caution. If you are only a child and have no elders to follow, I am afraid that Master Zhang will feel contemptuous. Now that your father is not here, as an uncle, I should take care of you more, and I will just go with you tomorrow."

"I'm talking about the second child, the way you two eat is too ugly." The elder Xi said venomously again, "It's really better to speak than to sing. Looking at it, who doesn't know what's on your mind? Want to start a new life?" When an official is only looking for your amazing concubine's daughter, why bother with Mr. Zhang."

Being so carelessly punctured his mind, Jia Zheng's face turned pale for a moment.

Originally, when his daughter became a concubine, he thought that he would have to bear all the hardships. How could the father who dotes on the concubine not be for nothing?But who would have thought that he waited and looked forward to it day by day, but the Holy Majesty never remembered him, not to mention being favored and trusted, even the original five-rank sesame official was not returned to him.

Several times he expressly hinted that Mrs. Wang would go to the palace to talk to the empress, and told her to think of a way, but he is still at home until today. How can the arrogant Jia Zheng bear it?He didn't say anything, but Jia Zheng's heart was already burning with anxiety. Hearing the name Mr. Zhang at first, he couldn't help but be moved.

That man is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, if he can catch his eyes, it will not be easy for the official to return to his original post.

But thinking about it in his heart, Jia Zheng is still an extremely arrogant person who wants to save face. Now Jia Amnesty lifted the fig leaf just like that, revealing his thoughts nakedly, but it made him really ashamed and angry.

"Brother!" Jia Zheng blushed and said righteously: "Why did I have such thoughts? I was just looking after my nephew with good intentions, why do you deliberately misrepresent me? Well, I just don't want to get involved. I told you to have something to say!" After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left angrily, as if he had really been wronged by the sky.

Looking at his back, Jia She spat, "Pretend, you are so damn good at pretending! One of the elders, this pretense is better than my concubine, who is full of concubines. Master, I really can't accept it!"

"Jia Amnesty!"

In the evening, Lin Jinyao personally picked out a few teacher apprenticeship ceremonies, but Lin Jinjun went to apprenticeship alone the next day, who knew that there was not even a single male on the stage in this huge Rongfu.

Fortunately, Mr. Zhang didn't mind, he liked Lin Jinjun such an extremely intelligent young disciple very much, he secretly thought that this student was definitely not a fish in the pool, and he devoted all his efforts to teaching him, and only hoped that one day he could teach an amazing talent An outstanding student who is so beautiful and famous all over the world, he can die in peace.

……

Jin Chuan'er was kicked out for a few days, but she suddenly heard that she had committed suicide by throwing herself into a well, and all the sisters sighed for a moment.

Jia Baoyu knew why Jin Chuan'er was kicked out, and now hearing that she wanted to die in shame and indignation, she couldn't help feeling pained and ashamed, she wept silently for a long time, feeling very dazed and sentimental.

But who would have bumped into his old man head-on, seeing his red eyes and weak and panic-stricken face, he had to be reprimanded again.

But at this moment, someone suddenly came to report, "Master Hesheli has come to the residence, saying that he wants to see the master."

Jia Zheng was taken aback when he heard the words, not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse.

The Nahesheli family belonged to the prosperous family of the Dang Dynasty, and the girl in the family was the beloved wife of the current emperor Yuanhou. The descendants of the family had two first-class princes and one first-class uncle. The grandeur of the family is daunting.

And the Lord Hesheli mentioned in this population refers to Suo'etu, the power minister at the time.

Jia Zheng went out in a hurry, and before he could talk, he heard the man say, "I didn't come here to build the Tanfu, but I came here at the order of my master, but I want to ask for something."

When Jia Zheng heard this, he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he just said, "Please explain clearly."

The man sneered, and said: "In our mansion, there is a Qi official who is a Xiaodan. He has been missing for three to five days, and he can't find it everywhere. But I heard someone said that he died recently with your jade-biter." The son of the birth is very close to each other."

"If there are other actors, there are only a hundred of them, but this Qiguan has always been the most in my master's heart, and no one can do without this person, so the younger one has to take the liberty to come to the door, only to see Master Jia. Tell your son to put that Qi official back."

Jia Zheng was shocked and angry when he heard the words, and hurriedly sent someone to call Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu rushed over full of anxiety, and before he could say a word, he was pointed at his nose and scolded.

"You damn evil, but you are becoming more and more lawless! What a fool you are to provoke Lord Hesheli, and now the disaster is on me, why don't you return Qiguan quickly!"

Jia Baoyu hurriedly said, "Master has wronged me, but I don't even know who that Qi official is..."

But the man sneered and said, "Since you don't know who Qiguan is, why did the red sweat scarf get into your waist? You don't have to hide it, you should have confessed it earlier, so you will suffer less."

Hearing his threatening intentions, Jia Baoyu was panicked and frightened at once, ignoring Guan Qi's plea, and hastened to tell the truth about his whereabouts.

After getting the news, the man left satisfied.

Jia Zheng suppressed the anger in his heart, sent the man out, and then turned around, but when he saw Jia Huan running wildly, he shouted angrily.

Seeing his ugly face, Jia Huan panicked in his heart, rolled his eyes suddenly, but said: "Father doesn't know something, a girl drowned in that well, she looked so scary, I lost my sense of control for a moment."

Jia Zheng was shocked, "Drowned someone? How could someone drowned someone so well?"

Jia Huan said softly: "I heard that Brother Baoyu tried to rape Jin Chuan'er, his wife's maid, in his wife's room a few days ago.

Jia Zheng was furious at once, and thinking about what Jia Baoyu wanted to do to his concubine earlier, he became more and more furious, and immediately shouted, "Go and fetch Jia Baoyu! Take the big stick!"

Jia Huan slipped away quietly, and Jia Baoyu's weeping and wailing could be heard in the distance, and she couldn't help but feel elated.

The people in Ningxiangyuan also heard about this matter. After all these things, Lin Daiyu looked down on Jia Baoyu more and more, and only lamented that the beauty of gold and jade was ruined.

Lin Jinyao was even more contemptuous of Jia Baoyu, she always talked sweetly, but she showed her face whenever something happened.

Although Jin Chuan'er said that he behaved badly, it was Jia Baoyu who deliberately teased and teased people first, although sweet words are the best at coaxing people, but when the situation came to an end, why did he ever say a word for Jin Chuan'er?He left Jin Chuan'er and ran away without waiting for Mrs. Wang to get angry.

And since the Qi official was able to tell Jia Baoyu where he was hiding, it can be seen that he has a heart for him, but who would have expected that Jia Baoyu would sell him tremblingly with just a few threats, but did he ever think about it? Well, what will happen to Qiguan if he is arrested and returned this time?

What tenderness and affection, but a selfish, weak, cowardly and incompetent thing, any girl who follows him will really be miserable for eight lifetimes!

The previous injury hadn't healed yet, and now a new injury has been added, and Jia Baoyu's body is bloody and bloody, looking very frightening.

The Xiren took off his trousers for him, and couldn't help crying when he saw the miserable situation, "Master is so cruel, even a big matter can't be so cruel, if it really comes out good or bad, what should we do."

Jia Baoyu grinned his teeth in pain, seeing her so sad, he didn't feel moved, he just took her hand, and said softly: "My dear sister, don't cry, you cry so hard that my heart is shaking." Broken."

Xiren wiped away his teardrops, and spat at him shyly, "It's not honest to have such a serious injury on your body, it's time to ask the master to beat you again."

But at this moment, Xue Baochai walked in with a pill in his hand, seeing the two people's intimacy, his eyes flickered slightly.

The attacker hurriedly withdrew his hand, took the middle coat and covered Jia Baoyu's body, and said with a smile, "Miss Bao is here, sit down quickly."

Xue Baochai didn't move, just sat down with a smile, looked at Jia Baoyu's miserable appearance, and couldn't help sighing softly, "Why do you keep going all day long, and make it look like this? No matter how distressed the wife and the second wife are, even we feel very distressed when we see it."

As soon as the words came out, Xue Baochai blushed and lowered her head, not daring to look at Jia Baoyu again.

Xue Baochai usually has a gentle, gentle, dignified and virtuous appearance. He has never been so shy and timid, but he is so charming at the moment, which only makes Jia Baoyu's eyes straighten.

He also felt that there was something in Xue Baochai's words, which seemed to have a lot of meaning. Jia Baoyu couldn't help but feel his heart tremble. He was so hot that he couldn't help grabbing Xue Baochai's hand.

"Sister Bao..."

Xue Baochai glared at him in shame, withdrew her hand, and said angrily, "What are you doing with your hands and feet, Deng Tuzi." After saying that, she turned around and left.

But Jia Baoyu was infatuated, sullen and silly, thinking to himself that although this sister Bao is not as charming, glamorous and unparalleled as sister Lin, she is also not as beautiful as sister Lin, who is out of the world and does not eat the fireworks of the world, but she also has a variety of charms, which only makes people laugh. It's hard to make a choice, if... If Sister Bao, Sister Lin, Sister Lin, and Sister Lin can accompany him, then he is really willing to die immediately at the next moment.

There have never been any secrets in Jia's mansion, Xue Baochai just left, and someone was chewing their tongues in private when they turned their heads, only saying that the love between Master Bao and Miss Bao is very sweet, and the golden and jade marriage is really destined.

Upon hearing these words, Lin Jinyao knew that Xue Baochai had started to move.

Qingyun Road has been cut off, and the best choice right now is Jia Baoyu, but Jia Yuanchun, Mrs. Jia Muwang and others expressed their desire to hire Lin Daiyu. Although they knew that this was what they wanted, but But I couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

It's a pity that this road is not so easy to walk.

Sure enough, within a few days, Mother Jia sent someone to bring Shi Xiangyun here.

Shi Xiangyun loves Jia Baoyu the most when he urinates, he is gentle and considerate, and he has already had some girlish feelings in his heart. As soon as he saw Jia Baoyu, he took his arm and said "love brother".

Jia Baoyu also loved Shi Xiangyun's straightforwardness and beauty very much, and the pair of young children were also very close for a while.

Seeing this, Jiamu laughed, "This time, girl Yun will stay for a longer period of time, and choose a place in the garden to live in. Even if you go back, I will keep it for you in the future."

However, Shi Xiangyun took a fancy to Xiaoxiang Pavilion at a glance, not for any other reason, but because Xiaoxiang Pavilion is the closest to Jia Baoyu's Yihong Courtyard.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she said it, Jia Baoyu said: "No, no, Xiaoxiang Pavilion is not good, Sister Yun should choose another place."

Shi Xiangyun was surprised when he heard the words, "Why is the Xiaoxiang Pavilion not working?"

Jia Baoyu looked at the Lin sisters at the side, blushed a little, and said, "The Xiaoxiang Pavilion is reserved for Sister Lin and Sister Lin."

Hearing this, Shi Xiangyun's eyes turned red immediately, and he sneered, "I thought it was why, but it turned out to be like this! Loving my brother is affectionate, but Miss Lin doesn't appreciate it! Anyway, I'm just a fatherless An orphan girl without a mother is not as good as the daughter of a second-rank senior member of the family, so why bother, I'll just go home!"

After finishing speaking, he pretended to leave.

Jia Baoyu was anxious, "Sister Yun, what are you talking about? Who does she think of me? All sisters and sisters are the same in my heart. You misunderstood me like this, but you stabbed me in the heart with a knife." !"

Lin Jinyao felt disgusted when she heard this, what the hell is she really treating herself as a lover?

Xue Baochai hurriedly stepped forward to hold Shi Xiangyun's hand, and said with a smile, "Sister Yun is a little bit more impatient. I'm anxious for you to love my brother. It's just a place to live. How can I be so fussy? I just live there alone. Hengwuyuan is also strangely deserted, if Sister Yun doesn't dislike her, she can live with me."

Hearing her gentle consolation, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but shed tears, and said: "Sister Bao is the best, I only regret that I don't have that blessing, Sister Bao is not my real sister, after all I am alone and helpless Even if I was bullied, what else can I do other than admit it? Who told my brothers and sisters to support each other and be very tough."

Lin Daiyu sneered immediately when she heard the words, "Whoever bullied you, who do you go to, gossip about what other people are doing! It's not our fault that you are lonely, and who is hindering us with the support of our brothers and sisters? No, you are so nonsense. Yes, when someone owes you!"

Lin Jinyao was also very annoyed. Since the first time she saw them, Shi Xiangyun had always been targeting them for no reason, and was always teasing and sarcasm, which was really annoying.

"Dai'er is right. Not to mention the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, we have already rejected it. It is your wishful thinking to leave it to us. If you want to scold you, you should scold your beloved brother. Take a step back and say it's fine. So what if we really accepted the Xiaoxiang Pavilion? If you like us, you have to let us go. If you don’t let us, you’re just bullying you, an orphan girl, because of your numbers? What kind of nonsense is this?”

"We never owed you anything, let alone your parents. Why should we spoil you? Could it be because your face is as big as a bowl?" Lin Jinyao sneered, "Miss Yun, you should be more considerate. You also said that you are a lonely orphan girl. There are so many of us, so why do you always like to tease us? This time and again, if we don't really bully you, it really is. I'm sorry."

The two sisters slammed Shi Xiangyun's face with sarcasm and sarcasm, making her so angry and ashamed that she burst into tears with a "wow".

Sanchun, Xue Baochai and other sisters were also full of embarrassment, so they had to forcefully smile to appease and interrupt.

Jia Baoyu was angry and annoyed, "They are all sisters from the same family. Sister Yun is just a child at heart. Why is Sister Lin and Sister Lin so unforgiving?"

Lin Daiyu spat: "She is targeting us with a child's heart, and we fight back just to be reasonable and unforgiving? No such bullying! Second Master Bao's heart is really out of reach. Thinking about it, Miss Yun is in Bao The second master has a different heart after all. It just so happens that Lang has a lover and concubine is interested, so why not just ask the old lady to make a marriage for you, and save the two of you from flirting and always implicating our innocent, but it’s not good to be implicated by the innocent. If we are allowed to vent our anger, we can only call it suffocation, this is really wronged and I have nowhere to reason!"

Jia Baoyu only heard her tell him to make an engagement with Shi Xiangyun, and suddenly felt like a knife was twisting in his heart, but suddenly he spurted out a mouthful of blood, which made everyone stunned, and then turned pale with shock.

"Baoyu! Go get a doctor!" Jia Mu rushed forward and hugged him, crying for a while.

The room was in chaos, none of the sisters had the time to think about the unhappiness just now, they just circled around Jia Baoyu.

"He... what happened to him?" Lin Daiyu was stunned, "I just said a few words, but he was so angry that I vomited blood? I... Could it be that I really went too far?"

Lin Jinyao patted her head and said: "He has been beaten a lot these days, and he has injuries on his body. It's just that he got angry for a while. It's okay. Anyway, he has always been lucky, and he can't die no matter how hard he is. "If he really dies, he will be doing harm to the people, and the province will always harm other girls.

Lin Daiyu was still a little worried, afraid that she would really make Jia Baoyu angry and make the old lady sad.

But just as Lin Jinyao said, this Jia Baoyu was indeed very lucky, but after a while, before the doctor came, he became energetic again, except for his sad and dazed expression, the blood just now seemed to vomit It looked like pig's blood, but it didn't bother me at all.

Seeing this, Lin Daiyu finally felt at ease, thinking to herself that her elder sister always said that she was a glass person, but now it seems that if she is a glass person, then this Jia Baoyu must be made of tofu?But after a few words, she was so angry that she vomited blood, and those who didn't know thought her mouth was so poisonous, it was wronged to death.

Thinking about it, Sister Lin couldn't help but feel deeply wronged, she snuggled up to her sister and silently begged for comfort.