Weiyang of the Red Mansion

Sheng Jia returned to Beijing, and Jia Amnesty was ordered not to go out when he returned to Rongguo Mansion.

This time it was not Jia Daishan's order, but the old lady Jiang's. I don't know who said something in front of the old lady, so that the old lady felt that Jia She had committed a crime against Tai Sui this year, so she worked hard and invited the master of Lingguang Temple to learn Buddhism. Qibao enshrines Buddha statues. Originally, the old lady planned to enshrine relics, but relics are only something that can be obtained after the enlightenment of eminent monks, and not every eminent monk can have relics, which shows the preciousness of relics.

Lingguang Temple has existed for a long time, and there are relics in the temple, but with the status of Lingguang Temple, how can Jia She get it?To say that power overwhelms people, even if there is something wrong with their brains, everyone knows that Lingguang Temple is registered with the royal family, and if they want to use their brains, they may feel that they have lived too comfortably recently.

In this regard, Jia She was grateful for her grandmother's kindness, and did not want to hurt her heart just to go out, so she stayed peacefully in the east courtyard to recuperate.

Rongguo Mansion East Courtyard.

Lying on Jia She's lap was a little white fluffy dumpling, it was a young fox caught from the West Mountain, half a month later, it had already grown up a bit.

Rubbing his hair with his uninjured hand, he gestured for Jia Zheng, who had come to visit him, to sit down.

Jia Zheng originally wanted to take part in the Tongsheng Examination this year. After Jia Amnesty mentioned the Tongsheng Examination, he went to talk to Jia Daishan about it. Unexpectedly, the county examination period had passed, and Jia Daishan wanted to buy Jia Zheng a reputation as a scholar. Jia Zheng was asked to take the provincial examination directly, but Jia Zheng directly refused.

The scholar who bought it, even if he gets a good ranking later, is still a stain, it is better to spend some time and step by step, after all, he is still young and can afford to wait.

Jia Zheng was so firm, Jia Daishan didn't make his own claim, but he also felt that Jia Zheng didn't say that he would end earlier, otherwise he would have passed the county and government examinations this year, and could directly take the college exam, which only takes two exams in three years, and missed it. This year, even if you pass the county and government examinations next year, you have to wait a year before you can take the hospital examination, which is a delay of two years.

Jia Zheng is already sixteen now, and he will be only eighteen in two years. He is still young, but Jia Daishan thinks that he can gain a lot of talent and fame by being able to pass the exam early. Jia Daishan is not worried about whether or not he can pass the exam. The children's exams are all the most basic. Even if his second son's reading talent is not as good as the son of a scholarly family, he still can't even fail the children's exams. .

Jia Zheng was not as optimistic as Jia Daishan. Since he found that Jia Amnesty was not as bad as he saw, Jia Zheng's heart was shocked. He felt that he was praised by his grandfather and father for being able to read, but he was afraid that he was blinded. After the test, I ran to tell Jia Daishan that I would take the child's test. I also wanted to try my own strength and see where I could go.

As a result, he missed the examination period this year. Jia Zheng didn’t show it on the surface, but he was a little flustered in his heart. He turned around and suggested to Jia Daishan to go to Jiangnan to study. Naturally, he would not stop him from becoming an official, but when Jia Shishi heard about it, he was very reluctant to give up. Jia Zheng had always been filial, seeing his mother like this, he postponed his trip to the south of the Yangtze River.

With this postponement, even the hunt in Xishan was over, Jia Zheng still stayed in the mansion and did not go out.

Looking forward to the prosperous atmosphere of Jiangnan's literary style, Jia Zheng had no interest in those poetry fairs in the capital, and came to visit the injured Jia She when he had free time.

Unexpectedly, when I came here today, I happened to meet Jia She holding a snow-white dumpling, Jia Zheng's face was cracked.

"This is?" Looking like a cat, but not quite like it, Jia Zheng dared not recognize it, but he couldn't deny that this snow-white dumpling was cute.

Can't tell, brother still likes this kind of furry little animal?

"You have been very free these few days. If you have time, don't you go to the poetry meeting? What are you doing here?"

Jia Zheng complained about how a few poems in the capital would gain fame, and then mentioned the grand meeting in the south of the Yangtze River enviously, and he couldn't help being speechless.

"Since you yearn for the Jiangnan Poetry Fair so much, why don't you go on a study tour?"

Hearing this, Jia Zheng sighed, "I have never left the capital since I grew up, and my wife hates me. Whenever I bring up the matter of studying in Beijing, my wife looks distraught, and I can't open my mouth even if I want to go. "

"The benevolence of a woman." Jia She snorted, "Second brother, I'm not talking about you. Filial piety is not wrong, but stupid filial piety is stupid. What does the master say?"

Jia Zheng was unceremoniously rebuked by Jia Amnesty, his face was a little hot, and he said, "The master has already agreed, but the wife..."

"Second brother, don't blame elder brother for speaking harshly. You are 16 years old, not six years old. Are you still a child who can't live without your mother?"

Jia Zheng's face turned red, "I..."

"My wife has always loved you, and I don't bother to talk about it, but one thing, you have to be clear, second brother, if you don't want to be a wealthy idler at home, if you want to stand out, you have to learn from Second Brother Jing from Dongfu, otherwise it will be difficult for you in this world in the future." Stand on foot, I am your elder brother, can I still harm you?"

Jia Zheng sighed in his heart, in the past he felt that his elder brother was not as good as him, but looking at it now, his elder brother just doesn't understand poetry and books, if he is not as good as him, it is only in poetry and books, but in other aspects he is far superior to him.

"Brother, I understand. I'll go to see the master later. For the wife, I'll leave it to the master." He couldn't say goodbye to his wife himself. .

Hearing this, Jia Amnesty nodded, but this second brother is still a sensible person.

"It's good that you understand," Jia Amnesty thought of something, "By the way, I got a lot of isolated copies a few days ago, but I couldn't understand them. I thought that my second brother was studying, so I kept them if I could use them. Put it in my study, and take it with me when the second brother leaves later."

The so-called orphan books are all excuses, those books were picked out from the space by him, if you don't understand...it's the truth.

"Brother, I'm bothering you," Jia Zheng smiled, and turned to look at the white dumpling on Jia She's lap, "But brother, what is this on your leg?"

"Oh, this is a young fox that was caught during hunting in Xishan Mountain." Jia She said.

Jia Zheng laughed, "Unexpectedly, big brother likes this kind of furry animal."

"That's not true." Jia She hesitated for a moment before explaining the whole story, "It was intended to be given to Miss Tang, but I remembered that this little thing was a wild beast captured by Xishan. Whether it will hurt anyone next time, I will take care of it myself first, and if there is no problem, I will ask someone to send it."

Jia Amnesty's words made Jia Zheng startled for a moment, and then said with emotion, "Brother has a heart."

Although his big brother is clean and self-sufficient, he is not fake, and he can do this for Tang Xi, and he really likes the girl of the Tang family.

Miss Tang marrying someone else may not be happier than marrying his eldest brother, right?

Jia Amnesty smiled, and chatted with Jia Zheng again.

After half an hour, Jia Zheng left, and Jia Amnesty asked Jia Zheng to go with him to the study, and took away all the lonely copies he picked out from the space.

Jia Zheng came early the next morning to say goodbye to Jia Amnesty.

"Madam, are you sure you don't want to say something?" Jia She asked hesitantly.

Jia Amnesty hesitated to ask, and Jia Zheng also hesitated to answer.

"Let's forget it. If I go to see my wife, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave." Jia Zheng firmly believed in this, but he didn't want to become the rich and idle person that his elder brother said.

That being the case, he had no choice but to go to Jiangnan without telling his wife. The wife loves him, but she loves him too much, and doesn't want him to suffer a little bit. In the end, he will be the one who hurt him, but he can't blame his wife for doting.

Jia Amnesty saw that Jia Zheng had a good idea in mind, so he didn't say any more.

"In that case, be careful on the road," he said, taking out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, "here is 3000 taels, it's better to go out than to be at home, you should take the money first, and send it to me if you don't have enough money."

Jia Zheng looked at Jia Amnesty in shame, "Brother, you gave me a lot of money a few days ago, these..."

"Those are for you to buy books, and you can keep them for your use. In a place as rich as Jiangnan, if you stay in Jiangnan for a long time, 3000 taels will not be able to do anything at all. Listen to my elder brother. If you are short of money, come and talk to your elder brother." explain."

Jia Zheng couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it.

"Thank you bro."

"My brother, what are you talking about?" Jia She smiled, and straightened his face, and said, "Although Jiangnan's literary style is prosperous, there are also many dudes. If you feel wronged, feel free to write. As the eldest brother, I have to find you back. I must not compromise. When you go out, you represent the face of our Rongguo Mansion. How can the second master of the Rongguo Mansion be bullied? I am not asking you to cause trouble, but Don’t be afraid of things, understand?”

Jia Zheng was soured by what Jia She said, his elder brother had never said such heartfelt words in the past, if he hadn't broken his knot in his study that day, his elder brother would never have taught him so earnestly in this life .

Jia Zheng is not an egomaniac who feels that he is comparable to the sage Confucius after reading a few books. On the contrary, he is familiar with poetry, history and policy, and knows more truths than Jia Amnesty, but those truths are all from books. , but what Jia Amnesty taught him was the attitude of being a human being.

This cannot be learned from books.

He could feel the kindness of the eldest brother, and his heart became more and more cruel.

If you can't take the imperial examination to become an official, I will be sorry for my elder brother who has worked so hard to support him in the imperial examination.

"I see."

Jia Zheng didn't say thank you for these extravagant words, just like what Jia She said, a brother who is a direct relative always says thank you, which is too outlandish.

Leaving from Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng went to see Jia Daishan again, and then secretly left through the side door.

When his wife asked about the second master during the day, Jia Zheng had already boarded the boat and left.

No matter how anxious the wife is and how much she complains about Jia Daishan, the fact that Jia Zheng has left Beijing cannot be changed.

In the evening, Jia Daishan came to see Jia Amnesty.

"You persuaded your younger brother to go to Jiangnan for a study tour. He still has to come back for your coronation ceremony in June. After all, he is the younger brother of a direct relative, so he can't miss your coronation ceremony."

Jia She said with a smile, "Is the master worried that the wife will keep the second brother?"

Jia Daishan didn't speak, obviously acquiescing.

"The master underestimates the second brother too much. If he hadn't gone to Jiangnan and felt the prosperous style of writing in Jiangnan, the second brother might have stayed in the mansion for his wife. Once the second brother has taken this step and felt the vastness of the outside world, think about it again." Trapping him in this mansion, not to mention the wife, even the master will not be able to keep him."

Jia Daishan pondered, and after a while, he smiled, "That's good. It's not that your mother doesn't love you, but your second brother was brought up by her own hands after all, and he is the youngest son, so it's inevitable that he loves you a bit. Don't take it to heart. .”

"My son is no longer a three-year-old, so he doesn't care about these things, but I want to persuade the master not to take it to heart." Jia She said with a smile.

Jia Daishan laughed, unexpectedly being persuaded by his son, but seeing that Jia Amnesty seemed really worried, Jia Daishan was relieved and went back to the backyard at night.