Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

Looking at the attitude of the people around Qi Shengao, they were all very respectful and fearful, as if they would be in danger of dying if they breathed a little harder.Le-Wen

Yang Fei's face paled, feeling that his slip of the tongue had offended the nobleman, he hurriedly nodded and bowed to Qi Shengao to salute, and then arranged for Yan Liang to rate Lin Ruhai's exam as the best.

Yan Liang actually didn't understand why everyone was so afraid of him.In his view, Qi Shengao is not a bad person in essence, at least he has lived for nearly 40 years and has not planted any karma that needs to bear any retribution.This person is in a high position, and he can still do things according to cause and effect, which is really rare.

Qi Shengao glanced at Yang Feikuan without emotion, then turned to Yan Liang and said, "Don't think that the selection of guards is a trivial matter, it is directly related to the personal safety of the princes, you must do it well."

Yan Liang nodded in agreement.

Qi Shengao didn't say any more, turned around and left.

After Yang Feikuo and the others left, his legs became weak and he couldn't stand, so he quickly reached out to support the table beside him.

Everyone followed suit and breathed a sigh of relief.Yang Feikuo patted Yan Liang on the shoulder, and told him to obey Qi Shengao's instructions, otherwise he would be the next one to suffer.

Yan Liang seemed to have some meaning in the tone of his words.When he wanted to ask, he suddenly heard someone cough, and then he didn't open his mouth again.

After Yang Feiguo left, someone came to tell Yan Liang that the previous official doctor was once Yang Feigui's most valued subordinate, but because of an order from Qi Shengao, he dereliction of duty and was directly demoted to the I went to raise horses in the northwest.

Coincidentally, Yan Liang was promoted from the work of raising horses, so Yang Fei always treats Yan Liang differently from others, with expectations and strict expectations for his success.Yang Feigui scolded him this time because of Lin Ruhai's matter, in fact, he was afraid that Yan Liang would neglect his duty again and follow the old path of his predecessor, so he wanted to avoid Yan Liang's suspicion.

Knowing that he loves tea, Yan Liang asked someone to deliver two cans of tea afterwards, expressing his gratitude.

Yang Feikuan called Yan Liang to him the next day, and told him to pay attention to the matters arranged by Qi Shengao.

"I just don't know what he means this time. He has always been on good terms with Prince An. When you choose a bodyguard for Prince An, you must be careful." Yang Feiqian mentioned Qi Shengao, and his expression was very bad.

Yan Liang nodded in agreement, in fact, he already knew in his heart that no matter what An Wang Kang Wang is, he will treat them equally.Even if he did his job well and didn't let anyone find fault, even if he offended Qi Shengao, he couldn't find evidence to convict himself.What's more, Qi Shengao is not as bad as everyone imagined.

Yan Liang spent a whole day reading all the files of the guards to be selected.When it was time to release the value in the evening, rumors spread from above that the emperor intended to promote one of the high-ranking officials outside Beijing this year to come to Beijing to fill the vacant position of Minister of Industry.

Under normal circumstances, the Ministry of Industry has two servants.Shortly after Wu Min took office as Minister of the Ministry of Industry two years ago, another Minister of the Ministry of Industry was convicted and imprisoned in Fujian.Since then, the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry has been vacant until now, and no talented person has been found to take up this position.This time the emperor deliberately selected the minister of the Ministry of Industry, which naturally aroused discussions among the officials.In terms of academic qualifications, Tanhualang Lin Ruhai was the most popular candidate at that time.

Yan Liang didn't feel anything when he heard about it, and went home as usual to check the homework of Jia Zhenjia Rong and his son.

Jia Zhen is really honest now, no matter what she does, she always feels that there are eyes staring at her back.in particular

When he met a maid who was more beautiful, he couldn't help taking a second look, and when he realized it, he felt his entire back was numb.

There is a knife on Sezi's head, and Jia Zhen can really feel the existence of this knife now.He didn't dare to flirt with women casually anymore, he couldn't help it, so he only vented to the people in the room.The number of times he went to Youshi's room recently was obviously more than in the past, which made Youshi's legs and feet spin around these days, and he couldn't control the family affairs.

During this time, Yan Liang has been checking Jia Zhenwen's homework. Today, when he got up, he called the teacher who came to teach martial arts to check and accept it together.It's a pity that Jia Zhen can't do anything except Zamabu.

Yan Liang held the tea in his hand and didn't say anything, but the silence and quiet atmosphere made the teacher who taught martial arts feel forced to admit his mistake.He admitted that after he became acquainted with Jia Zhen in the later period, he somewhat took advantage of Jia Zhen's small favors, and he was much more relaxed with him when teaching.

"It's no wonder you've been so energetic recently." Yan Liang glanced at Jia Zhen lightly, and she immediately knelt down knowing her mistake.The gentleman lowered his head and wanted to kneel, but was stopped by Yan Liang.

"He is my son, I can forgive after all. But you are not, remember to do your job next time you teach others."

The husband left, but Jia Zhen was still kneeling.

Yan Liang naturally wouldn't ask him to stand up, "You also remember that even if I forgive you, there are conditions."

Jia Zhen was not allowed to eat dinner, and knelt until late at night, and Fang was assisted to leave.

The next day, Yan Liang was thinking about how to find a responsible husband for Jia Zhen, so he ran into Yuan Hanzai at the back of Guangyuan Building.

Yan Liang felt that he seemed to be waiting for him, and when he saw him get off the carriage, he immediately rushed over.

"Come here for dinner?" Yan Liang asked with a smile.

Yuan Hanzai nodded fiercely, then scratched his head with a smile.Yan Liang took him to the elegant room and ordered a table of dishes for Yuan Hanzai.Seeing such abundance, Yuan Hanzai was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to use his chopsticks.

"how?"

Yuan Hanzai: "These dishes are expensive, right? I just brought two pieces of money, and I can't afford them."

"Can you please? Let's eat." Yan Liang asked him with a smile, and the shopkeeper came over to answer, handed over last month's account book, and told him about the plan to change hands of the Zhuangyuan building opposite.

"My lord, our Guangyuan building has never had enough seats. The appointments made at the beginning of the month can be arranged until the end of the month. If it expands and fills up another store, the profit will definitely double. I asked the price, and a good store only costs 5000 taels." silver."

"If you don't buy it, it's a taboo to have someone die in front of his house. Besides, the specialty of Guangyuan Building is cooking skills. There are too many guests, the cook is too busy, the quality and quantity of the food can't be guaranteed, and the original taste is lost. The signboard. Sometimes it’s a gimmick that it’s hard to get a seat, and it will attract more people.”

Another point, Yan Liang did not say.Opening too many stores and increasing wealth too quickly will only attract people's envy.Enough money is good, but too much money is easy to cause trouble.

The shopkeeper nodded in agreement, and withdrew.

Yuan Hanzai was a martial artist, he ate fast, and swept the food on the table in three or five mouthfuls, until his stomach was full.

He wiped his mouth, smiled and gave Yan Liang a thumbs up, admiring him.

"You are amazing! The official is doing well, and even has his own set of rules for doing business. I can't do anything, and I'm not as good as you in everything."

"You know martial arts, that's something I don't know." Yan Liang smiled, then asked him how he was doing in the horse factory.

"Don't mention it, I can't wait to get rid of that shitty officer! Those people have been gossiping every day since Zhang Guanshi was demoted. Because you were closer to me when you were here, I got a medium grade in the exam. They Just satirized me in a weird way, saying that I followed someone... Forget it, don't mention it!" Yuan Hanzai blushed with anger when he mentioned this.

Yan Liang was not curious about what those people would spit out, but only asked Yuan Hanzai what he planned to do after he resigned.

Yuan Hanzai was stunned for a moment, and put down his chopsticks. Only then did he realize that he was worried, but he insisted that he didn't want to be an official. He had long hated such a life.

"Anyway, I don't have much promise as an official, and I have to watch people's faces carefully all my life. I am outspoken and stupid. I can't guarantee that I will be involved in some case one day, and I can't even guarantee my head."

"Since this is the case, if you don't dislike it, you can be my son's husband." Seeing that Yuan Hanzai was willing, Yan Liang asked Wu Qiumao to come and negotiate with him on salary.The money given must not exceed his salary when he was an official, otherwise it will be said by outsiders if it spreads.If a teaching teacher earns more money than the officials who receive salaries, it is called rich and powerful at a good sound, and out of order at a bad sound.

But Yan Liangxian would not treat Yuan Hanzai harshly, and would give him another thirty shimi, four pigs, two sheep and one cow a year, and several bolts of brocade.Counting all the money, the money is twice as much as when he was an official.

No matter how stupid Yuan Hanzai was, he understood the account, grinned happily and agreed.

Yan Liang turned his head and took Yuan Hanzai back to Ningguo Mansion.It was the first time for Yuan Hanzai to come to this place. Seeing the majestic pavilions and pavilions in the mansion, he couldn't help but lament that the officials of the horse factory were as shallow as himself.Everyone with such a deep foundation, it is impossible to say that you will lose.

Yan Liang led Yuan Hanzai to a wing of Fulu Hall.

"This is my courtyard. You teach at night. If you feel tired and inconvenient to go home, you can live here. Also, you are not allowed to brag to the outside world, teach him well."

Yan Liang immediately recommended Jia Zhen for him.Jia Zhen was listening to her husband's lecture in the study, looking a little drowsy.Hearing that the master was coming, he jumped up immediately, greeted Yan Liang sternly, and then greeted Mr. Xin.

Jia Zhen's attitude is very good, and she has an obvious intention to please.Therefore, Yuan Hanzai had a good impression of him and felt that Jia Zhen was a good student.

Yan Liang asked Yuan Hanzai to examine Jia Zhen's foundation, and then asked him, "How far can you teach by the end of March?"

"At least he can be taught to play a boxing technique." Yuan Hanzai patted his chest, promising with full confidence.

Yan Liang smiled slightly, and patted Yuan Hanzai on the shoulder. "I like your confidence. No matter what method you use, as long as you don't kill him or cripple him, I support it."

Yuan Hanzai laughed modestly: "Ah ha ha ha... how can it be so exaggerated, your son is so good, it will definitely work."

Yan Liang blinked, and finally watched Yuan Hanzai leave.During these days, Jia She hadn't moved, and Yan Liang hadn't called him, but recently there were a lot of dissatisfaction and gossip in the clan, all blaming Jia She and his son for making the school a mess.

Yan Liang understood the situation a little bit, it was nothing more than the fact that the father and son did not know how to do things when they were cleaning up the school, which aroused people's dissatisfaction.But Jia Lian is a child who can do some things anyway, and he can still hold on, so this matter hasn't come to Yan Liang yet.

But in the beginning of spring, it was Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's marriage, and he was a little tired these days.Grandma Huang took the opportunity to ask You Shi to comment on Jin Rong's matter, but You Shi stopped her.She refused to accept, so she urged her husband to talk to Jia Jing.Jia Huang was afraid of Master Jing's majesty, this master who even dared to deal with Mr. Zheng, how could he dare to offend, so he procrastinated and dared not go.

That is because of Jia Lian's marriage, Grandma Huang was invited by Mrs. Wang to help.Mrs. Wang saw that she had something to hide, so she took the initiative to inquire about the situation.Grandma Huang hated her men for not living up to expectations, so she simply told Mrs. Wang about it, complaining about something? .

Mrs. Wang was angry when she heard about Dafang, and she felt scared when she heard about Jia Jing. She thought that if she begged herself, she would flatly refuse and would not care about it.However, Grandma Huang said at this time, "We also resigned to our fate, and the whole clan should obey him!", without any intention of begging her.The irritated Mrs. Wang realized that their second wife was no longer looked down upon by others. She guessed that after the incident of moving last time, their Rongfu second wife was a coward in the eyes of the whole family.

Mrs. Wang was so angry that she complained to Jia Zheng about it.Jia Zheng was so angry that he kept silent.Mrs. Wang was afraid that it would be too difficult for him to do it, so she hurriedly said it was okay, which on the contrary irritated Jia Zheng even more.

The husband and wife shared the same hatred and went to Rongxi Hall to find Jia Mu.

Before entering the house, the two of them heard crying from inside the house, Mrs. Wang grabbed a maid and asked.

Amber looked sad, "Auntie Yangzhou's youngest son has gone."

Jia Zheng froze for a moment, frowned and sighed.

Mrs. Wang moved her eyeballs, asked how the old lady was doing, then hurriedly lifted up her handkerchief, and entered the door while crying.

When Jia's mother saw her good daughter-in-law, she took her hand and cried harder.Mrs. Wang comforted Jia Mu while sniffling, but her tears never really came down.

Yan Liang also came, and he was not surprised to hear the crying when he entered the door, but he was slightly surprised when he heard that it was Lin Ruhai's son who died.

Jia Mu saw his expression, "Why, you didn't come because you heard the news?"

Just as Yan Liang was about to open his mouth, a woman stumbled in and ran in, almost lying on the ground as soon as she entered the door.

"Old lady, ladies and gentlemen, something is wrong! Zhu, Master Zhu is gone!"