Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

"It's cold at night, dreams are hard to come by, tears are burning in my eyes, I will never complain..."

Baoyu shed tears as he wrote. Looking at the ink characters wetted by his own tears on the paper, he panicked and hurriedly wiped them with his sleeves, but unexpectedly made the characters even more dirty.

Baoyu angrily twisted the paper into a ball and threw it out of the window.

There was a snap, and then another snap.

Baoyu was wondering why there were two voices, when he caught a glimpse of blue outside the window out of the corner of his eye.Baoyu turned his head to look, and his eyes met Yan Liang's.

Suddenly Baoyu was frightened out of his wits, and hurriedly got up to salute Yan Liang.The other students in the room all looked over when they heard the sound, and they all stood up to salute.

Mr. Yan Liangchong waved his hand, indicating that he doesn't need to come over, everything will be as usual.The students then sat down at their original positions and continued to silently write the article they had just memorized.

Baoyu glanced at Yan Liang, then looked at the people in the room, and chose to sit back with the crowd.At this moment, he suddenly realized that the two noises when he threw the ball of paper just now... Could it be that he threw it on Uncle Jing for the first time?

This is fatal!

Baoyu was busy making amends to Uncle Jing again, when he turned his head and saw that Uncle Jing was bending over to pick up the ball of paper he had just thrown away.

Baoyu's whole body tensed up, her lower lip trembled slightly, and she looked at Yan Liang very nervously.When Yan Liang looked at him sideways, Baoyu got up slowly, then ran out quickly, and bowed deeply to Yan Liang.

"Go back and study hard." Yan Liang's tone was low, magnetic, and his voice was extremely pleasant.People who don't know heard this sentence and thought it was just a kind of care and instruction from the elders to the younger generation.

Seeing him leaving with the wad of paper, Baoyu trembled violently.His palms were sweating nervously, and he imagined all kinds of possibilities in his mind. Just respecting the master and teaching him was enough for him. Think about class.After finishing school, he finally had the opportunity to go to the Ning Mansion to ask for help, but he was told that Uncle Jing had gone out again and was not at the mansion.

Baoyu was worried all night, and came to Jia Zheng's office the next day to say hello.He secretly watched his father's expression as usual, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and saluted generously.

Jia Zheng kept staring at Baoyu without saying a word.

"Father, my son has to go to school soon, so I will leave first." Baoyu bowed, then turned to leave.

"Stop!" Jia Zheng suddenly stood up and shouted sharply.

Baoyu trembled with fright, turned around in horror, lowered her head so much that she wanted to put her chin on her chest.

"My lord is here."

Baoyu was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the news. The thing he was most worried about really happened.

When Yan Liang entered the door, he saw Baoyu huddled in the doorway, looking at Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng glared at Baoyu bitterly, then changed his tone and said to Yan Liang, "I didn't say anything, I just told him not to go."

"Look, it scares the child." Yan Liang smiled, sat down beside Jia Zheng, and called Baoyu to come to him.

Baoyu was trembling, his feet were weak when he walked, and he lost his bearing.

"Look at what you look like, walk well." Jia Zheng couldn't help scolding Baoyu again.

Baoyu shivered again, and the cold sweat on his forehead had formed Xizhuer, which was about to flow down.

"Don't listen to your father. Uncle has no other malice, so he came to give you good things." Yan Liang nodded at Wu Qiumao.

Wu Qiumao brought up the brocade box.

Baoyu looked at Jia Zheng and saw that he would not stop him, so he took it cowardly.

"Take it to school," Yan said in a good-tempered manner, glanced at Jia Zheng, and then Baoyu said again, "It's getting late, go quickly."

As if on the verge of an amnesty, Baoyu left in a hurry holding a brocade box.

Seeing this, Jia Zheng was so angry that he turned over the tea bowl with one hand.He took out a crumpled piece of paper from his sleeve, slapped it on the table, and said to Yan Liang: "I learned to write love poems at a young age, and I have a lot of dirty thoughts about women. Such a bastard, why don't you ask me to take care of you?" Can the Shang family deal with him?"

Yan Liang: "Sticks are good for some people, but useless for others. Your son belongs to the latter, otherwise he has been properly disciplined by you all these years, why would he be like today."

Jia Zheng felt ashamed, sighed, and was ashamed to speak again.

"This child's nature is not bad, but he was spoiled on the inside. Think about it, he has been with women since he was a child. Naturally, he thinks that women are good, and a man should live like a girl. But after that The tranquility of the house is the result of how many men worked hard to come back from outside, and I don’t know how many housekeepers took care of everything in the house after that. It’s like eating. I only think that the food is delicious, but I don’t know that every grain is old farmer Hard work."

Jia Zheng thought it made sense, this was the first time he was sincerely convinced by Yan Liang's words.Now Baoyu is the only one left for his son-in-law, so Jia Zheng naturally hopes that he can learn well and make the Jia family honor his ancestors.So he couldn't wait to ask Yan Liang if there was any effective way.

"It's easy to say, but hard to do. It depends on whether you, a father, have patience. In a word, guide him slowly and make him suddenly realize." Yan Liang said.

After hearing this, Jia Zheng frowned and pondered for a long time, then looked at Yan Liang: "Then what should I do?"

"First get rid of the root causes of his unhappiness, let him move away from the old lady, and then match him with some good-tempered, motivated children. After hanging out with motivated people for a long time, he will naturally I have been influenced by my ears and eyes, and I have followed suit." Yan Liang said.

"That's right, big brother is very reasonable. Coincidentally, there are a few children in my family who are at the age of school, and I call them—"

Yan Liang raised his hand to stop it immediately, "Don't blame me for talking too much, your diners are really not good except for flattering with beautiful words. Otherwise, how come they are so old that they still have to rely on words and winks for a living. Guarantees grow melons, the children taught by those people may not make much progress.”

Jia Zheng bowed his head sullenly, his face was hot and he dared not make a sound.Although he was quite dissatisfied with Yan Liang's blunt words, he had to admit that what he said was the truth.He himself was not very successful in the officialdom, so the talent and virtue of being a clean guest under his name are naturally not much higher.

It's just that although Jia Zheng knew it in his heart, he had always kept a good face, and no one exposed this matter. Moreover, he was always happy to keep those people because he liked to listen to people's flattery.Now that Yan Liang has severely exposed the truth, he will definitely get rid of these people later.

"In the school, there are many children of the Jia family who know how to make progress. I have listed a few suitable ones, and you can choose from them. These children are all from the direct lineage of the Jia family. They all live far from the school, and life at home is not easy. If you are willing to let them live in Rongfu and live with Baoyu, their parents will be very grateful to you." Yan Liang said, and handed a folded note to Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng unfolded it and looked at it, and he still had an impression of several names.When the family sacrificed, I vaguely remembered that there were a few children who behaved very well. They should be like Yan Liang said, they are all people with good conduct.

"Be careful as a father. I suggest you ask someone to check again whoever you like. I have no objection." Yan Liang patted his robe, stood up and said goodbye.

Jia Zheng thanked him again and again and delivered it to the door in person.

"There is only one thing that I don't understand. Why does Brother Jing bother Baoyu so much? After all, some time ago, our family was confused and caused Brother Jing a lot of trouble."

Yan Liang: "Worried about me harming you?"

Jia Zheng hurriedly waved his hand and denied it, "Although my younger brother is stupid, he can tell whether he is sincere or not, and he can tell the good from the bad. This time, the eldest brother really thinks about my younger brother, and I am so grateful."

Yan Liang smiled, "Forget it, don't say good things, I can't get used to it. If I mean it well, it means that you are not completely confused. Now that you know how to change it, it is still too late. As for Baoyu, you have forgotten who I am. , the head of the Jia family. Even if I dislike you again, your children are also members of the Jia family. As the head of the family, I hope that our Jia family can prosper and prosper. If one more person is promising, the more points will be gained. glory."

Jia Zheng bowed deeply to Yan Liang, "Brother Jing's demeanor is admirable, and it is beyond the reach of ordinary people like me. In the past, I was rude and stingy. I sincerely ask Brother Jing to forgive me."

Jia Zheng bowed again. At this moment, even he himself did not expect that he would make such a sincere apology to Yan Liang today.Until last night, when Jia Zheng still thought of Yan Liang, he would hold his breath in his heart.Don't look at the fact that he seems to have surrendered to Yan Liang a few days ago, but in fact he is just afraid of Yan Liang's current power and position, so he has no choice but to try his best and follow others.

At dusk yesterday, Jia Zheng received a wad of paper from Yan Liang, on which was an unfinished love poem, obviously in Baoyu's handwriting.Jia Zheng was so angry that he took a stick and immediately beat Baoyu to death. However, Yan Liang sent a message to him not to reveal to Baoyu for the time being.Because of this, Jia Zhen endured until today.But just now, Yan Liang's sincerity and all kinds of performances in planning for Baoyu's future made him, as a father, feel inferior and even more ashamed.He failed his father, and failed even more as a man.Today the situation is reversed, he gains power, Yan Liang loses power, he will never do such a good thing to Yan Liang's son, he is afraid that he will wish their family to end miserably earlier, so as to relieve his original hatred.

A gentleman knows righteousness but does not know profit, and an adult does not make himself.

This is his tolerance, which is the difference between a gentleman and a villain.

Only now did Jia Zheng finally see the difference between him and Jia Zheng.For decades, he has been proud of himself as a gentleman, but when he saw Yan Liang today, he knew that he was a villain through and through, or he was just a prudish hypocrite.

All these years he lived in vain.

After Yan Liang left, the corners of Jia Zheng's eyes wet with sudden enlightenment.He sat powerlessly by the window, determined to thoroughly reflect on his past.

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Besides, Baoyu came to the school with a brocade box in his hand. Fang opened it and saw that it was only the four treasures of the study, so he felt relieved.

After class, Baoyu took out the inkstone, only to find that there was a bump on the back of the inkstone, which seemed to be engraved with something.He turned around and saw that it was an acrostic poem.The beginning of the sentence is read together, "Xuanyue is a thin horse in Yangzhou".

Although Baoyu is young, he still knows what a Yangzhou skinny horse is.He stared blankly for a moment, then yelled, throwing an inkstone on the ground in disgust.

Everyone was wondering when they saw Baoyu twitching her mouth and shouting like crazy: "I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you..."