The Marginal People of Jia's Family in the Red Chamber

When Jia Daixiu arrived, Jia Dairu was sick in bed. Jia Daishan invited the imperial physician to come. When Jia Daixiu entered, he heard the imperial physician's order: "Sixth Master, this is too exhausting, and the weather is cold, so I suffered from illness in the No. [-] room." It’s cold, and when I came back, I took in something that nourishes the dryness and heat, and I couldn’t bear the sudden cold and hot, alternately. It’s nothing serious, just take a good rest, that’s all.”

"Big Brother, Sixth Brother, Sixth Sister-in-Law." Jia Daixiu greeted, "Physician Wang, my Sixth Brother is in good health."

"Don't worry, Seventh Lord, there's nothing serious about it." Imperial Physician Wang nodded and said.

"Lao Qi is here, please comfort your sixth brother." Jia Dai said kindly, then turned his head to Jia Dairu and said, "Lao Six, you should also relax, it's nothing more than that, come back again after finishing your studies, anyway, you are still young. Fifty young Jinshi , how old are you this year, so relax."

"That's right, Sixth Brother, when you were selected, your ranking was so good. After three years of hard work, you will definitely be a top-ranked talent." Jia Daixiu also persuaded.

"Well, I get it." Jia Dairu replied, it was so obvious that it was too perfunctory.

The Imperial Physician Wang next to him had already packed the medical box and handed it over to the medical boy. Jia Dairu told his son Jia Ao, "Go and deliver the Imperial Physician Wang."

Jia Daixiu held down his nephew Jia Ao who was about to get up, and said, "I'll go see it off. It's freezing cold, and my nephew is not in good health. He has been taking care of him for so long, so don't get sick."

"That's right, sixth son, just looking at the face of my nephew, Jia Ao, you should cheer up. You are the head of the family, and you want to support the child." Jia Daishan also persuaded, "I and the old man Send off to Doctor Wang on the seventh day, I'm about to go back too."

After talking, Jia Daishan and Jia Daixiu got up and sent Imperial Physician Wang out, but Imperial Physician Wang said he didn't dare, and let Jia Daishan go first, the three of them were polite for a long time, and then sent Imperial Physician Wang out as an honored guest.

After seeing off Jia Daishan and Imperial Physician Wang, Jia Daixiu went back to his sixth brother's bedroom. It was almost noon, and the sixth sister-in-law had already gone to prepare lunch. Jia Ao's nephew was tired for a long time, so he was also persuaded to go to rest.When Jia Daixiu entered the door, he saw Jia Dairu's eyes wide open, staring blankly at the bed curtain above his head.

Jia Daixiu came over, sat on the head of the bed, and sighed silently. The imperial examination is a major event in life, and Jia Daixiu didn't know how to comfort him.

The two brothers were relatively silent for a long time, Jia Dairu said quietly: "Xiaoqi, I'm afraid I really don't have a chance to become famous."

Jia Daixiu was shocked, and said: "Sixth brother, what nonsense are you talking about? It's only one subject. Which scholar in the world has not been defeated and defeated in the imperial examination. You must not be discouraged!" Jia Daixiu couldn't believe it. It actually brought such a big blow to Jia Dairu.

"You don't understand, you don't understand..." Jia Dairu stared blankly at the bed curtain, and said, "Imperial examination is my only way out, the only way out. My aunt told me to listen to my father and my mother since I was a child." , I listened to what Big Brother said, but I still struggled to survive in the Rongguo Mansion, looking at the faces of my servants."

"I am young and have no skills. I can only watch my aunt crouching low in front of my mother and laughing like a clown on the stage to make my life better. I am not willing, Xiaoqi, I am not willing." Jia Dairu Hehe was panting heavily, holding the quilt tightly with both hands.

"Finally, I finally found a way to get ahead, studying and taking the imperial examination. My father's influence in the army is beyond my turn to speak for a bastard. I can only study hard so that my aunt can live a good life. In order to ask for an extra charcoal basin for my mother's companion in winter."

"I took the exam for scholar talent several times before I passed the exam. If I really studied all my life and couldn't even pass the exam for the title of scholar, I would give up. But I passed the exam, and I also passed the exam for Juren, Beijing No. No. 13, I can become an official through the imperial examination and seal my wife and son. When I reach the fourth rank, I can ask my aunt to order, so that she can receive a little more incense when she dies. It's a pity, it's all ruined, It's all ruined, you know, Xiao Qi, it's all ruined!"

Jia Dairu slapped the bed board excitedly, Jia Daixiu could only hold him down with his hands and feet, and shouted loudly: "If you fail one subject, why are you ruined? If you can't pass this subject, what are you doing?"

Jia Dairu struggled to get off the bed, emotionally agitated, his eyes cracked and he roared: "You still want to lie to me, you still want to lie to me, I heard everything that Doctor Wang said, I heard everything! My body is ruined. I can't stand the severe cold of the exam in room No. [-] in February, I have no hope, no hope!"

After Jia Dairu yelled, he suddenly seemed to have been sucked out of his spirit, and collapsed on the ground. Just now when Jia Daixiu tried to dissuade him, the two of them seemed to be fighting, but Jia Dairu suddenly relaxed, and Jia Daixiu also let go.

Brothers Jia Dairu and Jia Daixiu made a lot of noise, and Mrs. Jia Liu, who was preparing lunch, ran over to see what happened.Looking at Jia Dairu who was slumped on the ground, Jia Daixiu had no choice but to stop him at the door, and whispered, "Sister-in-law Six, don't go in. Brother Six was frustrated in the imperial examination, it's time to be sad, let him think it out by himself. Don't worry, I'm watching."

Mrs. Jia Liu weighed it up and said, "I'll leave everything to Uncle Seven." She took the food box from the maid following behind and said, "Persuade him to eat something."

Jia Daixiu finished the food box, whispered a few words to Sister-in-law Six, and persuaded her to go back.Watching the sixth sister-in-law go away, Jia Daixiu went to the bedroom.

Looking at the sluggish Jia Dairu, Jia Daixiu sighed again, and helped him to lie down on the bed.Jia Dairu is like an unconscious puppet, he can play with Jia Daixiu casually.

Jia Daixiu took out the light food from the food box, put it on the small kang table, and said, "Sixth brother, the matter has not reached that point yet, if you are not healthy, you have to take care of it. The imperial doctor said no, maybe he is not good at medicine. Let's go to other imperial physicians to see, if we can't find an imperial physician, there are also hermits and masters, why can't you cure this little illness of yours! Sixth brother, the body is your own, you can eat as much as you want, if you don't eat You can't stand it even if your body is iron-clad. Just think of it for Sister An Liu's heart, huh?"

Jia Daixiu took turns talking about the wheel, and finally persuaded Jia Dairu to pick up the spoon and take two mouthfuls of porridge.It was really two sips, after only two spoonfuls, Jia Dairu said: "I don't have any taste in my mouth, I don't want to eat."

"Brother Six, drink a cup of tea to refresh yourself." Jia Daixiu didn't dare to persuade him, moved the small kang table where the food was placed, picked up the copper pot that Mrs. Jia Liu brought in, poured a cup of tea for Jia Dairu and handed it to him.

Jia Dairu raised the teacup to his mouth, but was suddenly pulled back by Jia Daixiu. Jia Daixiu growled in a distorted voice, "Don't drink, Sixth Brother, don't drink."

"What's wrong?" Jia Dairu stopped in doubt.

Jia Daixiu snatched the cup and took it from the angle when Jia Dairu just toasted the cup. The sunlight just hit the cup. From Jia Daixiu's perspective, he could see a light layer of patina and some fine powder.As soon as Jia Daixiu grabbed Jia Dairu's hand, he wanted to feel his pulse.Jia Daixiu lived in the world's most dangerous battlefields and palaces in his previous life, so he still has some medical skills.

"Brother Six, what are the symptoms of your disease? What did Doctor Wang say? Tell me again." Jia Daixiu asked anxiously.

"What do you mean, you suspect that someone is against me?" Jia Dairu didn't dare to believe it. He is a small person, who will be against him?Do not make jokes.

"Say it, Sixth Brother, tell me quickly."

"It's just nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, which are all symptoms that are aggravated by wind and cold." Jia Dairu said.

"No, you can vomit, can you vomit?"

"I also vomited twice, not long after eating. The imperial doctor said that my spleen and stomach are too weak and I can't eat too much." Jia Dairu explained.

"What color is the spit out?" Jia Daixiu asked.

"Who would know the color of such pickled things." Jia Dairu frowned, thought carefully, and said, "The color sounds bright, colorful."

"Is it green-blue, is it green-blue?" Jia Daixiu was so excited that he asked almost every question twice.

"It seems so, I'm not sure." Jia Dairu wondered, looking at Xiaoqi's excited expression, could there be something really.

"Brother Six, will you urinate blood?"

"Hmm..." Jia Dairu frowned and thought, the question became more and more private. Jia Dairu was a little embarrassed, but he still knew his brother's kindness, and tried hard to think: "The day before yesterday was a little popular, but I'm not sure. Xiao Qi, What's the situation, don't play tricks, just tell me."

Jia Daixiu didn't speak, and poured out the tea from the cup he grabbed just now, put the cup into Jia Dairu's hand, and said, "Look for yourself." Jia Daixiu instructed Jia Dairu to lift the cup to a place almost at eye level, and the sunlight was just right. Looking at it, Jia Daixiu said, "Did you see it?"

"A layer of green?" Jia Dairu asked uncertainly.

"There is also a layer of powder. This is a contaminated copper utensil. Using copper utensils to hold tea and food will cause poisoning." Jia Daixiu explained that his cheap sixth brother is a typical phenomenon of heavy metal copper poisoning, with nausea and vomit in the form of Greenish blue, abdominal pain, diarrhea, severe vomiting and hematuria.

Jia Dairu threw the copper teacup far away in shock. The teacup bounced three times on the carpet before rolling under the table. Jia Dairu held Jia Daixiu's hand tightly and said, "Xiao Qi, what you said is true. Someone is going to kill you." Me, isn't it? Someone's trying to kill me."

"Brother Six," Jia Daixiu put his hand on the back of Jia Dairu's hand, comforting him: "Brother Six, I should ask you this. Who will harm you, and who will benefit from harming you? Who can harm you, you Even if this house is not a deep house, there is no shortage of family guards, under the layers of protection, who can harm you?"

"Who gave you this cup?" Jia Dairu asked.

"It was given to me by my sister-in-law. But I don't think it should be my sister-in-law. You are her husband, and a husband is a rich wife. What reason does she have to harm you? Sixth brother, think about it carefully. When did you use copper utensils?" Food and drink? Who first started using copper utensils for you? Was it Liusao? Let’s not abuse or indulge, we can’t wrong people, and we can’t let the harmer escape.”

"Let's think about it, let's think about it." Jia Dairu realized that it was not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster, so he regained his spirits. He was poisoned, and he would be cured after he got rid of the poison.Maybe even Doctor Wang is a liar, and he can still pass the imperial examination.The previous decadence and despair were swept away, Jia Dairu got up from the bed, put on his coat, walked around the room, holding his head in memory.

"Yes, I remembered." Jia Dairu clapped his hands together, "I remembered, it was the first time I used a bronze vessel when I participated in the Dongshan Guiwen Appreciation Association after winning the imperial examination."

The author has something to say:

It is wrong to write Jia Dairu's son as "Jia Fu". Jia Fu is the son of Ning Guogong Jia Daihua, that is, Jia Jing's elder brother. This is clearly stated in the original work.As for Jia Dairu's son, I named him Jia Ao since the original book was not written.