The Red Mansions

Chapter 1019 Jia Heng: Just Two Words Fengyan

Grand View Garden, Xiaoxiang Pavilion

The bamboo grove was rustling, and the cool air was pleasant. Jia Heng and Dai Yu stayed together until dusk fell and it was time to hold the lamps.

Daiyu's starry eyes flickered, and she said in a trembling voice: "When I went to Zilingzhou that day, I heard from the second sister's maid, Xiuju, that Brother Heng and Cousin Xiuyan are married?"

Jia Heng paused slightly from Shepherd's hand, his face remained normal, and said: "This matter is handled by the eldest wife, and I can't save face."

"Can't save face?" Dai Yu raised her eyebrows, anger appeared on her jade face, she snorted softly, and said, "I don't believe it, Brother Heng won't allow it, but Auntie can still force Brother Heng?"

I'm afraid I still have Cousin Xiuyan in my heart, her figure and appearance are no worse than her and Sister Bao's.

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, and said: "Xiuyan was there at the time, and the girl's face would be lost if she said that, so I asked her what she thought, and it was because Xiuyan refused, but I didn't expect She listened to what the elders said."

Daiyu: "..."

It's getting more and more outrageous.

The girl's bright starry eyes seemed to be a smile but not a smile, and she said: "Brother Heng was kicked out of the shelf after co-authoring."

"You can't say that completely." Jia Heng looked at the girl with a warm smile, and said, "It can only be said that fate is like this."

Daiyu snorted softly, and was about to say something to attack her.

But he felt that his eyes were darkened, and the heat was blowing on his face. The man moved to moisten his lips, and held them gently. Immediately, he was familiar with grabbing and wanting to swallow himself.

Not long after, Daiyu's body was delicate and limp, she was breathless, her eyebrows raised in smoke, her jade cheeks blushed, and she said angrily: "I'm not trying to stop Brother Heng, but Brother Heng is so busy every day. One after another, you may not be able to take care of it."

She knows that men eat what's in the bowl and look at what's in the pot, so she can't persuade them, but there are so many people, but people's hearts are limited, how can there be so many people?

How can you meet someone and like someone?

All the good girls in the world are gone.

The girl obviously doesn't know that a man's heart is like the universe, that Mount Tai does not let the soil, so it can grow big, and rivers can grow deep because they don't care about their trickles.

Jia Heng said: "What my sister said is that I am not a greedy person, but sometimes, like being in a cage, I don't feel natural."

Saying that, she stopped continuing this topic, gently stroked Daiyu's beautiful face, and said: "Sister, don't you know my heart for you?"

Daiyu told him these things because she really loved him.

Now, except for Xiaoxiao, that is, Daiyu dared to talk to him like that.

Daiyu put her slender arms around Jia Heng's waist, leaned one side of her pink face into Jia Heng's arms, and said softly: "Cousin Xiuyan, she was originally a wild crane, with an uncontested personality, and she is also a good girl." Well, the sisters are much better together."

Now she marries a chicken and follows the chicken, marries a dog and follows the dog.

She knew that brother Heng should love her the most in his heart.

In fact, the girl in the original book could tolerate the presence of Xiren. Compared with Princess Xianning and Princess Qinghe, Xing Xiuyan is nothing, but she is worried that if there are more people, she will spend less time with her.

Jia Heng said softly: "In the future, I will definitely come to see my sister Lin from time to time. My sister should also come to my Qichi courtyard often. If you miss me, come and look for me. I'm not busy all the time."

No matter how busy you are, it is still possible to spare half an hour to talk to Daiyu, and Hongxiu Tianxiang reads at night.

He still likes Daiyu's single-minded love, and clings to him.

But the girl may also have some worries deep down in her heart. She is too clingy and seems to be a little ignorant, which easily makes him a little bored. This is the alienation of Daiyu from the "female competition" environment in the Grand View Garden.

She was originally a sensitive girl, in other words, Daiyu really restrained her temperament a lot when she was with him.

Otherwise, he really might not be able to stop ten years of hateful skills.

Daiyu's clear and jade-like face was glowing like fire, clutching a handkerchief, she said softly: "What you said is that I am jealous."

It's as if she's fighting for favor, but she's not, hum!

Jia Heng gently pinched the girl's smooth and round chin, and said softly: "I know my sister is a generous person."

Daiyu snorted softly and said, "Brother Heng doesn't know how he's planning me in his heart."

Zijuan smiled and looked at the pair of Bi people who looked like golden boys and girls, and said with a smile: "Master, it's time for dinner."

It's not clear when, the night outside is dark, and the moonlight shines into the courtyard from the window.

Jia Heng nodded, looked at Daiyu whose jade cheeks were glowing like clouds, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, let's eat first, and I will talk to my uncle about abolishing the two and changing the yuan in a few days."

Staying with Daiyu, holding her petite body like a sheep, I never get tired of it.

Daiyu gave a soft "um", tidying up the slightly messy skirt, feeling the wet nose of the lamb, feeling ashamed and annoyed.

I have to take a shower again later.

After Jia Heng and Daiyu finished washing, they began to eat. The two of them sat around a table.

Daiyu picked up a chopsticks of dishes in her little hand, her starry eyes seemed to reflect the candlelight, she said softly: "Brother Heng, is Daddy going to Jiangnan this time?"

Jia Heng said: "I won't go at the beginning, but after the Jiangnan Dazheng is together, after the Customs and Taxation Department is established, my uncle should go there too."

Holding her chopsticks, Daiyu lowered her head slightly, and said in a low voice, "Then Sister Xianning and Sister Chanyue..."

"Should have gone there together, and then we can enjoy the autumn scenery in the south of the Yangtze River together." Jia Heng said in a low voice.

Right as a honeymoon.

Daiyu's starry eyes were gloomy, and she said quietly: "Brother Heng should spend more time with Xianning and Cousin Chanyue at that time."

Who made her tie all her heart and soul to him.

Jia Heng said: "Sister Lin said she wasn't jealous."

Daiyu said quietly: "The big wedding is lively and lively, but it is a grand ceremony passed down to future generations. It is really a good story through the ages."

Jia Heng looked at Daiyu with pity in his eyes, and said softly: "In the future, I may have a grand wedding for my sister."

Daiyu's cheeks were blush, she gave Jia Heng a shameful look, and said, "Who said I'm going to marry you."

Jia Heng was stunned for a moment, and said, "Oh, that just saves money."

When Daiyu heard this, Yurong said angrily, "You're just mad at me."

After eating with Daiyu, Jia Heng left the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, looked up, and suddenly found that the sky was already Xushi, with the bright moon hanging high and the stars shining brightly. After thinking for a while, he walked towards Hengwuyuan.

A few days have passed since the last time I performed Zhou Gong's ceremony with Baochai, and I felt a little guilty for not going to see Baochai afterwards.

Hengwu Court, the wing room where Baochai lived——

Baochai was sitting on a soft couch by the west window, holding an abacus in his hand, flipping a blue-covered account book, calculating the latest account income and expenditure.

Under Baochai's lush and smooth hair, there is a bright and beautiful face that is whiter than snow, with emerald eyebrows without traces, red lips without spots, and radiant skin.

Because I listened to Jia Heng's instructions, I still kept the airy bangs of a young girl, so that the girly feeling was not reduced at all. The charming eyebrows and corners of the eyes, combined with the smooth skin, plump figure, and rich lightness Ripe and rich flavor,

Ying'er said softly: "Uncle has been busy for the past few days, and he didn't come over to look at the girl."

Since Baochai and Jia Heng have skin-to-skin relationship, the happy event with Jia Heng is almost certain. Although Yinger has been told by Baochai many times, she still cannot avoid being a servant, and she has a little bit of arrogance.

Every maid is floating on her body, her son-in-law is the Duke of the state, and she and her daughter, Furong, have a warm tent, and they are sworn to each other.

"He's busy outside, so he may not be free." Baochai said softly, holding up a tube of brushes, which was soaked with ink, and writing on the blank book paper beside her. Under her curved eyebrows, a pair of Moist almond eyes are bright and clear.

The ambition of a man should be like the Yangtze River rushing to the sea, how can he be nostalgic for the gentle hometown?

"Master is here." The maid Wen Xing said in surprise.

Not long after, Jia Heng stepped in from the outside, looked up at the girl sitting under the window, and said softly: "Sister Xue."

Baochai's heart was filled with joy, her watery apricot eyes gazed at the young man affectionately, she saw joy in her Wen Ning Rushui voice, and said, "Brother Heng, you are here."

In fact, there is not a trace of resentment in the girl's heart, just after she got her body, she disappeared.

Jia Heng said softly: "I'm here to see Sister Xue, it's so late, why is Sister Xue still not asleep?"

"Send me some account books, and I'll count them up," Baochai said softly.

As Jia Heng said, he approached slowly, looked at the plump and beautiful girl, and asked with concern: "Is sister Xue okay these days?"

Baochai said softly: "Well, everything is fine, where is Big Brother Heng? Have you finished your work outside?"

Jia Heng said: "It's almost there, we'll have to wait for two or three days."

Looking at the book on the desk, he sat beside the girl and said softly, "What's written on it?"

"I was just about to tell Brother Heng that those shops in Dongcheng have collected 11 taels of silver in the past three months." Baochai also sat down and said softly.

Jia Heng flicked through the account books, and landed on the line of cute petite letters, and said softly, "It's 2 taels more than last month."

He owns more than ten shops in Dongcheng, not to mention making money every day, but they are about the same, because Yuanchun went to Jinling to accompany Jinyang, and now all of them are handed over to Baochai.

Ying'er said with a smile: "During the past few months, the girl has been taking care of it, helping to reduce the floating fee."

Jia Heng nodded, glanced at Ying'er, then looked at Baochai, and said softly, "I know Sister Xue's business and family skills."

Does the Xue family love money or not?

There is no doubt that the Xue family has some real estate, but it has not reached the point where the family is rich and spends money like water.

Since the death of Xue's father, Xue's family is Wang Xiaoer's new year, and every year is not as good as every year.

Coupled with Xue Pan, who was not worried, Aunt Xue had to sell part of Jinling's property and go to Beijing to join Jia's family.

In the original book, Aunt Xue enthusiastically married her daughter to Baoyu when Baochai had no hope of entering the palace.

Of course, Baoyu has other buffs, such as the younger brother of Concubine Yuan.

But the century-old foundation of the Jia family also takes a large part of the factor. To put it bluntly, there was an element of seeking wealth at the beginning.

Otherwise, Baoyu, who is obviously unable to inherit the title of the second wife and the first line, how can he deal with his career?

Therefore, after Baochai passed through the door, she took over the power of housekeeper from Sister Feng, and when she got the match card from the Duke's Mansion, she couldn't restrain the joy on her plump and beautiful face.

From this, it can be seen that this girl actually likes the current life of being a housekeeper and housekeeper.

Not to mention Baochai, after Li Wan entered the Grand View Garden, together with Baochai and Tanchun, they took care of the Grand View Garden with gusto, and then they revived.

Baochai was a little embarrassed by Jia Heng's praise, or she was a little ashamed because of her identity as a merchant's daughter, she stared at the young man with moist almond eyes, and said softly: "Brother Heng, I am usually too busy. Inside and out, it’s not easy to handle.”

Jia Heng took the girl's soft little hand and put it in his hand, and said with a smile: "Sister who can do more work, our family's sea trade business, it would be best to leave it to Sister Xue by tomorrow."

In fact, in the future, Baoqin can also be introduced to participate in the butler.

Baochai shook her head, and said seriously, "No, my husband is doing business with my second uncle. If I go there again, it will look like melon fields are under the plum blossoms, and I don't know."

Hearing this, Jia Heng stretched out his hand to pinch the girl's chin, looked at the straight jade beam, pink lips, and said softly: "The big sister is in charge of the southern part, and the Haimao in Beijing also lacks one." For capable people, it’s okay for younger sister Xue to help with the management, but if you feel too busy, I’ll call third younger sister and younger sister Lan to come over and help.”

In fact, as the family grows and the business grows, and the baby is imported, it is also necessary to consider that the girls in the back house will plan for their children in the future.

Needless to say, Daiyu, he has become the "husband-in-law" of the Lin family, and the family property accumulated by several generations of the Lin family is naturally all from Daiyu's line.

As for Baochai and Baoqin, it would be a good idea to help them do some business.

Zhen Lan also had to do something to do, to practice what she could do.

Of course, if it is a big cake, if he is crowned as the county king one day, these things will not matter. Of course, at that time, he should compete for the position of the fourth concubine.

Baochai said "Mmm", her plump cheeks were flushed like drunk, and there was a little sweetness in her heart, she said: "Brother Heng, the third younger sister and younger sister Lan come and help me."

The third sister is fine, she will marry someone in the future, and that sister Lan will be stronger, and I'm afraid she will have to compete with her in the future.

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Okay, it's getting late, let's take a bath and rest earlier."

Since the two became husband and wife, he and Baochai didn't have to hide from others too much, Heng Wuyuan slept when he wanted to.

Baochai said "hmm" and called Ying'er to prepare hot water.

Jia Heng thought for a while and said: "By the way, Wenlong has been in Wucheng Bingma Division for almost two years. I will talk to Wucheng Bingma Division later and give him an errand. He doesn't have to stay there all the time. Secondly, it can also be used to offset the crime, and when it is about next year, it can also be released a few months in advance."

Probably the identity of a bad person.

Baochai's delicate body trembled slightly, and she murmured, "Brother Heng."

Jia Heng stroked the girl's shoulder, and said softly: "Since you have been with me, you have never told me about this matter. In fact, if you didn't mention these things, I would have taken them to heart."

It has been quite a few years since Baochai first met him in the winter of Chongping 14, and then followed him.

If they got married earlier, Baochai's big fat boy would hug her.

Baochai has a sweet heart and leans her head on the young man's arms.

Jia Heng gently opened the golden lock, and said softly: "Wenlong is still young, and his temperament still has a chance to be corrected, but in the future, he still has to be controlled carefully so as not to cause trouble again."

It is also recorded in the original book that Xue Pan later beat someone to death, this time the Xue family suffered greatly.

"Brother Heng, elder brother is reckless and shameless, he has done so many misfortunes, Brother Heng still hopes..." Baochai lowered her eyes slightly, feeling a little flustered.

Not to mention that her brother couldn't be his helper, and also caused him a lot of trouble, how could she be worthy of him?

Jia Heng caressed that plump face lightly, and said with relief: "Since I married you, your family will naturally take care of it."

At this moment, Ying'er said: "Master, the warm water is ready, it's in the side room."

Jia Heng looked at Baochai and said softly, "Sister, take a bath with me."

I couldn't take a bath with Daiyu just now, so I could only scratch my boots, instead I was distracted by my thoughts.

Baochai's cheeks were reddish, but she didn't refuse. She led Jia Heng to a screen in the side room, and the hot air rose from the bathtub, and the petals in the pool floated up and down.

"Let me change Brother Heng's clothes." Baochai said in a low voice with shy almond eyes.

Ying'er approached Baochai, with a smile on her face, and said coquettishly, "Miss, I will wait for you to take a bath."

Jia Heng said softly: "Ying'er, you are tired too, go down and rest."

Yinger: "..."

The girl's complexion froze, her heart was sad, and she whispered: "Yes, sir."

Jia Heng turned to look at Baochai, and said softly, "I will undress my sister."

Last time, after all, it was pity for Baochai, so he was not too obsessed.

Baochai's plump face was as red as rouge, and as beautiful as clouds. She helped Jia Heng undress, looked at the young man who was about to come over to change her own clothes, and said shyly, "Brother Heng, I'll do it myself."

Saying that, he took off his clothes.

The snowy shoulders are round, the skin is fragrant and jade-like, just like a white porcelain doll, but the plump face is turned aside, the blush floats on the snowy cheeks, rosy white, bright and moving.

Jia Heng took a look at the plump girl, and said softly: "Sister Xue is really a red and dewy fragrance."

Just two words to describe it... Fengyan.

Baochai bit her red lips with her white teeth, and said shyly, "Brother Heng compared me to Concubine Yang again."

Is she that fat?

Jia Heng smiled, approached the girl with her arms around her, got into the bathtub, and said: "Tomorrow, I will set up a villa in Xishan, dig a hot spring pool, and my sister will go to wash it."

"Brother Heng is so busy, so he doesn't have time." Baochai said with a light smile, protecting her body, and followed Jia Heng into the bathtub with a shyness.

He kept reminding himself that he was the young woman in front of him long ago.

The space inside the bathtub is not small, and the warm water is filled with hot air, and the aroma of petals and spices is lingering. Jia Heng embraces Baochai, her fragrant, soft and plump body is carefree in her arms, eliminating the barrier of silk and silk, It seems that the slight tremors on the chubby girl's fragrant skin are transmitted.

Jia Heng whispered in his ear: "Did Aunt come over to look for Sister Xue these two days?"

Feeling the strangeness of the golden lock in front of her, Baochai's heart trembled slightly, she bit her pink lips with her white teeth, and said softly, "I've looked for me a few times, but I didn't say anything."

Coming here is also to tell her about the future after the door.

Jia Heng was silent for a while, hugged Baochai, looked at the plump and lovely face, lowered his head to bite the golden lock, and said: "Sister Xue waits another year or two, I don't think it will take much effort. "

Baochai let out a "huh", Yurongmei's redness stretched to her earlobes, her moist almond eyes slightly closed, and she grunted, "So...so I wasn't in a hurry."

Jia Heng held Baochai in his arms and took a gentle bath, but he didn't act like a mandarin duck playing in the water, which could easily be bad for his health.

After the two of them washed for a while, Jia Heng helped Baochai out of the bathtub, took a towel and helped the girl clean the inside and outside, and went to the inner room with Baochai, who was as soft as a silkworm, hugged again.

Compared with Daiyu's shyness, Baochai is no less shy.

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At this moment, the night is low, the moon is over the phoenix trees, the heat is in waves, and sometimes there are cicadas singing in the forest.

In the mansion in the south of the capital, Lu Li and two friends of the same age were sitting in the hall, looking at the mansion newspaper in their hands and reading the memorials on it, their eyes filled with resentment.

This Duke of Wei was arrogant and domineering in military affairs, but he even extended his hand in political affairs.

Qingzhang's field is divided into acres, which is to plunder the people's wealth to support the imperial court, and it is bound to shake the foundation of Jiangnan's fiscal and taxation.

The minister of disaster and chaos!

The Ritual Department gave Hu Yi a memorial to the matter, and said in a deep voice: "Wei Guogong's policies of returning the fire to the public, abolishing the two reforms and changing the Yuan are all to check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and a policy of whipping is feasible in the land of Bashu. It is effective, but the strategy of distributing the income to the mother is somewhat suspected of taking the opportunity to rob the people's wealth."

These two national policies were originally insignificant, and the bureaucracy had no reason to object, or the county and township officials objected.

After reading the mansion newspaper, Chen Duan, the Taoist censor of Jiangnan Daoist, looked solemn, and said: "Jiangnan Qingzhang's fields, such a toss, is bound to cause chaos. If it affects the collection of summer grain this year, then the northern provinces will be fine. It’s a big deal, the imperial court opened the customs and reformed the salt law in the past two years, which makes people dazzled, and it is said that the treasury of the Ministry of Households is not short of money and food for the time being.”

"A big war can consume a lot. This year, not only the drought in the northern provinces is severe, but the south is also expanding. This is to plan ahead." Hu Yi said.

Lu Li said: "This Duke of the State of Wei has always intervened in political affairs as a military general. When he quelled the chaos in Henan, he used cruel methods in the local area, which caused the people to complain. Now that the south is clean and the fields are more violent, it might cause a civil uprising. .”

"At the beginning in Sichuan, it was not that there were civil uprisings, but Gao Zhongping, the governor of Sichuan, suppressed it with thunderous means, but he couldn't say a word." Hu Yi took a sip of tea and said mockingly: "At the beginning of the year, the Dali Temple went to Sichuan. After returning to Beijing, the judge also said that the prefectures and counties of Sichuan set up road cards, and those who went to Beijing to file a complaint were persuaded to return. Anyone whose family was an official in the prefecture or county, who violated the vacancy, and those who had scholars in the family were immediately dismissed. Fame, this governor Gao has also come up with this trick in Jiangnan recently, but it doesn't work very well."

Gao Zhongping promoted a whipping method in Sichuan, which was bound to clear up the land and suppress mergers. This naturally offended many gentry, and some sent their children to the capital to file a complaint, but they were arrested together with the ordinary people who were originally murdered.

Gentlemen naturally have weaknesses. For example, the sons of scholars in the family will be dismissed as long as they dare to make trouble.

It is precisely because of this strategy that Gao Zhongping quickly completed the promotion of a whip method in Bashu, and the opposition of the gentry and the subordinates did not stir up any waves at all.

But Jiangnan is different. Jiangnan is up to Tianting, and the power of gentry is relatively strong.

A servant outside said: "My lord, an angel from the palace has arrived."

The three people in the study were stunned.

Lu Li got up, and under the curious eyes of the two, he said, "Brothers, I'll come as soon as I go."

The two nodded and watched Lu Li leave the study.

In the flower hall, a young eunuch in a red robe was sitting on a chair drinking tea. When he saw Lu Li coming in, he got up and said, "Xue Shi Lu, my mother said, Xue Shi Lu is very knowledgeable, but it's too difficult and obscure. Tomorrow I'll give you a lesson." Let’s not go to the palace to give lectures.”

When Lu Li heard the words, he was shocked, his face was earthy, he cupped his hands and said, "I obey your mother's orders."

The supervisor in the red robe saw Lu Li and shook his head secretly.

I'm afraid I won't have to go there in the future.

Lu Li gritted his teeth, stretched his hand into the armhole, and asked, "I haven't asked my father-in-law yet, what's the reason here?"

The red-robed inner supervisor thought for a while, and was hesitating, when he saw a bank note suddenly appearing between him.

The red-robed eunuch glanced left and right, calmly handed over the silver ticket to his subordinates, and said in a low voice: "The previous one mentioned the knowledge taught by Lu Xueshi in front of the Duke of Wei, and the empress thought it was biased. Besides, Madam is full of praise for Xueshi Lu's other scriptures, so why don't you wait for Xueshi Lu, after a while, His Highness will ask, and she might be able to go back and teach again."

The words of the inner prisoner in the red robe sounded like a thunderbolt in Lu Li's heart, Lu Li's figure swayed slightly, almost gnashing his teeth in his heart.

Duke Wei!

No, little Jia Heng, I am at odds with you!

The inner eunuch looked at Lu Li, whose complexion was changing and his eyes were gloomy, and shook his head secretly.

Weiguo is just like the sun, and he is extremely favored. How could Xueshi Lu win the fight?

When the red-robed eunuch left, Lu Li sat down on the chair, his face was red and white.

He can't teach the prince how to realize his political ambitions in the future?

No, never!

After a while, the beaded curtains rattled, and Hu Yi, a good friend from the same class, came out, sighed, and said in a low voice: "Brother Lu, don't be disheartened. During this period of time, Mr. Liu is going to Transferred to the Ministry of Rituals, for the recent big wedding, many of the prayers have to be given by Xueshi Lu, maybe there are other appointments and it is unknown."

Because Fang Huan, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, was involved in the case of fraudulent imperial examinations, he had been dismissed and handed over to the three courts for joint trial. The minister of the Ministry of Rites was naturally vacant. There is another vacancy for the Bachelor of Hanlin Academy.

In the Hanlin Academy, Lu Li is known for his excellent diction, and he also has a great chance to become a bachelor of the Imperial Academy.

Hearing this, Lu Li calmed down, looked at Hu Yi with burning eyes, and said, "Brother Hu, what do you say about this matter?"

Hu Yi said in a low voice: "The cabinet has just drafted a decree, and the six departments have not yet had time to approve it. We will have a final decision tomorrow."

Hearing this, Lu Li's face was solemn, and his eyes were slightly gloomy.

Thinking of him, Lu Li, who was born as a Jinshi on the second list, he wanted to write a congratulatory speech for his children's wedding?

But despite complaining like this, Lu Li still came to the study and began to write.

The gentleman changed, and he just endured the humiliation.