The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 66 Poetry Reception

He got in the carriage, went out, drove into the main road of the west city, and stopped at the agreed place.

After waiting for a while, the Zhang family's carriage drove over. Zhang Su lifted the curtain and said to Jia Lian with a smile, "Brother Lian has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Brother Su, you're welcome. I just arrived too. Shall we leave now?"

"Wait a minute, I still have an appointment with someone."

Jia Lian nodded, taking advantage of the waiting time, Jia Lian and Zhang Su talked across the carriage, and asked casually, "How long have the second brother and the fourth prince known each other?"

"Since I completed my career, I have been appointed by the Holy One as His Highness's companion, and it has been almost three years now."

When Jia Lian heard this, she thought to herself, it is good to be able to study.For example, compared with Zhang Su, the family status of the Jia family is actually higher than that of the Zhang family, and Zhang Su is only the second grandson of the Zhang family, but he has long been involved with the princes and relatives.

And he, so far, probably doesn't even recognize a prince, let alone have any friendship.

This time the Fourth Prince took advantage of his vacation time to hold a poetry reception in the new mansion and invited Zhang Su.

During this period of time, Zhang Su's relationship with Jia Lian quickly heated up under Jia Lian's intentional friendship.The so-called long separation is better than newly married is also similar to men. When they were young, the two of them peed together and peeked at other girls. Now they are back together after many years. They are naturally closer than ordinary cousins. .

So Zhang Su invited Jia Lian to accompany him to the fourth prince's mansion today, but Jia Lian did not refuse.

After not talking for a while, as expected, another carriage drove up from the east side of the street, and it was also lightly packed.

As soon as he approached, he quickly jumped down a tall young man in a green robe.

He took two steps forward, clasped his fists in salute and said, "I'm sorry for keeping you two waiting for a long time."

Zhang Su said with a smile: "Let me introduce to brother Lian. This is the son of General Feng, the general of Shenwu. His double name is Zixiaying. I wonder if brother Lian recognizes him?"

Jia Lian looked at Feng Ziying who was smiling at him on the ground, nodded and said: "Brother Feng and I must have met several times, but we rarely communicate with each other."

Feng Ziying also bowed to Jia Lian at this time, "I didn't expect to see Lian's second brother here, Ziying is very polite."

Seeing that the two of them knew each other, Zhang Su didn't say much, let Feng Ziying get in the car, and ordered to set off.

Zhang Su often went in and out of the imperial city, so the gatekeepers of the imperial city recognized him, so he let them go without interrogating them.

The imperial city is much quieter than the city, especially in winter, there are almost no people on the avenue, only occasionally a few carriages passing by will make some noise, and everything will soon return to calm.

Before coming to the residence of the Fourth Prince, which was built not long ago, this place is much more vivid than other places.

As you approach the gate, you can feel the restless atmosphere inside.

The three of Jia Lian got out of the car one by one, and they also prepared simple congratulatory gifts. They were registering at the side, when they suddenly saw a large carriage galloping towards them, and stopped suddenly in front of the gate of the mansion.Behind it, followed by a large group of servants.

A young man in a brocade robe was helped out of the carriage and cursed head-on: "Damn it, it's getting colder and colder!"

Then he turned around and ordered: "Please bring out my black general quickly... Hmph, he has been hiding for so long, today I want to see how he can hide and what he can use to deal with my black general."

As his words fell, two attendants respectfully lifted out a cage from the carriage. Through the gorgeous grille, it could be clearly seen that there was a majestic and high-spirited rooster inside.It's just that more than half of its black hair has fallen off, revealing the black chicken body, which looks very ridiculous.

The young man didn't think that when he saw the black chicken, it was like seeing his own wife. He took it quickly, hugged it in his arms, covered it with his sleeve and walked forward, as if he was afraid that his "beloved wife" would be blown away by a bit of cold wind. .

It's not that Jia Lian has never seen the behavior of a cockfighter, but he still couldn't help laughing at the moment.

Zhang Su actually thought it was funny, but he recognized the young man, so he secretly pulled Jia Lian to pay attention.

Jia Lian just felt it was funny in his heart, and he couldn't help showing a little smile on his face, but he didn't make any mocking moves or make any discordant sounds.

However, the young man seemed to have sensed the gazes Jia Lian and the other three were looking at at the monkey, so he glanced at the three of them, seeing that they were not royal children, he sneered, "You bumpkin!"

When Jia Lian heard this, he felt even more interesting.He felt that he had seen this scene, and definitely more than once.

Fortunately, the story didn't go as he had guessed, the young man didn't mean to trouble them, he just let out a cold snort, and walked in with his beloved wife in his arms.

At this time, Zhang Su showed the same smile as Jia Lian, and introduced, "He is the son of Prince Duan, a first-class scoundrel in the royal family, and our fourth prince... Well, there is a bit of grievance entanglement."

Both Jia Lian and Feng Ziying expressed their understanding.There is indeed a class of people in the world who don't need to speak, as long as they show up, except for their names, other information is basically exposed to people. This is obviously the case for this son of Prince Duan.

Zhang Su was quite familiar with the Fourth Prince's Mansion, so he took Jia Lian and the two of them into the depths without the guidance of the servants.

During the period, Jia Lian also reviewed the newly built Prince's Mansion. To be honest, apart from being brand new, some walls and beams were carved with dragons and phoenixes. In fact, its layout and splendor were slightly inferior to Rongguo Mansion.Moreover, the entire Prince's Mansion occupies a much smaller area than the Rongguo Mansion.

I don't know if the funds allocated by the emperor to the four princes to build the mansion are not enough, or the land in the imperial city is too short.

According to this comparison, wouldn't the Ningrong Second Mansion be suspected of violating the system?Fortunately, it was made by the emperor, otherwise this crime would be enough for the Jia family to drink a pot.

After a while, I came to the Martial Arts Field, and it seemed a bit overcrowded.

Surrounding the martial arts stage, apart from the neat and bright swords, guns and halberds placed on all sides, there are some tables, chairs and benches scattered in other free places, and the tables are covered with food and wine.

On the high platform, a magnificent and thrilling competition has already begun.

The protagonists are two chickens.

Jia Lian, the cockfighter above, didn't care at all, he was observing the people present.

Sure enough, princes and grandsons are all divided into circles, and he doesn't know most of the people in this circle. Most of them are princes, grandsons, and relatives of the emperor.But Zhang Su, many people knew him, and people kept greeting him along the way.

The three found a relatively empty place to sit down, and then saw that the battle above had come to an end, after all, the black chicken was unstoppable and pecked its opponent to death.

Prince Duan's smug laughter spread uncontrollably in all directions.

A young man with a dark complexion suddenly jumped onto the stage, and kicked a few black feet towards the proud black rooster, which was so startled that it screamed loudly and ran away.

"Wei Ling, are you still shameless?!" Prince Duan was so angry that he rushed to protect his beloved wife.

The fourth prince, who had already been kicked and felt much better, saw that the opportunity had been lost, so he didn't make any more moves. He just put his hips on his hips and cursed: "You are so proud of your face. If it wasn't for my general Shenwei being killed by my father , you nigger is nothing, you're just a loser!

Forget it, I recently changed my hobby and fell in love with fighting crickets. If you can beat fighting crickets, I will be convinced. "

Prince Duan sneered and said: "You are still the same. If you lose, you will be stubborn. Who knows that you are going to fight crickets today, and I didn't bring them with you. How can I fight with you?"

"The crickets are easy to handle. There are a lot of grass outside my yard. Go pick them up quickly. With the light of my new mansion, maybe you can pick up a brave and invincible one. Don't worry, I won't take it away when the time comes." Your money."

"Hmph, do you think I'm an idiot?"

The two of them quarreled in front of dozens of young masters, but everyone took it for granted, it was just like watching a play.Until a majestic young voice came from under the eaves of the front porch: "Okay, you are both sons of the royal family. It's not proper for the two of you to quarrel on the stage. Come down and leave the martial arts stage to everyone."

Hearing this voice, even Prince Duan, whose nostrils were upturned, hurriedly turned his head, saluted, and then exchanged a disapproving glance with the Fourth Prince, and jumped off the stage.

(End of this chapter)