The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 18

"I'm fine, thank you, Brother Tieniu." Jia Huan hurriedly clasped his fists to express his thanks with lingering fear. His left sleeve was almost turned into rags by the dirt dog. If Tieniu hadn't acted in time, he might have been bitten and had a high chance of contracting rabies, so he thanked Tieniu from the bottom of his heart.

Tie Niuhan smiled and said, "Little brother knows me?"

Jia Huan nodded: "My name is Jia Huan, Brother Tieniu once delivered ice cubes to our house, so my boy recognizes you."

Tie Niu suddenly realized, and glanced at Qian Huai, who was climbing down from the top of the wall, a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes, he looked down on this kind of slave who would abandon his master when he encountered danger, from the bottom of his heart.

"Since little brother is fine, I'm leaving." Tie Niu put the pole away, pulled on the cart, and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Jia Huan took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Tieniu, sincerely said: "This is a little care, please accept it, Brother Tieniu."

Tie Niu waved his hand, pulled up the cart and strode away, dismissing the white ingot of silver, Jia Huan was slightly stunned, and took back the silver in a little embarrassment, but in his heart he had a higher opinion of this rough man.

At this time, two rogues suddenly jumped out of the crowd, blocked the way and said with a sneer, "You idiot, you just want to run away after killing my dog?"

Tieniu stopped and frowned, "Is this dog yours?"

These two rogues were vile. One of them had a dog skin plaster on his neck, and the other had a blood-red scar on his forehead. They were not good people at first glance.

I saw the scarred face and said viciously: "Of course, it is called Wangcai. I have raised it for ten years. If you don't believe me, you can ask him."

The plaster man laughed and said, "That's right, I, Fat Si, can prove that Mr. Scar has raised Wangcai for ten years, serving him every day, and he is closer than his own son."

Scarface glared at the plastered man, and reprimanded: "Stop talking nonsense, big fool, how do you think this matter will be settled?"

Jia Huan couldn't help but look down, the dirt dog was dirty and smelly, almost skinny, nine out of ten it was a stray wild dog, God Tamar's big fish and meat every day, these two rogues were clearly trying to blackmail people, but Jia Huan was a little curious, the two rogues in front of him were not enough to rub their bodies even if they were put together, how could they have the courage to blackmail?

However, Tieniu's next performance surprised Jia Huan, who saw this man as majestic as an iron tower and said timidly: "You... what do you want?"

Scarface took out a dagger from his boot and made a fool of himself, saying viciously: "Losing money, paying ten taels of silver, let's forget about it."

Tie Niu's eyes showed a little fear, and he hummed: "I don't have ten taels of silver."

The plaster man chuckled: "You don't have it, but others have it, so figure out a way for yourself." He glanced at Jia Huan intentionally or unintentionally.

Jia Huan suddenly realized that it should be that he took out ten taels of silver to thank Tieniu for causing trouble, and these two rascals saw the money, so they used an excuse to blackmail Tieniu.It's just that this iron bull's performance is too surprising, to be afraid of these two rascals, it's really blind to this figure.

Tie Niu didn't seem to understand the plaster man's hint, he untied his purse from his waist and threw it to Scarface, saying, "I only have this money, and I'll give it to you, Lord Scar, please show your respect."

Scarface took the purse and weighed it, and immediately judged that there was only about a hundred coins in it, so he threw it on the ground in disgust, and scolded fiercely: "Your mother, that's it? I'm a beggar when you are Mr. Scar?"

Tie Niu seemed to be stimulated by Scarface's words. Immediately, his tiger's eyes widened and his fists were clenched. He instantly changed from a docile buffalo to a ferocious lion. Seeing this, the two hooligans were startled and took a few steps back.

Jia Huan was refreshed, but just when he thought Tien Niu was going to explode, the latter's expression changed, and finally he let go of his fist slowly, and silently bent down to pick up the purse on the ground, begging: "Grandpa Scar has a few days' grace, and I will definitely collect enough money to compensate you."

Jia Huan almost fell over, and Qian Huai also said in a low voice contemptuously: "Worthless, good-looking but useless."

Seeing that Tie Niu's clothes were softening, the scar-faced man and the man with plaster immediately raised his toes again. The former said sharply: "Give me a few bars, if you don't lose money today, your family will never be able to hang out in this area in the future. Hehe, don't forget your blind old lady."

Tieniu trembled slightly, and the look of shock and anger flashed across his eyes. Seeing this, Jia Huan vaguely understood the reason why Tieniu swallowed his anger, so he stepped forward, pointed at the dead dog's body and asked, "Master Scar, is this dog raised by you?"

The scar-faced man and the plastered man looked at each other, raised their chins and said proudly, "That's right, do you want to help this stupid guy lose money?"

Jia Huan looked too immature, he was only seven or eight years old, and he was dressed in ordinary clothes, and there was only one young servant by his side, who was expected to be just a brother of an ordinary family, so the two rogues didn't pay much attention.

Jia Huan sneered and said, "Losing money? Why should I lose money? Your dog bit my clothes. I should ask you to pay me!"

The man with the scar face and the plaster was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Stinky boy, ask me for money from Bajiu? You are not crazy, and you don't ask, who owns this Huanghuafang?"

Jia Huan said indifferently: "Master, I don't know whose land this is. I only know that this place is the capital of Jin Dynasty. Under the emperor's feet, the world is bright and bright. Even if you are a relative of the emperor, you have to abide by the law. This dress is made of authentic Sichuan brocade, and the cost is 20 taels of silver. In addition, my waist and legs are both sprained, and now I am in great pain. Since the mad dog was raised by you, the soup and medicine cost less than 50 taels, and I will not obey you!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the onlookers gasped. They didn't expect this gentle-looking young man to be a ruthless character, and he paid 70 taels of silver for the first time. Hehe, this is a good show.

The expressions of the scar-faced man and the plastered man changed slightly, but after all, they are the well-known rascals in this area, and everyone is afraid of hob meat. Naturally, they will not be intimidated by Jia Huan's few words.

Qian Huai just abandoned his master and ran away, so he felt ashamed. At this time, he wanted to make up for his mistakes, and immediately jumped forward, poked his finger and scolded angrily: "This is the Third Master Huan of our Rongguo Duke's Mansion. What are you, you dare to act wild in front of the Third Master. The Third Master said it was worth 20 taels, so it is worth 20 taels. There is still 50 taels of silver for soup and medicine. I will pay it immediately. If you dare to lose a penny, I will see you in the government!"

The man with the scarred face and the plaster was shocked when he heard the words. Although the Jia family has declined in recent years and is not as beautiful as before, after all, the Jia family is after the founding heroes, a family of two countries, and a thin camel is bigger than a horse. Besides, the "Four Kings and Eight Dukes" who founded the country in the Jin Dynasty belonged to the old Xungui Group, and their relationship was intertwined. High position, holding the military power of the Beijing camp, no one would dare to mess with him!
Therefore, if the kid in front of him is really the son of Duke Rong's Jia family, the scar-faced man and the plastered man would not be able to offend him. The two looked at each other and looked at Jia Huan again with hesitation, apparently weighing the authenticity of Qian Huai's words.

The scar-faced man and the plastered man looked up and down for a long time, and found that Jia Huan was calm and composed, while Qian Huai was arrogant, obviously full of confidence, maybe he was from the Jia family, the two weighed heavily, and finally chose to shrink back, turned around and slipped into the crowd and slipped away quickly.

Jia Huan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he was also a little nervous and his palms were sweating. After all, he was small and weak. If that rascal stabbed him harshly, his life would be lost.

"Thank you, Mr. Huan, for upholding justice!"

Tie Niu plopped down in front of Jia Huan, Natou wanted to bow, Jia Huan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother Tieniu, get up, this matter started because of me, and the man has gold under his knees, how can he just kneel down for others."

The land area, administrative system, and military establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty were basically the same as those of the Ming Dynasty, except that the "kneeling" culture was particularly developed. It is estimated that after the fall of the Chen Han Dynasty, the north of the Yangtze River was ruled by the Tartars for more than 20 years.

Closer to home, Tie Niu was blushed by Jia Huan's words, stood up and said embarrassingly: "The third master taught you well!"

Jia Huan asked with a smile: "Brother Tieniu, have you had lunch yet?"

Tieniu shook his head blankly, Jia Huan clapped his hands and said, "It happens that I didn't ask, how about eating together?"

"No... no need, I just finished my work, and I'm very dirty, how can I do it!" Tieniu hurriedly rubbed his hands that were cracked from the cold and said embarrassingly, in the eyes of people at the bottom of society like them, the county master is an unattainable existence, let alone the Duke's mansion, how dare he eat with Jia Huan.

"It makes it so!" Jia Huan couldn't help saying, and took Tie Niu's hand and walked to the Zuixiang Building in front.

Tie Niu couldn't resist, so he had to follow Jia Huan into the Zuixiang Tower coyly, but the difference in height between the two was too much, which looked very funny.

"Two... guest officials eating?" The waiter looked at them with strange eyes.

"Fart, you come here to eat, of course, do you want to shit? What's wrong, can't you look down on my third master?" Qian Huai puffed out his chest.

The waiter hurriedly laughed and said: "Don't dare, dare to ask the third master whether it is dine-in or the private seat on the second floor?"

"Let's have a private seat on the second floor!" Jia Huan replied, it wasn't because he pretended to be compared, it was because the lobby on the first floor was crowded with people, so he didn't like it.

"Okay, everyone, please come with me." The waiter enthusiastically led Jia Huan and the others to the second floor, and arranged a private seat by the window.

(End of this chapter)