The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 71 The Unexpected Incident

As soon as Jia Huan came out with this couplet, Jia Baoyu laughed and said, "I don't know what a great couplet is. It's just a rote. Although it's a bit fancy, that's all. How difficult is it to come out?"

Jia Huan just smiled and said nothing.

Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun changed their expressions almost at the same time, and the latter exclaimed in surprise: "Brother Ai ([-]) is wrong, Huan'er's Shanglian has a lot of mystery, it's actually a palindrome, it's amazing, it really baffles me."

Jia Baoyu was stunned for a moment, and when he thought about it carefully, his face gradually became embarrassed, and he coughed lightly and said, "I was careless, it turned out to be a palindromic poem." After speaking, he glanced at Jia Huan in shock.

Jia Yingchun asked puzzledly, "What palindromic poem?"

Jia Xichun also looked puzzled, although Xiangyun had pointed out that it was a palindrome, but she still didn't understand why.

Jia Tanchun smiled and said, "Second sister, you might as well read this couplet in groups of seven characters over and over again."

Jia Yingchun read curiously: "The willows on the shore are making the spring clear?"

Jia Tanchun interjected, "Liu Nong Chunqing and Ye Yueming."

Lin Daiyu immediately answered, "Look at the bright moon and the night is clear and make willows in spring."

Shi Xiangyun immediately answered, "Singing warblers on the banks of the willows in Qingchun."

Jia Yingchun was so shocked that she covered her mouth, and said in a stuttering manner: "This is really a masterpiece."

Lin Daiyu sighed and said: "What's even more rare is that this poem is full of poetic and artistic charm. Not only the words, but also the artistic conception are unique. It is catchy and can be handed down from generation to generation."

Everyone couldn't help admiring them all, Jia Baoyu was embarrassed and shocked, and he was so ashamed that he couldn't bear it. They all blamed himself for talking too fast just now. They didn't expect that Huan Laosan's Shanglian had a hidden edge, careless!

Xiren's eyes were complicated, and he sighed secretly. This Third Lord Huan has been too against the sky since he recovered from his injury. All kinds of evildoers, Baoyu, who used to sway freely in the past, turned out to be dim in front of him.

Xiren, as Jia Baoyu's personal maidservant and concubine, couldn't help worrying about his master's future.

Zicuckoo naturally didn't have such troubles, except for being surprised, she patted her chest and laughed, "How did Mr. Huan grow up? A ten-character couplet can turn into a good poem in the blink of an eye. Tsk tsk, anyway, I can't match a hundred of such exquisite thoughts."

The servant joked: "So the third master is the master, and we can only be slaves."

All the maidservants laughed, Ping'er was full of joy and pride, and looked at Jia Huan tenderly, was this a blessing in disguise?
At this moment, Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu were both showing deep thoughts, as were Jia Baoyu and Jia Tanchun, they were obviously trying to come up with a couplet, as for Jia Yingchun and Jia Xichun, they just stopped worrying about themselves, they all knew themselves.

Jia Huan looked up and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and said with a smile: "Shu Huan'er excuse me first."

Shi Xiangyun became anxious immediately, he pulled Jia Huan back and said, "Wait a minute, give me a little more time, and I will definitely be able to come out."

Lin Daiyu was obviously not reconciled, and said half-jokingly: "Exactly, Brother Huan is in such a hurry, I really look down on the heroes of the world."

Jia Huan had no choice but to sit down again after hearing the words, the little girl is not easy to offend, but this eternal absolute, how can it be so easy to be right?Think slowly!

Sure enough, Jia Huan sat for nearly the same time as the incense burner, Lin, Shi, and Tan still had no clue, so they could only let Jia Huan go away in resentment, the banquet could not go on, and they dispersed without showing, anyway, this night is destined to have a few more sleepless people.

Besides, after Jia Huan stumped the three talented women in the Red Chamber, he felt quite refreshed. Shi Shiran returned to his residence and continued to fight at night with the lights on. He spent the next few days studying hard.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of February, and there was still about half a month before the county examination. On this morning, Jia Huan had just returned to the ethnology school and was in the middle of an immersive morning reading, but Qian Huai slipped into the classroom, leaned into Jia Huan's ear with a hesitant expression, and said, "Third Master, Tiehu is looking for you outside."

Jia Huan's heart moved, he quickly put down his book and went out, and sure enough, he saw Tie Hu waiting outside the ethnology school, walking back and forth in place, obviously very anxious.

"Third Master Huan, you're here." Tie Hu ran forward immediately when he saw Jia Huan, and was about to speak when he saw Qian Huai following behind, his eyes rolled around, and he quickly changed his words: "Master Huan, please excuse me."

Jia Huan nodded, followed Tiehu to a distance, and then asked seriously, "What happened?"

Tie Hu scratched his head, and said nervously: "Third Master, I'm going to do it."

Jia Huan's heart sank: "Dead?"

"That's not true, it was just beaten up and tied up." Tie Hu replied.

Jia Huan breathed a sigh of relief, frowned and said, "Huzi, didn't you tell me to wait for my arrangement before doing anything?"

Tie Hu was a little embarrassed and said: "That guy Laiwang is too bad, my brother couldn't hold back, cough... I couldn't hold back either, so I beat him with a sap."

Jia Huan asked in a deep voice, "Where is he? Did you alert the government?"

Tie Hu shook his head triumphantly and said, "It's hidden in a ruined temple outside the city. We only took advantage of him when he was on the order, and we covered our heads and faces so that no one would notice."

Jia Huan was completely relaxed when he heard the words, nodded and smiled and said, "Good job, at least you are clever. By the way, what bad thing did that guy Laiwang do? You couldn't help but make a move?"

Tiehu told the story angrily.

It turns out that since Jia Huan asked Tiehu to keep an eye on Laiwang, the latter asked a brother who usually played with him to help.

It is said that Tiehu’s brother is Xingwei, nicknamed Shitou, an orphan, the kind who feeds the whole family by himself, earns a living by doing part-time jobs, likes to dance with guns and sticks, likes Tiehu, often fights together, and becomes good friends after coming and going. Tiehu asked him for help, and he agreed immediately.

Besides, although Xing Wei is a gangster, he is very righteous, and since he has promised Tieniu to be loyal to others, he really stares at the corner gate of Jia's mansion every day, and quietly follows Laiwang when he goes out.

Yesterday afternoon, Laiwang went out to collect the bills again. As usual, he first went to the gambling house and hired four thugs, and then he went out of the city brazenly, collecting loan interest from family to family.

It happened that there was a family who couldn't pay the money and begged for a few more days of grace. Where would they come to be prosperous? Seeing that there was a seven or eight-year-old girl in this family, who was actually fair and beautiful, they had evil thoughts and wanted to take her away forcibly and sell them to brothels for a lot of money.

The family naturally refused and resisted desperately, but they were brutally beaten to death by the thugs brought by Laiwang, and the girl was naturally snatched away.

Xing Wei was so angry that blood rushed into his eyes, and immediately notified Tie Hu. After the two discussed it, they put on their masks, hit Lai Wang's sap on the way into the city, and hid him in a ruined temple.

Early this morning, Tie Hu immediately went to the city to seek advice from Jia Huan.

After Jia Huan heard it, he immediately took it to heart, whispered in Tieniu's ear for a while, and the latter nodded, and then left in a hurry.

Jia Huan turned around calmly and walked back, Qian Huai immediately came up to meet him, and asked curiously: "Third Lord, what does that boy Tiehu want from you? He seems to be in a hurry."

Jia Huan said casually, "Business matters are nothing serious."

Qian Huai was skeptical, but tactfully did not ask. Jia Huan returned to the classroom and continued to study. The whole day was as usual, nothing unusual.

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Before dawn on the second day, the chief housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion, Lai Dajie, personally led a team of cars to Chaoyang Gate. Because he received news yesterday afternoon that Aunt Xue’s family had arrived in Tongzhou by boat in the evening, and they would depart from Tongzhou for Beijing early this morning, so Mrs. Wang sent him to meet him.

Let’s say that the butler Lai Da led his car out of the city gate and drove for a distance in the direction of Tongzhou. On the way, he happened to meet a convoy. There were seven or eight healthy servants guarding the two-carriage carriage, and a few horses opened the way in front. large characters.

Lai Da recognized this master at a glance, because he was so similar to Uncle Xue, as if it was printed out of the same mold, and the marks on the horse and carriage also matched, thinking that this must be Master Xue Pan, he quickly patted his horse and saluted: "This son is Master Xue from the Xue family in Jinling?"

Immediately, the guy who was hanging around was none other than Xue Baochai's brother, Xue Pan who was nicknamed the Overlord.

"That's right, it's me, Uncle Xue, who are you?" Xue Panle steadied his horse and said loudly.

Lai Da hurriedly got off his horse and went up to greet him, saying: "I am Lai Da, the housekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion, and I came here to welcome my concubine, young master and young lady by order of my wife."

Xue Pan laughed loudly and said, "So it's Steward Lai, so why bother to make a trip? We can go to the city by ourselves."

Lai laughed loudly and said, "Courtesy can't be changed, it's what it should be. Are the concubine and Miss Bao in the car behind?"

Xue Pan nodded, turned his horse to the side of the carriage and said, "Mother, my aunt has sent housekeeper Lai to meet her."

"Well, she has a heart. Your sister and I are a girl, so it's not easy to show up. You just socialize, don't lose your manners." A peaceful voice came from inside the carriage.

Xue Pan said carelessly, "Okay!"

After finishing speaking, they turned the horse's head and returned to Lai Da, exchanged some polite words with each other, and then the two teams merged into one team and headed towards the city gate.

At this time, the sun had fully risen, and there were more pedestrians on the official road to Beijing.The capital city is undoubtedly the most prosperous place in the whole country, and that bastard Xue Pan has long been eager to go to Beijing and see it for a long time. Seeing the majestic city tower in sight, he couldn't help but beam with excitement.

At this time, suddenly there were crowds of people around the city gate, and everyone seemed to be watching something. Xue Pan was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately slapped his horse forward, waving his whip and shouting loudly: "Get out of the way, get out of the way of Uncle Xue!"

Lai Dasheng was afraid that this idiot would cause trouble, the capital city was no better than Jinling, at the feet of the emperor, throwing a brick at the crowd might hit a grandson, so he immediately followed.

(End of this chapter)