The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 83
Shi Xiangyun proposed to go to Jia Huan to ask for a couplet, but Jia Tanchun and Xue Baochai almost said in unison: "It's not right."

Shi Xiangyun smiled and said, "Why?"

Jia Tanchun shook his head and said lightly: "It is now during the county examination, and the second round will start tomorrow. At this time, let's not bother Brother Huan and let him take the examination without distraction."

Xue Baochai nodded: "That's right, if we interrupt now, it will inevitably distract Brother Huan."

Shi Xiangyun caressed his forehead and smiled: "It's no wonder I didn't think of this level. Well, let's wait until Brother Huan finishes his exams. There are only four county exams, and crimes occur once every three days. The second one will be tomorrow. It will take ten days to finish all four exams. I'm afraid I won't be able to stay for that long."

Shi Xiangyun's tone was obviously a little regretful.

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "Don't worry, Yun'er, no one will take your credit. When you come next time, how about we look for Huan'er together?"

Shi Xiangyun's cute face flushed, and he spat: "I don't care about this, I'm just curious about what Brother Huan's second line is. Sister Lin likes to tease people, look at Sister Jiabao, she never does this."

Lin Daiyu snorted and said: "She is her, I am me, why compare me with her."

Xue Baochai quickly smoothed things over and said, "Yun'er is wrong, actually I also like to make fun of people, and what Xiaoer said is right, we sisters are playing together, why bother to compare."

When Shi Xiangyun heard the words, he said pitifully: "Good sister, it's okay if I'm wrong. Obviously I was the one who was made fun of, but now it's my fault."

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "It's all about me, the weather is starting to get hot, and I didn't prepare some ice cream for everyone to calm down."

The girls couldn't help laughing.

Xue Baochai sighed again: "Brother Huan sent some ice cream last time. My elder brother was very happy after eating it. He sent people to buy it every day. Seeing that this new gadget is getting more and more popular, now you have to make an order one day in advance, otherwise you won't be able to get it."

Shi Xiangyun asked greedily, "Is it really that delicious? I haven't eaten it yet."

Shi Xiangyun is straightforward and heroic, always generous to others, but stingy to herself. For example, on Lin Daiyu’s birthday last time, she paid for Lin Daiyu’s birthday with two tables of wine.

"It's delicious, but it's not particularly delicious. It's sweet and glutinous, and it also has a variety of fruit flavors. It's ice-cold and cool. It's good to cool off in summer. I don't dare to eat more, for fear of hurting my spleen and stomach. Yun'er, it's easy for you to try it. I'll send some to you later. Anyway, my elder brother orders it almost every day." Xue Baochai smiled gently.

Shi Xiangyun moved Xue Baochai and said coquettishly, "Sister Bao, you are so kind. I wish I had a sister like you."

Seeing Xiangyun getting close to Baochai, Lin Daiyu said with a little sourness: "It's not easy, Yun'er, you just kowtow to your aunt and recognize your godmother, or else you kowtow to my sister, and I will love you like my own sister in the future. I will buy ice cream for you every day."

Shi Xiangyun chuckled and said, "I don't care, as long as sister Lin can afford it, I'll accept you as my mother."

Lin Daiyu originally wanted to make fun of Shi Xiangyun, but she didn't expect that Shi Xiangyun would let him go, instead he joined her in the army, and immediately became popular, and she stretched out her hand to tear Shi Xiangyun's mouth.

"Sister Bao, save me." Shi Xiangyun hid in Xue Baochai's arms, and the latter stretched out his hand to block Lin Daiyu, and said with a smile, "Let's forgive her this."

"No, I have to tear Yun'er's mouth today to see if I can spit out ivory."

Shi Xiangyun called Qu and said, "You are only allowed to make fun of others, but you can't do it if they make fun of you... Hey, I was wrong, Sister Lin, you don't remember villains, please forgive me."

Then Lin Daiyu gave up and said, "Let me spare you this time, if you say something stupid again, you will be punished for several crimes."

"Sister Bao, Sister Lin is too bullying." Shi Xiangyun pouted, his hair was messed up, his little face was flushed drunk, but there was an indescribable charm.

Xue Baochai fixed her hair with a smile, and was as kind as her own sister.

Seeing this, Lin Daiyu couldn't help feeling a little emotional. She lost her mother when she was young, and now she is alone and dependent on others. Unfortunately, she has no brothers and sisters to help each other. Although Xue Baochai has no father, at least she still has a mother to talk to and brothers to rely on. What about herself?Yun girl is even more pitiful, her parents died again when she was still a baby, she is indeed the most pitiful!
Lin Daiyu was originally a sentimental person, at this moment she couldn't help her eyes turning slightly red, Xue Baochai couldn't help being secretly surprised when she saw this, but she had a delicate mind, and she vaguely guessed the reason after thinking about it for a while, but she didn't know how to comfort her for a while, so she changed the subject with a smile.

At this time, a little maid wearing a long horn slipped in with a smile and bumped Xichun's maid into the painting. It was Cuihui, Xue Baochai's maid.

Xue Baochai couldn't help scolding: "What's so reckless?"

Cui Wei said embarrassedly: "My servant just heard a piece of news about Third Master Huan, so I wanted to tell everyone quickly."

"What news?" All the women asked almost in unison.

"I heard that the first round of the Huan Sanye County Test was out of the circle"

Shi Xiangyun stuck out his tongue playfully and said: "It's terrible, I heard that Brother Huan only started writing last month, and he got out of the ring the first time he ended up. No wonder the master arranged for him to end."

Xiao Cuihui asked Xue Baochai weakly: "Girl, what does it mean to be out of the circle? Is it very powerful?"

"I entered the top [-] in the county when I got out of the circle. Brother Huan has such a result for the first time. It's very remarkable." Xue Baochai explained, a little surprised in her heart, and now she has been in Jia's house for more than ten days.

Jia Tanchun naturally beamed with joy, and said with a sweet smile, "That's great, it seems Brother Huan did well in the first exam."

Lin Daiyu was much calmer, because she had seen a lot of Jia Huan's various monsters, so she was not too surprised that Jia Huan got out of the circle this time, and even took it for granted.

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Never underestimate the arrogance of power and the greed of human nature. No matter how strict the law is, there will always be people who violate this red line. They are either for huge profits, or they are arrogant and ignorant under the blessing of power.Just like the prohibition laws of various countries, no matter how severe it is, even if it is calculated in grams, the death penalty will be the death penalty if it exceeds a certain number of grams.

The imperial examination is an important way to select talents in the Jin Dynasty. In the hearts of all the scholars in the Jin Dynasty, it is sacred and inviolable. The laws of the Jin Dynasty also strictly stipulate that those who violate the imperial examinations can be sentenced to death in half. But the law is one thing, and its implementation is another. There are always some powers that can override the law, especially in a feudal society that relies on top-down rule.

With the blessing of power and the temptation of interests, some people will definitely ignore the law and start with the imperial examinations, especially the county and prefectural examinations at the grassroots level. It is not uncommon for local gentry to use their local influence to interfere with the examinations.

Of course, when it comes to the level of the college examination, this kind of phenomenon will be much less, because the examiners who preside over the college examination are academic and administrative officials stationed in the local government center, and they are rotated every three years. It is not easy to use power to cheat, and the college exam involves fame.

Wang Xifeng is undoubtedly an arrogant person under the blessing of power, and lacks due awe of the imperial examination. After learning that Jia Huan was out of the circle in the first round, she couldn't sit still, and called her elder brother Wang Ren to ask him to find a way to prevent Jia Huan from passing the county examination.

After all, Wang Ren was a man, and he was more knowledgeable than women. He knew that the consequences of interfering in the imperial examinations would be serious, so he hesitated, but in the end he couldn't stand Wang Xifeng's repeated demands, so he agreed to give it a try.

That night, Wang Ren posted a post to invite Qi Dongyang, the county magistrate of Wanping County, to have a drink. As expected, because of Wang Ziteng's face, the latter accepted the invitation.During the banquet, Wang Ren hinted repeatedly that Qi Dongyang let Jia Huan fail the ranking, thinking that he would be savvy, and readily agreed, but Qi Dongyang got angry and scolded Wang Ren bloody, and finally dropped the plate and left, making Wang Ren embarrassed, and scolded County Magistrate Qi as an elm lump who was stupid in reading.

By the way, this Qi Dongyang was only thirty years old, he was a Jinshi in the last imperial examination, he was at the age of ideals and scholarly spirit, he himself passed the imperial examination to become an official, the imperial examination is the Tao in his mind, it is supreme, it is sacred and inviolable!

Wang Ren invited him to drink, and because of the favor of Prince Teng, the leader of the Nine Borders, he came as promised, but Wang Ren tried to interfere in the imperial examinations and desecrate the sacred and inviolable Tao in his mind.

Qi Dongyang is over [-] years old, after all, he is not stupefied, the Wang family is very powerful, and the relationship is intertwined, and Wang Ziteng is currently in a high position, and it is said that he is still the emperor. This book may not be able to win Wang Ren, and he may even fold himself into it, which is not worth it!

In addition, after Wang Ren was scolded by Qi Dongyang, he was both ashamed and a little scared, worried that Qi Dongyang would report him, so he didn't sleep well all night, so he went to scold Wang Xifeng the next day.

Wang Xifeng started to get scared. She didn't expect that the magistrate of Wanping County was a fool. She didn't want to save face, and even scolded her brother face to face. If she reported it to the emperor, wouldn't it be the end of her life?
Wang Xifeng was so regretful that her intestines turned green, and she secretly lamented that Huan Laosan was really her nemesis, and every time she wanted to mess with him, it was her own bad luck, which is really unreasonable.

(End of this chapter)