Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 16
In the back garden of the palace, Wang Mu took a copy of Jia Qiong's background information and looked through it carefully.

Jia Qiong was born in July of the second year of Longqing, and his ancestral home is Jinling, Jiangning County.

His great-grandfather was Ningguo Gong Jia Yan, his grandfather was Jia Daiheng (who died in the 34th year of Hongwu before becoming an official), and his father was Jia Chi (formerly a general in Yaowu Camp, who died in the [-]th year of Longqing).

His mother, Shen Bicheng (died in the eighth year of Longqing), was originally from Hangzhou.

Grandfather Shen Yan was second in the palace examination in the 16th year of Hongwu's reign. In the 28th year of Hongwu's reign, he became a bachelor at the Hanlin Academy. In the 30th year of Hongwu's reign, he resigned from office and his whereabouts are unknown.

Jia Qiong's parents died when she was six years old, and she was raised by her aunt Shen Biyun. At the age of eight, she entered the Jia family to study, and studied hard...

The old man murmured to himself: "I can't believe that Jia Xiaozi is actually Shen Hengfeng's grandson.

That kid is so old-fashioned, but his grandson is actually very smart. I don't know whether he is alive or dead now. "

He put down the documents and looked at the sky. The stubborn figure who offended Tian Yan in the court and spoke out against his advice seemed to appear in front of him again. Thinking about it now, it is still as dazzling as the sun.

At the same time, far away in Wansong Academy on Phoenix Mountain in Hangzhou.

An old man in black shirt with a square face was also looking blankly at the northern sky.

He was holding a newspaper in his hand at the moment, and the story of "Mo Mei" and Jia Qiong was clearly published on it.

"Hengfeng, why are you in a daze?"

Sitting opposite the old man was also an old man with white beard and hair and a kind-faced face. He looked quite old.

"Brother, the child prodigy in this newspaper has the same name as my grandson, and they are about the same age. They are both in Chang'an.

You said...could he be my grandson? "

It turns out that the old men in green shirts are Shen Yan and Shen Hengfeng.

At that time, he was demoted because he angered the Supreme Emperor with his outspoken advice several times.

Frustrated, he simply hung up his hat and left, hiding his name and traveling around the world, focusing on the mountains and rivers.

Because he was afraid that his daughter and son-in-law would be implicated by him, and because he had no fixed residence in the past few years, he had no contact with his daughters for many years.

After Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, he returned to his hometown in Hangzhou and saw several letters sent by his eldest daughter from relatives and friends.

Only then did he find out that his youngest daughter was married and had a child.

However, Shen Yan didn't want to disturb his daughters' lives at first, so he didn't reply.

After that, he came to Wansong Academy, where he had studied, and became a teacher, teaching and educating people. Seven or eight years passed in a flash.

Wansong Academy is now one of the most famous academies in Jiangnan. In recent years, it has produced many successful candidates and Jinshi, and is regarded as a holy place by many students from poor families.

Because Wansong Academy is very friendly to poor students, as long as they have good character and academic performance, they can enroll for free, and all expenses will be borne by the academy.

The head of the academy is named Tang Lun. He once studied in Wansong Academy with Shen Yan and was a second-class Jinshi in the 13th year of Hongwu.

However, he didn't like being an official, so after his father, the former head of Wansong Academy, passed away, he resigned and returned to his hometown to take over the academy.

Because of his influence as a second-class Jinshi, the former small academy attracted many outstanding students to study.

As a result, Wansong Academy prospered day by day. From a small academy that was only slightly famous in Hangzhou, it gradually became a large academy with a reputation spread throughout the Yangtze River.

Since Shen Yan came to the academy a few years ago, the teaching quality here has improved a lot.

In the recent imperial examinations, Wansong Academy's results have been very good.

For this reason, many people say that Wansong Academy should be ranked alongside the five major academies in Jiangnan, and one of the five major academies should be added to the list.

Tang Lun said: "Is it true? You can find out if you write a letter and ask.

It has been so many years. If the Supreme Emperor wanted to arrest you, the Jin Yiwei would have come to your door a long time ago. What do you have to worry about? "

Shen Yan sighed: "Without any news from me for so many years, they must have thought I was dead.

It would be better for me not to disturb their lives easily. "

"My dearest relatives, don't bother me. They will be happy to receive your letter. Besides, don't you want to know if the prodigy is your grandson?"

Shen Yan was silent for a long time before saying, "Let's wait and see."

Shen Yan actually couldn't muster the courage to face his daughters, especially Shen Bicheng.

When he left Beijing, his youngest daughter was just 12 years old, but he left her to his elder sister Shen Biyun.

It has been almost 20 years since he disappeared, and he did not even show up when Bicheng got married to Shen Yan.

He received several letters, but they were all written by his eldest daughter more than ten years ago.

The most recent one was to inform him that his youngest daughter had gotten married and had a child.

However, Shen Bicheng never wrote him a letter from beginning to end, which shows that she resented Shen Yan in her heart.

Three years ago, because he missed his daughter more and more, he sent a letter to Shen Biyun to inquire about the current situation.

Unexpectedly, the letter was like a stone, with no response. After that, he never had the courage to write to his daughters again.

In fact, it was because Shen Biyun had sold the original house long ago and she did not receive the letter, so Shen Yan misunderstood.

Tang Lun didn't know Shen Yan's inner activities, so he sighed and stopped trying to persuade him.

He knew the nature of this junior brother very well, and he couldn't pull back ten cows from what he believed in. No matter how much he said, it would be a waste of time.

Time goes by, spring is turning to summer solstice in a blink of an eye, the weather is getting hotter day by day, and the time will soon come to the fifth day of May.

Today is the day when "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is sold for the first time. Early in the morning, Wenhua Zhai is already crowded with customers planning to buy the book.

It has been a little over a month since the last newspaper was released, and everyone can't wait to see the story behind it.

So many people come early in the morning and wait just to have a sneak peek.

On the second floor of Wenhua Zhai, Wang Hun and the old shopkeeper looked at the long queue on the street through the window, with uncontrollable joy on their faces.

"Third Master, there are probably 400 people queuing up outside. Should we open the door early?"

Wang Hun thought for a while and then said: "Well, let's open it in advance and don't let people enter the store to avoid crowding.

Move a few tables to sell outside the door and let the guys keep order. "

"Yes, I'll make arrangements now."

The old shopkeeper went downstairs excitedly and quickly directed the clerk to open the door.

A sign was put up to sell "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and three tables were set up on the street to start selling.

The waiting crowd was immediately divided into three under the arrangements of the guys, and they couldn't wait to start spending money to buy books.

The regular version costs 3 taels of silver and the hardcover version costs 6 taels of silver. This price is not cheap.

Even an ordinary book is equivalent to three months' income of most people.

These book buyers usually read a few pages before deciding whether to buy a book, but today's situation is completely different.

Everyone who came to the end of the queue happily paid for it, and then excitedly took the book and looked for a place to read.

With so many people queuing up behind me, there is no time for you to read a few pages first.

In less than an hour, all the two thousand ordinary books and two hundred hardcover books prepared by Wenhua Zhai were sold out, but there was still an endless stream of people coming to buy books.

This was the amount Wenhuazhai had planned to sell for half a year. Although Wang Hun expected that the condor shooting would be very popular, he did not expect it to be so popular.

He quickly asked the workshop to start printing at full capacity, but the workshop's output was limited and could only print about five hundred copies per day.

Therefore, after the new books were put on the shelves the next day, they still could not meet the demand, and they were sold out in less than a quarter of an hour.

The result was that starting from the third day, people started queuing up in front of Wenhua Zhai every day before dawn, just to buy books as early as possible. For a while, it actually caused a grand phenomenon of "Chang'an paper is expensive".

(End of this chapter)