Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 289 Vertical and horizontal combination 1

"Sorry, sorry, my hand slipped." Jia Cong chuckled, stood up, pulled Daiyu up, and said with a smile: "Well, do you want me to stay a little longer, or go see Sister Bao off."

Daiyu dared to keep him here, so she pushed him out and said shyly, "Please, leave my place quickly and go and harm Sister Bao."

"Then do you still dare to talk to me in a weird way?" Jia Cong said with a smile.

"Bah, you're just a weirdo, you just know how to bully the weak." Daiyu bit her lip and said angrily.

Jia Cong laughed, pinched her butt hard, turned around and ran away. Well, my buttocks are firm and plump, and my body bones have really grown.

"Bastard! You pervert!" Daiyu looked at his back and stamped her feet. She was ashamed and angry, and hurriedly covered her red face and hid in the room.

"Sister Bao, let's go." Jia Cong ran to the back of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, pulled Baochai and left.

Baochai looked at him with a half-smile but said, "Did I hinder your good deeds?"

"Why did Sister Bao say this?" Jia Cong said with a smile.

Baochai pursed his lips and smiled and said, "Just now I vaguely heard someone saying that they were going to sleep in Xiaoxiang Pavilion. I don't know who it was."

Um... Could it be that beautiful women not only have sharp eyes and a sharp nose, but also have good ears?

Jia Cong had already learned how to deal with Baochai, so he smiled and said, "I will talk to Sister Bao in detail when I return to Hengwuyuan."

Baochai's heart skipped a beat, but she couldn't guess his bad intentions, so she hurriedly said: "There's no need to send it off, just go and do your serious business." After that, he hurriedly left.

Jia Cong hurriedly followed and said with a smile: "Sending Bao to Sister is the most serious thing now."

Baochai was ashamed, happy and afraid, so she ignored him and just walked away quickly.

Jia Cong followed and smiled: "Sister Bao, I once heard someone say something very philosophical. Please comment on it."

"Bah, what good can you say?" Baochai glanced at him and spat.

"Sister Ruobao thinks something is wrong, I, I will jump into the pool." Jia Cong said.

Baochai smiled and said: "It's so cold, I'm not afraid of freezing. Let's talk."

"It is said that a girl looking forward to her lover is like looking forward to rain in the dog days of summer."

Baochai frowned slightly and said, "What do you mean?"

"I'm afraid he won't come, but I'm also afraid he'll mess around."

laugh! Baochai couldn't help laughing, covered her mouth and said angrily: "That's nonsense."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Could it be that sister feels something is wrong?"

Baochai stretched out her jade finger and tapped Jia Cong's forehead: "Full of fallacies and heresies, they are harmful to people."

Jia Cong raised his hand and took Baochai's boneless, smooth and soft hand, kissed it gently, and said, "Sister Bao keeps doing this, I won't be able to help myself."

Now that he has started the precepts, he has long wanted to "kill everyone".

"Bah." Baochai quickly withdrew his hand and ran away with a blushing face.
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Early the next morning, Jia Cong got up between the white-skinned buttocks of Wanyan Wen, Qingwen, and Qianxue. In order to help the three of them get along as quickly as possible, he could be considered as devoting himself to death.

Because Qingwen was stubborn and upright, although she was willing to serve her, she refused to go along with her and never let Jia Cong succeed. Therefore, he only had to deal with Wanyan Wen and Qian Xue, which saved him some effort.

In the main bedroom of Rongxi Hall, the crimson gauze curtain of the Sanjin Qiangong Babu bed, gilded with huanghuali copper and carved with cloud and dragon patterns, was opened. Jia Cong propped himself up on the bed, jumped to the ground, and stepped naked on the soft and thick bed. On the Persian carpet, I opened the window, took a deep breath of the cold morning air, and felt refreshed.

"Yeah! Close it quickly, I'm not afraid of people seeing it. I'm not wearing any clothes, so I'm not afraid of being cold." Qingwen and others said anxiously.

Jia Cong smiled and closed the window. When he turned around, he saw that Qingwen and others had already put on their obscene clothes and ermine fur coats, so they came to help him get dressed.

"I'm not cold, you get dressed first, be careful not to catch a cold for fun." Jia Cong hurriedly pushed the three of them back to the bed.

After some banter, Jia Cong put on his training clothes and went out to practice in the yard, with more than ten soldiers waiting on him.

After finishing morning lessons, Jia Cong called Yan Shuangying and asked, "Where are the soldiers training?"

"Back to Third Master, we have been practicing in the yard for the first two days."

"Yes. Tell me brothers, don't think that once you return to the emperor's feet, the world will be peaceful. You can store your swords and guns in your warehouse and let your horses loose in Nanshan.

I don't have weak soldiers in my hands. If you want to eat this bowl of rice, you have to train hard for me. At the end of next year, I will take the big exam. Those who are not as skilled as others will be sent back to their place of origin. "

"Yes. I will inform the brothers now."

Jia Cong returned to the room and was cleaned up by Qingwen and others, changed his clothes, had breakfast with the three of them, and called the fortune teller over.

"Go and tell Second Grandma Lian that I promoted Qingwen and Qianxue as aunts, and Aunt Wanyan. Each of them will be given 10 taels of silver per month, and they will be released from the official position."

"Yes, I'll go right now." The fortune-teller secretly exclaimed. My aunt has a higher monthly income than Second Mistress Lian, so the third master is really brave.

Then he summoned Fan Ming and said: "Today is the period of rest for the imperial court. You should write a post to Prime Minister Huo immediately, explaining that the Bei Division is audacious, breaks the law, and extorts officials from all kinds of illegal things.

Just say that I have been ordered by the emperor to rectify the Jin Yiwei and ask Prime Minister Huo to seek justice. Pay attention to your wording, discuss matters with public motives, and do not allow any private giving or receiving, or the suspicion of forming cliques for personal gain. " "yes. "Fan Ming hurriedly took the order and left.

Jia Cong calculated in his mind that Huo Xiang and Dong Xiang were His Majesty's confidants, and they were both high-ranking members of the New Party along with Uncle Lin. Knowing that he was retaking the Imperial Guard for His Majesty, he would definitely help him unconditionally, but there was some trouble with the old party.

After all, he went south to Yangzhou to make money and went north to Liaodong to implement new laws. He has already been branded by the new party. How to persuade people in the old party needs to be carefully thought out. Otherwise, even if the old party is willing to take action, he may have to pay a huge price and lose money. No business can be done.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong got up and went to Jia Zheng's study room. At this point, Jia Zheng, the "donkey", should be talking with the Qing guests.

Originally, with his current status, he could just ask a boy to invite Jia Zheng, but considering how protective Jia Zheng was back then, Jia Cong was willing to respect him and give him some dignity.

As soon as Jia Cong walked to the door of the study, he heard Jia Zheng's voice. He was lecturing people. It was obvious who he was teaching. He hurriedly waved away the boys who wanted to come up to say hello. He smiled secretly in his heart. I am not here to save the situation.

Just listen to Jia Zheng scolding: "You are not making progress! The grandfather in Qian'er School sent someone to send a message, saying that you can't even memorize "Mencius", and you only know a little about "The Great Learning" and "The Analects of Confucius".

The literature and art of the time are even more in shambles and make no sense. You said, the topic given by the Grand Master that day was: "The Master said to Yan Yuan: "If you use it, you will do it; if you throw it away, you will hide it. But you and I have this husband!" ’, how did you solve the problem? "

Baoyu murmured: "What my son has failed is that the sage's way of hiding is not revealed lightly."

"Listen, gentlemen, this is the question he failed! He has really brought shame on our ancestors! Let me ask you, where is Yan Yuan in your failed question? Where are you and I? The missed question has become a sieve! I want to think about it next year What's the end result? It's fair to take advantage of the situation and let you go."

All the guests of the Qing Dynasty were busy admonishing: "Don't worry, Mr. Dong. The sage said, I am determined to learn when I am fifteen years old. Now I am about sixteen or seventeen years old. I have extraordinary achievements in writing, and I am talented. But in the next few years, I will lose my ability through hard work." But the Toad Palace has won the title, and it is no longer the childlike manner it once was."

Jia Zheng sighed: "Don't comfort me. My own son, I know it well. There are so many ingenious answers to simple questions like this, but if you read more articles, why would you end up like this?"

Not to mention self-motivation, even if you can memorize a good article, it is still a mistake not to read. brute! On weekdays, I think I'm a bit clever, but in reality I'm just a piece of shit! It is advisable for a sage to hide his secrets and reveal them to those who are able. How about breaking the topic like this? "

Baoyu was stunned and chewed it several times. The problem turned out to be watertight, flawless, and extremely sophisticated. He hurriedly bowed down to learn the lesson: "My master is very knowledgeable, and my son is convinced. This problem is ten thousand times better than my son."

"This is the ink scroll of the previous champion, you ignorant and ill-informed bastard, get out of here!" Jia Zheng sighed.

"Yes, my son has gone to school." Baoyu bowed and left.

Jia Zheng sneered and said: "If you mention the word 'school' again, even I will be embarrassed to death. According to me, it is right for you to be stubborn and go. Careful standing is dirtying my place, and relying on it is dirtying my door." !”

Baoyu retreated.

Seeing Baoyu's dead mother expression, Jia Cong finally couldn't help but laugh.

"Brother Cong, it's really disgusting that you are waiting here to see my jokes." Baoyu whispered.

"Who's out there?"

Jia Cong smiled and waved his hand, walked into the door and said, "Master, are you busy?"

"I've met my uncle." All the guests hurriedly stood up and saluted.

When Jia Zheng saw him coming, his complexion immediately improved a lot. Now only Brother Cong is promising in the family, while Jia Lian, Bao Yu, and Jia Huan are all unreliable.

"I'm not busy, I just want to chat with you gentlemen to relieve my boredom." Jia Zheng said with a smile.

"Cong has something to tell the master. I wonder if the master can take the time to see me." Jia Cong said.

"Since there's something going on, just send a boy to tell him. Why be so polite?" Jia Zheng said.

"Since I am a respected elder and have been very kind to Cong, how can Cong dare to be so arrogant?"

Jia Zheng was quite impressed and said with a smile: "Let's go to Mengpo Zhai and talk."

"According to the master's orders."

All the Qing guests hurriedly got up to see each other off.

In Mengpo Zhai, Jia Cong got straight to the point and said, "I have been in officialdom for a long time. Are there any officials in the court who are familiar with me?"

Jia Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "Zhao Huaian, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was greatly favored by Duke Xianrong and has always been familiar with our family. When Yucun rose up to restore the prefect of Jinling, it was also thanks to his help. Gancheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, and I’m also close to you on weekdays.”

"Are these two people from the new party or the old party?"

"Shilang Zhao is from the old party. Shilang Gan sticks to moderation and doesn't have much of a party. Brother Cong, is there something wrong?" Jia Zhengdao said.

Jia Cong nodded. Based on Jia Zheng's style, he went to work every day and nodded to suit the occasion. He didn't know anything about practical matters and only focused on talking. Since he was from a noble family, it was estimated that the New Party would not befriend him.

"That's it. Cong has some matters that he would like to discuss with a few senior members of the old party, but he doesn't want to go overboard and pay a visit. After all, Cong is also serving as a royal guard, so it is inconvenient for him to make friends with the court ministers. I don't know what I can do."

Jia Zheng said with a smile: "This is easy. Today, Minister Zhao and others are appreciating plum blossoms and reciting poems at Wanmei Mountain Villa in the city. I was invited to go, but I declined on the grounds of being unwell. Since you have something to do, how about you go with me?"

Jia Cong was overjoyed and said, "That's very good."

(End of this chapter)