The Red Mansion Big Liar

Looking at Ping'er's pursed lips, he secretly complained in his heart, how many secrets is she hiding?

I only used 30% of my strength just now, but I uncovered so many secrets. It seems I will have to use more strength in the future.

He just asked casually, but he didn't expect to get this unexpected gain.

He wasn't really opposed to this kind of thing.

Sometimes, even when Qin Keqing couldn't perform well herself, she would help to entertain Youshi or You Erjie.

"Since she has helped us, we can't destroy the bridge after crossing the river."

He paused and said, "But we must know when to stop."

Having said that, Qin Keqing and the You sisters are a family behind closed doors, but Li Wan is different. Zhang Yun逸 is also worried that Ping'er will be led astray by her.

"Hey hey!" Hearing that Zhang Yunyi did not blame her, Ping'er's worry turned into joy, "Sir, can you help with Lan's matter?"

"You've already asked, how can I not agree?"

He paused for a moment and said, "Although we should train hard in winter and in summer, Lan is weak and his clothes are too heavy for him to be able to move freely. It won't be too late to talk about it in spring when he can wear lighter clothes."

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 176 Storytelling (Part )

"Brother Yi!"

Zhang Yunyi came into the sun room and all the girls stood up.

It was quite warm in the sunroom. Everyone had already taken off their cloaks, revealing their inner garments. The narrow-sleeved long coats of different colors formed a sharp contrast with the white snow and glass outside.

Lin Daiyu is delicate, Baochai is plump, Yingchun is well-proportioned, Tanchun is slim, Xiangyun is tall, and there is also a cold-faced loli Xichun. They are all plump and thin, and each has her own merits.

The snow-covered Huifang Garden adds a touch of spring.

After greeting each other, Tanchun took another step forward and said with a smile, "It's the end of the year and the government is busy. We came here to enjoy the snow, but it caused a lot of trouble for Brother Yi."

Yingchun also stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Sister Lin just said that she would come to teach Sister Xiangling poetry in a few days, so we have to accompany her. I just hope that Brother Yi will not think we are bothering her."

Baochai smiled and said, "Sister, you are wrong! Brother Yi paid a lot of money to hire Sister Lin as the tutor, so he hoped that Sister Lin could come and teach Xiangling often."

She quietly replaced everyone with Lin Daiyu, and no one noticed the difference.

Zhang Yunyi smiled and said, "Sister Baochai is right. It is said that the master's guests come frequently. I wish you could come often."

Logically, Jia Zhen is the real master of Ningguo Mansion, but Yingchun, Tanchun and Baochai seem to have forgotten him.

Zhang Yun逸 also regarded himself as the master, and there was no sense of incongruity at all.

Xiangyun was also led astray, clapping her hands and laughing, "What a good host and guest, we have just composed some poems, so we must ask Brother Yi for some pointers."

Uh……

Zhang Yunyi suddenly felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.

It was originally just a commercial compliment, but Xiangyun unexpectedly took it seriously.

The original owner did not have much literary talent. As a modern man, he was not even proficient in poetry. If he was asked to compose poetry, he could probably find some famous lines that had never been published.

But it was indeed a bit difficult for him to gossip and give advice on everyone's poetry.

However, when Xiangyun said this, Tanchun immediately moved to the desk, picked up a few copied poems on the table, and handed them over with a smile.

"Brother Yi, just read the poem. Don't mind my sister's crude handwriting."

Zhang Yunyi could not refuse, so he had to take it. While thinking about the countermeasures, he praised: "It turns out to be the calligraphy of the third sister. It is like a mountain carved by an axe, elegant and graceful. It is said that the handwriting is like the person, and it is true."

The four girls in the Jia family each have their own talents. Tanchun is particularly good at calligraphy, so her writing skills are naturally not bad.

Rather than being modest, Tanchun's words just now were more like an intentional reminder to Zhang Yun逸 that this was her intention.

Knowing that her poetry was not as good as Lin Daiyu, Baochai and Xiangyun, she made up for it in other ways.

At this moment, hearing Zhang Yunyi's praise, a hint of joy flashed across his face.

Zhang Yunyi read it carefully. Although he couldn't tell the good from the bad, he could roughly understand the meaning.

So he pretended to be deep and said: "The poems about plum blossoms written by my sisters are all excellent. I am not good at poetry, so I can't say whether they are good or bad. But, if you understand the meaning of the wind, don't destroy it easily. Compared with the cold and aloof plum blossoms that are not afraid of wind and snow, I have more pity for them."

"Eh!" Lin Daiyu said in surprise, "Brother Yi changed a word in Cui Daorong's poem "Plum Blossom", and it actually has a different artistic conception."

This……

Zhang Yunyi secretly felt lucky, as he had heard this sentence in a TV drama in his previous life. He didn't try to understand it very well, so he didn't look for the source and didn't even know that a word had been changed.

Thinking of playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses, and seeing that the artistic conception of the poem was different from that of other people's poems, he just picked it up and used it, hoping to fool people. However, he did not expect that he would run into trouble.

However, after two lifetimes as a human being, he had already developed a strong body and bones, so he did not show any embarrassment.

Instead, he said shamelessly, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, sisters! I just thought that women in this world have many difficulties, just like plum blossoms, facing the harsh wind and frost, so I couldn't help but feel pity for them."

When these words were spoken, everyone had different feelings. Mrs. You, You Erjie, and Xiangling all looked at him with loving eyes.

Even Xichun, who was always cold and stern, felt sympathetic, and the whole scene fell into silence.

Needless to say, Lin Daiyu was deeply moved by the harsh conditions. Tanchun also felt sad that as a girl, she could not make a name for herself.

Xiangyun and Yingchun have both lost their parents, while the other is worse off than having no parents.

Only Xue Baochai was the first to recover after a moment of trance.

Although she was a girl like everyone else, most of the household affairs were shared by her and Aunt Xue.

Even the most important events in life can be taken control of, so I don’t feel deeply about it.

Although she was not deeply touched, she intended to please Zhang Yunyi and would not spoil his performance. She could not help but admire him and said, "No wonder Brother Yi could make up a story like Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang. It turns out that he is such a thoughtful and considerate person."

Although he had read a lot of online articles in his previous life and had plenty of stories to entertain himself, they were not suitable for this era.

In addition, Xiangling was still pregnant, so she was worried that the mythological stories like Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio would scare her. The only thing she remembered clearly was Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Odyssey" from her previous life. Qiuxiang was also a maid, which matched Xiangling's identity. So she slightly changed the taboos in the story and told it to cheer her up and make her smile.

Unexpectedly, Xiangling told everyone.

Lin Daiyu looked at him with a bit of scrutiny, and asked, "Could it be that there really is a man like Tang Bohu in this world who is willing to become a slave for a woman?"

"How not?"

Without waiting for Zhang Yunyi to speak, Jia Baoyu patted his chest and said shamelessly: "Not to mention becoming a slave, even if my skin and bones were turned into ashes and then into smoke, and the wind blew them away, I would still be willing!"

At first, after listening to Zhang Yun逸's words, he fell into deep thought, but when he saw that all the sisters were moved, he couldn't help feeling a little dissatisfied and indignant.

However, although he wanted to refute and attract the sisters' attention, he didn't know where to start.

Now, having finally gotten the chance, he immediately rushed to perform.

Zhang Yunyi secretly complained in his heart. He had said this more than once in the original book.

So he sneered: "Brother Bao, don't be so funny! If the old lady and the wife heard what you said, it would be fine. At most, they would complain about me. But if uncle heard it, it would not be a joke!"

After hearing the first sentence, Jia Baoyu was about to refute, but when he heard the name Jia Zheng, he unconsciously shrank his neck.

Although he did not admit that he had only boasted before, his ugly behavior was exposed in the eyes of his sisters.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu was frightened by him, Zhang Yunyi calmly said, "We need to look at the bigger picture. If Tang Bohu doesn't have talent and martial arts, and can't help Hua Fu out of his urgent need, even if he is a passionate man, how can Hua Fu be willing to give Qiuxiang to him just by being a slave?"

Jia Baoyu finally caught the opportunity and said disdainfully: "She is just a maid, but she helped them to be together. Isn't this a good story?"

Most of the people present were women from official families, and they just thought it was a love story. If it weren't for Zhang Yun逸's words, they would have agreed with Jia Baoyu's point of view.

But if you think about it carefully, not to mention that both young masters in Huafu are interested in Qiuxiang, how could such a talented and beautiful maid end up being a servant?

Among them, You Shi had a deep understanding of this.

If Zhang Yunyi were not a rare treasure, how could Jia Zhen be willing to give away his wife?

She glanced at Zhang Yunyi and put herself in Tang Bohu's perspective. Although he was not a slave, he lived in Ning Mansion and captured all the children in the family. Not only were they similar in nature, but he was even worse.

"It's getting late, you guys chat first, I'll go see how the food is prepared!"

Thinking of the worse, she couldn't help but feel a little scared. She was afraid that someone would notice her, so she quickly made an excuse to escape.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 177 Storytelling (Part )

When Jia Baoyu saw that Chengquan's words were not echoed by others, he felt more aggrieved.

He did not point the finger at the sisters, but instead said to Zhang Yunyi indignantly: "Could it be that in the eyes of Brother Yi, everyone in this world is a profit-seeking, muddy fool, and he is unwilling to make this good story come true?"

Zhang Yunyi sneered: "Brother Bao just said that he was willing to give up everything for Qiuxiang. If you were Hua Wen or Hua Hu, would you still be willing to make this beautiful story come true?"

"This……"

Jia Baoyu was speechless for a moment. After a long pause, he said with a red face, "If I were Hua Wen and Hua Hu, I would not delay Qiuxiang."

He had a high opinion of himself and felt that he was not a fool, but in Zhang Yunyi's opinion, he was even worse than the two brothers.

Not to mention that Qingwen was driven away, he never said a word about it. Even for Lin Daiyu, he never said in front of Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang that he would marry her.

Even when Zijuan was testing the jade, he simply did not let Lin Daiyu go home.

It should be noted that this era is different from later generations. There is no such thing as dating. Even in the early years, according to what the great men said, dating without the purpose of marriage was still hooliganism, let alone in ancient times with strict ethics and morals?

There is no difference in this respect whether it is a lady or a maid. Even if it is just a concubine, the title of a first-class roommate is legitimate in this era.

To put it nicely, Jia Baoyu's character is irresponsible, and to put it bluntly, he is a scumbag.

This kind of scum is different from Zhang Yun逸.

Although he was always greedy, he never shirked his responsibilities.

Even for someone like Youshi, we would try our best to consider her.

Naturally, people sneer at Jia Baoyu's irresponsible behavior.

However, before he could sneer at her, Xiangyun scratched her rosy face with her fingers and said with a smile: "Second brother has no shame! You are talking lightly now, but I don't know who it was the other day, but you were still speaking for Xiangling..."

At this point, she finally reacted and stopped talking abruptly.

When the old things were mentioned, Lin Daiyu snorted coldly and turned her head away, while Xue Baochai unconsciously lowered her head slightly.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Tanchun was afraid that Jia Baoyu would lose his temper and make Zhang Yunyi unhappy, so that he would hate everyone in his family as well.

She quickly changed the subject and said, "Brother Yi's story is very interesting, especially the couplet between Tang Bohu and Dui Chuanchang, which is even more interesting. Xiangling didn't remember it all just now, so why not tell us more about it."

Although Xiangyun didn't finish her words, Zhang Yunyi understood the meaning behind them.

I sneered in my heart, I haven't even provoked you yet, but you come to provoke me first.

In front of everyone, he didn't want to lower himself and argue with a ten-year-old child, so he went with the flow and began to tell the story.

……

But Youshi left the glass house and came to the Dengxian Pavilion, where she ordered food to be prepared.

Then Third Sister You walked over with a pout and an indignant look on her face.

"Big sister! Are you doing this on purpose? It's a rare good day, why can everyone go out to bask in the sun but not me?"

Since the beginning of winter, it has snowed every now and then. It was a rare good day when we could go out and bask in the sun, but it was ruined. Third Sister You was quite unhappy.

"Oh! Just be quiet! If it were only those girls, you could go, but there's also Baoyu, the treasure of the West Mansion. He gets mad when he sees pretty girls. You've always been a troublesome person, and if you provoke him, the old lady will complain for nothing!"

Although she had a deep prejudice against her sister, Youshi could more or less guess Zhang Yunyi's intentions.

He was worried that Third Sister You would provoke Baoyu, so he specifically warned her not to come in.

Third Sister You said indignantly, "With his silly look, who would want to provoke him?"

Although she did not meet everyone, she saw everyone passing by in Doufengxuan.

Yu-shi ignored her assurances and refused to give in, saying, "Less trouble is worse than more trouble. If you don't provoke him, there's no guarantee that he won't become insane and come to provoke you. A while ago, because he saw a dirty joke in the mansion, the old lady called the guy in front over and gave him a good scolding."

The person mentioned in front naturally refers to Jia Zhen. There were no outsiders here, and Youshi was too lazy to call him master. She also deliberately distinguished him from Zhang Yun逸, so she didn't even bother to call him your brother-in-law.

"How come my second sister and Xiangling can go, but I can't?"

Yu Shi sneered, "How can you compare with them? They have all been through a good life. Even if Baoyu is so tactless, if he dares to provoke them, even if the old lady or the mistress cannot bear to punish him, they can just let the second master of the West Mansion know, and he will be punished even if he loses a layer of skin!"

As if she felt that what she said was not clear enough, she added: "The old ladies can only scold the one in front, but they dare not boss your brother-in-law around like that!"