Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

In Jinling Jia's mansion, Li Wan was in a good mood.

After Jia Lan came back from the exam, he was filthy and haggard. Li Wan didn't bother to ask how he was doing in the exam, so he hurriedly asked someone to wash him up and take good care of him, but After these nine days, Jia Lan seemed to have lost some of her childishness, became more stable, and matured. Jia's mother also sighed when she saw it.

After a good night's sleep, Jia Lan regained his energy. When Li Wan asked him quietly how he was doing in the exam, he said, "My son doesn't know, but I think it's okay, but there are others, so it's not surprising that I failed the exam." " Li Wan only heard the sentence "I feel okay", and felt that his son must be humble, and his mood has been clear since then.

In comparison, Xue Baochai was much more depressed.She also thought that Shengjia might come to Jinling, and then she might be able to fulfill her wish and fly up to the branches, but after all the exams, she went from the excitement and hope at the beginning to the depression and disappointment later, She was so annoyed to death by now, and after hearing the news from Xue Pan, the emperor had already seen the show girls and appointed some of them to keep, but in the end she didn't have herself, which made her feel disheartened.Aunt Xue was also anxious, but seeing her daughter depressed, she couldn't show it too much, she just sighed secretly.

On the contrary, Mrs. Wang's mind became active again.If Baochai is not selected, it would be great to be his own daughter-in-law. When Baoyu comes back, he will have to make a good match. If he is in high school, he will also arrange the marriage, which is a double blessing.Marriage has been the order of parents since ancient times, and the old lady would agree if she wanted to.

Mrs. Wang was planning her own calculations, but Baoyu naturally didn't know about it.He knew that Jia Lan was also taking the exam, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He did his best and obeyed the destiny. He took advantage of the time to deal with the two stores, and asked people to find a few better Zhuangzi to buy them, and to renovate Tingshuang Chuixue, which hadn't been touched for many years, and he also had other ideas.

Soon came the [-]th day of August. This day was a test of theoretical knowledge, such as military strategy, formation of troops, etc., but Shui Hong invited the old loyal Prince Shui Qi to answer this question.He is considered to be the oldest person in the generation who conquered the world back then, with rich experience, Shui Hong had already made up his mind, and asked Shui Rong to go to the mansion to invite the old prince to join him before leaving Beijing.

Shui Qi responded very readily, and sent someone over not long ago.Shuihong handed him the ladder, so he naturally had to go down.In this way, the emperor appreciated his help in front of people and made contributions to the country, and he also gained the reputation of being loyal to the emperor, which is the best of both worlds.

The day passed smoothly, and the next morning Lin Ruhai was in the garden of the Slender West Lake. Jia Lian and Feng Sister Daiyu mingled behind them, but no one paid attention, and they all came to watch Baoyu's heroic appearance—they were there last night He was still very embarrassed when he said this to him, and kept waving his hands——after seeing them today, he blushed, which made Jia Lian worry that his performance would be affected by embarrassment!

The first round is foot archery. Each person shoots nine arrows. The target is ten feet away. Only those who hit the red heart five times are eligible to enter the next round. In the competition of strength, firstly, there is a hard bow, which is divided into eight, ten, and twelve strengths, as well as sword dancing and stone lifting. There are certain grades, and those who are qualified can finally compete in the school field.

Baoyu is naturally calm.After a literary test yesterday, one-third of the thousands of people who originally took the test have gone.In terms of archery, although he looks weak on the outside after practice, he is actually quite predictable. Coupled with his better eyesight and body coordination than ordinary people, these are simply a piece of cake for him.In terms of strength, hehe, I won’t say anything.

It's normal, Baoyu's nine arrows all hit the red heart when shooting from foot, and it's still the same when shooting from horse.The arrows are sharp, taking into account the accuracy and strength, the posture is vigorous, and the movements are smooth and flowing. The crowd watching outside burst into exclamation from time to time. It was effortless, as if holding a thin bamboo pole, lifting the weight lightly, the examiners nodded one after another, and they all believed that the champion of martial arts this time must be this young man who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen.

The heaviest weight is [-] jin. The stone is lifted between the chest and abdomen, and then the bottom and right sides of the stone are turned over once with the help of abdominal force. Those who complete it once are qualified.Baoyu mobilized his inner strength, shouted, and the stone weighing three hundred catties was easily lifted up, danced a few flowers in the air beautifully like a juggler, and then put it down, all in one go.

When this time is over, there will be no more than 70 people left, and there will be more than [-] people at most.

When they arrive at the school field, they will start a one-on-one competition. The one who gets down first and cannot get up or leaves the field will be the loser.Baoyu thought about more than 70 people, when will they fight one by one?It would be too miserable if you can't even eat.However, the examiner said that the time in the morning was used up, and he would compete again in the afternoon. Now he is happy, and he has strength only when he is full!

So Shuihong praised Baoyu during the meal, and Sister Feng was stunned. She never knew that Baoyu had such abilities. When she lifted the stone just now, she whispered to Jia Lian that she was afraid that the stone would fall suddenly What to do if it hits, "If the old lady comes to see it, she must be frightened." She said so.

Baoyu smiled very calmly: "It's nothing, it's easy to lift, and it's not troublesome at all." The group of people except Daiyu's jaws were about to drop.When the competition was over after dinner, Shuihong was seriously thinking about what official position he should arrange for Baoyu if he won the first prize in both civil and military affairs—this was because Baoyu's performance really surprised him.In the first batch of papers sent by those people yesterday, he had already seen Jia Lian's answer papers and articles, and it is estimated that there will be Baoyu today.

He was thinking and watching here, and Baoyu felt a little bored on the stage.He is quite high now, and the strength of the people here is relatively low. They can almost see the flaws when they move, and they can solve one with one punch and one kick. He has already solved more than a dozen with a cup of tea.The judges were dumbfounded. Some of the other contestants were so weak that they were extremely weak, while others were angry and eager to try, wanting to go up and teach him a lesson.

As a result, there is no doubt that they won a complete victory. Only one of them, who was bigger and stronger, took a little trouble and used five moves to kick him out of the field.It was only an hour after the last person fell to the ground.Baoyu stepped forward and patted the man on the shoulder, and said yes, he lazily walked out of the school grounds, muttering: "It's too boring, even if there are a few people like the man in black that year. ah?"

There was a moment of silence outside the arena, and then there was thunderous applause and whistles.Shui Hong Shui Rong looked at each other with a smile on the table.Jia Lian Daiyu also had a happy face, but at the same time, she couldn't help but feel that these people are really weak, and they are nothing to watch.

When he returned to the mansion that night, Baoyu went to bed early, and Jia Lian had to write a letter about the competition to the people in Jia's mansion.At the same time, the second batch of papers was also sent to Shuihong's case. When he saw it, he found that Baoyu was in the first paper.He flipped through it roughly and then gave up, waiting for the next day to take a closer look.Shui Rong also leaned forward to take a look, and was patted by Shui Hong on the head and led to a chair, where Du Yueyan sat, listening to them tell her about Baoyu's performance today.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Shui Rong was about to leave, the queen called him back, and said: "Your brother and I have picked out several beautiful girls for you, and there are portraits, do you want to see them?" His scalp was numb, and he was thinking about how to get away with it, when Shuihong also spoke, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, your sister-in-law and I have selected them from thousands of thousands of people, with good tutoring and outstanding character and appearance, it depends on you." Which one do you like?"

Shui Rong had promised him in the first place, but now he was being treated leniently, so he had no choice but to stiffly accept the portrait handed over by the palace man, and then stiffly thanked him and said goodbye.Shui Hong and Du Yueyan looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

Not to mention that Shui Rong was entangled in these things, within a few days, the excellent test papers from various test centers were delivered one after another, and two study rooms were piled up. The small print makes people dizzy.

Shuihong is busy giving marriages to the eldest sons of various palaces. The girls are not too high-born, they are the daughters of officials of the sixth and seventh ranks. It doesn’t matter whether they are concubines, as long as they look good, Shuihong doesn’t have the energy to go Inquiring about how they behaved, there was nothing wrong with them anyway.Just stare at the water-soluble one.

Shui Hong had dealt with those princes before, and the late emperor was very tight when he was alive. Not only did he not assign princes to let them open the mansion, but he didn't even point out the concubine, so although they have many concubines now, But he has never had a wife, not even an heir, and now Shuihong's gift of marriage can be regarded as a kindness, and he will be able to put hats on their heads in a few years, but he still wants to delay it for a few more years to see if he can do it Use it, otherwise only Shui Rong would be too busy alone.

A lot of marriages go on, and the etiquette and engineering departments in Beijing are extremely busy. They have to calculate auspicious days, prepare auspicious clothes, and send people to various palaces to repair new houses. The atmosphere is high.Jia Zheng was exhausted from helping in the lobby of the Ministry of Industry every day, but within half a month he received the news that Baoyu had become the No. [-] martial artist in this division!

In other words, Jia Zheng is actually not very happy with Baoyu taking the martial arts exam. He always thinks that Confucianism is the right way, and those warriors who wield guns and clubs are rude and can't be ranked in the elegant hall, but other officials are not like that Thinking about it, you can tell with your toes that you have high hopes for this martial arts today. Once you start this, the trend of martial arts will definitely blow up again in the future, so everyone congratulates and envies Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng also became a little happy.

Not long ago, Jia Huan was released from the foot restraint. Not to mention repentance, she became even more depressed. When she heard that Baoyu had become the champion of martial arts, her jealousy raged even more.But it didn't make them resent for many days, Mother Jia treats the whole family well and is about to come back.

It turned out that after hearing the news, Jia's mother was very happy, so she asked Jia Lian and Baoyu to come back, and everyone went back to Beijing together, but both of them wrote letters saying that they could not go back. It is best to stay in Yangzhou for a while until the list is published. Going further, Mother Jia was pushed back full of enthusiasm, holding her breath in her heart, and pulled everyone back first.

Jia Zheng was busy with business and tidying up the house to welcome the old lady back, so he was at his wit's end, so he simply handed over all the family affairs to Aunt Zhou.Aunt Zhou is soft-tempered and soft-spoken, and the servants have troubles from time to time, but after a few days of getting used to it, she feels that this person is also delicate and not easy to fool. Work hard and don't dare to be careless.

Aunt Zhou also knew that this was only temporary, and Madam Wang would finish the matter after she came back, and she was unwilling to do too much, otherwise Madam Wang would also run on her, and if the servants held grudges, they would not be able to live through that day.When he arrived in this way, the people below and Jia Zheng felt that this person was very knowledgeable and knew how to behave.Not to mention, Aunt Zhao thought that she won the master's heart even more, but because of Jia Huan's crime, she didn't even welcome herself. Now that the housekeeper's good deed is cheaper, Aunt Zhou is so angry that she hates it , just wanted to bite her a few bites to vent her anger.

How many twists and turns here are can't be expressed in detail, Yangzhou is mild and windy and rainy, autumn is here, it's the time to eat crabs, Shuihong sneaked out of the busy, thinking about the beauty of the Slender West Lake, he quietly took the queen to enjoy it once.Shui Rong follows Baoyu and Daiyu, making them feel that this man is too ugly.

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