Sword of the Red Chamber from Heaven

Chapter 203 Talking about Jia Gong's sonorous voice in the imperial examination
In Rongguo Mansion, in a warm pavilion in Xikuanyuan, Xichun dragged Jia Gong into a warm pavilion.

"Entering the painting, don't pour tea~"

The room is not as grand as the one in Rongqing Hall, but it is also gentle, with pink decorations all around.

An exquisite small desk is covered with writing brushes, and there is a thick stack of rice paper and colorful paints beside it.

Seeing this, Jia Jun couldn't help but think of these girls in Jia's mansion. They were trained according to the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It's a book attendant, while Xichun is a painting, and the little maid is called Ruhua.

Seeing the stack of rice paper, Jia Jun seemed to have touched the brush, so he smiled and said, "What does Sister Xichun draw on weekdays?"

Xichun directed the maids in the room to serve tea and pour water, and she was too busy for a while, so she responded casually, "It's nothing, I can paint whatever I think of, my skills are still inexperienced, and I haven't mastered the three flavors, so I'm just being generous~"

Hearing this, Jia Gong became a little bit interested. In the future, she painted Grand View Garden for Grandma Liu, but she used a lot of ink, and there were a few volumes of extremely delicate calligraphy, so she got up from her chair and went to the book case. walked over.

"Brother Gong, the tea is not good, don't think so"

Xichun just took the tea bowl from Ruhua, turned around, but found that Jia Gong was going to the book case, as if going to see her painting, Xichun was taken aback for a moment, then seemed to think of something, her small face froze slightly Changing, pedaling quickly, Jia Yu came to the book case first, took the rice paper of the book case, hid it behind him, and stammered: "Brother, there is nothing to see. Tea, you go and taste~"

Jia Jun paused with his outstretched hand. Seeing that Xichun's face was a little red, he was quite nervous, as if he was afraid that he would make a joke, so he shook his head and smiled, and reached out and knocked on the other person's forehead, "Just don't look at it, and you will master your skills in the future." , draw me a picture~"

When Xichun heard this, she didn't speak, and stood there pretty, just nodding like a chicken eating rice, but her hands were kept behind her back. Seeing this, Jia Gong smiled slightly, and turned back to the official hat chair in the middle of the lobby superior.

Seeing Jia Gong leaving, Xichun couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, then quickly turned around and hid the rice paper in his hand in a cabinet, and locked it up neatly. After doing this, he exhaled heavily.

Looking at Jia Ju who was smiling and looking at her from the side, her little face couldn't help turning red again.

Cultivated since a young age, coupled with a remarkable talent, Xichun's painting skills are already very good at such a young age, but the things in the paintings are
"Brother Ku~"

Xichun snorted.

At this moment, I heard movement from outside the door again, but it was Sister Feng, Li Wan and Yingtan Erchun, Daiyu and Baochai who came in one after the other.

"Master Hou, the old lady told us to come over, the fourth girl is too young to take good care of her~"

Seeing that another group of people came, Xichun pouted. In fact, she didn't want to share the time alone with Jia Jun with a few people, but seeing that everyone had already entered the door, she couldn't say anything more, so she welcomed them to sit down.

Daiyu seemed to have guessed what Xichun was thinking, and whispered a few words in her ear, making Xichun's cheeks flush, but where Daiyu couldn't see, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.

With such a group of people here, Xichun's room became lively, but they didn't know what to say when they faced Jia Jun. When there were too many people, the atmosphere became a bit awkward. Jia Jun also discovered this situation. Except for Daiyu and Xichun, he didn't see them many times.

Last time, I brought a lot of things, and Cailuan, Xiangling, Jia Baoyu, and Jia Lan were there, so he wouldn't be the only man in the room, but this time it was different. Not used to it.

However, with Sister Feng around, it wouldn't be cold. I just heard Sister Feng say with a smile: "Brother Gong, you are a very busy person. It is rare to see you. You finally came here and didn't even say a word. Is it possible that we are all together?" A man-eating tigress??"

Hearing this, Li Wan also smiled and said, "Don't get us involved, we don't have the rigidity of your second grandma. If there is really a tigress in the house, there will only be one~"

"A tigress from Southern Province~"

Daiyu added, hearing this, the little girls all laughed. Sister Feng is well-known in the two prefectures, not only the old women, maids and servants are afraid of him, even his men are afraid of him. , Jia Lian was also terrified, and now Lian Erye doesn't even have a house filler, isn't he just a tigress?
Jia Gong didn't speak at the side. After all, they are relatives separated by several rooms. In addition, they are rarely seen, and the relationship is not close. Daiyu can joke, but he can't.

Xiang Ling, who was standing next to Jia Gong, also hid her titters, and she had been with Dai Yu for three years, but she knew how powerful the Second Mistress in front of her was.

When Sister Feng saw that Jia Jun didn't talk to her, she changed her mind. She made this joke, not only to liven up the slightly awkward atmosphere, but also to make the brother in front of her speak. After all, she brought a few girls here just to serve him. This old man in front of me.

But when she thought about it, she guessed the reason. Although Jia Jun had met them a few times, he was not familiar with them. There will be a process of getting familiar with each other in the communication between people. Cheng Baoyu, who was with them on weekdays, was about to burst out laughing at this moment.

At this moment, a little Douding came in, but it was Li Wan's son Jia Lan.

Seeing the little guy, Jia Gong waved.

Jia Lan felt a little shy when he saw Jia Gong. He only saw Jia Gong twice in total, unlike Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, and Jia Cong, who usually see him every day.

On the contrary, when Li Wan saw Jia Gong calling Jia Lan over, there was a strange look in his eyes, he squatted down, and said in his ear: "He is the champion Hou Jia Ju, didn't you say that you will become a hero like him in the future? Now Such a good opportunity should be seized~"

Hearing Li Wan's words, Jia Lan nodded her head lightly, walked towards Jia Gong with small steps.

"Jialan pays respects to the champion~"

Jia Jun couldn't help being amused when he saw the appearance of the little douding man, who was a little ghost. The little guy was taken care of very well by Li Wan, and his personality was not like Jia Huan and Jia Cong's. He had the character of a scholar.

Thinking of the two governments raiding the house in the future, this little guy passed the imperial examination, which is quite a sign of revival, it is indeed not easy.

"I heard that you are reading? Which book are you reading now?"

Jia Lan stood up straight, and replied sternly: "The fourth book of songs, chirping deer, eating wild apples, I have a guest, playing the lute and the sheng~"

Hearing Jia Lan's reply, he couldn't help but remind him of an interesting story. It was Jia Baoyu's baby brother, Li Gui. One day, Jia Zheng was furious and planned to punish Jia Baoyu. "What, yo, deer ming, lotus leaf duckweed", caused the whole room to burst into laughter.

Jia Clan Studies was in charge of Jia Dairu, an old scholar of the Jia family, but his teaching level was mediocre. When the Rongguo Mansion was still in existence, the entire Yuzi generation did not have a scholar who passed the imperial examination and entered the officialdom, even when he planned to study. , never thought about going to the ethnology school, because he knew that it was just a waste of time there, he couldn't learn anything useful, and the learning environment was relatively poor, it might as well be in his own courtyard~
"You can't learn anything from ethnology~"

"If you want to take the road of becoming an official through the imperial examination, you can't waste time in ethnology. Youdao is a famous teacher who produces outstanding students. Jia Dairu, who is in charge of ethnology, is just an old scholar. In terms of talent and learning, he doesn't even have you. Hello mother~"

Hearing Jia Ju's words, Jia Lan was slightly taken aback. He knew that his mother could recite poems and sentences, but he didn't expect that Jia Ju would think so highly of her, so he turned his head to look at his mother.

Li Wan was a little embarrassed to be praised so much by Jia Jun. Although she is the daughter of Guozijian Jijiu, she is very talented and has read books, but she has a little regret. She has never read books about the imperial examination system. After all, her daughter These things are not used at home.

"Brother Gong, I'm kidding, I have never read articles on the imperial examination system, only some enlightenment books and female commandments~"

Hearing what Li Wan said, Jia Jun shook his head with a smile. Even if he didn’t read much, his level is better than that of a scholar. last poem.

"Although I didn't take the imperial examination, I still know what the Tongsheng exam is for. Sister-in-law Li doesn't have to be overly modest. In fact, all the sisters are also very talented. If they can pass the imperial examination, they may all be able to shine~"

Everyone is willing to listen to good words, not to mention the words from a young hero, the girls present are very happy in their hearts.

Especially those girls with great ambitions, such as Tanchun, Baochai, Daiyu, etc., she felt a little proud of Jia Gong's affirmation.

However, there was a strange look in Li Wan's eyes. These young ladies who have never experienced the ups and downs of life know the dangers of the officialdom. Since ancient times, there have been many capable people with lofty ideals. In the ups and downs of the officialdom, how many stand out?

In many cases, it doesn't mean that if you are talented, you can overcome obstacles in the officialdom, move forward all the way, and become famous. More often, it depends on a person's family background and connections.

This is a very real problem, even if a scholar who is selected as the number one scholar, will not be also transferred to the Imperial Academy to be a scholar of the Imperial Academy, it is just a false title from the sixth rank, and even many will Being surpassed by the second place in the list and the third place Tanhua Lang, that is the number one in the country. Even so, there are a lot of tricks, let alone ordinary Jinshi.

How much room for manipulation is there in this?If you count them up, it may be unbelievable~
Therefore, in the officialdom, only a small number of people can stand out from the thousands of scholars without relying on the support of their families. As the few girls in her family thought, ordinary people stop at one state and one county at all, and they can't get to the foot of the world at all. The capital is an important place, and her father is the Imperial Academy Jijiu. She knows more about these things than ordinary people.

And there are not many champions like Jia Gong at such a young age. He is even said to be the youngest one. Even Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty is not as good as him. Compared with a champion, his title is even more difficult. .

To a greater extent, what he said was just a deceit, so how could it be so easy?

The thing is actually the same, even for a person like Lin Ruhai, whose talent and ability are far superior to Jia Zheng's by several times, if it is not for Jia Guan's intervention, he may die in Yangzhou~
How can it be so easy to mess up in the officialdom?Jia Zheng, who was born in the Rongguo Mansion, would have been squeezed out by his colleagues from the Ministry of Industry if he didn't have the big backing of the Rongguo Mansion.

At this moment, Lin Daiyu spoke from the side: "Brother Gong, haven't you already read the Four Books and Five Classics and the eight-legged scholar's articles before, so what's the matter now?"

Jia Gong smiled and shook his head, "Imperial examinations are not accomplished overnight, nor are they fishing for three days and drying the net for two days. For ordinary people, it may take more than ten years to get better. I have been in northern Xinjiang for several years. Things are almost as early as before." It was returned to Duke Zhou, so how can you remember anything?"

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng started to talk on the sidelines again, only to hear Sister Feng said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, brother Gong is now a lord, and his studies are at most a number one scholar. How can he be so respectable? The country rests~"

Speaking of this, everyone seemed to have opened up their chatterboxes, and they started talking one after another.

I only heard Baochai say: "Although Brother Gong is now famous all over the world, the sufferings he suffered are also very comparable. On the battlefield, swords, lights and swords will kill people at every turn. In the past few years on the Nine Sides , Brother Yu, what you have experienced, even if it is any scholar or even an official butcher in the court, who can match it?"

When Daiyu heard this, she couldn't help thinking to herself, although she knew that Jia Gong was extraordinary, but as Baochai said, on the battlefield, swords have no eyes, and during the three or four years in the northern border, I am afraid that even one An Wenjue has never slept, thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little distressed.

Those loving eyes looked at Jia Jun involuntarily with a trace of other emotions.

Yingchun on the side felt a little bit embarrassed, if compared with Jia Jun, how would their life in this mansion be?It is also much better than Jia Ju, but Yingchun is not good at words, did not speak, and only looked at the brother in front of him with sympathy.

As for Tanchun on the other side, he has a shrewd and capable personality and lofty aspirations, just like what Cao Gong said in his poem, "Talent is shrewd and aspirations are high", but I don't quite agree with Baochai's words. In fact, I yearn for such things in my heart , I just think that Jia Gong will live up to the real man by riding his horse on the battlefield, breaking the army and killing the enemy, and making great achievements.

Today, there is actually only one protagonist, and that is Jia Jun.

After talking, Daiyu asked again: "Brother Gong, with your talent and learning, it shouldn't be difficult even if you take the imperial examination to become an official. Why did you choose another path in the end?"

Hearing this, Baochai came to visit Li Wan, a trace of suspicion flashed across his eyes. Although Jia Gong had a scholarly spirit, everyone had not seen his true talent and learning. Why did Daiyu say that she had passed the imperial examination? Can Dao successfully become an official?
Wang Xifeng and Yingchun were somewhat guessing about Daiyu's words, but Xichun knew exactly what Daiyu meant.

The room full of books, as well as the scripture book he left behind, contain a little bit about politics and various aspects. It is not difficult to see that Jia Jun actually has some understanding of these things, and he even said that he is very familiar with them. If it is true He wants to take the imperial examination route, but if he wins a Jinshi, the two governments will definitely bet on him at that time. With the help of the connections of the two governments, he will be able to rise to the sky soon. Of course, this is just wishful thinking in their little girls' hearts. They still don't know enough about the real officialdom and Jia Gong. If he had a choice, he wouldn't go that way.

Hearing Daiyu's words, Jia Jun shook his head with a smile, he was born at the wrong time!In fact, at the very beginning, he had weighed both imperial examinations and military merits. He would not have chosen to go to the battlefield to fight for fame without Da Huang Ting and other methods. up!

I just heard Jia Jun say: "Probably my ancestors didn't let me take the road of imperial examinations to join the WTO! Before Dakang was full of smoke, there were various forces in the north entangled on the border, and the autumn wind came from time to time. The people on the border were miserable and arrogant. Since the founding of the country, Kang has suffered from this malady. Since I have the strength in me, how can I behave like that little daughter? A man stands in the world, no matter whether he is a slaughterer for an official or goes into battle to kill an enemy, he must live a life of his own. Unrestrained and happy, with a clear conscience~ Although it is not bad to become an official through the imperial examination, but I prefer to be on the battlefield~"

"Loyal bones are buried everywhere in the green hills, so why return them wrapped in horse leather~"

Hearing this sonorous sound that was different from that of the daughters in the boudoir, all the girls felt numb all over when they heard it, and felt that something was touched in their hearts. They are used to seeing Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, and Jia Huan who secretly hang out with their daughters. , under this comparison, it seems even more different.

Sister Feng on the side smiled again and said: "You are still young, don't be fooled by Brother Gong, how many of you can come back alive after going to the battlefield? If you want to find a general to be your husband in the future, really If I become a widow, then the ancestors will not peel off my skin~"

The girls laughed again when they heard the words, Baochai glanced at Jia Jun with her beautiful eyes, and then said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Feng, it's just a matter of fact, there is only one champion in the world~"

"Jun Moxiao on the battlefield, how many people have fought in ancient times~ We all know~"

When Sister Feng heard Baochai's words, she hurriedly smiled and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, that's the sentence, I forgot~"

Hearing Wang Xifeng's words, the rest of the girls all laughed out loud. They all knew that Sister Feng had never read a book, so how could they just forget it?
Sister Feng's face turned embarrassing, "What are you laughing at~~ Maybe it's not enough for my aunt to watch a play and learn a few sentences~"

Hearing this, Li Wan said with a smile: "Stop talking about it, these things don't appear in playbooks. If the old lady hears it tomorrow, I'm afraid I'll slap you~"

Everyone laughed again when they heard this.

Jia Guan lowered his head, looked at Jia Lan who was standing aside, and said, "Aunt Bao, you are right. The battlefield is indeed extremely dangerous, but it is better for a man to go to the army to experience some things. I have personally experienced it, seen it, and know it, so I won’t be deceived by others in the future, and I can walk out of my own way~”

"However, there is no rush for this matter. When you become an adult, if you want to go to the army for training, I can help you arrange it!"

Hearing Jia Jun's words, Li Wan got up gently and hurriedly thanked him.

Today, she brought Jia Lan here, isn't she just to have a relationship with Jia Gong?If it is really possible in the future, with Jia Gong's support, my child's journey will be much easier.

Jia Jun waved his hand, said it was all right, then thought for a while and said: "If Boy Lan really wants to become an official through the imperial examination in the future, then he should invite another famous teacher! I have a general idea of ​​what is going on in ethnology. , Today's words, the gentlemen in the mansion should know it soon, and they will definitely pay attention to it. In the two mansions, except for the previous generation who respected the lords and won the imperial examination, there is indeed no one in the imperial examination. I got it~"

"Boy Lan is not bad, he is well educated and motivated, don't delay him, don't wait until the end, if a good piece of rough jade is carved with a hammer, it will be ruined~"

Sister Feng listened on the sidelines, and there was a strange look in her eyes. This boy Lan, I am afraid that he will become a big hit in the future. With Jia Gong, the family will definitely pay attention to the training of Jia Lan in the future.

Li Wan is a smart person, so he can naturally guess the attitude of the Taoist family in the future, and he immediately smiled like a flower, and asked Jia Lan to thank him quickly.

Jia Lan is still young, and he still doesn't realize the weight of Jia Ju's words and how much change they can bring to him in the future, but he has always listened to his mother's words, and since his mother asked him to thank Jia Ju, he didn't dare to hesitate. Thank you respectfully.

Seeing this scene, Tanchun and Baochai, who had brothers, felt envious in their hearts, but they knew what was going on with their brothers, so they didn't dare to bring them in front of Jia Gong.

"Brother, it's agreed, you stay and play hard with me~"

At this moment, Xichun pursed her mouth, as if she was a little jealous, okay, after these people came, Jia Jun didn't talk to her anymore
Hearing this, Jia Ju shook his head with a smile.

"Forget it, I have a game here, let's play it together while everyone is here!"

(End of this chapter)