Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 167
Jingying,

When Wang Ziteng received the emissary, he immediately packed his bags and prepared to leave for home.

It's been more than a month since I went to attend the morning court tomorrow, and I don't know what Shuyi said about herself. Although Luo Yunhou is good, the emperor is too suspicious, and this matter needs to be discussed in the long run.

In the big tent,
Wang Ziteng specially asked the chief entourage of the mansion to come to the famous You in Nancheng to buy a lot of meat at the restaurant. This was for Wang Ren and Jia Lian. They had suffered a lot these days, so he had to explain to them before leaving.

Wang Ren and Jia Lian were also exhausted when they were notified, they sat down and slumped there after Tong Chuan came in.

They seemed to have no strength, and Wang Ziteng was quite appreciative in his eyes.

"Eat something first, drink some tea to relax."

"Thank you uncle."

The two of them thanked each other without ambiguity. They picked up the bag with their bare hands, rolled the meat, and ate it.

Wang Ren couldn't stop praising that the taste was so good that Jia Lian's tongue almost swallowed what he ate there, and he wolfed down a pouch.

Seeing this, Wang Ziteng began to say;
"You guys are eating, let me tell you, I received a letter from the palace today, and I will go to the city to return to the palace tomorrow, and there are three days before the competition, what are you going to do?"

Wang Ren and Jia Lian said without thinking;
"Still as usual, continue training."

Wang Ziteng shook his head repeatedly. When Wang Ren and Jia Lian saw each other, they put down the food in their hands and asked in a puzzled way;

"How does uncle react?"

"Confused!"

Beijing tent,

Wang Ziteng unexpectedly reprimanded the two of them in a rare way.

Wang Ren and Jia Lian were confused by what was being said, and they didn't realize what was wrong, so Wang Ren could only stand up and ask respectfully;
"I don't know what uncle means by that, but brother Lian and I have something wrong."

Jia Lian also stood up and bowed solemnly;

"Please tell my uncle clearly."

Wang Ziteng stroked his long beard, stretched out his hand and pressed it down, motioning for the two to sit down, and then said;

"Leading soldiers can't be reckless, you have to pay attention to one piece and one piece, and you can't pull the string too tightly and it will break easily, understandable."

The two sat down and listened, and pondered for a while. What does uncle mean by practicing too much these days?

"Uncle means that my nephew practiced too hard, but the frontier soldiers practiced the same way."

Wang Ziteng reached out to stop Wang Ren's words,

"Go ahead and eat, let me tell you something about the Beijing camp going out to suppress bandits a few years ago."

Wang Ren and Jia Lian were really hungry. After hearing what their uncle said, they started to eat without regard to their appearance, but their eyes were always on Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng told the whole story. In the past, Beijing and the camp worked together to suppress the bandits.

The troops of the first battalion of the Beijing camp were also stationed outside for training. They did not stop for many days. The soldiers were exhausted. People and horses are useless.

"So, the more critical the moment is, the more relaxed you have to be. Counting the three days of competition today, I will ask the cook to give you extra meals for the second battalion tonight. Take a good rest tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and go directly to the competition at the beginning of the year."

Wang Ziteng ordered the two of them directly, and Wang Ren and Jia Lian suddenly realized, and nodded again and again.

Coincidentally,

The same order was issued at the same time in the frontier camp, inside the Forbidden Army, and in the East City camp outside the pass.

Even Jia Lian sent a letter home, but Wang Xifeng just read it and threw it aside, and continued to let Ping'er preliminarily screen the available people in Jia's family.

After several days of inquiries and visits, Wang Xifeng also knew that there were so many children under the Jia family, and most of them lived under the Rongguo Mansion, and it was not easy, so Pinger asked after reading the roster;
"Grandma, there are too many people, how do we choose?"

Wang Xifeng also had a headache. First of all, the people around him had to be inserted in, and then he had to choose a more trustworthy leader, which would be easy.

"How have you checked these days, is there any suitable child to lead?"

Ping'er thought about it carefully, so he replied;

"Grandma, there really is one. It's on Ningrong Street, in Liutiao Hutong. It should be Jia Yun from the fifth room. She has a good reputation down there."

Wang Xifeng was also talking about Jia Yun, but she only had some vague impressions, as if she met Jia Rong once in Dongfu Ningguo Mansion, and didn't care.

"Can this be done? I remember he was begging for work from Brother Rong."

Ping'er smiled softly;
"My grandma, how long has this been going on, are you working in a restaurant now?"

Wang Xifeng turned her head in surprise and asked;
"How do you know so clearly, it's not the spring heart sprouting."

Ping'er was so scared that he waved his hands again and again;

"Grandma can't talk nonsense, there is absolutely no such thing, I went out to investigate these days."

Seeing that Ping'er was taking it seriously, Wang Xifeng stopped teasing her, and replied;
"Okay, let him alone, and then ask him to find dozens of people to report to the Houfu Chamber of Commerce next year. This month, two taels per person will be issued this month. You can arrange it."

"Yes, grandma."

Ping'er had known it for a long time, and following Wang Xifeng's order, he went to inform the Jia family's children one by one that they were going to enter the chamber of commerce. The two taels of silver per person also drew cheers from the people below. The news spread quickly, and Jia She heard that Yan didn't care about it, the work of the caravan was handed over to herself, and she wanted to intervene but her father-in-law agreed.

Jia Amnesty never expected that Wang Xifeng would be able to make a fresh start.

Since Jiamu reprimanded the family members in the two mansions of the East and West, she has not been out of the way, and she has returned to the past every day, accompanied by Sanchun and Baoyu.

And Jia Baoyu still went to the ethnology study on time every day. Originally, Jia Baoyu didn't want to go to the ethnology study, but there were many children of the Jia family, and more of them surrounded Jia Baoyu, and the older brothers shouted shortly.

How could the grand occasion of compliments have been witnessed by Jia Baoyu who never left the gate of the house before?
It is natural to be ecstatic. Although there are teachers teaching, there is no learning atmosphere, and there are not many rules. The teachers also turn a blind eye and close one eye. As long as they don’t make trouble in the classroom, they are up to them. After all, they are public. The son of the Hou family.

This time, after Jia Baoyu finished his meal, he took his servant Mingyan to the east side of the mansion, the backyard, a large separate courtyard.

When Jia Baoyu arrived here, many of the clan's children, big and small, had already arrived, but Jia Baoyu ignored him and walked in swaggeringly. Only after leaving the hall did they enter.

There is a huge space inside, people are sitting randomly, and there are no rules. Of course, the best seat is the side by the window. Jia Baoyu went straight to the seat where he was sitting earlier. .

After sitting down, I looked around boredly. They were all children from the side branches of the two houses, fighting there. There is no one in Baoyu's position, so he naturally became the "big brother who takes the lead."

After a quarter of an hour, a middle-aged man with his hair tied up and wearing a Confucian uniform walked into the hall. The children in the hall immediately became quiet, and even Jia Baoyu sat up straight.

The master didn't say much when he saw it, so he took out the annotations of the book Analects and began to read,
After the first paragraph was finished, many disciples were drowsy, and the teacher in the hall didn't ask any questions, and continued talking paragraph by paragraph.

At first Jia Baoyu sat upright and listened carefully, but after a while, he became impatient, looked left and right, and many of his disciples yawned secretly.

Some people were whispering in private, and suddenly there were some people discussing some big competition there, and they were still arguing about who was the number one. endure.

After the master announced that the get out of class was over, he couldn't help but came forward and asked,

"What are you guys talking about?"

Seeing that it was Jia Baoyu from the Rongguo Mansion, several of the Jia family's children were startled, stood up respectfully and shouted;

"I met Master Bao."

Baoyu waved his hand and said;

"Okay, it's all my own children, how can there be such rules, what did you say just now?"

Among them, Jia Fang and Jia Qin of the East Mansion said in unison;
"Second Master Huibao, we are discussing who will win the first place in the Beijing Grand Competition in three days' time. If the guess is correct, the remaining people will have to pay for a good meal for everyone."

Jia Baoyu became interested now, just this, that's not easy to grasp, these days I have heard people talking about it outside, and I have paid attention to it for a long time.

"In this way, I will also participate, no matter whether I win or lose the banquet, I will give it myself, how about it."

Jia Fen, Jia Chang, Jia Qiang, Jia Fan, Jia Zhi, and the other members of the Jia family all cheered loudly.
"Second Master Bao is grand."

"It's still the second uncle Bao, the Jia family will look at the second master Bao."

"That's right, why don't we all follow Master Bao and go see it together then."

"Second Master Bao is so proud."

The children of the Jia family were praising there, and the atmosphere made Jia Baoyu's face flush with excitement,

"Okay, let's talk about it, it's done like this, listen to me."

Jia Qin first said;

"Second Master, I think the Forbidden Army can win the championship this time. I know that Brother Rong is on duty in the Dragon Forbidden Captain in the East Mansion, and every day I say that the training of the Forbidden Army is simply not human. If it is not the number one, who is the number one?"

"No, I think it's the Beijing camp. The second master Lian is going to participate in the competition in the Beijing camp, so he must support him."

Jia Fen said there, and many Rongguo Mansion children nodded in agreement.

Jafar shook his head in disagreement.
"Second Master Bao, I think it's still the frontier army, not to mention that the frontier army of the nine provinces has always been the elite of Dawu at the border, that is, the frontier army of Luo Yunhou outside the pass, this is the one who beat the Jurchens away, this is a real record , this first should be produced in one part of the frontier army."

After listening to it, all the students in the hall nodded their heads in secret thinking. As the saying goes, the elite of Dawu is on the Nine Sides, which refers to the frontier army of Dawu. , even more powerful.

Jia Baoyu was a little confused after listening to several people expressing their opinions. He felt that what he said was right. How could he make a choice? Jia Baoyu had a difficult choice again.

"What are you all doing here! You still want to be boarded!"

An arrogant voice came from outside the door.

(End of this chapter)