The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 23 King Beijing

After Jia Huan left Baomoxuan, shopkeeper Li immediately asked the staff to mount the three paintings, and then he went out excitedly and came to Beijing Palace to ask for an interview, and was soon allowed to enter the palace, but he came out after about a stick of incense, and he didn’t know if he saw the owner, but the three paintings he brought disappeared, and they were replaced with a heavy bag, probably gold and silver.

At this moment, in the warm pavilion in the Beijing Palace, a handsome young man is admiring the three paintings Jia Huan painted.I saw this man in his early twenties, wearing a white hairpin and silver-winged king hat on his head, wearing a Jiangya seawater five-claw sitting dragon python robe, and a jasper red belt. His face is like beautiful jade, and his eyes are like stars.

King Beijing is one of the four kings among the four kings and eight princes who founded the Great Jin Dynasty, and he is the iron hat king, so he can not be hereditary.

At this time, Wang Beijing praised and said: "This painting method is novel. What's rare is that this person's technique is already very popular. Both the calligraphy and the painting are quite sophisticated. It really came from the hand of a seven or eight-year-old boy?"

There is a person standing next to King Beijing at the moment. It is the chief eunuch in the palace. His name is Wei Xian. He is about forty years old. He has a white face and beardless, high forehead and wide brows.

"Sell it on behalf of someone?" A trace of suspicion flashed in the eyes of King Bei Jing and said, "It seems unreasonable to ask a child to sell calligraphy and painting on behalf of someone."

Eunuch Wei nodded and said: "It's really unreasonable, and these calligraphy and paintings are obviously made recently."

King Bei Jing pondered for a moment, then asked, "What's the name of the boy who sells calligraphy and painting, and where does he live?"

"Li Chaogui only knows that the boy's surname is Jia." Eunuch Wei replied.

The King of Beijing frowned and said, "Surnamed Jia? The largest Jia family in the capital is Rongning. Could it be that this son is from the Jia family?"

Eunuch Wei's eyes lit up and he said: "It is possible. It is said that Jia Baoyu, the second master of the Rongguo Mansion, has a son named Jia Baoyu.

King Bei Jing nodded when he heard the words: "Since he was born with jade, it is not surprising that he has different abilities than ordinary people. Moreover, this painting has no signature or seal. It is obvious that he deliberately concealed his name. After all, Jia's family is a family of Zhongming Dingshi, a family of poetry, books and ink.

Eunuch Wei clapped his hands together and said, "My lord knows the truth, that's why!"

King Bei Jing laughed and said, "You old bastard is more and more flirtatious."

Eunuch Wei chuckled and said, "This servant is telling the truth."

The King of Peking waved Eunuch Wei away, and carefully admired the three paintings for a while, and said to himself: "The brushwork is the same as the three paintings I saw a few days ago, so they should be made by the same person, but these three paintings are colored and inscribed. Naturally, they are better than those three paintings. If it is really made by Jia Baoyu, he can be called a child prodigy. The king of Japan must see this wonderful work born of jade (comment)!"

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Besides, after Jia Huan came out of Mobaoxuan, Qian Huai couldn't wait to ask, "Have the paintings of the third master been sold?"

Jia Huan nodded, and Qian Huai immediately beamed with joy, and asked excitedly, "How much money did you sell this time?"

Jia Huan stretched out a slap, Qian Huai's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "50 taels?"

"Five hundred Wen!" Jia Huan sighed.

Qian Huai felt as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water, and said disappointedly, "It's only five hundred Wen?"

Jia Huan frowned and said, "Five hundred Wen is not bad. It's the result of my hard bargaining. Last time I was able to sell for ten taels of silver, it was pure luck."

Qian Huai thought about it. There is no such thing in this world, but it’s not bad to be able to sell five hundred Wen. My monthly salary is only five hundred Wen. And the third master can make it back by just painting a few paintings.

Jia Huan walked forward with a dull expression, Qian Huai scratched his cheeks, and followed behind dejectedly, thinking that last time he boasted to the servants in the mansion that a painting of the third master was worth ten taels of silver, but this time the three paintings were only sold for [-] Wen.
Jia Huan glanced at Qian Huai, who looked like an eggplant beaten by frost, and was secretly amused. This guy has a big mouth. Last time he sold paintings and earned 30 taels of silver.

So Jia Huan took precautions this time and told Qian Huai that he only sold it for five hundred Wen, so that he wouldn't be able to control his mouth and show off everywhere.

Next, Jia Huan's master and servant walked around the street and bought two catties of cooked mutton, a braised pig's trotter, a roast chicken, and a jar of Shaoxing rice wine. They spent a total of 450 Wen. Even Qian Huai, who has always been a lazy eater, felt that it was a luxury.

Jia Huan plausibly said: "The body is the biggest capital. Eat well and drink well to have the energy to earn more money, and money is a bastard, just spend it and earn it."

Qian Huai's eyes lit up, and he laughed and said, "Third Master, I wish I could reward the slaves with a few bastards."

Jia Huan said lightly: "No bastard, can you get out?"

At about noon, the master and servant returned to the vicinity of the Rongguo Mansion. From a distance, they could be seen stomping their feet in the cold wind, and looking at the gate of the Rongguo Mansion from time to time.

"Hey, that guy seems to be an iron bull." Qian Huai said.

Jia Huan walked quickly to take a closer look, and found that one of them was indeed Tie Niu. It seemed that he must have been waiting outside the door for a long time, so he hurriedly said hello, "Brother Tie Niu."

Seeing Jia Huan appearing behind him, Tie Niu couldn't help but said happily: "It turns out that Third Master Huan isn't in the mansion."

"You're Jia Huan? We've been waiting for a long time!" The companion next to Tie Niu was about fourteen or fifteen years old. He was also very tall and strong, with dark skin, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Tie Niu's.

Tieniu immediately scolded: "Shut up, you can call him Sanye Huan, you can call him Sanye!"

The young man curled his lips and ignored it, Tieniu was furious, and was about to explode, but Jia Huan hurriedly said: "Brother Tieniu, don't get angry, it's a big deal, and it's worth fighting, this must be your brother, right?"

"I'll take care of you when I get home!" Tieniu kicked the young man's butt, and then replied embarrassingly: "It's my brother..."

"My name is Tiehu, a fierce tiger, you kid, don't fool him just because you think my brother is being honest, you can stand this punch carefully!" The young man interrupted Tie Niu, and raised his casserole-sized fist threateningly.

Tie Niu really got angry this time, kicked Tie Hu flying away with a bang, and cursed: "Irreverent beast, go home, don't embarrass yourself here."

This iron tiger is solid, he got up from the ground and patted his butt as if nothing happened, and muttered: "I'm just worried that you will be cheated, big brother, do you deserve to be so angry?"

"Fart, you were wearing crotch pants when I was earning money to support my family. I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice!" Tie Niu's eyes widened with anger, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to come forward to give him a big beating.

For a while, Tie Niu couldn't bear to beat him up with his raised fist. He knew that although his younger brother Tie Hu was five years younger than him, his skills were not weaker than him. He didn't fight back every time he was beaten, just out of respect for his elder brother.

Jia Huan was both amused and a little moved, he smiled and said, "Brother Tieniu, calm down, let my younger brother be sincere, and it's normal to worry about you being cheated."

Tie Niu said embarrassingly: "My younger brother doesn't care about anything, and he speaks straightforwardly, Third Master Huan, please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter!" Jia Huan glanced at Tie Hu, who was rolling his eyes, and changed the subject, "Did the concierge not tell you that I went out early in the morning?"

Tie Niu shook his head foolishly and said: "I told them to look for Mr. Huan, and they asked me to wait here, but after waiting for a long time, Mr. Huan didn't come out. My brother couldn't help but stepped forward to ask. They got impatient and said they had already notified the inside and told us to continue waiting. If you can't wait, get out."

Tie Hu sneered and interjected, "If it wasn't for my brother holding him back, I would have punched him in the face with one fist."

Tie Niu's face darkened, and Tie Hu quickly hugged his head and continued to squat.

Jia Huan frowned, probably the slaves who guarded the gate saw that Tieniu brothers were poorly dressed and didn't give them any benefits, so they didn't pass the news on for them at all, and even made fun of them, making them wait for a long time in the cold wind.

"Brother Tieniu, wait a moment, I'll deal with it!" Jia Huan walked towards the gate of Rongguo Mansion, Qian Huai vaguely realized that something was wrong, quickly followed and whispered: "Third Master, don't be impulsive!"

Tie Hu rolled his eyes, jumped up nimbly, and followed behind silently. Seeing this, Tie Niu could only follow, lest this kid cause trouble.

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