Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 17 Wu Xiuying was distracted and injured the host Li Weijian while watching the gun in the palace

Li Weijian entered the hall with his hands on his shoulders, followed by Xiu Ying who looked like a quail.Hongyu had woken up earlier, but she was a little shy on the one hand, and Qingwen's little hooves were still sleeping soundly, so she lay on the soft bed and fell asleep.

After hearing this, Li Weijian gasped for air. At this moment, he couldn't care less about being angry and shy. He just put on his clothes, pulled off his shoes and was about to come out.When he raised his eyes, he saw Li Weijian taking off his outer clothes, revealing a bruise under his middle coat. He was immediately startled: "How did you do this?"

"Well...it's all my fault. I was distracted and lost my hand..." Xiu Ying looked pitiful, with tears in her eyes, as if she would cry the next moment.

Li Weijian said: "Thanks to my rough skin and thick flesh, if it were any other brother or sister in the house, their bones would be broken if they were hit by this wooden knife."

He lowered his head and looked carefully, and saw a bruise under his left shoulder, with a small hole in the center.Hong Yu was annoyed that Xiu Ying was neither serious nor serious, but she couldn't blame her too much. She was so anxious that she almost squeezed out the water from a handkerchief.

There was a noise in the Nuan Pavilion, but Qingwen was awakened. She looked around confusedly and saw the bruises under Li Weijian's shoulders. She was so shocked that she ran over quickly: "Fourth Master, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's just a minor injury." Li Weijian said with a smile: "When I was learning swordsmanship in the mountains, my master hit me on the head with a stick and I slept for a whole day. Isn't it fine now?"

Qingwen frowned and said, "It's not a trivial matter to have a broken mouth and see blood. I'll go find gauze to wrap it up for Fourth Master."

Hongyu suddenly felt blessed in her heart and said: "The Xiuju in the second girl's room hurt her hand with scissors, so she had to wrap it in medicine for a few days before it healed. I remembered that there was still some medicine in Xiuju, so I went to get it."

Hongyu tied up her clothes and turned around to leave, ignoring her messy bun. No matter how Li Weijian called her, she ignored her.

But it was said that Hongyu walked all the way out of the small courtyard, and after speaking kind words to the woman who was guarding the east courtyard, she entered the east courtyard, then turned west and passed through the corner gate, and arrived at the residence of Li Wan and Sanchun.

While holding Xia Li, the three girls were still asleep. Several of the maidservants woke up early and were busy at the moment.

Siqi was washing his face with warm water when he saw Hongyu running over in a panic.

"Xiaohong? What are you..."

Hong Yu did not correct Si Qi's title, but stepped forward to hold Si Qi and said, "Sister Si Qi, is Xiu Ju here?"

"Here, what happened?"

"Fourth Master Jian had a problem with his sword practice early in the morning. He suffered a cut on his shoulder. I thought Xiuju might still have some medicine for the wound, so I came here to ask for some."

"Ah?" Si Qi didn't dare to neglect and hurriedly called Xiu Ju.Xiuju ran to Baoxia and rummaged around, then turned around and handed a small packet of wound medicine into Hongyu's hand. She also told him: "This is just ordinary Dijincao. I'll apply it for now. I'll give it to you later." Fourth Master Jian went to see the imperial doctor for a different prescription." (Note [-])

Hongyu didn't agree and returned quickly.Not to mention the chaos in the quiet little courtyard in the northeast, Hong Yu's visit just now woke up the three girls holding Xia Li.

Yingchun got up, called Si Qi and asked a few questions.Since Hongyu had not said what kind of injury it was from the knife just now, Siqi thought it was an iron knife injury, and Yingchun turned pale with fright.

She has been soft-tempered since she was a child and has never been taken seriously.That day I got two cassette fans with winter jasmine flowers. Not only they were valuable, but they were even rarer because they were made with my heart.She was grateful for this sentiment and naturally thought about Li Weijian's good son, so she was panicked when she heard this.

But she didn't have any ideas, so she just kept mumbling: "What should we do?"

He muttered a few words, but Tanchun beside him woke up.

The little girl stood up and rubbed her eyes and complained: "What did the second sister talk about so early in the morning?"

After hearing what Siqi said, the little girl stood up in a hurry.Different from the soft welcome to spring, Tanchun is thoughtful.

"Bring me my clothes. Fourth brother Jian has to go and have a look when he's injured. Then let someone tell Sister-in-law Zhu to see if the imperial doctor from the mansion can be invited over. This shoulder injury is not a trivial matter. It must be done." Get treatment quickly, otherwise wouldn’t it delay the autumn?”

Tan Chun thundered and resolutely woke up Xichun who was still asleep. Within a moment, the three girls were fully dressed.After Li Wan got the letter, he hurriedly searched for it. Sanchun and Li Wan, together with about ten maids and wives, marched toward Li Weijian's small courtyard.

In the small courtyard in the northeast, Li Weijian had already wrapped up his wounds. Hongyu Gu Nian looked embarrassed and scolded Xiu Ying, but Qingwen didn't care about that and talked about Xiu Ying in just a few words until she shed tears.

Li Weijian moved his left arm and felt that it was not that serious, so he said: "She didn't mean it, so don't talk about her. Besides, I practice every day and I often hurt myself."

Qingwen was about to reply when she heard a commotion outside.Hongyu hurriedly welcomed her out, and in a moment she led Yingying and Yanyan into the main room.

Li Weijian stood up to greet him, clasped his fists and before he could say anything, Li Wan quickly stepped forward and asked him with concern: "Where's the injury? Why are you so careless? Brother Jian should never use a knife or a gun in the future. It’s not good to hurt yourself or others.”

Li Weijian was surprised and said: "Why is the eldest sister here? I was just hit on the shoulder by a wooden knife and the skin was broken a little. Why did such a small thing alert the eldest sister... and the three sisters?"

Li Wan's sullen face relaxed slightly, and he asked worriedly: "Wooden sword? Let me see..."

I felt a little regretful as soon as I said the words, even though I have been with him since I was a child and raised him as a biological brother.But now that he is older and looks different from himself in stature, it would be hard to ask Li Weijian to take off his clothes to see the injury.

Li Weijian solemnly said: "Sister, it's really just a minor injury, it'll only take three to five days to heal."

Li Wan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You are the only one left in the capital of the Li family. If you are good or bad, I don't know how to explain to my third uncle and aunt in the future. How about dancing with a knife?" Don't mess around with guns. If you want to strengthen your body, just box. Now that I've passed the autumn, I'll find an official position one day. Marrying a wife, having children, and extending the family life are the real things."

Li Weijian only responded and hurriedly asked Qingwen, Hongyu and Xiuying to move the chairs and invite Li Wan and Sanchun to sit down.

Li Weijian only had time to say hello to Sanchun.

"Second sister." "Brother Jian."

"Third sister." "Fourth brother Jian."

"Fourth sister." "Well, hello, fourth brother Jian."

When everyone was seated, Li Wan felt relieved. Sanchun was here, but he couldn't say anything else.Yingchun was already shy and only looked at her furtively, but when Li Weijian looked over, she hurriedly looked away; Xichun was just dragged over by Tanchun to visit out of affection, and after greeting him, he concentrated on drinking tea; only Tanchun , looked around, and saw two wooden knives stuck in the corner, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother Jian, where did you learn your sword skills?"

"Maoshan. Master taught me a set of sword techniques. I found the sword techniques complicated, so after I came down from the mountain, I simplified them and turned them into sword techniques."

Tanchun said hopefully, "I was given a gift from Fourth Brother Jian two days ago, and I'm very proud of the wooden sword. When Fourth Brother has some free time, why don't you teach me how to dance the sword?"

"Okay."

As soon as Li Weijian agreed, he was gouged out by Li Wan. Li Wan turned around and scolded his sister-in-law: "You still want to dance with the sword? Didn't you see that brother Jian was injured? Look back, the old lady knows, there is always someone good for you!" "

Tanchun stuck out his tongue, but he didn't think so. He just winked at Li Weijian repeatedly, seeing what he meant, even if Jia Mu stopped her, she would dance with the sword.It was still early at this time, everyone talked for a while, and then Li Wan led the three sisters-in-law to say goodbye. Before leaving, he gave some instructions, but he never felt relieved.

Li Weijian sent Li Wan and Sanchun away and scratched his head when he returned to the house. He couldn't blame anyone else for what happened, but only blamed himself for not being good at learning.He thought that he probably wouldn't be able to take the path of martial arts, so he might as well work hard for the American style Iai in the future.

I had breakfast this morning, thinking about my appointment with Yan Fenzhen to visit the inner palace today. Li Weijian injured his shoulder and had some inconvenience on horseback, so he thought about changing to a carriage to travel. At this time, a mother-in-law came to report from outside. A carriage was waiting in front of the door, delivering a letter.

Li Weijian took the paper and unfolded it to see a line on it: Go to the inner palace and come quickly!

He couldn't help but burst out laughing, thinking that Mr. Yan was really impatient. He didn't wait for him to look for him, but he came to look for him first.

Several maids were sifting the dried garlic with the mesh on the sieve. Li Weijian asked Qingwen to sift the garlic and then soak the garlic in the wine and let it sit for four hours without moving it.Qingwen agreed, and Li Weijian changed his clothes and hurriedly went out.

Hongyu called from behind again and said that Li Weijian had injured his shoulder. He was afraid of any inconvenience, so he ordered Xiuying to accompany him.

Li Weijian had always wanted to do it, but he couldn't put it off. He first went to Yimen and waited for a while, then quickly walked out with Wu Haiping and Xiu Ying.

As expected, a green baize carriage stopped near the gate of Rongguo Mansion. The driver on the carriage caught a glimpse of Li Weijian and hurriedly said something behind the curtain. The curtain immediately opened, revealing Yan Fengzhen's face wearing tortoiseshell glasses.

"Brother Jingwen!" Li Weijian greeted him from afar.

Yan Fengzhen said disgustedly: "Why is it too late for resurrection?"

Li Weijian jumped on the shaft and entered the car. Shi Shiran sat across from Yan Fengzhen and then smiled and said: "I injured my shoulder while practicing swordsmanship early in the morning, so I was delayed for a while..."

Seeing that Xiu Ying didn't follow her, he opened the curtain again and said to the silly girl, "What are you waiting for? Come up and serve her."

"Oh." Xiu Ying responded, then jumped on the carriage and entered the carriage.As for Wu Haiping, he had no choice but to ride a horse and follow behind.

As the carriage set off, Yan Fengzhen asked a few questions. Seeing that Li Weijian was fine, he complained: "The rules of Rongguo Mansion are very strict. I have been waiting for half an hour to find Fusheng."

Li Weijian said, "Next time, brother Jing Wen will go to the private alley between the two houses. There is a corner gate there, only about twenty steps away from my small courtyard."

Yan Fengzhen said: "That's really convenient... Let's not talk about this. I must let Fusheng open his eyes today. I heard that the inner government has newly made a fire gun. Within a hundred steps, you can hit wherever you point!"

"Oh? Then we should take a closer look."

As Li Weijian spoke, he raised his hand to open the curtains, and happened to see Jia Qiang from Dongfu whispering something to a bearded man. The man caught a glimpse of him and quickly turned his head.

He didn't care much in his heart and kept talking to Yan Fengzhen about going back and forth. After a while, he saw the carriage leaving the inner city and heading towards the outer city.

After asking, I found out that the Inner Military Academy had moved to the outer city a few years ago and is now in the Black Dragon Pond near Xiannongtan.

Just after leaving the inner city, the coachman said: "Sir, unfortunately, we are catching up with the train from outside the pass, so we may have to take a detour."

Li Weijian opened the curtains and saw a four-wheeled cart pulled by eight horses that stretched endlessly, rumbling towards this side.

Yan Fengzhen said: "Looking at February, the tribute car from outside this pass may be the last one."

Li Weijian just looked at the four-wheeled cart thoughtfully.Now that the wagon technology is available, it's definitely worth noting.

After walking around for a while, we arrived in front of the Black Dragon Pond. Within a four-mile radius was the Imperial Military Academy.Yan Fengzhen jumped off the carriage first and led Li Weijian around the various workshops. Li Weijian was really eye-opening.

Due to the lack of water in the capital, all kinds of lathes and drilling machines in this workshop use animal power.He saw with his own eyes that the craftsman fixed a wrought iron pipe and then used a drill machine to polish the inner wall. In less than half an hour, the inner wall of the barrel was polished smooth.

Then he went to the shooting range and saw Dashun's new fire gun with his own eyes.It looked the same as the original flintlock musket. He took a look at it personally and found that three straight rifling lines were carved on the inner wall of the barrel. This made it indeed much more accurate than the original smooth-bore flintlock musket.

Later, soldiers fired a test weapon. The target was a hundred paces away, and six out of ten shots hit the target.

Li Weijian then thought, if the rifling is carved into a spiral and the projectile changes shape, wouldn't it be a Miner rifle?

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a red-robed official walking quickly. He caught a glimpse of Yan Fengzhen and waved from a distance: "Why didn't you say hello when Jing Wen came? I only found out after listening to what the people below said."

Yan Fengzhen said: "I won't come in three days, but I will arrive in five days. I can't bother Wu Langzhong every time, right?"

"Tsk, this is a heretic. If my mentor finds out, he will definitely find fault with me."

While he was talking, Wu Langzhong came closer, and he saw that he had a big belly, was extremely rich, and had a round face that was very festive.Yan Fengzhen introduced: "This is Wu Zhaosong, a doctor in the Military Academy. My father invigilated the examination that day, so he is Wu Zhaosong's teacher."

"I've met Dr. Wu." Li Weijian smiled and held his hands in greeting.

Yan Fengzhen also introduced: "This is a close friend of mine who is very knowledgeable in practical studies. This time he came to the capital from Jinling to take the Qiu Wei examination. His name is Li Weijian and his courtesy name is Fusheng."

Wu Zhaosong narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, my resurrected brother is handsome and good at practical learning. He will definitely accomplish something in the future."

Yan Fengzhen pushed up his glasses and said: "I have seen the new fire gun. The original method is to penetrate the poplar with a hundred steps, but now it is six out of ten. Whether it hits or misses depends on luck."

Wu Zhaosong smiled apologetically and said: "First of all, it is much better than before. Let me tell Jing Wen privately that Prince Zhongyong presented the new fire blunderbuss to the emperor early this morning. Saint Long Yan was very happy. After inspection, he will make three thousand guns."

Yan Fengzhen sneered and said, "I'll look at you and think about how to improve it."

Wu Zhaosong spread his hands and said, "My doctor is just chasing a duck to get on the shelves. I have no idea how to improve the fire blunderbuss... Hey, how about Jing Wen give me some ideas?"

Where did Yan Fengzhen get the idea at this moment? He simply blamed it on Li Weijian: "You still need me to give the idea? Fusheng, you can come up with an idea at will to open Wu Langzhong's eyes."

Wu Zhaosong looked at Li Weijian with a smile. Li Weijian would have declined politely. Unexpectedly, Li Weijian said: "I have just thought about it, and I really have two small suggestions."

"Ah?" Yan Fengzhen was surprised, and then he was happy: "You really have it!"

Note [-]: After reading several analysis articles, I personally prefer the title of the imperial physician in the Dream of Red Mansions to be the honorific title for the doctor enshrined in the Jia family, rather than the real imperial physician.

(End of this chapter)