Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 177 Appointment

Li Weijian stopped where he was and thought to himself.

Sister Bao's skill is wonderful. Since she can't catch up with her for the time being, she simply takes the trap to prevent herself and Daiyu from accomplishing anything good.

Then I thought about it, my second sister was deeply in love with me, so I didn't expect her to have any other thoughts, but Daiyu had to deal with it quickly. If not, Daiyu will inevitably think randomly.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Weijian quickly went to the greenhouse in the east courtyard and looked around. Then he picked a bunch of small flowers in the greenhouse near the east, put them in his sleeves and returned.

Arriving near the main room, I happened to see Xiu Ying coming out of the house carrying an empty wine bottle. Li Weijian greeted him, led him to the corner, quietly handed over the bunch of small flowers, and warned: "I'll give it to Xueyan later, and I said it's for their girl."

Xiu Ying responded in a muffled voice, and Li Weijian returned to the banquet with her heart in mind. It's hard to tell Qingwen about this matter. Although she likes Daiyu, she can't help but think about it if she doesn't have such a favorite thing; If a girl is a mistress, I'm afraid she won't do her best in this matter. After much deliberation, it was only Xiu Ying who was the most suitable person to do it.

Just don't let anything go wrong.

He sat down for a while, then Xiu Ying came back with a sullen face. First she stood in the corner, and then the crab seemed to move sideways in front of Xue Yan. He grabbed the opponent's hand and forced him to fight, then bit his ears again.

This fool suddenly turned this matter into a spy war style!

Li Weijian didn't look, fearing that he would laugh if he couldn't help it, so he quickly covered his face with his hands. Fortunately, the girls were laughing and joking without paying attention. Although Xiu Ying was clumsy, she finally got the thing done.

Xue Yan was pleasantly surprised after hearing the whisper, and turned to look at Li Weijian. Seeing him nod, he immediately responded with a smile and a nod. After a while, Xue Yan quietly came to Daiyu's side and gently handed over the bunch of small flowers.

Daiyu was surprised, pinched the little flower and asked, "Where did you get it?"

Xue Yan smiled and said nothing. Daiyu suddenly felt relieved and turned to look at Li Weijian who was at the table. When their eyes met in mid-air, Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled.

Li Weijian immediately felt relieved. Then I thought about it again, Sister Lin didn't seem to care... I didn't know whether to be worried or happy.

After collecting his thoughts, he turned his head and happened to see a pair of apricot eyes, looking at him with a smile but not a smile...

After the play was sung, the banquet was removed and replaced with tea and snacks. Everyone watched the show for a while, and when the time was over, Wang Xifeng announced: "It's almost the time, and there's still wind outside. Why don't we go back early, so that the old lady won't miss you."

Tanchun said coquettishly: "Second sister-in-law, please be naughty for a while longer."

Wang Xifeng reached out and poked Tan Chun between the eyebrows: "If I follow you, then it's not enough to play like crazy. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back after playing like crazy for two more days."

Tan Chun drank two cups of thick wine and his face was red now. Hearing this, he immediately hugged Wang Xifeng with his arms tenderly and reluctantly.

To put it bluntly, although the girls were a little reluctant to leave, the banquet was still over.

After sending the girls away, it was already cloudy outside and the north wind was howling. When the group of people were waiting to return, fine snowflakes were flying in an instant.

Xiu Ying shouted: "It's not even October yet and it's snowing!"

Although it is snowing in Jinling at this time, it will not fall so early. Xiu Ying immediately ignored the cold wind and started playing wildly chasing the fine snowflakes. The remaining maids also chased him and laughed.

If they were still in Rongguo Mansion, they would not dare to be so presumptuous.

Li Weijian walked with his hands behind his back and looked on with a smile. Fu Qiufang followed, walked a few steps and said, "Master... but you are interested in Miss Lin?"

"Huh?" Li Weijian thought he was hiding it and had not been noticed, so he asked, "Why do you say that?"

"I heard from Miss Xue that when I came to the capital from Jinling, I was taken care of by the Lin Yan Division, so I took good care of Miss Lin."

Li Weijian smiled and did not answer, but asked: "What does Qiu Fang think of Miss Xue?"

"Miss Xue is dignified, bright and thoughtful, so she is good."

"What about the bad ones?"

Fu Qiufang couldn't make a conclusion easily, so she bit her lip and said, "I've just been in contact with him three times, and I haven't seen anything bad yet."

Li Weijian said: "Don't worry, the days are long. When you see what's wrong with Miss Xue, come back and tell me later."

Fu Qiufang nodded silently, thinking to herself, could this Miss Xue have ulterior motives?

After returning to the main room, Fu Qiufang informed Li Weijian of the gifts given by everyone. The second girl carefully made a Qingyun scarf, and Tanchun and Xichun presented poems and paintings to one; Wang Xifeng presented candlesticks; the eldest sister presented a stack of peace charms; Baochai presented a pair of peach wood swords; Daiyu presented word.

The others took a brief look at it, and Li Weijian took Daiyu's poem over and looked at it carefully, and saw that it read:

Under the green chanting candle, autumn thoughts are swirling.

There are many fallen leaves and heavy rain, and the bright river is half separated by clouds.

The fluorescent lights are visible again, and the sound of insects can be heard at night.

When it comes to who is a lover, we can share you with you in a clear bottle.

What a "who is a lover, we can share the same prince with a clear bottle"!

Li Weijian felt relieved. Just when he put down the paper, he saw Xiang Ling stopping in front of him. He looked up at Li Weijian and said, "Fourth Master, what did Miss Lin write? Can you let me see it?"

Li Weijian smiled, flicked the rouge between his eyebrows, and said teasingly: "No."

Xiangling suddenly stood on the spot, not knowing what to do.

On the other side, a group of carriages and horses had already entered Rongguo Mansion. Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun gathered together, chattering about what they had seen today; Baochai and Li Wanxing were together, laughing and chatting; Wang Xifeng was stopped by Ping'er, but there was something in the house that had to be decided by Wang Xifeng; Daiyu It is only decorated on the back, and the right hand in the armhole is still holding the small flower stem.

When everyone came back from going out, they always wanted to say hello to the old lady before they could go back and have a rest, so they walked together towards Jia Mu's courtyard.

Just after passing the Weeping Flower Gate, I met Er Baoyu running towards me. Her face was happy at first, but then she became annoyed and said: "Thankfully I was worried about my sisters at home, for fear that something would happen to my sisters. It turns out that you have never thought about me at all. "

Tanchun said: "What the second brother said, if we go to the fourth brother Jian's house to burn the bottom of the pot, what's going to happen?"

"You don't understand." Without saying anything, Baoyu walked straight to Daiyu and asked with concern: "Is Sister Lin okay? It's cold today, so don't freeze."

After saying that, he went to grab Daiyu's hand.

Last year, it was just an ordinary move, but now it was different. Daiyu escaped without leaving a trace, inadvertently revealing a bunch of small flowers in her hand.

Baoyu was suddenly startled: "Where did you get the flowers? I have never seen this style before." As he spoke, he was about to snatch the flowers from Daiyu's hand.

How could Daiyu be willing? He took a step back and clasped his hands behind his back, and said slightly angrily: "Brother Bao, it doesn't make sense to take it for yourself without asking!"

Baoyu said: "I'm just curious. Let's take a look. What kind of flower is in Sister Lin's hand?"

Sanchun, Baochai and Li Wan all gathered around. Daiyu was worried, but she couldn't hide it anymore, so she had to hold it in her hand for everyone to watch.

Sanchun didn't recognize them at all, but Baochai thought they looked familiar. Li Wan looked at them thoughtfully, and after a long while he said, "It's actually a leek flower."

When Li Wan pointed it out, everyone suddenly understood. Baochai was thoughtful and asked, "Where did Sister Lin get the chive flowers?"

Daiyu said with a smile: "When we were walking in the greenhouse, you all gathered around Brother Jian asking questions. I saw that the chives were beautiful, so I picked one myself." Baoyu said with a smile: "Sister Lin Wouldn't it be nice to pick more and pickle the chives later?"

Daiyu rolled her eyes at him, disapproving of it. What about chive flowers? If she only has it, that's enough.

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Turning around, I saw that the eaves and the ground were indeed covered with a layer of fine white snow early in the morning. When the sun came out, all the scenery turned into water in just an hour.

Li Weijian was thinking about when to go to the inner government office to take up his post, when Qian Xue came to report: "Sir, someone from the inner government has brought official uniforms and a seal."

"Who is coming?"

"It's a book clerk, Manager Wu is waiting for him."

There was no need for Li Weijian to come forward to receive the visit from the district secretary's office. Qian Xue stepped back, and after a while, a pile of clothes was delivered to her.

There are a total of four sets of clothes including sacrificial clothes, official clothes, ordinary clothes and official clothes. Except for the black top and red bottom of the sacrificial robe, the rest is all vermilion. The regular robes are also embroidered with lion patches in advance.

According to the system, creation of meritorious service can lead to a title, which is equivalent to a military honor. Li Weijian is a second-class man of the first grade, so this complementary man is a lion.

Accompanying the clothes are a set of seals, an official certificate, and a letter of appointment issued by the inner government. Only with these three things can Li Weijian take office.

Qingwen and Xiangling looked at the novelty, so they lifted up their clothes and helped Li Weijian change. Xiuying was ignorant and gathered around to watch the excitement. Fu Qiufang and Hongyu were the most eager, one carefully arranged Li Weijian's hat, and the other turned over and over to look at the seal.

After changing into his patchwork clothes and buckling his rhinoceros-horn belt, Li Weijian looked around with a straight face and asked, "How is it?"

Fu Qiufang's heart trembled, and she praised repeatedly: "It's really different to change into public clothes."

Hongyu's eyes were even more moist, staring straight at Li Weijian and unable to move away. Qingwen, on the other hand, spread out her clothes carefully and said, "This official uniform is a little too wide. Fourth Master, please change it. I will change it later and I will make sure it will fit me tomorrow."

Li Weijian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, that sentence is indeed correct. A big man cannot lose power for a day, and a young woman cannot lose wealth for a day.

However, just after he got an official position, the women around him had some changes in their view of him.

Afterwards, several women looked at the appointment letter again. Fu Qiufang read it briefly and said, "Is the master appointed as the head of Duyu Division?"

"Ok?"

Li Weijian then took the official certificate and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, it said that it was the principal of Duyu Division.

The Yu Division of the Inner Palace is in charge of the selection of military attachés for the Forbidden Army, which is different from the Ministry of War and has its own system. What is the Forbidden Army? There are ten troops from the capital camp surrounding the capital. One group is chosen to enter the capital every year to protect the imperial city. This group is the forbidden army.

This move was initiated by the current sage, and it was also because of this move that the sage spent ten years slowly taking the Beijing camp into his hands.

Li Weijian thought to himself, this person is the person in charge, the problem is that this Yusi... Could it be that King Zhongyong really believed in him and wanted him to train gunners?

While he was thinking about it, Nian Xia entered the room and said with a salute: "Sir, Mr. Wu said that his brother has been found."

Before Li Weijian could say anything, Xiu Ying on the side said "Yeah" and then walked out angrily: "He must have run around again. Look, I won't treat him well today!"

When his brother-in-law was found, Li Weijian always wanted to go over and have a look. I wanted to change my clothes, but Hongyu said: "Fourth Master, some people only respect Luo Shan first and then others. Why don't Fourth Master wear official uniform?"

Recalling that both Xiu Ying and Wu Haiping had said that Wu Hai looked like a monkey, he immediately nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll go over and have a look."

As he walked out of Deyi Gate, he could hear ghosts crying and howling in the side hall.

"Ouch...sister, let go, your ear is broken!"

"It's better to stop it, lest you become disobedient in the future!"

"Listen, why didn't I listen? This time there is a reason."

Then Wu Haiping said: "Don't listen to his nonsense. Looking at this outfit, he looks like a slutty Tatar. He might have gone somewhere to hang out."

"Brother, didn't I just come back from the grassland?"

Li Weijian felt secretly happy, and then entered with a straight face and head held high. Wu Haiping and Xiu Ying then parted ways and came forward to see the ceremony.

Li Weijian nodded, strode to the main seat and sat down, then carefully looked at the monkey. This Wu Haining is not tall, has a lean figure, and has particularly cunning eyes. He looks like he is thinking a lot.

"Young Wu Haining, I have met Fourth Master."

"Well, your brother sent the letter a long time ago. Why did you only arrive in the capital now?"

Wu Haining said nonchalantly: "When I heard that Yangzhou salt merchants were selling salt at a low price, I went to join in the fun, had a fight with others, and walked north with the salt, looking for a place to sell it and make some money. .”

"and after?"

"Later... It would be hard to say that this man was unlucky enough to drink cold water. He bumped into the inspection department halfway and took the small one without saying a word. It must be said that the small one was lucky. He was thrown into jail. Two days later, the young man was sent to Datong by the Inspection Department to be exiled to the army."

Li Weijian said: "That's quite unfortunate."

Wu Haining said with a mournful face: "Later, I found out that the ruler of the nine provinces, the King, was going to Datong, and these Ziqiu Bacai gave up their money and searched for idle people to serve as soldiers. I have been in Datong for two months, and today My son is a soldier of General Wang, and tomorrow I am a soldier of Hu Guerrilla, but I have had a few good meals."

"And later?"

"Later Wang Zhizhi went to another place, and later Vice General Zhang kicked him out because he thought he was eating too much. Thanks to his cleverness, he got acquainted with a caravan going to the grassland, and then he followed the caravan. After a round trip, we arrived at the capital."

Li Weijian thought to himself, aside from other things, this skinny monkey's ability to survive is simply stretched! He was caught pouring salt. Normally, he would have had his head chopped off by the inspection department in repayment. Wu Haining managed to survive. Being thrown into the Datong military camp was nothing. The caravan was so capable that even Li Weijian was astonished.

His brother Wu Haiping is now his housekeeper, and his sister Xiu Ying is his personal maid. As long as this person is not an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, Li Weijian will definitely put him in a good position.

Because of this, he said in a friendly manner: "Have you ever been able to read?"

"Educated in private school for two years."

"Okay, follow me to do things from now on. If you can help me, I will benefit a lot from you."

Wu Haining secretly took a look at Li Weijian's official uniform. The lion's head shook him for a while, and he quickly agreed without saying a word. Li Weijian told Wu Haiping a few more words before getting up and leaving.

As soon as he left, Wu Haining breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly pulled Xiu Ying and said: "Sister, didn't you say you would follow a rich scholar? This one is a second-grade scholar."

Xiu Ying snorted and said with dignity: "That's the Fourth Master. The Fourth Master was granted a knighthood forcibly based on his own ability. Isn't that what he is?"

(End of this chapter)