Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 26 Has it been revealed?

After waiting for Li Weijian to wash up, Xiang Ling also washed up and went into the warm pavilion, climbed up on the collapse bed, rolled up a quilt and fell asleep.

Xu was freed from the clutches of the stupid overlord, Li Weijian was a kind person, and Xiang Ling slept very soundly.In February, the weather got warmer, and more charcoal was added to the smoker. In the middle of the night, Xiangling spread out her middle coat, kicked off the quilt, and was only wearing a small pink embroidered coat.

Early the next morning, Li Weijian woke up from his sleep. When he got up, he saw that the clouds on the temples were scattered, his arms were stretched out, his feet were exposed, and a trace of pink was exposed on his neck. Xiangling was still sleeping soundly.

Li Weijian felt the anger rising in his heart. He murmured silently for a while without calming down. He secretly cursed a demon and simply put on his own clothes.

A slight noise woke up Xiang Ling. She opened her eyes and was confused for a while. Then she hurriedly got up, tied her coat haphazardly, and pulled her shoes over: "Fourth Master is awake? I'll help Fourth Master get dressed."

She leaned over to tie Li Weijian's clothes, and suddenly she felt that Li Weijian was breathing a little heavier, and was a little surprised. Then she lowered her head and took a look, and she immediately clutched her heart with a "Ah" sound.

Li Weijian smiled and said, "I can just dress myself. You should put on your clothes first."

He dressed in two or two, got out of bed and wore a short jacket, and went out with the wooden knife in the corner.Xiangling tied up her clothes, but with her head hanging down, she was stunned for a long time. She was a little embarrassed, thinking that if it were Uncle Xue, he would have executed himself on the spot just now, right?

I am a slave and a handmaid, my body is like a duckweed, and I have no control over everything.Xiang Ling thought that it would be better to follow Fourth Master Jian than Xue Pan who looked like a hungry ghost in lust.

Thinking that Fourth Master Jian had to wash up after practicing, Xiangling finally came to her senses, put on her outer clothes, and hurried out the door.

The days are getting longer in the spring, and the morning sun is shining brightly in the east. In the yard, Fourth Master Jian puts on an ape-like posture, breathing in and out along with his movements.Xiu Ying on the other side shouted loudly, and the willow leaf dart in her hand was raised and stuck on the target, making a trembling sound.

Xiangling muttered a greeting, then went to the east chamber and whispered to the two maids to fetch hot water.

Half an hour later, after Fourth Master Jian finished practicing, Xiangling was about to wash up when Hongyu came.She smiled and said a few words to Xiangling, then took the handkerchief and asked Fourth Master Jian to scrub it.Xiang Ling stood aside, staring blankly through the wooden shelf partition, looking at the books on the bookshelf in the study room.

Fourth Master Jian had told her yesterday that she could browse through the books in the study at will. Thinking of this festival, Xiang Ling couldn't wait.

After Fourth Master Jian washed up, it was time to get breakfast. Hongyu handed over the task of braiding Fourth Master Jian's hair to Xiangling, and she hurried to get breakfast.

Gently combing a strand of hair with the comb, and with the manly scent still lingering in his breath, Li Weijian suddenly said to Xiang Ling, "Have you seen the lovely book?"

Xiangling was startled, and then said: "I took a few glances from a distance, but I didn't see it very clearly."

"There are anthologies of "Tang Poems" and "Song Ci" on the bookshelf. Take a look first. As the saying goes, if you have read [-] Tang poems by heart, you can recite them even if you don't know how to compose them. After you have read them, you can look at that "Ci" book again. "Lin Zhengyun", and look at the collection of poems next to it, maybe Xiangling will be able to compose poetry in a few months."

The razor scratched his scalp for a moment, and Xiang Ling said blankly: "Fourth Master... can I... do it?"

"I see you are a good talent and can definitely do it."

Hearing this, Xiang Ling felt a little excited in her heart. She raised the corners of her mouth without realizing it. She continued to comb the comb when she stopped, and her tone was a little lighter when she spoke: "Well, I will listen to Fourth Master."

After a while, Hongyu returned with Zao Zao.

Xiangling and Hongyu waited on Li Weijian for breakfast. They thought that Fourth Master Jian would always have breakfast before going out. Unexpectedly, Li Weijian took Xiuying out after only having breakfast.

She spread the bedding and swept it carefully. Xiangling worked very neatly today and cleaned the main room in just half an hour.

Hong Yu couldn't help but said in surprise: "Xiang Ling, what's good today? You look like you're in much better spirits than the past few days."

Xiang Ling shook her head first, then paused and then said, "Fourth Master allowed me to look through the books on the bookshelf."

Hongyu smiled and said, "I've seen it. They're all collections of classics and history, as well as some periodicals and so on. There's not even a single volume of vernacular. We maids know a few words. It's fine if we don't go blind. We can't compare. Several girls in the house also went to recite poems about the sadness of spring and sadness of autumn." After a pause, seeing Xiangling feeling a little uncomfortable, Hongyu put away the feather duster and said: "I just said casually, since the fourth master has promised You, just look through it. Oh, don’t touch the papers and books on the desk."

"Yes, Fourth Master told me."

"It's okay now. You go and take a look. I'll just go get breakfast."

After wiping herself, Hongyu held the feather duster and left the main room.Xiang Ling entered the study room quietly. She stopped in front of the bookshelf and looked at the dozens of books. She suppressed the excitement in her heart and checked with her eyes. Then she took out a book of Tang poetry and leaned against it. Look through the wall next to the bookshelf.

With a creak, the door opened, but Xiangling, who was immersed in the magnificent and colorful poetry, never heard it.The sound of soft footsteps gradually approached. Qingwen pressed Mrs. Tang on her lower abdomen with one hand, leaned over and raised her feet slightly to take a look, and then said: "Why are you tampering with Fourth Master's book?"

Xiangling was startled, and after fussing with her hands for a while, she grabbed the book. She raised her eyes and saw that the person coming was Qingwen, and said hurriedly: "I'm not moving around. Fourth Master promised me earlier."

Qingwen's brows relaxed and she said: "Fourth Master is most taboo about others tampering with things in the study. Since I promised you, I just took the book and went outside to read it. It's not good to leave any more here."

"Well, I'm going out now."

The two maids came out of the study. Qingwen pursed her lips and said, "Xiang Ling, can you teach me how to look at the child again? You knew how to do it yesterday, but you were confused again when you woke up early in the morning."

"it is good."

The two of them walked out of the main room and entered the west wing. Xiangling carefully put the book aside and taught Qingwen how to use the gun.

Qingwen took a piece of broken silver and weighed it for a while. First she breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned and said, "I'm so angry. I seem to have been deceived by Grandma Fei!" She pinched the broken silver and said: "This dollar is worth two or three cents, but the dollar I exchanged is larger than this one. Aunt Fei said it was only two cents and one cent! No, I'll ask her to reason!"

Qingwen got up anxiously, maybe her lower abdomen was affected, and she suddenly gasped in pain.Xiang Ling stopped and said, "If you pass the money, people won't recognize it. Let's take it as a lesson and gain wisdom."

Qingwen pursed her lips and said, "Aunt Fei is indeed not a good person. I will never trust her again next time." After thinking about it, she added, "Next time, I'll exchange the money with Sister Ping'er."

Xiang Ling said nothing, and glanced at the books placed aside from time to time.

Qingwen saw it in her eyes and couldn't help but burst into laughter and said, "Look, look, sister, if you read more books, you might be able to win the top prize like in the play."

Xiangling smiled, quickly picked up the book, and within a moment she was immersed in some heroic or graceful Tang poetry.Qingwen played with the embroidery for a while, and then she thought she had memorized it, put it away, found needle and thread, and embroidered the purse.

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The weather was getting warmer and the injury on Li Weijian's shoulder was getting better, so he changed horses again.He rode on his own, and brothers and sisters Wu Haiping and Xiu Ying rode on.

The three of them rode on horseback, first going to the Ministry of Industry's firearms test range outside the city.Li Weijian played with a simple anemometer, recording the scale of the pressure plate every time a gun was fired, and then used trigonometric functions to calculate the distance from the impact point.After being so busy for half a day, I took Hai Ping and Xiu Ying into the city for a casual bite at noon, and then headed towards the Yan family to watch the Liu family and their sons dig a new well.

Before Shenshi on this day, the Liu family and his son took turns digging the well. They worked hard and dug it down to a depth of one foot.Water would have come out of other places nearby, but the soil in the capital was too thick. Liu Da estimated that it would take another one or two feet to get water out.

Li Weijian couldn't help but stay at Yan's house all the time, so he returned with a servant and a maid when the time was approaching.After bypassing the imperial city and passing by Anfu Hutong, Li Weijian, who was sitting upright on his horse, took a casual glance and then observed it intently.

But when they saw two green-skinned men, one gray and one blue, walking out of the alley, they looked at Li Weijian and were startled, then turned around and ran away.

Li Weijian was still suspicious, but Xiu Ying, who was sitting upright on the other horse, was sharp-eyed and pointed at the two people and said: "Sir, those two were the ones who blocked us that day!"

"Take it!"

Li Weijian gave an order, and Haiping and his sister Xiuying urged their horses to give chase.However, Li Weijian did not move. He quickly asked passers-by where the entrance to another alley was, and then he rode over to intercept it.When they arrived at the entrance of another alley, they saw the two men running towards them from a distance. Li Weijian turned over and dismounted, reached out and pulled out the wild goose feather knife stuck on the side of the horse.

The two green men immediately stopped and turned around to run again. Amidst the sound of horse hooves, Hai Ping and Xiu Ying had already rushed their horses.The two of them dismounted. Haiping rolled up his arms and sleeves and picked up a short stick; Xiuying simply showed off her umbrella-handled willow leaf dart!

The two young men looked at each other, threw away the short stick hidden in the armhole, raised their hands and said to Li Weijian: "Young Master, our brothers admit defeat. But I still have a few words to say."

Li Weijian said: "You say."

"It was Ni Er who invited the person. Our brothers never took action. So it doesn't count as enmity with the young master, right?"

"Somewhat unreasonable."

Hai Ping, who was behind him, snorted coldly and said, "Doesn't it count as a feud? If my sister hadn't injured the two of them with a flying knife, would you two idiots have turned around and run away when the situation was not right?"

The man in blue clothes turned his head and glanced, faintly smelling the aura of his companion from Hai Ping's body, clasping his fists and saying, "Now that things have come to an end, our brothers have admitted their defeat, and this young master should set a clear course."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "It's not urgent. You first told me your name and where you live. As for the other things, we will talk about it later."

The two green-skinned men were suspicious for a while, and then the one in gray said: "It's amazing that we surrendered ourselves, and we didn't hurt anyone. The most we can do is get a beating."

The man in blue nodded and then said their names.These two are brothers, one is named Ding Rufeng and the other is Ding Rushong, and they live in Santiao Hutong, Luoma City.This time I was hired by someone to come to Anfu Hutong to collect the bill.

Li Weijian said: "What a good name. Let's leave it like this for now. Hai Ping, send these two off for me."

Ding Rusong's face changed, and he said anxiously: "This young master will not bring harm to his family! We brothers are responsible for each other's work, and the young master is acting like this...isn't it a bit too much?"

Li Weijian said: "You are overthinking. I was thinking that I would need your help on an errand in the future. I must know where you live, right?"

Ding Rufeng and Ding Rushong thought about it and said no more.

The two men walked around Li Weijian, followed by Wu Haiping. When they passed by, Li Weijian threw the Yanling knife to Haiping: "Take it for self-defense, don't follow other people's ways."

Hai Ping curled his lips and said: "Two talented people who adapt to the wind, I can't let them hurt a hair on my arm."

"Stop bragging, just take it if you are told."

Hai Ping picked up the Yan Ling Dao and raised his fist at Li Weijian: "Young master, please do it." Then he stood behind the two brothers and quickly walked out of the alley.

After the person left, Xiu Ying came over and said, "Young Master is showing kindness again. Those two green-skinned people are old enough to be in this business. Breaking a leg will give them an advantage!"

Li Weijian smiled and said: "A good beating won't help, and leaving them alone won't be useful in the future. Let's go and take a walk around Nengren Temple first. I heard that there are cats and dogs selling in the area."

Xiu Ying responded, walked two steps to the horse, and suddenly said in annoyance: "Oh no, I can't ride a horse. If I had known, I should have let my brother ride!"

"It's not easy for your brother to follow those two green men on horseback. Isn't it easy to ride a horse? I will take you for a while and you will be able to do it."

Li Weijian first put Xiu Ying on the horse, then he flew up, then urged the horse forward to take the reins of the other horse, and slowly headed towards Nengren Temple.

Near Nengren Temple is Ma Shiqiao. As the name suggests, this place used to be the territory of horse trading.Now times have changed, and horse traders have moved to the outer city, but there are many vendors selling cats and dogs nearby.

Li Weijian and Xiu Ying wandered around for a while, but found nothing interesting, so they urged their horses to return to Jia's house.

As soon as I turned to Ningrong Street, I happened to bump into Xue Pan chasing two charming young husbands in the direction of Ziyi Xue.

But he said that after Xue Pan was beaten up by Li Weijian that day, Long Yang's interest continued unabated, and he turned around and learned about the Jia Family Volunteer School from Mrs. Wang.

There were many young people in the school, so Xue Pan couldn't help being attracted by Long Yang's interest, so he came to school on leave. He only spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. He gave some free gifts to Jia Dairu, but he didn't have any. The son is getting better, just trying to make some close brothers.

Who would have thought that there were several primary school students in this school who were coaxed into using Xue Pan's money for food and clothing?There are also two passionate primary school students. I don’t know which house they are related to, and their real names have not been tested. Just because they are charming and romantic, they are given two nicknames in the school, one is "Xiang Lian", the other is "Xiang Lian". No. "Jade Love".

What Li Weijian saw was Xue Pan pursuing Xiang Lian and Yu Ai to show their attentiveness.

The two groups collided together. Li Weijian just looked over with a smile, but Xue Pan was stunned for a long time.Because of that punch and kick, Daibawang was frightened, and he thought of Baochai urging him to go to Daobu every day, which made him feel even more unhappy.

The expression on his face changed constantly. Thinking that it would be better to choke and get punched again, Xue Pan stiffly smiled and said, "Brother Li is back?"

"Ah."

"I've been busy with school these days. I thought I'd go find Brother Li to complain when I had some free time, but I didn't want to bump into him. This...Brother Li, I drank too much that night, and I was a little confused for a while. Brother Li, please don't do that. Sorry."

"Good talk, good talk."

"Then let's get over it, I have something else to do, see you later!"

Xue Pancao cupped his hands and ran away in a hurry.Li Weijian sat upright on his horse and watched Xue Pan go away with a smile.I thought to myself, this guy really has no sincerity at all!

(End of this chapter)