Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 78: I can’t laugh or cry, but I can’t make progress by retreating.
Li Weijian listened with a smile, his face expressionless.Daiyu was only ten years old at this moment, and Xiangyun was even younger. He, Li Weijian, had been a man for two generations, and now he was attracted to two little girls. It was really unreasonable.

Li Wan pondered for a moment and then said, "It's a pity that brother Jian wants to pursue an official career, otherwise the princess would be a good match."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "Why are you talking about the princess? Yes, I heard King Zhongyong say that this princess is the most unruly. My eldest sister has never been made sad in the past few days."

"She," Li Wan pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "It's a bit naughty, but she's not peaceful either. After sitting for half an hour, she felt itchy all over. But she has a kind-hearted temperament and outstanding color, which is a pity. …”

Becoming a son-in-law to King Zhongyong?If there was no practical test, Li Weijian would really consider it.But now that he has planned to pursue the path of academic advancement and becoming an official, how can he dare to tease the princess again?

If you really marry the princess, your career in this life will be ruined.And being too involved with the royal family is not a good thing.

It was getting late now, and Li Wan said a few words, but finally felt the need to avoid it, so he got up early to say goodbye.Li Weijian sent him out and then returned to the room to sit down.

After working too hard yesterday and riding a horse for eighty or ninety miles today, Li Weijian felt a little sleepy, so he simply ordered the maids to prepare hot water.

After a long while, the big wooden bucket was brought in and mixed with hot and cold water. Hong Yu Fu'er joked with Xiu Ying twice, teasing the little girl's ears and then left with Xiang Ling and Qing Wen - it's her turn today. Xiuying is on duty at night.

Li Weijian took off his clothes, got into the barrel, and immediately groaned.After a while, I turned around and saw Xiu Ying covering her eyes, peeking out from between her fingers and looking at her secretly.

Li Weijian was immediately overjoyed: "Do you want to see it, or don't you want to see it?"

Xiu Ying put down her hands and walked over sullenly, holding a sweat towel, and she couldn't even speak clearly.

"Son, I, I'll rub your back."

The handkerchief got wet and rubbed on Li Weijian's back. Li Weijian suddenly took a breath of cold air. "You're a little lighter."

"Oh." Xiu Ying responded in a muffled voice, which was indeed much lighter.

After a while, Xiu Ying said: "The general ran into the young master's room yesterday? Why was his back scratched like this?"

Li Weijian frowned secretly, thinking it was Si Qi who scratched his back. No wonder his back was so itchy all day today.Xiu Ying is just naive, but not stupid. How can she not tell the difference between a cat scratching and scratching someone?The little girl probably took it too seriously.

So Li Weijian just hummed twice and didn't answer.

He didn't say anything, so Xiu Ying pursed her lips and concentrated on wiping.After bathing, Li Weijian changed into his middle coat and went to sit on the bed. Xiu Ying and two maidservants poured water and washed themselves before entering the Nuan Pavilion holding a sweat towel.

She paused hesitantly, glanced at Li Weijian secretly, then pouted, took off her outer clothes, and rustled into the pit opposite.Li Weijian smiled, threw away the book, rolled up the quilt and lay down.

After a while, Li Weijian was just confused when he heard faint sobbing coming from the cave.

He asked: "Why are you still crying?"

Xiu Ying said aggrievedly: "Young master, are you tired of me? I am not even as good as Ruby, but I am still a wild girl from the countryside, and I know how to play with guns and sticks..."

"Ha, why are you tired of it?"

Xiuying turned around, Lihua said with rain: "I have seen it all morning. The young master carries Qingwen and Hongyu every day at home, but he wants me to sleep alone."

"Hahaha——" Li Weijian was overjoyed, waving his hands and saying: "You're such a mess by yourself, who won't let you go to bed? Come here, look at this aggrieved one."

Xiu Ying's idea succeeded, and she suddenly burst into laughter. However, she accidentally blew out snot bubbles from her nose. She was so ashamed that she hurriedly wiped it away, and then she lowered her head and cautiously came over.

Xiu Ying is of medium stature, but her body is extremely strong. After all, she has practiced martial arts by beating children.Li Weijian pulled hard but did not move. When he pulled again, Xiu Ying hit him firmly on the chest, making him feel short of breath.

There was no trace of excess on the little girl's waist. Li Weijian rubbed her twice, took her into his arms, and patted her back gently: "Go to sleep, there will be a lot of things to do tomorrow."

"Young Master is going to the Yamen again?"

"That's not true. Master, I plan to buy a house."

"what?"

If you have money in your hand, autumn is around the corner. It's not good to stay in Rongguo Mansion after autumn. You have to buy a house first and then make other plans.

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Early the next morning, the little girl Tanchun came again.It's just that Tanchun looked gloomy and couldn't cheer up.Li Weijian smiled secretly in his heart, thinking that now that Tanchun was familiar with Daoyin, it was time to teach him swordsmanship.

The sword technique Li Weijian learned is called Sanqing Sword. It is a sword technique practiced by the Qing sect in Maoshan Mountain in conjunction with the secret technique of talismans. The moves are flashy but practical - just look at Li Weijian's inability to defeat Xiu Ying.

But all the bells and whistles have their own benefits. When Li Weijian used a set of Sanqing Swords, Tanchun's eyes shone brightly, he clapped his hands repeatedly and said 'mysterious'.This is the Yue Nu swordsmanship and Quanzhen swordsmanship in Tanchun's mind.

Li Weijian smiled and taught Tan Chun two moves, then let the little girl practice on her own.After breakfast, Li Weijian and Wu Haiping drove out of Rongguo Mansion, and then picked up the Ding brothers on Ningrong Street.

The carriage stopped for a while, and Li Weijian called the Ding brothers forward and said, "You brothers, please do some searching in the past two days to see if there are any mansions for sale in this inner city."

The Ding brothers looked at each other and Ding Rushong said: "Young master wants to buy a house? Fortunately, the young one knows a place." He pointed casually and said: "It's just two streets away. It was Qian Tianguan's house. Months after Qian Tianguan retired and returned to his hometown, the house became vacant, and now the Qian family is selling it out."

Li Weijian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't be ridiculous, Qian Tianguan's mansion can only be purchased by me as a showman?"

Ding Rufeng curled his lips and said, "Young master, are you so careful? Although the government has already decided on the structure, it is only a residence given to the officials of the imperial court. Privately, rich people buy a palace and no one cares about it."

"That won't work either. It's too eye-catching. Find another place nearby."

The Ding brothers agreed, but for a moment they had no other ideas.The two men were ordered to disperse, expecting there would be news soon.

On this day, Li Weijian went to Yan Mansion again and hung out with Yan Fenzhen in the study for half a day. At the end of the day, Yan Xiyao went home in a sedan chair.

Li Weijian hurriedly arrived in front of the Yimen, only to see Yan Xiyao's face sinking as he got off the sedan. When he saw Li Weijian, a disciple, he just nodded slightly, and then walked inside without saying a word.

After entering the study, Yan Xiyao sent his servants to leave, and then Dama Jindao sat down with a smile.

Li Weijian was puzzled, so he stepped forward to pour tea for him and said, "Teacher...did something good happen to you today?"

Yan Xiyao said: "Isn't it a good thing to have a big quarrel with Chen Hongmou?"

Li Weijian smiled and said, "The student will first congratulate the teacher on his escape."

Yan Xiyao laughed a few times, quite pleased with himself.Since Chen Hongmou and Xuanma paid homage to the Prime Minister and took over the post of Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the old party officials in the court, such as Qian Tianguan, either retired and returned to their hometowns, or they were promoted and demoted secretly. The new party recruited people from prefectures and counties to become officials in the court. His wings are growing.

This year is just a matter of clearing up the arrears between Beijing and the Central Government. Only when the new party takes complete control of the government in the future will it carry out the reform.

In addition to Chen Hongmou, this new party also has two giants, one is Gu Weiyue, the Minister of Industry, and the other is Yan Xiyao, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

The saint originally wanted to use these three people as the backbone to unite the forces of reform.Seeing that the situation was not right, Yan Xiyao simply looked for trouble everywhere, and today he even had a big quarrel with Chen Hongmou.With Chen Hongmou's temperament, he will definitely exclude Yan Xiyao in the future, so that Yan Xiyao can be alone.

The master and apprentice played riddles for a while, and then Yan Xiyao explained today's situation.After all, it's all about the debt.

When the emperor was in power, he took pity on the capital officials and allowed them to borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs to temporarily tide over the difficulties.Unexpectedly, once this hole was opened, over the past 20 years, the accumulated debts of the Ministry of Household Affairs would amount to tens of millions of taels!
This is just the household department, and the local debts are countless.However, this matter has been going on for too long, and many officials have become ancient. It is not easy to chase dead people for money.

Chen Hongmou looked through the case files and made a rule after reporting it to the sage. It would be a period of ten years. Let it be forgotten before ten years. After ten years, you will get a lot of points, and you will return them within three years.

Yan Xiyao seized the opportunity to have a big quarrel with him, which was nothing more than speaking out for the officials and saying that it would be difficult to live in the capital.He threatened that if Chen Hongmou implemented such a harsh government, something unbearable would happen in the future.

After a few words, Yan Xiyao smiled and said: "The quarrel I made today was to prevent the disaster for Fu Sheng. I expect that Chen Hongmou will throw it away like a pair of worn shoes when he finds out that Fu Sheng is my student."

Li Weijian quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, teacher, for protecting the students."

Yan Xiyao shook his head and said: "I think Chen Hongmou is cruel and ruthless, so I'm afraid this reform will not be effective."

Li Weijian thought for a moment and asked, "Teacher, what do you think of Da Sikong?"

"Him?" Yan Xiyao sneered and was speechless.After a long while, he said: "Did you visit Gu Weiyue before you came back to life?"

"Yes, uncle Li Shouzhong gave me a letter of recommendation."

Yan Xiyao smiled and said: "Your uncle, it's okay not to tell him. If he really knew how to recognize people, how could he waste his life? Don't imitate him when you are resurrected."

Li Weijian thought to himself, could there be something wrong with Gu Weiyue?However, the teacher's words were so clear that he couldn't ask further questions and could only suppress the question in his mind.

Li Weijian talked about the internal affairs of the past few days before bidding farewell to his mentor and leaving the Yan Mansion.As soon as he came out, he saw the brothers from the Ding family coming back for help.

Ding Rufeng said: "Sir, I have heard about it. There are not many takeaways from the mansions in the inner city, but there are quite a few in the outer city. There are only three places in the inner city now, and those who enter two places are all from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. For sale; there is also the residence of General Feng En, with a side garden on the third floor, but the price is a bit high, the asking price is 9000 taels, I guess it won't be available for less than 8000 taels."

8000 taels?Not counting the shares of the water company, Li Weijian had 60 taels in cash alone. Why did he care about these small amounts of silver?
He immediately said: "Well done, come with me tomorrow to see the mansion of General Feng'en." After a pause, he suddenly said: "Is there a mansion I can enter?"

The Ding brothers looked at each other, and Ding Rushong said, "Yes, if nothing else, there is a house for sale in the alley opposite Shaosikou's house."

Li Weijian was not in a hurry to go back to his house now, and went straight to the Shitiao alley opposite to take a look. The house was quite plain when he entered it, and the owner asked for one thousand, two hundred taels.Li Weijian made the decision on the spot and paid the deposit, agreeing to go to Shuntian Mansion to transfer the property in a few days, and then returned after getting the key.

When they arrived at Derongguo Mansion, they threw a tael of silver to the Ding brothers, and the two brothers immediately left happily.

Li Weijian returned the carriage, and seeing that he was still clean today, he went straight to the inner house to visit Jia Mu.

He passed the hall, and just after passing through the corridor, he bumped into Siqi.During the day, there was no mother-in-law guarding the hall. When the two of them came together, Siqi bit his lower lip and looked panicked.

When Li Weijian saw no one around, he smiled and leaned forward and whispered, "Why are you here?"

Si Qi whispered: "Our girl is sick, and the old lady asked me about it. I will reply to the old lady."

"Does it matter?"

Si Qi shook his head.The second girl welcomed the spring out of sheer mental illness. She didn't eat a grain of rice last night and all day today, she just cried, and her eyes looked like rotten peaches from crying.

It was a matter of honor for the girl's family, so Li Weijian couldn't say much. He gave a few words of comfort and then said, "Whose idea was that incident yesterday?"

Si Qi lowered his head and said nothing.

Li Weijian clicked his tongue, frowned and said, "You want to hide it from me?"

"It's not...it's just..." Si Qi murmured for a long time, and finally said: "Actually, it was the eldest lady's idea. I...I thought about telling the fourth master secretly, but-"

Si Qi came over, took Li Weijian's hand, and said with red eyes: "I, I was worried about the girl earlier, and thought that if I kept hanging like this, nothing would happen. I was confused for a moment, so I told the eldest wife These words. Once the eldest lady gets Hehesan, just let me put it in the wine."

Li Weijian was speechless for a while.He looked at Si Qi and saw the unconcealed affection in his eyes when he raised his eyes occasionally, and he understood something in his heart.Looking at this situation, why are you anxious about welcoming the spring?Si Qi clearly did it for himself.

At this time, I heard Siqi say again: "Yesterday, the eldest lady came back and said that the fourth master has been holding on to her. Fourth master, for yesterday's sake, please show your favor, otherwise I will really be kicked out of the house. .”

Li Weijian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He raised his hand and pinched Si Qi's cheek and sighed: "Tell me, why are you doing this?"

Siqi was quite bold and rubbed it with his cheek, then said with charming eyes: "Fourth Master, my queen Xiu Mu..."

Li Weijian's heart palpitated, and he said: "Okay, let this matter be over. Just tell me what you want from now on."

"Ah."

There were voices outside, and the two of them couldn't stay any longer in the hall. Li Weijian went to the west, and Si Qi went to the east, and they passed by each other.

Li Weijian looked back and saw his figure hidden behind the curtain, and thought to himself, this chess player is audacious and can do whatever he wants. He needs to use it but also defend it. He must find a way to calm down first, so that he can use it for himself.As for the punishment... Once I was exposed to meat, I got such a futon. Now that I think about it carefully, I don't know whether I suffered a loss or an advantage, but it is a mess.Let’s think about it later!

However, Si Qi is so reckless and careless, which is really distressing, and he must find a way.

Entering Mother Jia's courtyard, Li Weijian had already thought of his words.After seeing the mandarin ducks, Li Weijian was introduced into the hall.

Now that it's almost April, the screen in front of the door is taken down, and Jia's mother can be seen sitting upright on the sofa through Hua Xia.

Li Weijian smiled and stepped forward to greet him, and looked around. Perhaps it was still early, and only Tanchun, Xichun and Daiyu were with Jia Mu, so the huge hall seemed much colder.

After Li Weijian sat down and chatted with Jia Mu for a while, Li Weijian said: "Old lady, today I went to see the house. The old lady also knows that after I got a sum of money, I wanted to buy a house first and then go back." Then move out."

Mother Jia was startled, and then asked with concern: "Brother Jian, why are you moving away now?"

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