Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 399 Classroom Fight is Coming
"Practical learning, practical learning, this name is much better." Emperor Chenghui sat on the chair, looking at Li Heng who was waiting with his head down in front of him.

What makes the third brother more popular than the second brother is that he reports his work regularly, no matter what position he is in.

In comparison, the second son seemed to be more opinionated. Even though he tried his best to hide it, he could not escape the eyes of Emperor Chenghui, who could see that he preferred the feeling of being in charge.

Unfortunately, the second brother did not do well at the Royal Central Bank. Despite this, Emperor Chenghui was still willing to give him a chance.

How to say it, if the second son knew how to endure and disguise, he would be more like Emperor Chenghui before he ascended the throne.

"Third brother, do you want to get involved?" Emperor Chenghui's question was difficult to answer, and Li Heng obviously hesitated.

Emperor Chenghui was not in a hurry either. He looked at Li Heng with a smile. In his mind, the successor should be a man with his own opinions, so that he would not be swayed by the ministers.

Li Yuanjue is very opinionated, but he also has the problem of trusting people around him too easily, which leads to him making mistakes repeatedly. I hope he can correct this habit of trusting too easily in the future.

Emperor Chenghui was not aware of his bias, but Li Heng clearly felt it. The reason for his hesitation was very simple: would it be taboo for a prince to make friends with ministers?

In the end, Li Heng was unable to shake off his determination and nodded vigorously: "Jia Lian is a capable minister. He will definitely accomplish what he wants to do. I want to learn some skills from him."

Emperor Chenghui actually found it very puzzling. How could Jia Lian, who was unwilling to work properly, be favored by both father and son? Take Li Yuan for example. He really disliked Jia Lian.

How serious was it? They had met a few times in the palace, but at most they greeted each other and never talked.

"Just do it if you want to!" Emperor Chenghui's smile showed that he was quite satisfied. Although Li Heng was much more mature now and did things in an organized way, deep down in the emperor's heart he was still the third brother who rode a horse and roared.

It can be seen that once prejudice is formed, it is difficult to change.

"Thank you, father! Please allow me to discuss this with Jia Lian and then report back to you, Your Majesty." Li Heng expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart because he felt that this matter was very important to him.

At the Jia Family School, a group of students were fighting. After Jia Dairu came in, they calmed down a little. After the lecture started, the students in the audience were doing their own things. Some were sleeping, some were fighting under the table, and some were whispering to each other. Anyway, no one was serious in class.

As a teacher of clan studies, Jia Dairu has become accustomed to this kind of scene and reads from the script at a normal pace.

Students of different ages attend classes in the same classroom. Because of their different learning progress, classes are divided into two parts every day: enlightenment and normal teaching according to the progress.

The class lasts for one hour in the morning. The first half of the hour is spent teaching the Hundred Family Surnames, which is elementary education. In theory, older children should also review what they have learned and learn new things, but in reality, they just play by themselves.

After Jia Lian and Jia Rong reunited, they came to the clan school together. Jia Dairu was teaching a class of children in what could be called the senior class.

The children in the enlightenment class were playing in the yard. The appearance of the two made the children quiet down. When they saw the two people walking straight over, they started playing together again.

Jia Lian said to Jia Rong beside him: "Young children should be put into a separate class. If there are not enough teachers, we can invite one. Let Jia Dairu teach them."

Jia Rong nodded to indicate that he had made note of it, and the two of them continued to move forward. They stood at the back door and looked inside. On the stage, Jia Dairu was lecturing on a text, "Two Children Arguing About the Sun."

Jia Dairu didn't seem to care about the various small movements in the audience. Even if he noticed, he would just frown slightly.

After reading the text, Jia Dairu called on the name of the student: "Jin Rong, stand up and read the text again."

Jin Rong stood up and read haltingly, scratching his head and pausing several times. Jia Dairu didn't say anything, but just looked at him coldly.

When he finished reading, he said, "If you make ten mistakes, you will be beaten ten times."

Jin Rong stood up and stepped forward, stretching out his hand obediently. Jia Dairu hit him hard with a board ten times before letting him go back, but he refused to point out where he had read it wrong.

Just said: "Pay more attention in class next time."

Baoyu was sitting in the back row, whispering to a handsome classmate next to him. Jia Lian guessed that he should be Qin Zhong.

Without Xue Pan, the troublemaker, there was no fight today. Xue Pan in the original novel was really a troublemaker. He came to the Jia family school for "Xiang Lian" and "Yu Ai".

It is said that Jia Dairu looked up and saw Jia Lian and Jia Rong coming. He left a couplet, asked Jia Rui to maintain classroom discipline, and then stood up to greet them.

The students then realized that Jia Lian and Jia Rui had arrived, and everyone became quiet, no one dared to fight anymore.

Jia Dairu invited the two to talk in the next yard. After the three left, there was no discipline in the classroom.

First, "Yu Ai" came to talk to Qin Zhong, and when they were talking excitedly, Qin Zhong directly put his hand on "Yu Ai"'s waist. Jin Rong was very unhappy when he saw this, because outsiders came to Jia's family to learn how to steal his favorite.

Baoyu was in a daze at the moment. Just because he saw Jia Lian, he wanted to slip away now to avoid running into him again later.

Since Jia Zheng left, Jia Baoyu no longer had the tight ring around his head, and he lived a happy life. He went to the clan school according to his mood, and he could come today because Qin Zhong was coming, so he specially accompanied him.

Well, these two have been sleeping together a lot lately, and the maids around them are no longer interested.

Qin Zhong was talking happily with "Yu Ai" and pretended to go to the toilet together, then got up and went out.

Jia Rui saw them and quickly called out, "Where are you going? Don't run around until the master comes back."

Qin Zhong didn't say anything, after all, he was an outsider, but Yu Ai fought back without giving him face: "You have to take care of the toilet too, do you come to help wipe my butt when I poop?"

The classmate called "Xiang Lian" also liked Qin Zhong's appearance and mocked him: "You still have to wash it after wiping it."

(PS: Xianglian and Yuai are nicknames in the article, and the two have a boy-girl appearance.)
Before Qin Zhong came, Jia Rui's words still had an effect in front of Xiang Lian and Yu Ai, and he often bullied the two of them. Now that Qin Zhong is here, and with Baoyu as their backer, the two of them will naturally rebel.

Jia Rui was so angry that he rushed over to hit Xiang Lian, cursing, "You unruly little bitch, look at me..."

When passing by Jin Rong, this fellow resented Jia Dairu's beating and stretched out his leg to trip him. Jia Rui rushed forward in a hurry and was tripped by a vicious dog snatching shit, and he pounced directly on Baoyu and knocked him over.

Baoyu hit his head against the wall and cried in pain. Qin Zhong saw it and immediately rushed forward to ask, "Baoyu, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

Baoyu shook his head, feeling a little dizzy. Qin Zhong did not blame Jia Rui, but pointed at Jin Rong and said, "It's all your fault. Baoyu hit his head. Wait for me to tell the teacher about you."

Jin Rong had hated Qin Zhong for stealing Xiang Lianyu'ai's attention for a long time, so he naturally refused to show weakness: "What did you see me with your dog eyes?"

Jin Rong was not the only one in the clan school who was dissatisfied with Qin Zhong. There was also his friend who, seeing the two men confronting each other, picked up an inkstone and smashed it at Qin Zhong.

Yu Ai pulled Qin Zhong aside to avoid the attack of the inkstone. The inkstone fell in front of Baoyu. Jia Rui had already climbed up. The inkstone fell on the table. The ink flew all over Baoyu's body and face, staining his good clothes.

Mingyan came in just in time and saw clearly a bulge on Baoyu's back. She immediately became furious and shouted, "The Second Master was beaten!" Then she pounced on Jin Rong and reached out to grab his face.

Chuyao, Saohong, and Moyu rushed in with weapons in their hands. Jin Rong retreated and dodged Mingyan's white bone claws. He ran to get the bamboo board and waved it. Jin Rong and several other people also stood up, some picked up benches, some took brooms, and fought with the three people. For a while, the classroom was in chaos.

Jia Rui, who bullies the weak and fears the strong, took advantage of the chaos to escape and look for Jia Dairu. Just as they were talking about reorganizing the clan school, Jia Rui rushed in and said, "Fight, fight!"

Jia Dairu was furious when he heard this. Jia Lian had just said that he wanted to rectify the clan school, and he was somewhat worried about his future job. Other clan members had no hatred towards Jia Lian, but he had a dispute with Jia Lian.

Jia Lian ignored Jia Dairu who hurried past, but looked at Jia Rui, thinking of Wang Xifeng's vicious methods that were criticized, a piece of Fengyue Baojian, and Jia Rui's tragic death from exhaustion.

Well, looking at his face, eyes and behavior, he looks vulgar and certainly doesn't look like a long-lived person.

"Let's go and take a look together." Jia Lian didn't stay long and walked towards the classroom.

At this time, Jia Dairu had already controlled the situation. Everyone stopped fighting. Jia Dairu first asked Baoyu about his health: "Where are you injured? Is it serious?"

Before Baoyu could say anything, Jia Dairu said, "Go back and ask the doctor to take a look." Then he turned around to look at the mess in the classroom, his face livid and he angrily asked, "Jia Rui, what's going on?"

Jia Rui, who was following behind Jia Lian, suddenly shrank his neck, because he was the culprit who caused Jia Baoyu's injury.

While Jia Rui was hesitating, Jia Lian coughed and walked into the classroom, followed by a frosty-faced Jia Rong. All the students immediately became like quails and sat down obediently.

Jia Lian said nothing. He looked around and walked slowly to the middle. Jia Dairu was about to speak, but was interrupted by Jia Rong: "Old Master, please go out first."

Jia Dairu was stunned. His face soon turned red, then blue. He snorted and left the classroom. He stood in the corridor feeling uneasy and looked back into the classroom from time to time.

Jia Lian took out a silver dollar, placed it on the table in front of him, and said to a young student in front of him, "Use this to buy some candy. Tell me what's going on."

Seeing Jia Jun, who was about six or seven years old, stand up, he folded his hands and said, "To answer Uncle Lian's question, my name is Jia Jun. Please take back the money. If an elder asks, I dare not refuse to answer!"

Jia Lian had never thought that a child could have such good upbringing. He took back the silver dollar and said, "Okay! I am being rude!"

Although Jia Jun is young, he speaks very logically. He saw and described the events clearly, and added at the end: "Uncle Rui didn't like Qin Zhong stealing his love, so he stopped the two from going to the toilet together. Jin Rong was beaten with a stick, and he took revenge on Uncle Rui."

After hearing this, Jia Lian asked, "Who is Jin Rong? Stand up!"

After being beaten up, Jin Rong, with disheveled hair, stood up tremblingly: "I am Jin Rong, good morning, Master Lian!"

Jia Lian asked him, "Who is Jin Shi to you?"

Hearing this, Jin Rong calmed down a little and said, "It was my father who was ordered to come to the capital at the beginning of the year and took over the job of the second housekeeper."

Jia Lian turned his head to look, and Jia Rong said, "It was my idea! After Lai Er left, there was no suitable person, so I asked him to come to the capital to take over the job. I told the Second Madam about it."

If I had told Wang Xifeng, then there would have been no problem. It was Wang Xifeng who thought it was not important, so she did not report it.

"Go and call Jinshi and Qinshi." Jia Lian said directly to Jia Rong, implying that Jia Rong should not get involved, so as not to lose fairness.

Jia Rong glared at Qin Zhong fiercely. Jia Rong always disliked this brother-in-law who was close to Jia Baoyu.

Actually, Jia Rong likes Jia Qiang more, he has the same taste as Jia Zhen. What about the love of beauty? That's what Xue Pan likes.

Thinking of the fight in the original novel, Jia Lian didn't expect that there would be a fight at this time, and the cause was actually because of a man.

Does that mean that true love is when two men meet? Pah!

Jia Lian was very angry that such a rotten family school could produce talents. What hope was there for the Jia family? A strong blow must be taken to rectify the situation!
Jia Rong came out in a rage. Jin Shi was out on business, so he asked Qin to go first and he went to the West Palace to look for Yuanyang.

This is Jia Rong's little thought. With two women facing Jia Lian together, he probably can't get angry.

If the affairs of the clan school cannot be handled properly, Jia Rong, the clan leader, will suffer a defeat before he officially takes office.

When Yuanyang learned that her brother had a fight in the clan school, she immediately became anxious and asked for leave from Grandmother Jia. Grandmother Jia allowed her half a day to deal with it. When she learned that Jia Lian was present, she said, "Brother Lian is reasonable!"

At this time, Grandmother Jia didn't know that Jin Rong tripped Baoyu and caused him to hit his head, otherwise she would have been able to jump up.

Qin Keqing arrived first. Jia Lian signaled Jia Rong to wait outside as well, and then asked Qin Zhong to come forward and ask him: "In front of your sister, I ask you if you can study hard. If you can, continue to study in the academy in the future. If not, you can find another place. Don't be in a hurry to express your opinion. Think it over and make a written guarantee later. Don't take it for granted."

Qin Zhong's heart was beating wildly and his face turned pale. He looked at Baoyu, hoping to find someone to support him, but he didn't expect that Baoyu was even more cowardly than him, sitting in his seat with his neck shrunk.

Seeing this, Jia Lian said, "Qin, take him back and let him think about it slowly. You can give a clear answer within three days."

Qin Keqing thanked Jia Lian and took Qin Zhong away. Jia Lian then said to everyone, "Jia Rui and Jin Rong stay, and the others can go back first."

Everyone dispersed. Jia Dairu, who was standing in the corridor, looked at Jia Lian's back. He felt like he was being bullied, but he dared not say anything.

If he dares to act like an old man today, he might fall into the water tomorrow after drinking. Jia Dairu is just being sloppy, but he is not a fool. Facing the current leader of the Jia family, he is really a coward!
Even if you are bullied, you will only be angry for a few moments.

Yuanyang was walking fast on the road, sweating profusely. Without waiting for a smooth breath, he stepped forward and said, "I greet Second Master Lian. How are you!"

Jia Lian asked Jin Rong to come forward and asked: "In front of your sister, I ask you, can you study hard in the future? If not, then don't come here anymore. Go and learn a skill as soon as possible so that you can make a living in the future." Jin Rong trembled all over when he heard this. If he could not go to this school, his father would really break his legs.

"I, I, I." Jin Rong was speechless. Yuanyang felt sorry for her brother and stepped forward to speak, but Jia Lian raised his hand to interrupt her and said, "Take him back and let him think carefully about whether he wants to go to school. Come back in three days and write a letter of guarantee. If he doesn't study hard, you will have to leave."

Yuanyang was also taken away by Jin Rong, leaving only Jia Rui. When he stood in front of Jia Lian, his eyes were wandering. He kept looking towards the window and down the corridor, hoping that Jia Dairu would come in and save him.

"Jia Rui, although it was unintentional to knock Baoyu over, you are also responsible. If someone wants to use the toilet, you can just ask them. Why don't you let them go?"

Jia Rui explained tremblingly, "The master told me to take care of everyone."

Jia Lian smiled after hearing this and said calmly, "Seeing you reminds me of the guards at the city gate. They rely on their tiny power to embarrass the people who come in and out of the city gate. Even if it's a small farmer buying vegetables, they'll take away a few green onions from him. People like you use the little power you have to embarrass others. If you are assigned some tasks, your behavior will definitely cause chaos. You are the instigator of today's incident. I won't embarrass you now. Think about it carefully when you go back and write a 1,000-word self-criticism."

Jia Rui looked so sad that he almost cried. But Jia Lian would not let him go and continued, "Don't cry now, go back and cry slowly. By the way, don't ask your grandfather for help, you must write it yourself."

Jia Rui left in a hurry with a sad face. Jia Dairu came in and asked with a bit of temper: "A thousand words, isn't this embarrassing? How old is he? How many days of reading has he done?"

Jia Lian stared at him expressionlessly. Jia Dairu did not dare to look him in the face and lowered his head. Jia Lian then said, "If he can't do this well, he will be a waste in the future and will be the worst at everything."

(End of this chapter)