Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 79 Timing and Effect of Revenge

On the day the new imperial examination system was implemented, Jia Lian went to Jia Rong. After some explanations, Jia Rong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Lian, this is a big deal? Don't worry, leave it to me. I guarantee it will be done properly." .”

After blocking Jia Lian in the Imperial College last time and failing to succeed, and asking Li Shouzhong to give him some strength, Chen Congxiao was very nervous. Li Shouzhong was right. Jia Lian was the first heir to the Rongguo Mansion. In the capital, not to mention the heir to the Rongguo Mansion, even the dog of the Rongguo Mansion had special privileges.

At first, Chen Congxiao was very nervous, always wary of revenge from Jia Lian, but a month passed and everything went smoothly.

Chen Congxiao gradually felt relieved, feeling that Jia Lian had lost his temper after studying and had forgotten what happened that day. Or maybe Jia Lian didn't see that the "temporary conflict" that day was planned in advance. After gradually letting go of his heart, Chen Congxiao resumed his old life. He loved listening to music, and in his spare time he always went to cheer up a young man named Bai Yu.

Chen Congxiao's house is in an alley near the Imperial College. The house prices in the capital are very high. When I bought it, I couldn't afford it. It was just a three-bedroom courtyard. The maid bought six to look after her and raised four. He is a sedan bearer. He rides in the sedan every day when he goes out, and he is accompanied by someone from his hometown.

After school from the Imperial College that day, Chen Congxiao hurriedly asked the bearers to rush to Bada Hutong.

After arriving at the place, Chen Congxiao got down from the sedan slowly and saw a beggar sitting on the opposite wall. He lowered his head and looked at the broken bowl in front of him. Chen Congxiao didn't pay attention to this detail. It was too normal for there to be a few beggars in this place. Yes, it would be abnormal not to have it.

Along the way, what came to my mind was the white jade girl with a face like mutton fat and white jade, and a wrist as bright as snow. A few days ago, my mother put out flowers. When the white jade girl reached her age, which uncle would be willing to spend money to comb her hair. Chen Congxiao prepared enough silver notes to pursue two white jade girls. He must win them today.

The moment Chen Congxiao turned around, the beggar who was sitting on the ground moved, stood up suddenly, and jumped forward with vigorous movements. Before anyone could react, he rushed three steps away from Chen Congxiao. At this moment, Chen Congxiao was standing When I met a competitor, they held each other's fists in false politeness, but unexpectedly a gust of wind came from behind their heads, and when they looked back, they saw a dark mass.

Snapped! BIAJI.

It was sticky and covered Chen Congxiao's face, and there was a stench that could make people spit out the food he had eaten three days ago. Chen Congxiao almost died on the spot. After completing its mission, a piece of rag slowly fell down. The beggar who threw the unknown object turned around and ran away. He turned like the wind and disappeared into the depths of the alley in less than ten breaths.

Obviously this is a piece of shit, not fresh, but a piece of shit that has been fully fermented.

Chen Congxiao touched his face subconsciously, and the pure smell made him turn his head and vomit while holding the door.

This vomiting was earth-shattering. He vomited one after another. Even after vomiting the acidic water, he couldn't stop. He was still retching instinctively.

An hour later, Chen Congxiao's sedan returned to his home. Today's combing trip was completely ruined. He was exhausted from vomiting and his legs were weak. After washing his face and borrowing some clothes to change into, the smell of sex still lingered. Don't go.

Today's experience was the most miserable experience in Chen Congxiao's life. Just when he thought that today's misery would end when he returned home, he suddenly heard the attendant outside the sedan shouting: "Who are you?"

Bang bang bang, there was a sound of sticks hitting flesh, accompanied by words in a vicious tone: "The wrongdoer has his debtor, and if you don't want to die, get away."

Chen Congxiao felt a thud, and the sedan was thrown to the ground by the bearer. Before he could recover, a hand reached out from the curtain of the sedan, grabbed his collar and pulled him out, and he was stunned forward. The frail Chen Congxiao couldn't resist. He swooped down and grabbed the shit from a vicious dog in front of him.

When I fell down and was confused, two heavy blows fell on my legs. I didn't feel anything at first, just soreness and numbness. After a moment, the huge pain dissipated.

"Ah!" Chen Congxiao let out a shrill scream. When he looked back, he found that Chang Sui had been put with a cloth bag on his head. He must have been knocked unconscious. He fell against the wall without moving. Several black figures had already run away. Unable to see clearly, the two maids holding lanterns in the room were shivering, and one of them screamed: "A thief has killed someone!"

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Jia Lian in the study is writing furiously. There is no computer these days. If he wants to write something, he can only use a pen. His calligraphy skills are already up to standard, but it is difficult to write faster. Although Jia Lian worked very hard, he wrote (copied) up to two thousand words a day, and he also had to write eight-legged essays and draw little figures for Wang Xifeng.

It’s so hard to make money writing books! When Jia Lian sighed secretly in his heart, he thought that in the future, he would not have to rely on the monthly money to live a tight life, but could spend whatever he wanted. Jia Lian had the motivation to continue to create (copying) great things.

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After finally copying again, Jia Lian put down his pen and stood up to do some activities. The door curtain was raised, and Jia Rong came in with a smile: "Uncle Lian, are you done?"

Jia Lian smiled at first, then warmly invited him in and said, "Is the matter settled?"

"It's done, but it's not enough to make him feel disgusted. That piece of shit is too cheap. So I took the initiative and arranged for three generals to wait in front of his house. When the guy came back, his legs were broken. Three of them The family generals have also given instructions and will leave the city early tomorrow morning to return to Jinling to visit relatives." Jia Rong spoke with a look of asking for credit.

Jia Lian secretly took a breath after hearing this. To be cruel, it would have to be a second generation like Jia Rong who is used to treating people badly. When it comes to my own head, I just want to take a simple revenge, and it will be over after being disgusted.

It can be seen that as a modern soul, when dealing with this kind of thing, the heart is still not cruel enough, and the bottom line is too high. In other words, Jia Lian was not familiar with the way people of this era dealt with grudges.

"Well, it was done well." No matter what he thought in his heart, Jia Lian first affirmed Jia Rong's actions and would never blame him for making his own decisions. If you really want to blame Jia Rong, not only will it not help, but it will have the opposite effect.

Jia Rong didn't feel that she had gone too far, but she felt that Uncle Lian was still kind-hearted. That guy was so cruel and wanted to ruin Second Uncle Lian's future, yet he actually left him with all his limbs intact.

After praising Jia Rong, Jia Lian took three silver ingots from the drawer, twelve taels each, handed them to Jia Rong and said: "Bring them to the generals. They will have enough money on the road. Tell them not to be too economical on the road, eat well and drink well." , you can return to Beijing in half a year at most."

How do you describe this disposition? You can never go too far wrong.

For Chen Congxiao, it is impossible not to take revenge. I have traveled through time to the Jia Mansion, and I still endure my anger as a human being. Isn’t that saying that I have traveled through time in vain? Choosing this time to retaliate was entirely based on the fact that the government and the opposition were in dispute over the increase or decrease in the content of the imperial examination at that time. If something unexpected happened and affected the implementation of the case, it would be really self-inflicted. Another point is that Jia Lian did not underestimate Chen Congxiao and delayed his revenge for more than a month. This was not only to avoid suspicion, but also to let Chen Congxiao relax his vigilance. After all, people cannot be tense all the time. If they are tense for a long time, it will be natural. slack off. As a retaliatory party, the main focus is to launch unexpected sneak attacks. How can the opponent sneak attack if they are vigilant?

Now that the matter is done, the beginning and end must be dealt with. If you can avoid being suspected by the people in the yamen, then don't be suspected.

As for Chen Congxiao's suspicion, it is inevitable. As far as Jia Lian is concerned, Chen Congxiao's suspicion has no lethality.

On the contrary, Chen Congxiao has experienced such a thing, and next spring will definitely be affected.

In this year's provincial examination and next year's general examination, due to the regulations on adjusting the content of the imperial examination, Jia Lian's probability of passing two subjects in a row has greatly increased. Jia Lian may not be able to stand out compared to eight-part essays, but Jia Lian is not afraid of anyone compared to mathematics.

After giving the family a lot of money, Jia Lian continued to give benefits. He patted Jia Rong on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Please work hard on the bookstore. All the money earned will be yours. I'll just use some to polish my pen. I still have some here." It’s a good job, I couldn’t figure out how to do it for a while, but later I thought about it and told you, you can either invite someone to do it together, or you can start it all yourself.”

Jia Rong's face turned red with excitement and he thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you Uncle Lian for giving me a chance. The bookstore's dividend is agreed to be 30-70. We will take 30% of it." Adding two to one makes five, and getting one more point is disrespectful to Uncle Lian's care. Since I started running errands for noble people, I have a smile on my face every time I see you."

Speaking of Jia Zhen, Jia Lian quickly added: "You will share the money later, but don't let me know about it. You and I are both black-eyed and can't see snowflakes and silver. It's okay if you don't know. If you know, you will definitely reach out and ask for it." Will you give it or not when the time comes?"

Jia Rong suddenly looked confused after hearing this: "You will always know."

"It takes a day to hide it, but I will find out later. If you push it on me, just say that you will get money for running errands. One month is equivalent to the monthly salary, which is not much money." Jia Lian naturally wanted to save Jia Rong from worries. Let him be braver. When he develops the habit of not being afraid of his father in the future, one day Jia Zhen goes crazy, and Jia Rong feels so aggrieved that she will naturally have a desire for revenge.

When the time comes, hum. Jia Zhen was killed without anyone noticing, so Jia Lian didn't have to worry about it. Jia Rong would cover it up subconsciously.

After Jia Rong thanked her again and again, she went happily. Since Jia Lian took Jia Rong with him, Jia Rong feels that he is so happy every day. He used to worry about being beaten and scolded by me every day, but now he doesn't worry about it at all. He is more attentive to studying in ethnic studies. After all, I have to run errands for noble people, and I also have some income from buying and selling shares, so naturally I need to learn some skills to do things well.

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The so-called good thing is that you don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. This sentence is really used in the right place when applied to Chen Congxiao.

What happened last night was spread in the Imperial College early in the morning.

As soon as Jia Lian arrived in the classroom, he heard someone gossiping vividly.

"Hey, I don't know how many people I have offended. Two groups of enemies have attacked one after another. The former is better, but it just loses some face in Bada Hutong, so I just won't go there in the future. The latter is extremely vicious, and the long followers around him are being beaten. A sack was put over his head and he was knocked unconscious. He also had two sticks hit him, and his legs were broken. Tsk, tsk, tsk, normally this person is modest, polite, and generous, but I don't know where he got into trouble outside. immortal."

The person who spoke was also a noble son, but his rank was not high. When he was talking happily, he saw Jia Lian coming in and immediately stopped his voice. If you don't doubt Jia Lian's hand, what if you are misunderstood?

"Let me tell you, the worst thing will be in the spring of next year. If something like this happens, it will be a minor injury to recuperate at home, but a big problem if you delay your studies. I heard from people in the yamen that as long as the murderer is not caught, that's all. Official errands Before he left, he had a high fever. The doctor set the bones on his front legs and treated the fever on his back legs."

Seeing Jia Lian's calm face, several classmates gathered together to gossip about him. As expected, gossip is unstoppable.

Jia Lian usually lives alone, and everyone is used to it. As long as he is not provoked, he will always be invisible.

As soon as I sat down, I heard someone sarcastic again: "You people, you just eat carrots and don't worry about it. After all, I am a scholar. I relied on the support of my ancestors to enter the Imperial College to study, so I have to worry about others failing in the exam." Heart, it’s better to think more about this year’s autumn. Don’t go into the provincial examination room and end up in ruins. The next time will be three years later.”

After hearing this, Jia Lian felt that these words were sober in the world. Just as he was silently applauding, Jia Zhu, who was one step ahead, stood up and walked over. Jia Lian quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, what's the matter?"

In any case, no matter how cold Jia Zhu is, Jia Lian will not let others catch him in terms of etiquette, lest he be accused of lacking filial piety. You know, this is not a light crime.

"This year's rural examination has added the content of arithmetic. I have always not studied enough in arithmetic. I would like to ask Brother Lian for your guidance if there is something I don't understand." It may be because the rural examination is only a few months away, and Jia Zhu's Attitudes have also changed.

Despite this, no one else could fault Jia Zhu. They were cousins. Although everyone knew that the second wife of Rongguo Mansion was the head of the house, they were related by blood.

"It's easy to say, brothers at home, if you don't understand, just ask." Jia Lian said simply, and his smile was absolutely sincere.

But I was secretly disdainful in my heart, what is the most real thing in this world?

Mathematics, if you can’t do this stuff, then you really can’t.

Thinking that this year's calculations were bound to be more difficult, Jia Lian couldn't help but want to sing a song.

"So, thank you Brother Lian." Jia Zhu forced a smile on her face, hugged her hands and turned around, her smile disappeared, and her face was gloomy.

(End of this chapter)