Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 72: The ancients all heard that the walls had thorns, but now the family members are encountering unruly servants.
Chapter 72: The ancients all heard that the walls had thorns, but now the family members are encountering unruly servants.
The family studies in Jia Mansion only lasted for half a day every day, so there was no rule of ten days off for rest. This was also a rule set by the first two princes to strictly manage their families. However, Jia Dairu is older, so now he only needs to go there every other day.<
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Declining to see Jia Dairu off in person, Jia Lan rode horseback to the Jia Mansion School not far from Houmen Bridge.
He had just entered and hadn't walked long when he heard a commotion. At first, Jia Lan didn't take it seriously. After hearing a few words, the pupils in his eyes shrank slightly, and his face suddenly turned cold. He turned his eyes and found the source of the sound.
Walked over.
The source of the sound is not far away, not in the main hall of the private school but in the corridor.
I saw a few boys hanging around in the corridor as if no one else was around. Listening to the commotion, they seemed to be playing a game of "guessing coins", which is to put melon seeds, lotus seeds or chess pieces in their hands and let people guess the odd or even number, the number or color, and guess the number.
The winner wins, the one who guesses wrong is punished.
Forget it alone, Jialan is not a moral defender. This young boy should be trained by his master.
But what they said was related to Jialan, so we had to deal with it.
"Really?!"
"Of course that's true. Otherwise, how could that man be so interested in her? There are many people in the inner house who have shown favor to him. Have you ever seen anyone fall in love with that man?"
"That's true..."
"And if he hadn't taken a liking to her, how could that man have promoted her relatives so highly and called them to his side to serve as his attendants?"
"Dear me, it sounds like this is probably true!"
"It's true that that man didn't pick between so many good ones, but he chose the one among his own uncles, especially the one with a hot temper!"
"Don't tell me, if this thing comes true, that girl will be on a high branch!"
"What Gaozhi?! It's just a broken pot with a broken lid. It doesn't hurt to tell you. I heard from my mother that back then..."
In the corridor, several boys gathered in a group and muttered, but the one in the middle spoke the loudest, but Jia Lan heard it and noticed.
The man said something, but when he saw that no one around him responded, he noticed the difference in the atmosphere and the look his companion gave him. He slowly turned around, and was suddenly frightened.
After a while of silence, the man recovered from his shock and put on a smile: "Why is Brother Lang so free to come to study today?"
Jia Lan glanced around and looked at this person coldly. These people were all the servants around Baoyu. The leader was Li Gui, the grandson of Baoyu's nanny Li. The others were also hoeing medicine and sweeping red.
Mo Yu.
Li Gui was obviously a little uncomfortable being stared at by Jia Lan, but he didn't know what he was thinking. Was it because his grandmother was Baoyu's nanny, or was he simply breaking the jar and breaking it, and after a brief panic, he actually changed into a new one?
Looking at Jia Lan with a provocative expression.
No matter whether Li Gui is arrogant or something else, Jia Lan thinks this person is used to doing whatever he wants.
Just because there is a strange thing about the Jia family, it is the extremely distorted etiquette rules. Not only other servants must respect Baoyu's servant, but even the other branches of the Jia family must respect him. Otherwise, it is disrespectful.
Master, disrespectful to the master.
Seeing Jia Lan's dull expression, looking like a "two wood" to welcome the spring, Li Gui actually thought he had won, and a look of joy appeared on his face.
This exciting feeling of using a slave to bully his master made him feel particularly proud.
Jia Lan guessed Li Gui's thoughts and curved the corners of his mouth, revealing an expression that was half-smiling.
These are the servants of the Jia family, those servants who look honest and honest.
In fact, these talents are the uncrowned kings of the Jia family. Regardless of their low status, they actually hold a trump card in their hands, even the power of life and death over their master.
That is the so-called "privacy" of the host's family.
Why are later generations so keen on the privacy of celebrities? In addition to the fact that people have a tendency to gossip, the most important thing is the promoters of this gossip.
Don’t underestimate this group of promoters. Don’t you know how many people have made their fortune by writing such small essays?
People in ancient times lacked entertainment methods, and they were particularly enthusiastic about this kind of gossip news. Some even became famous through the ages by writing gossip.
In "The Book of Songs·Qianfeng", there is an article "The wall has ridges":
There are ridges on the wall, so it cannot be blocked. The words that are said in the middle cannot be explained. The words that can be explained are ugly.
The walls are covered with thorns, which cannot be swept away no matter what. You really can’t speak out what is private in the palace. If you really want to speak out, it will be extremely unpleasant to hear.
At the beginning of the original work, Leng Zixing introduced the situation of Jia's family to Jia Yucun. What he said was very clear. Naturally, there were the former's observations, but among them were the anecdotes of Baoyu's birth of jade in his mouth, and his
How does a shopkeeper like Leng Zixing know so clearly about various quirks and even the trivial matters of everyone in the house?
Just because he is the son-in-law of housekeeper Zhou Rui's family, he must have heard all this from his mother-in-law.
Therefore, the master would not dare to bully a servant like Li Gui at will. He was also born to his parents, so why should I have to serve you like a cow and a horse? If I am punished, I will feel resentment in my heart.
You don’t need to do anything. You only need to slightly process the "insider" and other tidbits you see and spread them out, and you will be greatly embarrassed.
In this era, reputation is more important than anything else.
But Jia Lan is not afraid of Li Gui's game rules.
"Wu Gui!"
Jia Lan smiled at Li Gui, turned his head unhurriedly, and called someone over.
"Wu Gui? Who is Wu Gui? Could it be that the young master remembered it wrong? The younger one's name is Li Gui..." Li Gui was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
Jialan smiled back at him: "That's right."
A burly and sturdy man stepped forward from behind Jia Lan. His view had been blocked by the steps and railings of the corridor, so Li Gui and the others did not notice this man at all.
The person who came looked familiar, but Li Gui couldn't remember who he was until he yelled from behind: "Could this be those stupid insects?!"
Li Guideng was startled when he reacted, and his head shrank back.
Yes, this person is none other than Qingwen’s relatives, uncles and brothers!
After not seeing each other for more than a month, this bastard seemed to have changed into a different person. The cowardly look on his face was gone, replaced by full confidence. The original pair of flattering eyes had also been replaced by a courageous coat.
The shank meat is even more conspicuous than before!
"Not only did this man secretly arrange dirty things to frame me, he also wanted to destroy Miss Qingwen's innocence. I am too lazy to do anything to such a rotten person myself. You are a relative of Miss Qingwen, come on!"
Wu Gui looked naive before. He didn't hear clearly what Li Gui and others originally said, and he didn't understand it either. But when Jia Lan said that Qingwen was involved, he immediately became angry.
Staring at Li Gui, his whole body suddenly became ferocious.
Li Guizheng was frightened. Before he had time to react, he felt his body light up and was lifted up by Wu Gui. Then he heard a series of sounds in his ears, his face was burning with pain, and his whole body felt dizzy.