Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 85: Housekeepers of the Grand View Garden, Jia Lan encounters obstacles outside Shenjing
Chapter 85: Housekeepers of the Grand View Garden, Jia Lan encounters obstacles outside Shenjing
The rouge rice had a bumper harvest, and the upland rice in Daoxiang Village also had a bumper harvest, with nearly two stones per mu.
Li Wan was very happy to see him.
Earlier, Sister Feng received Jia Lan's suggestion and discussed with Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang to ask Li Wan and Yingchun to help with the housework and entrust them with the affairs of the Grand View Garden.
Except for Daiyu who did not participate too much because she was busy writing the storybook, everyone else was quite enthusiastic.
Tanchun saw the fragrance of rice outside Li Wan's courtyard, chatted with some peasant women in Beizhuang, and came up with the idea of planting flowers in the remaining fields, making scented tea and selling it to Jingzhong Tea Shop, which also earned him an income.
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After months of hard work, Tan Chun and others did not expect to earn more than two hundred taels of income. Although Sister Qian Feng didn't like this, it was a good start after all.
Originally, Baoyu looked unhappy when he saw that it was Jia Lan's suggestion. But when he saw that the girls were having fun teasing these flowers and plants, he unconsciously joined in, and gradually solved the gloomy mood caused by Qingwen's departure.
Feeling, Xiren and other people around him also breathed a sigh of relief.
In the Grand View Garden, the girls were busy doing housework, and in the Jialan courtyard there were also people talking and horses neighing.
"You will be responsible for taking care of the small courtyard. I have asked Uncle Jiao of Beizhuang to send a few people to serve as nursing home for you. I estimate that it will take more than ten days for me to come back."
Qingwen smiled and nodded, leading Ling Guan Zhaodi and others to stand in a row and face Jia Lan Yingying Yifu.
"I wish you the best in the Five Classics and the first place in the list!"
"I appreciate your kind words!"
Under the Daxia system, the Shuntian Prefecture Township Examination was held in the Dagongyuan outside the east gate of Shenjing City, so Jia Lan had to return to Jia Mansion early today.
After bidding farewell to Qingwen and others, Jia Lan and Qin Zhong galloped towards Shenjing, followed by Qin Shi and Ban'er each riding a horse. In the past few months, everyone has developed good riding skills. p>
But Jia Lan suddenly noticed something in the middle, and glanced behind him.
Several passers-by looked at Jia Lan secretly, and when they saw him turning around, they quickly averted their eyes and did not follow him.
After returning to Jia's Mansion for a day's rest, Jia Lan got up early on the morning of the third day, lit a lamp for himself and began to change clothes. Today is the eighth day of August, the day of autumn.
Li Wan had already ordered Suyun Biyue to prepare breakfast and wait for it. Jia Lan came out and saluted her mother. Li Wan didn't say anything, just put his hands together.
"Buddhas in the heavens and countless deities will definitely bless Lan'er's rural examination to go smoothly."
After breakfast, Jia Lan was sent out by Li Wan, Sanchun, Daiyu and Baochai who had been waiting at the gate for a long time.
"Come on, Lange!"
Originally, Jia Mu wanted to send Jia Lan to the examination room in a carriage from the Rongguo Mansion, but both Jia Zheng and Jia Lan thought it was too arrogant and gave up. In the end, it was agreed that Qin Shi, Ban'er and Wu Gui would escort Jia Lan to the examination room together. As soon as he went out, a hazy autumn rain began to fall in the sky. Jia Lan hid the pen case with him, held up an oil-paper umbrella, and walked slowly. Behind him, Qin Shi and Ban'er were holding lanterns. Wu Gui was the strongest and held the lanterns.
The food box and other items walked behind.
Ningrong Street is located in the east of Shenjing City. Walk out of the street and pass through a four-archway, not far from the east gate.
It was still dark, but the east gate was slightly opened to facilitate the scholars' travel.
"Stand!"
Just after leaving the East Gate Wengcheng and walking for more than ten minutes, there was a sudden loud shout and a group of about ten people flashed out from the side of the avenue. They all covered their faces with towels, but Jia Lan was not among the leaders.
From their body shapes and steps, they could vaguely recognize that these people were the same group of people who were observing him on the official road the day before yesterday, and he immediately made a mistake secretly.
Obviously, he has been targeted for a long time.
The dozen or so people picked a good spot. This place was not close to the city gate and it was pitch dark. There were not many patrolling soldiers around at this time, and everyone passing by could not hide behind them.
"A few..."
Just as Jia Lan opened his mouth, a cold light flashed across from him.
An ax was thrown directly towards his face, and he was so frightened that he dodged in a hurry.
"Oh, I actually have some skills."
The leader sneered, looking at Jia Lan leisurely, as if appreciating a delicacy.
Wu Gui stood in front to protect Jia Lan: "Young master, be careful! These people look like desperados who travel all over the country. They kill people and buy goods. They do all kinds of evil. They never consider the consequences. They just take money to do things. You don't need to waste your time."
Wu Gui had been wandering around the world for a long time before entering Jia's house. He was just a bit stupid when it came to human relations, but that didn't mean he had no experience at all. He immediately saw that these were people who licked blood from the edge of a knife.
"What the big man said is right. If you are wise, please ask this young man to leave a leg, so that I don't have to do anything."
The man at the head spoke fluent Northern Mandarin, but no matter what he heard, Jia Lan felt that this man was not from the Northern Territory, but wanted to hide something, so he smiled and said: "You guys are just asking for money, not as good as that."
In this way, if several people report the number, no matter how much the other party offers, I will give you double the amount. How about this?"
"It's indeed a fat sheep, that's fine! But I want you to stay as a hostage and let this big man get the money." The masked leader waved his sword and pointed at Wu Gui.
Jia Lan shook his head: "I'm afraid not... I still have to take the exam. I can't miss the time. How about..."
Phew!
Another ax flew towards me.
"You think I'm stupid! If you don't stay, who will get the money?!" The leader made a gesture, and a dozen people gathered around with knives.
The leader waved his sword and said with a ferocious smile: "What I hate most in my life are you noble bureaucrats. You are all blood-sucking demons. Let me do justice for heaven today!"
[Suffer! This must be an encounter with a class brother. This person obviously wants to take revenge on the nobles, and the money is just incidental!]
Jia Lan felt bitter for a while, but when he saw Wu Gui protecting Jia Lan, he couldn't help but retreat: "Sir, I will pester these people in a while. You run back, and you will be fine if you run back to the bottom of the tower."
"No! It's too dangerous for you to be alone!" Jia Lan was unwilling to abandon his men in vain.
Seeing this group of people getting closer and closer, Jialan gritted his teeth and tried his best to try out how many times he could use the Stunning Sting.
"You block the others first, and I'll deal with their leader!"
Jia Lan lowered his voice and gave Wu Gui instructions, then concentrated his energy, deployed his spiritual sense, and stared at the leader opposite.
"Kill!" The other party seemed to notice something and did not hesitate.
Phew!
There was a crisp sound of a bow in the distance, and an arrow flew towards a thief.
The leader was startled. He turned around and saw several Daxia sergeants riding along the official road. The horses' hooves roared behind them. It was obvious that the battle was not small.
"Damn it! Get out! Take him with you!"
Soon the man in black fled without a trace.
"Is Mr. Lan okay?"
"Old man?! Why are you here!"
The person who swooped out to save Jia Lan was actually the veteran from Guancheng Racecourse.
"The old man is lucky. He came to Shenjing on business. He happened to meet those people in the teahouse. He vaguely heard them inquiring about the examination room, Jia's house and so on. They didn't look like they were here to take the exam. I was worried that they were here to cause trouble for the young master.
, then he led the people to follow him."
At this time, the people behind him stepped forward. It turned out that it was just a few soldiers driving the horses in the racecourse. No wonder there was such a momentum.