The Famous Detective of the Red Mansions

Chapter 22 Entertain

After the episode of the salt owl robbery, the road northward has no more twists and turns.

On the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, a thousand sails are racing outside the Dongbianmen, and the boats beside the Datong Bridge are like weaving.

The lords of Jia Mansion played the flag of the hereditary Rongguo Mansion early in the morning, and rushed across the river like dumplings. It was really not rampant.

Although Sun Shaozong and Jia Yucun felt that it was really wrong to be so ostentatious under the roots of the imperial city, but Jia Lian had no choice but to leave the capital for nearly a year. It was hard to come back, but they still know how to write the word ‘low-key’?

The two of them persuaded a few words from the side, seeing that he hadn’t heard of him, just posing at the bow of the ship, and he didn’t bother to take care of it.

Not long after, the passenger ship leaned on the pier, and before the shipmen had set up the springboard, they listened to someone jumping and shouting on the shore: “Second Master, Second Master! You are back!”

Jia Lian took a probe on the boat, then laughed and said: “Bao Er, it turns out that you are a dog!”

said, seeing that the springboard had been set up, he walked ahead without letting go.

Sun Shaozong and Jia Yucun evaded each other a few words, and got off the boat in the third place. Originally, they were wondering whether to ride the carriage of Jia Mansion into the city, or simply break up with them here and try to return to the mansion separately.

“Second Lord!”

Suddenly a person leaped forward and held his arm in tears: “How can you not make the old slave cry? The old slave waited here for more than half a month, and finally he hoped you will come back to the second master!”

Sun Shaozong realized that there is still his own part in those few “Second Masters” of feelings.

He was busy taking a closer look, only to see that this self-proclaimed ‘Old Slave’ was about 50 years old. Although his hair was gray, his stature was quite majestic and burly, only half a head shorter than himself.

With a flick of his mind, Sun Shaozong immediately remembered the identity of the man—Wei Licai, the old housekeeper of Sun’s residence.

When the Sun family fell into disarray, all the children in the family were scattered and clean. Feng Weili was the only one who insisted on staying. He just lived with the Sun family brothers for seven or eight years, so he was called the master and servant. No difference.

“Weber!”

Remembering this festival, Sun Shaozong naturally did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly held Wei Licai backhanded, and said angrily: “The cold weather makes you always wait here for me? What about the little monkey cubs at home, are they one by one? Are you rebelling?!”

A small boy next to him hurriedly distinguished: “Second Lord, it’s not that the younger ones don’t understand the rules, it’s really…”

“It was the old slave who wanted to see the second master for the first time, so he insisted on begging for this errand.” The old butler said, while looking up and down Sun Shaozong. After a long time, Fang Youjiao praised: “I haven’t seen him for more than a year. The second master is more handsome after pouring out!”

Sun Shaozong was speechless when he heard the words, but with his majestic body, he was afraid that no matter how he described it, he would miss the word’junqiao’, right?

But he said that Jialian originally wanted to take Sun Shaozong on a trip. Seeing that he also had a family to welcome him, he was no longer troubled. He only reminded Sun Shaozong that after he settled at home, he should not forget to talk to him in Jia Mansion.

Of course, Jia Yucun naturally goes to Jia’s residence for a temporary stay.

So the three of them cherished each other in the Dongbianmen, brought their family members and luggage into the car, and went to Rongguo Mansion and Sun Mansion.

Because Sun’s mansion had sent two carriages, Sun Shaozong assigned one of them to Feng Xin, and asked the young man to send him home first, and then returned to the mansion with the luggage in the car.

Don’t mention Feng Xin.

But he said that Sun Shaozong took Ruan Rong to the car. He was still wondering how to introduce her to the old housekeeper. Who knew that Wei Licai had never seen Ruan Rong before, and he didn’t even ask him, which made him waste some thoughts. .

The carriage passed through the East Gate, crossed the Chaoyang Gate and entered the inner city, and then headed northwest. Seeing that the front was not far from Sun’s mansion, Sun Shaozong was working hard to recall the situation at home, so as not to make any jokes. Only his sweat-stained little hand was clenched on his wrist.

looked up, and saw Ruan Rong look uneasy, she didn’t have the heroic freedom and ease in normal days.

“Do not worry.”

Sun Shaozong hurriedly said: “I have only one brother in my family, and no parents are in the house. I can be the master of marriage by myself for more than half!”

said so, but these years, the emphasis is on ‘elder brother as father’, especially Sun Shaozong grew up with his elder brother since he was a child. Without Sun Shaozu nodding, how could Ruan Rong be able to marry Sun’s family safely?

Just don’t want him to accompany him to fear, Ruan Rong reluctantly smiled, and said, “I can trust you naturally”, and then there is no more words.

After a short while, I heard that Wei Li drank the horse, and exclaimed, “Hurry up and open the door, the second master is back home!”

These days, the main entrance is generally decorated, usually only through the corner doors on both sides, only when encountering major events or welcoming guests, will deliberately open the main entrance—for example, when Lin Daiyu first entered the Rongguo Mansion, he walked through the corner doors.

Seeing that the vermilion lacquer gate was creaking left and right, Sun Shaozong’s heart moved. He couldn’t help but pulled Ruan Rong and got out of the carriage. Without waiting for people to come out, he went straight inside.

Only this time, Wei Licai didn’t dare to pretend that he didn’t see it. He hurriedly stopped in front of Sun Shaozong a few steps, and smiled at Ruan Rong, “Please also ask the girl to get back in the car first, and wait for the old slave to call the two women out before sending the girl Go to the back and rest, so as not to be bumped by the monkey cubs in the house.”

These words are all for the good of Ruan Rong.

But the real reason is: except for the bride to go through the door, the front door is generally forbidden for women to enter and exit-the concubine and auntie and the like can only be carried in through the corner door or the back door to get married.

Sun Shaozong and Ruan Rong crossed this threshold together, and also declared her mistress in disguise.

Ruan Rong hadn’t figured out what was going on at the beginning, but Steward Wei’s blockade suddenly realized. He looked at Steward Wei who was not letting go, and then at Sun Shaozong, whose face was sinking. He gritted his silver teeth slightly. Categorically said: “Brother Sun, I’d better return to the car first…”

“Go back to what car!”

Sun Shaozong yelled and looked at the old butler and said, “Wei Bo, if Rong’er hadn’t helped me, I’m afraid I’d already been in the country of Qianxiang, let alone the unforgettable friendship on this road—the two of us. She has been booked for a lifetime, since she will be the mistress of this mansion sooner or later, what does it matter if she walks back to the front door in advance?”

As he said, he took a half step forward, and carried Wei Guanjia aside with only a light touch on his shoulder, and then took Ruan Rong and walked in.

“Second Lord!”

Seeing that the two of them had to cross the threshold, Wei Licai couldn’t care too much, and hurriedly shouted: “During the Taizu dynasty, rules were laid down. Military generals were not allowed to use Fangirls as their wives. Those who violated the order would have to cut officials. People!”

There were such rules in the Great Zhou Dynasty?

It makes sense to think about it. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu Zhou had just expelled the ‘Meng Yuan’ and restored the rule of the Han people. It was at a time when the national sentiment was high that it would not be an exaggeration to make such a rule.

Sun Shaozong heard this in his footsteps, and Ruan Rong’s face suddenly changed next to him. Then he struggled desperately, with tears in his eyes and persuaded his mouth: “Big Brother Sun, as long as I can be with you, Rong My son is already content, don’t you…”

If she didn’t persuade, Sun Shaozong might hesitate a little bit. This persuasion aroused Sun Shaozong’s temper, so he immediately said nothing, put his hand away from the old housekeeper, and pulled Ruan Rongang in!

After crossing that threshold, Sun Shaozong stopped again and looked at Ruan Rong who was already in tears. UU reading www.uukanshu.com laughed and said: “What are you crying? The military commander can’t marry him, I’m not going to be a civil servant. That’s it-when I see the emperor, I will first ask for orders to be a civil servant, and then I will marry you!”

He was not just fooling Ruan Rong with his tongue.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in order to avoid repeating the misfortune of the imbalance between the civil and military affairs of the two Songs, a special rule was laid down: after the imperial examination competition, a group of scholars would be selected from the literary scholars to take up military posts in the army; and then from Wujin. Among the scholars, a group of martial artists who are proficient in literary and ink were selected to serve as civilian officials.

Unfortunately, this rule did not reverse the inertia of history.

After decades of peace in the world, the Wenchen Group gradually suppressed the noble family, and the bad habits of emphasizing cultural affairs over military affairs have once again become commonplace.

So to this day, although this rule is still in effect on the surface, it has long been changed beyond recognition.

On the Wen Jinshi side, only the hapless people who are in the same Jinshi will be kicked out of the military for training, and they will all be promoted to the sixth rank.

Among the Wu Jinshi, only the champion, second place, Tanhua, and the top twelve in the second class are eligible to be converted to civilian positions. I am waiting to fill the vacancy-and I can’t be a county magistrate or other official seal officer, so I can only help the literary scholars.

Not only that, but after taking office, the Wu Jinshi had to endure the squeeze out of the official civil officials, and they would be impeached if they were not careful.

But even so, Wu Jinshi was still eager for the transfer of civil service.

And Sun Shaozong was the fifth Wu Jinshi in the Second A in the eighth year of Guangde. Otherwise, at his young age, he had never won any title, how could he become a captain of the sixth rank?

is also because of this level of identity, that day Jia Yucun would persuade him to wait for an opportunity to turn into a civilian job.