Chapter 184: Invited to visit Jia Mansion again
It's really unexpected.
The original intention was to teach Hanlin Sun a lesson, but by some strange coincidence, Yu Qian caught the attention of Shangshu Wang!
After the Minister Wang had tested Yu Qian for half a day, he sent a message through Xue Pan, saying that if Yu Qian could pass the exam, he would personally accept him as his last disciple.
This is not something that any seat master or room master can compare to, but a true successor of the mantle!
Judging from this, if Yu Qian had not been married for a long time, Minister Wang might have ignored Xue Pan and directly recruited him as his son-in-law!
Of course, this was a great pity for Shangshu Wang, but a great fortune for Qian - the daughter of the Wang family was not something that anyone could enjoy.
Since the master-disciple agreement has been made, it is natural to teach Sun Hanlin a lesson.
Thus, within just two days, Sun Hanlin went from being a respected literary elder to being condemned by everyone.
Although he is still staying in the Hanlin Academy now, according to this trend, he will probably have to seek a transfer outside the capital before the end of the year.
Two days passed in a hurry.
On the first day of November, Sun Shaozong rushed to Jia's house as scheduled to check the progress of his martial arts studies.
In addition, he actually received a task from his cheap elder brother to confirm whether Jia She was really going to default on his debt.
However, after arriving at the Jia Mansion, the first thing Sun Shaozong did was to fulfill Ruan Rong's request - to send Lin Daiyu a large amount of nourishing supplements.
Of course, as a foreign man, he could not easily enter the girls' boudoirs, so he could only hand the thing over to the gatekeeper near the second gate.
Although he accepted Jia Lian's invitation this time, when he arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, he found that Jia Lian was not at home. Even Jia Baoyu, who was supposed to be waiting for him in the martial arts hall, was nowhere to be seen.
After asking Zhou Rui, who was leading the way, they learned that the two brothers were actually accompanying Jia Zheng to the farm outside the city to settle accounts.
It's just a routine audit and there's no need to mobilize a large force.
But who could blame it on the fact that two stewards had just died in the Rongguo Mansion due to an accounting issue, and a large number of people had been punished?
Now is the first time to check the accounts after the implementation of the "new policy", so it is natural to be more serious to deter those greedy people.
Fortunately, Jia She, whom Sun Shaozong was looking for today, was not involved.
But when it came to the martial arts hall, Sun Shaozong was too lazy to go through all the nonsense. He did not test them on moves, fighting styles, and the like. He just used the military academy training method and took the boys to run laps in the Grand View Garden.
Divide into groups by age and decide the winner based on physical strength!
Considering that these young dandies eat and drink well every day and have been training for more than half a year, their physiques should be much stronger than those of children from poor families.
However, this law only applies to children under the age of twelve.
As for those over twelve years old, not only are some of them not as good as the children from poor families, but even boys a few years younger can definitely surpass them by a large margin.
This is incredible for a teenager who is in a period of rapid growth.
After thinking about it, I am afraid that the only explanation is that poem: The body of a beautiful woman in her twenties is as soft as butter, and she draws a sword at her waist to kill foolish men. Although you don't see the head fall, it secretly makes your bones dry.
These guys started interacting with women too early!
However, this kind of thing can be said to be a family tradition in the Jia family. If they want to enforce the law, they probably have to start with Jia She and Jia Zheng to set the rules - Jia Zheng is fine, but who can persuade Jia She, a lustful ghost, to change his ways?
Therefore, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to give a few words of advice in a roundabout way and then lightly let the matter go.
The way is to combine education with entertainment.
After training the group of young dandies until they were sweating profusely, Sun Shaozong announced that they would disband on the spot, rest in the yard for half an hour, and then return to the martial arts hall to announce the results.
Jia Huan, Jia Cong and Jia Lan were fine, after all, they had come in to play several times before. But for the rest of the close relatives, this was their first time to play in the Grand View Garden, and everything seemed new to them.
Therefore, he soon forgot his tiredness and ran around like a mountain monkey.
Because there were more than a dozen servants watching him, Sun Shaozong felt at ease. Seeing a pavilion nearby , he went over and sat on the stone bench. He asked someone to bring him a pot of good hot tea, and while sipping the tea, he enjoyed the scenery in the garden.
It’s a pity that it didn’t snow in the past two days, otherwise it would have been a really special experience.
At this time, a group of young women came from the southwest. The oldest was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest was only twelve or thirteen years old. However, they all had seductive facial features and coquettish figures.
What's more, her voice was like pearls falling on a jade plate or an oriole singing green, and her laughter and singing were so sweet that they made a few little "fools" dumbfounded. They lay across the road like mud monkeys, forgetting even to dodge.
"You little monkeys are so brave!"
Following a loud shout, a very effeminate man jumped out from the pile of makeup, put his hands on his waist and frowned, scolding: "Who told you to rebel in this garden? Don't you know that this is a villa built for the imperial concubine?!"
The half-grown children, caught off guard by the sudden rebuke, were at a loss as to what to do and huddled together timidly.
However, some of the younger ones were dissatisfied and resentful.
Upon seeing this, Sun Shaozong stood up and asked, "May I ask which boy from the East Palace is this?"
The East Palace refers to the Ningguo Palace. This courtyard was expanded after the gardens of the Rong and Ning Palaces were connected.
Sun Shaozong knew all the young masters in Rongguo Mansion, but this young man with a lot of feminine air was a stranger, so he must be from Ningguo Mansion.
As expected, the man glanced at Sun Shaozong with a suspicious look on his face, and the servant next to him hurriedly introduced: "Master Sun, this is Brother Qiang from the East Palace. Brother Qiang, this is Master Sun Shaozong."
After hearing this, Jia Qiang quickly bowed and said with a smile, "So it was Second Uncle Sun in person. Forgive my poor eyesight and I didn't see it just now."
Sun Shaozong returned the greeting and briefly explained that he had brought his martial arts students to the garden for training. He then said, "I saw that they were exhausted, so I let them rest for a while, but I didn't expect to bump into the girls around you."
"It's not a collision."
Jia Qiang smiled and waved his hands: "I am just leading the newly-purchased actors in the mansion to rehearse at the waterside pavilion ."
It turned out to be a group of opera singers, no wonder they all had such great voices.
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong had an idea. Ever since his cheap elder brother bought the group of maids, they had nothing to do all day long. He might as well start a theatre troupe something to entertain Ruan Rong on weekdays.
So he hurriedly asked, "I wonder where this opera teacher was invited from? My family is also thinking of raising an opera troupe. The people are ready, but I don't know how to train them."
"Uncle Sun, you asked the right person!"
Jia Qiang smiled again, and said with some complacency: "I have always been in charge of the opera troupe in the mansion. I know everything about it. If you want to hear it, I will tell you about it."
"That feeling..."
"Lord Sun!"
Sun Shaozong was about to respond when he heard a shout from afar.
