The Red Mansions

Chapter 38 Just reading and practicing martial arts
Qin Mansion
The beautiful woman in palace clothes was absent-minded, her eyelashes were bent, and her eyes were filled with worry, she pursed her lips and remained silent.

In an instant, all kinds of thoughts surged up in my heart, intertwined with sourness, and finally turned into a sentence of self-pity... Why is she so miserable?

If she asked her father to withdraw from this marriage, would Jia Heng come to make trouble too? He even dared to beat the patriarch of the Jia clan in the East Mansion. If he punched his father...

Thinking of her father's troubles at such a young age, Qin Keqing's heart sank, and her cheeks that were originally beautiful like flowers turned frosty white.

Baozhu sighed, and said: "Master Heng is too impulsive, he always fights with others, if after getting married, he fights bravely with others every day, how can he do it?"

Rui Zhu said: "It's better to report to the master early, and let people withdraw from this marriage."

"No, you can't." Qin Keqing said aloud, her voice trembling because of worry.

Both Ruizhu and Baozhu looked at their young lady in unison, with surprise in their eyes.

Qin Keqing shook her head lightly, and said: "This Jia Heng is so brave and ruthless that even the patriarch of the Jia family dared to beat him. If he became ruthless and came to provoke him again, what should our Qin family do?"

Ruizhu raised her eyebrows, and said softly, "Then report to the officials! No matter how violent he is, he dares to go against the officials in the yamen? My master, after all, is a fifth-rank official of the imperial court!"

Qin Keqing sighed faintly, frowned and said: "That's what I said, but if he just came to the door blindly to cause trouble and act like a green-skinned rogue, the government may not be able to control it."

And at this moment, when the three masters and servants were at a loss for what to do about the divorce, Madam Wu outside said: "Miss, that Uncle Heng is here."

The three masters and servants who were "plotting loudly" were startled by Madam Wu's voice. While speaking, Nanny Wu had already lifted the curtain, walked around the screen, entered the wing room, and said with a smile: "Girl, Master Heng, come and get down!" The letter of appointment has arrived, and the master is waiting in the front hall."

Because Qin Keqing just let Baozhu and Ruizhu lead people to inquire about Jia Heng's situation these two days, but did not tell Madam Wu, Mama Wu didn't know her daughter yet, and her mind changed again.

Qin Keqing pursed her cherry lips, thought for a while, and said softly: "Baozhu, Ruizhu, follow me to have a look."

If possible, she would still like to meet Jia Heng and ask him how he got married and started a career because he is so ignorant of the importance and fights with others?If you can make him feel ashamed and withdraw...

"Girl, I haven't passed the door yet. It's not a good thing. After the three letters and six appointments, it will only be ten days." Wu Mama only thought that Qin Keqing was in a hurry to see the gentleman of the Jia family, with an old look on her face. With a smile, he joked.

Qin Keqing was not shy after being teased, but only had a heart full of sorrow, and said: "My family and his family are baby relatives who have already agreed, and the marriage letter is also considered early. Besides, I met him last time. If only Answer a few questions, it's okay if there are servant girls and father around."

She didn't hold her breath last time and was deceived by Jia Heng's appearance. This time, she had better ask her in front of her father.

Grandma Wu thought about it, and felt that it made sense.

Of course, it also has something to do with the fact that the Qin family was originally a small family, and the rules are not as big as those of the Duke's family.

On this side, Jia Heng followed Qin Ye into the flower hall, where the guests and hosts were seated, and the servants offered tea.

Qin Ye took the letter of engagement from Jia Heng, unpacked it and read it carefully. After a while, he twirled his beard with his hand, nodded, and said with a smile, "Nephew, now that the wedding date has been decided, you can perform the six rituals."

Perhaps Qin Ye didn't know about the beating of Jia Zhen that happened in the Cuihong Tower yesterday. This doctor of the Ministry of Industry's catering department was an old scalper in the Ministry of Industry. He worked hard, and the news was relatively closed.

Seeing that Qin Ye had accepted the marriage letter and the betrothal gift was over, Jia Heng also breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said, "We have to ask the uncle to take care of the wedding ceremony."

Qin Ye said with a smile: "My nephew's family situation, the old man already knows something, now that he has been hired, he can change his mind."

He thought about it for the past few days, and felt that since his daughter Keqing likes Jia Heng, it might as well be a good thing. Besides, this young man is handsome, polite, and has a certain calmness in his dealings with others. The generation of pawns, leading carts and selling pulp.

He is also getting old, with only one son Qin Zhong under his knees, he is shy and weak, if he waits for someone to take care of him, he will be able to take care of him in the future.

Hearing this, Jia Heng paused, stood up and saluted deeply, and said solemnly: "My son-in-law has seen my father-in-law."

Qin Ye got up, stepped forward to support her, smiled and said, "My son-in-law, I only have this daughter, who was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child. After passing through the door, my nephew should be more tolerant."

Jia Heng didn't even dare to speak, and Weng and his son-in-law sat down again.

Qin Ye asked again: "What has my son-in-law been up to these two days?"

Jia Heng said: "Going back to my father-in-law, I just study and practice martial arts."

Hearing the words, Qin Ye raised his old face and said in surprise: "My nephew is studying, is it possible that he plans to become an official through the imperial examination? But why do you still want to practice martial arts?"

In his understanding, the status of a martial artist is still somewhat inferior to that of a scholar. The imperial examination is a serious career background, and he does not have to fight for wealth and honor on the battlefield like a general.

If he was from a serious Kejia background, he wouldn't have wasted half his life just to get to the fifth rank in the Ministry of Industry.

Jia Heng said: "My nephew really intends to seek a degree of academic excellence, but a gentleman must master some of the six arts, and practicing martial arts can strengthen the body and prevent disasters."

It's hard for him to say, I think this chaotic world is coming, there are barbarians raging outside, and bandits and bandits are everywhere inside, practicing martial arts and retreating to keep the peace of the homeland, and then pull up the team to follow the example of Chen Wu and Liu Xiang.

Then, it was forked out...

Qin Ye twirled his beard with his hands, and said with a gratified smile: "My nephew's argument is true. The country has been in the Dingguan for a hundred years. As for now, the gentlemen are noble and the military are humble. It is much cheaper to use and move.”

Jia Heng sighed inwardly, as a member of the Chen-Han system, Qin Ye had such thoughts. It is conceivable that Chen-Han today has a strong style of emphasizing literature and restraining martial arts.

However, this is also a common phenomenon in the middle of the dynasties in the past dynasties, why is it not the case in a certain dynasty in the later generations?

Qin Ye said a few more words, seemed to ponder for a while, and said, "My son-in-law, there hasn't been any movement in Jia's house recently, right?"

While the two were talking, Qin Keqing and the maids Baozhu and Ruizhu had already arrived behind the bead curtain, and they were shocked when they heard her father's words in the flower hall.

This... why did the virtuous son-in-law call him?
Then I heard my father muttering, "Dongfu, recently...haven't troubled you with a good son-in-law, have you?"

Qin Keqing hurriedly listened attentively at this moment, only to hear the young man say, "I was about to tell my father-in-law that Jia Zhen from the East Mansion asked me out in the Cuihong Tower last night, and wanted to buy out the marriage contract with a thousand taels of silver, but I beat him angrily." After a call, I went to report to the old lady this morning, and Mrs. Jia has already sent a message, which completely cut off Jia Zhen's thoughts."

On this side, after Jia Heng finished speaking, he looked at the face of the father-in-law Qin Ye. Suddenly, his eyes moved slightly, but out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a figure in a dress on the bead curtain.

"Qin Keqing, or a maid?"

There is no need to hide this kind of conflict with Jia Zhen, and it is... impossible to hide it.

Rather than waiting for Qin Ye to learn from others that he slapped his thigh and said that it was broken and his size was in chaos, it would be better for him to speak up and explain his doubts a little bit.

Sure enough, Qin Ye turned pale with shock when he heard the words, and said: "Why is my son-in-law so reckless? How could he beat someone? The owner of the East Mansion is the third-rank General Wei Lie..."

After Qin Ye's face turned pale, he finished digesting the "bad news".

Jia Heng said: "They don't care about face, they want to make me sell my wife for glory with thousands of taels of silver, does Mr. Yuezhang think I have to swallow it?"

Qin Ye looked at the young man with a wry smile on his face, and sighed: "Yes, but you can't hit people..."

(End of this chapter)