Hey, Jia Lian hasn't beaten them yet, but they beat Li Gui first.
On the way back from the Yamen, Jia Lian passed by Yong'antang Pharmacy on horseback and went in to buy the Angong Niuhuang Pills prepared by his family, which was a good medicine for treating Jia Zheng's acute stroke.
Then I went around the Dongsi Archway and found Qingrentang Ginseng and Antler Store, which specializes in selling ginseng, velvet antler, bezoar, musk, donkey-hide gelatin and other valuable medicinal materials, and bought some good velvet antler.
Deer antler can cure cold and heat epilepsy, replenish qi and strengthen the will, and is also very beneficial to Jia Zheng's illness.
Behind his shop, there are more than a dozen male sika deer in captivity, and each one is fat and strong.
Every forty-fifth day after the Qingming Festival, his family's waiters would tie up the sika deer, saw off the "stubble velvet" quickly with hands and feet, apply Yuzhen powder on the wound, paste it with oil paper, and then put it back in the deer house. At the beginning of autumn,
On the third day, the "second crop of antler" of that year was picked using the same method.
This process of sawing the velvet is done in public to show that his deer antlers are genuine.
Some pharmacies on the street will use the "green velvet" of red deer as the "yellow velvet" of sika deer, or use "two-bar antler" as the "one-saw velvet" of the first crop, but Qingrentang Ginseng Rongzhuang disdains it.
To do this.
This shop was recommended to Jia Lian by Li Gui.
Since Li Gui "surrendered" to Jia Lian, he has been doing a lot for Jia Lian. Jia Lian has been thinking about changing Li Gui to a suitable place.
Just as Jia Lian's horse turned onto Ningrong Street, he saw Xing'er riding over in a hurry.
As soon as he saw Jia Lian, Xing'er jumped off his horse and bowed with a bow.
Jia Lian frowned slightly and asked:
"What's the emergency? There are so many people on the street right now, and you're still racing?"
Xing'er was so angry that her face turned crooked:
"The little one is in a hurry to find the second master. In our house, housekeeper Lai has arrested Li Gui and is tying him up in the stable. He has three or four people beating him with sticks."
Lai yelled for someone to beat Li Gui?
Jia Lian's face instantly sank:
"How dare Lai Da deal with people without asking me?"
Xing'er gave a loud "hum":
"The younger one also asked him the same question. As a result, Butler Lai gave the younger one a big mouthful and called him a 'flower-tailed dog'."
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This kid Xing'er is not an honest kid. Just because of his bad words, Jia Lian didn't believe him and just "asked him."
However, Lai Daming knew that Jia Lian was already the head of the family decreed by the emperor, so how could he hit Jia Lian's gun at this time? Is he tired of living?
Anyway, let’s go back home and have a look first.
Jia Lian waved his hand towards Xing'er:
"You lead the way."
Xing'er immediately climbed up, flew up and got on the horse again.
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They were not allowed to talk outside. After getting off the horse, Jia Lian walked inside and asked Xing'er what was going on.
Xing'er said angrily:
"It's not like the four companions of the Wang family joined forces to exclude Li Gui."
Jia Lian glared:
"Don't add jealousy in front of me, tell me the truth."
Xing'er knew Jia Lian's temperament, and he was always joking, but he was very serious about things, so he talked about it in detail.
It turns out that beside Baoyu, in addition to Mingyan, Moyu, Hoe Yao, Sahong, Yinquan, Bianhe, Sweeping Flowers, Tiaoyun, Shuangrui and Shuangshou, there were six adult long-term followers.
They are Li Gui, Wang Rong, Zhang Ruojin, Qian Qi and Zhao Yihua.
All of these attendants are Baoyu's nannies. Except for Li Gui, the other four are all Mrs. Wang's companions. When Baoyu goes out, they have to act as personal bodyguards, look after Baoyu, and also teach etiquette and rules.
Wait.
Precisely because Li Gui was a servant born in the Jia family and was familiar with etiquette, Jia Zhengcai "hand-picked" him to take the lead, and always reminded him of gems and etiquette.
Today Baoyu is going to a banquet at the Prince's Mansion in Beijing. In addition to Li Gui, Wang Rong, Zhang Ruojin, Qian Qi, and Zhao Yihua, Mrs. Wang also sent Zhou Rui to accompany Baoyu.
Early in the morning, Mingyan, accompanied by cranes, hoeing medicine, and sweeping red, four young men, carrying clothes and bags, holding mattresses, leading a white horse with a carved saddle and colorful bridle, holding whips and stirrups, waited on Baoyu to get on the horse carefully.
.Li Gui and Wang Rong led the horse with a bit in the cage, Qian Qi and Zhou Rui guided the horse in front, and Zhang Ruojin and Zhao Yihua were close behind Baoyu on both sides.
According to the rules of the Jia family, Baoyu had to dismount from his horse and walk when he passed by Jia Zheng's study. Baoyu felt lazy, so he suggested a detour through the corner gate to avoid passing by Mengpo Zhai.
Before Li Gui spoke, Zhou Rui, who was leading the way, turned sideways and smiled:
"I'm not in the study. The study door is locked. I don't need to come down."
Baoyu was a little tempted and asked:
"This also makes?"
Li Gui cursed Zhou Rui in his heart: This bastard bastard, instigated Baoyu to disobey the rules just to buy it.
But he had to apologize to Baoyu quickly and said with a smile:
"It's not a good idea. If you can't be too lazy, let alone show it to that man. Even if you meet Mr. Lai and Mr. Lin, although they can't talk to me, they can only give you a few words of advice. But afterwards, they will definitely send them.
When it comes to me, it’s said that I don’t teach you etiquette anymore.”
When Zhou Rui heard this, he felt very useless and said to Baoyu:
"Not to mention it was such a coincidence, we really met, and there was me."
Baoyu gave Zhou Rui some instigation, and knew that after his father received acupuncture treatment from Dr. Wang, although his hands and feet could move, he still had to stay in bed to recuperate and could not go to the study room. So he became bold and passed by the Mengpozhai study room.
, but did not dismount.
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Unexpectedly, a young boy came in with twenty or thirty people holding brooms and dustpans. When they saw Baoyu, they all stood with their hands down along the wall. Only the young boy headed by him called Qian'er and asked him to greet Baoyu. Baoyu didn't recognize him either, so he rode on horseback.
As I walked out, I saw Lai Da coming in with a few boys.
Baoyu was startled and hurriedly caged the horse. Li Gui and Wang Rong quickly helped him off the horse.
Lai Da smiled apologetically and said to Baoyu:
"Although the master is not here, the second master Bao should still get rid of his horse. This is the way of our young master."
Seeing Baoyu's face turn red, Lai Da didn't dare to delay Baoyu's departure, so he gave up.
Until outside the door, there were six young men including Li Gui and a few horsemen. They had prepared about ten horses to wait. Li Gui and others all got on their horses, and surrounded Baoyu in front of them. There was a burst of smoke.
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When Baoyu came back, he entered the inner house and went to see Jia's mother first. Outside, Lai Da had already ordered people to tie Li Gui up with a rope, saying that he had instigated Baoyu to break the rules.
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Jia Lian kept pace:
"Isn't it Zhou Rui's instigation?"
"Second Master, this is the most hateful thing. The five companions from the Wang family insisted that it was Li Gui who instigated the jade. Isn't this 'a bite from a thief that penetrates three parts of the bone'?"
"Since the five of them have unified their caliber, how do you know?"
At this time, I had walked near the stables and could hear the sound of beatings coming from inside.
Xing'er pouted:
"Sahong is Fu'er's younger brother."
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"Stop!"
Jia Lian's voice was not loud, but it was cold and scary.
When they saw that the person who came in was Jia Lian, the boys in the stable were frightened and stopped.
Jia Lian did not see Lai Da.
When Li Gui, who was tied to a wooden pillar and whipped, saw Jia Lian, he cried out:
"Second Master Lian——"
Jia Lian waved his hand and spoke concisely:
"Let him go. From now on, Li Gui will take over from Qian Hua and take charge of the purchasing of the house."
After that, he turned around and left.
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Everyone in the stable was stunned.
After a long while, Li Gui still cried:
"Thank you, Mr. Lian!"
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Jia Lian held his breath and walked all the way, then took a deep breath and grabbed Xing'er's ear:
"Take me to that stinky horse manure pile again, and I'll have you tied up there and smell the stench all night long."