The next morning, the thrush cries softly outside the window.

Baoyu asked Musk Yue to take the maids to watch the house, called for tea and smoke by herself, thought about it, called Li Gui again, and went out along the verandah of the main room. originally wanted to take Wang Shanbao with him, but he let Jia Zheng shout, attacking people and Qingwen in a row, one of them counted as one, and the treatment demanded was very high.

Take the Hanging Flower Gate, pass the South Hall, and finally go to the East Corner Gate. Baoyu will not be like Xiao Baoyu, if you want to sneak out, you have to climb the wall.

Of course, it wasn't big enough to walk through the three beast-headed gates in the center. As the face of Rongguo Mansion, the central gate is not simple, and there are more than a dozen people in the door alone. Plaques, plaques, greetings, and communication...... There are also men who lead horses and fix piles, all of which are born in the house. The gatehouse who is in charge of the gate is not simple, and he can meet Jia Zheng without passing the word.

Jia Zheng didn't allow him to go out, and he didn't want to find a nail to touch.

There are also two gates in the East Corner Gate, one older and one younger. The older one is the porter of the East Corner Gate, wearing a black brocade shirt, and when he saw Baoyu, he ran over happily.

"Second Master Bao, hello to the little one. ”

"Second Master Bao, are you going out?...... Oh, look at my mouth, you go yours, I don't see anything. ”

The porter looked to be twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and looked like a quick man. Li Gui greeted Baoyu and went out, and the smoke behind him looked the gatekeeper up and down, and his immature little face sneered.

He stretched out his tender little hand and slapped the porter's face. Bang! Bang! It sounded very hard, and the voice was crisp, "I said that you sent to the East Corner Gate, the pickled goods who can't get along in the gate room, why are you behaving today?"

"Naturally, naturally, and even more well-behaved in the future. The porter was so angry that he didn't dare to stop him, and he said with a smile: "Grandpa Mingyan, my little ancestor, you can spare the little one." In the past, Bao Er Ye climbed the wall, so there was no way, right?"

"Nonsense!When did our master climb over the wall!" Mingyan grimaced.

"I didn't climb, naturally I didn't climb! It's a mistake for the small one, and the small one should be beaten!"

Someone helped him fight, and Mingyan was satisfied with his little hands and swaggered out with Baoyu. The concierge walked slowly and hurried a long distance, until he turned around Ning Rong Street outside the house, and then returned to the house on the inside of the East Corner Gate.

The little disciple under his command was very eye-catching, boiled an egg and rubbed his face, and asked, "Master House, you have been wronged today." Don't mind, let's go to the central gate to reason, he has no ability to 'do anything', but he is just a rich idler. ”

"Don't take me with you if you're looking for death!" the porter snatched the egg and rubbed his face, and screamed. That's really painful, don't look at the small hands of the smoker, but he is a little ruthless. He played a few more rounds on his own, but he didn't dare to retract his strength.

Xiao Menzi was taken aback by him, and said, "This ...... And the head?'Nothing to do', no, it's Bao Erye. Didn't Bao Er Ye hit a lot of nails in our place before, so he could only climb the wall. Why are we afraid of him again?"

The porter opened a window, looked around carefully, and lowered his voice: "Afraid, why aren't you afraid? You are just a third-class guy, who will tell you about the affairs of the house? I am your senior, maybe I want to mention you."

The second master of Bao is not the previous 'busy', 'rich idler', these days are boiling, first Kaiwen Mountain, then to save Jin Chuan, yesterday also made a fire kang, very happy to the masters. You also mentioned the head of the main house, that is a person who can't get along, even the daughter-in-law of the housekeeper, Grandma Feng, is afraid of him. ”

Grandma Feng is afraid of him? Xiaomenzi straightened her eyes, thinking of Feng Lazi's majesty, her neck shrunk.

He muttered and asked, "Then, Master House, if Second Master Bao and Grandma Feng have a rush, who will we listen to?"

"Of course it's Grandma Feng!"

The porter blurted out, and immediately pinched Xiao Menzi's neck and scolded: "Bastard thing, this is also what you can ask?" I didn't say anything, remember clearly, I didn't say anything.......

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The central capital city covers a vast area, more than hundreds of miles from east to west, with the capital river as the boundary, divided into two cities, east and west.

Dongcheng is the residence of dignitaries, clean and tidy, stable and serene. Baoyu knew that Jiafu was on the west side of Dongcheng, and heard that further east was the imperial palace and the residence of the central minister of the imperial court, which was even more magnificent.

He did not go east, but went straight west and crossed the bridge.

To the west of the bridge is the West City, next to the bridge, there is a four-story building. The large wooden building is made of wooden tenons and tenons, and is covered with a layer of pale fragrant paulownia lacquer glue, which looks like there is no gap connection, as if it grew out of the ground. Baoyu saw a three-zhang plaque hanging on the door curtain, with the words 'Four Treasures of the Study', and the strokes flew like a dragon's kiss, which was magnificent.

Baoyu couldn't help but walk inside, and Li Guiwei was embarrassed behind: "Master, we can't get in." ”

When he saw Baoyu turn around, he smiled embarrassedly: "Second Master Bao, what is sold here is all things for literati, high-end, atmospheric, and high-grade." Look at the plaque above, it is the handwritten book of the scholar of the Chaohua Gaidian Temple, except for a talented person like you, no one can enter. ”

Mingyan heard the splash monkey and stared at the plaque, wanting to give it a try.

Baoyu grabbed him, glared, and said, "Wait first, when your grandfather also becomes a scholar, dismantle it and take you in." He couldn't help but wonder: Is Mingyan a fox, or is he really a monster made of monkeys? They all say that he is not afraid of heaven and earth, which is also too much, the handwriting of the scholar, he is a big demon level equivalent to Xiucai, can he find death?

[Splashing monkeys need to be educated. 】

Baoyu thought viciously and walked up the smooth wooden steps.

The plaque flashed with snow-white incandescent light, echoing his talent, as if passing through a fragile bubble, and with a bang, it passed.

There was no one to serve in the building, only a small counter with delicate shapes, on which paper, ink, pens, inkstones and other things were placed. Baoyu looked at the brush first, and none of them were better than Huo Wuchihao, so they simply flashed. He needs the ink strip very much, but the price on it is really unbearable for him, so it is better to use the ordinary fragrant ink in the house first, and then practice the words well, and then buy it later.

In terms of paper, there are ordinary bamboo paper, the same as in the house, and there are also better ten-button paper, ranging from three taels of silver to 100 taels of silver. Baoyu was still thinking about Jia Zheng's 500 taels, and walked next to him to look at the inkstone.

He has two inkstones in the room, one for use and one for spare, both of which are ordinary stone inkstones, at most the materials are better, they look more beautiful, and the price is more expensive, but in fact, they are not very useful. He saw that there was a better strange stone inkstone here, and after walking around, he couldn't take his eyes off.

Strange stone inkstones include stone, iron, copper, silver, gold, jade, etc., which can be loaded with the other three of the four treasures of the study, except that they cannot hold other things, and the novels that have been read are the same as the treasures of storage. He had wanted it for a long time.

He is not a showman, he can't talk on paper, so naturally he doesn't need to carry the four treasures of the study with him. But whether you need to get it or not is one thing, and whether you like it or not is another. The treasure of the storage category cannot be seen in the previous life.

Walk all the way, there is a big black stone inkstone, dignified and heavy, quite the ancient style of the literati; there is a sonorous iron inkstone, the color is silver and white, flashing sharp and cold light, with a kind of determination to show the meaning, if the young man is ambitious, he will definitely like it; there are also big brass walking male tigers, bright silver small inkstones, gorgeous gold inkstones, in the end, it is a gentleman like jade jade inkstone.

Baoyu in front of him didn't like it, he was not an unstoppable warrior, nor was he an elegant and steady person who knew the destiny of heaven, just a small snail climbing all the way up.

Tang poems, Song songs, Yuan songs, all dynasties are in front of Zhuyu, and he has a good cultivation.

I don't want to shine, and I don't want to hide at the bottom of the stream, I just set a goal and slowly achieve it.

The reeds are like silk, and the rock has no transfer. When the goal is set, he is willing to be a quiet stone, withstand wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and enjoy the fragrance of spring flowers.

Jade inkstone, he likes it.

Baoyu swept over the green jade inkstone, the jade inkstone, the purple jade inkstone, and the Baihua jade inkstone, and at the end, he saw a sandalwood hollow box, and there was a topaz inkstone with mottled surface and mottled inside, as if the whole body was cracked, and it seemed to grow luxuriant flower buds.

He stretched out his hand to touch it, only to feel that the tentacles were moist and soft, and when he took back his fingers, there was no trace of water, and it was a good inkstone. Baoyu picked up the inkstone, which was exactly the size of the palm of his hand, and it could be hidden in the sleeve or placket. The four sides of the inkstone protrude with a half-finger long head, which makes the soft topaz inkstone more atmospheric.

Good looking, easy to use, just right for him.

Baoyu glanced down, put the inkstone back in the box, and turned to leave.

Three thousand taels of silver...... What the hell, profiteers......

Outside the building, Li Gui and Mingyan were waiting, and when they saw him come out, they stepped forward and joked: "Master, do you have something you like." ”

"The first floor is too bad, and the second floor can't go up. "When he entered, he felt that if he wanted to go up to the second floor, he had to at least have a talent show.

Li Gui smiled and flattered: "That's it, the first floor is for students, at most it is an ordinary gold pen and gold inkstone, which can't match the identity of our master, and when we are admitted to Xiucai next year, we want to be better." ”

The words are quite good, and Baoyu can't get up or down.

That's right, the first floor is at most a gold-level goods, but he really likes the floral soft topaz square inkstone.

Helpless, can't afford it.

Walk further west and enter the inner gate of the West City.

This time he came out, he wanted to see the prosperity of the literati, and he heard Mingyan say that he wanted to see the middle capital city in the eyes of the literati, and it was none other than the Xiangxiang Building. Xiangxiang Building is a green building, not the kind understood in the 21st century, but playing the piano, painting, chanting poems, and giving words, which is an elegant place.

Of course, those who have affection and concubines are interested, whether they are moved by the literary talents, or they are interested in the silver of white flowers, it is up to the benevolent and the wise to see the wise.

Baoyu thought like this, and also prepared five taels of silver to be the capital of the elegant seat. He let Mingyan lead the way, Li Gui followed behind, and the three of them walked a hundred and ten steps like this, passing the corridor connecting the gates in the West City.

Today's weather is fine, and a little cold wind blows on the finch's golden fur, and it is also dialed by a warm feeling. Baoyu was very satisfied with the finch gold fur, thinking that wearing it on her body would not only look good, but also avoid the cold pain of this tattered body.

But the sun shines on the body, and there is a bright light in front of him, illuminating the surrounding scenery to see the slightest. He swept to the left and right, and then looked at the six horse avenues in front of him, and he didn't know how far away, and the tail vertebrae were erect, and he was so cold that he was bone-chilling.

It's cold! It's cold to the bones;

Cold! cold to the deepest part of the heart;

It's cold, and it's even cold, and it scares him!