When Jia Baoyu went out of the second door again, what he saw were two people kneeling in court in disheveled clothes and scars.

Although Jia Zheng is the owner of Rongguo Mansion, he usually doesn't pay attention to miscellaneous matters, and Jia Lian takes care of the housekeeper's affairs.

"Second Master ......"

Mingyan saw Jia Baoyu and called out with a face full of grievances.

At this time, Mingyan, with a blue nose and swollen face, was almost unrecognizable, and he didn't have the appearance of a clever little guy at all. However, looking at the situation of Li Gui next to him, Jia Baoyu was a little surprised, Mingyan was small, he didn't expect to be able to fight with an adult subordinate like Li Gui......

Ignoring Mingyan's gaze for help, Jia Baoyu went up the steps. When Jia Lian heard that Jia Baoyu was coming, he also greeted him and said, "Why is the second brother here?" ”

Jia Baoyu didn't go around the bend and said, "What do the two second brothers plan to do?" ”

Jia Lian said: "The master said, the family Li Gui, the little guy Ming Yan disregarded the family rules, fought in the courtyard of the main house, and said filthy words, which was insulting. Among them, Li Gui was beaten with 20 boards, deducted two months' money, and Mingyan was beaten with 30 boards, and he was sent to the stable, and he was not allowed to enter the second gate again......"

With such a clear difference in the results, Jia Baoyu was not too surprised. First of all, Li Gui is the son of Jia Baoyu's nurse, who is more decent than Mingyan, and secondly, Jia Baoyu knows Mingyan's personality, and the person who speaks filthy words in Jia Lian's mouth must be Mingyan.

"The villain has seen Second Master Bao."

At this time, a middle-aged man suddenly walked out from behind Jia Lian and saluted Jia Baoyu. Jia Lian saw the confusion in Jia Baoyu's eyes, so he smiled and said, "This is the son-in-law of the housekeeper Zhou Rui, called Leng Zixing." He is a capable person, originally a southerner, and now he has opened an antique shop in the capital. ”

Leng Zixing hurriedly said modestly: "Where and where, where am I a capable person, but I rely on the support of the government to make some small deals......

Take this time as an example, if it weren't for the help of Second Master Lian, my shop would have been sealed a long time ago, and even people would have been driven back to the south. ”

"It's a trivial matter, why worry about it."

It turned out that this person was Leng Zixing, a friend of Jia Yucun, the introducer of the general situation of Jiafu at the beginning of the Red Mansion, and he was clear about the affairs of Jiafu.

This person should not be underestimated.

However, at this time, Jia Baoyu had no intention of talking to him, nodded to him, and then said to Jia Lian: "Since the two of them are my people, can Second Brother Lian hand them over to me for disposal?" ”

"Over to you?" Jia Lian was surprised and said: "Baoyu, you don't have to be too soft-hearted, this person has made a mistake, and he should be punished, if you can't bear it, go back first." ”

"Second Brother Lian don't worry, I will talk about it myself, master, and I won't let Second Brother Lian bear it."

Jia Baoyu said, walking down the steps.

Mingyan thought that Jia Baoyu was standing up for him, and his eyes were full of excitement at this time. Li Gui was a little uneasy and a little ashamed, and said, "Brother, I ......"

Jia Baoyu didn't give him a chance to finish speaking, and said, "Come with me." ”

Then he walked out of the courtyard of the steward's room.

"Humph!"

Mingyan got up and snorted at Li Gui proudly, but he pulled the wound on his face, and he covered his face and walked away in pain.

Li Gui saw that Jia Lian had no intention of stopping him, so he had to get up and follow dejectedly.

Jia Baoyu took Li Gui and the others to Mengpo Zhai first, and went to discuss with Jia Zheng alone. Jia Zheng was reluctant to pay attention to these trivial matters, so Jia Baoyu didn't use a few words, and Jia Zheng let him deal with it himself.

Rongguo Mansion is the residence of the principality, and the backyard is inhabited by many people such as the owner of the house, servants, maids, etc., not to mention the front yard that accounts for a wider proportion!

There are many houses in the front yard, and Jia Baoyu, as the son of the concubine in the house, is equipped with an outer study. It's just that Jia Baoyu doesn't usually come often.

"Tell me, what's going on today?"

Sitting in the outer study, Jia Baoyu looked at the two people in front of him.

"Second master, today I was just about to do what the second master explained, I don't know where he came from, saying that I instigated the second master all day long and beat me. He started this incident today! ”

Mingyan said loudly.

Li Gui hurriedly said: "Brother, don't listen to this little bastard bullshit's nonsense, I'm just afraid that he won't be able to handle the second master's business, so I kindly mentioned him a few words, who knows that he doesn't know what to do, and he insults me, I ......"

"And then you bullied him like this and beat him like this?"

Jia Baoyu asked.

"That's it!" Mingyan held his head high.

Li Gui hurriedly said: "No, brother, didn't you see this little bastard fighting people, that desperate posture, I didn't ask him for a favor today." ”

Jia Baoyu took a closer look at the injuries of the two of them, and could see that Li Gui's words were true......

The fact is that Li Gui is taller than Mingyan and has great strength, but he can't stand Mingyan and wants to kill him, and how dare Li Gui really beat people to death. If one is so open-minded, and the other has scruples, the situation is reversed.

If it hadn't been discovered by others earlier, Li Gui felt that he would probably have to explain there today, this lifeless little Wang Balamb......

Jia Baoyu is so sensitive, he has already guessed most of today's events before.

Because he had a deep impression of this Mingyan in his previous life, and Mingyan was really unambiguous about his errands, he kept calling him. As for his brother, Li Gui, the highest-ranking long-term follower by his side, Jia Baoyu has no impression of him.

But for Li Gui's mother, that is, his wet nurse Mama Li, I hate it very much. That old guy, when he has nothing to do, he comes to Jia Baoyu's house to set up music, and he is verbose, and he is really annoying.

Tired of the house and Wu, he naturally can't get close to Li Gui.

Unexpectedly, he was resentful because of this and went to find trouble with Mingyan.

Originally, Jia Baoyu's first reaction was to be even more disgusted with Li Gui, but after thinking about it, make the best use of things and people. Li Gui plays his role as his milk brother, as long as he uses it well, he is actually more reliable than others.

Today, since he is angry because of his neglect, it shows that he is indeed leaning on his own tree. Why don't you take the opportunity to take him.

In the end, he is an adult, and many things may be more convenient than Mingyan.

Besides, the ancients often compared governing the family with governing the country, Jia Baoyu felt that if he couldn't even manage the dozen or so people under his hands, how could he talk about ambitions in the future?

So, Jia Baoyu said: "I already know the cause of today's incident, I neglected Brother Li before, and it was indeed my fault." But Brother Li rest assured, now I am still in school, and I usually have some trivial things to help me do, and when I succeed in my studies and become an official in the court, when the time comes, there will naturally be important things for Brother Li to help me do, but now, Brother Li does not need to be angry with Mingyan and their boys. ”

"What, my brother is really determined to become an official in the future?"

Li Gui was overjoyed.

The Li family was originally not a decent family in Rongguo Mansion, but his mother was lucky back then, and after giving birth to her younger sister, she happened to meet Bao Erye's birth, and she happened to be selected as Bao Erye's nurse, which gave him some dignity in Rongguo Mansion.

It can be said that his honor, disgrace and wealth are all tied to Jia Baoyu alone.

In the past, Jia Baoyu was not familiar with world affairs, and the naughty boy was generally just a child. Now people say that Bao Erye is very different, but he is estranged from him, and usually only summons Mingyan to go in to talk back and do things, so he is naturally unbalanced in his heart.

"Second Master Bao rest assured, today's things are all my lard for a while, so I did such a stupid thing, in the future, if the second master has any errands, just call me, I still have some connections in the house over the years, the second master handed over the matter to me, and it is better to keep it than this kid Mingyan!"

Jia Baoyu smiled and shook his head: "I said it all, I'm still studying now, nothing important." Brother Li wants to be really good for me, just help me pay attention to the things in the house on weekdays, and when I have a serious errand in the future, I naturally can't forget Brother Li.

The two of us grew up eating the same milk, who can compare to our relationship, Brother Li said, right? ”

"That's that, that's." Li Gui suddenly pulled his face and smiled, and said, "Second Master, what about today's ......?" ”

"Although I don't want to embarrass Brother Li, the country has national laws, and the family has family rules. If I don't deal with you and Mingyan, I'm afraid that the master won't be able to talk about it, and the family will follow the same example in the future, won't they mess up the rules?

Why don't you go to the hospital now to apply the wound medicine, and then kneel outside this study for three hours as a small punishment, what does Brother Li think? ”

"Yes, yes, but it's up to the second master."

Kneeling for two or three hours, compared to playing 20 boards, deducting monthly money is much lighter.

It's just that......

"What about the smoke?" Li Guidao.

Jia Baoyu's face was straight: "If you offend Brother Li and offend Brother Li, you should be dealt with severely." But he has also helped me do a lot of things over the years, and asked Brother Li to look at my face and not be too careful. I still have a small matter for him to do in the past two days, and it's not good to let him kneel and lose his legs, why don't you let him kneel for five hours, what does Brother Li think? ”

When Li Gui heard Jia Baoyu say this, his heart was completely balanced, so he naturally had no objection, and then Jia Baoyu let him go down.

"Second Master ......"

As soon as Li Gui left, Mingyan couldn't hold back his grievances anymore, and suddenly knelt on the ground, looking like tears were about to fall.

Jia Baoyu said with a smile: "What, you still have to learn from those little girls to cry to me how to drop?" ”

"It's not...... It's that Li Gui, it's obvious that he took the initiative to pick up the matter today, why not only does the master want to punish me heavily, but even the second master doesn't make the decision for me......"

Mingyan felt too aggrieved.

"Get up, come and talk."

Mingyan got up and walked over.

Jia Baoyu said: "People in the world pay attention to distant relatives, and Li Gui is the son of my grandmother, so the master will be a little more tolerant of him." However, in my case, the distance between relatives and relatives is not determined by innate causes, in my case, whoever is good to me and who is devoted to me is the real close person.

If I don't care about today's affairs, do you think Li Gui suffers or you suffer? ”

Mingyan said naturally: "Naturally, I am at a loss, and the master will drive me to the stable to shovel horse manure!" ”

"Then are you willing to kneel for two more hours than Li Gui, or are you willing to go to the stable to shovel horse manure?"

"Of course it's ......" After a pause, he suddenly showed a look of sudden realization, and said, "So, the second master did all this for me?" ”

Mingyan's face is swollen like a pig's head, and it's really funny to make this look.

Holding back a smile, Jia Baoyu said: "In ancient times, there was a Ming lord, treat your relatives strictly, and treat your subordinates with leniency, what is the reason?" ”

Mingyan shook her head blankly.

Jia Baoyu touched the corners of his mouth, and found that he was now learning the same as those sour and rotten literati. Hurriedly changed his words: "You are a person I trust, if I protect you in such matters, others will inevitably be jealous and resentful of you, and then they will find ways to do evil." Just like today, if I hadn't asked you to do things for me often, Li Guike would have troubled you? ”

"He's just jealous of my second master's favor!" This can be seen through the smoke.

"So, I asked you to kneel for two more hours, which is actually for Li Gui and others to see, so that at least it can make others less resentful of you, and it will also be convenient for you to do better things for me in the future, do you understand?"

"Oh, that's what the second master meant. I know, I've heard of 'the deep responsibility of love' in the play, presumably it is the truth that the second master said, now I understand it all, thank you to the second master, I will help the second master better and more attentively in the future, and I will definitely not disappoint the second master's hard work for me! ”

Mingyan was so happy, and said happily.

Jia Baoyu's eyelids jumped, and he didn't correct his words, with Mingyan's writing and ink, if he could understand it like this, it would be fine......

This kid is clever, and he dares to work hard, such a person is no more expensive than Li, he has nothing to gain or lose, and he is suitable for use as a confidant. As for ability, ability is exercised.