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At night, the full moon is like a jade plate, and the autumn breeze is slightly bleak. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe servants of the Xia Mansion slept in a large bunk, and twelve people slept in one room. Jiang Xia and Hai Dayou both slept in this room, in order to take care of Hai Dayou's old age, so the servants in the room specially gave up the innermost bed to Hai Dayou.

The cold night wind blew into the house through the broken window, and Jiang Xia had true qi to protect his body, so he was not very afraid of the cold. But the two housekeepers beside him were holding on to the quilt, and their bodies were trembling.

Jiang Xia was so shaken by the two of them that he couldn't fall asleep, so he simply got up from the bed, got dressed, hugged the quilt and walked to the place where Hai Da slept. Jiang Xia carefully put the quilt on Hai Dayou's body, and then tiptoed out of the room and began to run circles in the courtyard outside the house.

After a few laps at the beginning, suddenly Jiang Xia heard footsteps behind him. He stopped and looked back, and through the bright moonlight, he could see that Xia Lin, dressed in a brocade robe, was standing there.

"Young Master?" Jiang Xia was a little surprised.

Xia Lin nodded, "If you don't sleep so late, what are you running here?"

"The weather is getting colder, and Steward Wang hasn't sent anyone to add quilts, so it's so cold that I can't sleep, so I just get up and run to warm up. Jiangxia said.

"Hmph!" Xia Lin snorted lightly and said, "The account office paid the silver to Wang Quan as early as a month ago, and asked him to buy quilts for the people in the house. But Wang Quan took the silver and lost a lot in the gambling stall, if it weren't for the fact that he was brought by Xu Fengxian from his mother's house, I am afraid that he would have been driven out of the Xia Mansion a long time ago. Bear with me, this month's house has issued a monthly rule, and Wang Quan will add a quilt to you. ”

"Hmm. Jiang Xia nodded, and then asked, "Is there something wrong with the young master coming to this miscellaneous courtyard so late?"

Xia Lin bowed his head slightly and said, "I came to you on a special trip." I told you during the day that I would let you come and be my companion reading boy. But Xu Fengxian recommended Wang Quan's nephew, and Mei Yunyun recommended Ma Tong's nephew. My dad had a pretty good impression of both of them, and was going to pick one of them.

I went to my dad at dusk today and talked to him, and finally my dad decided to hold a competition. Let the three of you compete together, and the one who wins will be my scholar. This matter is related to the young master's face, so He An, you must work hard. You can only win, you can't lose!"

There is only one big housekeeper in the house, and that is Uncle Han. In addition, there are two housekeepers, namely Wang Quan and Ma Tong. These two are the henchmen of the second wife Xu Fengxian and the third lady Mei Yunyun.

Xia Lin, as the son of Xia Jialun and the eldest lady, naturally has a noble status in the Xia Mansion. But the eldest lady died of illness shortly after giving birth to Xia Lin, and Xia Lin has always been indulged in leisure and neglected his studies, so Xia Jialun was both doting and angry with him.

And it just so happened that Xu Fengxian and Mei Yunyun also gave birth to a son for Xia Jialun, who was not much different in age from Xia Lin, and studied in the same academy. The performance of these two sons is much better than Xia Lin, so Xia Jialun is a little hesitant about the position of the successor of the Xia family. Xu Fengxian and Mei Yunyun saw that there was an opportunity, and they had been secretly helping their son.

Of course, although the two are competitors, they have not forgotten that they and each other have a common enemy. That is Xia Lin, only if Xia Lin, the rightful successor, is kicked out by Xia Jialun, will the sons of the two of them have the opportunity to sit in the position of successor.

Only when he becomes the successor of the Xia family, Xia Jialun will use all his resources and connections on the successor, so that the successor can enter the court to get an official position, and then lead the Xia family to continue to be prosperous and rich.

The open and secret battles in the Xia Mansion, even though Jiang Xia had only been in the Xia Mansion for seven days, he could already see it clearly. Thinking about the Qianmen where he was back then, isn't it the same?

Although he didn't understand whether the remaining memories in his mind were true or false, Jiang Xia instinctively rejected this kind of deceit and intrigue. However, on the surface, he had to show a look of excitement and gratitude. He clenched his fist and waved it in the air, patted his chest and said to Xia Lin: "Young master, don't worry, Jiang Xia will definitely go all out." ”

"Hmm. Xia Lin nodded, "Then you should rest early and recuperate." Tomorrow at noon, after my father returns home from the county office, he will call the three of you for a competition. According to my inquiry, Wang Quan's nephew has only studied private school for two years, and he is not afraid. But you have to be careful with that nephew, he has a reputation for showing talent. If it weren't for the poor family, he wouldn't have come to be a companion for Young Master Ben. ”

Heh, who said that the eldest young master of the Xia family is a straw bag? Isn't this quite smart, he actually got all the information of the opponent in this short period of time.

Jiang Xia nodded again, indicating that he would definitely do his best. After Xia Lin repeatedly told Jiang Xia to win, he said, "Okay, it's not too early, Young Master Ben is gone." After speaking, Xia Lin left.

After Jiang Xia Mu saw Xia Lin leave, he looked up at the night sky. Although Jiang Xia didn't know how to tell the hour from the night at this time, it was estimated that it should be the second half of the night. I can't sleep when I go to bed anyway, so I might as well continue to run.

When he started running, Jiang Xia didn't feel anything unusual. But after running for an hour or so, Jiang Xia began to feel a warm air flow in his lower abdomen. It felt like a little mouse in his abdomen, and Jiang Xia tried to use his will to control it to rotate in his body, and every time the air flow passed, Jiang Xia felt that part of his body would become very warm.

One night, Jiang Xia had a lot of fun with the air current. Suddenly, a high-pitched and loud rooster crow sounded, and Jiang Xia stopped running and stopped to look at the east. He was shocked to find that he had unknowingly run all night.

Call...... Jiang Xia took off the clothes and jackets he was wearing, revealing his muscular upper body. He twisted his clothes so hard that sweat seeped out of them and fell to the ground.

Jiang Xia shook his head, he couldn't understand why he didn't feel tired at all after running all night, but became more and more energetic the more he ran.

At the moment of the rooster's crow, the subordinates of the entire Xia Mansion must start to get up and do things. Jiang Xia carried a bucket of cold water with a bucket, took a random bath in the bath room, changed his clothes and went to the middle courtyard. According to the work assignment of the servants, he should be responsible for cleaning the large courtyard of the middle courtyard today, and then chop a hundred catties of firewood for the kitchen.

There were twenty-five servants in the entire Xia Mansion and seventeen servants in the family. Even though the Xia Mansion is very large, the work is divided among more than forty people, and there is basically not much to do.

Jiang Xia arrived in the middle courtyard, picked up the broom, and just started sweeping the floor, he heard someone behind him shouting at him: "Eh, eh, He An, right?" Put down the work in your hand and come over to me!"

Jiang Xia turned around and saw Wang Quanzheng, who had a big belly and a two-handful mustache, looking at him with an unhappy expression. Jiang Xia naturally understood that Wang Quan was here for the noon competition, and he secretly said in his heart: "Unlucky." Then the man walked towards Wang Quan, "Steward Wang, what are your orders?"

Wang Quan glanced Jiang Xia up and down, and the hostility in his eyes was so strong that Jiang Xia couldn't help but recall whether he had peeked at his wife taking a bath. recalled that Jiang Xia remembered that Wang Quan, a fat man, was more than thirty years old, but he hadn't asked for a wife yet.

Wang Quandao: "Boy, some people are born to be lowly bones, and it's okay to be a lowly subordinate in their duty." If you have delusions and want to climb a high branch to the sky one step at a time, then I am afraid that in the end the high branch will not be climbed, and in the end you will fall from the tree and not even die. ”

Jiang Xia didn't want to make the contradiction too sharp with Wang Quan, after all, he and Wang Quan were just pawns in the fight between Xia Lin, Xu Fengxian and Mei Yunyun. But Wang Quan's exit hurt people, which made Jiang Xia, a person who was highly respected in the past, how to endure him?

Jiang Xia was tall, a whole head taller than Wang Quan. He looked at Wang Quan condescendingly, and said lightly: "Do you know Steward Wang, I think you are very pitiful." You say you're stingy and mean, but the point is that you're ugly. What's even more excessive is that you are not only ugly, you are also cheap.

Maybe it is enough for you to be your wife's housekeeper and be an obedient dog and live a peaceful life. But have you ever thought that if you are a dog, your son will be a dog? Your grandchildren, great-grandchildren...... As long as they all accept your idea of being born cheap, then they all have to be dogs.

Do you say that you are pitiful? You are obviously a human being, but you have to start with yourself and let your children and grandchildren be dogs. I'll tell you the truth, you don't use it to threaten me or use anything against me. The eldest young master's companion reading boy, I should be decided!"

"Boy, I think you're going to die!" Wang Quan was so angry by Jiang Xia's words that he almost didn't vomit blood, he gasped for air, as if he would not be able to catch it in one breath in the next second, and he would die with a whimper.

Wang Quan raised his right hand and fanned Jiang Xia's face, Jiang Xia was ready to grab Wang Quan's hand without mistake, and said to him with a slight smile: "Before I lose the competition, if you dare to touch me, it will be a slap in the face of the master." With the temper of the eldest young master, if you lose his face like this, I'm afraid your master won't be able to protect you. So I advise you to think carefully before you start. ”

After speaking, Jiang Xia let go of Wang Quan's hand. Wang Quan's hand hung in the air, and he really didn't dare to really incite Jiang Xia. Jiang Xia looked at Wang Quan and snorted disdainfully, and suddenly raised his leg to hit his abdomen with a fierce knee.

Wang Quan screamed miserably, hugged his stomach and curled up on the ground. Jiang Xia squatted on the ground and patted Wang Quan's face and said, "If you dare to shout everywhere, I will beat you." I told the eldest young master, saying that you laughed at him for being stupid, and actually let a servant go to test his literary talent with others. Do you think he'll believe it?"

After saying that, Jiang Xia threw away the broom in his hand and walked away laughing. r1058

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