Chapter 16 The Sixteenth Chapter Wang Xifeng's Prosperity and Expediency

It is said that Jia Lian got into a lawsuit because of Sister Feng's private receipt of money and silver, and wanted to divorce Sister Feng to protect herself; when she heard that Sister Feng had a way to protect herself, she hurriedly changed her face again and took the divorce letter to tear it up.But Sister Feng pressed his hand and said, "I can't tear it off. I still expect him to be your amulet." Because she pulled Jia Lian and sat beside her, she unhurriedly broke it down for him: "I was the one who pushed Zhang Hua to complain. I was the one who asked Wanger to find someone to kill Zhang Hua. Zhang Hua is not dead now, so it is not considered a life lawsuit; Second Sister You even committed suicide by swallowing gold. What does it matter to you and me? Brother Zhang Jin and The guard's son also jumped into the river by hanging himself. I didn't push him into the water and drag him to hang himself. It wasn't considered a murder. Besides, if he killed someone, I was the one who wrote the letter to the governor of Ping'an Prefecture. You went to court, Just put the whole thing on me, and then take out this divorce letter, saying that you have already divorced me, but you are sorry that I am homeless, and I am staying at your house for a while, so I can't do anything. It has nothing to do with you. Even if there are eighty more lives, I have no choice but to cut off my head, so I won't implicate your second master Lian?"

Jia Lian understood this, but he couldn't bear it. He lowered his head and muttered, "If this is the case, I'm afraid you will escape the punishment." Sister Feng laughed and said, "You don't need to pretend to be merciful now. I will be with you." As a husband and wife, you cursed thousands of times overtly and secretly, saving you once at the end of the day is not in vain for the kindness of the first few years. Even if there are thousands of bad days, this one is good, you You have to think about me a little bit, and treat Miss Qiao well in terms of this kindness, that is to say, remember me."

When Jia Lian heard this, she felt a sense of conscience, shed tears, and sighed, "It's strange that everyone praises you as a hero among women, and a hero among women, and you are indeed more cunning and courageous than men. Don't worry, sister Qiao My son is also my daughter, and I will never watch him being wronged for a day. Even if you go to court tomorrow, and I will go all out to ruin my family, I will manage it neatly, and I will definitely teach you to suffer." Sister Feng listened I felt sore and painful in my heart, and I also shed tears.The couple murmured and said that they didn't rest until the moon set and the dawn broke in the east, but after a random sleep, the sky was already bright.

While Fang was washing and washing, two fast hands had already lifted the shackles and came to the door, issuing a ticket for arrest.Jia Lian rushed out to greet her with a smile and said, "The two young brothers have invited you. Wang Xifeng is a married woman, and it is indecent to show her face in public. As long as she can keep herself out of court, the others will be sentenced to heavy sentences and light ones. I will follow my orders. The messenger put the iron chain on the window sill, and said with a smirk: "Second Master, it's easy to say, our brothers came here with a token, can't we go back empty-handed? I want to eat 'bamboo shoot soup'." Jia Lian said: "I have made the next letter here for the criminal officer in advance. If you dare to bother my brother to send it for you, I will not teach you two to suffer." The two pieces of silver were stuffed into the hands of the messenger, and they said many good things before they were sent out.

Sister Feng heard that people had left in the room, so she came out and said, "This method can only be resisted for a while. After three or two days, they still have to come to pick up people. Why don't you prepare some gifts and go to the yamen for a while?" It’s better to find out the tone of the government than to wait here to die.” Jia Lian went away with the plan, came back at night, and sighed to Sister Feng: "The judge who tried this case is Zhang Rugui, because he is an old acquaintance of Jia Yucun. Satisfied, he won’t let go of any case he handles until he squeezes people out. I’m so tired of talking, he only insists on three thousand taels of silver and won’t let go, even if he loses a penny.”

At this time, Sister Feng had made up her mind, so she was indifferent, and comforted Jia Lian, saying: "It is easy to discuss if you are willing to accept the money. As long as I don't lose face by being outstanding in court and save some face, I have to admit that I will kill my head." Jia Lian said He said: "That's not a capital crime. Three thousand taels of silver can buy a life, isn't it too little?" Then he explained that he was deported and returned to his hometown. Escorted to custody at home.Sister Feng felt sad when she heard this, and sighed for a long time: "It's better to be deported and returned to your hometown than to be sent to your hometown. It's just that you go to jail, not in Beijing. If you have to go back to Jinling to sit, isn't it troublesome? Well, as the saying goes: If the green hills are left, I am not afraid of lack of firewood. The fallen leaves have to return to their roots. I just went back a few years earlier. Maybe after three to five years, you and sister Qiao will eventually go back to the south. By then the mountains will be high and the emperor will be far away. , inquire about it until it becomes loose, and then press it up and down, luckily it will be all right."

At this point, Jia Lian can only be obsequious. It just so happens that Mrs. Wang sent silver, and all of them are added to it. In addition, Sister Feng's usual savings are used as a means of management.When Mrs. Xing heard about it, she couldn't help feeling angry, hated and pained, and said, "When the mantouan collected money back then, we didn't share half of it with us; now to buy his life, everyone has to tighten their belts and take out the money. .If it is said that retribution is the law of heaven, based on his virtue, he should not be rewarded like this." After rambling for a long time, no one paid any attention to him.

Who knows that the document came to Zhongshun Mansion in detail, and when he met Qian Ya, he said with a smile: "This is a trap played by Jia Ershe and his wife, thinking that if his mother-in-law is brought out, he will be punished lightly, and he will save the car. It's a good idea! Even if the deaths of Second Sister You and Brother Zhang Jin had nothing to do with him, it is an unforgivable crime for a filial family in this country to keep a concubine in private. Naturally, he has done a lot of things like this on weekdays, but this one has nothing to do with him, and I don’t know how many things can’t be judged. How can they be released so easily?” He played another book, and played Play Jia Lian's crime of "not repairing the curtain book, stopping his wife from marrying another".Today, he is the most filial king. Although Wang Xifeng forced people to die, he was a woman. Since he had chosen the period of escort, he did not order a retrial. He only ordered Jia Lian to be handed over to the procuratorate for a serious sentence.The police did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered two quick hands to bring Jia Lian to the case.

In Jia Lian's half life, he was the only bully, and no one bullied him. Now that he has gone to court, before he can be tortured, he sees some shadows of sticks, and after hearing a few words of authority from the court, his whole body is numb. His legs were weak, so he had to recruit all the generals, even the matter of Zhang Rugui's bribery of three thousand taels.It was observed that he had recruited in detail, so he kept his face. He didn't issue a lottery, but approved the exile in court, forced him to leave, and presented Zhang Rugui with another copy. It turned out that Zhang Rugui was a colleague of Jia Yucun in the past. He was dismissed together in the old year, and later he was reinstated at the same time. His official career was not as smooth as Yucun's, so he was depressed. When he bumped into Jia Lian's case, he lost a sixth-rank official again.exactly:

There is no need to ask for complete blame, and it is useless to count all the organs. But it was said that Jia Lian left Beijing one day earlier than Sister Feng because she was in the hall to fill her hair. Mrs. Xing closed the door and cried, but did not go to see her off.Poor Sister Feng didn't know about it, and she still said that she saved Jia Lian with her own life. Thinking of this kindness, he will definitely value it very much, and maybe there will be a day of reunion in the future.When it came time to unravel, Jia Lian was nowhere to be seen. Only Jia Yun and Hongyu were waiting to see each other off on the side of the road with some food, clothing and wine. There was no end to hatred and cursing in his mouth.

Jia Yun didn't dare to tell the truth, and being a junior, she couldn't be persuaded, so she lowered her head sullenly and kept wiping her eyes with her sleeve.Hongyu saw Sister Feng's wind and foggy temples, her face was haggard, she was wearing a prison uniform and sarong, and she was very embarrassed, she couldn't bear it, she cried and begged the messenger: "Our grandma has been pampered since she was a child. Expensive, you can't eat hard, you can't walk, even though your luck is not good now, you may not be able to turn around in the future, you old man should take care of you on the way, how can you not do good deeds?" Those servants who received the benefits naturally agreed with their mouths, and when they saw the day The color is about to fall, and the crows are making noise, so they urge to go on the road. When Fang was about to go, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Grandma, go slowly!" When he looked back, he saw a child with a long hair and an old woman walking hurriedly on her feet. With a cry of "ashamed", the tears flowed like rain, and she said blushingly, "Why is grandma here?" Grandma Liu came to her panting, took Sister Feng's hand and cried, "My grandma, I won't see you again for a while. .God is not open, how could such a grandma who has done good deeds and accumulated virtues be convicted, the Yamen dare not follow the king's law?" Fearing that Grandma Liu would talk too much, Hongyu stopped her and said, "Don't talk nonsense, grandma, and be careful that grandma suffers on the road." Grandma Liu shut her mouth in a hurry, and when she saw the messenger come up again to drag her, she hurriedly stuffed a piece of broken silver in In his hand, Yang said: "Little brother, please slow down your heels, let me have a few more words with grandma. Our grandma beats the skin and meat is expensive, and the clothes are too thick and the back hurts. The tea is hot. Afraid of burning the skin of the lips, walking is either a car or a horse, where I am used to it, can I ask my brother to hire a car and go?" The messenger laughed: "We would also like to have a car, but we can't help it." This is the capital city, so people will come when you take action. When you leave the city later, if you have money, then you can talk about hiring a car to enjoy yourself.” Grandma Liu said "yes, yes" in a hurry, and while untiing her coat, she took out a handkerchief bag, which she didn't know how much was in, so she stuffed it into Sister Feng's sleeve, and said, "Grandma, there is no one waiting on the road. Be careful, buy a shop and hire a car, don't teach your heels to be wronged." Then he ordered the girl to come up and kowtow to Sister Feng, and said, "I have two grandchildren, and the first two times I brought my aunt to see her were grandsons. My son, I came back and told how the house was so prosperous and lively. When my granddaughter heard it, she burst into tears, and also clamored to see the world in the painting. I know that the old birthday star likes girls the most, so I don’t think it’s my fault, so I did it this time. Boldly brought him up, to do something for the old birthday star, who knows that the old birthday star is gone." Then he cried again, and told Jia's things in detail, saying, "There are people everywhere in the garden, and they are here again." The filial piety person, and the gardener, said that the garden was about to be sold, and his surname was no longer Jia, but Liu, and his wife was too busy to talk. I kowtowed in front of the ancestor's spirit, and I went to look for grandma everywhere, and asked How many people have managed to ask Miss Yuanyang before they know that the news has come here, so they hurry up and almost miss their heels." Knowing that he had been to the Grand View Garden, Sister Feng was even more ashamed. Seeing that young man with delicate features, he just looked at her with blinking eyes, and asked his name and age. He was the same age as Qiao's son. I don't know if I will see him or not in this life, grandma sees my face, at least she always walks around and pays attention, if you find out that he is suffering, please help him. Even if I die, Yin Ling'er will be grateful." Grandma Liu He hurriedly said: "Grandma said there, the sun is as many as leaves, and there are so many great fortunes to enjoy. It is a common thing for people to have high mountains and low waters for a while. Grandma, don't pay too much attention to the present. Brother Qiaoer Don't worry about grandma, our family of three generations and five people, if it wasn't for grandma, we would have starved to death, if we don't try to repay it, would we still be human?" As they walked and talked, they didn't feel that they had come out of the city. Changjie asked for a bowl of syrup from the roadside restaurant and poured it on the seal until it was wet. He gently peeled it off and put it away. zirconium.Jia Yun rewarded her, and then told the messenger, "My brother sent our grandma to the station, and I must bring back a letter written by grandma to say that I am safe, and I will be very thankful at that time. The messenger laughed and said, "My brother's words are in Hong Kong. It seems that he has sent prisoners thousands of times." Hongyu asked Grandma Liu again, "Should I just go home, or go back to the mansion?" Grandma Liu said: "I have already kowtowed before the ancestor's spirit. The mansion is so busy at this moment, how can I have time to pay attention to us? Besides, it's already this time, and I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the city any later. I'd better drop by to see grandma off." One ride." Sister Feng was silent for a long time. After hearing this, she suddenly pulled Grandma Liu and said, "I promised my sister Qiao to be my grandma's daughter-in-law, okay? I remember that year you brought your grandson to my house, isn't it similar to our sister Qiao?" Age? Grandma Qiaojie’s name was chosen by her, so it can be seen that there is a predestined relationship, why don’t we have a family, how about it?” Grandma Liu said in a bluff, “Amitabha! How dare you? We are not in charge of Huala, what kind of people are we? Dare to climb up on grandma? Sister Qiao will not marry a champion or a flower in the future, and she will naturally be a wife with a mandate. One is a golden branch and jade leaf, and the other is a rough tile and a broken brick. How can it fall on the firewood pile?" Sister Feng smiled wryly and said: "Grandma, you are talking in your sleep. Our family's failure is because the water tank leaked, and there is not even a drop left. How can there be a new day? Can a caring person take him in?" Don't bully him, he is a motherless child. If I have enough to eat, I will die, and Yin Linger will be safe." Then he let Grandma Liu go, took Jia Yun with one hand, and Hongyu with the other, and said, "You guys Turn around and tell your uncle, just say that I am the master, and promised sister Qiao to grandma as a granddaughter-in-law. Grandma is a man's family, and I am a woman's family. The two of you are matchmakers. Tell your uncle: If he reads In the relationship between husband and wife in the past, please don't get my way." Jia Yun and Hongyu agreed in unison, and congratulated Sister Feng and Grandma Liu with tears in their eyes.Grandma Liu still said "sin, sin" all over her mouth, shaking her head and licking her lips, not daring to agree. At that time, Jia Yun and Xiaohong returned to the city after making their farewells, and Grandma Liu sent them away for more than a mile. Then she pulled out a chiseled silver hairpin from her head, and handed it to the messenger, saying, "I'm looking at Rong's mansion." Relatives, I don’t have much silver with me, brothers, don’t be disgusted, sell a pot of wine and drink.” Seeing that the messenger hired a cart to ride with Sister Feng, he dragged Sister Feng to talk for a long time, and then left with tears . That Wang Xifeng was originally ill, so she couldn't bear the panic. After walking for more than ten days, her condition became worse and worse, so she took out a few pieces of money from Grandma Liu, and sent someone to invite a doctor to come and have a look.Would the two messengers be willing to run around for him, instead they thought about it in private: "This man seems to be incurable, and what is he doing with all that money? It's better for my brother to divide it fairly between the two, it's the right thing to do." So he perfunctory in every possible way, but urged him to walk day and night. When it was meal time, he went to the restaurant by himself, but ate some leftovers with Sister Feng;Sister Feng had never experienced such pain since she was born in her mother's womb. After struggling for half a month, she fell down before reaching Jinling. This day, I walked through a maple forest, it was only pinellia, and the leaves were still green. There was a teahouse by the forest, and a monk under the shed was polishing a mirror there.Send someone to drink tea and teach Sister Feng to wait by the roadside.Sister Feng was feeling thirsty, so she begged for a bowl of water to drink. Seeing the monk, covered with sores and rumpled clothes, lying on the grinding mirror, she felt strange and took a second look.Seeing him looking around, the monk turned his head and said with a smile, "I'll lend you a photo." Sister Feng ignored him when she saw him talking crazy.The monk smiled again and said, "But after enjoying some false fame and gain, and suffering some setbacks, have you forgotten even your old friends?" Sister Feng was puzzled and couldn't help herself, so she took a picture in the mirror, and saw a man and a woman holding hands and nodding to her, but they didn't recognize each other. She thought to herself: "I have never seen such a thing in my life." Two people, why are you waving at me? What's more, this monk said he was an old friend, but he didn't know what to say." While thinking about it, he saw two young women walking hand in hand, with slim figure and enchanting appearance, the older one Holding a baby in his arms, the younger one held a sword in his hand, with a cold light, he suddenly remembered: Isn't that Second Sister You?The one holding the sword thinks it's his little sister, who smelled that she wiped her own neck and died in the old year because someone retired and refused to marry, why did she fall in the mirror?Could it be that the world in the mirror can come and go freely?Just thinking about it like this attracted some evil spirits into the bone marrow, and suddenly my body lightened, and I felt like a dream, like a dream, and wandered into the mirror. When the two messengers had finished drinking their tea, they saw that Wang Xifeng's face was as white as paper, and her hands were cold.The messenger had known what would happen today, and before he died, he wrapped up the two broken thatch mats in a random way, dragged them to the green maple forest, found a secluded place to bury them hastily, took the seal and went to pay the errand. thing.Poor Sister Feng was smart all her life, and she didn't even have a tombstone on her grave when she was born. This is also his fate, so don't worry. Let’s say that there are seven altars in the Grand View Garden, and incense candles are always on day and night. Finally, at the end of the month, Hu Laoming, who had planned to build the garden, was asked to make a raft in the wild, and sold the garden to the grandson of Li Guogong Liu Biao, the hereditary first-class son. Liu Fang lives there, and it is agreed that the painting will change hands only after Jiamu wakes up.Liu Fang couldn't raise the huge sum at the moment, so she had to pay half of it upfront, and asked Feng Ziying to be the guarantor, saying that the rest would be settled in one year.In the meantime, I moved and moved, told relatives and friends, and said goodbye inevitably. I was busy for many days.That Baoyu was reluctant to give up in every possible way, but in the end there was nothing he could do. He wandered around the garden every day when he had a little leisure, and often lingered in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, which only caused sadness.Mrs. Wang divided the proceeds from the sale of the garden into two shares, except that she took to the south. One was given to Baoyu and the other to Jialan. Baoyu and Jia Lan both knelt down and refused, saying: "The master and wife sold this garden for the sake of the old lady's great affairs. We are juniors. It is unfilial to not share the worries of the master and wife. How can we still take this share?" Isn’t the family’s money worthy of death?” Baochai also said, “Good girls don’t wear dowry clothes, and good boys don’t eat family meals, so the master and wife should take the money with them. Except for sending the big money for burial For the rest, we need to repair the house, buy some furniture and servants, and there are dozens of relatives over there, and it will cost a lot to prepare some gifts and go through it. Where is there left? Yes, there should be more at the ancestral grave It is a long-term plan to set up a few acres of cemetery, sacrifice and sweep according to the time, and feed for life." Mrs. Wang sighed: "My son, I have already calculated what you said, and it is enough. This is the rest after digging out the fields, and I have to ask their uncles and nephews to add some household items, but there are not many. If you want to buy a house, you still have to wait for the remaining money from the Liu family. This is not a division of the family. It is a matter of expediency. If you don’t take the money, can’t the couple sleep in the open air? That’s what your sister-in-law said. His aunt and cousin live together, and it's not good for an older man to go there naked; it's just the two of you, although your mother is eager for you to go back, I know you may not be willing, food and clothing, stitches and threads Why don't you spend money? I also want to tell you to save some flowers. When things are over in the future, we still have to meet in the south. Maybe there will be more at that time." Seeing Mrs. Wang's sincere words, Li Wan kowtowed and thanked After taking it, Baochai took it too. Baoyu was originally not good at these social and entertainment matters, and when it came to moving and renting a house, he was even more helpless. Xue Bian and Xing Xiuyan sent people to pick them up several times, but Baochai just delayed.When Jiang Yuhan and Xiren heard that Jia's mansion was selling gardens, they also sent a car to invite them. Baochai muttered to himself, but Xiren shed tears early and persuaded, "I know what grandma thinks. She thinks we are slaves with low status. Originally, it was not suitable for Second Master to live with Grandma. It's just that the house in Red Sandalwood Castle was bought by him before, and now he can't come out in Zhongshun Mansion. The house is empty, and Grandma just wants to hang out with Second Master. Living here is not the same as us, it is better than the noise of the shallow houses on the street; besides, grandma is very quiet, and the second master doesn't like to deal with the neighbors, and he allows me to do my best, so the acquaintance is worthwhile ; Grandma used to treat me so kindly, but now she doesn't even give me this kind of favor?" As she spoke, she wanted to kneel down. Baochai hurriedly stopped her and said, "Where did you talk? I didn't want to move because you lived in Zhongshun Mansion. Since Red Sandalwood Castle has a separate family, why not? It's just like The rules for renting a house outside are the same, and you should pay the rent according to the number of months." Xiren was overjoyed when he heard that he was willing to move, and when he heard that he would have to pay the rent, he originally refused to accept it, but Baochai said, "If you don't accept it. , so I dare not occupy it.” Xiren had no choice but to agree, and started to help Baochai and Sheyue pack up, and moved the luggage there first. When the funeral was held in Qiqi, the mansion sent out all the deacons. Two boats had already been prepared by the riverside, one carrying Jia Mu's coffin, and the other Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang riding by themselves.Although the custom in Beijing is to seek good luck and avoid bad luck, there are some who respect Jia Zheng and come here to see him off, some are related to Jia's family and come here because of etiquette, and some have good friends with Baoyu and refuse to avoid misfortune. Yes, there were also those who saw the road sacrifices of the palaces of the princes in Beijing and Nan'an and came after them, hanging and sending them back and forth, which was quite lively.While exchanging pleasantries, I suddenly heard the well-danced gongs of the soldiers and the sound of shouting from a distance, and saw pairs of golden melons and moon axes, flags and inscriptions, and eight people in sedan chairs carrying an inner minister came and shouted. Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the Daming Palace, escorted the royal sacrificial ceremony. Jia Zheng felt that his face was radiant, so he set up an incense table in the street, knelt down to thank God, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times before starting again.Baoyu and others watched the boat go so far that even the shadow was lost in the water, and looked at the river and shed a few tears before returning. Then Li Wan made up his mind to move out and live elsewhere when Jia Huan sold Jia Lan's fame. Even when the garden was not for sale, he didn't plan to live there for a long time, let alone now.Jia Zheng just announced that he wanted to sell the garden, and he knew that Aunt Li would send a car to take the luggage first, just to keep watch for Jia Mu, so it was not good to go there at once, until Jia Mu wakes up, the mother and son Then he said goodbye to Yu and Chai, and then boarded the car and went to Aunt Li's place to live together.At this time, it was the Chunwei Grand Competition, and Jia Lan felt even more uncomfortable seeing all the students preparing for their end.It just so happened that Jia Zhu copied the report from the mansion that day, knowing that it was time for conscription again, he came to plan with Jia Lan and said: "In the past, whenever the army was conscripted, people like us always had to pay donations and exempt them. There are also those spare money to donate. Besides, we belong to Wuyin, and we have practiced bow and horse since childhood. If we don't fight on the battlefield and make some achievements, we will be the descendants of Rongning. Why don't we join the army together, If you build a little bit of merit, you can also serve the imperial court and restore the reputation of the ancestors." Jia Lan thought so deeply, thinking to himself that in the sage's book, "Born in sorrow and died in peace", looking at it now, isn't all the hardships and sufferings in the past a sign of prosperity in the future?Then he told Li Wan about joining the army.Li Wan was reluctant, but Jia Lan insisted on it again and again, as for crying, he said: "I know my mother wholeheartedly expects me to be an official through the imperial examination, but this kind of thing happened. Now I can't do it anymore. Even if I study for another ten years Books are also useless; but there may be some hope in the way of being born in martial arts. If my mother doesn't allow me to fight hard, how can I be worthy of my ancestors? And I also owe my mother's teachings since I was a child." Li Wan thought again and again, and had to agree.Later, Jia Lan and Jia Jun rode their horses and whipped their horses, risking their lives to the death, and they really came back with a lot of fame and fame. It is said that Baoyu and Baochai sent Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang away, and then they took a carriage out of the city and came to Red Sandalwood Castle twenty miles away from the eastern suburbs.At this time, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, the warbler is singing for the first time, and the scenery along the way is very beautiful.However, Erbao has something on his mind, so he doesn't want to enjoy it.After walking for half a day, the people gradually thinned out and the forest grew thicker, revealing a yellow mud road sandwiched by weeping willow trees on both sides.Baoyu knew that Red Sandalwood Castle was coming, so he came out and sat on the shaft of the car to look around. Sure enough, he didn't go far, and saw Jiang Yuhan waiting on tiptoe at the intersection. .I saw a clear water tile-roofed house, a tall tiger skin wall surrounded by a vermilion gate, the courtyard gate was open, revealing the marble wall inside, with a big "Fu" written on it. Baoyu got out of the car first, and then Sheyue helped Baochai out. Xiren hurriedly came up to greet him, and Baochai hurriedly supported her.When Jiang Yuhan took a peek at Baochai, he saw that he was wearing vegan clothes and a few silver ornaments on his head. He had a serene demeanor and a serious manner. , nicknamed "sister-in-law", and saluted.Baochai was so ashamed that she hurriedly lowered her head and turned sideways to return the salute, said bothering, and went back to the room with the attacker to wash and change clothes.But Musk Moon knew that this was Jiang Yuhan, whom Baoyu had beaten for him that year, so he couldn't help casting dead eyes. He saw that he was wearing a crimson crepe jacket with foreign satin and gold thread, and put it on. Pearl hair half-sleeves with a lake blue satin surface, and a pair of soft-soled thin boots with edging on the feet. The attitude is gentle and charming, the eyes are full of affection, and there is an indescribable flair in every gesture. She is even more handsome and beautiful than Baoyu. , I thought to myself that Xiren had such a husband-in-law, which can be called a romance.Sighing twice in my heart, I followed Baochai into the room. It turned out that the courtyard was divided into two entrances, the front and the back. In front of the courtyard, there were a few red and green peach blossoms, which were set up on tea shelves. The first entrance was three green brick and tile houses, one bright and two dark. The characters are placed on the screen, the study room is on the east side, and some boxes and kang cabinets are piled up in the dark on the west side. There is another corner room next to the gate of the courtyard for the old Li Tou and his wife who are watching the courtyard. .At this time, Baochai went back to the east room to wash his hands, and Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan went hand in hand to talk tea in the hall in the front room. They saw the tables and chairs in the same color of varnish, covered with embroidered gold and red gauze chairs, and covered with rattan heart satin. The cushions with dragon patterns, a few calligraphy and paintings on the walls, some feathers, ruyi, and seasonal flowers inserted in several glazed red gallbladder vases, are elegantly arranged.Baoyu praised repeatedly, Jiang Yuhan said with a smile: "I didn't set up this house, it was originally a gift from the king of Beijing. Even asking you to condescend to live here temporarily is also the prince's idea. The prince once told me in private, Brother has extraordinary bones, if you are born, you will make extraordinary achievements. But he is indifferent and vulgar, and his ambition cannot be forced. Teach me to tell you, but if you need something, you can talk to the prince as much as you can, and don't talk heresy. Yes." Baoyu sighed, "My lord, Yu is a bosom friend. However, Yu is a clumsy, stone-destroyed person who is blunt in nature, seldom seen and heard, and lazy in temperament. I am afraid that he will be ashamed of the Northern King's love." After saying a few more words, Jiang Yuhan stood up and pleaded guilty of being absent, saying that a squire in the eastern suburbs celebrated his birthday and had invited himself to help with the wine early, and said, "If the second master doesn't mind the cramped and cramped dwelling, he can treat it like his own home. Take all the quilts and pillows from the house, and take them as you like." Baoyu knew that it was inconvenient for Baochai to accompany him, so she didn't want to keep him.Jiang Yuhan gave Xiren a few more words of advice and then resigned. Mrs. Li helped to serve the food and drink, which included shrimps with lilies, mandarin fish with peach blossoms, steamed chicken breast with chestnuts, tofu soup with almonds, and a nest of fine silver noodles. The flowers were colorful and fragrant.Xiren persuaded Zhang to eat the chopsticks, and said with an attentive smile: "Everyone says 'put on the horse dumplings and get off the horse noodles'. I was slow and I rolled this nest of noodles after a busy noon. Fortunately, I know that you don't have a lot of food. If it’s not enough, it’s the same to eat more vegetables.” Baoyu laughed and said, “Now that you’re in charge, you’re more capable than before.” When you pick up that side, it’s as thin as a hair and as long as a thread, so I like it With a sound, he took another sip of the rose juice poured into the noodles, and felt more chewy, and couldn't help praising: "The juice is fragrant and smooth, and it smells like roses. It's better than the one made by Mrs. Liu before." Another lily was picked up. Shrimp chewed, even more full of praise.Xiren pursed his lips and smiled, knowing that Baoyu liked to eat fish, so he picked out the thorns for him first and put them on the plate. Baochai only ate a few shrimps, took two chopsticks of noodles, and used half a bowl of soup. She said she was full and wanted to go back to her room to rest.Musk Moon hurriedly followed in to wait on her. The tents and dowry and bedding in the room were all new, and everything was new.Baochai said with a smile: "I think it was a little windy by the river, and I feel a little dizzy at the moment. I just want to have a rest earlier, and I don't need someone to wait on me. It's rare that Xiren cooks all these dishes by himself. Don't you Eat more, wouldn't it disappoint his heart." Musk Moon has nothing to do.When I came out, I saw that Baoyu didn't need to be persuaded. He ate a lot, and half of the wine went away. He couldn't help laughing and said, "For something like wine, just taste it lightly. If you get drunk, it will hurt your body. Why don't you drink it if you don't see it?" This much? Elder sister doesn’t persuade you.” Xiren smiled and said, “Why don’t you persuade me? The second master said that chestnuts and almonds are best served with wine. How can I persuade you?” Then he moved the wine pot, half-truth and half-false He said with a smile, "Although you eat a lot to reward me, you are not allowed to drink any more. Let us both moisten our mouths by keeping these." He made a pot of rain and put some pearl orchids in it. Please Baoyu hangover. Baoyu was already drunk, so she wanted to sleep.Musk Moon asked Xiren, "Where is Second Master's room?" Xiren said in amazement, "Of course Second Grandma is there, and Second Master is there. I didn't reserve two rooms." Musk Moon pursed her lips and smiled. Said: "I forgot to tell you, don't you know that our second master and second grandmother are not in the same room?" Then he briefly said a few words about Baoyu and Baochai's marriage in Xiren's ear.Xiren was even more surprised, so he said: "The main room in the east wing has been cleaned up and given to Second Grandma. If the second master wants to live elsewhere, he has to go to my room. Although I have a room in the west wing, it is not Come and live, there are not many vacant rooms now, there are, and there is a lack of bedding and coverings that can't be furnished for a while. It was originally reserved for my sister, but now I have to squeeze." Sheyue thought about it and said, "That's the only way. I'm sleeping with grandma anyway, so I don't need to bother." So she and Xiren helped Baoyu to the back and went into the east room. On the wall is a rosewood six-post rattan bed, hung with hanging pearls and lotus-colored curtains, and the bed is covered with half-worn dark dragon sky blue tribute satin bordered with sapphire blue plain satin. Jiawen mat in the back, complete bedding, and a green suit of green makeup on top There are satin pillows with bright red tops, embroidered flowers on both ends, and butterflies resting on the flowers and fluttering their wings, but they are all old things in Yihong Courtyard. Although Xiren was married and a woman, he still did not avoid suspicion. He brushed the bed and put the pillow on himself, and waited on Baoyu to take off his clothes as before. Come wipe your face.Drunk and tired, Baoyu fell asleep with his head on the pillow and let the attackers play with him.She Yue watched with folded arms and said nothing. Seeing that Xi Ren's eyes were sour and seemed to be crying, Fang pulled his hand out and went back to sit down in the front hall. The two drank slowly and said some other circumstances.Xi Ren said: "Second Master is so weird, could it be that he still misses Miss Lin?" Sheyue said: "Isn't it missing? Even on the days of great joy, before I woke up, he got up first, put on all plain clothes and went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Fire burst from the top of my head." Xiren sighed: "It can be seen that things in the world are not up to people's wishes. I used to only know that his two marriages were a marriage of gold and jade, a good marriage that was born by nature, and the marriage was bestowed by the mother herself. What an honor. , who would have thought that getting married would be like this? If I had known earlier, it would be better to marry Miss Lin. Anyway, it is mutual consent." Musk Moon also said: "Who says it is not? For example, my sister, who does not go up and down in the garden? I see you as my aunt, and now I am the new grandma of the Jiang family, but the second master has become a guest, teaching people where to go? Even if I sit here today, I don’t know if I will be in the south or north tomorrow.” Xiren She pursed her lips and said with a smile: "My wife has already talked to me. What about your future? Naturally, you will be with the second master for a long time. I'm just envious." She Yue shook her head and said, "I'm not lying. , do you think the second master is still the former second master? The second grandma who is more than 800 years old married into the door, and she just serves as a Buddhist offering, where is there a place for me to stand?" Said that the circle of eyes will come up. Xiren wanted to make fun of something, but seeing what he said was sad, it was not easy to say more, so he had to find something else to divert.I said once that there was something wrong with Jiang Yuhan, so I sent a car to pick up Xiren and go with him.If you want to know the future, we will break it down next time.