Chapter 59 Qin Keqing's death (1)

... At that time, everyone in the family knew about it, and everyone was amazed and suspicious.  ——Chapter Thirteen 1 There is no moonlight, no starlight, the Tianxiang Building in Ningguo Mansion is soaked in the black night like ink, and the wind blows. The big locust tree outside the Tianxiang Building shakes the branches with only residual leaves, stirring the black waves of the night like In the turbid waves of the sea, Tianxiang Tower is more like a shipwrecked ship, which is ruthlessly bumped by fate. Jia Zhen rejected all the servants, and walked towards Tianxianglou meanderingly alone.

Entering Huifang Garden through the wicket, the wind sent the decaying fragrance of chrysanthemums to his nostrils, which made him, who was already in a state of disarray, feel the unbearable pain of thousands of arrows piercing through his heart. This hereditary third-rank General Wei Lie has the highest self-esteem in the Jia family: not only because he is the direct descendant of the long house, but unlike the uncle Jia Zheng in the Rongguo Mansion who was actually adopted, and even less like he was from the Rongguo Mansion. The Jia She who lives in the other courtyard in the east - although he is Jia Zheng's elder brother, his position is so embarrassing; He is suave, unrestrained and unrestrained, and, although Wen dare not brag, Wu is good at riding and shooting. Jia's glory and wealth, he enjoys it with equanimity, and Jia's further prosperity, he is confident... But on this late autumn night, Standing on the flower path of Huifang Garden, Jia Zhen feels sad.

He couldn't help thinking back to the first autumn, those days of great hope and foreboding. ...That is an absolute secret: his daughter-in-law Qin Keqing, on the surface, is the adopted daughter of the clerk Qin Ye, but in fact, her blood is only one step away from being able to announce it in an open manner, which surprised the world. Shi, especially the Ningguo Mansion, and especially him who resolutely took up the important task after his father knew the difficulty and stepped back, naturally contributed a lot. What kind of praise will he get at that time!He will knelt down one by one, how he managed to hide from the strict inspection and registration of the clan's mansion, how he bought through the Yangshengtang, how he found Qin Ye who was just in his fifties and had no children, and how he racked his brains to design a house for Qin Ye. When I went to the Yangshengtang to pick up a baby boy, I carried out Keqing's all-in-one plan-if I only picked up a girl baby, I would be suspected-in order to make Keqing receive the due right from an early age. He was brought up by aristocrats, and under the further instructions of his ancestors, he tried his best to bring Keqing into the mansion as a child bride from a young age, and adjusted him to be such an authentic national beauty... His son Jia Rong was fifteen years old. At the age of 18, the old ancestor instructed him to consummate the house with Keqing, and on the surface it had no choice but to do so, but the old ancestor just said aside, "Ke'er is the first proud person among my great-grandson's wives", she and the group of Rongguo Mansion are actually Is it just me, Jia Zhen, who sits back and enjoys the benefits, really puts his head on the waistband of his trousers and is willing to take risks? ...

... Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using them for a short period of time; raising Keqing for more than a thousand days, and that exciting moment, seeing it approaching, approaching, but suddenly delayed, not only delayed, but after the Mid-Autumn Festival in the first year, the situation worsened! ... I remember that day when I came back from outside, I wanted to tell my daughter-in-law Youshi the important news immediately, but there was a golden widow from outside, Grandma Huang, sitting there idly grinding her teeth, is it annoying?After all, the ignorant woman staggered away and told You Shi about seeing Zhang Youshi at Feng Ziying's house.Zhang Youshi was sent by Keqing's father from Jiangnan to make contact. The matter is top secret, so the public identity is that Feng Ziying studied as a young man. Because he went to Beijing to donate an official for his son, he stayed in Feng's house temporarily. Before Zhang Youshi came, he was already vague. News: Someone who appears as an imperial physician will come to contact Keqing. According to the secret contact code passed down, Keqing always puts on a dress embroidered with yellow flowers, white willow, On Hongye's clothes, there is an eight-treasure silver hairpin in the shape of a yellow oriole holding a cicada in its head. Jia Zhen and Ke Qing know this code, and even Youshi doesn't know it, so Youshi said in front of the girls that Keqing asked the imperial doctors Three or four people took turns to see the pulse four or five times a day, and when they changed their clothes four or five times a day and sat up to see the doctor, he hurriedly wiped it away with words—because it was a top secret, "the parrot dare not speak in front of it." "Even if you are a loyal servant, you must not let them know a thing or two! ...After making trouble for a long time, none of those imperial physicians could be expected to wait for them. They turned a blind eye to the silver hairpin on the clothes and were insensitive...

... Zhang Youshi came to "see a doctor" for Keqing, and he prescribed the soul-stirring coded prescription "Yiqi Yangrong Bupi Hegan Decoction", and he also pointedly pointed out to Jia Rong: "...Yi Xiaodi It seems that this year's winter is irrelevant. It is always after the vernal equinox, and you can expect to recover." But Qing's father's life-and-death struggle is obviously more ominous than good! ...But life can only be carried on as usual, and it's only pitiful that she is suffering alone; on that day, on her father's birthday, the Tianxiang Tower is still full of drums and drums, and the dramas played by the wives are like "Double Girls" "Official letter" or something, it's auspicious, who knows how Sister Feng ordered "Resurrection" and "Tanci" by magic. "Resurrection" is a kind of hope that Keqing's family will not only come back to life, but also come back to life, but "Tanci" plays the mournful sound after the chaos. I went to Ningxixuan to have a drink, but I didn't hear the mourning sound!

... After all, Sister Feng is a heroine in our two mansions of Rongning and Ningxia. However, even Jia Lian was ignorant of Qing's secrets. Sister Feng was later cleared up. It turns out that my ancestor asked me to tell her the truth. Secondly, Na Keqing and her are so good that people are jealous. In the end, Sister Feng can even recite the secret "Autumn Scenery Order in the Garden"... … After a winter, when the vernal equinox comes, waiting with trepidation for the moment when the male and female are distinct, it turns out to be more chaotic… Just when I thought it was okay to be happy and do my work with ease, I didn’t expect that today the moon will suddenly be dark and the sky will be high and the wind will be rumbling!

Unknowingly, Jia Zhen moved forward again, and he instinctively recited the song "Autumn Scenery in the Garden": The ground is full of yellow flowers, the white willows cross the slope, the small bridge leads to the Ruoye River, and the winding path connects to the rooftop... He thought to himself, Keqing is indeed "Xi Shi" from "Ruoye" stream, and he is "Fan Li" needless to say, but why is the period of "recovery" not coming?The road to the "rooftop" is now not only impossible to connect, not only cut off from now on, but also murderous, and the future is dangerous, what should I do!However, due to a kind of psychological inertia, he continued to recite silently while walking:

The clear stream in the stone is turbulent, the fence is fragrant; the red leaves on the tree tops are fluttering, and the sparse forest is picturesque... He sighed in his heart: Yes, it is "Fragrance from the Fence"!It turned out that the interest in Keqing was nothing more than a heroic gamble. I didn't expect this woman to grow up to be a beautiful woman!Building an incomparably gorgeous Tianxiang Building for her is not only a bet, but a willingness! ...Why is there no sentence "the sky is fragrant and the clouds are floating outside" in this small order?He really wants to add it! ...can't help but recite it again:

The westerly wind suddenly tightens, and the warbler crows at the beginning; when the warm day is warm, it adds stinging words.Looking to the southeast, build a few pavilions next to the mountains, and looking at the northwest, there are three pavilions facing the water.The sheng reeds are full of ears, and there is a special feeling; Luo Qi wears the forest, adding charm. He marveled at the Xiaoling's hint that every conspiracy was carried out in autumn, which has been confirmed again and again; moreover, the oath of relying on the "Pavilion by the Mountain" in the southeast and the "Xuan by the Water" in the northwest has also been confirmed. It was fulfilled; it was just that the last two inscriptions meant to celebrate the victory and return with honor, now it seems that they have all come to nothing!He subconsciously repeated the sentence "Don't have any feelings", he knew that there was no sweetness and bitterness that he felt in that sentence, but he put down the regret of losing the bet for a while, and let the deep feelings in his heart surge wildly , making the soul tremble...

Turning around the rockery piled up with Taihu Lake stones, Tianxiang Tower is in front of you; at this time, a crack seems to be torn open in the sky, and the pale moonlight pours down, outlining the skeleton-like silhouette of Tianxiang Tower.  2 In the southeast corner of the upper floor of Tianxiang Building, there is a luxurious house with a tight door. Since the spring equinox of this year, Qin Keqing has often lived here. Most people in the house only know that she is weak after recovering from illness and is recuperating here. In fact, she It is to make it easier to secretly communicate with the people sent by my father.

In the inner room of this luxury house, she moved all the family heirlooms that were originally placed in the bedroom of the main house, and arranged them one by one like a ritual.These were smuggled by the Jia family risking their lives on the eve of her father's convict and deprivation of the title. After she was a little older and literate, Jia Zhen personally pointed out to her. Exaggerated and grotesque, so as not to be confused with other people's things, count: The precious mirror in Wu Zetian's mirror room Flying swallows stand on the golden plate that danced An Lushan threw a papaya that hurt Taizhen milk (carved from a whole piece of yellow wax oil jelly) The couch where Princess Shouchang lies under His Royal Highness Hanzhang The linked pearl tent made by Princess Tongchang The gauze quilt worn by Xizi Huan The mandarin pillow that the matchmaker hugged And the most important are two calligraphy and painting works: A couplet written by Qin Taixu, a scholar of the Song Dynasty: "The tender cold locks dreams because of the cold spring, and the fragrance is the fragrance of wine." "Begonia Sleeping in Spring" by Tang Bohu When she was young, Jia Zhen often asked her: "What do you mean by the first couplet? What do you mean by the second couplet?" "Who is sleeping in the spring?" She always answered the second question fluently, and she often answered a long list of questions in one breath: " The 'ring' of 'Yan Shou Huan Fat' is Yang Yuhuan, Concubine Yang Guifei, and her drunk Chenxiang Pavilion!" Gradually she grew up, and gradually she realized the deep meaning of the couplet and painting, and when Jia Zhen asked her again, the look in her eyes The bending of the corner of her mouth is no longer so simple. Once she said: "It's cold in spring now, and the wine is fragrant!" At that time, there was no one in the room, so Jia Zhen wrapped her arms around her waist, squinted her eyes, and trembled her voice. Ask her: "Will all the dreams disappear when I get enough sleep?" She just lowered her head and said nothing, while the hairpin kept shaking... Qin Keqing sat in this inner room filled with too many shocking memorials on this dark night, facing the "precious mirror set in Wu Zetian's mirror room"-in fact, it was a large Western Western Glass environment - a myriad of thoughts. Because every window was covered tightly with thick curtains, the candlelight in her room could not be seen from the courtyard at all.At this moment, her living room was full of candles, filled with the intoxicating sweet aroma of wine, the air was not circulating, and she felt suffocated. She took off all her big clothes, but still felt hot, so she took off the clothes in her middle clothes. The buttons were undone, revealing a bright green chest pocket.She stared at herself in the mirror, feeling infinite self-pity... ...It was the news from Feng Ziying in the evening—it was unbearable sad news: her father had passed away the day before yesterday! "The tree falls and the monkeys scatter", all the so-called big plans suddenly turned into a crashing building... The meaning of her existence no longer exists!Yes, she once said to Sister Feng: "...for such a family, the father-in-law and mother-in-law treat them like their own girls. Although my aunt's nephew is young, he respects me and I respect him. He has never been popular. Face, that is, among the elders and peers in the family, except for my aunt, no one else loves me, and no one is different from me. Now that I have this disease, I have a strong heart It's gone..." That was indeed the truth!But she understood more and more in her heart that this situation, in the end, wasn't it because of the ancestors who regarded themselves as a big bet?Otherwise, for a rascal like Jia Rong, could he endure the laws and regulations his father secretly set for him? ——If he wants to have sex with me, he has to be greeted by me; in front of people inside and outside, he actually played our seemingly incompatible couple into a pair of gluey couples; after the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, I broke my menstrual period due to anxiety , how many people thought I was happy, Jia Rong knew it well, but why did he still "suspicious" before others?If I lost my father and cut off the prospect of making the Jia family prosperous, would he still be able to endure the life of that fake couple?Besides, mother-in-law Youshi, no matter how blunt her eyes are, can't she see the affair between me and my father-in-law?Didn't even the old servant Jiao Da, relying on his gallbladder, shout out "climbing ashes" in public that time?Why did she hold back after hearing this?Is it really because she is a "sawed gourd"?where!It's not that she knew that after marrying into Jia's family, her natal family's fortunes continued to decline. You see, after her father was widowed for a while, some kind of broken string was added—it was a poor widow who brought two "oil bottles" ——So she can only be obedient to Jia Zhen, and wholeheartedly maintain my bet, so that she can earn a reputation in the future. The imperial lady Dangdang, you see, starting from today, it would be strange if she didn't change her face towards me!As for those people in the Rongguo Mansion, they were originally on several boats. Their Jia Yuanchun was the most cunning guy. On the surface, he was gentle and respectful, and he coaxed the current emperor to be sticky, but she was in that den. He didn't know that the political situation would be clouded at any time, so he was extremely meticulous and often leaked the secrets of the palace in twists and turns. The reason why Jia Zheng often went to the East Palace must have something to do with it!It's funny to say that Mrs. Wang's younger sister, Aunt Xue, must have obtained some authentic biography from her sister. She sent back the fresh-looking Fagong flowers from Zhou Rui's family in the mansion over there to give twelve people, so just give it away. , but also spread such a string of words: Twelve flowers are the latest in appearance, who is the person who cherishes flowers? When you meet, if you ask about the He family, you live in the south of the Yangtze River and your surname is Ben Qin! Naturally, you mean to please me, but if you flatter me so blatantly, isn't that the same as revealing my secret identity?Isn't it tantamount to suing the officials to expose it?On the surface, you have to say that I am Qin Ye's daughter!This Qin family has never lived in Jiangnan!a camper The girl, and she clearly said that she was brought from the health care hall when she was a child, how could she be the "flower cherisher" who should "encounter" with the palace flower and best match the palace flower? ...Thinking of it, the most terrifying thing in the world is the human heart!Now that our "Qin family" in the south of the Yangtze River has been wiped out, what words should your Xue family compile? ... As for the other people in the two mansions, especially in the Ningguo mansion, which one of them doesn't have powerful eyes?The reason why they held me up and cared about me was not because they saw that if they neglected me and offended me, firstly, the old ancestors would not follow, and secondly, would Jia Zhen be easy to provoke?He will make you unable to eat and walk around, and even die without a place to bury you!Now that my family is completely in ruins, although the ancestors will not show anything on their faces, their love will undoubtedly decrease. Gradually, who can't see it?As for Jia Zhen, Qin Keqing stared at the mirror obsessively. She first stared at her flowery self, and then shifted her gaze to the family painting "Begonia in Spring Sleeping Picture" exposed behind the mirror. She felt that Yang Yuhuan in the painting really woke up, raised her head slowly, and stared blankly at her in the mirror... Two lines of tears overflowed her eyes. 3 Under Qin Keqing's room, next to the stairs leading to the upper room, is the room of the eldest maid Ruizhu, and her sleeping bed is arranged behind a large screen next to the stairs; There is a rope that goes straight to the head of her bed, and a silver bell is tied to the top. Qin Keqing can call her at any time no matter day or night. Calculated, Ruizhu has followed Keqing for almost three years.Everyone in the mansion knows that although Qin Keqing has a good reputation for caring for the poor and the humble, caring for the old and the young, and her girls and women have never heard of any one who is outrageous, but none of them can continue Serving her for three years, she usually did a good job, so You Shi replaced her; there were quite a lot of discussions among the servants in the mansion, and most of them said that Jia Zhen You Shi was too spoiled for this daughter-in-law. !Although Keqing does have a fairy-like appearance, a graceful and slender figure, and a gentle and charming demeanor, who doesn't know how poor her natal family is?Except for her younger brother Qin Zhong, who was neither father nor mother, barely got on the table, her adoptive father and adoptive mother didn't need to be disliked by others, so she tried her best not to come to the mansion to show her face, even if she had to, she always shrank On one side, there's no such thing as an in-law's style!It's strange... Ke Ruizhu was able to serve Keqing for a long time, and the reason why several levels of masters were satisfied with Keqing's strange illness for more than a year. Serve carefully, but she never talks too much. Not only does she not talk nonsense in front of the masters, but she also never talks about the masters when she gets along with other servants behind the master's back. Ruizhu has a strict mouth, and her heart is not a rock. Why doesn't she feel that there are too many mysteries surrounding this master, and there are many strange things. Among the slaves, she is the only one who can see it with his own eyes. These days, whenever she finished serving Keqing and went downstairs to lie down to rest, she would always think wildly, especially today... ...Tonight, Keqing went to the front to serve You Shi for dinner.Since moving to live in Tianxiang Building, Youshi has said in front of many people that Qing has just recovered from a long illness, and his body is still weak, so he doesn't need to be formal, so he doesn't necessarily come to the upper room every day to greet him. After all, it is the greatest filial piety for her to take good care of herself... Ke Qing really seldom goes forward; after moving to Tianxianglou, Jia Rong and Ke Qing are not only separated, but he seldom visits his wife at all. Even if he came, his polite appearance didn't look like a husband at all, he looked like a junior who came to visit, but not many people knew the details; In the compound courtyard over at Doufengxuan, there is no need for the theater building here, and tall grass grows in the cracks of the bricks in the patio floor: Keqing's close-knit girl has been reduced to only Ruizhu, and the other The little girl and mother-in-law only left two shifts, a total of eight, and let them stay in the wing room over there when not in use; the little girl Baozhu who ran errands in Tianxiang Tower and the upper room, Baozhu has a temper People who are similar to Ruizhu, but they just don't see enough. When she needs to be flexible and act cheaply, she often catches the blind and annoys people. However, being a slave also has a process of accumulating experience, let's grow up slowly! ...Tonight's dinner, all the servants are not allowed to enter the house, the food and tea are only delivered outside the curtain, and I will pass it to Grandma Rong... Before the dishes are delivered, I can see tears in her eyes Shiny; after dinner, she came out, and I supported her. On the surface, she still seemed so gentle and peaceful, with a smile on her face, but her body was leaning against me, and she was heavier than ever!Baozhu didn't come back together, saying that it was useful for his wife to keep her. He thought he would come back when it was dark, but he never thought that he would leave her in the upper room for the night... After coming back for a while, the silver bell rang, and I went to serve tea, but I didn't expect She said to me: "Ruizhu, you and I have been so hard for you these past few years; we are also friends in need... It seems that my illness will never recover. I am afraid that the blessings of this mansion are I can't afford to enjoy it anymore..." I hurriedly persuaded her: "What is the big grandma talking about, isn't your disease getting worse every day? Maybe you are tired today, do you want me to give you a little more money?" Beat, beat, knead?" She was just lamenting, and what was even more difficult to overcome was that she actually took out an eight-treasure silver hairpin and a piece of clothes with patterns of yellow flowers, white willows, and red leaves, and gave them to me and said: "Now I don’t need it anymore, I’ll leave it to you, it’s a souvenir anyway.” I hurriedly said, “Maybe Grandma is going to resign me and find someone else to take care of me; I’m willing to serve Grandma for the rest of my life..." She rolled her eyes She stared at me with a twinkle and said, "Are you thinking that the things used by my patient are not clean?" I panicked, so I had to take it first and said, "I have the right to keep it for grandma." She actually gave me a glare. , sighed again, and said to himself: "I want them to be useless! These ones on the wall, on the cabinet, on the bed... Which one is really precious? Which one is effective? It made me very sick!...Only the ones that are effective It's the prescription from Youshi...I hate it!..." I just held my breath and lowered my eyelids, pretending I didn't hear anything, and then she told me to go downstairs to rest and not to go upstairs to serve at night I have already reached the stairs, and she specifically told me: "Whoever comes, no matter what, you can't come upstairs to disturb me until dawn!" What happened to her? ...  In her own living room downstairs, Ruizhu looked at the eight-treasure silver hairpin in the shape of a yellow oriole with a cicada in it carefully by an oil lamp, feeling very puzzled. Later, Ruizhu looked at the opposite wing through the window, it was pitch black, only the autumn wind whirled in the courtyard.She blew out the oil lamp, lay down to rest, and soon, she let out a steady snoring sound. 4 Although she couldn't see her fingers, Jia Zhen skillfully entered the secret passage leading to Qin Keqing's upstairs room in Tianxiang Building.None of the servants in this secret passage, even Youshi and Jia Rong, knew that it was Keqing who was twelve years old, when Jia Zhen asked the builder to design and build this Tianxianglou for her. Walking to the secret door leading directly to Keqing's bedroom, Jia Zhen gently pressed the usual code with the crook of her finger, strange!Every time he pushes the button, Keqing always pulls the switch over there immediately, and the secret door opens immediately. This time he knocked twice, but there is still no movement. Did he commit suicide without waiting for the news to be further confirmed?The temper is too big!Couldn't she have imagined that I would come to her place as soon as I got a convenience?Others are confused, can she be confused?Isn't it true that I, Jia Zhen, have true feelings for her?What is "climbing ash"?That bad old man took advantage of his daughter-in-law, you can call him "climbing ashes", now Keqing and I are standing together, let outsiders who don't know what kind of relationship we have, can you say that we are not a good match?I am only in my thirties, but Qing is in her early twenties. My strength and her maturity are like that honey-cured stone papaya holding the golden plate of Feiyan. She was assigned to Jia Rong, and Rong'er stood next to her. If you ask someone who doesn't know the details, they must be the elder sister and younger brother... I "climbed ashes"?Speaking of it, Keqing is still my spoiled melon, but that Rong'er took advantage of me!It's strange to say, it's the evil love that was formed in that life, I, Jia Zhen, have dealt with too many women, but this thing really moved me!She is not adulterated towards me... Even if this charming and beautiful woman really loses this family for her, I am willing to do so! ...Even if a catastrophe is imminent, she shouldn't even see me again, just let go and die! On the side of the secret door, Jia Zhen was full of suspicion and blood was surging. On the other side of the secret door, Qin Keqing knocked Jia Zhen for the first time, then stood up from the stool, walked to the secret door, held the mobile phone and moved the hand, but she gritted her teeth and her body shook like the autumn wind. Bai Liu, who was in the middle of the night, was so upset that he couldn't make up his mind... In fact, Qin Keqing has been thinking, if things come to this point, will Jia Zhen come?She first judged that he would not come, and, for Jia Zhen's own sake, he really shouldn't come; but if she really left her "so that she can do it for herself", then the sincere love she gave him would not be worth it Yet? ...Countless past events flashed one after another in her heart. At first, when she was young, she only thought Jia Zhen was a majestic and kind father. Brother, and when she first realized Fengyue, she couldn't find any reason. In her mind, Jia Zhen was the man she was most willing to commit herself to... Later, the person sent by her father to contact her directly met and called her. Gradually she knew the depth, until she knew the benefits and harms, and of course she later understood that this relationship was an absolute sin.She also tried her best to suppress, overcome, get rid of, and even deliberately became more dissolute, trying to transfer her lust to many aspects. For example, she deliberately touched Jia Baoyu, who was still a virgin, and Jia Qiang, But there is no way, no way, in the end she can only get real happiness from Jia Zhen... She really wants to ask the sky: Is the evil always because of love?Is separation and polymerization all pre-determined?Who is a ghostly dream close to?Eternal lover alone I crazy? On the other side of the secret door, Jia Zhen began to call her "Ke'er, Ke'er" in a low voice in desperation. On the side of the secret door, Qin Keqing trembled even more. She wanted to open and then stopped, and she wanted to stop but refused to give up. She really should finish her own bitter drama by herself, and she must not implicate the mighty General Wei Lie of the Ningguo Mansion... But this Nie Haiqingtian, who can escape?The earth is thick and the sky is high, it is amazing to have endless love from ancient to modern times!Foolish men complain about women, poor Fengyue debts are hard to repay!When love meets, how can a secret door stop it! Qin Keqing finally moved the secret door mechanism, and when the secret door turned, Jia Zhen swept in like a gust of wind, but before Qing could react, Jia Zhen had already embraced her in her arms, hugged her tightly, and cried out. A "Ke'er!" can't stop kissing... Qin Keqing trembled in Jia Zhen's arms like a bunch of white willows at first, letting him pass by the strong wind; when Jia Zhen's wind eased a little, she broke free from Jia Zhen's arms, stepped back a few steps, Jia Zhen caught up with her, approached her and asked: " Ke'er, what are you doing..." Qin Keqing straightened her temple hair, calmed down, looked up into Jia Zhen's eyes, and said, "You're here, and I don't have any regrets in my heart...I can go down-to-earth..." Jia Zhen grabbed Qin Keqing's hand and said, "It's just a lie..." Ke Qing felt that the warmth of Jia Zhen's hand was slowly passing to her own, so she led him to sit down, and after sitting down, their hands were still joined together.They had never talked so seriously before. "Your heart, I know...but Feng Ziying's family has never lied..." "Even if your father is really gone, it seems that it's not a big revelation. It's his own bad luck. He has struggled to the edge of the throne for more than 20 years, but he died of an illness and fell short... If you think about it, This is also a destiny in the dark!" "Since he has gone, my mother must have been martyred. I have been unfilial if I delay until this time..." "Filial piety is not filial, it's not about life, it's all about your heart; for example, my father spends every day messing with a group of Taoist priests in the Taoist temple outside the city, making alchemy and burning mercury, and he may die one day. Do I have to swallow alchemy to sacrifice for him? What? Another example is that if I lose my life for a while, does it mean that Rong’er must also take poison and commit suicide?” "You can't compare to me, and I can't compare to you. You forgot to go to the prescription of 'Yiqi Yangrong and Liver Decoction' left by Youshi Qiu Zhang. The ten words and two sentences of the first five medicines are not to say Make it clear! That is the strict order of my parents, can I not obey it?" The first five herbs of the "Yiqi Yangrong Hegan Decoction" prescribed by Zhang Youshi are: Ginseng Atractylodes Rhizoma Yunling Shudi Guishen At that time they spelled it into two sentences:  Ginseng and Atractylodes rhizome cloud: Let the rehmannia go home! "Ginseng" is the code name of Keqing's father; "Baishu" is the code name of Keqing's mother; they ordered her to "turn back" in a place she has always been familiar with! "But 'guishen' doesn't necessarily mean that you are going to die!" Jia Zhen held Ke Qing's hand even tighter, and said to her, "It means that you should wait patiently in this mansion and wait for the good news. It is prophesied that you will return to your princess status from here..." "That's just the first meaning, what we've been looking forward to day and night, of course, is this result; but who would have thought that God's wish would not be fulfilled, and he would agree to the second meaning, have you forgotten the words behind the prescription..." Jia Zhen was speechless for a moment—indeed, the code word in the prescription was that if something unexpected happened, Qin Keqing should end her life in this mansion! "...Moreover, when I think about it, I know it's God's will... Do you remember the amount marked on the five-flavored medicine? Two money, two money, three money, four money, two money, one money a month, not exactly ten Three months? Now is the thirteenth month from that time! Either after the vernal equinox, you will be done; or a year later, it will be the day I die here. twisted?" Jia Zhen just shook her head at this moment, but felt helpless. Qin Keqing became more and more calm. She took her hand from Jia Zhen's hand, smoothed her temples with both hands, and said calmly: "I'm going back to my body today. You come to see me off. The fate between you and me is a godsend. Although We have had such a happy time before, after all, "the stolen gong can't be beaten", it seems that you can't enjoy yourself, since you came to see me off today, I have nothing to repay you, only my love for you True love can still be savored carefully...I will definitely do my best today to make you ecstasy...but you can't be as anxious as you used to be, just wait here for a while, I want to change clothes in the room over there Face, start from the beginning, come here to dedicate yourself!" Jia Zhen was puzzled: "That's fine, what more clothes do you need?" Qin Keqing smiled slightly, got up and went to the room over there; Jia Zhen sat there blankly, in a trance for a while, his eyes fell on the picture of "Begonia Spring Sleeping" hanging on the wall over there, and he felt that Yang Yuhuan in the picture was right Slowly waking up from spring sleep... "Brother Jane!" This never-before-seen cry startled him. He raised his eyes and saw that it was Ke Qing who had finished changing his clothes and walked out. If he didn't look at it, he saw that his blood was boiling, even though he was a tough guy, tears welled up immediately. , a heart seemed to be grabbed by Keqing and held in her hands! What Qin Keqing changed into was the auspicious costume she wore on the day she married Jia Rong! Qin Keqing led Jia Zhen to the couch where "Princess Shouchang lies on His Royal Highness Hanzhang", let him sit opposite her, and then covered her head with a silver-red veil... Jia Zhen gently lifted Keqing's hijab, and he only felt that he was really facing the Goddess... Jia Zhen is no longer a flirtatious general who has been with so many women, he is simply a virgin who entered the bridal chamber for the first time. He leans over and slowly unbuttons Ke Qingji's clothes... …Jia Zhen, in the sweet waves, regretted the original roughness; thinking that there is no way to chase the past, and there is no future to continue, he cherishes this dreamlike enjoyment more and more, and also has a kind of pain that accompanies bliss... Outside the Tianxiang Tower, the gaps in the clouds were even wider, and the moon was like the yolk of a preserved egg, casting a hazy light; the autumn insects were lazily chirping in the night wind, and the jackdaws were sleeping soundly on the top of the big locust tree. Who cares that the building is making a farewell to each other! 5 That night, Yindie was waiting for You Shi to wash his feet. Suddenly someone from the Rong Mansion came and hurriedly sent a message to Jia Zhen You Shi, saying that Jia Mu had summoned her right away. Ke Qing's family was ruined, but why it was so urgent, and he was at a loss; he immediately dressed up again, and asked: "Does the master know?" I found it somewhere, please meet up in the inverted hall of the main house, so that we can go to Rongguo Mansion together. Unexpectedly, Yindie went back and forth, Peifeng, Kailuan, etc., but there was no figure of the master, and he didn't know where he was now, Youshi was suspicious; he asked Jia Rong to come quickly, and when he returned, Brother Rong would be with Brother Qiang from noon Going out and still not returning, Youshi stamped his feet, so he had to order to watch the car first. Yindie waited for the girl and mother-in-law to follow, and rushed to Rongfu Jiamu. Arriving at Jia Mu's residence, Amber greeted her out of the hanging flower gate, ordered Yindie and others to wait outside the door, and only led Youshi in. When she reached the main house door, even Amber stayed outside the door. Stepping in, I saw that on the seat in the middle, Jia Mu was sitting upright with a solemn face, and only Mrs. Wang was standing on the side of the seat, and there was no one else. Jia Muyin asked, "Where's Brother Zhen?" Youshi's face was flushed, and he said in a low voice: "I think I took Rong'er to Feng Ziying's house to investigate the truth, but I got stuck, so I can't hurry back..." Jia Mu said, "Where are you going to find out the truth! Let me ask you, how is Ke'er now?" Youshi said: "I am absolutely heartbroken..." Jia Mu's face was livid, and she asked: "Is it just wanting to be desperate? If you can't stop wanting, what will you do?!" Youshi panicked and looked at Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang only lowered her eyelids, not meeting Youshi's eyes. Jia Muyin sighed and coughed slightly, and Yuanyang rushed behind her to beat her back gently; then Jia Mu said to Youshi: "In terms of speaking, Ke'er was originally taken in by your uncle and me." , after your uncle left, the one who loves her the most among the whole family is not me. Which one is she? Keer's appearance is graceful and delicate, like a fairy, needless to say; the first thing I like is that she behaves sensually, She is gentle and peaceful, and she is absolutely at ease with her; but if her family is destroyed today, if the gods and Buddhas want to do this, she has to accept her fate; but she should also understand that since her own father died, her mother died immediately, What's her plan? Could it be that she can't survive?..." You Shi hurriedly replied: "But when Qing heard the bad news at dinner, she was out of food; it's rare that she still waited on us; when the friend Zhang came last year, she also understood the prescription that she prescribed, and she would have to deal with it herself if she wanted to come. ...It's just that she has been regarded as the apple of her eye for the past twenty years, how can I bear to mention this... Besides, Rong'er—" Jiamu cut Youshi off and said sharply: "You are the most virtuous woman and mother in the world. It seems that I am so cruel!" Youshi was so frightened that he immediately knelt down, bowed his head and admitted his mistake, he couldn't help being surprised: Why is the ancestor like this? Seeing Youshi's pitiful situation, Jia's mother waved her to get up, Yuanyang went to help Youshi up, and Jia's mother was already in tears at this time; then Madam Wang raised her eyes and said to Youshi: "We all know how to be considerate, but An hour ago, your eldest sister took a big risk to let Word came from the palace that this matter is no small matter, and it must be reported to all parties before three drums tonight, that is, the grandson's wife in the Ningfu Tomb died of a long illness and died suddenly, so that there will be no accidents and no danger; otherwise, the night will be long and dreamy. At dawn, there will be more bad luck than good; for the reason, even I will not ask any more, you and Brother Zhen and Rong Er, do your best; although that Ke Er is sensible, after all, it is human nature to love life and procrastinate一时，也是有的；不止要三鼓前人去，且一应丧仪之事，都应天亮前妥贴；珍哥儿既一时不到，少不得你回去速速布置，我在这边是心有余而力难出，想你严命来升等人，也不难应付；事关两府并你大妹妹祸福，你必挣命办好，也好让老祖宗安心！ " 王夫人说一句，尤氏应一句，心想一应丧仪，为冲晦气久有准备，倒也不难，难的是倘那可卿真的临阵恋生，却如何是好？心中只是打鼓。 王夫人一顿后又说：“你大妹妹还有叮嘱，可儿带过来的那些她家的寄物，亦一定要在天亮前尽行销毁，以避后患。” 尤氏心中飘过一丝不快，怎么什么都得听贾元春的？ 王夫人仍继续宣谕：“你大妹妹到底心细，她说那寄物一共是十一件；那些大件的摆的用的倒也罢了，只是怕蓉儿糊涂，私藏下那细软的物事，以为留个纪念，也无大碍；她记得可儿有一身绣着黄花、白柳、红叶的大衣服，还有一支八宝银簪，作成个什么古古怪怪的花样，最是僭越！你必亲自销毁才好！你也不必心中叨咕，你大妹妹也难，自古有'伴君如伴虎'的话，你没听过是怎的？再，你能不明白，咱们损了可儿，还经得起折你大妹妹吗？虽说她心细如此，还总指点着咱们，究竟能在那里头混成个什么样儿，咱们是靠她发达还是……也说不得许多了！神佛知道罢了……” 尤氏这才叹服，因说：“放心，我和侄儿亲自销毁，再无吝惜的道理！” 贾母这才又说：“也不必唬成这样，我经的大惊大险，你们哪里清楚！像我们这样人家，原须从这般风浪里滚过，你们只当荣华富贵，是只享不守的吗？况且人之常情，还都想更上一层楼哩，那就更需有快刀斩乱麻的杀伐……你且快去吧，我也不忙歇息，可儿究竟可怜，我要到佛前为她超度一番！” 尤氏叩辞，鸳鸯将尤氏送出，到帘外，附在尤氏耳边轻声说：“蓉大奶奶这一去，倒是她的造化；人谁无死？殉当其时，我谓是福……” 尤氏也无心听鸳鸯的耳语，急匆匆带领银蝶一千人回到宁府。 此时谯楼上，已鸣一鼓。 6 宁国府正房院里灯烛乱晃，会芳园里却一时仍黑漆漆如酽墨之缸。 宝珠举着羊角灯迈进会芳园时，只觉得前面黑魅魅好不怕人。真仿佛“石奇神鬼搏，木怪虎狼蹲”啊！ 尤氏命她火速进园通知瑞珠，着瑞珠好生伺候秦可卿，在天香楼待命——尤氏即刻前去，有要事相商！ 宝珠都转身迈步了，尤氏又将她叫住，对她说：“瑞珠如告你有不测之事，你们都不用来禀，我稍后便到；只是你们不许擅动，一切要听我亲自发落！” 宝珠也听得不甚明白，只知尽快履行主命，她进园前几乎是一路小跑，进园后才不由得放慢了脚步。 转过太湖石，一只锦鸡呼喇喇猛然飞起，宝珠和锦鸡同时发出尖叫，会芳园更显得阴森可怖。 巡夜的婆子想是躲哪个旮旯里吃酒去了，宝珠战战兢兢地来到天香楼，不见一隙灯影。她摸到瑞珠住屋门前，先叫：“瑞珠姐姐！”又连连拍门。 瑞珠从一个怪梦里醒来，分不清那唤她的声音是真是幻，她坐起，愣愣地揉眼；稍许，才意识到确有人叫门。 瑞珠磕磕绊绊地上前开门，门刚开，一只羊角灯就险些烧到她的身上，她看清是宝珠，不由得呵斥道：“你撞鬼了么？深更半夜的，来这里闲荡！” 宝珠放下灯，急忙跟她说：“你快上楼叫醒蓉大奶奶，太太一会儿就到！” 瑞珠还没醒透，顺口驳：“放什么香屁！再没有过这样的事！都几更了！想是你挺尸梦游哩！” 宝珠抱住瑞珠的腰，摇晃她，越发气喘吁吁：“好姐姐！你好歹醒醒！真的太太生大气哩！快上楼请大奶奶起来准备着，太太兴许已经进了园子了！” 瑞珠算是真醒过来了。她听明白了宝珠的话，一时发慌：“可大奶奶今儿个晚上特特地嘱咐了我，她不叫，我不能上去扰她呀！” 宝珠和瑞珠不由都朝楼梯上望去，朦朦胧胧似有声响，却又很像是夜鼠在梁上穿行，再细听耳边又只有风中大槐树枝条的磨擦声，又似有秦可卿的吟诗般的鼾声…… 瑞珠自伺候秦可卿以来，从未忤过她一次命令；宝珠更未经过这等罕事；一时俩人对视，不知该如何是好；但宝珠想到尤氏派遣她时的一脸乌云，便不得不再次提醒瑞珠：“太太的话真真切切，太太到了，我们还没叫醒奶奶，可吃罪不起啊！” 瑞珠还是犹豫，因为她此前所见，都是尤氏对秦可卿的百般将就，她实在意识不到这一回如果没把秦可卿早一点叫醒，会有多么严重的后果。 宝珠一时比瑞珠着急，她想起尤氏在她抬脚后又找补的那几句话，心中划过一道不祥的闪电，便声颤气促地对瑞珠说：“姐姐你要再糊涂我就给你跪下了！” 宝珠的表现，令瑞珠惊奇，她拉住真要跪下的宝珠，摆摆头说：“这是怎么说的！也没那么难办！因知我从不会铃儿不响擅自上楼，大奶奶那屋门从不上栓的，你在这里候着太太，我上去唤醒她就是；等我下来，你就去对面叫醒厢房的人，让他们齐来伺候。”说着，她便提起裙子，踏上了楼梯。 上得楼梯尽头，她轻轻把门一推，那门果然没上栓，当即开了；头一间屋子并无灯烛，但从里间透过雕花隔扇，泄出殷红的烛光；瑞珠走过隔扇，只见在里面的卧室，门半掩着，却把透亮的光影，斜铺到了外间，她心中只觉诧异，来不及细想，便走向前去；到了那卧室，好大的帐幔，垂闭合拢，但帐内帐外，所有烛台，均高燃红烛，恍若新婚洞房；刺鼻的甜香，弥漫全屋；瑞珠恍惚听见了秦可卿的声音，遂一边说着“奶奶，是我瑞珠”，一边拨开帐幔，准备迎上被惊醒的秦可卿，但就在她拨开帐幔的那一瞬间，一幕令她魂飞魄散的景象，赫然呈现于她的眼前：贾珍和秦可卿二人，赤条条合抱在榻下的地毯上，而且秦可卿是在上面，正发出大欢喜的急喘…… 贾珍和可卿，已颠倒鸳鸯数次，双方尽兴享受，早已忘怀这人间那变故，他们真恨不能肉儿骨头揉作一处融作一团，真是“情天情海幻情身，情既相逢必主淫”，只知狂浪阵阵，昏天黑地，把一座天香楼，只当作了欲海飞舟。 在贾珍来说，可卿是唯一他愿让她细细消遣的女子；在可卿来说，她有让贾珍永世再不能从别的女人那里得到那份销魂摄魄的极乐境界的自信。一段宿孽，烈火爆炭般大有将天香楼焚为灰烬之势。 瑞珠已吓得瘫跌在地，可卿贾珍犹在得趣，足足好一阵子，贾珍可卿才从幻境返回现实：三个人都来不及有理智的反应，大体而言，是瑞珠用手臂强撑着昏迷的腔子，瞪大双眼，下巴挂下，再收不回去；可卿起身后本能地拾起那婚礼吉服，一股红烟般飘向了通向顶楼的陡梯；而贾珍只是赤条条地雄武地岔开腿站立着，满眼凶光，那眼光倒并没直射瑞珠…… 天香楼下，尤氏已由银蝶等几个最忠实的仆妇围随着，进入了宝珠守候的那间屋子。 7 尤氏已到，而瑞珠仍未下楼来，宝珠惶恐不堪，急切中只能跪在尤氏面前，欲向尤氏禀报，又不知该从何说起；尤氏早怒，喝问道：“瑞珠呢？早遣你来，这是何意？大奶奶可在楼上？” 这时楼上传来明显的异常之音，尤氏侧耳一听，皱眉一想，镇定下来，遂向跟来的人说：“你等且随来升家的并银蝶到那边厢房听唤！并那边的众人都不许胡言乱动，我要用谁，自会让宝珠去叫，你等要随叫随到，不得有误！” 众人唯唯，都随来升家的和银蝶穿过天井到对面厢房去了，原住那里的小丫鬟并婆子们都已被唤起，见这阵仗，不知出了何事，面面相觑，却也不敢窃议。 尤氏因对宝珠说：“起来！给我好好守着这门，没我的话，谁也不能擅进！就是蓉大爷到，也只能在门外暂候！我要用谁，自会命你去传，你要拦不住擅进的人，小心我腾出手就揭你的皮！” 宝珠从未见过尤氏有这样嘴脸，吓得瑟瑟发抖，少不得即刻守到门边，只当自己那一条命，便是防人擅进的门栓。 尤氏心中，已颇有数；事到如今，也顾不得许多，且硬着头皮，提裙上楼…… 且说楼上贾珍胡乱穿上衣服后，见瑞珠还瘫撑在那里，飞起一脚，直踢到她肩上。这一脚，倒把她踢活了，瑞珠尖叫一声后，先滚倒在地，随即本能地爬了起来，又本能地伸臂朝通向顶楼的陡梯一指；贾珍不由随那指向一望，心中滚过一排炸雷，拔脚便冲向那陡梯，上得一半，又跳下，随手抓起一个烛台，复一跳数级，跃入顶楼，在顶楼他举起烛台一照，便不由大放悲声，急切中他把烛台搁放地上，将一把歪倒的椅子抓起掼正，跳上椅子，叫唤着“我的可儿”，一手抱住秦可卿的身子，一手去解那勒住秦可卿脖子的红绸……阵阵画梁上的积尘，飘落贾珍口鼻，混合着可卿身上的香气，使他魂颤魄悸。 那顶楼原是空的，并无一物；秦可卿那晚从正房回到天香楼后，在贾珍到来之前，搬去了一把椅子，并准备好了套在画梁上的红绸带…… 贾珍把可卿抱回卧室，呜呜哭着；将可卿置于榻上，犹揉拍着可卿，设法让她醒过来，但眼见可卿目翻舌突，身子虽还软，那鼻中已无余息，便搂尸大恸；当下真恨不能代秦氏之死。 这巨变使瑞珠刚刚恢复过来的神志，又被戳了一刀；她只呆立在一旁，下巴再一次挂下久不能合拢。 尤氏登上了楼，走进了秦可卿的卧室，虽然她早有心理准备，呈现在她眼前的不堪景象，还是差点让她当即晕死过去。贾珍的搂尸狂吻、衣衫错乱，已足令她无地自容，而秦可卿身上，分明穿的是结婚入洞房的那套吉服——乃当年尤氏亲为其操持监制——你说尤氏见了，何以为情？更可骇怪者，是瑞珠居然瞪眼站立一旁！ 瑞珠见了尤氏，又一次活了过来，本能地咕咚一声跪下；尤氏亦本能地喝了一声：“还不给我滚下去！”瑞珠便爬动几下，起来掩面下楼而去。 贾珍的视线与尤氏的目光一触，尤氏便跪在了贾珍面前。 贾珍只顾可卿，哪里在乎尤氏的到来，犹抚尸哀哀；尤氏只跪在那里，且不说话，然亦 burst into tears. 待贾珍气息稍缓，尤氏方道：“老爷自己身子要紧；倘老爷身子坏了，不说我，这一府的家业，却是如何是好？万望老爷珍重！” 贾珍望了尤氏一眼，仍抚着可卿，恨恨地说：“大家别过！不要跟我说什么家业府业！可儿没了，我活着无趣，死了倒好！” 尤氏低着头，仍说：“老爷只看在老祖宗份儿上吧；刚才老祖宗召我们去，我急着去了；可儿她家，想是神佛要如此，非人力所能挽回；如今她既能及时殉了她亲生父母，也是她的造化；我原不该现在跑来这里，怎奈老祖宗严命……望老爷不看僧面看佛面，容我细禀！” 尤氏遂将贾母王夫人的话，一一报与贾珍，并强调元春所言的事关两府祸福云云。 贾珍渐渐听了进去，但仍不能冷静；他一阵阵咬牙，望着可卿，心肝俱碎；到尤氏言及必得三更前连叩传事云板四下，方可保住两府无虞，这才欠身扯过一床被子，将可卿权且盖上。 尤氏又道：“一切老爷作主，阖府都等着老爷的示下；万望老爷节哀，引领我等渡此难关！” 贾珍仰颈长叹一声，这才扣着衣扣，顿下脚说：“即是老祖宗已作主，又有宫里传来的示下，还等我什么！你一一照旨分派就是！我只要你把可儿的事办得无限风光，宁把这府倾空，也不能忤了我这意！你也起来吧，我这样一时怎能出面？” 尤氏方站了起来，扯出手帕拭泪。 贾珍犹不忍弃可卿而去，又掀开被子，亲吻可卿良久，方一跺脚，当着尤氏搬开暗道机括，从转门消失。 尤氏在这般奇耻大辱面前，恨不能一头撞死；但终究几层的利害关系，还是驱动着她去挣扎着完成贾母王夫人布置的任务。 贾珍走后，尤氏方前去掀开被子，看了几眼可卿；可卿的眼与舌已被贾珍抚平，面色如春，尤氏想到拉扯她多年的种种酸甜苦辣，不禁泪如泉涌。 尤氏拭干泪水，环顾了一下那卧室，心中清点了一下，除两件细软，九件需销毁的寄物都在眼前，遂镇定一下，挺直腰身，朝楼下走去。 在下楼的一瞬间，尤氏忽然现出一丝谁也没能看到的难以形容的笑容，那笑纹来自她心底里的此前一直压抑在最深处的欲望推动——当那一回焦大吼出“爬灰的爬灰”时，她那欲望曾上扬过：她希望秦可卿死！ ——现在不管怎么样，秦可卿果然死了！died! 但尤氏下到最后几步楼阶时，驾驭她心态的，又恢复为下楼前的那些意识。