Chapter 45 (1) Mourning people

Baoyu lived in Feng Ziying's house, but he had to talk freely every day, discussing martial arts in his thesis, and lingering on his knees, which was another kind of happiness that he never had for a while.There is also an appointment to learn archery the next day, and the young master Wei Ruolan, Chen Yejun and others gathered together. Not only are their eyes and ears sharp, but their martial arts have also improved over time.Although I am thinking of all the family affairs and everyone, because it is inconvenient to get out, there is nothing I can do. On this day, Wei, Chen and other young masters came to the meeting again as scheduled.After sitting down, let's talk about it first. There is a rebellion in the northwest, and it has invaded the Senai. The guarding general reported an emergency.It is expected that these families of hereditary warriors and nobles will have their children put on armor and send troops to serve, so they have to make preparations early, otherwise they will have to set off in a timely manner when they give an order.

Let's do the math for Baoyu - the birthday of the 26th day of the fourth lunar month in the Year of the Dragon is still in the year of adulthood.Feng Ziying then said: "I'm afraid I have to pick it. It's not as good as ordinary people. People like us are not allowed to be exempted from military service."Yin said: "This is also very suitable for me. I am really bored in the room all the time. I just go out to refresh my mind, trek through some mountains, rivers and valleys, and grow a little more heroic." Wei Ruolan said with a smile: "You heard that Second Master Bao is a poet after all, and he sees going out to fight so comfortably. How do you know that the suffering and danger are not fun!"

Ziying sighed and said, "It's too much to worry about. I just think that as long as you don't become a 'bone by the river', you will be rewarded for surviving on the battlefield, and then the lawsuit against Master Bao will not settle down It's just a good thing." After hearing this, Baoyu didn't answer Ziying's words, but only said: "It's amazing! The ancients' "poor Wuding Riverside bone, still a person in the dream of a spring girl" is really thrilling—you all have "spring girls" Now, there must be one more thing on my mind, but I am 'naked and come and go without any worries', Brother Sheng waits."

When everyone heard Baoyu's words, they all laughed and sighed.It was still Ziying who replied: "I don't dare to talk nonsense about anything else, but the poem 'The fragrance of flowers makes people know that the day is warm' is enough to recite, right?" Baoyu bowed his head and remained silent.Let's joke around.After the breakup, Baoyu was alone in the study, reminiscing about the joke just now, and suddenly made up an idea. When I got up the next day, after breakfast, I went to Ziying and said that I had lived for a long time and wanted to go back to the house for the next day, so I should go to see my house.Ziying also knew that there was no serious accident with Baoyu herself, so it would be okay to go back and have a look, so she also agreed to use a small sedan chair for two people to go outside the Shenwu Gate and enter and exit through the back door of the mansion garden.There was a sign on the door.

Baoyu enters the back door quietly, consciously the path is familiar, but the things in the foreground are very unfamiliar, as if he has entered another world, or reincarnated in another life, returning to the place he had been in his previous life, familiar yet different, As if in a dream. He zigzags south along the Qinfang River, and when he reaches Huaxu, the gate of Hengwuyuan is closed.Walking from the stone road at the top of the mountain, there are rustling sounds of withered vines and decaying grass.Walking along the embankment, I saw Yihong Courtyard early. Baoyu couldn't help raising his eyes to take a closer look, only to see that the whitewashed walls were peeling off, the weeping willows around Zhouhuan still had sparse leaves, and the courtyard gate was also closed?Baoyu stopped in front of the door, appraising herself—is it the master?Or passerby?It has become very blurry.

Feeling sad for a while, he felt that he could not stay for a long time, so he hurriedly turned and walked towards Qinfang Bridge. Grass grew on the crevices of the stones on the bridge deck, half withered and half yellow.The vermilion lacquer painting of the pavilion has faded and peeled off.The couplet on the column is still there, and it was written by myself, "Borrowing three poles from the willows around the embankment, and the flowers on the other side are fragrant."When I woke up suddenly, I felt that the willows were in the scene of weeping willows around Yihong Courtyard, and the fragrance of flowers across the bank. Doesn't it refer to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion area, where Daiyu Xiangyun often gathers.

Looking up at the plaque, there are two big characters "Qinfang" hanging under the eaves of the pavilion.I woke up suddenly again: it turns out that these two words are the code word hidden prophecy of "the flowers fall into the water and the water flows red", and I didn't realize it when I asked the question.After passing the pavilion and getting off the bridge, within a few steps, it is Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Baoyu stopped and was stunned. In the past, I would come every day. The green bamboos and bamboos in front of the gate were blown by the wind, just like the forest of phoenix tails, and the soft sound of dragons singing.At this time, all you can see is a thousand poles of fallen leaves, and a piece of cold smoke!

Baoyu stands in front of the door, like a wood carving and clay sculpture. He didn't know if there was anyone in the hall, and he didn't dare to knock on the door to ask for help. For a long time, for a long time.Just as he didn't know what to do, the door suddenly opened, and an old woman came out.Seeing Baoyu, after looking at it for a long time, Fang said, "Isn't this Master Baoyu? You're back today!" Baoyu didn't have time to answer, so he just asked, "Miss Lin and sister Zijuan are in the house?" The old mother sighed, "Second master didn't know, the girls are not here long ago. I sent here to clean, and I don't stay here every day. It's a coincidence today, otherwise the second master would not be able to find anyone."

Baoyu asked again: "Miss Lin moved out of the garden too?" The old mother hesitated for a moment, then said: "She died on the fifteenth night of August. I heard that she went to the pool to enjoy the moon and chant poems. into the water." Said, the voice of the old mother was also very sad. "Miss Zijuan left a package of papers before she left, and said that if the second master comes back, she will ask me to hand it over to the second master when she meets her." The old mother turned around and went in, took out a package, and handed it to Baoyu. Four words.At this moment a gust of westerly wind blows and blows a page of the booklet.Baoyu only saw two lines of characters in his eyes - "Autumn turbulently pours stone marrow, wind leaves gather cloud roots." Yun rushed towards Baoyu, and Baoyu immediately fell to the ground.