Chapter 59 (4) Send jade for painting

Zhen Baoyu searched for the way and came to a temple. When he saw it, it was a nunnery. He felt lost and tired, so he had to go in and ask for tea to rest.At this time, a young nun came out, and when she saw him coming up to salute and ask him, she was surprised, and said, "Where did the benefactor come from? What is your name?" Zhen Baoyu replied, "My surname is Zhen, from Jinling, Shangjing Visiting friends, I also hope that the female Bodhisattva master will show you the way." The nun asked: "Who do you want to visit?" Zhen Baoyu said that he was a family friend of the son of Rongguo Mansion who became a monk, and he had important matters to ask for details.

The nun was even more surprised when she heard this, and she smiled slightly, and sighed: "Fortunately, the benefactor met a little nun, and it is difficult for others to know the details. Mr. Jia and I came here in a catastrophe. Here, they also know each other from afar. It’s hard to tell about anything else. Please just find a small valley in the northwest, follow the stream and spring up, and the mountain path is winding, leading to an ancient temple, desolate and dilapidated. Just hide and hide there." After saying that, he served green tea and gave up his seat. Zhen Baoyu ate his tea, thanked the nun, and walked along the path pointed by himself.Sure enough, it entered a winding valley from the mountain pass.A brook is gurgling, flowers and leaves are falling on the water, and the bottom of the water is colorful with strange rocks. The road is extremely difficult to walk, so we have to climb the grass, trees, vines and kudzu slowly up the mountainside.At this time, I saw an ancient temple, the gate and wall were already decayed, and two fragments of steles still stood in the courtyard.Find the way forward, turn around the main hall, but there is a corner gate leading to a cross courtyard, the courtyard is full of grass and steps, and wild birds pass through the house-seeing this scene, I can't help but sigh in my heart, I don't know whether it is sadness or joy.Then he raised his voice to the door of the room and asked: "Is there a young master who was born as a young master here?"

When the voice fell, a person came out of the room—the two of them met each other, each secretly surprised: "Why is it the same as I see myself in the mirror?!" The two of them were as surprised as they were, and they already understood in their hearts that it was Jia Baoyu He opened his mouth first and said, "Could it be Brother Zhen from Jiangnan?" No need for extravagant words, after a few words, you will be very cordial, just like old friends, enter the room and talk quickly.Zhen Baoyu re-entrusted Wang Xifeng from his illness, and carried the precious pendant, even thousands of miles away, to visit him wholeheartedly.

Jia Baoyu picked it up without saying a word, and listened quietly to the words of sister Feng who entrusted the psychic jade with her serious illness. She burst into tears and put the real jade on, but took off the fake jade that she had worn in recent years and gave it to her. Zhen Baoyu said: "Brother Zhen, this jade was specially made for me by my close friend and chivalrous Mr. Feng, and I have brought it with me for the past few years. It has gone through joys and sorrows with me, and the world is cold and cold. It is no longer an ordinary plaything. It is also a romantic story, please accept it."

When Zhen Baoyu took it and looked at it, it was slightly larger than the real jade, but it was a piece of Khotan beautiful jade with a blush on it, engraved with seal characters, and it was also a treasure.Then the old plaque was taken out and unfolded.Jia Baoyu was stunned when he saw it, and asked quickly, "How did Brother Zhen get it? I wrote it in the garden of the house earlier. The first time I wrote it was from the room where I lived. This second time I wrote it. What I wrote is already a matter in the garden—but the person who waited on the cutting of paper and ink on the two occasions was one..." As he spoke, tears fell on the paper.

Zhen Baoyu asked, "Where is this person now?" The love monk didn't answer, and chanted in his mouth—"The beauty has a sad dream on the loess, and the wheat rice and the cuckoo recognize the old Qiu." When Zhen Baoyu heard this, he also lamented unceasingly. The two fell in love with each other, each expressed their admiration, and couldn't help talking about the past when the family died, and then Zhen Baoyu suddenly asked Jia Baoyu when he heard these three words, his face changed in horror, and he stood up and asked: "How do you know this name? Ask her what's wrong?!" Only then did Zhen Baoyu explain in detail how the red-clothed woman mistook her for her second elder brother when the two boats were facing each other in the Grand Canal.Jia Baoyu listened, like a stone, not saying a word, only tears streaming from his eyes.