Nightly Exploration of the Red Mansion (2)

Nightly visits to the Red Mansion (XXI)

The Forbidden City’s Palace of Nourishing Heart.

Kangxi was crooked on the kang table, and Jia Fei was pounding his leg. Fourteenth Argosy and Jia Wu stood at the bottom.

“Old fourteen ah, you proposed that change of law folding I read,” Kangxi drank a mouthful of soup, slowly said: “very insightful ah.”

“Thank you for your compliments, Your Majesty, that was Baoyu who helped me write it.” Fourteenth Arhats said.

“Oh, Baoyu, you are so young, have you become the old fourteenth’s wise man,” Kangxi said with a smile: “Born a son like Sun Zhongmou, I say it should be born a son like Jia Baoyu is. Unfortunately, you are not the son of the old fourteen.”

Fourteenth Brother looked at Concubine Jia, who put her head down without looking at him.

“However, old fourteen ah, you this change of law offended a lot of people, constitutional monarchy, the royal relatives are offended; officials elected by the people, the court officials are offended; Manchu and Han equality, the eight banners soldiers are all offended; rewards for industry and commerce, the landlords and magnates are all offended; reform of the imperial examinations, the scholars are all offended. If these people unite against you, you can be dangerous.” Kang Xi said worriedly.

“Your majesty, the change of law about my China’s national prosperity, the people rich, of course, is not an easy thing,” fourteenth Aggie said ambitiously: “as long as there is sufficient preparation, the danger is not terrible. Dangerous again, but also dangerous when you catch Aobai.”

“Well, that Ao Bai is proficient in martial arts and has infinite strength, but that day was hanging by a thread. If it is not a little cinnamon ghost more, really unimaginable, unimaginable ah.” Kangxi narrowed his eyes, recalled: “that small guizi can really a character, that year I went to the western suburbs to practice the red barbaric cannon, suddenly found that he disappeared. I pulled the fire rope, the barrel of the cannon was crooked, the shell hit the people’s cucumber field exploded. I was afraid of hurting someone, so I ran to check it out. Guess what? That little Guizi wobbly stood up and said: Your Majesty, I steal two cucumbers, you do not use the cannon to bombard ah.” Said here laughed out loud, the people present also can not help but laugh.

“Alas, that boy Guizi also do not know where to hide. However,” Kangxi with a finger gently pointing to the table: “I catch chelsea by then Hou can be prepared for several months it, you are ready for what?”

“The key to change the law, is to have a number of patriotic love of the people, determined to reform the human resources,” fourteenth brother spoke eloquently: “Now the court, there will not be a few people to support the reform of the reform, reform will be the end of their accustomed to the road of promotion and wealth. The beneficiaries of the reform is the ordinary people, I’m on this expedition, I want to go deep into the people, looking for a group of reform of the mainstay. When I return from the expedition, I will rely on these people and start reforming in a bold manner.”

“Yes, it takes talent to do anything. I thought that I had so many capable people under me back then, but unfortunately the old ones got old, the dead ones died, and some became embezzlers.” Kang Xi said with emotion.

“Your Majesty, people are all selfish,” Jia Wu interjected: “What noble people, moral people, are all lies. All people have an agenda, either for fame or for profit. The advantage of the change of law is: let the people who want to be famous to be officials, governing the country, let the people who want to make money to manage the business, they earn money, but also give the poor the opportunity to work.”

Speaking here, a eunuch came over: “report to the emperor, the Prince of Yong has an urgent military situation to see.”

“Let him in.”

Jia Wu looked at the Yongzheng who walked in, dark and thin, with a gloomy face, and could not see any resemblance to Sister Lin at all.

“Your majesty,” Yongzheng put the zhang folders in his hand against Kang Xi: “Sichuan governor Nian Juan Yao’s eight hundred miles of urgent military information, our army in Qinghai was defeated, Xi’an general Erlutu 50,000 people were all destroyed.”

“What?” Kangxi’s face immediately sank: “Fuerdan, Wang Ziteng, Nian Juan Yao, together there are 600,000 people, how to call this less than 100,000 people Abutan defeated?”

“Father, the front of the proud soldiers and soldiers, mutual disobedience, do not cooperate with each other, so this big defeat.” Yongzheng said: “fourteenth younger brother from childhood have killing determination, I suggest let him take command of the early expedition.”

Fourteenth Argo did not expect Yongzheng to recommend him, and looked at Yongzheng strangely.

Yongzheng went on to say: “six hundred thousand army, in addition to the emperor, only fourteenth brother can suppress. More than ten years ago, fourteenth brother in the pacification of Sichuan-Shanxi, in front of the army beheaded the first-class general Cha Fu Gui and the royal merchant Xue Ding E, thunder and lightning, the eight banners of the children are admired very much.”

“I remember,” Kangxi turned to the fourteenth brother said: “is Prince Teng on the book to play you killed the minister of that thing?”

“Yes,” Fourteenth Brother said: “Cha Fu Gui is also too bad, using the army to do business, and Xue Ding E partner to smuggle opium. The army has become a businessman, and has become a profit-seeker, how can it fight!”

Kangxi waved his hand toward Yongzheng: “Alright, you go down first.”

Fourteenth Argo thought for a moment: “Father, then I’ll go on the expedition in three days.”

“This…” Jia Wu was so conflicted in his mind, once the 14th Brother left Beijing this throne was going to be lost, but he couldn’t say so explicitly because Yongzheng was Sister Lin’s father.

Kang Xi looked at Jia Wu laughed: “Fear that he went out of Beijing is not? I have written a secret edict, this morning to the university scholar Zhang Yanyu custody, if I die, will pass the throne to the old fourteen.”

Knowing that Zhang Yanyu was a decent person, Fourteenth Argo hurriedly knelt down and said, “Thank you, Father.”

“Get up!” Kang Xi said with a smile. “I’m old and slippery, in order to be sure,” he took out a yellow silk from his bosom: “Chun’er, here’s another copy of the secret edict, you keep it. Even if someone can tamper with that edict, they can’t change this one. Moreover, a coup d’état by force will not work, Old Fourteen still has 600,000 troops in his hands!”

Jia Wu simply admired Kang Xi to the ground, this plan is really well thought out. Then Yongzheng what else can be cynical?

Nightly Exploration of the Red Mansion (XXII)

The small study within the Yong Wang Mansion.

Yongzheng is sitting upright: “Old Wu, your news can be true?”

“A thousand times true,” Wu Sidao nodded repeatedly: “The emperor wrote a secret edict to Zhang Tingyu to keep, said to pass the throne to the fourteenth master.”

Yongzheng heart immediately tumbled up, on the surface is not moving, said faintly: “Oh, you see how it?”

“Your Majesty, this matter is still possible,” Wusidao heatedly smiled: “the emperor is old, suspicious of the heart is too heavy. If he directly issued an imperial edict to establish the fourteenth brother, or simply give the secret edict to the fourteenth brother, this matter will be much more troublesome. The reason why the emperor gave the imperial edict to Zhang Tingyu, that is, the matter of the fourth brother also have a few points of caution, if the fourteenth brother disobeyed, the imperial edict at any time to come back. As the saying goes, flies don’t nail eggs without seams, and now since there is a bit of a seam, we can use this to make an article.”

Yongzheng head lifted: “You have any good plan, say to listen.”

“The upper strategy,” said Wu Sidao, shaking his head, “is to disassociate between the Emperor and the Fourteenth Argo, so that the Emperor will abolish the Fourteenth Argo; the middle strategy is to conspire with Zhang Tingyu to change the imperial edict; the lower strategy is to assassinate the Fourteenth Argo.”

“The next strategy is not easy to implement, Old Fourteen is full of martial arts, I am afraid that Monk Yin may not be able to kill him, not to mention that there is no lack of experts in his guards, not below our Blood Drops.”

“Your Highness, killing can be done without a sword. The 14th Master is highly skilled in martial arts, but he’s an amorous man. Men can’t get into his body, but women can be another matter. I am looking for a candidate for this assassin for you.” Wu Sidao said smugly, “Of course, if the middle or upper plan works, the lower plan won’t be necessary.”

“Tell me about your middle strategy, Zhang Yanyu is a nerd, how can you conspire against him?”

“Your Majesty, Zhang Yanyu lives as a gentleman everywhere. A gentleman can deceive a party. Lao XIV’s change of law should change the ancestral way, the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. We are under the banner of maintaining the famous religion, against the change of law, to engage in his four can not change: the ancestral way can not change, the teaching of Confucius and Mencius can not change, the leadership of the eight banners of Manchuria can not change, under the sky is not the king’s land of the state system can not be changed. He Zhang Yanyu as the leader of the readers, sooner or later to enter our set.”

“Well, that the policy how to work? You know, the emperor is trusting the old fourteen, Jia Fei and constantly in the pillow say good things about the old fourteen,” Yongzheng sighed: “Early to know, might as well not get her into the palace.”

“The beauty of this ploy lies in the relationship between the 14th Argosy and Concubine Jia. When the Emperor abolished Second Argo as the Crown Prince, it wasn’t because he had an affair with Noble Lady Zheng?” Wu Sidao said triumphantly.

Yongzheng’s eyes lit up: “What handle have you caught them?”

Ushido came up to Yongzheng’s ear and whispered something.

Yongzheng slapped the table: “Good, must get the evidence in hand, at any cost!”

“Yes, Your Highness,” Wu Sidao said obediently, “but I’m afraid these three plans won’t be able to hide from Jia Baoyu, that boy has a belly full of devious ideas. We need to find a way to separate him from 14th Brother.”

There was a silence in the room.

A little girl timidly walked in: “Your Highness, Fujin would like to invite Mr. Wu over.”

The Yong royal palace’s side hall.

Princess Yong walked around restlessly, holding a snow-white Persian cat.

Seeing Wu Sidao come in, she waved her hand for the little girl to go out and said anxiously, “Mr. Wu, that Qi Guan’er escaped.”

“Qiguan’er, is that the opera singer?” Wu Sidao secretly sighed, really a woman’s lack of knowledge, running an opera singer is also a big fuss.

“That’s him, the king’s favorite, the little dan, and he… he stole my Golden Kirin.”

“Fujin, you have more gold and silver treasures than you can count, what do you care about a golden unicorn?”

“No,” explained Princess Yong anxiously, “the unicorn is empty, there is a secret box inside, hiding a jade disk.”

Wu Sidao knew that after the birth of a child of the royal family, the clan office would have to record the birth of the child, which was called a jade disk. He asked, “What kind of jade disk?”

“It’s the record of Daiyu’s birth, who the midwife was, where she was born, and what characteristics she had on her. After replacing her with Hongli, I asked the clanhouse to write another one, and hid the old one inside the golden unicorn.”

“My Lord Fujin,” said Ushido angrily, “what’s the point of keeping such a thing if you don’t destroy it right away!”

“I, I still want to recognize my Daiyu daughter one day,” Princess Yong’s eyes reddened: “I dream of that day. And I’m afraid she won’t recognize me, this is the only evidence.”

“Alas,” Usudo sighed: “You take it easy for now, let me think of something.”

Wu Sidao walked out from Princess Yong’s place and bumped into Jia Huan, asking strangely, “Why did you come here?”

“Hongli Beile is looking for me.” Jia Huan said with gusto.

The back garden of the Yong royal residence.

Jia Huan handed Hongli a scroll of drawings in his hand: “Master Beilei, take a look, this is the portrait of my cousin Lin Daiyu, cousin Xue Baochai and cousin Shi Xiangyun, I stole them from the old madam, they are all great beauties.”

Hongli carelessly took the portrait: “Oh, this Shi Xiangyun is very pretty. Xue Baochai is even more beautiful. Si, this Lin Daiyu…” Hiroshi was dumbfounded. Daiyu’s portrait had an extraordinary air, and she was not the one he had strangled the night before!

Hongli tried his best to act calm: “Jia Huan, has anything happened to your family recently?”

“There’s nothing, oh, it’s just that a maid jumped into a well the day before yesterday, named Jinchuan Er.”

“Damn, wrong kill.” Hongli cursed in his heart. Taking another look at Lin Daiyu’s portrait, but it’s a strange pity to kill such a beautiful chick. It’s best to steal her out and put her in some secret place to enjoy herself slowly. Si, this afternoon to step on the plate around Jiafu again, recognize the terrain. This thing also need to find a helper to be able to, find who?

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Hongli rode on the horse while walking and pondering, not realizing that he had already reached the Drum Tower.

“Sir, please…” a young girl’s clear voice interrupted his thoughts.

Hongli looked down and was shocked, isn’t this the Lin Daiyu on the painting. Rubbing his eyes, oh no, the eyebrows are not as curved as Lin Daiyu’s, and the chin is a little rounder than Lin Daiyu’s.

The girl, dressed in Jiangnan, asked him with a smile, “Do you know how to get to Liuyin Hutong?”

“Of course I know,” Hiroshi hemmed and hawed, the girl looked really pretty ah: “I’ll take you there well.”

Jia Wu came out of the Shenwumen Gate of the palace, bypassed Jingshan, and headed home along Di’anmen Street. The resistance to the reform of the law is greater than he expected. The princes of the eight banners, dignitaries, of course, needless to say, but also in the change of the law can benefit the scholar, farmer, industry and commerce, most people are either against, or cynical, or indifferent. Beijing people’s life is also better than abroad, under the eyes of the emperor, what officials are much more restrained. “At the moment we are living well, change it why?” I hear this everywhere.

The forces of habit were terrible, and he couldn’t help but sigh.

Jia Wu then realized why fourteenth Argo is bent on the western expedition, the western cold land, the people would have been very bitter, and recently there are two embezzlement of millions of taels of silver of corrupt officials. The people there would be the most receptive to the idea of reform and change, and it would be easy for 14th Argo to recruit a group of young people who are determined to reform as his helpers.

However, he always felt that he remembered that the 14th Argo was going to have a leak as soon as he left the capital, but but how to dissuade the 14th Argo? He couldn’t say that he had returned from the year 2000, could he?

Thinking, has walked to the back of the sea. A gust of wind blew, he hurriedly covered his melon skin hat, don’t blow off, this hat is still made by Qingwen. Her hands are really clever, than buy the hat is also beautiful. The front of the hat also Xiang a small mirror, she said can avoid evil spirits.

The sound of a girl’s cries came faintly from the grove on the back beach. Jia Wu slapped his horse and entered the woods, only to see a man dressed as a noble gentleman pressing a girl to the ground, who was crying and struggling desperately.

Jia Wu looked furious, flew off his horse, grabbed the man’s collar and pulled him up: “Good boy, in broad daylight, in Beijing, you dare to molest a woman!”

The man back hand is a punch: “Where the wild boy, dare to manage your family Baoyu Beile head to come.”

A punch landed squarely on Jia Wu’s chin, his mouth was salty, he spat, red, shit, he was bleeding from the punch. Jia Wu was furious, he went up and hugged the man and twisted.

The two rolled around on the ground, Jia Wu suddenly remembered, Baoyu Beile, is not Hongli? Jin Chuan Er was killed by him, and the enemies met. Fighting more vigorously.

The two men are about the same age and height, but Jia Wu has not had any fights since middle school, while Hongli is practicing martial arts every day. After fighting for a while, Jia Wu gradually feel the strength is not exhausted, was Hongli pressed under the body.

Hongli smiled smugly: “Just with this matter, you still want to manage grandpa’s business, I’ll send you to see the King of Hell!” He took out a gold dagger from his boot and stabbed Jia Wu in the throat.

Ja’V clutched his wrist, and the two of them were frozen in a stalemate, the dagger dangling around Ja’V’s neck.

The afternoon sun shone in through the gaps in the trees and shone on Jia Wu’s face. The dagger was approaching his throat by the minute, Jia Wu felt a pang of sadness, was he going to die at the hands of this boy? He shook his head vigorously, desperately trying to bring himself to his senses.

Jia Wu suddenly realized that when he moved his head, a small bright spot moved on Hiroshi’s forehead. It was the reflection of the mirror on his hat. In a flash of inspiration, he turned his head hard and projected the reflection of the sun onto Hiroshi’s eyes.

Hongli suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and he couldn’t help but relax Jia Wu, bringing up his right hand to block his eyes. Jia Wu took the opportunity to turn his body to the side, curled over his right leg, and pushed his knee hard towards Hongli’s between his legs.

Hiroshi screamed miserably and fell backwards. Jia Wu rode on Hongli and beat him. Hongli screamed: “Good boy, if you have the guts, you can beat your young master to death. As long as you leave me a breath, you will not have a breath next time.”

Jia Wu, angry and amused, shone a punch at Hiroshi’s temple, and Hiroshi grunted and fainted.

In the distance came a shout: “Hongli Beilei – Hongli Beilei -” Yong Wangfu someone came.

Jia Wu said to the girl, “Let’s run!” Said she carried her on the horse, he rode behind her, swung the whip and ran out of the grove.

Running from the Houhai all the way to the Protectorate Temple, I guess Hongli’s people have been dumped long ago. Jia Wu jumped down from his horse and looked at the girl, so strange, she looks like Lin Mei.

The girl was a bit embarrassed by the look: “Thank you, for saving me.”

“Little girl, you don’t seem to be from Beijing.”

“I’ve come from Suzhou to look for someone in Beijing.”

“Oh, looking for someone?”

“A good friend of mine from the same country, who lives in the Rongguo Mansion, her name is Lin Daiyu.”

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Jia Wu took the girl and slipped into the Grand View Garden through the back door. Once inside the Yihong Courtyard, he saw that Assailant was doing needlework under the wisteria frame.

“Sister Attacker, would you ask Miss Lin to come here for a moment? A guest is looking for her.” Jia Wu said.

“Okay,” Assailant stood up: “What a pretty little girl, like Miss Lin’s own sister.”

Attacker one side to go out one side to the house shouted: “Qingwen, came guests ah, quickly pour tea!”

“Come on, come on, look at that scorpion sting of yours.” Haruna muttered and walked out from the inner room, seeing the girl, she suddenly flinched: “Wuniang? It’s you?”

The girl was also flabbergasted, and jumped up to embrace Haruhi, tears falling in bunches: “Sinniang, Sister!”

The two hugged and cried for a while, Qingwen’s face suddenly changed: “Sister, what happened at home?

Is Dad okay?”

“Father, it should be fine! He ran away from home a year ago, saying there were blood drops looking for him.

I was entrusted to Grandma Lee of the Plum Grove Hotel…”

“Miss Lin is here–” the attacker’s words just fell, Daiyu came in sharply: “Baoyu, what people looking for me ah?” Seeing Wuniang, she was shocked and happy: “Sister, sister, why are you here?” Pulling Wuniang’s hand, tears in the eye frame spinning.

Jia Wu look at Daiyu, look at Qingwen, and look at the five niang, can not help but laugh: “You three look like a real sister.” Attacker also clapped her hands and laughed: “Yes, really a mold carved out.”

Daiyu pulled Wuniang to sit down and asked: “Sister, it’s a long way, how did you get here? How is Mr. Lu?”

Looking at Wuniang’s lustful look, Jia Wu then said to Assailant, “Sister Assailant, go to the kitchen for a moment and tell them to prepare a few Jiangnan dishes tonight.”

After watching Assailant walk away, Wuniang went on to say, “Father entrusted me to Grandma Li of the Plum Grove Hotel, also known as Miss Lin’s Nurse’s family.”

“You know Grandma Lee too, that’s great! Is her old man in good health?” Daiyu asked excitedly.

“Alas~~” Wuniang sighed, her eyes reddening again: “I’ve been staying at Grandma Li’s for a year, and she’s been very kind to me. Until last month, I saw a big black man with a scar on his face hanging around in front of the hotel, so I told Grandma Li. She was so nervous that she sent me to Boss Ni’s house by the canal, and gave me a red cloth bag, saying that if anything happened to her, she would ask me to take the red cloth bag and come to Miss Lin. As a result, the next night, Plum Grove was burned down, and Grandma Li’s family’s life and death were unknown. I was so scared that I took a boat to Beijing to look for Miss Lin. I got off the boat and hired a car to go into the city. I didn’t realize that Beijing was so big, but I got lost walking around and ran into a bad man who tried to bully me… Thanks to him…” She glanced at Jia Wu and said softly, “He saved me.”

Jia Wu gave a brief account of the fight with Hongli just now, and Dai Yu and Qingwen listened in awe. When it comes to Hongli’s knife on his neck, both of them screamed out in fear. After listening, Qingwen only long breath: “I say treasure two masters, you can not always play so suspenseful ah, in the future I properly teach you a few hands.”

“You teach him? You know martial arts?” Daiyu asked curiously.

“Sister Daiyu, don’t you know, she is my sister, Sinniang!” Wuniang said.

“Ching Wen… are you Lü Sinniang?” Daiyu’s eyes widened in surprise: “I was told that you were one of the Eight Great Warriors of Jiangnan, and that your kung fu was exceptional, so how did you end up working here as a maid?”

Qingwen smiled faintly: ”That year, the 14th Ahgor and his master, Munchkin Daishi, came to Emei Mountain to talk to my master, One-Armed Shidai, about the world’s situation, and my master asked about the 14th Ahgor’s ambition, and the 14th Ahgor said that he wanted to reform the monarchical system, and to return the government to the people, so that the common people could all have a good life. My master was full of praise for him. When I came down from the mountain after completing my art, Master told me to come and help Fourteenth Ahgor, who knew that Fourteenth Ahgor had asked me to protect him.” Qingwen glanced at Jia Wu and blushed.

“Strange, what exactly is the relationship between you and the 14th Brother?” Dai Yu asked, looking at Jia Wu.

Jia Wu shrugged and made an innocent gesture. Haruhi went on to say : “Fourteenth Ahgor recommended me to Auntie Jia, and Auntie Jia arranged for me to come here.”

Wuniang kept staring blankly at Jia Wu, and coldly and indeterminately ventured out, “It seems like you’re really a good person, even my two sisters trust you so much.”

Dai Yu smiled faintly: “He ah, you’ll know in time. Wuniang, you stay too, okay?”

“Yes, let’s leave Wuniang behind,” said Harumi enthusiastically, “We’re still short of someone in our room!”

“Good is good, but,” Jia Wu said with a smile, “being a maid is too much for Wuniang.”

“Bah, what words, I’m not aggrieved to be a maid?” Haruhi said with a smile.

“I like to stay, too, with the Fourth Mother and Sister Daiyu,” said the Fifth Mother, her voice so low that it was almost inaudible: “And you.”

“Yes, then stay,” said Jah Ng happily, “By the way, let’s change your name, let’s… let’s… let’s call you Wu Er, shall we?”

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After dinner, Jia Wu and Dai Yu, Qingwen, and Wu’er came to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Daiyu was anxious to see what the fifth child had brought, so she sent Xueyan away to simmer the ice sugar bird’s nest soup, leaving behind Zijuan who she trusted anyway.

The four of them sat down under the lamp, and Zijuan brought tea.

“Sister, take out that red cloth bag and show it to Miss Lin.” Qingwen said.

Wu’er nodded and pulled out a red satin pouch from her bosom, “This is what Grandma Li gave me the night I left Plum Grove, saying that it was left by Master Lin to be handed over to Miss Lin after she turned fifteen.” Said the small bag handed to Daiyu: “Grandma Li also said, Master Lin can be a good person, that Plum Grove Hotel, is Master Lin to give them out of the capital, the plaque on the door of the Plum Grove three words or Master Lin’s own handwriting it.”

Daiyu opened the small bag, inside is a suede bag. Open the suede bag, inside is a folded envelope. The envelope is yellow, seems to have quite a few years.

Daiyu tore the envelope open, and for some reason, her heart was so nervous that her hands began to shake slightly.

A letterhead and a note fell out of the envelope.

Daiyu took the letter up, Baoyu and Qingwen came together behind her to see: “Daiyu my daughter, you read this letter when, should have been over and screen years, I have also done ancient times. You were born intelligent, but unfortunately the fate of many unfavorable, your mother’s early childhood to see the back, I am also less than happy. Not my cold face and cold heart, do not know the licking of the calf please, the twists and turns, it is difficult to say. Now you have grown up, can no longer hide. This truth, you are not my Lin family’s daughter also.”

Dai Yu’s hand shook and the letter paper fell on the table.

Qingwen was busy holding Daiyu in her arms. Jia five to pick up the letter paper, then read on: “This is the year I am the official capital, the saint special order to serve as Jiangnan salt inspector. Your mother when pregnant with six armor, not suitable for traveling, and with your second uncle Jia Zheng quite a verbal dispute, not  inhabited in the Rongguo House. Haining Chen Shixiang, in my Lin family is a family friend, Mrs. Chen is your mother’s bosom friend, and also pregnant in the body. Therefore, Mrs. Chen invited your mother to live in the Chen House temporarily, to take care of each other. Your mother first labor, is a man. Mrs. Chen difficult labor, over a day, the baby has not yet landed, the House panic, chaos. Suddenly heard the Yong Wangfu someone to, holding a handwritten book Fujin, asked the baby gender, such as male babies want to hold to Yong Wangfu a view. Chen Housekeeper is busy not happy also, will be your mother’s son to hold and come with people to take to the Yong Wangfu. Unexpectedly sent back that night, is a baby girl. You are this baby girl. Your mother was furious, cursing the Chen family. Only the King of Yong is powerful, this also can not be helped. Since then the Lin family is with the Chen family to cut ties. I take your name Daiyu, Dai, generation also, metaphorically, you are replaced by the golden leaf also. You ice snow smart, good understanding, not lose the temperament of the Tian Yin noble family, but the creation of people, mistakenly fell into my Lin family. More poor my Lin family three generations of single, even broken cigarettes in this also. I have been aware of the coming day is not much, people will die, their words are good, only  one day you can return to the Yong Wang House to enjoy the joy of family. Also hope that you can enlighten my son of the Lin family, so that they recognize their ancestors. Then I die also immortal. Father Lin Ruhai weeping blood handwritten.”

Daiyu listened dumbfounded as Jia Wu finished reading the letter, not knowing what to say.

Jia Wu picked up the note again, which read, “Mr. Chen Shixie, please give your son to someone to bring him to the Yong Wang Mansion for me to see. Handwritten by the Yong Wang Fu Jin.”

It seems that this Fujin, is Daiyu s mother, the word is still well written, Jia Wu thought, that hotel is called Plum Lin, is Lin no son, Lin family son is gone.

The five people were silent for a long time, and Zijuan suddenly said, “Then the Lin family’s child is Hongli of the Yong Wangfu?”

“That’s right,” Jia Wu said indignantly, “that kid is no longer a plaything, killed Jin Chuan Er, bullied Wu Er, and tried to kill Miss Lin.”

“Why does he have a problem with our family?” Zijuan asked.

“I think it’s because he also knows about his and Miss Lin’s life, and wants to kill to preserve his honor and fortune.” Jia Wu said.

Daiyu couldn’t help but shiver.

“Don’t be afraid, Miss Lin, I’m here,” Haruna took Daiyu’s hand to comfort her.

“No, I mean, how could I have such a father, they say that Prince Yong has a cold face and a cruel heart, and kills like a man,” Daiyu sighed, and her tears fluttered down again.

“Sister Qingwen, that Hongli will be a scourge sooner or later, let’s get rid of him and forget about it to avenge Jinchuan’er.”

JaV said.

“Baoyu,” Daiyu looked up: “Promise me not to hurt Hongli. The Lin family has raised me for so many years, and my father’s suicide note entrusted me to persuade him to return to the clan.”

Jia Wu looked into Dai Yu’s eyes and let out a long sigh, “Alright, sister, I’ll listen to you.”

A noise came from afar: “The second master has returned to the house, the second master has returned to the house.”

Nightly Exploration of the Red Mansion (XXVI)

Jia Zheng went to Shanxi as a school government inspection for seven days, came back in style. The car arrived home first, above the big boxes and small bags, all the gifts sent by local officials. Jia political people arrived the next morning, this is also his habit, outside of the loose, into the capital must be calm and steady, the moral character. Therefore, in the so-called “four major buildings in western Beijing” one of the brothels – Xizhimen outside the “Cui Xiang Lou” stayed a night before going home.

Usually Jia political business trip back, must be immediately drilled into the Zhao aunt’s room, the two made out enough, before coming to Mrs. Wang room. This time, but uncharacteristically, first came to Mrs. Wang here. Jia political have a ride without a ride and Mrs. Wang chatting nonsense days, but the eyes of the front and back of the search for Jinchushuier.

Thinking of marrying Jinchuaner, Jia Zheng is excited. Jinchuaner is not only beautiful, more importantly, especially like his crush for more than thirty years of a woman, alas, but unfortunately, at that time the old man looked at the Wang family has just been promoted to the governor of the nine provinces, he had to marry the daughter of the Wang family. That bitter face of Mrs. Wang, the card is not bright not to mention, but also the old prude. Jia Zheng saw her on the gas, I’m outside pretending to be serious, go home and you’re serious with me, but also call no one live. And how so vinegar, I do not know these days she bullied Jinchuier did not.

Jia Zheng remembered seeing Mrs. Wang beating Jin Chuan Er that day, and his heart ached for a while. In the future, he must protect Jinchuan Er a bit, do not let her be bullied by that unruly woman again. Why can’t I see Jinchuan Er anywhere?

Oh, must be going through the door, too embarrassed to see me, hiding. When I give her the purple jade bracelet I bought in Taiyuan tomorrow, I’m sure she’ll be overjoyed.

Jia Zheng was thinking happily, butler Lai Da came in panicked: “Master, Yong Wangfu’s Master Wu seeks an audience.”

Jia Zheng of course knows that Wu Sidao that is the Prince of Yong’s think tank, the king in front of the first-class red people. At that moment do not dare to slow down, hastily welcomed out: “Mr. Wu ah, how have time to the humble abode to come, quickly please sit on the hall.”

Wu Sidao clasped his fists at Jia Zheng: “My humble servant comes to you on the order of the Prince of Yong to ask for something. I hope you can give the king face, not only the king to appreciate your love, even the official I am also grateful.”

Jia Zheng heard Wu Sidao playing up the official voice, busy with a smile and got up and said: “Mr. Since the king’s orders, please tell the truth, the students must comply with the oracle contractors.”

Wu Sidao smiled coldly: “If you are willing to help, this matter will be easy to say. We have an opera singer in the house, also known as Jiang Yuxin, always well in the house, the day before yesterday suddenly disappeared, the city of Beijing can not be found anywhere. However, the people who usually deal with him say that he and your son Jia Baoyu have been very good recently.”

Speaking of here, Wu Si Dao obscenely smiled: “I heard, hurriedly reported this matter to the Prince of Yong. The king said: ‘If it were any other playwright, it would be fine; but this Qiguan responded randomly, prudent and sophisticated, charming and flirtatious, very much to my old man’s liking, no matter what, we can’t do without this person.’ Therefore, I beg you to tell your son to please release Officer Qi.” Having said that, he bowed again to the ground.

Jia Zheng heard and surprised and afraid, that Prince Yong is not good female sex, the original love is a male pet. His beloved people are Baoyu got over, is not a tiger’s mouth to take food. Prince of Yong ruthless, even the emperor to his evaluation is “temperamental, mean and gracious”, we are afraid to hide hide over, how to provoke. Immediately ordered to quickly call Baoyu over.

As soon as Jia Wu came to the front of the hall, Jia Zheng scolded: “Good you damn lackey! How to do these lawless things again! That Qiguan is now the Prince of Yong driving before the people, you are something, how dare you tease him out, even I have to eat it all.”

Jia Wu looked at Jia Zheng, his heart was so strange, Jiang Yu Huan ran away? Why? And look at Ushido.

Wu Sidao smiled coldly and said, “Mr. Jia, don’t play dumb. Whether you hide it at home or outside, if you tell us early, we can avoid running errands and your father can avoid trouble, so wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?”

Mr. Wu said, “Mr. Wu, what do you mean by that? Good boy, he came to my head looking for trouble, so he said uncaringly, “Mr. Wu, where did you get that from?”

Wusidao heatedly smiled and said: “If there is no evidence, we will not come here. Your son is a love child, split peaches and broken sleeves, dragon and Yang wind flow. Not to mention other things, that Jiang Yu Han’s pants belt how to run to your waist up?”

Jia Wu heard and shocked and angry, shocked is Yongzheng’s blood droplet intelligence is so powerful, even Jiang Yuhan and their own belt change things know; angry is being treated as a homosexual, there is “evidence”, explain can not explain. I’m so confused, I have to coax Wu Sidao away first. I heard that Xue Pan and a few eight banners of the playboys in the suburbs bought a mansion specializing in theater, why not trick him to go there first, so said: “adults since the information is so well-informed, good at camping, must have heard that he often go to the eastern suburbs of the Twelve Mile Castle of a mansion, also known as the Rosewood Castle. Why don’t you go there and take a look?”

Ursidao heatedly clasped his fists : “Many thanks, excuse me.” Turning around, he left.

Jia Zheng sent Wu Sidao out of the mansion, and was furious when he suddenly saw Jia Huan running lifelessly past, so he shouted, “What are you running for!”

Jahuan hurriedly stood still and said with trepidation, “I saw the body of Jinchui-er…”

Jia Zheng’s mind exploded and he almost fainted. He took hold of Jia Huan and said, trembling, “What did you say about… Jin… what happened to Jin Kushiel?”

Jia Huan attached to Jia Zheng’s ear and said, “This is a matter that they are afraid to tell you, it was brother Baoyu that day pulled Jinchuaner to rape and beat her, Jinchuaner took a gamble and jumped into the well.”

Jia Zheng heard could not help but sadness, their own secret love for many years of the gold bracelet, will soon be married, but suddenly disappeared, can not help but think of old tears here. And think of the gold bracelet actually died in the hands of Baoyu, only angry bloodshot eyes, hair upside down, the heart secretly chanting: “gold bracelet ah, I must give you revenge!” Then shouted: “Quickly bring me the treasure jade!”

Nightly Exploration of the Red Mansion (XXVII)

Jia Wu walked into the West Garden along with the boy, only to see Jia Zheng sitting upright on the sub by the courtyard wall, his face full of tears.

Jia Wu heart secretly strange, this Jia Zheng is not happy and angry do not show color, how today so perverted?

When Jia Zheng saw Jia Wu come in, and remembered the dead Jin Chuan Er, his eyes were about to burst into flames: “You wild bastard! Tie me up! Gag me! Bring me a big stick!”

The gatekeepers almost laughed out loud when they heard it, how can a father call his own son a wild bastard, it is not obvious to put a green hat on himself!

Before Jia Wu could react, three or four boys had already pounced on him, binding him tightly and stuffing his mouth with hemp cores.

Jia Zheng had been looking at Baoyu not good eyes, especially after the disease, the kind of full of care of the god, simply do not put themselves in the eyes. Everywhere trouble not to mention, even his own sweetheart Jin Chuan Er he also dared to move.

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng’s teeth clenched grating mess, the hat off to the ground a drop: “Give me a fight! Hit me hard! Close all the doors! Anyone who dares to report, immediately killed!”

The boys looked at each other, there is nothing to do, put Jia Wu pressed on the ground, raised the big board, “ snap  snap” a beating.

Jia Wu was shocked, but on his legs, and on his ass, he didn’t feel much pain, is it because this is Jia Baoyu’s body that I won’t be in pain? Jia Zheng this kid is really not a fucking plaything, actually beat me up, see how I will settle the score with you later.

The boys who hit him know in their hearts, really hit the bad, the old lady, Jia Niangniang blame down is not a game.

So it was all raised high and dropped gently. When it fell, the head of the board also landed first before it rubbed on Jia Wu’s buttocks, so it didn’t hurt at all.

Jia Zheng looked at Jia Wu’s angry eyes and became even angrier in his heart. He kicked away the boy, seized the board, and with both eyes toward the sky, silently chanted, “Jin Chuan Er, I’ve come to avenge you!” Raising the board high, he slammed it at Jia Wu.

Jia Wu only felt a sharp pain in his heart and almost didn’t faint. He struggled desperately, but the two boys held him down tightly. In his heart, Jia Wu cursed Jia Zheng’s ancestors all over, but with his mouth stuffed, he couldn’t make a sound.

See Jia Wu’s pants oozing red blood, Jia Zheng suddenly felt a kind of inexplicable excitement, like a wolf smelled blood, the hand of the stick hit harder. Jia Wu struggled, struggled, gradually did not move.

The guests saw the situation is not good, panicked to come forward to pull the board to persuade. Jia Zheng sneered: “You ask him what he has done! Ask him if he can be spared! Today there is him but not me, there is me but not him!” Said seized the board to hit again.

Early someone went to the back to report. Mrs. Wang heard, panicked and rushed out. Jia Zheng saw Mrs. Wang, and remembered the gold bracelet, such as oil on fire in general, the hand of the board more and more down and hard and fast. Pressing Jia Wu’s two boys hurriedly let go and walk away, Jia Wu has long been fainted in the past.

Mrs. Wang rushed to hold the board, look at Jia Wu has been beaten to the blood, and pain and anger: “You God kill, for the sake of the little wife to Baoyu beaten into this way!”

Jia Zheng heard Mrs. Wang put the real reason out, and shame and anger, simply put the heart of a cross, shouted: “I hit your treasure jade you are heartbroken, you forced the death of my gold bracelet how not to say? Simply, we all do not need to live!” Said Mrs. Wang kicked away, and raised the board.

At this time only heard a burst of rapid hoofbeats, from far and near, to the courtyard wall stopped. Immediately after the “rumble” a loud bang, dust flying, the courtyard wall collapsed a big mouth.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the past, the dust has not fallen, a horse neighs, a man and a horse from the gap in the broken wall galloped in, Luang bells ringing, has arrived in front of Jia Zheng, the golden hammer swing, the board in the hands of Jia Zheng knocked out of a dozen feet high, and landed far away on the roof of the main hall.

Jia Cheng fixed his eyes on the golden helmet, golden armor, yellow robe, holding eight purple gold hammer, it is the general Wang XIV brother.

Jia Zheng was so frightened that he fell to his knees in a panic: “I don’t know that the Great General King has arrived, please forgive me.”

Fourteenth Argo jumped down from his horse, ignoring Jia Zheng, and walked straight to Jia Wu.

Jia Wu was pale and unconscious.

Fourteenth Arhats tried Jia Wu’s nostrils and couldn’t help but shed a few tears.

At this time, Fourteenth Argosy’s attendants all came in from the broken wall in a rush, and Lao Na was busy coming over to pull up Jia Wu’s wrist to try his pulse.

Jia Zheng knelt on the ground: “What can a small dog do, dare to labor the great general king to come to visit, make the humble house shine!”

Fourteenth Argo’s face sank: “You’re great, you want to hit. Baoyu always contribute to my reform, you hit him is to hit me. Come on!”

A team of tiger-armed guards stood forward: “Yes!”

“Tie Jia Zheng up for me! I’ll beat him any way he beats Bao Yu!”

The guards are not allowed to say that they tied Jia Zheng a five horse jump hoof. Jia Zheng only scared face like dirt, repeatedly begged: “The king’s grace! Your Majesty, please forgive me!”

Mrs. Wang and the servants of the Jia Mansion also fell on their knees: “Your Majesty, be gracious! Your Majesty!”

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Fourteenth Argo heatedly laughed and took a water and fire stick from the guards, gently turned it upside down and shone it at Jia Zheng’s buttocks.

Jia Zheng immediately squealed like a pig, rolling around on the ground: “Aigoo, Aigoo, spare your life! Your Highness, spare your life!”

All the guests and servants see this scene, want to laugh but do not dare to laugh. At this time, Daiyu, Baochai and all the sisters also came out, saw Jia Zheng beaten, also knelt down to plead for him.

Fourteenth Argosy contemptuously glanced at Jia Zheng: “when you hit people so powerful, yourself a beating will become this bear look. If you can withstand, we also admire you a hand, the more you pretend to be a bear, the more we have to fight!”

He said and picked up the stick again.

Suddenly heard a sound of drums and music outside the gates, someone shouted: “Imperial Concubine arrived ~ ~” the words did not fall, a yellow tweed sedan chair trotted in.

Before the sedan chair stopped, Princess Jia lifted the curtain and hurried out.

Fourteenth Argo gave Jia Fei a hug: “Good day, Your Highness.”

Jaffe gave him a slight nod and busied himself with walking over to Jia Wu.

Jia Wu was pale and covered in blood.

“Oh my god, how did it hit like this!” Princess Jia only felt the sky spinning as her body fell backwards.

Fourteenth Argosy was busy grabbing a step forward and holding onto Concubine Jia: “Chun’er!”

The moment these two words were uttered, everyone in the room was flabbergasted. Jia Fei opened her eyes, looked at the fourteenth brother, look at Mrs. Wang, “wow” cried out.

Mrs. Wang took hold of Princess Jia: “Your Highness, Your Highness…”

Jia Fei sobbed and said: “At first you sent me to that unseemly place, and now you have killed Baoyu, what is the point of me living, I will also die with Baoyu!” Said, cried even more.

Fourteenth Argo looked at Concubine Jia and then at Jia Zheng, and his eyes were on the verge of bursting into flames: “You hypocrite! Today, I’m going to beat you to death to avenge Baoyu’s death!”

Jia Zheng was so frightened that he was busy rolling to Jia Fei’s feet and said pleadingly, “Mother, save me, I am at least your father!”

The old man stood up from beside Jia Wu: “Your Highness, Your Highness, there’s no need to be anxious. Although Mr. Jia’s injuries are serious, his heart and veins have not been injured, so he will be fine.”

Fourteenth Argo knows that the old that medical skill is excellent, in Beijing has “that god doctor” name, heard this after the heart of the great joy: “You say that Bao Yu is not a matter of fact?”

The old man smiled faintly, “Your Majesty, I’ll write a prescription for Mr. Jia, drink it and he’ll wake up in an hour. Three months later, you’ll have a living, breathing son.”

Concubine Jia gave a ten thousand blessings to the old man: “Then, sir, my brother is all yours.”

The old man was so frightened that he hastily fell to his knees: “Your Highness is polite, Your Highness is polite, I would like to guarantee with my life that Mr. Jia is fine.”

Jia Fei took a long breath, looked at the tied up Jia Zheng, and said ruefully to Fourteenth Brother, “Just spare him, no matter what you say, he is my father after all.”

Fourteenth Argo waved his hand to the guards, who untied Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng knelt on the ground and kowtowed as if he were pounding garlic: “Thank you, Great General King, thank you, Your Highness, thank you for not fighting!”

The Fourteenth Brother laughed coldly: “Just because I don’t fight today doesn’t mean I won’t fight in the future. If you dare to touch Bao Yu again, hehehe…” He said, throwing the sledgehammer in his hand at a pine tree by the wall, and with a “click”, the bowl-thick pine tree was broken in two: “This pine tree will be your fate! “

Tree crowns clattered down, the people around the dodge, Jia Zheng scared to kowtow again and again: “I do not dare, I do not dare again.”

“Old that you stay and treat Baoyu’s wounds.” Fourteenth Arhats flew onto his horse and clasped his fists toward Concubine Jia: “Take care, Your Highness!” Receiving the purple-gold hammer handed over by the guards, he let out a long whistle and leapt out from the broken wall with his horse.

Those present then breathed a sigh of relief. Xue Baochai’s eyes widened as she gazed in fascination at the cloud of smoke raised by the Fourteenth Aristocrat.

Outside ran in a eunuch, it was Qin Liu: “Your Highness, you quickly go back, long live the master is looking for you everywhere!”

Princess Jia sighed and got into the sedan chair and left.

Old that commanded the servants to carry Baoyu back to Yihongyuan, the West Garden was suddenly quiet.

The old acacia tree climbed down a person, is the Wu Si Dao. Only to see him laugh: “Good ring child, good luck, good luck!”

Nightly Exploration of the Red Mansion (XXIX)

The Forbidden City’s inner body and hall.

Kang Xi was sitting in front of his desk looking at the zhangfu, Jia Fei stood on the side to sharpen his ink.

“Chun Er ah,” Kang Xi drank a mouthful of soup, dissatisfied said: “you into the palace for many years, the rules also know. Why do not tell me a child, ran to the palace outside?”

“I know my sins, I won’t dare next time.” Concubine Jia hurriedly knelt down: “It was because I heard that my brother Baoyu had been beaten, and I was momentarily disorganized.”

“How did you know that Baoyu had been beaten? Is it badly hurt?”

“It was Qin Liu who told me. Fortunately, it was only a flesh wound.” When Concubine Jia said this, she had a doubt in her heart, Qin Liu had been in the palace, how would he know that Bao Yu had been beaten?

“Not broken is good, he is a talent.” Kangxi smiled and said: “By the way, yesterday I heard Lao Si say that his family’s Baoyu was beaten by some people and couldn’t even walk. These two children, look like not to mention, even the beatings are beaten together. Oh, I hope they will be the pillars of the country in the future!”

Yong Wangfu’s small study.

Yongzheng open fan absentmindedly fan: “old Wu ah, your news can really?”

“Thousands of true, thousands of true,” Ushido said triumphantly: “I saw with my own eyes the fourteenth brother beat Jia Zheng, but also called the Imperial Consort Chun Er. Look at both of them heartache Jia Baoyu that energy, certainly right.”

“This thing is not play, must have hard evidence. You know that the old fourteen and Jia Fei are the emperor in front of the red people, may not be able to move down the old fourteen to spare ourselves in.” Yongzheng said contemplatively.

“Your Highness, you are far-sighted, preventing defeat before victory. Admire ah, admire!” Wu Sidao said curtly, “We haven’t found any hard evidence yet, so I guess it’s hidden in 14th Argosy’s mansion. His martial arts is too powerful, can’t steal it out for a while. But if he leaves the capital, things will be easier.”

“Well, then you notify Nian Juan Yao, tell him to quickly write another eight hundred miles of urgent military information sent to the emperor, said Xining front is tight, I can also persuade the emperor to quickly send the old fourteen.” Yongzheng put the fan together: “that qi official child find no?”

“Not yet!” Wu Sidao took a step back: “But I heard that there is a new medicine official from the south who sings Xiao Dan, and she is even more charming than Qi Guan’er, so do you want to ask her to come into the house to take a look?”

“Uh, well, tell him to come tonight.”

The inner room of Yihongyuan.

Jia Wu woke up, only to feel his lower body burning and flaming pain in the heart. He twisted his body, felt a pain all the way to the stomach, “wow” a mouth spit out.

“Oh my, you’re awake!” Haruna exclaimed happily, and busily dragged over the spittoon to catch it. It was a good thing Jia Wu was lying on his back and didn’t throw up on his body.

“What did I say,” said the old man triumphantly, “Look, it’s not even an hour yet, and he’s waking up.”

“You are a miracle doctor,” said the attacker gratefully: “Qingwen, quickly tell the wife to prepare a generous gift for the miracle doctor!”

“Good point, good point.” The old man wrote a prescription: “According to this prescription, take it internally, three times a day. This external application, I have a bottle of good medicine, but it is a pity that I left it in Jinan Province, first use Yunnan Baiyao to apply it.”

Jia Wu drank the medicine and drifted off to sleep.

Lao Na stood up: “Alright, I should go. In case there is any change in your injuries, you guys go to the Great General’s Royal Mansion to look for me.”

At this time, Baochai came in hurriedly with a celadon box, “That sir, do you think this medicine is good?”

The old man opened the box and took a whiff: “Hey, this is Jinling Xue Da She Ren’s Nine Dragons Snow Lotus Corrosion Cream, a sacred product for healing. Where did you get it?”

Attacker smiled: “Doctor, this is the Xue family’s eldest daughter!”

“Good, good, with this medicine it’s even more of a problem.” Old that smiled and went out with Ming Yan.

“Attacker sister, this medicine can be very overbearing,” Baochai said: “to be melted with boiled wine, a thin layer of coating, coated quickly and evenly, can only be coated half a thick. Thin does not work, thick to leave scars.”

“Miss Xue,” said Assailant hesitantly, “I’m afraid I can’t get it right, why don’t you apply it to him?” She said, lifting up the thin quilt covering Jia Wu’s body. On Jia Wu’s buttocks and legs, there were red, blue, purple, either blood spots or lumps, not an inch of good flesh.

“God, how cruel!” Assault said indignantly.

Baochai has never seen a man’s naked body, at this time can not help but shy face red. Attacker is also self-conscious of the impudence, embarrassed to call out: “Bao girl?”

Baochai clenched his teeth: “Quickly bring soju!”

Baochai scooped a spoonful of the ointment, spread it on his own palm, took a sip of wine, sprayed it on the medicine, rubbed it, and it melted in his hand.

The assailant dipped a towel in warm water and wiped the blood off of Jia Wu’s body.

Jia Wu hazily felt a coolness in his lower body, as if the pain was lighter. As if there is a soft hand in his buttocks injury rubbing. Just heard the attacker said: “Miss Bao, your hands are so skillful, the medicine is applied evenly.”

Baochai is also there? Jia Wu was shocked. He was so ashamed to be naked that he closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. Assailant was fine, but Baochai too… it was really hard to resist the grace of a beautiful woman! After a while of rambling, he drifted off to sleep again.

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Jia five drowsy, only to see Jiang Yuxin came in, holding that big red belt, told the Yong Wangfu take him; and see Jin Chuaner came in and cried that was pushed down the well, asked to give her revenge. Jia five half asleep, half awake, do not care.

Suddenly, someone pushed him, and in a trance, I heard the sound of someone’s grief. Jia Wu woke up from the dream, open your eyes, not others, but Lin Daiyu. Jia Wu was afraid that it was a dream, busy body owed up again, to the face of a fine recognition, only to see two eyes swollen peach general, full of tears, not Daiyu, but which one?

Jia Wu’s heart was hot, endured the pain, made a playful appearance: “Sister came for a long time, but want to die me!”

Daiyu nodded, tears falling in bunches again.

Jia Wu’s eyes twinkled: “Good sister, will you take my hand, so I won’t be in pain.”

Daiyu let out a “hmm” and held Jia Wu’s hand.

Daiyu’s hand is soft and delicate, just cold and icy. I have to coax Sister Lin to be happy, and thinking of this, Jia Wu said, “Good sister, you can kiss me again, and I won’t be in pain at all.”

Daiyu blushed: “Bah! Toads want to eat swan meat.”

Jia Wu laughed and made a face: “A toad that doesn’t want to eat swan meat is not a good toad.”

Daiyu couldn’t help but break into laughter: “You, what a living treasure.”

“Yes, it’s your living treasure.” Jia Wu said to raise his body to Daiyu side, the body moved, the lower half of the pain is unbearable, can not support, “ay yo” sound, and fell down.

Daiyu hurriedly supported Jia Wu, tears streaming down her face again.

“Good sister, I’ve taken the old one’s medicine and it doesn’t hurt at all, it’s just pretending to scare them.”

Jia Wu comforted Dai Yu: “Right, I’ll sing you a song, okay?”

Zijuan just happened to walk in, heard and said with a smile, “Good, Bao Er Master sang ‘The Moon Represents My Heart’ the other day, it’s really great.”

“This time I sing an authentic Beijing ditty,” Jia Wu cleared his throat, looked at Daiyu, sang softly: “The first day I look for you ah, you are not there, your mother came out – holding a big tobacco bag. “

Daiyu was again amused by him and laughed: “Nonsense, my mom doesn’t smoke!”

“I’m talking about the other one, the one from the Yongwang Mansion.” Jia Wu winked his right eye at her and continued to sing again, “The next day I looked for you ah, and you weren’t there, and your mother gave me – a pot lid.”

“On the third day I looked for you ah, you were not there either, your dog – bit my pants.”

Wu’er walked in and received the blood-drained clothes that Jia Wu had taken off into a brass basin, ready to take them to be washed.

She turned them over one by one, and suddenly picked up a belt and looked at the window carefully: “Hey, you guys, look, how come there are words on this belt?”

Dai Yu took the belt from Fifth Child and placed it in front of Jia Wu. It was the same belt that Jiang Yuxuan had given him, and the blood-soaked area faintly showed the words.

“Behind the old temple at Emei’s Golden Peak, one zhang six east of the big pine tree.” Daiyu recited under her breath: “What does this mean?”

Jia Wu instantly remembered the mysterious way Jiang Yuxin exchanged belts with him that day: “Behind the old temple at Emei Golden Peak, one zhang six east of the big pine tree.” He mouthed the words as if there was something important hidden there?

Watching Wu’er and Zijuan carrying the clothes out, Daiyu attached herself to Jia Wu’s ear and asked in a low voice, “Baoyu, are you the son of the 14th Arhats?”

“No way, Mistress is old and ugly, how could she have that with the 14th Arhats? Why did you remember this?” Jia Wu asked curiously.

“That’s because you fainted and didn’t see,” Daiyu said what happened in the morning, “Look at the fourteenth brother and Jia Niangniang’s anxiety, it’s really like your own parents.”

“Oh.” The scene of chatting with the Fourteenth Arhats came back to Jia Wu’s mind in a flash. No wonder he’s so nice to me, and always wants to recognize me as his son. But this father isn’t bad, much better than the hypocritical Jia Zheng.

That Jia Fei also did care about me a little out of the circle. The two of them are a good match, a king and a queen.

Thinking of this, Jia Wu’s heart was in a state of security, the 14th Argo had hooked up with the Niangniang, that would be a major offense. Since Daiyu had seen it, the others present must have seen it as well, and if word got out, the 14th Brother and the Niang would be in danger. For a moment, he really felt like he was the son of 14th Arge and Concubine Jia, and began to worry about them both.

“Baoyu, then how far is the 14th Argo’s royal residence from our place?” Dai Yu suddenly asked.

“He lives in Iron Lion Hutong in the East City, quite far from here!” Jia Wu said.

“Then how did he come so quickly? It was less than a quarter of an hour from the time the master beat you to his arrival.”

Debbie asked curiously.

Yes, Jia Wu also began to think that if someone went to Fourteenth Argo’s place to report a message, the earliest he could get to Rongguo Mansion would be half an hour later!

Jia Wu suddenly felt that he had fallen into a trap. Vaguely, he seemed to see a person sneering at him sinisterly.

Nightly visits to the Red Mansion (XXXI)

It was late at night. Jia Wu tossed and turned and couldn’t sleep. Baochai’s healing medicine was really good, the pain in his lower body was much lighter.

Fourteenth Brother seems to be Baoyu’s own father, so he should help him out. Jia Wu couldn’t help but recall that day when he attended his first imperial council meeting∶

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In the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Kangxi sat majestically on the dragon bed. Fourteenth Argo stood beside him getting his brush and ink ready.

Ja’V stood at the end of the courthouse line, near the door.

A fat eunuch pointed voice called: “Something out of the class early show, nothing to roll the curtain back to the court ~ ~”

Yongzheng took a step forward and handed over the folders: “Your Majesty, the Governor of Sichuan, Nian Juan Yao, has eight hundred miles of urgent military information.”

Fourteenth Argo took the folding handed to Kang Xi. Kang Xi looked at the frown on the frown up: “Gelmu fell, Xining is tight. This Prince Teng, the offense can not, how to guard can not be defended.”

“Your Majesty, the proud soldiers ahead and Prince Teng is a Han Chinese, the army is not convinced. To clean up this mess, it is not possible for Old Fourteen to step in.” Yongzheng said.

“What fourth brother said is true,” 14th Argosy said: “My son also wants to go to war as soon as possible. In fact, there are generals in the front, such as Yue Zhongqi, Zhang Guangsi and others.”

“No, no,” Yongzheng’s head shook like a rattle drum: “Our Qing dynasty is the descendants of the Jin dynasty, the old Yue family is the descendants of Yue Fei, hundreds of years of feud, can not rely on ah, can not rely on.”

“Fourth brother, forgiveness is the foundation of a nation. China’s history is so long, that family doesn’t have grudges and disputes? Getting entangled in historical issues and fighting back and forth is the way to lose a country.”

“What, the way to die?” Yongzheng light angry: “China has 100 million people, do not fight line? Fear him what? Struggle for people, the joy of it!”

“Shut up!” Kangxi slapped the table: “A gentleman rules the world with benevolence and righteousness, but you fight and kill for fun, with the heart of a tiger and a wolf, how can you be a ruler!”

Yongzheng was startled, hastily kneeled down, kowtowed again and again: “The son of the minister knows the crime, the son of the minister knows the crime!”

Kangxi sighed: “Get up. The Qing Dynasty took over the world by force and killed countless people. If we do not talk about forgiveness, the descendants of those who have been killed to rebel, it is not a country without peace. When the Yehe was my ancestor Nurhachu annihilated, Yehe Department Chief Bu Yanggu said: I die after knowing, will take revenge. I Yehe tribe as long as the survival of a woman, will also be back to Manchuria. But we do not have a grudge, Yehe Nara’s descendants are also the same reuse ah, Mazi, you do not have Yehe Nara’s blood?”

The great scholar Ma Qi was busy kneeling down: “Yes, my family generations of gratitude to the emperor forgiveness of grace.”

When Jia Wu heard this, he secretly sighed, in fact, your Great Qing Dynasty finally died in the hands of Empress Dowager Cixi, a descendant of the Yehnala clan.

Kangxi waved his hand to let Ma Qi up, and then picked up the tea cup on the table, died a mouthful: “Lao Si ah, get up, you send this tea is not bad.” And turned to the group of ministers: “last time the old fourteen on a change of law reform folders, we have read it, discuss.”

The ministers looked at me, I looked at you, and no one spoke.

Yongzheng stood out and said: “Your Majesty, not by the rules, not round. Law can change, but there must be a frame, I think there are four unchangeable: the ancestral way unchangeable, Confucius and Mencius teach unchangeable, Manchu eight banners of the leadership of unchangeable, under the sky is not the king’s land of the state system unchangeable.”

Yongzheng a word, the atmosphere is immediately active, the ministers have echoed.

Long Keduo, the Governor of the Nine Cities Military Horsemen, said, “Yes, no matter what, we can’t forget our ancestors.”

Zhang Tingyu, a university scholar, said, “Sage Confucius is the teacher of the world, and cannot be moved.”

Mazi said: “the world only our eight banners nobles down, of course, we have to sit.”

Zhao Chang, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, said: “The emperor is the emperor, if the parliament is bigger than the emperor, what is the behavior?”

Fourteenth Argo wrote a few small words on a piece of paper and smiled as he walked over to Ma Qi, “You read this out.”

Smoothly, he took off Mazie’s old glasses.

Ma Qi forcefully squeezed his eyes, took the paper before and after half a day to see, crying and saying: “Great General King, no glasses I can not see clearly.”

Fourteenth Brother handed the glasses to Ma Qi, Ma Qi trembling read: “glasses but the ancestors of the law?”

Those in the room couldn’t help but laugh.

Fourteenth Argo looked at Kangxi, who nodded, opened a drawer, took out an English pistol and handed it to him. Fourteenth Argo filled the pistol with bullets, and with a lurch of his right hand, aimed it towards Long Keduo.

Long Keduo panicked and dodged: “Great General King, do not joke, that plaything is able to kill people!”

Fourteenth Argo smiled: “You have armor passed down from your ancestors, why are you still afraid of pistols?”

Immediately in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was quiet again, and no one spoke.

After the retreat, Kang Xi sighed: “Lao XIV ah, these people can not be relied on ah!”

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Thinking of this, Jia Wu sighed, this reform change is really a thorny step. Have to change all of the leadership of Kang Xi to be able to do, but what can be changed?

In the haze, suddenly heard a movement outside, followed by a shout from Qingwen: “What person!”

Nightly visits to the Red Mansion (32)

Haruhi jumped out of the door, a cold wind blew by, and despite being a martial arts practitioner, she couldn’t help but shiver. This year how come all the cold stream, she thought in her heart. Seeing a dark shadow flicker and run off towards the small bamboo forest, Harumi chased after it closely.

The man ran until he reached the clearing at the northwest corner of the garden, stopped violently, turned around and said, “Sister Sinniang, it’s me.”

Haruhi took a closer look by the moonlight, and saw that it was Jiang Yuxin, whom she had met at the Fourth Brother’s house. She asked curiously, “What are you doing here?”

Jiang Yu Huan sighed: “It’s a long story. You give this to Baoyu and tell him to give it to the Fourth A-Go.” Saying this, he pulled something out of his pocket and threw it to Qingwen.

Qingwen took it and saw that it was a golden unicorn, and it looked exactly like the one Shi Xiangyun had.

“I have to leave quickly, Monk Yuyin has been looking for me.” Jiang Yuxin said as he clasped his fists to Qingwen and turned around to leave.

At this time, only to hear the courtyard wall hehehe a cold laugh: “You can’t run away!” The words did not fall, a big fat figure jumped down, it is the monk who is the cause of the monk.

Ching Wen put the Golden Qilin into her bosom and said to Jiang Yuxin, “Go now!” Then she came out from the shadow of the tree in a big way: “Eldest Brother, you’re so cool!”

Jiang Yuhang knew that Qingwen’s martial arts skills were not lost to In, and drilled into the bamboo forest and disappeared.

The cause of seeing the clear, and surprised and happy, happy to see their own sweetheart again, shocked at how she and Jiang Yuxin into all the way up, could it be that they want to do with their own not? Thinking of this, the cause of a smile toward the clear blue: “Little sister, that Jiang Yuhan is the Yong Wang Fu’s key criminals, you don’t trip this mixed water ah!”

Qingwen heard a lot of these months because of the help of the Prince of Yong indiscriminate killing of innocents, gas is not playing a place, said with a sneer: “that can not, he is my friend, you let him go.”

Because of the childhood ugly, hate white men, has long been looking at Jiang Yuxin eyes. Now, when he heard Qingwen call him “friend”, he couldn’t help but be jealous and shouted: “Get out of the way, I’ll kill him!”

Haruna bristled, “What if I don’t get out of the way?”

Yuyin laughed: “Junior sister, do you still dare to fight with me?”

Qingwen sighed in her heart, before going down the mountain, the master taught her the Tianfeng Triple Jedi Sword, the sword technique he had realized to control the mountain, and especially suggested that ∶in spite of his strong martial arts, he was not good at heart. If he has done something wrong, she can clean up the door for the master. I can’t imagine that the words of the master have really come true today.

Thinking that he had frightened Haruhi, Yuyin waved his staff, “Little Sister, quickly get out of the way.”

Qingwen pressed her hands on her waist, and with a sound, her belt transformed into a soft sword. She raised the sword across her chest and bowed to Yu Yin, “Please give me a move, Eldest Brother.”

“Good, Master’s Heavenly Phoenix Sword has been passed on to you as well, I’ll try to see how much your power has grown.” Yuyin put his zen staff out and the two exchanged hands.

Siblings, each other and other moves are familiar, and together for many years, can not pull the face. Two people see the moves, the deep power of the cause, Qingwen pace of light, like martial arts practice sword, unknowingly already fought more than a hundred rounds. Qingwen’s heart secretly admired that, after a few years of not seeing each other, Duoyin’s kung fu had improved a lot.

The reason for this is even more alarmed, the little sister than their own less than twenty years of power, actually can and their own fight, and then a few years, which is not good enough?

“Oops, no good, Jiang Yuxin that kid is afraid to run far away, how to explain to Master Wu?” The reason is extremely proud of the person, and the teenage little sister to fight a tie, face really can not hang up. Thinking of here, a hair launched ruthless, left hand of the crazy devil staff dance of the wind and lightning, the right hand to activate the Xuan Yin Gong, clamped with the cold wind a palm to the Qingwen shot.

The cloudy wind was so strong that it pressed down on Haruhi that she could barely breathe. It seemed that not using an assassin was not an option, Haruhi sighed in her heart, channeled her true qi into her right hand, and shook out nine sword blossoms, the very first of the three Heavenly Phoenix Styles – Phoenix Soaring to the Nine Heavens.

Yuyin only felt a blur before his eyes, the sword blade had already pointed to the shoulder well point on his left shoulder.

The reason for this shock is not trivial, he practiced is the golden bell shroud, can knife and gun invulnerable, but the door is the shoulder well point, once stabbed, light will be injured, heavy will be killed. At that time also could not think carefully, grandmother, fight a lose-lose never mind, then bite the ah to Qingwen chopped a Xuan Yin palm.

Haruhi knew that if she stabbed an inch into In’s hood, then he would have to lose all of his martial arts skills even if he didn’t die. After many years of being in the same school, she could not bear it, so she unconsciously reduced the force on her hand and only stabbed in half an inch.

When it was too late, it was too soon, and before Haruhi’s sword could be drawn, Yuyin’s palm blade had already swept up to her forehead.

The two took a few steps back each. Daein looked at his blood dripping hood, scared out of his wits, and busily climbed over the wall to run away.

Qingwen only felt trembling all over, knowing that she was not hurt badly, she was also busy struggling to go back to Yihongyuan.

Jia Wu was shocked to see Qingwen return shivering, and forced himself to endure the pain and climbed down from the bed: “Sister Qingwen, what happened to you?”

I only saw that the two cheeks of Qingwen were like rouge, and when I touched them with my hands, they were also cold.

Jia five busy said: “Quickly into the was to come to Wo Wo it.” A word yet, only to hear “click” a door, musk moon panicked ran in: “really scared me a big jump, the dark shadow, behind the rock, only to see a person squatting. I just want to shout, it turned out to be that big chicken, see people a fly, fly to the bright place, I just see the real. If I had shouted at the top of my lungs, I would have made a scene.” One side said, one side of the hand washing, and laughed: “Qingwen out of how I do not see? It must be to bluff me.”

Jia Wu laughed and said, “It’s not him, he’s here!”

musk moon said: “you so ‘run to solve the horse’ like dress child clever out of it?”

Jia Wu laughed and said: “Not so go.” Musk moon said: “you die not pick a good day! You go out to stand a station, the skin does not freeze broken your.” Said, and the copper cover on the fire pot uncovered, take the ash shovel heavy will be cooked charcoal buried a buried, flicked two pieces of vegetarian incense put on, still cover, to the screen behind the re-tick lighted lights, before going to sleep.

Haruhi held back the pain and said in Jia Wu’s ear, “I’m going to use my energy to heal my wounds, so don’t ask anyone to disturb me for three days.”

Nightly visits to the Red Mansion (XXXIII)

Jia Wu quietly called Wu’er over and told her to take care of Qingwen. If anyone comes looking, just say that Bao Er Master asked Qingwen to do needlework. He also told the attacker to go and ask Baochai for some Nine Dragons Snow Lotus Cream, and told Wu’er to put it on Qingwen.

The old that really deserves to have “that god doctor” called, and after two days, Jia Wu can limp around. Can move of course, it is inevitable to go to the old lady, Jia mother was happy, from the bottom of the box on the Russian tribute to the peacock fur also gave Jia five. Jin Cui brilliant, blue color flashes, people fighting clothes horse fighting saddle, Jia Wu put on, immediately appeared to flow dashing a lot, see Daiyu Baochai heart shaking God.

Jia Wu was thinking about Qingwen and hurried back to Yihongyuan after having lunch at Jia mother’s place. He saw that there was a tent on Qingwen’s bed, and Wu’er was sitting in front of the bed, dozing off. Jia Wu smiled and said, “Sister Wu’er, go rest, I’ll take care of her.”

As we were talking, we heard a cannon blast in the distance, and the gongs and drums were sounding in unison, and the street was clamoring all over again. The little girl fell in panic, ran in: “Do you want to go to see the fun? The great general king today, to go out of the Xizhimen, in a moment to play our house in front of the road it!”

Jia Wu looked at Wu’er: “You and Lian’er go and watch, I’ll be at home.”

Fifth Child and Lian’er had only just left the house when Qingwen struggled to climb out of the tent. Jia Wu hurriedly held her up: “Sister Qingwen, it’s only been a day and a half, why are you up?”

Qingwen’s face was so white it was scary, shivering, she dug around in her arms for a long time, pulling out a gold qilin and handing it to Jia Wu: “This is from Jiang Yuxin, saying that he wants you to give it to 14th Ahgor.”

“But he’s about to leave for the west!” Jia Wu took the golden unicorn, which was so exquisitely made that it looked even more divine and lustrous than Shi Xiangyun’s one.

“What does 14th Brother want with this toy?” Jia Wu took the unicorn in his hand and looked at it over and over again, “Can’t you see what’s going on?” The unicorn fell onto the table with a plop.

“Listen!” Haruna said.

“Listen to what?”

“That unicorn seems to be empty,” Haruhi owed her body: “You knock again.”

Jia Wu pressed his head against the table and tapped on the tabletop with his kylin, but no, there was really an empty sound inside. He couldn’t help but admire Haruhi again, people who study martial arts just have good ears.

Jia Wu brought the Golden Qilin to his eyes, how could he not see anything broken. Grabbing the tail, pulling the ears, twisting the bell, breaking the legs, pressing the eyes, nothing reacted.

“Baoyu, what are you two playing?” Lin Daiyu smiled and walked in: “Sister Qingwen, are you sick? Why is your face so pale?”

Jia Wu hurriedly got up to let Daiyu sit down and jokingly said, “We’re killing Miss Shi’s unicorn!”

Harimoto pulled the hairpin from her own head and stabbed it into the Kirin’s mouth… With a click, the Kirin’s stomach opened up, and a tightly folded ball of old yellow paper fell out.

Jia Wu spread out the paper, on which there were words written in block letters, and Jia Wu read: “Prince Yong’s second daughter, Jiang Shu, born on the 12th day of the 2nd month in the year GengYin in the House of the Prince of Yong, her birth mother, Cobalt Records, and her midwife, Ma Jia.”

“February 12th of the year Geng Yin?” Daiyu said strangely, “That’s my birthday!”

Jia Wu then read: “The woman has two red moles in the center of her left foot, and a green mark on her right leg.”

Daiyu’s face immediately reddened.

Jia Wu asked inquisitively, “Do you have this one too?”

Daiyu nodded shyly.

Qingwen thought for a moment: “Right, this is probably the jade disk from the clan house. The Prince of Yong Fujin thought that the jade disk is also a package, and put the real one in the unicorn. Chiang Yu-hsin 80% and the Prince of Yong have a grudge, want to call fourteen A brother to this to the emperor, the Prince of Yong to Han people on behalf of the emperor grandson, is the crime of deceiving the king, have him look good got.”

“Will the Emperor kill Prince Yong?” Since knowing her own life, Daiyu was also concerned about Prince Yong’s family, after all, her own biological parents?

“That’s not so bad, Second Argo fornicated with his mother’s consort, didn’t he also only end up in captivity.” Haruhi said.

Jia Wu was hesitant, this thing in the end to the fourteenth brother in the end to send it? Do not send it, Yongzheng seems to have discovered the fourteenth brother and Jia Fei things, may also have evidence. If Yongzheng first sued fourteenth brother, then fourteenth brother will be finished. If this thing to the fourteenth brother to send it, then Lin sister’s parents will be bad luck, or Lin sister will have to eat hanging fall.

Dai Yu pondered for a while: “Baoyu, you send this to 14th A-Go!”

“But the Yong royal family, they are your own parents!”

Daiyu smiled miserably: ”His heart is too vicious, if he becomes the emperor, I do not know how many people to kill! In the end, I’m afraid he won’t even be able to save his own life. If we really put him in captivity, it might be his good fortune to live a peaceful life.”

The three of them were silent for a while, and as it grew dark, Jia Wu lit the candles.

Qingwen wiped a handful of false sweat from her head: ”Baoyu, let’s do it then. According to the rules, when the army leaves the capital, it must first gather at the Fengtai camp. You should go to Fengtai tomorrow and send this to 14th A-Go!”

Jia Wu sighed: “Alright.” Standing up, he tucked the piece of paper into his pocket. He glanced at Daiyu, whose eyes were filled with tears again. He was so saddened that his feet stepped out of the air and his body flopped onto the table.

The peacock feathers touched the candle and “suddenly” caught fire.

Dai Yu Qingwen two people busy to help him put out the fire, peacock fur has burned off the mouth of a wine glass big piece.

musk moon just came in, said with a smile: “look, new clothes you do not know knot remember a bit. Rush to ask people to quietly take out, ask a competent weaver to weave on the craftsman is.” He said, he wrapped it in a bag and handed it over to a mom to send it out, saying: “It’s good to have it in time for the dawn. Don’t let the old lady or the wife know.”

Nightly visits to the Red Mansion (XXXIV)

As he watched Muskmoon and the woman go out together, Jia Wu said thoughtfully, “But the Yong royal family will certainly send someone to look for the Qilin, and since Sister Qingwen is injured, we should think of a way to trick them. Why don’t we…” he said with a twinkle in his eye, “let’s make them a fake one!”

Jia Wu took down an old and yellowed Du Gongbu Poetry Collection from the bookshelf, flipped to the blank page at the back, took out the jade plate in his pocket and compared it, the paper color was almost the same. He carefully tore the blank page from the book, cut it with scissors to the same size as the jade disk, and said to Daiyu, “Sister, would you copy this jade disk accordingly, the handwriting had better be similar.”

Daiyu nodded and began to study the ink. Jia Wu took a piece of dried tofu from the small dish tray, and opened the drawer to take out a small knife, he had learned to carve in middle school, and in a moment, the Great Seal of the Patriarchate was carved.

Daiyu copied the jade disk onto the piece of paper with one stroke. Jia Wu secretly admired, Lin sister’s writing is really beautiful. After Daiyu finished writing, Jia Wu printed the large chapter of dried tofu onto the paper, and compared, the two pieces of paper were still really similar.

Jia Wu folded the fake jade disk and stuffed it into the Golden Qilin’s stomach: “Alright. How are we going to send it to the Yong royal family?”

“To make them get it but not suspicious,” Daiyu rested her right hand on her cheek, staring blankly at the flame of the candle, which jumped and jumped, reflecting the redness of Daiyu’s face, “it’s better to let their people come and steal it.”

Haruhi coughed out her staff and stood up, “I suspect that Locket is an undercover agent sent by the Yong royal family, and she seems to have martial arts skills as well. You two come here.” Baoyu and Daiyu came over to Qingwen’s bedside, and Qingwen whispered a few words in their ears.

Daiyu nodded and put down Haruna’s tent. Jia Wu placed the golden unicorn on the table. In a loud voice, he called out : “Locket ~~”

“Coming, coming!” Locket hurried in, her eyes lighting up as soon as she saw the golden unicorn on the table.

Jia Wu pretended not to see it, took Dai Yu’s hand and said, “I’ll go out with Sister Lin for a bit, Lian’er, you take care of the candles in the house.”

Jia Wu and Dai Yu walked out the door. Haruhi peeked out of the tent, only to see Locket look around, grab the golden unicorn and tuck it into her bosom as she hurriedly walked out.

Seeing that Locket came out of the house and kept running towards Aunt Zhao’s room, Jia Wu and Dai Yu walked out from behind the wigwam, smiled at each other, and returned to the house.

“Keeping such a spy around can be a bit suspenseful,” Jia Wu said: “We have to get rid of her.”

“But what’s the excuse?” Haruna gasped as she lay on the bed, “We can’t talk about stealing the unicorn, can we?”

“By the way,” Daiyu thought for a moment and removed the gold bracelet from her wrist: “This is called the shrimp beard bracelet, you see this bead. The year before last, the old lady from the box to find out, a total of two pairs of children, gave sister phoenix and I each a pair of children. That day Ping’er did not say that sister phoenix has a missing? Baoyu, put this in the pendant…”

“Good, sister really smart,” Jia Wu took the shrimp bracelet, into the fall child room, put the bracelet under her pillow, back to the house, called loudly: “Song mother ~ ~” old mother Song mother busy into the. Jia five said: “Song mom, I asked the fall of the child to make me a bag of incense, you give me to see if it’s done.”

Song mom came to the room, looking around, can not see the bag of incense, turn over the pillow, saw a shrimp beard bracelet. Song mom was flabbergasted, this is a good time to flatter Lian Er Grandma, picked up the bracelet, and hurried to find Ping’er.

Jia Wu sent Dai Yu back to her place and walked back alone when he heard someone talking by the bamboo forest. At a closer look, it was Ping’er and Musk Moon.

Only heard musk moon quietly asked: “How did you get it?”

Ping’er said: “that day when washing hands is missing, the two grandmothers are not allowed to shout, out of the garden, immediately passed to the garden of the mothers of the various places to visit carefully, and then I do not expect that it is certainly you here. Fortunately, the two grandmothers are not in the house, you here Song mom went, took this bracelet, said the little girl child fell up to steal, was seen by him, back to the two grandmothers. I rushed to busy take the bracelet, thought for a moment: Baoyu is biased in your body to pay attention to the intention to win strong, that year there is a good child to steal jade, just cold one or two years, there are still people to mention up while , this time and ran out of a steal gold to come, and more to steal to the neighborhood home to go. So I was busy urging Song Ma, don’t tell Baoyu, just as this is not the case, don’t mention it to a person. So I go back to the second grandma, just say: I go to the big grandma there, who knows that the bracelet faded mouth, thrown under the grass roots, snow deep did not see. Today, when the snow melted away, the bracelet was still there, reflecting the sun, so I picked it up. I picked it up. The second grandma believed it, so I came to tell you. From now on, you should guard against him, don’t ask him to go elsewhere. Waiting for the attacker to come back, you discuss, change a method to send out will be finished.”

Jia Wu quietly walked into the house and told Qingwen everything. Qingwen frowned: “We have to prevent her from jumping over the wall in a hurry. I’m hurt, and I’m afraid you’re no match for her with your newly practiced kung fu. Alas, it would have been better if my senior sister had been there.”

Nightly visits to the Red Mansion (35)

The next day up, Jia Wu put the jade plate in the bosom of the good, ass just scabbed, can not ride a horse, so ordered the boy Ming Yan to go outside to hire a car.

“We have a car in the mansion, why do we need to hire one from outside?” Ming Yan asked curiously.

“You go ahead and hire them,” said Jia Wu, “I have important business. By the way, don’t let the master and mistress see you.”

Qingwen had been working all night and felt better, so she got out of bed and walked around. Seeing the house empty, she scolded the little girls: “Where did you go to drill sand! Seeing that I was sick, they were bold enough to leave. Tomorrow when I am well, one by one, I will expose your skin!”

The little girl, Zhuan’er, came in and asked, “What is the girl doing?”

Qingwen said, “Everyone else is dead, but you’re the only one left?” As she said that, she saw Lian’er also rubbing in.

Qingwen said: “Look at this little hoof, do not ask him not to come. Here again put the moon money, and scattered fruit, you should run in the head. You move forward, I’m not a tiger eating you.”

Lian’er only had to come forward, the heart is still full of care, yesterday the golden unicorn to Auntie Zhao, Auntie Zhao very much praised her for a while, said that this evening, Master Wu to come, must explain her credit, Prince Yong will certainly reward her heavily. She does not care what reward, but to the Prince of Yong set this merit, their master also have an explanation, do not have to continue in the house as a maid.

As Locket was thinking of this, Haruhi then coldly arched her back, grabbed her hand, fetched a zhangqing toward the pillow, and poked at her hegu acupoint.

Caught off guard, before she could struggle, she only felt a warm current coming from her hands, spreading all over her body, and immediately her body felt like it had lost its strength, and she knew that her martial arts had already been abolished by Qingwen, and she was shocked and furious in her heart.

Qingwen scolded in her mouth: “What do you want this claw for? I can’t pick up a needle, I can’t hold a thread, and all I do is steal food.

Eyes and shallow, claws and light, hit the mouth of the world, not as bad as poking! “Lian’er heard the word “steal” and thought it was about her stealing the unicorn, so she didn’t dare to talk back, but just cried.

Musk month busy pulling away from the fall, according to the Qingwen sleep, laughed and said: “only sweat, and death. Waiting for you to get well, to play how much to play not? What is this time to make trouble.” Qingwen then ordered people to call Song mom in, said: “Bao Er master just told me, told me to tell you, fell child is very lazy, Bao Er master face to face to make her, she dial mouth not move. Even the attacker to make her, she scolded her behind her back. Today, we must send her out, tomorrow Bao second master personally back to Mrs. is.”

Song mom heard, the heart will know the bracelet incident, because the smile said: “Although so, also wait for the flower girl back to know, and then send her.”

Qingwen said: “Bao Er master today a thousand instructions, what flower girl grass girl, we naturally have reason. You just follow my words, quickly call his family to lead him out.”

Musk moon said: “This is also let it go, early also go, late also go, brought to go early quiet day.”

Song mom just led the fall out, Ming Yan ran in: “two master, car hired, in the corner door waiting. I don’t know what’s going on today, but the streets are filled with soldiers from the Nine Cities Military Department and the Yong Royal Family, and I’ve heard that the city gates are being checked very closely.”

“Oh?” Jia Wu couldn’t help but touch the jade disk in his arms, it seemed like getting out of the city was still a bit of a hassle.

Is hesitating, a granny holding a peacock fur came in: “not only can do weaving and mending craftsmen, even tailoring and embroidery craftsmen and female workers asked, do not recognize what this is, do not dare to take.”

musk moon said: “how about this, tomorrow do not wear it.

Qingwen abolished fell child martial arts when moving the real power, is in bed to recuperate, at this time heard, couldn’t help but turn over and said: “bring me look at it, not a blessing to wear on just, this time and in a hurry.”

Jia Wu laughed and said, “That’s true.” He said, then handed it to Qingwen and looked at it for a while.

Qingwen said: “This is woven with peacock gold thread, now we also take the peacock gold thread like the boundary line like the boundary line, I’m afraid it can still be mixed.”

Musket laughed: “Peacock threads are readily available, but who else here knows the boundaries besides you?”

Haruhi said, “I can’t help it, I’m just earning my life.”

Jia Wu quickly said, “How can this be done, only a little better, how to do live.”

Qingwen said: “You don’t have to sting me, I know.” Then she whispered in Jia Wu’s ear, “Blow them all out, and I’ll sew that jade disk into the peacock fur for you.” While saying this, he sat up. Pulled a hair, put on the clothes, only feel the head heavy body light, full of stars bursting, really can not hold on, have to hate life and grit your teeth.

Jia five then ordered musk moon to go to the outer room to help flick line. Qingwen first took one than a comparison, laughed: “This is not very like, if complementary, is not very obvious.”

Jia Wu said, “This is very good, where to find another tailor from the Russian state.”

Qingwen will first be dismantled, the jade plate stuffed into, carefully spread flat, with a large mouth of a teacup bamboo bow nailed firmly in the back, and then the four sides of the breach with a gold knife to scrape the loose loose, and then with a needle sewing two, divided into warp and weft, also like the law of the boundary, the first boundary out of the ground after the first, in accordance with the pattern of the clothes back and forth patching, patching two stitches, and then look at it, weaving and patching two stitches, and again, and detailed end to end. Can not help dizziness, black eyes, asthma, God is weak, can not make up three or five stitches, voluntarily rest on the pillow for a while.

Jia Wu was beside, and asked: “Eat some boiling water do not eat?” At one time and ordered: “Rest a little.” At one time and take a gray rat cloak for her to put on her back, at another time and ordered to take a corner pillow and he leaned against.

Haruna worked for an hour, only just finishing her fillings and slowly picking out the lint with a small toothbrush.

musk moon said: “this is very good, if you do not pay attention, and then can not see.”

Jia five busy to have a look, said: “really is the same as the same.”

Qingwen has been staff a few bursts, easy to make up for the end, said: “make up although make up, in the end does not look like, I can no longer!” Belch a sound, will not be able to fall down.

Jia five see Qingwen will be bird fur to make up the end, has made the force exhausted God dangerous, busy order small girl child to come for him to pound, each other pounding a moment to rest, one side sighed and said: “This how to place, if there is a good or bad, are my sins.”

Qingwen sleeping on the pillow said: “good master, you do your go, there will get consumptive.” Jia five have no choice but to put on the peacock fur, get in the car and Ming Yan went.

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Xizhimen City Gate, Beijing.

The gates of the city roared with chaos as long lines of people exiting the city were inspected.

“Grandma, you have to be searched when you leave the city!” A black man said indignantly.

The soldiers were aggressive, pushing and shoving when they searched, but when they saw the women’s homes, they became playful and took advantage of them by touching them in the east and in the west. The women’s screams, the children’s cries, the soldiers’ laughter, and the men’s angry curses were all in a row.

Jia Wu stepped down from the car, looking at the towering towers, the majestic city wall, each wall brick is almost two feet long, but the joints are seamless. Some people say that the wall was built without mud, it was glued together piece by piece with glutinous rice soup. During the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the green brick city wall surrounded by the blue water of the moat under the green poplars was one of the sights of Beijing. Jia Wu grew up in Beijing, but never saw the city walls of Beijing, this time the more you see the more you love, think of later by Mao Zedong dismantled a clean, it is really a pity, the loser ah!

As he was thinking about it, he heard someone calling him, and took a look at none other than Ushido.

“Mr. Jia, why are you leaving the city before your injuries are healed? It’s true that we don’t meet anywhere in life!”

Jia Wu heart sank, ran into this kid, don’t be bad, said tit for tat: “out of the city over the wind, look at the scene, the city, in addition to the dog, what fresh play can not see.”

“Hey, I’m on official business, so I’m sorry,” said Wu Sidao, waving his hand at the guards, “but don’t wait for Mr. Jia.”

Jia Wu hitched his peacock fur to the carriage and stood there with a big grin for the soldiers to search him.

“Report Master, nothing.”

“Oh?” Wu Sidao’s small eyes darted around, picked up the peacock fur on the carriage, scrutinized it, and said, “Mr. Jia’s cloak is so beautiful!”

Jia Wu’s heart was shocked, but his mouth was full of concern: “Look at the bluff, but in reality, it is just a pile of bird feathers.”

Ushido sneered and raised the peacock fur to his ear, rubbing it inch by inch and listening carefully to the rattling inside.

Ja’V was so nervous that his heart jumped out of his chest and he twisted his head around to pretend to look at the walls.

It was at this moment that a fast horse sped up and came to a stop in front of Ushido. Jia Wu fixed his eyes on it, and it was none other than Jia Huan.

“Master Wu,” Jia Huan jumped off his horse and pulled out something: “Here, this is for you.”

The thing shook the sunlight, and it was the same golden unicorn.

Jia Huan couldn’t help but be flabbergasted when he saw Jia Wu.

Wusidao took the golden unicorn, took out a silver ear digging spoon, to the unicorn’s mouth a stab, “click” sound, the unicorn’s stomach hit, fell out a small roll of yellow paper.

Wu Sidao opened the paper scroll and took a look at it, laughed, stuffed the paper back into the Qilin’s stomach, patted Jia Huan on the shoulder and said, “Good boy, truly worthy of my…” Here, Wu Sidao swallowed the latter part of his sentence and threw his peacock fur at Jia Wu, “I will see you again, Mr. Jia, see you later! ” He mounted his horse and ran off with Jia Huan towards the city.

Jia Wu wiped the cold sweat from his head: “That was close!”

Fengtai camp center army tent.

Seeing Jia Wu come in, Fourteenth Brother was surprised and happy: “Baoyu, why are you here? Is your wound healed?

You’re not tired from the journey, are you? What a beautiful piece of clothing, quickly sit down and take a rest, Zhongjun, pour tea!”

“Great General Wang Hao! Take a look at this,” Jia Wu sat down on the sub, took out a small knife to unravel the bottom thread of the peacock fur, stretched out the piece of yellow paper, and handed it to Fourteenth Brother.

“Does this look like a jade disk, Jiang Zhu, I haven’t heard of Fourth Brother having such a daughter?” Fourteenth Brother said strangely.

Jia Wu told the Yong Wangfu with Daiyu to Hongli dropped the bag of things.

“Alas, how could Fourth Brother do this? Let the emperor know is not angry?” Fourteenth Argo shook his head: “What do you think should be done about this?”

“I…” Jia Wu was also conflicted in his mind, although Yongzheng and his wife were not good, they were after all Sister Lin’s parents: “I think that if you have this in your hand, the Prince of Yong will be more restrained, you know, he’s a man who will do anything to fight for the throne. You know, his character, in order to fight for the throne, he will do anything.”

“The Emperor has already said that he will pass the throne to me when he comes back from this western expedition, and Lao Si can’t get up to any tricks, and, after all, he is my own brother with the same father and mother, so it’s better to hide it for him! Besides, I’m also afraid of being angry with the Emperor.” Fourteenth Argo said contemplatively.

“But what if Prince Yong first denounces you to the Emperor?” Jia Wu rushed out.

“Sue me? Sue me for what?” Fourteenth Brother asked curiously.

Jia Wu bit his lip and asked, straining word by word, “You, me, and my sister Yuanchun, what exactly is the relationship?”

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Fourteenth Ahgor ate a shock, looked a little flustered, face a burst of red and white, stammered: “No, nothing ah, is, is you hear who said?”

“Oh, my great general king,” said Jia Wu, dissatisfied: “All those who were present that day saw that Wu Si-Dao wanted to take advantage of this to screw up your heir to the throne!”

Fourteenth Argo picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, trying his best to calm himself down, and only after a while did he say quietly, “Well, I’ll tell you, you were born to Yuanchun, and are my son.”

“Oh,” looking at the fourteenth brother’s anxious look, Jia Wu suddenly felt funny, he remembered a comedian said: “Everyone thinks their parents can’t have done anything, but then they know that they have done it at least once, otherwise, where did they come from? “

“Have you read Bai Juyi’s Song of Long Hate?” Fourteenth Argo stood up and let out a long sigh: “The water of the Shu River is blue and the mountains of Shu are green, the Holy Lord is in love all the time, the palace sees the moon in a sad color, and the night rain smells the bells and breaks the intestines.”

“Read it,” JaV said.

“Alas, seventeen years,” Fourteenth Argo looked out of the tent and said reminiscently: “Chun’er and I grew up playing together, green plums like beans, willow leaves like eyebrows, two little guesses. Grew up, each other have a special feeling. That year, I was going to Sichuan and Shaanxi to put down a rebellion, and on the night before I left for the war, in the back garden of the Jia residence, we were betrothed for life. And then…”

“Just me?” Ja’V asked searchingly.

Fourteenth Argo nodded awkwardly: ”Chun’er and I, that is, your mother, agreed to marry her as soon as the war was over, but who knows, the war lasted for two years. During that time in Sichuan, I memorized the Song of Eternal Hatred many times. Your mother had you, the stomach grew bigger every day, scared, had no choice but to talk to your grandmother, that is, Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang was shocked to hear, know your grandfather Jia Zheng is a Taoist teacher, if you know your daughter has a child, not to beat her to death. The two discussed, pretended to say that your grandma is sick, to go to the countryside to recuperate, to daughter accompanied together came to the capital east Zhangjiaxie.”

“Jia Zheng just married Aunt Zhao at that time, the two were as good as glue, and did not care if Mrs. Wang went away. Mrs. Wang went to the countryside, want to ask your mother to abort the child, your mother can not afford to do so, they sent someone to bring me a letter. I then just won a battle, and know that I have a child is overjoyed, and instructed your mother must be born, and so I went back to do the wedding. But what was the name of the child? Your mother cried and begged your grandma, your grandma’s heart ached for her daughter and had no choice but to say that she was pregnant with a child.”

“At that time, Jiafu were very strange, saying that the old clam gave birth to a pearl. That Jia Zheng was still furious, because since he married Aunt Zhao, he had hardly ever shared a room with Mrs. Wang, and knew that it was definitely not his own son, but was in the way, and couldn’t say anything, so he didn’t come to see it at all.”

Jia Wu heard here secretly nodded, no wonder Jia Zheng was angry as soon as he saw himself, so he thought that Mrs. Wang had given him a cuckold.

“That year in the Sichuan-Shaanxi border, the rain poured down, teaching bandits to hide in the mountains do not come out, the two sides stalemate. I counted your mother is about to give birth, the heart is very anxious, look at the military situation is not tight, it all entrusted to the vice general Zhang Guangsi. I told him to hold out for ten days, and I was on my way to Beijing by night and day. Day and night running for four days, exhausted three horses, finally arrived in Beijing. At that time, your mother had just given birth to you and held you in her arms for me to see…” Fourteenth Elder Brother suddenly stopped and yelled out to the tent, “Who’s there!”

A fat man with an eight-bearded beard walked in and saluted, “Your Highness, a large portion of the military clothes allocated by the state treasury are so rotten that they can’t be worn.”

“Nonsense, fourth brother this military supplies is how to manage!” Fourteenth Argo said angrily, “Pass on my order to ask the Governor of Sichuan, Nian Juan Yao, to send 100,000 military clothes to Xining immediately!”

The fat man nodded and retreated.

Fourteenth Argo looked at Jia Wu: ”Where were we? By the way, I stayed there for a day, leaving the battlefield privately is the offense of beheading, so I hurried back. Before I left, I hugged you, and you grabbed my jade pendant and wouldn’t let go. So I untied it and gave it to you.”

Jia Wu took out his own jade and looked at it: “Is this it?”

“Yes, which is the year when dorgon hit Zhang Xianzhong when Hou got, and later sent to the emperor Shunzhi, today’s emperor married my mother consort, that is, your grandmother’s Hou, and by the empress dowager passed on to your grandmother. This piece of jade is said to be  evil, but also hide what secrets!”

Fourteenth Brother put his hand on Jia Wu’s head, gently rubbing said: “I left the next day, Jia House of the old lady heard of the addition of a grandson, overjoyed, personally ride to see. The old lady hugged you more and more love, suddenly realized that your mouth like something, break open a look, is this piece of jade. This jade is obviously not Jiafu things, your mother panicked, said you were born to bring. So, you this jade born of the name can be called open.”

Jia Wu thought to himself: people at that time can be really good to cheat, born gripped a piece of jade, but also wrote the word, there are people to believe.

But then again, during the Great Leap Forward, “ten thousand catties of grain per mu” also fooled everyone.

“When you entered the Jia House, Jia Zheng was furious. It just so happened that Jia Mother ordered him to name you, so he named you Baoyu after the man who was born with jade. The real intention was not to rank you with Jia Lian and Jia Zhen. Careful, it implies that you’re not a member of the Jia family.”

“You may have heard about the later things, after your mother returned to the capital, just in time for the palace to select a showgirl. I gave a greeting to Qin Liu who was in charge of things, and I thought I wouldn’t be chosen, but who knew that Lao Si was dead set on having her in the palace.”

Fourteenth Arhats said here, tiger eyes with tears: “When I come back, it’s already too late, she became my stepmother, hehehe!”

After a burst of bitter laughter, fourteenth brother sighed: “return to the pool garden is still the same, too liquid hibiscus willow, hibiscus such as the face of willow such as eyebrows, how to not tears? Alas, you are still too young, do not understand these.”

“Of course I understand,” Jia Wu retorted in disagreement, “What is love in this world? It’s worth living and dying for!”

Nightly visits to the Red Mansion (XXXVIII)

“Oh?” Fourteenth Ahgor looked at Jia Wu: “At such a young age, could it be that you have fallen in love with someone?”

Even though Jia Wu thought he was being spontaneous, he couldn’t help but turn red at this point. No matter what, it was always embarrassing to talk about one’s love life to one’s father.

Fourteenth Argo took a look at Jia Wu’s hand-wringing appearance and laughed: “I know even if you don’t say it, big eyes, sharp jaw, cut shoulders, water snake waist, right?”

Ja5 nodded in embarrassment.

Fourteenth Argo clapped his hands and laughed, saying, “Good, I’ve long wanted to marry her to you in the future, this is even better.”

“You, too, like her?” Jia Wu asked, full of joy.

“Of course, not only is she beautiful and good at martial arts, but she is also kind-hearted and has quite a connection with my division!” Fourteenth Arhats said.

“No, Sister Lin doesn’t know martial arts?” Jia Wu blurted out.

“Who is Sister Lin? Lin Daiyu?” Fourteenth Argo asked curiously.

“Are you talking about…” Jia Wu suddenly realized, “about Haruhi?”

“Yeah, don’t you like Haruna?”

“Of course I like it, but…” Jia Wu didn’t know what to say. He liked both Ching Wen and Dai Yu, and Ching Wen was like a close friend to whom he could say anything, including things that he was too embarrassed to say even to Dai Yu. He could say anything to Qingwen, including things he was too embarrassed to say to Daiyu. On the other hand, Daiyu was so deeply in love with him that it would be a pleasure to die with her.

Looking at Jia Wu’s left and right dilemma, Fourteenth Brother couldn’t help but laugh again: “Then how about marrying both Qingwen and Lin Daiyu to you?”

“That, that would be great, but will they agree?” Jia Wu was someone who had come over in the year 2000, had read a lot of Western novels, and had participated in panel discussions on the selfishness of love, where a woman in passionate love could tolerate the whole world, but not another woman. Maybe women would have been different two hundred years ago?

“As long as they truly love you, of course, will agree, princes and nobles, three wives and four concubines have a lot of it.” Fourteenth A brother sat down: “Our family as much as out of the love child, Shunzhi emperor in order to Dong Xiaowan’s death, even the emperor are not appropriate. Go to Wutai Mountain monk, but later became a generation of martial arts master. Emperor Kangxi six to Jiangnan, said to understand the people’s style, in fact, is to find his teenage confidante talented girl Yang Xiaochuan, the results of six empty-handed, life and death do not know, and now every time I mention it is still old and tearful. Your mother and I are like that again.”

Fourteenth brother sighed, stood up: “three generations, three generations of love lost, Shunzhi Huangzhi is separated forever, Emperor Kangxi is a sea of people nowhere to find, I am meeting fake strangers! If the sky has love, the sky is old, the moon is always round as if there is no hate. Alas, you are the fourth generation, but  your luck can be better than ours.”

Jia Wu couldn’t help but win a cold war, could it be that my fate will be as miserable as theirs? Alas, it seems to do the emperor also have to do the emperor’s suffering, even their own sweetheart can not maintain. Britain has the Duke of Govindsha, do not love the river and mountain love beautiful people, resigned from the king, hard and his sweetheart married. In China, there was Emperor Shunzhi, who became a monk and quit the emperor’s job for the sake of a woman. But Shunzhi was much more miserable, Dong Xiaowan was killed by his mom, the Empress Dowager. “But,” Jia Wu asked strangely, “I haven’t heard that Emperor Shunzhi was a martial arts expert?”

“Oh, he’s an heir of the Wutai School then, I learned all my kung fu from him.” Fourteenth Ah said.

“He’s your master? Then he’s Munchkin Daishi?”

“Yes, he is in the Wutai mountain face twenty years, surveyed the red dust, and into the red dust, and Miao Miao real person, one-armed master Mrs. three, in addition to cut the martial arts, but also discuss the world affairs, at home and abroad style, I this change of law, thanks to the three of them vigorously help.” Fourteenth Brother said.

“One-armed mistress? I heard that she was the princess of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty! How did she become good friends with Emperor Shunzhi?” Jia Wu was even stranger.

“This is the two old man’s over the top.” Fourteenth Brother said with admiration, “In China’s thousands of years of history, there are no grudges entangled between that family. Only forgiveness is the foundation of the body, the foundation of the country. And if the constitutional monarchy is accomplished, there will be no more bloody revolutions and rebellions.”

Fourteenth Argo took out a booklet: “I heard Qingwen say that she is teaching you martial arts. However, Qingwen’s kung fu is a feminine style, so I’m afraid it’s not very suitable for men to practice. Now I’m going to pass on the secrets of the Wutai School to you, so you can read them together with Qingwen. I’m leaving the capital, so you have to be careful.” Saying this, he took out a Golden Pi Order Arrow from the drawer. It was made of pure gold, with a flying dragon cast on it, and in large letters it read: “As I come in person.”

“This was given to me by the Emperor, with all my kung fu and a 600,000 strong army, who would dare to touch me,” Fourteenth Argo handed the token to Jia Wu: “Take it, you may need it.”

Jia Wu took the token and didn’t know what to say. In a trance, he remembered that the history book said that when the fourteenth brother went on the expedition, Kang Xi died and Yongzheng took the throne. But now that Kang Xi has left a secret edict to make the 14th Argo the heir, can history really be rewritten?

Fourteenth Argo looked at Jia Wu’s hesitant appearance, a slight smile: “This father word is not called out is not it?

Oh, we still call the old good, to save the face of people called away mouth, but trouble. Waiting for me to return to the capital after, will you succeed over, we then father and son address good.”

Nightly visits to the Red Mansion (XXXIX)

One day did not see Baoyu, Daiyu heart annoyed. In the evening, she came to Yihongyuan to talk to Qingwen, of course, to see if Baoyu had come back.

Seeing from afar what seemed to be Qingwen embroidering under the wisteria frame, Daiyu lightened her steps, wanting to go over and scare her a bit.

Only the man sighed and hummed a song softly.

It turned out to be the fifth child, how to grow more and more like Qingwen, wearing Qingwen’s clothes, simply indistinguishable, but always a look of pity. Daiyu felt so heartbroken for Wu’er.

The song of Wu’er is sad and mournful: “Little cabbage, yellow in the ground, three or two years old, no mother, mentioning mother, tears, I’m afraid of father, marrying a stepmother.”

As Dai Yu listened, she couldn’t help but let her tears fall. Five children’s family things she knows very clearly, in five children three years old, her mother died. It is also a poor woman, gave teacher Lu gave birth to two daughters, but Mr. Lu is always thinking of the Beijing city of that Gege, there are several times to go to Beijing and that woman will have a rendezvous. Mr. Lu’s mother was so angry that she fell ill. Mr. Lu came back from Beijing, saw his wife sick like that, and regretted it so much that he waited for her without any clothes, but his condition was already delayed. After his wife’s death, Mr. Lu cried a lot and swore to his dead wife that he would never marry again.

Alas, Mr. Lu, this person is good everywhere, is not dedicated to love. The woman can only have a man in her heart, how can a man fall in love with several women? Although Baoyu is good to himself, is not also see a love one? It looks a bit like, think of the way he treats Baochai and Qingwen. What if he’s not devoted enough to himself? If he is good with Baochai, then I will ignore him, I really don’t like Baochai’s style of saying what he sees and what he says. If Ching-mun, or Wu-er, are compatible with me, then the three of us together…

Dai Yu couldn’t help but feel a blush when she thought of this.

“Sister Daiyu, you’re here, come sit in the house.” Fifth Child saw Dai Yu and was busy getting up to greet her.

Daiyu tried to calm herself down and said with a smile, “You sing beautifully, isn’t it our Jiangnan tune?”

“I learned it from a northern girl on the ship, and when I sing it, I think of my mother again.” Wu’er’s eyes reddened.

Daiyu hurriedly digresses: “Is Qingwen feeling better? Why are you wearing her clothes? If you straighten your eyebrows a bit, no one will be able to tell you two apart.”

“Sister Haruna is much better and is still in bed! I didn’t bring any of my clothes. I have to ask Second Grandma Lian for permission to make clothes here, and I can’t go until I’ve officially stayed. Baoyu is just injured, so I haven’t been able to tell Mrs. Lian, Second Grandma, and the others.”

Fifth child said with a smile: “Sister Qingwen said that it’s good to mix it up like this first, so you can go out and play if you want to, and you don’t have to ask for leave.”

“Are we both about the same size, so why don’t you go over to my place and look for some clothes to wear first?”

Debbie said.

“Good, but you’re the eldest young lady,” Wu’er made a face at Daiyu and said, “Now you’re a Gege again.”

“Damn girl, you mix up your words again!” Daiyu extended her hand over to tickle Wu’er, who ran ahead with a cheeky grin.

The two came to Xiaoxiang Pavilion one after the other. Daiyu opened the clothes box and found a dozen pieces of clothes and told Wu’er to try them on.

As she interviewed the clothes, she said, “Sister Daiyu, I think you’re the best person in the world, but how could you be a member of the Prince of Yong’s family? All the men in the Yong royal family are ruthless…”

“Don’t say that.” Dai Yu interrupted Fifth Child, but her own heart was in a flurry of annoyance. Although it is said that a child does not dislike his mother’s ugliness, and a dog does not dislike his family’s poverty, but how did he have such a black-hearted father, when he was in Suzhou, he had heard that the Blood Drops under his command had robbed men and bullied women, and killed innocents indiscriminately; after he had come to Beijing, he had sent people to harm Baoyu, and also wanted to kill himself. It is really boring to have such parents. Baoyu went out for a day, and now not come back, don’t be something happened again, right?

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From Fengtai camp out, the carriage on the Lugou Bridge, Jia Wu lifted the curtain, looked at both sides of the carved stone lions, all kinds of, said “the lions on the Lugou Bridge – countless” it. 200 years later, the July 7 Incident is here to start fighting, the Chinese were bullied by the Japs for eight years, the country is weak ah! However, if the fourteenth brother’s change of law can be successful, China will be earlier than Japan into capitalism, the national strength will be far beyond Japan above.

Thinking of this, Jia Wu feel passionate, when you have the opportunity to change China’s fate, even if the chances of success is small, it is worth fighting. Greek philosopher Archimedes said: “Give me a fulcrum, I can lift the earth”, he is not now standing in front of the fulcrum?

The car entered a poplar forest, the cuckoo on the tree “cuckoo cuckoo” called. Jia Wu suddenly remembered a foreign folk song: “The little cuckoo called cuckoo, the young man picked the bride, see your nostrils up to the sky high, so that you can never pick.” He himself in Daiyu and Qingwen are difficult to give up between, but do not also fall into a chicken and egg to be good.

Carriage into the Xizhimen, to Xinjiekou, bustling crowd, the car simply can not go.

Jia Wu told the driver to drive the car back, and himself and Ming Yan walked back to the Jia Mansion.

Pushing his way through the crowd, a large black man wobbled and fell backward, almost crashing into JaV.

Ming Yan hurriedly stopped the big black man and scolded, “Hey, what’s with the blind bump! You do not have eyes in the back ah?”

The black man turned back, glanced at the two of them, and said slowly and leisurely, “Eyes, they’ve grown one. Unfortunately, I can’t see it!”

Nightly Exploration of the Red Mansion (40)

The surrounding people laughed. Ming Yan couldn’t hang on to her face, stroked her arms and rolled up her sleeves: “Black cinder block, who are you running over? This is Mr. Jia of the Rongguo Mansion, what are you looking for?”

The black man hemmed and hawed: “Well, Mr. Jia of the Rongguo Mansion, great! He’s really a rich bastard! How would you like to punish me for offending your son?”

Ming Yan stood up and said, “We are happy today, so if you kowtow to us, we will spare you this time.”

“How dare you!” Jia Wu used his fan to knock Ming Yan’s head heavily, he had long been tired of Ming Yan’s snobbishness, at this time he glared at Ming Yan fiercely, accompanied by a smile and said to the black man: “My servant boy doesn’t know how to do things, don’t take him seriously, I’ll give you a pardon!”

“Yo, it’s really the sun coming out of the west, the prince and grandson’s, to accompany our little people?” The black man said with a cold smile.

“Heh heh heh, the king’s son and grandson, would rather have a seed? Dukes, kings and grandchildren, to put it nicely is the blessing of their ancestors, to put it badly is the sins of their ancestors, killing countless people, sooner or later, they will bequeath their children and grandchildren.” Jia Wu said.

“Oh, funny, since you want to accompany it, buy us a meal!”

Ming Yan was busy pulling Jia Wu’s sleeve: “Second Master, Second Master, don’t pay any attention to him, he’s a cheat who eats for nothing.”

Jia Wu shook off Ming Yan’s hand: “Fine, pick a place!”

The big black man led the two of them into a big cart store. Once in the door, the smell of horse urine, sour bean cake flavor, sweat, choking people can not breathe. Inside the dark, chaotic, large bench, brick support the lid of the wine jar as a table. The dirty shopkeeper called out in a long voice: “Three of you ~ ~ inside please ~ ~”

Ming Yan poked Jia Wu: “Second Master, where can we eat in this place, let’s go!”

Jia Wu had traveled alone in Qinghai and Tibet for two months last year, riding in cars, horse-drawn carriages and oxcarts, and living in hotels, big car stores and Tibetan homes, so he had seen all the strange flavors. He pressed Ming Yan onto the bench and asked the black man with a smile, “What would you like to eat?”

The store assistant came over with a tin wine pot and three cups: “You three have a drink first, what do you want to order?”

“Come with a jar of wine and cut up ten pounds of your soy sauce beef!” The black man said while squinting at Jia Wu.

Jia Wu shook his head : “I don’t have as much as you do, so I’ll just use this small wine pot.”

“Oh?” The black man raised his head, “How can you call yourself a hero if you don’t have the measure?”

“A hero is one who has the capacity to tolerate others, not the capacity for wine.” Jia Wu smiled at him: “Since you have made this statement, you must be a hero of today as well?”

The black man threw back his face and laughed, shaking the tiles on the roof with a buzzing sound.

In a short while, the wine and meat were served. The black man grabbed the meat with one hand and carried the wine jar with the other, and ate all the meat and wine in a short while. Looking at Ming Yan, she was dumbfounded.

The black man burped and patted his stomach, “Eating is so enjoyable! I have to support my whole body, ten eyes a piece of outward!”

Jia Wu was flabbergasted, how can you get ten out of seven? He thought about it carefully and couldn’t help but laugh too, but it’s true, there are still three more tricks on his body!

The black man wiped his mouth: “Mr. Jia, I heard you’re going to have a change of law, a parliament, a constitutional monarchy?”

“Yes!” Jia Wu asked curiously, “How did you know?”

“The world’s situation is one of long division and long unification. Since ancient times, heroes come out of chaos. Mr. Jia is worried about the country and the people, can you recognize the heroes of the world?” The black man suddenly yanked up the text.

“Nonetheless, nonetheless, the purpose of the Change of Law is not to take all the heroes of the world, but to create an era without heroes.” Jia Wu said.

“What does that mean?”

“The reason why heroes are heroes is because most people are willing to be slaves, not daring to fight for their own interests, but hoping on the so-called heroes.” Jia Wu looked at the door and said contemplatively, “If everyone could have a share in the power of election and unite to fight for their own interests without expecting any savior or great savior, this would be an era without slaves and an era without heroes.”

“Wait a minute, the Chinese people are so stupid, how can they dictate their own destiny? Besides, if there’s an election, won’t the votes be easily bought by the rich?” Black Han asked challengingly.

“Even the most foolish people know where their interests lie. When the interests of all the people are combined, it is naturally in the interests of the Chinese nation.” Jia Wu said firmly, “The advantage of elections is that you can vote up and down. Money, also known as currency, is a circulating thing, even if there is a bribe, it is also the flow of money from the rich to the poor. And as the people get richer, the price of a vote will get higher and higher, and there will come a day when no one will have the ability to buy enough votes. What’s more, most people are still people with a sense of justice like dude!”

The black man laughed out loud: “Good, no wonder my senior sister praised you.”

“So, you are…” asked Ja V curiously.

“I’m called Drunken Golden Steel Ni Er here, is there another name,” he picked up the tin pot on the table, casually pinched it, rolled it into a ball and clutched it in his hand. A moment later, melted tin juice dripped down his fingers.

“Holding Tin Molten Juice! Jiangnan Warrior Gan Fengchi!” Jia Wu couldn’t help but call out.

Ming Yan spat out her tongue, thankfully she didn’t fight him just now.

Gan Fengchi hemmed and hawed, pulling out a letter from his pocket and handing it to Jia Wu: “Give this to Sinniang. We’ll see you again.” Saying this, he arched his hand and with a few arrow steps, disappeared into the crowd outside the store.

(to be continued)