Nightly Exploration of the Red Mansion (One and One)
Before Nian Juan Yao’s words fell, 14th Argosy had already leapt up from the ground, like a big bird, pouncing towards Nian Juan Yao in the air. A dozen guards were busy drawing out their weapons to surround Nian Juan Yao.
Fourteenth Argo knew that Nian Juan Yao’s kung fu was not weak, and there were still crossbowmen behind him, he must take advantage of the time when they were not able to defend themselves to solve those guards as soon as possible. Just see fourteenth brother in the air turned a heel, left foot kicked a fat guard’s ghost head knife, the knife rushed to the sky to fly up to ten feet high, fourteenth brother’s right foot along the trend of his point of the heavenly gate point, and counter-indulgence in the air, make the best skill of his life, foot kicks, knee, elbow knock, palm chop, point, a blink of an eye, more than a dozen of guards are all pointing points, lying down on the ground.
At this moment, that ghost head blade had just fallen. Fourteenth Argo extended his right hand flat and caught that blade in his hand.
Nian Juan Yao was flabbergasted, took out a snow white handkerchief and wiped the blood on his sword, and clasped his fists towards the 14th Ahgor: “My humble servant greets the great general king.” With that, he raised his sword and used the first style of the Nian Family Sword Technique, “Year after year, year after year,” to slash at the 14th Ahgor.
Fourteenth Argo and Nian Juan Yao’s sister had practiced swordsmanship in those years, and was familiar with all the variations of the Nian family’s swords, he raised his ghost head sword diagonally, and met him with a move of “everywhere without a home, everywhere home”.
Only heard “when” a sound, the knife on the ghost head was cut off most of. Fourteenth Argo sucked in a mouthful of cold air: that Nian Juan Yao was holding a sword that cut gold and jade!
Nian Juan Yao is an extremely proud person, at this time in the weapon has the upper hand, more interested in the ministry soldiers in front of show their own martial arts, the hand of the sword makes fast, fourteenth A brother in the hand of the ghost head sword inch by inch was cut off, turn the eye only left a knife handle.
Fourteenth Argo let out a long whistle and threw the handle of the knife in his hand towards Nian Juan Yao. Nian Juan Yao hurriedly took a step back and dodged it, Fourteenth Argosy had already untied a green ribbon around his waist. Fourteenth Eldest Brother shook the ribbon, and with his internal qi, the ribbon stabbed straight at Nian Juan Yao like a steel spear.
Nian Jiyao reversed his wrist and slashed, and where the sword blade swept, the ribbon suddenly turned soft, fluttering and sliding against the underside of the sword blade, immediately turning straight again, and heavily jerking at Nian Jiyao’s face. Nian Juan Yao screamed, blood dripped from his face. This face can lose a lot of face, he let out a strange roar, and rushed up again, the sword in his hand made the wind and rain impervious.
The weakest is strong, and the softest is strong. The sword that cuts iron like mud is the nemesis of all hard weapons, but in front of the soft weapons made of silk ribbons can’t be utilized at all. A sword is like cutting in the water, a little bit of strength. The ribbon was like a green snake, sliding around against the sword, occasionally biting hard on his face.
A few more rounds passed, and Nian Juan Yao had already received a dozen blows to the face, he was so annoyed that he no longer cared about losing face to fight alone, he blundered his sword, jumped out of the circle, put his left hand’s thumb and forefinger into his mouth, and whistled a loud whistling sound.
From the end of the mountain, from the bushes, crossbow arrows flew towards Fourteenth Argo like rain. Fourteenth Argo sneered, the ribbon in his hand drew a circle, the crossbow arrows fell to the ground, a part of the arrows rebounded out and shot into the body of the guards lying on the ground, causing them to roll all over the ground in pain.
Nian Juan Yao let out a maniacal laugh and swung his sword again to kill. The rain of arrows thinned out, and only a few divine archers still found opportunities to let off a few arrows from time to time.
Fourteenth Brother’s heart was in a state of shock: hidden arrows are hard to prevent. This ribbon to be used to fight arrows, it must be hard, but to prevent being cut by the sword, it is necessary to be soft, lose both sides of the coin, fourteenth Ah Gao looks a little hand in hand, Nian Juan Yao has the upper hand again.
Fourteenth Argo suddenly had a bright idea, used the “wind floating ten thousand points” light power, surrounded Nian Juan Yao flying in a circle.
The archers only felt a flash in front of their eyes, a dozen or so shadows of the 14th Ajusshi surrounded Nian Juan Yao, the bows in their hands were drawn to full capacity, but they just didn’t know where to shoot the arrows.
Although Nian Juan Yao’s martial arts is strong, but practiced is all horse’s kung fu, light power but not. After following the 14th Brother around for a few hundred turns, he only felt dizzy and heartbeat. He bellowed, and the longsword in his hand slashed fiercely. Fourteenth Argo let the long sword, handed over his own ribbon to his left hand, his right hand gripped Nian Juan Yao’s wrist and twisted it, he himself had already turned to Nian Juan Yao’s back, using his foot to point at Nian Juan Yao’s knee, Nian Juan Yao grunted, his knees softened, and he knelt down on the ground.
Fourteenth Argo put his sword across Nian Juan Yao’s neck, “Tell your soldiers and generals to throw away their weapons!”
Nian Juan Yao made a careless look: “A soldier can be killed but not humiliated!”
Fourteenth Argo looked at Lao Na’s corpse, his eyes were about to burst into flames: “You know Lao Na and I are as close as brothers, today I must avenge him!” Said the sword a press.
The cold sword blade cut into half an inch, blood flowed down from Nian Juan Yao’s neck. Nian Juan Yao felt a chill on his neck, his heart was filled with all kinds of thoughts, and he was busy screaming: “Spare my life, Great General King spare my life!”
Fourteenth Argo brought his sword up and repeated, “Tell your soldiers and generals to throw down their weapons!”
Nian Juan Yao knelt on the ground and shouted, “Put down your weapons and come out!”
Into the grass, over the cliffs, came down thousands of men, bare-handed, neatly lined up in three squares.
Fourteenth Argo said to Nian Juan Yao, “Tell them to move the wood and stones that are blocking the road.”
Nian Juan Yao knelt on the ground and shouted, “Move the rolling logs and stones that are blocking the road!”
The three squads silently moved rocks to clear the road, and in a few moments the barricade was cleared.
Fourteenth Argo also said to Nian Juan Yao: “Tell them to leave their horses behind and return to camp on foot.”
Nian Juan Yao knelt on the ground and shouted, “Leave the horses behind and return to the camp on foot!”
The three squads changed again into one long line and headed for the barracks. From the beginning, not a single person in the line spoke.
Fourteenth Argo secretly sighed: it is said that Nian Juan Yao is good at governing the army, and it is true, but it is a pity that his heart is not right. He pulled over three horses, tied Nian Juan Yao on a horse, and put the body of the old that on a horse, he rode on another horse. It was then that he felt a sharp pain in his thigh, he pulled out the arrow, bandaged the wound with a ribbon, and patted his horse and slowly walked towards his camp.
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The center army tent was as silent as death. Eighteen black-clad guards stood straight in two compartments. There was a sword hanging on the standing pillar, glittering in the light of the candles.
Fourteenth Argo slowly unfurled a military flag and covered Lao Na’s corpse. Turning around again, he looked angrily at Nian Juan Yao, who was bundled into a ball on the ground, and let out a cold smile, “You have great guts, actually daring to backstab me!”
Nin Jang Yao looked pale: “King of the Great Generals, I have no choice but to…” He looked around, looking as if he was about to say something.
Fourteenth Argo let out another cold laugh and waved his hand downward: “You guys untie him and then all back off!”
The guards untied Nian Juan Yao and quietly retreated. Nian Juan Yao stood up to move his muscles and bones, and then knelt down in a panic: “Great General King, this is Prince Yong’s order, asking me to find an opportunity to assassinate you.”
Fourteenth Argo had already expected is Prince Yong behind the strange, but heard here still heart a shock: their own brother with the same father and mother, how can be so vicious, to the younger brother down. He suddenly felt very boring.
Nian Juan Yao gently stretched his wrist, if he leapt up, grabbed that sword and stabbed Old Fourteenth to death, he could rush back to his camp. Just as he was thinking, he only saw Fourteenth Elder Brother’s gaze pressing over again, and he hurriedly lowered his head.
Fourteenth Argo slowly asked, “Then, the prince’s clothes and the tens of thousands of officials and soldiers under his command were all killed by you as well?”
Nian Juan Yao shivered: “Great General King Ming Jian, that was also Prince Yong’s ploy, asking me to disguise myself as Abutan’s soldiers and attack the prince’s suit. Prince Yong said to trick you back to Qinghai at all costs.”
Fourteenth Brother was stunned: why is Fourth Brother in a hurry for me to return to Qinghai? Is it to say bad things about me in front of my father? But the King is a very opinionated man. Could it be that he wants to…
Nian Juan Yao then said: “You know that I and Prince Clothing personal friendship is good, if it is not Prince Yong again and again coercion, I will never do this kind of thing.”
Fourteenth Argo sneered: “You will be able to put the blame, fourth brother told you to kill the prince suit, told you to kill the tens of thousands of soldiers? It is said that you are addicted to killing, it is true. They are all parents and children of people, for the country thousands of miles away, but lost in your conspiracy. To ask for one of your lives to be worth tens of thousands of theirs, it’s not too bad for you, right?” Saying this, he shouted to the outside of the tent: “Come on, please bring the upper sword!”
A scribe walked in holding a yellow bundle and placed it on the official desk. Fourteenth Argo opened the package, the sword scabbard on the flying dragon golden light. Fourteenth Argo bowed to the sword: “Father, today, my son is going to behead the first-ranked officer, Nian Juan Yao.”
Saying that, he pressed the scabbard, and the autumn water-like sword slowly slid out of the scabbard with a cold light.
Nian Juan Yao panicked, busy kowtowing repeatedly: “Spare your life! General Wang spare your life!”
Fourteenth Argo’s face turned blue: “I can spare you, but I’m afraid the tens of thousands of souls that have succumbed to death won’t be able to spare you!”
Nian Juan Yao even more panicked, hastily pulled out a suede bag from his pocket: “I still have a chance to report!”
Fourteenth Brother reached out and took the small bag, open, inside is a white silk, and a red jade bracelet. His hand suddenly trembled, staring blankly at the bracelet, after a long time, a long sigh, and then look at the white silk, which is filled with familiar beautiful handwriting: “A brother to see the word as well: Yuanmingyuan a goodbye, has been nearly ten years. Concubine time is not favorable, the family even out of the bandit, trapped in the cage, can not serve the gentleman, day and night only have tears wash their faces only. I heard that you change the law and reform in the internal, counter-insurgency to expand the territory in the external, the popularity of the return, such as the day in the sky, the heart is really comforted, daily burning incense to worship, pray for the blessing of the king. Concubine brother Juan Yao, mean and vicious, Jie haughty untrained, for the sake of the figure of fame, even trapped in the sea of misery, such as the military order again, really is a death sentence. But it is the only bloodline of my family, my mother also loved. I hope that you can be lenient and lend her a death, so as to leave a thread of flame in the Nian family. When I was young, I read the poem of Lao Du: “Looking up at the hundred birds flying, the size of the two will fly, the personnel is full of mistakes, and we will look at each other forever”. Today, I realize that every word is blood. Nian’s little sister wrote in tears.
“Little sister, little sister,” Fourteenth Brother said with tears in his eyes: “Ten years of life and death, do not think about it, since unforgettable.” He remembered ten years ago that moonlit night, in the Yuanmingyuan lotus pond, he is about to go on a journey, the carnelian bracelet set in the year on the wrist of the little sister. Little sister’s arm is like white jade, he gently kissed his little sister’s hand and said, “Wait for me, I will marry you as soon as I come back.”
However, he just left the capital, Nian Jieyao sent the little sister to the fourth brother as a concubine. I came back after a great anger, then young and vigorous, sent troops to surround the Yong Wang House to rob people. Who knows not yet started to fight, father came, scolded himself, but also to establish himself as the idea of the Prince canceled. Until today, only to re-establish himself as the Crown Prince.
However, Fourth Brother didn’t seem to like Little Sister Nian, so why did he have to marry her? Is it just to provoke himself to turn against him so that Father will cancel his crown prince? Would he be that sinister? Then today, when Fourth Brother told Nian Juan Yao to do something treasonous to kill tens of thousands of his own officers and soldiers, and tricked himself to come back to Qinghai, what was it for?
Does he want to harm his father and codify the throne himself?
Fourteenth Brother thought of this, the heart of a cold, can not wait to fly back to Beijing. But now Qinghai this mess also have to clean up, and they do not have an imperial edict on the private back to Beijing is not legal; Besides, the father is older, suspicious and heavy, their own private back do not suspect that they want to codify the position.
Fourteenth Argo long sigh, above the sword “when” into the sheath. Shouted: “death penalty is waived, living crimes are hard to forgive. Come people ah, pull down the year spoon yao hit forty boards! Locked in the prison!”
Fourteenth Argo took out another pen and ink, quickly wrote a letter, called over his beloved Na Qing: “You ride my BMW, starry night into the capital, hand this letter personally to the emperor!”
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The north wind rolled the snow particles, hitting the window “rustling”.
Daiyu was lying in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep… At the end of the night, she was listening to the wind blowing rain, and the Iron Horse and the Ice River came into her dreams… Alas, men are always fighting and killing, and politics, such dirty politics, is full of the smell of blood. But that’s the way of the world. People are bullied, horses are ridden, and if people don’t care about the affairs of the country, won’t those dictators and thieves be able to do whatever they want? Women’s families don’t have so many messy thoughts, everyone is in peace, what is the energy to fight. In the future, if the world is ruled by women, it would be great, and there would definitely be a lot less wars.
There was a female emperor in the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian, did not also make the country well governed, although she also killed some of the big officials, but if not kill them, they have to kill her, there is nothing to be done. And when she was in power, the life of the people was quite good.
In the haze, she suddenly heard someone calling her, “Miss Lin, Miss Lin!”
Daiyu opened her eyes and looked, it turned out to be Qin Keqing, she asked strangely, “What are you doing here in the middle of the night?”
Kagome smiled and said, “What night, get up and see.”
Daiyu dressed up, look out the window, no, the sun is old and high, warblers singing green willow, flowers dancing east wind, actually a great spring.
Daiyu was even more surprised: “What’s going on? It was snowing last night.”
Keqing said with a cheeky smile: “Yesterday is yesterday, today is today, I’m now a fairy, it’s not easy to change such a small trick.” Said pulling Daiyu’s hand on the way out.
Daiyu was in a trance as if she remembered someone saying that Qin Keqing had become a god, so she followed her out of the house.
Outside was a huge garden, much bigger than the Grand View Garden. Turning around the rockery, a few girls in colorful clothes were picking flowers, with limp shirts and feathered coats, as pretty as spring flowers and as charming as the autumn moon, all of them were floating like fairies. When those girls saw Daiyu, they all put down the flower branches in their hands and ran over: “Wow, what a pretty sister!”
“Sister Keqing, is this Sister Jiangzhu?”
“Good sister, you missed us!”
Keqing smiled and introduced Daiyu: “This one is called the Foolish Dream Immortal Nun, this one is called the Great Scholar of Love, this one is called the Golden Maiden of Induced Sorrow, and this one is called the Bodhi of Hate.”
Dai Yu heart strange, how these fairies will know themselves? And call yourself Jiang Zhu, that is Prince Yong Fujin gave himself the name ah. It is not good to ask, just rules and regulations to all the people to meet the salute.
The Dreaming Immortal Nun took Daiyu’s hand: “Good sister, we have made up a few tunes for you to listen to.” Said picked up the lute plucked a few times, softly sang: “Opened up the Hongmeng, who for the clear seed? All just for the bright moon love. Taking advantage of this day, sad day, silent chat, try to send a foolish loyalty, so on the performance of this Huaijin mourning jade ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’.”
The sound of the sadness, but also can be intoxicated soul, Daiyu heard a burst of heartache, eyes also red. The heart secretly pondered, what is the meaning of this tune? Who is a clear seed, themselves and Baoyu are after the Qing royal family well. All only for the moon clear thick, could it be that what anti-Qing Ming things not?
The bell love master sighed and said: “Jiangzhu sister, you listen to this,” said pulled a purple jade xiao, whimpering and blowing up. According to the rhythm of the xiao sound, lead to the sorrow of the golden girl sang: “a is the Langyuan fairy, a is the flawless jade, if say no strange fate, this life and met him, if say there is a strange fate, how the heart of the final falsehoods?
A waste of self contempt ah, an empty hangings, one is the moon in the water, one is a flower in the mirror, think how many teardrops can be in the eyes, how to withstand the fall flow to winter, spring flow to summer!”
The song was so beautiful and sad that Dai Yu’s tears poured down.
Keqing wiped away Daiyu’s tears: “Good sister, I’m a fairy now, so we don’t need to talk about seniority, you tell your sister, what is your greatest wish in life?”
Daiyu blushed and slowly lowered her head.
Degree of hate Bodhi laughed and said: “Hei, the girl’s family, there can be what other ideas, but envious of lovebirds do not envy the immortal well.”
Daiyu’s face turned even redder.
Daisuke Zhongxin held Daiyu’s chin: “We are all immortals and can help you. Tell us, do you want to marry Baoyu?”
Daiyu was so shy that she couldn’t say a word.
Keqing picked up a booklet from the desk and slowly flipped through it: “People’s destiny is to be in the same boat for ten years, and to sleep together for a thousand years. If it’s not enough…” She suddenly stopped and sighed deeply.
The Fascinated Immortal Nun was busy coming over to take a look.
Daiyu’s heart sank, and she couldn’t care less about her shyness, anxiously asking in a low voice: “Why, what’s wrong? Could it be that I and Baoyu have no destiny?”
Keqing sympathetically put her hand on Daiyu’s shoulder: “Sister, fate is all about cultivation, one cannot fight with life.”
The Fascinated Immortal Nun argued, “But can’t we think of a way to help Sister Jiang Zhu? She’s already given up her entire life’s worth of tears!”
Kagome shook her head helplessly: “Not enough, not enough!”
Daiyu was anxious and pulled Keqing tightly: “Sister save me! Sister save me! I’ll do whatever you want me to do!”
Kagome said gruffly, “There is only one thing more valuable than tears, and that is your blood.”
Debbie nodded firmly.
Keqing looked at the belligerent Daishi, who took a six-inch-long dagger with a jasper handle and black rhinoceros cowhide sheath from his sleeve and slowly handed it to Daiyu. Daiyu pulled out the dagger, which was so bright that she could see her own face. She suddenly felt that her shadow was so kind, as if it was calling to her. She smiled and said softly, “Baoyu, I’m coming!” Then she forcefully plunged the dagger into her chest, a huge pain, blood flowed out in rivulets.
Daiyu exclaimed and woke up, but it turned out to be a dream of Nanke. She was sweating all over her body, and her chest seemed to be still vaguely painful.
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Zi Juan was awakened by Dai Yu’s shout and hurriedly put on her clothes and came over to light the candles.
“Girl, girl, what’s wrong with you?” Looking at Daiyu’s face full of tears again, “It’s a nightmare, isn’t it?”
He said, lifting the kettle from the charcoal stove, poured some hot water into the basin, and soaked the towel, handing it to Daiyu: “Wipe it off!”
Daiyu sat up and didn’t take the towel, just gently rubbed her chest as if the pain was getting better. Zijuan came over and used the towel to wipe away the tears on Daiyu’s face: “Miss, does your chest hurt?”
Daiyu also did not answer, sitting dumbly. She remembered the scene in the dream, Qin Keqing really became a fairy? Those nuns are so beautiful, they are so close to themselves, could it be that they are fairies who have descended from the earth?
Keqing said she and Baoyu’s destiny is not enough, is to cry all the tears of a lifetime is not enough, is she really so thin?
Thinking of this, Daiyu’s tears flowed down again. Alas, Baoyu ah Baoyu, you have truly exhausted my heart and soul. She remembered again what happened in her dream, Ke Qing said: “There is only one thing more precious than tears, and that is your blood.” Then she plunged the dagger into her chest. What exactly does this dream mean?
To offer one’s blood in exchange for fate, could it be that one does not cultivate in this life, but in the next? Is it true that he and Baoyu have no destiny in this life? The moment the dagger was inserted into his chest, it hurt so much that he was dying.
Life from ancient times who have no death, rather than red face thin life, let people bully, it is better to die cleanly. What does one’s own blood have to do with Baoyu, can one give up one’s own life to save him? However, if a girl can really die for her beloved, isn’t it very happy?
A smile floated to the corner of Daiyu’s mouth. Zijuan wondered, “Miss, why are you smiling while crying?”
Daiyu took Zijuan’s hand: “Good sister, thank you for taking care of me for many years, I just won’t forget it even after I die.”
Zijuan was suddenly scared: “Girl, girl, what are you talking nonsense!”
Dai Yu gave her a smile : “Nothing, help me up, it’s getting light out.”
Jia Wu woke up with a jolt, only to feel a stabbing pain in his chest. He rubbed it hard and it seemed to hurt a little less, what happened, could it be that he had caused angina?
It was already dawn, and the girls’ giggles came from outside: “Pile it higher!” “Give him this coal for his eyes!” “This carrot is perfect for his nose!”
Oh, it’s the little girls building snow puppets, it must be snowing heavily. Jia Wu was just about to get up when he suddenly felt his heart beating furiously, beating himself into a panic. What’s wrong with him, he has never had a heart attack? He suddenly floated a kind of ominous premonition: Sister Lin, it is not Sister Lin have something, right?
Jia Wu hurriedly put on his clothes and ran outside. Attacker stopped him: “Second master, put on thick boots, the snow outside is more than half a foot thick!”
Jia Wu haphazardly mounted his boots, put on his cloak, and walked out the door. The snow has stopped, the little girls have already swept out the courtyard of the green stone road. Out of the courtyard door, the Grand View Garden once again silver, Jia Wu stepped on the snow toward Xiaoxiang Hall, boots on the snow crunching, leaving a long series of footprints behind.
Daiyu was combing her hair, vaguely heard the sound of snow treading footsteps, and called out, “Zijuan, someone is coming, go open the door.”
Zijuan laughed and said: “girl what are you thinking, so early, and snowing, who will come?” Before the words left her mouth, she heard the sound of “bang bang”. Zijuan spat out his tongue and made a face at Daiyu: “Girl, you are simply divine, foreknowledge ah, this is definitely Bao Er Master.”
As soon as Zijuan opened the door to the courtyard, Jia Wu anxiously asked, “Lin, Sister Lin, where is Sister Lin, is Sister Lin all right?” He said, running into the house in two or three steps. Zijuan smiled and followed behind: “The girl is fine, what’s wrong with the second master, a shock.”
Jia Wu straight flabbergasted open Dai Yu, gasping for breath, mouth spit out a cloud of white mist can not say a word. Daiyu was both amused and distressed, walked over to remove the sable hat from his head, and helped him take off his big red cloak: “Cold day, you can run what it is, look at this head is sweaty.” Said took up a towel to Jia Wu to wipe off the sweat on his forehead.
Jia Wu sat on the sub and gasped for a while before stuttering, “Good, good sister, alas, can, can scare me to death.”
Zijuan laughed and said “Second master, you are not quite bold, what are you afraid of? Aiya, look at your boots are wet,” said while helping Jia Wu to take off the boots on his feet, wipe them dry, and put them next to the stove to roast.
Jia Wu took a long breath: “You guys don’t know, I suddenly had a stabbing pain in my chest this morning that woke me up in pain. Then I felt panicked, as if Sister Lin was going to have something, so I rushed over, nothing is good, nothing is good.”
Zi Cuckoo “puff” a laugh out: “No wonder the ancients said: body without colorful phoenix flying wings, the heart has a little bit of telepathy, you ah, is the heart has a telepathic same pain, our this is also, in the morning, woke up, shouting pain in the mouth of the heart.”
Jia Wu was flabbergasted, and turned to Dai Yu: “Sister, there really is such a thing, what did you dream about?”
Daiyu smiled, did not answer, slowly combing her hair, Zijuan came over to give her a high bun. Dai Yu looked in the mirror: “Baoyu, let’s go to the garden to see the snow, okay?”
On the white snowy ground, Jia Wu was walking in front wearing a big red cloak, and Dai Yu was following behind wearing an azure cloak. Jia Wu instructed: “Sister, watch out, step on my footprints and your boots won’t get wet.”
Daiyu casually replied, but the heart is fluctuating: their dreams, the heart was stabbed a knife, how Baoyu will also be painful, it seems that he is not only their own confidant, the heart is also connected to it. A bright smile Yan floated on her face. However, beautiful things often can not last, oneself and treasure jade’s destiny can be maintained until when? Keqing seemed to point out in her dream that it would be difficult for her to be married to Baoyu in this life, thinking of this, her tears flowed down again.
Jia Wu saw that Dai Yu was smiling and laughing before she burst into tears again, and was about to say something to comfort her when he suddenly heard a cry from the southwest corner of the Da Guan Yuan.
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The small earthen slope in the southwest corner of the Grandview Yard.
Wearing a brand new leather robe, Jia Huan was alone, using the florists’ dustpans to scoop up the snow, uttering and snorting as he was building snow puppets.
Jia Huan was so annoyed in his heart, why did this Master Wu keep running to his house, even though he was said to be his cousin’s uncle, he was too close to his old mom. Could it be that they have some unseemly hookups? Thinking of this, he hemmed and hawed, he should pay attention to the child, later to catch them a little handle, they will not obediently listen to their own? This Jiafu people are looking down on themselves, bullying themselves is a small mother, if they can get the hereditary Rongguofu that’s good, they have to ruthlessly rectify them, the first one is Phoenix, and Bao Yu, Dai Yu them. Sister Bao seems to be good to herself, she can marry over as a wife later.
Jia Huan smiled smugly, and remembered the conversation between Master Wu and his own mother last night–Master Wu (mysteriously): “I’ll tell you something, don’t tell outsiders just yet, the Jia Pian of your house committed suicide in the Yongwang Mansion’s prison cell.”
Auntie Zhao (in disbelief): “Ah? Master Pardon? How can that be? He’s the one who cherishes his life the most!”
Master Wu: “There may be more to this, let’s leave him alone for now. Now’s the chance for the ring child!”
Auntie Zhao: “Are you saying that Huan’er can get this inheritance? No way, Master Pardon still has a son!”
Master Wu: “Hey, this Jia Pian is also a dead man, I put his material to organize a bit, corruption, raiding the people’s talent, forcing Liang as a concubine, set up a public hall, forcing the death of a person, the emperor will certainly be furious, and will not let his son to inherit. The emperor has a good impression of Jia Zheng, and he is Jia Fei’s father, eighty percent will reward the Rong Guo Fu to him.”
Auntie Zhao: “Then, if the Master himself pawned it, how could there be a share for the ring?”
Master Wu: “Hehehe, you do not know Jia Zheng’s character, hypocrisy to the extreme. He has always boasted of his family’s harmony, and the relationship between his brothers is very good. This time, he will definitely write a letter saying that he is too sad and can’t manage, and then ask the emperor to give the hereditary succession to his own son.”
Auntie Zhao: “Then, what about Baoyu?”
Master Wu: “Jia Zheng hates Baoyu the most, and suspects that it’s not his seed, so of course he won’t recommend him to the emperor.”
Huan’er is the most promising, only that Jia Zheng is so concerned about his grandson that he wants the Emperor to give the hereditary to Jia Lan.
Thinking of this, Jia Huan sighed, Lan’er, this asshole, he needs to be pitched. Then why is Master Wu so concerned about himself? Could it be that he is his son? En, it is also possible, that Jia Zheng stupid, and his own not at all like, or Master Wu and his own right way, full of heart. However, to let others know that he is the son of Master Wu, this hereditary will certainly not have a share. This, if you can really get the Rongguo House over, you have to kill Master Wu first to silence.
After the snow puppet was piled up, Jia Huan took a closer look at it, why was this snow puppet so ugly, small nose, big mouth, it was just like Master Wu’s ball. He got angry and kicked the snow puppet’s head off. Unexpectedly slipped, fell on the dustpan, Jia Huan “ah” screamed out, the dustpan with him “snorting” slid down to the bottom of the hillside.
Jia Huan suddenly thought it was fun, so he climbed up the hill with the dustpan, slid down again, climbed up again, slid down again, climbed up again, slid down again, over and over again.
Jia Lan brought a little girl out to play in the snow as well, and when she saw that Jia Huan was skiing happily, she ran over and said enviously, “Uncle Huan, let me play for a while as well.”
Jia Huan’s eyes glared and he was just about to scold him for getting lost, when he suddenly had an idea and said with a smile, “It’s fine if I want to take you to play, you have to do something first.”
Jia Lan nodded repeatedly, “What is it, Uncle Huan?”
Jia Huan pointed with his hand: “Do you see that Iron Immortal Crane over there? You go over there and lick it with your tongue and I’ll give it to you to play with.”
The Iron Crane is smooth and sleek, and it can not accumulate snow, but it has condensed a thin layer of frost. Jalan walked closer, hesitated, stuck out his tongue, and gently licked it.
It was the season of dripping water, and Jalan’s tongue immediately stuck to the Iron Crane. Jia Lan was startled and wanted to take his tongue back, but where could he separate it. He only felt his tongue sticking tighter and tighter, and Jia Huan couldn’t even scream and whimpered. Jia Huan was so proud of himself that he laughed strangely. The little girl was terrified and cried out.
Bao Hairpin with Ying’er, excitedly came to the garden to enjoy the snow. Ying’er carried a bamboo basket containing several colors of snacks and a bottle of foreign wine, which was given to Xue Pan by a foreign businessman. Baochai wanted to go to the Xiaoxiang Hall, looking for Daiyu out of the poetry play, but who knows just into the Grand View Garden, heard the sound of crying. Baochai was flabbergasted: “Why does it sound like Lan’er’s voice?” She hurriedly turned around and walked towards the sound of crying.
Around the rockery, just bumped into Baoyu and Daiyu came. Baochai anxiously asked: “What happened?”
“I don’t know,” replied Jia Wu, “We were just about to go over there to take a look.”
The three of them had just turned through the bamboo forest when they saw Jia Lan holding his neck up, moving his arms and legs about, and crying in a pitiful manner, while Jia Huan stood off to the side laughing strangely. Jia Wu was furious and amused, and shouted, “Hey! What are you guys doing?”
Since Baochai knew his own life, there is always a special closeness to Jalan, see this scene heartbroken, busy rushed over, only to see Jalan’s tongue tightly attached to the iron crane, has frozen purple.
The little girl told the story, Baochai was furious: “Huan’er! Why is your heart so black!”
Jia Huan was about to say something back, only to see Jia Wu glaring fiercely at him, shrinking his neck in fear and turning to run.
Jalan was already shivering from the cold and was on the verge of crying.
Bao Hairpin is in a mess: “What to do? What to do, Ying’er, you go call someone!”
Ying Er put down the basket, turned and ran to call someone.
Daiyu thought for a moment: “Lan’er’s tongue is frozen on, let’s build a fire and roast this Iron Immortal Crane, when it’s hot, his tongue will separate.”
Jia Wu’s heart fluttered and he shouted toward Ying’er, “Ying’er, go to the kitchen and ask for a bottle of soju, the spicier the better.”
Upon hearing this, Baochai busily said, “I have a bottle of foreign wine here, do you think it’s okay?” Said the basket of wine out.
Jia Wu took it and saw that it was English whisky, strong liquor. Good lord, such beautiful packaging from two hundred years ago. He took out a small knife and pried open the bottle’s cutter, and a fragrance of alcohol rose in the air.
Jia Wu poured the wine slowly along Jalan’s tongue, round and round.
Jalan’s tongue had frozen numb, but a few drops of wine trickled down his throat and he couldn’t help but cough up his staff.
Spirits contain a large amount of alcohol, which has a much lower freezing point than water and is miscible with water in any proportion. Wherever the wine flowed, the ice softened and melted. After three or four rounds of pouring, Jalan’s tongue slowly came off the Iron Crane.
Jalan pulled his tongue back into his mouth and cried out with a loud “wow”.
Baochai hurriedly took Jia Huan in her arms: “Good boy, don’t cry, don’t cry.” Then she turned to Jia Wu: “You have a good idea, how do you think?”
Jia Wu smiled slightly, thinking that was something he learned from his dad last year, when his car door froze shut, and it was melted away with Erguotou wine.
Daiyu looked at Bao Yu, and then at Baochai, and she realized that there was a subtle change in the way Baochai looked at Bao Yu, a kind of calm concern, one that didn’t contain male or female feelings. She suddenly felt that Sister Bao seemed to be not her love rival anymore.
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That Qing from Qinghai starry night to the capital, seven days and seven nights without closing their eyes. Into the Yongding Gate, only a long breath, down to the horse, people are shaking, in the moon Shengzhai called three pounds of beef, do not dare to drink, to see the emperor. He swept away the beef with tea, with hot water and wiped his face, the face of the saint can not be too collapsed, and then hurriedly mounted his horse and ran to the inner city.
Zhang Tingyu just walked out from the afternoon gate, he saw a dusty military man staggering over like a drunk, he fixed his eyes on Na Qing, and called out strangely, “Na Qing, how did you come back? Why are you in such a sorry state?”
That Qing once and Zhang Yanyu together for the four Aggies drafted a change in the zhang zuo, the two are familiar with, said with a bitter smile: “the old Zhang ah, urgent secret folding, the old fourteen must I personally submit to the emperor. Alas, this way, can exhaust me.”
Zhang Yan Yu smiled and said: ”His Majesty is not feeling well today and retired from the court early. And you have this dirty look, how to meet the emperor? This way, I still have to draft the imperial edict to the emperor this afternoon, you give me the secret fold, I give you to the emperor how?”
That Qing know Zhang Yan Yu is the emperor’s beloved, recently and the fourteenth Argo also come and go very closely, to change the law and reform a lot of ideas, and they are also really tired can not stand, the eyes straight fight, stand can not stand, if in front of the emperor yawning, it is really too disrespectful. So from their own arms to the fourteenth brother’s folders pulled out to Zhang Tingyu, repeatedly instructed, this is something very important, must be personally handed over to the emperor.
Look at that Qing walked away, Zhang Tingyu secretly sighed, the old fourteen hearted and generous, treating people with sincerity, his men are also willing to give him a life, that like the old four, everywhere playing conspiracy, counting people. Alas, just their own handle was caught by the old four, on the boat, it can not come down, when the old four a flip, their own non-defeatable.
Zhang Tingyu look at the thick envelope in his hand, the old fourteen can have what is important? The emperor once gave himself the power to turn over the folders, why not open to see?
Inside the envelope was a letter written by the Fourteenth Argo to the Emperor, and a thick stack of confessions. Zhang Yanyu looked at it and couldn’t help but feel his heart jumping, the fourth Argo actually instructed Nian Juan Yao to pretend to be the enemy and killed tens of thousands of his own generals; Nian Juan Yao attacked and killed the prince’s clothes and also went to kill the fourteenth Argo. Lao Si really is poisonous and ruthless, coupled with Nian Juan Yao’s boldness, isn’t this simply almost as bad as plotting against the Emperor? If the emperor reads this thing, then Nian Juan Yao’s head will definitely not be able to keep, the old four is not given to death will also have to fall into a captivity. But according to the old four people, dying also want to pull a mat. Definitely will implicate themselves, their own embezzlement, not to mention, but also to the illegitimate child package lawsuit, forcing the death of a person, these months and in conjunction with the old four, secretly undermining the change of law. The emperor’s anger, his family’s three generations of glory and wealth, not all at once all over? Maybe his own life is also accounted for.
His legs shivered uncontrollably at the thought.
Yangxin Temple.
Kangxi leaned against the warmth of the sub on the continuous coughing staff.
Yongzheng busy step up, to him pounding the back: “Father, your health is not good, this winter, don’t go to court. Wang doctor said, you have to pay attention to the maintenance of this disease, can not work, especially can not be angry. If you get a stroke, you’ll be in trouble. If there is anything, we brothers can help you.”
Kangxi sighed: “I also know. However, in the absence of Lao XIV, most of the noble ministers in the court are against the change of law, I can’t rest assured.”
Zhao Chang quietly walked in: “Your Majesty, the Eighth Brother seeks an audience.”
Kangxi nodded.
Eight A brother finished, Kangxi smiled and asked: “eight ah, you go to Jiangnan inspection how ah?”
Eighth Brother stood up with his hands in front of him: “Father, I know a lot of things from my private visits, from Jiangnan to Beijing, there are many people who deceive the top and the bottom. Taking Beijing as an example, the second-ranking general Jia Pi died in the fourth brother’s family mansion.”
Kangxi heard a flabbergasted, turned to Yongzheng: “Lao Si, there is this thing?”
Yongzheng quickly kneeled down: “Father Emperor Mingjian, that Jia Pi not only corruption, but also robbing men and women, collusion with local officials to force the death of people. Because he is Jia Guifei’s uncle, I’m afraid of spreading the reputation of bad, so only in the home to try him, who knows that he was afraid of the crime of suicide.” Then told the story of Jia Pi’s efforts to get the fan and force the death of the stone dummy, only to omit Jia Yucun’s name from the story.
Kangxi shook his head: “I have also heard of Jia Pi character is extremely poor, but you should not set up a private hall, the Emperor’s relatives violate the law and the people of the same crime, and our reputation is not only no harm, but more can get the people’s support.”
Yongzheng said yes again and again, and said: “Do we want to publish Jia Pian’s sins and cancel the hereditary of the Rongguo House?”
Kangxi thought for a moment and said: “this hereditary Emperor Taizong is in order to reward his ancestor’s merits sealed. In this way, his younger brother Jia Zheng for the people of justice and peace, give him to inherit the forget.” Turned to the eighth brother: “What else did you hear?”
Eighth Brother said: “the children to Jiangnan, in the civil inquiry, that Cheng Ke and Hu Qing two people although greedy, but in the local case is quite fair, the official reputation is also good, there is no what the people’s anger. Said not to kill not enough civilian anger, purely a pretext. The people say that Chengke and Hu Qing two people killed too quickly, must have been extinguished.”
“Oh?” Kangxi looked at Yongzheng.
Yongzheng hastened to explain: “This is the Li Wei handle, a huge amount of embezzlement is certainly true, as for the other, such as the son of the minister and then carefully ask him.”
Kang Xi grunted through his nose: “Old Eight, you continue.”
Eighth Brother nodded: “children private visit to Fujian, Xiamen, where there is a Yuanhua House, is the first large brothel in Fujian and Guangdong, the boss called Lai Shangxing, is the Fuzhou governor Lai Shangrong’s brother. Their father is the Rongguo House butler Lai Da.
Lai Shangxing, together with Jia Yulin, the governor of Fujian, the younger brother of Jia Yucun, a university scholar, colluded with the red-haired foreign merchants on the sea to smuggle large quantities of opium, and the Xiamen Customs was as good as empty. Opium victimized millions of people in the Southeast, they gained tens of millions of taels of windfall profits, and the pro-government ministers in the court, including Fourth Brother, all received bribes from Lai Shangxing.”
Kangxi’s two eyebrows stood up: “Lao Si, there is this?”
Yongzheng hurriedly knelt down again: “Father, the southeast people are tough, Zheng Chenggong remnants are especially. If you let them smoke opium, make the heart tired and weak, is not it impossible to rebel? And Jia Yucun, Jia Yulin brothers are loyal to my Qing dynasty, although a little corrupt, but we should protect the must protect ah.”
Kang Xi was furious: “for the king, playing tricks, can not love the people, with opium scourge of the people, is simply the heart of the tiger and the wolf!” Said here, only feel a hot air suddenly hit the temples, headache like to explode, he pressed his hand on the head: “you go down first, the old four to rectify things to the old eight to do, you write a plea to the folding up!”
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Yongzheng downcast from the Yangxin Hall came out, a belly is fire: “good your old eight, actually behind the scenes to investigate my black material! In the future, I absolutely can not spare you, not ruthlessly rectify you can not, to you a thousand spit, ten thousand people scolded, called you live like a dog, even your name has been changed into a pig, changed into a dog, Aqi Na, Seth black, ha! Thinking of this, Yongzheng showed a hint of cold smile.
Only after walking to the noon gate did he see Zhang Tingyu greet him in a panic: “Your Majesty, this way please, I’ll show you something.”
Yongzheng affectionately patted Zhang Tingyu’s shoulders: “Old Zhang ah, the sky collapsed on the top, there I am, you panic what?”
As soon as he entered the west room, Zhang Tingyu immediately closed the door and carefully pulled out a large envelope from his arms: “Your Majesty, take a look at this.”
Yongzheng smiled and opened the envelope, “This old fourteen is also full of filial piety, hey, miles and miles, write to greet the emperor, there is a partial child,” looked at, his face suddenly changed, the heart of a dong sank: “How will it turn out like this? How could it become so? Nian Juan Yao this asshole! The ball crossbow is Jia Yucun hard to send people from the old fourteen home to steal, I sent people to send him the night, but also repeatedly told him to be cautious, can not be taken lightly, not very sure, can not act rashly. How he Nian Juan Yao a get ball crossbow, will be complacent forget shape, halfway up to ambush the old fourteen, was captured alive not to mention, but also to me to give out. How to do? How to do?”
Yongzheng floated the first thought is: denial! This thing absolutely can not admit. But he still has a handwritten letter in the hands of Nian Juan Yao. At that time, Nian Jieyao said that the matter is important, without his own handwritten letter for fear of the account under the generals who do not dare and the old fourteen for the enemy. I hesitated again and again, only wrote a handwritten letter, this time to become the old fourteen sued his evidence. His own murder of his own brother, not to mention, but also killed tens of thousands of innocent soldiers, is the Qing dynasty since the founding of the case has never been, not only their own inheritance of the throne of the things to fall through, afraid that even the life of the small will not be able to keep. However, how can we hide it from the emperor?
Why don’t we send someone to block the city gates so that the news of Old Fourteen won’t reach the Emperor? However, the ministers in the court that I can control are only 20%, the other 80% are the Emperor and Lao XIV’s people, so I’m afraid that I can’t block it.
Yongzheng paced around the room: the amount of small is not a gentleman, no poison is not a man! Old fourteen of the official military intelligence report how to seven to ten days later to the capital, other channels to the news is even slower. That is to say, if they can think of countermeasures within seven days, it is still not too late.
Thinking of this, Yongzheng reluctantly smiled: “good, Tingyu ah, you do this thing well! You first go to rest, see that Qing, call him to my house a trip.”
The next day, Yongzheng went to the court like nothing, handed three zhangzuo. The first is to suggest that the eighth brother to go to Fujian, instead of Li Wei to try the case of Yuanhua building. Kangxi was very happy to see, immediately approved, but also mentioned eight big words: “know can change, there is no greater good.”
The second folding is the yumen general soldier Na Qing returned to the capital to report his duties in the east gate was killed, the case has been handed over to the nine cities of the army and horse division chief Long Keduo processing, please grace compassionate his family. The third folding is the original hereditary second-class general of the Rongguo House Jia Pian committed suicide, please give grace to his brother Jia Zheng succession hereditary. Kang Xi also allowed.
Jia political since Jia Pardon was arrested, has been claiming illness at home. Shi sent someone to tell him quietly, Prince Yong is investigating him to go to Shanxi to put the school government when the embezzlement and bribery matters, Jia Zheng was not very bold, this fear, but really sick.
At this time, suddenly the housekeeper Lai Da rushed in, reported: “There are six palaces are eunuchs Xia Laoshi to lower the decree.” Bluffed Jia Zheng and a group of people do not know what news, busy set up incense, open the door kneeling to receive. Early to see the six palace eunuch Xia Shouzhong ride horse and arrived, before and after the left and right and many eunuchs followed.
That Xia Shouzhong also to the eaves in front of the dismounted, full of smiles to the hall, the south face and stood, the mouth said: “special decree: Jia Pai traffic outside the official, according to the situation of the weak, failing to live up to the grace of me, as opposed to the ancestor’s virtue, the idea that it has died, not to be pursued. The hereditary position, handed over to his brother Jia Zheng inheritance, admirable.” Said, also not as good as tea will take the horse to go.
Jia Zheng heard, and shocked and happy and sad, could not imagine that he was not only not as a corrupt official caught up, but also fell a hereditary general. And carefully thought, he was out of fear is also sooner or later thing, then a stroke to the end, this Jiafu completely collapsed. It would be better to retire, the hereditary to the children and grandchildren, may be able to avoid this robbery is not known.
But to whom to let it go? Baoyu is not his own seed, of course, can not be considered. Huan’er, on the other hand, is sneaky all day long, and I’m afraid he won’t be the one to make it. Why don’t we ask Lan’er to take over, even though there’s a generation gap, but that child is full of heart.
Thinking of this, Jia Zheng sent someone to call Li dan’s mother and son. Who knows that once he saw Jia Lan, he was shocked. Jia Lan face yellow, mouth swollen high, whimpering and whimpering, words can not speak clearly. Jia Zheng quickly asked: “Lan’er, what’s wrong with you?” Li dan said with tears in her eyes: “back to the master, he did not know what anonymous swollen poison, tongue rotted a large piece, eating is difficult, every day only rely on porridge and milk to live.”
It turns out that Jia Lan is extremely conceited person, thinks he is very smart, that day he fell for Jia Huan’s trick, and froze his tongue on the iron crane, he thought it was his own shame, and refused to speak to anyone. Jia Wu, Daiyu and Baochai are not talkative people, Jia Huan himself of course even more will not tell, this thing is also a few servants know, the masters are actually in the dark.
Jia Zheng looked at Jia Lan and sighed. After receiving the hereditary to go to the temple to thank the grace, Lan’er this look how can see the emperor? Moreover, even the words are not clear, in case what said the whole word was the emperor heard wrong, is not to invite disaster? Lan’er early not sick, not sick, but this time to be sick, is it the will of God? Could it be that Huan’er really has this blessing?
Jia sent a maid to send Li dan mother and son back, himself in the lamp to the emperor wrote a pleading zhang zhi, thank you for the grace of the emperor, and then because of their elder brother died, excessive grief, can’t manage, afraid of also soon to be dead. Their eldest son Jia Baoyu has been fully committed to the court’s reform and change, should not be made to the mundane things wrapped up, and he is not familiar with the family. Special request the emperor extra grace, the hereditary transfer to the second son of Jia Huan.
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Aunt Zhao listened to Jia Zheng said to pass the hereditary to Jia Huan, the heart of the great joy, and quickly sent to notify the Wu Sidao, to Prince Yong in front of the Emperor to say a few good words, to fulfill Jia Huan. Yongzheng is in the power of the key moment, relying on the Uthi Road idea of a lot of places, but also happy to show this grace, in front of Kang Xi highly recommended Jia Huan. Rong Guofu hereditary third-class generals, for Kang Xi is a small matter, and feel that Baoyu future is to assist the old fourteen change the law of the great talent, but also do not want to entangle him in the family trivia, and Jia Huan is not very old, there must not be much bad deeds, agreed.
Jia House, Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng quarrel all night, and heard that Phoenix’s daughter Qiao Sister children sick, is worrying at the time, only to see Phoenix and Jia Lian came in to Mrs. Wang, said: “The doctor said that Qiao Sister children half of the internal heat, half of the wind, must first use a dose of dispersal of wind and phlegm medicines, but also to use the four God’s scattered to be good, because of the disease is not light. Today’s oxalis are fake, to find the real oxalis to use.”
Mrs. Wang said: “people Home often have, this cowhide may not have, outside to buy, just to really to.”
Sister Feng said: “Waiting for me to send someone to the aunt side to look for. His family coil is to do business with those Westerners, or there is really not known, I asked people to ask.” While we were talking, all the sisters came to see, sat down for a while.
Phoenix went back to fry the medicine to Qiao Sister Er dunked down, only to hear the “ka” sound, even the medicine with phlegm are spit out. Phoenix only slightly relaxed a little heart. Only to see Ying’er with a little bit of small red paper bag came and said: “two grandma, cattle Huang have. Our girl said, told the second grandma personally to the points two to the right it.” Sister Feng promised to take it, and then told Ping’er to match the real beads, ice tablets, vermilion sand, boil it up quickly. I used the arbitrageur to weigh according to the formula, mixed in, and so on Qiao Sister’s child woke up so that he could eat.
At this time, Jia Huan lifted the curtain and came in, saying, “Second sister, what happened to your Sister Qiao’er? Mom asked me to take a look at her.”
Sister Feng saw his mother and son, said: “better. You go back and tell your aunt to think about it.” That Jia Huan mouth promise, just look around, look for a while, then asked Phoenix sister said: “You heard here that there is oxalis, I do not know how oxalis is like, give me a look at it?”
Sister Feng said: “Don’t make a fuss here, Niu’er just got better, and the oxalis has been fried.” Jia Huan heard, and went to reach for the pot to see, but did not know that the surprise, “boiling” sound, the pot fell, the fire has been splashed out half.
Sister Feng anxious sparks straight explosion, scolded: “really which is the life of the enemy! Why are you so bitter to still come to make narrow-minded! Once upon a time, your mother wanted to harm me, and now to harm Niu’er, I and you several lifetimes of hatred!” Just scolding, only to see the girl to find Jia Huan, Phoenix said: “You go to tell Aunt Zhao, said he worry is too bitter, Qiao Sister’s child is dead, do not need to think about him!” Said jumped over and smacked Jia Huan a mouth.
Jia Huan was beaten and shouted, “I just knocked down the pot of medicine and spilled a little bit of medicine, and the girl didn’t die, so it’s worth it to scold me and beat me, and blame me for having a bad heart, and trample me to death. Waiting for me tomorrow also want that little girl’s life, see what you do!”
Sister Feng was so angry that she shivered all over: “Good you dog fucker! How dare you talk back to me! I’ll skin you alive!”
The two are making a lot of noise, Xiaohong hurriedly came to say: “Second grandmother, the palace of the Xia eunuch came again, called the ring three master immediately to the main hall.”
Jia Huan had already heard Aunt Zhao’s explanation last night, and at this time, his heart was so happy that he hurriedly ran towards the main hall. Sister Feng was shocked and confused, how did Eunuch Xia from the palace come to find the ring? Busy told Ping’er to go to the front to inquire about the news.
It didn’t take long for Ping’er to come back: “Back to Second Grandma, Eunuch Xia is here to pass on the holy decree that the hereditary reward of our house has been given to Huange’er, and that he should write a folding paper to thank him for his kindness right away.”
Sister Feng heard, like being hit by scorched lightning, half a day before speaking: “How can it? How could it be?
This hereditary inheritance should have been our Master Lian Er’s, otherwise it would have been Baoyu, or else Lan’er, how could it have been Huan’er?”
Think of their own weekdays by Aunt Zhao as a thorn in the flesh, and now they mother and son in charge, their own mother’s family backer and fell, after this day can be how to live it? When she thought of this, she regretted again, if she did not encourage the nephew of the stone fool to sue Jia Pardon, it would not have come to this. Now his father-in-law died, if a large part of the family wealth fell into the hands of Auntie Zhao and the ring child, and I have to bow to them, really should be the words “lifting a stone and stoned their own feet”.
At this time, only to see Caixia come hurriedly: “Second grandmother, you quickly go and take a look, the old lady has had a stroke.”
Sister Feng was shocked, if the old lady has a long or short, they have no one to protect, must be subject to Aunt Zhao’s anger. She was busy handing over Qiao Sister to Ping’er to take care of, she hurriedly went to Jia Mother’s upper room.
Originally, Jia mother heard that the hereditary to Jia Huan, did not give the treasure jade, the heart of the great anger, called Jia Zheng scolded, want him to another folding, requesting the emperor to the hereditary transferred to the treasure jade. Jia political distinguish that the emperor’s imperial decree, how to casually change it. Jia mother was so angry that she couldn’t breathe, she fainted.
The surrounding people suddenly panicked, pinching, pouring soup, it was not easy to wake up the old lady. Jia mother closed her eyes and did not say a word. Jia Zheng hurriedly called for a doctor, and asked Baoyu and Daiyu to accompany her. The Imperial Doctor came, see is an old old lady, also do not dare to use fierce medicine, haphazardly prescribed a few flavors of light to remove the fire of the medicine, but also instructed: “this medicine to eat or not is irrelevant, must not move the liver fire is.” Jia Zheng nodded repeatedly, the heart and a few regret. Another thought that this is the time to boast that he is a great filial son, so he personally waited for the mother of the night. Who knows that he has never served people, struggling all night, they are also sick, first cough cane headache, and later even started a fever, also lying in bed can not get up.
As soon as Jia Mother and Jia Zheng became ill, Jia Huan and Aunt Zhao were able to do as much as they wanted. Aunt Zhao was afraid of being bullied for being a concubine, so she went to Mrs. Xing and told her that the two of them would run the house together. Mrs. Xing, who had been on edge every day since Jia Pi’s death, was overjoyed to see Aunt Zhao, and the two of them hit it off right away. Zhao Auntie ideas, Mrs. Xing with the name of the first wife to do, and the Jia House almost turned over.
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Jia mother is sick, Jia Zheng is sick, Mrs. Wang is angry, also sick. Phoenix has no idea, but also pretend to be sick and do not go out. Just Aunt Zhao with Mrs. Xing, “a power in the hand, will put the order to line,” bossy, do Wei do Fu. Jia Zhen and Xue Pan also came over to the idea, join in the fun, a moment to make the two houses of Rongning chicken flew.
Jia Huan attacked this third-class general, it is inevitable to go to the temple to meet the emperor to thank the grace, and to go to the various princes, princes and other good to pay a visit to the family. But Jia Huan how to understand these etiquette, Jia Zheng is seriously ill and can not get up, Aunt Zhao busy sending people to ask Wu Sidao, to the identity of the uncle to take Jia Huan. Wu Sidao has already been promoted by the Prince of Yong to a fifth-ranking official, although the official position is not large, but we all know that he is the Prince of Yong’s think-tank, but also flattered him a little. Wusidao took Jia Huan smugly around the visit, sometimes can not help but enthusiasm over the head, although than Jia Huan’s official smaller, but to command their own son as much as the broken mouth nagging. Jia Huan was honestly listening at first, but afterward, he actually traveled to the void.
This day suddenly heard the university scholar Jia Yucun’s wife died, Wu Si Dao prepared a few offerings, with Jia Huan to Jia Yucun House condolences. Jia Yucun is now sitting on the big official, but owed the Rongguo House of love, and now by their own short pinched in the hands of the Wu Sido, the two of them are also very polite, sacrifices over the hearth, invited the two of them to the study on the tea.
While Wu Sidao and Jia Yucun were chilling out, Jia Huan looked around. The furnishings of his study were similar to Jia Zheng’s, except that he didn’t know if the bronze tripod was real. But the Rongguo House has nearly a hundred years of history to accumulate antiques and paintings, he Jia Yucun only six or seven years of work, seems to be a really good hand to get money. That pair of couplets flying, not like a monument, could it be that he wrote it himself?
Wu Sidao followed Jia Huan’s gaze and saw a Song landscape with a couplet on both sides: “Jade in the casket seeks a good price, hairpin in the trousseau waits for the time to fly.” Wu Sidao is very knowledgeable, but has not seen this couplet, could not help but flabbergasted: “Lord Jia, forgive my eyesight, where is this couplet from?”
Jia Yucun sighed: “Alas, it’s a long story. When I was poor and downtrodden, I stayed at the Gourd Temple in Suzhou, and it was thanks to Mr. Zhen who helped me from time to time. During the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, Mr. Zhen invited me to enjoy the moon, and thinking of my revenge, I sighed longingly to the sky and recited this couplet. The maid of Mr. Zhen looked back frequently at what he said, and she was really my confidant in the dust. Later, the officialdom is pleased, to the Zhen family to get this woman, qin and se harmony, do not want to today actually first I went.” Said, and even sighed several times, tearful eyes.
Wusidao listened to the heart secretly laugh, this Jia Yucun really will do drama, have heard that he packaged several prostitutes in the South City Mule City Street area, the Golden House, his wife was alive and angry death, actually now can still cry out, and so also pretended to be serious and said: “adults do not have to be sad, the blessing of the people, there are predetermined in the netherworld, the wife of the blessing of the thin, as early as the realm of the immortals. Adult spring and fall, there will be a good match in the future.”
Jia Huan also chimed in, “Yes, yes, a great man has no wife. I know of a few excellent women, would you be interested in seeing them?”
Jia Yucun lowered his head, looked grim and said: “the first wife’s discerning eyes to recognize me in the time of despondency, and now the imperial grace, but she left, I do not have the intention of renewing the marriage, ‘only when the end of the night to open the eyes of a long time to repay the life of the eyebrow has not been unfolded’.”
Wusidao said: “Your Excellency’s sincerity is admirable. But husband and wife together is also a human spandex will have, marriage is also a fixed number. Your honor is not the name of the table word ‘time fly’ it, this couplet has already foreseen the future of the marriage of adults.”
Jia Huan suddenly realized, busy interface: “Yes, yes, ‘hairpin in the trousseau waiting for the time to fly’ this already shows that there are jade leaves and gold hairpin in the future waiting for the marriage of adults!”
Jia Yucun laughed at this but did not answer.
At this time, the gate officer ran in panicked: “Reporting to the lord, the Yong Wangfu’s Fourth Beile came to pay tribute and has already arrived at the spirit hall.”
Hearing this, Jia Yucun hurriedly got up to greet Hongli, with Wu Sidao and Jia Huan following closely behind him.
After Hongli finished paying his respects, Jia Huan busily grabbed a step up and gave Hongli an invitation to be at peace.
Hongli saw is Jia Huan, laughed loudly: “Your kid also out of interest, the Rongguo Fu that gold mountain that to hand, lend me a few silver spend how?”
Jia Huan smiled and said, “Beilei, you’re joking, you don’t care about the gold and silver mountains. However, as long as there is a need for me Jia Huan, as long as you give a word.” Hongli suddenly remembered something, quietly pulled Jia Huan to one side: “Then this Rongguo Fu things you can make decisions?”
Jia Huan puffed out his chicken chest: “Of course! If you have anything, just ask.”
Hongli eyes a turn, whispered: “I see your house Lin Daiyu good-looking, you give me a matchmaking how?”
Jia Huan knows that Daiyu is Baoyu’s sweetheart, he is a little afraid of Baoyu, so he stammered, “This, Sister Lin is a Han Chinese, is not the Manchurian-Chinese not intermarry?”
Hongli heatedly smiled: “I let her into the Manchurian flag, who dares to say a word? Is not you in Jiafu can not do it? Don’t be afraid, what is the matter in the future, I will give you a poke.”
When Hongli was provoked, Jia Huan became anxious: “Why can’t I make the decision? Of course I can. You can wait to hear my good news.” He said goodbye to the crowd and hurriedly went back to the Jia Mansion.
Looking at Jia Huan’s distant background, Hongli couldn’t help but smile: it was best to be like this. The secret of his and Daiyu’s life is too dangerous. But Daiyu can not be killed, otherwise Fujin can not spare himself, and so beautiful girl, kill is a pity. To be able to marry over, sealed her mouth, he enjoyed the pleasure, Fujin will also be happy, and her own daughter to see each other. I’m afraid that my father wondered why he married a commoner’s daughter, I have to make up a good set of words.
(to be continued)