The Red Mansions

Chapter 225 I Can See the Way Ahead and Recognize Myself

In the study——

Liang Yuan, the servant of the household department, wore the scarlet official robe of the third-rank civil servant with a peacock patch, and a black gauze hat. He sat on a chair made of huanghuali wood. The hot air of tea curls up, spreading the fragrance of Biluochun.

Not long after, the servant of the Yang family who was standing by the threshold with his hands down said softly, "I have seen the master."

Hearing this, Liang Yuan felt like a spring, got up from the chair, walked quickly a few steps, bypassed a red sandalwood glass pine and crane screen, and a smile was already piled up on his fat, fair face, just at this moment At that time, Yang Guochang, the chief assistant of the cabinet and a scholar of the Huagaidian University, had already stepped over the threshold, and the two looked at each other.

"Enxiang." Liang Yuan moved his eyes down, bowed his head and saluted, and said: "I am really disturbed by disturbing Enxiang."

"Wen Yun, why didn't you take a shower today?" Yang Guochang smiled, didn't say anything, just asked casually, with the support of his son Yang Sihong, he walked around the screen and entered the inner hall.

Liang Yuan got up quickly, walked forward in small steps, step by step, followed closely behind, stood in front of the case, looked at Yang Guochang who had just sat down after spreading the mattress on the Taishi chair, cupped his hands and said: "Return to Enxiang, Liangjiang, Huguang, Fujian, etc. The envoys of the chief ministers of the provinces of Zhejiang have sent a letter to the Ministry of Households, and the autumn grain transported has been handed over to the Caoliang Guard under the jurisdiction of Du Jitong, the Governor of Water Transport, to be transported to Beijing. Send a ship to pick it up."

The grain reserves in Shenjing Chang’an or Sanfu’s land are mainly in Taicang and Yongfeng warehouse in Huazhou, and there are 87 warehouses in Shenjing city under the management of the household department to ensure the supply of grain and fodder for the soldiers, civilians and officials of Shenjing. .

Yang Guochang said: "Then send ships to meet them."

"His Royal Highness Qi Wang was in charge of this matter before," Liang Yuan said softly, glanced at Yang Guochang's face, and said: "Now His Royal Highness Qi Wang has been confined in the mansion, and the members of the Sanhe Gang in the East City have also been promoted to the Five Cities Army Commander." Jia Heng's arrest, En Xiang, has greatly delayed the entry of autumn grain into Beijing."

At this moment, the story of the Sanhe gang being uprooted spreads all over Shenjing, but the fact that more than 1000 million taels of property was confiscated, after all, is limited to Jinyi Mansion and Jia Heng, and has not spread rapidly.

In fact, even in the era of mobile phones in later generations, it is impossible to be so fast, and there is an information lag.

And Liang Yuan was reprimanded by Jia Heng because of Fadeng's hearing of drums earlier, and it was because of hatred in his heart that he heard that the Sanhe gang was arrested by the whole city the day before yesterday, thinking he had a chance, he went to Yang's mansion to report the matter.

This move is naturally to take advantage of the situation.

Yang Guochang's old face showed a trace of thought, he frowned and said: "Yesterday, the East City was very noisy. I heard that Jia Yunhui led the Jinyi Mansion and the soldiers of the Guoyong Battalion to blockade the East City and arrested many people?"

Liang Yuan said angrily: "I was just about to tell Enxiang that this Jia Yunhui was a young man who had achieved great ambitions, but recently he has become more and more arrogant. The whole city of Jingying and Dasuo wantonly implicated innocent people, and many grain ship sailors and water laborers were sent to the prisons of soldiers and horses in the five cities, which greatly affected the transportation of autumn grain."

Yang Guochang was silent for a moment, and said: "He was instructed by the Holy One to use the Tianzi Sword to mobilize troops. The cabinet has a secret order on file."

The implication is that if you use this matter to criticize others, you won't get the slightest mistake from them.

Emperor Chongping granted Jia Heng the Tianzi Sword at the beginning, and he went to ventilate the cabinet afterwards, but he did not specifically state the purpose of Jia Heng's use of the Tianzi Sword to mobilize troops.

Liang Yuan was stunned, and said: "But Jia Yunhui is so unscrupulous, he is on the emperor's errand, and he only punishes the head of the evil, how can he send all the ordinary people of the Sanhe Gang to prison in one fell swoop? There is no mercy in such a reckless prison. The heart of forgiveness is really contrary to its name of virtue."

Yang Guochang murmured, and suddenly looked at Yang Sihong, whose lips were twitching, hesitant to speak, and said, "What do you want to say?"

Yang Sihong said: "Father, I heard that the leader of the Sanhe Gang came to provoke him on his own initiative, but he was caught by the people in Jinyi Mansion secretly arranged by him, and Dongcheng was also uprooted by him."

Yang Guochang shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "He does this errand very neatly, but he only wants to do his own errand, and he doesn't care about the overall situation of the court. If it is delayed in entering the warehouse, it will not affect the grain price in Shenjing, and it will cause turmoil in the hearts of the people."

Liang Yuan's eyes lit up, and he nodded and said: "What Enxiang said is true, these lucky people only care about inviting and flattering, and have no regard for the overall situation of the court. Enxiang, you have always been upright, and you should not allow such people to jump up and down and destroy It’s a great situation for the court to be stable.”

Yang Guochang's face was unmoved, he thought for a while, and said in a cang voice: "This matter, the old man will tell the emperor tomorrow morning, and you can also write a letter to report the matter tomorrow. Yun Hui is now in the midst of a prosperous family, and the palace has left a few meals."

He also vaguely heard about the feud between his subordinate Liang Shilang and that Jia Yunhui. Because of Fadeng's hearing of the drum, he suffered an unreasonable disaster, so he can understand how he attacked the young dignitary.

When Liang Yuan heard this, his heart shivered, and he said: "Thank you for your kindness, I will go back and write the memorial immediately."

That's right, now that Jia Heng's child's family is in full swing, it's not easy to compete with him.

Yang Guochang waved his hand and said: "Go ahead, as long as you do things with your heart, a little gossip is not enough to rely on. Your Majesty is aware of the details and will not use it."

This is to encourage subordinates.

When Liang Yuan heard this, his fat face showed excitement, and he said, "Thank you for your kindness."

Yang Guochang gave a few more words of encouragement, and then ordered Liang Yuan to go back.

Yang Guochang shook his head secretly.

"Father……"

"Liang Yuan was lucky enough to get the first rank in the department, and he made a lot of contributions to the servant of the household department because of his talent in handling affairs. Compared with Qi Yanxuan, his skills are not enough." Yang Guochang said.

Yang Sihong's eyes flickered, and he knew that he was talking about Qi Kun, the left servant of the household department.

Not to mention that Yang Guochang and his son were talking about the court situation, but he said that in Qingxu's view, Jia Heng and Jia's mother finished their lunch, listened to opera, and were about to go down to the attic and go for a walk.

Compared with people in this era, he is not used to listening to opera, but just as he was about to get up, he saw a woman coming up the stairs, walking up to Sister Feng, whispering something in her ear.

Sister Feng's complexion changed slightly, she got up, called Ping'er, got up from her seat, walked up to Jia Heng, and just winked.

Jia Heng frowned, but didn't say anything, and followed out of the attic.

Xiangyun was watching the show at another table, and when he saw it, he tugged on the sleeves of Tanchun and Daiyu, pouted his lips, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, sister three, let's go and see."

Tanchun watched the play, most of his attention was on Jia Heng, he blinked his bright eyes, exchanged a glance with Daiyu, and also got up from his seat.

Since everyone is listening to the opera, it is not surprising that there are many people who leave the banquet to have a rest on the way.

On Jia Heng's side, following Sister Feng and Ping'er out of the attic, they were taken aback when they reached the eaves.

But Taoist Zhang with a goatee under his chin was holding a little Taoist by the hand, his face was a little worried, seeing Jia Heng and Sister Feng, he said softly: "Master Heng, Second Mistress Lian, Xiaodao invites you."

Jia Heng frowned and said, "This is the old fairy?"

Daoist Zhang said with a smile: "Just now, this kid offended the female relatives, which is already a crime. Uncle Heng returned two taels of silver, and I am really sorry."

Jia Heng frowned, and said, "What am I supposed to be? Give him two taels and let him buy some fruits to eat. When I came out, I forgot to tell you."

Taoist Zhang said with a smile: "Master Heng, how can this be done?"

Jia Heng laughed and said: "Why can't it be done? In the mountain gate, if you add sesame oil and money, it's okay to reward him with a shirt. Why, is Daoist Zhang planning to ask for it back for me?"

If you want to go back, there will be no individual system.

"Don't dare, dare not, just drag him over and kowtow to thank the uncle."

Taoist Zhang spoke quickly, pulling the little Taoist to kowtow to Jia Heng.

"Okay, it's nothing serious." Jia Heng stepped forward to give him a hand, and said, "Go and take him out to play."

Daoist Zhang agreed.

Sister Feng watched this scene quietly, until Jia Heng persuaded Taoist Zhang to go away, then stepped forward and said softly: "Brother Heng, just give him two coins, if you make a move, two liang, the girl in the mansion will also pay you two." It's only two or two."

Jia Heng said: "Little boy, after you slapped me just now, it might be good or bad."

Sister Feng: "..."

Ping'er also smiled, and said softly: "Master Heng is right, the child should stop having nightmares when he goes back."

When Sister Feng heard this, she glanced at Ping'er with a half-smile, and said in a pretty voice: "My Ping'er, who has a bodhisattva's heart, used to be told behind his back by those long-tongued women that he was like dough. Protector Arhat, don’t be afraid to speak anymore.”

This is not a family yet, this little hoof is beating the side drum, and sooner or later you will be sent to his house to knead your two white doughs.

"My aunt, how can you talk so coldly, Amitabha." Ping'er's pretty face changed slightly, and it was clear that she saw Sister Feng talking about gods and Buddhas, and hurriedly proclaimed the Buddha's name.

Sister Feng chuckled, then looked at Jia Heng who remained calm, and asked, "Brother Heng, when shall we go back?"

Jia Heng looked at the sky and said, "It's not the right time."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "That's fine, I'll go and accompany the old lady."

As he said that, he didn't call Ping'er, but twisted his slender waist and went back to the attic.

Ping'er's bright eyes under Liuye's slender eyebrows flickered, and said: "Master, Second Grandma..."

Jia Heng glanced at Ping'er with a plump face, nodded, and said, "You just need to persuade her more in the future."

Ping'er lowered his eyes and responded softly.

After Jia Heng finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the corridor shaded by the bamboo forest, and said, "What are you three doing hiding there, and you don't worry about snakes under your feet."

It was just now that he noticed the prying eyes, which could be hidden from Sister Feng, but not from him.

Shi Xiangyun led Tanchun and Daiyu to peek behind the bamboo scorpion, and met that sharp gaze all of a sudden, and said "Ah", "Brother Heng, why are you..."

However, there was a piece of gravel under his feet, he slipped, and with a sound of "Ouch", he fell towards the steps beside him.

Daiyu and Tanchun both exclaimed when they saw this, but they saw Xiangyun's apple-round face was about to have a close contact with Shishi, and both of their little faces were pale with fright.

At this moment, I saw a figure flashing past quickly, like a gust of wind, shaking the bamboo leaves, the person was holding Xiangyun with his hands.

Jia Heng only felt a softness in his palms, but without thinking too much, he pulled Shi Xiangyun into his arms with all his strength, half hugging him from behind, and said in a low voice: "Why are you so reckless?"

Shi Xiangyun had a round apple face, his face was already pale with fright, he stretched out his hand to cover the hill that had just taken shape, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, you scared me to death just now..."

Daiyu and Tanchun also turned around and took Xiangyun's little hand, asking, "Sister Yun, are you alright?"

Checked Xia Xiangyun, saw that there was no injury, and felt a little relieved.

Jia Heng also naturally let go of Shi Xiangyun, raised his eyes, glanced coldly at Daiyu and Tanchun, and asked with a frown, "Why did the three of you sneak out?"

Tanchun explained: "Brother Heng, Sister Yun said to come out and have a look, listen to you talking here, it's not convenient to come out, so just hide here."

Daiyu cut her bright eyes, which fluctuated, and pursed her lips without saying a word.

Jia Heng said softly: "Then don't drill into the corners, not to mention the bites of snakes and insects, even if they bump into each other, it's not a joke."

Tanchun lowered his eyelashes slightly, a little embarrassed, and said softly: "Brother Heng said so."

Daiyu nodded, but said nothing.

Xiangyun didn't know what to think of at this moment, a small frosty face that was still in shock, gradually climbed up to two blushes, but fortunately, the apple-faced girl, her cheeks were like rouge, rosy and rosy, but she couldn't see any clues .

Jia Heng didn't say much, and said: "Okay, you go back to the attic to listen to the play, and we will go back later."

Saying that, he waved his hand and planned to walk away.

Tanchun raised his beautiful scorpion head and asked, "Brother Heng, how about you?"

"I don't like listening to operas very much. Let's walk around." Jia Heng paused, looked at Tanchun, and said with a light smile.

Speaking of which, since he came to this world, he hasn't really come out to relax. Now the Qingxu Temple and the surrounding mountains and waterfalls look very quiet, so it's just a good time to look around.

Tanchun's bright eyes flickered, Taohua's lips moved, and he mustered up his courage and said, "Brother Heng, I don't like listening to operas very much, let's go for a walk together."

Hearing this, Jia Heng looked at the charming and elegant girl with calm eyes. Tanchun was wearing a red cloak today, inside was a pair of lapels with a red background and white bamboo leaf print, a white cross-collared jacket, and a white white cloak underneath. The pleated skirt adds a bit of girlish enthusiasm and romance to the charming and bright temperament.

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, and was about to speak.

Xiangyun regained his composure at this moment. She was a girl with a sweet and innocent temperament, and said, "Brother Heng, where are you going? Take me with you, and I will go too."

Tanchun: "..."

Daiyu's starry eyes blinked, and she deliberately pulled La Xiangyun to stop messing around, but she didn't really want to go back to the theater.

Jia Heng looked back at Daiyu and Xiangyun, thought for a while, instead of letting Xiangyun run around, it is better to take them for a walk, anyway, one sheep is also released, and two sheep are also chased. He smiled lightly and said, "Okay, let's go around together."

Tan Chunyu paused for a moment, although she felt a little lost, she said with a light smile, "Brother Heng, this Qingxu Contemplation has been practiced for more than 60 years, and it was jointly funded by the old Duke and several nobles."

Jia Heng nodded, and said: "This Taoist temple is simple and elegant, but there are many things to enjoy."

Everyone walked slowly, playing around.

Jia Heng walked to the forest-like steles on both sides of the corridor eaves, and stood at a one-person-tall stone stele. He stretched out his hand and lightly stroked the talisman stele, and said with emotion: "Looking at this stele, it is weathered by wind and rain. I don't know how old it is."

Daiyu Chunshan's bright eyes under her black eyebrows were as moist as water, and she was so close, she also followed Jia Heng's example, stretched out her slender hands, and stroked the stone tablet, only feeling cold and smooth to the touch, different in the autumn noon Looking at the talisman on it, his lips parted slightly, and he said casually, "Brother Heng, do you know what talisman is painted on it?"

Jia Heng said: "Is this? This is the Taishang Secret Art Town House Spirit Talisman, with a total of 72 lines, all outlined in front, back, left, and right."

In his previous life, because of his grandfather, he watched and read Daoist scriptures in middle school, so he practiced good calligraphy for this, and he is no stranger to these talismans.

Daiyu showed surprise on her pretty face, and said softly: "Brother Heng, how do you know this?"

Xiangyun and Tanchun also cast two surprised eyes on Jia Heng.

Jia Heng said softly: "I used to read a lot of miscellaneous books, and I also read a lot of these Daoist books and Buddhist scriptures. However, you should not read these Taoist books and Buddhist scriptures when you go back. These kinds of books are the most empathetic."

These words are almost the same as what the future Baochai said.

As Jia Heng spoke, he also felt something in his heart, and turned his head to look at Daiyu.

In the previous version of the classic TV series Dream of Red Mansions, the actor who played Daiyu...

However, Daiyu raised her pink face, the starry eyes under her thin eyebrows flickered, and said in a clear voice: "Brother Heng has read a lot of Taoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures, but he has not changed his empathy." sexual."

Lin Dangdang, after all, was unwilling to dormant and did not hold back, but he was still a little timid after all, and his momentum was still a little weaker.

Jia Heng smiled lightly, looked at Daiyu quietly, but said nothing.

Daiyu's smile and silence made her feel strange, and she gradually felt a little bit ashamed.

That kind of gaze that is obviously no older than her, but treats her like a little sister, although it feels warm and amiable, it is also somewhat... unconvinced.

Tanchun smiled lightly and said, "Brother Heng, you can't treat him like an ordinary person."

Xiangyun smiled lightly and said, "Brother Keheng, he's not much older than us."

Daiyu didn't say much, but stared at Jia Heng with those twinkling star eyes, just waiting for the next article.

Jia Heng met Daiyu's gaze, thought for a while, and said slowly: "If you can see the way ahead and recognize yourself clearly, no matter how many books and Buddhist scriptures you read, you will not be able to change your feelings or change you. sex."

What kind of person would choose to find sustenance in Taoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures?

Either you are confused about the way ahead, or you are confused about yourself.

The former manifests as sudden changes and escapism from reality, while the latter manifests as spiritual emptiness, unable to find an anchor of self-worth.

But these are all, without a set of worldviews and methodologies of their own.

Daiyu blinked her starry eyes, her heart trembled slightly, and she murmured: "I can see the way ahead, I can recognize myself..."

Tanchun also looked at Jia Heng quietly, thinking about the young man's words, with a thoughtful face.

Jia Heng said softly: "At that time...you would not have the idea of ​​retreating from the world, you would only say, how many things are always in a hurry, the world is changing, time is pressing, 1 years is too long, I just fight for the day and night. "

For people who have endless fun fighting against the sky, people, and the earth.

Can Taoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures change this kind of human disposition?

They can reverse the nature of Daoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures!
What is asking for immortality, the universe is eternal... These illusory things have nothing to do with them. They just want to live out their limited life span in the ordinary world in the age of awakening. .

Daiyu looked at the young man quietly, the bright eyes under the smoldering eyebrows fluctuated, and each word sounded in her heart, "How many things are always in a hurry, the world is changing, time is pressing, 1 years is too long, I just fight for it." Day and night."

Tan Chun's bright eyes glowed brightly, and he fixedly looked at the young man, with a hint of emotion gradually welling up in the depths of his eyes.

This is her brother Heng...

Looking at the two people standing there in a daze, Jia Heng said: "Okay, don't think about it, let's go up the mountain and have a look. There seems to be a gazebo with a waterfall on the back mountain."

Say, go first.

Arm in arm, Tanchun and Daiyu followed the slender, tall figure of the young man up the stairs.

(End of this chapter)