The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

Shang Chanchan opened Xie's letter and read it, then hesitated for a while before saying: "It seems that Jia Baoyu has something bad after losing the jade, and became crazy."

Daiyu paused her hand for scooping up the soup, and asked: "In the past, only the old lady and others regarded the second cousin's jade as a treasure, but the second cousin didn't care much about it, and often said that he would smash it. Why is it lost now? Liaoyu is really bad?"

Except for Shang Chanchan's God's perspective, who understands that Jia Baoyu will lose his mind if he loses the jade, the rest, including Jia Lian and his wife who stole the jade, never thought that Jia Baoyu would really lose his mind.

In their eyes, it was just a piece of jade, just like the golden lock Baochai carried, it was a mascot.

Shang Chi has always been a meticulous person, so he pondered for a while and said, "Is there any smart person in the Jia family? You asked Jia Baoyu to pretend to be sick?"

In his opinion, the emperor is very jealous that the auspiciousness born with jade is not in the royal family, but in the courtier's family.

But if this Xiangrui is a fool, the emperor will naturally feel calm.

Shang Chanchan shook her head: "Brother thinks highly of their family."

Shang Chi was not moved by this matter: in his eyes, Jia Baoyu's original words and deeds were almost insane, and normal people would not scold all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Now that I'm really lost, maybe I can save some trouble.

It was only when he saw his wife looking sad that he comforted him: "Yu'er, this is not a bad thing. Even if it is really sick and crazy, it is better than dying."

Daiyu nodded, she also understood this truth.

Born with jade, a sign of great auspiciousness.Fortunately, Jia Baoyu failed in both literary and military strategies, otherwise the emperor would be even more afraid.

Lost mind now is not necessarily a bad thing, it can be safe.

All of a sudden, the Jiang family sent someone to call for Daiyu—since Lin Ruhai left Beijing and Daiyu no longer needed to go to the Lin residence, the Jiang family had gradually transferred all the affairs of the Baoninghou residence to Daiyu.

Shang Chi also got up, and personally put on a cloak of shallow water green and dark gold nine-leaf lotus for his wife: "At the end of September, it's getting cold."

Shang Chanchan covered her cheeks: "Sister Lin's soup has too much vinegar, it's so sour that my teeth are about to fall out."

Shang Chi turned his head and gave his younger sister a 'kindly' smile, and Shang Chanchan immediately lowered his head and began to drink the soup.

After Daiyu left, Shang Chi said: "Chanchan, you don't need to tell her about the affairs of the Rongguo Mansion if you don't ask about it."

Shang Chanchan raised her round eyes from the rim of the bowl, said "oh", then hesitated to speak.

She made Shang Chi laugh like this: "Speak up if you have something to say."

Shang Chanchan immediately asked, "Brother, is he jealous?"

Shang Chi smiled: "We are brothers and sisters, not outsiders, don't you know my heart?"

Shang Chanchan slandered: Brother, your mind is better than our emperor's cousin, it's just that you look better than him.

Over the years, there is no one who has provoked you who has not been plotted by you secretly.

Of course, there is still a sweet smile on his face: "I know, big brother's mind is as wide as the sea, boundless..."

Shang Chi smiled.

Since he was only in front of his younger sister, he also told the truth: "If I saw that Yu'er missed Jia Baoyu before marriage, I would feel unhappy if I thought about it, and I don't know if I would make trouble for Jia Baoyu. But now, I get along day and night. understand her better."

"Although Yu'er refuses to say it clearly, she actually cares about the kindness of others to her."

"After all, Rongguo Mansion is the place where she has lived for several years. If you want to come to Shi Taijun and others, even if it is [-]% false, there is [-]% sincerity in it."

"Yu'er remembers these three points of true meaning. As a husband, I naturally have to remember for her."

"For this reason, I have asked my father to speak for the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion in front of the emperor—if Jia Lian and his wife can escape, then Shi Taijun will not be left without someone to take care of, and Yu'er will feel at ease."

Shang Chanchan nodded and sighed: "In all fairness, in Rongguo Mansion, if Shi Taijun hadn't favored her, sister Lin's situation would have been even worse."

Although there is selfishness in this preference, there are even more shortcomings.

After Shang Chanchan lamented the matter of the Rongguo Mansion, she suddenly remembered: "Brother, will my father speak for the Rongguo Mansion, won't it involve him?"

Strictly speaking, the Rongguo Mansion is now related to the Baoninghou Mansion.

Shang Chi shook his head and looked out the window: "Except for the big mistakes of Nan'an County King or Zhen Yingjia, otherwise, in the eyes of the emperor, a courtier's right and wrong, in fact, has already been decided before he does something."

"Father will not be implicated by anyone, unless he loses his Sacred Heart."

It was night, and Marquis Baoning called all his children to his study.

Except for the third son, Shang Ji, who was still working overtime in the Ministry of Rites because the Supreme Emperor died less than a hundred days ago, the other two sons and a daughter sat in rows in front of their father on a chicken wing wooden stool.

Shang Duo raised his eyes to look at his children, and said directly: "I called you here today because I want your advice on something, so it doesn't matter if Ji'er is not here."

Shang Chanchan hid her face with a teacup and snickered, her father's most critical comment on the third brother was: don't say anything.

Shang Ji is really a honest person, no matter how much thought and ability Marquis Bao Ning wanted to give advice, when he faced his son's eyes full of trust and kindness, he was automatically discouraged.

Shang Chanchan was still laughing one second, but the next second when she saw the objects Bao Ninghou threw on the table, she was dumbfounded and couldn't laugh anymore.

The one that Marquis Bao Ning threw on the desk as a purse was a piece of crystal clear jade, engraved with eight small seal characters of "Don't lose, don't forget, longevity and prosperity".

The surprise was no small matter.

It is a pity that she has never met Jia Baoyu during her trip to the Red Chamber World.

Seeing that the Jia family was about to end, she had given up on this idea.Unexpectedly, he suddenly met Tongling Baoyu in his own mansion.

This surprise was similar to when she suddenly heard Yuan Chun's name in the palace.

With a shake of his hand, he tilted the tea cup in his hand to the person next to him.

Because of the order of seniority, Shang Jun sat next to his sister this time, watching his sister's teacup on him.

Fortunately, Shang Chanchan didn't like to drink hot tea, so he didn't get burned.

Shang Jun: ...All right, at least it didn't fall on her.

Shang Chanchan hurriedly wiped it with a handkerchief: "Second brother, I'm really sorry, my hands are the aftereffects of the thousand "sincere" characters that my elder brother punished me for copying, and my hands are always shaking."

Shang Chi shook his head and smiled: "If I had known that I would be in vain today, I should have punished you for copying it [-] times."

Marquis Baoning saw his sons and daughters talking and laughing harmoniously, so he also laughed and said softly, "Chanchan, do you recognize this jade?"

Shang Chanchan nodded: "This jade is very famous, no one in Beijing knows about it. But why is it in Daddy's hands?"

It's also a coincidence.

Ten days ago, this psychic jade came into the hands of Emperor Xuanwu. The emperor looked at it carefully, but he didn't think it was rare. Jade is a car-loading item for him.

So he asked Jin You to come in, ready to smash it up.

Who knew that the jade could not be broken, even Jin You used a copper hammer to smash the walnuts, but it was still useless.

The emperor couldn't help muttering a little, so he called the people from Qin Tianjian to do the math.

Qin Tianjian Zhengshi was very helpless when he took this job: We are looking at the sky, not fortune tellers on the street, how can we just throw something at us to count good or bad luck?

But the emperor's mission is the biggest mission. Everyone in Qin Tianjian looked up at the stars for several nights, but they couldn't figure it out.

Then the official history had to talk in front of the emperor in a foggy manner, which made the emperor dizzy, and the official history said the most important suggestion: "The ministers are less talented, so it is better to invite the master of the Huguo Temple to have a look."

The emperor was offended on the spot: he has just been in charge of the government now, and there are so many things in his hands, so he listened to the official history of the Qin Tianjian for a quarter of an hour, but in the end they didn't figure it out and asked him to invite another clever.

What a waste of his precious time!

The emperor was originally small-minded, but now that there is no suppression from the emperor, his temper will come when he says it, turning his face like a book.

Immediately let Qin Tianjian's official history get out, and fined Qin Tianjian's salary for the next year.

Huguo Temple received this hot potato, and heard about the ending of Qin Tianjian, so the eminent monks dared not neglect, and held a small meeting in front of the Buddha in full swing.

In the end, the oldest abbot, who was once sealed by the late emperor as a "great wise monk", came forward to report.

The old monk has fully absorbed the experience and lessons of Qin Tianjian, and decided to take the route of cherishing words like gold.

As soon as he saw the emperor, he preemptively said: "This jade has a long history, and the old monk dared to ask the sage not to damage this object."

When the emperor asked again, the old monk closed his eyes, and besides "Amitabha", there was only one sentence: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed."

At that time, Shang Duo was also in front of him, seeing that the emperor was going to get angry again, he hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, what the wise monk said is right, peeking at the secrets can easily lead to disasters.

After all, this jade is just a dead thing, the emperor will keep it in the Huguo Temple and let the masters look at it. "

When listening to the first half of the sentence, the old monk was still grateful to Bao Ninghou: he is really a kind man, and he even spoke for us.

Then when he heard the second half of the sentence, he almost turned into a glaring Vajra, jumped up and gave Shang Duo a stick: Are you human?Throwing this pot to our Huguo Temple?In the future, if there are some natural and man-made disasters, wouldn't it mean that our Huguo Temple is not doing enough to suppress it?

Seeing that the emperor was about to nod, the "Great Wisdom Monk" didn't care that the old god was pretending to be an expert, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, the old monk heard that there is a holy monk in the south of the Yangtze River, who is very effective.

Let's not talk about it far away, just talk about the marriage of the son of the Baoning Hou Mansion, isn't it calculated by the holy monk?How about asking him to come out again? "

The Huguo Temple did two horoscope calculations for Shang Chi, and was also instructed by the Empress Dowager Shang, so he was clear about this matter.

So now it's time to throw the pot away.

Shang Duo: ... This old monk is very treacherous.

The emperor nodded, and handed the psychic gem to Shang Duo: "Uncle has a very close relationship with the holy monk. In this case, please ask the uncle to bring this life-safe man to the south of the Yangtze River and ask the holy monk to settle it and find a solution." way."

Shang Duo had no choice but to take orders.

So this psychic gem finally appeared in front of Shang Chanchan after going round and round.

She picked up this piece of jade from the table, saw it lying quietly in the palm of her hand, and thought to herself: What's going on, it's fine if the crimson pearl fairy grass fell on our house, how come this sky-replenishing stone also came?

Shang Chi didn't know what his sister was thinking, but just smiled: "So father brought it to us to give us an idea?"

Shang Duo pointed to him and said, "You made up that holy monk back then - you randomly found an old temple in an old forest deep in the mountains, and arranged for an old monk to dare to call it a holy monk who can tell things like a god."

"Even the fate book was changed by you yourself. Now that the emperor thinks of this monk again, it should be your mission."

"It's just that your father-in-law is out of Beijing now, and the affairs of the household department are all on your shoulders. I'm afraid you won't be able to get away for a while, so I called Jun'er for my father."

Shang Jun immediately understood: "Father means to order me to go to the south of the Yangtze River?"

Marquis Bao Ning nodded: "At this juncture, our family can't commit the 'crime of deceiving the emperor' by fabricating a monk. I'll be relieved after you go there. The emperor will also feel that our family is diligent in doing things and not arrogant."

For this matter, Shang Duo sent his second son to go to the south of the Yangtze River in person, which can be regarded as an expression of sincerity in front of the emperor.

Shang Jun got up and took the order: "My son understands."

Shang Chi said gently: "Second brother, this time I will trouble you to deal with the aftermath for me."

Shang Jun just saluted his eldest brother, but didn't speak.

In fact, Shang Jun understood very well.As the saying goes, brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers in battle, their brothers should have been watching and helping each other.

However, he doesn't like official career by nature, and the third brother has a simple temperament.The burden of the whole family had to be placed on Shang Chi.

Shang Jun sometimes thinks about the future of the business: Maybe his younger sister will marry into Xie's family in the future, and she will help Baoninghou's mansion more than his own son.

Therefore, Shang Jun is very willing to do something for the family this time.

Seeing that he was sensible, Marquis Baoning felt relieved: "Okay, you can set off for Jiangnan in two days."

If Shang Chanchan felt something in her heart, she couldn't help but said to Bao Ninghou: "Father, can this jade be kept with me these two days? I think it is very rare."

Shang Jun has always been a gentleman, he couldn't help but frowned and said: "It doesn't matter whether the origin of this jade is good or bad, as long as it used to be a man's personal thing, it is not easy for you to hold it."

It was Shang Chi who persuaded his younger brother: "Forget it, let her play with it for two days. After all, it is just an object, and it has passed through the hands of many people in the palace. The eminent monks of the Huguo Temple also read to each other for a few days According to the scriptures, any distinction between men and women should be resolved by Buddha Yin. She likes to let her go."

Shang Jun still hesitated: "Brother, even the emperor is jealous of this jade, I heard that the Rongguo Mansion began to look for jade with great fanfare, because that Mr. Jia lost his mind after losing the jade.

That being the case, this jade is probably in the way.Let's put it in the small Buddhist hall. "

Shang Chanchan originally stretched out her hand ready to move to pretend to take away the psychic gem, but when Shang Jun said this, she suddenly felt the hair on the back of her neck, and put it down hastily.

In the end, Marquis Baoning made a final decision: "Okay, let's put it in the Library Pavilion first, and let the words of the sages guard it."

As the saying goes, good spirits do not have bad spirits.

The next day, only Shang Chanchan was at home alone in Baoninghou's mansion.

Shang Duo and Shang Chi went to court, and Shang Ji continued to work overtime in the Ministry of Rites. Even Shang Jun, who had always been idle these days, went to Chongwen Hall to ask for leave.

Because of the illness of the old Princess of Beijing, the Jiang family took Daiyu to visit the Prince's Mansion of Beijing.

Shang Chanchan was hugging the big cat apple, flipping through a book of travel books boredly, when suddenly she heard the clear and audible sound of a wooden fish, and the phrase "Na Wujie Bodhisattva!" came.

Fu Ling, who was serving next to her, was surprised: "Our mansion is a deep house, even the firecrackers in the street outside can't be heard clearly, how can the sound of wooden fish come in?"

When Shang Chanchan thought of something, her face turned pale instantly, and she said repeatedly: "Hurry up and send someone out to have a look, who is outside?"

For a while, the servants outside the two gates searched back and forth, and the servant girl came in with a message: "Ms. Hui, it's rare to say that there are people outside who are chanting scriptures, but they are a monk with a scarlet head and a lame Taoist.

Ma Xi Quail Yi, crazy, and asked to see the master of the mansion, he didn't know what to say in his mouth, our mansion took their jade, he really didn't know the law of the king. "

After hearing this, Fu Ling spat: "Where did the liars come from! They are really deceived by lard, and they come to our door to deceive them, and they are not afraid that the Jinwu guards will come and take them! Please show me the girl, so that the door will send them away."

Shang Chanchan could only feel her heart beating wildly: These two great masters and real Miao Miao are real immortals.

Fear and hatred in my heart: who said that gods don't bully the weak and fear the hard?Then Jia Baoyu lost the jade for ten days, why didn't this monk dare to go to the palace to ask for the jade?At this moment, he actually came to block the door of Baoninghou Mansion!

Fu Ling saw that her expression was different, and she was a little worried: "Miss?"

Hearing the clear sound of chanting Buddha, Shang Chanchan slightly lowered her eyes and said, "Please come in, both of you."

She took a deep breath: "It's just that I'm a young girl, so it's not easy to go out of the second family. They are outsiders, so naturally they can't enter the back house."

"That being the case, please go to the library, both of you."

The author has something to say: Dear friends, stay at home for a few more days and protect yourself~