[Red House Chai Dai] Salted Pork Knuckle, Crab Rice Wine

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Your second aunt has repeatedly invited me to accompany her, saying that there will be three days in the Anling Dojo, and I'm afraid she will live in Tiekan Temple for a few days."

Baochai knew that the Tiekan Temple was built outside the city, only a few miles away from the city. It was built by the second Duke Ningrong, and Jia's family gave incense and fire to the land from time to time. It can be regarded as his family's temple. The dead are kept here, and the yin and yang houses are both appropriate. Although I feel sad, I feel at ease, and I only half-jokingly said: "Mom should go early and come back early, so why don't you have the heart of me being alone at home?"

Aunt Xue also smiled and said: "You have always been a well-behaved child, so I have nothing to worry about, but your brother, I am afraid he will make trouble again when I am not at home, so you have to persuade him from the sidelines."

Baochai hurriedly answered yes.Both mother and daughter thought that Aunt Xue would stay with Mrs. Wang in Tiekan Temple for a few days, and Xue Pan, a relative with a different surname, would return on the same day.

Unexpectedly, there are always unexpected things in the world.On the day of the funeral, there are many officials and guests attending the funeral, and the colorful sheds are set up on the side of the road. The princes and princes of various counties will hold sacrifices and feasts on the side of the road.There are all kinds of excitement, guests see off and officials welcome, there are Jia Zhen outside, and Sister Feng inside, and they are organized in an orderly manner without any mistakes.

Mrs. Wang originally thought that Sister Feng was young and innocent, and she was afraid that she would make a mistake in her haste, and she would have to try to make up for it, so she invited her sister, Aunt Xue, to live in Tiekan Temple for a while.Seeing this posture now, I thought in my heart that even if I went off in person, I might not be able to be so thoughtful, not to mention that she is now an elderly person, and her spirit is not as strong as before. To deal with affairs, she, the head of the family, had to speak in person, so she made up her mind, and went to the city to live at home that day without waiting for the Anling Dojo to do everything.

The change of clothes prepared by Aunt Xue was not used, and even the exquisite snacks in the assortment drawer she brought were only used up a tenth or two.The clothes are fine, but half of the snacks are freshly made, so how can Aunt Xue be willing to waste good things?As soon as I got home, I hurriedly packed two plates of lotus root starch cinnamon sugar cake and cream puff pastry and three plates of small dumplings with vegetarian fillings, and distributed them to the servants.He left alone a bowl of sugar-steamed crispy cheese and a plate of pepper, salt and vegetable pork knuckle, and asked the maids in Xue Pan's room, "Where's your master?" There has been no turning back yet.”

Aunt Xue knew that her son liked salt and pepper pork knuckles and other snacks. Seeing that the vegetarian pork knuckle made in Rongguo Mansion tasted very good, she asked Madam Wang for it. She wanted to give it to her son along with steamed sugar cheese. Unexpectedly, Xue Pan hadn't returned home yet, seeing that it was getting dark outside, he guessed that he must have gone out to spend time with someone again, so he sighed secretly, then thought about the worst steamed cheese, and remembered that Baochai seemed to like to eat steamed cheese. If it's crispy cheese, let her eat it.Then he ordered someone to call Baochai out, and gave her the bowl of steamed crispy cheese with sugar.

Baochai was very happy to see her, and said that a bowl of sugar-steamed shortbread is still a trivial matter, but her mother never forgets her own thoughts in everything, which is the rarest thing, so she had to play tricks in front of Aunt Xue and say something to reassure her, She smiled and said: "The frugal things are for us to do. My mother is now enjoying the blessings, so she must not be too frugal. One is that outsiders don't look like it, and the other is that we are not filial? There is no need Worrying about money, our family’s business is still very promising. Even the two shops in my hand, which looked like nothing at first, are now able to earn hundreds of taels of silver every month, which is enough to meet daily expenses. My brother is not thinking about business right now, and when he really does business, it goes without saying."

After hearing Baochai's words, Aunt Xue felt a little relieved, and waited and waited for Xue Pan to come back, so she went to rest by herself.

Unexpectedly, Xue Pan followed the funeral procession out of the city on a tall horse that day. He was not with the guests, so Aunt Xue didn't know his whereabouts.At that time, when the officials and guests sent the funeral, Feng Ziying, son of Shenwu General Feng Tang, Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan and other princes and grandsons all came. Willing to perfunctory, so several people go together.

At that time, princes and princes of various counties offered sacrifices on the road, and King Shuirong of Beijing took time to come in person.Feng Ziying and Chen Yejun didn't come forward, they whispered to each other, they were all discussing that Han Qi, son of Jinxiang Hou's family, had also come, and this guy was very close to Zhongshun Palace and Qiu Duwei's family recently Well, I'm afraid it's because the cat is crying and the mouse has no good intentions, but I have to find a way to dampen his spirit.

Xue Pan wanted to come forward to make suggestions, but he knew his own strength, so he didn't dare after all, he just listened stupidly, when suddenly he saw a young man in plain clothes coming on horseback, he felt his eyes brighten up like a bright moon rising , Everything is silent, although there are thousands of people around, they all see but don't see, hear but don't hear, and wherever their eyes can see, there is only that one person.

Xue Pan just opened his mouth wide and stared blankly, but saw the man rode his horse up to Feng Ziying, clasped fists with Feng Ziying and the others to answer the question, his brows were sword-like, his temples were as red as knives, his lips were red and his teeth were white.

I don't know how long it took for Xue Pan to hear a voice again, but it was the man who said: "So that's the case. Since this is the case, my younger brother must be a pawn, first to find out the way for Uncle Feng, and then to care about it. In Xue Pan's ears, that voice was even more like the sound of heaven.

I saw Feng Ziying clasped her fists with a smile, and said thank you, the man just smiled, and beat the horse to go around.Only then did Xue Pan regain his composure, and hesitantly asked Feng Ziying, "I don't know who that person was before? He looks really good-looking!"

Feng Ziying laughed loudly, but there was quite a bit of disapproval in his words: "His ancestors also have a background, but they belong to the same family as the Liguo Duke's family. It's just that they have fallen long ago. Now his parents died early, and he can't study well, so he often plays with guns outside. Sword dancer. I don’t know why I’m on good terms with Mr. Qin. He offended someone a few days ago. Mr. Qin entrusted my aunt and cousin to beg me again and again. That's how we got to know each other."

Chen Yejun's father was in a dignified position, and he didn't think much of Liu Xianglian, a descendant of a family who had long since fallen into poverty, and he even disdained Xue Pan. Seeing Xue Pan's dumbfounded look, he knew that he had fallen ill again. , just thinking about his family's money, it's not easy to turn his face, so he just said in a daze: "Looking at the appearance of Young Master Xue, he must be suffering from lovesickness. It's not difficult, we will post a post another day, Wouldn't it be cheaper to ask Mr. Liu to play a few plays?"

Hearing this, Xue Pan thought that Chen Yejun had good intentions, couldn't help being overjoyed, and asked, "How can this happen!"

Chen Yejun smiled contemptuously and said: "If you talk about Mr. Liu, he is sleeping flowers and lying on willows, playing butterflies and playing zithers, doing everything, and he is the same person as Young Master Xue. He has always loved this romantic drama , what can't be done?"

Hearing this, Xue Pan thought that Liu Xianglian was a child of Fengyue, an actor-like character, and he felt itchy in his heart. He wanted to make friends with him, and hurriedly begged Chen Yejun, but Chen Yejun just smiled: "Wait a minute." Let's talk." Still planning some things with Feng Ziying that Xue Pan didn't understand.

At that time, the funeral procession left the city and arrived at Tiechan Temple all the way, but saw the sound of the Dharma drum and golden cymbals resounding through the sky, the banners and treasure covers, and the monks' Dharma appearance were solemn.Finally, after the performance of the Buddhist ceremony, Feng Ziying and others did not disturb the meal, left Jia Zhen and others, and went all the way to a dense forest beside the Buddha Heart Bridge.

Xue Pan went inside without knowing it. When he stretched his neck to look inside, he saw fists and feet, and he was not paying attention, and was almost kicked.Fortunately, Wei Ruolan held his collar and pulled him away with a stern face. When she looked closely again, she saw Liu Xianglian, who had been obsessed with him before, confronting another young man wearing a jade crown. The two were looking at each other viciously. Several people who looked like servants fell to the ground in disorder, and the sound of groaning and groaning rang out.

Before Xue Pan saw why, he saw that Mr. Yuguan gave him a cold look and said, "Feng Ziying, if you have the ability, you will end by yourself. Let's compete and ask others to do it for you. What kind of a hero are you?" ?”

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Young Master Han's words are wrong. Could it be that I'm afraid of you? It's just that I was thinking, we are good or bad brothers, and now even though you abandoned us and went to climb high on your own , but remembering the past love, how can I be willing to fight you personally? Now I ask this Mr. Liu to try to stop you, but I am thinking of the old love and want to persuade you. "

Wei Ruolan glared at the side and said: "Han Qi, have you forgotten what you said at the banquet that day? How can you be such a despicable and shameless villain!"

The few of them were arguing, Chen Yejun pulled Liu Xianglian over with a smile, and said to him, "This time, Mr. Liu is here. The brothers have a dispute, if Mr. Liu didn't stop him, how could we get rid of him?" Do you understand? It's getting late now, so I have to find another auspicious day to invite Mr. Liu to drink."

Liu Xianglian knew that it was because Chen Yejun didn't want her to know too much inside information, she clearly looked down on herself, and only regarded herself as a thug, she was annoyed in her heart, but she couldn't turn her back on the surface, so she bowed her hands and rode away first .

When Xue Pan saw that Ke Rener, whom he had never forgotten in his heart, had just left, he exclaimed that it was a pity, and hurriedly said goodbye to Feng Ziying and others. Feng Ziying was busy arguing with Han Qi and ignored him.Unexpectedly, it took such a long time to delay, when Xue Pan got out of the forest in a daze, found a horse to ride on, and Liu Xianglian had already left without a trace.

Here, Han Qi did not change his face, and talked to Feng Ziying and Chen Yejun: "As the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are the best. There is absolutely no reason to rush to board the ship when it is about to sink. You think about it carefully." Want to see, these days, how many people have died in the capital and outside the capital? How many strange things are there? Ningguo's family's wife and Shan Guogong's order are all gone at this juncture. Are you not afraid? They are women What can people know, but they just kill chickens for monkeys to see. You don’t have parents and sisters?”

Feng Ziying's face was as deep as water, and before she could speak, Chen Yejun was taken aback and said: "Is there any deep meaning in this?" After thinking for a while, he asked again: "It is said that several important officials in Jiangnan also disappeared one after another. , I heard that there are some people from the Zhen family of the president of Jinling Institute of Physical Education, and some local inspectors. Do you mean that these people are..."

Han Qi hurriedly interrupted him: "How do I know these many things? Is it a strange thing or a coincidence? Don't ask me. In my opinion, I'm afraid someone will die soon." , stomped his feet heavily, and said: "The wind is blowing, maybe the sky will change. You guys, what are you still doing underground?" The last sentence was said to the boys he brought.

The servants were all close friends who usually followed Han Qi in and out. At this time, Fang Rumeng just woke up, hurriedly followed behind their young master, and fled in a hurry.Chen Yejun was standing on the way for them to go out, but he had many doubts in his heart, so he didn't stop them.