The Lonely Family in the Red Chamber

Although the voice over there was a bit low, but Tu Jingnian had always had sharp ears and eyesight, far better than others, and now he quietly made a gesture with Emperor Cheng Qing and the others, and then pricked up his ears, eavesdropping.

He heard the man say mysteriously: "You also know that a cousin of my daughter-in-law's family is working in Ningguo Mansion. Their family gave a boxing gift, but they heard about a scandal in the Ningguo Mansion!"

The people next to me couldn't care less about eating, and they all rushed over at once. When the man saw it, he panicked: "It's not something that can be spread, you all come here, I don't dare to say it!"

"Well, let's promise not to tell anything later!" The people on the side almost swore.

The man gritted his teeth, lowered his voice and said: "You guys said this, and you won't tell others later! Well, you all know that the current Ningguo Mansion is the current master Zhen, that uncle Zhen a few years ago They spent a lot of money to marry their son a beautiful daughter-in-law, who seems to be from an official family. Uncle Zhen posted a lot of things for that daughter-in-law as a dowry. Originally, the big guy thought he was To make face for his daughter-in-law, who knows, Uncle Zhen actually fell in love with his daughter-in-law, and now he is picking up ashes with his daughter-in-law, and put a green hat on his son! Hehe, I also heard that, There are more than one such incidents in their family. His daughter-in-law is really a romantic person. I heard that she is a little unclear with her uncle. Tsk tsk, this is still a big family, not as good as our small family Quiet!"

The other people were obviously very excited about such explosive news, and they kept asking for details. Although that person probably knew a little about it, he was elated at the moment, adding his own speculations to it, and describing the Ningguo Mansion over there. How beautiful is this daughter-in-law, romantic and charming, where she and her father-in-law usually have an affair, and what love words they say, it is almost as if he saw it with his own eyes, which attracted a group of people to look forward to it, wishing that they could also touch Ningguo In the mansion, spend the spring evening with that romantic young lady.

Tu Jingnian was not interested in hearing it. After all, this is not a secret to him. There are cryptic descriptions in the original book, and many red scholars have all kinds of eloquent speculations. Jin Yiwei also made a secret report. .Although Jia Zhen's daughter-in-law is still that Qin Keqing, it is obvious that this Qin Keqing has absolutely nothing to do with the royal family. As for who her daughter is, it is temporarily unclear.

Because the man became more and more excited after talking, and his voice became louder. Emperor Chengqing also listened to the general idea. Seeing the curious and ignorant expression on Amin and Ayang's face, he couldn't help showing a bit of anger: "It's really immoral, hiding filth. dirt!"

Tu Jingnian laughed and said, "Maybe these people are just chasing rumors, just listen to it for fun, maybe they can't take it seriously!"

Emperor Chengqing snorted coldly: "The affairs of the inner house are all gossiped by the people in the market, regardless of whether it is true or not, the Ningguo Mansion is also in decline!"

Tu Jingnian took a sesame seed cake, broke it open, and handed half of it to Emperor Chengqing, then took a bite himself, and said casually: "Since Jia Jing, the Ningguo Mansion has no successors. Jia Zhen and his family Zizi has always been absurd, if you want to get up, you still have to see if their family can give birth to a child with some knowledge, but with their virtues, even if they are good children, they can't learn anything good!"

Emperor Chengqing was too lazy to listen to those people's nonsense anymore, so he said: "Forget it, after all, after being a hero, it's just a matter of frustrating in the inner house!"Jia Rong doesn't bother herself, Emperor Chengqing has nothing to do with other people's housework!

In this way, Emperor Chengqing was not in the mood to continue eating, not to mention, he was almost [-]% full, so Emperor Chengqing took out his handkerchief and wiped his hands, and said: "It's getting late, let's go !” As he spoke, he signaled Cao Anping to pay the bill. Cao Anping had always been the most sensitive to Emperor Chengqing’s intentions, so he grabbed a handful of silver pistols to pay the bill, and said with a smile, “The taste here is really good. Very satisfied, this is a reward from my old lady!"

The shopkeeper, Lao Zhang, quickly thanked him for the reward. That handful of silver porridge was worth 30 taels. It is rare for them to sell so generously. Although Zhang Ji’s business is good, the cost is also high, and mutton and donkey meat are not cheap. , and can’t buy some low-quality meat to smash the signboard, and usually have to hire a buddy if he is too busy. , if you want to earn so much money, even in the peak season like today, it will take half a month. When the weather is hot, the business is not as good as it is now, and you may not earn so much in a month. How can you not make him happy? Woolen cloth!

Compared with the happy old Zhang, Emperor Chengqing's mood was not as good as before. Anyway, he had almost eaten at the moment, so he went for a walk nearby according to the original plan.

There is an antique street near here, named Changle Street. Like Panjiayuan in later generations, they buy all kinds of antiques that are not known to be true or false. Although counterfeiting is not as rampant as in later generations, even a piece of broken porcelain dares to buy it. It is said to be the broken bowl porcelain used by Qin Shihuang, but there are still many imitations of the things in the antique shop.Of course, it won’t be too crude. This is not the era when all people engage in collections. Those who can afford this are mostly rich and powerful people. If you fool them casually, they will find someone to come to your door The store was smashed.

Chengqing Emperor Tu Jingnian and his group randomly entered an antique shop called "Zhenbaoxuan". The shopkeeper was sharp-eyed in this business, and when the guy glanced around, he saw the piece of Songhe Yannian on Chengqing's waist. The jade pendant is clearly a high-quality mutton jade, and the jade cicada hanging from Tu Jingnian's waist is a Han Badao, even two small children, and the accessories on their bodies are also extremely expensive, so they immediately knew that a big customer was coming, and while He graciously came up to serve tea, and at the same time gave another guy a wink, and quickly called the shopkeeper over.

Emperor Chengqing has seen a lot of good things, but there are indeed many treasures in the Zhenbaoxuan. He saw a golden Boshan furnace at a glance, which was placed in the most conspicuous place as a treasure of calmness. The gadgets were used by the imperial court of the Han Dynasty back then. Although some of the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall are fakes, there are also a few of them that are clearly authentic works by the masters of the previous dynasty.Emperor Chengqing didn't have much research on calligraphy and painting, but he prefers gold and stone objects. He has a private seal of Tian Huang, which he carved himself.At this moment, seeing some jade wares and ancient seals on the ancient shelf, he put down the teacup and looked at it with his hands behind his back.

Tu Jingnian also likes to play with some Wenqing things in his life. After he made glassware under the pretext of studying porcelain, he really became interested in porcelain later, and asked people to imitate famous kilns such as Ru Kiln and Ge Kiln. Porcelain is not counted, and he tossed out bone china and other things in his impression, and asked people to burn porcelain of various colors, and specially burned tea sets of various solid colors, among which there was a set of regular The red one, Tu Jingnian thought the color was too ostentatious, and Emperor Chengqing didn't like this kind of red, but chose a set of thin celadon tea sets for use. This set was selected by the Changyang Palace at that time, and later It fell into the hands of Tu Jingyi, and later, when something happened to Tu Jingyi, this set of porcelain was put into the warehouse. Everyone thought it was bad luck, so they didn't use it.

At this moment, he saw a pair of rain-coloured ampoules, and Tu Jingnian approached them, but the two children hadn't reached the point where they were interested in these things, and what's more, the ones they usually used were all exquisite. I don't feel much about these things.

Soon, the shopkeeper of Zhenbaoxuan came out. When he saw a few people, his face was full of smiles, and he quickly came up to flatter him. After finding out the hobbies of Tu Jingnian and Emperor Chengqing, he smiled and said: "Several people The distinguished guests are people who know the goods, so the villain will not spoil the eyes of the distinguished guests with these ordinary goods outside, the villain has received a few new treasures, and invites a few distinguished guests to hold his eyes!"

After saying that, several clerks came out with several red sandalwood boxes of different sizes, and placed them on the desk beside him, and then the shopkeeper opened the boxes himself, and found all kinds of gold, stone and porcelain inside, and then As soon as I introduced it, who is the private seal of this small seal, what is the origin of this piece of jade, and which porcelain came out of the previous official kiln...

Tu Jingnian reached out to take a white jade pendant with five blessings, and casually talked to the shopkeeper: "From the shopkeeper's accent, he seems to be from the south, what's the shopkeeper's surname?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said humbly: "The villain is a character on the card, he is just loved by everyone, and he just makes a living on this street. The villain's surname is Leng, and his name is Zixing. His hometown is Jinling, and his late father is still there." When I was in Beijing, I settled down in the capital, although Chang'an is expensive, but there are many noble people here, and they can also take care of the business of small people, so I don't plan to go back!"

Tu Jingnian thought the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before. Emperor Chengqing was too lazy to tell these people the short stories of these parents. Right now, he was admiring a statue of Avalokitesvara in a fish basket and highly praised the carver. , that Leng Zixing quickly flattered Emperor Chengqing's eyesight, bragging over there, and found a secret mark under the fish basket, pointed it to Emperor Chengqing, and said that this was the top craftsman of the former general supervisor Originally, it was enshrined by the dignitaries of the former dynasty, but after the former dynasty collapsed, this Avalokitesvara was exiled to the common people.

When Leng Zixing opened his mouth wide and encouraged Emperor Chengqing and Tu Jingnian to take out the money, there was a sound of heavy footsteps outside. Tu Jingnian saw that it was a rather robust young man leading him. Then a group of people dressed as big-armed servants and guards came in, and the young man said carelessly when he entered the door: "Master Leng, didn't you say that you have some Genghuang beauty pictures on your side last time? Sir, I told them, They just don’t believe there is one named Geng Huang, this time, I have to buy it back and tell them to open their eyes, lest they say I’m ignorant!”