[Red Chamber] Come for a hexagram?

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Zhang Lianyun went to Wang Xifeng for no other reason than asking Wang Xifeng to go to Wang Ren for help.Even if he can't get rid of his crimes and earn his reputation back, at least he wants to ask him to help capture all the escaped servants and recover the lost property.Of course other considerations are...

Although the amount of money that can be recovered is not much compared to before, for the Jia family that has now fallen, it is life-saving money, allowing them to survive the transition from the prosperous period to a simple life.It's better than nothing.

Although the mansion has been completely sealed off, fortunately the Grand View Garden is a private residence and has not been confiscated, so everyone in Jia's mansion still has a place to go.However, looking at the gorgeous scenery in the Grand View Garden just makes people feel more emotional.The prosperity of the past is finally gone.Things are people.

Today's Jia Mansion is the object that all high-ranking officials and nobles try to avoid contact with, not to mention the King of Beijing Jing who used to have a good relationship, now even a small squire dare not help Jia's Mansion.

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... A small squire does not dare to help the Jia family.When the tree falls and the hozen scatter, it doesn't matter whether the fallen tree is alive or not, and whether it can survive after being lifted up, it's none of the hozen's business. All they do is find another big tree.At this time, people in the Jia family could think of people who might help them. One was the mother and son of the Xue family, and the other was Wang Ren from the Wang family.

The latter candidate was not on Jiamu's list of help from the beginning.who is she?Yipin Gaoming Madam!Even if the Jia family was defeated, her mandate was not taken away. She didn't like to meet Wang Ziteng before, because she could compare the incompetence of her descendants.Now she hates Wang Ren even more, because he ridiculed Jia Baoyu when he gave gifts, coupled with the downfall of the historian later, she hated Wang Ren to the bone.No matter how difficult the life is, she will never let the people she hates see her jokes.So when Zhang Lianyun mentioned Wang Ren, she was severely reprimanded by Jia Mu.

But it is still possible to ask the Xue family for help. Although Xue Pan has no great skills, he is an imperial merchant after all, and his family has a solid foundation.In terms of money, it can help Shangjia's mansion.And their Jia family used to let the Xue family live and eat for free, and they helped Xue Pan a lot. Now that the Jia family is in trouble, how can they not help?

Therefore, Jia Mu turned the corner and told Mrs. Wang to ask her to go to her sister for help.Mrs. Wang dared not answer, because of her nephew, Jia's mother hated their Wang family very much.The water splashed by the married daughter is also Wang Ren's aunt. How close can the relationship be?But the relationship between her and her sister is good.

However, what surprised Mrs. Wang was that she went to Xue's house and complained to Aunt Xue for a long time, but the younger sister who was close to her only gave her 500 taels of silver?

500 taels?In the past, all the servants in the Jia Mansion received a monthly silver payment of about 500 taels.

In the past, on Jia Mu's birthday, the one-day banquet cost more than this amount.Jia's family is so extravagant, but Xue's family is richer than Jia's.

This little money is to send beggars?

But Mrs. Wang couldn't say that. She could only tell Aunt Xue tactfully that this amount of money...was not enough.

As soon as Mrs. Wang finished speaking, Aunt Xue also had a sad face, almost crying.

It's not that she doesn't help her sister, it's that this is all the spare money she can spare.

The Xue family is getting more and more difficult now.

Everyone knows that their Xue family is an imperial merchant, but this imperial merchant is not limited to their Xue family.The emperor asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to buy things, how could they only focus on one shop to buy.The Xue family is just a comprador in charge of several types of items.However, if the Ministry of Internal Affairs sees something better than theirs in other shops, it is common for them not to come to their shop.As time passed, the signboard of the imperial merchant was useless, and it seemed that it would not be able to keep it.But her son Xue Pan is not good at doing business.The profit in the shop was small, and he still spends his days drinking and drinking, and now his family's multi-million dollar property is sitting on nothing, and there is not much left.Some time ago when Xue Baochai got married, in order to save face for her daughter and not be bullied when she came to her husband's house, Xue Pan and Aunt Xue spent a lot of money and bought a lot of dowry for Xue Baochai.But now she is planning to marry Xue Pan as the main wife, and the dowry still requires money.The 500 taels that can be taken out are still obtained by Aunt Xue from her small treasury, which is really the limit.

Faced with the somewhat dissatisfied face of Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue's heart also turned cold.After saying a few words, he served tea to see off the guests.

Mrs. Wang held the 500 taels of silver bills in her arms, and she felt cold in her heart.

I'm afraid this little money won't last for a few days, how will she explain to Jia Mu.

Fortunately, Jia's mother was ill and did not get up.Therefore, Mrs. Wang held the several hundred taels of silver bills and did not dare to tell Jia Mu.But this can't be hidden from Mrs. Xing, the family has been ruined, Jia's mother is sick, and Mrs. Xing doesn't want to look at anyone's face anymore, so she starts to make a scene.It is said that the 500 taels of silver will be divided equally, and then the Grand View Garden will be separated, and each will live in its own way in the future.

Why would Mrs. Wang give the money she got from her sister to others? Naturally, there was a quarrel.In the room, Jia Mu, who was dizzy and sick, fell asleep, and Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing of the courtyard were arguing.Jia Baoyu and Shi Xiangyun haven't been out since entering the Grand View Garden.Jia Baoyu was in such a catastrophe and was sitting on the couch in a daze.And Shi Xiangyun next to him also kept a straight face, doing needlework in silence.In the historian's house, what kind of faces of her aunts had she never seen?So I calmly made shoes in the room.

Wang Xifeng also wanted to go forward to help her aunt. Perhaps the adult's yelling scared the children sleeping in the small courtyard next to her. Zhang Lianyun ran over in a panic and told Wang Xifeng that Niuniu woke up, and Ping'er went out to do chores, and no one was watching. The child asked Wang Xifeng to rush over to take care of it.Really anxious, Wang Xifeng didn't care about Mrs. Wang at this time, she turned her head and ran to her room. Sure enough, she saw Niu Niu crying loudly with a blushing face, so she picked her up and coaxed her. There was no pinched red mark on the baby's arm hidden under the red swaddle.

Zhang Lianyun, who successfully attracted Wang Xifeng, looked around to see if there was no one else, and encouraged Wang Xifeng to seek help from Wang Ren.

Before she just mentioned a word, she was reprimanded by Jiamu.But this doesn't mean that she gave up. She thought Wang Xifeng would readily agree. After all, he was his brother, so how could he ignore his sister?Who would have thought that Wang Xifeng would veto it outright, she was unwilling to seek Wang Ren to be scolded no matter what.Even Wang Yi knew that she was responsible for Wang Ren's abolishment. If it was delivered to her door now, she would be asking for scolding.Turning his head, he rejected Zhang Lianyun's request.Not to mention that Zhang Lianyun wanted Wang Xifeng to bring Wang Ren.

"Sister!" Zhang Lianyun was in a hurry, if Wang Xifeng's side couldn't get through, the future plans would be in vain.

"No matter what, how much enmity can there be between brothers and sisters!" Zhang Lianyun hurriedly said, "If he doesn't help, the Jia family will...you have to think more about your child!"

Speaking of the child, Wang Xifeng was a little moved. She looked down at the one-year-old girl in her arms.

Seeing that Wang Xifeng was moved, Zhang Lianyun tried his best to persuade Wang Xifeng.

"Sister, I didn't ask your elder brother to do anything. He just went to help us track down the whereabouts of the stolen things and capture the escaped slaves. Isn't he Dali Temple Minister? This is his job."

Wang Xifeng frowned slightly.

"Sister! My sister did have selfish intentions in letting you go, but it was still for the Jia family. Your child is still so young, don't you need money for clothes and food?" Zhang Lianyun hurriedly said, "It's just to find you My elder brother came to help, whether it succeeds or not, my elder sister's visit is better than doing nothing!" When Wang Ren came, she would make plans.

Ping'er went into the house with a pot of hot water, and was startled when he saw Zhang Lianyun in the house. When did this person want to enter Second Mistress's house?Thinking of this, she looked at Zhang Lianyun suspiciously and vigilantly.

Since Ping'er came back from work, Zhang Lianyun couldn't provoke her in front of this shrewd girl. She only left a sentence of "Second Mistress think about it carefully" and immediately lifted the curtain and left.

Wang Xifeng hung her head, not knowing what to think, Ping'er put the washbasin beside the bed, not daring to ask further questions.

That afternoon, Wang Xifeng changed into men's clothes. Now that she has no servants, she can't continue to go out in a petite seat.As a young daughter-in-law, the only way she could think of was to dress up as a man and sneak out to find Wang Ren.

At this time, Wang Ren was playing chess with Master Thirteen in the backyard of his home.Today my younger brother went out with his teacher, and the house is very quiet.Shisan also told the little girl at home not to come and disturb her if she had nothing to do, so there were only two of them talking and doing things in the backyard very freely.

Wang Ren held a chess piece and stared at the board closely. After a moment of silence, he threw the chess piece on the table with a mournful face, and sighed: "I don't play anymore, I didn't win even once."

"After so many years, my chess skills have not improved at all."

"Because there is no one to practice with me." Wang Ren said while drinking tea, "Panxia knows how to make his flowers, and the teacher only likes chess and not Go. My younger brother learns from him. He is good at chess, but Go is a mess. .According to this mansion, I am the only one who can play chess, who will play chess with me?"

"Qinqi, calligraphy and painting, you are good at books now." Shisan smiled.

"Painting can only draw pictures of chickens pecking at rice, but the sound from the qin is broken." Wang Ren paused, and suddenly said, "Thirteen, you can't play the qin yourself, can you? How dare you talk about me."

Thirteen coughed, raised his head and smiled confidently: "I tried to learn a little last year."

"Really?"

"Better than you."

"Okay! Then tell me about it!"

"As long as there is a piano."

"You wait, I'll bring the piano right away." Wang Ren said.

Outside the Wang's mansion, Wang Xifeng, who was dressed in men's clothes, had already arrived near the gate of the Wang's house, but she dared not go in anyway.The door of the Wang family is closed, and she is not welcome by everyone here.Obviously it's her brother's house.If Wang Ren still lived in the original mansion, it would be easy for her to get in, because it was her natal family.But here... it's not.

Coincidentally, maybe God is helping Wang Xifeng.At this time, the small door on the side of Wang's house opened, and a man who looked very strong was pushing a small cart. Several dirty buckets were placed on the small cart, which seemed to be something like swill.The strong man pushed the cart out, but closed the door a little, then pushed the cart and left.

Wang Xifeng was taken aback, this is an opportunity.While no one else was paying attention, she slipped in through the closed door.

Wang Ren's family has few servants.Wang Xifeng had been here a few times before and knew the way inside, so she carefully avoided all the people along the way and slipped directly towards the backyard.Wang Ren is not a person who likes to be bored in the house. When he is at home, he likes to stay in the beautiful backyard most of the time.

Sure enough, under a big tree in the backyard, Wang Xifeng saw Wang Ren from a distance.However, there was also a young man with a particularly handsome appearance who was with Wang Ren.The young man was playing the piano at this time, while Wang Ren sat beside the young man and listened silently.

That young man, Wang Xifeng, had never seen her before. As a daughter of a family, she usually stayed at home, and she couldn't see outsiders.

Wang Xifeng hid in a small corner of the yard, not daring to poke her head out for fear of being discovered.Now she is no longer the Feng Lazi she was at the beginning. After the defeat of the Jia family, the loss of power and the indifference of Jia Mu and Jia Lian to her made her lose all the vigor of the past.

If you talk to Wang Ren after the young man has left, he will never stay.Wang Xifeng was thinking in her heart, but her eyes kept looking at the young man. I don't know who he might be. I'm afraid he is not an ordinary person who can get along well with Wang Ren.

At this moment, Wang Xifeng saw a scene that surprised her.

As soon as the song was over, the young man smiled and stretched out his arms to embrace Wang Ren who was listening to the song, bowed his head and kissed him.

Kiss on... on the mouth...

Wang Ren did not refuse, but raised his head slightly and closed his eyes.Wang Xifeng felt her cheeks start to heat up.

Then, Wang Xifeng heard Wang Ren address him: Thirteen.

Who else could be called Thirteen intimately by Wang Ren?Isn't it the emperor's No.13 son, the elder brother Yinxiang?

It's a normal thing for rich kids to raise male pets and have brothers.But what if the other person is Brother Huang?

Wang Xifeng was so frightened that she broke out in cold sweat, and she turned her head and ran away, regardless of the purpose of coming here this time.