The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

When the dynasty was founded, there were a number of voluntary merchants who contributed a lot. In order to fill the treasury and save money, Taizong also lifted many restrictions on merchants and merchants established by the previous dynasty. The children of merchants can also study and become officials. Therefore, for nearly a hundred years Wealthy merchants and rich households are also very powerful everywhere.Like the Xue family in Jinling, who are connected with meritorious families and have errands in the palace, even Master Zhen Yingjia, who is known as the King of Jinling, often walks and socializes with the deceased Master Xue, otherwise he would not be able to raise Xue Pan. The willful overlord.

However, Master Xue passed away two years ago, and most of the Xue family's shopping errands in the palace were squeezed out by other families. No matter how they used the money, they couldn't impress Grandpa Xia who was beside the Holy One. The big clan is also much weaker, and it is only a matter of apologizing to the newly appointed Zhao Fu Yin.

It's not that the Xue family is really afraid of the parents and officials in the district. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and has two prominent in-laws, the Jia Wang in Beijing. Even if the Xue family is not as good as before, they dare to disrespect the Xue family in face There were not many people, and Xue Pan, the uncle of the Xue family, never paid much attention to these small officials.

But Mr. Zhao is different. Mrs. Xue got the letter from her natal brother Wang Ziteng early in the morning. This Mr. Zhao Fu Yin is very unusual.Although I don't know which true Buddha he is, but the one who can make Wang Ziteng so cautious must not be the one who offended the Xue family. disaster.

The prefect was appointed for three years, and Xue Wang's family discussed with their daughter Xue Baochai to restrain Xue Pan before Mr. Zhao came to office. culprit.Xue Pan has always been considerate to his mother and younger sister, and he has never been irritating. He doesn't go out of the house very often, and just enjoys himself at home with the newly bought opera.Anyway, the Xue family has plenty of money, and the Xue Wang family will never treat this single seedling badly. As long as Xue Pan doesn't go out to attract people's attention, she doesn't care if she buys a hundred of them.

Unexpectedly, if a person sits at home, disaster will come from heaven.It wasn't until Mr. Fu Yin's master came to the door with the soldiers to vote for greetings. The Xue family didn't know that the two benefactors who came to the door a few days ago turned out to be criminals arrested by the court. .

It turned out that when Xue Baochai was young, he always felt dry and hot, and because of this, he often tossed and turned at night and coughed continuously. Fortunately, a monk with a scarlet head who traveled here gave him a piece of sea food for nothing, and later made medicine according to the prescription. , Take it at the onset of the disease, and it will be considered suppressed.

Back then, in order to treat his beloved daughter, Mr. Xue had invited all the famous doctors in the south of the Yangtze River, and paid a high price for folk remedies, which was a big wish.The scarlet-headed monk described him as tired and torn, even if he didn't ask for a documented prescription, no one would take it seriously, but Mr. Xue was eager to love his daughter, so let me give it a try, and the prescription will be prepared in a year's time I made a jar of pills with the stuff, and Xue Baochai knew it would work once he used it.

Master Xue suddenly realized that he had met an unrevealed expert, and he had ordered his shopkeepers to pay attention, but unfortunately found nothing, so he often mentioned this matter in front of his sons and daughters, hoping that the two of them would be happy. If there is another chance like this, and you can make friends with an expert, it will also protect Xue's family.

So a few days ago, when the scarlet-headed monk and a lame Taoist appeared outside Xue's house, the chief steward who happened to be drinking tea in the gatehouse saw these two gods at a glance, and almost lost his shoes in order to invite them into the mansion. He picked up one, bowed his head, and invited him into the mansion. Xue Wang, who had received the letter, went to tidy up Xue Pan himself, and coaxed him to the front to accompany the guests.

Even though the two of them just kept pretending to be crazy, didn't leave anything behind, and even said some crooked things to arrange for him, Xue Pan thought about the jar of pills buried in the garden. After seeing the two of them once, Gan sat and watched them devour the carefully prepared vegetarian food in the mansion, and then disappeared without a trace.

At that time, Wang Xue blamed his son in every possible way, complaining that he could make the two gods disappear under their noses, and I don't know if they have formed a fairy relationship, which made Xue Pan complain, if Xue Baochai was not stable She was considerate and persuaded them, maybe the mother and son would have an awkward situation.

It turned out that the monk had committed a crime, and even called the yamen servant to the mansion. Xue Wang was afraid of embarrassment, but Xue Pan trembled again. Instead of comforting the panic-stricken mother, he used The words pierced people's hearts: "I just saw that there was something wrong with those two people, they were crazy, and I couldn't tell where they got the prescriptions for my sister, and my mother asked me to entertain them. It's good at the moment, I've heard what you said They were all cocooned, and told me not to catch Mr. Zhao’s eyes, but Mr. Zhao was recruited by those two people! The living person disappeared out of thin air. We dare to say it, but they may not believe it.”

Xue Pan has been restrained at home for so many days, it is because he is uncomfortable all over, and such unlucky things happened again.He was annoyed in his heart, and without thinking clearly, he said the words directly, so angry that everyone in Xue Wang's family was stunned.

It was still Xue Baochai who was sensible and filial. Seeing that Xue Wang's expression was really ugly under the frightened and angry face, she hurriedly helped and reprimanded: "What is Mom doing for? You even came to recruit her! If you can't tolerate Mom and me, I will So I will go to Zhuangzi with my mother and leave you alone at home, so you can enjoy yourself?"

Xue Pan has always loved and trusted his younger sister Baochai, but this time Baochai's face suddenly sank, and Xue Pan's arrogance unconsciously subsided.He touched his sleeve with a smirk, although he did not apologize to Mrs. Xue, he did not say any more chilling things.

Xue Baochai understood that her elder brother was born with a simple and straightforward temper, he spoke without intention, and did not argue with him too much, so she served Wang Xue a cup of tea, and comforted her softly next to her: "Mom, don't worry about elder brother, he was also provoked by others." Hu Qin was so angry that he lost his head for a while. Besides, the monk was able to escape from the prison, which shows that he really has strange skills. How can our family have the skills to be trapped? Naturally, they leave whenever they want Yes. If Mr. Zhao doesn’t believe it and insists on using this to embarrass us, uncles, aunts, and the others must not be right.”

Xue Baochai was early-witted and good at observing people's hearts. After a little thought, she understood what Xue Wang was worried about. Naturally, her persuasion was targeted, and she immediately spoke to Xue Wang's heart, which made her face calm down a lot.

It's a pity that even though Zhao Fu Yin can't really do anything to their family, the monk and his family are always a thorn in Xue Wang's heart.Those two people have great supernatural powers, but they don't know why they are kind to them.If it is said that they have no desires or desires, Xue Wang is absolutely unwilling to believe it, she is afraid that the two people's demands are so great that they will even endanger her two children and Xue's family property.As long as she thinks that someone is secretly thinking about their family, she feels her heart is pulled.

Taking a deep breath, Mrs. Xue Wang grabbed Xue Baochai's hand, and beckoned Xue Pan, who was standing stunned, to come over, and said solemnly: "I have already agreed with your aunt, and I will take you to the hospital. Going to the capital, firstly, to see if we can take back the errands we bought for the palace, and secondly, so that those Xiao Xiaoxiao will not look down on our orphans and widowed mothers. Now that something like this has happened, we will leave as soon as possible , so as not to cause side effects. I don’t believe that there are still people playing ghosts at the feet of the Son of Heaven.”

Before she got married, Mrs. Xue heard that there were a few temples in the suburbs of Beijing that were very efficacious, and there were many concubines in the palace. .

Xue Baochai responded obediently, and even helped to take stock of the preparations for going to Beijing, but Xue Pan lost his face and yelled dissatisfiedly: "It's just going to Beijing for business, how can mother and sister go there? It’s broken. I’ll just take the stewards with me. With uncles and aunts taking care of me, who dares to bully me? As for the monks and priests, last time I just treated them politely, so I let them play tricks. From now on The servants are all patrolling outside the two gates, I don't believe they can still come in."

Xue Pan has long been fascinated by many of the bustling and romantic places in Beijing, but hates that his family keeps a close eye on him, so that he has not been seen so far. After finally Xue Wang let him go, how can he take his mother and sister around again? Dominate him.

Xue Wang would never indulge him in this kind of matter, and immediately scolded him with a stern face: "Damn it! I have already taken the charter for this matter, and you don't have to discuss it any more! You are idle and mischievous all day long. The noise is giving me a headache, get out of my place!"

Although Xue Pan is heartless, he is still filial to the Xue Wang family, so he retreated in embarrassment when he heard this, and went back to the yard in front of him to relieve his depression.

After driving away her useless son, Xue Wang really felt a headache, and leaned on the pillow wearily, while the little girl Sixi who was beside her hurriedly moved to the side to massage the acupuncture points for her.

Seeing Xue Wangshi so sad, Xue Baochai thought for a while and put down the worries in his heart, sat beside Xue Wangshi and slowly beat her shoulder with a beauty fist.When Xue Wang's face got better, Xue Baochai said softly: "Mom, don't be too worried. Now that Mr. Fu Yin has come to the door, the monk has his own supernatural powers, and he will definitely not come again in the near future. , when the news has passed, we will have already arrived in the capital, and we will not be afraid of these monsters."

Mrs. Xue Wang was closing her eyes and thinking about her late husband who died young, complaining that he cruelly left the family, orphans and widows, to be bullied by others. Hearing the sound, she felt extremely ironic in her heart, and hurriedly got up and took her daughter into her arms: "My Son, it's your mother who delayed you. You are a child who should be eating and playing, but you want to accompany me to worry about this. If you give birth to a boy, I will close my eyes immediately and there is nothing to worry about. I'm worried."

Xue Baochai has heard such words from his parents countless times since he can remember. At this time, he just tapped the corner of his lips with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Although I am a girl, I can't support the family like my brother, but I can finally help you." Let my mother take care of the housework, so that my brother will not be disturbed by housework."

With Xue Baochai acting so dignified and generous, Wang Xue's thoughts are even more serious.She suddenly sighed, and patted Xue Baochai's hand: "My son, you are so old, and many girls from acquaintances' families have also talked about marriage. Mom has kept you until now, do you have any complaints?"

Xue Baochai's eyes moved slightly, and she glanced at the girls serving in the room with clear eyes, and when they all retreated knowingly, she shook her head with a smile: "What did you say, you are doing everything for me, I know , let’s go to the capital, everything will be fine.”

She is already 11 years old, and many things in the family are no longer hidden from her, and Xue Wang even discusses with her.

Although Jinling City is big, there is no one who can really protect Xue's family and support Xue Pan to take charge of the Xue family's family business. That's why Xue Wang's family has thought about marrying Xue Baochai to her natal nephew, but it's a pity that Mrs. Wang Ziteng Directly and implicitly rejected the marriage.The next best thing to do is to marry Xue Wang's elder sister who married into Jia's family in Rongguo Mansion.

Xue Baochai has heard of Baoyu from her aunt's family, and such a person who does not know how to make progress is definitely not a good match in her heart.What she thought in her heart was the majestic and majestic palace city, and only by entering that place could she truly protect her family property and prevent those eunuchs who preyed on others to bully her.

However, the Xue Wang family has long believed that the Wang family will not let the girls from relatives go in to hinder the eyes of the mother, so Xue Baochai never mentioned it to her mother.Anyway, the whole family is about to enter Beijing, whether they can find Qingyun Road or not depends on personal chance.