Continue to write the dream of red mansions with the routine of house fighting

Baoyu was originally sitting in the cabin, but when she heard cries coming from the bow of the boat, she also climbed out.But he saw that Xiren was crying bitterly with the beggar woman in his arms, and Baochai and others were also wiping tears aside. Baoyu didn't know what was going on, so he came to ask Sheyue, and when he heard that it was Xiangyun, he hurried to come closer, and saw Shi Xiangyun's face was full of wind and frost. , black and shiny black hair, unknown when a few strands of white hair were added, the body that was not plump before, is now even thinner to the bone.Baoyu suddenly felt that his internal organs collapsed, and he seemed to have a lot to say in his heart. For a moment, he forgot his feelings and wanted to hold Xiangyun's hand.Who knows that Xiangyun dodges and sighs to Baochai: "Why is the second elder brother still like this? You don't care about him?" After saying that, he said to Baoyu seriously: "We are all grown up, and we will all marry each other Now, why are you still talking like a child? What will it look like for others to see?"

Baoyu also knew that he had forgotten his shape, so he hurriedly bowed to Xiangyun to apologize.Baochai saw that Baoyu was blushing, so she helped him out and said, "Let's stop standing here and go into the warehouse. The river wind is the coldest in this season. If you turn around and blow the wind, it's not a joke to catch the wind chill." of."

Everyone heard the words and said yes, Baoyu opened the curtain first, and Xiren Sheyue helped Xiangyun into the cabin.Because the boat was too small to accommodate many people, grandma Liu, Wang Gou'er and others rented another boat.At this time, they had already sailed away, and when Baochai and others entered the cabin, the boatman untied the rope, and the boat went all the way south along the current.

The red charcoal was burning vigorously in the small cabin, and a few sparks burst out from time to time. The seats were covered with warm blankets. Although they were not luxurious, they were enough to keep them warm. The warmth made everyone blush.Xiren opened the string window a little to let in the air. Baochai gave the shipowner's wife some big money and asked her to boil a pot of thick ginger soup and bring it to her.

Everyone sat down, and then asked about Xiangyun in a hurry.Xiangyun was wrapped in a warm blanket and saw that everyone was asking her, so she quickly waved her hands and laughed, "If you ask me this way, who do you want me to go back to first? It's better if you don't ask, and I tell you to listen." Baochai heard Yan shook his head and said with a smile: "Look at you, you must have gone through a lot of hardships along the way, but the most rare thing is that your joking temper doesn't change, you just talk and we'll listen."

It turned out that the historian ransacked the house that day, and all the men and women in the clan were going to sell off. It was only because Xiangyun had promised the Wei family that they were relatives of the Wei family by name, so they escaped the catastrophe.Because the historian had been copied by the imperial court, and Jia's mother died, Xiangyun was homeless, so he had to take Cuilu and go to Wei's house.Unexpectedly, the old lady of the Wei family couldn't bear the blow of losing her husband and child and died of illness. The Wei family members put all the blame on Xiangyun, calling her a bad husband and calling her a bastard.The Wei family couldn't tolerate her either, and drove her master and servant out of the house.Xiang Yun had no choice but to take Cui Ling and disguise himself as a man all the way south to inquire about Wei Ruolan's whereabouts.

The two have never traveled long distances, so how can they know that the road is difficult?It was better at first, the two of them had a lot of money for travel expenses, and they were just looking for restaurants and inns to eat and stay. Cuilu even joked with Xiangyun, saying that it was much better than being at home. I learned a lot, and talked endlessly with Cui Ling.It never occurred to her that the current time is in troubled times, the two of them stayed in a hotel together, and they had already revealed their wealth, which attracted people's attention.When I left Tongzhou, I met a group of bandits.Fortunately, both of them were disguised as men, and the gang of thieves saw that the two of them looked like fans and regarded them as two ignorant scholars, so they swept away all their belongings and let them live.

Although the two were out of danger, they had no money on their bodies, so they had to beg for a living, but in the year of the catastrophe, the villages along the way were all empty, and the people's homes had no food left, so how could they help the beggars on the roadside? ?Seeing the handsomeness of the two of them, even though they were willing to give alms, those wealthy households dared not go there, and they dared not go there, and they even got some boys and girls to sell in Beijing, and the two of them didn't even dare to go. The gangsters ran rampant along the way, and the two of them had to avoid the gangsters, and the hardships and dangers involved needless to say.

Seeing that there was really nothing to eat, Xiangyun followed the example of those hungry people and wanted to dig some grass roots and bark to satisfy their hunger, but it is winter now, so where can her master and servant dig those grass roots and bark?Even if there is, those hungry people have already hollowed out it, so how can it be left in his two hands?The two were dizzy and dizzy with hunger, so they had to take the Guanyin soil from the temple to satisfy their hunger.The two of them endured hunger and hunger all the way, not only did Cui Ling not lose weight, but gradually plumped up.Xiangyun often teases her, although Cuilu is false, but she is willing to fight back, and the two of them are having fun in bitterness, which is not lacking in fun.

It's just unknown when, Cui Yu's whole body seemed to be blown up by something. Originally, her body was swollen and she had no strength. Later, her face gradually became swollen, and she couldn't even recognize her original appearance.

It snowed heavily that night, and the two of them stayed in the ruined temple. Before going to bed, Cui Ling talked and laughed with Xiang Yun, saying that she was waiting to find Wei Ruolan, and she would tell him to settle accounts with the members of the Wei family. , Ask them to carry eight big sedan chairs to welcome Xiangyun back to Wei's house.Xiangyun was already cold and hungry, so he fell asleep after talking to her a few words.I don't want the next day to dawn, until the sun was three poles, Cui Ling didn't get up, no matter how Ren Xiangyun called her, she fell asleep peacefully and refused to open her eyes again.

When Xiangyun said this, he couldn't help crying, and everyone swallowed their sobs. In the cabin, the charcoal fire burst into flowers, fell to the ground, and went out.

At that moment, the boatman brought in ginger soup, and Baochai Xiren distributed it to the people, who asked them to drink it to get rid of the cold.

Baochai asked Xiangyun again how did he get here?Xiangyun cried for a while, then continued: "I wanted to bury Cuilu, but she has been with me all my life, but she didn't even have a full meal when she died. I want her to be buried in peace. But I really had no strength, dragged her to the back of the shrine, and fell to the ground. I had no choice but to ask the Bodhisattva to bless her and tell her to join a good family in the next life. Don’t suffer so much for nothing with a master like me. , suffer so many sins.”

Xiren blew and blew the ginger soup, and served Xiangyun to drink two sips.That Xiangyun wiped away his tears, and continued: "After I settled Cuilu, I continued to go south. I had already made up my mind. The court only said that he disappeared near Jinling, so I will go to Jinling to find him." I want to see people when I live, and I want to see corpses when I die. I don't believe that I have been so miserable in my life. I have never seen my parents since I was born. I finally spent a few years of comfortable life with the old lady, and then went home to suffer for several years. It’s so easy to match a good man, and before we get married, he can’t see life or death. I don’t believe it’s my fate, I just want to find him, even if I find my hair is gray, find me If he is dead, I want to find him too!" After saying that, he couldn't help crying again.

Baochai Xiren hugged her and comforted her softly. After an unknown amount of time, Xiangyun continued, "I walked south for two days, but I couldn't move anymore. I'm so hungry, let alone lift my legs. I can’t even lift my eyelids, so I just lie on the snow waiting to die. I don’t think I can find him anymore. I’m going to see my parents and the old lady Lin. I never thought that there would be an old lady at this time Passing by, he was the same year as my father-in-law, and he was also implicated in the case of the King of Beijing. The higher authorities saw that he was old and had served the court for many years, so he was only dismissed. He was the one who met on the way back to his hometown. He saved me and gave me a cold meal. He told me that the Wei family had also been copied, and told me not to tell others that I was from the Wei family. I followed them to live to this Huaiyang boundary. It's a pity that my Cui Ling is only two days away, and it's only two days of work, if she can last for another two days!" Xiang Yun and his party said and cried, and everyone in the cabin also cried with her.Xiang Yun was still choked with sobs, but he continued: "After we exhausted the city, the imperial court's decree came after us, ordering that lord to commit suicide."

Both Baochai Xiren sat beside Xiangyun and comforted her softly. Xiangyun's tears couldn't stop streaming down her cheeks, but Baoyu walked out of the cabin with a blank expression. Baochai hurriedly followed him out of fear that something might happen to him. .

The boat had already left the shore, and the green hills on the bank turned into a pool of black shadows in the night, the pale moonlight pierced through the clouds and poured on the river, the water glinted into the sky, and the silver mist was miserable.Suddenly, the sound of a piano came from the ferry, and the tone was curling, like weeping and complaining, endlessly.Baoyu was intoxicated for a while, and at some point, Xiangyun followed. Hearing the sound of the piano, he said, "This is her seeing you off." Who is Baoyu when he is done?Xiangyun wondered: "Didn't you come down from the Shanxin nunnery? You don't know that Miaoyu is in the Shanxin nunnery?" Baochai was afraid that something would happen, so he didn't tell Baoyu about Miaoyu. Now Xiangyun has to expose it, so he has to Also pretend not to know.

Baoyu was shocked when he heard that Miaoyu was in Shanxin Nunnery, so he hurriedly asked Xiangyun.Xiangyun told Baoyu all about Miaoyu, and said: "Thanks to her taking me in for a few days, I was lucky enough to meet you. She is different from the past now. After half a year, she has become good at dancing. When I got up, I was only busy with those high-ranking officials and family members in Yangzhou City every day. She was born rich and well-informed, and she can help ghosts and invite immortals, and can tell fortunes. Master?" Baoyu wondered: "She is willing? I remember that she hates these oppressive households the most, and she is willing to come even after our family has posted an invitation. Why is she doing these things now? ?”

Xiangyun sneered and said: "For what? Why? It's just for her to have a way to live, and to have a way to live for the nuns in her nunnery. If I didn't go through these things, I would have scolded her for being a hypocrite in the past. But whoever has experience knows. You listen to the sound of the piano, you are elegant and lonely, and she doesn't want to fall into the dust net, socialize with these ordinary people, and do these ordinary things."

While speaking, the boat was far away from the shore, and the sound of the piano gradually faded away, and gradually disappeared, leaving only the lingering rhyme still in my ears.Baoyu tried his best to look towards the direction of the ferry. The mountains were small, and all he could see was the river flowing eastward.Baoyu gave a deep salute towards Guazhou, and shouted, "The people in the threshold bid farewell to the old man!"

The moon has set in the west, the east is white, the sky is still gloomy, and there is a faint mist hanging over the river and the bow of the boat.Baochai Xiangyun has returned to the warehouse, and only Baoyu is left standing on the bow of the boat covered in mist.

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Former literary guard Ruolan is missing~