Old things in the Red Chamber

In the Grand View Garden, the only place where men live is Yihong Courtyard. The owner of this house is Jia Baoyu. Jia Baoyu is Jia Huan's blood cousin. In addition, he has no wife and no decent aunt, so, It's perfectly fine for Shi Taijun to bring him here to sit down and rest his feet.

"Your sister Tanchun lives in Qiushuangzhai over there, and there are girls from relatives' families in there, so it's inconvenient. You will take a boat with the old lady to take a look later."

"Listen to you."

The two of them arrived at the gate of Yihong Courtyard slowly. Seeing that the door of Yihong Courtyard was closed, bursts of laughter came from inside, the voice was clear and moving.Two people stood at the door, and the people behind them immediately went up to knock on the door, but there were bursts of laughter inside, but the mother-in-law knocked a dozen times and no one opened the door.Finally, a few vigorous women began to knock on the door, and the people inside asked impatiently, "Who is it? Baoyu is not here."

The women are also angry, but they can't be presumptuous in front of the old lady. If it was normal, they would have started scolding.This person had no choice but to say slowly, "The old lady is here, open the door quickly."

Inside, a little girl quickly opened the door, and the women outside the door hurried away, and Jia Huan helped Shi Taijun up the steps.

The big maids in the yard, the second-class maids, and the young maids sweeping the floor all came out to pay their respects.Jia Xuan saw that the yard was in a mess, and two swans were flapping their wings in panic and running in the yard. The people in the yard just closed their doors to play with these two swans.

Seeing Jia Xuan looking at the swan, Shi Taijun held his hand and walked inside, saying as he walked, "This is when the imperial concubine was visiting relatives. I bought it and cut its wings. These animals can't fly, so they are kept by the water. Yes, someone is looking after you."

Xiren, Jia Baoyu's maidservant, led them into the upper room. Shi Taijun sat in the upper room and said to Xiren, "I have a bowl of good tea for you, Uncle Yu."

Jia Xun sat down under her, and didn't look around, just sat and listened to Shi Taijun's instructions, "I invited the third and fourth girls to pass on to the boat mother, and today I will take their brothers and sisters to take a boat to see the scenery of the garden."

The people who followed immediately went to spread the word, and some people went to invite Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun. Yuanyang sent someone to go back and bring a thick cloak. In this weather, although there is no ice on the water, it is still very cold.Guessing Jia Xun's stature, he felt that Baoyu's clothes were too small for Jia Xun, so he sent someone to find Ping'er, and first found a Jia Lian's cloak as an emergency.

The mandarin ducks were dispatched here, and the attackers brought two people to serve tea on a tray.

The one for the old lady is Laojunmei, and the one for Jia Huan is Houkui.

Jia Huan lifted the lid of the tea bowl and took a few sips. He was really thirsty. After drinking, he put the tea bowl on the side table beside him. Uncle Xuan pours another bowl of hot tea."

Then he asked Jia Huan, "Why are you thirsty when you come early in the morning? Your house doesn't care about you. What is your wife doing at home?"

"She is raising a baby, and I dare not labor her. We have only been married for a few years, and she has given birth to two girls. Year after year, giving birth to a baby hurts her body. If she doesn't raise her well, she is pregnant again. , not daring to work on her anymore.”

"Your old man and your reputation of being fearful of internal affairs, I, an honored old woman, have heard about it, so don't listen to your mother, she..." Didn't go on saying, "What kind of girl do you want, just be right. I said, I don’t have one here, and if someone goes outside to buy it for you, it must serve you comfortably. It’s hard enough for a man’s family outside, and he needs to be comfortable when he returns home.”

She looked like a doting old grandmother.

Jia Huan smiled and said to her, "It's nothing, my wife is virtuous. I didn't worry about it when I went home, it's enough."

Qingwen carried the tray into the room, put the tray on the side table, reached for the tea bowl and handed it to Jia Xun, "Master Xun, please have some tea."

Jia Huan didn't look at her, but faced Shi Taijun, and took the tea bowl with one hand, and suddenly touched the long nail on her hand, and was poked by the nail, which hurt a little, and when she turned her head, the two-inch long nail was Because it was dyed with impatiens, it was a kind of orange-red, and this girl would not work at first sight, Jia Xuan thought to herself, this is no servant, she is even more delicate than the young lady raised by some other families.At the very least, the girls from Xiaomenxiaohu's family are still some female celebrities.

He took the teacup over, lifted the lid and took a few sips.The two girls outside the door arrived. As soon as Jia Tanchun came in, she had a smile on her face. She was called from Mrs. Wang's side, and she was still wearing the clothes for meeting guests. Her eyebrows and lips were painted, and she was also a big girl.

"Grandma please, big brother please be well." He said it very affectionately, when Jia Xuan saw her, even though he knew that the girl had a lot of heart, he couldn't hate her.In comparison, Xichun is much more boring, please sit on the chair, the whole person is as transparent.

"When I entered the garden just now, I saw the boat lady, and I reckoned that it was ready there. Old lady, don't you want to take a boat? Let's go." Jia Tanchun wanted to help the old lady stand up, Yuanyang He hurriedly stopped her, "Miss San, I sent someone to look for the clothes of Second Master Lian just now. I was afraid that it would be cold later, so I put them on for Uncle Xun. They haven't come back yet."

"It's fine, and I don't need any clothes. Let's go now. The weather is fine today, which is just right for gardening." Jia Xun stood up, and Shi Taijun stretched out his arms to support Jia Xun. On one side, supported by Jia Tanchun, Xichun followed silently. After walking for a while, there were two painting boats parked beside the water. Yuanyang fastened the cloak for Shi Taijun. The two sides followed suit and started to visit the garden.

In the evening, Jin Chuan brought Xiren to Mrs. Wang's yard. Mrs. Wang was letting Caiyun pinch her feet. After a busy day, Jia Zheng went to Aunt Zhao's place to rest again today. matter.

Xiren came in and bowed down on the ground, Mrs. Wang let Caiyun and Jin Chuan go down, and called Xiren up, Xiren took over Caiyun's work automatically, pinched Mrs. Wang's feet, and the master and servant had questions and answers.In the end, Xiren hesitated for a moment, and said deliberately, "Uncle Xun took a second look at Qingwen."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang really became interested, and asked Xiren to explain the details again, Xiren answered slowly, and finally added a sentence, "...Uncle Xun held the cup and never put it down."

Mrs. Wang thought for a while, "Understood, don't talk nonsense, go back."

The attacker bowed and retreated.

Mrs. Wang twirled the beads, thought about Qingwen's appearance for a while, and hummed in her heart. Sure enough, there is no man who does not steal, but Qingwen is Baoyu's girl. If she gave it to Jia Xun, it would be Baoyu's face.Mrs. Wang would not do something that would shame her son, not only would she not do it, but she would also stop Shi Taijun a little bit. Now she has a sense of crisis, that is: Shi Taijun has more than one son, let alone another grandson.Similarly, the empresses in the palace do not have to support the imperial concubine. Hefei has an advantage that the imperial concubine does not have, that is, she has raised a son.

Mrs. Wang's mood was not calm, and she was even a little anxious.

After more than a month, Fourth Master Gu came to look for Jia Xun. First, he went to pay a visit to Jia Gu, and called him very respectful. This respect was due to his good relationship with Jia Xun.Jia Gu was very proud of himself in the past few days, but he had to pretend he didn't have it, and it was very hard to bear it, so he called Jia She over, and the two old men were playing at home and didn't go out.

Seeing Gu Yun, Jia Gu smiled and asked, "Did Yunming come to look for Xun'er?"

"I'm here to look for Jingzhi. My brother wants to buy a yard, but he's busy recently. My nephew is still young, so I'll take a look on my brother's behalf and call Shang Jingzhi to come with me."

Jia Gu nodded, "He'll go with you after changing his clothes. If your family doesn't have enough money, don't be an outsider. If you don't have too much, we still have 6000 taels."

Gu Yun thanked him, and Jia Xuan changed his clothes and waited for him with the horse.

Seeing the two go out, Jia She sighed, "Thinking about it, I can't figure out who is the most pitiful, that Gu Er or me."

The Gu Er in his mouth is Gu Siye's elder brother. If Cheng Engong is gone, Gu Erye can at least inherit a marquis. The wealth of several generations was given up.Just like that, it didn't make that old foolish Cheng Engong happy, and even pushed the eldest son to move out, which is why the brothers of the Gu family rushed to find a house to live in.

"It's rare for a father to be partial like this." Jia Gu sighed, "If I had this bunch of children, I would be able to wake up from my dreams with laughter. Besides, their brothers are not those dudes. This Gu Er has a serious reputation. In the future, revitalizing the family will be no worse than my younger brother."

"He was a fool in studying. It is only because of his fame that he has a sour temper. The scholarly spirit never considers the consequences. If he refuses to give up the title and kills his father, he will get everything." Jia She felt that Gu The second is the biggest fool in the world.

The two people have different opinions, but you said something happily, at this time, Jia Gui ran in and whispered, "Master Hou, it's done"

Jia Gu patted Jia Gui on the chest, winked and said, "You are the best."

"No, it's Lord Hou, you are amazing."

"You're welcome, we're just as good."

"The little one is not as good as you, and the little one is just an errand runner."

Then the master and the servant smiled at each other for a while, and Jia Gui went down happily.

"What kind of charades are you playing?" Jia She was not happy, feeling that his brother was far away from him, and now he didn't share good things with him, so he was very unhappy.

Jia Gu motioned Jia She to stick his head closer, "Last month, there was a troupe from Kunming Opera who came to the capital, did you know?"

"I know, I invite you to watch it. I don't understand what you're talking about. What's the matter? I want to watch it."

"I can't see it anymore. The pillar of the theater troupe, who sings the boudoir, first met Prince Zhongshun, and it was in the morning..." Jia Gu laughed a lot, and told Jia Amnesty with a suppressed smile, "It will be in the morning." , Bei Jing was stuck on the bed by Zhongshun."

Prince Zhongshun, the emperor's half-brother, his hobby is male, because of this, not to mention the emperor, even the Supreme Emperor broke a whip when he found out.But he is not the kind of person who would harm a man when he sees a man. He likes actors, and most of the people on the stage are men, some of them have been dressed up, and they are a bit more charming than women. Prince Zhongshun loves this style.It is said that there are all the opera troupes in the capital, and he has inspected all of them. He has long felt that the opera troupes in the capital are not good enough. Now that a new theater troupe has come, he will naturally not let it go.

As for how Beijing Jing Wang, who likes talented women, got together with an actor, there is no need to tell Jia She, because he will be happier if he knows less.

In less than one morning, the news had already spread in the capital. When Jia Xuan and Gu Yun went to a restaurant for dinner, they heard someone talking about it with joy. Of course, the matter involved two dignitaries, and they were also talking about 120 Be careful.He said that they were the son of the Dong family and the young master of the Xi family. People in the world respect the East, and the East represents Prince Zhongshun, and the West family is the King of Beijing County.

"By the way, the young master of the master just took in an outer room, which is as partial as an eyeball. For this, he did not hesitate to get angry with the old lady at home. When he treats the outer room grandma, he wants the stars and not the moon. I heard that That grandma in the outside room prefers fried bones. Every day, she makes fat chickens and big ducks. The meat is removed for the servants to eat, and she chews the bones every day..."

The audience below shook their heads and sighed, "How is this a way of life? Whose family is so extravagant and wasteful, committing crimes."

The people at the other tables listened with their ears upright. Jia Huan took out a jug of wine from the jar filled with hot water, poured a glass for Gu Yun, and poured a glass for himself. The purpose of serving food for two people is to listen to a few more words.

The person speaking is a bit vulgar, and has already begun to describe some indescribable life of others. He speaks loudly, but the listener is very quiet. There are those gentle scholars who blushed and pretended to be hardworking. He looked like his ears were pricked, afraid that he might miss a detail.Even the "disgraceful" that I usually talk about is ashamed to say, the main reason is that this kind of sexy thing is not common.Some beggars, those vulgar big men, smiled and laughed, their mouths were even more unclean, but they didn't dare to raise their voices. If they raised their voices, the people at the same table would cover his mouth first, and wait for a while. Speak, now listen first.

Fourth Master Gu's face turned dark, he could already hear that something was wrong, the person who spoke seemed to have seen it with his own eyes, it was clearly manipulated by someone, and he was talking about a secret matter of a respectable family, the dignitaries in the capital Everywhere, his job as the prefect of Shuntian Mansion is not easy to do. If there is one less thing, he will never do too much. But now, things have risen, and he has to go down to understand, otherwise, he will not know what happened in the end Well, the emperor couldn't understand the smell, and his official position was over.

Jia Huan took this incident as a condiment for the meal, took the bowl, and changed positions, looking beaming, because the person who talked about it was particularly disgusting and learned on the spot how they exchanged saliva. "... Just like that, the two of them hugged each other, and the young master of the Xi family asked, 'My heart, why is your waist so thin, and why are your chest so flat'..." He was groping himself up and down, with a small groan in his throat The chanting sound was so vivid, Jia Xuan laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back, the atmosphere on the second floor of the restaurant had already become hot, and the men who traveled all over the world also patted the table hahaha. The speaker served a jug of wine.The one who spoke finished hugging him, and started pecking at his fingers, "The young master of the Xi family didn't wait for the grandma to answer, he was eager to kiss him, and when he went up..." he began to frantically perform pecking on his fingers.

When everyone was laughing just now, Gu Yun didn't laugh. He didn't laugh the whole time. He listened carefully to every sentence and felt that there was a sentence that was too inconsistent. Now he suddenly remembered that he dragged Jia Huan down the stairs. The two of them Chang Sui was very pleased with what he was listening to this time. When he saw his master going downstairs, he immediately stood up and listened again with nostalgia. The people standing on the stairs quickly sat down in the seats they had just vacated. Throwing a few pieces of silver to Xiao Er, "Don't clean up, the men are not here to eat."

Downstairs, Gu Yun's face was overcast, and Jia Xuan looked up at the restaurant, "Don't be so dark, I'll buy the yard for your second brother when the money comes. Originally, the transfer was done at the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion. Seeing that he is the head of the household of your brother, they will transfer the ownership in a hurry."

"Jingzhi, this matter is more important than my brother's buying a house. I am going to enter the palace now. The emperor may think this is a trivial matter, but it is not a trivial matter if it involves a king with a different surname. Please keep an eye on it for me first." , I will thank you later." After finishing speaking, he got on the horse and cupped his hands, and Jia Huan also cupped his hands on the ground to return the salute, watching him run away in a hurry.

There was only his Chang Sui by his side, and Xia Zhi also led the horse, "Master, where are we going now?"

"Of course it is to bring money to others. Yun Ming entrusted this matter to me. It is best to finish the matter today and send the deed to Brother Gu tonight."

Prince Zhongshun was escorted to the palace by the imperial guards sent by the emperor. There was a scratch on his face, and he was very irritable. It is said that the imperial guards invited him to the palace with nice words, but the guards were angry at the time. They tied him up, put him in the car, and quickly entered the palace.

The emperor was in the study, his eyes were red, and he lost another son. The eighth prince, who had been sick for many years, was fine when it was hot, but fell ill when it was cold. After several months, he was still gone.There was nothing last night, because he was small, and there was still the Supreme Emperor in this palace, so there was no funeral for the eighth prince. He sat in the study for a whole day, and he didn't eat a few bites. He felt as uncomfortable as if he had been stabbed a few times Yes, I cried secretly.

When Zhongshun arrived in the palace, the guards untied the rope, pleaded guilty in a low voice, and said the whole story, "The eighth prince disappeared last night, and the emperor didn't leave the imperial study room today, so don't mess with him. The emperor said, you don't want to Once you enter the palace, you will be tied up, the lowly officials are responsible, you can beat us and scold us, I just ask you to go in and persuade the emperor."

Prince Zhongshun really planned to scold the emperor for a while, who knew that his son died.Even if the bastard got home, he knew that his nephew was the one who died, so Prince Zhongshun walked in with a bow, and greeted him honestly.

The emperor snorted, "I heard that my brother has a red mole on your buttocks, but my brother didn't even know about it."

"It's not on the butt, it's on the waist, there's one on the waist." When he got excited, he forgot what the guard said just now, stood up straight, and stuck his neck, "That bastard, grab someone from me, see if I don't Hit him."

"Then why didn't you beat someone up at that time and keep it for the New Year?" The emperor stared at the scratch on his face and asked him expressionlessly.

"Hey, my good friend ran into the yard without wearing pants. I want to shame my brother. I want him to put on his clothes first. Such a daze made that kid run away."

"How did I hear that you went up to beat someone up, and your good friend beat you up."

Prince Zhongshun became angry with embarrassment, "Are you still my brother? You are making fun of me."

"I'm really making fun of you, but you're right. I'm also your own brother. You have suffered such a big loss, so I have to vent your anger on you. Go back."

"No, Brother Seven, you can't just send me away like this. I heard about it this afternoon, and everyone in the capital knows that I have a red mole on my buttocks. Who the fuck spread the rumors, who the fuck stared at me , that kid is easy to clean up, staring at me, you have to find it for me."

The emperor leaned on the throne, "The person who stares at you is either your enemy or Bei Jing's enemy. It's okay to stare at you."

The emperor didn't even understand when there was such a force in the capital.The most hateful thing is that I showed my hand, and I can't find any traces anymore.

Zhongshun thought about it, "I'll go back and check it out. Brother, take care. There are many sister-in-laws in the palace. It's not easy to want a son. Whoever can give birth will be lucky. If you want to open it, you can embrace it next year anyway." Up to ten and eight sons."

The emperor smiled and watched Prince Zhongshun back out.

"Son." He sighed.

There are quite a few sensible people in the capital. At the grand meeting two days later, groups of people lowered their voices and whispered small things. Jia Gu strode towards the Minister of the Household Department and greeted him affectionately from afar. When it was time for food and grass, the military department stared at the household department from top to bottom, and the secretary of the household department felt scalp numb when he saw Jia Gu.

The two saluted together, surrounded by a group of subordinate officials. Although they were polite, the Ministry of Accounting was slick. Jia Gu thought that he must check the things transferred by the Ministry of Accounts. Second charge is good, heh heh heh...

The atmosphere was just right, and the king of Beijing Jingwang arrived over there.As soon as he came, the scene was quiet for a few breaths, and then everyone pretended to be nonchalant and started to change the subject, for example, the people next to Jia Gu pretended to say loudly, "Oh, Mr. Li, you look so good."

Jia Gu thought that your dark eyes are really nice too.Over there, Master Li said modestly, "You too, don't you eat well and sleep well recently, and the children at home are filial?"

"Yeah, yeah, I drank a couple of drinks yesterday, oh, isn't this the prince of the county? Hello, hello, hello... Then what, forgive me, I have something to do with Lao Zhao, I suddenly remembered, bear with me." Slip away quickly, if you can't escape, you want to cry, because Prince Zhongshun, the devil king of the world, has come to the morning court for the first time, not only him, but also his cousins ​​and living brothers , even the loyal prince who was raised at home recently came.Standing in a pile, all python robes and jade belts stared at this side with unfriendly eyes.