The maid of the red house

Ever since Daiyu gave birth and fell asleep, Xueyan had not left, and she was very worried. When she finally heard that Daiyu had woken up, she quickly recited a Buddha.

Seeing that Daiyu was safe and sound when she came in, Xueyan felt relieved and said, "Well, why did the girl sleep for so long? General Zhou guarded the girl for a day and a night, never leaving her, not even caring about eating."

When Daiyu heard this, she felt mixed feelings in her heart. She thought of what she saw in her dream and lamented the blessings of this life.

After thinking about it, Daiyu said, "I had a dream."

Xueyan was stunned, sat on the drum stool beside the bed, and helped Daiyu to tie her messy black hair, then looked at her sleeping brother, and said softly: "Who doesn't dream a few dreams in life? Miss, the night before Don’t you do it when you can’t fall asleep? But it’s weird, it’s hard for a girl to give birth to a brother, but it doesn’t matter after all, why did a dream keep us asleep all day and all night? It seems to worry us so much.”

Daiyu stared at her still concerned face, and said: "You don't know, this dream I had was weird, I seemed to see Rong's daughter-in-law and Qingwen, Jin Chuan'er and others in the dream, but what did I say? I don’t even remember, as if I saw some kind of fairy. I vaguely remember that fairy showed me books and many scenes. My father left suddenly and didn't make proper arrangements. I lived alone in Rongguo Mansion and died at the age of 17. They all said that I came here with nothing. I was afraid of causing trouble even if I ate a bowl of bird's nest porridge. There is contact with my uncle's family, let alone others. Tell me, what is the reason for this?"

There were many other things that happened in the dream, it was too real, after all, they were all from the Rongguo Mansion, she didn't remember much else, except that what she saw in the dream and the life she is living now is simply a world of difference.

Xueyan was taken aback when she heard this, did Daiyu dream about everything she experienced in the original book?She looked at Daiyu's sad gaze, thought for a while, and comforted her: "We are living a peaceful and beautiful life now, why should we care too much about this dream? No matter how hard it is, it is just a dream."

Daiyu lay on the bed, shook her head, and slowly said: "Although it is a dream, it seems like I have experienced it. No matter what, I can't treat it as a dream. I just woke up from a big dream. I don't know if it is real or a dream. The outside is an illusion."

Xueyan fell silent when she heard the words.

Daiyu's nature is exquisite and clear, so she must get to the bottom of it and find out clearly. She has a family, a husband and a son, and she is not a person who lives by. It was the work of Fairy Jing Huan, an idle fairy who had nothing to do. Daiyu had already lived a perfect life, and they were really busy.

Daiyu kept looking at Xueyan, and seeing her expression, she said: "Xueyan, tell the truth, do you know something? After returning to the south, you are shrewd and decisive, completely different from you in the dream. Although I I don't know why, but I understand that I can have what I am today, and I must have [-] points of credit for you."

Xueyan secretly sighed, it really was Daiyu, although it was a dream, she noticed the difference, thought about it for a long time, but did not tell her the truth that she came through time and space, and said half-confidently: "When I returned to the south , I also had a dream. I dreamed that the girl was being bullied in the Rongguo Mansion. Not only was the family business left to the girl by the master embezzled, but the girl herself said that every straw and paper was used in the house. There was nothing she could do with Wang Momo, and the girl died in tears in the end, and Jin Yu formed a good relationship."

Daiyu wondered, "You also had the same dream as me?"

Xueyan said: "According to what the girl said, there are probably some similarities, whether it is true or not, but I can't tell." She deeply resented the troublesome Xiangu Jing Huan and others, and it was not very good for Daiyu to live a peaceful life. good?Why let her know this.

At this time, Yuanyang came in with soup and porridge and said: "Grandma has slept for a day and a night, should she be hungry? The porridge cooked early is on the stove, and the uncle went out and ordered me to bring it over. The girl should eat something to pad her stomach first."

Daiyu covered up the topic just now, and said with a smile: "I smell the aroma, I really feel hungry."

Xueyan helped Daiyu to sit up, leaning against the pillow, Fang turned around and took the bowl, and fed Daiyu herself.

Daiyu smiled and said, "Where do I need you to serve me? Let the little girl come." After she finished speaking, she looked at the mandarin duck standing beside her with her lips pursed and smiling, and remembered what she saw in her dream. The illness had already progressed, and she could only watch helplessly as she was forced to become a concubine by Jia She, and Shi Ye hanged herself to death.

Completely different endings, not only Yuanyang, Yingchun and Yinglian are different.

Xueyan said: "It's not that I didn't feed the girl porridge in the past, so what if I feed the girl today? Does anyone think I'm too busy?" As he spoke, he blew the porridge lightly, and took the spoon to send the porridge to Daiyu lips.

After hearing this, Daiyu opened her mouth to eat, and in the middle of eating, she felt that her strength was gradually recovering, so she stretched out her hand to take it.

After eating, Yuanyang took the bowl and spoon and went down. Daiyu rinsed her mouth with warm boiling water and sent the little girl to go down too. Fang said to Xueyan: "I said before that I can have today thanks to your help. It is only now that I understand that you are more than just helping me? It is simply a thought to prevent my father from making arrangements for me, and I only hate that I am ignorant and don't know."

When Xueyan heard this, she sighed in her heart. The relationship between her and Daiyu was already extraordinary, so she couldn't bear Daiyu's thinking.Although Daiyu is today, I really have contributed a lot, but I also rely on Daiyu to have such a life. I have a perfect wife, a harmonious family, and a deep relationship between brothers and sisters. After thinking about it, I said: "Girl, don't say these things, I am ashamed." I don't know where to hide my face. If you say this, didn't the girl bother for me? I can have today because of the girl's grace. Otherwise, how can I get such a girl? The end? Inside and outside the capital, I don’t know how many people envy me. They all say that I was born as a girl, but I live ten times better than Xiaojia Biyu, and now I have become an imperial order. Think about the second wife in Rongguo Mansion, who survived to more than 50 At the age of five, even though Grandma Liu is the master, her rank is not as good as mine."

These words made Daiyu smile and said: "How can this be compared?"

Xueyan hurriedly said: "Why can't we compare it? Could it be that the girl treats me well, but I can't do my best to her? No matter what happens in the dream or what happens outside the dream, girl, don't worry about it, let's live our own lives It's serious, don't pay attention to gods, monks and priests, they talk about fate, but it's just deceiving people."

But Daiyu said: "Since I know the difference between dreams and dreams, I have to figure it out clearly, otherwise I will keep it in my heart and always feel uncomfortable. Xueyan, tell me, what did you dream about, and I also Tell me what I dreamed and see if it's the same."

Xue Yan saw that she insisted on this, so she picked three or four things and said them out.

Daiyu listened, and compared it with the dream, although it was not clear, it was about the same, and she couldn't help saying: "It's the same as my dream, you said, it really can't be done in the past and present? Otherwise, why did you do such a thing?" Dream?"

Xueyan persuaded helplessly: "I don't know, but I know that the person who entrusts the girl with dreams must have bad intentions."

Daiyu asked, "How do you say such a thing?"

Xueyan helped her to lie down, covered her with a gauze quilt, and said: "We have lived a very good life. It stands to reason why we should care about the past life and the present life. After all, we all drank Mengpo soup and reincarnated. , who cares about what happened in the past? We got this result step by step, but they are meddlesome, let the girl know this. According to the girl's temperament, she always breaks the casserole and asks the end. It is inevitable that she will be a little depressed. Besides, what's good for the girl?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "You think too much. The person who entrusted the dream let me know that this life is rare and unknown."

Xueyan curled her lips, disapproving, Daiyu knew this, besides being grateful to herself, what good was there?She and Daiyu have reached such a point, they have a deep bond, sisters are like relatives, and she no longer needs her to dream about the past in order to treat her well.

Daiyu always remembers the 360 ​​days a year in her dream, the days when the wind, the sword, the frost, and the sword are fierce. It is really miserable, and she understands more about the changes that Xueyan has brought to her. For Xueyan, she is even more grateful , said: "Xueyan, I won't tell others about this, and you don't want others to know, I'm afraid it will cause bad things."

She had forgotten most of the things in the dream, but she always remembered that there seemed to be gods investigating the source of her change in fate. She must not let those gods know that it was because of the snow geese, who knows what they would do.

Xueyan was very puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "Why is this?"

Daiyu didn't hide it from her, and told her what she saw in the dream but remembered everything, and said: "The fairy girl is not telling the truth, and I have forgotten a lot, but we finally have today, so don't miss it." Be careful, those gods are aloof, they only know about returning to justice, what they care about, and they don't know our joys and sorrows."

Xueyan nodded after listening, and said: "What the girl said is true, we can't tell others."

For Daiyu's magnanimity, Xueyan slightly apologized, but time travel is too bizarre. She has experienced so many years of joys and sorrows, and the people she meets are real people, not characters in the book, so she doesn't want to go through the past life. It affects this life, and I don't want Daiyu to know that she is actually a character in a book, so she can only answer Daiyu in dreams.

Xueyan hates Xiangu Jinghuan and others even more, maybe it is because she is jealous of Daiyu's success, so she lures Daiyu over so that she can see her due destiny?

Thinking of this, Xueyan laughed dumbly, she was not Fairy Jing Huan, so she couldn't guess what she was thinking.

But after going through this incident, Daiyu and Xueyan's affection grew closer.

The two tacitly covered up the matter, Xueyan told Daiyu the taboos of confinement, and invited the mandarin ducks to remember one by one, what to eat, what to do, and what to avoid, they have long been listed The list was handed over, and he said: "Brother Qi was born in winter when I was a child, so I didn't take a shower or wash my hair for a month, but now it's June, I'm afraid grandma will suffer a lot."

Daiyu is fond of cleanliness, she frowned when she heard the sound, and said, "Other people come here like this, what can I do? Anyway, I am better than ordinary people. In the past, when my health was not good, I would wear jackets in midsummer. I am not afraid of anything. Just change your clothes a few times."

Xueyan agreed: "It has to be like this."

Suddenly someone came and said that Brother Qi woke up and was crying at home looking for his mother. Daiyu felt very distressed and said, "Go back quickly, why did you leave Brother Qi at home alone? Come back next time and bring Brother Qi with you."

Xueyan smiled and said yes, and said goodbye first and went back.

Zhou Hong heard that the snow geese had already left, so Fang entered the room and saw Daiyu contemplating, she couldn't help frowning, walked over and stretched out her hand to wipe her forehead, and said, "What are you thinking about?"

Daiyu came back to her senses and asked: "I heard from Xueyan that you guarded me for a day and a night, how can General Shen explain it?"

Zhou Hong sat on the big armchair by the bed, and comforted him: "I have taken a few days off from General Shen's side. Anyway, there has been no war recently, so it's not a serious problem. I can accompany you at home to wash our children. , You really scared me this time." Said, looking at his sleeping son, Brother Qi was born at seven catties, heavier than him, and he didn't torment Daiyu as much as he did.

Seeing this, Daiyu touched her son's nose with her hand, and said, "Don't blame him, he is not in charge of having a child. By the way, have you written to your parents-in-law?"

Zhou Hong didn't mention that he saw her drowsy and forgot in a hurry, and said: "I haven't written yet."

Daiyu was stunned, and asked, "Why didn't you write the letter? We are far away from the capital, and it will take a few months for the letter to arrive in the capital. I wrote the letter earlier to make my parents-in-law happy. Besides, our child is Do you ask your father-in-law to name him, or do you choose it yourself? You must explain it in the letter."

Zhou Hongdao: "Xue Biao bought a batch of foreign goods recently, and set off for Beijing in three days. I plan to let the servant who delivered the letter go with him. He has the identity of our family's famous post. Xue Biao is also cheaper on the way. As for the name, please ask your father to choose it. If you don’t get a letter from your father, our eldest brother will take a nickname first after the full moon.”

Daiyu nodded and smiled, "That's very good."

Their eldest brother Xisan, from Mrs. Shen Rui to the family members of the soldiers, all arrived, so it was very lively. Xing Xiuyan also came with Baoqin. Beijing.

Xue Biao is quite capable, and he is also a slick businessman. Baoqin wants to help her brother more, so she uses the dowry money to join in and ask him to buy foreign goods and sell them in the capital. People, changing hands is more than ten times the interest. When telling Xueyan, Xueyan thought that the thousands of taels of silver on hand would not be needed, so she also made up a share. Du Daiyu is a scholar, and all her income is farm houses and shops. Zuzi never liked to compete with the people for profit, so he didn't make a move.

Xue Biao was very careful. Because of the large amount of goods, he brought many healthy servants to guard the courtyard, and Zhou Hong sent several soldiers who had retired from the army, and Zhou Hong sent some people to deliver letters. The journey was safe.

When he arrived in the capital, Xue Pan went to his own shop, and Zhou Hong sent people to deliver letters to Zhou's house, Yu Liansheng's house, Zhao's house, and Han's house.There were only three or four servants in the Zhao family, and it was very inconvenient to send letters. Daiyu told Xueyan that Zhou Hong had sent several people to Beijing with Xue Biao, and Xueyan asked them to deliver letters to Julien Sheng and Zhao Yun Letter home to Bajing Township grandparents and maternal grandparents.

When the letter was delivered to Zhou's house, Zhou Yuan hadn't returned from court, but Mrs. Zhou was at home and hadn't opened the letter. She first asked through the window and heard that Daiyu had given birth safely. In the capital, your elder brother and sister-in-law are in Xihai, so you don't know if your elder brother is doing well."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Madam, ask the boy who delivers the letter. I want to know if my eldest brother is okay." Since entering the house at the beginning of the year, Mrs. Zhou has treated her daughter-in-law very kindly, as the rumors say, and Mrs. Wang is also secretly glad that she married such a family Although she is not comparable to Daiyu, she is ten times stronger than other people's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly asked through the window, and said that she was born with six catties and eight ounces, and she was very lively, but she hadn't bloomed yet, so she couldn't see who she looked like. Then Mrs. Zhou asked a lot of questions before sending them away. Go down to rest, turn around and say to Wang: "Although there is no six catties or nine taels, your sister-in-law is born weak, and the elder brother is already considered heavy."

Mrs. Wang nodded and said yes, and couldn't help touching her belly. She didn't change the laundry this month, so she probably did.

Mrs. Zhou thought of her eldest grandson whom she had never seen before, and hurriedly sent someone to pack up her things, and when Xue Biao left the capital, she had nothing to eat, and most of them had nothing to wear when she went home. Sleep.

Zhou Yuan took off his cloak, took the stove, and said, "It's snowing heavily outside, what are you looking for?"

Mrs. Zhou turned her head and said with a smile: "Hong'er has sent a letter, saying that his wife has given birth to a big fat grandson. I am packing some things and have someone bring them to them. The letter is on the kang table. Take a look, and I also said that I would like to send it to you." The grandson takes the name."

Zhou Yuan was overjoyed, and said, "A kid?"

Mrs. Zhou smiled and said: "That's right, don't look at Hong's daughter-in-law who is thin, but grandson is very heavy. It's hard for her to be born safely, and she has made great contributions to our Zhou family. Send more things over. They are in the West Sea. After all, it is no better than being in the capital." Saying that, without caring about Zhou Yuan, she hurriedly ordered Qingmei Hongxing to pick out the best things from her own ladder, besides those for her grandson, there were also some for Daiyu and for her grandson Most of them are obstinate weapons, most of them are for Daiyu's face, and the silk and satin for their family of three to make clothes are all tributed to Beijing by Jiangning Weaving House this year, and they are gifts from Emperor Changqian.

Zhou Yuan went to fetch the books, spent a few days, named Zhou Hong's son Xuan, and wrote it in the letter.

Hearing that Zhou Hong's family book said that Daiyu had given birth to a son, Zijuan hurried back to her mother-in-law, planning to go south with Xue Biao's caravan and continue to serve Daiyu, so that her husband could find a job there.

Steward Wang's wife knew that Zijuan was worried about Daiyu, and if she hadn't been heavy, she would have followed her. After thinking about it, she agreed. It was better for them to follow Daiyu and his wife than stay at home, where Mrs. Zhou was the housekeeper. , although I and my husband are the big stewards and stewards, but the son is not easy to get ahead, it is better to follow Zhou Hong.

After hearing this, Zijuan was very happy, packed her luggage hurriedly, and went to her mother's house again.

At the beginning, Zijuan wanted her parents to redeem her body, but she didn't want her father to be reluctant to part with her job in Rongguo Mansion. Juan took the money for the ladder, and her husband bought it after he talked about it, and placed it in the small courtyard where Zijuan was married, and allocated a few acres of land to them.

When Zijuan's parents heard that Zijuan was going to Xihai to serve Daiyu, they said, "I have nothing to do in the capital, so I might as well go with you."

Zijuan lowered her face and said, "What do you mean, father and mother? Do you still want to go to Xihai and find an errand with grandparents? According to me, it is to farm the land honestly at home with your brother and sister-in-law. Why bother grandma? Parents, brothers, sisters-in-law and nephews used to be servants, but they were all served by girls and women. They are all delicate and expensive. What kind of work can they do when they go away? They were sold all over the world, and now they have a place to live and twenty acres of land, I don't know how much they envy the two elders."

Zijuan's natal family all depended on Zijuan for a living, and even though they heard the words were not pleasant to their ears, they had no choice but to agree not to go.

Seeing Zijuan come back from her mother's house angrily, Wang Steward's daughter-in-law hurriedly asked about it. When she heard that they were going to join Daiyu, her heart skipped a beat, and she felt relieved when she heard that Zijuan rejected her.The servants of Rongguo Mansion are very lazy, and the rules are not good. They are so intricate in the mansion that they often make the master jealous. All the dignitaries in the capital are unwilling to buy their family members except those who are rewarded by Emperor Changqian. It was bought by Xinrong's home and merchants from the outbreak.

Thinking of her natal family, Zijuan felt very bored. Fortunately, her parents-in-law and husband-in-law are sensible people, and did not stop her from taking her own money to redeem her natal family. I don't want them to follow in the past, I really follow in the past, I don't know how many things will be caused.

Mrs. Zhou just smiled when she heard about it, and wondered that Daiyu relied heavily on Zijuan, and this thought alone was different.

Within two days, all the foreign goods that Xue Biao brought were sold out. Because the new year was coming, the business was booming and he earned ten times the interest. Afterwards, he bought Beijing goods, and kept most of the silver. When he walked through Jinling, he would buy more Silk, tea, porcelain and so on in the south of the Yangtze River are regarded as treasures by foreigners. A ship of tea leaves can be exchanged for a ship of gold. If you do business, if you sell it to foreign merchants, you can earn more than ten times the interest.

That day Xue Biao finished his business and planned to visit Rongguo Mansion, but the shopkeeper said: "My boss doesn't need to go."

Xue Biannahan said: "How do you say this? The cousin is the second grandmother of their family, and the eldest wife is the aunt of the wife. Now that she has gone to Beijing and finished taking care of the business, she must go to see her, otherwise she will spread the word."

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "My master doesn't know, Ning Rongguo Mansion has been copied."

Xue Biao was taken aback immediately, and said, "When did it happen? I didn't hear any news at all."

The shopkeeper said: "It's been half a year. Uncle Zhen was sentenced to beheaded. After Qiuhou, she has already been sentenced to beheaded. Grandma once let go of loan sharks and engaged in champerty lawsuits. She has been sentenced to be distributed for several other crimes." In the frontier, Uncle Xiao Rong and the family members of the rest of the women were all sold off. Mr. She, Mr. Zheng, Mr. Lian, and Mr. Lian were sentenced to prison. Among them, Mr. She ruined the family of the stone nerd because of the fan. The matter was exposed by Jia Yucun, and the autumn trial Afterwards, Mr. Zheng beheaded him because he copied many IOUs, pawn tickets, etc., as well as many royal belongings. He and Mr. Zhen executed the punishment together. Although the property of the Shi family is a reduction of crime, pardoning the master is also beheading, but the second master Lian is only lax in family management, married in a filial piety, and beheaded is changed to exile. He was sent to southern Fujian, and the whole family fell like this."

Xue Biao was shocked when he heard it, and quickly asked: "Where are the female relatives at home? Where are the second master Bao Yubao and his cousin?"

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said: "Except for the eldest grandma, who is a chaste woman, she guards her only son for a living and returns his belongings. The eldest grandma took Lang Geer back to the south to join her natal uncle, and everyone else waited. They haven't been enslaved by the government, and they haven't been sold yet, but it's only been a few days. The eldest wife and the second grandmother Bao are among them. The crime was less serious than that of the second wife, and she was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and the second master Bao was also in prison because of his anti-poetry."

Hearing this, Xue Biao let out a long sigh, and said, "Is this how the glorious Rongguo Mansion fell?"

The shopkeeper was silent for a moment, and said: "The crimes of their family are heinous, and the saints deal with it like this, and the common people clapped their hands and applauded! Remember how much money the Rongguo Mansion embezzled the grandma of the Zhou family? The Lin family is also a Liehou. The four generations of ancestors have been deeply favored by Long, and there are many imperial gifts in the family. The Ministry of Rites has records, so you can know it at a glance. I think that when the Zhou family had an accident, I didn’t see how they behaved. Fortunately, after their family was imprisoned, the Zhou family even sent someone to take care of it."

After hearing this, Xue Biao fell silent for a while, and said for a long time: "Now that I know, I have to go. You can accompany me to the prison for a while, and have a look at them."

The shopkeeper nodded, packed some winter clothes and ate food according to his words, and went out with Xue Biao.

It was snowing heavily outside, but there were officials selling people on the streets of the busy city. Xue Biao didn't care much, because he heard someone beside him say: "Look, those are all people from the Rongguo Mansion, and their servants have been sold out long ago. Now it's the turn of the masters."

Another person said: "That's right, at the beginning, their family made a big splash, saying that only people who bought and sold people looked like rich and powerful, but now they are pulling them up and selling them like animals. live."

After hearing this, Xue Biao hurriedly led people over with the shopkeeper.

On the high platform, there were both men and women. Among the group of female relatives, apart from Mrs. Xing and a few older ones, Baochai and the others, although their clothes were shabby and shabby, could not hide their beauty. The people below pointed and salivated. .

When Baochai saw the eyes below, she was so ashamed that she wished she could die.

When the yamen servants called for the sale, Xue Biao told the shopkeeper: "At any rate, buy the eldest wife and cousin, and you can't just watch them coldly."

The shopkeeper agreed, and suddenly saw a few people from the Zhou family go up, told the yamen servant, handed over the silver, and took away Mrs. Xing, Baochai, Aunt Zhao, Jia Huan, Jia Cong and others. Xue Biao saw it , feeling relieved, said: "I think it was because of the relationship between Mrs. Lin and the family, so the Zhou family redeemed the eldest wife and cousin and went back to resettle them."

The shopkeeper said: "The Zhou family's behavior is really good. No one would say that their family is affectionate and righteous."

Xue Biao looked at it again quietly, then turned around and left without continuing to look, he didn't recognize the rest of the people anyway, so he followed the shopkeeper and took the car to Fengjie Baoyu's place, but it was in the Prison God Temple, where the guards The yamen servant immediately stopped Xue Biao when he saw Xue Biao, his eyes glanced over them, stopped on the food box, and said: "There are prisoners here, what are you doing? You can't go in."

Xue Biao laughed and said: "I heard that two relatives are locked in there, so I ask the official to make it easier for me."

As he spoke, he winked at the servant beside him.

The boy immediately handed over two taels of silver, and said, "It's cold, let the official drink some wine to get rid of the cold."

The yamen servant weighed the money, and then opened the food box to look at it. Xue Biao hurriedly ordered the servant to bring out some chicken and fish meat for them to drink. They nodded in satisfaction and said, "Go in."

After Xue Biao entered, he saw Sister Feng lying alone on the pile of straw in the corner, unkempt, sallow and thin. Fortunately, there was a quilt that was enough to keep out the cold. In the cell opposite Sister Feng was Baoyu, and it was the same. Xue Biao went up and said : "Second Grandma, Second Master Bao, I've come to see you. It's been more than a year. Are you okay?"

Seeing him, Sister Feng didn't get up. Baoyu hurried to the prison door, surprised and happy, and said, "When did you return to Beijing?"

Xue Biao sighed, and said: "I just returned to Beijing the other day, and when I heard about this, I came here immediately."

Baoyu hurriedly asked: "Today, our female relatives are selling, have you seen Sister Bao?"

Xue Biao knew that he didn't like Baochai all the time, but in prison, he still remembered Baochai, so he was kind and righteous, so he said: "When I came out, I happened to meet the government who sold me, and I wanted to buy my sister, but I didn't want the Zhou family to make a move. I left the eldest wife and my cousin, I think there is a place to settle, Brother Bao, just rest assured."

Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief, and said in shame: "I have nothing to say about the affairs of the government. It's hard for Sister Lin's husband's family to help."

Xue Biao talked with him, handed over winter clothes and food to Baoyu and Sister Feng, and said a lot of words with him, and when he was about to leave, he saw a clean and pretty young daughter-in-law coming in. He walked out, but saw the little daughter-in-law come to the door of Sister Feng's cell, and said, "I came to see grandma, so I made two winter clothes with Qianxue. Grandma is wearing something to keep out the cold."

Sister Feng came over and asked, "Xiaohong, I'll let you go to your mother's house and ask, how are Brother Kui and Sister Qiao?"

Hearing her question, Xiao Hong felt sore, she burst into tears, and said, "Second Master Yun and I went late, Brother Kui and Sister Qiao were both sold by Wang Ren!"

After hearing this, Sister Feng opened her eyes wide, stumbled over, supported the prison door and said, "What did you say? Sister Qiao was sold?"

Baoyu also asked anxiously, "Xiaohong, where did Miss Qiao get sold?"

Xiao Hong cried: "I don't know, Ren Yazi said it was sold to the south, and Second Master Yun has already gone to look for it in person."

Sister Feng only felt dizzy, and she gritted her teeth for a long time and said: "It's all my trust. I think I personally delivered a pair of children to the thieves!" As she spoke, she couldn't help crying on her knees, and Baoyu burst into tears on the other side.

Xiao Hong said: "Grandma, don't worry, we all sent people to look for it, and if we find Ren Yazi, we will always know where it is."

Sister Feng wept and nodded, and said: "It's hard for you. I haven't done a few good things in my life. I didn't believe in retribution from the underworld, but it was all retribution on the children. I don't ask for anything, I just ask you to save Brother Kui." Er and sister Qiao."

Suddenly a trembling voice said: "Auntie, I'm here to see my aunt."

Sister Feng was startled, and looked up when she heard the sound. It was Grandma Liu, with snow-white hair, who came in holding the hand of the board. Immediately, she came to Sister Feng's prison and kowtowed, "Greetings, Auntie."

Sister Feng hurriedly helped her up through the cell door, and said tearfully, "It's hard for grandma to remember to come and see me."

Grandma Liu said: "When I heard Xin'er, I panicked and wanted to come here a long time ago. It's just that I haven't been sentenced and no one is allowed to visit the prison. I walked to the door several times and was kicked away. It was so easy to wait until today. I heard that The wives, grandmas, and men in the house were all sold. I went there. It was late, but there were still many good people. They said they were bought by Miss Lin's husband's family and placed in a small courtyard, so I didn't go there. , Come here first to say hello to my aunt."

Sister Feng cried bitterly, choked up and said, "Grandma."

Grandma Liu was also in tears, and hurriedly ordered Ban'er to kowtow to say hello, saying: "In recent years, I have been taken care of by the mansion. In that year, I was rewarded with money and things, bought a few mu of land, had enough food and clothing, and was sent by the girl around Miss Lin. The pen and ink of the books made Baner read a little bit, he can recognize a few words, and he knows some rules than he did back then."

Sister Feng looked at Ban'er for a while, she hadn't seen him for many years, he was indeed an adult, and he was really gentle and handsome, but when she saw him, she couldn't help but burst into tears when she remembered how he and Sister Qiao exchanged bergamot for citron.

Grandma Liu said: "I heard that my aunt gave birth to a brother, but I didn't come to congratulate my aunt that year."

Sister Feng burst into tears, and Xiaohong sobbed beside her, "My brother and sister were both sold by their uncles."

Grandma Liu was taken aback, and took Xiaohong's hand and asked, "Where did you sell it? Why is there such a cruel uncle?"

Xiaohong cried: "It is said that it was sold to the south. My second master has already chased after him. I don't know where it is, so I can only look for it slowly. Wang Ren defeated his family, Mrs. Wang's family is gone, Fuling When he returned to his hometown, he somehow got mixed up with Uncle Xiao Rong, Uncle Xiao Rong had a good birth, Wang Ren was very happy, and when he had no money, he negotiated to sell the two children."

Sister Feng said, "It's Uncle Xiao Rong from the East Mansion? Why didn't you say so?"

Xiao Hong cried and nodded, "Grandma Liu came here before I could say anything."

Sister Feng said bitterly: "It's a pity that I still treat him as my own nephew. I didn't have any contact with him until the second sister You's incident came out. I don't want him to be a wolf-hearted thing who hurt my Brother Kui and Sister Qiao so much."

Grandma Liu also thought that when Jia Rong greeted Sister Feng for the first time, Zhou Rui said afterwards that he was Sister Feng's nephew. Knowing how powerful it is, I will go and look for it, I have experienced many things, and I have seen a bit of the world, I must find my brother and sister, don't worry, grandma, I will go right away."

Sister Feng took Grandma Liu's hand, she was speechless at once, she could only be grateful, who would have thought that she would remember her kindness when everyone else was avoiding her , Knowing that they may not be able to find Brother Kui and Sister Qiao, they are still willing to go all the way there.

Xiaohong said: "Ren Yazi said that most of the boys and girls are sold to the Huaihe River area in Jinling, and our second master went there."

When Sister Feng heard the Huaihe River in Jinling, she felt thunderbolts and nearly fainted. The Qinhuai River was full of clouds, and it was not a good place. If the two children were sold, how could they have a good end?He choked up and said, "Grandma."

Grandma Liu persuaded: "It's good to know where it is, and I will be able to find it. Brothers and sisters will surely be killed and auspicious, and disasters will be turned into good luck."

After leaving the Prison Temple, facing the wind and snow, Grandma Liu and Ban'er couldn't wait to leave Beijing and head south.

Xue Biao didn't know anything about it. When he got home, he found out where Baochai and the others were.

Baochai was very happy to see Xue Biao, and asked how Baoqin was.

Xue Biao said lightly: "We are all living in Xihai now, not in Jinling anymore. We plan to do business in Xihai for a few years, and then return to our hometown after a few years. By then, no one in Jinling will remember what big brother has done. It won't make things difficult for us anymore. This time I went to Beijing to deliver foreign goods, and I will go back in a few days."

When Baochai heard this, she was startled and speechless.

Suddenly, Xiren came to pay a visit to Baochai, and sent Musk Moon to her to order. It turned out that when she sold her servants that day, Musk Moon was bought by Jiang Yuhan. Xiren recognized it and sent it over. Xue Biao left some Give the silver to Mrs. Xing and Baochai, and leave immediately.

The matter of Jia's family has been settled, Xue Biao packed up the goods and was ready to leave. Mrs. Zhou and Yu Liansheng hurriedly brought all the prepared things and asked him to take them to Daiyu and Xueyan. A big box, Xue Biao naturally did not refuse.

But this year, Xueyan, Daiyu and others spent the first year in Xihai and were busy preparing new year's goods. As soon as Xueyan gave the order, it was reported outside that Mr. Fang Qian's wife had come, please hurry up.Mr. Fang Qian is also under Zhou Hong's command, and his status is the same as Liu Xianglian's. Although his martial arts is not as good as Liu Xianglian's, his strategy is superior. Mr. Fang Qian's wife is also familiar with Xueyan and has frequent contacts.

Mrs. Fang saluted as soon as she came in, and Xue Yan hurriedly helped her up with her own hands.Xueyan is ordered by the fifth rank, Mrs. Fang is ordered by the sixth rank, but Xueyan is a girl