Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

When they heard the news of Tanchun's long trip, others were fine, but Aunt Zhao cried like tears, hoping to see her daughter again.However, Jia Zheng was very cautious. When he heard the news that King Beijing had been removed from office, he didn't care about it.It wasn't until Shui Rong and Tanchun set out on the road that the farewell letter arrived, and they wrote the letter with hesitation, but it was just an order: sincerely repent, serve the army wholeheartedly, and don't disappoint the sage Long En and other words.

Unexpectedly, hundreds of people in Jia's mansion did not go to see Tanchun off, but Jia Cong unexpectedly ran into this sister.That day, Jia Cong was on his way, and at dusk, he went to the inn to place an order.There were only four people in the same company, besides Yin Jidong, there were two servants Cai An and Pan Youan.They were late because of the rain on the road, and when they arrived at the inn, the rooms were already full, so Cai An went to the inn to discuss whether they could share two rooms for their master and servant to spend the night.

The owner of the shop shook his head like a rattle, and only said: "Guest officer, there is a large family staying in the shop today. It is not enough that all the rooms are full, even the stables are occupied. There is really no room." , please find another place to go, guest officer." Then Cai An was annoyed, since Jia Cong was promoted, the people who followed him felt that their faces were radiant, and at this time he saw Jia Cong and Yin Jidong chatting at the door of the shop, and they were not in front of him. , then took the opportunity to play awe-inspiring: "Then you let the person who came first give way to our lord—do you know the grade of my lord?"

But the store didn't buy it, because Jia Cong and the others were dressed in plain clothes and ordinary carriages and horses, so they looked down on them and said with disdain: "This is at the foot of the emperor. I have seen more officials than you, the officials from other provinces." In Beijing, it will be bigger than this." He casually picked up a sesame seed from the counter and handed it under Cai An's nose.

Cai An's nose was twisted with anger, and he shouted: "Why are you so arrogant to run a shop? No matter how big the official in Beijing is, you don't even wear a black hat on your head-what kind of onion are you filling?" The two talked more and more. As he climbed to the top, he changed his hands from the mouth of the fight, and there was a lot of movement. The shop assistants gathered around to watch the excitement, and the discussions were diverted. Cai An suffered a disadvantage, and stretched his neck to call Pan Youan to come over and help him.When there was such a commotion, not only Jia Cong outside the door heard it, but even the people who lived in the store before were alarmed.

Jia Cong came in to stop Cai An, and said with a cold face: "It seems that what I usually tell you has been ignored by you - I will send you back when I go back." Cai An felt guilty, and retreated firmly. On the one hand, dare not be stubborn.The store owner has seen the world, seeing that although Jia Cong is young, his temperament is calm and noble, and his gestures naturally reveal the self-confidence of a superior, so he did not dare to insult him, and said politely: "This adult is not a villain. It’s not respectful, who has business but pushes the money out? The store is really full, and you have a lot of adults, but you are considerate of the villain.”

Jia Cong nodded, and ordered Pan You'an to lead the horse and drive all night.As if relieved of his heavy burden, the shopkeeper nodded and bowed his head to send Jia Cong and his party out, but he heard a clear and clear voice upstairs saying: "Isn't this Mrs. Jia? Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!" Jia Cong looked up, and it turned out to be The King of Beijing is water soluble.He hastened to salute, Shui Rong had already come down from upstairs, supported Jia Cong with both hands, thanked him in the mouth: "Master Jia, please don't mention the former title again, I am already a sinner who was ordered to demote my job for the people."

It turned out to be a coincidence that the group of Shui Rong who went out of Beijing to work in Xijiang happened to be staying at this inn.Although Shui Rong has lost the king's title and was assigned by Dai Gui, the Shipai is still there.After getting out of the capital, the guards of the Jinyi Mansion who were ordered to escort them would no longer show off their power. Such drudgery would be disdainful to the powerful officials, so the two guards of the Jin Yi Mansion were originally relatively honest and should not be taken seriously. In addition, Shui Rong had plenty of luggage, and he fed the two of them quickly. Naturally, he was still flattering and respectful, but he really didn't take them seriously.There were more than 20 people he brought out of Beijing, all of them were strong and capable attendants. Tanchun also brought four maids and four nuns to serve him.

Shui Rong was very pleasantly surprised when he met Jia Cong. The so-called "meeting an old friend in a foreign land" immediately made room for an upper room. The two servants naturally knew Jia Cong. Governor He's big official in frontiers, who is also the younger brother-in-law of Prime Minister Lin, automatically and consciously gave up the upper house he lived in without waiting for anyone to speak. Jia Cong was not polite when he saw this, so he settled down.

The guests didn't talk about so many formalities, Shui Rong ordered a banquet to be set up, and ordered someone to invite Tanchun, then he brought Yin Jidong, and the four of them talked in the private room upstairs.Jia Cong saw that Tanchun had not been seen for many years, and his appearance became more and more beautiful. Although he was on the way to relegation, his clothes were simple and plain, but they were still the essence of literary talent and dazzled people's eyes.

Shui Rong and Yin Jidong knew each other from the beginning, and were also moved by Yin Jidong's talent and learning, but Yin Jidong wanted to recruit him to his family, but Yin Jidong had a certain arrogance in his temperament, and he refused to bow to the powerful and act as a clean guest, so he never agreed.In the past, no matter how high or low, now things are different, Shui Rong couldn't help feeling very emotional: "Brother Yin, I think I would have admired Brother Yin's generosity and magnificence back then, and wanted to cling to him in delusion. Fortunately, Brother Yin refused to bow down, otherwise I would be troubled again." Lost someone." After speaking, he couldn't help but lamented "bad luck and a long life", and couldn't help crying.

At that time, Tanchun was here, and he was very happy to see his brother, but seeing the water melting made him sad, so he calmly persuaded him: "Why do you need to be so depressed? This is just a small setback. The ancients said, "Life and death Destiny, wealth is in the sky.' In the past, I was under the shade of my ancestors and enjoyed the wealth and honor. I really made great achievements, but I didn’t have any luck. I’m looking forward to it—it’s another world to go out.”

Yin Jidong didn't expect a woman to have such a heart, so he couldn't help but look at him differently, but Jia Cong knew that Tanchun was "only pure and self-aware", and he was not an ordinary boudoir girl, so he followed her words to persuade Shui Rong, Shui Rong is also a good-natured person , and gradually became cheerful.Everyone had a drink, and they drank too much. They went back to their room and went to sleep. Jia Cong drank very lightly, and when he woke up the next day, it was almost noon.He also wanted to invite Shui Rong and Tanchun back, and also to have a farewell party for them, but when he went out to look at the inn, the inn was already empty, and only Cai An was sitting in the courtyard bored and drinking. Tea.

Seeing Jia Cong come out, Cai An quickly asked Pan You'an to bring some tea, and hurriedly brought it to Jia Cong, persuading him to drink two bowls, and Jia Cong felt better with his headache.Cai An laughed and said, "Third Master is excellent in everything, but there is one thing he can't do - he can't drink." Jia Cong glared at him, and Cai An quickly swallowed the joke back into his stomach.

Jia Cong asked, "Did the third girl and Master Shui leave?" Cai An hurriedly took out a letter, handed it to Jia Cong, and said, "I left early in the morning, and even rewarded me with a silver ingot. Really. He is a good man, but it is a pity that the official is not free, Master Shui can't say goodbye to the third master, and there will be a date later." Jia Cong nodded as he read the letter, and then thought, that's fine, otherwise he would say some weak words of comfort, Also feel boring.What's more, when it comes to comforting people, Tanchun is much better than himself.

Pan You'an, who was pouring tea next to him, went on to say: "There is one more thing to go back to Master: Mr. Yin has also left." Jia Congqi asked: "Where did he go?" Pan You'an said: "Mr. Yin followed Master Shui, He said Master Shui was kind to him in the past, so now that Master Shui is in trouble, he wants to repay the kindness of the past, and be a good friend to relieve Master Shui's worries. Mr. Yin didn't take anything, and didn't leave a letter He only said that the third master would not blame him, so he rode his mule and followed Master Shui."

Jia Cong secretly lamented Yin Jidong's strange things. Originally, when I returned to Beijing this time, I wanted to protect him greatly. At least I wanted to get him a seventh-rank general judge. The future is promising, but who knows that this person is so important. Love and righteousness are important to him, and fame and fame are like floating clouds to him, just like this lightly brushed away.Thinking in this way, he forgot his uncle Jia Zheng's special letter to ask "don't have correspondence with Shui Rong", and immediately ordered Cai An to cut the paper, Pan You'an to grind the ink, and wrote a couplet by himself. The couplet is: It is enough to have a confidant in life, and the world should treat it with the same sympathy.Let Pan You'an hurry up to catch up with Shui Rong, and give this couplet as a parting gift.

Jia Cong was eager to return home, and after a few days of driving, he arrived in the suburbs of Beijing. According to the imperial court system, he dared not go home first, so he stayed in a post house outside the city, and waited for the next day to go to the palace to meet the saint before returning home.That night, Cai An was first sent home to deliver a letter, and then Pan Youan was sent to the Lin Mansion to report to Aunt Lin and Lin Jiarui that they were safe.In less than an hour, Lin Jiarui came riding a horse in casual clothes, and it happened that Cai An also came back, carrying a food box, which contained exquisite dishes and fruits, and a clothes bag, complete with robes, boots and hats, which she said was ordered by Third Grandma Cong. of.Jia Cong's heart warmed, and he praised: "Thoughtful thinking!"

Just in the post house, I sat down with Lin Jiarui for a drink, talked about the affairs of Beijing and China after the farewell, and discussed the affairs of officials in other provinces.Lin Jiarui gave advice carefully, and Jia Cong was also born smart, so they hit it off right away. Needless to say, Jia Cong gradually gained another level of understanding of the way of being a minister.

In the early morning of the second day, Jia Cong went to □□ and handed over a sign to ask His Majesty to see him. The emperor read his memorial and saw that the flood season of the Yellow River this spring had passed safely. Several cabinet ministers, all of whom looked mature and prudent, all smiled when they saw Jia Cong coming in, knowing that this was another rising star.Only Jia Yucun, although he was smiling, his pupils suddenly shrank, like a cat smelling danger.