Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

But when Wang Xifeng was dying, when he heard the news of Jia Mu's death, he immediately went to find Xiaohong, gave him such instructions, and then asked Ping'er to quietly bring Qiaojie, and entrusted her to Xiaohong to go find her. Jia Yun and the two took Qiaojie to find Wang Xifeng's elder brother Wang Ren, begging Wang Ren to send Qiaojie to Jinling and hand it over to Wang Xifeng's father.

Wang Xifeng said to Xiaohong: "This matter must be kept secret, and no one else can hear about it. Originally, I didn't even want Yun'er to let him know. It's just that you are a girl, how can you go out? In addition, I think that Yun'er is also a well-informed person, so I can rest assured that Qiaojie will be handed over to the two of you. I have been ups and downs for half my life, and only this daughter, you must keep her safe. Thank you for yours."

As she spoke, she cried until she fainted, Qiaojie also hugged her mother and wept bitterly, Xiaohong knelt down and said: "Since grandma trusts me so much, I will risk my life to send my sister and son to Jinling safely, please rest assured grandma." " Wang Xifeng then asked Ping'er to bring Xiaohong's deed of selling herself, and handed it to her, and then packed the body she had accumulated in her life into a small package, and handed it to Xiaohong, saying: "There are gold and silver in it. The bank notes and land deeds are sister Qiao’s future dowry. There are also 200 taels of broken silver for you to use on the road. Once the old lady’s affairs come out, the place is busy everywhere, and no one will notice that you are gone. Sister Er will cover it up for you. Let's go."

As she said that, Wang Xifeng turned to the bed to wipe away her tears. Sister Qiao cried and refused to leave, but Ping'er and Xiaohong tried their best to persuade her to leave.The two went out through the back door, found Jia Yun's house in the alley behind Jia's mansion without anyone knowing it.Seeing Xiaohong and Qiaojie, Jia Yun was taken aback. After listening to Xiaohong's words, she thought about it and made up her mind. She told her mother that if someone from Jia's mansion asked him to help with the old lady's funeral, she would say He went west to do business and has not returned yet.His mother also had an idea, so she agreed and watched them leave the alley and turn the corner with the door open.

Na Jiayun hired a car on the road, let Xiaohong and sister Qiao sit, and dragged her to the palace in Dongcheng in one breath, begging to see Wang Ren.That Wang Ren was sitting at home worrying, because the end of the year was approaching, he owed a butt of debts outside, and the creditors blocked the door every day to ask for the debt.In the past, when Wang Xifeng was the housekeeper, he often went to Jia's mansion to fight the autumn breeze. Wang Xifeng was a good face, and never let him go back empty-handed.But since Wang Xifeng fell ill, Jia Lian hated Wang Ren deeply, ignored him, and even refused to let the concierge pass on the news, thus cutting off Wang Ren's source of income.

At this time, when he heard that someone from Jia's mansion came to see him, Wang Ren thought it was because Sister Feng's illness was unbearable, so he called in quickly.Of course he knew Qiaojie, and he was shocked when he saw his niece running like this. After hearing Xiaohong's words, he just wanted to say that Wang Xifeng was messing around. Go to Jinling.Both Xiaohong and Jia Yun were relieved. Wang Ren looked at Jia Yun, but he was a little worried. He rolled his eyes and said, "Although this matter was done in a hurry, after all, sister Qiao has a father, and Jia's mansion is not the same. Ordinary people take away a daughter born in the first place, and I am responsible for it. But since it is my sister's arrangement, there must be her reason. My sister is too worried, and I As for that brother-in-law, he is not a thing. The family knows how to steal chickens and dogs all day long, and doesn't care about serious relatives. Don't tell me, I'm really worried that after this incident, he will come to trouble me..."

When he was silent like this, Xiaohong was anxious and said: "Uncle, don't hesitate, as long as we send our girl to her grandfather, our grandma will definitely be grateful to Uncle." Saying this, she instructed Sister Feng to her Taking out the thank you gift for Wang Ren, Wang Ren squinted his eyes and saw that it was a leading bank note of 500 taels payable at sight. Humans, we can't just watch Qiaojie being bullied there. Whatever it is, let's leave now... But, Uncle Yun is not suitable to go to Jinling with us. First of all, you are a man from Jia's mansion, the old lady's funeral I'm definitely looking for you, but there's no one there, which makes people suspicious; secondly, I'm sister Qiao's uncle, so I won't treat her badly, I'll take care of her on the way, and I don't need you to follow, why don't you stay In Beijing, I can also take care of my younger sister, and Miss Xiaohong can follow alone."

Jia Yun and Xiaohong also felt reasonable after hearing this. Although they were both worried about Wang Ren, but after all, he was Qiaojie's close relative, so they discussed it. Jia Yun also said that she had better stay in Beijing, so she sent Xiaohong off. They left the city with Sister Qiao and waited thirty miles outside the city for Wang Ren to pack up. They drove all the way with their small carriages and horses, and took the main road to Jinling.Then Jia Yun and Xiaohong looked at each other, inseparable, and did not go home until they could no longer see each other.Sure enough, Lin Zhixiao of Jia's mansion had already sent someone to bring him a message, asking him to come over to help these few days, and Jia Yun naturally agreed to go by every day, paying attention to Wang Xifeng's movements.

In fact, there is no need to inquire, because Jia Mu's funeral has only passed the first seven days, and Jia Lian impatiently took advantage of the time when Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and other elders in the family were resting behind the mourning hall. He told all of what Wang Xifeng had done, and said that he wanted to divorce his wife.

Mrs. Wang was shocked, and said: "Lian'er is confused, no matter what wrong things Feng girl has done, you can talk about divorce casually, and you are not afraid of being laughed at by others? And how will sister Qiao talk about marriage in the future?" However, Xing The lady was very pleased with Jia Lian's idea, and said: "Sister Qiao has her father as the master, what are you afraid of? Besides, it is still a decent thing to have such a mother who has done all kinds of evil things? Hmph! Litigation, killing of human life, and bribed outsiders to sue your own family... these things have already violated the rule of seven, what are you doing?" Mrs. Wang saw that Mrs. Xing, a decent mother-in-law, said so, but it was not easy to do anything about it. What Sister Feng said, especially what Jia Lian said, that Sister Feng ordered people to sue Jia Zhen and his son in order to kill the second sister You, was a victim of the defeat of the Ningguo Mansion, and she felt wronged. I wanted to bite Sister Feng twice, so I burst into tears and knelt down to beg the second wife of King Xing to decide.Jia Lian was even more complacent, and immediately ordered Wang Xifeng to be dragged here, and even though she was too ill to lift her head, she threw the letter of divorce on Sister Feng's face and ordered her to be driven out of the house.

Wang Xifeng had already expected that such a day would come to him, she gritted her teeth and kept silent, just closed her eyes and let others manipulate her.Then Jia Lian ordered his mother-in-law to send Sister Feng's sedan chair to Wang Ren's house. Who knew that the door of Wang Ren's house was locked, and the house was empty. They sent Wang Xifeng to Shuiyue Nunnery outside the city for the time being, and made plans after Jia Mu's funeral was over.

Wang Xifeng was already terminally ill at this time, her heart was ashamed, she didn't argue, she only cared about Sister Qiao in her heart, and the journey should be halfway there.Jia Lian was busy for a few days before thinking of Qiaojie. He still has a father-daughter relationship. He wanted to comfort Qiaojie a few words, so he ordered someone to bring Qiaojie, thinking of sending it to Mrs. Xing to raise her. .Who knows but no one knows Qiaojie's whereabouts, even Ping'er can't tell why.Jia Lian was furious, and ran to Shuiyue nunnery outside the city without knowing that the old nun in the nunnery broke in by herself and kicked away the nunnery where Wang Xifeng lived. Wang Xifeng was lying on the kang panting, he couldn't help but say He grabbed Wang Xifeng by the hair, dragged her up, and forced her to ask about Qiaojie's whereabouts, but Wang Xifeng just sneered with tears and didn't say a word.Angrily, Jia Lian slapped her several times, causing her cheeks to swell and her mouth to bleed, scaring some nuns to hide in the corner of the wall and chant sutras loudly. He was sent to Jinling, and he was not in a hurry, so he went there cursing.

That night Wang Xifeng's condition became more serious. She tried her best to support her, just to wait for Xiaohong's reply. She thought it would take at least a month. Hong ran back in a hurry. She first went to Jia Yun in the city. Jia Yun heard that things had changed, so she quickly brought her to see Sister Feng.

As soon as Xiaohong came in, she burst into tears: "Second Grandma, I'm sorry—Miss Qiao was sold by that bastard Wang Ren!" , A mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell unconscious immediately.Everyone was so frightened that they came to the rescue in a hurry, and then invited a doctor. It took a long time to rescue Wang Xifeng, and Xiaohong explained the fact that Qiaojie had been betrayed.

It turned out that Wang Ren was thinking about the dowry Sister Feng had prepared for Sister Qiao. On the way, he tricked the package from Xiaohong's hands with sweet words, and it was worth 10,000+ taels of silver. Originally, he wanted to run away, and he didn't dare to see his uncle, so he came up with the idea of ​​this windfall.Xiaohong was originally a clever child, but after all, she was born in a deep house and had never seen the dangers of the world. Besides, she never thought that Qiaojie's uncle would harm her niece.

So when they arrived in Huai'an County, Wang Ren lied to the two of them that they were going to visit relatives, and led them to a mansion in the county town. There were many women in red and green clothes, and a half-old woman When she came out to receive the reception, she held Qiaojie's hand and looked left and right, seeing that Qiaojie's heart was trembling, and Xiaohong felt that something was wrong. When she wanted to take Qiaojie away, how could she get out of the house? Looking for Wang Ren again, there was no one left They were all gone, and only then did I know that Wang Ren had lost his conscience and sold his niece for 50 taels of silver.Knowing that she can't argue with the old bustard, Xiaohong escaped with her life and pawned her jewelry along the way, finally returned to the capital, and came to discuss with Wang Xifeng to save Qiaojie.