A Dream of Red Mansions: Zhu Yan drunk

(Qingming)

Let's say that Yanhong ran away with the money and made Mrs. Xing angry. Jia Lian and others hurriedly ordered people to seek medical treatment. While carrying her to the bed, she let the little girl caress her chest and calm her breath. After half a stick of incense, Mrs. Xing woke up slowly. Turning around, he scratched in the air with only one hand, hesitating and slurring his words, at this time the doctor came over to look at him, and said: "This is a phlegm syndrome caused by anger attacking the heart and liver stagnation turning into fire. Madam's age I'm getting older, I'm afraid that medicine can only be used to recuperate and recuperate, and it's hard to recover. Although my life is safe for a while, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of bed, and my speech will also be affected." Another prescription was prescribed, and he was told how to decoct it, and then he left sent out.Seeing Lin Zhixiao and the others coming back and forth: "Yanhong didn't chase her back for a while, I'm afraid she will be picked up by someone, otherwise she won't be found at all. Just counted the population, and there is a little girl in the eldest wife's room and two little girls who take care of things elsewhere. The servant is gone, and some gold and silver utensils are also lost." Jia Lian stomped his feet angrily, and Jia Zhen advised him to focus on the funeral, and to rectify the rest after the incident.In addition, there was a lot of quarrels before the spirit, and it was inevitable that Jia's mother heard and intervened. Although Jia Zheng and others greeted him several times a day, accompanied by Li Wan, Baoyu, Daiyu and Xiangyun, they could not withstand the successive bad news. Injured by the qi of early spring, it is necessary to seek medical advice and medicine every day for recuperation.

Seven days after the death of the spirit, Jia Zhen and others advised Jia Lian, "If the family is in such a mess, the old man will not live in peace in the spirit of heaven. It's better to move it to the family temple and let monks and Taoists recite scriptures for salvation." Jia Lian had no choice but to do so.It is said that in Jia's mansion these days there was a lot of crying and noise, and suddenly one day I heard Xue's family crying at home, and others didn't bother to ask, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but come to visit.When I came to Aunt Xue's room, I saw Aunt Xue and Baochai wiping their tears, and asked what was going on. Aunt Xue hesitated to speak, but just cried. Baochai had to find a letter and hand it to Mrs. Wang, saying: " This is a letter from an old man from our shop." Mrs. Wang looked carefully at the letter saying that Xue Pan and his party encountered bandits in Huzhou, and their money was robbed. Xue Pan was also kidnapped by the bandits, and the servants Reported to the local officials, but Xue Pan's whereabouts are still unknown, so the guys had to wait for the news in Huzhou, and wrote to Aunt Xue and others to prepare for the worst and not to be too sad.Mrs. Wang put down the letter, read a few words of Buddha, and wiped tears with Aunt Xue.The two sisters cried for a long time and comforted each other before Mrs. Wang went back.

Aunt Xue and Baochai were the only two left in the room, Aunt Xue said, "If I want you to hide the truth from your aunt, I will feel a little uncomfortable." My aunt doesn't have to take responsibility for anything wrong. In this extraordinary period, crimes must be punished heavily, and my brother's life is at stake. The fewer people who know about this matter, the better. My mother held back anyway." It turned out that Xue Pan's matter was related to her mother and daughter. The two arranged in advance, fearing that Jia Yucun would reveal the old story of Xue Pan's beating to death in prison, and secretly wrote a letter asking Xue Pan not to return to the capital, and then acted out the fake story, so that it was really reported in Huzhou Officer, write back.Sure enough, two days later, an official came to pick up Xue Pan, but they couldn't get it. They went back and asked the Huzhou local government.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of February, Wang Ziteng, Jia Yucun and others were executed and their families were exiled.The war in the East China Sea is still in a stalemate, and the southern border countries are taking the opportunity to invade the frontier and cause chaos. At this time, the troops are concentrated in the East China Sea. The King of Nan'an only has more than ten thousand troops to quell the chaos. It is not known how the battle is going.Suddenly one day, the inner eunuch came to deliver an order, and Mrs. Wang and Tanchun were summoned to enter the palace in a hurry.When he came back, he only said that the emperor and queen had summoned him in person, and only asked Tanchun about some ordinary family matters. Concubine Nan'an was also there, and she called back without any intention.It's hard for people to speculate.

The next day, Shen Shilang from the official department came to Jia's mansion to announce the order. Jia Zheng and others welcomed him into the hall. Shen Shilang smiled and said, "Wait a while." The eunuch Xia in the palace came to announce the decree." Shen Shilang and Jia Zheng waited hurriedly and went out to welcome them to the front of the hall, Jia Zheng and others knelt down to accept the decree.Listening to Xia Shouzhong's preaching: "The sage ordered that Jia Yuanchun, the deceased Shangshu of Fengzao Palace, was virtuous, upright, virtuous, frugal and respectful. Although the imperial concubine system was used, he could not fully express his grief. His family members were authorized to set up a shrine to worship." Jia Zheng and others kowtowed their heads to express their gratitude.Shen Shilang announced the order nearby, and Jia Zheng got up to listen to the order again.Xuandao: "Jia Zheng, a former doctor of the Ministry of Industry, was negligent in the employment of coastal defense projects. He was promoted to be the fourth-rank deputy envoy of the Ritual System Department of the Ministry of Etiquette because he was verified as an honest and upright official, and he forgot his personal interests. Take orders.Here Xia Shouzhong said with a smile: "Vice Envoy Jia received the order." Jia Zheng hurriedly knelt down again, Xia Shouzhong unfolded a volume of imperial edict and declared: "The emperor said, Jia Tan, the sister of the late virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun, and the daughter of Jia Zheng, the current deputy envoy of the Ministry of Rites. In spring, Lan Qinghui's nature, holding Yu and holding Jin, specially made her the princess of Nanping, and chose another auspicious day, and gave her marriage to the king of Minyue in the south." Jia Zheng and others kowtowed their heads in gratitude.He also received ten golden beads, a pair of jade ruyis and two red corals from Tanchun.Xia Shouzhong and Shen Shilang congratulated each other, and Jia Zheng left tea to thank before sending him out.

The little girls here have already run into the garden to announce their congratulations to Tanchun, and for a while the girls and daughters-in-law outside Qiushuangzhai kept coming and going.Autumn Wen and Musk Moon came out of Qiushuangzhai, and saw that the willow trees on the opposite bank had sprouted green buds, and Ping'er, Zicuckoo and Amber were sitting and talking under the tree, so they walked over. The girl said she was happy?" Qiu Wen said: "I just went there, what news are you talking about here?" Ping'er laughed and said: "Where is there any news, but I am happy for the third girl." Qiu Wen said : "It can be said that individuals have their own good luck, and it can't be wrong. At first, I only heard that Nan'an Concubine took a fancy to the third girl of our family and wanted to marry her youngest son. Miss going to get married, she is destined to be a princess wherever she goes." Zijuan fiddled with the wicker in her hand and said leisurely, "It's just a thousand miles away from home, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to come back in this life. I won't go if this princess is given to me." Everyone She smiled and said: "Don't daydream, put your heart in your stomach, when will it be our turn for the princess." Zijuan said: "Don't laugh at me, isn't serving Shu Cuimo the same as us? If they don't go with the third girl, they won't see their old lady again?" Everyone sighed silently after hearing this.Hu Po said: "You see, after following the empress's Baoqin, I can receive incense with my empress in the ancestral hall from now on, and after following the second girl's embroidered orange, I was almost killed by the Sun family. I kept her. The one who followed the fourth girl was kicked out. I don't know what will happen to us in the future?" Qiu Wen patted Amber and smiled: "We should say these things seriously, why do you need to worry about it? Needless to say, mandarin ducks, you have an old lady to arrange for you, and you are still here to taunt us." Hu Po pushed her and laughed: "Really Baoyu has spoiled you, look at you with sharp teeth and sharp mouth." Just as they were talking, a little girl came to find Ping'er, saying that Mrs. Wang called her, and everyone dispersed.

When Mrs. Wang saw Ping'er coming over, she asked her how Sister Feng's illness has improved in the past few days. Ping'er said, "It's not much better." Just don't ask people to expose the fault." Ping'er hastily responded.Mrs. Wang said again: "Now the matter of the third girl is a major matter in our family. There is a master outside who listens to the arrangements in the palace. The garden is the most important thing inside. I have discussed it with the old lady. They call from the old lady and me. Six daughters-in-law, a total of twelve. Including those who were on duty at night, you will personally arrange inspections with Lin Zhixiao's family. You must guard the garden during the day and night. Don't tell the girls who are going with you to go home. Inform them to come and say goodbye, and follow the precedent of holding the qin, and give them a reward at home first, so that they can feel at ease." Just as they were talking, Zhou Rui's family came back and forth: "The person who gave the gift from the Nan'an Palace came, and the master asked his wife to discuss it. " Mrs. Wang said to Ping'er again: "Go and ask the old lady if you have anything else to say." After that, she got up and went to Jia Zheng's study.

So Ping'er came to Jiamu's place and saw that Jiamu was pulling Tanchun to talk, Li Wan, Baoyu, Daiyu, Xiangyun Xichun and others were sitting beside her. It is said that I will share some of the dishes in my kitchen here, and you go to the garden and ask the small kitchen to cook the dishes Tan Yatou likes to eat in turn, so that she can try a few more mouthfuls, and I don’t know how many days I can eat the dishes of my hometown.” After speaking, he asked Li Wan: "Don't worry about anything, just take her sisters to have a good gathering in the garden and have a good time for a few days." Li Wan and Heping quickly agreed.Seeing that the mandarin ducks brought a tray to offer to Jiamu, Baoyu came up to take a closer look. It turned out to be a gold hairpin in the shape of a flying bird. Baoyu said, "It's a flying swallow hairpin." "I don't think it looks like a swallow, but a wild goose." Jia Mu smiled and said, "This is a Zhaojun Luoyan hairpin." Jia Mu gave it to Tanchun, and everyone said it looked good.When it was time for dinner, Mother Jia ordered some pots of wine to be boiled. All the sisters had dinner with Mother Jia and talked for a while before returning to the garden.

Early the next morning, Baoyu went back to Mrs. Jia Muwang, took Mingyan hoe medicine and went outside to buy a lot of gadgets that Tanchun usually likes, and came back with a box, and went straight to Qiushuangzhai, where he saw Li Wan, Baochai Daiyuxiang Yun Xichun and the others also brought presents to Tanchun, and everyone was unfolding to see the picture of plantains that Xichun sent.Tanchun said: "The fourth younger sister's paintings are getting better and better." Baoyu hurriedly opened his box to show Tanchun. Leading the little girls to tidy things up, they divided the poem manuscripts into volumes, all of which were tied with names. Baoyu picked up one roll and put the small playing cards tied on it with Chrysanthemums, and another volume with Crabs. Picking up another volume and annotating the West Wind, Baoyu asked doubtfully, "When did we sing the West Wind?" Li Wan said, "It's because you lacked a lot in society, and you were busy making up your homework last autumn, and we wrote it together by ourselves. Baochai said, "It might as well, Brother Bao, after reading it, it's not too late to write another one." Baoyu hurriedly unfolded the volume and read each one.

west wind

-- Li Wan

The wind blows books and bamboo curtains roll.

The wind falls and the tea is soaked in bamboo curtains.

My heart remains motionless,

He only cares about blowing Luoshan obliquely.

west style

--Xiang Yun

Brushing the horse's mane by the grassy stream,

Someone's other courtyard is passing the sound of the flute.

No one cares about pushing the door and breaking the house,

Smell the sweet osmanthus in front of the court.

tight west wind

-- Tanchun

The wind forces the geese to leave to test the coolness of the water,

Housewives like to hide cattail fans.

All roads frost and snow arrive late,

Whoever is willing to cut clothes is measured first.

west wind

-- Daiyu

All are ordinary clouds and rain,

Why bother to ask things when complaining.

Sweeping thousands of maples stained with green blood,

Rolling boats and long rivers swinging away from songs.

Xifeng Co

--Baochai

Yellow flowers are afraid of me changing color,

The old tree shows its loyalty and discards its fallen leaves.

At night, every household sinks into a new dream,

Yue Yiying sobbed faintly.

Zephyr

-- Baoqin

The geese drive away the fog with the gust of wind,

Only then can we discern the sky and clouds road.

There is Wanchongling before the wind of language,

Can you help me a little bit.

Here, in order not to make Tanchun sad, Li Wan and others did not mention the upcoming long journey, but only talked about some interesting things in the old days, and only heard Daiyu ask Xichun: "Fourth sister, I only want you to draw slowly, so you can take this." As a shield, our garden has not been painted until now, don't wait until we are all gone, the garden has also been demolished and the painting has not been finished." Everyone laughed and said: "But, how many houses and plants have been painted? Flowers and plants?" Xichun said: "It's almost over, just a few characters and embellishments are missing." Xiangyun walked up to Xichun and walked around leisurely with her skirt, took Xichun's hand and said with a smile: "Tomorrow I'm leaving now, so you should look at me more and remember my appearance clearly, and you can draw me more handsome." Everyone in the room hilariously laughed at her for not being serious.While joking, Lin Zhixiao's family came and went: "The mother from the palace is here."

Seeing two old nuns coming in, Tanchun got up and stood in front, Lin Zhixiao's family smiled and said to the nuns, "This is the third girl from our family." The two nuns had seen Tanchun once in the palace. , Knelt down to salute, and said in his mouth: "Greetings to the princess." Tanchun hurriedly ordered Lin Zhixiao's family to help him up.Pointing to Baoyu again, he asked, "Is this the son who was born with the title of jade in the family?" Lin Zhixiao's family replied that it was correct, and asked who was the fourth lady, and Xichun took a few steps forward.Mammy stared up and down.Then he bowed to Tanchun and said, "Come to invite the princess princess into the palace today." Baoyu asked in surprise, "Why did you leave so soon?" The mother smiled and nodded without saying a word.Tanchun didn't want to leave, he was stunned, and said with a smile: "Later, both of you, I'll go kowtow to my grandmother and my parents." The nurse said, "Please do as you please. The emperor and queen will give you a banquet tonight You must return to the palace when you are here." Seeing that Tanchun was packing up his things in the room, he said again: "Forgive me for talking too much, except for your personal belongings and two maidservants, you are not allowed to take anything else with you, especially paper and ink letters. And water powder pills and the like. The Zhonggong and the Ministry of Rites will prepare everything according to the princess's ritual, and the empress does not need to worry." Hearing this, Tanchun had no choice but to give up.

Li Wan took the two nuns to drink tea at Jia's mother.Baoyu and others came to Jia Zheng's office with Tanchun, and saw Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, Sister Feng, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhou, Jia Huan and other family members coming. Tanchun walked slowly to the front of the hall and kowtowed to Mrs. Jia Zhengwang , Jia Zheng taught two sentences of being loyal to the king and serving the country, don't read what your parents said, suddenly remembered Yuanchun, and asked Tanchun to take care of himself, and he couldn't say the rest.Tanchun said to Mrs. Wang again: "Madam taught me a lesson. Fortunately, I have not let you down." Mrs. Wang nodded with tears.Tanchun turned back and waved again, Shishu, Cuimo, and Xiuju came out and knelt behind Tanchun, Tanchun said: "It is enough for me to bring Shishu, and leave Cuimo and Xiuju. I have sympathy with them." Sisters, let them do my filial piety here." Jia Zheng agreed, he knew what Tanchun meant, and asked the two of them to recognize Mrs. Wang and Aunt Zhao as godmothers, and they became arms wholeheartedly. It's something later.At present, Aunt Zhao just stood in the crowd and cried, not daring to say anything in front of the crowd.Everyone embraced Tanchun again and came to Jiamu's place, and Tanchun kowtowed to Jiamu again. Here, the nanny said, "It's almost time." There were two rows of eunuchs and maids in the back row, and there was a Baohua palace carriage in the middle. Tanchun burst into tears a few times, and knowing that he was about to face the saint, he was afraid that his eyes would turn red from crying, so he had to hold back and boarded the carriage.Jia Mu was left to watch the palace chariot go away with tears in her eyes.

Everyone was sad at home for a day, and on the second day, the palace sent another female official and two nuns to pick him up, and ordered Xichun to marry them together. Li Wan said that Xichun went to Shuiyue Nunnery to kneel early in the morning, and Mother Jia was busy. Youshi took two nuns to look for it.When he arrived at Shuiyue Nunnery, Fangguan was shaving Xichun's hair there, and the black hair on his head was almost gone.Not to mention the old nun was frightened and hurriedly explained to Youshi: "Miss cut her braids first and said that the family wanted her to come here to chant scriptures for the late virtuous concubine. The poor nun saw her determination and believed it." Youshi saw Now that the matter has come to an end, and knowing Xichun's temper, he no longer persuades her, and takes the nanny back.The female official heard this, and saw Mrs. Wang and others explained that Xichun had Buddha nature since she was a child, and she never got close to her family, so she had to go back to the palace to return to her life.

In the misty drizzle, Qingming was approaching. Seeing that Baoyu was unhappy, Sheyue took all kinds of tools and made a kite in the house. He asked him how he was doing from time to time, coaxed him to talk for a while, and then saw that the sky was fine. The breeze was blowing, so I advised him to fly a kite in the garden instead of staying in the house all the time.Baoyu thought that Tanchun was on his way to the south at this time. He didn't know if he was homesick on the way, and he didn't know what the situation in the southern border country was like, so he just put the kite in the house and stared blankly.Xiren persuaded: "You have the skills to watch kites, why not pick up the book and read it for a while. I heard that the master has invited a new teacher to teach in the family school. Why don't you take this opportunity to teach your name who doesn't like reading?" The number will be erased to give the new teacher a good impression." Baoyu just hummed and perfunctory.Xiren said again: "If you finish reading well, your sisters and sisters don't have to be separated one by one." Baoyu was different when he heard this, and asked why it was so. There is a house of gold in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book." Baoyu laughed and said: "This is just words to deceive those scholars, words of fame and fortune.Xiren said again: "If fame and fortune are sought after, civil servants and military generals can rule the country, why let women travel thousands of miles to get married." Baoyu couldn't refute for a while.He also heard Xiren said: "Although I haven't read the book, I only compare simple things to the second master. Look at that ax, if it can't chop firewood, what's the use of it? If fame can't be exchanged for a golden house and Yan Ruyu, Who among those ordinary people would seek fame and fame? You often hate the truth in books, don’t everyone else like these clichés?" Baoyu was stunned, then realized it, and smiled: "So I misunderstood the world, Others sharpen an ax for chopping firewood, but they don’t care what the ax looks like. I sharpen an ax for the sake of sharpening an axe, but I am trapped by the axe. Haha, I’m a fool.” After thinking about it, I actually picked up the book, and I was secretly happy.Unexpectedly, after watching it for two days, I felt dizzy and dizzy, and sighed again: "It's so boring, the world can still watch it, but I can't. It shows that I am a fool." I gave up on myself.

Let's say that Baoyu, the troubled brother, abandons his books here to fear difficulties, and Jia Huan, the troubled brother, is also troubled by books.Aunt Zhao did not know where the evil fire came from in the past two days, and scolded Jia Huan in the house: "I know how to play all day long, and you don't take out the books that your sister left you for a whole room, and you don't read them carefully." Jia Huan She snorted and said, "That's because Baoyu doesn't like reading, or she would have given it to Baoyu a long time ago." Aunt Zhao wanted to say the same thing, clapped her hands and sighed, "After all, I have supported her for nothing." Xiuju Come over quickly to persuade: "Godmother, just talk about it, don't think so in your heart, it's true that the third girl kissed his wife Baoyu, but it's a lie to say that she doesn't miss Godmother and Brother Huan Before she left, she asked me to take good care of my godmother, and to guard against those villains who sow discord, and said that the only way for Brother Huan to be serious is to study." Aunt Zhao turned happy when she heard this, and said very much , and said Jia Huan: "Did you hear that? Copy the Five Books and Four Classics twice more." Jia Huan listened and leaned on the couch with a hey.

Recently, Jia Zheng saw that a major event had been decided, and decided to rectify the family style and revive the school.A new teacher was hired outside, whose surname was Ren and whose name was Qiong, and whose style name was Zhiduan. He was from Xiazhou.This Ren Qiong is still young, in her 30s, she won the imperial examination early. She came to Beijing this spring to take part in the general examination, and was admitted as the top three. Therefore, I privately found some teaching jobs to increase my income.It happened that Jia Zheng deliberately sought out that person from a poor family, in order to set an example and sweep away the extravagant and playful habits of his younger generations, so he was recommended by someone and immediately hired him.This Ren Qiong's family is poor, and she earns her future by studying hard. Naturally, she has something in her stomach, which is more than enough to teach these students.There is only one thing, although the ostentation of a big family like Jia's mansion is not as good as before, the aura of wealth and honor is still overwhelming. When going in and out, although everyone treats him with courtesy, he still feels poor and ashamed. Students just teach with their heart, and if they are lazy and mischievous, they just persuade them gently and never scold them.In his spare time, Jia Zheng often came to the school to check it out. Since Baoyu started, he didn't dare to mess around.Everyone saw that the teacher was young, not as pedantic as ordinary old Confucians, the atmosphere in the classroom was relatively relaxed, sometimes he said some outrageous words without being punished, and the number of truancy gradually decreased. up.

Let’s say that today, the lecture was on the chapters and sentences of Mencius, and Ren Qiong explained the meaning in detail. The students were listening carefully at the beginning. After half an hour, some of them couldn’t sit still. Glancing east and west, Jia Zhu whispered to Jia Lan. Ren Qiong coughed twice, but it didn't help, so she said, "Let's talk about how you feel about studying this chapter. Baoyu, tell me how you feel." Shenyou didn't know where he was, and suddenly heard that he was being called, and he didn't have time to react, so he blurted out what was in his heart: "What the sages said are all right, but it's not interesting." After finishing speaking, he realized that his words were rash, The others couldn't help laughing at him.Looking at Ren Qiong, she couldn't help smiling, and asked, "Is it important to be right or wrong, or is it important to be interesting?" Baoyu said: "Of course, right and wrong are the most important things, but often the right things are boring, and the wrong things are boring." Things are very interesting, so people in the world often choose wrongly. From this point of view, isn’t it very important to be interesting.” Ren Qiong said: “Teacher, I heard it, you are saying that my explanation of scriptures is boring.” Baoyu said hurriedly: “ The students dare not, the teacher explained it very well, but most of the classics from ancient times to the present have explained the relationship between people such as virtue, etiquette, and norms. Proficient in this way, I don’t understand why I ridicule it as an ingenious thing. People and things are the work of the creation of heaven and earth. Although they are different in appearance, the way must be the same. The way of human beings is exhausted and clear, and later generations are just repeating it. Although there is a theory of investigating things to gain knowledge, they have not seen how to study things and how to obtain knowledge. Why do they not try to find a way now and open up the atmosphere of studying things? Students are puzzled, so Have this question."

After Baoyu made some absurd remarks, several students had been chattering in the lower room, and one of them whispered: "Actually, I just want to say that he should not be allowed to study, and let him concentrate on making rouge paste." Everyone listened There was a roar of laughter.Jia Huan looked out of the window and sighed in his heart, "Why didn't my father come to the school today? If he heard Baoyu's remarks, he would definitely give him a good reprimand."Jia Lan thought to himself: It's strange that everyone says that the second uncle is dumb, so I don't know what he is thinking about these useless things.Ren Qiong taught them for a period of time, knowing that Baoyu's thinking is a bit special, and it is not a bad thing for a young man to think more broadly, but he definitely dare not openly encourage him to seek new ideas and differences. If he makes some outrageous remarks in the future, I am afraid that his teacher He will also be implicated, so he persuaded him: "If you like to study these things, you can take a look at such works as "Mengxi Bi Tan" and "Tiangong Kaiwu". Let’s let go of this idea. How difficult it is to go upstream in the Taotao River, and how long it takes to find a new path beside the Kuankuan Avenue. Why bother with difficulty and fail. Nowadays, there are no special teaching institutions, and there is no place to verify practice. You are learning the way of Confucius and Mencius, but you want to learn the way of investigating things, it is better to wait until you have the opportunity to learn it, this is the so-called gentleman follows the time, and the hero knows the time." Baoyu heard the teacher say so, that's all, he was originally Thinking about this today, thinking about that tomorrow, collecting miscellaneous knowledge, but not proficient in any one, although he is unwilling to learn those stereotyped articles, seeing that Jia Huan and Jia Lan still have some thoughts on their homework, I feel embarrassed to fall behind , I had to learn it mechanically.