Love in the Red Chamber is full of Xiaoxiang

After listening to the north wind all night, Shui Rong got up before dawn, and Daiyu also got up.He just put on his clothes, and before he had time to ask the servant girl to come in to serve him, he ran to the window and said, "My lord, I have something to report."

Shui Rong walked to the window, afraid that Daiyu would catch cold, so he didn't open the window, and said: "What's the matter, just talk about it."

Shun'er paused for a moment before replying: "There was news from the Prison Temple that a woman died yesterday afternoon."

Shui Rong was taken aback for a moment, then looked back at Daiyu.Daiyu's ears are always good, and she has obviously heard.

Shui Rong lowered his voice and asked, "Have you found out clearly, who is it?"

Shun'er said: "I heard it was the Wang family who died of illness."

Shui Rong said: "I see, you go down." He turned his head to look at Daiyu, but saw that she was pulling her clothes tightly, she sat on the bed wiping her tears without saying a word.Shui Rong's mood also sank, so he stepped forward to comfort him: "Don't be too sad, the most important thing is for us to find that Qiao sister you mentioned."

Daiyu cried: "No wonder I went to see her. She kept telling me that she wanted to go back to the south. Now I can really go back."

Tong Yun, Han Yan, and Zi Ping walked in, seeing this situation, they already knew what happened, but they couldn't say much.Shui Rong was in a hurry to go to the morning court. After a hasty grooming, he changed into the court clothes again, and said to Daiyu: "It's still cold outside today, so don't go out. I will make arrangements. If you get sick again, wouldn't it be worse?" ?”

Daiyu nodded, where else could she go.Shui Rong hurriedly used two jujube paste osmanthus cakes, drank a cup of tea, put on the king hat and went out.

Before reaching the flower hall, someone called Mr. Ma and ordered a few words: "Hurry up and find someone. In addition, you will go to Meng Changshi's house and tell him about Baoyu. It is extremely important." Go and ask about it. King Zhongshun doesn’t have a rest today, and I can’t get away because I have too many things to do, so ask Meng Changshi to find out.”

Ma Rong agreed one by one.Shui Rong felt relieved to go early.

He also said that Meng Yi went to Zhongshun Prince's mansion under the order of his prince, and only said to pay respects to King Zhongshun.

Although there is no snow, the weather seems to be colder. The thin layer of snow on the road has already melted, only the Nawagou and the branches are still faintly white.

He rode a horse, entered Xizhimen, walked around two streets, passed through several alleys, and finally arrived at Prince Zhongshun's mansion.The guards at the door also recognized him, and someone stepped forward to greet him: "Hey, isn't this Meng Changshi from the Northern Prince's Mansion?"

Meng Yi got off his horse, walked up with a smile, cupped his hands and said: "I follow the order of our lord, to pay my respects to King Zhong."

The guards gave him a lot of glances, and someone said with a smile: "Meng Changshi, please wait a moment, wait for a message." After speaking, someone immediately ran to pass the message.

Meng Yi was not very familiar with the people here, so naturally he didn't speak much.However, handling these interpersonal relationships is also very handy, and because he often works for Shui Rong, he has also learned to be tactful and sophisticated.

The guard who just went in to pass the message came out with a smile and said: "Our lord is here to invite you." Another servant led Meng Yi, and someone led his horse to the stable.

Meng Yi followed, walking vigorously, and didn't have time to pay attention to the houses in the mansion.After passing the screen wall, he entered the Yimen Gate, passed two buildings, and arrived at the Yihua Hall, the servant turned around and said to Meng Yi with a smile: "Meng Changshi, please wait a moment."

After speaking, he opened the curtain and went in to answer the conversation. Meng Yi let it into the room and then went to the room in the south.But Zhongshun Wang Yongze was wearing a round leather robe, sitting cross-legged on the kang, with a small servant standing below him, with his head slightly lowered.The room is also bright.

Meng Yi rushed to pay his respects.

Yongze smiled and said, "Excuse me, how come Meng Changshi has time to come to me?"

Meng Yi replied truthfully: "I have come to greet King Zhong under the order of our prince."

Yongze hurriedly said: "How dare you do that. Come and serve tea." Then he gave up his seat again.

Meng Fang sat down on a carved lacquer master below.

Yongze had a polite chat with Meng Yi first, and when Meng saw that the timing was about the same, he said straight to the point: "I don't know how the Rongguo Mansion's affairs are doing now, our prince sent a younger one to ask for advice."

Yongze was counting a string of rosary beads in his hand, he had already expected Meng Yi's intention, and smiled slightly: "Northern King is free-hearted, the emperor entrusted me to handle this matter, and it is now under trial."

Meng Yi laughed again and said: "The interrogation is also the interrogation of prisoners. I'm afraid that this person who has no charges against him will be released, right?"

Yongze immediately guessed who Meng Yi was referring to. He looked down on Baoyu, thinking that he was nothing more than a rich hakama, and he had no talent at all.Wasn't it intentional to feel sorry for him? It finally got into his hands, and he had to suffer a little bit no matter what. Whether he was charged or not was just a matter of a few words.

Yongze pretended not to know Meng Yi's words, and smiled: "It's natural, as long as you don't violate the laws of this dynasty, there will always be a fair explanation. Please also ask Meng Changshi to go back and tell your prince, please don't worry too much about it." Worry about it. You should worry more about the taxes in the south of the Yangtze River. It’s the end of the new year, and the emperor is not happy if the taxes don’t come up.”

Yongze cleverly changed the topic, and Meng Yi was a little annoyed, but he didn't dare to do anything in front of the prince after all.No matter how much he probed, Yongze's mouth was tight and he refused to reveal anything.

Meng Yixin thought it seemed that he had to think of other ways, as long as Baoyu was not convicted of the crime, there must be other ways to get him out.

The words here are not speculative, without saying a few words, Yongze looked uncomfortable, and Meng Yi naturally couldn't bother to continue, so he said goodbye.Yongze casually said something to be sent off.

Before Meng Yicai walked out of the flower hall, he saw Jia Yucun and Lai Shangrong coming to see King Zhongshun.

Meng Yilue glanced at the two of them, a little unfamiliar, he couldn't inquire about them face to face, but he had other ways to know the origin of these two people, so he hurried out.

Jia Yucun and Lai Shangrong came to the corridor and waited for the pass, until the room said: "Come in."

Only then did the two of them enter the room and rushed to kowtow to pay their respects.

Yongze's mood was messed up by Meng Yi's words, he drank a few mouthfuls of tea, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked, "Is there any news about the matter entrusted to you?"

Jia Yucun hurriedly said: "Thanks to Brother Lai's help this time, he has already taken it down. Would you like to see him right away?" Then he said with a smile: "It really took a lot of work, from south to north, It was hard to catch it, but there are really many valuable treasures. We have never opened our eyes to many things."

Only then did Yongze glance at Lai Shangrong, and nodded slightly: "Let the credit for this time go to Lai Zhifu."

Lai Shangrong hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

Yongze sneered and said: "We are the only one here who is very familiar with the situation of Jia's family. If it weren't for you, these things would not have gone so smoothly. After the matter is over, I will present a note to the emperor, so that the emperor will reward you well."

Lai Shangrong hurriedly kowtowed again: "It's all the grace of the prince. It's just that Mr. Xiaorong from our East Mansion can come out?"

Yongze said: "Don't worry, since I agreed, it will definitely be done. Thanks to him for revealing a lot of inside stories that you and I don't know. I'm afraid there will be grace in the future. I will write a letter and Yucun will take it to the Ministry of Criminal Justice." You can take people."

Jia Yucun and Lai Shangrong returned to two other matters, and then went down to do their own work.But Yongze looked down on these two people from the bottom of his heart, and sarcastically said to the servant in front of him: "The Jia family raises a bunch of slaves, and at this time, everyone will only sell their masters for glory. The house thief It also came out. The more it gets to such a moment, the more all kinds of real faces are revealed, no wonder it fell so fast. It really deserves it."

Yongze straightened his clothes, and said to the people in front of him: "Send the message, take that aunt to the meditation room, the king will go to see her in a while."

Miaoyu was blindfolded and dragged all the way, feeling a Buddhist hall.Because she smelled the very familiar sandalwood scent, she was still a little uneasy, but suddenly calmed down at this moment.

A woman whispered in her ear: "You wait here, don't even think about running away, our prince will be here in a while." As she spoke, she took off the cloth strips that were covering her eyes.

Miaoyu's expression was the same. Seeing a futon, she immediately knelt down on the futon, clasped her hands together, and recited scriptures silently.The servant girl saw that she was not making noise, she was very quiet, and seeing that she was not resisting, she thought it would be good, so she went out to save trouble, and closed the door behind her.

Miaoyu silently recited a passage from the Diamond Sutra, and her mind became confused again.Thinking that she had violated the words that her master gave her back then, she went back to Suzhou and Hangzhou again, but she did not expect to encounter such a disaster.Miaoyu thought again, these are just things outside her body, no matter how much money she has, it is of no use to her.As long as he is willing to give up these things by himself, maybe Baoyu's life can be exchanged, and it is naturally worth it.

Miaoyu raised her eyes and looked at the room, it was very clean.Facing a high altar, there is a copper pot with an incense burner in the middle.There are several scriptures neatly placed next to it.The Buddha statue hanging on the wall directly opposite, bowed deeply for a few times, and said silently: "I have moved these worldly thoughts, but I still haven't practiced enough. I also ask the Buddha to forgive my sins, maybe it was formed in the previous life. A sinful fate, this life has to be repaid, and the disciple will give it back to him once, and there will be no more ties in the future." She thought to herself, as long as Baoyu can be rescued safely, she will really twist the black hair at this end and find him. A nunnery, serious to be an outsider.Practice quietly and quietly, and never have any involvement with anyone.

Miaoyu closed her eyes and recited silently (Heart Sutra) for a while, until the sound of approaching footsteps came from outside the house, until she heard the creaking of the door behind her, and she smelled the incense on the clothes of the man standing behind her.Miaoyu didn't open her eyes to look back at the person behind her, she continued to maintain her current posture, and continued to recite the scriptures silently without distraction.

Yongze pushed open the door, and saw an aunt with hair practice sitting kneeling on the futon, but saw her with black hair, a high bun, tied with a blue ribbon, and no other bead hairpin jewelry .She was dressed in black muslin with slender shoulders and a slender waist, and because she lowered her head slightly, a section of her delicate and white neck was exposed.

Yongze's eyes fell on the fair neck and he didn't move his eyes again. He stood for a while, but Miaoyu didn't respond at all.She thought to herself what a brave woman, she dared to ignore his existence and wanted to get angry, but she also thought about the nun who was only practicing in the area, and she was a dignified prince, so she calmed down a lot.

As soon as Yongze lifted the skirt of his robe, he also knelt down on a futon next to him, looked at the Buddha statue in front of him and said, "How many years has Master practiced?"

Miaoyu didn't answer, her face was still frosty.

Yongze glanced away from the corner of his eye, and said inwardly, what a stunning auntie, but he saw that her skin was firm and fat, with an oval face, a straight nose bridge, and thin lips that were slightly closed, revealing a natural rosiness.But his eyes were closed all the time and refused to look at Yongze, with an expression of refusal to be thousands of miles away, he asked questions on his own initiative, but she dared not answer, Yongze was a little annoyed by this attitude.Then he mocked: "Now you have become a prisoner, and you still have a bit of arrogance. I really don't know what it is to be proud."

When Miaoyu heard this, she said: "Have you seen all the things I brought?"

Seeing that she was not dumb, Yongze was very satisfied when she finally spoke. The voice was so beautiful that it made people feel a bit crisp. Thinking that he was distracted, he regained his composure. It was obviously better, nodded and said: "They are some good things. There are several pieces of kiln, and there are rare white porcelain from Xing Kiln. The luster is no different from that of jade."

Miaoyu still had her eyes closed, and her hands were still folded together.

Yongze asked again with a serious tone: "You are just an aunt living in Jia's house, how did you get these rare treasures?"

Miaoyu didn't seem to be ready to answer his question, her face was watery, and she didn't see any emotional changes.

Yongze knelt for a while, and with a sound from Hora, he moved a chair from the corner of the wall, and sat down with a condescending look. The little nun in front of him didn't pay attention to him, but he should be fine. Quenching this person's arrogance, he swept his eyes straight at Miaoyu's face, crossed his legs, folded his hands on his chest, and asked: "You don't intend to say yes to what I ask, do you want to grind your temper with me? Wang has a lot of kung fu to accompany him. It doesn’t matter if you don’t tell me, you will find out sooner or later.”

A section (Heart Sutra) has been recited silently, but Miaoyu still maintained her posture and said: "If the prince likes these things, give them all to him."

Yongze smiled and said: "Now you are all mine, and this thing is naturally mine too. Don't worry, it won't fall into the hands of others."

Miaoyu felt disgusted when she heard his playful and frivolous words, opened her eyes once, and said again: "I only have one request, and I ask the prince to agree."

Yongze thought to himself, it turns out that there is something you want from me, so I have to see how you let go of your figure, so he said, "Let's listen to it." At this moment, he caught Miaoyu's eyes, and he was slightly startled, like a pair The clear eyes showed a peerless beauty, such a stunning beauty, why did she become a nun? Wouldn't it be a waste to spoil her.

I only heard Miaoyu say, "I'll trade that pile of things for Baoyu's life."

When Yongze heard about it, he laughed and said, "Another person who came here for Baoyu," and then laughed twice: "You are a monk who cultivates, and your six senses are pure. It doesn't matter what these mortal worlds do, whether Jia Baoyu lives or dies." , what do you have to do with a nun?"

Miaoyu was anxious, she couldn't answer, her face was slightly flushed, and a snow queen many years ago suddenly appeared in her mind. Baoyu wore a gorilla felt and went to Changcui Temple to ask her for a few plum blossoms. thing.His eyes dodged a little, and then he simply closed his eyes and pretended to be indifferent.

Yongze seemed to have seen some clues, so he left the chair and stood beside Miaoyu, intending to make fun of it, so he said half-sarcastically and half-sneeringly: "Why don't you like Jia Baoyu's embroidered pillow, and you don't care about your practice. Come on, you don’t even want your own money for him.”

Money is nothing, it is just some stuff, what can be more important than life.Miaoyu is willing to give up all of this. If it were before, if she was captured by someone, she would definitely try her best to beg for death, but she can't die now, she still has something to do, she has to save people, this is a great merit one piece.Facing the mockery and frivolity of King Zhongshun, she turned a blind eye and chanted the Buddha's name wholeheartedly.

Yongze saw that although the little nun in front of him looked cold and unwilling to speak, teasing and teasing seemed interesting, so he condescended, squatted halfway in front of Miaoyu, and stretched out his callused and wrinkled hands , held up her chin, and sneered: "You still pretend to be innocent, arrogant, or whatever. You can see through you with just one glance. Needless to say, you are naturally saying those things. If you want to rely on such a little thing, Just rescue a person who has committed a crime, and treat it as what we are here, a pawn shop? There is no market price to rely on here."

Miaoyu felt extremely disgusted. How often had she suffered such humiliation, but if she couldn't bear it, she would make a big conspiracy. She had to endure this disgust and deal with King Zhongshun to try to rescue Baoyu.Miaoyu stretched out her hand to block Yongze's hand, gritted her teeth and said: "If the prince does not agree, there is no need to make a move, just forget it if you don't agree." Then she got up and wanted to leave.

Where is Yongze willing to let Miaoyu go like this, he tightly clasped Miaoyu's wrist, refusing to let her go.Miaoyu was immediately ashamed and angry, her face flushed.

Yongze laughed and said, and moved closer to sniff the fragrance of Miaoyu's body, thinking that this monk is different from those vulgar fans in the world, he didn't expect to take advantage of him.This beauty that fell from the sky, he had to stay in the backyard to enjoy it, there was no reason to let it go like this.

Yongze teased her with a salivating smile: "The man is still in my hands, and it is up to me whether to let him go or not. Since the master has come to beg this king, this king naturally has to give the master some face, but I have to Let's see how Master behaves."

Miaoyu has a noble temperament and doesn't have much to do with the world.A woman took a sip of tea from her tea bowl, she didn't even want a cup, but now she was being teased so wantonly and frivolously by such a man, she couldn't bear it.She violently broke King Zhongshun's hand away, and took a few steps back hurriedly, thinking of taking the door away.Unexpectedly, King Zhongshun stopped at the door.

Miaoyu's calmness and composure just now disappeared, and she wondered if she had gone the wrong way, and she wanted to save Baoyu, just to repay the little confidant in the past, but she never thought of going into the wolf's den. Even if he took the door and went out by himself, he couldn't escape the palm of the powerful.I made a mistake and wanted to turn back, but I didn't know there was no way out.These years of practice are not enough, the last mortal thought, unexpectedly pushed myself into the abyss.She shouldn't have betrayed her master's last words, and she shouldn't have boarded this thief boat at the Guazhou Ferry.

After thinking about these causes and consequences, he was still a little flustered at first, but he quickly calmed down, no longer looking away from him, proudly raised his chin, and bravely looked at King Zhongshun, with a little disdain and contempt in his eyes, There is also a little hatred and annoyance, but there is no trace of fear and cowardice.He also saw the corners of her lips slightly raised, revealing a cold smile, even though she was smiling, it was clearly full of bitterness.

Seeing that Miaoyu gave up resisting, Yongze thought that Miaoyu had figured it out and wanted to obey her, grinning and said: "That's good, why do you do such a nonsense. You obey me obediently, and in the future you will You are rich and rich, silk and satin. What do you read those scriptures for? I didn’t think about it. It’s just to deceive the world. Dress up and dress up, and you are also a first-class person. Isn’t it a pity to be accompanied by the ancient Buddha with blue lanterns? "

Miaoyu gradually suppressed her smile, straightened her clothes, took advantage of King Zhongshun's unpreparedness, and suddenly knocked at the pillar by the door.Yongze was caught off guard and wanted to stop him, but he failed to grab Miaoyu's body, and she fell into a pool of blood.The blood flowing down the ground dyed the corners of the clothes a dull purple.

Perhaps before Miaoyu turned her head, she hadn't thought about atonement in front of the Buddha.When the fragrance disappears and the jade dies, who in the world will still remember her.Miaoyu seemed to see the master coming from the sky to pick her up.During the years when Master left, she has been walking alone.Now someone finally led her way.

I grew up for more than [-] years, I was sick in my early years, and my parents were helpless.Later, he escaped into Buddhism and practiced with his master, wanting to be an outsider with all his heart.In the end, like a flawless jade, it finally fell into the quagmire.