The Forest of Red Mansions

Nalan Xingde is a talented man with a romantic and elegant nature. In his early years, he specially built a plum blossom forest at home. Once upon a time, this talented man would often cook wine with his friends in this forest, enjoy the plum blossoms and watch the snow, and recite poems on the piano. Xiao and Ming.

It's a pity that things are already different now.

Plum wine was boiled on the stone table, and a group of green and juicy girls sat around talking and laughing happily. The crisp and melodious laughter wafted from far away from time to time, adding a touch of beauty to this cold and icy world.

Nian Wanying said: "It's boring to chat and drink, why don't we play a little game?"

Nalan Wanxiu was the first one to agree, and said with a smile: "This proposal is very good. Why don't you just make a wine order? Those who lose will be fined three cups. No one can deny it. But sisters, don't worry, this wine is not easy. Intoxicated, no matter how bad it is, if any sister is lucky enough to carry more punishments, I will also promise to send you home safely, don't worry that I will sell you."

The guests do as they please, and everyone naturally has no objection.

Nalan Wanxiu thought for a while, and said: "Let's break down the characters and combine them. Let's play a simpler one first, with three dots of water as the side. I will come first. If there is water, it will be clear, and if there is no water, it will be green. Go to clear water." Boundary water, add heart and become love."

The next home is Guo Luoluo Baozhu, "Water is also Hunan, and no water is also a phase. When the water goes to the edge of Hunan, if it rains, it will become frost."

Dong E's continued: "Water is also oil, and no water is also the cause. If the oil is removed from the water, adding wood will become pomelo."

Lin Daiyu continued: "Water is also a tide, and no water is a dynasty. If you go to the water beside the tide, you will become a temple."

When Lin Jinyao arrived, she said without hesitation: "Water is also disappearing, and no water is also Xiao. If you go to eliminate water, adding people will make you beautiful."

Nian Wanying also quickly replied: "If there is water, it is also to draw, and if there is no water, it is too late. If you go to draw the water, you can suck it if you add it."

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This question is simple, and it went smoothly after one round, but on the second round, Niu Gulushi got stuck and was fined three cups.

Nalan Wanxiu said: "This question is too simple, and there are advantages and disadvantages in this ranking. It lacks some fun. Why don't we add a drum to pass the flower, and whoever gets the flower can answer it?"

"That's good, otherwise we will be too unlucky to be in the back." Niu Gulushi, who had just been fined three cups, was the first to agree.

It's nothing to be fined, it's just that the girls who are about the same age are basically the same class of show girls, and there is also a certain degree of competition, so it is always inevitable to compare with each other. If you always lose, you can't help but feel shameful , if it gives people the impression of being "stupid", it would be really embarrassing.

Therefore, as soon as this proposal was put forward, it was unanimously approved by everyone, except Lin Jinyao.

I don't know if she is suffering from persecution paranoia, but she always feels that she is going to be unlucky.

Before she could think about it, Nalan Wanxiu asked someone to pick a plum blossom, and a girl from a little further away carried her to beat the drums.

"I'll come up with the title first—the field is airtight, the cross is in the middle, the cross is pushed up, and the ancient character is a bell." After finishing speaking, Nalan Wanxiu passed on the plum blossoms in his hand.

But the flower passing is also very particular, it has to meet the rhythm of the drums, the drums are slow, the flowers are passed slowly, and the drums are fast, so the flowers are passed in a hurry.The rhythm of the drums was slow and fast, which added a bit of tension to the atmosphere.

When the flowers were passed to Nian Wanying's hands, the beating of the drum suddenly stopped, and she smiled and replied: "The sleepy word is impenetrable, the wooden character is in the middle, push the wooden character up, and the apricot character will be weak for one minute." After that, the drum sounded, Continue to spread the flowers.

When the flowers were passed to Lin Jinyao's hands, the sound of the drums was very rapid, but just as she was about to pass the flowers out, the sound of the drums stopped abruptly, and Lin Jinyao could only say loudly: "The word 囨 is not open, the words are not in the middle, and the words are not pushed up." , otherwise the word is weak for one minute."

Nalan Wanxiu and Guo Luoluo Baozhu were also caught once, and they both passed the test smoothly, but then they fell into Lin Jinyao's hands.

"The character 囦 is impermeable to the wind, and the character water is in the middle. If the character water is pushed up, the character 呇 is weak for one minute."

This question was not as simple as the previous one. After several rounds, everyone began to rack their brains more and more. Holding flowers in their hands was like holding a fireball.

As if it was also to cope with the tense atmosphere, the drums became more and more intense, and one's heart couldn't help beating along with the "bang bang".

Suddenly, the fierce drumming stopped abruptly again, and the flowers fell into Lin Jinyao's hands again.

"Hurry up, sister Lin, can you still answer?" Nalan Wanxiu urged with a smile.

Lin Jinyao thought for a while, then said helplessly, "I admit defeat, and punish myself with three cups." After saying that, she drank three cups in a row.

A few more questions were asked next, but Lin Jinyao had the most hands every time. In the blink of an eye, she lost four more rounds. In addition to the previous round, Lin Jinyao had already been fined fifteen glasses of wine.

The delicate and flawless face was slightly flushed, and it became more and more charming and charming.

Unlucky to this extent, it can no longer be explained by luck. Several people have seen the truth in it, knowing that this is Nalan Wanxiu deliberately punishing Lin Jinyao, but no one has much to say. Some people secretly laughed , Some people have nothing to do with themselves, and some people are silent.

"Sister..." Lin Daiyu frowned slightly, showing concern, and was very angry in her heart, almost turning her face.

The little affection he had for Nalan Wanxiu had vanished long ago, and now there was only resentment left in his heart, and he secretly thought that God was really blind, how could such an outstanding figure as Nalan Xingde have such a despicable and hateful descendant?

But after thinking about it, Nalan Wanxiu was only a few years old when Nalan Xingde passed away. This daughter had hardly ever been taught by Nalan Xingde.

Lin Jinyao secretly held her younger sister's hand, signaling her not to act rashly.

Soon the next game started again, and this time the questions were more difficult. The extracted characters had to rhyme with the last word of Ling, regardless of the level, only the last line had to be a poem from the predecessors.

Still starting from Nalan Wanxiu, "Three chariots are written in the word "Boom", and the word "Yu Dou" is inclined, and the chariots and chariots are far away from the cold mountain and the stone path is inclined."

The next one was passed on to the Ulanara family, "The character of chu is three straight, and the word black is Chengchu, straight and straight, and it is three times when it goes."

This question is difficult for most of the people here, because these girls from Manchu families have never read many poems and songs, and they don't have so much time to think carefully when playing games, so they have to open their mouths Come on, it will be more difficult.

However, those girls who were born in Manchu were not very worried about being caught blind and losing face, because they could see that Lin Jinyao was definitely the one who was unlucky, so everyone was very relaxed, and Guo Luoluo's face was even more gloating. smile.

Sure enough, plum blossoms fell into Lin Jinyao's hands one after another.

"Three sips of the word Pin, and the word Shuiyou becomes wine. I advise you to drink more wine."

"Forest means three woods, and village means trees. There are several early warblers competing for warm trees."

"Miao character is three water, unitary character is drunk, water water water, green wine is easy to get drunk for the first time."

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Nalan Wanxiu's smiling face froze a little, she was not trying to trick her, it was clearly giving her a chance to show off!I didn't see how many people had expressions of admiration on their faces!

However, no matter how smart Lin Jinyao was, she was still at the end of the day when she had finished speaking all the words that could come to her mind, so she could only admit defeat.

"Sister Lin, you've already drunk a lot today, if you drink any more you're going to get drunk, why don't I drink these three cups for you." Nian Wanying laughed softly.

Lin Jinyao glanced at her, and said lightly, "No need." After that, she was fined again.

After drinking the three cups, Lin Jinyao smiled and said, "This is the first time for my younger sister to attend a sisters' gathering. I am fortunate to have sister Nalan take good care of me everywhere. Speaking of which, didn't I suddenly think of a poem, and I thought it could represent my feelings for Sister Nalan at the moment, so I used the poem to express my feelings, Sister Nalan, please listen carefully."

Nalan Wanxiu's eyelids twitched, her intuition was not good, but she didn't have time to stop her mouth.

Just listen to Lin Jinyao's charming smile, and said in a clear voice: "The mouse has skin, but the human has no manners; the human has no manners, so why not die? The mouse has teeth, but the human has no limit; the human has no limit, so why not die?" A rat has a body, but a human is rude; a human is rude, so will you die?"

Translated into the vernacular is:

You see, this mouse still has fur, but people don't have face. If people don't have face, they might as well die!

You see, this mouse still has teeth, but people don’t have any shame. If people don’t have any shame, what are they waiting for if they don’t die!

You see, this mouse still has limbs, but people don't understand etiquette. If people don't understand etiquette, why don't they die quickly!

Nalan Wanxiu's face was livid and trembling with anger, "You...you..."

Lin Jinyao sneered and said, "Today, at Miss Nalan's kind invitation, my two sisters came here full of joy and costumes. I thought I could make a bosom friend or two, but I don't know how I offended Miss Nalan and made Miss Nalan so Evil to me?"

"I just don't know why Miss Nalan is trying so hard to get me drunk? It can't be that Miss Nalan is idle and bored and wants to watch people go crazy with alcohol, right? Or, Miss Nalan has specially prepared something wonderful for me. follow-up program?"

"Let me think about it... the draft is just around the corner, if I do something scandalous at this time, it's really... I'm afraid I'm going to cry, maybe I'll be hanged with a rope at that time Some. It's a pity that I don't have any other advantages as a person, except that I can drink two catties of burnt knives if I have a better capacity for alcohol, but I have let down Miss Nalan's careful preparation in vain."

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the girls present all changed for a moment, and they looked at Nalan Wanxiu with guarded and apprehensive eyes.

They originally thought that Nalan Wanxiu just thought that Lin Jinyao didn't like her, and deliberately used some tricks to deal with her, but now they heard what Lin Jinyao said, and they suddenly realized that maybe things were not as simple as they thought.

For a while, everyone lost their high-spirited thoughts of nothing to do with themselves, and they just couldn't wait to leave this place.

They are all show girls waiting to be selected, and no one dares to be careless at this stall. If something scandal happens, it will really ruin their life!

Nalan Wanxiu's small face alternates between green and black, which is really more exciting than face-changing in Sichuan opera.

But Guo Luoluo Baozhu said: "You don't spout blood! It's just your own bad luck. If you can't afford to lose, you can't afford to lose. It's too arrogant to curse others like this viciously!"

Nalan Wanxiu's second aunt, that is, Nalan Mingzhu's second daughter-in-law, is Guo Luoluo Baozhu's cousin. Although the two mothers are half-brothers and they are not very close on weekdays, but for some reason However, Guo Luoluo Baozhu is still determined to protect this relative with all his heart.

Lin Jinyao sneered disdainfully, and turned back unceremoniously, "You are blind, don't pretend that others are also blind, you can talk about your red mouth and white teeth! It's okay for a girl's family to be so easy to exploit, after all, everyone has their own ambitions." , but it’s too ugly to eat with such a stinky foot!”

Lin Jinyao had complained about the poisonous tongue of Master Kangxi before, but in fact, her own verbal skills are no worse than Master Kangxi's poisonous tongue, they are all the same, poke wherever it hurts, and tear up the scar Got bloody.

Immediately, Guo Luoluo Baozhu's face turned green.

It stands to reason that her background is indeed good, but her biological parents have long since died, and her noble grandfather has also died. Now the person in charge of the Anjun Palace is her uncle, but this uncle was born in the royal family, and her mother is Born by a concubine, how could such a status relationship be any better?Ordinary people may think that she has a noble status, but her family knows her family affairs, so her status is actually very embarrassing.

As a result, she developed a character of extreme pride and low self-esteem.

Moreover, the Anjun Palace is actually very chaotic. Her grandfather gave birth to 23 daughters, but only ten survived. The sons were even worse. They gave birth to twenty sons, but only six survived. He died at the age of five.

These were all born by luck, and I don't know how many more tragic stillborns are left.

In such a smoky and chaotic place, how can she, an orphan girl who has no parents or even a grandfather, really have a good life?If you want to live well, you will inevitably have to learn to drill.

In addition, she was verbally assigned to the eighth elder brother in the early years. In the past few years, she has always regarded herself as the eighth Fujin. On the one hand, she is proud, but on the other hand she is inferior and timid. Any help, I am afraid that I will be looked down upon by my sisters-in-law in the future, so I started to make money everywhere.

It's not enough to try to please her uncle and aunt at home, the Nalan family is also one of her favorite targets, and there is even the Tong family... I just wish I could pull all the relatives behind her, but unfortunately she is just What can a little girl do if she has no rights, no money, and no skills?At best, it's just trying to please the female relatives.

Guo Luoluo Baozhu thought that it was all worth bearing the humiliation for her eighth master, but being naked in public exposed her self-deprecating attitude, she threw her face on the ground and stomped on her heart. How can the arrogant she bear it?

Dang even became angry from embarrassment, and an evil fire shot straight into her head, making her whole face flushed red. The way she looked at Lin Jinyao was like looking at the murder of her father and her enemy.

"Damn bitch, I want you to look good!" After saying that, he whipped the whip around his waist and threw it at Lin Jinyao.

Lin Jinyao sneered, playing with the whip, no one is afraid of anyone!

Immediately, he also drew out his whip to meet him.

If people are not frivolous, they will waste young people, if they start a fight, they will fight, whoever loves him is a bastard!

All the girls were shocked when they saw that they disagreed with each other, they screamed and ran away in a hurry.

In fact, Guo Luoluo Baozhu had never practiced martial arts seriously, and he didn't know how to play with the whip. At most, he just lashed at horses or slaves twice. Compared with Lin Jinyao, Lin Jinyao was a young master. He has learned it seriously, and he has actually fought against the enemy, not to mention, at least he has won in terms of momentum.

Guo Luoluo Baozhu thought that Lin Jinyao looked slender and delicate, and she must be a weak woman who gasped after walking two steps, so she was easy to bully, but the facts proved that she finally kicked the iron plate.

Lin Jinyao was as slippery as a loach, and Guo Luoluo Baozhu's whip couldn't even touch a single strand of her hair. Instead, she was stunned by Lin Jinyao's whipping, and had to dodge around in a panic , but who knew that the whip seemed to have eyes, no matter how she tried to hide, she couldn't hide it.

The clothes she was wearing were thick in the cold winter months, and the whip did not break her flesh, but it was really painful every time the whip was whipped on her body, and she was wearing a tall flower pot bottom, and she stepped on the frozen ground The whole person fell on all fours at once.

"Ah!" a double play.

However, when Guo Luoluo Baozhu fell down, he bumped into Nian Wanying, knocking her to the ground, and everyone seemed to hear a crisp crunching sound.

For a moment, Nian Wanying only felt that her ass hurt so badly that her teeth were chattering. Before she could react, Lin Jinyao exclaimed, "Sister Nian, why are you still standing here? It's okay to be accidentally injured. !" Then a whip appeared around her waist, and she flew up, hitting Nalan Wanxiu's body with a "bang".

The two fell into a ball at once, Nian Wanying covered her buttocks and her little face turned pale from the pain, Nalan Wanxiu wiped her burning forehead, seeing the blood on her hands, her face was filled with horror.

"My face! Come on! Come on!"

"Oh! I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I can't master this skill, and I accidentally injured Sister Nalan by mistake. Sister Nalan has a lot of adults, don't bother with me..."

For a while, the three wounded were howling, and the servants hurried to and fro, and the quiet and beautiful plum blossom forest suddenly became a mess.

The girls covered their little hearts that were jumping around "bang bang", looked at Lin Jinyao with fear in their eyes, and saw Nalan Wanxiu's face full of concern for her, and had no intention of caring about others at all. They hurriedly left one after another, and all avoided Lin Jinyao by coincidence.

Lin Jinyao put away the whip contentedly, and took her sister's hand and left leisurely.

At this time, Lin Daiyu had long since lost her elder sister's aggrieved anger at being bullied, and her little face was beaming with joy, "My sister is really amazing, this time I really relieved my hatred! I liked Nalan Wanxiu quite a bit at first, but I didn't expect her to be so angry." It's such a person, it's just the first time we meet, I really don't know why she would harm my sister like this."

Lin Jinyao sneered and said, "Nalan Wanxiu? He's just a fool who doesn't know he's being used as a gunman."

Lin Daiyu was taken aback, "What does my sister mean, there is someone else who really wants to harm my sister? Who is it?"

"Do you think who else was unlucky just now?"

"Guo Luoluo, and Nian Wanying? Is it Nalan Wanxiu who was pushed by Nian Wanying?" Reminiscent of Nian Wanying saying that the fourth master was her sweetheart at the beginning, Lin Daiyu finally understood the key point, "Nian Wanying Ying and her elder sister are the same class girl, she was worried about her elder sister... so she hid behind her back and pretended to be a good person, her elder sister couldn't teach her a lesson, that's why she deliberately provoked Guo Luoluoshi just now, in order to clean up the mess Nian Wanying? How did my sister know that Guo Luoluo would do it?"

Lin Jinyao chuckled and said: "Guo Luoluo Baozhu is a person who is extremely proud and inferior. Such a person can't tolerate the slightest scorn and ridicule from others. Once he is stepped on and hurts his feet, he will jump up and scream. Can't be teased."

Lin Daiyu sighed: "My sister is still the smartest, but although it is really happy to take revenge on the spot, will their family members cause trouble? What if they keep their revenge and then plot against sister?"

Lin Jinyao said with an innocent face: "I didn't hurt them. I can guarantee that there is not even a whip mark on Guo Luoluo Baozhu's body. At most, those few people just accidentally fell, and even Nalan Wanxiu's forehead The wound on my body was also accidentally injured by Nian Wanying, and my original intention was to save Nian Wanying from fire and water."

"It's just that the little girls are quarreling and fighting, and those adults have the nerve to meddle? It's shameless. If you really want to count it, it's their fault. Nalan Wanxiu deliberately bullied me first, and it was Guo who did it first. Luo Luo Baozhu, I was just forced to fight back, so they are only allowed to bully and not allowed to resist, there is no such reason in the world."

"As for whether they will remember their grudges? If they remember their grudges, they will remember their grudges. Anyway, they are enemies and not friends from the beginning, so why should I compromise? Although I don't like to make troubles, I am not afraid of troubles. At worst, soldiers will come and cover them up. What are you afraid of?"

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The two sisters chatted enthusiastically, but they didn't know that behind a rockery not far from them, there were a few ears who had heard the whole play clearly from beginning to end, including Lin Jinyao's "shameless" self-justification. .

"This girl...it is said that women from Jiangnan are gentle and gentle, but this girl has never seen any kind of tenderness. On the contrary, she has the demeanor of our Manchu aunt. I don't know how Lin Ruhai raised her like this. A... maverick daughter."