Zhen Lian of the Red Chamber

It is said that Jia Yucun should have worked in Jinling a few years ago, so why did he appear in Yangzhou?Then he asked Mother Zhen, "Who is this?"

Here, Mother Zhen said: "This is Jia Yucun, who lived in the Gourd Temple back then. He often communicated with your father. Later, he became a Jinshi and was an official in Daru Prefecture. I don't know why he appeared here now. Back then, Jia My lord also came to look for your father, but your father has become a monk, and later learned that you were lost, and agreed to help find it." He said, "I don't know how Jiao Xing is now?" His voice slowly dropped.

Zhen Lian was startled, but also thought of this Jiao Xing, thinking that this person is now the wife of Jia Yucun, so she might come to Beijing with him. "Who is Jiao Xing?"

"If you think about it, you don't remember. She was originally a girl in the family. Later, when she was at your grandfather's house, Master Jia wanted her to be a concubine. I asked her and she was willing, and I thought about Master Jia. He's a good person, we asked you to help us a lot that day, so we agreed to let her go."

Zhen Lian nodded, and looked out again. At this moment, a maid was helping a beautifully dressed woman get off beside the carriage, and then came out two children, a boy and a girl, one was five or six years old, and the other was only three years old.That Zhao'er was also there to meet them and walked towards the side of the boat.

Zhen Lian guessed that the woman must be Jiao Xing, so she took Mother Zhen's hand and motioned her to look outside.Mother Zhen stared blankly, then looked carefully, and murmured: "Jiao Xing?" Mother Zhen was surprised and delighted, but also a little confused.

"What's wrong?" Zhen Lian asked.

"It's nothing! It's just strange to see her. She was a concubine when she went there, but just looking at her current appearance, she is dressed like a lady in the house. Could it be that she is a wife now?" Mother Zhen looked down people, said lightly.

"Oh! That's how it is. I think it's what Ru Niang said." Thinking about Zhen's mother still thinking that Jia Yucun is a good person, and thinking that Jia Yucun has harmed the family in order to prevent people from knowing his downfall. It is impossible to see Jia Yucun together this time, but Jiao Xing may not be.I wanted to tell Niang and Liu Xianglian to take precautions against Jia Yucun, but how to say it was another question.

After thinking about it, it is not necessary, after all, they will not have much intersection, but I am afraid that Jia Yucun's tolerance is too small, and he treats others with the heart of a villain.In addition, he is now on Jia's boat, so he can't do anything.

Mother Zhen smiled and said, "It would be great if this is the case, she has finally come to the end of her hardships."

Zhen Lian saw that the group of people below boarded the male guest's boat, she was relieved, the chances of seeing them on the same boat were much less.He said: "Mother, I think we will meet sooner or later when we come to Beijing together. Mrs. Jia and Jiao Xing are now different from the past. If you meet your mother, don't mention the past!"

Mother Zhen smiled, stretched out her hand to touch Zhen Lian's head, and said with a smile: "I've lived for so many years, don't I know about this? I can treat them whatever they are now. Ups and downs in life are common. It's nothing, they are not like that, how could it be like this?"

Zhen Lian knew that Jia Yucun was a villain, but Jiao Xing really didn't know what to do, she just hoped that she wasn't a bad person either.

After half an hour, the ship slowly set sail again. Zhen Lian waited until the time was almost up, and went out to the deck as usual.When they got there, Liu Xianglian was nowhere to be seen, and they were immediately puzzled. She and Liu Xianglian basically met once or twice a day on the deck, and the two agreed on the time. In the past, Zhenlian would see him every time he came. The meeting was gone, and I remembered that Jia Yucun came today. Could it be that several people were together?

After waiting for a while, when Zhen Lian was about to go back, she saw Liu Xianglian running out of the boat. Seeing that Zhen Lian was still there, she was overjoyed and relieved, panting, "I thought you were gone!"

"Just about to go back, where have you been?" Seeing him running towards me, the anger I had been waiting for for a long time also dissipated.

"A master Jia came today and went to Beijing with the boat to fill in the vacancy. Just now, Jiayu Village was seeing Lian's second brother, and I happened to be there, so I was delayed. Tonight, Lian's second brother will set up for him. The banquet is serving wine!" Liu Xianglian said again: "I was also asked to go, but I didn't like that person very much, so I pushed it away, but Lian's second brother insisted on asking me to go, and I couldn't refuse, so I had to go tonight. That's it!"

Zhen Lian was curious when she heard this, Liu Xianglian could still tell whether someone is loyal or not. "Why don't you like him?"

"That man looks dignified, looking like a gentleman, but in my opinion, this man must be a treacherous villain!" Liu Xianglian said firmly.

Zhen Lian nodded, "A gentleman sees the same thing."

Liu Xianglian looked over with wide eyes, and said with a smile, "You think so too? Did you see him?"

"I saw them when they came. I heard from my mother that my family also knew him. He lived in the gourd temple next to my house. My father admired his talent very much and often kept in touch with him." Thinking about it, Lin Ruhai also I didn't see his true face clearly, and let him be Lin Daiyu's teacher. I can only sigh that Jia Yucun is shrewd and capable, and hides himself well.

"Then why don't you like him?"

Zhen Lian was taken aback, she couldn't just say that she knew he was a villain, right?Then he said vaguely: "I just don't like it! Just like you, I think he is not a good person."

Liu Xianglian couldn't help but be happy when she heard that, she just felt that she was indeed connected, even with people she didn't like.I laughed foolishly for a while, and then said: "I don't think the second brother Lian is very fond of seeing him, it's just a matter of face, and this banquet is just to show the friendship of the landlord."

"You are on the same boat, it is inevitable that you will meet each other. Since you know that he is a villain, stay away from him." Zhen Lian reassured.

"Where do you want me to stay far away? It's hard to see. Besides, he never paid me any attention. I feel more comfortable, so I don't have to pretend." He said, "I think he doesn't even care about Lian's second brother. In my eyes, it's probably just a superficial perfunctory!"

"How do you see this?" Zhen Lian was surprised, she couldn't be so magical!

Liu Xianglian smiled embarrassingly, "Actually, I don't see it either, but I heard from my friend that that person is also from the Rongguo Mansion, and he is Lian's second brother's cousin whose nickname is Baoyu. I heard him say that at that time This Jia Yucun was quite flattering to him when he was in his house, and he didn't like him very much. I saw him today and saw how he treated Brother Lian!"

So it is!Then Jia Baoyu is the heart and soul of the old lady of the Jia family, and the Rongguo Mansion is the second householder, with the help of Prince Teng of the Wang family and others, so Jia Yucun naturally flatters him!Although Jia Lian is the eldest son of the eldest son, the eldest son has no power, power, or ability in Jia's family, so Jia Yucun naturally treats him differently.

The two of them dispersed for a while, Zhen Lian went back to her room for dinner, and Zi Juan came to the door after a while.

Zhen Lian was puzzled and welcomed her into the room with a smile on her face.

Zijuan smiled all over her face, and she greeted Zhen's mother first when she entered the room. Zhen's mother hurriedly asked Zhen Lian to hold her back, "Miss, please sit down!"

Zhen Lian pulled her to sit opposite Zhen's mother, turned around and poured tea for the two of them, and then sat next to Zhen's mother.

After Zijuan drank tea, a few people chatted some gossips before she smiled and said: "Our girl is getting well today, and I wanted to invite my wife and girl to get together today. It just so happened that the girl's former teacher, Mrs. Jia, came today and came with us. Invite Mrs. Jia to come, Mrs. Wanwang will show her face."

Mother Zhen agreed after hearing this, and said with a smile: "I wanted to visit your girl a long time ago, but I was afraid of disturbing her. Now that I am lucky enough to invite you, I will naturally go."

Zhen Lian also nodded and smiled, and said she would go.

Zijuan said the exact time, then she said her goodbyes and left. Zhen Lian escorted her to the door and came back after seeing her enter the room.

I didn't expect to see this Jiao Xing so soon.

When the time came, Zhen Lian and her daughter tidied up and came to Lin Daiyu's room earlier, looked around, but Jiao Xing hadn't come yet.The two followed Zijuan into the door and sat in the outer room. After a while, they saw Lin Daiyu coming out from the inner room with a faint smile on her face. They greeted each other after sitting down and had tea, then they heard Zijuan's voice from outside: "Mrs. Jia is here!"

Lin Daiyu wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and looked out.

Seeing that Jiao Xing came with a few maids, with a smile on her face, she smiled even more when she saw Lin Daiyu when she entered the door, and walked forward a few steps.

Lin Daiyu also went up to greet her, and was about to salute, but she was supported by Jiao Xing before she moved, "I dare not accept the girl's salute."

Lin Daiyu also didn't get up, and said in her mouth: "Master Jia and I have a half-teacher friendship, so you are also my teacher's wife." She also gave a half-respect.

Jiao Xing just backed away and said with a smile: "I heard about the girl a long time ago, but I never had the chance to see her. Now that I see her, I feel that the ones I saw before were all vulgar fans!"

Lin Daiyu lowered her head and smiled, seeing Zhen Lian's mother and daughter looking at her with a smile, she said to her, "These two are Mrs. Zhen's family and Miss, and they also came to Beijing together this time."

As soon as Jiao Xing entered the door, she put all her thoughts on Lin Daiyu. When she entered the door, there were two people who didn't care. He shouted involuntarily, "Ma'am? Why are you here!"

Zhen Lian's mother and daughter also stood up and walked a few steps to look over there when Lin Daiyu went up to meet her.When Zhen's mother saw Jiao Xing and recognized her, and saw that there was only surprise but no joy on her face, and a little panic, she understood a little bit in her heart.She walked forward with a smile and said, "I never expected to see you here, how are you doing now?"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "It's a coincidence, the two ladies are still old acquaintances?"

Jiao Xing smiled awkwardly, but raised her heart, looking nervously at Mother Zhen.

Seeing her like that, Zhen's mother smiled and said: "It turns out that it is Mr. Jia who came today. Back then, my master and Mr. Jia were good friends."

Jiao Xing was relieved when she heard this, and she hurriedly smiled and said: "Indeed, my master often misses Master Zhen at home!"

Mother Zhen couldn't help laughing when she saw it, she shook her head in her heart, put her heart away, pointed at Zhen Lian and said with a smile: "This is the little girl."

Zhen Lian came forward to salute with a smile, Jiao Xing was startled when she saw Zhen Lian, "The girl is back?" she was surprised, seeing her bowing to her unconsciously wanted to avoid it, and was shocked to realize that she was no longer a servant of the Zhen family. She was already a solemn lady appointed by the imperial court, so she hurriedly stopped herself and pretended to be calm to accept the ceremony.

Seeing the former little master salute to her, Jiao Xing couldn't help but feel slightly relieved in her heart, she laughed and pulled Zhen Lian up and said: "I haven't seen you for many years, I never thought that the girl could be found back! Back then, our master also asked around for the girl. I have searched hard for several years but can't find the news, and our master has been sad several times!"

Zhen Lian sneered in her heart, Jia Yucun is still sad that she can help find someone?Just don't help the evildoers.

Mother Zhen looked at her and said with a smile: "Don't bother Mrs. Jia. Fortunately, Lian'er met a nobleman and came back. I will be satisfied for the rest of my life!"

A few people talked and sat down, and after talking for a while, they saw the girl come to announce that the banquet was ready, Lin Daiyu got up and said, "Daiyu has prepared some thin wine, please move." He led several people to the compartment, and saw Food and wine are placed in the middle, and a few maidservants are standing by.

Several people were seated as the guest of honor. Zhen Lian took a look at the dishes in front of Lin Daiyu. They were all simple vegetarian dishes, which were different from those in front of the others. She knew in her heart that she was still keeping her filial piety.

Jiran finished the meal and drank tea again, and then they took their leave and left.