The Opening of the Red Chamber

As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly.

Lin Fan, who was leaving, never expected that the monk who she had seen when she smashed Jia Baoyu's jade stone would come at this time.

Let’s talk about Jia Baoyu, the brat, after Lin Fan smashed the jade and added some hobbies and hobbies, although the brat stayed in the study every day to study, although it wasn’t the kind of study that focused on nothing, but it was better than that. It is a hundred times better to have a complete aversion to learning.Everyone in Jia's mansion, including Lin Fan's second aunt, Mrs. Wang, was happy to see this situation.Because of this, Mrs. Jia saw that Lin Fan, the granddaughter, had her own teacher, so she invited another teacher for Jia Baoyu.

Xiongzi's life today is very regular. He learns to read and write in the morning, and arranges for himself in the afternoon. Everything is arranged in an orderly manner.

However, such a good situation was completely disillusioned with the arrival of this monk today.

No, in the early morning of the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Mrs. Xing led all the female family members of the Jia family away.An old lady Jia who was not in good spirits was left at home. Jia She was busy with her own affairs recently, and she had no time to pay attention to the shabby affairs of the second room.Jia Zheng is even more prudish. After going to Dianmao every day, he would drink and have fun with the family's keepers. Knowing that Jia Baoyu shut up in the study every day to write and read, he naturally became more and more disappointed. After eating, drinking and having fun, there is no time left to care about it.As for Mrs. Wang who can worry about the bear child, she is still locked up in the Buddhist hall by Mrs. Jia.

It is precisely under such environmental conditions that this monk has sufficient 'time to commit crimes'.

The two masters who have always been elusive, this time they did not pretend to be masters, and drifted directly to Jia Baoyu's outer study "Qixia Zhai".

At that time, Jia Baoyu was leaning over the desk and carefully copying the content that Mr. Wang had outlined from the Four Books, preparing to write it down so that he could have an explanation when Mr. Zhang checked his homework in the future.

But I didn't know that I didn't finish a word in my pen. Suddenly there was a gust of wind in front of me, and there was a shadow blocking my own light.

Jia Baoyu raised his head habitually, wanting to see who blocked the light.

As soon as he raised his head, he immediately met the eyes of the monk.

In an instant, several lines of sight collided fiercely in the air, and fear and dread immediately grew in the heart.Maybe it's human instinct, maybe it's a kind of wisdom in Jia Baoyu's soul.He knew that the two people in front of him would treat him badly, so his face turned pale with fright, and he wanted to shout 'Come on'.But at this critical moment, his throat seemed to be strangled by an invisible hand, and his mouth seemed to be stuffed with an invisible rag, so he couldn't make a sound.In panic, his eyes widened, and he wanted to get up and run away.But without this thought, the whole person could not move.

The lame Taoist still had the same crazy appearance. While talking, he took out the "Baoyu" that he hadn't seen for several months from his arms, held it in his palm, and handed it to Jia Baoyu.That 'treasure jade' was smashed with a hammer borrowed by Lin Fan and then taken away by this monk and restored.It is still as bright as before, as big as a bird's egg, as bright as a bright glow, as embellished as a crisp, and surrounded by five-color patterns.The more he looked at this thing, the more Jia Baoyu guessed the purpose of these two people from the bottom of his heart.

The next moment, he heard the lame Taoist say with his own ears: "Don't be afraid, we are here to deliver the restoration." The Taoist priest's clothes and shoes were old and black, dirty and greasy, and there was a faint smell of rancidity.Although the tone of his words to Jia Baoyu was very gentle at the moment, it still made the brat lose his appetite and became more panicked and fearful.Seeing Jia Baoyu's appearance, the scarlet-headed monk on the side said: "The Lin family girl next to you is no longer your original sister Lin. If you really have insight, you should stay away from her." It was really like an eminent monk, chanting the Buddha's name in his mouth, and then said some words without beginning and end.

It was also the headless words of the scarlet monk that made Jia Baoyu less nervous than before when he listened to the words.

Ever since, when the Taoist saw Jia Baoyu like this, he immediately gave the skinny monk a look.

In an instant, the Taoist made a sudden movement, and the 'Baoyu' held in his hand slapped Jia Baoyu's heart.The 'Baoyu' that was still in his palm was slapped into Jia Baoyu's chest strangely under the palm of the lame Taoist.At that moment, Jia Baoyu shuddered instantly, and suddenly felt that his whole body was like falling into an ice cellar, his heart was cold, and he was in great pain.At the same time, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Forget, forget, you'll be able to die." At this time, the Taoist said with a smile, "If you don't forget her, how can you do it?!"

Jia Baoyu was confused when he heard it, but as the words "Forget! Forget..." rang in his ears, he didn't know why, tears couldn't stop overflowing his eyes, and he felt more and more in his heart. Yes, I seem to be in this curse-like words, I seem to have forgotten some very, very important memories.

The more tears you keep, the more you forget, the more painful your heart will be.

As the vision darkened, he collapsed on the desk weakly.

Jia Baoyu seemed to see a figure from behind in front of his eyes, and wanted to call this familiar name, but found that he had never known him...

His tired body also seemed to be unable to support his strong consciousness at this moment, he could only fall into a deep sleep in the spell-like words.

Seeing that the matter was settled together, the monks finally breathed a sigh of relief after looking at each other.Then in the blink of an eye, the whole study returned to calm.

The boys guarding outside the house didn't hear a single sound from the beginning to the end. They thought that their brother was studying hard, so they tried their best to restrain the sound of breathing, for fear of disturbing the people in the study.

Outside, the weather is fine.

The carriage to the temple arrived at its destination before the sun was fully out.

On the way, Lin Fan had already learned from Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng that the temple he went to this time was called Maple Leaf Temple, not Tiekan Temple, the family temple of Najia Mansion, which Lin Fan had just thought in his heart.Sister Feng was talking and laughing on the road, as long as she was there, the laughter was constant and the message was clear.No, when he was about to reach the mountain gate, Lin Fan asked very curiously: "Auntie, Sister Feng, why did you choose this Maple Leaf Temple to offer incense? I thought I was going to Tieshan Temple."

Mrs. Xing smiled but gave Sister Feng a look. After Sister Feng understood, she laughed again and again and said, "Sister Lin, you don't know that it is very effective to ask for a future and a job here. In addition, the first month of the twelfth lunar month One, the master abbot of this temple will personally come out and bring the pilgrims who come to pray, so today your aunt brought us here." After hearing this, Lin Fan became more and more vague, what kind of future is this aunt asking for? ? !Before she could think about it carefully, she heard Sister Feng continue to say, "Sister Lin, this Maple Leaf Temple is best visited in autumn. The red leaves all over the mountain are so beautiful and intoxicating. Come here in winter, climbing the mountain and exercising your muscles and bones Not bad, Shangxiang also came out to relax."

Is that really the case?Lin Fan was puzzled.She didn't think that Sister Feng and Mrs. Xing were the kind of people who wanted a future. Both the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a strong love for gold, silver, yellow and white things.If we talk about seeking future, it is more practical to say that we are seeking to get rich.Well, now it seems that it should be that Qiujia's mansion will always be the head of the first house, and the second house will never have a chance to stand up.

Seeing that Lin Fan bowed his head and did not speak, Sister Feng was not afraid of the silence.Instead, he changed the subject immediately, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, when you lived in Yangzhou, you didn't have much chance to go out to climb mountains, did you?"

"Not really." Lin Fan nodded.

When Sister Feng heard this, she laughed immediately: "Then you should climb the Tongtian Ladder in the temple today. It is said that while you are climbing and counting, you will make a wish in your heart, and all the wishes you make will come true."

As soon as I said this, Mrs. Xing at the side cared for Lin Fan lovingly: "Girl Lin, do you remember to go to the Buddha to pray, and think about your wish now, and I will ask your sister Feng to accompany you to climb slowly " After a pause, she said happily on her own, "I heard a letter from your mother before saying that you are weak, so we went out early today. There is plenty of time today, so you don't have to worry. Slow down It doesn't matter at all, I'll be up there waiting for you."

Lin Fan agreed and nodded with a smile.But at the bottom of her heart, she was aroused by Madam Xing's words. Her current body had been transformed in the Gaia base.I was locked up in Jia's mansion on weekdays, and I really didn't have time to go out for activities, and I didn't know if climbing the mountain would cause me to be out of breath.But hearing the meaning in Mrs. Xing's words, Lin Fan also had Xiao Jiujiu in his heart.

Time flies when you are away from home, and before you know it, the carriage arrived at the mountain gate.

When the female family members of the Jia Manor came out to offer incense today, they had notified the steward in charge of receiving and attracting pilgrims a few days in advance.Because there are many pilgrims coming in the temple, we can’t clean up other pilgrims on this day just because the female relatives of Jia’s family are traveling. Therefore, the way up the mountain is afraid of meeting foreigners, so I choose the monks in the temple on weekdays. The one to go.There are few people and quiet, and the sight is wide, which makes it easier to see the winter scenery.

After getting off the carriage, there was naturally a steward leading the way to lead the chief female family up the mountain.

The Tongtian Ladder mentioned by Sister Feng is also on the same road as the monks. At first, Lin Fan was worried that the location of the Tongtian Ladder was on the main road. After asking Sister Feng to ask, he had to sigh that he was lucky today. Nice to say.But is this also her self-feeling? Whether it is good or not can only be concluded after today is over.

Due to the heavy snowfall in the past few days, although the road up the mountain has been cleared, and the sun is out today, it is inevitable that the mountain road will be slippery.

The environment in this ancient time is good, surrounded by emerald pines on both sides of the mountain road, the heavy snow melted in the sunlight, and the snow pressed the pine branches, freezing out strangely shaped icicles, which shone brightly in the sun.

The bluestone boards have also been washed more and more clean by snow water, and the thick soles are on it, and it seems that a chill can be faintly felt.

Lin Fan stopped and walked, looking at the front of the line, Sister Feng stepped forward to support Mrs. Xing, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law You of the Tongning Mansion were talking and laughing, and the Sanchun sisters each supported their own nanny, Move up slowly in twos and threes.Aunt Xue and Baochai followed behind the Sanchun sisters, but Lin Fan walked unhurriedly, deliberately slowing down.While walking, by the way, look at the scenery.Lin Fan deliberately kept a distance of one zhang from the whole team, walking very easily.

But as he walked, as Lin Fan deliberately distanced himself from the team, he felt uncomfortable.

Because when Lin Fan fell behind the team, a team suddenly came up from the bottom of the mountain.There were four or five people here and there, among which the person walking in the front seemed very familiar to Lin Fanna.

She can definitely say that she doesn't know this person, but this person looks too much like the old seven she knows...