The Marginal People of Jia's Family in the Red Chamber

Hou Wanchun sat under the wisteria flower trellis, letting the warm spring sun slant on him. With the rhythm of the rocking chair shaking, Hou Wanchun felt that he was going to fall asleep.Well, people are old and can't fall asleep all the time. It's not bad to take a nap now.

Before he fell asleep, his beloved little great-grandson called out, "Grandpa Zeng ran over."

Hou Wanchun's drowsiness disappeared, he stood up, hugged his little great-grandson to himself, and said with a smile: "Hey, my dear, why did you come to see Grandpa Zeng so early?"

"I brought wisteria pancakes for Grandpa Zeng. I made them from the flowers I picked myself yesterday!" The three-year-old child can speak clearly and is so filial. Hou Wanchun is like eating a hundred wisterias. The cake is still happy.

Hou Wanchun handed a pancake to his little great-grandson, stroked his back, and beckoned him to eat.He said to the son who followed him: "Tell me, what's the matter, run to my yard every day, didn't I tell you not to bother me if there is no serious matter."

"What my father said is that there is nothing serious about my son, I just wish my father well." The current Xiu Jinbo returned respectfully.

When Hou Wanchun's grandfather founded the country, he was granted the title of Duke Xiu. When it came to his father, his title was downgraded several levels, and he became an earl directly without a title. The title of "Duke Xiu" can no longer be used. For sake, it is also called the government office.It was only when Hou Wanchun came here that the family's decline was restored. The emperor himself said, "Jin, my beautiful jade." credit.Therefore, although Hou Wanchun has retired from his official position, he is still the leader of the family at home.

"You still want to lie to me, tell me, your father has never experienced any kind of storm in his life." Hou Wanchun said impatiently.

Uncle Xiu Jin faltered, and finally said: "Master Bu Amnesty has passed away, and the Dharma Body has returned to Beijing from Yanmen Pass. It should arrive tomorrow."

"What? Who? Ah?" Hou Wanchun's ears roared, and he couldn't believe what he heard.Pushing himself up and falling on the rocking chair, Hou Wanchun looked up at the wisterias full of trees, and thought, he and Jia Shen built this wisteria flower stand by himself. , you know that spring is coming, and then put two pots of red flowers on the ground, full of nobles and nobles, which has a very good meaning.The flowers are still blooming, why are people gone?

Seeing his father falling down in a daze, Uncle Xiu Jin was also frightened. He hugged his little grandson off his father and waved to the people outside the door. His sons had already been waiting outside the door with the imperial physician up.

Hou Wanchun's sons and grandchildren worked together to move him to the bed in the house for the imperial physician to diagnose his pulse.The imperial doctor said: "The old uncle was very sad. He passed out because he couldn't lift his breath. It's not a serious problem. It's just that when the old uncle is old, such grief will do great harm to the body. When he wakes up, it can't be done." Don't be sad anymore."

Uncle Xiu Jin nodded repeatedly after hearing the imperial physician's words. He had invited the imperial physician to prepare for it, so he knew that his father would not be able to bear the blow. What a good relationship his father had with Master Bu'ai. Today's Jing Heng Hou Jia Lian lived in his house when he was a child. At that time, Jia Lian had his own small courtyard in the Duke Xiu's mansion.

Hou Wanchun fell into a coma for a day and a night. In his dream, he still babbled "Enhou, Enhou, Lian'er, Lian'er", and occasionally a couple of unintelligible sleep words. The children and grandchildren guarding by the bed were frightened, Invite the imperial physician again.

When Hou Wanchun woke up, he found that his body was a little stiff, and he tried to move, which woke up his grandson lying beside the bed. "Grandpa, you're awake. You need to drink some water. I'll call my father and my brothers." Seeing that he woke up, the little grandson said happily, and he was about to call for someone.

"No hurry, what time is it?"

"Grandpa, you've been asleep all day, and it's the morning of the 27th."

"Oh."

The little grandson fed Hou Wanchun water, helped him to lie down, and ran to inform his father and brother himself.

When Uncle Xiu Jin came in, the servant had already waited on Hou Wanchun to put on his clothes.

"Father, what are you doing? The imperial doctor told you to stay in bed and recuperate." Someone reprimanded the servant, "How did you serve me? Didn't you see that the grandfather is weak?"

"What are you arguing about? I'll go see Enhou." Hou Wanchun said weakly.

"Father, I know you are close friends with Master Bushe, but your body..." Seeing his father glaring at him fiercely, Uncle Xiu Jin made a gesture to go out by himself, he was so frightened that he didn't finish his sentence, and stepped forward support.This person is old, and if there is a random bump, it will cause a big deal.Several children and grandchildren also took turns to persuade Hou Wanchun to take care of his health.

Unable to persuade him anymore, Uncle Xiu Jin had no choice but to arrange for someone to carry the sedan chair and personally escort Hou Wanchun to Tanzhe Temple.

There was already a long queue in front of the gate of Tanzhe Temple, and the people who heard the news came to mourn spontaneously. Tanzhe Temple arranged for Jia She's dharma body to sit in the lotus position (the sitting method of Zen practitioners in Buddhism) and let the people After 49 days of mourning for Qiqiu, it will be cremated again, and the relics will be burned out and enshrined in front of the pagoda.

The friendship between Hou Wanchun and Jia She is well known in the world, and his own status is not low, so he directly had the sedan chair carried up the mountain.Hou Wanchun mourned so much that he couldn't straighten up now, so he was supported by his eldest son and grandson to give the gift.

Hou Wanchun saluted, and the one who returned the salute was his disciple Unforgivable, whose dharma name was Changkong.Hou Wanchun pulled his son and asked, "Where is Lian'er, why is he not here?"

"Father, Master Unforgiveness went to the merchants because he protected me who was hunted down by the Yuezhi army. His Majesty has ordered Jing Henghou to send troops. Master Unforgiveness has also explained that he is the abbot of Tanzhe Temple. The common fate is to be buried with a monk." Xiu Jinhou explained, of course he didn't believe what he said, Master Bu Amnesty is notoriously fond of his son, and I believe he didn't want to ruin His Majesty's plan and his son's future career , just said so.

"Father, don't get me wrong. Jing Henghou is not allowed to come to Grandmaster Unforgive's will. Otherwise, the relationship between father and son will be severed, and Huang Quan will not see each other. He helped the coffin and sent it three miles away, and the tiger's eyes shed blood and tears." Uncle Xiu Jin hurriedly explained to his father, fearing that he might misunderstand Jia Lian.

"Enhou, Enhou..." Hou Wanchun cried bitterly, he lost his best friend and best confidant.

His children and grandchildren followed to comfort him, fearing that he would be sad.

Suddenly there was a commotion in front, and only heard a shrill cry, "I beat you, I won, I outlived you, haha, you are dead, I am still alive!" The voice was intermittent, which probably meant this.

Hou Wanchun was old and couldn't hear clearly, so he said to his grandson: "What's the matter, who is so rude, go and ask." It must be a great hatred to cause trouble in someone's mourning hall.

The eldest grandson found out the news very quickly, and reported back to Hou Wanchun, "Grandfather, this is Jia Zheng, the lay brother of Master Unforgivable."

"Bah! He deserves to be compared with Enhou, don't dirty my ears." Hou Wanchun was angry.

Fortunately, Tanzhe Temple was also prepared, and the riots subsided quickly. Uncle Xiu Jin listened to his son's follow-up in a low voice: "That Jia Zheng is in his [-]s and [-]s, and he came to make trouble, and was chased and beaten by believers outside with incense candles. It's so miserable. If it weren't for today's ceremony, no blood could be seen, and the monks stopped him, Jia Zheng would have been beaten to death long ago. It would be shameless to make trouble at such an old age."

"Okay, what do you say, don't worry about him, you go and look at your grandfather, don't make him too sad." Xiu Jinhou didn't care about Jia Zheng, who was known as a joke in the capital, and only told his son to take care of others.

The turmoil brought about by Jia Zheng soon subsided, and then the Empress Dowager Feng Jia came in person. Speaking of Master Bu Amnesty, the Empress Dowager was still in-laws, and Jing Henghou married the Empress Dowager's own daughter and Princess An.The empress dowager, your majesty, and the empress came, along with Jia Jing, the eldest son of Marquis Jing Heng and Princess He'an.Marquis Jing Heng guarded the border all the year round, never leaving Princess An, the border was difficult, their eldest son was raised at the Empress Dowager's knee.

Jia Jing is the son of a princess, and she was born with a title, so it is only natural to come to offer incense to her blood-related grandfather.The royal family also treats Unpardon very politely. Although they did not explicitly confer the title of national teacher, but looking at the scale of the funeral of the three giants in person, it is more grand than the national teacher.

The Empress Dowager took Jia Jing to offer incense to Bu Amnesty, and His Majesty also greatly praised Bu Amnesty's achievements, and ordered the Ministry of Rites and Tanzhe Temple to dispose of the magical artifacts and ghost artifacts personally bestowed on him.

His Majesty also expressed his condolences to the veterans who came to express their condolences, and the sad and unstable veterans like Hou Wanchun even comforted them repeatedly.

Hou Wanchun waited for His Majesty to wait for the guard of honor of the nobles to leave, he couldn't hold on any longer, and fell down, his children and grandchildren turned pale and broke out in cold sweat from fright.

Tanzhe Temple had already made preparations, Xiu Jinbo and his son moved the fainted Hou Wanchun to the side room to lie down.As soon as he lay down, Hou Wanchun woke up, waved away his children and grandchildren who were still wanting to say something, and said, "Get out, I want to be quiet."

Marquis Xiu Jin and his son didn't dare to go far, so they waited outside the door.Hou Wanchun lay on the bed, full of thoughts.

He suddenly remembered the time when he and Jia She were young.When they were young, they belonged to the ranks of the four kings and eight fathers, and they were friends from childhood to adulthood. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are family friends.Hou Wanchun, Jia She, and Shi Kai got along well in temperament, and they played together a lot. Everything was fine at first, but suddenly it happened that Jia She became a monk.

What happened next was like the curtain opened, any absurd things could happen, the girl from Zhang Taishi’s family was killed, Jia Hu was also killed, it might be Jia Shishi’s murderer, Maybe it was the Jia Wang family who harmed people, and finally it was said that Jia Zheng was seeking the title and killing his sister-in-law and son.

Hou Wanchun thought, when he heard the news, he didn't believe it. How could a wealthy family like ours hurt people's lives for a little dispute.So he didn't try to comfort Jia She immediately.

When Jia She was lecturing at Tanzhe Temple, Hou Wanchun participated in the first session. As a result, Jia She, who was not pardoned by the Dharma name, shocked the world with his words and became famous in the capital. The next thing was a matter of course.Jia Amnesty's brilliance became more and more dazzling. Those rumors about him being ignorant and lustful could only be vicious and serious injuries.Only then did Hou Wanchun believe that Jia She must have been hiding his clumsiness in their past interactions, and whether they were close friends who talked about everything, Hou Wanchun was not angry at Jia She's concealment, but took it for granted.

Hou Wanchun also learned from Jia She that even if he is the eldest son, he can't lie on the credit book and wait for food and drink.Therefore, even though he was not very good at the imperial examination, he managed to pass the Juren examination with the help of Jia Amnesty.Seeing Jia Amnesty's accurate grasp of the examination questions and the examiner's preferences, Hou Wanchun believed the rumors from the outside world even more. Someone must have suppressed his talent.It must be Jia Shishi who oppressed him with filial piety, Hou Wanchun was very happy that his friend Enna got rid of the shackles.

Later, they became friends and became closer.

Hou Wanchun never told Jia Amnesty that he had been quietly paying attention to the Jiajiarong State House, for fear that they would be brazen and entangle him again.

After hearing that Jia Amnesty became a monk, the Jia Shi family was imprisoned in the family temple by the patriarch Jia Daihua.Hou Wanchun was worried, Jia Shishi used to be the wife of the Principality and was familiar with the family temple, if there were a few of her people.So when the limelight passed, Hou Wanchun sent his confidants to investigate.

The confidant came back and reported: "Master, Jia Shishi didn't suffer any crimes in Jia's family temple. She ate and drank, and the masters didn't let her work. It's just that Jia Shishi didn't know how to repent, and often cursed people in the yard. , from Mr. Xian Rong, to Master Unforgivable, and even Miss Zhang’s family who died in vain, it’s really hard to hear. After all, the masters are taking the Jia family’s alms, so it’s not easy to control them too much.”

"Well, you go to the account and send 300 taels to the teachers and teachers, and tell them to be optimistic about Jia Shishi, and don't let her ruin the old man's reputation." Hou Wanchun said.

"Don't worry, grandpa, the little one will definitely be done well." The confidant left in response.

Hou Wanchun sent money to make the aunts think Jia Shishi too much, mainly because he didn't want her to have those gossips she scolded outside.But the confidant took the master's intentions into consideration, passed on the words in a strict manner, and the aunts also carried out in a strict manner, and after a long time, no one paid attention to Jia Shishi, and the nuns became more and more serious.

At first, it was just to restrict Jia Shishi from letting her leave the hospital, and then he began to ask her to do chores, such as sweeping the yard and washing clothes. Well, those aunts still didn't let her go, and everyone would ridicule her when they saw her.

The pampered Marquis and Duchess naturally couldn't stand these things. At the beginning, those aunts refused to feed Jia Shishi, but Jia Shishi got angry and ran away.The aunt in the family temple didn't expect her to run away. Jia Shishi quickly found a loophole, walked for a day and a night, and appeared in Rongguo Mansion in a mess. No, the plaque of Rongguo Mansion has been taken off, and now it is a third-class mansion. Award Army.

After finally getting here, Jia Shishi held his breath and knocked on the door.The door that used to stand here to entertain the guests did not know where it went, Jia Shishi thought, when she regained control of the mansion, she must sell the door that was on duty today.

Jia Shishi slapped the door loudly, and it took a long time before an old doorman came to open the door.

Lao Menzi opened a gap in the Yimen door and asked loudly, "Who are you?"

"Presumptuous, I am Mrs. Rong Guogong, please welcome me in, or I will fine you a monthly fee when my son comes back." Jia Shishi brushed his hair and said in a decent manner.

The old man poked his head out and looked Jia Shishi up and down. He was wearing ordinary cotton cloth, but it was still very new. He only used a few hairpins on his head. The old man couldn't tell what kind of material it was, but looking at him like this With a swearing appearance, the old man couldn't say anything, he just said: "I can't be the master of this, I'll talk about it when I go back to the master's house." After speaking, he slammed the door shut.

Jia Shishi was furious outside the door, this damned door, no matter how bad it is, he should be allowed to rest in the porter's room.Of course, in the past, even if the doorman knelt on the ground begging her, she would not step on the ground, but now Jia Shishi walked for a day and a night, and didn't eat anything, basically relying on willpower to persevere, Too tired early.

After waiting for a long time, the door opened again, and said: "The master said, there is no such person in the house, see you!"

Jia Shishi pressed against the door that was about to close, and said loudly: "Have you made it clear? I am Bao Linghou's beloved daughter, and your master's mother. How could he not see me? You must be lying to me. You must have lied to me!"

"I said, why can't you understand the words, you mother-in-law? If you don't see me, you will see me. You still think that I, Pan Menzi, is easy to bully, don't you? I have been a doorman in the capital for 50 years. To tell you the truth, this The master’s mother has already been imprisoned in the nunnery. People who have committed serious crimes and rich people don’t like to kill people, so they locked her up. You are late.” The implication of Menzi’s words was that she regarded her as a nuisance. Porcelain.

"Shut up, I want to see Jia Zheng, let Jia Zheng come to see me!"

"Ai, ai, aiyo, you crazy woman!" Menzi wanted to open the door wider to reason with her, but Jia Shishi pushed the door open so hard that the person who called himself Pan Menzi Knocked to the ground by the door.

Jia Shishi took the opportunity to enter the door and shouted: "Zheng'er, Zheng'er, I am a mother, come out!"

Menzi hurriedly chased after him, Jia Shishi was only thinking about seeing Jia Zheng, but he didn't notice that the once-prosperous Duke's Mansion had fallen, and there were not many people there, living up to the prosperity of the past.

Jia Shishi ran all the way to Rongxi Hall, but saw that the gates of the courtyard were sealed and no one could enter.She was also familiar with the topography of Rongguo Mansion, so she knocked the old door open in a few strokes, and finally found Jia Zheng drinking in the warm pavilion.

"Zheng'er, it's mother, why are you drinking so much day and night?" Jia Shishi ran in and grabbed Jia Zhengdao.

"Mother?" Jia Zheng stared drunkenly for a long time before realizing it, and shouted: "Damn slave, who let her in, come, come, drive this crazy woman pretending to be me!" Get out, drive me out!"

"What?" Jia Shishi didn't realize immediately that this was the son he had placed high hopes on.

"Get out, get out, what else are you doing here? Don't you make me miserable enough? Get out, get out!" Jia Zheng had already started drinking like crazy. He usually beat and scolded his servants when he was drunk. None of the servants staying in Rongguo Mansion wanted to approach the Nuan Pavilion, so Jia Zheng shouted for a long time, but no one came.

Jia Shishi was not a good-tempered person either, so he got violent directly and cursed: "Jia Zheng, you are crazy, you dare to hit me, you unfilial thing, who made you superior to others since childhood, who made you In front of the Duke, who is more favored than your elder brother, who let you live in Rongxi Hall, now that your wings are hardened, you dare to scold me."

"Why don't I dare to scold you, you think you are a good thing, don't think I don't know, you helped me fight Jia Amnesty, just to ensure your own status, and treat our two sons as pawns in your hand , obedient dog, whoever listens to you, you will reward him with two bones, what do you think you are good for?" Jia Amnesty roared drunkenly.

"You are an ungrateful thing, you are a dog, you are a dog!" Jia Shishi heard his beloved son describe himself like this, but he couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed forward to fight, yelling: "I can help you to the top!" , I can pull you off the horse, you wolf-hearted thing!"

"Do you think you are still the Duke's wife? You are a mangy dog ​​in the stinking ditch, who will listen to you in the wind. I will be the Duke, I will be the Duke!"

"Let go, hurry up, let go, you dare to beat your mother, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

"I've already suffered retribution, so what's there to be afraid of? It's just good to die, so as not to suffer this piecemeal crime."

"If you have the ability, you can pull Jia She off the horse again! What's the use of fighting an old woman like me?"

"If you hadn't killed Jia Hu and Mrs. Zhang, how could Jia Shen have become a monk? It's all your fault, all your fault!"

"Don't you know? You were the one who ordered Lai Da to invite the imperial physician. You didn't invite them for a day. You just wanted them to die, and you blamed me. What a hypocrite and prudence!"

"Don't tell me, don't tell me, I've already become a noble, I've already become a noble, if you want to call me a master, call me a noble, sooner or later I will become the duke of the country, the duke of the country!"

The mother and son were fighting and accusing each other in the warm pavilion. Outside the door, the Wang family who heard the news had already stood at the door with Jia Zhu and Jia Yuanchun for a long time.

"Mother, don't we need to separate them?" Jia Zhu, who was only eight years old, was as depressed as an old man, and he didn't call Jia Zheng his father.

"No, I still can't die." Jia Wangshi said flatly.Just so calmly watching the two mother and son dog bite the dog, when the incident was exposed, Jia Wang was not sure who killed Zhang and Jia Hu. She was sure that she only played a role in fueling the flames, and the murderer must be in the room. As one of the two people fighting, she happened to hear the truth.

"Yuanchun, look, this is a man, the most unreliable thing in the world. If you get angry, you can even kill your own mother. When you get married in the future, you must not take men seriously." Jia Wang took the opportunity to educate Jia Yuanchun He said, the Rongguo Mansion was ruined and its reputation was too bad. It is estimated that they could not find a satisfactory husband and son-in-law in the capital.Of course, this wish was stillborn as Jia She became famous all over the world.The more famous Jia Amnesty became, the worse the reputation of Jia Zheng's family became. Finally, when Jia Yuanchun was only 15 years old, he was sold by Jia Zheng to a businessman as his successor.

Seeing that the two people inside were almost fighting, Jia Wang greeted the only few servants, pulled them away, helped Jia Zheng to the bed in the Nuan Pavilion, and threw Jia Shishi out.

After the two rough envoys dragged Jia Shishi to the corner gate of Rongguo Mansion and threw him out, Jia Shishi fainted outside for a long time, not to mention that she was the only one left, even Jia Wangshi didn't bother to come out and taunt her.

No way, Jia Shishi returned to her family temple, and what awaited her was endless torture.

However, for three years, Jia Shishi lay on the dilapidated hard plank bed and closed his eyes unwillingly.

Hou Wanchun didn't know what happened to Jia Shishi because of Hou Wanchun's order, but he was a little happier when the news of Jia Shishi's death came later, and finally he won't cause trouble to Enhou. Immortal, living is really an eyesore.

Hou Wanchun looks back on his life with Jia She in the wing room of Tanzhe Temple, and misses his close friends.After a while, his eldest grandson came in and said: "Grandpa, your Majesty and the two empresses have already returned to the palace for their guard of honor. Would you like to rest in the temple for one night, or go back to your residence?"

"Where's Jia Zheng?" Hou Wanchun asked.

"Ah?" Hou Wanchun's eldest grandson obviously didn't realize who Jia Zheng was. After thinking about it for a long time, he realized that he was referring to the lay brother of Master Unforgivable.Said: "Grandpa, that Jia Zheng is said to have offended the Empress Dowager, Fengjia, and was beaten up by the imperial guards. He must have died. The grandson is not too clear, that Jia Zheng has no official title now, and his money has been stolen. The squandering is clean, and the character is not good. Sooner or later, that will be the end. Grandpa, don't think too much, and rest with peace of mind."

"Well, then I can rest assured, let me stay in the temple for one night." Hou Wanchun closed his eyes and said, Jia Zheng's life is not good, as long as it doesn't affect his friends, so I can rest assured.