Indulgence in the Red Chamber

In the early morning, the first ray of morning light blooms from the east, and the eastern sky presents a rose-red enchanting color.Sunshine shrouded the ancient city of Suzhou, beautifully reflected in the ripples of the water, and the ancient Qinhuai River was like a golden-scaled dragon, gradually waking up from its deep sleep.

Yin Xiang bid farewell to Xuan Ning at the wharf of the Qinhuai River. Without words, he just patted Xuan Ning on the shoulder heavily and said, "Young master, take care!"

Xuan Ning just smiled slightly, and said in a calm manner: "Master Thirteen, have a good journey."

Yinxiang nodded and turned to board the boat. The boatman pulled the rope and opened the sail. The autumn wind blew and the passenger boat slowly left the pier.

Xuan Ning looked at Yin Xiang's vigorous figure on the bow and smiled slightly.I thought that I had made my point very clearly last night, and I hope that this desperate Thirteen Lang can slowly think about it during the long days of confinement.

In fact, a few years later, when the party struggle was fierce, when Yinzhen was plotted to anger Kangxi, when Yinxiang stood up to prevent a disaster for Yinzhen, he was thinking about that night when Xuanning pulled his The words spoken by the hand.

That night, both of them drank a lot of wine.Xuan Ning's voice was a little drunk, and it sounded a little ethereal and unreal.

He said: "There will still be many ups and downs in the days to come, and the political situation is unpredictable, and no one can see it clearly. True brothers should support each other and help each other, and be able to resist one or two for each other when the storm comes. Being in prison is sweet to the heart."

At that time, Yin Xiang's heart was full of enthusiasm. He grabbed Xuan Ning's hand and said, "I was born to be lonely. My mother died early, and my mother's family is far away in the grassland. I can live happily until the thirteenth year." Today is all due to the support of my fourth brother. Besides Huang Ama, my fourth brother and you are the closest people I have in this world."

That day, Kangxi was furious and wanted to ask Yinzhen about his felony.Yinxiang came in a hurry and couldn't tell right from wrong, only saw Yinzhen kneeling on the ground, Kangxi pointed at him and yelled loudly, so he rushed forward and knelt down on the ground without thinking, taking all the blame on himself.

At that time, he was only thinking: Xuan Ning has already left, if the fourth brother has something to do, then what's the point of living alone?Brothers are always on the same side, the fourth brother is a person who does great things, and he will definitely make a difference in the future, better than himself and Xuan Ning.Since the emperor must punish one person, it is himself.

That was a few years later, Xuanning only knew the result but not the process, so he said some vague words to Yinxiang the night before parting.At that time, Yinxiang didn't think so much.

It only took Yinxiang two days to travel by water to reach Jiangning Mansion. When he returned to Kangxi's office, Kangxi was reviewing the urgently sent memorials sent six hundred miles away from the capital.After hearing Yinxiang's words, Kangxi just nodded and said: "Understood, let's go down and rest." Still continue to read the booklet.

Yinxiang came out on his knees and went to talk to Yinzhen himself.

Three days later, the Suzhou government sent an urgent secret report saying that Princess Lin and Young Master Xuanning disappeared during the sacrifice in the ancestral tomb of the Lin family.

Kangxi was astonished, but calmly found Yinzhen and Yinxiang, and when he showed them the secret performance, both Yinzhen and Yinxiang turned pale with shock.

"What do you think?" Kangxi's face looked very calm, without any waves.

Yinzhen's heart was filled with grief, and he didn't know what to say, so he just let out a long sigh and lowered his head sullenly.

Yinxiang said in a deep voice: "The two of them were framed by villains? They probably kidnapped the two of them, but they wanted to blackmail the court. Please give me an imperial edict, and I will take people to Gusu immediately. We must find Xuan Ning and Sister Lin."

"Fourth, what do you think?" Kangxi's face was heavy, he ignored Yinxiang's words and just looked at Yinzhen.

Yinzhen felt extremely sore in his heart, thinking that the two people he cared about the most were both missing, he felt that life was boring, but he still endured the pain in his heart and replied in a low voice: "According to my son, this must have been done on purpose by Xuan Ning. The two of them were originally casual and indifferent people, and the word fame and fortune was extremely indifferent. Xu Shi was tired of the life of glory and wealth, and the two of them traveled together in the world of mortals. Xuan Ning not only has profound medical skills, but also Possessing peerless martial arts, no matter where the two of them go, they will not suffer any difficulties, please don't worry Huang Ama."

Kangxi was silent after hearing this.

Yinxiang was in a hurry, grabbed Yinzhen's hand and shouted: "Fourth brother, are you so distressed that you are so stupid?"

"Thirteenth brother, fourth brother is fine." Yinzhen grabbed Yinxiang's wrist with his backhand, and pulled him to kneel down together: "I beg Huang Ama to help them both."

Kangxi looked at Yinzhen who was kneeling on the ground, was silent for a long time, then suddenly sighed and said: "This is the fate, this is also the arrangement of heaven. Forget it, let them go."

"Thank you, Emperor Ama, for your kindness." Yinzhen hurriedly kowtowed to express his gratitude, and then said, "My son, please leave." Then he dragged Yinxiang out in a hurry.

Six days later, Xueyan sat down quietly with Chunxian and Daiyu's old maids and women who had left the letter when Daiyu left, and all the gold and silver property and shop contracts left by Daiyu and Xuanning in the Qing Dynasty. The boat arrived in Jiangning, found Yinzhen, and presented everything to Yinzhen, saying that this was Daiyu's order, and begged the fourth master to take in and properly arrange these people and property.

Because Yinzhen asked about the situation at that time, Xueyan had no choice but to answer truthfully.

That day, October [-]th, was the day specially chosen by the old housekeeper to worship the ancestors.Daiyu got up early in the morning and got into the carriage with Xueyan and other maids, while Xuanning rode in front.Although there was no guard of honor for the princess on this trip, it was still surrounded by the front and back, and the brigade followed and protected.

After Daiyu arrived at the ancestral tomb of the Lin family, she was not in a hurry to go to the cemetery of Lin Ruhai and his wife, but went to the family temple first.

The Lin family's family temple is not managed by a branch of the Lin family, but an old monk invited by Daiyu from Foguang Temple to practice here.The family temple housed some wandering monks. These people cultivated the nearby land by themselves and were self-sufficient.The land around the Lin family's ancestral tomb is all used by them, and no annual rent is charged. As long as these people spend money on time every year to buy some incense and paper money to pay homage to the Lin family's cemetery and add some new soil to Lin Ruhai's and his wife's graves, it will be fine. That's all.

Because someone had informed about Daiyu's arrival before, so the old abbot of the temple, Master Huikong, had already ordered someone to tidy up the meditation room and prepare vegetarian vegetarian tea for Daiyu and Xuanning.

On October [-]th, Daiyu and Xuanning stayed in the family temple for a day, and talked with Master Huikong about some classic fate, and then rested in the temple that night. Sacrifice.During the sacrifice, Daiyu ordered everyone to retreat a few feet away and not allow anyone to approach, but Xuanning was the only one left by her side.

Xueyan was a little worried at first, but no one dared to disobey Daiyu's order.So she had no choice but to stand obediently and watch from a distance with everyone.

But Daiyu was not very sad, just knelt in front of the tomb of Lin Ruhai and his wife, burned incense and prayed, sprinkled a few cups of water and wine, burned paper money, kowtowed three times, and knelt for a while facing the tombstone.

Later, seeing Xuanning approaching Daiyu, he also knelt on the ground beside Daiyu, and bowed a few more times with Daiyu.

Xueyan originally thought that the sacrifice was over and she was about to leave.But they didn't want Daiyu and Xuanning to stand up and didn't come back, they held hands and bowed to the tombstone, then they turned around at the same time, Xuanning hugged Daiyu in his arms.Daiyu raised her face, Xuanning lowered her head, it seemed like they were about to kiss each other.

At that time, the maids and women were all flushed with shame from this action, and all of them closed their eyes in fright.Some big girls even turned around, covered their faces with their hands, but smiled foolishly.

Xueyan suddenly felt that this was a bit too much, no matter what you say, the master is offering sacrifices to his parents, but these servants are covering their faces and snickering here, so they don't care much, and want to open their eyes and scold everyone, who knows As soon as he opened his eyes, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

At this moment, Daiyu and Xuanning were standing in a multicolored glare, the glare was brighter than a rainbow, and it went all the way to the sky.Daiyu and Xuanning stood in it, like transparent people, they couldn't see clearly no matter how they looked.It's just that Xueyan is most familiar with the tightly hugging figure.

Xueyan was so frightened that she even forgot to scream and breathe, but the dazzling light was spinning rapidly, and disappeared in just a moment of flicking her fingers. Xueyan suddenly woke up and rushed forward hysterically. Where are the shadows of Daiyu and Xuanning?

Yinzhen didn't say a word, just stared blankly at the maple tree outside the window, at the end of October at this time, the leaves were red as if stained with blood.Pieces swayed gently in the wind, making a rustling sound, which sounded like a poignant song.

Xueyan wept, choked with sobs, handed the letter in front of Yinzhen, sobbing and said: "Fourth Master, this is the letter that the servant picked up in front of our master's tombstone. Because the matter is so important, the servant has already invited it The literate and reliable family members at home opened it and read it. Please have a look at the fourth master.

Holding Xuanning's autographed letter, Yinzhen finally couldn't bear it anymore and silently shed two lines of tears.

Seeing Yinzhen crying, Xueyan wiped her own tears with her sleeves, then knelt in front of Yinzhen, crying and said: "When our master and son were here, we were always closest to fourth master. Now the two of them They are all gone, and the rest of us slaves don't know where to go. Naturally, the business of the shop under the name of the young master and our girl is handed over to the fourth master, but we all followed the master in this game, and we have long since lost our family. After leaving the master , I don't know where to go. Please let the fourth master make it clear."

Yinzhen nodded, calmed down and said, "Naturally, you and the maids who usually serve the princess should go to my mansion to serve Fujin. It turns out that if there are old members of the Lin family who are willing to set up their own family, each will give 2000 taels of silver to set up your own family, if anyone is unwilling to leave, come to my house, and Fujin will settle you well."

Xueyan hurriedly knelt down to thank her, and then led the girls out.Yinzhen arranged for people to send these people back to the capital, and wrote a letter to Jinyu explaining everything.After Jinyu received the letter, she was naturally sad again, so she left Xueyan Chunxian to wait by her side, and the rest of the big girls found a decent family to marry, and those who didn't want to leave, they arranged them in the mansion errand.

With the passage of time, the faces of Daiyu and Xuanning are gradually blurred in the memory of many people, and the scars left in their hearts are gradually healed.Flowers bloom, Xie Yunjuan and Yunshu, everyone lives on their own life track and according to their own destiny day by day.

There is no trace of the dream, many years later Yinzhen and Jinyu always chat about the past in the dead of night.Talking about the little things at the beginning, I even wondered if the appearance of Xuan Ning and Dai Yu was just a dream from the beginning.