Qing Wu Red House

On the [-]th day of April in the fifth year of Hongzheng, the Rongguo Mansion was opened early in the morning, and more than a dozen carriages came out one after another. Five lacquered and carved brocade-covered horse-drawn carriages for Madam, Ningguofu Youshi, Wang Xifeng, Li Wan and others, followed by smaller green-covered horse-drawn carriages for Daiyu, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and others.Then there are the carriages of the low-class women and the third-class maids, and some carts behind them pull rice, noodles, firewood and other donations for Fahua Temple, which is several miles long.

Baoyu, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Rong and others rode tall horses to accompany them.Coupled with the guards and servants, the long team marched mightily towards the outer city, the sound of horses singing, talking and laughing along the way was really lively.

Not long after Jia's mighty departure, the Xihua Gate of the Imperial Palace also opened quietly, and a train team moved out quietly, except for the sound of the carriage driving, no other sound could be heard.Next to the convoy, there are guards protecting it along the way, which looks very solemn.

Daiyu brought Nanny Song along with Zijuan and Muqing on this trip, and Xueyan stayed behind to guard the house.Ever since Nanny Song came, her words and demeanor are all good, and the nuns around Daiyu dare not compare with her, and Nanny Song is Jia Min's old acquaintance, and she came out of the palace, so Daiyu All the parenting tasks were handed over to her.In the past, the nuns assigned by Jia's mother either did what they could, or invited them to go elsewhere.Although there are fewer mothers around her, Daiyu feels that she has learned more than in the past, and her surroundings are quieter, so she gets closer to Mother Song.Even Zijuan and Xueyan are willing to get along with Nanny Song and learn some ways of dealing with people.

Daiyu took Nanny Song to ride with her, and Zijuan was also accompanying her, but Mu Qing was younger after all, sitting on the front edge of the carriage, dangling her legs, talking to Zijuan in the car from time to time knowledge.Seeing the lively conversation of the two girls, Daiyu couldn't help being curious. She lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out secretly.

But when Chen arrived, there were already many pedestrians on the street, and small vendors also set up stalls on the street, selling vegetables, fruits, butchers, and rouge gouache.And the shops facing the street were also opened, inviting people to enter the shop, and it was very lively for a while.Mother Song saw that Daiyu was full of interest, so she took the time to popularize knowledge: "We are walking on Heshun Street, which is the busiest street market in Shangjing in the early morning, where fresh vegetables and fruits, special snacks, and toys are sold. .Going further is Heping Street, which will be relatively quiet. The shops on Heping Street are mostly restaurants, gold and silver shops, antique shops, etc., which have not yet opened at this time."

Daiyu looked at Nanny Song with great interest, and even Zijuan looked at it in surprise. She never thought that a person like Nanny Song who came out of the palace would know the scenery of Shangjing.Seeing that the two people were interested, Nanny Song also became interested: "Like Guozijian Street in the east, there are more calligraphy and painting pens and inks, because there are many supervisors or students patronizing there, and there are also some restaurants over there, but the location of the restaurant It's leaning towards the Gongyuan, and every autumn and spring, the business there is booming."

Daiyu pondered slightly, and asked with a smile: "Then what kind of vendors are there more on our Ningrong Street?" Nanny Song smiled: "Ningrong Street is the gate of our Rongning Second Mansion, so why are there so many shops here?" Some hawkers are carrying poles to sell some snacks, just to satisfy the greed of the guards. Like our Ningrong Street, there are also Nan'an Street on the side of Nan'an County Wang's Mansion, where there are several princesses and princes' mansions The same is true of Fugui Street."

Daiyu frowned slightly: "What is the reason for these places to be named? Could it be that they were called out at random?" Nanny Song shook her head: "I don't know the details, but these names have been handed down like this. What about Fushun Street and Ping'an Street? In fact, if we talk about the place names in Beijing, there are some more interesting ones. For example, there is Maoer Hutong in Nancheng, and there are Jinger Hutong and Yaer Hutong. .”

Daiyu smiled coquettishly: "Mao'er Alley, is it a hat's hat?"

"Exactly!"

"Why is it called this name, because it looks like a hat?" Daiyu smiled slyly.

"Who knows!" Nanny Song continued, "Besides these names, there are other nicer ones, like Baihuashen Hutong and Xinghua Hutong. Of course, there are also those that are not arty but out of the ordinary, like dog tails. alley."

Now Zijuan and Mu Qing, who was listening outside, also laughed, and Zijuan said in admiration: "Mother Song, you are really well-informed. How do you know these things so clearly?" Daiyu also opened her eyes curiously: "Yes, Mammy has been in the palace all this time. Does the palace still teach these things?"

Nanny Song smiled, and some nostalgia flashed in her eyes: "Not only do I know these things, but Mrs. Lin also knows about them."

"My mother?" Daiyu was even more surprised now.

Nanny Song nodded: "This is all due to the education of the Supreme Emperor for his children. We started in Daqi Lvlin, although the current style of conduct is more rigorous, but the royal family still has a very different education for their children. Like the Supreme Emperor, all princes are required Not only must you learn the Four Books and Five Classics, the way of governing the country, but also martial arts riding and archery. In addition to the things of the daughters’ homes, the imperial daughters also have to read and study every day. Although there will be no martial arts courses, the Supreme Emperor still The purpose is to add a custom class, those masters will explain the customs and cultures of various places to the princes and princesses in detail, so that they can go to other places to do business in the future, and have secret passages. At that time, Princess Yunting especially fell in love with this He even dragged your mother and me to this Heshun Street to play in disguise as men."

Daiyu looked at the smile on Nanny Song's face, full of yearning.At that time, my mother must have been very happy, unlike the few years she remembered, she was sad all day long, and she didn't care about anything except reading.Thinking of her mother's sad face all day long because of the Lin family's heir, Daiyu's eyes turned red.

Nanny Song patted Daiyu's hand lightly: "If Mrs. Lin knows that there are successors in the Lin family, Jiuquan will smile." Daiyu nodded, and gently wiped away her tears with a handkerchief.

"Nurse never told Daiyu, what happened to Princess Yunting?" Daiyu calmed down and continued the topic just now.

"I went to Hetuala with my relatives." Nanny Song's tone was a little lonely.Zijuan glanced at Daiyu, and said, "Hetuala? Where is it?" Nanny Song sighed heavily, "It's in the Nuergan area."

"Going to Mongolia? How come?" Daiyu suddenly thought of the map she saw a few days ago, and exclaimed.

Nanny Song was a little surprised by Daiyu's knowledge. She wanted to mention it, but she couldn't help explaining it clearly: "Wala and Tatar have been fighting with us on the border of Daqi. That year, King Yan shaved his hair, The warriors in the northern battlefield disappeared, and the Oirats and Tatars launched a fierce attack on us unscrupulously. Although the Supreme Emperor sent generals to the border many times, and even sent the eldest prince and the second prince to represent his father in the later period, but there were more defeats than victories. In the 12th year of Xuande, the Oirat army attacked Datong, Shanxi, and the Supreme Emperor personally wrote a letter asking His Royal Highness King Yan to return to vulgarity and lead the army. At this anxious time, Chi Jin, the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchen Department located in Hetuala, came to negotiate with the Supreme Emperor, saying that he was willing to go to Oiratia , to solve Daqi’s difficulties. The price is to marry Princess Yunting.”

Daiyu and Zijuan listened intently, even Mu Qing who was outside the car squeezed into the car, staring at Nanny Song intently.Nanny Song sighed: "Although His Royal Highness King Yan finally agreed to go to the front line day and night to command, Princess Yun Ting was wise on a hunger strike and was willing to sacrifice herself for Daqi. Ten days later, Princess Yun Ting went to Hetuala, and Chi Jin also complied. Promise, attacking Oala from behind, coupled with the personal command of His Royal Highness King Yan, finally achieved a great victory and kept our Daqi border. But Princess Yunting will stay in Mongolia for the rest of her life."

"Princess Yun Ting is really an amazing person!" Daiyu was excited when she heard this, "You have such courage at such a young age, I'm afraid even those men can't compare to it." Nanny Song laughed: "No, Mrs. Yun Ting After the princess got married, the current emperor had a big quarrel with the Supreme Emperor, saying that it was the Supreme Emperor's improper upbringing that made his sister want to serve the country. For those princesses, there is no customs class that fascinated Yun Ting, and even the culture class is a little less."

"I really think the emperor's upbringing is very successful." Daiyu said softly: "How can there be eggs in a nest? Princess Yunting must have thought very clearly. But the emperor must love his sister so much that he is so excited of."

"Yes, the emperor and Princess Yunting are twins. They ate and slept together since they were young. Their relationship is much better than other siblings." Nanny Song explained simply, Daiyu seemed to have something else to ask, at this moment , The car stopped suddenly.I only heard a voice from outside: "Fahua Temple is here."

Mu Qing quickly jumped out of the car, took out the bench, stood by the car and waited for Daiyu to get off the car, Zijuan also hurriedly helped Daiyu put on the gauze hat, and carefully helped Nanny Song get out of the car first, and then helped her He led Daiyu out of the carriage.After several people stood up, Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun all walked over with the maids.

"This Fahua Temple is really magnificent!" Tanchun smiled: "I think it is much more magnificent than our Tiekan Temple." Tanchun drank lightly: "Fourth sister, don't talk nonsense, this is a royal temple, how can we That small temple is comparable, which makes people listen to it."

Xichun curled her lips secretly under the gauze hat, but she also stopped making any noise.Daiyu didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two, but looked from a distance, and saw the bustling team of Jia's mansion, gathered at the gate of the mountain, guards, servants, maids, coachmen and these masters were densely packed There are two to three hundred people in a large area.

Not long after, Li Wan came over with the girls: "Although there are no other idlers in Fahua Temple today, after all, it is with the Beijing Palace. Collided."

Fahua Temple is built on the mountainside. After walking through the mountain gate, you can go up the [-] steps to the main hall of Fahua Temple. Jia Zhen and Jia Lian jointly carried a small bamboo chair for Jiamu to go up the steps, and the girls all left. I was so out of breath that I saw the true appearance of the three-story hall. The golden body of Sakyamuni, the Tathagata Buddha, was enshrined in the temple. The whole golden body was about two stories high, and it was really solemn.On both sides are eighteen arhats, all of which are in the hands of skilled craftsmen.

The temple is really clean, except for these people, I can't see anyone else. I think that the Beijing Palace may not have arrived yet, because it is still in the outer hall, and the girls are still wearing veils, so they did not enter the hall to pay their respects, and gathered in the hall. Waiting for Jia Mu outside the hall.

Jia's mother got off the bamboo chair, led the crowd into the main hall, first knelt down on the futon, begging for the prosperity of Jia's mansion for several generations, accompanied by Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. You, the requests were different.The rest of the people also worshiped several times one after another.

After a while, a little novice came in and saluted Jiamu respectfully: "Grandma, please, this little monk is the empty thought of Zen Master Huijing! Zen Master has an old friend visiting, so it is not convenient to come here at the moment. Guanyin Hall The west side hall next to it has been tidied up, please take a rest for the old lady and ladies and gentlemen." After hearing the words of the little novice, Jia Mu didn't dare to take it too seriously, she hurriedly said that there was trouble, and then followed the little novice to the back hall go.

The Fahua Temple is divided into three main halls. The first one is the Tathagata Buddha enshrined in the Daxiong Hall, and the second one is the Manjusri Bodhisattva. The east side gate of the Manjusri Hall is the world-famous Xuezi Garden. The Xuezi Garden occupies the east side of the Fahua Temple. In addition to 2000 houses, there are also thousands of acres of fertile land in most of the mountains. At this time, the side door leading to the Xuezi Garden has been locked, and there are four guards standing at the door.Passing through the Manjusri Hall, you will enter the third Guanyin Hall. The Guanyin Hall is relatively small, with rooms on the east and west sides. There is a pool in front of the hall. The water in the pool is clear, and it leads directly to the Nanhe River outside the temple.

At this time, the mandarin duck held a jade basin, and Mother Jia released the goldfish inside to keep the house safe.He also asked Baoyu to help release the little turtle, and then took a group of people to the west side hall.Kong Nian stood in front of the door and did not intend to go in, but said: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you feel bored, go out through the west door, there is a small garden, which is very quiet, you might as well go for a stroll. Master who unseals the lottery, if ladies and ladies want to untie the lottery, please feel free to do so. In addition, some courtyards are closed due to the visit of an old man in the temple today, so please do not enter other courtyards at will, so as to avoid accidents.”

"Thank you, little master, for letting me know!" Mother Jia laughed, and Wang Xifeng hurriedly put a purse on the ground, rejecting it without thinking, and said sternly: "The monks have nothing to think about, and the benefactor wants to give alms, so you might as well donate more sesame oil to Fahua Temple."

Wang Xifeng was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I don't know if the old concubine of Beijing has arrived?" Kong Nian said: "I don't know about this Kong Nian." After speaking, he was a little hesitant, and he was stunned for a while before he said: "I don't know who is Hao Uncle Rui's younger sister?" Wang Xifeng froze for a moment, then laughed outright.Daiyu was also taken aback, before taking two steps forward.Although Kong Nian in front of him is not very old, he is much older than Lin Haorui, so everyone is a little surprised.

Seeing Daiyu walk out, Kongnian hurriedly made a salute, which was even deeper than the salute to Jia Mu just now. Daiyu blushed slightly, turned her body and refused to accept the full salute.Kong Nian didn't care, and said directly: "Uncle Haorui asked Kong Nian to bring a message to Miss Lin, saying that there is a distinguished guest today, I am afraid I won't have time to see the girl, so I don't need to worry about it." When Kong Nian spoke, the word "guest" She said it very clearly, Nanny Song's eyebrows moved slightly, and then returned to normal.

Daiyu hurriedly bowed slightly: "Xie Xiaoshi told me."

Unexpectedly, when the little novice saw Daiyu saluting, she hurriedly took a step to the side, but she refused to accept the salute at all: "Miss Lin is the younger sister of Uncle Haorui, and the elder of Kong Nian, how can you treat Kong Nian?" Salute. Miss Lin is polite, and the monk will leave."

Wang Xifeng joked with a smile: "I see that you little monk is much older than Brother Lin, why do you call him uncle?"

Kong Nian lowered his head slightly: "The benefactor was joking. Although Kong Nian studied scriptures under Zen Master Huijing since he was a child, Master Haorui is a direct lay disciple of Zen Master. Of course he is our Master Uncle. There should be no chaos in seniority. "After finishing speaking, without waiting for Wang Xifeng to continue, he quickly stepped out of the corner door.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and couldn't help laughing out loud.Wang Xifeng smiled and said to Jia Mu: "This little monk is Fangzheng." Jia Mu laughed at her: "What do you monkeys know here? This Zen Master Huijing has a very high reputation. If it weren't for the old man who had a relationship with him After working together, Ruier is a direct disciple of the Zen master, and we are close relatives. Our family can’t let him sit down and receive the little novice.” Wang Xifeng said flatteringly: “It’s a pity that I was born late, and I have never seen him. The demeanor of the old man."

Mother Jia was overjoyed by her disturbance, so she waved her hands and asked her daughters-in-law to go and offer incense. There was no need to set rules in front of her, but she stipulated that she would come back within half an hour.So as not to miss Zen Master Huijing's lecture.Daiyu was a bit tired, so she turned down the invitation from Yingchun and others, but let Zijuan and Muqing go shopping more, Zijuan was afraid that others would not serve Daiyu well, so she simply stayed by Daiyu's side.Then Nanny Song took Mu Qing to Guanyin Hall.

Daiyu rested for a while and felt much more comfortable. Seeing that Jia Mu was in Xiaomei, she was bored for a while, so she came to Manjusri Hall with Zijuan.As soon as he walked into the courtyard of the Manjusri Hall, he saw Baoyu chattering under a tree, and couldn't help being curious: "What are you doing? Do you want to practice Zen?" Daiyu made fun of Baoyu, but Baoyu didn't bother him either. Just smiled: "Just now my wife insisted that I ask for a lottery."

"How about signing the paper?" Daiyu raised her eyebrows, asking for a signature in the Manjusri Hall must be seeking knowledge and future.

"It's nice to say, what is the title of the gold list, what is the fish leaping over the dragon's gate, coaxed my wife to donate a hundred taels of gold." Baoyu smiled to himself, but there was no joy in his eyes.

Daiyu knew what this self-proclaimed rich and idle man was thinking, so she smiled and said, "Signing papers is so good, I should burn the incense, why are you talking about it here instead?"

"My sister doesn't know me yet? I don't want to go to the official business. I'm so ashamed. How can I be a rich and idle person at home, watching the happiness of you sisters and sisters. I just don't understand. There are hundreds of people living in this school garden, and those who care about it every day, the master said what the Buddha said, and he is not depressed."

"That's because you don't know the fun." Dai Yusu knew that Baoyu was like this, so she didn't say much. "By the way, you can see the second sister and the others?" Baoyu shook his head: "I think I went to the Daxiong Palace. I heard that the master there is very good at unraveling lottery. Let's go find it."

Daiyu nodded, Fahua Temple is very clean today, although they were offering incense together with the people from the Beijing Palace, none of the people from the Palace were seen, and no other individual visitors were allowed to come. , Daiyu wore a gauze hat again, so it didn't matter if she thought about it, so she went with Baoyu.

Who knew that a group of people had just arrived at the Daxiong Palace, and a servant girl bumped into Daiyu in a panic. Baoyu hurriedly supported Daiyu, and shouted to the little girl: "Why are you so frizzy? Whose family are you from?" girl?"

Although the girl was not outstanding, she was tall, a head taller than Baoyu. Daiyu frowned slightly, feeling a little surprised.The little girl lowered her head, and hurriedly said: "Go back to Second Master, the young one is from Ningguo Mansion, just about to..."

Before the servant girl finished speaking, she heard Tanchun's voice: "Brother Bao, Sister Lin!"

Daiyu looked over, and they had already taken off their gauze caps, thinking that there was no outsider in this temple, so they did as they please.When Yingchun saw the girl, she asked curiously, "Didn't you be told to look for sister-in-law Zhen? Why are you here?"

"Second sister knows her?" Daiyu asked suspiciously.Yingchun smiled: "Where did I know each other? It was just that the three of us were bored just now. We saw her flashing out of a small door. I was afraid it was our girl running around, so I asked a question. Fortunately, I asked this question. It is really Ningfu. The girl over there." Yingchun smiled gently.

Tanchun also interjected: "Yeah, thanks to that question, we saw such beautiful cherry blossoms. Sister Lin and Brother Bao also come with us to have a look. The cherry blossoms in the yard are blooming very well. Me and Second sister and fourth sister are discussing to collect some flower petals and go back to make rouge."

"That's a good idea!" Before Daiyu could speak, Baoyu clapped his hands and praised: "The cherry blossoms on this mountain must be better than those grown at home. Let's go and harvest some." Waiting for someone to go to the yard next to him, Tanchun glanced at the girl behind him, and ordered angrily: "You follow us, we will take you back to see Sister-in-law Zhen in a while, so as to save you from offending someone again. .”

The girl bowed her head in response, and Daiyu couldn't help but look back, she just felt that the girl was very strange, but she couldn't tell what was so strange.The girl lowered her head and followed behind the crowd. As soon as she walked, a pair of thousand-layer bottoms were exposed. Although she couldn't see the whole picture of the embroidered shoes, she could vaguely see a pair of black shoes.Daiyu couldn't help frowning even tighter.