Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

Come to class, nothing else.

When school was about to leave, another classmate of Jia Lan, who was also Li Li's former playmate, whispered to him, "Don't ask Mr. Li, Li Li must be kneeling at home now."

Jia Lan asked in surprise, "Where did you start talking about this?"

The man asked: "Did you beat Lu Renjia yesterday? That bastard was killed at home with a sword last night, and now the government is investigating this matter. General Li knew about this, so he didn't want to punish Li Li ?”

When Jia Lan heard the first sentence, she still wanted to spread a bad story, but after hearing the second sentence, she froze in place.

Lu Renjia is dead? ?A life so fresh yesterday...

Also, the sword?Both Li Li and Liu Xianglian used swords, they had only fought once yesterday, how can they avoid this suspicion today?

Jia Lan left the Imperial College restlessly, but heard Ming Qing greet her again, and said in a low voice, "Brother Lan, half of the yard in the other garden of the Northern Prince Liuhe Mountain was burned down last night."

Jia Lan was shocked, turned around and stared at Ming Qing and asked, "What did you say?"

Ming Qing was so frightened that he took a big step back, and hurriedly said: "The Beiyuan of Prince Bei was burned."

Jia Lan grabbed his arm and said, "Where is your lord? Are you injured?"

Ming Qing hurriedly said: "The young master is so impatient, you forgot that the prince drove to Xiaoci County more than ten days ago."

Jia Lan was startled, only then remembered the incident of seeing Shui Rong in the past two days, and didn't know that Ming Qing was not by her side.His palms were clenched in cold sweat, and his heartbeat was so fast that he didn't know what to do. He reluctantly asked, "Is there any rumor that there were no casualties?"

Ming Qing said: "Because the lord is not in the mansion, the servants rested. Those who returned home returned home. Not many stayed in the mansion. The government checked and said that except for a few firefighters who were burned, there were no other casualties."

Jia Lan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good." Fu asked again, "What did you say just now that someone set the fire on fire? Could it be that someone set the fire on purpose?" Thinking of this, Jia Lan's heart tugged again. stand up.

Ming Qing said: "I don't know very well, but I just heard people say that there are rivers running through the yard, front, back, left, right, and even in the yard. How could it be possible to burn so vigorously? Someone must have poured fuel on purpose. And," Ming Qing said With a mysterious face approaching Jia Lan, he said: "In addition to the prince's dormitory, there is also General Li's standby courtyard where the burning place is. Some people rumored that the third prince relieved his brother-in-law. Who knows, his brother-in-law died last night. He was directly stabbed to death." Ming Qing gloated and said, "Hey, young master, you said these two things are such a coincidence, don't you..." Before he finished speaking, he looked up and saw Jia Lan's lips tightly closed, His face was gloomy.

He had only seen this look when Baoyu was beaten and Jia Huan was wronged, but now that he saw it so suddenly, he was so frightened that his legs went limp.

Knowing that the water is not soluble, but still want to set fire.The purpose of the arsonist is either to use this as a warning, or to know that Shui Rong has returned to murder him.

If it was a warning, what did he want to warn?

If it is murder, then the water solution is dangerous...

"I came here to handle the matter according to the emperor's oral order. This matter is confidential, and not too many people should know about it." Shui Rong's words were still ringing in his ears.

Who leaked Shui Rong's whereabouts?

A prince of the current queen, a most favored prince.

There are some things that Jia Lan can't help but think about, but the old-fashioned plots played out over and over again on TV still linger in his mind and linger for a long time.

Political struggle? !

38, good dream, so

Thinking of this, Jia Lan ordered Mingqing to take the horse and intend to go to Liuhe Mountain, but Mingqing stopped him, "Brother Lang, now there are people from the government everywhere, no one can enter without the order of the magistrate."

He paused for a moment and said cautiously: "Brother Lan, why don't you go home? You were also there when Master Li taught that Lu a lesson yesterday. Now that Lu is dead, and the government didn't find him. I'm afraid it's tabooing our family's reputation. If we provoke disputes lightly, I'm afraid it will be bad."

Jia Lan also knew this meaning, but the situation of Shui Rong was unknown, Li Li was confined at home, Liu Xianglian's whereabouts were a mystery, and all these situations made him uneasy.

He thought for a moment, then sighed: "Let's go home and wait a few days before we talk about it."

Li Li still didn't come to class the next day.After school was over at noon, a servant of the family suddenly came to report that the grand master of the East Mansion had Bin Tian.

Jia Lan was startled, and hurriedly asked: "I went to pay my respects a few days ago, she looked well, why did you..."

The man said: "My lord practiced every day, he must have completed his meritorious deeds and gone to immortality."

Jia Lan murmured ignorantly, recalling the description in the book in his mind, this Jia Jing was blindly practicing Taoism, greedy for gold dust, and finally burned his tent to death.

Jia Lan asked, "Have you told Uncle Zhen?"

The man replied: "Eldest Madam has already done everything, just wait for the uncles to come back."

Jia Lan said: "That's good." Then he went to ask Liu Zihe for leave and returned home early.

However, Youshi pinched his fingers and calculated that it would take half a month for Jia Zhen and his son to return, and the weather is so hot today that Jia Jing's body cannot be treated, so he presided over it by himself and ordered Tian Wensheng to choose a date for burial.Three days later, the funeral will be held.

There are not many men in charge in Ning Mansion. Jia Fan, Jia Heng, Jia Ying, Jia Chang, Jia Ling, etc. each have deacons. In Rong Mansion, Sister Feng cannot get out, Li Wan needs to take care of her sisters, Baoyu has never been in charge, You Shi Unable to get away, she had to bring her stepmother to look after the house in Ningfu.There are two unmarried daughters in her stepmother's family, and she was worried about coming alone, so she brought them with her to live with her.

Jia Zhen heard a letter from her family in Xiaoci County, and hurriedly asked for leave.The Holy One is extremely benevolent and filial, he summoned Jia Zhen when he saw the memorial, and when he heard that he was a descendant of a hero, he also gave Jia Jing the post of fifth rank, and ordered Jia Jing's descendants to help the coffin back to his hometown. Guanglu Temple offered sacrifices according to the above regulations, and the princes and princes in the court were allowed to pay homage to them.

After this decree, not only the people in Jia's mansion thanked him, but even all the ministers in the court praised him endlessly.

After Jia Zhenjiarong returned home, she went to the mortuary and cried a lot, and then hurriedly began to prepare for the funeral.

Because Jialan is within five clothes, she also wears filial piety to entertain guests every day. When people leave in the evening, she returns to the courtyard to study and rest.

Breakfast was served one day, so the weather was still long, and Jia Zhen and others were tired all day long, so they inevitably fell asleep beside the spirit.Seeing that there had been no visitors for a long time, Baoyu wanted to go home to visit Daiyu.As soon as he got up, he startled Jia Lan who was sitting quietly.

Baoyu put up his finger in front of his mouth, smiled at him and said, "I have already come a few days before I should come. I'm afraid they will be distant relatives after this. It's okay anyway. I'll go home and rest for a while."

Jia Lan knelt on the mat, also tired. She pinched the bridge of her nose to regain consciousness, nodded to Baoyu and said, "If there is anything, I will order someone to tell my second uncle."

Baoyu said goodbye to Jia Zhen and went out.

Jia Zhen saw that Jia Lan also looked sleepy, so she said, "Did Lan boy learn late again last night? If you are sleepy, go back with your second uncle."

Jia Lan was too sleepy to speak, so he just shook his head.

Jia Zhen didn't try to persuade him any more, she knelt aside, thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Actually, according to the current royal favor, even if you don't do well in the exam, boy Lan, you can still pass."

Jia Lan's heart twitched, thinking that there are still people who are persuasive, so he didn't answer.

Jia Zhen turned her head and said to him: "But you remember to go to Prince Bei's place more often. If it wasn't for his help this time, the master's funeral would not be so ostentatious. Look at the number of officials from the six departments who arrived in those few days."

Jia Zhen was still counting the names of the officials from various ministries she visited, but Jia Lan's heart skipped a beat. He asked cautiously, "Master Zhen is referring to the Prince of Beijing?"

Jia Zhen said casually: "Yes, if the prince hadn't mentioned the merits of our ancestors before the emperor, how could the emperor suddenly order to pursue the master."

Jia Lan's heart beat dozens of times before he calmed down and said, "It's just out of friendship."

Jia Zhen nodded, shook her head again, and asked, "I heard that the prince's other garden in the north of the city was burned down a few days ago?"

Jia Lan was wondering Jia Zhen's attitude of nodding and shaking his head. When Jia Zhen asked about the arson, he answered yes and said: "The government has not found out the person who set the fire."

Jia Zhen sneered, "It's strange if we can find out. Now that no one in charge in the capital is here, who can we find out?"

Jia Lan's heart skipped a beat, and he pretended to be casual and said, "Although I'm not in the court, I've heard Mr. Liu talk about the affairs of the court, and what he said, the Prince of the North is gentle and courteous, and he is kind, not like someone who can make enemies .”

Jia Zhen rubbed her chin, thought for a while and said: "After hearing what you said, I suddenly remembered that Prince Bei belongs to the neutral faction, and he is very fair in handling affairs in court. How could someone treat him so cruelly?"

Jia Lan wondered, "Neutral? Could it be that there are two other factions that are not successful?"

Jia Zhen replied: "Nowadays the court is very complicated, look at the prince..." He suddenly realized something was wrong, stopped quickly, patted Jia Lan on the shoulder, and said with a smirk: "These things are still waiting for you to consider." Get fame, let’s talk about it after entering the dynasty, now it’s just a joke.”

Jia Lan wanted to talk a little bit, but she didn't expect Jia Zhen to be so alert, so she nodded and said with a smile, "I would like to listen to what Master Zhen has to say."

Looking at Jia Lan's clear eyes, Jia Zhen smiled and turned her old face away.

In the evening when Jia Lan and Jia Huan returned home, Jia Huan said with a smile: "Why did you ask about court affairs so well during the day today? Could it be that you want to prepare for the future?"

Jia Lan ignored his jokes and asked, "Don't talk about me first, you just said that you get up early and return late for so many days, and you don't see anyone all day long. What did you do?" He didn't see Jia Huan for nearly a month. The figure is gone, because many people are busy with things recently, I forgot to ask for a while.

Jia Huan's smile suddenly became uneasy, and he said: "What else can I do, but Brother Qi is here, please entertain him."

The light from the lantern was very dim, and Jia Lan couldn't see his face clearly. He knew that Jia Huan was with Qi Yi, so he wasn't worried, but he hadn't seen him for many days.